(4) | Related Party Transactions |
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| ProNational Insurance Company (“ProNational”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Professionals Group, Inc., owns 83.9% of the issued and outstanding shares of MEEMIC Holdings, Inc. MEEMIC has an Expense Allocation Agreement with ProNational covering indirect expenses and salaries of key company personnel. Expenses related to this agreement were $173,000 and $334,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2001 compared to $100,000 and $231,000 for the same periods in 2000. |
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| On June 27, 2001 Professionals Group, Inc. and Medical Assurance, Inc. completed a consolidation of the two companies by forming a new holding company, ProAssurance Corporation, that owns all of the stock of Medical Assurance, Inc. and Professionals Group, Inc. The stock of ProAssurance began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on June 28, 2001 under the symbol “PRA”. Medical Assurance, Inc., ProNational and MEEMIC will continue to serve policyholders under the umbrella of the new ProAssurance holding company. |
(5) | Revenue Information |
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| The Company operates as a single segment offering four insurance products - personal automobile, homeowners, and as of March 1, 2000, boat and umbrella policies. Revenue is from unaffiliated customers. Net premiums written and net premiums earned from each of these products is as follows: |
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| Personal automobile | $ | 30,132 | | $ | 28,537 | | $ | 58,142 | | $ | 55,098 | |
| Homeowners | 4,969 | | 2,880 | | 7,977 | | 4,237 | |
| Boat | 167 | | 78 | | 196 | | 87 | |
| Umbrella | 2 | | 1 | | 3 | | 2 | |
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| Total | $ | 35,270 | | $ | 31,496 | | $ | 66,318 | | $ | 59,424 | |
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| Personal automobile | $ | 28,676 | | $ | 27,170 | | $ | 56,142 | | $ | 53,925 | |
| Homeowners | 3,911 | | 1,904 | | 7,570 | | 3,752 | |
| Boat | 60 | | 12 | | 108 | | 12 | |
| Umbrella | 2 | | 1 | | 2 | | 1 | |
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| Total | $ | 32,649 | | $ | 29,087 | | $ | 63,822 | | $ | 57,690 | |
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere in this document and in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000. The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations contains certain forward-looking statements relating to our anticipated future financial condition and operating results and our current business plans. In the future, our financial condition and operating results could differ materially from those discussed herein and our current business plans could be altered in response to market conditions and other factors beyond our control. Important factors that could cause or contribute to such differences or changes include those discussed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000. See the disclosures in that report under “Item 1 – Business – Forward-Looking Statements”.
Overview
We provide private passenger automobile, homeowners, boat and umbrella insurance primarily to educational employees and their immediate families in the State of Michigan through our MEEMIC subsidiary. We sell our insurance contracts through over 95 sales representatives associated with our insurance agency subsidiary, which is the exclusive distributor of our products. As of June 30, 2001, we had 137,740 policies in force, representing 171,208 insured vehicles, 45,040 homes, 1,644 boats and 612 personal umbrella policies.
Financial Condition- June 30, 2001 Compared to December 31, 2000
Our total assets increased to $318.1 million at June 30, 2001 from $309.5 million at December 31, 2000. The majority of our assets consist of investments and cash, which totaled $208.8 million at June 30, 2001 and $198.1 million at December 31, 2000. We primarily invest in high quality bonds with the objective of providing stable income while maintaining liquidity at appropriate levels for our current and long-term requirements. The portfolio consists primarily of government bonds, municipal bonds, collateralized mortgage obligations, and investment grade corporate bonds. The modified duration of investments was 3.82 years at June 30, 2001 compared to 3.60 years at December 31, 2000. At June 30, 2001, the portfolio had an average Standard & Poor’s security quality rating of AA (Excellent), and there were no securities in default concerning the timely payment of interest and principal. However, three preferred stock securities were written down a total of $1.5 million in the second quarter of 2001 for other than temporary declines in fair value due to uncertainty with California electric utilities. Our gross unrealized gains and gross unrealized losses in investments in securities were $4.2 million and $0.9 million, respectively, at June 30, 2001 and $3.2 million and $1.5 million, respectively, at December 31, 2000. These changes in our gross unrealized gains and losses are a result of fluctuating bond market values due to volatility of interest rates in the marketplace.
Our recorded estimates of loss and loss adjustment expense reserves were $107.9 million at June 30, 2001 compared to $107.3 million at December 31, 2000. The $0.6 million net increase in reserves at June 30, 2001 was due to general allowances for growth in the number of insured vehicles and homeowner policies in force.
Unearned premiums were $39.3 million at June 30, 2001 and $36.8 million at December 31, 2000. The increase in unearned premiums at June 30, 2001 compared to December 31, 2000 of 6.8% is due to the increase in premiums written and the timing of renewals for the auto book of business that has a concentration of 6-month renewal dates in April and October.
Other liabilities were $19.3 million at June 30, 2001 and $18.9 million at December 31, 2000. Within other liabilities, premiums ceded payable were lower at June 30, 2001 compared to December 31, 2000 due primarily to the cancellation of the homeowners quota share reinsurance agreement in 2001. Accrued expenses and federal income taxes payable were higher at June 30, 2001 compared to December 31, 2000 due to the timing of payments.
Our book value per common share outstanding was $22.72 at June 30, 2001, compared to $22.03 at December 31, 2000. Shareholders’ equity increased $5.1 million to $151.7 million at June 30, 2001 from $146.6 million at December 31, 2000. This increase was due to net income of $4.0 million and an increase in other comprehensive income of $1.1 million.
Results of Operations – Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2001 Compared to Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2000
Net income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2001 was $1.6 million and $4.0 million, respectively, compared to $5.1 million and $7.6 million for the same periods in 2000. Overall, our income from operations before taxes was $1.9 million and $5.4 million, respectively, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2001 compared to $7.3 million and $11.0 million for the same periods in 2000. The decreases in income from operations before taxes for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2001 compared to 2000 were primarily due to $1.7 million in expenses related to severance payments to officers who left the company upon completion of the ProAssurance merger, increased claims losses of $2.2 million and a $1.5 million loss recognized on three securities deemed to have other than temporary declines in fair value.
Our direct premiums written were $36.6 million and $69.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2001, respectively, an increase of 8.3% compared to the comparable periods in 2000. Direct premiums written for automobile coverage were $31.2 million and $60.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2001, respectively, an increase of 6.5% and 6.7%, respectively, compared to the comparable periods in 2000. The increases in auto premiums reflect policyholder growth and an increase in the value of autos being insured. The number of insured vehicles increased 4.1% to 171,208 at June 30, 2001 from 164,489 at June 30, 2000. Our homeowners business also continued to increase. Direct premiums written for homeowners were $5.1 million and $8.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2001, respectively, an increase of 15.9% and 18.3%, respectively, compared to the comparable periods in 2000. The increases in homeowners premiums were due to growth in the number of policyholders. The number of homeowner policies in force increased 17.0% to 45,040 at June 30, 2001 from 38,498 at June 30, 2000. On March 1, 2000, we also began offering boat and umbrella policies, which contributed $219,000 and $267,000 to direct written premiums for the three and six months ended June 30, 2001.
Net premiums written were $35.3 million and $66.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2001, respectively, an increase of 12.0% and 11.6%, respectively, compared to the comparable periods in 2000. Net premiums earned were $32.6 million and $63.8 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2001, respectively, an increase of 12.2% and 10.6%, respectively, compared to the comparable periods in 2000. The increases in net premiums written and net premiums earned were greater than the increase in direct premiums written due to the cancellation of a quota share agreement in 2001, whereby 40% of our homeowners business was ceded to a reinsurance company in 2000. In 2001, we are now retaining this homeowners business.
Our combined ratio was 97.1% and 96.9% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2001, respectively, compared to 83.2% and 88.7% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2000, respectively. Overall, our net loss ratio for the three and six months ended June 30, 2001 was 60.0% and 62.8%, respectively, compared to 55.6% and 59.2% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2000, respectively.
Net loss ratios for the personal automobile and homeowners products were as follows:
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| Personal auto liability | | 38.7 | % | 31.0 | % | 44.0 | % | 45.1 | % |
| Personal auto physical damage | | 60.8 | % | 64.2 | % | 66.3 | % | 64.8 | % |
| Total personal auto | | 53.3 | % | 53.4 | % | 58.8 | % | 58.4 | % |
| Homeowners | | 109.0 | % | 86.8 | % | 93.4 | % | 70.8 | % |
| Overall loss ratio | | 60.0 | % | 55.6 | % | 62.8 | % | 59.2 | % |
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The increases in net loss ratio and combined ratio for the second quarter of 2001 were due to continued increases in both the frequency and severity of homeowner claims, in addition to the increases in auto and homeowner claims from the harsher winter in Michigan during the first quarter of 2001.
Policy acquisition and underwriting expenses were $9.0 million and $16.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2001, respectively, compared to $6.0 million and $12.8 million for the same periods in 2000. The underwriting expenses ratios were 27.5% and 25.7% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2001 respectively, compared to 20.6% and 22.3% for comparable periods in 2000. The increases in 2001 are due to $1.7 million in expenses related to severance payments from change of control agreements in connection with the ProAssurance merger and increased statutory assessment fees.
Net investment income, excluding realized investment gains and losses, was $2.7 million and $5.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2001, respectively, compared to $2.6 million and $5.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2000, respectively. These increases in investment income were due to increases in invested assets as a result of positive cash flow from operations. Consistent with 2000, investment income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2001 was attributable primarily to interest income and not to realized capital gains. However, the increase for the three months ended June 30, 2001 was partially offset by a $1.5 million loss recognized on three securities deemed to have other than temporary declines in fair value due to uncertainty with California electric utilities. The annualized tax equivalent total rate of return, which includes both income and changes in market value of securities, was 3.52% and 7.15% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2001, respectively, compared to 7.62% and 7.30% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2000, respectively. The decreases in 2001 were due to reinvestment at lower interest rates. Additionally, increases in the 10 year treasury bond rate greatly impacted the three months ended June 30, 2001 investment performance. Yields during the second quarter of 2001 increased from 4.97% to 5.41% resulting in lower bond market values compared to the first quarter of 2001 when a decline in yields from 5.11% to 4.97% resulted in a bond rally. The weighted average tax equivalent book yield of the fixed maturity portfolio was 7.91% for the six months ended June 30, 2001 compared to 6.90% for the same period in 2000.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our primary sources of cash are from premiums, investment income and proceeds from maturities of portfolio investments. The principal uses of cash are for payments of claims, commissions, taxes, operating expenses and purchases of investments. Cash flow and liquidity are managed in order to meet anticipated short-term payment obligations, and to maximize opportunities to earn interest on those funds not immediately required.
Cash provided by operations for the six months ended June 30, 2001 was $12.3 million compared to $14.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2000. The $2.4 million decrease was primarily due to substantially higher loss payments from increased auto and homeowner claims incurred in the first half of 2001 compared to the same period in 2000. The net increase in cash overall was $3.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2001 compared to a net decrease in cash of $1.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2000. The $3.5 million increase in cash reflects the maturity of short-term investments offset by the aforementioned higher loss payments.
Effects of New Accounting Pronouncements
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, or SFAS, No. 138 “Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities” which amends SFAS No. 133 "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities," and is effective for fiscal quarters of all fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2000 (as amended by SFAS No. 137). SFAS No. 133 requires that all derivative instruments be recorded on the balance sheet at fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recorded each period in current earnings or other comprehensive income, depending on whether a derivative is designated as part of a hedge transaction and, if it is, the type of hedge transaction. SFAS No. 138 addresses a limited number of issues that have caused problems for enterprises applying SFAS No. 133. As the Company does not use derivative instruments, we adopted SFAS No. 133 and No. 138 and the adoption did not affect the results of operations or financial position of the Company.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has also issued SFAS No. 142 “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” which supersedes Opinion 17 "Intangible Assets," and is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001. SFAS No. 142 addresses how goodwill and other intangible assets should be accounted for in financial statements upon acquisition and how these items should be accounted for subsequent to acquisition. Contrary to Opinion 17, SFAS No. 142 does not presume that goodwill and all other intangible assets are wasting assets requiring amortization. Instead, goodwill and intangible assets that have indefinite useful lives will be tested at least annually for impairment. If goodwill and intangible assets are deemed to be impaired, the change will be charged through the Statement of Operations. SFAS No. 142 requires additional disclosure of information about goodwill and other intangible assets in the years subsequent to their acquisition. Intangible assets were $32.0 million at June 30, 2001 and the Company determined there are currently no impaired intangible assets. Thus, adopting SFAS No. 142 would not affect the current results of operations with any additional charges for impairment, but would eliminate current annual amortization expense of $2.9 million.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Market risk is the risk of loss due to adverse changes in market rates and prices. Our primary market risk exposure is to changes in interest rates. The active management of interest rate risk is essential to our operations.
We manage market risk through an investment committee consisting of senior officers of the Company, consultants and a professional investment advisor. The committee periodically measures the impact that an instantaneous rise in interest rates would have on the fair value of securities. The committee also measures the duration, or interest rate sensitivity, of a fixed income security or portfolio. Our investment policy limits the duration of our portfolio to a maximum of 300% of the duration of our liabilities.
We are vulnerable to interest rate risk because, like other insurance companies, we invest primarily in fixed maturity securities, which are interest-sensitive assets. We do not invest in fixed maturity securities for trading purposes. Mortgage-backed securities, which make up approximately 20% of our investment portfolio, are particularly susceptible to interest rate changes. We invest primarily in classes of mortgage-backed securities that are less subject to prepayment risk and, as a result, somewhat less susceptible to interest rate risk than other mortgage-backed securities.
Our fixed maturity investment portfolio was valued at $180.0 million at June 30, 2001 and had a duration of 3.82 years. The following table shows the effects of a change in interest rate on the fair value and duration of our portfolio. We have assumed an immediate increase or decrease of 1% or 2% in interest rate. You should not consider this assumption or the values shown in the table to be a prediction of actual future results.
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| +2% | | $ | 165,333 | | $ | (14,641 | ) | 4.17 | |
| +1% | | $ | 172,604 | | $ | (7,370 | ) | 4.13 | |
| +0% | | $ | 179,974 | | | | 3.82 | |
| -1% | | $ | 186,936 | | $ | 6,962 | | 3.50 | |
| -2% | | $ | 193,608 | | $ | 13,608 | | 3.49 | |
The other financial instruments, which include cash, premiums due from reinsurers and accrued investment income, do not produce a significant difference in fair value when included in the market risk analysis due to their short-term nature.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The Company held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 23, 2001, at which time the shareholders considered and voted on the election of eight directors. Each of the nominees for director was an incumbent and all nominees were elected. The following table sets forth the number of shares voted for and withheld with respect to each nominee.
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Victor T. Adamo | | 6,315,590 | | 93,458 | |
R. Kevin Clinton | | 6,378,948 | | 30,100 | |
John F. Dodge, Jr. | | 6,406,348 | | 2,700 | |
Annette E. Flood | | 6,368,998 | | 40,050 | |
Thomas E. Hoeg | | 6,406,398 | | 2,650 | |
Lynn M. Kalinowski | | 6,378,398 | | 30,650 | |
Ann F. Putallaz | | 6,406,098 | | 2,950 | |
James O. Wood | | 6,406,248 | | 2,800 | |
Subsequent to the Annual Meeting of Shareholders Annette E. Flood resigned as a director and was replaced by A. Derrill Crowe, M.D., Chairman of ProAssurance Corporation. On August 7, 2001 the remaining directors removed R. Kevin Clinton as a director since he is no longer an officer or employee of the Company.
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
(b) Reports on Form 8-K.
No reports on Form 8-K were filed during the quarter ended June 30, 2001.
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.
| MEEMIC Holdings, Inc. |
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Date: August 13, 2001 | /s/ Christine C. Schmitt
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| Christine C. Schmitt |
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