PHYSICIANS’ INSURANCE PROGRAM EXCHANGE
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017
with the Form D filing approved by the Department on April 6, 2017, whereby the fee structure of charges by AOS to the Exchange for each case is based upon relationship with each respective attorney ranging from $300 to $500 per case per month rather than a flat fee of $500 per case per month. During the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Exchange incurred litigation management services of $292,800 and $303,900, respectively, related to this agreement; such amounts are included in “losses and loss adjustment expenses” in the accompanying statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income. At December 31, 2018 and 2017, there was no amount due to AOS related to these services.
In April 2017, the Exchange and Gateway Risk Services, Inc. (“Gateway”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Diversus, entered into an agreement, with the Form D filing approved by the Department on April 6, 2017, whereby Gateway is to provide defense and cost containment services to the Exchange that were formerly provided by PIPMC to the Exchange prior to the effective date of the agreement. During the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Exchange incurred services totaling $57,500 and $42,335, respectively, related to this agreement; such amounts are included in “losses and loss adjustment expenses” in the accompanying statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income. At December 31, 2018 and 2017, there was no amount due to Gateway related to these services.
On October 16, 2018, the Exchange entered into a surplus note agreement with Positive Physicians Captive Insurance Company (the “Captive”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of PPIX, whereby the Exchange advanced $500,000 to the Captive. Under the terms of the note, outstanding borrowings bear interest at 3%, payable in monthly interest installments of $3,750 and principal is due on the maturity date on October 1, 2028. All monthly payments of interest and principal payments are subject to the approval of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance. During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Exchange earned interest income of $3,139, the amount is due at December 31, 2018, and is included in “accrued investment income” in the accompanying balance sheet. The balance of the surplus note at December 31, 2018 was $500,000.
During the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Exchange paid for expenses on behalf of PPIX or PPIX collected premiums on behalf of the Exchange. At December 31, 2018 and 2017, the amounts due from PPIX were $3,321 and $15,046, respectively, and are included in “due to affiliates” in the accompanying balance sheets.
During the year ended December 31, 2017, Diversus Management, Inc. (“DMI”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Diversus, paid for certain expenses on behalf of the Exchange. Additionally, DMI makes cash disbursements on behalf of eachattorney-in-fact subsidiary of Diversus and invoices the respectiveattorney-in-fact for these transactions. At December 31, 2017, the amount due to DMI by the Exchange was $3,549 and is included in “due to affiliates” in the accompanying balance sheet. There was no amount due to DMI at December 31, 2018.
As discussed in Note 7, on January 1, 2018 the Exchange entered into a reinsurance contract with JLT. JLT and Specialty Insurance Services, LLC (“SIS”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Diversus,co-brokered the contract. JLT is to be compensated by the reinsurer through commissions, and JLT, in turn, will pay a portion of the commission to SIS. During the year ended December 31, 2018, SIS earned commission income of $5,514 related to this agreement.
As discussed in Note 7, the Exchange and the Association entered into a consolidated reinsurance contract effective as of January 1, 2016. Guy Carpenter and International Specialty Brokers, Ltd (“ISBL”), a former wholly-owned subsidiary of Diversus,co-brokered the contract. Guy Carpenter was compensated by the reinsurer through commissions and Guy Carpenter, in turn, paid a portion of the commissions to ISBL. During the year ended December 31, 2017, ISBL earned commission income of $73,458 related this arrangement.
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