Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense Reserves | 12. Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense Reserves The following table sets forth a reconciliation of beginning and ending reserves for losses and loss adjustment expenses (“LAE”), as shown in the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the periods indicated. Year Ended December 31, 2022 2021 2020 Reserves for losses and LAE at beginning of year $ 570,651 $ 567,581 $ 610,566 Less receivable from reinsurers related to unpaid losses and LAE (90,667) (106,311) (122,372) Net reserves for losses and LAE at beginning of year 479,984 461,270 488,194 Incurred losses and LAE, related to: Current year 549,258 515,400 459,400 Prior years (57,279) (53,673) (54,844) Total incurred losses and LAE 491,979 461,727 404,556 Paid losses and LAE related to: Current year 342,971 310,116 277,754 Prior years 172,788 132,897 153,726 Total paid losses and LAE 515,759 443,013 431,480 Net reserves for losses and LAE at end of period 456,204 479,984 461,270 Plus receivable from reinsurers related to unpaid losses and LAE 93,394 90,667 106,311 Reserves for losses and LAE at end of period $ 549,598 $ 570,651 $ 567,581 At the end of each period, the reserves were re-estimated for all prior accident years. The Company’s prior year reserves decreased by $57,279, $53,673, and $54,844, for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, respectively, and resulted from re-estimations of prior years’ ultimate loss and LAE liabilities. The decrease in prior year reserves during 2022 was primarily composed of reductions of $20,241 in the Company’s retained automobile and $32,963 in the Company’s retained other than auto and homeowners reserves. The decrease in prior year reserves during 2021 was primarily composed of reductions of $22,313 in the Company’s retained automobile and $26,220 in the Company’s retained other than auto and homeowners reserves. The decrease in prior year reserves during 2020 was primarily composed of reductions of $26,902 in the Company’s retained automobile and $21,717 in the Company’s retained homeowners reserves. The Company’s private passenger automobile line of business prior year reserves decreased during the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 primarily due to improved retained private passenger results. The improved retained private passenger results were primarily due to fewer incurred but not yet reported claims than previously estimated and better than previously estimated severity on the Company’s established bodily injury and property damage case reserves. The following is information about incurred and paid claims development as of December 31, 2022, net of reinsurance, as well as cumulative claim frequency and the total of incurred-but-not-reported liabilities plus expected development on reported claims included within the net incurred claims amounts for our three largest lines of business. The cumulative number of reported claims include claims closed with payment, claims closed without payment and all open claims. It does not include anticipated IBNR claims. For the Private Passenger Automobile and Commercial Automobile lines of business, claim count is defined on a claimant basis where several claim counts may arise from a single auto accident. For Homeowners and all other lines of business, claim count is defined on an accident basis. The information about incurred claims and allocated claim adjustment expense, net of reserves and paid ultimate claims development for the years ended December 31, 2013 to 2021 is presented as required supplementary information. Private Passenger Automobile Liability Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance As of December 31, 2022 For the Years Ended December 31, Total of Incurred-but-Not-Reported Liabilities Plus Expected Development of Reported Claims Cumulative Number of Reported Claims Accident Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 (Unaudited) 2013 $ 183,367 $ 183,517 $ 183,264 $ 181,492 $ 179,167 $ 176,713 $ 175,684 $ 175,718 $ 175,362 $ 175,374 ($ 84) 54,248 2014 187,305 187,104 186,798 183,119 181,312 179,251 179,267 179,268 179,264 (336) 52,787 2015 190,036 190,236 188,317 184,477 181,299 179,451 179,248 178,951 (204) 52,980 2016 192,912 192,318 185,009 180,486 177,009 176,600 176,700 (392) 49,386 2017 185,673 184,429 182,068 177,941 177,320 176,564 (1,723) 46,257 2018 176,411 175,222 170,447 168,185 166,046 (3,040) 43,085 2019 176,171 174,439 170,477 166,940 (4,648) 40,564 2020 130,335 125,888 120,060 (5,880) 26,172 2021 146,997 147,391 (18,015) 29,994 2022 157,921 2,617 27,388 Total $ 1,645,211 Private Passenger Automobile Liability Cumulative Paid Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance For the Years Ended December 31, Accident Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 (Unaudited) 2013 $ 79,049 $ 135,031 $ 152,472 $ 163,694 $ 169,634 $ 172,736 $ 173,890 $ 174,574 $ 174,639 $ 174,858 2014 79,151 136,434 156,693 166,815 173,163 176,616 177,360 177,968 178,324 2015 76,934 138,255 156,483 168,641 173,816 176,652 177,782 178,357 2016 78,862 137,917 154,964 167,458 171,865 174,410 175,803 2017 77,519 133,037 153,675 164,467 169,024 172,362 2018 72,895 126,456 143,656 154,169 159,066 2019 72,219 127,910 143,570 154,633 2020 52,962 88,037 102,601 2021 56,826 111,516 2022 61,227 Total $ 1,468,747 All outstanding liabilities before 2013, net of reinsurance 346 Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance $ 176,810 Private Passenger Automobile Physical Damage Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance As of December 31, 2022 For the Years Ended December 31, Total of Incurred-but-Not-Reported Liabilities Plus Expected Development of Reported Claims Cumulative Number of Reported Claims Accident Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 (Unaudited) 2013 $ 114,389 $ 114,239 $ 113,034 $ 112,197 $ 112,096 $ 112,060 $ 112,029 $ 112,003 $ 111,989 $ 111,970 $ - 131,703 2014 123,421 123,622 122,410 122,327 122,341 122,213 122,188 122,182 122,163 - 135,006 2015 140,219 136,661 134,101 133,737 133,581 133,530 133,523 133,552 (3) 144,276 2016 129,528 124,922 122,116 121,717 121,543 121,570 121,615 (5) 126,091 2017 128,340 126,304 124,128 123,715 123,777 123,779 (35) 124,026 2018 129,450 130,145 128,426 128,090 128,003 (63) 119,760 2019 128,698 126,648 124,332 123,858 (116) 117,022 2020 98,546 97,244 97,644 (451) 81,852 2021 122,943 122,549 (1,379) 89,521 2022 141,041 (23,926) 92,198 Total $ 1,226,174 Private Passenger Automobile Physical Damage Cumulative Paid Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance For the Years Ended December 31, Accident Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 (Unaudited) 2013 $ 120,843 $ 115,904 $ 112,894 $ 112,162 $ 112,085 $ 112,060 $ 112,029 $ 112,003 $ 111,988 $ 111,970 2014 130,732 126,414 122,668 122,402 122,350 122,251 122,216 122,189 122,163 2015 143,532 136,760 134,066 133,701 133,639 133,596 133,575 133,555 2016 133,530 124,298 122,023 121,795 121,660 121,634 121,618 2017 132,409 126,822 124,286 123,844 123,839 123,795 2018 138,036 132,591 128,624 128,154 128,054 2019 134,429 128,173 124,467 123,974 2020 102,764 98,819 98,083 2021 123,636 123,847 2022 142,002 Total $ 1,229,061 All outstanding liabilities before 2013, net of reinsurance - Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance ($ 2,887) Commercial Automobile Liability Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance As of December 31, 2022 For the Years Ended December 31, Total of Incurred-but-Not-Reported Liabilities Plus Expected Development of Reported Claims Cumulative Number of Reported Claims Accident Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 (Unaudited) 2013 $ 29,175 $ 29,541 $ 28,377 $ 26,864 $ 26,310 $ 25,986 $ 25,443 $ 25,353 $ 25,140 $ 25,052 $ 1 5,784 2014 34,117 34,105 34,376 33,914 32,948 32,438 32,200 32,052 32,313 2 6,086 2015 35,371 36,150 36,610 37,730 38,015 38,257 37,995 37,630 (62) 7,212 2016 37,954 39,416 40,947 40,916 40,679 40,996 40,767 56 6,457 2017 42,865 41,373 41,055 39,369 39,232 38,185 (6) 6,134 2018 41,347 40,115 38,589 37,322 36,014 107 5,744 2019 51,679 49,163 48,783 46,964 666 5,682 2020 35,010 31,930 30,869 2,867 3,463 2021 41,814 39,564 229 4,260 2022 43,496 12,054 3,893 Total $ 370,854 Commercial Automobile Liability Cumulative Paid Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance For the Years Ended December 31, Accident Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 (Unaudited) 2013 $ 8,502 $ 17,079 $ 19,625 $ 21,129 $ 22,434 $ 23,867 $ 24,507 $ 24,732 $ 24,789 $ 24,799 2014 9,426 17,853 21,968 25,253 27,886 30,420 31,298 31,451 32,085 2015 11,181 21,700 26,018 29,804 31,537 33,416 34,976 35,302 2016 9,991 19,902 25,711 32,274 36,237 38,275 39,233 2017 10,407 20,106 24,409 28,721 31,389 33,569 2018 9,704 18,499 23,544 26,774 29,336 2019 12,113 22,480 28,373 36,048 2020 7,025 13,166 16,268 2021 7,883 17,925 2022 10,941 Total $ 275,506 All outstanding liabilities before 2013, net of reinsurance - Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance $ 95,348 Commercial Automobile Physical Damage Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance As of December 31, 2022 For the Years Ended December 31, Total of Incurred-but-Not-Reported Liabilities Plus Expected Development of Reported Claims Cumulative Number of Reported Claims Accident Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 (Unaudited) 2013 $ 13,666 $ 13,567 $ 13,298 $ 13,180 $ 13,057 $ 13,047 $ 13,071 $ 13,057 $ 13,057 $ 13,055 $ - 12,298 2014 17,426 16,925 15,455 15,419 15,353 15,381 15,373 15,376 15,376 - 13,545 2015 20,223 19,047 19,021 18,974 18,641 18,535 18,525 18,523 - 15,468 2016 20,216 18,506 17,909 17,808 17,725 17,713 17,721 1 13,593 2017 19,691 19,200 19,021 18,834 18,780 18,774 2 13,113 2018 21,230 19,937 19,270 19,210 19,196 2 12,907 2019 20,039 19,652 18,956 18,685 0 12,757 2020 16,507 16,334 16,606 198 9,620 2021 20,156 21,524 (124) 11,494 2022 27,459 (345) 12,118 Total $ 186,919 Commercial Automobile Physical Damage Cumulative Paid Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance For the Years Ended December 31, Accident Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 (Unaudited) 2013 $ 12,665 $ 13,378 $ 13,114 $ 13,074 $ 13,065 $ 13,060 $ 13,066 $ 13,057 $ 13,057 $ 13,055 2014 15,377 15,862 15,424 15,388 15,381 15,376 15,373 15,376 15,376 2015 17,787 18,910 18,667 18,549 18,541 18,530 18,525 18,523 2016 17,228 18,143 17,763 17,712 17,709 17,712 17,721 2017 17,957 19,336 18,915 18,787 18,786 18,772 2018 18,842 19,842 19,236 19,208 19,194 2019 18,128 19,161 18,752 18,681 2020 15,550 16,596 16,407 2021 18,610 21,620 2022 24,381 Total $ 183,730 All outstanding liabilities before 2013, net of reinsurance - Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance $ 3,189 Homeowners Liability Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance As of December 31, 2022 For the Years Ended December 31, Total of Incurred-but-Not-Reported Liabilities Plus Expected Development of Reported Claims Cumulative Number of Reported Claims Accident Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 (Unaudited) 2013 $ 9,768 $ 9,768 $ 9,337 $ 7,578 $ 5,978 $ 5,312 $ 5,147 $ 5,147 $ 5,167 $ 5,096 $ - 265 2014 11,494 11,494 9,738 7,388 7,120 6,984 6,984 6,818 6,620 - 261 2015 12,965 12,555 9,908 9,201 9,201 9,201 8,172 7,582 117 288 2016 10,594 10,594 10,594 9,847 9,491 9,491 8,873 151 277 2017 11,276 10,058 9,328 8,585 7,819 7,053 267 269 2018 9,951 9,951 9,951 9,768 8,616 375 254 2019 14,130 13,848 11,949 11,371 396 261 2020 14,664 13,708 11,025 700 222 2021 12,797 12,797 (1,094) 210 2022 12,973 4,724 173 Total $ 92,006 Homeowners Liability Cumulative Paid Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance For the Years Ended December 31, Accident Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 (Unaudited) 2013 $ 527 $ 2,337 $ 3,080 $ 3,493 $ 3,829 $ 4,038 $ 4,209 $ 4,247 $ 4,255 $ 4,267 2014 340 1,834 3,212 4,200 4,828 6,315 6,368 6,419 6,419 2015 428 3,319 4,267 5,205 6,445 7,022 7,215 7,302 2016 647 2,669 4,257 5,387 6,300 7,128 7,628 2017 305 1,676 2,913 3,593 4,217 4,765 2018 551 2,039 3,972 4,597 5,664 2019 1,634 3,343 5,183 6,038 2020 220 3,254 3,845 2021 218 3,388 2022 450 Total $ 49,766 All outstanding liabilities before 2013, net of reinsurance - Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance $ 42,240 Homeowners Property Damage Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance As of December 31, 2022 For the Years Ended December 31, Total of Incurred-but-Not-Reported Liabilities Plus Expected Development of Reported Claims Cumulative Number of Reported Claims Accident Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 (Unaudited) 2013 $ 56,298 $ 56,199 $ 55,722 $ 52,464 $ 51,077 $ 49,973 $ 49,463 $ 49,456 $ 49,455 $ 49,453 $ 126 5,698 2014 59,160 60,213 59,751 57,331 55,127 54,607 54,602 54,560 54,556 251 6,077 2015 152,586 152,049 162,377 162,788 162,722 162,354 162,244 162,244 462 20,076 2016 67,116 66,442 64,208 61,262 60,019 59,898 59,857 312 5,421 2017 80,736 76,560 70,689 68,737 67,530 67,388 385 6,011 2018 83,443 82,581 77,970 74,989 73,996 461 8,239 2019 77,976 73,697 68,769 65,624 705 5,452 2020 80,093 76,638 72,622 344 6,108 2021 75,696 75,011 (8,085) 6,335 2022 72,523 (4,404) 4,770 Total $ 753,274 Homeowners Property Damage Cumulative Paid Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance For the Years Ended December 31, Accident Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 (Unaudited) 2013 $ 38,661 $ 48,456 $ 49,702 $ 49,612 $ 49,653 $ 49,620 $ 49,328 $ 49,327 $ 49,327 $ 49,328 2014 40,409 52,161 54,088 54,224 54,262 54,274 54,306 54,305 54,306 2015 112,563 145,337 160,572 161,745 161,773 161,850 161,783 161,781 2016 44,103 57,238 59,155 59,449 59,403 59,428 59,493 2017 46,366 64,401 66,181 66,892 66,765 66,826 2018 57,704 70,959 72,078 73,119 73,307 2019 49,121 61,905 63,536 64,427 2020 50,304 65,927 68,706 2021 51,390 67,998 2022 48,906 Total $ 715,078 All outstanding liabilities before 2013, net of reinsurance 1,030 Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance $ 39,226 The following is unaudited supplementary information about average historical claims duration as of December 31, 2022. Average Annual Percentage Payout of Incurred Claims by Age, Net of Reinsurance (Unaudited) Years 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Private Passenger Automobile Liability 43.0% 32.8% 10.5% 6.4% 3.0% 1.7% 0.6% 0.3% 0.1% 0.1% Private Passenger Automobile Physical Damage 106.2% (4.3)% (2.4)% (0.3)% (0.1)% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Commercial Automobile Liability 26.2% 25.2% 12.2% 11.8% 7.1% 5.8% 3.0% 0.7% 1.2% 0.0% Commercial Automobile Physical Damage 94.4% 6.7% (2.1)% (0.4)% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Homeowners Liability 5.8% 24.0% 15.5% 10.2% 11.0% 10.4% 3.2% 0.9% 0.1% 0.3% Homeowners Property Damage 71.6% 21.1% 4.6% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% (0.1)% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% The reconciliation of the net incurred and paid claims development tables to the liability for claims and claim adjustment expenses in the consolidated balance sheets is as follows. Reconciliation of the Disclosure of Incurred and Paid Claims Development to the Liability for Unpaid claims and Claim Adjustment Expenses December 31, 2022 Net outstanding liabilities Private Passenger Automobile Liability $ 176,810 Private Passenger Automobile Physical Damage (2,887) Commercial Automobile Liability 95,348 Commercial Automobile Physical Damage 3,189 Homeowners Liability 42,240 Homeowners Property Damage 39,226 Other Short-Duration Insurance Lines 72,813 Liabilities for unpaid claims and claim adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance $ 426,739 Reinsurance recoverable on unpaid claims Private Passenger Automobile Liability $ 120 Private Passenger Automobile Physical Damage - Commercial Automobile Liability 86,788 Commercial Automobile Physical Damage 2,836 Homeowners Liability - Homeowners Property Damage 3,270 Other Short-Duration Insurance Lines 380 Total reinsurance recoverable on unpaid claims $ 93,394 Unallocated claims adjustment expenses 29,465 Total gross liability for unpaid claims and claim adjustment expenses $ 549,598 Due to the nature of the risks that the Company underwrites and has historically underwritten, management does not believe that it has an exposure to asbestos or environmental pollution liabilities. |