-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, PYDRT8b2+nc6gCe4JR/cd1JUtaOb2DSe7P8NQyUeW/6nthsvATE4QfMGWsjK/j1u cju4lr0ym73lrLNXXL6RWQ== 0000000000-05-055776.txt : 20060925 0000000000-05-055776.hdr.sgml : 20060925 20051102155409 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000000000-05-055776 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: UPLOAD PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20051102 FILED FOR: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CHANDLER USA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001083750 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 731325906 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OK FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: UPLOAD BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1010 MANVEL AVE CITY: CHANDLER STATE: OK ZIP: 74834 BUSINESS PHONE: 4052580804 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1010 MANVEL AVE CITY: CHANDLER STATE: OK ZIP: 74834 PUBLIC REFERENCE ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001083750-05-000005 LETTER 1 filename1.txt Via Facsimile and U.S. Mail Mail Stop 6010 November 2, 2005 Mr. Brent W. LaGere Chief Executive Officer Chandler (U.S.A.), Inc. 1010Manvel Avenue Chandler, Oklahoma 74834 Re: Chandler (U.S.A.), Inc. Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004 Filed March 22, 2005 Form 10-Q for Fiscal Quarter Ended March 31, 2005 Filed May 11, 2005 File No. 001-15135 Dear Mr. LaGere: We have reviewed your August 5, 2005 and October 21, 2005 responses to our July 8, 2005 comment letter. We have also reviewed Amendment 1 to the December 31, 2004 10-K in draft form, and Amendment 1 to the March 31, 2005 10-Q in draft form and have the following comments. Where indicated, we think you should revise your documents in response to these comments. If you disagree, we will consider your explanation as to why our comment is inapplicable or a revision is unnecessary. Please be as detailed as necessary in your explanation. In some of our comments, we ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. Please understand that the purpose of our review process is to assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing. We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome any questions you may have about our comments or on any other aspect of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed at the end of this letter. Draft Form 10-K/A Amendment No. 1 - December 31, 2004 Item 7. Management`s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, page 1 Critical Accounting Policies, page 1 Reserves for Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses, page 2 1. Please revise the tables on pages two and three to include this reserve information on a gross basis. 2. Refer to your response to comment two related to this section. You state in your response related to the disclosures for your loss reserves that a discussion of sensitivity is not practical or meaningful. Please note that the comment only presents a suggested format that is intended to allow investors to better understand the sensitivity of your operations related to the factors that you have identified as key in establishing these reserves. If you do not feel this proposed format is applicable to your business, then please include disclosure in another format that will allow an investor the desired insights into the sensitivity of these reserves to key factors identified such as the frequency and sensitivity patterns mentioned in your letter of August 5, 2005. 3. On page three where you discuss the different methodologies ultimately used to establish your reserves, please include a discussion of why that particular methodology or weighting of methodologies was appropriate over the other choices. Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 17 Contractual Obligations, page 20 4. Refer to your response to comment four. Please revise your presentation in this table to include the reserve information on a gross basis. Draft Form 10-Q/A Amendment No. 1 - March 31, 2005 Item 2. Management`s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, page 1 Results of Operations, page 2 Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 6 5. Refer to your response to comment seven. In addition to your current revised disclosures please include the effect of the payment of claims on cash from operations similar to what was provided to us in your letter dated August 5, 2005. Include what resulted in the significant increase in the payment of previous year claims, and how these factors are expected to impact cash flows in the future. Exhibit 31 - Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002 6. As your amendment included "other financial information," please amend the filing to revise these certifications so that they include the third paragraph of the certification. * * * * As appropriate, please amend your December 31, 2004 Form 10- K and March 31, 2005 Form 10-Q and respond to these comments within 10 business days or tell us when you will provide us with a response. You may wish to provide us with marked copies of the amendment to expedite our review. Please furnish a cover letter that keys your responses to our comments and provides the requested information. Detailed letters greatly facilitate our review. Please file your letter on EDGAR under the form type label CORRESP. Please understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing your amendments and responses to our comments. You may contact Ibolya Ignat, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551- 3656, or Jim Atkinson, Accounting Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3674, if you have questions regarding the comments. In this regard, do not hesitate to contact me, at (202) 551-3679. Sincerely, Jim B. Rosenberg Senior Assistant Chief Accountant ?? ?? ?? ?? Mr. Brent W. LaGere Chandler (U.S.A.), Inc. November 2, 2005 Page 4 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----