Insurance Operations

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs

The Company defers certain costs in connection with written premium, called Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs (“DPAC”). DPAC is amortized over the effective period of the related insurance policies.

The following table presents the beginning and ending balances and the changes in DPAC for the periods presented (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended March 31,
		2022		2021
DPAC, beginning of period		$	108,822	$	110,614
Capitalized Costs		49,199		54,722
Amortization of DPAC		(54,399)		(54,143)
DPAC, end of period		$	103,622	$	111,193

Regulatory Requirements and Restrictions

The Insurance Entities are subject to regulations and standards of the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“FLOIR”). The Insurance Entities are also subject to regulations and standards of regulatory authorities in other states where they are licensed, although as Florida-domiciled insurers, their principal regulatory authority is the FLOIR. These standards and regulations include a requirement that the Insurance Entities maintain specified levels of statutory capital and restrict the timing and amount of dividends and other distributions that may be paid by the Insurance Entities to the parent company. Except in the case of extraordinary dividends, these standards generally permit dividends to be paid from statutory unassigned funds of the regulated subsidiary and are limited based on the regulated subsidiary’s level of statutory net income and statutory capital and surplus. The maximum dividend that may be paid by the Insurance Entities to their immediate parent company, Protection Solutions, Inc. (“PSI”, formerly known as Universal Insurance Holding Company of Florida), without prior regulatory approval is limited by the provisions of the Florida Insurance Code. These dividends are referred to as “ordinary dividends.” However, if the dividend, together with other dividends paid within the preceding twelve months, exceeds this statutory limit or is paid from sources other than earned surplus, the entire dividend is generally considered an “extraordinary dividend” and must receive prior regulatory approval.

In accordance with Florida Insurance Code, and based on the calculations performed by the Company as of December 31, 2021, UPCIC currently is not able to pay any ordinary dividends during 2022. APPCIC, based on its accumulated earnings history as of December 31, 2021, is unable to pay any ordinary dividends during 2022. For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, no dividends were paid from the Insurance Entities to PSI.

The Florida Insurance Code requires a residential property insurance company to maintain statutory surplus as to policyholders of at least $15.0 million or ten percent of the insurer’s total liabilities, whichever is greater. The following table presents the amount of capital and surplus calculated in accordance with statutory accounting principles, which differs from U.S. GAAP, and an amount representing ten percent of total liabilities for each of the Insurance Entities as of the dates presented (in thousands):


	March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Statutory capital and surplus
UPCIC (1) (2)	$	389,248	$	378,750
APPCIC (3)	$	18,539	$	16,104
Ten percent of total liabilities
UPCIC	$	114,748	$	122,292
APPCIC	$	1,191	$	649


(1)			At March 31, 2022, statutory capital and surplus for UPCIC included a $20 million Subordinated Surplus Debenture (“Surplus Debenture”) funded in March 2022 by UVE through PSI, the Insurance Entities’ parent company, which is a component of surplus under statutory accounting principles and a liability under U.S. GAAP. The carrying amount of the Surplus Debenture included in the statutory capital and surplus of UPCIC is $130 million as of March 31, 2022.

(2)			At December 31, 2021, statutory capital and surplus for UPCIC included a $20 million Surplus Debenture funded in October 2021 by UVE through PSI, the Insurance Entities’ parent company, which is a component of surplus under statutory accounting principles and a liability under U.S. GAAP. In addition, capital and surplus included a contribution of $90 million Surplus Debenture funded in February 2022 which was not recognized on a U.S. GAAP basis as of December 31, 2021. The carrying amount of the Surplus Debenture included in the statutory capital and surplus of UPCIC is $110 million as of December 31, 2021.

(3)			At March 31, 2022, statutory capital and surplus for APPCIC included a $3 million Surplus Debenture funded in March 2022 by UVE through PSI, the Insurance Entities’ parent company, which is a component of surplus under statutory accounting principles and a liability under U.S. GAAP. The carrying amount of the Surplus Debenture included in the statutory capital and surplus of APPCIC is $3 million as of March 31, 2022.

As of the dates in the table above, the Insurance Entities each exceeded the minimum statutory capitalization requirement. The Insurance Entities also met the capitalization requirements of the other states in which they are licensed as of March 31, 2022. The Insurance Entities each are also required to adhere to prescribed premium-to-capital surplus ratios and each have met those requirements at such dates.

Through PSI, UVE recorded contributions for the periods presented (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended March 31,
		2022		2021
Capital contributions - UPCIC		$	—	$	77,000

The following table summarizes combined net income (loss) for the Insurance Entities determined in accordance with statutory accounting practices for the periods presented (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended March 31,
		2022		2021
Combined net income (loss)		$	(11,933)	$	(7,376)

The Insurance Entities are required by various state laws and regulations to maintain certain assets in depository accounts. The following table represents assets held by insurance regulators as of the dates presented (in thousands):


	March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	$	2,635	$	2,635
Investments	$	3,317	$	3,441