Company: TIPT
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001393726-25-000028
Chunk: 61

Company: TIPTREE INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 61
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 seasonal variations. Fortegra’s commercial P&C lines of business are subject to underlying program renewal dates, while a significant portion of revenues related to the alternative risks and auto and consumer goods warranty lines of business may fluctuate seasonally based on consumer spending, which has historically been higher in September and December, corresponding to auto-sales events and the back-to-school and holiday seasons. Accordingly, its insurance revenues have historically been higher in the third and fourth quarters than in the first half of the year.Intellectual PropertyFortegra owns or licenses a number of trademarks, trade names, service marks, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights that relate to its services and products within the various jurisdictions in which it operates. Although Fortegra believes that these intellectual property rights are, in the aggregate, important to Fortegra, it also believes that the business is not materially dependent upon any particular trademark, trade name, copyright, service mark, license or other intellectual property right. Additionally, Fortegra’s insurance subsidiaries have entered into confidentiality agreements with its partners that impose restrictions on partners’ use of proprietary software and other intellectual property rights.RegulationFortegra is subjected to federal, state, local and foreign regulation and supervision. The type and degree of regulation and supervision varies depending on which type of license may be involved, such as: insurance company, administrator and agency licenses; or service contract administration and obligor licenses; or premium finance and consumer finance licenses. Fortegra is also subject to the related federal, state and foreign data privacy and data protection laws. Its insurance subsidiaries are active in 50 states in the United States.Its U.S. insurance company subsidiaries are domiciled in several states, including Arizona, California, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky and Louisiana. The regulation, supervision and administration by state departments of insurance relate, among other things, to: standards of solvency that must be met and maintained, restrictions on the payment of dividends, changes in control of insurance companies, the licensing of insurers and their agents and other producers, the types of insurance that may be written, privacy practices, the ability to enter and exit certain insurance markets, the nature of and limitations on investments and premium rates, or restrictions on the size of risks that may be insured under a single policy, reserves and provisions for unearned premiums, losses and other obligations, deposits of securities for the benefit of policyholders, payment of sales compensation to third parties, approval of policy forms and premium rates, the types of risks that are not subject to form and rate regulation, the regulation of market conduct, including advertising