UNPAID LOSS AND LOSS ADJUSTMENT EXPENSES

The establishment of the provision for unpaid loss and loss adjustment expenses is based on known facts and interpretation of circumstances and is, therefore, a complex and dynamic process influenced by a large variety of factors. These factors include the Company's experience with similar cases and historical trends involving loss payment patterns, pending levels of unpaid loss and loss adjustment expenses, product mix or concentration, loss severity and loss frequency patterns.

Other factors include the continually evolving and changing regulatory and legal environment; actuarial studies; professional experience and expertise of the Company's claims departments' personnel and independent adjusters retained to handle individual claims; the quality of the data used for projection purposes; existing claims management practices including claims-handling and settlement practices; the effect of inflationary trends on future loss settlement costs; court decisions; economic conditions; and public attitudes.

Consequently, the process of determining the provision for unpaid loss and loss adjustment expenses necessarily involves risks that the actual loss and loss adjustment expenses incurred by the Company will deviate, perhaps materially, from the estimates recorded.

The Company's evaluation of the adequacy of unpaid loss and loss adjustment expenses includes a re-estimation of the liability for unpaid loss and loss adjustment expenses relating to each preceding financial year compared to the liability that was previously established.

The results of this comparison and the changes in the provision for unpaid loss and loss adjustment expenses, net of amounts recoverable from reinsurers, as of September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018 were as follows:



(in thousands)	September 30, 2019			September 30, 2018
Balance at beginning of period, gross	$	2,073		$	1,329
Less reinsurance recoverable related to unpaid loss and loss adjustment expenses	—			72
Balance at beginning of period, net	2,073			1,257
Incurred related to:
Current year	—			—
Prior years	710			1,628
Paid related to:
Current year	—			—
Prior years	(926		)	(672		)
Balance at end of period, net	1,857			2,213
Plus reinsurance recoverable related to unpaid loss and loss adjustment expenses	—			79
Balance at end of period, gross	$	1,857		$	2,292

The Company reported unfavorable development on unpaid loss and loss adjustment expenses of $0.7 million and $1.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively. The unfavorable development for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018 was primarily related to an increase in loss and loss adjustment expenses at Amigo.