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Statutory Net Income, Capital and Surplus, and Dividend Restrictions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Insurance [Abstract] |
Statutory Net Income, Capital and Surplus, and Dividend Restrictions | 21.Statutory Net Income, Capital and Surplus, and Dividend Restrictions The following table presents selected information, as filed with insurance regulatory authorities, for our insurance subsidiaries as determined in accordance with accounting practices prescribed or permitted by such insurance regulatory authorities as of and for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019:
|  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Nodak Insurance: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Statutory capital and surplus |  | $ | 221,761 |  |  | $ | 216,278 |  |  | $ | 189,836 |
Statutory unassigned surplus |  |  | 216,761 |  |  |  | 211,278 |  |  |  | 184,836 |
Statutory net income |  |  | 5,311 |  |  |  | 24,529 |  |  |  | 9,398 |
American West: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Statutory capital and surplus |  |  | 18,400 |  |  |  | 18,368 |  |  |  | 16,168 |
Statutory unassigned surplus |  |  | 12,399 |  |  |  | 12,367 |  |  |  | 10,167 |
Statutory net income (loss) |  |  | (54 | ) |  |  | 2,158 |  |  |  | 2,232 |
Primero: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Statutory capital and surplus |  |  | 10,138 |  |  |  | 9,818 |  |  |  | 8,727 |
Statutory unassigned surplus (deficit) |  |  | 879 |  |  |  | 559 |  |  |  | (532 | )
Statutory net income (loss) |  |  | 127 |  |  |  | 1,023 |  |  |  | (1,256 | )
Battle Creek: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Statutory capital and surplus |  |  | 6,821 |  |  |  | 6,875 |  |  |  | 6,189 |
Statutory unassigned surplus |  |  | 3,821 |  |  |  | 3,875 |  |  |  | 3,189 |
Statutory net income (loss) |  |  | (77 | ) |  |  | 693 |  |  |  | 133 |
Direct Auto: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Statutory capital and surplus |  |  | 37,960 |  |  |  | 35,819 |  |  |  | 28,683 |
Statutory unassigned surplus |  |  | 34,960 |  |  |  | 32,819 |  |  |  | 25,683 |
Statutory net income |  |  | 6,451 |  |  |  | 7,898 |  |  |  | 7,377 |
Westminster: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Statutory capital and surplus |  |  | 24,706 |  |  |  | 23,592 |  |  |  | 20,897 |
Statutory unassigned surplus |  |  | 19,706 |  |  |  | 18,592 |  |  |  | 15,897 |
Statutory net income |  |  | 1,723 |  |  |  | 2,719 |  |  |  | 225 |
State insurance laws require our insurance subsidiaries to maintain certain minimum capital and surplus amounts on a statutory basis. Our insurance subsidiaries are subject to regulations that restrict the payment of dividends from statutory surplus and may require prior approval from their domiciliary insurance regulatory authorities. Our insurance subsidiaries are also subject to RBC requirements that may further affect their ability to pay dividends. Our insurance subsidiaries statutory capital and surplus at December 31, 2021 and 2020 exceeded the amount of statutory capital and surplus necessary to satisfy regulatory requirements, including the RBC requirements, by a significant margin. Amounts available for distribution in 2022 to Nodak Insurance as dividends from its insurance subsidiaries without prior approval of insurance regulatory authorities are $1,840 from American West and $0 from Primero. No dividends were paid to Nodak Insurance from either entity during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, or 2019. The amount available for payment of dividends from Nodak Insurance to NI Holdings during 2022 without the prior approval of the North Dakota Insurance Department is $21,493 based upon the surplus of Nodak Insurance at December 31, 2021. Prior to its payment of any dividend, Nodak Insurance will be required to provide notice of the dividend to the North Dakota Insurance Department. This notice must be provided to the North Dakota Insurance Department 30 days prior to the payment of an extraordinary dividend and 10 days prior to the payment of an ordinary dividend. The North Dakota Insurance Department has the power to limit or prohibit dividend payments if Nodak Insurance is in violation of any law or regulation. These restrictions or any subsequently imposed restrictions may affect our future liquidity. The Board of Directors of Nodak Insurance declared and paid a $6,000 dividend during the year ended December 31, 2020. No dividends were declared or paid in the years ended December 31, 2021 or 2019. Direct Auto was re-domesticated from Illinois to North Dakota during 2021, and is now subject to the same dividend restrictions as Nodak Insurance. The amount available for payment of dividends from Direct Auto to NI Holdings during 2022 without the prior approval of the North Dakota Insurance Department is $3,796 based upon the surplus of Direct Auto at December 31, 2021. No dividends were declared or paid by Direct Auto during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, or 2019. Westminster was re-domesticated from Maryland to North Dakota during 2021, and is now subject to the same dividend restrictions as Nodak Insurance. The amount available for payment of dividends from Westminster to NI Holdings during 2022 without the prior approval of the North Dakota Insurance Department is $2,471 based upon the surplus of Westminster at December 31, 2021. No dividends were declared or paid by Westminster during the years ended December 31, 2021 or 2020.

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