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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 11 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Downes and Associates, a multi-line insurance adjustment corporation based in Deerfield Beach, Florida performs certain claims adjusting work for UPCIC. Downes and Associates, is owned by Dennis Downes, who is the father of Sean P. Downes, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of the Company. The following table provides payments made by the Company to Downes and Associates for the periods presented (in thousands):

 

                         
    Year Ended
December 31,
 
  2011     2010     2009  

Claims adjusting fees

  $ 753     $ 480     $ 605  

There were no amounts due to Downes and Associates as of December 31, 2011 and 2010. The Company made an advance payment as of December 31, 2010 of $40 thousand, none as of December 31, 2011. Payments due to Downes and Associates are generally made in the month the services are provided.

During the fourth quarter of 2009, the Company overpaid non-equity incentive plan compensation to the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer in the amounts of $217 thousand and $163 thousand, respectively. These amounts were repaid to the Company during February 2010.