Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Description of Business State National Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) refers to a group of companies that conduct insurance-related activities along two major segments. The Company’s Program Services segment generates fee income, in the form of ceding fees, by offering issuing carrier capacity to both specialty general agents and other producers (“GAs”), who sell, control, and administer books of insurance business that are supported by third parties that assume reinsurance risk. Substantially all of the risk associated with the Program Services segment is ceded to unaffiliated, highly rated reinsurance companies or other reinsurers that provide collateral. The Company’s Lender Services segment involves the writing and insuring of lines of insurance marketed to lending institutions, primarily collateral protection insurance (“CPI”) policies. Basis of Presentation The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and include the accounts of the Company and all subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim financial reporting. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014. The interim financial data as of March 31, 2016 and 2015 is unaudited. However, in the opinion of the Company’s management (“Management”), the interim data includes all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to fairly state the results for the interim period. The results of operations for the period ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results to be expected for the full year. Refer to “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 for information on accounting policies that we consider critical in preparing consolidated financial statements. Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires Management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates. Earnings Per Share The computation of earnings per share is based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period plus the effect of common shares potentially issuable (in periods in which they have a dilutive effect). Income Taxes For any uncertain tax positions not meeting the “more likely than not” recognition threshold, accounting standards require recognition, measurement, and disclosure in the financial statements. There were no uncertain tax positions at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015. Stock-based Compensation Compensation expense for stock-based payments is recognized based on the measurement-date fair value for awards that will settle in shares. Compensation expense for restricted stock grants and stock option awards that contain a service condition are recognized on a straight line pro rata basis over the vesting period. For restricted stock awards that contain a performance condition, the expense is recognized based on the awards expected to vest and the cumulative expense is adjusted whenever the estimate of the number of awards to vest changes. See Note 7 — “Stock-based Payments” for related disclosures. Recent Accounting Pronouncements In May 2014, the FASB issued an accounting standards update (ASU 2014-09), “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (Topic 606). The core guidance of the ASU presents a comprehensive revenue recognition model that requires a company to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to a customer at an amount that reflects the consideration it expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. The ASU provides a five-step analysis of transactions to determine when and how revenue is recognized and requires additional disclosures sufficient to describe the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows for these transactions. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14 to defer the effective date to annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim reporting periods within that period. Earlier application is permitted only as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim reporting periods within that reporting period. As insurance contracts are excluded from this ASU, the Company is currently evaluating what impact, if any, this ASU will have on financial results and disclosures and which adoption method to apply. In April 2015, the FASB issued an accounting standards update (ASU 2015-03), “Interest – Imputation of Interest” (Topic 835). The new guidance requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The guidance in ASU 2015-03 does not address presentation or subsequent measurement of debt issuance costs related to line-of-credit arrangements. The FASB therefore issued ASU 2015-15 “Interest—Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Presentation and Subsequent Measurement of Debt Issuance Costs Associated with Line-of-Credit Arrangements,” which clarified that the SEC staff would not object to an entity deferring and presenting debt issuance costs as an asset and subsequently amortizing the deferred debt issuance costs ratably over the term of the line-of-credit arrangement, regardless of whether there are any outstanding borrowings on the line-of-credit arrangement. For public business entities, the guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2015. The Company adopted ASU 2015-03 for the current reporting period. In May 2015, the FASB issued an accounting standards update (ASU 2015-09), “ Disclosures about Short-Duration Contracts” (Topic 944) intended to make targeted improvements to disclosure requirements for insurance companies that issue short-duration contracts. The amendments in this update are expected to increase transparency of significant estimates made in measuring those liabilities, improve comparability by requiring consistent disclosure of information, and provide financial statement users with additional information to facilitate analysis of the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from contracts issued by insurance entities and the development of loss reserve estimates. This ASU will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016. The Company is currently evaluating what impact this ASU will have on disclosures. In January 2016, the FASB issued an accounting standards update (ASU 2016-01), “Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities” (Sub-Topic 825-10). The amendments in this update supersede the guidance to classify equity securities with readily determinable fair values into different categories (that is, trading or available-for-sale) and require equity securities to be measured at fair value with changes in the fair value recognized through net income. The amendments are expected to improve financial reporting by providing relevant information about an entity’s equity investments and reducing the number of items that are recognized in other comprehensive income. This ASU is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company is currently evaluating what impact this ASU will have on financial results and disclosures. In February 2016, the FASB issued an accounting standards update (ASU 2016-02), “Leases” (Topic 842) that requires lessees to put most leases on their balance sheets but recognize expenses on their income statements. The FASB is issuing this update to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. This ASU is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not plan to early adopt and is currently evaluating what impact this ASU will have on financial results and disclosures. In March 2016, the FASB issued an accounting standards update (ASU 2016-08), “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net).” The new standard requires an entity to determine whether it is a principal or an agent in a transaction in which another party is involved in providing goods or services to a customer by evaluating the nature of its promise to the customer. An entity is a principal and therefore records revenue on a gross basis if it controls the promised good or service before transferring the good or service to the customer. An entity is an agent and records as revenue the net amount it retains for its agency services if its role is to arrange for another entity to provide the goods or services. The amendments clarify how an entity should identify the unit of accounting for the principal versus agent evaluation, and how it should apply the control principle to certain types of arrangements, such as service transactions, by explaining what a principal controls before the specified good or service is transferred to the customer. This ASU’s effective date and transition requirements are the same as those of the new revenue recognition standard which is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim reporting periods within that period . T he Company is currently evaluating what impact, if any, this ASU will have on financial results and disclosures. In March 2016, the FASB issued an accounting standards update, “Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting.” Under the new guidance, companies will no longer record excess tax benefits and certain tax deficiencies in additional paid-in capital (APIC). Instead, companies will record all excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies as income tax expense or benefit in the income statement, and APIC pools will be eliminated. For interim reporting purposes, companies will account for excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies as discrete items in the period in which they occur. In addition, the guidance eliminates the requirement that excess tax benefits be realized before companies can recognize them. The guidance requires companies to present excess tax benefits as an operating activity on the statement of cash flows rather than as a financing activity. This ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is permitted. The Company prospectively adopted the provisions of this ASU for the current reporting period and the impact was immaterial to financial results. There would have been no impact to prior periods. Reclassifications The Company adopted ASU 2015-03, “Interest – Imputation of Interest” for the current reporting period. Presentation of “Other Assets” and “Debt, net” on the prior year balance sheet have been retrospectively adjusted to reflect the adoption of this ASU. The 2015 presentation of each line was adjusted by $760 thousand to reflect the netting of unamortized debt issuance costs. |