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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

☒

Annual report pursuant to section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022
 or
☐Transition report pursuant to section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 For the transition period from              to             .

000-28249

(Commission file number)

AMERINST INSURANCE GROUP, LTD.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Bermuda

98-0207447

(State or other jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

  

c/o Davies Captive Management Limited

25 Church Street, Continental Building

P.O. Box HM 1601, Hamilton, Bermuda

HM GX

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(441) 295-2185

(Registrant’s telephone number)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

COMMON SHARES, PAR VALUE $1.00 PER SHARE

(Title of class)

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. YES  ☐    No  ☒

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 (d) of the Act.  YES  ☐    No  ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes  ☒    NO  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).Yes  ☒    NO  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

 

Large accelerated filer  ☐

Accelerated filer  ☐

 

Non-accelerated filer  ☐

Smaller reporting company  ☒

  

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☐

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    YES  ☐    NO  ☒

 

 
 

 

As of March 1, 2023, the registrant had 995,253 common shares, $1.00 par value per share outstanding. The aggregate market value of the common stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant as of the last business day of the Registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter was $3,055,298 based on book value as of June 30, 2022.

 

Documents Incorporated by Reference

 

 

Incorporated
By Reference
In Part No. 

Portions of the Company’s Proxy Statement in connection with the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 6, 2023         

III

Auditor Information

 

Auditor Name: Deloitte Ltd.                              Auditor Location: Hamilton Bermuda                          Auditor Firm ID: 5230

 
 
 
 

 

 

AMERINST INSURANCE GROUP, LTD.

 

Annual Report on Form 10-K

For the year ended December 31, 2022

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     

Page 

PART I

    
       
 

Item 1.

Business         

4
 

Item 1A.

Risk Factors         

7
 

Item 1B.

Unresolved Staff Comments         

10
 

Item 2.

Properties         

11
 

Item 3.

Legal Proceedings         

11
 

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures         

11
     

PART II

    
       
 

Item 5.

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities         

12
 

Item 6.

Reserved         

 12
 

Item 7.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations          

 13
 

Item 7A.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk         

 16
 

Item 8.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data         

 16
 

Item 9.

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure         

 33
 

Item 9A.

Controls and Procedures         

 33
 

Item 9B.

Other Information         

 34
 

Item 9C.

Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections         

 34
     

PART III

    
       
 

Item 10.

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance         

 35
 

Item 11.

Executive Compensation         

 35
 

Item 12.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters          

 35
 

Item 13.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence         

 36
 

Item 14.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services         

 36
     

PART IV

    
       
 

Item 15.

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules         

 37
 

Item 16.

Form 10-K Summary         

 37
   

Signatures          

 40

 

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Introductory Note

 

Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

 

Certain statements contained in this Form 10-K, or otherwise made by our officers, including statements related to our future performance, our outlook for our businesses and respective markets, projections, statements of our management’s plans or objectives, forecasts of market trends and other matters, are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and contain information relating to us that is based on the beliefs of our management as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, our management. The words “expect,” “believe,” “may,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “target,” “goal” and similar expressions as they relate to us or our management are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect our management’s current views with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in any forward-looking statements. Our actual future results may differ materially from those set forth in our forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such actual results to differ materially from those reflected in any forward-looking statements include but are not limited to the factors discussed in detail in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” and Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in this Form 10-K, as well as:

 

 

•

a worsening global economic market and changing rates of inflation and other economic conditions;
 

•

our continuing ability to enter into new agency agreements with other carriers;
 

•

changes in the amount of professional liability business accepted by our insurance company partners;
 

•

our reliance on our subsidiary, Protexure Insurance Agency, Inc. (“Protexure”), for business operations and the potential that Protexure may be sold;  
 

•

our ability to generate increased revenues and positive earnings in future periods;
 

•

subjection of our non-U.S. companies to regulation and/or taxation in the United States;
 

•

a decrease in the level of demand for professional liability insurance or an increase in the supply of professional liability insurance capacity;
 

•

our ability to meet the performance goals and metrics set forth in our business plan without a significant depletion of our cash resources while maintaining sufficient capital levels and liquidity levels;
 

•

the effects of security breaches, cyber-attacks or computer viruses that may affect our computer systems or those of our customers, third-party managers, and service providers;
 

•

increased competitive pressures, including the consolidation and increased globalization of insurance providers;
 

•

increased or decreased rate pressure on premiums;
 

•

the successful integration of businesses we may acquire or new business ventures we may start;
 

•

the effects of natural disasters, harsh weather conditions, widespread health emergencies (including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic), military conflict, terrorism, civil unrest or other geopolitical and unpredictable events;
 

•

climate change and related legislative and regulatory initiatives may result in operational changes and expenditures that could significantly impact our business;
 

•

changes in Bermuda and United States law or regulation or the political stability of Bermuda and the United States;
 

•

compliance with and changes in the legal or regulatory environments in which we operate; and
   

other risks, including those risks identified in any of our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

The foregoing review of important factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with other cautionary statements that are included herein. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect our management’s analysis only as of the date they are made. We undertake no obligation to release publicly the results of any future revisions we may make to forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

 

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PART I

 

Item 1. Business

 

General

 

Unless otherwise indicated by the context, in this annual report we refer to AmerInst Insurance Group, Ltd. and its subsidiaries as the “Company,” “AmerInst,” “we,” “our” or “us.” “AMIC Ltd.” means AmerInst’s wholly owned subsidiary, AmerInst Insurance Company, Ltd. “Protexure” means Protexure Insurance Agency, Inc. (formerly AmerInst Professional Services, Limited), a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of AmerInst Mezco, Ltd. (“Mezco”) which is a wholly owned subsidiary of AmerInst. “AMIG” means our predecessor entity, AmerInst Insurance Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Our principal offices are c/o Davies Captive Management Limited, 25 Church Street, Continental Building, P.O. Box HM 1601, Hamilton, Bermuda, HM GX.

 

AmerInst Insurance Group, Ltd., a Bermuda holding company, was formed in 1998. We are an insurance holding company based in Bermuda owned primarily by accounting firms, persons associated with accounting firms, and individual CPA practitioners. We were formed in response to concerns about the pricing and availability of accountants’ professional liability insurance in a difficult or “hard” market. Our mission is to be a company that provides insurance protection for professional service firms and engages in investment activities. AmerInst has two reportable segments: (1) reinsurance and corporate, previously called the reinsurance segment, through which the company provided reinsurance under the now commuted reinsurance agreements, conducted investment operations and conducts other corporate activities and (2) insurance activity, through which the Company offers professional liability solutions to professional service firms under the Agency Agreements (defined below). The revenues of the reinsurance and corporate activity operating segment and the insurance activity operating segment were $8,515 and $2,262,274 for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to $3,213,768 and $3,405,122 for the year ended December 31, 2021, respectively. The revenues for both operating segments were derived from business operations in the United States, other than interest income on bank accounts maintained in Bermuda. In 2021, our reinsurance segment ceased insurance operations and, following the cancellation of its insurance license on May 17, 2022, this segment provides only corporate and administration activities.

 

Agency Agreements with C&F and ISMIE

 

On September 25, 2009, Protexure entered into an agency agreement (the “C&F Agency Agreement”) with The North River Insurance Company, United States Fire Insurance Company, Crum & Forster Indemnity Company, Crum and Forster Insurance Company, and Crum & Forster Specialty Insurance Company (collectively, “C&F”) pursuant to which C&F appointed Protexure as its exclusive agent for the purposes of soliciting, underwriting, quoting, binding, issuing, cancelling, non-renewing and endorsing accountants’ professional liability and lawyers’ professional liability insurance coverage in all 50 states of the United States and the District of Columbia. In 2021, C&F and Protexure signed an addendum to the C&F Agency Agreement which terminated the C&F Agency Agreement effective March 31, 2022. Under the terms of the addendum, Protexure was permitted to issue new and renewal professional liability policies on behalf of C&F with effective dates no later than March 31, 2022.

 

Effective January 1, 2022, Protexure entered into a Managing General Agency Agreement (the “ISMIE Agency Agreement”) with Amwins Specialty Casualty Solutions, LLC for policies written by ISMIE Mutual Insurance Company (“ISMIE”). Protexure is transitioning the lawyers’ and accountants’ professional liability policies previously written with C&F to ISMIE. Certain policies are and will also be written by the Hanover Insurance Company. The C&F Agency Agreement and the ISMIE Agency Agreement are referred to herein as, collectively, the “Agency Agreements.”

 

Reinsurance Agreement

 

We previously conducted reinsurance business through AMIC Ltd. which was a registered insurer in Bermuda. On September 25, 2009, AMIC Ltd. entered into a professional liability quota share agreement with C&F (the “Reinsurance Agreement”) pursuant to which C&F agreed to cede, and AMIC Ltd. agreed to accept as reinsurance, a 50% quota share of C&F’s liability under insurance written by Protexure on behalf of C&F and classified by C&F as accountants’ professional liability and lawyers’ professional liability, subject to AMIC Ltd.’s surplus limitations. Policies written by insurers other than C&F were not subject to the 50% quota share reinsurance to AMIC Ltd.

 

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During the third quarter of 2021, C&F and AMIC Ltd. entered into a commutation agreement (the “C&F Commutation Agreement”), which became effective as of March 31, 2021, whereby C&F and AMIC Ltd. agreed to fully and finally settle and commute all their respective past, present and future obligations and liabilities, known and unknown, under the Reinsurance Agreement.  In accordance with the C&F Commutation Agreement, in full satisfaction of AMIC Ltd.’s past, present and future obligations and liabilities under the Reinsurance Agreement, an aggregate sum of $26,076,000 was paid by AMIC to C&F in October 2021. Following the commutation of all of AMIC Ltd.’s reinsurance business and the decision by the Company’s board of directors not to resume reinsurance operations through AMIC, the Company made an application to the Bermuda Monetary Authority (“BMA”) to cancel AMIC Ltd.’s insurance license. Effective May 17, 2022 AMIC Ltd.’s Class 3A insurance license was cancelled by the BMA.

 

Historical Relationship with CAMICO

 

From June 1, 2005 through May 31, 2009, we were a party to a reinsurance contract with CAMICO Mutual Insurance Company (“CAMICO”), a California-based writer of accountants’ professional liability business.

 

We decided not to renew the CAMICO contract and permitted the contract to expire pursuant to its terms on May 31, 2009. We remained potentially liable for claims related to coverage through May 31, 2009.

 

During the first quarter of 2022, CAMICO and AMIC Ltd. entered into a commutation agreement (the “CAMICO Commutation Agreement”), which became effective December 31, 2021, whereby CAMICO and AMIC Ltd. agreed to fully and finally settle and commute all their respective past, present and future obligations and liabilities, known and unknown under the reinsurance contract between CAMICO and AMIC Ltd. In accordance with the CAMICO Commutation Agreement, in full satisfaction of AMIC Ltd.’s past present and future obligations and liabilities under the reinsurance contract between CAMICO and AMIC Ltd., an aggregate sum of $15,000 was paid by CAMICO to AMIC Ltd. in March 2022.

 

Third-party Managers and Service Providers

 

Davies Captive Management Limited provides the day-to-day services necessary for the administration of our business. Our agreement with Davies Captive Management Limited renewed for one year beginning January 1, 2023 and ending December 31, 2023. Mr. Thomas R. McMahon, our Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, is an officer and employee of Davies Captive Management Limited.

 

Competition

 

Our main competition comes from insurance brokers and agents that service accountants and attorneys. For accountants, our primary insurance company competitors are C N A, Hanover and CAMICO. In the lawyer professional liability insurance area, there are several competitors including CNA, Hanover, Travelers, Alps, QBE, Everest and state bar programs. The primary differentiating factors among the competition in our industry are price and quality of service. We believe that our focus on providing high-quality online or internet-based service to small- and medium-sized firms distinguishes us from larger competitors that may not be able to provide the same level of personalized service to clients.

 

Licensing and Regulation

 

AmerInst, through AMIC Ltd., was subject to regulation as an insurance company under the laws of Bermuda, where AMIC Ltd. and AmerInst are domiciled. Effective May 17, 2022 AMIC Ltd.’s Class 3A insurance license was cancelled by the Bermuda Monetary Authority, and, therefore, AMIC Ltd. is no longer subject to regulation under the laws of Bermuda.

 

Protexure, a managing general underwriter responsible for offering professional liability solutions to professional service firms, has regulatory approval to act as an insurance agent in 50 states and the District of Columbia.

 

The rates and terms of reinsurance agreements generally are not subject to regulation by any governmental authority. This is in contrast to direct insurance policies, the rates and terms of which are subject to regulation by state insurance departments. As a practical matter, however, the rates charged by primary insurers place a limit upon the rates that can be charged by reinsurers.

 

The Economic Substance Act 2018 (the “ESA”) was passed in Bermuda in December 2018 in response to the requirement of the European Union Code of Conduct Group (Business taxation) for companies incorporated in a jurisdiction to have sufficient economic substance in the jurisdiction. Under the provisions of the ESA, any Bermuda-registered entity engaged in a “relevant activity” (which includes insurance business and holding entity activities) must maintain a substantial economic presence in Bermuda. To the extent that the ESA applies to our entities registered in Bermuda, we will be required to demonstrate compliance with economic substance requirements by filing an annual economic substance declaration with the Registrar of Companies in Bermuda.

 

5
 

 

Except for business related to Protexure, our business is conducted from our Principal Office in Hamilton, Bermuda. The following business functions are conducted from our Bermuda offices: (i) communications with our shareholders, including financial reports; (ii) communications with the general public of a nature other than advertising; (iii) solicitation of the sale by us or any of our subsidiaries of shares in any of such entities; (iv) accepting subscriptions of new shareholders of the Company; (v) maintenance of principal corporate records and original books of account; (vi) audit of original books of account; (vii) disbursement of funds in payment of dividends, claims, legal fees, accounting fees, and officers’ and directors’ fees; (viii) arrangement for the meetings of our shareholders and directors and shareholders and directors of our subsidiaries; and (ix) execution of repurchases of our shares and shares of our subsidiaries. Except for the Protexure office, we do not maintain an office or place of business in the United States.

 

Customers

 

Our main source of income is the ISMIE Agency Agreement. Without such an agency agreement, we believe additional capital would need to be raised through external means to continue operations while we evaluated other insurance opportunities.

 

Human Capital

 

We are dedicated to creating personal relationships with our customers and discovering solutions that are right for them. Our employees are critical to achieving this mission and it is crucial that we continue to attract and retain experienced employees. As part of these efforts, we strive to offer a competitive compensation and benefits program and foster a community where everyone feels included and empowered to do to their best work.

 

At December 31, 2022, Protexure had 16 employees, 15 full-time salaried employees and 1 employee who was paid hourly wages. Neither AmerInst, nor any of AmerInst’s other subsidiaries have any employees. As of January 15, 2023, approximately 66% of our workforce was female while 34% was male, and our average tenure was approximately 5.5 years. See the section of this Form 10-K captioned “Third-party Managers and Service Providers” on page 5 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further information.

 

Diversity and Inclusion. We believe that an equitable and inclusive environment with diverse teams produces more creative solutions, results in better services and is crucial to our efforts to attract and retain key talent. We strive to promote inclusion through our corporate values of which include treating each other with respect and integrity, open communication throughout organization, being passionate about understanding our customer needs, creating win-win relationships with our company partners and a personal commitment to continuous learning and improving. We are focused on building an inclusive culture through a variety of diversity and inclusion initiatives, including related to internal promotions, and hiring practices.

 

Health and Safety. The success of our business is fundamentally connected to the well-being of our people. Accordingly, we are committed to the health, safety and wellness of our employees. We provide our employees and their families with access to a variety of flexible and convenient health and welfare programs, including benefits that support their physical and mental health by providing tools and resources to help them improve or maintain their health status. Where possible, we offer choices to our employees so they can customize their benefits to meet their needs and the needs of their families. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we implemented significant operating environment changes that we determined were in the best interest of our employees and the communities in which we operate, and that were designed to comply with government regulations. This included having the majority of our employees work from home, while implementing additional safety measures for employees continuing critical on-site work.

 

Seasonality

 

We do not believe that either of our operating segments are seasonal in nature to a material degree.

 

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Available Information

 

Our internet site is www.amerinst.bm. We make available free of charge through our internet site our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with, or furnished to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”). You will need to have on your computer the Adobe Acrobat Reader® software to view these documents, which are in PDF format. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader®, a link to Adobe’s internet site, from which you can download the software, is provided. We also make available, through our internet site, via links to the Commission’s internet site, statements of beneficial ownership of our equity securities filed by our directors, officers, 10% or greater shareholders and others under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act. In addition, we post on www.amerinst.bm our Memorandum of Association, our Bye-Laws, our Statement of Share Ownership Policy, Charters for our Audit Committee and Governance and Nominations Committee, as well as our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. You can request a copy of these documents, excluding exhibits, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us c/o Davies Captive Management Limited, 25 Church Street, Continental Building, P.O. Box HM 1601, Hamilton, Bermuda HMGX, Attention: Investor Relations (441) 295-2185. The information on our internet site is not incorporated by reference into this report.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

You should consider carefully the following risk factors before deciding whether to invest in our common stock. Our business, including our operating results and financial condition, could be harmed by any of these risks. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially and adversely affect our business. The value of our common stock could decline due to any of these risks, and you may lose all or part of your investment. In assessing these risks, you should also refer to the other information contained in our filings with the SEC, including our financial statements and related notes.

 

Industry, Economic and Financial Risks

 

Our industry is highly competitive, and we may not be able to compete successfully in the future.

 

Our industry is highly competitive and subject to pricing cycles that can be pronounced. We compete solely in the United States insurance markets. Most of our competitors have greater financial resources than we do and have established long term and continuing business relationships throughout the industry, which can be a significant competitive advantage. If we are unable to successfully compete against these companies our profitability could be adversely affected.

 

Adverse changes in the economy generally, like we are experiencing, may materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations, and these conditions may not improve in the near future.

 

As seen with the COVID-19 pandemic and current inflationary environment, adverse changes in market conditions and stability of the global credit markets present risks and uncertainties for our business. Depending on future market conditions, we could incur substantial realized and unrealized losses in future periods, which could have an adverse impact on our results of operations and financial condition. In particular, deterioration in the equity markets could lead to investment losses. Depending on market conditions going forward, particularly if market conditions turn negative in the future, we could incur substantial realized and unrealized losses in future periods, which could have an adverse impact on our results of operations and financial condition. Market volatility may also make it more difficult to value certain of our securities if trading becomes less frequent. As such, valuations may include assumptions or estimates that may have significant period-to-period changes that could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition.

 

We participate in a potentially unprofitable, unstable industry.

 

The professional liability insurance industry is volatile and often sees fluctuations both in the frequency and severity of claims, particularly severity. This is aggravated by the casualty insurance cycle, which over a period of years varies from a hard market with high or increasing premiums charged for risk, to a soft market with low or decreasing premiums being charged. The combination of volatility and insurance cycle variation results in a high degree of unpredictability of underwriting results from year to year. Consequently, our revenue could be adversely affected by factors beyond our control, including those described in this report and other factors.

 

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Business and Operational Risks

 

In the event that Protexure is sold rather than continuing to hold and operate Protexure long term, we would have no further business operations.

 

In the event that Protexure is sold in the future rather than continuing to hold and operate it long term, we would have no further business operations. Further, if Protexure were only able to be sold on unfavorable terms, we may need to explore less advantageous strategic alternatives, which could adversely affect our financial condition.

 

We have incurred net losses before net realized and unrealized gains (losses) in investments and taxes in 2022 and 2021 and may incur further net losses before net realized gains (losses) in investments and taxes if we are unable to generate significant net income under our existing agency agreements.

 

We incurred net losses before net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments and taxes of $1.1 million and 1.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, due mainly to the costs to fund our operations. In 2021, the losses were also due to higher-than-expected loss emergence on the Company’s lawyers book of business. Additionally, the transition of business from C&F to ISMIE has not provided the same level of commissions. Protexure continues to pursue new business to increase commission income.

 

In 2009, Protexure entered into the C&F Agency Agreement pursuant to which C&F appointed Protexure as an agent for the purposes of soliciting, underwriting, quoting, binding, issuing, cancelling, non-renewing and endorsing accountants’ professional liability and lawyers’ professional liability insurance coverage in all 50 states of the United States and the District of Columbia. Also in 2009, AMIC Ltd. entered into the reinsurance agreement with C&F pursuant to which C&F agrees to cede and AMIC Ltd. agrees to accept as reinsurance a fifty percent (50%) quota share of C&F’s liability under insurance written by Protexure on behalf of C&F and classified by C&F as accountants’ professional liability and lawyers’ professional liability.

 

The reinsurance agreement with C&F was cancelled by the parties effective March 2021. In addition, the C&F Agency Agreement will terminate on March 31, 2022, and effective January 1, 2022, Protexure entered into the ISMIE Agency Agreement. As a result, Protexure will transition the lawyers and accountants’ professional liability previously written with C&F to ISMIE in accordance with the ISMIE Agency Agreement.

 

The Company no longer has reinsurance operations and thus will rely solely on Protexure to generate income. If we are unable to increase Protexure’s profitability under the new agency agreement in future periods and if unfavorable market conditions continue, we may continue to incur net losses, which could adversely affect our financial condition.

 

If our agreement with ISMIE is terminated or ISMIE chooses not to renew the agreement, our ability to generate revenue would be adversely affected.

 

The large majority of our revenue will be derived from commissions earned by Protexure through the ISMIE Agency Agreement. The initial term of the ISMIE Agency Agreement is for 2 years beginning January 1, 2022 with automatic one-year renewals thereafter. This Agreement may be terminated by either party, for any reason, by providing a written notice to the other party at least one year prior to such date. If ISMIE should terminate, choose not to renew the agreement or renew it on terms less favorable to us, our ability to generate revenue may be materially and adversely affected.

 

Our inability to retain senior executives and other key personnel could adversely affect our business.

 

The success of our business plan is dependent upon our ability to retain Protexure senior executives and other qualified Protexure employees. In 2019, Protexure entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Kyle Nieman, President and CEO of Protexure. Mr. Nieman has more than 37 years of insurance industry experience. In addition, a number of AmerInst’s operating activities as well as certain management functions are performed by outside parties. If such outside parties and Protexure’s key employees do not renew their relationships with AmerInst and Protexure or would do so only upon terms that were not acceptable to AmerInst and Protexure, our business could be harmed.

 

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There is no market for our shares and our shares may be subject to restrictions on transfer.

 

There is currently no market for our common shares and it is unlikely that a market will develop. Our common shares are not listed on any stock exchange or automated quotation system. Under our Bye-Laws, our Board of Directors has the authority to prohibit all transfers of our shares. As a result, you may be required to hold your shares for an indefinite period of time and will potentially bear the economic risk of holding such shares indefinitely.

 

Anti-takeover provisions could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us, which makes your investment more illiquid.

 

AMIC Ltd. currently owns approximately 37.59% of our outstanding shares of common stock and may purchase additional shares. Under Bermuda law, shares owned by AMIC Ltd. are deemed issued and outstanding and can be voted by AMIC Ltd. at the direction of AMIC Ltd.’s board of directors, which is effectively controlled by our board of directors which, consequently, may hinder or prohibit a change in control transaction not approved by us.

 

In addition, because our Statement of Share Ownership Policy limits each shareholder other than AMIC Ltd. to owning no more than 20,000 shares of our common stock, and our Bye-laws permit our board of directors to implement provisions requiring board approval of all transfers of common stock, it may be difficult for any individual or entity to obtain voting control of AmerInst.

 

Finally, our Bye-laws provide for a classified board of directors which could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control or management.

 

As a shareholder of a Bermuda company, you may have greater difficulties in protecting your interests than as a shareholder of a U.S. corporation.

 

The Companies Act, which applies to us and our Bermuda subsidiaries, differs in many material respects from laws generally applicable to U.S. corporations and their shareholders. These differences may result in your having greater difficulties in protecting your interests as a shareholder of our company than you would have as a shareholder of a U.S. corporation. This affects, among other things, the circumstances under which transactions involving an interested director are voidable, whether an interested director can be held accountable for any benefit realized in a transaction with the Company, what approvals are required for business combinations by the Company with a large shareholder or a wholly owned subsidiary, what rights you may have as a shareholder to enforce specified provisions of the Companies Act or our Bye-laws, and the circumstances under which we may indemnify our directors and officers.

 

Technology Risks

 

Security breaches and other disruptions could compromise our information and expose us to liability, which would cause our business and reputation to suffer.

 

Despite the security measures taken by Davies Captive Management Limited, our management company, Protexure and our consultants and other third parties with whom we share information, our or their information technology and infrastructure may be vulnerable to attacks by hackers or breached due to employee error, malfeasance or other disruptions. Any such breach could compromise their networks and the information stored there could be accessed, publicly disclosed, lost or stolen. Additionally, many companies have increasingly reported breaches in the security of their websites or other systems, some of which have involved sophisticated and targeted attacks intended to obtain unauthorized access to confidential information, destroy data, disrupt or degrade service, sabotage systems or cause other damage. Cybersecurity issues, such as security breaches and computer viruses, affecting our information technology systems or those of third parties with whom we share information, could disrupt our business, result in the unintended disclosure or misuse of confidential or proprietary information, increase our costs, and cause losses. Additionally, any unauthorized access, disclosure or other loss of information could also result in legal claims or proceedings, liability under laws that protect the privacy of personal information, and regulatory penalties and damage our reputation, which could adversely affect our business.

 

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Regulatory and Compliance Risks

 

Our Bermuda entities could become subject to regulation or taxation in the United States, which could negatively impact our net earnings.

 

 

None of our Bermuda entities are licensed or admitted as an insurer, nor accredited as a reinsurer, in any jurisdiction in the United States. However, the majority of our future revenue will be derived from commissions earned by Protexure, a Delaware corporation, through the ISMIE Agency Agreement. Our Bermuda entities conducted our reinsurance business through offices in Bermuda and do not maintain an office in the United States. While we do not believe we are in violation of insurance laws of any jurisdiction in the United States, inquiries or challenges to our insurance or prior reinsurance activities could be raised in the future. It is possible that, if we were to become subject to any laws of this type at any time in the future, we may not be in compliance with the requirements of those laws.

 

We believe that our non-U.S. companies have operated and will continue to operate their respective businesses in a manner that will not cause them to be subject to U.S. tax (other than withholding tax on specified investment income from U.S. sources) on the basis that none of them are engaged in a U.S. trade or business. However, there are no definitive standards under current law as to those activities that constitute a U.S. trade or business and the determination of whether a non-U.S. company is engaged in a U.S. trade or business is inherently factual. Therefore, it is possible that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service might contend that one or more of our non-U.S. companies is engaged in a U.S. trade or business. If AMIC Ltd. or any of our other non-U.S. companies is engaged in a U.S. trade or business and does not qualify for benefits under the applicable income tax treaty, such company may be subject to (i) U.S. federal income taxation at regular corporate rates on its premium income from U.S. sources and investment income that is effectively connected with its U.S. trade or business, and (ii) a U.S. federal branch profits tax on the earnings and profits attributable to such income. All of the premium income from U.S. sources and a significant portion of such company’s investment income may be subject to U.S. federal income and branch profits taxes.

 

If AMIC Ltd. or any of our other non-U.S. companies is engaged in a U.S. trade or business and qualifies for benefits under the United States-Bermuda tax treaty, U.S. federal income taxation of such subsidiary will depend on whether (i) it maintains a U.S. permanent establishment, and (ii) the relief from taxation under the treaty generally applies to non-premium income. We believe that AMIC Ltd. has operated and will continue to operate its business in a manner that will not cause it to maintain a U.S. permanent establishment. However, the determination of whether an insurance company maintains a U.S. permanent establishment is inherently factual. Therefore, it is possible that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service might successfully assert that any of our Bermuda entities maintains a U.S. permanent establishment. In such case, such Bermuda entity may be subject to U.S. federal income tax at regular corporate rates and branch profit tax. Furthermore, although the provisions of the treaty clearly apply to premium income, it is uncertain whether they generally apply to other income of a Bermuda insurance company as well.

 

We believe U.S. federal income tax, if imposed, would be based on effectively connected or attributable income of a non-U.S. company computed in a manner generally analogous to that applied to the income of a U.S. corporation, except that all deductions and credits claimed by a non-U.S. company in a taxable year can be disallowed if the company does not file a U.S. federal income tax return for such year. Penalties may be assessed for failure to file such return. If any of our non-U.S. companies is subject to such U.S. federal taxation, our financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.

 

On December 22, 2017, the US government enacted comprehensive tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”). The Tax Act contains modifications to certain provisions relating to passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) status including an exception for foreign insurance companies (”PFIC insurance exception”). Generally, a company is considered a PFIC where 75% or more of its income constitutes “passive income” or 50% or more of its assets were held to produce “passive income”. The Tax Act modified the PFIC insurance exception to apply, inter alia, to insurance companies whose reserves constitute more than 25% of the company’s gross assets. We believe that the Company is not a PFIC as our non-U.S. subsidiaries that are insurance companies meet the PFIC insurance exception. We also believe that Protexure meets the qualifying domestic company exception. PFIC characterization of the Company under these rules could result in adverse tax consequences to U.S. persons who own our ordinary shares, but we do not believe the Company or its subsidiaries should be characterized as a PFIC under the rules.

 

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The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (the “OECD”) Pillar II initiative is intended to propose a global minimum tax rate of 15% amongst its 140 member nations and other adopting countries. On December 20, 2021, the OECD released the final model rules on Pillar II (“Model Rules”), which nations can adopt into local legislation to implement Pillar II on a global basis. Two components of the Model Rules, the Income Inclusion Rule (“IIR”) and the Under-Taxed Payment Rule (“UTPR”), could potentially be applicable to our operations:

 

 

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The IIR establishes a global minimum tax in the jurisdiction of the parent company of a multinational enterprise (“MNE”).

 

 

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The other component of the Model Rules, the UTPR, allows a portion of an MNE’s global profits with an effective tax rate below the 15% minimum rate to be taxed by other jurisdictions through an allocation model based on headcount and fixed tangible assets. The Model Rules give flexibility to allow jurisdictions several mechanisms to collect global profits. This includes directly taxing allocated income, reduction in any allowance for equity or by imputing deemed income.

 

How the IIR impacts our operations depends on whether Bermuda adopts this portion of the Model Rules. The impact of the UTPR is likely reduced because our operations are limited to Bermuda and the United States. The OECD is targeting the implementation of the IIR by 2023, and UTPR by 2024.

 

Accordingly, should we become subject to the Pillar II rules in the future, this could result in an increase in the total amount of tax we pay, thereby having a material adverse impact on our business operations.

 

Legislative and regulatory requirements could have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

We and our subsidiaries are required to comply with a wide variety of laws and regulations applicable to insurance or reinsurance companies. The insurance and regulatory environment has become subject to increased scrutiny in many jurisdictions, including in the United States. In the past, there have been Congressional and other initiatives in the United States proposing to increase supervision and regulation of the insurance industry. It is not possible to predict the future impact of changes in laws and regulations on our operations and the cost of complying with any such new legal requirements could have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

 

None.

 

Item 2. Properties

 

Lease commitments

 

Protexure leases office space under a non-cancellable lease agreement. The lease is renewable at the option of the lessee under certain conditions. In March 2023, the company executed a lease extension to July 31, 2024. Minimum lease payments, subsequent to December 31, 2022 are $101,578 in 2023 and $57,746 in 2024.

 

Item 3. Legal Proceedings.

 

The Company is not a party to any material legal proceedings.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not Applicable.

 

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PART II

 

Item 5.

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 

Currently, there is no public market for our common stock, but we have historically permitted AMIC Ltd.to purchase shares from our shareholders upon their death, disability or retirement from the practice of public accounting. The repurchase price has historically been set to the year-end net book value per share for the most recently completed fiscal year reduced by the amount of any dividends already paid on the repurchased shares during the calendar year of the repurchase and any dividends the shareholder would be entitled to receive on the repurchased shares that have not been paid. In addition, the BMA has authorized AMIC Ltd. to purchase shares on a negotiated case-by-case basis, and AMIC Ltd. has typically negotiated share repurchases when requested by our shareholders and when shareholders have died or retired from the practice of public accounting.

 

On February 25, 2011, the Board of Directors amended and restated AmerInst’s Statement of Share Ownership Policy to better manage our cash flow from year to year. Under the revised policy, we limit AMIC Ltd.’s repurchases of our common stock to $500,000 per calendar year. In addition, AMIC Ltd. is only authorized to repurchase shares, with Board approval, from shareholders upon their death, disability or retirement from the practice of public accounting. In October 2020, the Board temporarily (i) suspended the amended and restated AmerInst’s Statement of Share Ownership Policy and (ii) discontinued the repurchases of our common stock, as a measure to preserve the Company’s capital base.

 

Through December 31, 2022, AMIC Ltd. had purchased an aggregate of 232,979 common shares from shareholders who had died or retired for a total aggregate purchase price of $6,653,703. The following table shows information relating to the purchase of shares from shareholders who have died or retired from the practice of accounting as described above during the three-month period ended December 31, 2022.

 

   

Total Number
of Shares
Purchased

   

Average
Price Paid
Per Share

   

Total Number
of Shares
Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced
Plans or Program

   

Maximum
Number
of Shares
That May Yet Be
Purchased Under
the Plans or Program (1)

 

October 2022

     —       —       —       N/A  

November 2022

     —       —       —       N/A  

December 2022

     —       —       —       N/A  

Total

     —       —       —       N/A  

 

From time to time, AMIC Ltd. has also purchased common shares in privately negotiated transactions. Through December 31, 2022, AMIC Ltd. had purchased an additional 75,069 common shares in such privately negotiated transactions for a total aggregate purchase price of $1,109,025. No such transactions occurred during the three-month period ended December 31, 2022.

 

During 2022, the directors of AmerInst were not granted shares of our common stock as part of their compensation for services rendered as members of our board of directors.

 

As of February 28, 2023, there were 1,558 holders of record of our common shares. During 2022 and 2021, we paid no ordinary cash dividends. The declaration of dividends by our Board of Directors is dependent upon our profitability, financial condition, and other factors which the Board of Directors may deem appropriate. As described under “Item 1. – Business,” under Bermuda law, AMIC Ltd. is prohibited from declaring or paying any dividend to AmerInst if such payment would reduce the net realizable value of its assets to an amount less than the aggregate value of its liabilities, issued share capital and share premium accounts. In addition, AMIC Ltd. must be able to pay its liabilities as they fall due after the payment of a dividend.

 

Item 6. Reserved

 

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations (“MD&A”) provides supplemental information, which sets forth management’s views of the major factors that have affected our financial condition and results of operations that should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in this Form 10-K. The MD&A is divided into subsections entitled “Business Overview,” “Critical Accounting Policies,” “Results of Operations,” “Liquidity and Capital Resources.”

 

CAUTION CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Annual Report on Form 10-K, including this MD&A section, contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, among others, statements about our beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, estimates and intentions that are subject to significant risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. The words “may,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “target,” “goal,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

 

All forward-looking statements, by their nature, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Our actual future results may differ materially from those set forth in our forward-looking statements. Please see the Introductory Note and Item 1A “Risk Factors” of this Form 10-K for a discussion of factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. However, the risk factors listed in Item 1A “Risk Factors” or discussed in this Form 10-K should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with other cautionary statements that are included herein. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect our management’s analysis only as of the date they are made. We undertake no obligation to release publicly the results of any future revisions we may make to forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

 

The following discussion addresses our financial condition and results of operations for the periods and as of the dates indicated.

 

Business Overview

 

We are an insurance holding company based in Bermuda owned primarily by accounting firms, persons associated with accounting firms, and individual CPA practitioners. We were formed in response to concerns about the pricing and availability of accountants’ professional liability insurance in a difficult or “hard” market. Our mission is to provide insurance protection for professional service firms and engage in investment activities. Through Protexure, we act as an agent for ISMIE for the purposes of soliciting, underwriting, quoting, binding, issuing, cancelling, non-renewing and endorsing accountants’ professional liability and lawyers’ professional liability insurance coverage in 42 states of the United States and the District of Columbia. Prior to October 2020, Protexure had acted as an agent for C&F for all aforementioned business in all 50 states of the United States and the District of Columbia. In October 2021, C&F and Protexure signed an addendum to the C&F Agency Agreement which terminates the C&F Agency Agreement effective March 31, 2022. Under the terms of the signed addendum, Protexure will be permitted to issue new and renewal professional liability policies on C&F paper with effective dates no later than March 31, 2022.  Effective January 1, 2022, Protexure entered into the ISMIE Agency Agreement. Protexure continues to transition the lawyers and accountants’ professional liability previously written with C&F to ISMIE under the ISMIE Agency Agreement with the last policies scheduled to be transitioned by March 31, 2023.

 

AmerInst has two reportable segments: (1) reinsurance and corporate, previously called the reinsurance segment, through which the company provided reinsurance under the now commuted reinsurance agreements, conducted investment operations and conducts other corporate activities and (2) insurance activity, through which the Company offers professional liability solutions to professional service firms under the Agency Agreements. See Note 14, Segment Information, of the notes to the consolidated financial statements contained in Item 8 of this annual report on Form 10-K for financial information concerning these segments.

 

Our reinsurance and corporate segment had revenues of $8,515 for the year ended December 31, 2022 and $3,213,768 for the year ended December 31, 2021. Total losses and expenses for this segment were $655,967 for the year ended December 31, 2022 and $4,013,676 for the year ended December 31, 2021. This resulted in a segment loss of $647,452 and $799,908 for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. In 2021, the reinsurance segment of AmerInst ceased insurance operations and following the cancellation of its insurance license on May 17, 2022, provides only corporate and administration activities.

 

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Our insurance segment had revenues of $2,262,274 for the year ended December 31, 2022 and $3,405,122 for the year ended December 31, 2021. Operating and management expenses were $3,545,385 for the year ended December 31, 2022 and $4,199,245 for the year ended December 31, 2021. This resulted in segment loss of $1,283,111 and $794,123 for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Our results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 are discussed in greater detail below.

 

We operate our business with no material long-term debt, no purchase obligations, and no off-balance sheet arrangements required to be disclosed under applicable rules of the SEC.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles 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 date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The major estimates reflected in our financial statements include but are not limited to deferred tax assets.

 

Income Taxes

 

Our U.S. subsidiary operates in jurisdictions where it is subject to taxation. Current and deferred income taxes are charged or credited to net income based upon enacted tax laws and rates applicable in the relevant jurisdiction in the period in which the tax becomes accruable or realizable. Deferred income taxes are provided for all temporary differences between the bases of assets and liabilities used in the financial statements and those used in the various jurisdictional tax returns. When our assessment indicates that it is more likely than not that all or some portion of deferred income tax assets will not be realized, a valuation allowance is recorded against the deferred tax assets.

 

We recognize a tax benefit relating to uncertain tax positions only where the position is more likely than not to be sustained assuming examination by tax authorities. A liability is recognized for any tax benefit (along with any interest and penalty, if applicable) claimed in a tax return in excess of the amount allowed to be recognized.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

Our primary source of revenue is derived from commissions earned on the placement of lawyers’ and accountants’ professional liability insurance under the ISMIE Agency Agreement. We recognize revenue for most of these arrangements as of a point in time at the later of the policy inception date or when the policy placement is complete because this is viewed as the date when control is transferred and all obligations are complete. We disclose our revenue recognition policy for commission income in our financial statements, including any significant assumptions or estimation methods used.

 

Results of Operations

 

Year ended December 31, 2022 compared to year ended December 31, 2021

 

We recorded a net loss of $1,930,563 for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to a net loss of $1,594,031 for the same period in 2021. The decrease in net loss was mainly attributable to (i) the decrease in premiums earned from $2,581,408 for the year ended December 31, 2021 to $0 for the year ended December 31, 2022 and (ii) the decrease in commission income from $3,404,698 for the year ended December 31, 2021 to $2,262,272 for the year ended December 31, 2022. The decrease in net loss was offset by (i) a decrease in loss and loss adjustment expenses from $1,478,366 for the year ended December 31, 2021 to $0 for the year ended December 31, 2022; (ii) the decrease in policy acquisition costs from $1,405,774 for the year ended December 31, 2021 to $0 for the year ended December 31, 2022; and (iii) a decrease in operating and management expenses from $4,766,924 for the year ended December 31, 2021 to $3,389,829 for the year ended December 31, 2022. More information on these changes is discussed below.

 

 

Our net premiums earned for the year ended December 31, 2022 were $0 compared to $2,581,408 for the year ended December 31, 2021, a decrease of $2,581,408 or 100%. Our net premiums earned were attributable to cessions from C&F under the Reinsurance Agreement. As noted above, the Company entered into the Commutation Agreement with C&F effective March 31, 2021. Therefore, no premiums subsequent to that date were ceded to the Company. Our net premium earned for the year ended December 31, 2021 represents our net premiums earned during the three months ended March 31, 2021. Effective May 17, 2022, AMIC Ltd.’s Class 3A insurance license was cancelled by the Bermuda Monetary Authority.

 

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During the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, we recorded commission income under the Agency Agreements of $2,262,272 and $3,404,698, respectively, a decrease of $1,142,426 or 33.6%. This decrease resulted from the lower volume of premiums written under the Agency Agreements during the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to the year ended December 31, 2021, which is primarily attributable to ceased business under the C&F agreement and lower premium volumes under the new ISMIE Agency Agreement in 2022.

 

We recorded net investment income of $8,517 during the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to $205,851 for the year ended December 31, 2021. The decrease in net investment income was mainly attributable to a decrease in dividend income and interest income from the September 2021 liquidation of our entire investment in fixed income securities and equity securities as a measure to fund our commitment under the C&F Commutation Agreement. The annualized investment yield, calculated as total interest and dividends divided by the net average amount of total investments and cash and cash equivalents, was 0.3% for the year ended December 31, 2022, compared to the 1.2% yield earned for the year ended December 31, 2021.

 

We recorded net realized and unrealized gains on investments of $0 during the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to net realized and unrealized gains on investments of $426,933 during the year ended December 31, 2021, a decrease of $426,933, or 100%. In September 2021, the Company liquidated its entire investment in fixed income securities to fund the commitment to C&F under the C&F Commutation Agreement. A $343,350 net gain was realized on the sale of these investments.

 

Our losses and loss adjustment expenses for the year ended December 31, 2022 were $0 compared to $1,478,366 for the year ended December 31, 2021, a decrease of $1,478,366, or 100%. The decrease was attributed to the ceasing of reinsurance activity.

 

We recorded policy acquisition costs of $0 during the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to $1,405,774 for the same period in 2021. Policy acquisition costs were primarily ceding commissions paid to ceding reinsurers as a percentage of premiums earned. There was no reinsurance business in 2022.

 

We incurred operating and management expenses of $3,389,829 during the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to $4,766,924 for the same period in 2021, a decrease of $1,377,095, or 28.9%. The decrease was primarily attributable to (i) a decrease in salaries and related costs associated with Protexure’s reduction in personnel in 2022; (ii) a decrease in sub commission’s paid to brokers due to a reduction in premium volumes, and (iii) a reduction in directors fees, management fees and audit fees related to the reduction in business operations of the reinsurance and corporate business.

 

We recorded income tax expense of $811,523 for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to $561,857 tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2021. At December 31, 2022 and 2021, we recorded an income tax expense as the result of changes in Protexure’s deferred tax asset position during the year, which was primarily attributable to Protexure’s usage of its loss carryforward from prior years plus its state income taxes for the current year. See Note 8 to our financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional details.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Our cash needs consist of funding day-to-day operations. Our management expects that our unrestricted cash balance will be sufficient to meet our cash needs and fund our day-to-day operations over the next twelve-month period.

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets were $792,245 at December 31, 2022, a decrease of $299,570 from $1,091,815 at December 31, 2021. The balance primarily related to (1) premiums due to Protexure under the Agency Agreements, (2) policy acquisition costs, and (3) prepaid professional fees. This balance fluctuates due to the timing of the prepayments and to the timing of the premium receipts by Protexure.

 

Accrued expenses and other liabilities primarily represent premiums payable by Protexure to C&F and other cedants under Agency Agreements and expenses accrued relating largely to professional fees. The balance decreased from $2,860,876 at December 31, 2021 to $2,346,805 at December 31, 2022, a decrease of $514,071, or 18.0%. This balance fluctuates due to the timing of the premium payments to C&F and payments of professional fees.

 

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During 2022 and 2021, we paid no ordinary cash dividends as a measure to preserve the Company’s capital base. Since we began paying dividends in 1995, our original shareholders have received approximately $22.87 in cumulative dividends per share. Dividend payments are subject to the Board of Directors’ continuing evaluation of our level of surplus compared to our capacity to accept more business. No dividends were paid during 2022 as a measure to preserve the Company’s capital bases, as referred to above.

 

The BMA has authorized AMIC Ltd. to purchase our common shares from shareholders who have died or retired from the practice of public accounting and on a negotiated basis. Through March 1, 2023, AMIC Ltd. had purchased 232,979 common shares from shareholders who had died or retired for a total purchase price of $6,653,703. From time to time, AMIC Ltd. has also purchased shares in privately negotiated transactions. Through that date, AMIC Ltd. had purchased an additional 75,069 common shares in such privately negotiated transactions for a total purchase price of $1,109,025.

 

Inflation

 

The impact of inflation on the insurance industry differs significantly from that of other industries where large portions of total resources are invested in fixed assets, such as property, plant and equipment. Assets and liabilities of insurance companies, like other financial institutions, are virtually all monetary in nature, and therefore are primarily impacted by interest rates rather than changing prices. While the general level of inflation underlies most interest rates, interest rates react more to changes in the expected rate of inflation and to changes in monetary and fiscal policy. Therefore, we do not believe that inflation has materially impacted our results of operations.

 

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

 

The financial statements required by this Item are listed below:

 

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES

 

 

Page 

Financial Statements:

  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm         

17

Consolidated Balance Sheets         

19

Consolidated Statements of Operations         

20

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income          

21

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity         

22

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows         

23

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements          

24

 

Financial Statement Schedules:

 

Schedules I, II, III, IV, V, and VI are omitted as they are inapplicable.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the shareholders and the Board of Directors of AmerInst Insurance Group, Ltd.

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of AmerInst Insurance Group, Ltd. and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, shareholders' equity, and cash flows, for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2022, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2022, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

Critical Audit Matter

 

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current-period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

 

Deferred tax asset – Refer to Notes 2 and 8 to the consolidated financial statements

 

Critical Audit Matter Description

 

The Company recognizes deferred income taxes for tax attributes and for differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities at enacted tax rates in effect for the years in which the deferred tax liability or asset is expected to be settled or realized. A valuation allowance is provided to offset deferred tax assets if, based upon the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Future realization of deferred tax assets depends on the existence of sufficient taxable income of the appropriate character. The Company’s deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2022 were $232,000, net of a $1.6m valuation allowance.

 

Auditing the Company’s valuation and realizability of deferred tax assets, including significant assumptions relating to the projection of future taxable income, involved especially subjective auditor judgment and an increased extent of effort, including the involvement of our tax specialists.

 

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How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit

 

Our audit procedures related to the deferred tax asset included the following, among others:

 

 

 

•

We evaluated the reasonableness of the assumptions and judgements used by management to determine whether a valuation allowance was necessary, and the extent of the valuation allowance.

 

 

•

We evaluated management’s ability to accurately estimate taxable income by comparing actual results to management’s historical estimates.

 

 

•

We tested the reasonableness of management’s estimates of taxable income by comparing the estimates to:

 

 

•

Internal Budgets

 

 

•

Historical Taxable income

 

 

•

Management’s history of carrying out its stated plans and its ability to carry out plans

 

 

•

With the assistance of our tax specialists, we evaluated whether the sources of management’s estimated taxable income were of appropriate character and sufficient to utilize the deferred tax assets under the relevant tax laws.

 

 

•

We evaluated whether the estimates of future taxable income were consistent with evidence obtained in other areas of the audit.

 

 

 

/s/ Deloitte Ltd.

 

Hamilton, Bermuda
March 31, 2023

 

We have served as the Company's auditor since 1998.

 

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

 

  

 

2022

  

2021

 

ASSETS

        

Cash and cash equivalents (Note 3)

 $2,414,077  $3,477,714 

Property and equipment (Note 5)

  644,133   898,560 

Deferred income taxes

  232,000   1,059,000 

Prepaid expenses and other assets (Note 6)

  792,245   1,091,815 

TOTAL ASSETS

 $4,082,455  $6,527,089 
         

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

        

LIABILITIES

        

Accrued expenses and other liabilities (Note 7)

 $2,346,805  $2,860,876 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

 $2,346,805  $2,860,876 
         

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 14)

          

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

        

Common shares, $1 par value, 2022 and 2021: 2,000,000 shares authorized, 995,253 issued and outstanding

 $995,253  $995,253 

Additional paid-in-capital

  6,287,293   6,287,293 

Retained earnings

  3,725,600   5,656,163 

Shares held by Subsidiary (375,861 shares) at cost

  (9,272,496)  (9,272,496)

TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

  1,735,650   3,666,213 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 $4,082,455  $6,527,089 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

 

   

2022

   

2021

 

REVENUES

                

Net premiums earned (Note 10)

   $ —     $ 2,581,408  

Commission income

     2,262,272       3,404,698  

Net investment income (Note 4)

     8,517       205,851  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments (Note 4)

     —       426,933  

TOTAL REVENUES

     2,270,789       6,618,890  
                 

LOSSES AND EXPENSES

                

Losses and loss adjustment expenses

     —       1,478,366  

Policy acquisition costs

     —       1,405,774  

Operating and management expenses (Note 11)

     3,389,829       4,766,924  

TOTAL LOSSES AND EXPENSES

     3,389,829       7,651,064  

LOSS BEFORE TAX

     (1,119,040 )     (1,032,174 )

Tax expense (Note 8)

     811,523       561,857  

NET LOSS AFTER TAX

   $ (1,930,563 )   $ (1,594,031 )

NET LOSS PER SHARE

                

Basic

   $ (3.12 )   $ (2.57 )

Diluted

   $ (3.12 )   $ (2.57 )
                 

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the year

                

Basic

     619,392       619,822  

Diluted

     619,392       619,822  

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

 

   

2022

   

2021

 

NET LOSS AFTER TAX

   $ (1,930,563 )   $ (1,594,031 )

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

                

Net unrealized holding gains arising during the period

     —       (239,546 )

Reclassification adjustment for gains included in net income

     —       (343,350 )

TOTAL OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

             (582,896 )

COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

   $ (1,930,563 )   $ (2,176,927 )

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

 

   

Common
Shares

    

Additional
Paid-in
Capital

    

Retained
Earnings

    

Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Losses)

    

Shares
Held by
Subsidiary

    

Total
Shareholders’
Equity

  

BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2020

   $ 995,253     $ 6,287,293     $ 7,250,194     $ 582,896     $ (9,216,579 )   $ 5,899,057  

Net loss

     —       —       (1,594,031 )     —       —       (1,594,031 )

Other comprehensive loss

                                                

Unrealized gain on securities, net of reclassification adjustment

     —       —       —       (582,896 )     —       (582,896 )

Purchase of shares by subsidiary, net

                               (55,917 )     (55,917 )

BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2021

   $ 995,253     $ 6,287,293     $ 5,656,163     $ —     $ (9,272,496 )   $ 3,666,213  

Net loss

     —       —       (1,930,563 )     —       —       (1,930,563 )

Other comprehensive loss

                                                

Unrealized gain on securities, net of reclassification adjustment

     —       —       —       —       —       —  

Purchase of shares by subsidiary, net

     —       —       —       —       —       —  

BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2022

   $ 995,253     $ 6,287,293     $ 3,725,600     $ —     $ (9,272,496 )   $ 1,735,650  

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

 

   

2022

   

2021

 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

                

Net loss

   $ (1,930,563 )   $ (1,594,031 )

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

                

Amortization of net premiums on investments

     —       62,811  

Depreciation and amortization on property and equipment

     366,466       347,337  

Net realized and unrealized (gains) on investments

     —       (426,933 )

Changes in assets and liabilities:

                

Assumed reinsurance premiums receivable

     —       2,221,664  

Accrued investment income

     —       147,975  

Deferred income taxes

     827,000       555,000  

Deferred policy acquisition costs

     —       724,509  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     299,570       384,372  

Liability for losses and loss adjustment expenses

     —       (20,936,677 )

Unearned premiums

     —       (4,622,666 )

Assumed reinsurance payable

     —       (3,175,098 )

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     (514,071 )     (828,744 )

Net cash used in operating activities

     (951,598 )     (27,140,481 )
                 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

                

Purchases of property and equipment

     (112,039 )     (147,477 )

Purchases of available-for-sale securities

     —       (5,545,313 )

Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities

     —       1,684,014  

Proceeds from redemptions of fixed maturity investments

     —       21,650,652  

Proceeds from maturities of fixed maturity investments

     —       2,336,000  

Net cash provided by investing activities

     (112,039 )     19,977,876  
                 

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

                

Purchase of shares by subsidiary, net

     —       (55,917 )

Net cash used in financing activities

     —       (55,917 )

NET CHANGE IN CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH

     (1,063,637 )     (7,218,522 )

CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, BEGINNING OF YEAR

     3,477,714       10,696,236  

CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, END OF YEAR

   $ 2,414,077     $ 3,477,714  

 

 

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

 

AmerInst Insurance Group, Ltd., (“AmerInst,” “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us.”) was formed under the laws of Bermuda in 1998. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary AmerInst Insurance Company, Ltd. (“AMIC Ltd.”) and its predecessor AmerInst Insurance Company, Inc. (“AIIC Inc.”), were engaged in the reinsurance of claims-made insurance policies of participants in an American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) sponsored insurance program that provided accountants’ professional liability insurance coverage (“AICPA Plan”) through December 31, 2008. Effective December 30, 2020, AMIC Ltd. merged with its wholly owned subsidiary, AmerInst Investment Company, Ltd., with AMIC Ltd. being the surviving entity.

 

Agency Agreements with C&F and ISMIE

 

On September 25, 2009, Protexure Insurance Agency, Inc. (“Protexure”), a subsidiary of AmerInst, entered into an agency agreement (the “C&F Agency Agreement”) with The North River Insurance Company, United States Fire Insurance Company, Crum & Forster Indemnity Company, Crum and Forster Insurance Company, and Crum & Forster Specialty Insurance Company (collectively, “C&F”) pursuant to which C&F appointed Protexure as its exclusive agent for the purposes of soliciting, underwriting, quoting, binding, issuing, cancelling, non-renewing and endorsing accountants’ professional liability and lawyers’ professional liability insurance coverage in all 50 states of the United States and the District of Columbia.

 

In 2021, C&F and Protexure signed an addendum to the C&F Agency Agreement which terminated the C&F Agency Agreement effective March 31, 2022. Under the terms of the addendum, Protexure was permitted to issue new and renewal professional liability policies on behalf of C&F with effective dates no later than March 31, 2022.

 

Effective January 1, 2022, Protexure entered into a Managing General Agency Agreement (the “ISMIE Agency Agreement”) with Amwins Specialty Casualty Solutions, LLC for policies written by ISMIE Mutual Insurance Company (“ISMIE”). Protexure is transitioning the lawyers and accountants’ professional liability policies previously written with C&F to ISMIE. Certain policies are and will also be written by the Hanover Insurance Company. The C&F Agency Agreement and the ISMIE Agency Agreement are referred to herein as, collectively, the “Agency Agreements.”

 

Reinsurance Agreement

 

We previously conducted reinsurance business through AMIC Ltd., our subsidiary, which was a registered insurer in Bermuda. On September 25, 2009, AMIC Ltd. entered into a professional liability quota share agreement with C&F (the “Reinsurance Agreement”) pursuant to which C&F agreed to cede, and AMIC Ltd. agreed to accept as reinsurance, a 50% quota share of C&F’s liability under insurance written by Protexure on behalf of C&F and classified by C&F as accountants’ professional liability and lawyers’ professional liability, subject to AMIC Ltd.’s surplus limitations. Policies written by insurers other than C&F were not subject to the 50% quota share reinsurance to AMIC Ltd.

 

During the third quarter of 2021, C&F and AMIC Ltd. entered into a commutation agreement (the “C&F Commutation Agreement”), which became effective as of March 31, 2021, whereby C&F and AMIC Ltd. agreed to fully and finally settle and commute all their respective past, present and future obligations and liabilities, known and unknown, under the Reinsurance Agreement. In accordance with the C&F Commutation Agreement, in full satisfaction of AMIC Ltd.’s past, present and future obligations and liabilities under the Reinsurance Agreement, an aggregate sum of $26,076,000 was paid by AMIC Ltd. to C&F in October 2021. Following the commutation of all of AMIC’s reinsurance business and the decision by the Company’s board of directors not to resume reinsurance operations through AMIC, the Company made an application to the BMA to cancel AMIC’s insurance license. Effective May 17, 2022, AMIC Ltd.’s Class 3A insurance license was cancelled by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA).

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

Historical Relationship with CAMICO

 

From June 1, 2005 through May 31, 2009, we were a party to a reinsurance contract with CAMICO Mutual Insurance Company (“CAMICO”), a California-based writer of accountants’ professional liability business. We decided not to renew the CAMICO contract and permitted the contract to expire pursuant to its terms on May 31, 2009. We remained potentially liable for claims related to coverage through May 31, 2009.

 

During the first quarter of 2022, CAMICO and AMIC Ltd. entered into a commutation agreement (the “CAMICO Commutation Agreement”), which became effective December 31, 2021, whereby CAMICO and AMIC Ltd. agreed to fully and finally settle and commute all their respective past, present and future obligations and liabilities, known and unknown under the reinsurance contract between CAMICO and AMIC Ltd. In accordance with the CAMICO Commutation Agreement, in full satisfaction of AMIC Ltd.’s past present and future obligations and liabilities under the reinsurance contract between CAMICO and AMIC Ltd., an aggregate sum of $15,000 was paid by CAMICO to AMIC Ltd. in March 2022.

 

 

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of presentation

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and include the accounts of AmerInst and its operating wholly-owned subsidiaries, AmerInst Mezco, Ltd. (“Mezco”), AMIC Ltd., and Protexure. Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated on consolidation.

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. 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 date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The major estimates reflected in the Company’s financial statements include but are not limited to the estimates of future taxable income to determine valuation allowances on deferred taxes.

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

Cash equivalents include money market funds. Cash and cash equivalents are recorded at amortized cost, which approximates fair value due to the short-term, liquid nature of these securities.

 

Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment are depreciated using the straight-line method with estimated useful lives ranging from 3 to 7 years. Expenditures for major renewals and betterments that extend the useful lives of property and equipment are capitalized. Expenditures for normal maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred.

 

Developmental costs for internal use software are capitalized in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standard Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) topic 350 “Intangibles—Goodwill and Other”, generally, when the preliminary project stage is completed, management commits to funding and it is probable that the project will be completed and the software will be used to perform the functions intended. Capitalized internal use software costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives, generally for a period not to exceed 5 years.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

Income taxes

 

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences and benefits attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the periods in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. A valuation allowance is provided if it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The Company adjusts valuation allowances to measure deferred tax assets at the amounts considered realizable in future periods, which is assessed at each balance sheet date. In making such determinations, the Company considers all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, projected future taxable income, and recent financial operating results.

 

Earnings per common share

 

Basic earnings per share is determined as net income available to common shareholders divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share reflect the impact of the Company’s stock option plan.

 

Commission Income

 

Our primary source of revenue is derived from commissions earned on the placement of lawyers’ and accountants’ professional liability insurance under the ISMIE Agency Agreement. We recognize revenue for most of these arrangements as of a point in time at the later of the policy inception date or when the policy placement is complete because this is viewed as the date when control is transferred and all obligations are complete.

 

New Accounting Pronouncements

 

New Accounting Standards Adopted in 2022

 

No new accounting standards adopted in 2022.

 

 

3. PLEDGED ASSETS

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents at December 31, 2022 and 2021 include $1,293,876 and $1,794,001 held by Protexure in a fiduciary capacity, respectively.

 

 

4. INVESTMENTS

 

Information on sales and maturities of investments during the twelve months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 are as follows:

 

  

2022

  

2021

 

Total proceeds on sales of available-for-sale securities

 $—  $1,684,014 

Total proceeds from redemptions of fixed maturity investments

  —   21,650,652 

Total proceeds from maturities of fixed maturity investments

  —   2,336,000 

Gross gains on sales

  —   499,859 

Gross losses on sales

  —   (72,926)

Total

 $—  $426,933 

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

Major categories of net interest and dividend income are summarized as follows:

 

  

2022

  

2021

 

Interest earned:

        

Fixed maturity investments

 $—  $235,090 

Short term investments and cash and cash equivalents

  8,517   7,637 

Dividends earned

  —   13,508 

Investment expenses

  —   (50,384)

Net investment income

 $8,517  $205,851 

 
 

5. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

 

Property and equipment, all associated with Protexure, at December 31, 2022 and 2021 at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization, totaled $644,133 and $898,560, respectively as follows:

 

  

Cost

  

Accumulated
Depreciation
and
Amortization

  

Total

 

December 31, 2022

            

Furniture and fixtures

 $36,705  $35,284  $1,421 

Office equipment

  107,392   100,027   7,365 

Computer equipment

  24,129   22,532   1,597 

Internal use software

  1,869,464   1,235,714   633,750 

Total

 $2,037,690  $1,393,558  $644,133 

 

  

Cost

  

Accumulated
Depreciation
and
Amortization

  

Total

 

December 31, 2021

            

Furniture and fixtures

 $36,705  $34,337  $2,368 

Office equipment

  107,392   84,992   22,400 

Computer equipment

  24,129   20,529   3,600 

Internal use software

  1,757,425   887,233   870,192 

Total

 $1,925,651  $1,027,091  $898,560 

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

 

6. PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER ASSETS

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets as at December 31, 2022 and 2021 comprise the following:

 

  

2022

  

2021

 

Prepaid expenses

  68,823   171,342 

Accounts receivable

  462,567   520,117 

Policy acquisition costs and other assets

  213,735   258,996 

Building right of use asset

  47,120   141,360 
  $792,245  $1,091,815 

 
 

7. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER LIABILITIES

 

Accrued expenses and other liabilities as at December 31, 2022 and 2021 comprise the following:

 

  

2022

  

2021

 

Premiums payable

 $1,686,066  $2,143,468 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

  361,497   293,169 

Unearned commission income

  138,222   176,693 

Building lease liability

  51,651   136,816 

Other liabilities

  109,369   110,730 
  $2,346,805  $2,860,876 

 
 

8. TAXATION

 

Under current Bermuda law, the Company and its subsidiaries are not required to pay taxes in Bermuda on either income or capital gains. The Company has received an undertaking from the Bermuda government that, in the event of income or capital gains taxes being imposed, the Company will be exempted from such taxes until the year 2035.

 

However, Protexure which is a Delaware corporation domiciled in the state of Illinois is subject to taxation in the United States.

 

Estimates of future taxable income, including income generated from prudent and feasible actions and tax planning strategies could change in the near term, perhaps materially, which may require us to consider any potential impact to our assessment of the recoverability of the deferred tax asset. Such potential impact could be material to our consolidated financial condition or results of operations for an individual reporting period.

 

The actual income tax rate differed from the amount computed by applying the effective rate of 0% under Bermuda law to earnings before income taxes as shown in the following reconciliation:

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

  

2022

  

2021

 

Earnings before income tax

 $(1,119,040) $(1,032,174)

Expected tax

  —   — 

Foreign taxes at local expected rates

  (15,477)  6,857 

Change in deferred tax asset of US subsidiary

  (132,000)  (69,000)
         

Deferred tax expense from enacted rate reductions

  —   — 

Change in valuation allowance

  959,000   624,000 

Net tax expense

 $811,523  $561,857 

 

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and amounts used for income tax purposes. Management has reduced deferred tax assets by a valuation allowance as the ability of the Company to realize these benefits is not certain at this time. The components of net deferred income tax assets and liabilities are comprised of the following: 

 

  

2022

  

2021

 

Capitalized start-up expenses

 $29,000  $44,000 

Operating loss carryforwards

  136,000   945,000 

Unearned commission income

  40,000   50,000 

Depreciation and amortization

  27,000   20,000 

Deferred tax assets

 $232,000  $1,059,000 

 
 

9. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

AmerInst currently does not have a public market for its common stock, but the Company has historically purchased shares from the Company’s shareholders upon their death, disability or retirement from the practice of public accounting. The repurchase price has been equal to the year-end net book value per share for the most recently completed fiscal year reduced by the amount of any dividends already paid on the repurchased shares during the calendar year of the repurchase and any dividends the shareholder would be entitled to receive on the repurchased shares that have not been paid. In addition, the BMA has authorized additional purchase on a negotiated case-by-case basis, and such purchases have typically been negotiated share repurchases when requested by Company shareholders.

 

On February 25, 2011, the Board of Directors amended and restated AmerInst’s Statement of Share Ownership Policy to better manage our cash flow from year to year. Under the revised policy, we limit AMIC Ltd.’s repurchases of our common stock to $500,000 per calendar year. In addition, AMIC Ltd. is only authorized to repurchase shares, with Board approval, from shareholders upon their death, disability or retirement from the practice of public accounting. In October 2020, the Board temporarily (i) suspended the amended and restated AmerInst’s Statement of Share Ownership Policy and (ii) discontinued the repurchases of our common stock, as a measure to preserve the Company’s capital base. In the future, the Board may consider reinstating the amended and restated AmerInst’s Statement of Share Ownership Policy if market conditions and the Company’s capital base support reinstatement.

 

 

10. PREMIUMS WRITTEN

 

Premiums written were $0 and ($2,041,258) during 2022 and 2021, respectively. The lack of premiums written in 2022 reflects AMIC Ltd.’s cancellation of its insurance license, and the ceasing of reinsurance operations.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

 

11. OPERATING AND MANAGEMENT EXPENSES

 

With the exception of Protexure, AmerInst and its other direct and indirect subsidiaries have no employees. Their operating activities, as well as certain management functions, are performed by contracted professional service providers. Davies Captive Management Limited provides AmerInst and AMIC Ltd. certain management, administrative and operations services under the direction of AmerInst’s Board of Directors pursuant to an agreement. The agreement may be terminated by either party upon not more than 90 days nor less than 60 days prior written notice. Mr. Thomas R. McMahon, our Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, is an officer, director and employee of Davies Captive Management Limited. The Company paid Davies Captive Management Limited $147,500 and $352,322 in fees during 2022 and 2021, respectively.

 

Operating and management expenses include compensation accrued for payment to members of the Board of Directors and various committees of the Board totaling $59,350 in 2022 and $148,924 in 2021. Payment of compensation to directors has been deferred for cash preservation.

 

 

12. SEGMENT INFORMATION

 

AmerInst has two reportable segments: (1) reinsurance and corporate, previously called the reinsurance segment, through which the company provided reinsurance under the now commuted reinsurance agreements, conducted investment operations and conducts other corporate activities and (2) insurance activity, through which the Company offers professional liability solutions to professional service firms under the Agency Agreements, as defined in the “Overview” section above. The tables below summarize the results of our reportable segments as of and for December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. 

 

  

As of and for the Year Ended December 31, 2022

 
  

Reinsurance
and Corporate

  

Insurance
Segment

  

Total

 

Revenues

 $8,515  $2,262,274  $2,270,789 

Total losses and expenses

  655,967   3,545,385   4,201,352 

Segment loss

  (647,452)  (1,283,111)  (1,930,563)

Identifiable assets

  —   644,133   644,133 

 

  

As of and for the Year Ended December 31, 2021

 
  

Reinsurance
and Corporate

  

Insurance
Segment

  

Total

 

Revenues

 $3,213,768  $3,405,122  $6,618,890 

Total losses and expenses

  4,013,676   4,199,245   8,212,921 

Segment loss

  (799,908)  (794,123)  (1,594,031)

Identifiable assets

  —   898,560   898,560 

 
 

13. STOCK COMPENSATION

 

Phantom Shares:

 

Protexure has employment agreements with two key members of senior management, which grant them phantom shares of the Company. Under these agreements, these employees were initially granted an aggregate of 48,762 phantom shares of the Company on the date of their employment, subject to certain vesting requirements. The phantom shares are eligible for phantom dividends payable at the same rate as regular dividends on the Company’s common shares. The phantom dividends may be used only to purchase additional phantom shares with the purchase price of such phantom shares being the net book value of the Company’s actual common shares as of the end of the previous quarter. During the year, no phantom shares were granted.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

For these two employees, the phantom shares initially granted, as well as any additional shares granted from dividends declared, vested on January 1, 2015. The liability payable to each of these employees under the phantom share agreements is equal to the value of the phantom shares based on the net book value of the Company’s actual common shares at the end of the previous quarter less the value of phantom shares initially granted and is payable in cash upon (i) the participant’s death, termination of employment due to disability, retirement at or after age 65 or resignation for good reason, (ii) termination of the participant by the Company without cause, (iii) termination by Participant without good reason or (iv) change in control.

 

62,920 phantom shares were outstanding at December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balance of vested phantom shares for the year ended December 31, 2022:

 

  

Number of
Phantom Shares

 

Outstanding—beginning

  62,920 

Granted—arising from dividends declared during the year.

  — 

Forfeited—due to death

  — 

Outstanding—ending

  62,920 

 

The liability relating to these phantom shares is recalculated quarterly based on the net book value of our common shares at the end of each quarter. As a result of the overall decrease in the net book value of our common shares since the grant dates, we have not recorded any liability relating to these phantom shares at December 31, 2022.

 

Stock Option Plan:

 

A summary of the status of the stock option plan as of December 31, 2022 is as follows:

 

  

Vested
Shares

  

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price Per
Share

  

Non-vested
Shares

  

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price Per
Share

  

Total
Shares

  

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price Per
Share

 

Outstanding—January 1, 2022

  34,200  $28.43   10,800  $28.86   45,000  $28.54 

Granted

  —   —   —   —   —   — 

Forfeited

  —   —   —   —   —   — 

Exercised

  —   —   —   —   —   — 

Vested

  8,900   28.52   (8,900)  28.52   —   — 

Outstanding—December 31, 2022

  43,100  $28.45   1,900  $30.46   45,000  $28.54 

Options exercisable at year end

  —   —   —   —   —   — 

Weighted average fair value of options per share granted during the year

  —   —  $—   —  $—   — 

Remaining contractual life (years)

  0.2       1.2       0.3     

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

A summary of the status of the stock option plan as of December 31, 2021 is as follows:

 

  

Vested
Shares

  

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price Per
Share

  

Non-vested
Shares

  

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price Per
Share

  

Total
Shares

  

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price Per
Share

 

Outstanding—January 1, 2021

  25,300  $28.40   19,700  $28.71   45,000  $28.54 

Granted

  —   —   —   —   —   — 

Forfeited

  —   —   —   —   —   — 

Exercised

  —   —   —   —   —   — 

Vested

  8,900   28.52   (8,900)  28.52   —   — 

Outstanding—December 31, 2021

  34,200  $28.43   10,800  $28.86   45,000  $28.54 

Options exercisable at year end

  —   —   —   —   —   — 

Weighted average fair value of options per share granted during the year

  —   —  $—   —  $—   — 

Remaining contractual life (years)

  1.2       1.4       1.3     

 

Information pertaining to options outstanding at December 31, 2022 is as follows:

 

     

Options Outstanding

  

Options Exercisable

 

Range of

exercise price

  

Number
Outstanding

 

Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (years)

 

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

  

Number
Exercisable

  

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

 

Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (years)

 $27.99   — 

0.0

 $27.99   35,000  $27.99 

0.0

 $30.58   1,400 

1.0

 $30.58   5,600  $30.58 

1.0

 $30.14   500 

1.8

 $30.14   2,500  $30.14 

1.8

 

Information pertaining to options outstanding at December 31, 2021 is as follows:

 

     

Options Outstanding

  

Options Exercisable

 

Range of

exercise price

  

Number
Outstanding

 

Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (years)

 

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

  

Number
Exercisable

  

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

 

Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (years)

 $27.99   7,000 

1.0

 $27.99   28,000  $27.99 

1.0

 $30.58   2,800 

2.0

 $30.58   4,200  $30.58 

2.0

 $30.14   1,000 

2.8

 $30.14   2,000  $30.14 

2.8

 

At December 31, 2022, there was no intrinsic value associated with (i) the 35,000 options granted March 3, 2017, (ii) the 7,000 options granted on January 1, 2018 and (iii) the 5,000 optioned granted on October 1, 2018 where the market value of the stock as of the close of business at year end was $2.80 per share as compared with the option exercise prices of $27.99, $30.58 and $30.14, respectively.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

The Company accounts for these options in accordance with GAAP, which requires that the fair value of the equity awards be recognized as compensation expense over the period during which the employee is required to provide service in exchange for such an award. The Company is amortizing compensation expense over the vesting period, or five years. The Company recognized $0 of compensation expense for stock options in the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.

 

 

14. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Protexure leases office space under a non-cancellable lease agreement. The lease is renewable at the option of the lessee under certain conditions. In March 2023, the company executed a lease extension to July 31, 2024. Minimum lease payments, subsequent to December 31, 2022 are $101,578 in 2023 and $57,746 in 2024.

 

 

15. UNAUDITED CONDENSED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA

 

2022

 

FIRST
QUARTER

  

SECOND
QUARTER

  

THIRD
QUARTER

  

FOURTH
QUARTER

 

Net premiums earned

 $—  $—  $—  $— 

Commission income

  777,506   475,838   489,998   518,930 

Net investment income

  31   21   1,400   7,065 

Net realized and unrealized gain

  —   —   —   — 

Total revenues

 $777,537  $475,859  $491,398  $525,995 

Net (loss)

 $(210,261) $(400,654) $(441,709) $(877,939)

Basic (loss) per share

 $(0.34) $(0.65) $(0.71) $(1.42)

Diluted (loss) per share

 $(0.34) $(0.65) $(0.71) $(1.42)

 

2021

 

FIRST
QUARTER

  

SECOND
QUARTER

  

THIRD
QUARTER

  

FOURTH
QUARTER

 

Net premiums earned

 $2,070,381  $2,248,830  $(1,737,803) $— 

Commission income

  1,033,475   814,161   808,896   748,166 

Net investment income

  70,989   75,742   57,893   1,227 

Net realized and unrealized gain

  30,558   51,523   344,852   — 

Total revenues

 $3,205,403  $3,190,256  $(526,162) $749,393 

Net (loss) income

 $344,147  $(93,078) $(955,112) $(889,988)

Basic (loss) income per share

 $0.55  $(0.15) $(1.54) $(1.43)

Diluted (loss) income per share

 $0.55  $(0.15) $(1.54) $(1.43)

 
 

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

 

None.

 

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.

 

As of December 31, 2022, the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K, our management, including our President and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Based upon that evaluation, our President and Chief Financial Officer each concluded that as of December 31, 2022, the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we maintained effective disclosure controls and procedures.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.

 

The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the President and Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation under the framework in Internal Control—Integrated Framework, our management has concluded we maintained effective internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule 13a-15(f), as of December 31, 2022.

 

Internal control over financial reporting cannot provide absolute assurance of achieving financial reporting objectives because of its inherent limitations. Internal control over financial reporting is a process that involves human diligence and compliance and is subject to lapses in judgment and breakdowns resulting from human failures. Internal control over financial reporting can also be circumvented by collusion or improper management override. Because of such limitations, there is a risk that material misstatements may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by internal control over financial reporting. However, these inherent limitations are known features of the financial reporting process. Therefore, it is possible to design into the process safeguards to reduce, though not eliminate, this risk.

 

Management is also responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements and other financial information contained in this report. The accompanying consolidated financial statements were prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and include as necessary, best estimates and judgments by management.

 

Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to the exemption from this requirement for smaller reporting companies under SEC rules. Consequently, this annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting.

 

Change in Internal Control.

 

Our management, including the President and Chief Financial Officer, has reviewed our internal control. There have been no changes in our internal control during our most recently completed fiscal quarter that materially affected or is likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 9B. Other Information

 

None

 

Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections

 

None

 

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Item 10.         Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

 

The information required by Item 10 of Form 10-K with respect to identification of directors and officers is incorporated by reference from the information contained in the section captioned “Election of Directors” in the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 6, 2023 (the “Proxy Statement”), a copy of which we intend to file with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the year covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

Code of Ethics

 

We have a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to all directors, officers and employees, including our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer. You can find our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics on our internet site, www.amerinst.bm. We will post any amendments to the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and any waivers that are required to be disclosed by the rules of the SEC on our internet site.

 

Section 16 Compliance

 

Information appearing under the caption “Other Matters—Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” in the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Audit Committee

 

Information appearing under the captions “Election of Directors—Meetings and Committees of the Board” and “—Report of the Audit Committee” in the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 11.         Executive Compensation

 

The information required by Item 11 of Form 10-K is incorporated by reference from the information contained in the section captioned “Election of Directors—Executive and Director Compensation” in the Proxy Statement.

 

Item 12.         Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters

 

The following table provides certain information regarding our 2016 Stock Option Plan as of December 31, 2022.

 

Plan Category

  

Number of securities to be
issued upon exercise of
outstanding options,
warrants and
rights

   

Weighted-average
exercise
price
of outstanding options,
warrants and rights

   

Number of securities
remaining
available
for future issuance under
equity
compensation plans (excluding
securities reflected in column
(a)

 
   

(a)

    

(b)

    

(c)

  

Equity Compensation Plans Approved by Securities Holders

     —       —       —  

Equity Compensation Plans Not Approved by Securities Holders

     45,000     $ 28.54       55,000  

Total

     44,500     $ 28.54       55,500  

 

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The information required by Item 12 of Form 10-K is incorporated by reference from the information contained in the section captioned “Other Matters—Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” in the Proxy Statement.

 

Item 13.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

 

The information required by Item 13 of Form 10-K is incorporated by reference from the information contained in the sections captioned “Other Matters—Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” and “Election of Directors” in the Proxy Statement.

 

Item 14.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

 

The information required by Item 14 of Form 10-K is incorporated by reference from the information in the section captioned “Appointment of Auditors” in the Proxy Statement.

 

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PART IV

 

Item 15.

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

 

(a)(1)

See Index to Financial Statements and Schedules on page 16.

 

(a)(2)

See Index to Financial Statements and Schedules on page 16.

 

(a)(3)

See Index to Exhibits set forth on pages 38-39 which is incorporated by reference herein.

 

(b)

See Index to Exhibits which is incorporated by reference herein.

 

(c)

See Index to Financial Statements and Schedules on page 16.

 

The Index to Exhibits beginning on page 38 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K is incorporated by reference to this Item 15.

 

Item 16.

Form 10-K Summary

 

Not Applicable.

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Year ended December 31, 2022

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description
     

3.1

  

Memorandum of Association of AmerInst Insurance Group Ltd.—incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (filed 3/2/99) (No. 333-64929)

     

3.2

  

Bye-laws of the Company—incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4A (filed 6/29/99) (No. 333-64929)

     

4.1

  

Section  47 of the Company’s Bye-laws—included in Exhibit 3.2 hereto

     

4.2

  

Statement of Stock Ownership Policy—incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (filed 12/18/08) (No. 000-28249)

     

10.1

   Management Agreement between USA Risk Group (Bermuda), Ltd., Davies Captive Management Limited (fka Cedar Management Limited) and AMIC Ltd. dated July  1, 2008—incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (filed 3/31/09) (No. 000-28249)
     

10.2

  

Employment Agreement effective May  20, 2019 between Protexure Insurance Agency, Inc and F. Kyle Nieman III effective May 20, 2019

     

10.3

  

Agency Agreement effective September  25, 2009 among AmerInst Professional Services, Limited, The North River Insurance Company, United States Fire Insurance Company, Crum & Forster Indemnity Company, Crum and Forster Insurance Company, and Crum  & Forster Specialty Insurance Company—incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (filed 11/13/09) (No. 000-28249)

     

10.4

  

Professional Liability Quota Share Agreement dated September  25, 2009 among AmerInst Insurance Company, Ltd., The North River Insurance Company, United States Fire Insurance Company, Crum & Forster Indemnity Company, Crum and Forster Insurance Company, and Crum  & Forster Specialty Insurance Company—incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (filed 11/13/09) (No. 000-28249)

     

10.5

  

AmerInst Insurance Group, Ltd. 2016 Stock Option Plan—incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (filed 6/9/16)(No. 000-28249)

     

10.6

  

Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (filed 3/31/17) (No. 000-28249)

     

10.7

  

Commutation and Release Agreement, dated October 12, 2021, among AmerInst Insurance Company, Ltd., The North River Insurance Company, United States Fire Insurance Company, Crum & Forster Indemnity Company, Crum and Forster Insurance Company, and Crum & Forster Specialty Insurance Company—  incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (filed 10/18/21) (No. 000-28249)

     

10.8

  

First Amendment to Agency Agreement, dated October 12, 2021, among Protexure Insurance Agency, Inc. f/k/a AmerInst Professional Services Limited, The North River Insurance Company, United States Fire Insurance Company, Crum & Forster Indemnity Company, Crum and Forster Insurance Company, and Crum & Forster Specialty Insurance Company— incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (filed 10/18/21) (No. 000-28249)

     

10.9

  

Managing General Agency Agreement, dated January 1, 2022, by and between Amwins Specialty Casualty Solutions, LLC and Protexure Insurance Agency, Inc. —incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (filed 3/30/22) (No. 000-28249)
     

10.10

  

Addendum to Management Agreement between Davies Captive Management Limited and AMIC Ltd. effective January 1, 2023*
     

21.1

  

Subsidiaries of the Registrant—incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit  21.1 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (filed 3/29/12) (No. 000-28249)

 

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Exhibit
Number		   Description
     

31.1

  

Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*

     

31.2

  

Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*

     

32.1

  

Certification of Joseph P. Murphy pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*

     

32.2

  

Certification of Thomas R. McMahon pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*

     

101.INS

  

Inline XBRL Instance Document*
     

101.SCH

  

Inline XBRL Instance Document*
     

101.CAL

  

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document*
     

101.LAB

  

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document*
     

101.PRE

  

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document*
     

101.DEF

  

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document*
     

104.

   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

 

*         Filed electronically herewith

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: March 31, 2023

AMERINST INSURANCE GROUP, LTD.
     
 

By:

/S/   Joseph P. Murphy        
   

Joseph P. Murphy,

President (Principal Executive Officer)

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Name

  

Title

  

Date
         

/S/    Joseph P. Murphy

  

President and Director

  

March 31, 2023
Joseph P. Murphy   (Principal Executive Officer)    
         

/S/    THOMAS R. MCMAHON

  

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

  

March 31, 2023
Thomas R. McMahon   (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)    
         

/S/    THOMAS B. LILLIE

  

Director and Chairman of the Board

  

March 31, 2023
Thomas B. Lillie        
         

/S/    JEROME A. HARRIS

  

Director and Vice-Chairman of the Board

  

March 31, 2023
Jerome A. Harris        
         

/S/    JEFFRY I. GILLMAN

  

Director

  

March 31, 2023
Jeffry I. Gillman        
         

/S/    DAVID R. KLUNK

  

Director

  

March 31, 2023
David R. Klunk        
         

/S/    IRVIN F. DIAMOND

  

Director

  

March 31, 2023
Irvin F. Diamond        
         

/S/    Vincent C. Pangia

  

Director

  

March 31, 2023
Vincent C. Pangia        

 

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