NASDAQ: PRHI
Presurance Holdings, Inc.CIK 0001502292 · SIC 6331 · Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance
On September 30, 2025, Conifer Holdings, Inc. changed its name to Presurance Holdings, Inc. On August 21, 2025, Conifer Insurance Company changed its name to Triassic Insurance Company. About this business →
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Latest financial statements
From 10-Q filed Aug 12, 2026 (period ending Jun 30, 2026). SEC XBRL (companyfacts) — not generated by the model.
Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
| Description | Q2 ended Jun 30, 2026 | Q1 ended Mar 31, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue: | ||
| Total revenue / net sales | 9.1 | 11.5 |
| Operating expenses: | ||
| Total operating expenses | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Operating income | 2.1 | (1.1) |
| Interest expense | 0.7 | 2.0 |
| Income before income taxes | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| Income tax expense/(benefit) | — | (0.04) |
| Net income | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| Basic earnings per share | 0.68 | 0.15 |
| Diluted earnings per share | 0.68 | 0.15 |
Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)
| Description | Jun 30, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Current assets: | ||
| Cash and equivalents | 12.8 | 25.5 |
| Short-term investments | 28.4 | 32.5 |
| TOTAL ASSETS | 222.5 | 236.6 |
| Current liabilities: | ||
| Long-term debt | 12.3 | 12.2 |
| Total liabilities | 194.7 | 211.4 |
| Shareholders' equity: | ||
| Common stock | 113.9 | 113.9 |
| Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | (9.7) | (9.8) |
| Retained earnings (deficit) | (76.4) | (79.0) |
| Total shareholders' equity | 27.7 | 25.2 |
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | 222.5 | 236.6 |
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
| Description | Six months ended Jun 30, 2026 | Q1 ended Mar 31, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating Activities: | ||
| Net cash from operating activities | (20.2) | (8.3) |
| Investing Activities: | ||
| Net cash from investing activities | (0.6) | 0.2 |
| Financing Activities: | ||
| Net cash from financing activities | 6.2 | 6.2 |
| Net increase/(decrease) in cash | (14.6) | (1.9) |
Amounts in millions USD; EPS as reported. Line labels are presentation-friendly mappings of filer XBRL tags — not a re-audit of the full statements. Use EDGAR for interactive notes and detail. Interactive statements & notes on EDGAR ↗
About Presurance Holdings, Inc.
Source: Item 1 (Business) from the 10-K filed March 27, 2026. Description as filed by the company with the SEC.
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
Legal Organization
On September 30, 2025, Conifer Holdings, Inc. changed its name to Presurance Holdings, Inc. On August 21, 2025, Conifer Insurance Company changed its name to Triassic Insurance Company.
Presurance Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRHI) is a Michigan‑domiciled insurance holding company formed in 2009. Our principal executive offices are located at 3001 West Big Beaver Road, Suite 319, Troy, MI 48084: telephone number: (248) 509-9202. Our corporate website address is www.prehld.com.
As used in this Form 10-K, references to “Presurance,” “Presurance Holdings,” “the Company,” “our Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Presurance Holdings, Inc., a Michigan corporation, and its wholly owned subsidiaries Triassic Insurance Company (“TIC”), White Pine Insurance Company ("WPIC"), Red Cedar Insurance Company (“RCIC”), VSRM, Inc. ("VSRM") and Conifer Insurance Services ("CIS"), until August 30, 2024. TIC, WPIC and RCIC are collectively referred to as the "Insurance Company Subsidiaries." On a stand-alone basis Presurance Holdings, Inc. is referred to as the "Parent Company." VSRM owned a 50% non-controlling interest in Sycamore Specialty Underwriters, LLC ("SSU" or "Affiliate") until August 30, 2024, when VSRM sold its interest in SSU.
Recent Developments
Rights Offering
On February 27, 2026, the Company issued $14.0 million of common stock through a backstopped rights offering for 14,000,000 shares of common stock priced at $1.00 per share. A portion of the proceeds were used to redeem all of the $7.5 million of the Company's outstanding Series B Preferred Stock, described below. The remaining proceeds will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes.
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Backstop Agreement
On February 3, 2026, The Company entered into a Backstop Agreement with Clarkston Companies, Inc., pursuant to which Clarkston Companies, Inc. agreed to purchase all unsubscribed shares of common stock to be issued under the rights offering at a price of $1.00 per share (the “Backstop Commitment”). In satisfaction of the Backstop Commitment, Clarkston and its assignee (the “Backstop Purchasers”) paid an aggregate purchase price of approximately $2.2 million in cash together with the offset of proceeds of the repurchase and redemption of the Series B Preferred Stock described below and the
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Company issued 9,715,360 shares of common stock to the Backstop Purchasers. The gross cash proceeds received by the Company from the Backstop Commitment were approximately $2.2 million. All shares issued to the Backstop Purchasers in satisfaction of the Backstop Commitment were issued in a transaction pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.
Redemption of Series B Preferred Stock
The Company redeemed all of the $7.5 million of Series B Preferred Stock in February 2026.
Nasdaq Minimum Bid Price Compliance
On March 3, 2026, the Company received a letter (the “Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Staff of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that because the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock was below $1.00 per share for the prior 30 consecutive business days, the Company is not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market, as set forth in Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”).
In accordance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company has a period of 180 calendar days from March 3, 2026, or until August 31, 2026, to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. If at any time before August 31, 2026, the closing bid price of the Company’s Common Stock closes at or above $1.00 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days (which number of days may be extended by Nasdaq), Nasdaq will provide written notification that the Company has achieved compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement, and the matter would be resolved.
The Notice also disclosed that in the event the Company does not regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement by August 31, 2026, the Company may be eligible for additional time. To qualify for additional time, the Company would be required to meet the applicable market value of publicly held shares requirement for continued listing and all other applicable standards for initial listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market, with the exception of the Minimum Bid Price Requirement, and would need to provide written notice of its intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period. If the Company meets these requirements, Nasdaq will inform the Company that it has been granted an additional 180 calendar days. However, if it appears to the Staff that the Company will not be able to cure the deficiency, or if the Company is otherwise not eligible, Nasdaq will provide notice that the Company’s securities will be subject to delisting.
The Company intends to continue actively monitoring the closing bid price for the Company’s Common Stock between now and August 31, 2026, and will consider available options to resolve the deficiency and regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. In June 2025, our shareholders approved an amendment to our articles of incorporation to effect a reverse stock split at a ratio between 1-for-2 and 1-for-12. Our board of directors has authority to select an exchange ratio within the approved range at any time prior to June 3, 2026. The Company’s board of directors intends to effect the reverse stock split only if it determines the reverse stock split to be in the best interests of our shareholders. Such a reverse stock split would likely put us in compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement.
If the Company does not regain compliance within the allotted compliance period, including any extensions that may be granted by Nasdaq, Nasdaq will provide notice that the Company’s Common Stock will be subject to delisting. The Company would then be entitled to appeal that determination to a Nasdaq hearings panel. There can be no assurance that the Company will regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement during the 180-day compliance period, secure a second period of 180 calendar days to regain compliance, or maintain compliance with the other Nasdaq listing requirements.
Premium Revenue Reductions
In January 2024, the Company began to reduce premium revenues from underwriting operations due to a lack of adequate statutory capital and surplus in its Insurance Company Subsidiaries. The Company ceased writing almost all commercial lines premiums by August 30, 2024. The Company wrote minimal premiums from commercial lines in 2025, and has no current plans to re-establish commercial lines premium volumes in the near future. The Company expects to continue to directly write the Midwest and Texas homeowners business going forward, however, the Company is subject to significant
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concentration of risk because all of the homeowners business is produced by one agency, SSU, and we no longer have any ownership interest or control over where SSU places its business. To provide ongoing capital support for the Insurance Company Subsidiaries, the Company sold its agency operations on August 30, 2024.
Sale and Disposal of Agency Business
On August 30, 2024, the Company completed the sale of all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of CIS to BSU Leaf Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Buyer"), pursuant to the Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2024 (the "CIS Agreement"), by and among the Company, Buyer and Buyer's parent (the "CIS Sale"). CIS comprised the Company’s managing general agency (“MGA”) business and was the legal entity used to implement the strategic shift to non risk-bearing revenue from an underwriting-based model as described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023. CIS also represented almost all of the wholesale agency segment. CIS and the related wholesale agency segment are now reported as discontinued operations in 2024. The Company sold CIS in order to generate liquidity to pay down debt and provide capital to the Insurance Company Subsidiaries.
The CIS Sale has and will continue to have a significant negative impact on revenues for the Company going forward. With the strategic shift away from underwriting revenues, as discussed in previous filings, the Company was relying on the growth of commission revenue to replace the lost revenue from underwriting. Now that the wholesale agency segment has been sold, the Company will need to rely entirely on underwriting revenues. These revenues have reduced significantly in the past year. For example, gross written premiums were $59.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to $72.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2024.
In connection with the CIS Sale, 68 of the Company’s 77 employees were transferred to the Buyer, including Nicholas Petcoff, the Company’s then current Chief Executive Officer, as well as all of the underwriting, claims and IT teams, and a portion of the finance staff and other operating staff. As part of the completion of the CIS Sale, Mr. Petcoff resigned from his role as Chief Executive Officer and as a director on August 30, 2024. Concurrently, Brian Roney, President of the Company, was appointed as the Company’s new Chief Executive Officer. The Company entered into a transition services agreement with the buyer to allow both parties to share resources for a certain period of time in order to effectuate an orderly separation of the internal systems and operations. The Company incurred $145,000 and $104,000 of expense for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, related to the transition services agreement.
The Company also entered into a producer administration agreement with CIS with regards to the current books of business requiring CIS to support any underwriting and related system obligations of the run-off book of business. Separately, the Company entered into a claims administration agreement with CIS, to handle all commercial lines claims run-off or any other claims generated from business produced by CIS.
The initial purchase price of CIS was $45.0 million, subject to purchase price adjustments. In addition, during the three years ending on the third anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company is eligible under the CIS Agreement to receive up to three contingent payments based on performance thresholds of the gross revenue earned by CIS in the applicable quarter, with the aggregate amount of contingent payments capped at $25.0 million. Consideration paid in cash to the Company was $46.6 million on August 30, 2024, which is comprised of the $45.0 million initial purchase price, plus $1.6 million of cash in CIS in excess of the working capital deficiency (as defined in the CIS Agreement).
The contingent consideration payments, in order of achievability are $5.0 million, $10.0 million and $10.0 million. The contingent consideration included in the gain on sale was calculated based on the fair value of the three contingent payments as of September 30, 2024, in accordance with ASC 820 - Fair Value Measurement. The first contingent payment was earned as of September 30, 2024, and was reported at a fair value of $4.9 million. The full $5.0 million contingent payment was received by the Company in December 2024, with the change in fair value being reflected in Change in fair value of contingent considerations in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The second contingent payment was earned and paid during the second quarter of 2025, with the change in fair value being reflected in Change in fair value of contingent considerations in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
The third contingent payment, equaling $10.0 million, is expected to be earned and paid by September 2026, but is still subject to uncertainty. The Company determined the fair value of the third contingent payments to be $4.3 million as of
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December 31, 2025. As fair value estimate of the third contingent payment changes over time, subsequent measurement adjustments will be reflected in income or loss in the period of change. See Note 4 ~ Fair Value Measurements for further details.
There was significant judgment in deriving the fair value of the final $10.0 million contingent payment, including estimating the extent of time it will take to achieve the earnout, the credit quality of the buyer and, most importantly, the risk that the contingent payments may not be achieved at all. There is greater than an insignificant chance that we do not receive the final contingent payment. There are no provisions allowing for a partial payment of the earnout.
Sale of SSU
Prior to August 30, 2024, the Company owned 50% of SSU and the other 50% of SSU was owned by Andrew Petcoff, the son of James Petcoff, the Company’s former Executive Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer and beneficial owner of more than 5% of the Company’s common stock. Andrew Petcoff purchased 50% of SSU from the Company on December 31, 2022, for $1,000.
On August 30, 2024, the Company completed the sale of its 50% ownership interest in SSU to an entity owned by Andrew Petcoff. Pursuant to the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2024 (the “SSU Agreement”) among Sycamore Financial Group, LLC, Andrew Petcoff (the buyers) and VSRM Insurance Agency, Inc. (the seller), the aggregate purchase price was $6.5 million, with $3.0 million paid in cash to the Company at the time of the closing and the remaining $3.5 million was paid to the Company during the fourth quarter of 2024. A gain of $6.5 million was recognized on the sale of SSU.
As part of the sale, the Company entered into a new program administration agreement with SSU, which requires SSU to provide underwriting and systems support to the homeowners programs that they produce. Separately, the Company entered into a claims administration agreement with CIS, now owned by BSU Leaf Holdings LLC., to handle all homeowners claims going forward.
Other Impacts of Recent Developments
With the completion of the disposal of the agency business, we have just two agency relationships; with CIS and SSU. CIS has control over almost all of our historical commercial lines premium volume. The Company no longer writes any commercial lines business and has terminated its agency appointment with CIS effective December 31, 2025. SSU has control of our remaining homeowners book of business and could move that business to another insurer or insurers. This is a significantly different structure from when we filed our 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K, on April 1, 2024 with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We no longer directly “market and sell our insurance products through a network of over 4,400 independent agents that distribute our policies through approximately 950 sales offices” as stated in that filing. Those relationships are now owned by unrelated third parties (CIS and SSU). This greatly amplifies our concentration of risk relative to our marketing and distribution network.
Our staff is now only twelve people. We are relying heavily upon the CIS and SSU teams to handle underwriting, claims, and information technology services. Much of this is managed either through program administration agreements with CIS and SSU or a claims administration agreement with CIS. The policy management system also conveyed with CIS, which we can continue to use for our existing business, but may not be available for any new programs we may consider. CIS and SSU also handle all billing and collections. We no longer have the internal capacity to operate a direct bill process.
Redemption of Series A Preferred Stock and payoff of Senior Secured Debt
On August 30, 2024, with a portion of the proceeds from the sale of CIS, the Company paid off all of its outstanding $9.3 million privately placed 12.5% Senior Secured Notes, and redeemed all of the $6.0 million of its outstanding Series A Preferred Stock. The Company incurred a redemption premium of $397,000 from the Series A Preferred Stock, and recorded the premium as additional dividends paid on the Series A Preferred Stock. See Note 8 ~ Debt and Note 12 ~ Shareholders' Equity of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further details.
Insurance Company Subsidiaries Capital Constraints
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As a result of multiple years of underwriting losses, mainly from the legacy commercial lines of business, the Insurance Company Subsidiaries capital and surplus has diminished over the years. In addition, there was $12.3 million and $29.9 million of adverse development in TIC during 2025 and 2024, respectively. This resulted in the need for PHI to contribute a combined $16.0 million to TIC during the fourth quarter of 2024 and the first quarter of 2025. PHI also contributed $6.5 million of cash to TIC in June 2025. PHI contributed all of its $7.6 million ownership interest in WPIC to TIC effective December 31, 2025, as further support to TIC's capital and surplus. Additionally, PHI contributed $3.0 million of cash to TIC in February 2026 which was included in TIC's reported statutory capital and surplus as of December 31, 2025. Even with these contributions, TIC fell within the Company Action Level of the Risk Based Capital ("RBC") with an RBC ratio of 236% and 156% as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and is required to submit an updated plan of remediation to its domiciliary regulator.
To fund these additional contributions, PHI initially raised $7.5 million from the issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock in the first quarter of 2025. PHI also utilized proceeds from the second $10.0 million earnout from the CIS Sale, which were received in the second quarter of 2025. PHI raised $8.0 million from the issuance of the Series C Preferred Stock in December 2025. In February 2026, PHI completed a backstopped rights offering for $14.0 million which utilized a portion of the proceeds to redeem the $7.5 million Series B Preferred Stock and contribute the $3.0 million of cash to TIC from PHI in February 2026. To further support capital, PHI did not charge any services fees to the Insurance Company Subsidiaries during 2024 or 2025. WPIC no longer writes any business and TIC’s writings are significantly constrained by its diminished capital position.
Business Overview
We are an insurance holding company that markets and services our product offerings through specialty personal insurance lines of business. Currently, we are authorized to write insurance as an excess and surplus lines carrier in 44 states, including the District of Columbia. We are licensed to write insurance as an admitted carrier in 42 states, including the District of Columbia. As of December 31, 2025, we offer only homeowners insurance products in Texas, Illinois and Indiana.
Our revenues are primarily derived from premiums earned from our insurance operations. We also generate other revenues through investment income. Prior to the sale of CIS we also generated other income mainly from installment fees and policy issuance fees related to the policies we wrote. Our revenues generated from the Company's MGA, CIS, are disclosed in discontinued operations in 2024. Following the CIS Sale, we no longer generate commission income or related installment and policy issuance fees.
Our expenses consist primarily of losses and loss adjustment expenses, agents’ commissions, and other underwriting and administrative expenses. Historically, we have organized our operations in three insurance businesses: commercial insurance lines, personal lines, and agency business prior to the CIS Sale. Together, the commercial and personal lines refer to “underwriting” operations that take insurance risk, and the agency business refers to non-risk insurance business.
Through our personal insurance lines, we offer homeowners insurance and dwelling fire insurance products to individuals in several states. Our specialty homeowners insurance product line is primarily comprised of low-value dwelling insurance tailored for owners of lower valued homes, which we offer in Texas, Illinois and Indiana.
Through our commercial insurance lines, we historically offered coverage for both commercial property and commercial liability. We also offered coverage for commercial automobiles and workers’ compensation. Our insurance policies were sold to targeted small and mid-sized businesses on a single or multiple-coverage basis. Effective December 31, 2025, the Company no longer writes any commercial lines business.
We write business on both an admitted and excess and surplus lines (“E&S”) basis. As of December 31, 2025, approximately 94.6% of our gross written premiums were E&S, and approximately 5.4% were admitted. Insurance companies writing on an admitted basis are licensed by the states in which they sell policies and are required to offer policies using premium rates and forms that are typically filed with and approved by the state insurance regulators. Carriers writing in the E&S market are not bound by most of the rate and form regulations imposed on standard market (admitted) companies, allowing them the flexibility to change the coverage offered and the rate charged without the time constraints and financial
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costs associated with the filing and approval process subject to admitted business. Our corporate structure allows us to offer both admitted and E&S products in select markets through TIC. WPIC no longer writes any business.
Our MGA, CIS, operated through our wholesale agency segment. Through CIS, we historically offered commercial and personal lines insurance products for our Insurance Company Subsidiaries as well as third-party insurers. As mentioned above, following the CIS Sale, we no longer are operating this business and its historical results are included in discontinued operations.
Geographic Diversity and Mix of Business
We have ceased writing all commercial lines of business as of December 31, 2025. We have shifted our focus to only low-value dwelling and homeowners lines of business. The Company's written premiums in states other than Illinois, Indiana and Texas relates to the commercial lines business, which is in run off.
The following tables summarize our gross written premiums by segment and state for the years indicated therein (dollars in thousands):
Gross Written Premium by Segment
2025
%
2024
%
Commercial
$
8,712
15
%
$
26,686
37
%
Personal
51,128
85
%
45,367
63
%
Total
$
59,840
100
%
$
72,053
100
%
Gross Written Premiums by State
2025
%
2024
%
Texas
$
47,592
79.5
%
$
36,450
50.6
%
Nevada
9,018
15.1
%
3,017
4.2
%
Indiana
1,810
3.0
%
2,558
3.5
%
Illinois
1,609
2.7
%
1,628
2.3
%
All Other States
(189
)
(0.3
)%
28,400
39.4
%
Total
$
59,840
100.0
%
$
72,053
100.0
%
The Presurance Approach
We have built our business in a manner that is designed to adapt to changing market conditions and deliver predictable results over time. The following highlights key aspects of our model that contribute to our balanced approach:
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Focus on under-served markets. We focus on providing specialty insurance products to targeted policyholders in under-served markets.
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Deep understanding of the business and regulatory landscapes of our markets. The competition for insurance business and the regulatory operating environment vary significantly from state to state. We focus on tailoring our business to concentrate on the geographic markets and regulatory environments with the greatest opportunities for growth and profitability. Our business plan centers on identification of market opportunities in jurisdictions where our insurance products can profitably suit the needs of our potential customers.
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Emphasis on flexibility. We offer coverage to our insureds both on an E&S and admitted basis. We believe this flexibility enables us to pivot effectively between E&S and admitted policies as customer needs and regulatory conditions dictate.
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Our Competitive Strengths
We believe the following competitive strengths have allowed us to grow our business:
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Controlled and disciplined underwriting. We underwrite substantially all policies to our specific guidelines. We customize the coverages we offer, and continually monitor our markets and respond to changes in our markets by adjusting our pricing, product structures and underwriting guidelines.
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Proactive claims handling. We employ a proactive claims handling philosophy that utilizes third-party experienced claim services teams to manage and supervise our claims from inception until resolution. We pay what we owe, contest what we don't, and make sound judgment for those claims that fall in between. Our proactive handling of claims reinforces our relationships with our customers and agents by demonstrating our willingness to defend our insureds aggressively and help them mitigate losses.
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Proven management team. Our senior management team has an average of over 30 years of experience in the insurance industry.
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Ability to leverage technology to drive efficiency. We utilize a web‑based information technology system that creates greater organizational efficiency in our company. Leveraging the infrastructure of programmers and support staff of third‑party vendors allows us to focus on capital management and profitability.
Marketing and Distribution
We sell all homeowners insurance through an independent MGA, SSU. The commercial lines previously written through CIS are no longer being written as of December 31, 2025. We seek to maintain favorable relationships with our select group of agents. Our distribution philosophy is to treat our agents as partners, and we provide them with competitive products, personal service and attractive commissions.
We view our agents as key partners in risk selection. We actively solicit their input regarding potential improvements to our business methods and consult with them in developing new products and entering new customer markets. At the same time, we take careful measure to appropriately control and monitor our agents’ operations. Controls include frequent review of the quality of business, loss experience and other mechanisms.
Underwriting
We employ product managers to review our position relative to our competition, create better segmentation of pricing and originate premium rate changes as appropriate. Consistent with industry practice, we grant our personal lines MGA binding authority within our specific guidelines. We employ our internal actuary and other specialists to evaluate the MGA’s business performance and consider pricing adequacy, concentration of risk, and other underwriting factors that could result in modifications to the book of business.
Claims
We believe that effective claims management is vitally important to our success, allowing us to effectively pay valid claims, while vigorously defending those claims that lack merit. With our oversight, we employ a third party claims service which consists of experienced claims professionals located in Michigan, Florida, Oklahoma, California, Pennsylvania and Texas. Our daily oversight ensures we can quickly assess claims, improve communication with our policyholders and claimants and better control our claims management costs.
In addition, our claims professionals utilize a network of independent local adjusters and appraisers to assist with specific aspects of claims investigations, such as securing witness statements and conducting initial appraisals in states where it is practical to do so. These outside vendors are mainly compensated based on pre‑negotiated fee schedules to control overall costs.
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Claims personnel are organized by line of business, with specific managers assigned as supervisors for each line of business. Reserving and payment authority levels of claims personnel are set by our CEO. Those limits of authority are integrated into our claims information technology systems to ensure strict compliance.
Initial claim reserves are determined and set using our statistical averages of paid indemnity and loss adjustment expenses by line of business. After reviewing statistical data and consulting with our actuary, we set initial reserves by line of business. Once initial reserves have been set, reserves are evaluated periodically as specific claim information changes to generate management’s overall best estimate of reserves. In addition, claim reviews with adjusters and attorneys provide a regular opportunity to review the adequacy of reserves. Changes to claims reserves are made by senior management based on claim developments and input from these attorneys and adjusters.
Reinsurance
We routinely purchase reinsurance to reduce volatility by limiting our exposure to large losses and to provide capacity for growth. In a reinsurance transaction, an insurance company transfers, or cedes, all or part of its exposure in return for a portion of the premium. We remain legally responsible for the entire obligation to policyholders, irrespective of any reinsurance coverage we may purchase.
Information relating to our reinsurance structure and treaty information is included within Note 7 ~ Reinsurance.
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Loss Reserve Development
The following table presents the development of our loss and loss adjustment expense ("LAE") reserves from 2015 through 2025, net of reinsurance recoverables (dollars in thousands).
Year Ended December 31,
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024 (1)
2025 (1)
Net liability for losses and loss expenses
$
30,017
$
47,993
$
67,830
$
63,122
$
84,667
$
87,052
$
98,741
$
82,888
$
103,805
104,795
$
82,353
Liability re-estimated as of:
One year later
40,239
57,452
71,186
79,351
100,261
106,482
123,668
100,698
132,005
118,769
Two years later
52,321
60,453
87,536
94,786
118,116
129,665
144,116
131,931
142,161
Three years later
58,251
69,833
95,367
108,022
137,327
143,307
162,887
140,662
Four years later
62,185
74,381
102,335
117,607
146,027
151,941
169,192
Five years later
64,547
76,860
106,705
122,597
151,055
153,330
Six years later
66,072
79,622
109,865
126,201
153,694
Seven years later
66,883
80,235
110,881
129,232
Eight years later
67,020
81,030
111,711
Nine years later
67,627
81,518
Ten years later
67,704
Net cumulative redundancy (deficiency)
$
(37,687
)
$
(33,525
)
$
(43,881
)
$
(66,110
)
$
(69,027
)
$
(66,278
)
$
(70,451
)
$
(57,774
)
$
(38,356
)
$
(13,974
)
—
Cumulative amount of net liability paid as of:
One year later
$
20,200
$
29,533
$
44,521
$
29,520
$
40,244
$
39,187
$
51,129
$
57,963
$
52,897
$
52,585
Two years later
35,972
56,962
62,369
57,864
70,478
79,965
95,765
100,828
97,400
Three years later
50,676
61,168
77,409
78,861
103,770
114,622
126,529
134,948
Four years later
58,317
66,556
87,587
100,377
128,772
132,192
147,478
Five years later
61,349
70,945
99,544
114,346
139,954
143,799
Six years later
63,814
76,563
106,535
120,758
147,785
Seven years later
65,654
78,821
108,484
124,932
Eight years later
66,238
79,509
109,328
Nine years later
66,596
80,241
Ten years later
66,810
Gross liability-end of year
35,422
54,651
87,896
92,807
107,246
111,270
139,085
165,539
174,612
189,285
146,262
Reinsurance recoverable on unpaid losses
5,405
6,658
20,066
29,685
22,579
24,218
40,344
82,651
70,807
84,490
63,909
Net liability-end of year
30,017
47,993
67,830
63,122
84,667
87,052
98,741
82,888
103,805
104,795
82,353
Gross liability re-estimated - latest
53,145
85,711
116,736
181,906
186,185
181,376
202,561
223,823
239,112
207,305
Reinsurance recoverable on unpaid losses re-estimated - latest
(14,559
)
4,193
5,025
52,674
32,491
28,046
33,369
83,161
96,951
88,536
Net liability re-estimated - latest
67,704
81,518
111,711
129,232
153,694
153,330
169,192
140,662
142,161
118,769
Gross cumulative
redundancy (deficiency)
$
(17,723
)
$
(31,060
)
$
(28,840
)
$
(89,099
)
$
(78,939
)
$
(70,106
)
$
(63,476
)
$
(58,284
)
$
(64,500
)
$
(18,020
)
(1)
The 2025 and 2024 column includes $3.4 million and $10.6 million of reinsurance recoverables on unpaid losses from the loss portfolio transfer (“LPT”), respectively. All of the years before 2022 do not reflect any reinsurance recoverables from the LPT.
The first line of the table presents the unpaid loss and LAE reserves at December 31 for each year, net of reinsurance recoverables, including the incurred but not reported ("IBNR") reserve. The next section of the table sets forth the re‑estimates of incurred losses from later years, including payments, for the years indicated. The increase/decrease from the original estimate would generally be a combination of factors, including, but not limited to:
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Claims being settled for amounts different from the original estimates;
•
Reserves being increased or decreased for individual claims that remain open as more information becomes known about those individual claims; and
•
More or fewer claims being reported after the related year end, than had been expected to be reported before that date.
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As our historical data for a particular line of business increases, both in terms of the number of years of loss experience and the size of our data pool, we will increasingly rely upon our own loss experience rather than industry loss experience in establishing our loss and LAE reserves. We applied reserving practices consistent with historical methodologies and incorporated specific analyses where appropriate.
Additional information relating to our reserves is included within the Unpaid Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses section of Note 1 ~ Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Note 6 ~ Unpaid Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements, as well as in the Critical Accounting Policies: Unpaid Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense Reserves and Reinsurance Recoverables on Unpaid Loss and Loss Adjustment Expenses section of Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis.
Regulation
Insurance Company Regulation
Our Insurance Company Subsidiaries are subject to regulation in the states where they conduct business. State insurance regulations generally are designed to protect the interests of policyholders, consumers or claimants rather than shareholders or other investors. The nature and extent of such state regulation varies by jurisdiction, but generally involves:
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Prior approval of the acquisition of control of an insurance company or of any company controlling an insurance company;
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Regulation of certain transactions entered into by such insurance company subsidiary with any of its affiliates;
•
Approval of premium rates, forms and policies used for many lines of admitted insurance;
•
Standards of solvency and minimum amounts of capital and surplus that must be maintained;
•
Limitations on types and concentration of investments;
•
Licensing of insurers and agents;
•
Deposits of securities for the benefit of policyholders; and
•
The filing of periodic reports with state insurance regulators with respect to financial condition and other matters.
In addition, state regulatory examiners perform periodic examinations of our Insurance Company Subsidiaries. The results of these examinations can give rise to regulatory orders requiring remedial, injunctive or other corrective action.
Insurance Holding Company Regulation
We operate as an insurance holding company and are subject to regulation in the jurisdictions in which we conduct business. These regulations require that each of our Insurance Company Subsidiaries register with the insurance department of its state of domicile and furnish information concerning the operations of companies within the holding company system that may materially affect the operations, management or financial condition of the insurers within the system. The insurance laws similarly provide that all transactions among members of a holding company system must be fair and reasonable. Certain types of transactions between our Insurance Company Subsidiaries and the Company and our other affiliates generally must be disclosed to the state regulators, and prior approval of the state insurance regulator generally is required for any material or extraordinary transaction. In addition, a change of control of a domestic insurer or of any controlling person requires the prior approval of the state of domicile insurance regulator.
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Various State and Federal Regulations
Insurance companies are also affected by a variety of state and federal legislative and regulatory measures and judicial decisions that define and extend the risks and benefits for which insurance is sought and provided. In addition, for some classes of insureds, individual state insurance departments may prevent premium rates from reflecting the level of risk assumed by the insurer for those classes. Such developments may adversely affect the profitability of various lines of insurance. In some cases, if permitted by applicable regulations, these adverse effects on profitability can be minimized through repricing of coverages or limitations or cessation of the affected business.
Reinsurance Intermediary
Our reinsurance intermediaries are also subject to regulation. Under applicable regulations, an intermediary is responsible, as a fiduciary, for funds received on account of the parties to the reinsurance transaction. The intermediaries are required to hold such funds in appropriate bank accounts subject to restrictions on withdrawals and prohibitions on commingling.
Licensing and Agency Contracts
We, or certain of our designated employees, must be licensed to act as agents by regulatory authorities in the states in which we conduct business. Regulations and licensing laws vary in each state and are often complex.
Insurance licenses are issued by state insurance regulators upon application and may be of perpetual duration or may require periodic renewal. There are often requirements to obtain appropriate new licenses before we can begin writing or offer new coverages in a new state. The requirements are more stringent when writing on an admitted basis, as opposed to on an E&S basis where there is greater form and rate flexibility.
Insurers operating on an admitted basis must file premium rate schedules and policy or coverage forms for review and approval by the insurance regulators. In many states, rates and policy forms must be approved prior to use, and insurance regulators have broad discretion in judging whether or not an insurer’s rates are adequate, excessive and unfairly discriminatory.
The applicable licensing laws and regulations in all states are subject to amendment or reinterpretation by state regulatory authorities, and such authorities are vested in most cases with relatively broad discretion as to the granting, revocation, suspension and renewal of licenses. We, or our employees, could be excluded, or temporarily suspended, from continuing with some or all of our activities in, or otherwise subjected to penalties by, a particular state.
Membership in Insolvency Funds and Associations, Mandatory Pools and Insurance Facilities
Most states require admitted property and casualty insurers to become members of insolvency funds or associations, which generally protect policyholders against the insolvency of insurers. Members of the fund or association must contribute to the payment of certain claims made against insolvent insurers. The Company's assessments from insolvency funds were minimal for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024.
Our Insurance Company Subsidiaries are also required to participate in various mandatory insurance facilities or in funding mandatory pools, which are generally designed to provide insurance coverage for consumers who are unable to obtain insurance in the voluntary insurance market. Among the pools participated in are those established in certain states to provide windstorm and other similar types of property coverage. These pools typically require all companies writing applicable lines of insurance in the state for which the pool has been established to fund deficiencies experienced by the pool based upon each company’s relative premium writings in that state, with any excess funding typically distributed to the participating companies on the same basis. To the extent that reinsurance treaties do not cover these assessments, they may have an adverse effect on the Company. For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, total assessments paid to all such facilities were minimal.
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Restrictions on Dividends and Risk-Based Capital
For information on Restrictions on Dividends and Risk-Based Capital that affect us please refer to Note 11 ~ Statutory Financial Data, Risk-Based Capital and Dividend Restrictions of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Regulatory and Rating Issues section within Item 7 ~ Management’s Discussion and Analysis.
NAIC-IRIS Ratios
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (“NAIC”) Insurance Regulatory Information System (“IRIS”) was developed by a committee of state insurance regulators and is primarily intended to assist state insurance departments in executing their statutory mandates to oversee the financial condition of insurance companies operating in their respective states. IRIS identifies thirteen industry ratios and specifies “usual values” for each ratio. Departure from the usual values on four or more ratios generally leads to inquiries or possible further review from individual state insurance commissioners. However, the generation of ratios outside of the usual values does not necessarily indicate a financial problem. For example, premium growth, alone, can trigger one or more unusual values. Refer to the Regulatory and Rating Issues section within Item 7 ~ Management’s Discussion and Analysis.
Employees
At December 31, 2025, we had twelve full-time employees. Our employees are not subject to any collective bargaining agreement, and we are not aware of any current efforts to implement such an agreement. We believe we have good working relations with our employees.
Available Information
We maintain an internet website at http://www.prehld.com, where we make available, free of charge, our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, Statements of Beneficial Ownership (Forms 3, 4, and 5), and any amendments to those reports, as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish to, the SEC. In addition, the SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy statements, and other information that we file at www.sec.gov. Information found on our website or any other website is not part of this annual report on Form 10-K or any other report we file with, or furnish to the SEC.
Glossary
Accident year
The annual calendar accounting period in which loss events occurred, regardless of when the losses are actually reported, booked or paid.
Accident year combined ratio
The accident year combined ratio is an insurance industry measure that excludes changes in net ultimate loss estimates from prior accident year loss reserves. The accident year combined ratio provides management with an assessment of the specific policy year’s profitability (which matches policy pricing with related losses) and assists management in their evaluation of product pricing levels and quality of business written. Management uses accident year combined ratio as one component to assess the Company's current year performance and as a measure to evaluate, and if necessary, adjust current year pricing and underwriting.
Adjusted operating income (loss)
Adjusted operating income (loss) is a non-GAAP measure. Adjusted operating income (loss) represents net income (loss) excluding net realized investment gains (losses), change in fair value of equity securities, other gains (losses) and net income from discontinued operations.
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Adjusted operating income (loss), per share
Adjusted operating income (loss) per share is a non-GAAP measure. Adjusted operating income (loss) on a per share represents the net income (loss) allocable to common shareholders excluding net realized investment gains (losses) per share, change in fair value of equity securities per share, other gains (losses) and net income from discontinued operations.
Assignment of Benefits
A legal tool that allows a third party to assert a claim and be paid for services performed for an insured who would normally be reimbursed directly by the insurance company after making a claim themselves.
Book value per share
Total common shareholders' equity divided by the number of common shares outstanding.
Case reserves
Estimates of anticipated future payments to be made on each specific reported claim, which are exclusive of any IBNR estimated reserves.
Combined Ratio based on accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”)
The combined ratio is the sum of the loss ratio and the expense ratio. These ratios differ from statutory ratios to reflect GAAP accounting, as management evaluates the performance of our underwriting operations using the GAAP combined ratio. See Expense Ratio definition and Loss Ratio definition below.
Combined Ratio based on statutory accounting practices (“SAP”)
The combined ratio based on SAP, expressed as a percentage, is the key measure of underwriting profitability traditionally used in the property and casualty insurance business. The combined ratio is a statutory accounting measurement, which represents the sum of (i) the ratio of losses and loss expenses to net earned premiums (loss ratio), plus (ii) the ratio of underwriting expenses to net written premiums (expense ratio).
Combined Ratio (Overall)
When the combined ratio is under 100%, underwriting results are generally considered profitable; when the combined ratio is over 100%, underwriting results are generally considered unprofitable.
Deferred policy acquisition costs
Primarily commissions and premium-related taxes that vary with, and are primarily related to, the production of new contracts and are deferred and amortized to achieve a matching of revenues and expenses when reported in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Deficiency
With regard to reserves for a given liability, a deficiency exists when it is estimated or determined that the reserves are insufficient to pay the ultimate settlement value of the related liabilities. Where the deficiency is the result of an estimate, the estimated amount of deficiency (or even the finding of whether or not a deficiency exists) may change as new information becomes available.
Expense Ratio
For GAAP, it is the ratio of GAAP underwriting expenses incurred to net earned premiums plus other income. For SAP, it is the ratio of Statutory underwriting expenses incurred to net written premiums.
Incurred but not reported (IBNR) reserves
Reserves for estimated losses and LAE that have been incurred but not yet reported to the insurer. This includes amounts for unreported claims, development on known cases, and re-opened claims.
Loss
An occurrence that is the basis for submission and/or payment of a claim. Losses may be covered, limited or excluded from coverage, depending on the terms of the policy.
Loss adjustment expenses (LAE)
The expenses of settling claims, including legal and other fees and the portion of general expenses allocated to claim settlement costs.
Loss ratio
The ratio of incurred losses and loss adjustment expenses to net earned premiums plus other income.
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Loss reserves
Liabilities established by insurers and reinsurers to reflect the estimated cost of claims incurred that the insurer or reinsurer will ultimately be required to pay in respect of insurance or reinsurance it has written. Reserves are established for losses and for LAE, and consist of case reserves and IBNR reserves. As the term is used in this document, “loss reserves” is meant to include reserves for both losses and LAE, unless stated otherwise.
Loss reserve development
The increase or decrease in Losses or LAE as a result of the re-estimation of claims and claim adjustment expense reserves at successive valuation dates for a given group of claims. Loss reserve development may be related to prior year or current year development.
Losses incurred
The total losses sustained by an insurance company under a policy or policies, whether paid or unpaid. Incurred losses include a provision for IBNR.
NAIC-IRIS ratios
Financial ratios calculated by the NAIC to assist state insurance departments in monitoring the financial condition of insurance companies.
Policyholders' surplus
As determined under SAP, the amount remaining after all liabilities are subtracted from all admitted assets. Admitted assets are assets of an insurer prescribed or permitted by a state to be recognized on the statutory balance sheet. Policyholders' surplus is also referred to as “surplus” or “statutory surplus” for statutory accounting purposes.
Premium leverage ratio
The ratio of written premium (gross or net) to consolidated statutory surplus.
Redundancy
With regard to reserves for a given liability, a redundancy exists when it is estimated or determined that the reserves are greater than what will be needed to pay the ultimate settlement value of the related liabilities. Where the redundancy is the result of an estimate, the estimated amount of redundancy (or even the finding of whether or not a redundancy exists) may change as new information becomes available.
Risk-Based Capital (RBC)
A measure adopted by the NAIC and enacted by states for determining the minimum statutory policyholders' surplus requirements of insurers. Insurers having total adjusted capital less than that required by the RBC calculation will be subject to varying degrees of regulatory action.
Statutory accounting practices (SAP)
The practices and procedures prescribed or permitted by domiciliary state insurance regulatory authorities in the United States for recording transactions and preparing financial statements.
Underwriting gain or loss
Net earned premiums plus other income, less losses, LAE, commissions, and operating expenses.