Item 8.01. Other Events.
Effective
Highlights of these agreements are as follows:
Increased core multi-event cascading catastrophe reinsurance limit to
• For 2020/21,UPC Insurance purchased over$3.257 billion of multi-event cascading limit, an increase of$101 million , or 3.2%, from the$3.156 billion of multi-event cascading limit purchased for its 2019/20 core catastrophe reinsurance program •Covers American Coastal Insurance Company ,Family Security Insurance Company, Inc. andUnited Property & Casualty Insurance Company ; • For theFlorida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF) Reimbursement Contracts effectiveJune 1, 2020 ,UPC Insurance elected 90% coverage forAmerican Coastal Insurance Company ,Family Security Insurance Company, Inc. andUnited Property & Casualty Insurance Company . The total mandatory FHCF layer will provide approximately$1.7 billion of totalFlorida -only coverage with varying retentions and limits among the three separate FHCF contracts, which inures to the benefit of the open market catastrophe reinsurance program;
• Sufficient coverage in excess of a 1-in-350 year event;
• Sufficient coverage for a 1-in-100 year event followed by a 1-in-50 year event in the same season; and • Cascading open market reinsurance limit drops down in subsequent events providing no gaps in coverage.
Purchased stand-alone catastrophe program for
• For 2020/21,
per occurrence and
• Sufficient coverage for approximately a 1-in-150 year event; and
• Sufficient coverage for a 1-in-100 year event followed by a 1-in-50 year event in the same season.
Purchased stand-alone catastrophe program for
• For 2020/21,
occurrence and
• Sufficient coverage for two 1-in-250 year events.
Increased cascading catastrophe reinsurance limit purchased by
• For 2020/21,Journey Insurance Company purchased over$31.9 million of multi-event cascading limit, an increase of$5.8 million , or 22%, from the$26.1 million of multi-event cascading limit purchased for its 2019/20 catastrophe reinsurance program • For the FHCF Reimbursement Contracts effectiveJune 1, 2020 , UPC Insurance elected 90% coverage forJourney Insurance Company . The total mandatory FHCF layer will provide approximately$5.6 million of totalFlorida -only coverage, which inures to the benefit of the open market catastrophe reinsurance program;
• Sufficient coverage in excess of a 1-in-250 year event;
• Sufficient coverage for a 1-in-100 year event followed by a 1-in-200 year event in the same season; and • Cascading open market reinsurance limit drops down in subsequent events providing no gaps in coverage.
Utilization of UPC Re in group per occurrence retention
• The first event group pre-tax retention calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) is$69.3 million , or 13.8% of the year-end 2019 GAAP equity, an increase of$12.2 million from the prior year. • The$69.3 million includes a$12.5 million co-participation assumed throughUPC Insurance's wholly-owned reinsurance subsidiary, UPC Re, on the lowest layer of the core catastrophe reinsurance program • UPC Re will receive$7.3 million of reinsurance premium for the$12.5 million of assumed limit; and
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• The modeled expected return to UPC Re on this$12.5 million assumption is greater than 40%.
Increased multi-year catastrophe excess of loss reinsurance limit by
• Total multi-year limit purchased on the 2020/21 catastrophe excess of loss reinsurance programs is$405 million , an increase of$55 million or 15.7%, from$350 million purchased on the 2019/20 catastrophe excess of loss reinsurance programs.
Effective
• The quota share agreement covers both
Company and
• Renewed at the expiring cession rate of 22.5% with the existing reinsurers.
• The quota share agreement provides coverage for all catastrophe perils and attritional losses.
Catastrophe excess of loss reinsurance spend increased at a slower rate than the growth in premiums in- force
• The total cost of
reinsurance programs is$404.0 million , an increase of$26.7 million or 7.1%, from the 2019/20 catastrophe excess of loss reinsurance program cost; and
• The total cost of the 2020/21 catastrophe excess of loss reinsurance
programs is 29.2% of theMarch 31, 2020 in-force premium, a decrease from 29.5% of theMarch 31, 2019 in-force premium for the 2019/20 catastrophe excess of loss reinsurance programs.
This Item 8.01 may contain forward-looking statements about our reinsurance program and related attachment point, total coverage and costs. These statements are subject to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are based on management's estimates, assumptions and projections. These forward-looking statements can generally be identified as such because the context of the statement includes words such as estimate, expect or words of similar nature. The actual changes to our reinsurance program and related attachment point, total coverage and costs may differ materially from those discussed in this report, depending on our reinsurers' capacity to pay claims and related adjustment provisions in our agreements with the private reinsurers.
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