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Credit Facilities
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
Credit Facilities [Abstract]  
Credit Facilities
9.
 
CREDIT FACILITIES
The Company
 
has multiple active
 
letter of
 
credit facilities
 
for a
 
total commitment
 
of up to
 
$
1.2
 
billion as of
 
June
30, 2022.
 
The Company
 
also has
 
additional uncommitted
 
letter of
 
credit facilities
 
of up to
 
$
340.0
 
million which
may be
 
accessible via
 
written
 
request and
 
corresponding
 
authorization
 
from the
 
applicable lender.
 
There is
 
no
guarantee the uncommitted
 
capacity will be available to us on
 
a future date.
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
,
 
$
800.0
million senior credit
 
facility with
 
a syndicate
 
of lenders,
 
which amended and
 
restated
 
in its entirety
 
the June 22,
2012,
four year
,
 
$
800.0
 
million
 
senior
 
credit
 
facility.
 
Both
 
the
 
May
 
26,
 
2016
 
and
 
June
 
22,
 
2012
 
senior
 
credit
facilities, which
 
have similar
 
terms, are
 
referred
 
to as
 
the “2016 Group
 
Credit Facility”.
 
Wells Fargo
 
Corporation
(“Wells Fargo Bank”) is
 
the administrative agent
 
for the 2016 Group Credit Facility.
Effective
 
May 26,
 
2021, the
 
term of
 
the 2016
 
Group Credit
 
Facility expired.
 
The Company
 
elected not
 
to renew
this facility
 
to allow
 
for the
 
replacement
 
by other
 
collateralized
 
bi-lateral
 
letter
 
of credit
 
facilities such
 
as those
described
 
below.
 
As
 
a
 
result
 
of
 
the
 
non-renewal
 
in
 
May
 
2021,
 
letter
 
of
 
credit
 
commitment/availability
 
in
 
the
2016 Group
 
Credit Facility
 
was
 
limited only
 
to the
 
letters
 
of credit
 
already
 
issued.
 
Those letters
 
of credit
 
were
subsequently cancelled from
 
this facility and the
 
facility is now fully
 
matured.
 
Prior to its maturity,
 
the Company
was in compliance with all Group Credit
 
Facility covenants.
The following table summarizes the
 
outstanding letters of credit
 
and/or borrowings for the periods
 
indicated:
(Dollars in thousands)
At June 30, 2022
At December 31, 2021
Bank
Capacity
In Use
Date of Expiry
Capacity
In Use
Date of Expiry
Wells Fargo Bank Group
 
Credit Facility
$
-
$
-
$
39,198
$
39,198
12/30/2022
Total Wells
 
Fargo Bank Group Credit Facility
$
-
$
-
$
39,198
$
39,198
Bermuda Re Wells Fargo
 
Letter of Credit Facility
Effective February
 
23, 2021, Bermuda Re entered into
 
a letter of credit issuance facility
 
with Wells Fargo
 
referred
to as
 
the “2021
 
Bermuda Re
 
Wells
 
Fargo
 
Letter of
 
Credit Facility.”
 
The Bermuda
 
Re Wells
 
Fargo
 
Letter of
 
Credit
Facility
 
originally provided
 
for
 
the issuance
 
of up
 
to $
50.0
 
million of
 
secured
 
letters
 
of credit.
 
Effective
 
May
 
5,
2021,
 
the
 
agreement
 
was
 
amended
 
to
 
provide
 
for
 
the
 
issuance
 
of
 
up
 
to
 
$
500.0
 
million
 
of
 
secured
 
letters
 
of
credit.
 
The following table summarizes the
 
outstanding letters of credit
 
for the periods indicated:
(Dollars in thousands)
At June 30, 2022
At December 31, 2021
Bank
Capacity
In Use
Date of Expiry
 
Capacity
In Use
Date of Expiry
 
Wells Fargo Bank Bilateral
 
LOC Agreement
$
500,000
$
435,413
12/30/2022
$
500,000
$
351,497
12/30/2022
Total Wells
 
Fargo Bank Bilateral
 
LOC Agreement
$
500,000
$
435,413
$
500,000
$
351,497
Bermuda Re Citibank Letter of Credit Facility
Effective
 
August
 
9,
 
2021,
 
Bermuda
 
Re
 
entered
 
into
 
a
 
new
 
letter
 
of
 
credit
 
issuance
 
facility
 
with
 
Citibank
 
N.A.
which superseded
 
the previous
 
letter
 
of credit
 
issuance facility
 
with Citibank
 
N.A. that
 
was effective
 
December
31, 2020.
 
Both of
 
these agreements
 
are referred
 
to as
 
the “Bermuda
 
Re Citibank
 
Letter of
 
Credit Facility”.
 
The
current Bermuda Re
 
Citibank Letter of Credit
 
Facility provides
 
for the committed
 
issuance of up to $
230.0
 
million
of
 
secured
 
letters
 
of
 
credit.
 
In
 
addition,
 
the
 
facility
 
provided
 
for
 
the
 
uncommitted
 
issuance
 
of
 
up
 
the
 
$
140.0
million,
 
which
 
may
 
be
 
accessible
 
via
 
written
 
request
 
by
 
the
 
Company
 
and
 
corresponding
 
authorization
 
from
Citibank N.A.
 
The following table summarizes the
 
outstanding letters of credit
 
for the periods indicated:
(Dollars in thousands)
At June 30, 2022
At December 31, 2021
Bank
Capacity
In Use
Date of Expiry
Capacity
In Use
Date of Expiry
Bermuda Re Citibank LOC Facility-
 
Committed
$
230,000
$
419
12/16/22
$
230,000
$
4,425
02/28/22
208,340
12/31/22
925
03/01/22
473
01/21/23
1,264
11/24/22
4,425
02/28/23
423
12/16/22
1,097
03/01/23
146
12/20/22
975
08/15/23
216,622
12/31/22
1,222
09/23/23
473
01/21/23
145
12/20/23
985
08/15/23
1,234
09/23/23
Bermuda Re Citibank LOC Facility
 
- Uncommitted
140,000
84,203
12/31/22
140,000
84,203
12/31/22
21,671
03/30/26
22,731
12/30/25
Total Citibank
 
Bilateral Agreement
$
370,000
$
322,970
$
370,000
$
333,429
Bermuda Re Bayerische Landesbank
 
Credit Facility
Effective
 
August
 
27,
 
2021
 
Bermuda
 
Re
 
entered
 
into
 
a
 
letter
 
of
 
credit
 
issuance
 
facility
 
with
 
Bayerische
Landesbank,
 
an agreement
 
referred
 
to as
 
the “Bermuda
 
Re Bayerische
 
Landesbank
 
Bilateral
 
LOC
 
Facility”.
 
The
Bermuda Re
 
Bayerische
 
Landesbank
 
Bilateral
 
LOC
 
Facility
 
provides
 
for
 
the committed
 
issuance
 
of up
 
to $
200.0
million of secured letters of credit.
 
The following table summarizes the
 
outstanding letters of credit
 
for the periods indicated:
(Dollars in thousands)
At June 30, 2022
At December 31, 2021
Bank
Capacity
In Use
Date of Expiry
Capacity
In Use
Date of Expiry
Bayerische Landesbank Bilateral LOC
 
Agreement
$
200,000
$
153,427
12/31/2022
$
200,000
$
154,691
12/31/2022
Total Bayerische
 
Landesbank Bilateral LOC Agreement
$
200,000
$
153,427
$
200,000
$
154,691
Bermuda Re Lloyd’s
 
Bank Credit Facility.
 
Effective October
 
8, 2021 Bermuda Re entered
 
into a letter of credit
 
issuance facility with Lloyd’s
 
Bank Corporate
Markets
 
PLC,
 
an
 
agreement
 
referred
 
to
 
as
 
the
 
“Bermuda
 
Re
 
Lloyd’s
 
Bank
 
Credit
 
Facility”.
 
The
 
Bermuda
 
Re
Lloyd’s
 
Bank
 
Credit
 
Facility
 
provides
 
for
 
the
 
committed
 
issuance
 
of
 
up
 
to
 
$
50.0
 
million
 
of
 
secured
 
letters
 
of
credit, and subject to credit approval
 
a maximum total facility amount of $
250.0
 
million.
The following table summarizes the
 
outstanding letters of credit
 
for the periods indicated:
(Dollars in thousands)
At June 30, 2022
At December 31, 2021
Bank
Capacity
In Use
Date of Expiry
 
Capacity
In Use
Date of Expiry
 
Bermuda Re Lloyd's Bank Credit Facility
 
-Committed
$
50,000
$
46,008
12/31/2022
$
50,000
$
46,008
12/31/2022
Bermuda Re Lloyd's Bank Credit Facility
 
-Uncommitted
200,000
84,806
12/31/2022
-
-
Total Bermuda Re
 
Lloyd's Bank Credit Facility
$
250,000
$
130,814
$
50,000
$
46,008
Bermuda Re Barclays Bank Credit
 
Facility.
 
Effective
 
November 3,
 
2021 Bermuda
 
Re entered
 
into a
 
letter of
 
credit issuance
 
facility with
 
Barclays
 
Bank PLC,
an agreement
 
referred
 
to as
 
the “Bermuda
 
Re Barclays
 
Credit Facility”.
 
The Bermuda
 
Re Barclays
 
Credit Facility
provides for the committed issuance
 
of up to $
200.0
 
million of secured letters of credit.
 
The following table summarizes the
 
outstanding letters of credit
 
for the periods indicated:
(Dollars in thousands)
At June 30, 2022
At December 31, 2021
Bank
Capacity
In Use
Date of Expiry
 
Capacity
In Use
Date of Expiry
 
Bermuda Re Barclays Bilateral
 
Letter of Credit Facility
$
200,000
$
171,628
12/31/2022
$
200,000
$
186,299
12/31/2022
Total Bermuda Re
 
Barclays Bilateral Letter
 
of Credit Facility
$
200,000
$
171,628
$
200,000
$
186,299
Federal Home Loan Bank Membership
Everest
 
Reinsurance
 
Company
 
(“Everest
 
Re”)
 
is
 
a
 
member
 
of
 
the
 
Federal
 
Home
 
Loan
 
Bank
 
of
 
New
 
York
(“FHLBNY”), which allows
 
Everest
 
Re to
 
borrow up
 
to
10
% of its
 
statutory
 
admitted assets.
 
As of June
 
30, 2022,
Everest
 
Re
 
had
 
admitted
 
assets
 
of
 
approximately
 
$
20.8
 
billion
 
which
 
provides
 
borrowing
 
capacity
 
of
 
up
 
to
approximately
 
$
2.1
 
billion.
 
As of
 
June 30,
 
2022, Everest
 
Re has
 
$
519.0
 
million of
 
borrowings
 
outstanding,
 
with
maturities in
 
November and
 
December,
 
2022, and
 
interest
 
payable
 
at interest
 
rates
 
between
0.53
% and
0.65
%.
 
Everest
 
Re incurred
 
interest
 
expense of
 
$
0.8
 
million and
 
$
0.3
 
million for
 
the three
 
months ended
 
June 30,
 
2022
and 2021,
 
respectively.
 
Everest
 
Re incurred
 
interest
 
expense of
 
$
1.5
 
million and
 
$
0.6
 
million for
 
the six
 
months
ended
 
June
 
30,
 
2022
 
and
 
2021,
 
respectively.
 
The
 
FHLBNY
 
membership
 
agreement
 
requires
 
that
4.5
%
 
of
borrowed funds be used to acquire additional
 
membership stock.