FEDERATED NATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY (NASDAQ:FNHC) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
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Monarch National’s private market excess of loss treaties are effective July 1, 2017 and all private layers have prepaid automatic reinstatement protection, which affords Monarch National additional coverage for subsequent events, and have a cascading feature such that substantially all layers attach at $3.4 million for Monarch National’s Florida exposure. These treaties are with reinsurers that currently have an AM Best or Standard & Poor’s rating of “A-” or better, or have fully collateralized their maximum potential obligations in dedicated trusts.

Monarch National’s 2017-2018 reinsurance programs are estimated to cost $5.17 million which includes approximately $3.23 million for the private reinsurance as described above, along with approximately $1.94 million payable to FHCF. The combination of private and FHCF reinsurance treaties will afford Monarch National approximately $109.81 million of aggregate coverage with a maximum single event coverage totaling approximately $68.89 million, exclusive of retentions. Monarch National’s FHCF participation is at 75% for the 2017 hurricane season.

As with Federated National’s reinsurance, the cost and amounts of reinsurance are based on a current analysis of Monarch National’s exposure to catastrophic risk and will be subjected to exposure level analysis as of various dates during the period ending December 31, 2017. This analysis may produce changes in retentions, limits and reinsurance premiums as a result of increases or decreases in Monarch National’s exposure level.

About FEDERATED NATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY (NASDAQ:FNHC)

Federated National Holding Company (FNHC) is an insurance holding company that controls all steps in the insurance underwriting, distribution and claims processes through its subsidiaries and its contractual relationships with its independent agents and general agents. The Company is authorized to underwrite homeowners’ multi-peril (homeowners), commercial general liability, federal flood, personal auto and various other lines of insurance in Florida and various other states. The Company markets, distributes and services its own and third-party insurers’ products and its other services through a network of independent agents. The Company’s insurance lines of business include Homeowners’ Property and Casualty Insurance, Commercial General Liability, Personal Automobile and Flood. FNIC and MNIC underwrite homeowners’ insurance in Florida, and FNIC underwrites insurance in Alabama, Louisiana and South Carolina. Alabama and Louisiana.