Reinsurance

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

The Company cedes certain premiums and losses to various reinsurers under excess-of-loss treaties. These reinsurance arrangements provide for greater diversification of business, allow management to control exposure to potential losses arising from large risks, and provide additional capacity for growth. Ceded reinsurance contracts do not relieve the Company from its obligations to policyholders. The Company remains liable to its policyholders for the portion reinsured to the extent that any reinsurer does not meet the obligations assumed under the reinsurance agreements. To minimize its exposure to significant losses from reinsurer insolvencies, the Company evaluates the financial condition of its reinsurers and monitors concentrations of credit risk arising from similar geographic regions, activities, or economic characteristics of the reinsurers on a continual basis. The effect of reinsurance on premiums written and earned in 2024, 2023 and 2022 was as follows:


	2024 Premiums						2023 Premiums						2022 Premiums
	Written			Earned			Written			Earned			Written			Earned
	(in thousands)
Gross	$	294,144		$	288,803		$	285,355		$	283,746		$	276,110		$	282,225
Ceded		(18,164	)		(18,164	)		(16,621	)		(16,621	)		(10,527	)		(10,527	)
Net premiums	$	275,980		$	270,639		$	268,734		$	267,125		$	265,583		$	271,698

The amounts recoverable from reinsurers consist of the following:


	December 31,
	2024			2023
	(in thousands)
Unpaid losses recoverable:
Case basis	$	73,421		$	80,211
Incurred but not reported		39,321			39,535
Paid losses recoverable		3,664			7,796
Experience-rated commissions recoverable		913			2,781
Allowance for credit losses		(300	)		(360	)
Total	$	117,019		$	129,963

Amounts recoverable from reinsurers consists of ceded case reserves, ceded incurred but not reported (IBNR) reserves, and paid losses recoverable. Ceded case and ceded IBNR reserves represent the portion of gross loss and loss adjustment expense liabilities that are recoverable under reinsurance agreements, but are not yet due from reinsurers. Paid losses recoverable are receivables currently due from reinsurers for ceded paid losses. The Company considers paid losses recoverable outstanding for more than 90 days to be past due. At December 31, 2024, there were immaterial paid losses recoverable past due.

The Company received reinsurance recoveries of $0.3 million in 2024, $16.0 million in 2023 and $1.4 million in 2022.

The Company generally secures large reinsurance recoverable balances with various forms of collateral, including funds withheld accounts, irrevocable letters of credit and secured trusts. At December 31, 2024, reinsurance recoverables from reinsurers that exceeded 1.5% of statutory surplus of the Company’s insurance subsidiaries are shown below.


Reinsurer		A.M. Best Rating	Amounts Recoverable as of December 31, 2024
			(in thousands)
Hannover Reinsurance Ireland Limited	(1)	A+	$	51,330
Arch Reinsurance Company	(1)	A+		25,502
Minnesota Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association	(1)	NR		8,576
Munich Reinsurance America, Inc	(1)	A+		8,512
Allianz Risk Transfer AG (Bermuda)		A+		5,963
Odyssey America Reinsurance Corporation		A+		4,048
Other reinsurers				13,388
Total amounts recoverable from reinsurers				117,319
Allowance for credit losses				(300	)
Total amounts recoverable from reinsurers net of allowance for credit losses				117,019
Funds withheld and letters of credit related to the above recoverables				(69,556	)
Total unsecured amounts recoverable from reinsurers			$	47,463

(1)

Current participant in our 2025 reinsurance program.

The table below presents the change in the allowance for credit losses on amounts recoverable from reinsurers for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.


	Year Ended
	December 31,
	2024			2023
	(in thousands)
Balance, beginning of period	$	360		$	372
Provision for credit loss expense (benefit)		(60	)		(12	)
Balance, end of period	$	300		$	360