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| Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] | |
| Contingent Liabilities | Contingent Liabilities Legal Proceedings The Company is involved in various legal proceedings, including commercial matters and litigation regarding insurance claims which arise in the ordinary course of business. In addition, the Company is involved from time to time in legal actions which seek extra-contractual damages, punitive damages or penalties, including claims alleging bad faith in the handling of insurance claims. The Company believes that the outcome of such matters, individually and in the aggregate, is not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows. On March 11, 2024, the Company filed a complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, Commercial Division against Fleming relating to the Stock Purchase Agreement dated November 8, 2023 between the Company and Fleming (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which Fleming agreed to purchase all of the outstanding common shares of JRG Re (the “Transaction”). The complaint alleged that Fleming breached the Stock Purchase Agreement by its refusal to close the Transaction on March 1, 2024 as required under the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement, and sought specific performance of Fleming’s obligation to complete the Transaction and an award of damages. The Company subsequently filed a motion for preliminary injunction to require Fleming to fulfill its contractual obligation to close the Transaction. On April 6, 2024, the Court granted the Company’s motion, pursuant to which the Transaction closed on April 16, 2024. On May 9, 2024, the Company filed an amended complaint (the “Amended Complaint”) seeking, among other things, specific performance and damages suffered as a result of Fleming's breach of the Stock Purchase Agreement. On June 6, 2024, Fleming filed a motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint, which the court granted in part and denied in part on June 13, 2026. The court granted Fleming’s motion to dismiss the Company’s claim for specific performance and claims for consequential damages, but permitted the Company’s claims for direct damages for breach of contract to proceed. Fleming’s deadline to answer the Amended Complaint is September 8, 2026. On July 15, 2024, Fleming filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York against JRG Holdings and certain of its officers, asserting claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, common law fraud, and breaches of contract, and seeking unspecified monetary damages, including compensatory, consequential and punitive damages, all associated with Fleming's purchase of JRG Re pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement. On July 31, 2024, Fleming filed an amended complaint, on September 13, 2024, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint, and on October 18, 2024 Fleming filed a second amended complaint. On November 15, 2024, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the second amended complaint, which the court granted on July 17, 2025. On August 14, 2025, Fleming filed a motion for reconsideration, which the court denied on December 2, 2025. On December 22, 2025 Fleming filed a notice of appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Fleming filed its opening appellate brief on March 13, 2026, the Company filed its response brief on June 12, 2026, and Fleming filed its reply brief on July 6, 2026. The Company believes that it has substantial defenses and intends to vigorously defend this lawsuit. Amounts Recoverable from Reinsurers The Company’s insurance segments remain liable to policyholders if its reinsurers are unable to meet their contractual obligations under applicable reinsurance agreements. The Company establishes an allowance for credit losses for its current estimate of uncollectible reinsurance recoverables. At June 30, 2026, the allowance for credit losses on reinsurance recoverables was $1.7 million. To minimize exposure to significant losses from reinsurance insolvencies, the Company evaluates the financial condition of its reinsurers and monitors concentrations of credit risk. The Company generally seeks to purchase reinsurance from reinsurers with A.M. Best financial strength ratings of “A-” (Excellent) or better. The Company’s reinsurance contracts generally require reinsurers that are not authorized as reinsurers under U.S. state insurance regulations or that experience rating downgrades from rating agencies below specified levels to fund their share of the Company’s ceded outstanding losses and loss adjustment expense reserves, typically through the use of irrevocable and unconditional letters of credit. In fronting arrangements, which the Company conducts through its Specialty Admitted Insurance segment, the Company is subject to credit risk with regard to insurance companies who act as reinsurers for us in such arrangements. The Company requires collateral, in the form of a trust arrangement or letter of credit, to secure the obligations of the insurance entity for whom it is fronting. Amounts Recoverable from an Indemnifying Party and Reinsurer on Legacy Commercial Auto Book James River previously issued a set of commercial auto insurance contracts (the “Rasier Commercial Auto Policies”) to Rasier under which James River pays losses and loss adjustment expenses on the contracts. James River has indemnity agreements with Rasier (non-insurance entities) (collectively, the “Indemnity Agreements”) and is contractually entitled to reimbursement for the portion of the losses and loss adjustment expenses paid on behalf of Rasier under the Rasier Commercial Auto Policies and other expenses incurred by James River. In addition, on September 27, 2021, James River entered into the Commercial Auto LPT with Aleka to reinsure substantially all of the Rasier Commercial Auto Policies for which James River is not otherwise indemnified by Rasier under the Indemnity Agreements. Each of Rasier and Aleka is required to post collateral equal to 102% of James River's estimate of the respective party's obligations in trusts pursuant to the terms of the Indemnity Agreements and the Commercial Auto LPT, respectively. At June 30, 2026, the total balance of collateral securing Rasier's obligations under the Indemnity Agreements was $19.5 million and Aleka's obligations under the Commercial Auto LPT were $8.2 million. At June 30, 2026, the total reinsurance recoverables under the Commercial Auto LPT was $7.7 million. In connection with the execution of the Commercial Auto LPT, James River and Aleka entered into an administrative services agreement (the “Administrative Services Agreement”) with a third party claims administrator (the “Administrator”) pursuant to which the Administrator handles the claims on the Rasier Commercial Auto Policies for the remaining life of those claims. The claims paid by the Administrator are reimbursable by James River, and pursuant to the Administrative Services Agreement, James River established a loss fund trust account for the benefit of the Administrator (the “Loss Fund Trust”) to collateralize its claims payment reimbursement obligations. James River funds the Loss Fund Trust using funds withdrawn from the trust account collateralizing the Indemnity Agreements (the “Indemnity Trust”), funds withdrawn from the trust account collateralizing Commercial Auto LPT (the “LPT Trust”), and its own funds, in each case in an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the required Loss Fund Trust balance attributable to the Indemnity Agreements, the Commercial Auto LPT and James River’s existing third party reinsurance agreements, respectively. At June 30, 2026, the balance in the Loss Fund Trust was $8.6 million, including $5.3 million representing collateral supporting Rasier’s obligations under the Indemnity Agreements and $2.2 million representing collateral supporting Aleka’s obligations under the Commercial Auto LPT. Funds posted to the Loss Fund Trust are classified as restricted cash equivalents on the Company's balance sheet. While the Commercial Auto LPT brings economic finality to substantially all of the Rasier Commercial Auto Policies, the Company has credit exposure to Rasier and Aleka under the Indemnity Agreements and the Commercial Auto LPT if the estimated losses and expenses of the Rasier Commercial Auto Policies grow at a faster pace than the growth in the collateral balances. In addition, the Company has credit exposure if its estimates of future losses and loss adjustment expenses and other amounts recoverable under the Indemnity Agreements and the Commercial Auto LPT, which are the basis for establishing the collateral balances, are lower than actual amounts paid or payable. The amount of the Company's credit exposure in any of these instances could be material. To mitigate these risks, the Company closely and frequently monitors its exposure compared to the collateral held, and requests additional collateral in accordance with the terms of the Commercial Auto LPT and Indemnity Agreements when its analysis indicates that it has uncollateralized exposure.
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