x
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Annual
Report under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Act of
1934
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o
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Transition
Report under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
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Florida
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65-0248866
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No)
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3661
West Oakland Park Boulevard, Suite 300, Lauderdale Lakes, Florida
33311
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
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Title
of Each Class
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Name
of Each Exchange on Which Registered
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Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share
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NASDAQ
Global Market, LLC
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PART
I
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3
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ITEM
1
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BUSINESS
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3
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ITEM
1A
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RISK
FACTORS
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24
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ITEM
1B
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UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS |
33
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ITEM
2
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PROPERTIES |
33
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ITEM
3
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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS |
33
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ITEM
4
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SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS |
34
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PART
II
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34
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ITEM
5
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MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS |
34
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ITEM
6
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SELECTED
FINANCIAL DATA
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37
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ITEM
7
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MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
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39
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ITEM
7A
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QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK |
64
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ITEM
8
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FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
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66
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ITEM
9
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CHANGES
IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURE
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106
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ITEM
9A
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CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES
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106
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ITEM
9B
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OTHER
INFORMATION
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107
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PART
III
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107
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ITEM
10
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DIRECTORS,
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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107
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ITEM
11
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EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION
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107
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ITEM
12
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SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED
STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
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107
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ITEM
13
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CERTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR
INDEPENDENCE
|
107
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ITEM
14
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PRINCIPAL
ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
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107
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PART
IV
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108
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ITEM
15
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EXHIBITS,
FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON FORM
10-K
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108
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SIGNATURES
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111
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States
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Admitted
carrier
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Surplus
lines carrier
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Ongoing
operations
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Operations
expected to commence this year
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Application
pending
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Alabama
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ü
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ü
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Arkansas
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ü
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ü
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California
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ü
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ü
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Florida
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ü
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ü
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Georgia
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ü
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ü
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Kentucky
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ü
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ü
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Louisiana
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ü
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ü
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Maryland
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ü
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ü
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Missouri
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ü
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ü
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Nevada
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ü
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ü
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Ohio
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ü
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ü
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Oklahoma
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ü
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ü
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South
Carolina
|
ü
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ü
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Tennessee
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ü
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ü
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Texas
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ü
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ü
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Virginia
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ü
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ü
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· |
expanding
our lines of business such as our recent approval to write commercial
multi-peril, inland marine and surety insurance in the State of Florida.
Although operations are not yet ongoing in connection with the new
lines
of commercial insurance, we expect to commence operations during
2008;
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· |
continued
expansion of our commercial general liability insurance product into
additional states. In addition to our ongoing operations in nine
states,
we expect to commence operations in four states where we have obtained
licenses to underwrite and sell commercial general liability insurance
in
2008.
Additionally, we have pending applications for a surplus lines licenses
in
three more states;
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· |
employing
our business practices developed and used in Florida in our expansion
to
other selected states;
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· |
maintaining
a commitment to provide high quality customer service to our agents
and
insureds;
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· |
expansion
of our marketing efforts by retaining key personnel and implementing
direct marketing technologies;
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· |
offering
attractive incentives to our agents to place a high volume of high
quality
business with our companies;
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· |
assumption
of existing risks from other
carriers;
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· |
additional
strategies that may include possible acquisitions or further dispositions
of assets, and development of procedures to improve claims history
and
mitigate losses from claims.
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Years
Ended December 31,
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||||||||||||||||||
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2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
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|||||||||||||
Premium
|
|
Percent
|
|
Premium
|
|
Percent
|
|
Premium
|
|
Percent
|
|||||||||
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Gross
written premiums:
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|||||||||||||||||||
Automobile
|
$
|
1,867
|
1.4
|
%
|
$
|
6,064
|
4.0
|
%
|
$
|
20,665
|
17.3
|
%
|
|||||||
Homeowners'
|
99,502
|
74.5
|
%
|
114,388
|
74.9
|
%
|
76,182
|
63.8
|
%
|
||||||||||
Commercial
General Liability
|
32,222
|
24.1
|
%
|
32,213
|
21.1
|
%
|
22,593
|
18.9
|
%
|
||||||||||
Total
gross written premiums
|
$
|
133,591
|
100.0
|
%
|
$
|
152,665
|
100.0
|
%
|
$
|
119,440
|
100.0
|
%
|
|||||||
Ceded
premiums:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Automobile
|
$
|
-
|
0.0
|
%
|
$
|
-
|
0.0
|
%
|
$
|
(5
|
)
|
0.0
|
%
|
||||||
Homeowners'
|
44,551
|
100.0
|
%
|
67,520
|
100.0
|
%
|
31,419
|
100.0
|
%
|
||||||||||
Commercial
General Liability
|
-
|
0.0
|
%
|
-
|
0.0
|
%
|
-
|
0.0
|
%
|
||||||||||
Total
ceded premiums
|
$
|
44,551
|
100.0
|
%
|
$
|
67,520
|
100.0
|
%
|
$
|
31,414
|
100.0
|
%
|
|||||||
Net
written premiums
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Automobile
|
$
|
1,867
|
2.1
|
%
|
$
|
6,064
|
7.2
|
%
|
$
|
20,670
|
23.5
|
%
|
|||||||
Homeowners'
|
54,952
|
61.7
|
%
|
46,868
|
55.0
|
%
|
44,763
|
50.9
|
%
|
||||||||||
Commercial
General Liability
|
32,222
|
36.2
|
%
|
32,213
|
37.8
|
%
|
22,593
|
25.6
|
%
|
||||||||||
Total
net written premiums
|
$
|
89,041
|
100.0
|
%
|
$
|
85,145
|
100.0
|
%
|
$
|
88,026
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
|
As
of the years ended December 31
|
|||||||||||||||||
In-force
policy count
|
|||||||||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||||||||||||
County
|
Amount
|
Percentage
|
Amount
|
Percentage
|
Amount
|
Percentage
|
|||||||||||||
Dade
|
4,587
|
12.7
|
%
|
9,151
|
21.6
|
%
|
11,201
|
27.9
|
%
|
||||||||||
Broward
|
4,446
|
12.3
|
%
|
6,629
|
15.6
|
%
|
6,728
|
16.8
|
%
|
||||||||||
West
Palm Beach
|
14,969
|
41.3
|
%
|
13,539
|
31.9
|
%
|
8,079
|
20.1
|
%
|
||||||||||
All
others
|
12,239
|
33.8
|
%
|
13,099
|
30.9
|
%
|
14,117
|
35.2
|
%
|
||||||||||
Total
|
36,241
|
100.0
|
%
|
42,418
|
100.0
|
%
|
40,125
|
100.0
|
%
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
Amount
|
|
Percentage
|
|
Amount
|
|
Percentage
|
|
Amount
|
|
Percentage
|
|
||||||
|
|
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|||||||||||||||||
State
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Alabama
|
$
|
26
|
0.08
|
%
|
$
|
-
|
0.00
|
%
|
$
|
-
|
0.00
|
%
|
|||||||
California
|
23
|
0.07
|
%
|
-
|
0.00
|
%
|
-
|
0.00
|
%
|
||||||||||
Florida
|
21,192
|
65.77
|
%
|
22,965
|
71.29
|
%
|
18,293
|
80.97
|
%
|
||||||||||
Georgia
|
1,023
|
3.17
|
%
|
1,805
|
5.60
|
%
|
1,258
|
5.57
|
%
|
||||||||||
Kentucky
|
8
|
0.03
|
%
|
9
|
0.03
|
%
|
-
|
0.00
|
%
|
||||||||||
Lousiania
|
5,595
|
17.36
|
%
|
5,743
|
17.83
|
%
|
3,042
|
13.46
|
%
|
||||||||||
South
Carolina
|
182
|
0.57
|
%
|
77
|
0.24
|
%
|
-
|
0.00
|
%
|
||||||||||
Texas
|
4,127
|
12.81
|
%
|
1,604
|
4.98
|
%
|
-
|
0.00
|
%
|
||||||||||
Virginia
|
46
|
0.14
|
%
|
10
|
0.03
|
%
|
-
|
0.00
|
%
|
||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
32,222
|
100.00
|
%
|
$
|
32,213
|
100.00
|
%
|
$
|
22,593
|
100.00
|
%
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
Premium
|
|
Percent
|
|
Premium
|
|
Percent
|
|
Premium
|
|
Percent
|
|
||||||
|
|
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Federated
National
|
$
|
2,547
|
62.7
|
%
|
$
|
6,279
|
56.2
|
%
|
$
|
6,893
|
21.5
|
%
|
|||||||
American
Vehicle
|
169
|
4.2
|
%
|
1,981
|
17.7
|
%
|
14,946
|
46.7
|
%
|
||||||||||
Other
insurers
|
1,346
|
33.1
|
%
|
2,917
|
26.1
|
%
|
10,186
|
31.8
|
%
|
||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
4,062
|
100.00
|
%
|
$
|
11,177
|
100.00
|
%
|
$
|
32,025
|
100.00
|
%
|
Reinsurer
|
A.M.
Best Rating
|
|
UNITED
STATES
|
||
Everest
Reinsurance Company
|
A+
|
|
Folksamerica
Reinsurance Company
|
A-
|
|
GMAC
Re/Motors Insurance Corporation
|
A-
|
|
Munich
Reinsurance America, Inc.
|
A
|
|
Odyssey
America Reinsurance Corporation
|
A
|
|
QBE
Reinsurance Corporation
|
A
|
|
BERMUDA
|
||
ACE
Tempest Reinsurance Limited, Bermuda
|
A+
|
|
Amlin
Bermuda Limited
|
A-
|
|
Ariel
Reinsurance Company Limited, Bermuda
|
A-
|
|
DaVinci
Reinsurance Ltd, Bermuda
|
A
|
|
Flagstone
Reinsurance Limited
|
A-
|
|
Max
Bermuda Limited
|
A-
|
|
New
Castle Reinsurance Company Limited
|
A-
|
|
Renaissance
Reinsurance Ltd, Bermuda
|
A
|
|
UNITED
KINGDOM
|
||
Amlin
Syndicate No. 2001 (AML)
|
A
|
|
Ascot
Underwriting Syndicate No. 1414 (RTH)
|
A
|
|
G.S.
Christensen and Others Syndicate No. 958 (GSC)
|
A
|
|
MAP
Underwriting Syndicate No. 2791 (MAP)
|
A
|
|
Talbot
Underwriting Syndicate No. 1183 (TAL)
|
A
|
|
EUROPE
|
||
Converium
Limited, Switzerland
|
B++
|
First
Event Participation
|
|
Reinstated
Premium Protection
|
|
||||||||||||||||
Current
AM
|
|
|
|
$20m
in excess
|
|
$40m
in excess
|
|
$72m
in excess
of
$75m
and
FHCF
|
|
$20m
in excess
|
|
$40m
in excess
|
|||||||
Best
Rating
|
Reinsurer
|
|
of
$15m
|
|
of
$35m
|
|
participation
|
|
of
$15m
|
|
of
$35m
|
||||||||
A+
|
Ace Tempest Reinsurance Ltd |
7.5
|
%
|
7.5
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
A
|
Amlin 2001 Syndicate |
5.0
|
%
|
5.0
|
%
|
5.0
|
%
|
5.0
|
%
|
||||||||||
A-
|
Amlin Bermuda Ltd |
2.5
|
%
|
4.0
|
%
|
4.0
|
%
|
2.5
|
%
|
||||||||||
A
|
American Reinsurance Company |
3.5
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
A
|
Ascot 1414 Syndicate |
6.5
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
A++
|
National Liability and Fire Company |
33.8
|
%
|
6.6
|
%
|
77.6
|
%
|
||||||||||||
B++
|
Converium AG |
5.0
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
A+
|
Everest Reinsurance Company |
22.0
|
%
|
4.3
|
%
|
12.0
|
%
|
||||||||||||
NR
|
Wentworth Insurance Company Ltd |
5.0
|
%
|
.
|
5.0
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
A-
|
Flagstone Reinsurance Ltd |
4.3
|
%
|
4.0
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
A
|
MAP 2791 Syndicate |
2.5
|
%
|
2.5
|
%
|
2.5
|
%
|
2.5
|
%
|
||||||||||
A-
|
New Castle Reinsurance Company Ltd |
2.0
|
%
|
2.0
|
%
|
2.0
|
%
|
2.0
|
%
|
||||||||||
A
|
QBE Reinsurance Corporation |
1.5
|
%
|
1.0
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
A
|
Renaissance Reinsurance, Ltd |
12.5
|
%
|
12.5
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
A+
|
XL Re Limited |
2.5
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
A
|
Odyssey |
3.5
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
A
|
Catlin Insurance Company Ltd |
25.0
|
%
|
25.0
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
NR
|
Allianz Risk Transfer (Bermuda) Ltd |
33.0
|
%
|
33.0
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
A
|
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company |
34.7
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
American Vehicle Insurance Company | |||||||||||||||||||
NR4
|
(Affiliated) |
|
25.0
|
%
|
25.0
|
%
|
2004
Hurricanes
|
Claim
Count
|
|
Gross
Losses
|
|
Reinsurance
Recoveries
|
|
Net
Losses
|
|
|||||
|
|
(Dollars
in millions)
|
|||||||||||
Charley
(August 13)
|
2,572
|
$
|
65.3
|
$
|
55.3
|
$
|
10.0
|
||||||
Frances
(September 3)
|
3,809
|
54.2
|
44.1
|
10.1
|
|||||||||
Ivan
(September 14)
|
1,062
|
26.5
|
-
|
26.5
|
|||||||||
Jeanne
(September 25)
|
1,563
|
14.0
|
-
|
14.0
|
|||||||||
Total
Loss Estimate
|
9,006
|
$
|
160.0
|
$
|
99.4
|
$
|
60.6
|
2005
Hurricanes
|
|
Claim
Count
|
|
Gross
Losses
|
|
Reinsurance
Recoveries
|
|
Net
Losses
|
|||||
(Dollars
in millions)
|
|||||||||||||
Dennis
(July 10)
|
322
|
$
|
2.7
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
2.7
|
||||||
Katrina
(August 25)
|
2,117
|
14.6
|
11.6
|
3.0
|
|||||||||
Rita
(September 20)
|
19
|
0.1
|
-
|
0.1
|
|||||||||
Wilma
(October 24)
|
11,761
|
184.5
|
181.5
|
3.0
|
|||||||||
Total
Loss Estimate
|
14,219
|
$
|
201.9
|
$
|
193.1
|
$
|
8.8
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
|
|||
|
|
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
||||||||
Balance
at January 1:
|
$
|
39,615
|
$
|
154,039
|
$
|
46,571
|
||||
Less
reinsurance recoverables
|
(12,382
|
)
|
(128,420
|
)
|
(9,415
|
)
|
||||
Net
balance at January 1
|
$
|
27,233
|
$
|
25,619
|
$
|
37,156
|
||||
Incurred
related to:
|
||||||||||
Current
year
|
$
|
38,452
|
$
|
35,106
|
$
|
42,242
|
||||
Prior
years
|
9,166
|
9,294
|
6,095
|
|||||||
Total
incurred
|
$
|
47,619
|
$
|
44,400
|
$
|
48,336
|
||||
Paid
related to:
|
||||||||||
Current
year
|
$
|
15,628
|
$
|
17,420
|
$
|
25,749
|
||||
Prior
years
|
19,673
|
25,365
|
34,125
|
|||||||
Total
paid
|
$
|
35,301
|
$
|
42,785
|
$
|
59,874
|
||||
Net
balance at year-end
|
$
|
39,551
|
$
|
27,233
|
$
|
25,619
|
||||
Plus
reinsurance recoverables
|
20,133
|
12,382
|
128,420
|
|||||||
Balance
at year-end
|
$
|
59,685
|
$
|
39,615
|
$
|
154,039
|
As
of December 31,
|
|
||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|||
Transatlantic
Reinsurance Company (A+ A.M. Best Rated):
|
|||||||
Reinsurance
recoverable on paid losses and LAE
|
$
|
20,823
|
$
|
113,061
|
|||
Unpaid
losses and LAE
|
137,546
|
153,114
|
|||||
$
|
158,369
|
$
|
266,175
|
Amounts
due from reinsurers consisted of amounts related to:
|
|||||||
Unpaid
losses and LAE
|
$
|
137,546
|
$
|
153,114
|
|||
Reinsurance
recoverable on paid losses and LAE
|
20,823
|
113,061
|
|||||
Reinsurance
receivable
|
-
|
218
|
|||||
$
|
158,369
|
$
|
266,393
|
As
of December 31,
|
|
||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|||
Catastrophe
Excess of Loss (Various participants) and FHCF
|
|||||||
Reinsurance
recoverable on paid losses and LAE
|
$
|
2,771,624
|
$
|
8,260,720
|
|||
Unpaid
losses and LAE
|
19,971,394
|
12,229,863
|
|||||
$
|
22,743,018
|
$
|
20,490,583
|
Amounts
due from reinsurers consisted of amounts related to:
|
|||||||
Unpaid
losses and LAE
|
$
|
19,971,394
|
$
|
12,229,863
|
|||
Reinsurance
recoverable on paid LAE
|
2,771,624
|
8,260,720
|
|||||
Reinsurance
payable
|
(12,605,238
|
)
|
(24,466,563
|
)
|
|||
$
|
10,137,780
|
$
|
(3,975,980
|
)
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
|
2004
|
|
2003
|
|
2002
|
|
2001
|
|
2000
|
|
1999
|
|
1998
|
|||||||||||||
Balance
Sheet Liability
|
$
|
39,929
|
$
|
27,215
|
$
|
25,621
|
$
|
37,156
|
$
|
14,809
|
$
|
9,422
|
$
|
6,207
|
$
|
6,976
|
$
|
4,428
|
$
|
5,366
|
|||||||||||
Cumulative
paid as of:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
One
year later
|
8,609
|
25,465
|
35,128
|
10,480
|
8,088
|
5,296
|
8,228
|
4,289
|
3,460
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Two
years later
|
34,073
|
48,299
|
12,527
|
9,867
|
7,222
|
9,568
|
5,799
|
4,499
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Three
years later
|
53,621
|
14,220
|
10,411
|
7,711
|
10,101
|
6,328
|
5,111
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Four
years later
|
15,033
|
11,404
|
7,953
|
10,352
|
6,408
|
5,387
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Five
years later
|
11,719
|
8,171
|
10,476
|
6,542
|
5,227
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Six
years later
|
8,296
|
10,641
|
6,563
|
5,216
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seven
years later
|
10,749
|
6,576
|
5,220
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eight
years later
|
6,587
|
5,236
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nine
years later
|
5,247
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Re-estimated
net liability as of:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
End
of year
|
$
|
39,929
|
$
|
27,215
|
$
|
25,621
|
$
|
37,156
|
$
|
14,809
|
$
|
9,136
|
$
|
6,207
|
$
|
6,976
|
$
|
4,428
|
$
|
5,366
|
|||||||||||
One
year later
|
35,458
|
35,618
|
44,690
|
14,256
|
10,897
|
6,954
|
9,445
|
5,872
|
4,676
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Two
years later
|
41,280
|
52,317
|
14,273
|
10,625
|
7,842
|
10,200
|
6,284
|
5,157
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Three
years later
|
-
|
56,147
|
14,890
|
10,770
|
8,069
|
10,425
|
6,605
|
5,352
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Four
years later
|
15,854
|
11,650
|
8,312
|
10,616
|
6,561
|
5,515
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Five
years later
|
12,365
|
8,542
|
10,782
|
6,664
|
5,384
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Six
years later
|
8,621
|
10,945
|
6,644
|
5,396
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seven
years later
|
11,241
|
6,743
|
5,400
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eight
years later
|
7,228
|
5,361
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nine
years later
|
5,453
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cumulative
redundancy
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(deficiency)
|
$
|
(8,243
|
)
|
$
|
(15,659
|
)
|
$
|
(18,991
|
)
|
$
|
(1,045
|
)
|
$
|
(3,229
|
)
|
$
|
(2,414
|
)
|
$
|
(4,265
|
)
|
$
|
(2,800
|
)
|
$
|
(87
|
)
|
||||
Cumulative
redundancy
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(-)
deficiency as a % of
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
reserves
originally
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
established
|
-30.3
|
%
|
-61.1
|
%
|
-51.1
|
%
|
-7.1
|
%
|
-34.3
|
%
|
-38.9
|
%
|
-61.1
|
%
|
-63.2
|
%
|
-1.6
|
%
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
|
|||
|
|
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
||||||||
GAAP
basis Loss and LAE reserves
|
$
|
59,685
|
$
|
39,615
|
$
|
154,039
|
||||
Less
unpaid Losses and LAE ceded
|
20,133
|
12,401
|
128,418
|
|||||||
Balance
Sheet Liability
|
39,552
|
27,214
|
25,621
|
|||||||
Add
Insurance Apportionment Plan
|
37
|
45
|
112
|
|||||||
SAP
basis Loss and LAE reserves
|
$
|
39,589
|
$
|
27,259
|
$
|
25,733
|
|
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
||||||
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
||||||||||
GAAP
basis Loss and LAE incurred
|
$
|
47,619
|
$
|
44,400
|
$
|
48,336
|
||||
Intercompany
adjusting and other expenses
|
7,361
|
6,465
|
7,453
|
|||||||
Insurance
apportionment plan
|
12
|
(294
|
)
|
235
|
||||||
SAP
basis Loss and LAE incurred
|
$
|
54,992
|
$
|
50,571
|
$
|
56,024
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
||||
Loss
Ratio
|
54.6
|
%
|
54.8
|
%
|
65.4
|
%
|
||||
Expense
Ratio
|
38.9
|
%
|
42.5
|
%
|
35.3
|
%
|
||||
Combined
Ratio
|
93.5
|
%
|
97.3
|
%
|
100.7
|
%
|
· |
the
availability of sufficient reliable data and our ability to properly
analyze available data;
|
· |
the
uncertainties that inherently characterize estimates and
assumptions;
|
· |
our
selection and application of appropriate rating and pricing techniques;
|
· |
changes
in legal standards, claim settlement practices, medical care expenses
and
restoration costs; and
|
· |
legislatively
imposed consumer initiatives.
|
●
|
Our
board of directors is elected in classes, with only two or three
of the
directors elected each year. As a result, shareholders would not
be able
to change the membership of the board in its entirety in any one
year.
Shareholders would also be unable to bring about, through the election
of
a new board of directors, changes in our officers.
|
●
|
Our
articles of incorporation prohibit shareholders from acting by written
consent, meaning that shareholders will be required to conduct a
meeting
in order to vote on any proposals or take any action.
|
●
|
Our
bylaws require at least 60 days' notice if a shareholder desires
to submit
a proposal for a shareholder vote or to nominate a person for election
to
our board of directors.
|
·
|
The
Florida Control Share Act provides that shares acquired in a "control
share acquisition" will not have voting rights unless the voting
rights
are approved by a majority of the corporation's disinterested
shareholders. A "control share acquisition" is an acquisition, in
whatever
form, of voting power in any of the following ranges: (a) at least
20% but
less than 33-1/3% of all voting power, (b) at least 33-1/3% but less
than
a majority of all voting power; or (c) a majority or more of all
voting
power.
|
·
|
The
Florida Affiliated Transactions Act requires supermajority approval
by
disinterested shareholders of certain specified transactions between
a
public company and holders of more than 10% of the outstanding voting
shares of the corporation (or their affiliates).
|
Quarter
Ended
|
High
|
Low
|
|||||
March
31, 2007
|
$
|
23.03
|
$
|
17.60
|
|||
June
30, 2007
|
$
|
19.99
|
$
|
9.85
|
|||
September
30, 2007
|
$
|
14.60
|
$
|
10.03
|
|||
December
31, 2007
|
$
|
17.31
|
$
|
12.38
|
|||
March
31, 2006
|
$
|
18.99
|
$
|
15.97
|
|||
June
30, 2006
|
$
|
18.46
|
$
|
12.68
|
|||
September
30, 2006
|
$
|
18.46
|
$
|
12.19
|
|||
December
31, 2006
|
$
|
28.55
|
$
|
18.20
|
Equity
Compensation Plan Information
|
||||||||||
Plan
category
|
Number
of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options,
warrants
and rights
(a)
|
Weighted-average
exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights
(b)
|
Number
of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity
compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column
(a))
(c)
|
|||||||
Equity
compensation plans approved by stock holders*
|
812,908
|
$
|
14.00
|
1,142,546
|
* |
Includes
options from the 1998 Stock Option Plan, 2001 Franchise
Stock Option Plan and the 2002 Stock Option
Plan.
|
Period
|
Total
Number of Shares Purchased
|
Average
Price Paid per Share
|
Total
Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans
or
Programs
|
Approximate
Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the
Plan
|
|||||||||
October-07
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
$
|
3.0
million
|
||||||||
November-07
|
135,277
|
$
|
13.44
|
135,277
|
$
|
1.2
million
|
|||||||
December-07
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
$
|
1.2
million
|
Period
Ending
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Index
|
12/31/02
|
12/31/03
|
12/31/04
|
12/31/05
|
12/31/06
|
12/31/07
|
|||||||||||||
21st
Century Holding Company
|
100.00
|
169.06
|
168.46
|
202.35
|
288.40
|
170.40
|
|||||||||||||
NASDAQ
Composite
|
100.00
|
150.01
|
162.89
|
165.13
|
180.85
|
198.60
|
|||||||||||||
SNL
Property & Casualty Insurance Index
|
100.00
|
123.73
|
135.62
|
148.25
|
172.81
|
186.59
|
As
of the years ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||
(Amounts
in 000's except Book value per share)
|
||||||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
||||||||||||
Balance
sheet data
|
||||||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
219,361
|
$
|
207,897
|
$
|
290,155
|
$
|
163,601
|
$
|
106,696
|
||||||
Investments
|
136,224
|
124,834
|
100,086
|
84,382
|
47,290
|
|||||||||||
Finance
contracts, consumer loans and pay advances receivable,
net
|
420
|
1,831
|
7,313
|
8,289
|
9,892
|
|||||||||||
Total
liabilities
|
138,104
|
141,704
|
249,387
|
138,625
|
74,649
|
|||||||||||
Unpaid
losses and LAE
|
59,685
|
39,615
|
154,039
|
46,571
|
24,570
|
|||||||||||
Unearned
premiums
|
56,394
|
77,829
|
61,839
|
50,153
|
34,123
|
|||||||||||
Total
shareholders' equity
|
81,257
|
66,193
|
40,767
|
24,977
|
32,046
|
|||||||||||
Book
value per share
|
$
|
10.32
|
$
|
8.38
|
$
|
6.02
|
$
|
4.13
|
$
|
5.89
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||
(Amounts
in 000's except EPS and Dividends)
|
||||||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
||||||||||||
Operations
Data:
|
||||||||||||||||
Revenue:
|
||||||||||||||||
Gross
premiums written
|
$
|
133,591
|
$
|
152,665
|
$
|
119,440
|
$
|
100,662
|
$
|
72,991
|
||||||
Gross
premiums ceded
|
(44,551
|
)
|
(67,520
|
)
|
(31,414
|
)
|
(15,486
|
)
|
(22,091
|
)
|
||||||
Net
premiums written
|
89,041
|
85,145
|
88,026
|
85,176
|
50,901
|
|||||||||||
(Decrease)
Increase in prepaid reinsurance premiums
|
(11,251
|
)
|
20,193
|
6,623
|
(2,905
|
)
|
(3,428
|
)
|
||||||||
Decrease
(Increase) in unearned premiums
|
21,435
|
(15,990
|
)
|
(11,686
|
)
|
(16,030
|
)
|
(5,188
|
)
|
|||||||
Net
change in prepaid reinsurance premiums
|
||||||||||||||||
and
unearned
premiums
|
10,184
|
4,203
|
(5,063
|
)
|
(18,935
|
)
|
(8,616
|
)
|
||||||||
Net
premiums earned
|
99,224
|
89,348
|
82,963
|
66,241
|
42,285
|
|||||||||||
Commission
income
|
7,214
|
1,679
|
409
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Finance
revenue
|
545
|
1,686
|
3,567
|
3,668
|
4,328
|
|||||||||||
Managing
general agent fees
|
2,035
|
2,625
|
2,420
|
2,040
|
2,329
|
|||||||||||
Net
investment income
|
7,964
|
5,933
|
3,841
|
3,172
|
1,624
|
|||||||||||
Net
realized investment (losses) gains
|
(145
|
)
|
1,063
|
458
|
689
|
2,231
|
||||||||||
Other
income
|
2,296
|
1,581
|
1,010
|
762
|
792
|
|||||||||||
Total
revenue
|
119,132
|
103,915
|
94,669
|
76,571
|
53,588
|
|||||||||||
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||
Loss
and loss adjustment expense
|
47,619
|
44,400
|
48,336
|
74,993
|
27,509
|
|||||||||||
Operating
and underwriting expenses
|
12,684
|
13,160
|
8,219
|
8,140
|
7,249
|
|||||||||||
Salaries
and wages
|
6,732
|
7,011
|
6,384
|
6,134
|
5,426
|
|||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
173
|
656
|
1,398
|
1,087
|
607
|
|||||||||||
Policy
acquisition costs, net of amortization
|
19,420
|
17,395
|
14,561
|
8,423
|
(854
|
)
|
||||||||||
Total
expenses
|
86,627
|
82,622
|
78,899
|
98,777
|
39,937
|
|||||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations before provision (benefit) for
income tax expense
|
32,505
|
21,293
|
15,771
|
(22,206
|
)
|
13,652
|
||||||||||
Provision
(benefit) for income tax expense
|
11,226
|
7,396
|
4,690
|
(8,601
|
)
|
4,358
|
||||||||||
Net
income (loss) from continuing operations
|
21,280
|
13,896
|
11,081
|
(13,605
|
)
|
9,294
|
||||||||||
Discontinued
operations:
|
||||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) from discontinued operations (including 2005,
2004 and 2003 gain on disposal of $1,630, $5,384,
and $0, respectively)
|
-
|
-
|
1,630
|
4,484
|
(1,365
|
)
|
||||||||||
Provision
(benefit) for income tax expense
|
-
|
-
|
595
|
1,737
|
(436
|
)
|
||||||||||
Income
(loss) from discontinued operations
|
-
|
-
|
1,035
|
2,747
|
(929
|
)
|
||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
21,280
|
$
|
13,896
|
$
|
12,116
|
$
|
(10,858
|
)
|
$
|
8,365
|
|||||
Earnings
per share data
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
net income (loss) per share from continuing
operations
|
$
|
2.69
|
$
|
1.84
|
$
|
1.78
|
$
|
(2.33
|
)
|
$
|
1.96
|
|||||
Basic
net income (loss) per share from discontinued
operations
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
0.17
|
$
|
0.47
|
$
|
(0.20
|
)
|
|||||
Basic
net income (loss) per share
|
$
|
2.69
|
$
|
1.84
|
$
|
1.95
|
$
|
(1.86
|
)
|
$
|
1.76
|
|||||
Fully
diluted net income (loss) per share from continuing
operations
|
$
|
2.65
|
$
|
1.72
|
$
|
1.67
|
$
|
(2.33
|
)
|
$
|
1.85
|
|||||
Fully
diluted net income (loss) per share from discontinued
operations
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
0.16
|
$
|
0.47
|
$
|
(0.18
|
)
|
|||||
Fully
diluted net income (loss) per share
|
$
|
2.65
|
$
|
1.72
|
$
|
1.83
|
$
|
(1.86
|
)
|
$
|
1.67
|
|||||
Dividends
paid per share
|
$
|
0.72
|
$
|
0.48
|
$
|
0.32
|
$
|
0.32
|
$
|
0.25
|
Reserves
for unpaid loss and
|
IBNR
Reserves |
|
|
Reinsurance
Recoverable on Unpaid Loss |
||||||||||||
LAE
net of reinsurance
|
Case
Loss
|
|
|
Case
LAE
|
|
|
Total
Case
|
|
|
(Including
|
|
|
and
Loss
|
|||
recoverable
as of December 31, 2007
|
|
Reserves
|
|
|
Reserves
|
|
|
Reserves
|
|
|
LAE)
|
|
|
Expenses
|
||
(Dollars
in
Thousands)
|
Homeowners'
|
$
|
6,995
|
$
|
781
|
$
|
7,776
|
$
|
22,909
|
$
|
19,971
|
||||||
Commercial
General Liability
|
4,780
|
635
|
5,415
|
17,890
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Automobile
|
373
|
157
|
530
|
5,164
|
162
|
|||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
12,148
|
$
|
1,573
|
$
|
13,721
|
$
|
45,963
|
$
|
20,133
|
Reserves
for unpaid loss and
|
IBNR
Reserves |
|
|
Reinsurance
Recoverable on Unpaid Loss |
||||||||||||
LAE
net of reinsurance
|
Case
Loss
|
|
|
Case
LAE
|
|
|
Total
Case
|
|
|
(Including
|
|
|
and
Loss
|
|||
recoverable
as of December 31, 2006
|
|
Reserves
|
|
|
Reserves
|
|
|
Reserves
|
|
|
LAE)
|
|
|
Expenses
|
||
(Dollars
in
Thousands)
|
Homeowners'
|
$
|
3,998
|
$
|
527
|
$
|
4,525
|
$
|
17,263
|
$
|
12,211
|
||||||
Commercial
General Liability
|
2,628
|
393
|
3,021
|
8,178
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Automobile
|
3,802
|
332
|
4,134
|
2,494
|
171
|
|||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
10,428
|
$
|
1,252
|
$
|
11,680
|
$
|
27,935
|
$
|
12,382
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||||
Change
in loss and
|
Adjusted
loss and
|
Percentage
|
Adjusted
loss and
|
Percentage
|
|||||||||
LAE
reserves, net of
|
LAE
reserves, net
|
change
in
|
LAE
reserves, net
|
change
in
|
|||||||||
reinsurance
|
of
reinsurance
|
equity
(1)
|
of
reinsurance
|
equity
(1)
|
|||||||||
-10.0%
|
35,596
|
3.1
|
%
|
24,510
|
2.7
|
%
|
|||||||
-7.5%
|
36,585
|
2.4
|
%
|
25,191
|
2.0
|
%
|
|||||||
-5.0%
|
37,574
|
1.6
|
%
|
25,872
|
1.3
|
%
|
|||||||
-2.5%
|
38,563
|
0.8
|
%
|
26,553
|
0.7
|
%
|
|||||||
Base
|
39,551
|
-
|
27,233
|
-
|
|||||||||
2.5%
|
40,540
|
-0.8
|
%
|
27,914
|
-0.7
|
%
|
|||||||
5.0%
|
41,529
|
-1.6
|
%
|
28,595
|
-1.3
|
%
|
|||||||
7.5%
|
42,518
|
-2.4
|
%
|
29,276
|
-2.0
|
%
|
|||||||
10.0%
|
43,507
|
-3.1
|
%
|
29,957
|
-2.7
|
%
|
December
31, 2007
|
December
31, 2006
|
||||||||||||
Carrying
|
|
Percent
|
|
Carrying
|
|
Percent
|
|
||||||
|
|
Amount
|
|
of
Total
|
|
Amount
|
|
of
Total
|
|
||||
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|||||||||||||
Fixed
maturities, at market:
|
|||||||||||||
U.S.
government agencies and authorities
|
$
|
61,308
|
45.01
|
%
|
$
|
97,314
|
77.95
|
%
|
|||||
Obligations
of states and political subdivisions
|
17,777
|
13.05
|
%
|
17,804
|
14.26
|
%
|
|||||||
Corporate
securities
|
40,609
|
29.81
|
%
|
3,075
|
2.46
|
%
|
|||||||
Total
fixed maturities
|
119,694
|
87.87
|
%
|
118,193
|
94.67
|
%
|
|||||||
Equity
securities, at market
|
16,530
|
12.13
|
%
|
6,641
|
5.33
|
%
|
|||||||
Total
investments
|
$
|
136,224
|
100.00
|
%
|
$
|
124,834
|
100.00
|
%
|
Net
Unrealized Gains (Losses)
|
|||||||
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|||||||
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Fixed
maturities:
|
|||||||
U.S.
government obligations
|
$
|
(68,975
|
)
|
$
|
(688,190
|
)
|
|
Obligations
of states and political subdivisions
|
(1,706
|
)
|
(145,505
|
)
|
|||
(70,681
|
)
|
(833,695
|
)
|
||||
Corporate
securities:
|
|||||||
Communications
|
(3,481
|
)
|
6,842
|
||||
Financial
|
(16,984
|
)
|
(18,790
|
)
|
|||
Other
|
(25,852
|
)
|
(73,983
|
)
|
|||
(46,317
|
)
|
(85,931
|
)
|
||||
Equity
securities:
|
|||||||
Common
stocks
|
(3,989,319
|
)
|
(631,000
|
)
|
|||
Total
fixed, corporate and equity securities
|
$
|
(4,106,317
|
)
|
$
|
(1,550,626
|
)
|
· |
rating
downgrade or other credit event (eg., failure to pay interest when
due);
|
· |
financial
condition and near term prospects of the issuer, including any specific
events which may influence the operations of the issuer such as changes
in
technology or discontinuance of a business
segment;
|
· |
prospects
for the issuer’s industry segment;
|
· |
intent
and ability of the Company to retain the investment for a period
of time
sufficient to allow for anticipated recovery in market
value.
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|||||||
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Allowance
for credit losses at beginning of year
|
$
|
66,125
|
$
|
158,151
|
|||
Additions
charged to bad debt expense
|
854,005
|
1,404,002
|
|||||
Write-downs
charged against the allowance
|
(631,757
|
)
|
(1,496,028
|
)
|
|||
Allowance
for credit losses at end of year
|
$
|
288,373
|
$
|
66,125
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|||||||
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Balance,
beginning of year
|
$
|
11,153,168
|
$
|
9,183,654
|
|||
Acquisition
costs deferred
|
17,224,942
|
19,614,691
|
|||||
Amortization
expense during year
|
(19,419,915
|
)
|
(17,645,177
|
)
|
|||
Balance,
end of year
|
$
|
8,958,195
|
$
|
11,153,168
|
December
31,
2007 |
December
31,
2006 |
||||||
Accrued
interest income receivable
|
$
|
1,429,844
|
$
|
1,515,584
|
|||
Notes
receivable
|
807,275
|
1,027,958
|
|||||
Revenue
sharing due from reinsurer
|
-
|
979,677
|
|||||
Unamortized
loan costs
|
-
|
61,572
|
|||||
Compensating
cash balances
|
-
|
9,911
|
|||||
Due
from sale of discontinued operations, net
|
-
|
320,000
|
|||||
Prepaid
expenses
|
547,542
|
531,008
|
|||||
Other
|
133,639
|
110,642
|
|||||
Total
|
$
|
2,918,300
|
$
|
4,556,352
|
December
31,
2007 |
December
31,
2006 |
||||||
Homeowners'
|
$
|
30,689,760
|
$
|
21,788,126
|
|||
Commercial
General Liability
|
22,843,372
|
11,100,116
|
|||||
Automobile
|
6,151,658
|
6,727,236
|
|||||
$
|
59,684,790
|
$
|
39,615,478
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||||
Amount
|
|
Percentage
|
|
Amount
|
|
Percentage
|
|||||||
Homeowners'
|
$
|
99,502,479
|
74.48
|
%
|
$
|
114,388,069
|
74.93
|
%
|
|||||
Commercial
General Liability
|
32,221,551
|
24.12
|
%
|
32,213,179
|
21.10
|
%
|
|||||||
Automobile
|
1,867,304
|
1.40
|
%
|
6,063,645
|
3.97
|
%
|
|||||||
Gross
written premiums
|
$
|
133,591,334
|
100.00
|
%
|
$
|
152,664,893
|
100.00
|
%
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||||
Amount
|
Percentage
|
Amount
|
Percentage
|
||||||||||
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|||||||||||||
State
|
|||||||||||||
Alabama
|
$
|
26
|
0.08
|
%
|
$
|
-
|
0.00
|
%
|
|||||
California
|
23
|
0.07
|
%
|
- |
0.00
|
%
|
|||||||
Florida
|
21,192
|
65.77
|
%
|
22,965
|
71.29
|
%
|
|||||||
Georgia
|
1,023
|
3.17
|
%
|
1,805
|
5.60
|
%
|
|||||||
Kentucky
|
8
|
0.03
|
%
|
9 |
0.03
|
%
|
|||||||
Lousiania
|
5,595
|
17.36
|
%
|
5,743
|
17.83
|
%
|
|||||||
South
Carolina
|
182
|
0.57
|
%
|
77
|
0.24
|
%
|
|||||||
Texas
|
4,127
|
12.81
|
%
|
1,604
|
4.98
|
%
|
|||||||
Virginia
|
46
|
0.14
|
%
|
10
|
0.03
|
%
|
|||||||
Total
|
$
|
32,222
|
100.00
|
%
|
$
|
32,213
|
100.00
|
%
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||||
Amount
|
Percentage
|
Amount
|
Percentage
|
||||||||||
Homeowners'
|
$
|
63,121,360
|
63.62
|
%
|
$
|
48,206,614
|
53.95
|
%
|
|||||
Commercial
General Liability
|
32,738,178
|
32.99
|
%
|
27,658,007
|
30.96
|
%
|
|||||||
Automobile
|
3,364,583
|
3.39
|
%
|
13,483,633
|
15.09
|
%
|
|||||||
Net
premiums earned
|
$
|
99,224,121
|
100.00
|
%
|
$
|
89,348,254
|
100.00
|
%
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|||||||
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Realized gains: | |||||||
Fixed
securities
|
$
|
17,587
|
$ | 151 | |||
Equity
securities
|
2,115,461
|
1,471,307
|
|||||
Total
realized gains
|
2,133,048
|
1,471,458
|
|||||
Realized
losses:
|
|||||||
Fixed
securities
|
(384
|
)
|
(66,722
|
)
|
|||
Equity
securities
|
(2,278,083
|
)
|
(341,874
|
)
|
|||
Total
realized losses
|
(2,278,467
|
)
|
(408,596
|
)
|
|||
Net
realized (losses) gains on investments
|
$
|
(145,419
|
)
|
$
|
1,062,862
|
2005
Hurricanes
|
Claim
Count
|
Gross
Losses
|
Reinsurance
Recoveries
|
Net
Losses
|
|||||||||
(Dollars
in millions)
|
|||||||||||||
Dennis
(July 10)
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||||
Katrina
(August 25)
|
4
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
-
|
|||||||||
Rita
(September 20)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Wilma
(October 24)
|
205
|
20.5
|
20.5
|
-
|
|||||||||
Total
Loss Estimate
|
209
|
$
|
20.6
|
$
|
20.6
|
$
|
-
|
Claim
|
Gross
|
Reinsurance
|
Net
|
||||||||||
2004
Hurricanes
|
Count
|
Losses
|
Recoveries
|
Losses
|
|||||||||
(Dollars
in millions)
|
|||||||||||||
Charley
(August 13)
|
1
|
$
|
2.2
|
$
|
2.2
|
$
|
-
|
||||||
Frances
(September 3)
|
-
|
0.8
|
0.8
|
-
|
|||||||||
Ivan
(September 14)
|
-
|
1.0
|
-
|
1.0
|
|||||||||
Jeanne
(September 25)
|
1
|
0.2
|
-
|
0.2
|
|||||||||
Total
Loss Estimate
|
2
|
$
|
4.2
|
$
|
3.0
|
$
|
1.2
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|||||||
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Homeowners'
|
37.4
|
%
|
46.7
|
%
|
|||
Commercial
General Liability
|
58.9
|
%
|
38.2
|
%
|
|||
Automobile
|
140.0
|
%
|
84.4
|
%
|
|||
All
lines
|
48.0
|
%
|
49.7
|
%
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||||
Amount
|
Percentage
|
Amount
|
Percentage
|
||||||||||
Homeowners'
|
$
|
114,388,069
|
74.93
|
%
|
$
|
76,181,988
|
63.78
|
%
|
|||||
Commercial
General Liability
|
32,213,179
|
21.10
|
%
|
22,593,477
|
18.92
|
%
|
|||||||
Automobile
|
6,063,645
|
3.97
|
%
|
20,664,832
|
17.30
|
%
|
|||||||
Gross
written premiums
|
$
|
152,664,893
|
100.00
|
%
|
$
|
119,440,297
|
100.00
|
%
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
|||||||||
Amount
|
Percentage
|
Amount
|
Percentage
|
||||||||||
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|||||||||||||
State
|
|||||||||||||
Florida
|
$
|
22,965
|
71.29
|
%
|
$
|
18,293
|
80.97
|
%
|
|||||
Georgia
|
1,805
|
5.60
|
%
|
1,258
|
5.57
|
%
|
|||||||
Kentucky
|
9
|
0.03
|
%
|
-
|
0.00
|
%
|
|||||||
Lousiania
|
5,743
|
17.83
|
%
|
3,042
|
13.46
|
%
|
|||||||
South
Carolina
|
77
|
0.24
|
%
|
-
|
0.00
|
%
|
|||||||
Texas
|
1,604
|
4.98
|
%
|
-
|
0.00
|
%
|
|||||||
Virginia
|
10
|
0.03
|
%
|
-
|
0.00
|
%
|
|||||||
Total
|
$
|
32,213
|
100.00
|
%
|
$
|
22,593
|
100.00
|
%
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||||
Amount
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Percentage
|
||||
Homeowners'
|
$
|
48,206,614
|
53.95
|
%
|
$
|
40,386,025
|
48.68
|
%
|
|||||
Commercial
General Liability
|
27,658,007
|
30.96
|
%
|
18,212,251
|
21.95
|
%
|
|||||||
Automobile
|
13,483,633
|
15.09
|
%
|
24,365,220
|
29.37
|
%
|
|||||||
Net
premiums earned
|
$
|
89,348,254
|
100.00
|
%
|
$
|
82,963,496
|
100.00
|
%
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
Realized
gains:
|
|||||||
Fixed
securities
|
$
|
151
|
$
|
36,981
|
|||
Equity
securities
|
1,471,307
|
664,162
|
|||||
Total
realized gains
|
1,471,458
|
701,143
|
|||||
Realized
losses:
|
|||||||
Fixed
securities
|
(66,722
|
)
|
(136,570
|
)
|
|||
Equity
securities
|
(341,874
|
)
|
(106,267
|
)
|
|||
Total
realized losses
|
(408,596
|
)
|
(242,837
|
)
|
|||
Net
realized gains on investments
|
$
|
1,062,862
|
$
|
458,306
|
Claim
|
Gross
|
Reinsurance
|
Net
|
||||||||||
2005 Hurricanes |
Count
|
Losses
|
Recoveries
|
Losses
|
|||||||||
(Dollars
in millions)
|
|||||||||||||
Dennis
(July 10)
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||||
Katrina
(August 25)
|
37
|
(0.1
|
)
|
(0.1
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||
Rita
(September 20)
|
(5
|
)
|
(0.1
|
)
|
-
|
(0.1
|
)
|
||||||
Wilma
(October 24)
|
1,517
|
26.0
|
26.0
|
-
|
|||||||||
Total
Loss Estimate
|
1,549
|
$
|
25.8
|
$
|
25.9
|
$
|
(0.1
|
)
|
Claim
|
|
Gross
|
|
Reinsurance
|
|
Net
|
|||||||
2004
Hurricanes
|
Count
|
Losses
|
Recoveries
|
Losses
|
|||||||||
(Dollars
in millions)
|
|||||||||||||
Charley
(August 13)
|
6
|
$
|
3.6
|
$
|
3.6
|
$
|
-
|
||||||
Frances
(September 3)
|
4
|
3.2
|
3.1
|
0.1
|
|||||||||
Ivan
(September 14)
|
(3
|
)
|
4.5
|
-
|
4.5
|
||||||||
Jeanne
(September 25)
|
14
|
0.9
|
-
|
0.9
|
|||||||||
Total
Loss Estimate
|
21
|
$
|
12.2
|
$
|
6.7
|
$
|
5.5
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
Homeowners'
|
46.7
|
%
|
65.5
|
%
|
|||
Commercial
General Liability
|
38.2
|
%
|
19.1
|
%
|
|||
Automobile
|
84.4
|
%
|
75.5
|
%
|
|||
All
lines
|
49.7
|
%
|
58.3
|
%
|
Total
|
2008
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
Thereafter
|
||||||
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Contractual Obligations | |||||||||||||||||||
Unpaid
Losses and LAE
|
$
|
59,685
|
$
|
32,827
|
$
|
20,890
|
$
|
5,968
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
|||||||
Operating
leases
|
2,524
|
613
|
625
|
638
|
648
|
-
|
|||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
62,209
|
$
|
33,440
|
$
|
21,515
|
$
|
6,606
|
$
|
648
|
$
|
-
|
Year
Ended December 31, 2007
|
|||||||||||||
First
Quarter
|
Second
Quarter |
Third
Quarter |
Fourth
Quarter |
||||||||||
(Dollars
in Thousands except EPS)
|
|||||||||||||
Revenue: | |||||||||||||
Net
premiums earned
|
$
|
22,373
|
$
|
24,814
|
$
|
27,181
|
$
|
24,856
|
|||||
Other
revenue
|
3,212
|
9,679
|
2,390
|
4,627
|
|||||||||
Total
revenue
|
25,585
|
34,493
|
29,571
|
29,483
|
|||||||||
Expenses:
|
|||||||||||||
Losses
and LAE
|
14,103
|
9,658
|
14,850
|
9,009
|
|||||||||
Other
expenses
|
10,215
|
9,802
|
11,066
|
7,925
|
|||||||||
Total
expenses
|
24,318
|
19,460
|
25,916
|
16,934
|
|||||||||
Income
before provision for income tax expense
|
1,267
|
15,033
|
3,656
|
12,549
|
|||||||||
Provision
for income tax expense
|
425
|
4,555
|
1,787
|
4,459
|
|||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
843
|
$
|
10,478
|
$
|
1,869
|
$
|
8,090
|
|||||
Basic
net income per share
|
$
|
0.11
|
$
|
1.32
|
$
|
0.24
|
$
|
1.02
|
|||||
Fully
diluted net income per share
|
$
|
0.10
|
$
|
1.31
|
$
|
0.24
|
$
|
1.01
|
|||||
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding
|
7,958
|
7,931
|
7,892
|
7,913
|
|||||||||
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding
|
|||||||||||||
(assuming
dilution)
|
8,187
|
8,015
|
7,948
|
7,988
|
Year
Ended December 31, 2006
|
|||||||||||||
First
|
|
Second
|
|
Third
|
|
Fourth
|
|
||||||
|
|
Quarter
|
Quarter
|
Quarter
|
Quarter
|
||||||||
(Dollars
in Thousands except EPS)
|
|||||||||||||
Revenue:
|
|||||||||||||
Net
premiums earned
|
$
|
21,807
|
$
|
28,741
|
$
|
21,707
|
$
|
17,093
|
|||||
Other
revenue
|
3,307
|
3,601
|
3,063
|
4,595
|
|||||||||
Total
revenue
|
25,115
|
32,342
|
24,770
|
21,687
|
|||||||||
Expenses:
|
|||||||||||||
Losses
and LAE
|
7,569
|
9,343
|
10,271
|
17,217
|
|||||||||
Other
expenses
|
8,289
|
8,389
|
10,613
|
10,931
|
|||||||||
Total
expenses
|
15,858
|
17,732
|
20,884
|
28,148
|
|||||||||
Income
(loss) before provision (benefit) for income tax expense
|
9,257
|
14,610
|
3,887
|
(6,460
|
)
|
||||||||
Provision
(benefit) for income tax expense
|
3,243
|
5,705
|
857
|
(2,410
|
)
|
||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
6,013
|
$
|
8,905
|
$
|
3,029
|
$
|
(4,051
|
)
|
||||
Basic
net income (loss) per share
|
$
|
0.88
|
$
|
1.20
|
$
|
0.40
|
$
|
(0.52
|
)
|
||||
Fully
diluted net income (loss) per share
|
$
|
0.83
|
$
|
1.19
|
$
|
0.40
|
$
|
(0.52
|
)
|
||||
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding
|
6,845
|
7,428
|
7,561
|
7,846
|
|||||||||
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding
|
|||||||||||||
(assuming
dilution)
|
7,238
|
7,466
|
7,563
|
7,846
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|||
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
||||||||||
Interest
on fixed maturities
|
$
|
6,552
|
$
|
4,618
|
$
|
2,970
|
||||
Dividends
on equity securities
|
565 |
623
|
660
|
|||||||
Interest
on short-term securities
|
691 |
737
|
209
|
|||||||
Other
|
230 |
-
|
33
|
|||||||
Total
investment income
|
8,038
|
5,978
|
3,872
|
|||||||
Investment
expense
|
(74 | ) |
(45
|
)
|
(31
|
)
|
||||
Net
investment income
|
$
|
7,964
|
$
|
5,933
|
$
|
3,841
|
||||
Net
realized (loss) gain
|
$ | (145 | ) |
$
|
1,063
|
$
|
458
|
December
31, 2007
|
December
31, 2006
|
||||||||||||
|
Carrying
|
|
Percent
|
|
Carrying
|
|
Percent
|
|
|||||
|
|
Amount
|
|
of
Total
|
|
Amount
|
|
of
Total
|
|||||
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|||||||||||||
Fixed
maturities, at market:
|
|||||||||||||
U.S.
government agencies and authorities
|
$
|
61,308
|
45.01
|
%
|
$
|
97,314
|
77.95
|
%
|
|||||
Obligations
of states and political subdivisions
|
17,777
|
13.05
|
%
|
17,804
|
14.26
|
%
|
|||||||
Corporate
securities
|
40,609
|
29.81
|
%
|
3,075
|
2.46
|
%
|
|||||||
Total
fixed maturities
|
119,694
|
87.87
|
%
|
118,193
|
94.67
|
%
|
|||||||
Equity
securities, at market
|
16,530
|
12.13
|
%
|
6,641
|
5.33
|
%
|
|||||||
Total
investments
|
$
|
136,224
|
100.00
|
%
|
$
|
124,834
|
100.00
|
%
|
December
31, 2007
|
|
December
31, 2006
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
Carrying
|
|
Percent
|
|
Carrying
|
|
Percent
|
|
||||
|
|
Amount
|
|
of
Total
|
|
Amount
|
|
of
Total
|
|||||
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|||||||||||||
AAA
|
$
|
111,795
|
93.40
|
%
|
$
|
113,353
|
95.91
|
%
|
|||||
AA
|
2,819
|
2.36
|
%
|
1,471
|
1.24
|
%
|
|||||||
A
|
1,889
|
1.58
|
%
|
1,400
|
1.18
|
%
|
|||||||
BBB
|
2,713
|
2.26
|
%
|
1,487
|
1.26
|
%
|
|||||||
BB++
|
478
|
0.40
|
%
|
481
|
0.41
|
%
|
|||||||
Not
rated
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
$
|
119,694
|
100.00
|
%
|
$
|
118,192
|
100.00
|
%
|
December
31, 2007
|
|
December
31, 2006
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
Carrying
|
|
Percent
|
|
Carrying
|
|
Percent
|
|
||||
|
|
Amount
|
|
of
Total
|
|
Amount
|
|
of
Total
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|
|
|||||||
Matures
In:
|
|||||||||||||
One
year or less
|
$
|
29,925
|
25.00
|
%
|
$
|
17,462
|
14.77
|
%
|
|||||
One
year to five years
|
38,363
|
32.05
|
%
|
80,186
|
67.84
|
%
|
|||||||
Five
years to 10 years
|
16,400
|
13.70
|
%
|
18,955
|
16.04
|
%
|
|||||||
More
than 10 years
|
35,006
|
29.25
|
%
|
1,589
|
1.35
|
%
|
|||||||
Total
fixed maturities
|
$
|
119,694
|
100.00
|
%
|
$
|
118,192
|
100.00
|
%
|
Carrying
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008
|
|
2009
|
|
2010
|
|
2011
|
|
2012
|
Thereafter |
Total
|
Amount
|
||||||||||||||
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Principal
amount by expected maturity:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S.
government agencies and authorities
|
$
|
17,000
|
$
|
400
|
$
|
18,000
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
8,000
|
$
|
16,900
|
$
|
60,300
|
$
|
61,308
|
|||||||||
Obligations
of states and political subdivisions
|
10,745
|
1,465
|
1,115
|
910
|
3,275
|
17,510
|
17,777
|
||||||||||||||||||
Corporate
securities
|
2,150
|
500
|
2,400
|
-
|
500
|
35,148
|
40,698
|
40,609
|
|||||||||||||||||
Collateralized
mortgage obligations
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||
Equity
securities, at market
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
16,530
|
|||||||||||||||||
Mortgage
notes receivable
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||
All
investments
|
$
|
29,895
|
$
|
2,365
|
$
|
20,400
|
$
|
1,115
|
$
|
9,410
|
$
|
55,323
|
$
|
118,508
|
$
|
136,224
|
|||||||||
Weighted
average interest rate by expected maturity:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S.
government agencies and authorities
|
5.15
|
%
|
3.38
|
%
|
5.12
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
4.38
|
%
|
5.51
|
%
|
5.13
|
%
|
|||||||||||
Obligations
of states and political subdivisions
|
4.69
|
%
|
4.71
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
3.73
|
%
|
4.91
|
%
|
4.38
|
%
|
|||||||||||
Corporate
securities
|
5.28
|
%
|
7.57
|
%
|
4.98
|
%
|
4.17
|
%
|
5.63
|
%
|
5.79
|
%
|
5.73
|
%
|
|||||||||||
Collateralized
mortgage obligations
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
|||||||||||
Equity
securities, at market
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
|||||||||||
Mortgage
notes receivable
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
|||||||||||
All
investments
|
4.99
|
%
|
5.09
|
%
|
5.10
|
%
|
4.17
|
%
|
4.38
|
%
|
5.65
|
%
|
5.23
|
%
|
PAGE
|
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Report
of Independent Registered Accounting Firm
|
67
|
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2007 and 2006
|
|
68
|
Consolidated
Statements of Operations For the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006
and 2005
|
|
69
|
Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity and Comprehensive
Income
(Loss) For the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and
2005
|
|
70
|
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows For the years ended December 31, 2007,
2006 and
2005
|
|
71
|
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
|
73
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
ASSETS
|
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
||||||
Investments
|
|||||||
Fixed
maturities, available for sale, at fair value
|
$
|
99,484
|
$
|
98,525
|
|||
Fixed
maturities, held to maturity, at amoritized cost
|
20,210
|
19,667
|
|||||
Equity
securities, available for sale, at fair value
|
16,530
|
6,641
|
|||||
Total
investments
|
136,224
|
124,834
|
|||||
Cash
and short term investments
|
22,524
|
17,917
|
|||||
Receivable
for investments sold
|
6,420
|
-
|
|||||
Finance
contracts, net of allowance for credit losses of $38 in 2007 and
$116
in
|
|||||||
2006,
and net of unearned finance charges of $15 in 2007 and $90 in
2006
|
420
|
1,831
|
|||||
Prepaid
reinsurance premiums
|
8,471
|
14,460
|
|||||
Premiums
receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $288 and $66,
respectively
|
3,797
|
7,222
|
|||||
Reinsurance
recoverable, net
|
22,942
|
20,230
|
|||||
Deferred
policy acquisition costs
|
8,958
|
11,153
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes, net
|
5,640
|
3,610
|
|||||
Income
taxes receivable
|
-
|
787
|
|||||
Property,
plant and equipment, net
|
1,046
|
1,296
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
2,918
|
4,556
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
219,361
|
$
|
207,897
|
|||
LIABILITIES
AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|||||||
Unpaid
losses and LAE
|
$
|
59,685
|
$
|
39,615
|
|||
Unearned
premiums
|
56,394
|
77,829
|
|||||
Premiums
deposits and customer credit balances
|
2,761
|
3,793
|
|||||
Bank
overdraft
|
8,695
|
8,107
|
|||||
Income
taxes payable
|
4,226
|
-
|
|||||
Subordinated
debt
|
-
|
4,167
|
|||||
Deferred
gain from sale of property
|
1,998
|
2,467
|
|||||
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
4,346
|
5,725
|
|||||
Total
liabilities
|
138,104
|
141,704
|
|||||
Commitments
and Contingencies
|
|||||||
Shareholders'
equity:
|
|||||||
Common
stock, $0.01 par value. Authorized 37,500,000 shares; issued
and
outstanding 7,871,234 and 7,896,919, respectively
|
79
|
79
|
|||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
48,240
|
47,070
|
|||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive (deficit)
|
(2,596
|
)
|
(967
|
)
|
|||
Retained
earnings
|
35,534
|
20,011
|
|||||
Total
shareholders' equity
|
81,257
|
66,193
|
|||||
Total
liabilities and shareholders' equity
|
$
|
219,361
|
$
|
207,897
|
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||
(Dollars
in Thousands except EPS
and
dividend data)
|
||||||||||
Revenue:
|
||||||||||
Gross
premiums written
|
$
|
133,591
|
$
|
152,665
|
$
|
119,440
|
||||
Gross
premiums ceded
|
(44,551
|
)
|
(67,520
|
)
|
(31,414
|
)
|
||||
Net
premiums written
|
89,041
|
85,145
|
88,026
|
|||||||
(Decrease)
Increase in prepaid reinsurance premiums
|
(11,251
|
)
|
20,193
|
6,623
|
||||||
Decrease
(Increase) in unearned premiums
|
21,435
|
(15,990
|
)
|
(11,686
|
)
|
|||||
Net
change in prepaid reinsurance premiums and unearned
premiums
|
10,184
|
4,203
|
(5,063
|
)
|
||||||
Net
premiums earned
|
99,224
|
89,348
|
82,963
|
|||||||
Commission
income
|
7,214
|
1,679
|
409
|
|||||||
Finance
revenue
|
545
|
1,686
|
3,567
|
|||||||
Managing
general agent fees
|
2,035
|
2,625
|
2,420
|
|||||||
Net
investment income
|
7,964
|
5,933
|
3,841
|
|||||||
Net
realized investment (losses) gains
|
(145
|
)
|
1,063
|
458
|
||||||
Other
income
|
2,296
|
1,581
|
1,010
|
|||||||
Total
revenue
|
119,132
|
103,915
|
94,669
|
|||||||
Expenses:
|
||||||||||
Loss
and LAE
|
47,619
|
44,400
|
48,336
|
|||||||
Operating
and underwriting expenses
|
12,684
|
13,160
|
8,219
|
|||||||
Salaries
and wages
|
6,732
|
7,011
|
6,384
|
|||||||
Interest
expense
|
173
|
656
|
1,398
|
|||||||
Policy
acquisition costs, net of amortization
|
19,420
|
17,395
|
14,561
|
|||||||
Total
expenses
|
86,627
|
82,622
|
78,899
|
|||||||
Income
from continuing operations before provision for income tax
expense
|
32,505
|
21,293
|
15,771
|
|||||||
Provision
for income tax expense
|
11,226
|
7,396
|
4,690
|
|||||||
Net
income from continuing operations
|
21,280
|
13,896
|
11,081
|
|||||||
Discontinued
operations:
|
||||||||||
Income
from discontinued operations (including gain on disposal of $0,
$0,
|
||||||||||
and
$1,630,000, respectively)
|
-
|
-
|
1,630
|
|||||||
Provision
for income tax expense
|
-
|
-
|
595
|
|||||||
Income
from discontinued operations
|
-
|
-
|
1,035
|
|||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
21,280
|
$
|
13,896
|
$
|
12,116
|
||||
Basic
net income per share from continuing operations
|
$
|
2.69
|
$
|
1.84
|
$
|
1.78
|
||||
Basic
net income per share from discontinued operations
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
0.17
|
||||
Basic
net income per share
|
$
|
2.69
|
$
|
1.84
|
$
|
1.95
|
||||
Fully
diluted net income per share from continuing operations
|
$
|
2.65
|
$
|
1.72
|
$
|
1.67
|
||||
Fully
diluted net income per share from discontinued operations
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
0.16
|
||||
Fully
diluted net income per share
|
$
|
2.65
|
$
|
1.72
|
$
|
1.83
|
||||
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding
|
7,922,542
|
7,537,550
|
6,228,043
|
|||||||
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding (assuming
dilution)
|
8,030,205
|
8,085,722
|
6,628,076
|
|||||||
Dividends
paid per share
|
$
|
0.72
|
$
|
0.48
|
$
|
0.32
|
Comprehensive
Income
|
Common Stock |
Additional Paid-in
Capital |
Accumulated Other
Comprehensive |
Retained Earnings |
Treasury Stock |
Total Shareholder's
Equity |
||||||||||||||||
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
as of December 31, 2004
|
$
|
67
|
$
|
26,310
|
$
|
(505
|
)
|
$
|
884
|
$
|
(1,780
|
)
|
$
|
24,977
|
||||||||
Net
Income
|
$
|
12,116
|
$
|
12,116
|
$
|
12,116
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash
Dividends
|
(2,339
|
)
|
(2,339
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Stock
issued in lieu of cash payment for
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
principal
and interest associated with our notes
|
$
|
2
|
$
|
1,981
|
1,982
|
|||||||||||||||||
Treasury
stock retired
|
(7
|
)
|
(1,773
|
)
|
$
|
1,780
|
||||||||||||||||
Stock
options exercised
|
4
|
2,816
|
2,819
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Warrants
exercised
|
2
|
2,498
|
2,500
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Other
|
(255
|
)
|
(255
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Net
unrealized change in investments,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
net
of tax effect of $927
|
(1,032
|
)
|
($1,032
|
)
|
(1,032
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
$
|
11,083
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
as of December 31, 2005
|
$
|
68
|
$
|
31,832
|
$
|
(1,537
|
)
|
$
|
10,405
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
40,767
|
|||||||||
Net
Income
|
$
|
13,896
|
$
|
13,896
|
$
|
13,896
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash
Dividends
|
(4,290
|
)
|
(4,290
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Stock
issued in lieu of cash payment for principal and interest associated
with our notes
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
1,794
|
1,795
|
|||||||||||||||||
Treasury
stock
|
(1
|
)
|
(2,000
|
)
|
(2,001
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
Stock
options exercised
|
3
|
2,596
|
2,600
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Warrants
exercised
|
8
|
10,661
|
10,669
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Shares
based compensation
|
2,187
|
2,187
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net
unrealized change in investments,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
net
of tax effect of $344
|
570
|
$
|
570
|
570
|
||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
$
|
14,466
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
as of December 31, 2006
|
$
|
79
|
$
|
47,070
|
$
|
(967
|
)
|
$
|
20,011
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
66,193
|
|||||||||
Net
Income
|
$
|
21,280
|
21,280
|
21,280
|
||||||||||||||||||
Cash
Dividends
|
(5,757
|
)
|
(5,757
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Stock
issued in lieu of cash payment for principal and interest associated
with
our notes
|
1
|
2,192
|
2,193
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Treasury
stock - original
|
(3
|
)
|
(3,819
|
)
|
(3,823
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
Stock
options exercised
|
176
|
176
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Warrants
exercised
|
2
|
2,033
|
2,035
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Shares
based compensation
|
589
|
589
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net
unrealized change in investments, net of tax effect of
$927
|
(1,629
|
)
|
(1,629
|
)
|
(1,629
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
$
|
19,651
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Balance
as of December 31, 2007
|
$
|
79
|
$
|
48,240
|
$
|
(2,596
|
)
|
$
|
35,534
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
81,256
|
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
||||||||||
Cash
flow from operating activities:
|
||||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
21,280
|
$
|
13,896
|
$
|
11,081
|
||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
activities:
|
||||||||||
Amortization
of investment (discount), net
|
(360
|
)
|
(297
|
)
|
(222
|
)
|
||||
Depreciation
and amortization of property plant and equipment, net
|
317
|
342
|
445
|
|||||||
Net
realized investment (loss) gains
|
(188
|
)
|
1,063
|
513
|
||||||
Gain
on sale of assets
|
-
|
(578
|
)
|
-
|
||||||
Common
Stock issued for interest on Notes
|
109
|
128
|
316
|
|||||||
(Recovery)
Provision for credit losses, net
|
(31
|
)
|
14
|
638
|
||||||
Provision
(recovery) for uncollectible premiums receivable
|
222
|
(102
|
)
|
(252
|
)
|
|||||
Non-cash
compensation
|
405
|
539
|
-
|
|||||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||
Premiums
receivable
|
3,203
|
386
|
(1,229
|
)
|
||||||
Prepaid
reinsurance premiums
|
5,990
|
(26,793
|
)
|
(6,623
|
)
|
|||||
Reinsurance
recoverable, net
|
(2,712
|
)
|
140,912
|
(111,187
|
)
|
|||||
Income
taxes recoverable
|
787
|
(787
|
)
|
7,915
|
||||||
Deferred
income tax expense
|
(2,030
|
)
|
(906
|
)
|
952
|
|||||
Deferred
gain on sale of assets
|
-
|
(2,366
|
)
|
-
|
||||||
Policy
acquisition costs, net of amortization
|
2,195
|
(1,970
|
)
|
(2,226
|
)
|
|||||
Premium
finance contracts receivable
|
1,442
|
5,467
|
339
|
|||||||
Other
assets
|
1,169
|
2,491
|
(2,070
|
)
|
||||||
Unpaid
losses and LAE
|
20,069
|
(114,423
|
)
|
107,468
|
||||||
Unearned
premiums
|
(21,435
|
)
|
15,990
|
11,686
|
||||||
Premium
deposits and customer credit balances
|
(1,032
|
)
|
1,648
|
273
|
||||||
Funds
held under reinsurance treaties
|
-
|
(1,545
|
)
|
1,545
|
||||||
Income
taxes payable
|
4,226
|
(3,020
|
)
|
3,020
|
||||||
Bank
overdraft
|
588
|
(4,130
|
)
|
(2,459
|
)
|
|||||
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
(1,379
|
)
|
1,557
|
841
|
||||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities - continuing
operations
|
32,834
|
27,517
|
20,762
|
|||||||
Net
cash (used for) operating activities - discontinued
operations
|
-
|
-
|
(1,380
|
)
|
||||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
32,834
|
27,517
|
19,381
|
|||||||
Cash
flow (used in) investing activities:
|
||||||||||
Proceeds
from sale of investment securities available for sale
|
195,812
|
271,265
|
122,532
|
|||||||
Purchases
of investment securities available for sale
|
(214,733
|
)
|
(296,209
|
)
|
(139,505
|
)
|
||||
Purchases
of property and equipment
|
(67
|
)
|
(400
|
)
|
(182
|
)
|
||||
Proceeds
from sale of assets
|
-
|
5,607
|
-
|
|||||||
Net
cash (used) in investing activities - continuing
operations
|
(18,988
|
)
|
(19,736
|
)
|
(17,155
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash provided by investing activities - discontinued
operations
|
-
|
-
|
1,689
|
|||||||
Net
cash (used in) investing activities
|
(18,988
|
)
|
(19,736
|
)
|
(15,466
|
)
|
||||
Cash
flow (used in) provided by financing activities:
|
||||||||||
Subordinated
debt (repaid)
|
(2,083
|
)
|
(4,375
|
)
|
(5,000
|
)
|
||||
Exercised
stock options
|
177
|
2,600
|
3,059
|
|||||||
Dividends
paid
|
(5,758
|
)
|
(4,290
|
)
|
(2,339
|
)
|
||||
Exercised
warrants, net
|
2,035
|
10,669
|
2,260
|
|||||||
Purchase
of treasury stock
|
(3,823
|
)
|
(2,001
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
Tax
benefit related to non-cash compensation
|
214
|
(1,648
|
)
|
|||||||
Revolving
credit outstanding
|
-
|
(187
|
)
|
(1,952
|
)
|
|||||
Net
cash (used in) provided by financing activities - continuing
operations
|
(9,239
|
)
|
4,064
|
(3,972
|
)
|
|||||
Net
increase (decrease) in cash and short term investments
|
4,608
|
11,845
|
(56
|
)
|
||||||
Cash
and short term investments at beginning of period
|
17,917
|
6,071
|
6,128
|
|||||||
Cash
and short term investments at end of period
|
$
|
22,524
|
$
|
17,917
|
$
|
6,071
|
(continued)
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
||||
Supplemental
disclosure of cash flow information:
|
||||||||||
Cash
paid during the period for:
|
||||||||||
Interest
|
$
|
44
|
$
|
339
|
$
|
684
|
||||
Non-cash
investing and finance activities:
|
||||||||||
Accrued
dividends payable
|
$
|
1,475
|
$
|
1,444
|
$
|
749
|
||||
Retirement
of subordinated debt by Common Stock issuance
|
$
|
2,193
|
$
|
1,667
|
$
|
1,667
|
||||
Stock
issued to pay interest on subordinated debt
|
$
|
109
|
$
|
128
|
$
|
316
|
States
|
Admitted
carrier
|
Surplus
lines carrier
|
Ongoing
operations
|
Operations
expected to commence this year
|
Application
pending
|
|||||
Alabama
|
ü
|
ü
|
|
|||||||
Arkansas
|
ü
|
ü
|
|
|||||||
California
|
ü
|
ü
|
|
|||||||
Florida
|
ü
|
ü
|
|
|||||||
Georgia
|
ü
|
ü
|
|
|||||||
Kentucky
|
ü
|
ü
|
|
|||||||
Louisiana
|
ü
|
ü
|
|
|||||||
Maryland
|
ü
|
ü
|
|
|||||||
Missouri
|
ü
|
ü
|
|
|||||||
Nevada
|
ü
|
ü
|
|
|||||||
Ohio
|
ü
|
ü
|
||||||||
Oklahoma
|
ü
|
ü
|
||||||||
South
Carolina
|
ü
|
ü
|
|
|||||||
Tennessee
|
ü
|
ü
|
||||||||
Texas
|
ü
|
ü
|
|
|||||||
Virginia
|
|
ü
|
ü
|
|
|
· |
Our
financial condition could be adversely affected by the occurrence
of
natural and man-made disasters.
|
· |
Although
we follow the industry practice of reinsuring a portion of our
risks, our
costs of obtaining reinsurance fluctuates and we may not be able
to
successfully alleviate risk through reinsurance arrangements.
|
· |
We
may experience financial exposure from climate
change.
|
· |
Our
loss reserves may be inadequate to cover our actual liability for
losses,
causing our results of operations to be adversely affected.
|
· |
Our
revenues and operating performance will fluctuate due to statutorily
approved assessments that support property and casualty insurance
pools
and associations.
|
· |
Our
investment portfolio may suffer reduced returns or losses, which
would
significantly reduce our earnings.
|
· |
We
face risks in connection with potential material weakness resulting
from
our Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 management report and any related
remedial
measures that we undertake.
|
· |
The
failure of any of the loss limitation methods we employ could have
a
material adverse effect on our financial condition or our results
of
operations.
|
· |
The
effects of emerging claim and coverage issues on our business are
uncertain.
|
· |
Our
failure to pay claims accurately could adversely affect our business,
financial results and capital requirements.
|
· |
If
we are unable to continue our growth because our capital must be
used to
pay greater than anticipated claims, our financial results may
suffer.
|
· |
We
may require additional capital in the future which may not be available
or
only available on unfavorable
terms.
|
· |
Our
business is heavily regulated, and changes in regulation may reduce
our
profitability and limit our growth.
|
· |
Our
insurance companies are subject to minimum capital and surplus
requirements, and our failure to meet these requirements could
subject us
to regulatory action.
|
· |
Our
revenues and operating performance may fluctuate with business
cycles in
the property and casualty insurance industry.
|
· |
We
may not obtain the necessary regulatory approvals to expand the
types of
insurance products we offer or the states in which we
operate.
|
· |
We
are named as a defendant in a securities class action lawsuit and
it may
have an adverse impact on our
business.
|
· |
Adverse
ratings by insurance rating agencies may adversely impact our ability
to
write new policies, renew desirable policies or obtain adequate
insurance,
which could limit or halt our growth and harm our business.
|
· |
We
rely on independent and general agents to write our insurance policies,
and if we are not able to attract and retain independent and general
agents, our revenues would be negatively affected.
|
· |
We
rely on our information technology and telecommunications systems,
and the
failure of these systems could disrupt our operations.
|
· |
Nonstandard
automobile insurance historically has a higher frequency of claims
than
standard automobile insurance, thereby increasing our potential
for loss
exposure beyond what we would be likely to experience if we offered
only
standard automobile
insurance.
|
· |
Florida's
personal injury protection insurance statute contains provisions
that
favor claimants, causing us to experience a higher frequency of
claims
than might otherwise be the case if we operated only outside of
Florida.
|
· |
Our
success depends on our ability to accurately price the risks we
underwrite.
|
· |
Current
operating resources are necessary to develop future new insurance
products.
|
· |
Our
business strategy is to avoid competition based on price to the
extent
possible. This strategy, however, may result in the loss of business
in
the short term.
|
· |
Our
senior management team is critical to the strategic direction of
our
company. If there were an unplanned loss of service by any of our
officers
our business could be harmed.
|
· |
Our
largest shareholders currently control approximately 10% of the
voting
power of our outstanding common stock, which could discourage potential
acquirers and prevent changes in
management.
|
· |
We
have authorized but unissued preferred stock, which could affect
rights of
holders of common stock.
|
· |
Our
articles of incorporation, bylaws and Florida law may discourage
takeover
attempts and may result in entrenchment of management.
|
· |
As
a holding company, we depend on the earnings of our subsidiaries
and their
ability to pay management fees and dividends to the holding company
as the
primary source of our income.
|
· |
Compensation
cost for all share-based payments granted prior to, but not yet vested
as
of January 1, 2006, based on the grant date fair value estimated
in
accordance with the original provisions of Statement 123, and
|
· |
Compensation
cost for all share-based payments granted subsequent to January 1,
2006,
based on the grant-date fair-value estimated in accordance with the
provisions of SFAS 123R. Results for prior periods have not been
restated,
as not required to by the
pronouncement.
|
· |
rating
downgrade or other credit event (eg., failure to pay interest when
due);
|
· |
financial
condition and near term prospects of the issuer, including any specific
events which may influence the operations of the issuer such as changes
in
technology or discontinuance of a business
segment;
|
· |
prospects
for the issuer’s industry segment;
|
· |
intent
and ability of the Company to retain the investment for a period
of time
sufficient to allow for anticipated recovery in market
value.
|
December
31, 2007
|
December
31, 2006
|
||||||||||||
Carrying
|
Percent
|
Carrying
|
Percent
|
||||||||||
Amount
|
of
Total
|
Amount
|
of
Total
|
||||||||||
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|||||||||||||
Fixed
maturities, at market:
|
|||||||||||||
U.S.
government agencies and authorities
|
$
|
61,308
|
45.01
|
%
|
$
|
97,314
|
77.95
|
%
|
|||||
Obligations
of states and political subdivisions
|
17,777
|
13.05
|
%
|
17,804
|
14.26
|
%
|
|||||||
Corporate
securities
|
40,609
|
29.81
|
%
|
3,075
|
2.46
|
%
|
|||||||
Total
fixed maturities
|
119,694
|
87.87
|
%
|
118,193
|
94.67
|
%
|
|||||||
Equity
securities, at market
|
16,530
|
12.13
|
%
|
6,641
|
5.33
|
%
|
|||||||
Total
investments
|
$
|
136,224
|
100.00
|
%
|
$
|
124,834
|
100.00
|
%
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||
Gains
(Losses)
|
Fair
Value
|
Gains
(Losses)
|
Fair
Value
|
||||||||||
2007
|
at
Sale
|
2006
|
at
Sale
|
||||||||||
Fixed
income securities
|
$
|
17,587
|
$
|
28,999,444
|
$
|
151
|
$
|
4,000,000
|
|||||
Equity
securities
|
2,115,461
|
27,337,819
|
1,471,307
|
62,897,114
|
|||||||||
Total
realized gains
|
2,133,048
|
56,337,263
|
1,471,458
|
66,897,114
|
|||||||||
Fixed
income securities
|
(384
|
)
|
10,705,063
|
(66,722
|
)
|
12,985,290
|
|||||||
Equity
securities
|
(2,278,083
|
)
|
20,152,671
|
(341,874
|
)
|
13,378,445
|
|||||||
Total
realized losses
|
(2,278,467
|
)
|
30,857,734
|
(408,596
|
)
|
26,363,735
|
|||||||
Net
realized (losses) gains on investments
|
$
|
(145,419
|
)
|
$
|
87,194,997
|
$
|
1,062,862
|
$
|
93,260,849
|
Gross
|
Gross
|
||||||||||||
Amortized
|
Unrealized
|
Unrealized
|
Estimated
|
||||||||||
Cost
|
Gains
|
Losses
|
Fair
Value
|
||||||||||
December
31, 2007
|
|||||||||||||
Fixed
Maturities - Available For Sale:
|
|||||||||||||
U.S.
government and agency obligations
|
$
|
42,168,621
|
$
|
56,787
|
$
|
125,762
|
$
|
42,099,646
|
|||||
Obligations
of states and political
|
|||||||||||||
subdivisions
|
17,277,199
|
67,082
|
68,788
|
17,275,493
|
|||||||||
Corporate
securities
|
40,155,178
|
230,103
|
276,419
|
40,108,862
|
|||||||||
$
|
99,600,998
|
$
|
353,972
|
$
|
470,969
|
$
|
99,484,001
|
||||||
Fixed
Maturities - Held To Maturity:
|
|||||||||||||
U.S.
government and agency obligations
|
$
|
19,208,295
|
$
|
74,313
|
$
|
88,498
|
$
|
19,194,110
|
|||||
Obligations
of states and political
|
|||||||||||||
subdivisions
|
501,223
|
-
|
9,045
|
492,178
|
|||||||||
Corporate
securities
|
500,000
|
2,700
|
11,210
|
491,490
|
|||||||||
$
|
20,209,518
|
$
|
77,013
|
$
|
108,753
|
$
|
20,177,778
|
||||||
Equity
securities - common stocks
|
$
|
20,519,623
|
$
|
18,440
|
$
|
4,007,761
|
$
|
16,530,302
|
|||||
December
31, 2006
|
|||||||||||||
Fixed
Maturities - Available For Sale:
|
|||||||||||||
U.S.
government and agency obligations
|
$
|
79,335,392
|
$
|
25,274
|
$
|
713,464
|
$
|
78,647,202
|
|||||
Obligations
of states and political
|
|||||||||||||
subdivisions
|
17,448,400
|
17,566
|
163,071
|
17,302,895
|
|||||||||
Corporate
securities
|
2,660,980
|
6,842
|
92,773
|
2,575,049
|
|||||||||
$
|
99,444,772
|
$
|
49,682
|
$
|
969,308
|
$
|
98,525,146
|
||||||
Fixed
Maturities - Held To Maturity:
|
|||||||||||||
U.S.
government and agency obligations
|
$
|
18,665,722
|
$
|
148
|
$
|
429,062
|
$
|
18,236,808
|
|||||
Obligations
of states and political
|
|||||||||||||
subdivisions
|
501,483
|
-
|
7,023
|
494,460
|
|||||||||
Corporate
securities
|
500,000
|
-
|
11,210
|
488,790
|
|||||||||
$
|
19,667,205
|
$
|
148
|
$
|
447,295
|
$
|
19,220,058
|
||||||
Equity
securities - common stocks
|
$
|
7,272,300
|
$
|
114,592
|
$
|
745,592
|
$
|
6,641,300
|
Unrealized holdings
net |
Less
than 12
|
12
months or
|
||||||||
losses
|
months
|
longer
|
||||||||
Fixed
maturities:
|
||||||||||
U.S.
government obligations
|
$
|
(126,815
|
)
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(126,815
|
)
|
||
Obligations
of states and political subdivisions
|
(68,788
|
)
|
-
|
(68,788
|
)
|
|||||
(195,603
|
)
|
-
|
(195,603
|
)
|
||||||
Corporate
securities:
|
||||||||||
Financial
|
(41,810
|
)
|
(19,710
|
)
|
(22,100
|
)
|
||||
Other
|
(233,556
|
)
|
(72,347
|
)
|
(161,209
|
)
|
||||
(275,366
|
)
|
(92,057
|
)
|
(183,309
|
)
|
|||||
Equity
securities:
|
||||||||||
Common
stocks
|
(4,007,761
|
)
|
(2,793,980
|
)
|
(1,213,781
|
)
|
||||
Total
fixed, corporate and equity securities
|
$
|
(4,478,730
|
)
|
$
|
(2,886,037
|
)
|
$
|
(1,592,693
|
)
|
December
31, 2007
|
December
31, 2006
|
||||||||||||
Amortized
|
Estimated
|
Amortized
|
Estimated
|
||||||||||
Cost
|
Fair
Value
|
Cost
|
Fair
Value
|
||||||||||
Due
in one year or less
|
$
|
30,034,570
|
$
|
29,925,570
|
$
|
17,467,170
|
$
|
17,462,617
|
|||||
Due
after one year through
|
|||||||||||||
five
years
|
37,218,008
|
38,350,186
|
80,448,010
|
80,186,000
|
|||||||||
Due
after five years through ten
|
|||||||||||||
years
|
16,399,262
|
16,412,262
|
19,578,795
|
18,955,127
|
|||||||||
Due
after ten years
|
36,158,676
|
35,005,501
|
1,618,004
|
1,588,607
|
|||||||||
$
|
119,810,516
|
$
|
119,693,519
|
$
|
119,111,979
|
$
|
118,192,351
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
||||||
Fixed
maturities
|
$
|
6,191,238
|
$
|
4,617,875
|
$
|
2,969,931
|
||||
Equity
securities
|
564,634
|
622,791
|
660,309
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
691,156
|
736,980
|
208,766
|
|||||||
Other
|
591,909
|
-
|
33,000
|
|||||||
Total
investment income
|
8,038,937
|
5,977,646
|
3,872,006
|
|||||||
Less
investment expenses
|
(74,493
|
)
|
(44,963
|
)
|
(30,852
|
)
|
||||
Net
investment income
|
$
|
7,964,444
|
$
|
5,932,683
|
$
|
3,841,154
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
||||
Net
realized (losses) gains:
|
||||||||||
Fixed
maturities
|
$
|
17,203
|
$
|
(66,571
|
)
|
$
|
(99,589
|
)
|
||
Equity
securities
|
(162,622
|
)
|
1,129,433
|
557,895
|
||||||
Total
|
$
|
(145,419
|
)
|
$
|
1,062,862
|
$
|
458,306
|
|||
Net
unrealized losses:
|
||||||||||
Fixed
maturities
|
$
|
(116,996
|
)
|
$
|
(919,625
|
)
|
$
|
(984,724
|
)
|
|
Equity
securities
|
(3,989,319
|
)
|
(631,000
|
)
|
(1,479,992
|
)
|
||||
Total
|
$
|
(4,106,315
|
)
|
$
|
(1,550,625
|
)
|
$
|
(2,464,716
|
)
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|
||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|||
Finance
contracts receivable
|
$
|
473,240
|
$
|
2,037,509
|
|||
Less:
|
|||||||
Unearned
income
|
(14,932
|
)
|
(89,691
|
)
|
|||
Allowance
for credit losses
|
(38,014
|
)
|
(116,425
|
)
|
|||
Finance
contracts, net of allowance for credit losses
|
$
|
420,294
|
$
|
1,831,393
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|
||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|||
Allowance
for credit losses at beginning of year
|
$
|
116,425
|
$
|
419,455
|
|||
Recoveries
credited against the allowance
|
(47,799
|
)
|
(289,060
|
)
|
|||
Additions
charged to bad debt expense
|
(30,612
|
)
|
(13,970
|
)
|
|||
Allowance
for credit losses at end of year
|
$
|
38,014
|
$
|
116,425
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|
||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|||
Building
and improvements
|
$
|
602,000
|
$
|
602,000
|
|||
Furniture
and fixtures
|
3,021,969
|
2,976,067
|
|||||
Property,
plant and equipment, gross
|
3,623,969
|
3,578,067
|
|||||
Accumulated
depreciation
|
(2,577,568
|
)
|
(2,282,199
|
)
|
|||
Property,
plant and equipment, net
|
$
|
1,046,401
|
$
|
1,295,868
|
|
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|
|||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
2005
|
|||||
Premium
written:
|
||||||||||
Direct
|
$
|
133,591,334
|
$
|
152,664,893
|
$
|
119,440,297
|
||||
Ceded
|
(44,550,721
|
)
|
(67,519,911
|
)
|
(31,413,815
|
)
|
||||
$
|
89,040,613
|
$
|
85,144,982
|
$
|
88,026,482
|
|||||
Premiums
earned:
|
||||||||||
Direct
|
$
|
155,025,959
|
$
|
137,609,238
|
$
|
107,753,959
|
||||
Ceded
|
(55,801,838
|
)
|
(48,260,984
|
)
|
(24,790,463
|
)
|
||||
$
|
99,224,121
|
$
|
89,348,254
|
$
|
82,963,496
|
|||||
Losses
and LAE incurred:
|
||||||||||
Direct
|
$
|
71,517,245
|
$
|
77,463,843
|
$
|
225,350,897
|
||||
Ceded
|
(23,898,323
|
)
|
(33,063,935
|
)
|
(177,014,467
|
)
|
||||
$
|
47,618,922
|
$
|
44,399,908
|
$
|
48,336,430
|
As
of December 31,
|
|
||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|||
Unpaid
losses and LAE, net:
|
|||||||
Direct
|
$
|
59,684,790
|
$
|
39,615,478
|
|||
Ceded
|
(20,133,375
|
)
|
(12,382,028
|
)
|
|||
$
|
39,551,416
|
$
|
27,233,450
|
||||
Unearned
premiums:
|
|||||||
Direct
|
$
|
56,394,473
|
$
|
77,829,099
|
|||
Ceded
|
(21,075,936
|
)
|
(32,327,054
|
)
|
|||
$
|
35,318,537
|
$
|
45,502,044
|
As
of December 31,
|
|
||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|||
Transatlantic
Reinsurance Company (A+ A.M. Best Rated):
|
|||||||
Reinsurance
recoverable on paid losses and LAE
|
$
|
20,823
|
$
|
113,061
|
|||
Unpaid
losses and LAE
|
137,546
|
153,114
|
|||||
$
|
158,369
|
$
|
266,175
|
||||
Amounts
due from reinsurers consisted of amounts related to:
|
|||||||
Unpaid
losses and LAE
|
$
|
137,546
|
$
|
153,114
|
|||
Reinsurance
recoverable on paid losses and LAE
|
20,823
|
113,061
|
|||||
Reinsurance
receivable
|
-
|
218
|
|||||
$
|
158,369
|
$
|
266,393
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|
||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|||
Balance
at January 1:
|
$
|
39,615,478
|
$
|
154,038,543
|
|||
Less
reinsurance recoverables
|
(12,382,028
|
)
|
(128,419,923
|
)
|
|||
Net
balance at January 1
|
$
|
27,233,450
|
$
|
25,618,620
|
|||
Incurred
related to:
|
|||||||
Current
year
|
$
|
38,452,431
|
$
|
35,105,812
|
|||
Prior
years
|
9,166,491
|
9,294,096
|
|||||
Total
incurred
|
$
|
47,618,922
|
$
|
44,399,908
|
|||
Paid
related to:
|
|||||||
Current
year
|
$
|
15,628,017
|
$
|
17,420,147
|
|||
Prior
years
|
19,672,941
|
25,364,930
|
|||||
Total
paid
|
$
|
35,300,958
|
$
|
42,785,077
|
|||
Net
balance at year-end
|
$
|
39,551,415
|
$
|
27,233,450
|
|||
Plus
reinsurance recoverables
|
20,133,375
|
12,382,028
|
|||||
Balance
at year-end
|
$
|
59,684,790
|
$
|
39,615,478
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
||||
Federal:
|
||||||||||
Current
|
$
|
10,711,544
|
$
|
7,732,974
|
$
|
3,710,317
|
||||
Deferred
|
(1,247,894
|
)
|
(798,161
|
)
|
747,661
|
|||||
Provision
for Federal income tax expense
|
9,463,650
|
6,934,813
|
4,457,978
|
|||||||
State:
|
||||||||||
Current
|
1,895,000
|
546,796
|
-
|
|||||||
Deferred
|
(133,131
|
)
|
(85,215
|
)
|
827,244
|
|||||
Provision
for state income tax expense
|
1,761,869
|
461,581
|
827,244
|
|||||||
Provision
for income tax expense
|
$
|
11,225,519
|
$
|
7,396,394
|
$
|
5,285,222
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
||||
Computed
expected tax provision, at federal rate
|
$
|
11,051,807
|
$
|
8,151,908
|
$
|
5,211,285
|
||||
State
tax, net of federal deduction benefit
|
1,179,943
|
(56,242
|
)
|
545,981
|
||||||
Tax-exempt
interest
|
(360,397
|
)
|
(304,135
|
)
|
(149,627
|
)
|
||||
Dividend
received deduction
|
(114,225
|
)
|
(139,442
|
)
|
(145,207
|
)
|
||||
Valuation
allowance for capital loss carry forward
|
71,545
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
Interest
expense not requiring cash
|
23,021
|
47,821
|
31,750
|
|||||||
Other,
net
|
(626,175
|
)
|
(303,516
|
)
|
(208,960
|
)
|
||||
Income
tax expense, as reported
|
$
|
11,225,519
|
$
|
7,396,394
|
$
|
5,285,222
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|
||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|||
Deferred
tax assets:
|
|||||||
Unpaid
losses and LAE
|
$
|
1,675,398
|
$
|
946,455
|
|||
Unearned
premiums
|
2,670,007
|
3,436,434
|
|||||
Unrealized
loss on investment securities
|
1,510,438
|
583,500
|
|||||
Allowance
for credit losses
|
122,819
|
68,693
|
|||||
Unearned
commissions
|
-
|
183,486
|
|||||
Regulatory
assessments
|
2,096,050
|
1,423,930
|
|||||
Discount
on advance premiums
|
30,349
|
22,220
|
|||||
Unearned
adjusting income
|
-
|
845
|
|||||
Deferred
gain on sale and leaseback
|
607,738
|
838,766
|
|||||
Stock
option expense per FASB 123 (R)
|
173,056
|
202,741
|
|||||
Total
deferred tax assets
|
8,885,855
|
7,707,070
|
|||||
Deferred
tax liabilities:
|
|||||||
Deferred
acquisition costs, net
|
(3,331,949
|
)
|
(4,157,917
|
)
|
|||
Depreciation
|
86,498
|
71,446
|
|||||
Prepaid
expenses
|
(584
|
)
|
(10,358
|
)
|
|||
Total
deferred tax liabilities
|
(3,246,035
|
)
|
(4,096,829
|
)
|
|||
Net
deferred tax asset
|
$
|
5,639,820
|
$
|
3,610,241
|
Unusual
Values Equal to Or
|
|
Federated
National
|
|
American
Vehicle
|
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
Over
|
|
Under
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|||||||
Gross
Premiums to Policyholders' Surplus
|
900
|
-
|
312
|
765
|
122
|
167
|
|||||||||||||
Net
Premium to Policyholders' Surplus
|
300
|
-
|
174
|
290
|
122
|
167
|
|||||||||||||
Change
in Net Writings
|
33
|
-33
|
28
|
-8
|
-24
|
4
|
|||||||||||||
Surplus
Aid to Policyholders' Surplus
|
15
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||
Two-year
Overall Operating Ratio
|
100
|
-
|
82
|
102
*
|
88
|
82
|
|||||||||||||
Investment
Yield
|
6.5
|
3
|
6.2
|
6.4
|
4.9
|
3.9
|
|||||||||||||
Gross
Change in Policyholders' Surplus
|
50.0
|
-10
|
66*
|
36
|
3
|
49
|
|||||||||||||
Net
Change in Adjusted Policyholders' Surplus
|
25
|
-10
|
66*
|
36
*
|
3
|
49
|
* | ||||||||||||
Liabilities
to Liquid Assets
|
105
|
-
|
73
|
113
*
|
66
|
69
|
|||||||||||||
Gross
Agents' Balance to Policyholders' Surplus
|
40
|
-
|
3
|
14
|
9
|
23
|
|||||||||||||
One-Year
Reserve Development to Policyholders' Surplus
|
20
|
-
|
13
|
26
*
|
20
*
|
13
|
|||||||||||||
Two-Year
Reserve Development to Policyholders' Surplus
|
20
|
-
|
49*
|
186
*
|
29
*
|
6
|
|||||||||||||
Estimated
Current Reserve Deficiency to Policyholders' Surplus
|
25
|
-
|
19
|
120
*
|
-25
|
11
|
Fiscal
Year
|
Lease
payments
|
|||
2008
|
612,906
|
|||
2009
|
625,165
|
|||
2010
|
637,668
|
|||
2011
|
648,331
|
|||
Total
|
$
|
2,524,070
|
Income
(Loss)
|
|
Shares
Outstanding
|
|
Per-share
|
|
|||||
|
|
(Numerator)
|
|
(Denominator)
|
Amount
|
|||||
For
the year ended December 31, 2007:
|
||||||||||
Basic
net income per share
|
$
|
21,279,797
|
7,922,542
|
$
|
2.69
|
|||||
Fully
diluted income per share
|
$
|
21,279,797
|
8,030,205
|
$
|
2.65
|
|||||
For
the year ended December 31, 2006:
|
||||||||||
Basic
net per share
|
$
|
13,896,267
|
7,537,550
|
$
|
1.84
|
|||||
Fully
diluted per share
|
$
|
13,896,267
|
8,085,722
|
$
|
1.72
|
|||||
For
the year ended December 31, 2005:
|
||||||||||
Basic
net (loss) per share
|
$
|
12,115,530
|
6,228,043
|
$
|
1.95
|
|||||
Fully
diluted (loss) per share
|
$
|
12,115,530
|
6,628,076
|
$
|
1.83
|
· |
Revenue,
including unaffiliated and inter-segment sales or transfers, is 10%
or
more of total revenue of all operating
segments.
|
· |
Operating
profit or loss is 10% or more of the greater, in absolute amount,
of the
combined operating profit (or loss) of all industry segments with
operating profits (or losses).
|
· |
Identifiable
assets are 10% or more of total assets of all operating
segments.
|
|
|
1998
Plan
|
|
2001
Franchisee Plan
|
|
2002
Plan
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
Option
|
|
|
|
Option
|
|
|
|
Option
|
|
||||||
|
|
Number
of Shares |
|
Exercise
Price
|
|
Number
of Shares |
|
Exercise
Price
|
|
Number
of Shares |
|
Exercise
Price
|
|||||||
Outstanding
at January 1, 2005
|
198,275
|
$
|
6.67
|
15,000
|
$
|
9.17
|
906,300
|
$
|
10.80
|
||||||||||
Granted
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
451,500
|
$
|
14.39
|
||||||||||
Exercised
|
(96,875
|
)
|
$
|
6.67
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
(271,542
|
)
|
$
|
8.96
|
||||||||
Cancelled
|
(3,750
|
)
|
$
|
6.67
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
(262,650
|
)
|
$
|
14.00
|
||||||||
Outstanding
at January 1, 2006
|
97,650
|
$
|
6.67
|
15,000
|
$
|
9.17
|
823,608
|
$
|
12.35
|
||||||||||
Granted
|
25,000
|
$
|
27.79
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
86,000
|
$
|
16.44
|
||||||||||
Exercised
|
(77,900
|
)
|
$
|
6.67
|
(15,000
|
)
|
$
|
9.17
|
(212,350
|
)
|
$
|
8.98
|
|||||||
Cancelled
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
(59,900
|
)
|
$
|
14.98
|
|||||||||||
Outstanding
at January 1, 2007
|
44,750
|
$
|
18.47
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
637,358
|
$
|
13.80
|
||||||||||
Granted
|
109,849
|
$
|
13.32
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
57,151
|
$
|
13.18
|
||||||||||
Exercised
|
(2,000
|
)
|
$
|
6.67
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
(16,300
|
)
|
$
|
10.02
|
||||||||
Cancelled
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
(17,900
|
)
|
$
|
15.82
|
|||||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2007
|
152,599
|
$
|
14.92
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
660,309
|
$
|
13.78
|
1998
Plan
|
|
2001
Franchisee Plan
|
|
2002
Plan
|
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
Option
|
|
|
|
Option
|
|
|
|
Option
|
|
||||||
|
Number
of Shares |
|
Exercise
Price
|
|
Number
of Shares |
|
Exercise
Price
|
|
Number
of Shares |
|
Exercise
Price
|
||||||||
Options
Exercisable at:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
December
31, 2007
|
42,750
|
$
|
14.92
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
358,506
|
$
|
13.78
|
||||||||||
December
31, 2008
|
21,969
|
$
|
14.92
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
101,781
|
$
|
13.78
|
||||||||||
December
31, 2009
|
21,970
|
$
|
14.92
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
92,129
|
$
|
13.78
|
||||||||||
December
31, 2010
|
21,970
|
$
|
14.92
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
69,831
|
$
|
13.78
|
||||||||||
December
31, 2011
|
21,970
|
$
|
14.92
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
25,631
|
$
|
13.78
|
||||||||||
Thereafter
|
21,970
|
$
|
14.92
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
12,431
|
$
|
13.78
|
||||||||||
Total
options exercisible
|
152,599
|
-
|
660,309
|
· |
Compensation
cost for all share-based payments granted prior to, but not yet vested
as
of January 1, 2006, based on the grant date fair value estimated
in
accordance with the original provisions of Statement 123, and
|
· |
Compensation
cost for all share-based payments granted subsequent to January 1,
2006,
based on the grant-date fair-value estimated in accordance with the
provisions of SFAS 123R. Results for prior periods have not been
restated,
as not required to by the
pronouncement.
|
For
the Year Ended
|
|
|||
|
|
December
31, 2005
|
||
Net
Income (loss) as reported
|
$
|
12,115,530
|
||
Compensation,
net of tax effect
|
1,114,166 | |||
Pro
forma net income (loss)
|
$
|
11,001,364
|
||
Net
income (loss) per share
|
||||
As
reported - Basic
|
$
|
1.95
|
||
As
reported - Diluted
|
$
|
1.83
|
||
Pro
forma - Basic
|
$
|
1.77
|
||
Pro
forma - Diluted
|
$
|
1.66
|
December
31, 2007
|
December
31, 2006
|
December
31, 2005
|
||||
Dividend
yield
|
3.20%
to 6.70%
|
2.10%
to 3.70%
|
2.33%
to 2.50%
|
|||
Expected
volatility
|
42.87%
to 54.77%
|
42.37%
to 44.30%
|
45.51%
to 96.76%
|
|||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
2.90%
to 4.86%
|
4.60%
to 4.90%
|
3.34%
to 4.36%
|
|||
Expected
life (in years)
|
2.58
to 3.17
|
2.04
to 2.86
|
2.56
to 2.93
|
Range
of
Exercise
Price
|
|
Outstanding
at
December
31, 2007
|
|
Weighted
Average
Contractual
Periods
in Years
|
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
|
Exercisable
at
December
31, 2007
|
||||||||
1998
Plan
|
$
|
6.67
- $27.79
|
152,599
|
4.97
|
$
|
14.92
|
42,750
|
|||||||||
2001
Franchise Plan
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
2002
Plan
|
$
|
8.33
- $18.21
|
660,309
|
2.93
|
$
|
13.78
|
358,506
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
||||
Unrealized
holdings net losses arising during the year
|
$
|
(4,106,317
|
)
|
$
|
(1,550,625
|
)
|
$
|
(2,464,716
|
)
|
|
Reclassification
adjustment for losses included in net income
|
(1,550,625
|
)
|
(2,464,716
|
)
|
(809,639
|
)
|
||||
(2,555,692
|
)
|
914,091
|
(1,655,077
|
)
|
||||||
Tax
effect
|
926,939
|
(343,972
|
)
|
622,806
|
||||||
Net
unrealized (losses) gains on investment securities
|
$
|
(1,628,753
|
)
|
$
|
570,119
|
$
|
(1,032,271
|
)
|
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|
|||||
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
||||
ASSETS
|
|||||||
Cash
and short term investments
|
$
|
2,331,738
|
$
|
6,337,552
|
|||
Investments
and advances to subsidiaries
|
58,744,839
|
58,611,395
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes receivable
|
7,552,944
|
787,411
|
|||||
Property,
plant and equipment, net
|
518,233
|
550,233
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
12,850,843
|
13,425,205
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
81,998,597
|
$
|
79,711,796
|
|||
LIABILITIES
AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|||||||
Subordinated
debt
|
-
|
4,166,666
|
|||||
Income
taxes payable
|
6,626,680
|
8,670,102
|
|||||
Dividends
payable
|
1,474,599
|
1,444,316
|
|||||
Other
liabilities
|
3,078,360
|
2,679,672
|
|||||
Total
liabilities
|
11,179,639
|
16,960,756
|
|||||
Shareholders'
equity:
|
|||||||
Common
stock
|
80,655
|
86,504
|
|||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
45,310,337
|
45,630,368
|
|||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
1,498,139
|
2,422,380
|
|||||
Retained
earnings
|
23,929,827
|
14,611,788
|
|||||
Total
shareholders' equity
|
70,818,958
|
62,751,040
|
|||||
Total
liabilities and shareholders' equity
|
$
|
81,998,597
|
$
|
79,711,796
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
||||
Revenue:
|
||||||||||
Management
fees from subsidiaries
|
$
|
1,683,378
|
$
|
1,692,500
|
$
|
1,655,540
|
||||
Equity
in income of subsidiaries
|
33,845,202
|
22,402,736
|
18,275,913
|
|||||||
Net
investment income
|
491,691
|
261,740
|
40,877
|
|||||||
Other
income
|
587,619
|
1,326,479
|
273,847
|
|||||||
Total
revenue
|
36,607,890
|
25,683,455
|
20,246,177
|
|||||||
Expenses:
|
||||||||||
Advertising
|
10,760
|
18,545
|
53,082
|
|||||||
Salaries
and wages
|
1,854,101
|
1,749,272
|
1,255,310
|
|||||||
Legal
fees
|
180,387
|
153,792
|
191,320
|
|||||||
Interest
expense and amortization of loan costs
|
170,948
|
647,698
|
1,322,666
|
|||||||
Other
expenses
|
1,886,378
|
1,821,487
|
23,047
|
|||||||
Total
expenses
|
4,102,574
|
4,390,794
|
2,845,425
|
|||||||
Income
before provision for income tax expense
|
32,505,316
|
21,292,661
|
17,400,752
|
|||||||
Provision
benefit for income tax
|
(11,225,519
|
)
|
(7,396,394
|
)
|
(5,285,222
|
)
|
||||
Net
income
|
$
|
21,279,797
|
$
|
13,896,267
|
$
|
12,115,530
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
||||||
Cash
flow from operating activities:
|
||||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
21,279,797
|
$
|
13,896,267
|
$
|
12,115,530
|
||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash (used in) provided by
|
||||||||||
operating
activities:
|
||||||||||
Equity
in (loss) income of subsidiaries
|
(33,845,202
|
)
|
(22,402,736
|
)
|
(11,488,883
|
)
|
||||
Depreciation
and amortization of property plant and equipment, net
|
32,001
|
71,320
|
193,530
|
|||||||
Common
Stock issued for interest on Notes
|
109,375
|
128,125
|
315,625
|
|||||||
Deferred
income tax expense (benefit)
|
6,765,533
|
3,807,153
|
10,937,127
|
|||||||
Income
tax (payable) recoverable
|
(2,043,422
|
)
|
(956,522
|
)
|
952,098
|
|||||
Dividends
payable
|
30,283
|
(695,475
|
)
|
(306,659
|
)
|
|||||
Non-cash
compensation
|
404,800
|
538,775
|
-
|
|||||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||
Property,
plant and equipment
|
-
|
2,797,968
|
-
|
|||||||
Deferred
gain on sale of assets
|
-
|
(2,366,101
|
)
|
-
|
||||||
Other
assets
|
(104,907
|
)
|
1,388,004
|
5,852,586
|
||||||
Other
liabilities
|
398,688
|
(2,259,029
|
)
|
(6,698,263
|
)
|
|||||
Net
cash (used in) provided by operating activities
|
(6,973,054
|
)
|
(6,052,251
|
)
|
11,872,691
|
|||||
Cash
flow (used in) provided by investing activities:
|
||||||||||
Proceeds
from property, plant and equipment
|
-
|
5,607,266
|
(2,832,770
|
)
|
||||||
Purchases
of investment securities available for sale
|
(133,444
|
)
|
(4,001,960
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
Increased
capital of subsidiaries
|
-
|
-
|
(6,787,030
|
)
|
||||||
Cash
flow (used in) provided by investing activities:
|
(133,445
|
)
|
1,605,306
|
(9,619,800
|
)
|
|||||
Net
cash (used in) provided by financing activities:
|
||||||||||
Dividends
paid
|
(5,757,458
|
)
|
(4,289,683
|
)
|
(2,339,335
|
)
|
||||
Payments
against subordinated debt
|
(2,083,334
|
)
|
(4,375,000
|
)
|
(5,000,001
|
)
|
||||
Exercised
warrants, net
|
2,034,531
|
10,669,372
|
2,259,647
|
|||||||
Stock
options exercised
|
176,638
|
2,599,558
|
2,819,485
|
|||||||
Tax
benefit related to non-cash compensation
|
213,540
|
1,647,751
|
-
|
|||||||
Acquisition
of common stock
|
(3,822,645
|
)
|
(1,993,935
|
)
|
(1,779,645
|
)
|
||||
Advances
from (to) subsidiaries
|
12,339,412
|
5,991,378
|
(3,319,896
|
)
|
||||||
Net
cash (used in) provided by financing activities:
|
3,100,685
|
10,249,441
|
(7,359,745
|
)
|
||||||
Net
(decrease) increase in cash and short term investments
|
(4,005,814
|
)
|
5,802,496
|
(5,106,854
|
)
|
|||||
Cash
and short term investments at beginning of year
|
6,337,552
|
535,056
|
5,641,910
|
|||||||
Cash
and short term investments at end of year
|
$
|
2,331,738
|
$
|
6,337,552
|
$
|
535,056
|
Quarterly
payment due date
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
|||||
January
31,
|
n/a
|
-
|
55,537
|
|||||||
April
30,
|
n/a
|
38,420
|
-
|
|||||||
July
31,
|
n/a
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
October
31,
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
-
|
|||||||
Total
common stock issued
|
-
|
38,420
|
55,537
|
Quarterly
payment due date
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
||||
January
31,
|
54,211
|
-
|
103,870
|
|||||||
April
30,
|
63,114
|
68,696
|
-
|
|||||||
July
31,
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
October
31,
|
n/a
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
Total
common stock issued
|
117,325
|
68,696
|
103,870
|
Loss
and LAE-
Current Year
|
|
Loss
and LAE-
Prior year
|
|
Amortization
of deferred policy acquisition expenses
|
|
Paid
losses and LAEexpenses
|
|
Net
premiums written
|
||||||||
2007
|
$
|
38,452,431
|
$
|
9,166,491
|
$
|
19,419,915
|
$
|
15,628,017
|
$
|
89,040,613
|
||||||
2006
|
$
|
35,105,812
|
$
|
9,294,096
|
$
|
17,395,177
|
$
|
17,420,147
|
$
|
85,144,982
|
||||||
2005
|
$
|
42,241,587
|
$
|
6,094,843
|
$
|
14,561,110
|
$
|
25,749,109
|
$
|
88,026,482
|
Affiliation
with registrant
|
|
Deferred
policy acquisition costs
|
|
Reserves
for losses and LAE
|
|
Discount,
if any, deducted from previous column
|
|
Unearned
premiums
|
|
Net
premiums earned
|
|
Net
investment income
|
|||||||
Consolidated
Property and Casualty Subsidiaries
|
|||||||||||||||||||
2007
|
$
|
8,958,195
|
$
|
59,684,790
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
56,394,473
|
$
|
99,224,121
|
$
|
7,964,444
|
|||||||
2006
|
$
|
11,153,168
|
$
|
39,615,478
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
77,829,099
|
$
|
89,348,254
|
$
|
5,932,683
|
|||||||
2005
|
$
|
9,183,654
|
$
|
154,038,543
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
61,839,051
|
$
|
82,963,496
|
$
|
3,841,154
|
(a) |
The
following documents are filed as part of this
report:
|
(1) |
Financial
Statements
|
(2) |
Financial
Statement Schedules.
|
(3)
|
Exhibits
|
Exhibit
|
Description
|
|
3.1
|
Amended
and Restated Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 3.1 in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed
with the SEC on September 17, 1998 [File No.
333-63623]).
|
|
3.2
|
Amended
and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit
10.1 in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on
November 28, 2007).
|
|
4.1
|
Specimen
of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.1 in
Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed
with the SEC on October 7, 1998 [File No. 333-63623]).
|
|
10.1
|
21st
Century Holding Company 2002 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by
reference
to Annex A in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2002 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders filed with the SEC on April 26, 2002).
+
|
|
10.2
|
Form
of 2002 Stock Option Plan Acknowledgment +
|
|
10.3
|
The
Company’s 1998 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex A
in
the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on May 12,
2000). +
|
|
10.4
|
Form
of 1998 Stock Option Plan Acknowledgment. +
|
|
10.5
|
2001
Franchise Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
A to the
Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2001 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders filed with the SEC on April 30, 2001).
|
|
10.6
|
Form
of 2001 Franchise Stock Option Plan Agreement +
|
|
10.7
|
Employment
Agreement dated September 1, 1998 between the Company and Edward
J. Lawson
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 in the Company’s Registration
Statement on Form SB-2 filed with the SEC on September 17, 1998
[File No.
333-63623]) +
|
|
10.8
|
First
Modification Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2004 between the
Company
and Edward J. Lawson (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1
in the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 7,
2004).+
|
|
10.9
|
Employment
Agreement dated September 1, 1998 between the Company and Michele
V.
Lawson (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 in the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed with the SEC on September
17,
1998 [File No. 333-63623]).+
|
|
10.10
|
Employment
Agreement dated June 25, 2007 between the Company and Peter J.
Prygelski,
III (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 in the Company’s Current
Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 19, 2007).+
|
|
10.11
|
Employment
Agreement dated as of June 8, 2004 between the Company and James
Gordon
Jennings III (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 in the
Company’s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004
filed
with the SEC on August 16, 2004). +
|
|
10.12
|
Non-Compete
Agreement between the Company and Peter J. Prygelski, effective
June 25,
2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 contained in the
Company's
Form 8-K filed June 19, 2007)+
|
|
10.13
|
Non-Compete
Agreement dated December 19, 2005 between the Company and Michael
Bruan
dated December 19, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2
in the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December
29,
2005).+
|
|
10.14
|
Non-Compete
Agreement dated December 19, 2005 between the Company and J.Gordon
Jennings, III (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 in the
Company's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 19,
2005).+
|
|
10.15
|
Form
of Indemnification Agreement between the Company and its directors
and
executive officer.**
|
|
10.16
|
Reimbursement
Contract between Federated National Insurance Company and The State
Board
of Administration of Florida (SBA) which administers the Florida
Hurricane
Catastrophe Fund (FHCF) and Addendum Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4effective
June 1,
2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit1 10.1 - 10.5 in the
Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 2, 2007).
|
10.17
|
Excess
Catastrophe Reinsurance Contract effective July 1, 2007 issued
to
Federated National Insurance Company and certain Subscribing Reinsurer(s)
executing the Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1
in the
Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September
30, 2007 filed with the SEC on November 9, 2007).
|
|
10.18
|
Reinstatement
Premium Protection Reinsurance Contract effective July 1, 2007
issued to
Federated National Insurance Company and certain Subscribing
Reinsurance(s) executing the Agreement (incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 10.2 in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended September 30, 2007 as filed with the SEC on November
9,
2007).
|
|
10.19
|
Additional
Layer Excess Catastrophe Reinsurance Contract effective August
17, 2007
issued to Federated National Insurance Company and certain Subscribing
Reinsurer(s) executing the Agreement (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit
10.3 in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 2007 filed with the SEC on November 9,
2007).
|
|
10.20
|
American
Vehicle Insurance Company 100% Quota Share Reinsurance Agreement
with
Republic Underwriters Insurance Company for a portion of its business
and
a portion of the business assumed by it from its affiliated member
companies executed on April 15, 2006 and became effective April
15, 2006
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.37 in the Company’s current
report Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 19, 2006).
|
|
21.1
|
Subsidiaries
of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 in the
Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2005
filed with the SEC on March 30, 2006).
|
|
23.1
|
Consent
of De Meo, Young, McGrath, Independent Certified Public Accountants
**
|
|
31.1
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act **
|
|
31.2
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act **
|
|
32.1
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act **
|
|
32.2
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act **
|
+
|
Management
Compensation Plan or Arrangement
|
** |
Filed
herewith
|
21st
CENTURY HOLDING COMPANY
|
||
|
|
|
By: | /s/ Edward J. Lawson | |
Edward
J. Lawson, Chief Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
|
/s/ Peter J. Prygelski, III | ||
Peter
J. Prygelski, III, Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial Officer)
|
Signature
|
Title
|
Date
|
||
/s/
Edward J. Lawson
|
Chief
Executive Officer
|
March
17, 2008
|
||
Edward J. Lawson |
(Principal
Executive Officer)
Chairman
of the Board
|
|||
|
||||
/s/
Peter J. Prygelski, III
|
Chief
Financial Officer
|
March
17, 2008
|
||
Peter J. Prygelski, III |
(Principal
Financial Officer)
|
|||
/s/
James G. Jennings, III
|
Chief
Accounting Officer
|
March
17, 2008
|
||
James G. Jennings, III |
||||
|
||||
/s/
Michael H. Braun
|
Director
|
March
17, 2008
|
||
Michael H. Braun |
|
|||
|
||||
/s/
Carl Dorf
|
Director
|
March
17, 2008
|
||
Carl Dorf |
|
|||
/s/
Bruce Simberg
|
Director
|
March
17, 2008
|
||
Bruce Simberg |
|
|||
|
||||
/s/
Charles B. Hart, Jr.
|
Director
|
March
17, 2008
|
||
Charles B. Hart, Jr. |
||||
|
||||
/s/
Richard W. Wilcox, Jr.
|
Director
|
March
17, 2008
|
||
Richard W. Wilcox, Jr. |
|
|||
|
||||
/s/
Anthony C. Krayer, III
|
Director
|
March
17, 2008
|
||
Anthony C. Krayer, III |
|
10.14 | Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Company and its directors and executive officers |
23.1 | Consent of DeMeo, Young, McGrath, Independent Certified Public Accountants |
31.1 | Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act |
31.2 | Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act |
32.1 | Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act |
32.1 | Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act |