| Item 2.02. | Results of Operations and Financial Condition. |
Please refer to the disclosure set forth in Item 8.01 below, incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. (the “Company”) has prepared a presentation that will be used in conjunction with its investor update webcast which will be held on Friday, March 12, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. A copy of this presentation is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.
Exhibit 99.1 is furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
As previously reported on March 1, 2021, the Company’s Form 10-K filing for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 (the “2020 10-K”) was delayed due to the unforeseen consequences of the recent winter storms in San Antonio, Texas, the location of the Company’s primary financial reporting center, which caused widespread power outages in the area. Further, in connection with the preparation, review and audit of the Company’s 2020 10-K, management identified and corrected certain immaterial errors in the Company’s historical financial statements primarily related to the accounting for (1) foreign currency exchange gains and losses associated with a specific reinsurance contract and (2) errors in the Company’s tax provision primarily related to the Company’s allocation of certain corporate level expenses to its subsidiary companies, as well as other previously identified immaterial errors.
As a result of the adjustments identified above, certain financial results vary from those furnished in our earnings press release filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K on February 17, 2021. Each variation is immaterial to the Company’s financial statements. For the quarter and year ended December 31, 2020, such variations include a reduction in the net loss attributable to common shareholders of $16.2 million and $17.8 million, respectively; an improvement in combined ratio of 0.4% and 0.2%, respectively; and a reduction in the expense ratio by 0.3% and 0.2%, respectively. Each of the adjustments will be reflected in the 2020 10-K.
Further, as a result of the adjustments identified above, management re-evaluated its assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting. Management concluded that certain design and operating effectiveness deficiencies in the Company’s internal controls, when evaluated collectively, aggregated to a material weakness in internal control. The deficiencies in the Company’s internal controls included deficiencies related to the timeliness and completeness of internal communication of certain relevant financial information within the Company as well as in controls that used such information. These matters were identified in the following areas: intercompany transactions, such as foreign currency exchange gains and losses associated with a specific reinsurance contract, the allocation of certain corporate-level expenses to subsidiary companies, the accounting for federal and state income taxes, including the tax implications of certain intercompany transactions, the completeness and accuracy of information used in recording deferred tax balances, and the timeliness of analyses of income tax accounting.
There have been no material misstatements identified in the Company’s previously issued financial statements.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits:
