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| AssuranceAmerica Corporation underwrites and distributes non-standard personal automobile insurance products to individuals primarily in the southeastern United States. Its non-standard insurance products provide customers with coverage for the minimum required statutory limits for bodily injury and property damage liability arising out of the operation of a motor vehicle. The company also offers insurance coverage that affords protection for collision and physical damage to the insureds' motor vehicles, bodily injury, and property damage caused by uninsured motorists, medical payments, towing and labor, and accidental death and dismemberment. In addition, it provides accounting, product management, legal, policyholder administration, and claims services. AssuranceAmerica has operations in Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, and Mississippi. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. | | History: INCORPORATED in Nevada Apr. 7, 1986, as Auric Metals Corp.; and on June 5, 1986, merged a Utah corporation of the same name (incorporated May 9, 1969). Name changed to Brainworks Ventures, Inc. Nov. 13, 2000, and to AssuranceAmerica Corp. July 2, 2003.
April 1, 2003, acquired AssuranceAmerica Corp., a Georgia corporation (AssuranceAmerica Georgia). Shareholders of AssuranceAmerica Georgia received apx. 43,000,000 Common shares of the company, including shares received upon subsequent conversion of Series A Convertible Preferred stock of AssuranceAmerica Georgia into Common stock of the company.
August 3, 2004, acquired substantially all of the assets of Thomas-Cook Holding Company (TCHC). As consideration, the company paid TCHC $462,000 in cash, issued TCHC a promissory note in the amount of $1,078,000, and issued TCHC 1,320,000 Common shares of the company. | | | | Subsidiaries: |
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Acquisition Sub, Inc. AssuranceAmerica Capital Trust I AssuranceAmerica Claims Services, LLC AssuranceAmerica Corporation AssuranceAmerica Insurance Company AssuranceAmerica Managing General Agency of Alabama Corporation AssuranceAmerica Managing General Agency, LLC TrustWay Insurance Agencies, LLC
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| | Gross premiums written | $88,395,199 | $69,108,965 | | Ceded premiums written | (59,763,971) | (47,016,892) | | Net premiums written | 28,631,228 | 22,092,073 | | Increase in unearned premiums, net |
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| | of prepaid reinsurance premiums | (3,244,105) | (1,239,097) | | Net premiums earned | 25,387,123 | 20,852,976 | | Commission income | 20,870,068 | 22,232,993 | | Managing general agent fees | 10,912,946 | 9,249,488 | | Net investment income | 801,950 | 727,969 | | Net investment gains on |
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| | securities | 34,469 | 24,445 | | Other fee income | 372,146 | 634,971 | | Total revenue | 58,378,702 | 53,722,842 | | Expenses: |
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| | Losses and loss adjustment expenses | 18,864,642 | 15,318,922 | | Selling, general, and administrative | 36,189,148 | 33,091,167 | | Stock option expense | 333,694 | 429,351 | | Depreciation and amortization expense | 1,185,271 | 1,030,165 | | Interest expense | 1,013,364 | 1,141,368 | | Total operating expenses | 57,586,119 | 51,010,973 | | Income before provision for income tax expense | 792,583 | 2,711,869 | | Income tax provision (benefit) | 517,204 | (2,019,730) | | Net income before dividends on preferred stock | 275,379 | 4,731,599 | | Dividends on preferred stock | ----------- | 421,200 | | Net income attributable to common stockholders | $275,379 | $4,310,399 | | Earnings per common share |
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| | Basic | $0.004 | 0.080 | | Diluted | $0.004 | 0.075 | | Weighted average shares outstanding-basic | 61,913,645 | 53,609,956 | | Weighted average shares outstanding-diluted | 62,656,305 | 63,480,814 | | See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. |
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| | Cash and cash equivalents | $5,511,842 | $8,185,539 | | Short-term investments | 642,924 | 619,843 | | Long-term investments | 14,838,738 | 10,446,830 | | Marketable equity securities | 2,563,040 | 2,055,983 | | Other securities | 155,000 | 155,000 | | Investment income due and accrued | 158,981 | 117,363 | | Receivable from insureds | 28,802,125 | 18,707,773 | | Reinsurance recoverable (including $6,077,396 and $5,130,845 on paid losses) | 29,327,012 | 22,563,990 | | Prepaid reinsurance premiums | 21,145,161 | 14,012,481 | | Deferred acquisition costs | 2,130,323 | 800,125 | | Property and equipment (net of accumulated depreciation of $2,737,288 and $2,136,512) | 2,360,747 | 2,481,660 | | Other receivables | 2,966,287 | 585,999 | | Prepaid expenses | 861,588 | 273,733 | | Intangibles (net of accumulated amortization of $2,240,233 and $1,824,334) | 11,368,383 | 11,114,882 | | Security deposits | 86,438 | 74,140 | | Prepaid income tax | 148,677 | 668,677 | | Deferred tax assets | 1,824,453 | 2,506,503 | | Other assets | 361,419 | 374,365 | | Total assets | $125,253,138 | $95,744,886 | | F-3 |
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| | Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $7,184,132 | $5,039,900 | | Unearned premium | 30,991,565 | 20,614,781 | | Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses | 33,660,814 | 24,904,492 | | Reinsurance payable | 25,174,138 | 16,744,406 | | Provisional commission reserve | 2,963,308 | 2,319,540 | | Notes payable and related party debt | 4,482,862 | 5,797,122 | | Junior subordinated debentures payable | 4,968,519 | 4,961,852 | | Capital lease obligations | ------------ | 265,670 | | Total liabilities | 109,425,338 | 80,647,763 | | Commitments and contingencies |
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| | Common stock, $.01 par value (authorized 120,000,000 and 80,000,000, outstanding 64,803,881 |
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| | and 56,072,971) | 648,039 | 560,730 | | Preferred stock, $.01 par value (authorized 5,000,000, outstanding 0 and 840,000; | ------------ |
| | liquidation preference $0 and $4,200,000) | ------------ | 8,400 | | Surplus-paid in | 16,782,588 | 16,426,292 | | Accumulated deficit | (1,673,332) | (1,948,711) | | Accumulated other comprehensive income: |
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| | securities, net of taxes | 70,505 | 50,412 | | Total stockholders equity | 15,827,800 | 15,097,123 | | Total liabilities and stockholders equity | $125,253,138 | $95,744,886 | | Net Working Capital |
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