Segment Information | 12. Segment Information The Company is engaged in the sale of property and casualty insurance products and has organized its business model around three classes of insurance businesses: commercial lines, personal lines, and wholesale agency business. Within these three businesses, the Company offers various insurance products and insurance agency services. Such insurance businesses are engaged in underwriting and marketing insurance coverages, and administering claims processing for such policies. The Company views the commercial and personal lines segments as underwriting business (business that takes on insurance underwriting risk). The wholesale agency business provides non-risk bearing revenue through commissions and policy fees. The wholesale agency business increases the product options to the Company’s independent retail agents by offering both insurance products from the Insurance Company Subsidiaries as well as products offered by other insurers. The Company defines its operating segments as components of the business where separate financial information is available and used by the chief operating decision maker in deciding how to allocate resources to its segments and in assessing its performance. In assessing performance of its operating segments, the Company’s chief operating decision maker, the Chief Executive Officer, reviews a number of financial measures including gross written premiums, net earned premiums, losses and LAE, net of reinsurance recoveries, and other revenue and expenses. The primary measure used for making decisions about resources to be allocated to an operating segment and assessing its performance is segment underwriting gain or loss which is defined as segment revenues, consisting of net earned premiums and other income, less segment expenses, consisting of losses and LAE, policy acquisition costs and operating expenses of the operating segments. Operating expenses primarily include compensation and related benefits for personnel, policy issuance and claims systems, rent and utilities. The Company markets, distributes and sells its insurance products through its own insurance agencies and a network of independent agents. All of the Company’s insurance activities are conducted in the United States with a concentration of activity in Texas, Michigan, Oklahoma and Indiana. For the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 , gross written premiums attributable to these four states were 85.1 % and 47.1 %, respectively, of the Company’s total gross written premiums. The wholesale agency business sells insurance products on behalf of the Company’s commercial and personal lines businesses as well as to third-party insurers. Certain acquisition costs incurred by the commercial and personal lines businesses are reflected as commission revenue for the wholesale agency business and are eliminated in the Eliminations category. In addition to the reportable segments, the Company maintains a Corporate and Other category to reconcile segment results to the consolidated totals. The Corporate and Other category includes: (i) corporate operating expenses such as salaries and related benefits of the Company’s executive management team, some finance and information technology personnel, and other corporate headquarters expenses, (ii) interest expense on the Company’s debt obligations; (iii) depreciation and amortization on property and equipment, and (iv) all investment income activity. All investment income activity is reported within net investment income, net realized investment gains, and change in fair value of equity securities on the consolidated statements of operations. The Company’s assets on the consolidated balance sheet are not allocated to the reportable segments. The following tables present information by reportable operating segment (dollars in thousands): Three months ended Commercial Lines Personal Total Wholesale Corporate Eliminations Total Gross written premiums $ 6,782 $ 12,189 $ 18,971 $ — $ — $ — $ 18,971 Net written premiums $ 4,285 $ 8,962 $ 13,247 $ — $ — $ — $ 13,247 Net earned premiums $ 8,681 $ 7,985 $ 16,666 $ — $ — $ — $ 16,666 Agency commission income — — — 13,688 — ( 4,857 ) 8,831 Other income 19 20 39 83 38 — 160 Segment revenue 8,700 8,005 16,705 13,771 38 ( 4,857 ) 25,657 Losses and LAE, net 6,906 8,375 15,281 — — — 15,281 Policy acquisition costs 1,155 2,236 3,391 11,005 — ( 3,916 ) 10,480 Operating expenses 1,050 926 1,976 2,046 234 — 4,256 Segment expenses 9,111 11,537 20,648 13,051 234 ( 3,916 ) 30,017 Segment gain (loss) $ ( 411 ) $ ( 3,532 ) $ ( 3,943 ) $ 720 $ ( 196 ) $ ( 941 ) $ ( 4,360 ) Investment income 1,505 1,505 Net realized investment gains (losses) ( 118 ) ( 118 ) Change in fair value of equity securities ( 196 ) ( 196 ) Interest expense ( 869 ) ( 869 ) Income (loss) before equity earnings in Affiliate and income taxes $ ( 411 ) $ ( 3,532 ) $ ( 3,943 ) $ 720 $ 126 $ ( 941 ) $ ( 4,038 ) Three months ended Commercial Personal Total Wholesale Corporate Eliminations Total Gross written premiums $ 34,761 $ 9,913 $ 44,674 $ — $ — $ — $ 44,674 Net written premiums $ 20,485 $ 8,843 $ 29,328 $ — $ — $ — $ 29,328 Net earned premiums $ 17,487 $ 5,696 $ 23,183 $ — $ — $ — $ 23,183 Agency commission income — — — 560 — ( 349 ) 211 Other income 56 23 79 34 74 — 187 Segment revenue 17,543 5,719 23,262 594 74 ( 349 ) 23,581 Losses and LAE, net 13,597 5,722 19,319 — — — 19,319 Policy acquisition costs 2,966 1,453 4,419 349 — ( 355 ) 4,413 Operating expenses 3,600 792 4,392 365 357 — 5,114 Segment expenses 20,163 7,967 28,130 714 357 ( 355 ) 28,846 Segment gain (loss) $ ( 2,620 ) $ ( 2,248 ) $ ( 4,868 ) $ ( 120 ) $ ( 283 ) $ 6 $ ( 5,265 ) Investment income 1,354 1,354 Change in fair value of equity securities ( 12 ) ( 12 ) Interest expense ( 820 ) ( 820 ) Income (loss) before equity earnings in Affiliate and income taxes $ ( 2,620 ) $ ( 2,248 ) $ ( 4,868 ) $ ( 120 ) $ 239 $ 6 $ ( 4,743 ) Six months ended Commercial Personal Total Wholesale Corporate Eliminations Total Gross written premiums $ 19,544 $ 23,740 $ 43,284 $ — $ — $ — $ 43,284 Net written premiums $ 12,572 $ 16,066 $ 28,638 $ — $ — $ — $ 28,638 Net earned premiums $ 17,478 $ 16,075 $ 33,553 $ — $ — $ — $ 33,553 Agency commission income $ — $ — $ — $ 24,282 $ — $ ( 11,115 ) $ 13,167 Other income 69 48 117 194 109 — 420 Segment revenue 17,547 16,123 33,670 24,476 109 ( 11,115 ) 47,140 Losses and LAE, net 13,672 12,129 25,801 — — — 25,801 Policy acquisition costs 2,302 4,249 6,551 20,124 — ( 9,182 ) 17,493 Operating expenses 2,798 1,897 4,695 3,679 377 — 8,751 Segment expenses 18,772 18,275 37,047 23,803 377 ( 9,182 ) 52,045 Segment gain (loss) $ ( 1,225 ) $ ( 2,152 ) $ ( 3,377 ) $ 673 $ ( 268 ) $ ( 1,933 ) $ ( 4,905 ) Investment income 3,057 3,057 Net realized investment gains (losses) ( 118 ) ( 118 ) Change in fair value of equity securities ( 153 ) ( 153 ) Interest expense ( 1,746 ) ( 1,746 ) Income (loss) before equity earnings in Affiliate and income taxes $ ( 1,225 ) $ ( 2,152 ) $ ( 3,377 ) $ 673 $ 772 $ ( 1,933 ) $ ( 3,865 ) Six months ended Commercial Personal Total Wholesale Corporate Eliminations Total Gross written premiums $ 63,736 $ 17,152 $ 80,888 $ — $ — $ — $ 80,888 Net written premiums $ 32,726 $ 14,944 $ 47,670 $ — $ — $ — $ 47,670 Net earned premiums $ 34,610 $ 10,525 $ 45,135 $ — $ — $ — $ 45,135 Agency commission income $ — $ — $ — $ 1,390 $ — $ ( 749 ) $ 641 Other income 108 46 154 83 146 — 383 Segment revenue 34,718 10,571 45,289 1,473 146 ( 749 ) 46,159 Losses and LAE, net 24,144 8,888 33,032 — — — 33,032 Policy acquisition costs 6,162 2,842 9,004 897 — ( 767 ) 9,134 Operating expenses 6,628 1,384 8,012 717 664 — 9,393 Segment expenses 36,934 13,114 50,048 1,614 664 ( 767 ) 51,559 Segment gain (loss) $ ( 2,216 ) $ ( 2,543 ) $ ( 4,759 ) $ ( 141 ) $ ( 518 ) $ 18 $ ( 5,400 ) Investment income 2,661 2,661 Change in fair value of equity securities 682 682 Interest expense ( 1,506 ) ( 1,506 ) Income (loss) before equity earnings in Affiliate and income taxes $ ( 2,216 ) $ ( 2,543 ) $ ( 4,759 ) $ ( 141 ) $ 1,319 $ 18 $ ( 3,563 ) |