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UNPAID LOSS AND LOSS ADJUSTMENT EXPENSES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Insurance [Abstract]  
UNPAID LOSS AND LOSS ADJUSTMENT EXPENSES
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 March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019 were as follows:
(in thousands)
 
March 31, 2020

 
March 31, 2019

Balance at beginning of period, gross
 
$
1,774

 
$
2,073

Less reinsurance recoverable related to unpaid loss and loss adjustment expenses
 

 

Balance at beginning of period, net
 
1,774

 
2,073

Incurred related to:
 
 
 
 

      Current year
 

 

      Prior years
 
13

 
107

Paid related to:
 
 
 
 

      Current year
 

 

      Prior years
 
(96
)
 
(741
)
Balance at end of period, net
 
1,691

 
1,439

Plus reinsurance recoverable related to unpaid loss and loss adjustment expenses
 

 

Balance at end of period, gross
 
$
1,691

 
$
1,439


The Company reported unfavorable development on unpaid loss and loss adjustment expenses of less than $0.1 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019, respectively. The unfavorable development for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019 was related to an increase in loss adjustment expenses at Amigo.