Note 13 - Captive Subsidiary

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Notes to Financial Statements

Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

13. Captive Subsidiary

As described in Note 1, the Company had a wholly-owned insurance subsidiary providing property and casualty insurance coverage to the Company, the Bank and the Bank’s subsidiaries, and reinsurance to nine other third party insurance captives for which insurance may not be currently available or economically feasible in the insurance marketplace. On April 10, 2023, the IRS issued IR-2023-74 and proposed regulations that may result in the Captive being considered a listed transaction. The proposed regulations include the possibility of material tax expense to the consolidated group if finalized in their current form. However, the final regulations have not been published and as such management cannot reasonably estimate or determine the potential tax liability as of December 31, 2023. The Captive was formally dissolved with all remaining assets transferred to the Company on December 31, 2023.