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Schedule I - Financial Information of the Registrant (Parent Company)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Condensed Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule I - Financial Information of the Registrant (Parent Company)
SCHEDULE I
STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORPORATION
(Parent Company)
STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS
 
 
 
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
 
 
($000 omitted)
Revenues
 
 
 
 
 
 
Investment income
 
25,000

 
20,000

 
20,000

Other income
 
665

 
784

 
1,252

 
 
25,665

 
20,784

 
21,252

Expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest
 
3,511

 
3,123

 
2,726

Other operating expenses, including $276 each year to affiliates
 
15,174

 
5,840

 
7,542

 
 
18,685

 
8,963

 
10,268

Income before taxes and income from subsidiaries
 
6,980

 
11,821

 
10,984

Income tax expense (benefit)
 
126

 
(776
)
 
2,928

Income from subsidiaries
 
40,669

 
36,062

 
47,422

Net income
 
47,523

 
48,659

 
55,478

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retained earnings at beginning of year
 
491,698

 
471,788

 
455,519

Cash dividends on Common Stock
 
(28,565
)
 
(28,749
)
 
(27,840
)
Cash paid on Class B Common Shares conversion
 

 

 
(12,000
)
Cumulative effect adjustments on adoption of new accounting pronouncements
 
3,592

 

 
631

Retained earnings at end of year
 
514,248

 
491,698

 
471,788

See accompanying notes to financial statement information.
See accompanying Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.



















STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORPORATION
(Parent Company)
BALANCE SHEETS
 
 
 
As of December 31,
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
 
($000 omitted)
Assets
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
24,823

 
11,622

Receivables:
 
 
 
 
Notes - due from subsidiaries
 
6,609

 
26,316

Receivables from affiliates
 
7

 
930

Allowance for uncollectible amounts
 

 
(1
)
 
 
6,616

 
27,245

Property and equipment, at cost:
 
 
 
 
Furniture and equipment
 
2,662

 
2,733

Accumulated depreciation
 
(2,449
)
 
(2,517
)
 
 
213

 
216

Title plant, at cost
 
48

 
48

Investments in subsidiaries, on an equity-method basis
 
737,273

 
731,975

Goodwill
 
8,470

 
8,470

Other assets
 
17,421

 
18,274

 
 
794,864

 
797,850

Liabilities
 
 
 
 
Notes payable
 
98,875

 
98,875

Accounts payable and other liabilities
 
22,464

 
26,764

 
 
121,339

 
125,639

Contingent liabilities and commitments
 

 

Stockholders’ equity
 
 
 
 
Common Stock – $1 par, authorized 50,000,000; issued 24,071,508 and 24,071,683; outstanding 23,719,347 and 23,719,522, respectively
 
24,072

 
24,072

Additional paid-in capital
 
162,642

 
159,954

Retained earnings
 
514,248

 
491,698

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income (AOCI):
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency translation adjustments
 
(19,505
)
 
(8,373
)
Unrealized investment gains
 
(5,266
)
 
7,526

Treasury stock – 352,161 common shares, at cost
 
(2,666
)
 
(2,666
)
Total stockholders’ equity
 
673,525

 
672,211

 
 
794,864

 
797,850

 
See accompanying notes to financial statement information.
See accompanying Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.






STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORPORATION
(Parent Company)
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
 
 
 
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
 
 
($000 omitted)
Reconciliation of net income to cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
 
47,523

 
48,659

 
55,478

Add (deduct):
 
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation
 
4

 
5

 
69

Decrease (increase) in receivables – net
 
922

 
(81
)
 
245

Decrease (increase) in other assets – net
 
853

 
(1,576
)
 
359

(Decrease) increase in payables and accrued liabilities – net
 
(4,476
)
 
563

 
(496
)
Income from subsidiaries
 
(40,669
)
 
(36,062
)
 
(47,421
)
Other – net
 
(5,124
)
 
1,705

 
(6,731
)
Cash (used) provided by operating activities
 
(967
)
 
13,213

 
1,503

Investing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dividends from subsidiary
 
25,000

 
20,000

 
20,000

Purchase of property and equipment –net
 

 

 
(22
)
Collections on notes receivables
 
24,900

 
23,375

 
27,500

Increases in notes receivables
 
(5,193
)
 
(16,000
)
 

Contributions to a subsidiary
 

 
(7,184
)
 

Cash provided by investing activities
 
44,707

 
20,191

 
47,478

Financing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from notes payable
 

 
16,000

 
20,000

Payments on notes payable
 

 
(10,000
)
 
(25,125
)
Dividends paid
 
(28,263
)
 
(28,135
)
 
(27,840
)
Cash paid on Class B Common Shares conversion
 

 

 
(12,000
)
Repurchases of Common Stock
 
(1,175
)
 
(727
)
 
(1,053
)
Purchase of remaining interest of consolidated subsidiary
 
(1,101
)
 
(1,810
)
 
(991
)
Other – net
 

 

 
86

Cash used by financing activities
 
(30,539
)
 
(24,672
)
 
(46,923
)
Increase in cash and cash equivalents
 
13,201

 
8,732

 
2,058

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
 
11,622

 
2,890

 
832

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
 
24,823

 
11,622

 
2,890

Supplemental information:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income taxes paid
 

 

 
1

Interest paid
 
3,849

 
3,128

 
2,716

See accompanying notes to financial statement information.
See accompanying Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.








STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORPORATION
(Parent Company)

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT INFORMATION

The Parent Company operates as a holding company, transacting substantially all of its business through its subsidiaries. Its consolidated financial statements are included in Part II, Item 8 of Form 10-K. The Parent Company financial statements should be read in conjunction with the aforementioned consolidated financial statements and notes thereto and financial statement schedules.

Merger agreement. During March 2018, the Parent Company entered into an agreement and plan of merger with Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (FNF), in which the outstanding shares of the Parent Company will be exchanged for a combination of cash and shares of FNF, and the Parent Company and its subsidiaries will be merged into a subsidiary of FNF (the Mergers). The Mergers are subject to obtaining all federal and state regulatory approvals and the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions. For details on the Mergers, refer to Note 1 to the audited consolidated financial statements.

Investment income. During 2018, 2017 and 2016, Stewart Title Guaranty Company paid to the Parent Company dividends of $25.0 million, $20.0 million and $20.0 million, respectively.

Other operating expenses. Other operating expenses included $12.7 million and $2.9 million of expenses related to the Mergers and strategic alternatives review in 2018 and 2017, respectively. 2016 other operating expenses included $3.4 million of expenses related to the Class B Common Stock exchange agreement and shareholder activism.

Stockholders' equity. In 2018, the Parent Company adopted two new accounting standards which resulted in a reclassification of $1.0 million of net tax expense and $4.6 million of net unrealized investment gains from AOCI to retained earnings. In 2016, the Parent Company's stockholders approved the Class B Exchange Agreement, in which all outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock were retired in exchange for shares of Common Stock plus $12.0 million in cash. Also at the beginning of 2016, the Parent Company reclassified $0.6 million of unrecognized excess tax benefits related to share-based awards from additional paid-in capital to retained earnings as a result of adopting a new accounting standard. Refer to Note 12 to the audited consolidated financial statements for details for these equity transactions.

Income taxes. The Parent Company consistently generates losses, exclusive of dividends or equity earnings from its subsidiaries, and is not expected to generate future income without its subsidiaries. On December 22, 2017, the United States (U.S.) enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the 2017 Act), which revised the U.S. corporate income tax regime by, among other things, lowering the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% effective on January 1, 2018. As a result of the 2017 Act, the Parent Company recorded an income tax benefit of $1.2 million related to the remeasurement of its deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2017.