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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

 

þ Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

     for the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2015.
¨ Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

     from                                to                                     

Commission file number 001-13790

HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   76-0336636

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

13403 Northwest Freeway, Houston, Texas   77040-6094
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(713) 690-7300

 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes þ   No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yes þ   No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer þ   Accelerated filer ¨   Non-accelerated filer ¨   Smaller reporting company ¨
    (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes ¨   No þ

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

On July 31, 2015, there were approximately 95.6 million shares of common stock outstanding.

 

 

 


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Part I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  

Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)

  

Consolidated Balance Sheets — June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014

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Consolidated Statements of Earnings — Six and three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014

   6

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income — Six and three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014

   7

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity — Six months ended June 30, 2015

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows — Six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

   30

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

   44

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

   44

Part II. OTHER INFORMATION

  

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

   45

Item 1A. Risk Factors

   45

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

   47

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

   47

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

   47

Item 5. Other Information

   47

Item 6. Exhibits

   48

Signatures

   50

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Report on Form 10-Q contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which are intended to be covered by the safe harbors created by those laws. These forward-looking statements reflect our current expectations and projections about future events and include information about possible or assumed future results of our operations. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included or incorporated by reference in this Report that address activities, events or developments that we expect or anticipate may occur in the future, including such things as growth of our business and operations, business strategy, competitive strengths, mergers and acquisitions, goals, plans, future capital expenditures and references to future successes may be considered forward-looking statements. Generally, words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “probably” or similar expressions indicate forward-looking statements.

Many risks and uncertainties may have an impact on the matters addressed in these forward-looking statements, which could affect our future financial results and performance, including, among other things:

 

    the effects of catastrophe losses,

 

    volatility in crop prices and crop yields,

 

    the cyclical nature of the insurance business,

 

    inherent uncertainties in the loss estimation process, which can adversely impact the adequacy of loss reserves,

 

    the impact of past and future potential economic or credit market downturns, including any potential ratings downgrade or impairment of the debt securities of sovereign issuers,

 

    the effects of emerging claim and coverage issues,

 

    the effects of extensive governmental regulation of the insurance industry,

 

    changes to the country’s health care delivery system,

 

    the effects of climate change on the risks we insure,

 

    potential risk with agents and brokers,

 

    the effects of industry consolidations,

 

    our assessment of underwriting risk,

 

    our retention of risk, which could expose us to potential losses,

 

    the adequacy of reinsurance protection,

 

    the ability and willingness of reinsurers to pay balances due us,

 

    the occurrence of terrorist activities,

 

    our ability to maintain our competitive position,

 

    fluctuations in securities markets, which may reduce the value of our investment portfolio, reduce investment income or generate realized investment losses,

 

    changes in our assigned financial strength ratings,

 

    our ability to raise capital and funds for liquidity in the future,

 

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    attraction and retention of qualified employees,

 

    our ability to successfully expand our business through the acquisition of insurance-related companies,

 

    impairment of goodwill,

 

    the ability of our insurance company subsidiaries to pay dividends in needed amounts,

 

    fluctuations in foreign exchange rates,

 

    failure of, or loss of security related to, our information technology systems,

 

    difficulties with outsourcing relationships,

 

    the effects of mergers, acquisitions or divestitures;

 

    change of control; and

 

    any changes concerning the conditions, terms, termination or closing of our announced merger with Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

We described these risks and uncertainties in greater detail in Item 1A. Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and in Item 1A. Risk Factors included in this Report.

These events or factors could cause our results or performance to differ materially from those we express in our forward-looking statements. Although we believe that the assumptions underlying our forward-looking statements are reasonable, any of these assumptions, and, therefore, the forward-looking statements based on these assumptions, could themselves prove to be inaccurate. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements that are included in this Report, our inclusion of this information is not a representation by us or any other person that our objectives or plans will be achieved.

Our forward-looking statements speak only at the date made, and we will not update these forward-looking statements unless the securities laws require us to do so. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, any forward-looking events discussed in this Report may not occur.

 

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HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(unaudited, in thousands except per share data)

 

     June 30,
2015
     December 31,
2014
 

ASSETS

     

Investments

     

Fixed maturity securities – available for sale, at fair value (amortized cost:

    2015 – $6,132,246 and 2014 – $6,352,737)

   $         6,296,256        $       6,610,368    

Equity securities – available for sale, at fair value (cost: 2015 – $382,550

    and 2014 – $291,070)

     390,077          296,352    

Short-term investments, at cost (approximates fair value)

     283,420          258,186    

Other investments (at fair value)

     24,957            
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments

     6,994,710          7,164,906    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cash

     81,864          102,093    

Restricted cash and securities

     114,229          119,010    

Premium, claims and other receivables

     925,827          553,027    

Reinsurance recoverables

     1,165,211          1,168,900    

Ceded unearned premium

     371,138          316,715    

Ceded life and annuity benefits

     48,114          48,499    

Deferred policy acquisition costs

     260,273          220,321    

Goodwill

     952,130          905,636    

Other assets

     227,434          115,239    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 11,140,930        $ 10,714,346    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

     

Loss and loss adjustment expense payable

   $ 3,660,488        $ 3,728,085    

Life and annuity policy benefits

     48,114          48,499    

Reinsurance, premium and claims payable

     456,747          301,476    

Unearned premium

     1,471,835          1,198,930    

Deferred ceding commissions

     117,530          94,202    

Notes payable

     909,328          824,251    

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     560,766          615,552    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     7,224,808          6,810,995    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

     

Common stock, $1.00 par value; 250,000 shares authorized (shares issued: 2015 –
126,837 and 2014 – 126,472; outstanding: 2015 – 95,645 and 2014 – 96,521)

     126,837          126,472    

Additional paid-in capital

     1,122,937          1,113,551    

Retained earnings

     3,578,315          3,441,424    

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     110,712          175,014    

Treasury stock, at cost (shares: 2015 – 31,192 and 2014 – 29,951)

     (1,022,679)         (953,110)   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

     3,916,122          3,903,351    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 11,140,930        $ 10,714,346    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Earnings

(unaudited, in thousands except per share data)

 

     Six months ended June 30,      Three months ended June 30,  
           2015      2014           2015      2014  

REVENUE

           

Net earned premium

   $      1,242,403        $      1,134,860        $         641,840        $         572,248    

Net investment income

     108,220          113,244          54,738          56,438    

Other operating income

     18,919          19,249          9,700          9,983    

Net realized investment gain

     13,759          25,151          573          4,905    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total revenue

     1,383,301          1,292,504          706,851          643,574    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

EXPENSE

           

Loss and loss adjustment expense, net

     760,467          666,643          395,305          335,897    

Policy acquisition costs, net

     153,670          142,011          78,459          72,970    

Other operating expense

     188,749          177,250          111,266          90,198    

Interest expense

     15,030          13,984          7,264          6,865    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expense

     1,117,916          999,888          592,294          505,930    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings before income tax expense

     265,385          292,616          114,557          137,644    

Income tax expense

     72,051          87,569          34,140          40,508    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net earnings

   $ 193,334        $ 205,047        $ 80,417        $ 97,136    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings per common share

           

Basic

   $ 2.02        $ 2.05        $ 0.84        $ 0.97   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Diluted

   $ 2.01        $ 2.04        $ 0.84        $ 0.97   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(unaudited, in thousands)

 

     Six months ended June 30,      Three months ended June 30,  
         2015      2014            2015      2014    

Net earnings

     $ 193,334          $ 205,047          $ 80,417          $ 97,136    

Other comprehensive income (loss)

           

Investment gains (losses):

           

Investment gains (losses) during the period

     (77,616)         179,825          (97,625)         93,745    

Income tax charge (benefit)

     (27,320)         63,818          (34,525)         33,248    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investment gains (losses), net of tax

     (50,296)         116,007          (63,100)         60,497    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less reclassification adjustments to:

           

Net realized investment gain

     13,759          25,151          573          4,905    

Income tax expense

     4,816          8,803          201          1,717    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total reclassifications included in net earnings,
net of tax

     8,943          16,348          372          3,188    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net unrealized investment gains (losses)

     (59,239)         99,659          (63,472)         57,309    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation adjustment

     (5,060)         1,691          1,992          903    

Income tax charge (benefit)

             (421)         70          11    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax

     (5,063)         2,112          1,922          892    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

     (64,302)         101,771          (61,550)         58,201    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Comprehensive income

   $         129,032        $         306,818        $         18,867        $         155,337    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity

Six months ended June 30, 2015

(unaudited, in thousands except per share data)

 

     Common
stock
    Additional
paid-in

capital
    Retained
earnings
    Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income
    Treasury
stock
    Total
shareholders’
equity
 

Balance at December 31, 2014

   $ 126,472       $ 1,113,551       $ 3,441,424       $ 175,014       $ (953,110)      $ 3,903,351    

Net earnings

                   193,334                       193,334    

Other comprehensive loss

                          (64,302)               (64,302)   

Stock-based compensation

     402         10,545                              10,947    

Issuance of 60 shares for exercise of
options, including tax effect

     60         4,684                              4,744    

Issuance of 49 shares for employee
stock purchase plan

     49         1,975                              2,024    

Surrender of 146 shares of restricted
stock for employees’ tax liability

     (146)        (7,818)                             (7,964)   

Purchase of 1,241 common shares

                                 (69,569)        (69,569)   

Cash dividends declared, $0.59 per share

                   (56,443)                      (56,443)   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at June 30, 2015

   $     126,837       $   1,122,937       $   3,578,315       $     110,712       $   (1,022,679)      $     3,916,122    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(unaudited, in thousands)

 

     Six months ended June 30,  
     2015     2014  

Operating activities

    

Net earnings

   $ 193,334       $ 205,047    

Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities:

    

Change in premium, claims and other receivables

     (194,834)        (109,043)   

Change in reinsurance recoverables

     180,540         96,770    

Change in ceded unearned premium

     (21,520)        (35,485)   

Change in loss and loss adjustment expense payable

     (241,159)        (57,118)   

Change in unearned premium

     216,788         138,248    

Change in reinsurance, premium and claims payable

     32,494         55,764    

Change in accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     (73,290)        (69,414)   

Stock-based compensation expense

     10,947         10,303    

Depreciation and amortization expense

     12,322         8,289    

Gain on investments

     (13,759)        (25,151)   

Other, net

     (69,110)        (22,924)   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash provided by operating activities

     32,753         195,286    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing activities

    

Sales of available for sale fixed maturity securities

     398,848         286,843    

Sales of equity securities

     71,970         170,182    

Maturity or call of available for sale fixed maturity securities

     363,541         269,468    

Cost of available for sale fixed maturity securities acquired

     (518,929)        (675,945)   

Cost of equity securities acquired

     (147,232)        (78,817)   

Cost of other investments acquired

     (25,000)          

Change in short-term investments

     (31,300)        (168,241)   

Payments for purchase of businesses, net of cash received

     (99,060)        (2,579)   

Proceeds from sales of subsidiaries

            12,942    

Other, net

     (4,584)        (3,902)   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash provided (used) by investing activities

     8,254         (190,049)   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing activities

    

Advances on line of credit

     210,000         140,000    

Payments on line of credit

     (140,004)        (60,000)   

Sale of common stock

     6,768         11,709    

Purchase of common stock

     (69,569)        (41,542)   

Dividends paid

     (56,722)        (45,076)   

Other, net

     (11,709)        2,278    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash provided (used) by financing activities

     (61,236)        7,369    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     (20,229)        12,606    

Cash at beginning of year

     102,093         58,301    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash at end of period

   $         81,864       $         70,907    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited, tables in thousands except per share data)

(1) General Information and Significant Accounting and Reporting Policies

HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. (HCC) and its subsidiaries (collectively we, us or our) include domestic and foreign property and casualty and life insurance companies and underwriting agencies with offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain and Ireland. We underwrite a variety of largely non-correlated specialty insurance products, including property and casualty, accident and health, agriculture, surety and credit product lines, in approximately 180 countries. We market our products through a network of independent agents and brokers, through managing general agents owned by the company, and directly to consumers. In addition, we assume insurance written by other insurance companies.

Proposed Merger with Tokio Marine

On June 10, 2015, we announced that HCC had entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (Merger Agreement) with Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc., a Japanese corporation (Tokio Marine) and TMGC Investment (Delaware) Inc. (Merger Sub), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Tokio Marine, providing for HCC to be acquired by Tokio Marine through a merger effected under Delaware law (referred to herein as merger). The Merger Agreement provides that, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into HCC with HCC continuing as the surviving corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Tokio Marine. Tokio Marine is the ultimate holding company of the Tokio Marine Group, which operates in the non-life insurance business, life insurance business, and financial and general businesses globally.

On completion of the merger, shares of our common stock (Shares) will no longer be listed on any stock exchange or quotation system. If the Merger Agreement is adopted and the merger is completed, each outstanding Share (other than Shares held by HCC, Tokio Marine or Merger Sub or any of their respective subsidiaries, or by any holder who has properly exercised appraisal rights of such Shares in accordance with Section 262 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware) will be converted into the right to receive $78.00 in cash (Merger Consideration), without interest and less any applicable tax withholdings.

The Merger Agreement provides that equity-based awards held by our directors, executive officers and employees as of the effective time of the merger will be treated at the effective time as follows: 1) each outstanding option to purchase Shares (Option) granted under HCC’s 2008 Flexible Incentive Plan, as amended (Incentive Plan), whether vested or unvested, will be canceled and will only entitle the holder of the Option the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the product obtained by multiplying (A) the total number of Shares subject to the Option by (B) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the exercise price per Share of that Option, less any applicable tax withholdings; 2) HCC will waive any vesting or holding conditions or restrictions applicable to each outstanding restricted Share granted under the Incentive Plan or HCC’s 2014 Stock Promotion Plan, and at the effective time each Share will be treated in the same manner as a Share of our common stock and will entitle the holder to an amount in cash equal to the Merger Consideration, less any applicable tax withholdings; 3) with respect to any restricted Shares subject to performance based vesting (Performance Shares), the performance criteria will be deemed to have been achieved based on 100% performance and such Performance Shares will be treated the same as all other Shares in the merger and will entitle the holder to an amount in cash equal to the Merger Consideration, less any applicable tax withholdings; and 4) each outstanding restricted stock unit granted under the Incentive Plan (RSU), whether vested or unvested, will be canceled and will entitle the holder of the RSU an amount in cash equal to the product of (A) the total number of Shares subject to the RSU and (B) the Merger Consideration, less any applicable tax withholdings.

Each of the parties has made customary representations and warranties and agreed to covenants in the Merger Agreement. We have agreed, among other things, to use our commercially reasonable efforts to cause our business to be conducted in the ordinary and usual course during the period between the execution of the Merger Agreement and the closing of the merger, and not to take certain actions specified in the Merger Agreement during such time. We have also agreed not to discuss alternative acquisition proposals with, or solicit alternative acquisition proposals from, third parties, subject to exceptions that allow us under certain circumstances to provide information to and participate in discussions with third parties with respect to unsolicited alternative acquisition proposals, and to terminate the Merger Agreement in order to accept such a proposal that constitutes a “Superior Proposal” (as defined in the Merger Agreement), in each case if HCC’s board of directors has determined that the failure to take such action would be inconsistent with HCC’s fiduciary duties under applicable law.

 

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HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited, tables in thousands except per share data)

 

The Merger Agreement provides certain termination rights for both HCC and Tokio Marine, and further provides that, upon termination of the Merger Agreement under certain circumstances, we will be obligated to pay Tokio Marine a termination fee of $187.5 million.

The Merger Agreement was unanimously approved by our board of directors and is conditioned, among other things, on: 1) adoption of the Merger Agreement and approval of the merger by our shareholders, 2) receipt of required governmental approvals, including antitrust and insurance regulatory approvals and 3) other customary closing conditions. In addition, Tokio Marine’s obligation to consummate the merger is subject to the condition that the required governmental approvals have been obtained without the imposition of any “Negative Regulatory Action” (as defined in the Merger Agreement).

The merger is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2015, subject to the closing conditions described above and contained in the Merger Agreement.

Basis of Presentation

Our unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) and include the accounts of HCC and its subsidiaries. We have made all adjustments that, in our opinion, are necessary for a fair statement of results of the interim periods, and all such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The consolidated financial statements include the results of operations and cash flows of Producers Ag Insurance Group, Inc. (ProAg) from January 1, 2015, the effective acquisition date (see Note 2, “Acquisition”).

The consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2014 was derived from the audited financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP.

Management must make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in our consolidated financial statements and in disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. Ultimate results could differ from those estimates.

In conjunction with the acquisition of ProAg in the first quarter of 2015, HCC’s executive management changed the structure under which it manages and evaluates the results of our numerous product lines. See Note 3, “Segments” for discussion of our new reporting structure.

New Accounting and Reporting Policies

The following policies changed in 2015:

Agriculture

The majority of premium written in our new agriculture business relates to multi-peril crop insurance (MPCI), written through the federal crop insurance program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency and the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC). We record written premium for our agriculture business as we process acreage reports received from the policyholders. Written premium is earned ratably over the period of risk commencing on the final planting date set by the FCIC, which approximates the start of planting season, and ending on the estimated crop harvest date.

We have a net receivable (payable) due from (to) the FCIC for settlement of MPCI reinsurance. If a net receivable, it is reflected in our consolidated balance sheet with premium, claims and other receivables. If a net payable, it is reflected in our consolidated balance sheet with reinsurance, premium and claims payable.

 

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Goodwill

An indicator of impairment of goodwill exists when the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value. In conjunction with the change in our reporting structure discussed in Note 3, “Segments,” we now have three reporting units that are the same as our insurance underwriting segments: 1) North America Property & Casualty, 2) Accident & Health and 3) International.

We conducted our annual goodwill impairment test as of June 30, 2015, which is consistent with the timeframe for our annual assessment in prior years. This test consisted of a qualitative assessment in which we determined that it is more likely than not that the fair value of each of our three reporting units exceeded its carrying amount with no indicators of impairment.

Recent Accounting Guidance

An accounting standard issued in 2014 will change the manner in which most companies recognize revenue. The standard requires that revenue reflect the transfer of goods or services to customers based on the consideration/payment the company expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services; however, the standard does not change the accounting for insurance contracts or investment income. The new standard also requires enhanced disclosures about revenue. This standard is effective in the first quarter of 2018. The standard may be applied on a full retrospective or modified retrospective approach. We are currently assessing the impact the implementation of this standard will have on our consolidated financial statements.

An accounting standard issued in 2015 focuses on improving existing disclosure requirements to provide users with additional information about insurance liabilities for short-duration contracts. The standard does not change the existing recognition and measurement guidance for short-duration contracts. This standard is effective at December 31, 2016 and must be applied retrospectively by providing comparative disclosures for each period presented, except for those requirements that apply only to the current period. Application of this standard will have no impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

An accounting standard issued in 2015 changes the presentation of debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability. The standard requires debt issuance costs be presented as a reduction of the debt liability, rather than as a deferred charge asset. This standard is effective at March 31, 2016 and must be applied retrospectively. We have immaterial debt issuance costs included in other assets in our consolidated balance sheets that will be reclassified as a reduction to notes payable. Application of this standard will have no impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

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(2) Acquisition

Effective January 1, 2015, we completed the acquisition of all of the capital stock of ProAg from CUNA Mutual Group for $102.4 million cash. ProAg writes multi-peril crop, crop hail and other named peril insurance. Crop insurance is a non-correlated line of business we strategically targeted to add to our diversified portfolio of specialty insurance businesses.

We completed our accounting for this acquisition in the second quarter of 2015. The following table summarizes the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date:

 

Assets

  

Investments – Fixed maturity securities

   $ 8,008    

Cash

     18,979    

Premium, claims and other receivables

     179,451    

Reinsurance recoverables

     197,292    

Ceded unearned premium

     33,127    

Other assets

     72,347    
  

 

 

 

Total identifiable assets acquired

     509,204    
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

  

Loss and loss adjustment expense payable

     202,265    

Reinsurance, premium and claims payable

     131,677    

Unearned premium

     56,946    

Notes payable

     15,004    

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     48,049    
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities assumed

     453,941    
  

 

 

 

Net identifiable assets acquired

     55,263    

Goodwill

     47,145    
  

 

 

 

Net assets acquired

   $         102,408    
  

 

 

 

The majority of these assets and liabilities related to ProAg’s reinsurance year 2014, which is 100% ceded to the FCIC and third party reinsurers (including CUNA Mutual Group) under existing reinsurance agreements. We expect settlement of reinsurance year 2014 amounts to occur with all parties during the fourth quarter of 2015.

We recognized $54.0 million of intangible assets and $47.1 million of goodwill, neither of which is tax deductible. Finite-lived intangible assets relate to agent relationships and ProAg’s trade name with fair values of $23.0 million and $8.0 million, respectively, which will be amortized over a useful life of 15 years and 10 years, respectively. Indefinite-lived intangible assets of $23.0 million relate to state and federal insurance licenses, which will be reviewed annually for impairment. Intangible assets are included in other assets in our consolidated balance sheet. The goodwill primarily represents the value of ProAg’s assembled workforce and opportunities for future expansion utilizing ProAg’s infrastructure.

 

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(3) Segments

In the first quarter of 2015, following the acquisition of ProAg, HCC’s executive management changed the structure under which it manages and evaluates the results of our numerous product lines. We now report our results in four operating segments, consisting of three insurance underwriting segments (North America Property & Casualty, Accident & Health, and International) and the Investing segment.

Each of our three insurance underwriting segments bears risk for insurance coverage written within its portfolio of insurance products. Each segment generates income from premium written by our underwriting agencies, through third party agents and brokers, or on a direct basis. Fee and commission income earned by our agencies from third party insurance companies is included in segment revenue. Each segment incurs insurance losses, acquisition costs, claims management costs and other administrative expenses related to our insurance companies and underwriting agencies. Internal claims department costs are managed and reported as a component of loss and loss adjustment expense. We monitor and assess each segment’s pretax results based on underwriting profit, gross and net written premium, and its combined ratio, consisting of the segment’s net loss ratio and expense ratio.

Included in the portfolio of products for each insurance underwriting segment are the following key products:

 

  North America Property & Casualty – directors’ and officers’ liability (D&O), primary and excess casualty, small account errors and omissions liability, employment practices liability, agriculture, aviation, sports and entertainment, public risk, surety, and various smaller products.

 

  Accident & Health – medical stop-loss, short-term domestic and international medical, and travel.

 

  International – marine and energy, property treaty, property (direct and facultative), accident and health, D&O, professional indemnity, liability, surety, and credit.

The North America Property & Casualty segment includes the former U.S. Property & Casualty segment, the U.S. portion of the former Professional Liability segment, the Surety portion of the former U.S. Surety & Credit segment and ProAg’s agriculture business. The International segment includes the former International segment, the International portion of the former Professional Liability segment, and the Credit portion of the former U.S. Surety & Credit segment. The Accident & Health and Investing segments are unchanged from the prior presentation. All prior period information has been recast to present our segment disclosures and information on a comparable basis with our new segment reporting structure.

The Investing segment includes our consolidated investment portfolio, as well as all investment income, investment related expenses, realized investment gains and losses, and other-than-temporary impairment credit losses on investments. All investment activity is reported as revenue, consistent with our consolidated presentation.

In addition to our segments, we include a Corporate & Other category to reconcile segment results to consolidated totals. The Corporate & Other category includes: 1) corporate operating expenses not allocated to the segments, 2) interest expense on notes payable, 3) foreign currency expense (benefit) and 4) underwriting results of our Exited Lines. Our Exited Lines include product lines that we no longer write and do not expect to write in the future.

 

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The following tables present information by business segment.

 

    North America
Property

& Casualty
    Accident
& Health
    International     Investing     Corporate
& Other
    Consolidated  
Six months ended June 30, 2015                                    

Net earned premium

  $       460,669       $       510,613       $       271,121       $      $      $ 1,242,403    

Other revenue

    12,664         3,919         1,922         121,979         414         140,898    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment revenue

    473,333         514,532         273,043         121,979         414         1,383,301    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss and LAE

    266,270         373,940         119,718                539         760,467    

Other expense

    138,467         79,639         99,192                40,151         357,449    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment expense

    404,737         453,579         218,910                        40,690         1,117,916    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment pretax earnings (loss)

  $ 68,596       $ 60,953       $ 54,133       $ 121,979       $ (40,276)      $ 265,385    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Six months ended June 30, 2014                                    

Net earned premium

  $ 397,855       $ 472,481       $ 263,904       $      $ 620       $    1,134,860    

Other revenue

    10,352         5,502         1,831         138,395         1,564         157,644    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment revenue

    408,207         477,983         265,735         138,395         2,184         1,292,504    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss and LAE

    208,290         344,944         112,832                577         666,643    

Other expense

    115,688         70,605         95,820                51,132         333,245    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment expense

    323,978         415,549         208,652                51,709         999,888    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment pretax earnings (loss)

  $ 84,229       $ 62,434       $ 57,083       $       138,395       $ (49,525)      $ 292,616    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Three months ended June 30, 2015                                    

Net earned premium

  $ 251,430       $ 255,663       $ 134,744       $      $      $ 641,840    

Other revenue

    6,562         1,906         914         55,311         318         65,011    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment revenue

    257,992         257,569         135,658         55,311         321         706,851    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss and LAE

    149,834         186,929         58,275                267         395,305    

Other expense

    70,119         40,974         51,881                34,015         196,989    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment expense

    219,953         227,903         110,156                34,282         592,294    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment pretax earnings (loss)

  $ 38,039       $ 29,666       $ 25,502       $ 55,311       $ (33,961)      $ 114,557    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Three months ended June 30, 2014                                    

Net earned premium

  $ 196,521       $ 240,338       $ 135,060       $      $ 329       $ 572,248    

Other revenue

    4,921         3,862         855         61,343         345         71,326    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment revenue

    201,442         244,200         135,915         61,343         674         643,574    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss and LAE

    104,737         174,139         56,518                503         335,897    

Other expense

    58,150         36,032         49,345                26,506         170,033    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment expense

    162,887         210,171         105,863                27,009         505,930    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment pretax earnings (loss)

  $ 38,555       $ 34,029       $ 30,052       $ 61,343       $ (26,335)      $ 137,644    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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In conjunction with the resegmentation, we reassigned the goodwill associated with the lines of business in our former Professional Liability and U.S. Surety & Credit reporting units at December 31, 2014 to the applicable North America Property & Casualty and International reporting units. We allocated goodwill to the lines of business within the former reporting units based on the relative fair value of each line of business to the sum of the former reporting unit’s total fair value at December 31, 2014. We noted no indicators of impairment as of December 31, 2014, after this allocation of goodwill.

The goodwill balances by reportable segment, after allocation of the goodwill in our former reporting units, are presented below.

 

     North America
Property
& Casualty
     Accident
& Health
     International      Total  

Balance at beginning of year

   $ 552,006        $ 144,113        $ 209,517        $ 905,636    

Acquisition of ProAg

     47,145                          47,145    

Other, principally foreign exchange

     99                  (750)         (651)   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at June 30, 2015

   $          599,250        $          144,113        $     208,767        $     952,130    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
The table below presents total assets by segment following our resegmentation.   
                   June 30,      December 31,  
                   2015      2014  

North America Property & Casualty

         $ 2,465,227        $ 1,894,756    

Accident & Health

           243,105          242,278    

International

           1,131,605          1,073,889    

Investing

           7,052,910          7,228,608    

Corporate & Other

           248,083          274,815    
        

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

         $     11,140,930        $     10,714,346    
        

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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(4) Investments

The cost or amortized cost, gross unrealized gain or loss, and fair value of our fixed maturity and equity securities, all of which are classified as available for sale, were as follows:

 

     Cost or
amortized
cost
     Gross
unrealized
gain
     Gross
unrealized
loss
     Fair value  
June 30, 2015                            

U.S. government and government agency securities

   $ 73,501        $ 697        $ (60)       $ 74,138    

Fixed maturity securities of states, municipalities
and political subdivisions

     775,017          42,911          (2,173)         815,755    

Special purpose revenue bonds of states, municipalities
and political subdivisions

     2,240,251          106,213          (7,518)         2,338,946    

Corporate securities

     771,109          17,648          (6,441)         782,316    

Residential mortgage-backed securities

     784,457          14,943          (7,363)         792,037    

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

     521,110          13,853          (2,274)         532,689    

Asset-backed securities

     373,117          530          (856)         372,791    

Foreign government securities

     145,905          830          (1,484)         145,251    

Foreign corporate securities

     447,779          7,140          (12,586)         442,333    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total fixed maturity securities

   $         6,132,246        $         204,765        $         (40,755)       $         6,296,256    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Equity securities

   $ 382,550        $ 29,918        $ (22,391)       $ 390,077    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
December 31, 2014                            

U.S. government and government agency securities

   $ 70,279        $ 827        $ (137)       $ 70,969    

Fixed maturity securities of states, municipalities
and political subdivisions

     896,130          58,738          (160)         954,708    

Special purpose revenue bonds of states, municipalities
and political subdivisions

     2,246,707          143,291          (986)         2,389,012    

Corporate securities

     777,242          25,983          (4,656)         798,569    

Residential mortgage-backed securities

     805,458          20,215          (3,979)         821,694    

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

     593,956          19,707          (2,032)         611,631    

Asset-backed securities

     369,103          316          (2,592)         366,827    

Foreign government securities

     119,479          767          (1,554)         118,692    

Foreign corporate securities

     474,383          10,776          (6,893)         478,266    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total fixed maturity securities

   $ 6,352,737        $ 280,620        $ (22,989)       $ 6,610,368    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Equity securities

   $ 291,070        $ 24,069        $ (18,787)       $ 296,352    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Substantially all of our fixed maturity securities are investment grade. The following tables display the gross unrealized losses and fair value of all available for sale securities that were in a continuous unrealized loss position for the periods indicated.

 

                                                                                                           
    Less than 12 months     12 months or more     Total  
          Unrealized           Unrealized           Unrealized  
    Fair value     losses     Fair value     losses     Fair value     losses  

June 30, 2015

                                   

Fixed maturity securities

           

U.S. government and government agency securities

  $ 9,018       $ (53)      $ 3,985       $ (7)      $ 13,003       $ (60)   

Fixed maturity securities of states, municipalities and political subdivisions

    119,543         (2,173)                      119,543         (2,173)   

Special purpose revenue bonds of states, municipalities and political subdivisions

    437,071         (6,738)        18,348         (780)        455,419         (7,518)   

Corporate securities

    258,668         (4,594)        40,654         (1,847)        299,322         (6,441)   

Residential mortgage-backed securities

    271,212         (4,160)        98,727         (3,203)        369,939         (7,363)   

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

    107,636         (1,338)        24,216         (936)        131,852         (2,274)   

Asset-backed securities

    150,415         (269)        72,839         (587)        223,254         (856)   

Foreign government securities

    30,582         (1,052)        12,893         (432)        43,475         (1,484)   

Foreign corporate securities

    171,921         (7,203)        42,054         (5,383)        213,975         (12,586)   

Equity securities

    169,836         (16,423)        23,288         (5,968)        193,124         (22,391)   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 1,725,902       $ (44,003)      $ 337,004       $ (19,143)      $ 2,062,906       $ (63,146)   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

December 31, 2014

                                   

Fixed maturity securities

           

U.S. government and government agency securities

  $ 14,813       $ (8)      $ 11,236       $ (129)      $ 26,049       $ (137)   

Fixed maturity securities of states, municipalities and political subdivisions

    3,857         (21)        19,337         (139)        23,194         (160)   

Special purpose revenue bonds of states, municipalities and political subdivisions

    4,041         (19)        100,947         (967)        104,988         (986)   

Corporate securities

    211,111         (2,498)        48,091         (2,158)        259,202         (4,656)   

Residential mortgage-backed securities

    37,434         (100)        226,256         (3,879)        263,690         (3,979)   

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

    5,228         (26)        99,868         (2,006)        105,096         (2,032)   

Asset-backed securities

    181,579         (1,245)        78,797         (1,347)        260,376         (2,592)   

Foreign government securities

    55,280         (1,498)        7,187         (56)        62,467         (1,554)   

Foreign corporate securities

    182,163         (4,587)        21,571         (2,306)        203,734         (6,893)   

Equity securities

    111,251         (17,839)        3,934         (948)        115,185         (18,787)   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 806,757       $ (27,841)      $ 617,224       $ (13,935)      $ 1,423,981       $ (41,776)   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited, tables in thousands except per share data)

 

At June 30, 2015, we held approximately 2,960 fixed maturity and equity securities, of which 36% included at least one lot in an unrealized loss position. A security has an impairment loss when its fair value is less than its cost or amortized cost at the balance sheet date. We evaluate our securities for possible other-than-temporary impairment losses at each quarter end. Our reviews cover all impaired securities where the loss exceeds $1.0 million and the loss either exceeds 10% of cost or the security had been in a loss position for longer than twelve consecutive months. We do not consider the $63.1 million of gross unrealized losses in our portfolio at June 30, 2015 to be other-than-temporary impairments as these losses relate to non-credit factors, such as interest rate changes, fluctuations in exchange rates and market conditions. We recognized no other-than-temporary impairment losses in the first six months of 2015 and 2014.

The amortized cost and fair value of our fixed maturity securities at June 30, 2015, by contractual maturity, are shown below. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties. The weighted-average life of our mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities was 5.3 years at June 30, 2015.

 

                   Cost or
amortized cost
     Fair value  

Due in 1 year or less

         $ 164,158        $ 160,738    

Due after 1 year through 5 years

           1,133,253          1,158,235    

Due after 5 years through 10 years

           1,223,353          1,277,278    

Due after 10 years through 15 years

           874,072          914,971    

Due after 15 years

           1,058,726          1,087,517    
        

 

 

    

 

 

 

Securities with contractual maturities

           4,453,562          4,598,739    

Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities

           1,678,684          1,697,517    
        

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total fixed maturity securities

         $      6,132,246        $      6,296,256    
        

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Other investments primarily includes an investment in a fund that is carried at the net asset value of the fund. Changes in the net asset value are included in net investment income in our consolidated statements of earnings.

 

Realized pretax gains (losses) on the sale of investments included the following:

 

   

  

     Six months ended June 30,      Three months ended June 30,  
     2015      2014      2015      2014  

Gains

           

Fixed maturity securities

   $ 18,505        $ 6,150        $ 4,629        $ 5,018    

Equity securities

     10,748          25,863          437          1,425    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total gains

     29,253          32,013          5,066          6,443    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Losses

           

Fixed maturity securities

     (1,934)         (3,688)         (462)         (1,533)   

Equity securities

     (13,560)         (3,174)         (4,031)         (5)   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total losses

     (15,494)         (6,862)         (4,493)         (1,538)   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net

           

Fixed maturity securities

     16,571          2,462          4,167          3,485    

Equity securities

     (2,812)         22,689          (3,594)         1,420    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized investment gain

   $           13,759        $           25,151        $           573        $           4,905    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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(5) Fair Value Measurements

Our financial instruments include assets and liabilities carried at fair value, as well as assets and liabilities carried at cost or amortized cost but disclosed at fair value in our financial statements. In determining fair value, we generally apply the market approach, which uses prices and other relevant data based on market transactions involving identical or comparable assets and liabilities. We classify our financial instruments into the following three-level hierarchy:

 

  Level 1 – Inputs are based on quoted prices in active markets for identical instruments.

 

  Level 2 – Inputs are based on observable market data (other than quoted prices), or are derived from or corroborated by observable market data.

 

  Level 3 – Inputs are unobservable and not corroborated by market data.

Our Level 1 investments consist of U.S. Treasuries, money market funds and equity securities traded in an active exchange market. We use unadjusted quoted prices for identical instruments to measure fair value.

Our Level 2 investments include most of our fixed maturity securities, which consist of U.S. government agency securities, foreign government securities, municipal bonds (including those held as restricted securities), corporate debt securities, bank loans, middle market senior loans, foreign debt securities, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities (including collateralized loan obligations), and deposits supporting our Lloyd’s syndicate business. Level 2 also includes certificates of deposit and other interest-bearing deposits at banks, which we report as short-term investments. We measure fair value for the majority of our Level 2 investments using matrix pricing and observable market data, including benchmark securities or yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, issuer spreads, two-sided markets, bids, offers, default rates, loss severity and other economic measures. We measure fair value for our structured securities using observable market data in cash flow models.

We are responsible for the prices used in our fair value measurements. We use independent pricing services to assist us in determining fair value of all of our Level 2 investments. The pricing services provide a single price or quote per security. We use data provided by our third party investment managers and Lloyd’s of London to value the remaining Level 2 investments. To validate that these quoted prices are reasonable estimates of fair value, we perform various quantitative and qualitative procedures, including: 1) evaluation of the underlying methodologies, 2) analysis of recent sales activity, 3) analytical review of our fair values against current market prices and 4) comparison of the pricing services’ fair value to other pricing services’ fair value for the same investment. No markets for our investments were judged to be inactive at period end. Based on these procedures, we did not adjust the prices or quotes provided by our independent pricing services, third party investment managers or Lloyd’s of London as of June 30, 2015 or December 31, 2014.

Our Level 2 financial instruments also include our notes payable. We determine the fair value of our 6.30% Senior Notes based on quoted prices in an inactive market. The fair value of borrowings under our Revolving Loan Facility approximates the carrying amount because interest is based on 30-day LIBOR plus a margin.

Our Level 3 securities include certain fixed maturity securities and an insurance contract that we account for as a derivative and classify in other assets. Our Level 3 category also includes liabilities for future earnout payments due to former owners of businesses we acquired, which are classified within accounts payable and accrued liabilities. We determine fair value of the derivative and the earnout payments based on internally developed models that use assumptions or other data that are not readily observable from objective sources.

 

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The following tables present the fair value of our financial instruments that were carried or disclosed at fair value. Unless indicated, these items were carried at fair value on our consolidated balance sheets. There were no material transfers between Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 in the first six months of 2015 and 2014.

 

                                                                                       
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

June 30, 2015

                           

Fixed maturity securities

           

U.S. government and government agency securities

   $ 68,889        $ 5,249        $       $ 74,138    

Fixed maturity securities of states, municipalities
and political subdivisions

             815,755                  815,755    

Special purpose revenue bonds of states, municipalities
and political subdivisions

             2,338,946                  2,338,946    

Corporate securities

             782,169          147          782,316    

Residential mortgage-backed securities

             792,037                  792,037    

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

             532,689                  532,689    

Asset-backed securities

             372,791                  372,791    

Foreign government securities

             145,251                  145,251    

Foreign corporate securities

             442,333                  442,333    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total fixed maturity securities

     68,889          6,227,220          147          6,296,256    

Equity securities

     390,077                          390,077    

Short-term investments*

     154,674          128,746                  283,420    

Other investments**

     17                          17    

Restricted cash and securities

             3,780                  3,780    

Premium, claims and other receivables

             53,749                  53,749    

Other assets

                     1,632          1,632    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets measured at fair value

   $       613,657        $     6,413,495        $ 1,779        $     7,028,931    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Notes payable*

   $       $ 951,601        $       $ 951,601    

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities - earnout liabilities

             3,780          7,530          11,310    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities measured at fair value

   $       $ 955,381        $ 7,530        $ 962,911    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*  Carried at cost or amortized cost on consolidated balance sheet.

 

**  Excludes investment with a fair value of $24,940 that is measured at net asset value as a practical expedient.

 

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     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

December 31, 2014

                           

Fixed maturity securities

           

U.S. government and government agency securities

   $ 63,663        $ 7,306        $       $ 70,969    

Fixed maturity securities of states, municipalities and political subdivisions

             954,708                  954,708    

Special purpose revenue bonds of states, municipalities and political subdivisions

             2,389,012                  2,389,012    

Corporate securities

             798,421          148          798,569    

Residential mortgage-backed securities

             821,694                  821,694    

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

             611,631                  611,631    

Asset-backed securities

             366,827                  366,827    

Foreign government securities

             118,692                  118,692    

Foreign corporate securities

             478,266                  478,266    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total fixed maturity securities

     63,663          6,546,557          148          6,610,368    

Equity securities

     296,352                          296,352    

Short-term investments*

     159,297          98,889                  258,186    

Restricted cash and securities

             2,729                  2,729    

Premium, claims and other receivables

             56,493                  56,493    

Other assets

     18                  1,306          1,324    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets measured at fair value

   $     519,330        $      6,704,668        $     1,454        $      7,225,452    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Notes payable*

   $       $ 875,094        $       $ 875,094    

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities - earnout liabilities

             2,729          8,744          11,473    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities measured at fair value

   $       $ 877,823        $ 8,744        $ 886,567    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*    Carried at cost or amortized cost on consolidated balance sheet.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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(6)  Reinsurance

In the normal course of business, our insurance companies cede a portion of their premium to reinsurers through treaty and facultative reinsurance agreements. Although reinsurance does not discharge the direct insurer from liability to its policyholder, our insurance companies participate in such agreements in order to limit their loss exposure, protect them against catastrophic losses and diversify their business. The following tables present the effect of such reinsurance transactions on our premium, loss and loss adjustment expense and policy acquisition costs.

 

                                                                                   
     Six months ended June 30,      Three months ended June 30,  
     2015      2014      2015      2014  

Direct written premium

   $ 1,617,584        $ 1,369,751        $ 900,536        $ 749,239    

Reinsurance assumed

     186,305          209,700          77,217          83,490    

Reinsurance ceded

     (368,840)         (342,255)               (211,620)                (185,715)   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net written premium

   $      1,435,049        $      1,237,196        $ 766,133        $ 647,014    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Direct earned premium

   $ 1,445,719        $ 1,288,995        $ 742,135        $ 651,682    

Reinsurance assumed

     144,001          152,341          72,833          76,318    

Reinsurance ceded

     (347,317)         (306,476)         (173,128)         (155,752)   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net earned premium

   $ 1,242,403        $ 1,134,860        $ 641,840        $ 572,248    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Direct loss and loss adjustment expense

   $ 937,382        $ 743,616        $ 478,656        $ 383,987    

Reinsurance assumed

     38,930          63,274          11,714          21,472    

Reinsurance ceded

     (215,845)         (140,247)         (95,065)         (69,562)   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net loss and loss adjustment expense

   $ 760,467        $ 666,643        $ 395,305        $ 335,897    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Policy acquisition costs

   $ 238,995        $ 215,210        $ 123,925        $ 110,565    

Ceding commissions

     (85,325)         (73,199)         (45,466)         (37,595)   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net policy acquisition costs

   $ 153,670        $ 142,011        $ 78,459        $ 72,970    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The table below shows the components of our reinsurance recoverables in our consolidated balance sheets.

 

                                         
     June 30,      December 31,  
     2015      2014  

Reinsurance recoverable on paid losses

   $ 92,897        $ 99,937    

Reinsurance recoverable on outstanding losses

     439,252          443,059    

Reinsurance recoverable on incurred but not reported losses

     634,562          627,404    

Reserve for uncollectible reinsurance

     (1,500)         (1,500)   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total reinsurance recoverables

   $      1,165,211        $      1,168,900    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited, tables in thousands except per share data)

 

At each quarter end, we review our financial exposure to the reinsurance market based on our individual reinsurance recoverable balances as of the prior quarter end. We take actions to collect outstanding balances or to mitigate our exposure to possible uncollectible amounts. We had a $1.5 million reserve for potentially uncollectible amounts at June 30, 2015. Reinsurance recoverables related to our settlement of Spanish surety bond claims totaled $78.1 million at June 30, 2015, including $40.8 million on paid losses. Our reinsurers have paid our reinsurance claims in full on a timely basis, with the exception of a small number of reinsurers that are currently in run-off and disputing balances owed us. Recoverables from these run-off reinsurers totaled $41.6 million, including $38.3 million on paid losses, at June 30, 2015 (at quarter-end foreign currency exchange rate). No payments have been received from these reinsurers despite their participation in contracts on essentially the same terms of our other reinsurers. We are vigorously pursuing collection of these recoverables, including through arbitration where necessary, and believe these amounts are fully recoverable. Accordingly, we have not recorded a reserve for uncollectibility related to these amounts. While we believe our current reserve is adequate based on information currently available, market conditions may change or additional information might be obtained that may require us to change the reserve in the future.

(7) Liability for Unpaid Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense

The table below provides a reconciliation of our liability for loss and loss adjustment expense payable (referred to as reserves). We recognized no prior year loss development in the first six months and second quarter of 2015 and 2014.

 

                                                                                   
     Six months ended June 30,      Three months ended June 30,  
     2015      2014      2015      2014  

Reserves at beginning of period

   $ 3,728,085        $ 3,902,132        $ 3,692,522        $ 3,847,417    

Less reinsurance recoverables on reserves

     1,070,463          1,122,731          1,082,484          1,098,576    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net reserves at beginning of period

     2,657,622          2,779,401          2,610,038          2,748,841    

Net reserve additions from acquired business

     8,743                            

Net loss and loss adjustment expense

     760,467          666,643          395,305          335,897    

Net loss and loss adjustment expense payments

     (820,513)         (691,775)         (431,975)         (327,917)   

Foreign currency adjustment

     (19,645)         5,979          13,306          3,427    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net reserves at end of period

     2,586,674          2,760,248          2,586,674          2,760,248    

Plus reinsurance recoverables on reserves

     1,073,814          1,081,249          1,073,814          1,081,249    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Reserves at end of period

   $      3,660,488        $      3,841,497        $      3,660,488        $      3,841,497    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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(8) Notes Payable

Our notes payable consisted of the following:

 

                                         
     June 30,      December 31,  
     2015      2014  

6.30% Senior Notes

   $ 299,328        $ 299,251    

$825.0 million Revolving Loan Facility

     610,000          525,000    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total notes payable

   $          909,328        $          824,251    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

There have been no changes to the terms and conditions related to our 6.30% Senior Notes or the $825.0 million Revolving Loan Facility (the Facility) from those described in Note 7, “Notes Payable” to the Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. We were in compliance with debt covenants related to our 6.30% Senior Notes and the Facility at June 30, 2015.

The weighted-average interest rate on borrowings under the Facility at June 30, 2015 was 1.4%. The borrowings and letters of credit issued under the Facility reduced our available borrowing capacity on the Facility to $210.1 million at June 30, 2015.

(9)  Income Taxes

The following table summarizes the differences between our effective tax rate for financial statement purposes and the Federal statutory rate.

 

                                                                                   
     Six months ended June 30,     Three months ended June 30,  
     2015     2014     2015     2014  

Statutory tax rate

     35.0      35.0      35.0      35.0 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Federal tax at statutory rate

   $ 92,885       $ 102,415       $ 40,095       $ 48,175    

Nontaxable municipal bond interest and dividend received deduction

     (16,641)        (17,783)        (6,889)        (8,856)   

State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit

     1,439         1,650         722         816    

Foreign income taxes

     15,962         15,866         6,011         8,640    

Foreign tax credit

     (15,628)        (15,866)        (5,852)        (8,640)   

Indefinitely reinvested earnings of foreign subsidiaries

     (9,134)                        

Uncertain tax positions (net of federal tax benefit on state positions: $71 in 2015 and $183 in 2014)

     2,178         452         (56)        132    

Other, net

     990         835         109         241    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income tax expense

   $ 72,051       $ 87,569       $ 34,140       $ 40,508    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effective tax rate

     27.1      29.9      29.8      29.4 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Effective in the first quarter of 2015, we made an initial assertion that we would indefinitely reinvest the cumulative undistributed earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries primarily organized in the U.K. and Spain, which have statutory tax rates of 20.0% and 28.0%, respectively. We do not provide deferred tax liabilities on these undistributed earnings as they are essentially permanent in duration. For other foreign subsidiaries, we provide U.S. taxes on undistributed earnings at the U.S. statutory rate of 35%, offset by an adjustment for foreign tax credits, when required. We made no similar assertion in 2014 or in any periods previously reported, and we previously provided U.S. taxes on all undistributed earnings of our foreign subsidiaries at the U.S. statutory rate of 35%, offset by an adjustment for foreign tax credits, when required.

We continued to assert indefinite reversal of the undistributed earnings of these certain U.K. and Spain foreign subsidiaries in the second quarter of 2015. Our 2015 assertion generated a tax benefit of $9.1 million, which included $5.9 million on cumulative undistributed foreign earnings through December 31, 2014 and $3.2 million on undistributed foreign earnings recorded in the first six months of 2015. Our assertion excluded undistributed foreign earnings that previously have been taxed as deemed dividend inclusions under U.S. tax rules, as well as 2015 earnings for which an assertion cannot be made unless certain U.S. tax regulations are extended for 2015 and future years. At June 30, 2015, our foreign earnings considered to be indefinitely reinvested outside the United States totaled $321.2 million, all of which are subject to U.S. taxes, offset by an adjustment for foreign tax credits, if repatriated. In cases where we could not assert or do not intend to assert indefinite reinvestment of the undistributed earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries, we provided taxes on such undistributed earnings at the U.S. statutory rate of 35.0%, offset by an adjustment for foreign tax credits, where applicable.

(10) Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

The components of accumulated other comprehensive income in our consolidated balance sheets were as follows:

 

                                                              
     Net unrealized
investment
gains
     Foreign
currency
translation
adjustment
     Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income
 

Six months ended June 30, 2015

                    

Balance at December 31, 2014

   $ 169,984        $ 5,030        $ 175,014    

Other comprehensive loss

     (59,239)         (5,063)         (64,302)   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at June 30, 2015

   $ 110,745        $ (33)       $ 110,712    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Three months ended June 30, 2015

                    

Balance at March 31, 2015

   $ 174,217        $ (1,955)       $ 172,262    

Other comprehensive income (loss)

     (63,472)         1,922          (61,550)   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at June 30, 2015

   $ 110,745        $ (33)       $ 110,712    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited, tables in thousands except per share data)

 

(11) Earnings Per Share

The following table details the numerator and denominator used in our earnings per share calculations.

 

                                                                                   
     Six months ended June 30,      Three months ended June 30,  
     2015      2014      2015      2014  

Net earnings

   $ 193,334        $ 205,047        $ 80,417        $ 97,136    

Less: net earnings attributable to unvested restricted stock

     (2,848)         (3,282)         (1,207)         (1,590)   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net earnings available to common stock

   $      190,486        $      201,765        $      79,210        $      95,546    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted-average common shares outstanding

     94,522          98,551          94,165          98,442    

Dilutive effect of outstanding securities (determined using treasury stock method)

     276          240          293          218    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted-average common shares and potential common shares outstanding

     94,798          98,791          94,458          98,660    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings per common share

           

Basic

   $ 2.02        $ 2.05        $ 0.84        $ 0.97    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Diluted

   $ 2.01        $ 2.04        $ 0.84        $ 0.97    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(12) Stock-Based Compensation

In 2015, we granted the following shares of common stock, restricted stock and restricted stock units.

 

     Number
    of shares    
       Weighted-average  
grant date

fair value
     Aggregate
fair value
     Vesting
period
 

Common stock

     23             $ 58.17                $ 1,323                None   

Restricted stock

     314               55.91                       17,548                    1 - 4 years   

Restricted stock units

     6               56.43                  349                4 years   

For common stock grants, we measure fair value based on the closing stock price of our common stock on the grant date and expense it on the grant date.

Certain awards of restricted stock and restricted stock units contain a performance condition based on the ultimate results for the applicable underwriting year. The number of such shares that vest could be higher or lower than initially granted. We measure fair value for these awards based on the closing price of our common stock on the grant date, and we recognize expense on a straight-line basis over the vesting period for those restricted stock awards or units expected to vest.

Certain of our executive officers were granted performance-based restricted stock in 2015. This restricted stock vests after three years and can vest from 0% to 200% of the initial shares granted. Vesting is based equally on an operating return on equity performance factor and a total shareholder return performance factor.

Under the terms of the Merger Agreement with Tokio Marine, all outstanding options, restricted stock and restricted stock units will be settled at the acquisition date. All awards with a performance condition will settle at 100% of the original shares granted.

 

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HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited, tables in thousands except per share data)

 

(13) Commitments and Contingencies

Catastrophe and Large Loss Exposure

We have exposure to catastrophic and other large losses caused by natural perils (such as hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, droughts and hail storms), and man-made events (such as terrorist attacks). The incidence, timing and severity of these losses are unpredictable. We assess our exposures in areas most vulnerable to natural catastrophes and apply procedures to ascertain our probable maximum loss from a single event. We maintain reinsurance protection to reduce our potential losses from a future event. In the first six months of 2015 and 2014, we recognized accident year net catastrophe losses, after reinsurance and reinstatement premium, of $10.5 million and $9.5 million, respectively, related to various small catastrophes.

Litigation

We are a party to lawsuits, arbitrations and other proceedings that arise in the normal course of our business. Many of such lawsuits, arbitrations and other proceedings involve claims under policies that we underwrite as an insurer or reinsurer, the liabilities for which, we believe, have been adequately included in our loss reserves. Also, from time to time, we are a party to lawsuits, arbitrations and other proceedings that relate to disputes with third parties, or that involve alleged errors and omissions on the part of our subsidiaries.

On June 16, 2015, Albert Ari filed a complaint naming HCC, Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. and TMGC Investment (Delaware) Inc. and each member of our board of directors as defendants (Albert Ari v. Christopher J.B. Williams et. al., No. 15-11159). On June 18, 2015, Susan Paskowitz filed a complaint naming HCC, Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. and TMGC Investment (Delaware) Inc. and each member of our board of directors as defendants (Susan Paskowitz v. Emmanuel T. Ballases et. al., No. 15-11171). These two complaints are referred to herein as the SH Complaints. The SH Complaints are pending in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware. The plaintiffs in the SH Complaints allege, among other things, that our directors breached their fiduciary duty to our shareholders by approving the merger and failing to take steps to maximize HCC’s value. The plaintiffs also allege that Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. and TMGC Investment (Delaware) Inc. aided and abetted the alleged breaches of fiduciary duties. The SH Complaints seek, among other things, an order enjoining the acquisition, compensatory damages and an award of attorneys’ fees and costs. On July 9, 2015, the SH Complaints were consolidated as In Re HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. Stockholder Litigation, No. 11159-CB.

On July 15, 2015, Intellectual Ventures I LLC and Intellectual Ventures II LLC (collectively, Intellectual Ventures) served a complaint naming us and certain of our subsidiaries as defendants (Intellectual Ventures I LLC et. al. v. HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. et. al., No. 15-cv-00660) (IV Complaint). The IV Complaint is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Intellectual Ventures alleges that we infringed on certain patents and seeks damages, costs, expenses, and pre-judgment and post-judgment interest for the alleged infringement, in addition to injunctive relief.

Although the ultimate outcome of these matters cannot be determined at this time, based on present information, the availability of insurance coverage and advice received from our outside legal counsel, we believe the resolution of any such matters will not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

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HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited, tables in thousands except per share data)

 

Investments

In 2015, we entered into an agreement to invest up to $150.0 million in a middle market senior loan program. At June 30, 2015, our remaining commitment was $147.0 million.

Indemnifications

In conjunction with the sales of business assets and subsidiaries, we have provided indemnifications to the buyers. Certain indemnifications cover typical representations and warranties related to our responsibilities to perform under the sales contracts. Under other indemnifications, we agree to reimburse the purchasers for taxes or ERISA-related amounts, if any, assessed after the sale date but related to pre-sale activities. We cannot quantify the maximum potential exposure covered by all of our indemnifications because the indemnifications cover a variety of matters, operations and scenarios and some have no time limit. For those with a time limit, the longest indemnification expires in 2025. We accrue a loss when a valid claim is made by a purchaser and we believe we have potential exposure.

(14) Supplemental Information

Supplemental cash flow information was as follows:

 

                                                                                   
     Six months ended June 30,      Three months ended June 30,  
     2015      2014      2015      2014  

Income taxes paid

   $ 86,185        $ 70,413        $ 57,259        $ 70,891    

Interest paid

     14,022          14,984          11,861          13,445    

Proceeds from sales of available for sale fixed maturity
securities

     398,848          286,843          231,642          167,832    

Proceeds from sales of equity securities

     71,970          170,182          5,558          26,107    

Dividends declared but not paid at end of period

     28,172          22,493          

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and the related Notes as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

On June 10, 2015, Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (Tokio Marine) and HCC announced that they had entered into a definitive Merger Agreement under which Tokio Marine will acquire all outstanding shares of HCC. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2015, following approval of our shareholders and various regulatory authorities. See Note 1, “General Information and Significant Accounting and Reporting Policies — Proposed Merger with Tokio Marine” in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional information.

Overview

We are a specialty insurance group with offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain and Ireland, transacting business in approximately 180 countries. Our shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange and closed at $77.16 on July 31, 2015, resulting in market capitalization of $7.4 billion.

We underwrite and manage a variety of largely non-correlated specialty insurance products through these three insurance underwriting segments: North America Property & Casualty, Accident & Health and International. We market our insurance products through a network of independent agents and brokers, through managing general agents owned by the company, and directly to consumers. In addition, we assume insurance written by other insurance companies.

Our organization is focused on generating consistent, industry-leading combined ratios. We concentrate our insurance writings in selected specialty lines of business in which we believe we can achieve meaningful underwriting profit. We rely on experienced underwriting personnel working within defined and monitored limits, as well as our access to and expertise in the reinsurance marketplace, to limit or reduce risk. By focusing on underwriting profitability, we are able to accomplish our primary objectives of maximizing net earnings and growing book value per share.

Our major insurance companies have financial strength ratings of AA (Very Strong) from Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, A+ (Superior) from A.M. Best Company, Inc., AA (Very Strong) from Fitch Ratings, and A1 (Good Security) from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

At June 30, 2015, we had consolidated shareholders’ equity of $3.9 billion and book value per share of $40.94. In the first six months of 2015, we purchased $69.6 million of our common stock at an average cost of $56.04 per share and paid $56.7 million of dividends at $0.59 per share. We produced total revenue of $1.4 billion and $706.9 million in the first six months and second quarter of 2015, respectively. Our results and key metrics were as follows:

 

                                                                                   
     Six months ended June 30,     Three months ended June 30,  
     2015     2014     2015     2014  

Net earnings

   $ 193,334       $ 205,047       $ 80,417       $ 97,136    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings per diluted share

   $ 2.01       $ 2.04       $ 0.84       $ 0.97    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss ratio

     61.2      58.7      61.6      58.7 

Expense ratio

     25.5         24.9         25.4         25.1    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Combined ratio

     86.7      83.6      87.0      83.8 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Our consolidated results for 2015 include the results of Producers Ag Insurance Group, Inc. (ProAg), which we acquired for a final purchase price of $102.4 million, effective January 1, 2015. For the first six months and second quarter of 2015, ProAg contributed the following:

 

                                         
     Six months

 

ended

 

June 30,

 

2015

    Three months

 

ended

 

June 30,

 

2015

 

Gross written premium

   $         234,153       $         161,538    

Net written premium

     173,625         118,968    

Net earned premium

     70,576         53,587    

Pretax loss

   $ (14,179)      $ (3,418)   

Net loss

     (9,919)        (2,222)   

Impact of ProAg operations on:

    

Net earnings per diluted share

   $ (0.10)      $ (0.02)   

Net loss ratio (percentage points)

     1.6      2.4 

Expense ratio (percentage points)

     0.2      (0.6)

Combined ratio (percentage points)

     1.8      1.8 

The majority of ProAg’s pretax loss relates to the seasonal nature of the crop insurance business, as well as $2.0 million of transaction costs incurred in the first quarter of 2015 and recorded in Corporate & Other. Assuming ProAg’s operations remain in line with our expectations, we expect ProAg will break even for full year 2015, and its higher net earned premium in the second half of 2015 will normalize its expense ratio for 2015.

Comparisons in the following sections refer to the first six months of 2015, compared to the same period of 2014, unless otherwise noted. The accompanying 2015 consolidated financial statements include ProAg’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows; there are no comparable amounts in our 2014 consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows. Amounts in tables are in thousands, except for earnings per share, percentages, ratios and number of employees.

Reporting Segment Changes

In the first quarter of 2015, following the acquisition of ProAg, HCC’s executive management changed the structure under which it manages and evaluates the results of our numerous product lines. We now report our results in four operating segments, consisting of three insurance underwriting segments (North America Property & Casualty, Accident & Health, and International) and the Investing segment. See Note 3, “Segments” in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional information about our new segments. All prior period information in this Form 10-Q has been recast to present our segment disclosures and information on a comparable basis with our new segment reporting structure.

 

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Revenue

Gross written premium, net written premium and net earned premium are detailed below by segment.

 

                                                                                   
     Six months ended June 30,      Three months ended June 30,  
     2015      2014      2015      2014  

North America Property & Casualty

   $ 840,876        $ 624,799        $ 491,499        $ 336,525    

Accident & Health

     524,444          486,476          264,300          250,559    

International

     438,569          467,556          221,951          245,316    

Exited Lines

             620                  329    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total gross written premium

   $ 1,803,889        $ 1,579,451        $ 977,753        $ 832,729    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

North America Property & Casualty

   $ 573,622        $ 386,673        $ 335,395        $ 209,541    

Accident & Health

     515,545          483,761          259,627          249,010    

International

     345,882          366,142          171,108          188,134    

Exited Lines

             620                  329    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net written premium

   $ 1,435,049        $ 1,237,196        $ 766,133        $ 647,014    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

North America Property & Casualty

   $ 460,669        $ 397,855        $ 251,430        $ 196,521    

Accident & Health

     510,613          472,481          255,663          240,338    

International

     271,121          263,904          134,744          135,060    

Exited Lines

             620                  329    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net earned premium

   $       1,242,403        $       1,134,860        $          641,840        $          572,248    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Growth in premium occurred primarily in our North America Property & Casualty segment, due to our new agriculture business, and in our Accident & Health segment, from growth of our medical stop-loss and short-term medical products. Written premium declined in our International segment due to expanded competition and reduced pricing. See the “Segment Operations” section below for further discussion of the relationship and changes in premium within each insurance underwriting segment.

Net investment income, which is included in our Investing segment, decreased 4% year-over-year primarily due to lower dividend income following our sale of equity securities in 2014. Our net realized investment gains decreased $11.4 million in the first six months of 2015 compared to the same period in 2014, as we sold a large block of equity securities in the first quarter of 2014. See the “Investing Segment” section below for further discussion of our investing activities.

 

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Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense

The tables below detail our net loss and loss adjustment expense and our net loss ratios on a consolidated basis and for our segments.

 

                                                                                           
     Six months ended June 30,     Three months ended June 30,  
     2015     2014     2015     2014  

North America Property & Casualty

   $ 266,270       $ 208,290       $ 149,834       $ 104,737    

Accident & Health

     373,940         344,944         186,929         174,139    

International

     119,718         112,832         58,275         56,518    

Exited Lines

     539         577         267         503    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss and loss adjustment expense

   $ 760,467       $ 666,643       $ 395,305       $ 335,897    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

North America Property & Casualty

     57.8      52.4      59.6      53.3 

Accident & Health

     73.2         73.0         73.1         72.5    

International

     44.2         42.8         43.2         41.8    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Consolidated net loss ratio

     61.2      58.7      61.6      58.7 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Consolidated accident year net loss ratio

     61.2      58.7      61.6      58.7 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net paid loss ratio

     66.0      61.0      67.3      57.3 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss and loss adjustment expense (referred to as loss expense) increased $93.8 million and $59.4 million in the first six months and second quarter of 2015, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2014. The higher loss expense was primarily from our North America Property & Casualty segment, due to the addition of our agriculture business, and our Accident & Health segment, from growth of our medical stop-loss and short-term medical products. We recognized no prior year loss development or large catastrophes in the first six months of 2015 and 2014. See the “Segment Operations” section below for additional discussion of the changes in our loss expense, as well as discussion of the net loss ratios for each segment for 2015 and 2014.

The amount of claims paid fluctuates due to the timing of claims settlement, the occurrence of catastrophic events and commutations, and the mix of our business. We had higher paid losses in 2015 in our North America Property & Casualty segment, primarily from our U.S. D&O business and the addition of our agriculture business, and in our Accident & Health segment. To settle claims related to Spanish surety bonds, we paid $14.4 million and $51.8 million net of reinsurance in the first six months of 2015 and 2014, respectively. This activity increased the respective net paid loss ratio by 1.2 and 4.6 percentage points in these periods. In the second quarter of 2015, we commuted certain loss reserves in our assumed accident and health reinsurance business reported in Exited Lines for $35.6 million. The commutation had no material effect on net earnings but increased our net paid loss ratio by 2.9 and 5.5 percentage points in the first six months and second quarter of 2015, respectively. We had no large commutations in 2014.

Policy Acquisition Costs

The percentage of policy acquisition costs to net earned premium was comparable at 12.4% and 12.5% for the first six months of 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Other Operating Expense

We recognized a foreign currency benefit of $7.6 million in the first six months of 2015, compared to foreign currency expense of $6.7 million in the same period of 2014, and foreign currency expense of $10.4 million and $2.8 million in the second quarter of 2015 and 2014, respectively. The foreign currency benefit/expense related to changes in the value of the British pound sterling and the Euro relative to the U.S. dollar.

 

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Excluding the effect of foreign currency benefit/expense, other operating expense increased 15% year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter, mainly due to compensation and operating costs in 2015 related to ProAg’s operations. Our employee count has grown to 2,472 at June 30, 2015 from 1,983 at December 31, 2014, primarily due to our acquisition of ProAg.

Interest Expense

Interest expense was $15.0 million and $14.0 million in the first six months of 2015 and 2014, respectively, and included $9.7 million for our Senior Notes in both years.

Income Tax Expense

Our effective income tax rate was 27.1% for the first six months of 2015, compared to 29.9% for the same period of 2014, and 29.8% and 29.4% for the second quarter of 2015 and 2014, respectively. In the first quarter of 2015, we made an initial assertion that we would indefinitely reinvest $321.2 million of cumulative undistributed earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries primarily organized in the United Kingdom and Spain. As a result of this assertion, we recognized a tax benefit of $9.1 million, which included $5.9 million on cumulative undistributed foreign earnings through December 31, 2014 and $3.2 million on undistributed foreign earnings recorded in the first quarter of 2015. The cumulative undistributed earnings of these foreign subsidiaries remained at $321.2 million in the second quarter of 2015; thus, no additional tax benefit was recognized in this quarter. We made no similar assertion in any period of 2014. If these cumulative earnings were to be repatriated in the future, we would be subject to U.S. income taxes at 35.0%, offset by an adjustment for foreign tax credits. Our future effective tax rate may fluctuate due to tax law and tax rate changes in the United States and foreign taxing jurisdictions, as well as the interaction and complexity of taxation within the various jurisdictions.

Segment Operations

Each of our insurance underwriting segments bears risk for insurance coverage written within its portfolio of insurance products. Each segment generates income from premium written by our underwriting agencies, through third party agents and brokers, or on a direct basis. Certain segments also write facultative or individual account reinsurance, as well as treaty reinsurance business. In some cases, we purchase reinsurance to limit our losses from both individual policy losses and multiple policy losses from catastrophic occurrences and from aggregate losses in a year. Our segments maintain disciplined expense management and a streamlined management structure, which results in favorable expense ratios. The following provides operational information about our insurance underwriting segments, the Investing segment and the Corporate & Other category.

North America Property & Casualty Segment

The segment’s product groupings and their major products are:

 

    Liability – directors’ and officers’ liability (D&O), primary and excess casualty, small account errors and omissions liability, and employment practices liability.
    Agriculture – ProAg’s products, including multi-peril crop, crop hail, and other named peril.
    Other Specialty – aviation, sports and entertainment, public risk, surety, and various smaller products.

 

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The following tables summarize the operations of the North America Property & Casualty segment.

 

                                                                                           
     Six months ended June 30,     Three months ended June 30,  
     2015     2014     2015     2014  

Net earned premium

   $ 460,669       $ 397,855       $ 251,430       $ 196,521    

Other revenue

     12,664         10,352         6,562         4,921    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment revenue

     473,333         408,207         257,992         201,442    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss and loss adjustment expense, net

     266,270         208,290         149,834         104,737    

Other expense

     138,467         115,688         70,119         58,150    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment expense

     404,737         323,978         219,953         162,887    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment pretax earnings

   $ 68,596       $ 84,229       $ 38,039       $ 38,555    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss ratio

     57.8      52.4      59.6      53.3 

Expense ratio

     30.1         29.1         27.9         29.6    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Combined ratio

     87.9      81.5      87.5      82.9 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liability

   $ 205,685       $ 194,211       $ 104,178       $ 98,136    

Agriculture

     70,576                53,587           

Other Specialty

     184,408         203,644         93,665         98,385    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net earned premium

   $ 460,669       $ 397,855       $ 251,430       $ 196,521    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liability

     62.1      63.5      62.2      63.4 

Agriculture

     87.6                87.4           

Other Specialty

     41.6         41.7         40.8         43.3    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net loss ratio

     57.8      52.4      59.6      53.3 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liability

   $ 293,683       $ 279,324       $ 165,406       $ 157,787    

Agriculture

     234,153                161,538           

Other Specialty

     313,040         345,475         164,555         178,738    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total gross written premium

   $ 840,876       $ 624,799       $ 491,499       $ 336,525    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liability

   $ 216,327       $ 193,686       $ 120,376       $ 108,283    

Agriculture

     173,625                118,968           

Other Specialty

     183,670         192,987         96,051         101,258    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net written premium

   $ 573,622       $ 386,673       $ 335,395       $ 209,541    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Our North America Property & Casualty segment pretax earnings decreased $15.6 million year-over-year, and $0.5 million quarter-over-quarter, driven by a pretax loss in our agriculture business of $12.2 million in the first six months and $3.4 million in the second quarter of 2015. The 2015 operations included amortization of purchased intangibles related to the ProAg acquisition of $1.2 million and $0.5 million in the first six months and second quarter, respectively. The seasonal nature of the agriculture business results in net earned premium being concentrated in the third quarter, while mostly fixed operating expenses are incurred relatively evenly throughout the year. Excluding the results of Agriculture, the segment’s pretax earnings decreased $3.5 million year-over-year and increased $2.9 million quarter-over-quarter. The year-over-year decrease was primarily due to the timing of net earned premium from our title product, which is included in Other Specialty. We wrote more title premium in the first quarter of 2014, compared to the first quarter of 2015. The quarter-over-quarter increase was primarily due to an improved combined ratio in the second quarter of 2015.

Written and earned premium increased in 2015 due to our new agriculture business. Excluding Agriculture, net earned premium decreased in the first six months of 2015 due to reduced premium from title and other products included in Other Specialty, partially offset by growth in our primary casualty product included in Liability. The segment’s net loss ratio increased in 2015, primarily due to the agriculture business, which added 5.4 percentage points and 7.5 percentage points to the first six months and second quarter, respectively. The majority of the agriculture premium will earn in the second half of the year; therefore, we expect the Agriculture operations will be in line with our break even expectations for full year 2015 and the segment’s 2015 expense ratio will decline by year end.

Accident & Health Segment

The following tables summarize the operations of the Accident & Health segment.

 

     Six months ended June 30,      Three months ended June 30,  
               2015                              2014                          2015                              2014            

Net earned premium

   $ 510,613        $ 472,481        $ 255,663        $ 240,338    

Other revenue

     3,919          5,502          1,906          3,862    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Segment revenue

     514,532          477,983          257,569          244,200    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Loss and loss adjustment expense, net

     373,940          344,944          186,929          174,139    

Other expense

     79,639          70,605          40,974          36,032    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Segment expense

     453,579          415,549          227,903          210,171    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Segment pretax earnings

   $ 60,953        $ 62,434        $ 29,666        $ 34,029    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net loss ratio

     73.2       73.0       73.1       72.5 

Expense ratio

     15.6          14.9          16.0          15.0    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Combined ratio

     88.8       87.9       89.1       87.5 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total gross written premium

   $ 524,444        $ 486,476        $ 264,300        $ 250,559    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net written premium

   $ 515,545        $ 483,761        $ 259,627        $ 249,010    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Accident & Health segment pretax earnings decreased $1.5 million in the first six months and $4.4 million in the second quarter of 2015, compared to the same periods in 2014, due to higher expenses primarily related to increased writings of our short-term medical product.

 

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International Segment

The segment’s product groupings and their major products are:

 

    London Market – marine and energy, property treaty, property (direct and facultative), and accident and health.
    Specialty – D&O, professional indemnity, liability, surety, and credit.

The following tables summarize the operations of the International segment.

 

     Six months ended June 30,      Three months ended June 30,  
               2015                              2014                           2015                            2014            

Net earned premium

   $ 271,121        $ 263,904        $ 134,744        $ 135,060    

Other revenue

     1,922          1,831          914          855    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Segment revenue

     273,043          265,735          135,658          135,915    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Loss and loss adjustment expense, net

     119,718          112,832          58,275          56,518    

Other expense

     99,192          95,820          51,881          49,345    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Segment expense

     218,910          208,652          110,156          105,863    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Segment pretax earnings

   $ 54,133        $ 57,083        $ 25,502        $ 30,052    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net loss ratio

     44.2       42.8       43.2       41.8 

Expense ratio

     36.6          36.3          38.5          36.5    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Combined ratio

     80.8       79.1       81.7       78.3 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

London Market

   $ 124,191        $ 124,956        $ 60,833        $ 63,295    

Specialty

     146,930          138,948          73,911          71,765    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net earned premium

   $ 271,121        $ 263,904        $ 134,744        $ 135,060    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

London Market

     38.1       36.0       37.3       35.5 

Specialty

     49.3          48.8          48.1          47.4    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net loss ratios

     44.2       42.8       43.2       41.8 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

London Market

   $ 235,337        $ 271,112        $ 117,406        $ 139,133    

Specialty

     203,232          196,444          104,545          106,183    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total gross written premium

   $ 438,569        $ 467,556        $ 221,951        $ 245,316    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

London Market

   $ 183,928        $ 210,156        $ 87,250        $ 102,897    

Specialty

     161,954          155,986          83,858          85,237    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net written premium

   $   345,882        $   366,142        $   171,108        $   188,134    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Our International segment pretax earnings decreased $3.0 million in the first six months and $4.6 million in the second quarter of 2015, compared to the same periods of 2014, primarily from higher operating expenses in 2015. Written premium from our Specialty products grew year-over-year, but was more than offset by decreased writings in our London Market line of business due to expanded competition, reduced pricing and lower energy prices.

 

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Investing Segment

We invest the majority of our funds in highly-rated fixed maturity securities, which are designated as available for sale securities. We held $6.3 billion of fixed maturity securities at June 30, 2015. Substantially all of our fixed maturity securities were investment grade and 73% were rated AAA or AA. In addition, we held $390.1 million of equity securities at June 30, 2015.

The following tables summarize the results and certain key metrics of our Investing segment.

 

     Six months ended June 30,     Three months ended June 30,  
      2015     2014     2015      2014  

Net investment income from:

        

Fixed maturity securities

        

Taxable

   $ 49,499       $ 47,279       $ 24,781       $ 24,019    

Exempt from U.S. income taxes

     54,501         57,175         27,160         28,592    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total fixed maturity securities

     104,000         104,454         51,941         52,611    

Equity securities

     7,323         12,143         4,587         5,506    

Other

     643         728         225         297    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

     111,966         117,325         56,753         58,414    

Investment expense

     (3,746)        (4,081)        (2,015)        (1,976)   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net investment income

     108,220         113,244         54,738         56,438    

Net realized investment gain

     13,759         25,151         573         4,905    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment pretax earnings

   $         121,979       $         138,395       $           55,311       $           61,343    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fixed maturity securities:

        

Average yield *

     3.3      3.5      3.4      3.5 

Average tax equivalent yield *

     4.1      4.4      4.2      4.4 

Weighted-average life

     8.2 years        8.2 years       

Weighted-average duration

     4.9 years        4.7 years       

Weighted-average rating

     AA        AA       

 

* Excluding realized and unrealized gains and losses.

 

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This table summarizes our investments by type, all of which were reported at fair value, at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

 

     June 30, 2015     December 31, 2014  
       Amount                 %                 Amount                   %            

Fixed maturity securities

        

U.S. government and government agency securities

   $ 74,138           $ 70,969        

Fixed maturity securities of states, municipalities and political subdivisions

     815,755         12         954,708         13    

Special purpose revenue bonds of states, municipalities and political subdivisions

     2,338,946         33         2,389,012         33    

Corporate securities

     782,316         11         798,569         11    

Residential mortgage-backed securities

     792,037         11         821,694         11    

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

     532,689                611,631           

Asset-backed securities

     372,791                366,827           

Foreign government securities

     145,251                118,692           

Foreign corporate securities

     442,333                478,266           

Equity securities

     390,077                296,352           

Short-term investments

     283,420                258,186           

Other investments

     24,957                         
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 Total investments

   $       6,994,710                100    $       7,164,906               100 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Our total investments decreased $170.2 million in 2015, principally due to cash paid for the acquisition of ProAg and a $91.4 million decrease in our pretax net unrealized gain. At June 30, 2015, the net unrealized gain on our investment portfolio was $171.5 million, compared to $262.9 million at December 31, 2014. The decrease in the net unrealized gain was due to an increase in interest rates in 2015, when rates on 10-year U.S. Treasury notes rose 17 basis points.

 

We recognized a net realized investment gain of $13.8 million and $25.2 million in the first six months of 2015 and 2014, respectively. In the first quarter of 2015, we sold bonds with a book value of approximately $155.0 million, and realized a net gain of $12.4 million, primarily related to our merger of certain International subsidiaries. In the first quarter of 2014, we sold equity securities with a book value of $142.0 million, and realized a net gain of $21.3 million, in order to reposition our overall investment portfolio.

 

The ratings of our individual securities within our fixed maturity securities portfolio at June 30, 2015 were as follows:

 

     

      

  

                 Amount               %            

AAA

        $ 1,005,507         16 

AA

         3,584,926         57    

A

         1,292,293         21    

BBB

         282,031           

BB and below

         131,499           
      

 

 

   

 

 

 

 Total fixed maturity securities

       $     6,296,256                 100 
      

 

 

   

 

 

 

In the second quarter of 2015, we invested in two new classes of investments: $21.1 million in master limited partnerships (classified as equity securities) and $25.0 million in an investment fund (classified as other investments). The fund invests primarily in distressed credits in the bond market in the United States and Europe. Our investment is subject to a two-year holding period. After the two-year period, the invested funds can be redeemed at every other year end beginning December 31, 2017. There are no other redemption restrictions. We have no commitments for further investment in the fund.

 

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In 2015, we entered into an agreement to invest up to $150.0 million in a middle market senior loan program. The loans, which must meet certain criteria, are floating rate instruments generally tied to three-month LIBOR and have an expected life of three years. At June 30, 2015, our remaining commitment was $147.0 million.

Corporate & Other

The following table summarizes activity in the Corporate & Other category.

 

     Six months ended June 30,      Three months ended June 30,  
              2015                      2014                      2015                      2014          

Net earned premium

   $       $                   620        $       $                   329    

Other revenue

     414          1,564          318          345    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total revenue

     414          2,184          321          674    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Loss and loss adjustment expense, net

     539          577          267          503    

Other expense – Exited Lines

     1,274          1,362          666          679    

Other expense – Corporate

                 32,032          29,232          16,260          16,261    

Interest expense

     14,467          13,861          6,731          6,800    

Foreign currency expense (benefit)

     (7,622)         6,677                      10,358          2,766    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expense

     40,690          51,709          34,282          27,009    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Pretax loss

   $ (40,276)       $ (49,525)       $ (33,961)       $ (26,335)   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Our Corporate expenses not allocated to the segments increased year-over-year primarily due to $2.0 million of professional services incurred in connection with our acquisition of ProAg in the first quarter of 2015. The impact of foreign currency benefit/expense fluctuated period-over-period principally due to changes in the value of the British pound sterling and the Euro relative to the U.S. dollar. We hold available for sale securities denominated in non-functional currencies to economically hedge the currency exchange risk on our loss reserves denominated in non-functional currencies. The foreign currency benefit/expense related to loss reserves is recorded through the income statement, while the foreign currency benefit/expense related to available for sale securities is recorded through other comprehensive income within shareholders’ equity. This mismatch may cause fluctuations in our reported foreign currency benefit/expense in future periods.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Management

We believe we have sufficient sources of liquidity at both a consolidated and insurance company legal entity level to pay claims and meet our other contractual obligations and liabilities as they become due in the short-term and long-term. Our current sources of liquidity include: 1) operating cash flow generated by our insurance companies, 2) our investment portfolio, most of which is held by our insurance companies, 3) our revolving loan facility and 4) subject to the limitation in the Merger Agreement, a $1.0 billion shelf registration. Our sources of liquidity are discussed below.

Under the terms of the Merger Agreement with Tokio Marine, we are subject to certain restrictions impacting our sources of liquidity and capital management during the period before the merger closes. With a few exceptions, we: 1) may declare our regular quarterly cash dividend at an amount not to exceed the current rate of $0.295 per share, 2) are prohibited from purchasing any additional shares of our common stock and 3) cannot incur any new indebtedness, except under our $825.0 million Revolving Loan Facility. However, we believe that our other sources of liquidity listed above will be sufficient during this period.

Cash Flow

We manage the liquidity of our insurance companies such that each subsidiary’s anticipated claims payments will be met by its own current operating cash flows, cash, short-term investments or investment maturities. Our insurance companies receive substantial cash from premiums, reinsurance recoverables, surety collateral, outward commutations, proceeds from sales and redemptions of investments, and investment income. Their principal cash outflows are for the payment of claims and loss adjustment expenses, premium payments to reinsurers, return of surety collateral, inward commutations, purchases of investments, policy acquisition costs, operating expenses, taxes and dividends paid to the parent company. We report all of the insurance companies’ investing activity in our Investing segment for segment reporting purposes. Our parent company’s principal cash inflows relate to its investment portfolio and dividends paid by the insurance companies, and its principal cash outflows relate to debt service, acquisitions, operating expenses, dividends paid to shareholders and common stock purchases. Cash provided by operating activities can fluctuate due to timing differences in the collection of premium receivables, reinsurance recoverables and surety collateral; the payment of losses, premium payables and return of surety collateral; and the completion of commutations.

The components of our net operating cash flows are summarized in the following table.

 

     Six months ended June 30,  
       2015      2014  

Net earnings

   $         193,334        $         205,047    

Change in premium, claims and other receivables, net of reinsurance, premium and
claims payable

     (162,340)         (53,279)   

Change in unearned premium, net

     195,268          102,763    

Change in loss and loss adjustment expense payable, net of reinsurance recoverables

     (60,619)         39,652    

Change in accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     (73,290)         (69,414)   

Gain on investments

     (13,759)         (25,151)   

Other, net

     (45,841)         (4,332)   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cash provided by operating activities

   $ 32,753        $ 195,286    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Our cash provided by operating activities was $32.8 million in the first six months of 2015, compared to $195.3 million in the same period of 2014. The decrease was due to: 1) a $35.6 million payment for the commutation in 2015, 2) $31.9 million of net cash outflow related to our new agriculture business, 3) $63.0 million of higher paid losses in 2015 (excluding the commutation and agriculture paid losses) and 4) $15.8 million of higher income tax payments in 2015.

 

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Other fluctuations in our cash provided by operating activities relate to the timing of the collection and the payment of insurance-related receivables and payables. Related to Spanish surety bonds, we paid claims of $29.0 million and collected reinsurance of $17.0 million in the first six months of 2015, compared to paying claims of $124.5 million and collecting reinsurance of $117.6 million in the first six months of 2014. At June 30, 2015, we had gross reserves of $61.9 million, ceded reserves of $37.3 million, and paid loss recoverables from reinsurers of $40.8 million related to Spanish surety bonds. The net impact of our payment of claims and collection of recoverables related to these bonds will continue to impact our cash provided by operating activities in future periods.

Cash flows related to multi-peril crop insurance, which represents the majority of our agriculture business, differ from cash flows related to our other products. Premiums from insureds are transferred to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) or paid by us on a preset schedule, if not paid by the insured. Claims paid to insureds are reimbursed by the FCIC within several days of payment. We settle each reinsurance year with the FCIC in October of the following year. Settlements with other reinsurers occur shortly after settlement with the FCIC. We pay the majority of agent commissions during the first nine months of the year and employee compensation and other operating expenses evenly throughout the year. Reimbursement from the FCIC for administrative and operating expenses occurs in October and is calculated as a percentage of gross written premium. The 2015 reimbursement is expected to cover approximately 45% of agents commissions, employee compensation and other operating expenses for the year. The timing of these cash flows has historically created quarterly volatility in ProAg’s operating cash flows. Our consolidated operating cash flow will be reduced in 2015 and 2016, as the 2015 reinsurance year will settle in October 2016.

Investments

At June 30, 2015, we held a $7.0 billion investment portfolio, which included $283.4 million of liquid short-term investments. Our fixed maturity and equity securities portfolios are classified as available for sale. We expect to hold our fixed maturity securities until maturity, but we would be able to sell the majority of these securities, as well as our equity securities, to generate cash if needed. At June 30, 2015, the parent company held $552.1 million of cash and investments that are available to cover the holding company’s required cash disbursements.

Revolving Loan Facility

We maintain an $825.0 million Revolving Loan Facility (Facility), of which $210.1 million of available capacity remained at June 30, 2015. During the past several years, we used the Facility to fund purchases of our common stock. The Facility expires in April 2019. See Note 7, “Notes Payable” to the Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 for additional information related to the Facility and our long-term indebtedness.

Subsidiary Dividends

Dividends available from our domestic subsidiaries without regulatory approval total $235.2 million in 2015. We expect dividends of approximately this amount to be made to the holding company in the fourth quarter of 2015. We believe that future cash from our domestic operations, together with our ability to access funds available under our Facility, provide adequate resources to fund both our short-term and long-term operating requirements, capital expenditures, dividend payments, debt service requirements, acquisitions and new business development activities in the United States.

We consider the undistributed earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries to be indefinitely reinvested and, accordingly, no U.S. deferred income taxes have been provided thereon. At June 30, 2015, our foreign subsidiaries associated with indefinitely reinvested foreign earnings had $114.6 million of cash and short-term investments and $63.9 million of undistributed foreign earnings considered to be previously taxed income under U.S. tax rules. We do not anticipate the need to repatriate either previously taxed or indefinitely reinvested foreign earnings to the United States to satisfy domestic liquidity needs arising in the ordinary course of business. In the event that we determine in the future to repatriate some or all of the foreign earnings that are considered indefinitely reinvested outside of the United States, we would be required to record additional tax expense at that time.

 

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Share Purchases

In 2014, our board of directors authorized a $500.0 million stock purchase plan (the Plan). Purchases under the Plan may be made in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions from time-to-time in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, including Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Purchases under the Plan will be made subject to market and business conditions, the level of cash generated from our operations, cash required for acquisitions, our debt covenant compliance, and other relevant factors. The Plan does not obligate us to purchase any particular number of shares, has no expiration date, and may be suspended or discontinued at any time at the board’s discretion. As of July 24, 2015, $282.4 million of repurchase authority remains under the Plan; however, under the terms of the Merger Agreement with Tokio Marine, we are prohibited from purchasing any additional shares of our common stock.

We purchased our common stock in 2015 and 2014 as follows:

 

         Six months ended June 30,          Three months ended June 30,  
     2015      2014      2015      2014  

Shares of common stock

     1,241          961          266          225    

Total cost

   $ 69,569        $ 41,542        $ 15,183        $ 10,129    

Weighted-average cost per share

   $ 56.04        $ 43.21        $ 57.04        $ 44.98    

Shelf Registration

We have a “Universal Shelf” registration statement, which was filed and became effective in March 2015 and expires in March 2018. The Universal Shelf provides for the issuance of $1.0 billion of securities, which may be debt securities, equity securities, or a combination thereof. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement with Tokio Marine, we are prohibited, subject to certain exceptions, from incurring any additional indebtedness or issuing any capital stock.

Critical Accounting Policies

We provided information about our critical accounting policies in Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Critical Accounting Policies,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. We have made no changes in the identification or methods of application of these policies, except as described below.

Deferred Taxes

We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities. Beginning in 2015, for certain of our foreign subsidiaries, we do not provide deferred tax liabilities on undistributed earnings that are essentially permanent in duration. We regularly review our deferred tax assets for recoverability, taking into consideration our history of earnings, expectations for future earnings, taxable income in carryback years and the expected timing of the reversals of existing temporary differences. When we believe it is more likely than not that a deferred tax asset will not be realized, we establish a valuation allowance for that deferred tax asset. Although realization is not assured, we believe that, as of June 30, 2015, it is more likely than not that we will be able to realize the benefit of recorded deferred tax assets, with the exception of certain tax loss carryforwards for which valuation allowances have been provided. If there is a material change in the tax laws such that the actual effective tax rate changes or the time periods within which the underlying temporary differences become taxable or deductible change, we will reevaluate our assumptions, which could result in a change in the valuation allowance required.

Recent Accounting Guidance

See Note 1, “General Information and Significant Accounting and Reporting Policies — Recent Accounting Guidance” in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for a description of recently issued accounting guidance that will impact our consolidated financial statements in future periods.

 

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

There have been no material changes in market risk from the information provided in Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Act)) that are designed to ensure that required information is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required timeframe, as specified in rules set forth by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our disclosure controls and procedures are also designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

Our management, with the participation of our CEO and CFO, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2015, except as otherwise noted below, using criteria established in the Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on this evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective in providing reasonable assurance of achieving the purposes described in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Act as of June 30, 2015.

Effective January 1, 2015, we completed the acquisition of ProAg and are currently in the process, but have not completed, the integration of ProAg’s policies, processes, technology and operations. In conducting the evaluation of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2015, our management excluded the internal controls related to ProAg’s systems and processes. We expect to complete our internal control evaluation related to ProAg during 2015.

(b) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2015 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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Part II — Other Information

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

We are a party to lawsuits, arbitrations and other proceedings that arise in the normal course of our business. Many of such lawsuits, arbitrations and other proceedings involve claims under policies that we underwrite as an insurer or reinsurer, the liabilities for which, we believe, have been adequately included in our loss reserves. Also, from time to time, we are a party to lawsuits, arbitrations and other proceedings that relate to disputes with third parties, or that involve alleged errors and omissions on the part of our subsidiaries.

On June 16, 2015, Albert Ari filed a complaint naming HCC, Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. and TMGC Investment (Delaware) Inc. and each member of our board of directors as defendants (Albert Ari v. Christopher J.B. Williams et. al., No. 15-11159). On June 18, 2015, Susan Paskowitz filed a complaint naming HCC, Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. and TMGC Investment (Delaware) Inc. and each member of our board of directors as defendants (Susan Paskowitz v. Emmanuel T. Ballases et. al., No. 15-11171). These two complaints are referred to herein as the SH Complaints. The SH Complaints are pending in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware. The plaintiffs in the SH Complaints allege, among other things, that our directors breached their fiduciary duty to our shareholders by approving the merger and failing to take steps to maximize HCC’s value. The plaintiffs also allege that Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. and TMGC Investment (Delaware) Inc. aided and abetted the alleged breaches of fiduciary duties. The SH Complaints seek, among other things, an order enjoining the acquisition, compensatory damages and an award of attorneys’ fees and costs. On July 9, 2015, the SH Complaints were consolidated as In Re HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. Stockholder Litigation, No. 11159-CB.

On July 15, 2015, Intellectual Ventures I LLC and Intellectual Ventures II LLC (collectively, Intellectual Ventures) served a complaint naming us and certain of our subsidiaries as defendants (Intellectual Ventures I LLC et. al. v. HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. et. al., No. 15-cv-00660) (IV Complaint). The IV Complaint is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Intellectual Ventures alleges that we infringed on certain patents and seeks damages, costs, expenses, and pre-judgment and post-judgment interest for the alleged infringement, in addition to injunctive relief.

Although the ultimate outcome of these matters cannot be determined at this time, based on present information, the availability of insurance coverage and advice received from our outside legal counsel, we believe the resolution of any such matters will not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in this Report are: 1) any of the risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 (2014 Form 10-K) and 2) those presented below, which either amend or supplement those risks described in our 2014 Form 10-K.

Risks Related to Proposed Merger with Tokio Marine

The merger is subject to various closing conditions, including regulatory and third party approvals.

On June 10, 2015, we entered into the Merger Agreement pursuant to which HCC would become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tokio Marine. Completion of the merger is subject to certain closing conditions, including, without limitation: 1) approval of our shareholders, 2) receipt of required third party consents and regulatory approvals, including those of the Financial Services Agency of Japan and insurance regulators of the states of California, Indiana, Maryland, Nevada, Oklahoma and Texas, 3) early termination or expiration of the applicable waiting period (or any extension) under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, 4) potentially a decision by the European Commission approving the merger and 5) the absence of legal prohibitions against the merger, as well as other conditions to closing customary in such transactions. A number of the closing conditions are outside of our control and we cannot predict with certainty whether all of the required closing conditions will be satisfied or waived or if other uncertainties may arise. In addition, regulators could impose additional requirements or obligations as conditions for their approvals, which may be burdensome. Despite our best efforts, we may not be able to satisfy the various closing conditions or obtain the necessary waivers or approvals in a timely fashion or at all, in which case the merger would be prevented or delayed.

 

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Failure to timely complete the merger could adversely impact our stock price, business, financial condition and results of operations.

There is no assurance that the conditions to the merger will be satisfied in a timely manner or that the merger will occur. Failure to consummate the merger on a timely basis, or at all, could result in negative publicity and cause the price of our common stock to decline, to the extent our current stock price reflects a market assumption that the merger will occur. In addition, as a result of the announcement of the Merger Agreement, trading in our common stock has increased substantially. If the merger is not consummated, the investment goals of our shareholders may be materially different than those of our shareholders on a pre-merger announcement basis. In addition, we will remain liable for significant transaction costs that will be payable even if the merger is not completed and could also be required to pay a termination fee to Tokio Marine in certain specific circumstances. For these and other reasons, failure to timely consummate the merger could adversely impact our stock price and perceived acquisition value, business, financial condition and results of operations.

The pending merger and operating restrictions contained in the Merger Agreement could adversely affect our business and operations.

The proposed merger could cause disruptions to our business and business relationships, which could have an adverse impact on our results of operations, liquidity and financial condition. For example: 1) the attention of our management may be directed to merger-related considerations, 2) our current and prospective employees may experience uncertainty about their future roles with us, which may adversely affect our ability to retain and hire key personnel and 3) parties with which we have business relationships, including customers, potential customers and distributors, may experience uncertainty as to the future of such relationships and seek alternative relationships with third parties or seek to alter their present business relationships with us in a manner that negatively impacts us. In addition, we have incurred, and will continue to incur, significant transaction costs in connection with the merger, and many of these fees and costs are payable regardless of whether the merger is consummated.

Shareholder litigation against us, our directors and/or Tokio Marine could delay or prevent the merger and cause us to incur significant costs and expenses.

Transactions such as the merger are often subject to lawsuits by shareholders. To date, multiple purported class action lawsuits have been filed by shareholders seeking injunctive relief, including enjoining or rescinding the merger, an award of unspecified damages, attorneys’ and other fees and costs and other relief. Conditions to the closing of the merger require that no legal prohibitions against the merger have been adopted or are in effect. We cannot assure you as to the outcome of these or any similar future lawsuits, including the costs associated with defending the claims or any other liabilities that may be incurred in connection with the litigation or settlement of these lawsuits. If the plaintiffs are successful in obtaining an injunction prohibiting the parties from completing the merger on the agreed-upon terms, such an injunction may prevent the completion of the merger in the expected time frame or altogether.

HCC’s debt ratings and the financial strength ratings of our insurance subsidiaries may be adversely affected by the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

Following the announcement of the Tokio Marine transaction, the rating agencies have undertaken a review of HCC’s debt ratings and our insurance subsidiaries’ financial strength ratings. The rating agencies may take various actions, positive or negative, and the result may not be known until the merger closes. Any negative action by a ratings agency could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition or results of operations.

 

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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

In 2014, our board of directors approved the purchase of up to $500.0 million of our common stock (the Plan). Purchases under the Plan may be made in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions from time-to-time in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, including Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Purchases under the Plan will be made, subject to market and business conditions, the level of cash generated from our operations, cash required for acquisitions, our debt covenant compliance, and other relevant factors. The Plan does not obligate us to purchase any particular number of shares, has no expiration date, and may be suspended or discontinued at any time at the board’s discretion. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement with Tokio Marine, we are prohibited from purchasing any additional shares of our common stock. Our purchases in the second quarter of 2015 were as follows:

 

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 plans or programs      

April

     214,060           $56.97      214,060                   $285,339,865

May

     52,133             57.31      52,133                     282,352,050

June

     -                    -      -                     282,352,050

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

None.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

 

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Item 6. Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

   

2.1

    Stock Purchase Agreement, dated September 29, 2014, by and among CMFG Life Insurance Company, CUNA Mutual Investment Corporation and HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 30, 2014).

2.2

    Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated June 10, 2015, by and among HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc., Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. and TMGC Investment (Delaware) Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 10, 2015).

3.1

    Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc., filed with Delaware Secretary of State on July 23, 1996 and May 21, 1998, respectively (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-61687) filed on August 17, 1998).

3.2

    Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 22, 2013).

4.1

    Indenture, dated August 23, 2001, between HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. and First Union National Bank related to Debt Securities (Senior Debt) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 24, 2001).

4.2

    Form of Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated November 16, 2009, between HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association related to 6.30% Senior Notes due 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 13, 2009).

10.1

    Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated June 8, 2015, between HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. and Brad T. Irick (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 9, 2015).*

10.2

    Addendum, dated June 10, 2015, among HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc., Tokio Marine and Christopher J.B. Williams, to the Employment Agreement, effective May 1, 2011, between Christopher J.B. Williams and HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 10, 2015).*

10.3

    Addendum, dated June 10, 2015, among HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc., Tokio Marine and Brad T. Irick, to the Employment Agreement, effective May 10, 2010, between Brad T. Irick and HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 10, 2015).*

10.4

    Addendum, dated June 10, 2015, among HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc., Tokio Marine and William N. Burke, to the Employment Agreement, dated March 24, 2012, between William N. Burke and HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 10, 2015).*

10.5

    Addendum, dated June 10, 2015, among HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc., Tokio Marine and Michael J. Schell, to the Employment Agreement, effective June 1, 2007, between Michael J. Schell and HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 10, 2015).*

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  Statement Regarding Computation of Ratios.

31.1

 

  Certification by Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2

 

  Certification by Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

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Exhibit
Number

   

32.1 

    Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101

    The following financial statements from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 formatted in XBRL: 1) Consolidated Balance Sheets, 2) Consolidated Statements of Earnings, 3) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, 4) Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity, 5) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and 6) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

* Management contract or compensatory plan.
Filed herewith.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

     HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.
     (Registrant)
August 5, 2015      /s/ Christopher J.B. Williams
(Date)      Christopher J.B. Williams,
     Chief Executive Officer
August 5, 2015      /s/ Pamela J. Penny
(Date)     

Pamela J. Penny, Executive Vice President

and Chief Accounting Officer

 

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