Company: OXBRW
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001641172-25-000736
Chunk: 452

Company: OXBRIDGE RE HOLDINGS Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 452
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for Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses. We determine our reserves for losses and loss adjustment expenses on the basis of the
claims reported by our ceding insurers and for losses IBNR, we use the assistance of an independent actuary. The reserves for losses
and loss adjustment expenses represent management’s best estimate of the ultimate settlement costs of all losses and loss adjustment
expenses.

We
believe that the amounts are adequate; however, the inherent impossibility of predicting future events with precision, results in uncertainty
as to the amount which will ultimately be required for the settlement of losses and loss expenses, and the differences could be material.
Adjustments are reflected in the consolidated statements of income in the period in which they are determined.

Under
GAAP, we are not permitted to establish loss reserves until the occurrence of an actual loss event. As a result, only loss reserves applicable
to losses incurred up to the reporting date may be recorded, with no allowance for the provision of a contingency reserve to account
for expected future losses. Losses arising from future events, which could be substantial, are estimated and recognized at the time the
loss is incurred.

As
at December 31, 2024 we had no reserves for loss and loss adjustment expenses due to no significant events occurring during the year
and no reported claims on contract in force. See Note 7 to the consolidated financial statements.

Our
reserving methodology does not lend itself well to a statistical calculation of a range of estimates surrounding the best point estimate
of our reserve for loss and loss adjustment expense. Due to the low frequency and high severity nature of claims within much of our business,
our reserving methodology principally involves arriving at a specific point estimate for the ultimate expected loss on a contract-by-contract
basis, and our aggregate loss reserves are the sum of the individual loss reserves established.

Deferred
Acquisition Costs. We defer certain expenses that are directly related to and vary with producing reinsurance business, including
brokerage fees on gross premiums assumed, premium taxes and certain other costs related to the acquisition of reinsurance contracts.
These costs are capitalized and the resulting asset, deferred acquisition costs, is amortized and charged to expense in future periods
as premiums assumed are earned. The method followed in computing deferred acquisition costs limits the amount of such deferral to its
estimated realizable value. The ultimate recoverability of deferred acquisition costs is dependent on the continued profitability of
our reinsurance underwriting. If our underwriting ceases to be profitable, we may have to