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Note 11 - Reinsurance (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Reinsurance Disclosures [Abstract]  
Ceded Credit Risk [Table Text Block]

The following table shows ceded written premiums under fronting and quota share arrangements by line of business for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023:

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

 

($ in thousands)

 

Casualty

 

$

235,119

 

 

$

86,120

 

 

$

36,677

 

Fronting

 

 

203,813

 

 

 

312,173

 

 

 

339,376

 

Crop

 

 

176,200

 

 

 

109,975

 

 

 

12,110

 

Inland Marine and Other Property

 

 

145,223

 

 

 

103,863

 

 

 

108,409

 

Earthquake

 

 

43,891

 

 

 

42,466

 

 

 

29,708

 

Total

 

$

804,246

 

 

$

654,597

 

 

$

526,280

 

 

 

Effects of Reinsurance [Table Text Block]

The effect of reinsurance on premiums written and earned and on losses and LAE incurred for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, is as follows:

 

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

 

Written

 

 

Earned

 

 

Written

 

 

Earned

 

 

Written

 

 

Earned

 

 

 

($ in thousands)

 

Premiums Written and Earned:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct

 

$

1,792,609

 

 

$

1,600,618

 

 

$

1,403,383

 

 

$

1,301,901

 

 

$

1,083,804

 

 

$

959,614

 

Assumed

 

 

235,643

 

 

 

186,566

 

 

 

138,578

 

 

 

95,468

 

 

 

57,754

 

 

 

56,107

 

Ceded

 

 

(1,064,230

)

 

 

(984,549

)

 

 

(897,111

)

 

 

(886,682

)

 

 

(731,531

)

 

 

(669,808

)

Net

 

$

964,022

 

 

$

802,635

 

 

$

644,850

 

 

$

510,687

 

 

$

410,027

 

 

$

345,913

 

 

 

 

2025

 

 

 

Losses

 

 

LAE

 

 

Total

 

 

 

($ in thousands)

 

Losses and LAE Incurred:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct

 

$

381,708

 

 

$

140,505

 

 

$

522,213

 

Assumed

 

 

74,188

 

 

 

4,837

 

 

 

79,025

 

Ceded

 

 

(291,428

)

 

 

(81,216

)

 

 

(372,644

)

Net

 

$

164,468

 

 

$

64,126

 

 

$

228,594

 

 

 

 

2024

 

 

 

Losses

 

 

LAE

 

 

Total

 

 

 

($ in thousands)

 

Losses and LAE Incurred:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct

 

$

367,276

 

 

$

75,301

 

 

$

442,577

 

Assumed

 

 

46,866

 

 

 

4,930

 

 

 

51,796

 

Ceded

 

 

(305,336

)

 

 

(54,278

)

 

 

(359,614

)

Net

 

$

108,806

 

 

$

25,953

 

 

$

134,759

 

 

 

 

2023

 

 

 

Losses

 

 

LAE

 

 

Total

 

 

 

($ in thousands)

 

Losses and LAE Incurred:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct

 

$

228,441

 

 

$

60,834

 

 

$

289,275

 

Assumed

 

 

19,799

 

 

 

1,789

 

 

 

21,588

 

Ceded

 

 

(186,706

)

 

 

(51,565

)

 

 

(238,271

)

Net

 

$

61,534

 

 

$

11,058

 

 

$

72,592