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Credit Facilities | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Credit Facilities [Abstract] |
Credit Facilities | 5. CREDIT FACILITIES The Company has two active credit facilities for a total commitment of up to $1,000,000 thousand and an additional credit facility for a total commitment of up to £,47000 thousand, providing for the issuance of letters of credit and/or unsecured revolving credit lines. The following table presents the interest and fees incurred in connection with the two credit facilities for the periods indicated:
| Years Ended December 31,
(Dollars in thousands) | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Credit facility interest and fees incurred | $ | 420 |  | $ | 420 |  | $ | 420
The terms and outstanding amounts for each facility are discussed below: Group Credit Facility Effective May 26, 2016, Group, Everest Reinsurance (Bermuda), Ltd. (“Bermuda Re”) and Everest International Reinsurance, Ltd. (“Everest International”), both direct subsidiaries of Group, entered into a five year, $800,000 thousand senior credit facility with a syndicate of lenders, which amended and restated in its entirety the June 22, 2012, four year, $800,000 thousand senior credit facility. Both the May 26, 2016 and June 22, 2012 senior credit facilities, which have similar terms, are referred to as the “Group Credit Facility”. Wells Fargo Corporation (“Wells Fargo Bank”) is the administrative agent for the Group Credit Facility, which consists of two tranches. Tranche one provides up to $200,000 thousand of unsecured revolving credit for liquidity and general corporate purposes, and for the issuance of unsecured standby letters of credit. The interest on the revolving loans shall, at the Company’s option, be either (1) the Base Rate (as defined below) or (2) an adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus a margin. The Base Rate is the higher of (a) the prime commercial lending rate established by Wells Fargo Bank, (b) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.5% per annum or (c) the one month LIBOR Rate plus 1.0% per annum. The amount of margin and the fees payable for the Group Credit Facility depends on Group’s senior unsecured debt rating. Tranche two exclusively provides up to $600,000 thousand for the issuance of standby letters of credit on a collateralized basis. The Group Credit Facility requires Group to maintain a debt to capital ratio of not greater than 0.35 to 1 and to maintain a minimum net worth. Minimum net worth is an amount equal to the sum of $5,370,979 thousand plus 25% of consolidated net income for each of Group’s fiscal quarters, for which statements are available ending on or after March 31, 2016 and for which consolidated net income is positive, plus 25% of any increase in consolidated net worth during such period attributable to the issuance of ordinary and preferred shares, which at December 31, 2019, was $6,256,094 thousand. As of December 31, 2019, the Company was in compliance with all Group Credit Facility covenants. The following table summarizes the outstanding letters of credit for the periods indicated:
(Dollars in thousands) |  |  |  | At December 31, 2019 |  | At December 31, 2018
Bank |  |  |  | Commitment |  | In Use |  | Date of Expiry |  | Commitment |  | In Use |  | Date of Expiry
Wells Fargo Bank Group Credit Facility |  | Tranche One |  | $ | 200,000 |  | $ | 33,737 |  | 12/31/2020 |  | $ | 200,000 |  | $ | - |  |
|  | Tranche Two |  |  |  |  |  | 2,381 |  | 7/29/2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Tranche Two |  |  |  |  |  | 1,649 |  | 9/30/2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Tranche Two |  |  |  |  |  | 573,353 |  | 12/31/2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Tranche Two |  |  | 600,000 |  |  | 12,364 |  | 1/4/2021 |  |  | 600,000 |  |  | 558,818 |  | 12/31/2019
Total Wells Fargo Bank Group Credit Facility |  |  |  | $ | 800,000 |  | $ | 623,484 |  |  |  | $ | 800,000 |  | $ | 558,818 |  |
Bermuda Re Letter of Credit Facility Effective December 31, 2019, Bermuda Re renewed its letter of credit issuance facility with Citibank N.A. referred to as the “Bermuda Re Letter of Credit Facility”, which commitment is reconfirmed annually with updated fees. The current renewal of the Bermuda Re Letter of Credit Facility provides for the issuance of up to $200,000 thousand of secured letters of credit to collateralize reinsurance obligations as a non-admitted reinsurer. The interest on drawn letters of credit shall be (A) 0.35% per annum of the principal amount of issued standard letters of credit (expiry of 15 months or less) and (B) 0.45% per annum of the principal amount of issued extended tenor letters of credit (expiry maximum of up to 60 months). The commitment fee on undrawn credit shall be 0.15% per annum. The following table summarizes the outstanding letters of credit for the periods indicated:
(Dollars in thousands) |  | At December 31, 2019 |  | At December 31, 2018
Bank |  | Commitment |  | In Use |  | Date of Expiry |  | Commitment |  | In Use |  | Date of Expiry
Citibank Bilateral Letter of Credit Agreement |  | $ | 200,000 |  | $ | 4,425 |  | 02/29/2020 |  | $ | 200,000 |  | $ | 3,482 |  | 02/28/2019
|  |  |  |  |  | 512 |  | 09/03/2020 |  |  |  |  |  | 3,672 |  | 11/24/2019
|  |  |  |  |  | 3,672 |  | 11/24/2020 |  |  |  |  |  | 72,443 |  | 12/31/2019
|  |  |  |  |  | 177 |  | 12/16/2020 |  |  |  |  |  | 296 |  | 08/15/2020
|  |  |  |  |  | 125 |  | 12/20/2020 |  |  |  |  |  | 177 |  | 12/16/2020
|  |  |  |  |  | 101,404 |  | 12/31/2020 |  |  |  |  |  | 125 |  | 12/20/2020
|  |  |  |  |  | 559 |  | 08/15/2021 |  |  |  |  |  | 1,851 |  | 11/04/2022
|  |  |  |  |  | 37,096 |  | 12/30/2023 |  |  |  |  |  | 407 |  | 11/13/2022
|  |  |  |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 59,293 |  | 12/30/2022
Total Citibank Bilateral Agreement |  | $ | 200,000 |  | $ | 147,970 |  |  |  | $ | 200,000 |  | $ | 141,746 |  |
Everest International Credit Facility Effective November 7, 2019, Everest International renewed its credit facility with Lloyds Bank plc (“Everest International Credit Facility”). The current renewal of the Everest International Credit Facility has a four year term and provides up to £47,000 thousand for the issuance of standby letters of credit on a collateralized basis. The Company pays a commitment fee of 0.1% per annum on the average daily amount of the remainder of (1) the aggregate amount available under the facility and (2) the aggregate amount of drawings outstanding under the facility. The Company pays a credit commission fee of 0.35% per annum on drawings outstanding under the facility. The Everest International Credit Facility requires Group to maintain a debt to capital ratio of not greater than 0.35 to 1 and to maintain a minimum net worth. Minimum net worth is an amount equal to the sum of $5,326,009 thousand (70% of consolidated net worth as of December 31, 2015), plus 25% of consolidated net income for each of Group’s fiscal quarters, for which statements are available ending on or after January 1, 2015 and for which net income is positive, plus 25% of any increase in consolidated net worth of Group during such period attributable to the issuance of ordinary and preferred shares, which at December 31, 2019, was $6,246,842 thousand. As of December 31, 2019, the Company was in compliance with all Everest International Credit Facility requirements. The following table summarizes the outstanding letters of credit for the periods indicated:
(Dollars in thousands) |  | At December 31, 2019 |  | At December 31, 2018
Bank |  | Commitment |  | In Use |  | Date of Expiry |  | Commitment |  | In Use |  | Date of Expiry
Lloyd's Bank plc |  | £ | 47,000 |  | £ | 47,000 |  | 12/31/2023 |  | £ | 30,000 |  | £ | 26,000 |  | 12/31/2022
|  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |
Total Lloyd's Bank Credit Facility |  | £ | 47,000 |  | £ | 47,000 |  |  |  | £ | 30,000 |  | £ | 26,000 |  |
Federal Home Loan Bank Membership Effective August 15, 2019, Everest Reinsurance Company (“Everest Re”) became a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) organization, which allows Everest Re to borrow up to 10% of its statutory admitted assets. As of December 31, 2019, Everest Re had admitted assets of $12,518,844 thousand which provides borrowing capacity of up to $1,251,884 thousand. Through December 31, 2019, Everest had no borrowings through the FLHB.

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