Company: OXBRW
Filing Date: 2025-05-12
Form Type: S-3
Source: 0001641172-25-009665
Chunk: 13

Company: OXBRIDGE RE HOLDINGS Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-05-12
Form: S-3
Chunk 13
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 loss specified in the contract.

Excess-of-loss contracts are typically written on a losses-occurring basis, which means that they cover losses that occur during the contract term, regardless of when the underlying policies came into force. Premiums from excess-of-loss contracts are earned rateably over the contract term, which is ordinarily 12 months. Most excess-of-loss contracts provide for a reinstatement of coverage following a covered loss event in return for an additional premium.

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The Florida Property and Casualty Insurance Market

General Overview

Florida’s property and casualty insurance market has undergone significant changes in the past few decades. This market, which was formerly dominated by large, national, multi-line insurance companies, now includes Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”), a state-sponsored insurance company created by the Florida Legislature; Florida-based insurance companies that focus primarily on writing property insurance policies in the state of Florida; and Florida-based subsidiaries of national insurance companies that focus on writing property insurance policies in the state of Florida. While these four types of companies participate in the market at varying levels, Citizens and the Florida-based insurance companies are now the dominant market participants. Within the private market, which excludes Citizens, there is a strong dependence on small insurance companies, which have limited capitalization and a limited ability to diversify.

While the Florida property and casualty insurance market faces various challenges, the primary challenge is the potential for exposure to catastrophic windstorms. The state of Florida has approximately $2.18 trillion in insured residential property exposure. In 2024, Hurricanes Helene and Milton caused significant destruction with a death toll of at least 257 and estimated insured losses exceeding $55 billion.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (“NOAA”) Technical Memorandum NWS NHC-6, entitled “The Deadliest, Costliest, and Most Intense United States Tropical Cyclones from 1851 to 2010 (and Other Frequently Requested Hurricane Facts) (the “NOAA Memorandum”), “forty percent of all U.S. hurricanes and major hurricanes were in Florida,” and “sixty percent of category 4 or higher hurricane strikes have occurred in either Florida or Texas.” The NOAA Memorandum also indicates that, between 1851 and 2010, there were 114 hurricane strikes and 37 major hurricanes in Florida. (For these purposes, a “major hurricane” is a category 3, 4, or 5 hurricane.)

Our Reinsurance Contracts and Products

We write primarily property catastrophe reinsurance. We currently