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Subsequent Events
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

NOTE 18 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company performed an evaluation of subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued and determined there were no recognized or unrecognized subsequent events that would require an adjustment or additional disclosure in the consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2012 except for the following.

Effective January 1, 2013, the T25 contract (described in Note 4 – REINSURANCE) was subsequently replaced at identical limits and retentions as the prior agreement with unaffiliated third party reinsurers as an open market purchase. Effective January 1, 2013 through May 31, 2013, under an excess catastrophe contract, UPCIC obtained catastrophe coverage of 45% of $75 million in excess of $75 million and 55% of $105 million in excess of $45 million covering certain loss occurrences including hurricanes. The total cost of this reinsurance coverage is $2.7 million.

On February 8, 2013, the Company declared a dividend of $0.08 per share on its outstanding Common Stock to be paid on April 5, 2013, to the shareholders of record at the close of business on March 14, 2013.

Effective February 22, 2013, Bradley I. Meier resigned as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company to pursue opportunities outside the residential homeowners insurance industry. Also effective February 22, 2013, Sean P. Downes became the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Jon W. Springer became the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company.

The Company’s investment committee authorized management in March 2013, to engage an investment advisor specializing in the insurance industry, to manage the Company’s investment portfolio. The Company seeks to maintain a more traditional insurance company investment portfolio which we expect will provide a more stable stream of investment income and reduce the effects of market volatility. Management currently anticipates the majority of the portfolio will be available for sale with changes in fair value reflected in stockholders’ equity with the exception of any other than temporary impairments which are reflected in earnings.