GBLI 10-Q Quarter ended March 31, 2015

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

For the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2015

OR

For the Transition Period from to

001-34809

Commission File Number

GLOBAL INDEMNITY PLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

25/28 NORTH WALL QUAY

DUBLIN 1

IRELAND

(Address of principal executive office, including zip code)

353 (0) 1 649 2000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that registrant was required to submit and post such files.).    Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes ¨ No x

As of May 5, 2015, the registrant had outstanding 13,667,782 A Ordinary Shares and 12,061,370 B Ordinary Shares.

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Consolidated Statement s of Comprehensive Income

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Consolidated Statements of Chang es in Shareholders’ Equity

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1. Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation

Global Indemnity plc (“Global Indemnity” or “the Company”) was incorporated on March 9, 2010 and is domiciled in Ireland. Global Indemnity replaced the Company’s predecessor, United America Indemnity, Ltd., as the ultimate parent company as a result of a re-domestication transaction in July, 2010. The Company’s A ordinary shares are publicly traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the trading symbol “GBLI.”

Starting in the 1 ^st quarter of 2015, the Company manages its business through three business segments: Commercial Lines, managed in Bala Cynwyd, offers specialty property and casualty products designed for product lines such as Small Business Binding Authority, Property Brokerage, and Programs, Personal Lines, managed in Scottsdale, AZ, offers specialty personal lines and agricultural coverage, and Reinsurance Operations, managed in Bermuda, provides reinsurance solutions through brokers and primary writers including insurance and reinsurance companies. The Commercial Lines and Personal Lines segments comprise the Company’s U.S. Insurance Operations. See Note 14 for additional information regarding segments.

The interim consolidated financial statements are unaudited, but have been prepared in conformity with United States of America generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), which differs in certain respects from those principles followed in reports to insurance regulatory authorities. The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The unaudited consolidated financial statements include all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, of a normal recurring nature and are necessary for a fair statement of results for the interim periods. Results of operations for the quarters ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the results of a full year. The accompanying notes to the unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the notes to the consolidated financial statements contained in the Company’s 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Global Indemnity and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

2. Acquisition

On January 1, 2015, Global Indemnity Group, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company, acquired 100% of the voting equity interest of American Reliable Insurance Company (“American Reliable”) from American Bankers Insurance Group, Inc. by paying $113.7 million in cash and assuming $284.3 million of customary insurance related liabilities, obligations, and mandates. Per the American Reliable Stock Purchase Agreement, the ultimate purchase price is subject to (i) accounting procedures that were performed in 2015 to determine GAAP book value and (ii) indemnification on future development on recorded loss and loss adjustment expenses as of December 31, 2014. In accordance with the Agreement, on the third calendar year following the calendar year of the Closing, if loss and loss adjustment expenses for accident years 2014 and prior are lower than recorded unpaid loss and loss adjustment expenses as of December 31, 2014, Global Indemnity Group, Inc. will pay the variance to American Bankers Insurance Company. Conversely, if loss and loss adjustment expenses for accident years 2014 and prior exceed recorded unpaid loss and loss adjustment expenses as of December 31, 2014, American Bankers Insurance Company will pay the variance to Global Indemnity Group, Inc. The Company’s current estimate of the purchase price, based on available financial information, is approximately $105.5 million.

The results of American Reliable’s operations have been included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements since the date of acquisition on January 1, 2015.

The purchase of American Reliable expands Global Indemnity’s product offerings. American Reliable is a specialty company that distributes personal lines products written on an admitted basis that are unusual and harder to place. It complements Global Indemnity’s existing US Insurance Operations that primarily distribute commercial lines products on an excess and surplus lines basis.

American Reliable is domiciled in Arizona and as such is subject to its state insurance department regulations.

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American Reliable had total revenues of $65.3 million and pre-tax income of $6.6 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2015. These amounts are included in the Company’s results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2015.

The following table presents the Company’s unaudited pro forma consolidated results of operations for the quarters ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 as if the acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2014 instead of January 1, 2015.

The pro forma results were calculated by applying the Company’s accounting policies and adjusting the result of American Reliable to reflect (i) impact of intercompany reinsurance with GI Re, (ii) the impact on interest expense resulting from changes to the Company’s capital structure in connection with the acquisition, (iii) impact on investment income from the acquisition date adjustments to fair value of investments, (iv) impact on underwriting expenses from the acquisition date adjustments to fair value of deferred acquisition costs and intangible assets (v) impact of transaction costs related to the acquisition and (vi) the tax effects of the above adjustments.

The pro forma results do not include any anticipated cost synergies or other effects of the integration of American Reliable. Such pro forma amounts are not indicative of the results that actually would have occurred had the acquisition been completed on January 1, 2014, nor are they indicative of the future operating results of the combined company.

The following table summarizes the estimated fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of the acquisition:

The Company is still in the process of valuing the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, as a result, the allocation of the acquisition consideration is subject to change.

The transaction is being accounted for using the purchase method of accounting. The assets and liabilities acquired by the Company were adjusted to estimated fair value. The $2.2 million excess of cash and acquisition cost over the estimated fair value of assets acquired was recognized as goodwill. Under the purchase method of accounting, goodwill is not amortized but is tested for impairment at least annually.

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Goodwill of $2.2 million, arising from the acquisition, consists largely of the synergies and economies of scales expected from combining the operations of Global Indemnity and American Reliable. The Company has determined that the goodwill of $2.2 million will be assigned to the Personal Lines segment. There is no tax goodwill.

An identification and valuation of intangible assets was performed that resulted in the recognition of intangible assets of $32.5 million with values assigned as follows:

Intangible assets arising from the acquisition will be deductible for income tax purposes over 15 years.

The fair value, gross contractual amounts due, and contractual cash flows not expected to be collected of acquired receivables are as follows:

In connection with the acquisition, the Company agreed to pay to Fox Paine & Company, LLC (“Fox Paine”) an investment banking fee of 3% of the amount paid plus the additional capital required to operate American Reliable on a standalone basis and a $1.5 million investment advisory fee, which in the aggregate, totaled $6.5 million. This amount is included in corporate and other operating expenses on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations during the quarter ended March 31, 2015. As payment for these fees, 267,702 A ordinary shares of Global Indemnity will be issued. These shares will be registered but cannot be sold until the earlier of five years or a change of control. See Note 10 for additional information on Fox Paine’s voting power.

Additional costs, mainly professional fees, of $5.1 million were incurred in connection with the acquisition of American Reliable. Of this amount, $3.3 million was recorded as corporate and other operating expenses on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations during the year ended December 31, 2014 and $1.8 million was recorded as corporate and other operating expenses on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operation during the quarter ended March 31, 2015.

During the quarter ended March 31, 2015, the Company paid approximately $1.6 million in employee compensation related cost, which were related to periods prior to the Acquisition. These costs were accrued by American Reliable and were included in the fair value of net assets acquired by Global Indemnity Group, Inc. on January 1, 2015.

Geographic Concentration

The following table sets forth the geographic distribution of American Reliable’s gross premiums written, excluding business that is ceded under a 100% quota share reinsurance agreement to American Bankers Insurance Company, for the year ended December 31, 2014:

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Marketing and Distribution

American Reliable distributes its insurance products primarily through a group of approximately 290 general and specialty agents and 332 direct agents in Arizona and New Mexico. Of the Company’s non-affiliated general and specialty agents, the top five accounted for 23.9% of American Reliable’s gross premiums written for the year ended December 31, 2014. One agency represented 6.8% of American Reliable’s gross premiums written for the year ended December 31, 2014. There is no agency which accounted for more than 10.0% of American Reliable’s revenue for the year ended December 31, 2014.

Dividend Limitations

The maximum amount of dividends, which can be paid by Arizona domiciled insurance companies without prior approval of the Director of Insurance, is subject to certain regulatory restrictions relating to statutory surplus. Specifically, an insurance company may pay dividends equal to the lesser of net income or 10% of its statutory surplus without specific approval from the Director. A dividend is considered extraordinary when the amount of the dividend, combined with all other dividends or distributions made within the preceding twelve months exceeds the lesser of either 10% of such insurer’s surplus as regards to policyholders as of the thirty-first day of December next preceding, or the net income for the twelve month period ending the thirty-first day of December next preceding. Until the closing balance sheet is finalized, the maximum amount of the dividend that could be paid by American Reliable cannot be determined.

Reinsurance

As a result of the acquisition, the following reinsurance treaties were entered into:

Earthquake Property Catastrophe Excess of Loss – Effective January 1, 2015, the Company purchased an earthquake property catastrophe excess of loss treaty which provides occurrence coverage for earthquake catastrophe losses of $30 million in excess of $5 million for American Reliable property business. This treaty provides for one full reinstatement of coverage at 100% additional premium as to time and pro rata as to amount of limit reinstated.

American Reliable Property Per Risk Excess of Loss – Effective January 1, 2015, American Reliable renewed its property per risk excess of loss treaty covering business underwritten by American Reliable. This treaty provides coverage in two layers: $1 million per risk in excess of $1 million per risk, and $3 million per risk in excess of $2 million per risk. The first layer is subject to a $2 million limit of liability for all risks involved in one loss occurrence, and the second layer is subject to a $6 million limit for all risks involved in one loss occurrence.

100% Ceded Quota Share to American Bankers – Effective December 1, 2014, American Reliable entered into four treaties to cede 100% of its liabilities to American Bankers Insurance Company related to certain business not included in the acquisition of American Reliable. American Reliable recorded ceded written premiums of $10.1 million and ceded earned premiums of $18.8 million to American Bankers Insurance Company for the quarter ended March 31, 2015.

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100% Assumed Quota Share from American Bankers – Effective December 1, 2014, American Reliable entered into two treaties to assume 100% of its liabilities from various reinsurers owned by Assurant, Inc. for business included in the acquisition but not written directly by American Reliable. American Reliable recorded assumed written premiums of $23.3 million and ceded earned premiums of $23.6 million from insurance companies owned by Assurant, Inc. for the quarter ended March 31, 2015.

The effect of reinsurance on premiums written and earned by American Reliable is as follows:

Commitments

As a result of the acquisition, the Company assumed operating leases related to the operations of American Reliable. Rental expense under these operating leases was $0.3 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2015. At March 31, 2015, future minimum cash payments under non-cancelable operating leases related to the operations of American Reliable were as follows:

At the time of the acquisition, one of the Company’s policy administration systems was under development. In April, 2015, the Company entered into an agreement with an unrelated third party to build out a rate, quote, bind and issue application for the Company’s agriculture products. This project has an estimated cost of approximately $2.6 million plus reimbursable travel and related expenses.

3. Investments

The amortized cost and estimated fair value of investments were as follows as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014:

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Excluding U.S. treasuries and agency bonds, the Company did not hold any debt or equity investments in a single issuer that was in excess of 4% of shareholders’ equity at March 31, 2015 or December 31, 2014.

The amortized cost and estimated fair value of the Company’s fixed maturities portfolio classified as available for sale at March 31, 2015, by contractual maturity, are shown below. Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

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The following table contains an analysis of the Company’s securities with gross unrealized losses, categorized by the period that the securities were in a continuous loss position as of March 31, 2015:

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The following table contains an analysis of the Company’s securities with gross unrealized losses, categorized by the period that the securities were in a continuous loss position as of December 31, 2014:

The Company regularly performs various analytical valuation procedures with respect to its investments, including reviewing each fixed maturity security in an unrealized loss position to assess whether the security is a candidate for credit loss. Specifically, the Company considers credit rating, market price, and issuer specific financial information, among other factors, to assess the likelihood of collection of all principal and interest as contractually due. Securities for which the Company determines that a credit loss is likely are subjected to further analysis through discounted cash flow testing to estimate the credit loss to be recognized in earnings, if any. The specific methodologies and significant assumptions used by asset class are discussed below. Upon identification of such securities and periodically thereafter, a detailed review is performed to determine whether the decline is considered other than temporary. This review includes an analysis of several factors, including but not limited to, the credit ratings and cash flows of the securities and the magnitude and length of time that the fair value of such securities is below cost.

For fixed maturities, the factors considered in reaching the conclusion that a decline below cost is other than temporary include, among others, whether:

According to accounting guidance for debt securities in an unrealized loss position, the Company is required to assess whether it has the intent to sell the debt security or more likely than not will be required to sell the debt security before the anticipated recovery. If either of these conditions is met the Company must recognize an other than temporary impairment with the entire unrealized loss being recorded through earnings. For debt securities in an unrealized loss position not meeting these conditions, the Company assesses whether the impairment of a security is other than temporary. If the impairment is deemed to be other than temporary, the Company must separate the other than temporary impairment into two components:

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the amount representing the credit loss and the amount related to all other factors, such as changes in interest rates. The credit loss represents the portion of the amortized book value in excess of the net present value of the projected future cash flows discounted at the effective interest rate implicit in the debt security prior to impairment. The credit loss component of the other than temporary impairment is recorded through earnings, whereas the amount relating to factors other than credit losses is recorded in other comprehensive income, net of taxes.

For equity securities, management carefully reviews all securities with unrealized losses to determine if a security should be impaired and further focuses on securities that have either:

The amount of any write-down, including those that are deemed to be other than temporary, is included in earnings as a realized loss in the period in which the impairment arose.

The following is a description, by asset type, of the methodology and significant inputs that the Company used to measure the amount of credit loss recognized in earnings, if any:

U.S. treasury and agency obligations – As of March 31, 2015, gross unrealized losses related to U.S. treasury and agency obligations were $0.024 million. With the exception of less than $0.001 million, all unrealized losses have been in an unrealized loss position for twelve months or greater and are rated AA+. Macroeconomic and market analysis is conducted in evaluating these securities. The analysis is driven by moderate interest rate anticipation, yield curve management, and security selection.

Obligations of states and political subdivisions – As of March 31, 2015, gross unrealized losses related to obligations of states and political subdivisions were $0.067 million. Of this amount, $0.064 million have been in an unrealized loss position for twelve months or greater and are rated A or better. All factors that influence performance of the municipal bond market are considered in evaluating these securities. The aforementioned factors include investor expectations, supply and demand patterns, and current versus historical yield and spread relationships. The analysis relies on the output of fixed income credit analysts, as well as dedicated municipal bond analysts who perform extensive in-house fundamental analysis on each issuer, regardless of their rating by the major agencies.

Mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) – As of March 31, 2015, gross unrealized losses related to mortgage-backed securities were $0.279 million. Of this amount, $0.140 million have been in an unrealized loss position for twelve months or greater and are rated AA+. Mortgage-backed securities are modeled to project principal losses under downside, base, and upside scenarios for the economy and home prices. The primary assumption that drives the security and loan level modeling is the Home Price Index (“HPI”) projection. The model first projects HPI at the national level, then at the zip-code level based on the historical relationship between the individual zip code HPI and the national HPI. The model utilizes loan level data and borrower characteristics including FICO score, geographic location, original and current loan size, loan age, mortgage rate and type (fixed rate / interest-only / adjustable rate mortgage), issuer / originator, residential type (owner occupied / investor property), dwelling type (single family / multi-family), loan purpose, level of documentation, and delinquency status as inputs. The model also includes the explicit treatment of silent second liens, utilization of loan modification history, and the application of roll rate adjustments.

Asset-backed securities (“ABS”) – As of March 31, 2015, gross unrealized losses related to asset backed securities were $0.186 million. All unrealized losses have been in an unrealized loss position for less than 12 months and are rated A or better. The weighted average credit enhancement for the Company’s asset backed portfolio is 21.0. This represents the percentage of pool losses that can occur before an asset backed security will incur its first dollar of principal losses. Every ABS transaction is analyzed on a stand-alone basis. This analysis involves a thorough review of the collateral, prepayment, and structural risk in each transaction. Additionally, the analysis includes an in-depth credit analysis of the originator and servicer of the collateral. The analysis projects an expected loss for a deal given a set of assumptions specific to the asset type. These assumptions are used to calculate at what level of losses the deal will incur its first dollar of principal loss. The major assumptions used to calculate this ratio are loss severities, recovery lags, and no advances on principal and interest.

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Commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”) – As of March 31, 2015, gross unrealized losses related to the CMBS portfolio were $0.578 million. Of this amount, $0.111 million have been in an unrealized loss position for twelve months or greater and are rated AA or better. The weighted average credit enhancement for the Company’s CMBS portfolio is 35.2. This represents the percentage of pool losses that can occur before a mortgage-backed security will incur its first dollar of principal loss. For the Company’s CMBS portfolio, a loan level analysis is utilized where every underlying CMBS loan is re-underwritten based on a set of assumptions reflecting expectations for the future path of the economy. In the analysis, the focus is centered on stressing the significant variables that influence commercial loan defaults and collateral losses in CMBS deals. These variables include: (1) a projected drop in occupancies; (2) capitalization rates that vary by property type and are forecasted to return to more normalized levels as the capital markets repair and capital begins to flow again; and (3) property value stress testing using projected property performance and projected capitalization rates. Term risk is triggered if the projected debt service coverage rate falls below 1x. Balloon risk is triggered if a property’s projected performance does not satisfy new tighter mortgage standards.

Corporate bonds – As of March 31, 2015, gross unrealized losses related to corporate bonds were $0.084 million. Of this amount, $0.017 million have been in an unrealized loss position for twelve months or greater and are rated BBB or better. The analysis for this sector includes maintaining detailed financial models that include a projection of each issuer’s future financial performance, including prospective debt servicing capabilities, capital structure composition, and the value of the collateral. The analysis incorporates the macroeconomic environment, industry conditions in which the issuer operates, the issuer’s current competitive position, its vulnerability to changes in the competitive and regulatory environment, issuer liquidity, issuer commitment to bondholders, issuer creditworthiness, and asset protection. Part of the process also includes running downside scenarios to evaluate the expected likelihood of default as well as potential losses in the event of default.

Foreign bonds – As of March 31, 2015, gross unrealized losses related to foreign bonds were $0.487 million. All unrealized losses have been in an unrealized loss position for less than twelve months. 92.5% of the securities in an unrealized loss position are rated investment grade. For this sector, detailed financial models are maintained that include a projection of each issuer’s future financial performance, including prospective debt servicing capabilities, capital structure composition, and the value of the collateral. The analysis incorporates the macroeconomic environment, industry conditions in which the issuer operates, the issuer’s current competitive position, its vulnerability to changes in the competitive and regulatory environment, issuer liquidity, issuer commitment to bondholders, issuer creditworthiness, and asset protection. Part of the process also includes running downside scenarios to evaluate the expected likelihood of default as well as potential losses in the event of default.

Common stock – As of March 31, 2015, gross unrealized losses related to common stock were $3.842 million. Of this amount, $0.027 million has been in an unrealized loss position for twelve months or greater. To determine if an other than temporary impairment of an equity security has occurred, the Company considers, among other things, the severity and duration of the decline in fair value of the equity security. The Company also examines other factors to determine if the equity security could recover its value in a reasonable period of time.

The Company recorded the following other than temporary impairments (“OTTI”) on its investment portfolio for the quarters ended March 31, 2015 and 2014:

The following table is an analysis of the credit losses recognized in earnings on fixed maturities held by the Company for the quarters ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 for which a portion of the OTTI loss was recognized in other comprehensive income.

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Net of Tax

Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax, as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 was as follows:

The following tables present the changes in accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax, by component for the quarters ended March 31, 2015 and 2014:

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The reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income for the quarters ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 were as follows: