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Segment Information
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Informartion
Segment Information
 
White Mountains has determined that its reportable segments are HG Global/BAM, NSM, MediaAlpha and Other Operations. White Mountains has made its segment determination based on consideration of the following criteria: (i) the nature of the business activities of each of the Company’s subsidiaries and affiliates; (ii) the manner in which the Company’s subsidiaries and affiliates are organized; (iii) the existence of primary managers responsible for specific subsidiaries and affiliates; and (iv) the organization of information provided to the chief operating decision makers and the Board of Directors.
Significant intercompany transactions among White Mountains’s segments have been eliminated herein. The following table presents the financial information for White Mountains’s segments:
Millions
 
HG Global/BAM
 
NSM
 
MediaAlpha
 
Other Operations
 
Total
Three Months Ended September 30, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earned insurance premiums
 
$
3.3

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
3.3

Net investment income
 
4.8

 

 

 
8.6

 
13.4

Net realized and unrealized investment (losses) gains
 
(4.1
)
 

 

 
70.2

 
66.1

Advertising and commission revenues (1)
 

 
36.6

 
74.5

 
1.1

 
112.2

Other revenue
 
.2

 
3.1

 

 
.4


3.7

     Total revenues
 
4.2

 
39.7

 
74.5

 
80.3

 
198.7

Insurance acquisition expenses
 
1.2

 

 

 

 
1.2

Other underwriting expenses
 
.1

 

 

 

 
.1

Cost of sales
 

 

 
61.8

 
1.1

 
62.9

General and administrative expenses
 
11.3

 
25.8

 
5.4

 
26.0


68.5

Broker commission expense
 

 
10.9

 

 

 
10.9

Amortization of other intangible assets
 

 
5.0

 
2.4

 

 
7.4

Interest expense
 

 
3.2

 
.2

 

 
3.4

     Total expenses
 
12.6

 
44.9

 
69.8

 
27.1

 
154.4

Pre-tax (loss) income
 
$
(8.4
)
 
$
(5.2
)
 
$
4.7

 
$
53.2

 
$
44.3

(1) 
Approximately 30% of MediaAlpha’s advertising revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2018 was associated with one customer.


Millions
 
HG Global/BAM
 
MediaAlpha
 
Other Operations
 
Total
Three Months Ended September 30, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earned insurance premiums
 
$
2.4

 
$

 
$

 
$
2.4

Net investment income
 
3.3

 

 
8.9

 
12.2

Net realized and unrealized investment gains
 
.8

 

 
31.7

 
32.5

Advertising and commission revenues (1)
 

 
37.9

 
.9

 
38.8

Other revenue
 
.2

 

 
1.4

 
1.6

     Total revenues
 
6.7

 
37.9

 
42.9

 
87.5

Insurance acquisition expenses
 
.9

 

 

 
.9

Other underwriting expenses
 
.1

 

 

 
.1

Cost of sales
 

 
32.2

 
.9

 
33.1

General and administrative expenses
 
10.6

 
3.8

 
27.3

 
41.7

Amortization of other intangible assets
 

 
2.3

 
.1

 
2.4

Interest expense
 

 
.1

 
.8

 
.9

     Total expenses
 
11.6

 
38.4

 
29.1

 
79.1

Pre-tax (loss) income
 
$
(4.9
)
 
$
(.5
)
 
$
13.8

 
$
8.4

(1) 
Approximately 32% of MediaAlpha’s advertising revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2017 was associated with one customer.
Millions
 
HG Global/BAM
 
NSM (2)
 
MediaAlpha
 
Other Operations
 
Total
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earned insurance premiums
 
$
9.7

 
$

 
$

 

 
$
9.7

Net investment income
 
12.5

 

 

 
32.4

 
44.9

Net realized and unrealized investment (losses) gains
 
(14.4
)
 

 

 
37.3

 
22.9

Advertising and commission revenues (1)
 

 
59.2

 
216.4

 
3.0

 
278.6

Other revenue
 
.8

 
4.0

 
1.6

 
.6

 
7.0

     Total revenues
 
8.6

 
63.2

 
218.0

 
73.3

 
363.1

Insurance acquisition expenses
 
3.9

 

 

 

 
3.9

Other underwriting expenses
 
.3

 

 

 

 
.3

Cost of sales
 

 

 
179.1

 
2.9

 
182.0

General and administrative expenses
 
36.5

 
37.9

 
21.2

 
79.0

 
174.6

Broker commission expense
 

 
17.5

 

 

 
17.5

Amortization of other intangible assets
 

 
5.0

 
7.8

 
.1

 
12.9

Interest expense
 

 
4.8

 
.9

 
.3

 
6.0

     Total expenses
 
40.7

 
65.2

 
209.0

 
82.3

 
397.2

Pre-tax (loss) income
 
$
(32.1
)
 
$
(2.0
)
 
$
9.0

 
$
(9.0
)
 
$
(34.1
)
(1) 
Approximately 31% of MediaAlpha’s advertising revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 was associated with one customer.
(2) NSM’s results are from May 11, 2018, the date of acquisition, to the end of the third quarter.
 

Millions
 
HG Global/BAM
 
MediaAlpha
 
Other Operations
 
Total
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earned insurance premiums
 
$
6.6

 
$

 
$

 
$
6.6

Net investment income
 
8.9

 

 
30.8

 
39.7

Net realized and unrealized investment gains
 
3.2

 

 
99.3

 
102.5

Advertising and commission revenues (1)
 

 
101.2

 
2.7

 
103.9

Other revenue
 
.8

 

 
6.3

 
7.1

     Total revenues
 
19.5

 
101.2

 
139.1

 
259.8

Insurance acquisition expenses
 
3.0

 

 

 
3.0

Other underwriting expenses
 
.3

 

 

 
.3

Cost of sales
 

 
86.0

 
2.7

 
88.7

General and administrative expenses
 
31.5

 
10.7

 
113.9

 
156.1

Amortization of other intangible assets
 

 
7.2

 
.1

 
7.3

Interest expense
 

 
.6

 
1.2

 
1.8

     Total expenses
 
34.8

 
104.5

 
117.9

 
257.2

Pre-tax (loss) income
 
$
(15.3
)
 
$
(3.3
)
 
$
21.2

 
$
2.6

(1) 
Approximately 29% of MediaAlpha’s advertising revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was associated with one customer.