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Related Party Transactions
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions
Related Party Transactions

Tricadia Holdings, L.P.

On June 30, 2012, TAMCO, TFP and Tricadia Holdings LP (Tricadia) entered into a transition services agreement in connection with the internalization of the management of Tiptree (TSA). Pursuant to the TSA, Tricadia provides the Company with the services of its Executive Chairman as well as certain administrative and information technology. The TSA was assigned to the Company in connection with the Contribution Transactions. The Company pays Tricadia specified prices per service which is detailed in the table below.

Mariner Investment Group LLC

TFP and Back Office Services Group, Inc. (BOSG) entered into an administrative services agreement on June 12, 2007 (Administrative Services Agreement), which was assigned to Tiptree on July 1, 2013 in connection with the Contribution Transactions, under which BOSG provides certain back office, administrative and accounting services to the Company and it’s subsidiaries. BOSG is an affiliate of Mariner Investment Group (Mariner). Under the Administrative Services Agreement, the Company pays BOSG a quarterly fee of 0.025% of the Company’s Net Assets, defined as the Company’s total assets less total liabilities, including accrued income and expense, calculated in accordance with GAAP. The Administrative Services Agreement has successive one year terms but may be terminated by either the Company or BOSG upon 60 days prior notice.

As of June 30, 2016, the Company has concluded that Mariner no longer meets the definition of a related party.

The following table presents the fees paid to related parties for services provided:
 
Fees paid
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Services Provided by Tricadia:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Personnel, including services of our Executive Chairman and personnel providing accounting services
$
25

 
$
113

 
$
75

 
$
338

Incentive compensation for providing services(1) 
—

 
93

 
—

 
279

Legal and compliance services
—

 
38

 
—

 
113

Human resources, information technology and other personnel
28

 
28

 
84

 
84

Office space
61

 
61

 
183

 
184

Total paid to Tricadia
114

 
333

 
342

 
998

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Services Provided by Mariner:


 


 


 


Personnel, including back office, administrative and accounting services
—

 
99

 
189

 
289

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total fees paid to related parties
$
114

 
$
432

 
$
531

 
$
1,287


(1)
Represents cash bonuses and grant date fair value of immediately vested stock granted to Tricadia or its employees providing services to Tiptree pursuant to the TSA.

The amount of related party receivables and payables as of the balance sheet date was not material.

ProSight Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.
On June 23, 2016, subsidiaries of Tiptree purchased 5,596,000 shares of Class A common stock of Tiptree from entities affiliated with ProSight Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. (a principal owner of the Company’s Class A common stock prior to the purchase) for aggregate consideration of $36,374. The shares acquired by subsidiaries of Tiptree will be held as treasury shares and therefore will not be outstanding for accounting or voting purposes.
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
On September 14, 2016, subsidiaries of Tiptree purchased 1,000,000 shares of Class A common stock of Tiptree from entities affiliated with Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. (a principal owner of the Company’s Class A common stock prior to the purchase) for aggregate consideration of $6,150. The shares acquired by subsidiaries of Tiptree will be accounted for as treasury shares and therefore will not be outstanding for accounting or voting purposes.