Company: SLDE
Filing Date: 2025-05-23
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001193125-25-125836
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Company: Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-23
Form: S-1
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 insurance business is exposed to the risk of severe weather conditions and other catastrophes. Severe weather events include, but are not limited to, winter storms, rain, hail and high winds. The incidence and
severity of weather conditions are largely unpredictable. Catastrophes can be caused by various events, such as wildfires, tornadoes, tsunamis, hurricanes, tropical storms, earthquakes, windstorms, hailstorms, severe thunderstorms, fires and other non-natural events such as explosions, riots, terrorism or war.

The incidence and severity of severe
weather conditions and catastrophes are inherently unpredictable and the occurrence of one catastrophe does not render the possibility of another catastrophe greater or lower. The extent of losses from a catastrophe is a function of both the total
amount of insured exposure in the area affected by the event and the severity of the event. In particular, severe weather and other catastrophes could significantly increase our costs due to a surge in claims following such events and/or legal and
regulatory changes in response to catastrophes that may impair our ability to limit our liability under our policies. Severe weather conditions and catastrophes can cause greater losses for us, which can cause our liquidity and financial condition
to deteriorate. Resulting reductions in our capital could materially adversely affect our ability to underwrite new insurance policies.

In addition, we may not be able to obtain reinsurance coverage at reasonable rates and in amounts adequate to mitigate the risks associated
with severe weather conditions and other catastrophes, and we may not purchase enough reinsurance to cover catastrophic events such as hurricanes. While we only work with reinsurers whom we believe have acceptable credit, if our reinsurers are
unable to pay for the claims for which they are responsible, we could be exposed to additional liability, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. In addition, we have accessed
multi-year catastrophe

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reinsurance coverage from the capital markets through the issuance of catastrophe bonds. We may not be successful in accessing such coverage through catastrophe bonds in the future, on acceptable
terms or at all.

Climate change may affect the occurrence of certain natural events, such as an increase in the frequency or severity of
wind and thunderstorm events, eruptions of volcanoes and tornado or hailstorm events due to increased convection in the atmosphere; more frequent wildfires in certain geographies; higher incidence of deluge flooding and the potential for an increase
in severity of the hurricane events due to higher