EXHIBIT 99.1
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News Release
Contact: | Stewart Yee | |
Investor Relations | ||
Affirmative Insurance Holdings, Inc. | ||
(972) 728-2117 |
AFFIRMATIVE INSURANCE HOLDINGS COMPLETES UNDERWRITING AGENCY
ACQUISITION IN MICHIGAN
ACQUISITION IN MICHIGAN
ADDISON, Texas (July 19, 2005)– Affirmative Insurance Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: AFFM), a producer and provider of personal non-standard auto insurance, announced today the completion of a previously announced acquisition of the assets of IPA, LLC, an underwriting agency with operations in Michigan. The underwriting agency currently generates personal non-standard auto insurance premiums of approximately $20 million annually. Affirmative paid $600 thousand at closing to the owners of IPA, assumed certain liabilities for processing of claims and provision of customer service from existing business, and may pay up to an additional $1.3 million if certain performance criteria are met.
ABOUT AFFIRMATIVE INSURANCE HOLDINGS
Headquartered in Addison, Texas, Affirmative Insurance Holdings, Inc., is a producer and provider of personal non-standard automobile insurance policies to individual consumers in highly targeted geographic markets. Affirmative currently offers products and services in 12 states, including Texas, Illinois, California and Florida.
Headquartered in Addison, Texas, Affirmative Insurance Holdings, Inc., is a producer and provider of personal non-standard automobile insurance policies to individual consumers in highly targeted geographic markets. Affirmative currently offers products and services in 12 states, including Texas, Illinois, California and Florida.
Forward-Looking Statements Disclosure
Certain information in this news release and other statements or materials are not historical facts but are forward-looking statements relating to such matters as: assumed future results of the Company’s business; financial condition; liquidity; results of operations; plans; and objectives. In connection with the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Company provides the following cautionary remarks regarding important factors which, among others, could cause the Company’s actual results and experience to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the Company’s forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties that may affect the operations, performance, results of the Company’s business, and the other matters referred to above include, but are not limited to: general volatility of the non-standard personal automobile and reinsurance markets; the market price of our common stock; changes in business strategy; severe weather conditions; availability, terms and deployment of capital; the degree and nature of competitor product and pricing activity; changes in the non-standard personal automobile insurance industry, interest rates or the general economy; identification and integration of potential acquisitions; claims experience; availability of qualified personnel; and the loss of one or more members of the Company’s management team.
Certain information in this news release and other statements or materials are not historical facts but are forward-looking statements relating to such matters as: assumed future results of the Company’s business; financial condition; liquidity; results of operations; plans; and objectives. In connection with the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Company provides the following cautionary remarks regarding important factors which, among others, could cause the Company’s actual results and experience to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the Company’s forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties that may affect the operations, performance, results of the Company’s business, and the other matters referred to above include, but are not limited to: general volatility of the non-standard personal automobile and reinsurance markets; the market price of our common stock; changes in business strategy; severe weather conditions; availability, terms and deployment of capital; the degree and nature of competitor product and pricing activity; changes in the non-standard personal automobile insurance industry, interest rates or the general economy; identification and integration of potential acquisitions; claims experience; availability of qualified personnel; and the loss of one or more members of the Company’s management team.
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