UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 28, 2024
Palomar Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Commission File Number: 001-38873
Delaware	83-3972551
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
7979 Ivanhoe Avenue, Suite 500 La Jolla, California 92037
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(619) 567-5290
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share	PLMR	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.12b-2).

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On May 28, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the successful completion of certain reinsurance programs incepting June 1, 2024, and increased the Company’s full year 2024 adjusted net income guidance. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The Company’s reinsurance coverage now exhausts at $3.06 billion for earthquake events, $735 million for Hawaii Hurricane events, and $117.5 million for all continental United States hurricane events. The reinsurance program provides ample capacity for the Company’s growth in the subject business lines as well as coverage to a level exceeding Palomar’s 1:250-year peak zone Probable Maximum Loss (“PML”).  

The Company’s per occurrence catastrophe event retention is now $15.5 million for hurricane events, reduced from $17.5 million the previous year, and $20 million for earthquake events, levels that continue to be meaningfully within management’s previously stated guideposts of less than one quarter’s adjusted net income and less than 5% of the Company’s surplus on an after-tax basis.

$420 million of the $3.06 billion earthquake limit was sourced through a new catastrophe bond, Torrey Pines Re Series 2024-1. The new catastrophe bond issuance is the fifth Insurance Linked Securities (“ILS”) transaction Palomar has sponsored.

Other highlights of the Company’s reinsurance program include: 

●    $895 million of multi-year ILS capacity providing diversifying collateralized reinsurance capital;  

●    A reinsurance panel of 90 reinsurers and ILS investors, including multiple new reinsurers, all of which have an “A-” (Excellent) or better financial strength rating from A.M. Best and/or S&P (Standard & Poor’s) or are fully collateralized; 

●    Prepaid reinstatements for substantially all layers that include a reinstatement provision, thereby limiting the pre-tax net loss to $15.5 million for hurricane events and $20 million for earthquake events, with modest additional reinsurance premium due.  

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release, dated May 28, 2024.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		PALOMAR HOLDINGS, INC.
Date:	May 28, 2024	/s/ T. Christopher Uchida
		T. Christopher Uchida
		Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)