Company: MHLA
Filing Date: 2025-05-12
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001412100-25-000043
Chunk: 197

Company: Maiden Holdings, Ltd.
Filing Date: 2025-05-12
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
Chunk 197
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Maiden Holdings is a Bermuda-based holding company. Maiden creates shareholder value by actively managing and allocating our assets and capital, including through ownership and management of businesses and assets mostly in the insurance and related financial services industries where we can leverage our deep knowledge of those markets. 

As of March 31, 2025, Maiden Reinsurance owns approximately 31.0% of the Company's total outstanding common shares which is eliminated for accounting and financial reporting purposes on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements. The voting power of Maiden Reinsurance, with respect to its common shares ownership, was capped at 9.5% pursuant to the bye-laws of the Company. However, on April 29, 2025, Maiden shareholders approved the proposal to remove the 9.5% voting limitation at the Company's special general meeting of its shareholders (the "Special Meeting"). The ownership of the common shares by Maiden Reinsurance was made in compliance with Maiden Reinsurance's investment policy and approved by the Vermont DFR.

Current Operations

The Company does not presently underwrite prospective reinsurance risks.  During 2024, Maiden entered into a series of strategic transactions that, upon completion, will substantially transform our business plan and operations, which are fully described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 that was filed on March 10, 2025. 

Short-term income protection business is written on a primary basis by our wholly owned subsidiaries Maiden Life Försäkrings AB ("Maiden LF") and Maiden General Försäkrings AB ("Maiden GF") in the Scandinavian and Northern European markets.  Our wholly owned subsidiary, Maiden Global Holdings Ltd. (“Maiden Global”) is a licensed intermediary in the United Kingdom. Maiden Global had previously operated internationally by providing branded auto and credit life insurance products through insurer partners, particularly those in Europe and other global markets ("IIS business"). These products also produced reinsurance programs which were underwritten by our wholly owned subsidiary Maiden Reinsurance Ltd. (“Maiden Reinsurance”).

During 2024, we conducted and completed a strategic review of our IIS Business. The purpose of that review was to evaluate the strategic value of this business, including the operations of Maiden LF and Maiden GF in relation to their ongoing growth and profitability prospects, regulatory capital requirements and ability to create shareholder value in excess of the Company's target return on capital levels. As a result of that review, we concluded that