| Company's Segment Disclosures |
The following tables summarize the Company’s segment disclosures. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Quarter Ended September 30, 2012 | (dollars in thousands) | Excess and Surplus Lines | | Specialty Admitted | | London Insurance Market | | Other Insurance (Discontinued Lines) | | Investing | | Consolidated | Gross premium volume | $ | 253,014 |
| | $ | 167,747 |
| | $ | 190,071 |
| | $ | 1 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 610,833 |
| Net written premiums | 211,538 |
| | 157,894 |
| | 170,193 |
| | (1 | ) | | — |
| | 539,624 |
| Earned premiums | 195,478 |
| | 153,009 |
| | 182,052 |
| | (2 | ) | | — |
| | 530,537 |
| Losses and loss adjustment expenses: | | | | | | | | | | | | Current accident year | (134,504 | ) | | (116,044 | ) | | (122,192 | ) | | — |
| | — |
| | (372,740 | ) | Prior accident years | 51,310 |
| | 11,504 |
| | 32,744 |
| | (26,277 | ) | | — |
| | 69,281 |
| Underwriting, acquisition and insurance expenses: | | | | | | | | | | |
|
| Prospective adoption of ASU 2010-26 (1) | (2,125 | ) | | (2,600 | ) | | (1,809 | ) | | — |
| | — |
| | (6,534 | ) | All other expenses | (88,093 | ) | | (60,008 | ) | | (76,820 | ) | | (386 | ) | | — |
| | (225,307 | ) | Underwriting profit (loss) | 22,066 |
| | (14,139 | ) | | 13,975 |
| | (26,665 | ) | | — |
| | (4,763 | ) | Net investment income | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 64,438 |
| | 64,438 |
| Net realized investment gains | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 5,231 |
| | 5,231 |
| Other revenues (insurance) | — |
| | 11,536 |
| | 223 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 11,759 |
| Other expenses (insurance) | — |
| | (12,181 | ) | | (970 | ) | | — |
| | — |
| | (13,151 | ) | Segment profit (loss) | $ | 22,066 |
| | $ | (14,784 | ) | | $ | 13,228 |
| | $ | (26,665 | ) | | $ | 69,669 |
| | $ | 63,514 |
| Other revenues (non-insurance) | | | | | | | | | | | 153,810 |
| Other expenses (non-insurance) | | | | | | | | | | | (132,188 | ) | Amortization of intangible assets | | | | | | | | | | | (7,959 | ) | Interest expense | | | | | | | | | | | (24,692 | ) | Income before income taxes | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 52,485 |
| U.S. GAAP combined ratio (2) | 89 | % | | 109 | % | | 92 | % | | NM |
| (3) | | | 101 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Quarter Ended September 30, 2011 | (dollars in thousands) | Excess and Surplus Lines | | Specialty Admitted | | London Insurance Market | | Other Insurance (Discontinued Lines) | | Investing | | Consolidated | Gross premium volume | $ | 236,639 |
| | $ | 153,753 |
| | $ | 194,210 |
| | $ | 33 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 584,635 |
| Net written premiums | 200,658 |
| | 147,169 |
| | 176,829 |
| | 22 |
| | — |
| | 524,678 |
| Earned premiums | 189,695 |
| | 136,783 |
| | 182,710 |
| | 15 |
| | — |
| | 509,203 |
| Losses and loss adjustment expenses: | | | | | | | | | | | | Current accident year | (147,992 | ) | | (112,607 | ) | | (144,976 | ) | | — |
| | — |
| | (405,575 | ) | Prior accident years | 60,475 |
| | 5,973 |
| | 34,721 |
| | (2,226 | ) | | — |
| | 98,943 |
| Underwriting, acquisition and insurance expenses | (81,563 | ) | | (51,695 | ) | | (69,731 | ) | | 673 |
| | — |
| | (202,316 | ) | Underwriting profit (loss) | 20,615 |
| | (21,546 | ) | | 2,724 |
| | (1,538 | ) | | — |
| | 255 |
| Net investment income | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 62,199 |
| | 62,199 |
| Net realized investment gains | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 12,839 |
| | 12,839 |
| Other revenues (insurance) | — |
| | 10,061 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 10,061 |
| Other expenses (insurance) | — |
| | (3,046 | ) | | 47 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | (2,999 | ) | Segment profit (loss) | $ | 20,615 |
| | $ | (14,531 | ) | | $ | 2,771 |
| | $ | (1,538 | ) | | $ | 75,038 |
| | $ | 82,355 |
| Other revenues (non-insurance) | | | | | | | | | | | 81,786 |
| Other expenses (non-insurance) | | | | | | | | | | | (67,303 | ) | Amortization of intangible assets | | | | | | | | | | | (6,023 | ) | Interest expense | | | | | | | | | | | (23,656 | ) | Income before income taxes | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 67,159 |
| U.S. GAAP combined ratio (2) | 89 | % | | 116 | % | | 99 | % | | NM |
| (3) | | | 100 | % |
| | (1) | Effective January 1, 2012, the Company prospectively adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2010-26, Accounting for Costs Associated with Acquiring or Renewing Insurance Contracts. At December 31, 2011, deferred policy acquisition costs included approximately $43 million of costs that no longer met the criteria for deferral as of January 1, 2012 and will be recognized into income primarily over the first nine months of 2012, consistent with policy terms. The quarter ended September 30, 2012 included $6.5 million of underwriting, acquisition and insurance expenses that were deferred as of December 31, 2011 and no longer met the criteria for deferral as of January 1, 2012. |
| | (2) | The U.S. GAAP combined ratio is a measure of underwriting performance and represents the relationship of incurred losses, loss adjustment expenses and underwriting, acquisition and insurance expenses to earned premiums. |
| | (3) | NM – Ratio is not meaningful. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 | (dollars in thousands) | Excess and Surplus Lines | | Specialty Admitted | | London Insurance Market | | Other Insurance (Discontinued Lines) | | Investing | | Consolidated | Gross premium volume | $ | 705,849 |
| | $ | 496,019 |
| | $ | 704,511 |
| | $ | (6 | ) | | $ | — |
| | $ | 1,906,373 |
| Net written premiums | 597,742 |
| | 467,722 |
| | 621,947 |
| | (7 | ) | | — |
| | 1,687,404 |
| Earned premiums | 584,524 |
| | 431,179 |
| | 557,493 |
| | (7 | ) | | — |
| | 1,573,189 |
| Losses and loss adjustment expenses: | | | | | | | | | | | | Current accident year | (390,254 | ) | | (310,115 | ) | | (372,869 | ) | | — |
| | — |
| | (1,073,238 | ) | Prior accident years | 132,583 |
| | 27,747 |
| | 118,994 |
| | (19,160 | ) | | — |
| | 260,164 |
| Underwriting, acquisition and insurance expenses: | | | | | | | | | | | | Prospective adoption of ASU 2010-26 (1) | (16,652 | ) | | (12,863 | ) | | (11,578 | ) | | — |
| | — |
| | (41,093 | ) | All other expenses | (255,295 | ) | | (171,111 | ) | | (226,770 | ) | | (1,053 | ) | | — |
| | (654,229 | ) | Underwriting profit (loss) | 54,906 |
| | (35,163 | ) | | 65,270 |
| | (20,220 | ) | | — |
| | 64,793 |
| Net investment income | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 207,834 |
| | 207,834 |
| Net realized investment gains | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 25,356 |
| | 25,356 |
| Other revenues (insurance) | — |
| | 36,065 |
| | 4,753 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 40,818 |
| Other expenses (insurance) | — |
| | (35,184 | ) | | (2,722 | ) | | — |
| | — |
| | (37,906 | ) | Segment profit (loss) | $ | 54,906 |
| | $ | (34,282 | ) | | $ | 67,301 |
| | $ | (20,220 | ) | | $ | 233,190 |
| | $ | 300,895 |
| Other revenues (non-insurance) | | | | | | | | | | | 344,960 |
| Other expenses (non-insurance) | | | | | | | | | | | (305,556 | ) | Amortization of intangible assets | | | | | | | | | | | (25,078 | ) | Interest expense | | | | | | | | | | | (69,068 | ) | Income before income taxes | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 246,153 |
| U.S. GAAP combined ratio (2) | 91 | % | | 108 | % | | 88 | % | | NM |
| (3) | | | 96 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 | (dollars in thousands) | Excess and Surplus Lines | | Specialty Admitted | | London Insurance Market | | Other Insurance (Discontinued Lines) | | Investing | | Consolidated | Gross premium volume | $ | 663,989 |
| | $ | 431,604 |
| | $ | 676,893 |
| | $ | 125 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | 1,772,611 |
| Net written premiums | 570,243 |
| | 410,700 |
| | 593,440 |
| | (5 | ) | | — |
| | 1,574,378 |
| Earned premiums | 557,958 |
| | 390,623 |
| | 513,947 |
| | (13 | ) | | — |
| | 1,462,515 |
| Losses and loss adjustment expenses: | | | | | | | | | | | | Current accident year | (413,049 | ) | | (285,401 | ) | | (479,398 | ) | | — |
| | — |
| | (1,177,848 | ) | Prior accident years | 169,916 |
| | 7,942 |
| | 69,960 |
| | 2,387 |
| | — |
| | 250,205 |
| Underwriting, acquisition and insurance expenses | (250,415 | ) | | (148,957 | ) | | (202,291 | ) | | 152 |
| | — |
| | (601,511 | ) | Underwriting profit (loss) | 64,410 |
| | (35,793 | ) | | (97,782 | ) | | 2,526 |
| | — |
| | (66,639 | ) | Net investment income | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 196,551 |
| | 196,551 |
| Net realized investment gains | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 25,423 |
| | 25,423 |
| Other revenues (insurance) | — |
| | 31,622 |
| | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | 31,622 |
| Other expenses (insurance) | — |
| | (27,374 | ) | | — |
| | — |
| | — |
| | (27,374 | ) | Segment profit (loss) | $ | 64,410 |
| | $ | (31,545 | ) | | $ | (97,782 | ) | | $ | 2,526 |
| | $ | 221,974 |
| | $ | 159,583 |
| Other revenues (non-insurance) | | | | | | | | | | | 228,739 |
| Other expenses (non-insurance) | | | | | | | | | | | (190,896 | ) | Amortization of intangible assets | | | | | | | | | | | (17,586 | ) | Interest expense | | | | | | | | | | | (64,516 | ) | Income before income taxes | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 115,324 |
| U.S. GAAP combined ratio (2) | 88 | % | | 109 | % | | 119 | % | | NM |
| (3) | | | 105 | % |
| | (1) | Effective January 1, 2012, the Company prospectively adopted FASB ASU No. 2010-26, Accounting for Costs Associated with Acquiring or Renewing Insurance Contracts. At December 31, 2011, deferred policy acquisition costs included approximately $43 million of costs that no longer met the criteria for deferral as of January 1, 2012 and will be recognized into income primarily over the first nine months of 2012, consistent with policy terms. The nine months ended September 30, 2012 included $41.1 million of underwriting, acquisition and insurance expenses that were deferred as of December 31, 2011 and no longer met the criteria for deferral as of January 1, 2012. |
| | (2) | The U.S. GAAP combined ratio is a measure of underwriting performance and represents the relationship of incurred losses, loss adjustment expenses and underwriting, acquisition and insurance expenses to earned premiums. |
| | (3) | NM – Ratio is not meaningful. |
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