Fair Value of Financial Instruments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

White Mountains records its financial instruments at fair value with the exception of debt obligations which are recorded as debt at face value less unamortized original issue discount.

The following tables presents the fair value and carrying value of these financial instruments as of December 31, 2019 and 2018:



	December 31, 2019				December 31, 2018
Millions	Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value
NSM Bank Facility	$	221.2	$	217.4	$	176.1	$	176.6
Other NSM debt	$	1.7	$	1.8	$	1.9	$	1.9
Kudu Bank Facility ⁽¹⁾	$	53.6	$	53.6	$	—	$	—
MediaAlpha Bank Facility	$	—	$	—	$	14.6	$	14.2
Other Operations debt	$	11.3	$	10.7	$	—	$	—

⁽¹⁾ White Mountains measured the fair value of the Kudu Bank Facility debt at the carrying value as a result of the debt being acquired on December 23, 2019. See Note 5 — “Debt”.

The fair value estimates for the NSM Bank Facility, the MediaAlpha Bank Facility and Other Operations debt have been determined based on a discounted cash flow approach and are considered to be Level 3 measurements. As a result of the MediaAlpha Transaction, White Mountains’s remaining ownership interest in MediaAlpha no longer meets the criteria for a controlling ownership interest and accordingly, White Mountains deconsolidated MediaAlpha as of February 26, 2019. See Note 2 — “Significant Transactions”.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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