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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 30, 2008
Enstar Group Limited
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Bermuda   001-33289   N/A
         
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)   File Number)   Identification No.)
     
P.O. Box HM 2267, Windsor Place, 3rd Floor    
18 Queen Street, Hamilton HM JX Bermuda   N/A
     
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (441) 292-3645
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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     We are amending the Current Report on Form 8-K that we filed on December 30, 2008 to include the Financial Statements for the businesses acquired in connection with the acquisition of Unionamerica Holdings Limited from St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, an affiliate of the Travelers Companies, Inc., and to include the Pro Forma Financial Information set forth below under Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a)   Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.
 
    The required financial statements are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 through 99.4 and are incorporated in their entirety herein by reference.
 
(b)   Pro Forma Combined Financial Information.
 
    The required pro forma combined financial information is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.5 and is incorporated in its entirety herein by reference.
 
(d)   Exhibits.
 
23.1   Consent of KPMG Audit Plc for Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited (for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007).
 
23.2   Consent of KPMG Audit Plc for Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited (for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006).
 
23.3   Consent of KPMG Audit Plc for SPRE Limited (for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007).
 
23.4   Consent of KPMG Audit Plc for SPRE Limited (for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006).
 
99.1   Audited financial statements of Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007.
 
99.2   Audited financial statements of Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006.
 
99.3   Audited financial statements of SPRE Limited for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007.
 
99.4   Audited financial statements of SPRE Limited for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006.
 
99.5   Pro Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated Statement of Earnings of Enstar Group Limited as of December 31, 2008 (Unaudited).

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
             
    ENSTAR GROUP LIMITED    
 
           
Date: March 18, 2009
  By:   /s/ Richard J. Harris
 
   
    Richard J. Harris    
    Chief Financial Officer    

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EXHIBIT INDEX
23.1   Consent of KPMG Audit Plc for Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited (for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007).
 
23.2   Consent of KPMG Audit Plc for Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited (for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006).
 
23.3   Consent of KPMG Audit Plc for SPRE Limited (for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007).
 
23.4   Consent of KPMG Audit Plc for SPRE Limited (for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006).
 
99.1   Audited financial statements of Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007.
 
99.2   Audited financial statements of Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006.
 
99.3   Audited financial statements of SPRE Limited for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007.
 
99.4   Audited financial statements of SPRE Limited for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006.
 
99.5   Pro Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated Statement of Earnings of Enstar Group Limited as of December 31, 2008 (Unaudited).

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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (No. 333-149551, No. 333-148863, No. 333-148862 and No. 333-141793) on Form S-8 of Enstar Group Limited of our report dated March 18, 2009 with respect to the balance sheets of Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 and the related profit & loss accounts, and reconciliations of movements in shareholders’ funds for both of the years then ended, which report appears in this Current Report on Form 8-K/A of Enstar Group Limited.
/s/ KPMG Audit Plc 
KPMG Audit Plc
London, England
March 18, 2009

 

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EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (No. 333-149551, No. 333-148863, No. 333-148862 and No. 333-141793) on Form S-8 of Enstar Group Limited of our report dated March 18, 2009 with respect to the balance sheets of Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 and the related profit & loss accounts, and reconciliations of movements in shareholders’ funds for both of the years then ended, which report appears in this Current Report on Form 8-K/A of Enstar Group Limited.
/s/ KPMG Audit Plc 
KPMG Audit Plc
London, England
March 18, 2009

 

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EXHIBIT 23.3
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (No. 333-149551, No. 333-148863, No. 333-148862 and No. 333-141793) on Form S-8 of Enstar Group Limited of our report dated March 18, 2009 with respect to the balance sheets of SPRE Limited as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 and the related profit & loss accounts, and reconciliations of movements in shareholders’ funds for both of the years, then ended, which report appears in this Current Report on Form 8-K/A of Enstar Group Limited.
/s/ KPMG Audit Plc 
KPMG Audit Plc
London, England
March 18, 2009

 

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EXHIBIT 23.4
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (No. 333-149551, No. 333-148863, No. 333-148862 and No. 333-141793) on Form S-8 of Enstar Group Limited of our report dated March 18, 2009 with respect to the balance sheets of SPRE Limited as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 and the related profit & loss accounts, and reconciliations of movements in shareholders’ funds for both of the years then ended which appears in this Current Report on Form 8-K/A of Enstar Group Limited.
/s/ KPMG Audit Plc 
KPMG Audit Plc
London, England
March 18, 2009

 

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EXHIBIT 99.1
UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
(Registered in England No.1022903)
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
31 December 2008

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Independent Auditors’ Report
The Board of Directors
Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited:
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited (“the Company”) as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related profit and loss accounts and reconciliations of movements in shareholders’ funds for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S.”). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the results of its operations for the years then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United Kingdom.
Accounting principles generally accepted in the United Kingdom vary in certain significant respects from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Information relating to the nature and effect of such differences is presented in note 23 to the financial statements.
/s/ KPMG Audit Plc 
KPMG Audit Plc
London, United Kingdom
March 18, 2009

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED

Profit & Loss Account
Technical Account — General Business
For the Year Ended 31 December 2008
                         
            2008     2007  
    Notes     US$000     US$000  
Earned premiums, net of reinsurance
                       
 
                       
Gross premiums written
    3       141       (231 )
Outward reinsurance premiums
            93,331       (3,680 )
 
                   
 
Earned premiums, net of reinsurance
            93,472       (3,911 )
 
                       
Allocated investment return transferred from the non-technical account
            10,044       3,039  
 
                   
 
            103,516       (872 )
 
                   
 
                       
Claims incurred, net of reinsurance
                       
Claims paid — gross amount
            (137,821 )     (51,067 )
— reinsurers’ share
            478,258       75,789  
 
                   
 
            340,437       24,722  
 
                   
 
                       
Change in the provision for claims — gross amount
            133,348       18,705  
— reinsurers’ share
            (669,397 )     (35,597 )
 
                   
 
            (536,049 )     (16,892 )
 
                   
 
                       
Claims incurred, net of reinsurance
    4, 5       (195,612 )     7,830  
 
                       
Net operating expenses
    7       (10,693 )     (4,687 )
 
                   
 
                       
Balance on the technical account — general business
            (102,789 )     2,271  
 
                   
The above results relate to discontinued business.
See accompanying notes to these financial statements.

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED

Profit & Loss Account
Non -Technical Account — General Business
For the Year Ended 31 December 2008
                         
            2008     2007  
    Notes     US$000     US$000  
Balance on the technical account — general business
            (102,789 )     2,271  
 
                   
 
                       
Investment income
    8       19,958       9,579  
 
                       
Unrealised investment (loss)/gain
            (1,823 )     1,231  
 
                       
Investment expenses and charges
    9       (559 )     0  
 
                   
 
                       
 
            17,576       10,810  
 
                       
Allocated investment return transferred to the technical account — general business
            (10,044 )     (3,039 )
 
                   
 
 
            7,532       7,771  
 
                   
 
                       
Other charges, including value adjustments
    10       (1,349 )     (558 )
 
                   
 
                       
(Loss)/profit on ordinary activities before tax
    11       (96,606 )     9,484  
 
                       
Tax on (loss)/profit on ordinary activities
    13       702       882  
 
                   
 
(Loss)/profit for the year after tax
            (95,904 )     10,366  
 
                   
A separate statement of recognised gains and losses has not been prepared as there are no differences between the above result and the result after recognised gains and losses.
All business is discontinued as defined by Financial Reporting Standard 3.
See accompanying notes to these financial statements.

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED

Balance Sheet
At 31 December 2008
                         
            2008     2007  
    Notes     US$000     US$000  
ASSETS
                       
 
                       
Investments
                       
Other financial investments
    14       663,880       822,020  
Deposits with ceding undertakings
            13,079       13,968  
 
                       
Reinsurers’ share of technical provisions
                       
Claims outstanding
    5       169,437       811,976  
 
                       
Debtors
                       
Debtors arising out of direct insurance operations
            0       3,232  
Debtors arising out of reinsurance operations
            52,421       137,401  
Other debtors
    15       149       4,232  
 
                       
Other assets
                       
Cash at bank and in hand
    14       367,601       39,667  
 
                       
Prepayments and accrued income
                       
Accrued interest and rental income
            10,085       12,590  
 
                   
 
Total assets
            1,276,652       1,845,086  
 
                   
 
                       
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ FUNDS
                       
Capital and reserves
                       
Called up share capital
    18       86,968       82,047  
Capital contribution
            100,000       100,000  
Share premium account
            184,727       163,334  
Profit and loss account
            (62,880 )     83,024  
 
                   
 
Equity Shareholders’ funds
          308,815       428,405  
 
                       
Technical provisions
                       
Claims outstanding
    5       944,051       1,135,297  
 
                       
Creditors
                       
Creditors arising out of direct insurance operations
            0       1,217  
Creditors arising out of reinsurance operations
            22,681       82,690  
Deposits received from reinsurers
            324       68,433  
Other creditors including taxation and social security
    17       781       129,044  
 
                   
 
Total liabilities
            1,276,652       1,845,086  
 
                   
See accompanying notes to these financial statements.

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
RECONCILIATION OF MOVEMENTS IN SHAREHOLDERS’ FUNDS
For the Year Ended 31 December 2008
                         
            2008     2007  
    Notes     US$000     US$000  
Opening shareholders’ funds
            428,405       116,108  
Ordinary shares issued
                       
Share capital
    6,18       4,921       38,597  
Share premium account
    6,18       21,393       163,334  
Capital contribution
            0       100,000  
Dividend paid
            (50,000 )     0  
Profit for the financial year
            (95,904 )     10,366
 
                   
Closing shareholders’ funds
            308,815       428,405  
 
                   
See accompanying notes to these financial statements.

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
Year ended 31 December 2008
1.   ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
    Basis of preparation
 
    The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 255 of, and the special provisions of Part 1 of schedule 9A to, the United Kingdom Companies Act 1985, relating to insurance companies.
 
    The financial statements have also been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards and under the historical cost accounting rules, modified to include the revaluation of investments, and comply with the Statement of Recommended Practice issued by the Association of British Insurers in December 2005 (as amended in December 2006) (“the ABI SORP”) .
 
    The directors consider that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate. Furthermore, the expected cost, including internal claims handling expenses, of the run-off of the book of business is exceeded by the expected future investment return attributable to the Technical Account-General Business. Accordingly, no provision has been made for future run-off expenses.
 
    In accordance with FRS 8, Related Party Disclosures, the Company has not disclosed related party transactions with group companies, on the basis that the Company is a subsidiary undertaking with 100% voting rights controlled within a group which produces publicly available consolidated financial statements in which the Company is included.
 
    In accordance with FRS 1, Cashflow Statements, the Company is not required to prepare a cashflow statement because more than 90% of the voting rights of the Company are held within the group and the group’s consolidated financial statements are publicly available.
 
    The following accounting policies have been applied consistently in dealing with items which are considered material to the Company’s financial statements except as noted below.
 
    Basis of accounting for underwriting activities

All classes of business are accounted for on an annual basis.
 
    Premiums
 
    Written premiums, gross of commission payable to intermediaries, comprise the estimated premiums on contracts entered into in a financial year, regardless of whether such amounts may relate in whole or in part to a later financial year, exclusive of taxes and duties levied on premiums.
 
    Premiums written include adjustments to premiums written in prior accounting periods and estimates for “pipeline” premiums. Outward reinsurance premiums are accounted for in the same accounting period as the premiums for the related direct insurance or inwards reinsurance business.
 
    Acquisition costs
 
    Acquisition costs comprise all direct and indirect costs arising from the conclusion of insurance and reinsurance contracts.
 
    Claims incurred
 
    Claims incurred include all claims and claims settlement expense payments made in respect of the financial period, the movement in the provision for outstanding claims and claims settlement expenses, and movement in claims incurred but not reported.
 
    Claims outstanding
 
    Full provision is made on an individual case basis for the estimated cost of claims notified but not yet settled by the balance sheet date after taking into account handling costs and settlement trends. A provision for claims incurred but not reported is established on a statistical basis. The level of provisions has been set on the basis of the information which is currently available, including potential outstanding claims advices and case law. The methods used and estimates made are reviewed regularly. Whilst the directors consider the gross provision for claims and the related reinsurance recoveries to be fairly stated on the basis of the information currently available to them, the ultimate liability can vary materially as a result of subsequent information and events. Any difference, which may be material, between provisions and subsequent settlements will be dealt with in the accounts of later years.

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
1.   ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
 
    Part VII Transfer
 
    The Company received a transfer of all the insurance liabilities and underlying outwards reinsurance agreements from SPRE Limited, formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited, and a portfolio of business from Travelers Insurance Company Limited, formerly St. Paul Travelers Insurance Company Limited, under Part VII of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. This transfer was effective on 31 December 2007. The Part VII transfer has been accounted for in accordance with the ABI SORP.
 
    Estimation Techniques
 
    The provision for outstanding claims comprises an estimate of the cost of settling all notified outstanding claims including claims handling costs, and an estimate of the cost of settling IBNR claims including claims handling costs.
 
    The notified outstanding claims are based on advices from policyholders, intermediaries and assessors. IBNR claims are estimated using a variety of statistical techniques including:
    The development of previously settled claims (chain ladder)
 
    The development of previously notified claims (chain ladder)
 
    Expected loss ratios
 
    A combination of the above (Bornhuetter-Ferguson)
    In addition reference is made to external reviews and industry data. The methods are predominantly deterministic, however, where possible, stochastic methods are used to produce a range of possible outcomes. The reinsurers’ share of the provision for outstanding claims is then estimated based on the gross provisions having due regard to collectability, and contract terms and conditions.
 
    The estimation of the provisions for the ultimate cost of asbestos, environmental pollution and other latent health hazards is subject to a larger range of uncertainties than those in other classes of business. This is largely due in part to the long delay between the exposure to the harmful conditions and the notification of a claim to the insurer. As a consequence traditional claims estimation techniques cannot wholly be relied on, and estimates are made using the specialised knowledge of both internal and external experts and professional advisors.
 
    The establishment of outstanding claims provisions is subject to a great degree of variability in that, notwithstanding every effort to make appropriate provision, the eventual cost of settling outstanding claims may vary significantly from the initial estimate.
 
    Investment income, expenses and charges
 
    Investments are shown at market value. Debt securities and other fixed-income securities and shares and other variable-yield securities and units in unit trusts are stated at market value at the close of business on the balance sheet date, or on the last trading day before that date.
 
    Investment income is accounted for on an accrual basis. Interest is accrued up to the balance sheet date. Realised investment gains and losses comprise the difference between net sale proceeds and previous valuation unless acquired during the year.
 
    Allocation of investment income
 
    Unrealised gains and losses on investments represent the difference between the valuation of investments at the balance sheet date and previous valuation unless acquired during the year and are included in the Non-Technical Account. Investment income, realised gains and losses, expenses and charges are allocated from the non-technical account to the technical account based on investments held against technical provisions.
 
    Currency translation
 
    All revenue transactions during the year denominated in currencies other than United States dollars are recorded at the rates ruling at that time. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than United States dollars are translated into dollars at the exchange rates ruling at the year-end. Differences on exchange are dealt with in the profit and loss account.

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
1.   ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
 
    Taxation
 
    The charge for taxation is based on the profit/(loss) for the year and takes into account taxation deferred because of timing differences between the treatment of certain items for taxation and accounting purposes.
 
    Deferred tax is recognised, without discounting, in respect of all timing differences between the treatment of certain items for taxation and accounting purposes which have arisen but not reversed by the balance sheet date, except as otherwise required by FRS 19.
 
2.   UNCERTAINTIES REGARDING ADEQUACY OF ASBESTOS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
 
    Management has established reserves for asbestos and environmental claims based upon known facts, current law and management’s judgement. However, the uncertainties surrounding the final resolution of these claims continue, and it is difficult to determine the ultimate exposure for the asbestos and environmental claims and related litigation. As a result, the reserves are subject to revision as new information becomes available and claims develop.
 
    The continuing uncertainties include, without limitation, the risks and lack of predictability inherent in complex litigation, any impact from the bankruptcy protection sought by various asbestos producers and other asbestos defendants, a further increase or decrease in asbestos and environmental claims which cannot now be anticipated, the role of any umbrella or excess policies the Company has issued, the resolution or adjudication of some disputes pertaining to the amount of available coverage for asbestos and environmental claims in a manner inconsistent with the Company’s previous assessment of these claims, the number and outcome of direct actions against the Company and further developments pertaining to the environmental claims.
 
    In addition, the Company’s asbestos-related claims and claims adjustment expense experience has been impacted by the exhaustion or unavailability due to insolvency of other insurance sources potentially available to policyholders along with the insolvency or bankruptcy of other defendants. It is also not possible to predict changes in the legal and legislative environment and their impact on the future development of asbestos and environmental claims. This development will be affected by future court decisions and interpretations, as well as changes in applicable legislation, including legislation related to asbestos reform.
 
    It is also difficult to predict the ultimate outcome of large coverage disputes until settlement negotiations near completion and significant legal questions are resolved or, failing settlement, until the dispute is adjudicated. This is particularly the case with policyholders in bankruptcy where negotiations often involve a large number of claimants and other parties and require court approval to be effective. As part of its continuing analysis of asbestos reserves, which includes an annual ground-up review of asbestos policyholders, the Company continues to study the implications of these and other developments.
 
    Because of the uncertainties set forth above, additional liabilities may arise for amounts in excess of the current asbestos and environmental reserves. In addition, the Company’s estimate of claims and claim adjusting expenses may change. These additional liabilities and increases in estimates, or a range of either, cannot now be reasonably estimated and could result in income statement charges that could be material to the Company’s operating results and financial condition in future period.

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
3.   SEGMENTAL INFORMATION
 
    Analysis of gross premiums written and earned, gross claims incurred, gross operating expenses, reinsurance balance and the result:
                                                 
    2008 (US$000)  
                            Gross                
    Gross     Gross     Gross     operating             Under-  
    premiums     premiums     claims     expenses     Reinsurance     writing  
    written     earned     incurred     incurred     balance     loss  
Direct insurance:
                                               
 
                                               
Fire and other damage to property
    0       0     (1,925 )     (192 )     3,550       1,433  
Third-party liability
    0       0       (13,688 )     (1,386 )     8,090       (6,986 )
 
 
                                   
 
    0       0       (15,613 )     (1,578 )     11,640       (5,553 )
Reinsurance
    141       141       11,140     (9,168 )     (109,395 )     (107,280 )
 
                                   
 
                                               
 
    141       141       (4,473 )     (10,746 )     (97,755 )     (112,833 )
 
                                   
                                                 
    2007 (US$000)  
                            Gross                
    Gross     Gross     Gross     operating             Under-  
    premiums     premiums     claims     expenses     Reinsurance     writing  
    written     earned     incurred     incurred     balance     loss  
Direct insurance:
                                               
 
                                               
Fire and other damage to property
    6       6       5,021     (194 )     (4,492 )     341  
Third-party liability
    (208 )     (208 )     (8,534 )     (647 )     11,055       1,666  
 
                                   
 
    (202 )     (202 )     (3,513 )     (841 )     6,563       2,007  
Reinsurance
    (29 )     (29 )     (28,849 )     (3,827 )     29,930       (2,775 )
 
                                   
 
                                               
 
    (231 )     (231 )     (32,362 )     (4,668 )     36,493       (768 )
 
                                   
    The net assets and investment income are not managed at a class level, and therefore are not included in the segmental analysis.

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
4.   PRIOR YEARS’ CLAIMS PROVISIONS
 
    (Under)/over provisions for claims provisions at the beginning of the period compared with payments and provisions at the end of the period in respect of prior years’ claims net of ceded reinsurance are represented by the claims incurred net of reinsurance figure in the Profit and Loss Technical Account.
 
5.   CLAIMS OUTSTANDING
 
    Claims outstanding as at the balance sheet date were as follows:
                         
    Gross     Reinsurance     Net  
    US$000     US$000     US$000  
2008
                       
Claims outstanding
    944,051       169,437       774,614  
 
                 
 
                       
2007
                       
Claims outstanding
    1,135,297       811,976       323,321  
 
                 
    The movement in net claims outstanding in the year was:
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
Net claims outstanding as at 1 January
    323,321       0  
Reallocation of bad debt provision
    (15,694 )     0  
Translation adjustment
    (69,062 )     1,794  
 
           
 
    238,565       1,794  
 
               
Claims incurred, net of reinsurance
    195,612       (7,830 )
 
               
Claims payments, net of reinsurance
    340,437       24,722  
 
               
Part VII transfer — Claims outstanding
    0       793,193  
— Reinsurers’ share of claims outstanding
    0       (488,558 )
 
           
 
               
Net claims outstanding as at 31 December
    774,614       323,321  
 
           
6.   PART VII TRANSFER
 
    On 31 December 2007 two portfolios of business were transferred to the Company, from SPRE Limited, and from Travelers Insurance Company Limited.
 
    In accordance with the agreement to issue an unspecified number of shares, the balance of consideration payable at 31 December 2007 of US$26.3 million was satisfied by the issue of 4,921,126 new ordinary shares at US$5.347 per share on 24 January 2008. Following this issue of shares the Company had shareholders’ equity of US$455 million.

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
7.   NET OPERATING EXPENSES
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
Gross acquisition costs
    3       (194 )
 
           
 
    3       (194 )
Administration expenses
    10,743       4,862  
 
           
 
               
Gross operating expenses
    10,746       4,668  
Reinsurance commissions
    (53 )     19  
 
           
 
    10,693       4,687  
 
           
8.   INVESTMENT INCOME
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
Income from investments
    27,992       9,887  
Realised investment (losses)/gains
    (8,034 )     (308 )
 
           
 
               
 
    19,958       9,579  
 
           
9.   INVESTMENT EXPENSES AND CHARGES
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
Investment management charges
    (559 )     0  
 
           
 
               
 
    (559 )     0  
 
           
10.   OTHER CHARGES, INCLUDING VALUE ADJUSTMENTS
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
Management fees
    (1,349 )     (558 )
 
           
 
               
 
    (1,349 )     (558 )
 
           

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
11.   PROFIT ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES BEFORE TAX
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
Included in profit on ordinary activities before tax are:
               
 
               
Income from listed securities (listed bonds)
    31,398       7,928  
 
               
Auditor’s remuneration in respect of:
               
 
               
Audit of these financial statements
    276       243  
Other services pursuant to legislation
    205       44  
Other services
    16       11  
12.   EMPLOYEES
 
    The Company had a management agreement with Travelers Management Limited, a former fellow group undertaking in 2008, which employed UK personnel and provided certain management services. The Company had an Underwriting, Administration and Management Agreement in 2008, with Travelers Special Services Limited, another former fellow group undertaking, which provides a number of management services. The charges associated with these management agreements have been fully included within these financial statements (see note 21).
 
13.   TAXATION
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
Reconciliation of the current tax (credit)/charge required under FRS 19
               
 
               
(Loss)/profit on ordinary activities before taxation
    (96,606 )     9,484  
 
           
 
               
(Loss)/profit on ordinary activities before taxation multiplied by the standard rate of corporation taxation of 28.5% (See note below) (2007: 30%)
    (27,532 )     2,845  
 
               
Group relief surrendered for nil consideration
    27,532       0  
 
               
Prior year corporation tax
    (702 )     (3,727 )
 
           
 
               
Tax credit for the period
    (702 )     (882 )
 
           
    Corporation tax reduced from 30% to 28% on 1 April 2008 and as a result of this a composite rate of 28.5% is being used in this calendar year

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
14.   OTHER FINANCIAL ASSETS
  (a)   The Company’s investments, which are shown at market value, are as follows:
                                 
    2008 (US $000)     2007 (US $000)  
    Market             Market        
    Value     Cost     Value     Cost  
Shares & other variable yield securities
    2,000       5,218       8,193       8,193  
Debt securities and other fixed income securities
    617,939       615,092       813,827       812,819  
Deposits with credit institutions
    43,941       43,941       0       0  
 
                       
 
    663,880       664,251       822,020       821,012  
Cash at bank and in hand
    367,601       367,601       39,667       39,667  
 
                       
 
                               
 
    1,031,481       1,031,852       861,687       860,679  
 
                       
  (b)   Collateral deposits
 
      Investments amounting to US$25,459,094 (2007: US$31,187,000) have been deposited with a third party to secure certain overseas liabilities.
 
      Investments amounting to US$207,623,654 (2007: US$226,721,000) are held in a US trust fund required by virtue of the Company’s accredited reinsurer status in a number of US jurisdictions.
15.   OTHER DEBTORS
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
Group relief receivable from fellow group undertakings
    0       3,124  
Taxation recoverable
    109       147  
Other debtors
    40       961  
 
           
 
 
    149       4,232  
 
           
16.   INDEMNITIES, CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS
 
    In the normal course of business, letters of credit to the value of US$33,694,970 (2007: US$48,567,740) have been issued to policyholders against insurance liabilities. The letters of credit have been collateralised with bank deposits of US$1,634,200 (2007: US$1,600,039) and investments of US$41,867,000 (2007: US$40,040,000).

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
17.   OTHER CREDITORS INCLUDING TAXATION AND SOCIAL SECURITY
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
Amounts owed to group undertakings
    0       86,206  
Income taxes
    0       16,505  
Other — consideration payable (see note 6)
    0       26,314  
— accrued management expenses
    781       19  
 
           
 
               
 
    781       129,044  
 
           
18.   SHARE CAPITAL
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
Authorised:
               
110,000,000 (2007: 110,000,000) ordinary shares of US$1 each
    110,000       110,000  
 
           
 
               
Allotted, issued and fully paid:
               
86,968,123 (2007: 82,046,997) ordinary shares of US$1 each
    86,968       82,047  
 
           
    On 24 January, 4,921,126 new ordinary shares were issued at US$5.347 per share as the balance of consideration for the Part VII transfer of business from SPRE Limited, (see note 6).
 
19.   DIRECTORS’ EMOLUMENTS
 
    Emoluments of directors were paid by Travelers Management Limited, a former fellow group undertaking which employs all personnel and provides full management services. For the current year, the directors’ emoluments have been apportioned across the group as a whole, based on services rendered to the Company.
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
 
           
Directors’ emoluments
    1,227       578  
Company contributions to money purchase pension scheme
    104       59  
 
           
 
               
 
    1,331       637  
 
           
    The emoluments of the highest paid director were US$202,134 (2007: US$115,373)

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
19.   DIRECTORS’ EMOLUMENTS (continued)
 
    The amount of contributions to money purchase scheme that is attributable to the highest paid director is US$21,168 (2007: US$11,272)
                 
          Number of Directors  
    2008     2007  
Retirement benefits are accruing to the following number of directors:
               
Money purchase schemes
    8       6  
 
               
The number of directors who exercised share options
    1       1  
20.   MANAGEMENT COMPANY
 
    The Company has no employees and all services were provided to the Company by Travelers Special Services Limited, a former fellow subsidiary with which the Company had a management agreement. The charge for these services of US$10,743,000 (2007: US$4,862,000) is included in administrative expenses.
 
    No loans were made to the directors or officers of the Company (2007: US$ Nil).
 
21.   RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 
    The Company has taken advantage of the exemption, contained in Financial Reporting Standard 8, from disclosing transactions with other group companies or with related parties in which the Company has no investments.
 
    During the current financial year the Company entered into transactions with former fellow group undertakings within The Travelers Companies Inc group. These transactions are noted below:
         
    2008  
    US$000  
Stop Loss Commutation
       
Claims paid - reinsurers’ share 
    419,524  
Change in the provision for claims - reinsurers’ share
    (475,805 )
         
      (56,281 )
         
Recharges under management agreements
       
Administration expenses (see note 20)
    (10,743 )
Other charges (see note 10)
    (1,349 )
         
      (12,092 )
         
    The Company surrendered tax losses to former fellow group undertakings within The Travelers Companies Inc. group.
 
22.   IMMEDIATE AND ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY
 
    Prior to 30 December 2008, the Company’s intermediate parent company was St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company Limited which is registered in England & Wales. Prior to 30 December 2008, the Company’s ultimate parent company and controlling party was The Travelers Companies Inc.
 
    Post 30 December 2008 the immediate parent undertaking of the smallest group of which the Company is a member is Unionamerica Holdings Ltd, a company incorporated in Great Britain.
 
    The ultimate parent undertaking of the largest group of which the Company is a member and for which consolidated accounts have been prepared is Enstar Group Limited, a company incorporated in Bermuda. The consolidated financial statements of both parent undertakings are available to the public and may be obtained from the Company’s office at Avaya House, 2 Cathedral Hill, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7YL.
 
    The annual U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing of Enstar Group Limited may be obtained from:
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20549
U.S.A

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
23   SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (“UK GAAP”) AND ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (“US GAAP”)
 
    The Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with UK GAAP as applied in note 1. UK GAAP differs to the requirements of US GAAP in certain respects. The effects of the application of US GAAP to the (loss)/profit for the year after taxation, as determined under UK GAAP, are set out in the table below:
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
(LOSS)/PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR
               
 
UK GAAP (loss)/profit for the year after taxation
    (95,904 )     10,366  
 
US GAAP adjustments
               
(a) Unrealised investment loss/(gain)
    1,823       (1,231 )
(b) Taxation
    0       369  
(c) Other minor adjustments
    14       35  
 
           
 
Total US GAAP adjustments
    1,837       (827 )
 
           
 
               
Net (loss)/income under US GAAP
    (94,067 )     9,539  
 
           
 
(a)   Unrealised investment loss/(gain)
 
    Under UK GAAP unrealised losses and gains on investments represent the difference between the valuation of investments at the balance sheet date and previous valuation unless acquired during the year and are included in the Non-Technical Account. Under US GAAP movements in the valuation of investments that are available-for-sale are reported through Other Comprehensive Income and do not form part of net income.
 
(b)   Taxation
 
    This adjustment reflects the differences between the calculation of current and deferred taxation as set out in the table below:
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
US GAAP Taxation adjustments
 
Current taxation
    0       369  
Deferred taxation
    0       0  
 
           
 
 
    0       369  
 
           

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
23   SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (“UK GAAP”) AND ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (“US GAAP”) (continued)
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY INTEREST
               
 
UK GAAP Shareholders’ equity interest
    308,815       428,405  
 
US GAAP adjustments
               
(c) Taxation
    (430 )     326  
(d) Other minor adjustments
    0       49  
 
           
 
Total US GAAP adjustments
    (430 )     375  
 
           
 
               
US GAAP Shareholders’ equity interest
    308,835       428,780  
 
           
 
(c)   Taxation
 
    This adjustment reflects the differences between the calculation of current and deferred taxation as set out in the table below:
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
US GAAP Taxation adjustments
               
Current taxation
    (132 )     326  
Deferred taxation
    (298 )     0  
 
           
 
 
    (430 )     326  
 
           

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
23   SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (“UK GAAP”) AND ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (“US GAAP”) (continued)
                 
CASH FLOW STATEMENT AS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH US GENERALLY   2008     2007  
ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES (“US GAAP”)   US$000     US$000  
Cash flows from operating activities:
               
Net (loss)/income
    (94,067 )     9,539  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Amortisation of investments
    3,680       (911 )
Foreign currency translation on investments
    47,620       (425 )
Net loss on sale of investments
    467       266  
 
           
 
    (42,300 )     8,469  
 
               
Changes in assets and liabilities:
               
Accrued interest receivable
    2,505       (10,639 )
Debtors arising out of reinsurance operations
    74,412       (58,335 )
Loss and loss adjustment expenses recoverable from reinsurers
    663,497       (476,012 )
Other debtors
    (2,185 )     (2,890 )
Losses and loss adjustment expenses
    (191,246 )     778,375  
Creditors arising out of reinsurance operations
    (155,649 )     40,966  
Other creditors
    (101,963 )     102,308  
 
           
 
Net cash provided in operating activities
    247,071       382,242  
 
           
 
               
Cash flows from investing activities
               
Purchase of investments
    (666,628 )     (899,357 )
Proceeds on sale of investments
    771,177       239,624  
 
           
 
               
Net cash provided / (used) by investing activities
    104,549       (659,733 )
 
           
 
               
Cash flows from financing activities
               
Dividends paid
    (50,000 )     0  
Proceeds from issue of share capital
    26,314       301,931  
 
           
 
Net cash (used) / provided in financing activities
    (23,686 )     301,931  
 
           
 
               
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
    327,934       24,440  
 
               
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
    39,667       15,227  
 
           
 
               
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year
    367,601       39,667  
 
           
 
 
Supplementary cash flow information
               
Net income taxes paid
    (17,590 )      
Interest paid
           
 
           

 

exv99w2
EXHIBIT 99.2
UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
(Registered in England No.1022903)
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
31 December 2007

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Independent Auditors’ Report
The Board of Directors
Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited:
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited (“the Company”) as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related profit and loss accounts and reconciliations of movements in shareholders’ funds for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S.”). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the results of its operations for the years then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United Kingdom.
Accounting principles generally accepted in the United Kingdom vary in certain significant respects from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Information relating to the nature and effect of such differences is presented in note 25 to the financial statements.
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ KPMG Audit Plc
KPMG Audit Plc
London, United Kingdom
March 18, 2009

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Profit & Loss Account
Technical Account — General Business
For the Year Ended 31 December 2007
                         
            2007     2006  
    Notes     US$000     US$000  
Earned premiums, net of reinsurance
                       
 
Gross premiums written
    4       (231 )     (8,026 )
Outward reinsurance premiums
            (3,680 )     (4,244 )
 
                   
Earned premiums, net of reinsurance
            (3,911 )     (12,270 )
 
                       
Allocated investment return transferred from the non-technical account
            3,039       2,764  
 
                   
 
            (872 )     (9,506 )
 
                   
 
Claims incurred, net of reinsurance
                       
Claims paid — gross amount
            (51,067 )     (52,118 )
— reinsurers’ share
            75,789       63,802  
 
                   
 
            24,722       11,684  
 
                   
Change in the provision for claims — gross amount
            18,705       37,254  
— reinsurers’ share
            (35,597 )     (35,588 )
 
                   
 
            (16,892 )     1,666  
 
                   
Claims incurred, net of reinsurance
    5, 6       7,830       13,350  
 
                       
Net operating expenses
    8       (4,687 )     (3,844 )
 
                   
 
                       
Balance on the technical account — general business
            2,271       0  
 
                   
The above results relate to discontinued business.
See accompanying notes to these financial statements.

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Profit & Loss Account
Non -Technical Account — General Business
For the Year Ended 31 December 2007
                         
            2007     2006  
    Notes     US$000     US$000  
Balance on the technical account — general business
            2,271       0  
 
                 
 
                       
Investment income
    9       9,579       8,835  
Unrealised investment gain/(loss)
            1,231       (143 )
Investment expenses and charges
    10       0       (243 )
 
                 
 
            10,810       8,449  
 
                       
Allocated investment return transferred to the technical account — general business
            (3,039 )     (2,764 )
 
                 
 
            7,771       5,685  
 
                 
 
                       
Other charges, including value adjustments
    11       (558 )     (553 )
 
 
                 
Profit on ordinary activities before tax
    12       9,484       5,132  
 
                       
Tax on profit on ordinary activities
    14       882       4  
 
                 
Profit for the year after tax
            10,366       5,136  
 
                 
A separate statement of recognised gains and losses has not been prepared as there are no differences between the above result and the result after recognised gains and losses.
See accompanying notes to these financial statements.

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED

Balance Sheet
At 31 December 2007
                         
            2007     2006  
    Notes     US$000     US$000  
ASSETS
                       
 
Investments
                       
Other financial investments
    15       822,020       159,987  
Deposits with ceding undertakings
            13,968       5,466  
 
                       
Reinsurers’ share of technical provisions
                       
 
Claims outstanding
    6       811,976       356,922  
 
                       
Debtors
                       
Debtors arising out of direct insurance operations
            3,232       14,634  
Debtors arising out of reinsurance operations
            137,401       51,064  
Accrued premium income
            0       0  
Other debtors
    16       4,232       2,672  
 
                       
Other assets
                       
Cash at bank and in hand
    15       39,667       15,227  
 
                       
Prepayments and accrued income
                       
Accrued interest and rental income
            12,590       1,951  
 
 
                   
Total assets
            1,845,086       607,923  
 
                   
 
                       
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ FUNDS
                       
Capital and reserves
                       
Called up share capital
    19       82,047       43,450  
Capital contribution
            100,000       0  
Share premium account
            163,334       0  
Profit and loss account
            83,024       72,658  
 
                       
 
                   
Equity Shareholders’ funds
    23       428,405       116,108  
 
                       
Technical provisions
                       
Claims outstanding
    6       1,135,297       356,922  
 
                       
Creditors
                       
Creditors arising out of direct insurance operations
            1,217       86  
Creditors arising out of reinsurance operations
            82,690       35,402  
Deposits received from reinsurers
            68,433       0  
Other creditors including taxation and social security
    18       129,044       99,405  
 
                       
 
                   
Total liabilities
            1,845,086       607,923  
 
                   
See accompanying notes to these financial statements.

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
RECONCILIATION OF MOVEMENTS IN SHAREHOLDERS’ FUNDS
For the Year Ended 31 December 2007
                         
            2007     2006  
    Notes     US$000     US$000  
Opening shareholders’ funds
            116,108       110,972  
Ordinary shares issued
                       
Share capital
    7,10       38,597       0  
Share premium account
    7,10       163,334       0  
Capital contribution
    7       100,000       0  
Profit for the financial year
            10,366       5,136  
 
                 
Closing shareholders’ funds
            428,405       116,108  
 
                 
See accompanying notes to these financial statements.

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED

Notes to the financial statements

Year ended 31 December 2007
1.   BASIS OF PREPARATION
 
    The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 255 of, and the special provisions of Part 1 of schedule 9A to, the United Kingdom Companies Act 1985, relating to insurance companies.
 
    The financial statements have also been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards and under the historical cost accounting rules, modified to include the revaluation of investments, and comply with the Statement of Recommended Practice issued by the Association of British Insurers in December 2005 (as amended in December 2006) (“the ABI SORP”).
 
    The directors consider that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate. Furthermore, the expected cost, including internal claims handling expenses, of the run-off of the book of business is exceeded by the expected future investment return attributable to the Technical Account-General Business. Accordingly, no provision has been made for future run-off expenses.
 
    In accordance with FRS 8, Related Party Disclosures, the Company has not disclosed related party transactions with group companies, on the basis that the Company is a subsidiary undertaking with 100% voting rights controlled within a group which produces publicly available consolidated financial statements in which the Company is included.
 
    In accordance with FRS 1, Cashflow Statements, the Company is not required to prepare a cashflow statement because more than 90% of the voting rights of the Company are held within the group and the group’s consolidated financial statements are publicly available.
 
2.   ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
    The following accounting policies have been applied consistently in dealing with items which are considered material to the Company’s financial statements except as noted below.
 
    Basis of accounting for underwriting activities
 
    All classes of business are accounted for on an annual basis.
 
    Premiums
 
    Written premiums, gross of commission payable to intermediaries, comprise the estimated premiums on contracts entered into in a financial year, regardless of whether such amounts may relate in whole or in part to a later financial year, exclusive of taxes and duties levied on premiums.
 
    Premiums written include adjustments to premiums written in prior accounting periods and estimates for “pipeline” premiums. Outward reinsurance premiums are accounted for in the same accounting period as the premiums for the related direct insurance or inwards reinsurance business.
 
    Acquisition costs
 
    Acquisition costs comprise all direct and indirect costs arising from the conclusion of insurance and reinsurance contracts.
 
    Claims incurred
 
    Claims incurred include all claims and claims settlement expense payments made in respect of the financial period, the movement in the provision for outstanding claims and claims settlement expenses, and movement in claims incurred but not reported.

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED

Notes to the financial statements
2.   ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
 
    Claims outstanding
 
    Full provision is made on an individual case basis for the estimated cost of claims notified but not yet settled by the balance sheet date after taking into account handling costs and settlement trends. A provision for claims incurred but not reported is established on a statistical basis. The level of provisions has been set on the basis of the information which is currently available, including potential outstanding claims advices and case law. The methods used and estimates made are reviewed regularly. Whilst the directors consider the gross provision for claims and the related reinsurance recoveries to be fairly stated on the basis of the information currently available to them, the ultimate liability can vary materially as a result of subsequent information and events. Any difference, which may be material, between provisions and subsequent settlements will be dealt with in the accounts of later years.
 
    Part VII Transfer
 
    The Company received a transfer of all the insurance liabilities and underlying outwards reinsurance agreements from SPRE Limited, and a portfolio of business from Travelers Insurance Company Limited formerly St. Paul Travelers Insurance Company Limited, under Part VII of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. This transfer was effective on 31 December 2007. The Part VII transfer has been accounted for in accordance with the ABI SORP.
 
    Estimation Techniques
 
    The provision for outstanding claims comprises an estimate of the cost of settling all notified outstanding claims including claims handling costs, and an estimate of the cost of settling IBNR claims including claims handling costs.
 
    The notified outstanding claims are based on advices from policyholders, intermediaries and assessors.
 
    IBNR claims are estimated using a variety of statistical techniques including:
    The development of previously settled claims (chain ladder)
 
    The development of previously notified claims (chain ladder)
 
    Expected loss ratios
 
    A combination of the above (Bornhuetter-Ferguson)
    In addition reference is made to external reviews and industry data.
 
    The methods are predominantly deterministic, however, where possible, stochastic methods are used to produce a range of possible outcomes.
 
    The reinsurers’ share of the provision for outstanding claims is then estimated based on the gross provisions having due regard to collectability, and contract terms and conditions.
 
    The estimation of the provisions for the ultimate cost of asbestos, environmental pollution and other latent health hazards is subject to a larger range of uncertainties than those in other classes of business. This is largely due in part to the long delay between the exposure to the harmful conditions and the notification of a claim to the insurer. As a consequence traditional claims estimation techniques cannot wholly be relied on, and estimates are made using the specialised knowledge of both internal and external experts and professional advisors.
 
    The establishment of outstanding claims provisions is subject to a great degree of variability in that, notwithstanding every effort to make appropriate provision, the eventual cost of settling outstanding claims may vary significantly from the initial estimate.

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED

Notes to the financial statements
2.   ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
 
    Investment income, expenses and charges
 
    Investments are shown at market value. Debt securities and other fixed-income securities and shares and other variable-yield securities and units in unit trusts are stated at market value at the close of business on the balance sheet date, or on the last trading day before that date.
 
    Investment income is accounted for on an accrual basis. Interest is accrued up to the balance sheet date. Realised investment gains and losses comprise the difference between net sale proceeds and previous valuation unless acquired during the year.
 
    Allocation of investment income
 
    Unrealised gains and losses on investments represent the difference between the valuation of investments at the balance sheet date and previous valuation unless acquired during the year and are included in the Non-Technical Account.
 
    Investment income, realised gains and losses, expenses and charges are allocated from the non-technical account to the technical account based on investments held against technical provisions.
 
    Currency translation
 
    All revenue transactions during the year denominated in currencies other than United States dollars are recorded at the rates ruling at that time. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than United States dollars are translated into dollars at the exchange rates ruling at the year-end. Differences on exchange are dealt with in the profit and loss account.
 
    Taxation
 
    The charge for taxation is based on the profit/(loss) for the year and takes into account taxation deferred because of timing differences between the treatment of certain items for taxation and accounting purposes.
 
    Deferred tax is recognised, without discounting, in respect of all timing differences between the treatment of certain items for taxation and accounting purposes which have arisen but not reversed by the balance sheet date, except as otherwise required by FRS 19.

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
3.   UNCERTAINTIES REGARDING ADEQUACY OF ASBESTOS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
 
    Management has established reserves for asbestos and environmental claims based upon known facts, current law and management’s judgement. However, the uncertainties surrounding the final resolution of these claims continue, and it is difficult to determine the ultimate exposure for the asbestos and environmental claims and related litigation. As a result, the reserves are subject to revision as new information becomes available and claims develop.
 
    The continuing uncertainties include, without limitation, the risks and lack of predictability inherent in complex litigation, any impact from the bankruptcy protection sought by various asbestos producers and other asbestos defendants, a further increase or decrease in asbestos and environmental claims which cannot now be anticipated, the role of any umbrella or excess policies the Company has issued, the resolution or adjudication of some disputes pertaining to the amount of available coverage for asbestos and environmental claims in a manner inconsistent with the Company’s previous assessment of these claims, the number and outcome of direct actions against the Company and further developments pertaining to the environmental claims.
 
    In addition, the Company’s asbestos-related claims and claims adjustment expense experience has been impacted by the exhaustion or unavailability due to insolvency of other insurance sources potentially available to policyholders along with the insolvency or bankruptcy of other defendants. It is also not possible to predict changes in the legal and legislative environment and their impact on the future development of asbestos and environmental claims. This development will be affected by future court decisions and interpretations, as well as changes in applicable legislation, including legislation related to asbestos reform.
 
    It is also difficult to predict the ultimate outcome of large coverage disputes until settlement negotiations near completion and significant legal questions are resolved or, failing settlement, until the dispute is adjudicated. This is particularly the case with policyholders in bankruptcy where negotiations often involve a large number of claimants and other parties and require court approval to be effective. As part of its continuing analysis of asbestos reserves, which includes an annual ground-up review of asbestos policyholders, the Company continues to study the implications of these and other developments.
 
    Because of the uncertainties set forth above, additional liabilities may arise for amounts in excess of the current asbestos and environmental reserves. In addition, the Company’s estimate of claims and claim adjusting expenses may change. These additional liabilities and increase in estimates, or a range of either, cannot now be reasonably estimated and could result in income statement charges that could be material to the Company’s operating results and financial condition in future period.

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
4. SEGMENTAL INFORMATION
     Analysis of gross premiums written and earned, gross claims incurred, gross operating expenses, reinsurance balance and the result:
                                                 
    2007 (US$000)
                            Gross                
    Gross     Gross     Gross     operating             Under-  
    premiums     premiums     claims     expenses     Reinsurance     writing  
    written     earned     incurred     incurred     balance     loss  
Direct insurance:
                                               
 
Fire and other damage to property
    6       6       5,021       (194 )     (4,492 )     341  
Third-party liability
    (208 )     (208 )     (8,534 )     (647 )     11,055       1,666  
 
                                   
 
    (202 )     (202 )     (3,513 )     (841 )     6,563       2,007  
Reinsurance
    (29 )     (29 )     (28,849 )     (3,827 )     29,930       (2,775 )
 
                                   
 
    (231 )     (231 )     (32,362 )     (4,668 )     36,493       (768 )
 
                                   
                                                 
    2006 (US$000)
                            Gross                
    Gross     Gross     Gross     operating             Under-  
    premiums     premiums     claims     expenses     Reinsurance     writing  
    written     earned     incurred     incurred     balance     loss  
Direct insurance:
                                               
 
Fire and other damage to property
    (679 )     (679 )     1,946       (32 )     (1,328 )     (93 )
Third-party liability
    (735 )     (735 )     1,852       (689 )     (826 )     (398 )
 
                                   
 
    (1,414 )     (1,414 )     3,798       (721 )     (2,154 )     (491 )
Reinsurance
    (6,612 )     (6,612 )     (18,662 )     (3,123 )     26,124       (2,273 )
 
                                   
 
    (8,026 )     (8,026 )     (14,864 )     (3,844 )     23,970       (2,764 )
 
                                   
    The net assets and investment income are not managed at a class level, and therefore are not included in the segmental analysis.

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
5.   PRIOR YEARS’ CLAIMS PROVISIONS
 
    (Under)/over provisions for claims provisions at the beginning of the period compared with payments and provisions at the end of the period in respect of prior years’ claims net of ceded reinsurance are represented by the claims incurred net of reinsurance figure in the Profit and Loss Technical Account.
 
6.   CLAIMS OUTSTANDING
 
    Claims outstanding as at the balance sheet date were as follows:
                         
    Gross     Reinsurance     Net  
    US$000     US$000     US$000  
2007
                       
Claims outstanding
    1,135,297       811,976       323,321  
 
                 
 
2006
                       
Claims outstanding
    356,922       356,922       0  
 
                 
    The movement in net claims outstanding in the year was:
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Net claims outstanding as at 1 January
    0       0  
Translation adjustment
    1,794       1,666  
 
           
 
    1,794       1,666  
 
               
Claims incurred, net of reinsurance
    (7,830 )     (13,350 )
Claims payments, net of reinsurance
    24,722       11,684  
Part VII transfer — Claims outstanding
    793,193       0  
— Reinsurers’ share of claims outstanding
    (488,558 )     0  
 
           
Net claims outstanding as at 31 December
    323,321       0  
 
           

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
7.   PART VII TRANSFER
 
    On 31 December 2007 two portfolios of business were transferred to the Company, from SPRE Limited, formerly St Paul Reinsurance Company Limited and from Travelers Insurance Company Limited, formerly St Paul Travelers Insurance Company Limited, both fellow group undertakings.
 
    The assets and liabilities transferred are set out below:
                 
    US$000     US$000  
Assets
               
Cash and investments
            664,163  
Reinsurers’ share of technical provisions
            488,558  
Debtors
            57,892  
Other assets
            40,785  
 
             
 
               
 
            1,251,398  
 
             
Liabilities
               
Technical provisions
            793,193  
Creditors
            113,328  
Other liabilities
            16,632  
 
             
 
            923,153  
 
Assets transferred in excess of liabilities financed by:
               
Ordinary shares issued
    38,597          
Share premium account
    163,334          
Capital contribution
    100,000          
Consideration payable (See Note 18)
    26,314          
 
             
 
 
            328,245  
 
             
 
 
            1,251,398  
 
             
    The balance of consideration payable at 31 December 2007 of US$26.3 million was satisfied by the issue of 4,921,126 new ordinary shares at US$5.347 per share on 24 January 2008. Following this issue of shares the Company had shareholders’ equity of US$455 million.
 
8.   NET OPERATING EXPENSES
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Gross acquisition costs
    (194 )     (1,758 )
 
           
 
 
    (194 )     (1,758 )
Administration expenses
    4,862       5,602  
 
           
 
Gross operating expenses
    4,668       3,844  
Reinsurance commissions
    19       0  
 
           
 
 
    4,687       3,844  
 
           

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
9.   INVESTMENT INCOME
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Income from investments
    9,887       8,590  
Realised investment (losses)/gains
    (308 )     245  
 
           
 
 
    9,579       8,835  
 
           
10.   INVESTMENT EXPENSES AND CHARGES
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Investment management charges
    0       (243 )
 
           
 
 
    0       (243 )
 
           
11.   OTHER CHARGES, INCLUDING VALUE ADJUSTMENTS
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Management fees
    (558 )     (553 )
 
           
 
 
    (558 )     (553 )
 
           
12.   PROFIT ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES BEFORE TAX
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Included in profit on ordinary activities before tax are:
               
 
               
Income from listed securities (listed bonds)
    7,928       7,542  
 
               
Auditor’s remuneration in respect of:
               
 
               
Audit of these financial statements
    243       113  
Other services pursuant to legislation
    44       63  
Other services
    11       44  

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
13.   EMPLOYEES
 
    The Company has a management agreement with Travelers Management Limited, formerly St. Paul Travelers Management Limited, a fellow group undertaking, which employs UK personnel and provides certain management services. The Company has an Underwriting, Administration and Management Agreement with Travelers Special Services Limited, formerly St. Paul Travelers Special Services Limited, another fellow group undertaking, which provides a number of management services. The charges associated with these management agreements have been fully included within these financial statements (see note 21).
 
14.   TAXATION
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Reconciliation of the current tax (credit)/charge required under FRS 19
               
 
               
Profit on ordinary activities before taxation
    9,484       5,132  
 
           
 
Profit on ordinary activities before taxation multiplied by the standard rate of corporation taxation of 30% (2006: 30%)
    2,845       1,540  
 
               
Group relief surrendered
    0       (1,540 )
 
               
Prior year corporation tax
    (3,727 )     (4 )
 
           
 
Tax credit for the period
    (882 )     (4 )
 
           
15.   OTHER FINANCIAL ASSETS
  (a)   The Company’s investments, which are shown at market value, are as follows:
                                 
    2007 (US $000)     2006 (US $000)  
    Market             Market        
    Value     Cost     Value     Cost  
Shares & other variable yield securities
    8,193       8,193       0       0  
 
Debt securities and other fixed income securities
    813,827       812,819       159,987       160,824  
 
                       
 
    822,020       821,012       159,987       160,824  
 
Deposits with credit institutions
    39,667       39,667       15,227       15,227  
 
                       
 
 
    861,687       860,679       175,214       176,051  
 
                       
  (b)   Collateral deposits
 
      Investments amounting to US$31,187,000 (2006: US$32,564,000) have been deposited with a third party to secure certain overseas liabilities.
 
      Investments amounting to US$226,721,000 (2006: US$120,146,000) are held in a US trust fund required by virtue of the Company’s accredited reinsurer status in a number of US jurisdictions.

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
16.   OTHER DEBTORS
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Group relief receivable from fellow group undertakings
    3,124       2,522  
Taxation recoverable
    147       0  
Other debtors
    961       150  
 
           
 
 
    4,232       2,672  
 
           
17.   INDEMNITIES, CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS
 
    In the normal course of business, letters of credit to the value of US$48,567,740 (2006: US$25,262,000) have been issued to policyholders against insurance liabilities. The letters of credit have been collateralised with bank deposits of US$1,600,039 (2006: US$249,000) and investments of US$40,040,000 (2006: US$30,920,000).
 
18.   OTHER CREDITORS INCLUDING TAXATION AND SOCIAL SECURITY
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Amounts owed to group undertakings
    86,206       99,400  
Income taxes
    16,505       0  
Other — consideration payable (see Note 7)
    26,314       0  
— other
    19       5  
 
           
 
 
    129,044       99,405  
 
           
19.   SHARE CAPITAL
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Authorised:
               
110,000,000 (2006: 45,000,000) ordinary shares of US$1 each
    110,000       45,000  
 
Allotted, issued and fully paid:
               
 
           
82,046,997 (2006: 43,450,000) ordinary shares of US$1 each
    82,047       43,450  
 
           
On 31 December 2007, 38,596,997 new ordinary shares were issued at US$5.232 per share as the consideration for the Part VII transfer of business from SPRE Limited, formerly St Paul Reinsurance Company Limited (see note 7).

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
20.   DIRECTORS’ EMOLUMENTS
 
    Emoluments of directors are paid by Travelers Management Limited, formerly St. Paul Travelers Management Limited, a fellow group undertaking which employs all personnel within the Unionamerica Holdings Group and provides full management services. For the current year, the directors’ emoluments have been apportioned across the group as a whole, based on services rendered to the Company.
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Directors’ emoluments
    578       526  
 
Company contributions to money purchase pension scheme
    59       54  
 
           
 
 
    637       580  
 
           
The emoluments of the highest paid director were US$115,373 (2006: US$111,977)
The amount of contributions to money purchase pension schemes that is attributable to the highest paid director is US$11,272 (2006 : US$11,883)
                 
    Number of Directors  
    2007     2006  
Retirement benefits are accruing to the following number of directors:
               
 
               
Money purchase schemes
    6       6  
 
               
The number of directors who exercised share options
    1       1  

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
21.   MANAGEMENT COMPANY
 
    The Company has no employees and all services are provided to the Company by Travelers Special Services Limited, formerly St. Paul Travelers Special Services Limited, a fellow subsidiary with which the Company has a management agreement. The charge for these services of US$4,862,000 (2006: US$5,602,000) is included in administrative expenses.
 
    No loans were made to the directors or officers of the Company (2006: US$ Nil).
 
22.   RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 
    The Company has taken advantage of the exemption, contained in Financial Reporting Standard 8, from disclosing transactions with other group companies or with related parties in which the Company has no investments.
 
23.   POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS
 
    Subsequent to the year end, on 24 January 2008, the final issue of 4,921,126 shares at US$5.347 per share took place in settlement of the creditor for consideration payable of US$26,313,343 shown in the balance sheet at 31 December 2007. Following this issue of shares, share capital was increased by US$4,921,126 and share premium was increased by US$21,392,217 and accordingly the Company had shareholders’ equity of US$455 million.
 
    On 30 December 2008, the Company was sold to Royston Run-off Limited, a subsidiary of Enstar Group Limited. Prior to the sale the company commuted certain stop loss contracts with former fellow subsidiaries of the Travelers Companies Inc. group.
 
24.   IMMEDIATE AND ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY
 
    Prior to 30 December 2008, the Company’s intermediate parent company was St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company Limited which is registered in England & Wales. Prior to 30 December 2008, the Company’s ultimate parent company and controlling party was The Travelers Companies Inc.
 
    Post 30 December 2008 the immediate parent undertaking of the smallest group of which the Company is a member is Unionamerica Holdings Ltd, a company incorporated in Great Britain.
 
    The ultimate parent undertaking of the largest group of which the Company is a member and for which consolidated accounts have been prepared is Enstar Group Limited, a company incorporated in Bermuda. The consolidated financial statements of both parent undertakings are available to the public and may be obtained from the Company’s office at Avaya House, 2 Cathedral Hill, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7YL.
 
    The annual U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing of Enstar Group Limited may be obtained from:

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20549
U.S.A

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
25   SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (“UK GAAP”) AND ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (“US GAAP”)
 
    The Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with UK GAAP as applied in note 1. UK GAAP differs to the requirements of US GAAP in certain respects. The effects of the application of US GAAP to the profit for the year after taxation, as determined under UK GAAP, are set out in the table below:
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR
               
 
               
UK GAAP profit for the year after taxation
    10,366       5,136  
 
               
US GAAP adjustments
               
(a) Unrealised investment (gain)/loss
    (1,231 )     143  
(b) Taxation
    369       (43 )
(c) Other minor adjustments
    35       17  
 
           
 
Total US GAAP adjustments
    (827 )     117  
 
           
 
Net income under US GAAP
    9,539       5,253  
 
           
 
(a)   Unrealised investment (gain)/loss
 
    Under UK GAAP unrealised losses and gains on investments represent the difference between the valuation of investments at the balance sheet date and previous valuation unless acquired during the year and are included in the Non-Technical Account. Under US GAAP movements in the valuation of investments that are available-for-sale are reported through Other Comprehensive Income and do not form part of net income.
 
(b)   Taxation
 
    This adjustment reflects the differences between the calculation of current taxation.
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY INTEREST
               
 
               
UK GAAP Shareholders’ equity interest
    428,405       116,108  
 
               
US GAAP adjustments
               
(d) Taxation
    326       (43 )
(e) Other minor adjustments
    49       14  
 
           
 
Total US GAAP adjustments
    375       (29 )
 
           
 
US GAAP Shareholders’ equity interest
    428,780       116,079  
 
           
 
(d)   Taxation
 
    This adjustment reflects the differences between the calculation of current taxation.

 


 

UNIONAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
25   SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (“UK GAAP”) AND ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (“US GAAP”) (continued)
                 
CASH FLOW STATEMENT AS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH US GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES (“US GAAP”)   2007
US$000
    2006
US$000
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
               
Net income
    9,539       5,253  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Amortisation of investments
    (911 )     (412 )
Foreign currency translation on investments
    (425 )     (636 )
Net loss on sale of investments
    266       520  
 
           
 
    8,469       4,725  
 
               
Changes in assets and liabilities:
               
Accrued interest receivable
    (10,639 )     648  
Debtors arising out of reinsurance operations
    (58,335 )     (30,993 )
Loss and loss adjustment expenses recoverable from reinsurers
    (476,012 )     35,107  
Other debtors
    (2,890 )     (292 )
Losses and loss adjustment expenses
    778,375       (35,109 )
Creditors arising out of reinsurance operations
    40,966       9,677  
Other creditors
    102,308       1,115  
 
           
 
Net cash provided / (used) in operating activities
    382,242       (15,122 )
 
           
 
Cash flows from investing activities
               
Purchase of investments
    (899,357 )     0  
Proceeds on sale of investments
    239,624       3,669  
 
           
 
Net cash (used) / provided by investing activities
    (659,733 )     3,669  
 
           
 
Cash flows from financing activities
               
Dividends paid
    0       0  
Proceeds from issue of share capital
    301,931       0  
 
           
 
Net cash provided in financing activities
    301,931       0  
 
           
 
               
Net increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    24,440       (11,453 )
 
               
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
    15,227       26,680  
 
           
 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year
    39,667       15,227  
 
           
 
 
Supplementary cash flow information:
               
Net income taxes paid
           
 
           
Interest paid
           
 
           

 

exv99w3
EXHIBIT 99.3
SPRE LIMITED
(Formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited)
(Registered in England No. 1460363)
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
31 December 2008

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
(Formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited)
Independent Auditors’ Report
The Board of Directors
SPRE Limited:
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of SPRE Limited (“the Company”) as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related profit and loss accounts and reconciliations of movements in shareholders’ funds for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S.”). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of SPRE Limited as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the results of its operations for the years then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United Kingdom.
Accounting principles generally accepted in the United Kingdom vary in certain significant respects from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Information relating to the nature and effect of such differences is presented in note 24 to the financial statements.
/s/ KPMG Audit Plc
KPMG Audit Plc
London, United Kingdom
March 18, 2009

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
(Formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited)
Profit & Loss Account
Technical Account — General Business
For the Year Ended 31 December 2008
                         
            2008     2007  
    Notes     US$000     US$000  
Earned premiums, net of reinsurance
                       
 
                       
Gross premiums written
    3       0       2,069  
Outward reinsurance premiums
            0       (418 )
 
                       
 
                   
 
            0       1,651  
 
                       
 
                   
Change in the gross provision for unearned premiums
            0       886  
Change in provision for unearned premiums, reinsurers’ share
            0       (82 )
 
                       
 
                   
 
            0       804  
 
                       
 
                   
Earned premiums, net of reinsurance
            0       2,455  
Allocated investment return transferred from the non-technical account
            0       15,178  
 
                       
 
                   
 
            0       17,633  
 
                       
 
                   
 
                       
Claims incurred, net of reinsurance
                       
Claims paid — gross amount
            0       (827,301 )
 — reinsurers’ share
            0       505,361  
 
                       
 
                   
 
            0       (321,940 )
 
                       
 
                   
Change in the provision for claims — gross amount
            0       864,279  
— reinsurers’ share
            0       (521,766 )
 
                       
 
                   
 
            0       342,513  
 
                       
 
                   
 
                       
Claims incurred, net of reinsurance
            0       20,573  
 
                       
Net operating expenses
    10       0       (7,824 )
 
                       
 
                   
Balance on the technical account — general business
            0       30,382  
 
                       
 
                   
The above results relate to discontinued business.
A separate statement of recognised gains and losses has not been prepared as there are no differences between the above result and the result after recognised gains and losses.
See accompanying notes to these financial statements.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
(Formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited)
Profit & Loss Account
Non Technical Account — General Business
For the Year Ended 31 December 2008
                         
            2008     2007  
    Notes     US$000     US$000  
Balance on the technical account — general business
            0       30,382  
 
                       
 
                   
Investment income
    6       0       43,030  
 
                       
Unrealised investment loss
            0       (385 )
 
                       
Investment expenses and charges
    7       0       (8,543 )
 
                       
 
                   
 
            0       34,102  
 
                       
Allocated investment return transferred to the technical account — general business
            0       (15,178 )
 
                       
 
                   
 
            0       18,924  
 
                       
 
                   
Other income
    8       0       7,614  
 
                       
Other charges, including value adjustments
    9       0       (911 )
 
                       
 
                   
Profit/(loss) on ordinary activities before tax
            0       56,009  
 
                       
Tax on Profit/(loss) on ordinary activities
    13       0       (11,711 )
 
                       
 
                   
Profit/(loss) for the year after tax
            0       44,298  
 
                       
 
                   
See accompanying notes to these financial statements.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
(Formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited)
Balance Sheet
At 31 December 2008
                         
            2008     2007  
    Notes     US$000     US$000  
ASSETS
                       
 
                       
Investments
                       
Investment in subsidiary undertaking
    14       0       301,931  
 
                       
Debtors
                       
Other debtors
    15       0       26,314  
 
                       
Other assets
                       
Cash at bank and in hand
            100       100  
 
                       
 
                   
Total assets
            100       328,345  
 
                       
 
                   
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDER’S FUNDS
                       
 
                       
Capital and reserves
                       
Called up share capital
    20       0       420,775  
Profit and loss account
    18       0       (92,530 )
 
                       
 
                   
Equity Shareholders’ funds
            0       328,245  
 
                       
Creditors
                       
Other creditors including taxation and social security
    17       100       100  
 
                       
 
                   
Total liabilities
            100       328,345  
 
                       
 
                   
See accompanying notes to these financial statements.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
(Formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited)
Reconciliation of movements in shareholders’ funds
For the Year Ended 31 December 2008
                         
            2008     2007  
    Notes     US$000     US$000  
Opening shareholders’ funds
            328,245       283,947  
 
                       
Distribution in kind
            (328,245 )     0  
 
                       
Profit for the financial year after tax
    18       0       44,298  
 
                       
 
                   
Closing shareholders’ funds
            0       328,245  
 
                       
 
                   
See accompanying notes to these financial statements.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
(Formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited)
Notes to the financial statements
Year Ended 31 December 2008
1.   BASIS OF PREPARATION
 
    The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 255, and special provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 9A, of the United Kingdom Companies Act 1985.
 
    The financial statements have also been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards and under the historical cost accounting rules, modified to include the revaluation of investments, and comply with the Statement of Recommended Practice issued by the Association of British Insurers in December 2005 (as amended in December 2006) (“the ABI SORP”).
 
    During 2007 the Company completed a Part VII transfer of all its insurance assets, liabilities and outwards reinsurance agreements to Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited (“Unionamerica”). The transfer was effected on 31 December. The Company received shares in Unionamerica equivalent to 71.22% of the issued shared capital. On 24 April 2008 the Company made a distribution in kind in the form of the Company’s interests in Unionamerica. For all financial periods these accounts deal with SPRE Limited as a company and not as a group as its results and that of Unionamerica are consolidated into the results of the ultimate parent undertaking.
 
    In accordance with FRS 8, Related Party Disclosures, the Company has not disclosed related party transactions with group companies, on the basis that the Company is a subsidiary undertaking with 100% voting rights controlled within a group which produces publicly available consolidated financial statements in which the Company is included.
 
    In accordance with FRS 1, Cashflow Statements, the Company is not required to prepare a cashflow statement because more than 90% of the voting rights of the Company are held within the group and the group’s consolidated financial statements are publicly available.
 
2.   ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
    The following accounting policies have been applied consistently in dealing with items which are considered material in relation to the financial statements, except as noted below.
 
    Basis of accounting for underwriting activities
 
    All classes of business are accounted for on an annual basis.
 
    Premiums
 
    Written premiums, gross of commission payable to intermediaries, comprise the estimated premiums on contracts entered into in a financial year, regardless of whether such amounts may relate in whole or in part to a later financial year, exclusive of taxes and duties levied on premiums.
 
    Premiums written include adjustments to premiums written in prior accounting periods and estimates for “pipeline” premiums. Outward reinsurance premiums are accounted for in the same accounting period as the premiums for the related direct insurance or inwards reinsurance business.
 
    Unearned premiums
 
    The provision for unearned premiums comprises the amount representing that part of gross premiums written which is estimated to be earned in subsequent financial years, taking into account the risk profile of the contracts on a contract by contract basis.
 
    Acquisition costs
 
    Acquisition costs comprise all direct and indirect costs arising from the conclusion of insurance and reinsurance contracts.
 
    Deferred acquisition costs represent the proportion of acquisition costs incurred that correspond to the proportion of gross premiums written which are unearned at the balance sheet date.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
(Formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited)
Notes to the financial statements
2.   ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
 
    Claims incurred
 
    Claims incurred include all claims and claims settlement expense payments made in respect of the financial period, the movement in the provision for outstanding claims and claims settlement expenses, and movement in claims incurred but not reported.
 
    Claims outstanding
 
    Full provision is made on an individual case basis for the estimated cost of claims notified but not yet settled by the balance sheet date after taking into account handling costs and settlement trends. A provision for claims incurred but not reported is established on a statistical basis. The level of provisions has been set on the basis of the information which is currently available, including potential outstanding claims advices and case law. The methods used and estimates made are reviewed regularly. Whilst the directors consider the gross provision for claims and the related reinsurance recoveries to be fairly stated on the basis of the information currently available to them, the ultimate liability can vary materially as a result of subsequent information and events. Any difference, which may be material, between provisions and subsequent settlements will be dealt with in the accounts of later years.
 
    Estimation Techniques
 
    The following notes on estimation techniques were applicable to the period prior to the Part VII transfer.
 
    In addition to the inherent uncertainty of having to forecast the ultimate costs of those claims that have occurred but not yet been advised to the Company as at the balance sheet date, there is also the considerable uncertainty regarding the eventual final costs of the claims that have been reported by the balance sheet date but which remain unsettled.
 
    As a consequence of these uncertainties the Company has to apply sophisticated estimation techniques to determine the appropriate level of claims provisions.
 
    In overview, claims provisions are determined based upon prior experience, knowledge of market conditions and trends and the terms and conditions of the underlying contracts of insurance and reinsurance.
 
    A variety of different statistical techniques are used by the Company’s in-house actuaries to determine the appropriate level of provision to carry. These methods include the following:
 
  § Chain ladder development of incurred claims, where claims to date for each accident year are extrapolated based upon the historical development patterns of earlier accident years.
 
  § Expected loss ratios where claims are calculated by applying loss ratios determined from prior experience adjusted for known changes in market conditions or claims trends, to earned premiums; and
 
  § Bornhuetter Ferguson method, which combines use of expected loss ratios, for the more recent and underdeveloped accident years, and the chain ladder projection of incurred claims data for earlier years.
 
    All projections are carried out separately for each line of business.
 
    Catastrophe losses are reserved separately primarily based on event by event analysis of potential exposure on contracts written.
 
    Where possible the Company adopts multiple techniques to estimate the required level of provision. This assists in giving a greater understanding of the trends inherent in the data being projected and setting the range of possible outcomes. The most appropriate estimation technique is then selected taking into account the characteristics of the business class being reserved.
 
    Establishing an appropriate level of claims provision is inherently uncertain. The degree of uncertainty will vary by product and line of business according to the characteristics of the insured risk.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
(Formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited)
Notes to the financial statements
2.   ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
 
    Unexpired risks
 
    Provision is made for unexpired risks where the claims and administrative expenses likely to arise after the end of the financial year in respect of contracts concluded before that date are expected to exceed the unearned premiums net of any acquisition costs deferred. The provision for unexpired risks is calculated separately by classes of business that are managed together, after taking into account relevant future investment income.
 
    Investments, investment income, expenses and charges
 
    Investments are shown at market value. Debt securities and other fixed-income securities and shares and other variable-yield securities and units in unit trusts are stated at market value at the close of business on the balance sheet date, or on the last trading day before that date.
 
    Investment income is accounted for on an accruals basis. Interest is accrued up to the balance sheet date. Realised investment gains and losses comprise the difference between net sale proceeds and previous valuation or historical cost if acquired during the year. Unrealised investment gains and losses are reflected in the profit and loss account.
 
    Allocation of investment income
 
    Investment income, realised gains and losses, expenses and charges are allocated from the non-technical account to the technical account based on investments held against technical provisions.
 
    Land and buildings
 
    In order to present a true and fair view of the Company’s performance, freehold land and buildings are depreciated but are carried at current value and are subject to triennial revaluation. Any permanent diminution or subsequent reversal in value is taken to the profit and loss account.
 
    Foreign currency translation
 
    Foreign currency revenue and profit and loss items have been translated into US Dollars at the average quarterly rates of exchange. Monetary assets and liabilities held in foreign currency are translated into US Dollars at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Gains and losses on foreign currency translation are taken to the profit and loss account.
 
    Taxation
 
    The charge for taxation is based on the profit/(loss) for the year and takes into account taxation deferred because of timing differences between the treatment of certain items for taxation and accounting purposes.
 
    Deferred tax is recognised, without discounting, in respect of all timing differences between the treatment of certain items for taxation and accounting purposes which have arisen but not reversed by the balance sheet date, except as otherwise required by FRS 19.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
(Formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited)
Notes to the financial statements
3.   SEGMENTAL ANALYSIS
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
By major class of business
               
 
               
Gross premiums written
               
 
               
Property
    0       610  
Casualty
    0       1,233  
Marine/aviation/satellite
    0       226  
 
           
 
    0       2,069  
 
           
 
               
Underwriting result
               
 
               
Property
    0       7,838  
Casualty
    0       5,595  
Marine/aviation/satellite
    0       1,771  
 
           
 
    0       15,204  
 
           
 
               
Net insurance funds
               
 
               
Property
    0       0  
Casualty
    0       0  
Marine/aviation/satellite
    0       0  
 
           
 
    0       0  
 
           
The net assets and investment income are not managed at class level, therefore are not included in the segmental analysis.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
(Formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited)
Notes to the financial statements.
3.   SEGMENTAL ANALYSIS (continued)
 
    The transaction of London Market reinsurance and insurance non-marine business at the Company’s London office is regarded by the directors as the Company’s business segment.
                                                 
                    2008 (US $000)              
    Gross     Gross     Gross     Gross              
    premiums     premiums     claims     operating     Reinsurance     Underwriting  
    written     earned     incurred     expenses     balance     profit  
Direct insurance
                                               
 
                                               
Property
    0       0       0       0       0       0  
Casualty
    0       0       0       0       0       0  
 
                                   
 
 
    0       0       0       0       0       0  
Reinsurance
    0       0       0       0       0       0  
 
                                   
 
 
    0       0       0       0       0       0  
 
                                   
                                                 
                    2007 (US $000)              
    Gross     Gross     Gross     Gross              
    premiums     premiums     claims     operating     Reinsurance     Underwriting  
    written     earned     incurred     expenses     balance     loss  
Direct insurance
                                               
 
                                               
Property
    (13 )     (13 )     321       (22 )     (64 )     222  
Casualty
    0       0       (15 )     (1,343 )     (2,960 )     (4,318 )
 
                                   
 
 
    (13 )     (13 )     306       (1,365 )     (3,024 )     (4,096 )
Reinsurance
    2,082       2,968       36,672       (6,641 )     (13,879 )     19,300  
 
                                   
 
 
    2,069       2,955       36,978       (8,006 )     (16,903 )     15,204  
 
                                   
    The underwriting result represents the balance on the technical account — general business before investment income and charges.
4.   PRIOR YEARS’ CLAIMS PROVISIONS
 
    (Under)/over provisions for claims provisions at the beginning of the period compared with payments and provisions at the end of the period in respect of prior years’ claims net of ceded reinsurance are represented by the claims incurred net of reinsurance figure in the Profit and Loss Technical Account.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
(Formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited)
Notes to the financial statements
5.   PART VII TRANSFER
    The Company transferred all of its insurance liabilities and underlying outwards reinsurance agreements to Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited, under Part VII of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. This transfer was effective on 31 December 2007. The Part VII transfer has been accounted for in accordance with the ABI SORP.
 
    The assets and liabilities transferred are set out below:
         
    US$000  
Assets
       
 
       
Cash and investments
    664,163  
Reinsurers’ share of technical provisions
    266,040  
Reinsurers’ share of technical provisions — Internal stop loss
    158,212  
Debtors
    57,892  
Other assets
    40,785  
 
     
 
 
    1,187,092  
 
       
Liabilities
       
 
       
Technical provisions
    570,675  
Technical provisions — Internal stop loss
    158,212  
Creditors
    113,328  
Other liabilities
    16,632  
 
     
 
 
    858,847  
 
     
 
Surplus assets
    328,245  
 
     
    Following the transfer of surplus assets of US$328,245,000, the Company received shares in Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited to the value of US$301,931,000 on 31 December 2007, the balance of which was satisfied after the year end on 24 January 2008, by the issue of additional shares to the value of US$26,314,000 to the Company.
 
6.   INVESTMENT INCOME
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
Land and buildings
    0       3,620  
Income from other financial investments
    0       36,756  
Realised investment gains
    0       2,654  
 
           
 
    0       43,030  
 
               
 
           

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
(Formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited)
Notes to the financial statements
7.   INVESTMENT EXPENSES AND CHARGES
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
Interest payable
    0       8,175  
Investment management expenses
    0       368  
 
           
 
    0       8,543  
 
           
8. OTHER INCOME
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
Differences on foreign currency net asset translation
    0       7,614  
 
           
 
    0       7,614  
 
           
9. OTHER CHARGES
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
Other charges
    0       911  
 
           
 
    0       911  
 
           

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
(Formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited)
Notes to the financial statements
10.   NET OPERATING EXPENSES
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
Gross acquisition costs
    0       102  
Change in gross deferred acquisition costs
    0       90  
 
           
 
 
    0       192  
Administrative expenses
    0       7,634  
 
           
 
Gross operating expenses
    0       7,826  
Reinsurance commissions and profit participation
    0       (2 )
 
           
 
 
    0       7,824  
 
           
11.   INCLUDED IN PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
Income from listed securities
    0       36,756  
Interest payable on other loans
    0       8,175  
Auditor’s remuneration in respect of:
               
 
               
Audit of these financial statements
    14       244  
Other services pursuant to legislation
    14       44  
Tax services
    15       15  
Auditors’ remuneration accruing in 2008 was paid by a fellow group undertaking.
12.   EMPLOYEES
 
    The Company has no employees, but had a management agreement with Travelers Management Limited, a former fellow group undertaking, which employed UK personnel and provided certain management services. The Company had entered into an additional services agreement with Travelers Special Services Limited, another former fellow group undertaking, which provided a number of management services.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
(Formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited)
Notes to the financial statements
13. TAXATION
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
Analysis of charge in the period, current tax
               
 
               
Tax charge for the year
    0       14,208  
Adjustments in respect of prior periods
    0       (2,497 )
 
           
 
               
Tax on Profit on ordinary activities
    0       11,711  
 
           
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
Reconciliation of the current tax charge required under FRS19
               
 
               
Profit on ordinary activities before taxation
    0       56,009  
 
           
 
               
Profit on ordinary activities before tax multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax of 28.5% (see note below) (2007: 30%)
    0       16,803  
 
               
Movement in provisions
    0       532  
Loss on disposal of building
    0       (2,702 )
Losses brought forward
    0       (425 )
Prior year corporation tax
    0       (2,497 )
 
           
 
               
Tax charge for the period
    0       11,711  
 
           
Corporation tax reduced from 30% to 28% on 1 April 2008 and as a result of this a composite rate of 28.5% is being used in this calendar year.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
(Formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited)
Notes to the financial statements
14. INVESTMENTS
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
Investment in subsidiary undertaking
               
 
               
At cost
 
As at 1 January
    301,931       0  
Acquisition during the year (See Note 5)
    26,314       301,931  
Distribution in kind
    (328,245 )     0  
 
           
 
               
As at 31 December
    0       301,931  
 
           
On 24 April 2008, SPRE Limited paid an interim dividend of a total amount of US$328,245,000 which was paid in the form of assets of SPRE Limited, such assets being 63,354,088 shares in Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited equivalent to the value of the dividend.
15. OTHER DEBTORS
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
Consideration receivable (See Note 5)
    0       26,314  
 
           
 
               
 
    0       26,314  
 
           
16. CONTINGENCIES AND OTHER LIABILITIES
Following the Part VII transfer there are no contingencies or other liabilities to report.
17. OTHER CREDITORS INCLUDING TAXATION AND SOCIAL SECURITY
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
Sundry creditors
    100       100  
 
           
 
               
 
    100       100  
 
           

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
(Formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited)
Notes to the financial statements.
18. RESERVES – PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
As at 1 January
    (92,530 )     (136,828 )
Profit for the financial year
    0       44,298  
Distribution
    92,530       0  
 
           
 
As at 31 December
    0       (92,530 )
 
           
19. PROVISION FOR OTHER RISKS AND CHARGES
Consequent to the decision to close the branch offices in Belgium and Germany, a provision was established, based on the directors’ best estimates, for the likely costs arising in exiting these businesses.
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
At the beginning of the year
    0       1,419  
Utilised during the year
    0       (1,419 )
 
           
 
               
At the end of the year
    0       0  
 
           
20. SHARE CAPITAL
    2008     2007  
Authorised
  £000     £000  
 
               
83,301,419 (2007: 300,000,000) authorised ordinary shares of £1 each
    83,301       300,000  
 
           
                 
Allotted, issued and fully paid
    US$000       US$000  
 
               
2 (2007: 216,698,583) ordinary shares of £1 each at par
    0       420,775  
 
           
On the 20th February 2008, the Company received approval from the High Court to reduce the share capital of the Company: On this date the authorized share capital of the company was reduced from £300,000,000 to £83,301,419 by the cancellation of 216,698,581 issued Ordinary shares of £1 each. Following the reduction the authorised share capital of the company is £83,301,419 divided into Ordinary shares of £1 each, of which 2 have been issued and credited as fully paid.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
(Formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited)
Notes to the financial statements
21. REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
Directors’ emoluments
    0       922  
Amounts receivable under long term incentive schemes
    0       0  
 
           
 
    0       922  
 
Company contributions to money purchase pension schemes
    0       92  
 
           
 
 
    0       1,014  
 
           
The aggregate emoluments and amounts receivable under long term incentive schemes of the highest paid director were US$ Nil (2007: US$174,874).
Company contribution to money purchase pension schemes attributable to the highest paid director was US$ Nil (2007 : US$18,923).
                 
      Number of Directors  
    2008     2007  
Retirement benefits accruing to the following number of Directors under:
               
Money purchase schemes
    0       8  
Defined benefit schemes
    0       0  
The number of directors who exercised share options
    0       3  
 
The number of directors in respect of whose services shares were received or receivable under long term incentive schemes was     0       0  

Emoluments of directors based in the UK were paid by Travelers Management Limited, a former fellow group undertaking which employed all UK personnel and provided full management services. The directors’ emoluments have been apportioned across the group as a whole, based on services rendered to companies in the group.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
(Formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited)
Notes to the financial statements
22. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Company has taken advantage of the exemption, contained in Financial Reporting Standard 8, from disclosing transactions with other group companies or with related parties in which the Company has no investments.
During the current financial year there were no transactions with former fellow group undertakings within The Travelers Companies Inc. group.
23. IMMEDIATE AND ULTIMATE HOLDING COMPANIES
Prior to 30 December 2008, the Company’s intermediate parent company was St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company Limited which is registered in England & Wales. Prior to 30 December 2008, the Company’s ultimate parent company and controlling party was The Travelers Companies Inc.
Post 30 December 2008 the immediate parent undertaking of the smallest group of which the Company is a member is Unionamerica Holdings Ltd, a company incorporated in Great Britain.
The ultimate parent undertaking of the largest group of which the Company is a member and for which consolidated accounts have been prepared is Enstar Group Limited, a company incorporated in Bermuda. The consolidated financial statements of both parent undertakings are available to the public and may be obtained from the Company’s office at Avaya House, 2 Cathedral Hill, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7YL.
The annual U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing of Enstar Group Limited may be obtained from:

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20549
U.S.A

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
(Formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited)
Notes to the financial statements
24   SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (“UK GAAP”) AND ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (“US GAAP”)
The SPRE Limited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with UK GAAP as applied in note 1. UK GAAP differs to the requirements of US GAAP in certain respects. The effects of the application of US GAAP to the profit for the year after taxation, as determined under UK GAAP, are set out in the table below:
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR
               
 
               
UK GAAP profit for the year after taxation
    0       44,298  
 
               
US GAAP adjustments
               
(a) Unrealised investment loss/(gain)
    0       385
(b) Valuation difference on freehold building
    0       (1,403 )
 
           
 
               
Total US GAAP adjustments
    0       (1,018 )
 
           
 
               
Net income under US GAAP
    0       43,280  
 
           
 
(a) Unrealised investment loss/(gain)
Under UK GAAP unrealised losses and gains on investments represent the difference between the valuation of investments at the balance sheet date and previous valuation unless acquired during the year and are included in the Non-Technical Account. Under US GAAP movements in the valuation of investments that are available-for-sale are reported through Other Comprehensive Income and do not form part of net income.
(b) Valuation difference on freehold building
Under UK GAAP the freehold property is carried at current value and is subject to triennial valuation by an independent property valuer who is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. The open market value of the property is determined after the deduction of expected selling costs. Under US GAAP the freehold property is carried at historical cost less accumulated depreciation.
                 
    2008     2007  
    US$000     US$000  
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY INTEREST
               
 
               
UK GAAP Shareholders’ equity interest
    0       328,245  
 
           
 
               
US GAAP Shareholders’ equity interest
    0       328,245  
 
           

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
(Formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited)
Note to the Financial Statements
24   SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (“UK GAAP”) AND ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (“US GAAP”) (Continued)
                 
    2008     2007  
CASH FLOW STATEMENT AS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH US
GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES (“US GAAP”)
  US$000     US$000  
Cash flows from operating activities:
               
Net income
    0       43,280  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Amortisation of investments
    0       (189 )
Foreign currency translation on investments
    0       (17,160 )
Net loss on sale of investments
    0       (2,654 )
 
           
 
 
    0       23,277  
 
               
Changes in assets and liabilities:
               
Accrued interest receivable
    0       12,649  
Debtors arising out of reinsurance operations
    0       66,598  
Loss and loss adjustment expenses recoverable from reinsurers
    0       537,836  
Other debtors
    0       136  
Losses and loss adjustment expenses
    0       (870,996 )
Creditors arising out of reinsurance operations
    0       (175,291 )
Other creditors
    0       (2,304 )
 
           
 
               
Net cash used in operating activities
    0       (408,095 )
 
           
 
               
Cash flows from investing activities
               
Purchase of investments
    0       (395,583 )
Purchase of investment in subsidiary
    0       (328,245 )
Proceeds on sale of investments
    0       1,102,095  
Proceeds from sale of freehold building
    0       5,867  
 
           
 
               
Net cash provided by investing activities
    0       384,134  
 
           
 
               
Net (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    0       (23,961 )
 
               
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
    100       24,061  
 
           
 
               
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year
    100       100  
 
           
 
   
Supplemental cash flow information
               
Net income taxes paid
           
 
           
Interest paid
           
 
           

 

exv99w4
EXHIBIT 99.4
SPRE LIMITED
(Formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited)
(Registered in England No. 1460363)
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
31 December 2007

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
(Formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited)
Independent Auditors’ Report
The Board of Directors
SPRE Limited:
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of SPRE Limited (“the Company”) as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related profit and loss accounts and reconciliations of movements in shareholders’ funds for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S.”). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of SPRE Limited as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the results of its operations for the years then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United Kingdom.
Accounting principles generally accepted in the United Kingdom vary in certain significant respects from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Information relating to the nature and effect of such differences is presented in note 28 to the financial statements.
/s/ KPMG Audit Plc

KPMG Audit Plc
London, United Kingdom
March 18, 2009

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
Profit & Loss Account
Technical Account — General Business
For the Year Ended 31 December 2007
                         
            2007     2006  
    Notes     US$000     US$000  
Earned premiums, net of reinsurance
                       
 
Gross premiums written
    3       2,069       5,440  
Outward reinsurance premiums
            (418 )     14,403  
 
                       
 
                   
 
            1,651       19,843  
 
                   
 
Change in the gross provision for unearned premiums
    21       886       312  
Change in provision for unearned premiums, reinsurers’ share
    21       (82 )     (47 )
 
                       
 
                   
 
            804       265  
 
                   
 
Earned premiums, net of reinsurance
            2,455       20,108  
Allocated investment return transferred from the non-technical account
            15,178       16,755  
 
                       
 
                   
 
            17,633       36,863  
 
                   
 
Claims incurred, net of reinsurance
                       
Claims paid — gross amount
            (827,301 )     (148,192 )
— reinsurers’ share
            505,361       30,938  
 
                       
 
                   
 
            (321,940 )     (117,254 )
 
                   
 
Change in the provision for claims — gross amount
    21       864,279       122,024  
— reinsurers’ share
    21       (521,766 )     (113,250 )
 
                       
 
                   
 
            342,513       8,774  
 
                   
 
Claims incurred, net of reinsurance
            20,573       (108,480 )
 
                       
 
                       
Net operating expenses
    10       (7,824 )     (8,436 )
 
                       
 
                   
Balance on the technical account — general business
            30,382       (80,053 )
 
                   
The above results relate to discontinued business.
A separate statement of recognised gains and losses has not been prepared as there are no differences between the above result and the result after recognised gains and losses.
See accompanying notes to these financial statements.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
Profit & Loss Account
Non Technical Account — General Business
For the Year Ended 31 December 2007
                         
            2007     2006  
    Notes     US$000     US$000  
Balance on the technical account — general business
            30,382       (80,053 )
 
                   
 
                       
Investment income
    6       43,030       37,366  
 
Unrealised investment loss
            (385 )     (6,201 )
 
Investment expenses and charges
    7       (8,543 )     (7,582 )
 
                       
 
                   
 
            34,102       23,583  
 
                   
 
                       
Allocated investment return transferred to the technical account — general business
            (15,178 )     (16,755 )
 
                   
 
            18,924       6,828  
 
                   
 
Other income
    8       7,614       7,599  
 
Other charges, including value adjustments
    9       (911 )     (1,184 )
 
                   
 
Profit/(loss) on ordinary activities before tax
            56,009       (66,810 )
 
Tax on Profit/(loss) on ordinary activities
    13       (11,711 )     0  
 
                   
 
Profit/(loss) for the year after tax
            44,298       (66,810 )
 
                   
See accompanying notes to these financial statements.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
Balance Sheet
At 31 December 2007
                         
            2007     2006  
    Notes     US$000     US$000  
ASSETS
                       
 
                       
Investments
                       
Investment in subsidiary undertaking
    15       301,931       0  
Land and buildings
    14       0       4,466  
Other financial investments
    15       0       686,893  
 
                       
Reinsurers’ share of technical provisions
                       
Provision for unearned premiums
    21       0       80  
Claims outstanding
    21       0       537,756  
 
                       
Debtors
                       
Debtors arising out of reinsurance operations
    16       0       66,598  
Other debtors
    17       26,314       47  
 
                       
Other assets
                       
Cash at bank and in hand
            100       24,060  
 
                       
Prepayments and accrued income
                       
Accrued interest and rental income
            0       12,649  
Deferred acquisition costs
    21       0       89  
 
                       
 
                   
Total assets
            328,345       1,332,638  
 
                   
 
                       
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ FUNDS
                       
 
                       
Capital and reserves
                       
Called up share capital
    23       420,775       420,775  
Profit and loss account
    20       (92,530 )     (136,828 )
 
                       
 
                   
Equity Shareholders’ funds
            328,245       283,947  
 
                       
Technical provisions
                       
Provision for unearned premiums
    21       0       868  
Claims outstanding
    21       0       870,128  
 
                       
Provision for other risks and charges
    22       0       1,419  
 
                       
Deposits received from reinsurers
            0       124,948  
 
                       
Creditors
                       
Creditors arising out of reinsurance operations
            0       50,343  
Other creditors including taxation and social security
    19       100       985  
 
                       
 
                   
Total liabilities
            328,345       1,332,638  
 
                   
See accompanying notes to these financial statements.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
Reconciliation of movements in shareholders’ funds
For the Year Ended 31 December 2007
                         
            2007     2006  
    Notes     US$000     US$000  
Opening shareholders’ funds
            283,947       350,757  
 
Profit/(Loss) for the financial year after tax
    20       44,298       (66,810 )
 
                   
Closing shareholders’ funds
            328,245       283,947  
 
                   
See accompanying notes to these financial statements.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
Year Ended 31 December 2007
1.   BASIS OF PREPARATION
 
    The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 255, and special provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 9A, of the United Kingdom Companies Act 1985.
 
    The financial statements have also been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards and under the historical cost accounting rules, modified to include the revaluation of investments, and comply with the Statement of Recommended Practice issued by the Association of British Insurers in December 2005 (as amended in December 2006) (“the ABI SORP”).
 
    During the year the Company completed a Part VII transfer of all its insurance assets, liabilities and outwards reinsurance agreements to Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited (‘Unionamerica’). The transfer was effected on 31 December 2007. In consideration for the transfer of surplus assets of US$328 million, the Company received shares in Unionamerica equivalent to 71.22% of the issued share capital as at 31 December 2007. These accounts deal with SPRE Limited as a company and not as a group as its results and that of Unionamerica are consolidated into the results of The Travelers Companies Inc.
 
    Prior to completion of the Part VII transfer, the expected cost of the run-off of the book of business was exceeded by the expected future investment return attributable to the Technical Account — General Business. Accordingly, no provision was made for future run-off expenses.
 
    Following the successful completion of the Part VII transfer on 31 December 2007 the directors propose to proceed with the orderly wind up of the company’s affairs and intend to seek the liquidation of the company in early 2008. Accordingly, these accounts are prepared on a break up basis. Given that the assets retained by the company, following the Part VII transfer consist only of cash and its investment in its fellow subsidiary, Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited, no adjustment has been necessary as a result of the decision to present these financial statements on a break up basis.
 
    In accordance with FRS 8, Related Party Disclosures, the Company has not disclosed related party transactions with group companies, on the basis that the Company is a subsidiary undertaking with 100% voting rights controlled within a group which produces publicly available consolidated financial statements in which the Company is included.
 
    In accordance with FRS 1, Cashflow Statements, the Company is not required to prepare a cashflow statement because more than 90% of the voting rights of the Company are held within the group and the group’s consolidated financial statements are publicly available.
 
2.   ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
    The following accounting policies have been applied consistently in dealing with items which are considered material in relation to the financial statements, except as noted below.
 
    Basis of accounting for underwriting activities
 
    All classes of business are accounted for on an annual basis.
 
    Premiums
 
    Written premiums, gross of commission payable to intermediaries, comprise the estimated premiums on contracts entered into in a financial year, regardless of whether such amounts may relate in whole or in part to a later financial year, exclusive of taxes and duties levied on premiums.
 
    Premiums written include adjustments to premiums written in prior accounting periods and estimates for “pipeline” premiums. Outward reinsurance premiums are accounted for in the same accounting period as the premiums for the related direct insurance or inwards reinsurance business.
 
    Unearned premiums
 
    The provision for unearned premiums comprises the amount representing that part of gross premiums written which is estimated to be earned in subsequent financial years, taking into account the risk profile of the contracts on a contract by contract basis.
 
    Acquisition costs
 
    Acquisition costs comprise all direct and indirect costs arising from the conclusion of insurance and reinsurance contracts. Deferred acquisition costs represent the proportion of acquisition costs incurred that correspond to the proportion of gross premiums written which are unearned at the balance sheet date.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
2.   ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
 
    Claims incurred
 
    Claims incurred include all claims and claims settlement expense payments made in respect of the financial period, the movement in the provision for outstanding claims and claims settlement expenses, and movement in claims incurred but not reported.
 
    Claims outstanding
 
    Full provision is made on an individual case basis for the estimated cost of claims notified but not yet settled by the balance sheet date after taking into account handling costs and settlement trends. A provision for claims incurred but not reported is established on a statistical basis. The level of provisions has been set on the basis of the information which is currently available, including potential outstanding claims advices and case law. The methods used and estimates made are reviewed regularly. Whilst the directors consider the gross provision for claims and the related reinsurance recoveries to be fairly stated on the basis of the information currently available to them, the ultimate liability can vary materially as a result of subsequent information and events. Any difference, which may be material, between provisions and subsequent settlements will be dealt with in the accounts of later years.
 
    Estimation Techniques
 
    The following notes on estimation techniques were applicable to the period prior to the Part VII transfer.
 
    In addition to the inherent uncertainty of having to forecast the ultimate costs of those claims that have occurred but not yet been advised to the Company as at the balance sheet date, there is also the considerable uncertainty regarding the eventual final costs of the claims that have been reported by the balance sheet date but which remain unsettled.
 
    As a consequence of these uncertainties the Company has to apply sophisticated estimation techniques to determine the appropriate level of claims provisions.
 
    In overview, claims provisions are determined based upon prior experience, knowledge of market conditions and trends and the terms and conditions of the underlying contracts of insurance and reinsurance.
 
    A variety of different statistical techniques are used by the Company’s in-house actuaries to determine the appropriate level of provision to carry. These methods include the following:
§ Chain ladder development of incurred claims, where claims to date for each accident year are extrapolated based upon the historical development patterns of earlier accident years.
§ Expected loss ratios where claims are calculated by applying loss ratios determined from prior experience adjusted for known changes in market conditions or claims trends, to earned premiums; and
§ Bornhuetter Ferguson method, which combines use of expected loss ratios, for the more recent and underdeveloped accident years, and the chain ladder projection of incurred claims data for earlier years.
    All projections are carried out separately for each line of business.
 
    Catastrophe losses are reserved separately primarily based on event by event analysis of potential exposure on contracts written.
 
    Where possible the Company adopts multiple techniques to estimate the required level of provision. This assists in giving a greater understanding of the trends inherent in the data being projected and setting the range of possible outcomes. The most appropriate estimation technique is then selected taking into account the characteristics of the business class being reserved.
 
    Establishing an appropriate level of claims provision is inherently uncertain. The degree of uncertainty will vary by product and line of business according to the characteristics of the insured risk.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
2.   ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
 
    Unexpired risks
 
    Provision is made for unexpired risks where the claims and administrative expenses likely to arise after the end of the financial year in respect of contracts concluded before that date are expected to exceed the unearned premiums net of any acquisition costs deferred. The provision for unexpired risks is calculated separately by classes of business that are managed together, after taking into account relevant future investment income.
 
    Investments, investment income, expenses and charges
 
    Investments are shown at market value. Debt securities and other fixed-income securities and shares and other variable-yield securities and units in unit trusts are stated at market value at the close of business on the balance sheet date, or on the last trading day before that date.
 
    Investment income is accounted for on an accruals basis. Interest is accrued up to the balance sheet date. Realised investment gains and losses comprise the difference between net sale proceeds and previous valuation or historical cost if acquired during the year. Unrealised investment gains and losses are reflected in the profit and loss account.
 
    Allocation of investment income
 
    Investment income, realised gains and losses, expenses and charges are allocated from the non-technical account to the technical account based on investments held against technical provisions.
 
    Land and buildings
 
    In order to present a true and fair view of the Company’s performance, freehold land and buildings are depreciated but are carried at current value and are subject to triennial revaluation. Any permanent diminution or subsequent reversal in value is taken to the profit and loss account.
 
    Foreign currency translation
 
    Foreign currency revenue and profit and loss items have been translated into US Dollars at the average quarterly rates of exchange. Monetary assets and liabilities held in foreign currency are translated into US Dollars at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Gains and losses on foreign currency translation are taken to the profit and loss account.
 
    Taxation
 
    The charge for taxation is based on the profit/(loss) for the year and takes into account taxation deferred because of timing differences between the treatment of certain items for taxation and accounting purposes.
 
    Deferred tax is recognised, without discounting, in respect of all timing differences between the treatment of certain items for taxation and accounting purposes which have arisen but not reversed by the balance sheet date, except as otherwise required by FRS 19.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
3.   SEGMENTAL ANALYSIS
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
By major class of business
               
 
               
Gross premiums written
               
 
               
Property
    610       1,998  
Casualty
    1,233       3,466  
Marine/aviation/satellite
    226       (24 )
 
           
 
 
    2,069       5,440  
 
           
 
               
Underwriting result
               
 
               
Property
    7,838       (14,118 )
Casualty
    5,595       (88,591 )
Marine/aviation/satellite
    1,771       5,901  
 
           
 
 
    15,204       (96,808 )
 
           
 
               
Net insurance funds
               
 
               
Property
    0       (99,364 )
Casualty
    0       398,836  
Marine/aviation/satellite
    0       33,599  
 
           
 
 
    0       333,071  
 
           
    The net assets and investment income are not managed at class level, therefore are not included in the segmental analysis.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements.
3.   SEGMENTAL ANALYSIS (continued)
 
    The transaction of London Market reinsurance and insurance non-marine business at the Company’s London office is regarded by the directors as the Company’s business segment.
                                                 
    2007 (US $000)  
    Gross     Gross     Gross     Gross              
    premiums     premiums     claims     operating     Reinsurance     Underwriting  
    written     earned     incurred     expenses     balance     profit  
Direct insurance
                                               
 
                                               
Property
    (13 )     (13 )     321       (22 )     (64 )     222  
Casualty
    0       0       (15 )     (1,343 )     (2,960 )     (4,318 )
 
                                   
 
    (13 )     (13 )     306       (1,365 )     (3,024 )     (4,096 )
Reinsurance
    2,082       2,968       36,672       (6,641 )     (13,879 )     19,300  
 
                                   
 
    2,069       2,955       36,978       (8,006 )     (16,903 )     15,204  
 
                                   
                                                 
    2006 (US $000)  
    Gross     Gross     Gross     Gross              
    premiums     premiums     claims     operating     Reinsurance     Underwriting  
    written     earned     incurred     expenses     balance     loss  
Direct insurance
                                               
 
                                               
Property
    3       3       (534 )     (105 )     (10 )     (646 )
Casualty
    22       22       (47,557 )     (2,467 )     (492 )     (50,494 )
 
                                   
 
    25       25       (48,091 )     (2,572 )     (502 )     (51,140 )
Reinsurance
    5,415       5,727       21,923       (5,907 )     (67,411 )     (45,668 )
 
                                   
 
    5,440       5,752       (26,168 )     (8,479 )     (67,913 )     (96,808 )
 
                                   
    The underwriting result represents the balance on the technical account — general business before investment income and charges.
 
4.   PRIOR YEARS’ CLAIMS PROVISIONS
 
    (Under)/over provisions for claims provisions at the beginning of the period compared with payments and provisions at the end of the period in respect of prior years’ claims net of ceded reinsurance are represented by the claims incurred net of reinsurance figure in the Profit and Loss Technical Account.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
5.   PART VII TRANSFER
 
    The Company transferred all of its insurance liabilities and underlying outwards reinsurance agreements to Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited, under Part VII of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. This transfer was effective on 31 December 2007. The Part VII transfer has been accounted for in accordance with the ABI SORP.
 
    The assets and liabilities transferred are set out below:
         
    US$000  
Assets
       
 
       
Cash and investments
    664,163  
Reinsurers’ share of technical provisions
    266,040  
Reinsurers’ share of technical provisions — Internal stop loss
    158,212  
Debtors
    57,892  
Other assets
    40,785  
 
     
 
    1,187,092  
 
       
Liabilities
       
 
       
Technical provisions
    570,675  
Technical provisions — Internal stop loss
    158,212  
Creditors
    113,328  
Other liabilities
    16,632  
 
     
 
    858,847  
 
     
Surplus assets
    328,245  
 
     
    Following the transfer of surplus assets of US$328,245,000, the Company received shares in Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited of US$301,931,000 on 31 December 2007, the balance of which was satisfied after the year end on 24 January 2008, by the issue of additional shares of US$26,314,000 to the Company.
 
6.   INVESTMENT INCOME
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Land and buildings
    3,620       0  
Income from other financial investments
    36,756       36,231  
Realised investment gains
    2,654       1,135  
 
           
 
    43,030       37,366  
 
           

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
7.   INVESTMENT EXPENSES AND CHARGES
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Interest payable
    8,175       2,291  
Investment management expenses
    368       593  
Realised investment losses
    0       4,698  
 
           
 
    8,543       7,582  
 
           
8.   OTHER INCOME
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Differences on foreign currency net asset translation
    7,614       7,599  
 
           
 
    7,614       7,599  
 
           
9.   OTHER CHARGES
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Increase of provision
    0       263  
Other charges
    911       921  
 
           
 
    911       1,184  
 
           

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
10.   NET OPERATING EXPENSES
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Gross acquisition costs
    102       592  
Change in gross deferred acquisition costs
    90       34  
 
           
 
    192       626  
Administrative expenses
    7,634       7,853  
 
           
Gross operating expenses
    7,826       8,479  
Reinsurance commissions and profit participation
    (2 )     (43 )
 
           
 
    7,824       8,436  
 
           
11.   INCLUDED IN PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Income from listed securities
    36,756       34,960  
Interest payable on other loans
    8,175       2,291  
Auditor’s remuneration in respect of:
               
 
               
Audit of these financial statements
    244       299  
Other services pursuant to legislation
    44       42  
Tax services
    15       22  
12.   EMPLOYEES
 
    The Company has no employees, but has a management agreement with Travelers Management Limited, formerly St. Paul Travelers Management Limited, a fellow group undertaking, which employs UK personnel and provides certain management services. The Company has entered into an additional services agreement with Travelers Special Services Limited, formerly St. Paul Travelers Special Services Limited, another fellow group undertaking, which provides a number of management services. The charges associated with these management agreements have been fully included within these financial statements.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
13.   TAXATION
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Analysis of charge in the period, current tax
               
 
               
Tax charge for the year
    14,208       0  
Adjustments in respect of prior periods
    (2,497 )     0  
 
           
Tax on Profit on ordinary activities
    11,711       0  
 
           
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Reconciliation of the current tax charge required under FRS19
               
 
               
Profit/(loss) on ordinary activities before taxation
    56,009       (66,810 )
 
           
 
               
Profit/(loss) on ordinary activities before tax multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax of 30% (2006: 30%)
    16,803       (20,043 )
 
               
Tax losses for the year to be utilised — Group relief
    0       20,043  
Movement in provisions
    532       0  
Loss on disposal of building
    (2,702 )     0  
Losses brought forward
    (425 )     0  
Prior year corporation tax
    (2,497 )     0  
 
           
Tax charge for the period
    11,711       0  
 
           
14.   LAND AND BUILDINGS — FREEHOLD
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Current value at 31 December
    0       4,466  
 
           
    The land & buildings were sold to a fellow group company during the year.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
15.   INVESTMENTS
                 
    2007     2006  
Investment in subsidiary undertaking   US$000     US$000  
At cost
 
As at 1 January
    0       0  
Acquisition during the year (See Note 5)
    301,931       0  
 
           
 
As at 31 December
    301,931       0  
 
           
                         
                    Economic  
                    Voting Rights  
Name of Undertaking   Description of Shares Held     Business     in Shares  
Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited (Incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England)
  Ordinary $1 Shares   Insurance and Reinsurance     71.22 %

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
15.   INVESTMENTS (continued)
 
    Other Financial Investments
                                                 
    2007 (US $000)     2006 (US $000)  
    Market     Amortised/     Actual     Market     Amortised/     Actual  
    value     book cost     cost     value     book cost     cost  
Shares & other variable-yield securities and units in unit trusts**
    0       0       0       8,334       8,334       8,334  
 
                                               
Debt Securities and other fixed income securities*
    0       0       0       513,995       512,715       534,361  
 
Government securities*
    0       0       0       164,564       165,460       168,004  
 
                                   
 
 
    0       0       0       686,893       686,509       710,699  
 
                                   
Included in the above Investments:
                                                 
Listed on the London Stock Exchange
    0       0       0       35,418       35,496       36,574  
 
                                               
Listed on other investment exchanges
    0       0       0       643,141       642,679       665,791  
 
Unlisted warrants
    0       0       0       8,334       8,334       8,334  
 
                                   
 
 
    0       0       0       686,893       686,509       710,699  
 
                                   
    The investments were transferred to Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited, as part of the Part VII transfer.
 
 
*   Government securities and fixed interest securities are shown at market value. Short term deposits are shown at nominal value. Equities are shown at market value.
 
    With the exception of short term deposits and unlisted warrants, all the investments are listed on recognised stock exchanges.
 
    Investments amounting to US$Nil (2006: US$121,097,667) are held in a U.S. trust fund required by virtue of the Company’s accredited reinsurer status in a number of U.S. jurisdictions
 
**   Shares and other variable securities include US$Nil (2006: US$8,334,000), representing Nil (2006:894,260) warrants in Platinum Underwriting Holdings Limited valued at US$Nil (2006:US$9.32) per warrant.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
16.   DEBTORS ARISING OUT OF REINSURANCE OPERATIONS
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Pipeline premiums
    0       1,000  
Other underwriting debtors
    0       65,598  
 
           
 
    0       66,598  
 
           
    Included within the debtors figures above, the debtors due after more than one year are $0 (2006: $539,285).
 
17.   OTHER DEBTORS
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Taxation recoverable
    0       47  
Consideration receivable (See Note 5)
    26,314       0  
 
           
 
    26,314       47  
 
           
18.   CONTINGENCIES AND OTHER LIABILITIES
 
    Following the Part VII transfer there are no contingencies or other liabilities to report.
 
19.   OTHER CREDITORS INCLUDING TAXATION AND SOCIAL SECURITY
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Sundry creditors
    100       18  
Amounts due to fellow group undertakings
    0       967  
 
           
 
    100       985  
 
           
20.   RESERVES — PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
As at 1 January
    (136,828 )     (70,018 )
Profit/(loss) for the financial year
    44,298       (66,810 )
 
           
As at 31 December
    (92,530 )     (136,828 )
 
           

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
21.   TECHNICAL PROVISIONS AND DEFERRED ACQUISITION COSTS
                         
    Provision              
    for unearned     Claims        
    premiums     outstanding     Total  
    US$000     US$000     US$000  
Gross amount
                       
At the beginning of the year
    868       870,128       870,996  
Translation adjustment
    18       (5,849 )     (5,831 )
Movement in the provision
    (886 )     (135,392 )     (136,278 )
Part VII transfer (see Note 5)
    0       (728,887 )     (728,887 )
 
                 
At the end of the year
    0       0       0  
 
                 
 
                       
Reinsurance amount
                       
At the beginning of the year
    (80 )     (537,756 )     (537,836 )
Translation adjustment
    (2 )     15,990       15,988  
Movement in the provision
    82       97,514       97596  
Part VII transfer (see Note 5)
    0       424,252       424,252  
 
                 
At the end of the year
    0       0       0  
 
                 
 
                       
Net technical provisions
                       
At the end of the year
    0       0       0  
 
                 
At the beginning of the year
    788       332,372       333,160  
 
                 
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Deferred acquisition costs
               
Gross commissions
    0       (89 )
Ceded commissions
    0       0  
 
           
 
    0       (89 )
 
           
Net insurance funds
    0       333,071  
 
           

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements.
22.   PROVISION FOR OTHER RISKS AND CHARGES
 
    Consequent to the decision to close the branch offices in Belgium and Germany, a provision was established, based on the directors’ best estimates, for the likely costs arising in exiting these businesses.
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
At the beginning of the year
    1,419       2,261  
Utilised during the year
    (1,419 )     (1,105 )
Change of provision
    0       263  
 
           
At the end of the year
    0       1,419  
 
           
23.   SHARE CAPITAL
                 
    2007     2006  
Authorised   £000     £000  
300,000,000 (2006: 300,000,000) authorised ordinary shares of £1 each
    300,000       300,000  
 
           
                 
Allotted, issued and fully paid   US$000     US$000  
216,698,583 (2006: 216,698,583) ordinary shares of £1 each at par
    420,775       420,775  
 
           

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
24.    REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
Directors’ emoluments
    922       825  
Amounts receivable under long term incentive schemes
    0       0  
 
           
 
    922       825  
Company contributions to money purchase pension schemes
    92       84  
 
           
 
    1,014       909  
 
           
    The aggregate emoluments and amounts receivable under long term incentive schemes of the highest paid director were US$174,874 (2006: US$174,314).
 
    Company contribution to money purchase schemes attributable to the highest paid director was US$18,923 (2006 : US$18,648).
                 
      Number of Directors  
    2007     2006  
Retirement benefits accruing to the following number of Directors under:
               
 
Money purchase schemes
    8       8  
 
The number of directors who exercised share options
    3       1  
 
The number of directors in respect of whose services shares were received or receivable under long term incentive schemes was
    0       0  

Emoluments of directors based in the UK are paid by Travelers Management Limited, formerly St. Paul Travelers Management Limited, a fellow group undertaking which employs all UK personnel and provides full management services. The directors’ emoluments have been apportioned across the group as a whole, based on services rendered to companies in the group.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
25.   RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 
    The Company has taken advantage of the exemption, contained in Financial Reporting Standard 8, from disclosing transactions with other group companies or with related parties in which the Company has no investments.
 
26.   POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS
 
    Subsequent to the year end, on 30 January 2008 the Share Capital of the Company was reduced from £300,000,000 to £83,301,419, by the cancellation of 216,698,581 issued ordinary shares of £1 each. The capital reduction was effected by a Special Resolution and with the sanction of an order of the High Court of Justice dated 20 February 2008.
 
    The Company was deregistered with the FSA on 12 February 2008 and the company subsequently changed its name from St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited to SPRE Limited on 12 March 2008.
 
    On 26 March 2008, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) approved the Company’s application to distribute in specie the Company’s investment in Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited, to its immediate parent, Unionamerica Acquisition Company Limited.
 
    On 30 December 2008, the Company was sold to Royston Run-off Limited, a subsidiary of Enstar Group Limited.
 
27.   IMMEDIATE AND ULTIMATE HOLDING COMPANIES
 
    Prior to 30 December 2008, the Company’s intermediate parent company was St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company Limited which is registered in England & Wales. Prior to 30 December 2008, the Company’s ultimate parent company and controlling party was The Travelers Companies Inc.
 
    Post 30 December 2008 the immediate parent undertaking of the smallest group of which the Company is a member is Unionamerica Holdings Ltd, a company incorporated in Great Britain.
 
    The ultimate parent undertaking of the largest group of which the Company is a member and for which consolidated accounts have been prepared is Enstar Group Limited, a company incorporated in Bermuda. The consolidated financial statements of both parent undertakings are available to the public and may be obtained from the Company’s office at Avaya House, 2 Cathedral Hill, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7YL.
 
    The annual U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing of Enstar Group Limited may be obtained from:

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20549
U.S.A

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
28  SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (“UK GAAP”) AND ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (“US GAAP”)
 
    The SPRE Limited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with UK GAAP as applied in note 1. UK GAAP differs to the requirements of US GAAP in certain respects. The effects of the application of US GAAP to the profit/(loss) for the year after taxation, as determined under UK GAAP, are set out in the table below:
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
PROFIT/(LOSS) FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR
               
 
               
UK GAAP profit/(loss) for the year after taxation
    44,298       (66,810 )
 
               
US GAAP adjustments
               
(a) Unrealised investment loss
    385       6,201  
(b) Valuation difference on freehold building
    (1,403 )     0  
 
               
 
           
Total US GAAP adjustments
    (1,018 )     6,201  
 
               
 
           
Net income/(loss) under US GAAP
    43,280       (60,609 )
 
               
 
           
 
(a)   Unrealised investment (gain)/loss
 
    Under UK GAAP unrealised losses and gains on investments represent the difference between the valuation of investments at the balance sheet date and previous valuation unless acquired during the year and are included in the Non-Technical Account. Under US GAAP movements in the valuation of investments that are available-for-sale are reported through Other Comprehensive Income and do not form part of net income.
 
(b)   Valuation difference on freehold building
 
    Under UK GAAP the freehold property is carried at current value and is subject to triennial valuation by an independent property valuer who is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. The open market value of the property is determined after the deduction of expected selling costs. Under US GAAP the freehold property is carried at historical cost less accumulated depreciation.
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY INTEREST
               
 
               
UK GAAP Shareholders’ equity interest
    328,245       283,947  
 
               
US GAAP adjustments
               
(c) Valuation difference on freehold building
    0       1,403  
 
               
 
           
Total US GAAP adjustments
    0       1,403  
 
               
 
           
US GAAP Shareholders’ equity interest
    328,245       285,350  
 
               
 
           
 
(c)   Valuation difference on freehold building
 
    Under UK GAAP the freehold property is carried at current value and is subject to triennial valuation by an independent property valuer who is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. The open market value of the property is determined after the deduction of expected selling costs. Under US GAAP the freehold property is carried at historical cost less accumulated depreciation.

 


 

SPRE LIMITED
Notes to the financial statements
28  SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (“UK GAAP”) AND ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (“US GAAP”) (continued)
                 
    2007     2006  
    US$000     US$000  
CASH FLOW STATEMENT AS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH US GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES (“US GAAP”)
               
Cash flows from operating activities:
               
Net income/(loss)
    43,280       (60,609 )
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Amortisation of investments
    (189 )     2,553  
Foreign currency translation on investments
    (17,160 )     (33,093 )
Net loss on sale of investments
    (2,654 )     3,563  
 
               
 
           
 
    23,277       (87,586 )
 
               
Changes in assets and liabilities:
               
Accrued interest receivable
    12,649       1,425  
Debtors arising out of reinsurance operations
    66,598       12,947  
Loss and loss adjustment expenses recoverable from reinsurers
    537,836       114,679  
Other debtors
    136       95  
Losses and loss adjustment expenses
    (870,996 )     (93,658 )
Creditors arising out of reinsurance operations
    (175,291 )     (20,379 )
Other creditors
    (2,304 )     (5,912 )
 
               
 
           
Net cash used in operating activities
    (408,095 )     (78,389 )
 
               
 
           
Cash flows from investing activities
               
Purchase of investments
    (395,583 )     (235,526 )
Purchase of investment in subsidiary
    (328,245 )     0  
Proceeds on sale of investments
    1,102,095       308,788  
Proceeds from sale of freehold building
    5,867       0  
 
               
 
           
Net cash provided by investing activities
    384,134       73,262  
 
           
 
               
Net (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    (23,961 )     (5,127 )
 
               
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
    24,061       29,188  
 
               
 
           
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year
    100       24,061  
 
           
 
 
Supplementary cash flow information:
               
Net income taxes paid
    0     0  
 
           
Interest paid
    0     0  
 
           

 

exv99w5
EXHIBIT 99.5
ENSTAR GROUP LIMITED
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EARNINGS
     The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated statement of earnings is based on the historical statements of earnings of Enstar Group Limited (“Enstar”) and of Unionamerica Insurance Company Limited, Unionamerica Acquisition Company, Unionamerica Holdings Limited and SPRE Limited (formerly St. Paul Reinsurance Company Limited) (the acquired companies collectively, “Unionamerica”), and have been prepared to illustrate the effects of the acquisition of Unionamerica from St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company (an affiliate of The Travelers Companies, Inc.) by Royston Run-off Limited (“Royston”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enstar, which was completed on December 30, 2008. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated statement of earnings is presented as if the acquisition was completed as of January 1, 2008.
     The pro forma financial information is presented for illustrative purposes only under one set of assumptions and does not reflect the financial results of the combined companies had consideration been given to other assumptions or to the impact of possible operating efficiencies, asset dispositions, and other factors. Further, the pro forma financial information does not necessarily reflect the historical results of the combined company that actually would have occurred had the transaction been in effect during the period indicated or that may be obtained in the future. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of earnings should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the historical financial statements, including the related notes, of Enstar covering the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2008 included in Enstar’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, which was filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2009 (the “2008 Annual Report”), as well as the historical financial statements of Unionamerica included elsewhere in this Current Report on Form 8-K/A, with the exception of historical information for Unionamerica Holdings Limited and Unionamerica Acquisition Company Limited as these entities were materially insignificant to the transaction as a whole. A pro forma condensed combined balance sheet is not presented in this Current Report on Form 8-K/A, because the Unionamerica transaction was completed on December 30, 2008. As a result, assets and liabilities of Unionamerica at their estimated fair market values are included in Enstar’s historical consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2008, which is included in Enstar’s 2008 Annual Report.

 


 

ENSTAR GROUP LIMITED
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS
for the year ended December 31, 2008
(Expressed in thousands of U.S dollars, except share and per share data)
                                 
    Enstar Group     Unionamerica     Adjustment        
    Limited           Entries     Combined  
INCOME
                               
Consulting fees
  $ 25,151     $     $     $ 25,151  
Net investment income and net realized gains
    26,601       22,729             49,330  
Net realized (losses)
    (1,655 )                 (1,655 )
 
                       
 
    50,097       22,729             72,826  
 
                       
 
                               
EXPENSES
                               
Net reduction in loss and loss adjustment expense liabilities
    (242,104 )     102,140       22,327 (a)     (117,637 )
Salaries and benefits
    56,270       6,385             62,655  
General and administrative expenses
    53,357       5,331             58,688  
Interest expense
    23,370             13,409 (b)     36,779  
Foreign exchange loss
    14,986       5,563             20,549  
 
                       
 
    (94,121 )     119,419       35,736       61,034  
 
                       
 
                               
EARNINGS BEFORE INCOME TAXES, MINORITY INTEREST AND SHARE OF NET (LOSS) OF PARTLY OWNED COMPANY
    144,218       (96,690 )     (35,736 )     11,792  
 
                               
INCOME TAXES
    (46,854 )     (1,308 )     3,822 (c)     (44,340 )
 
                               
MINORITY INTEREST
    (50,808 )           38,973 (d)     (11,835 )
 
                               
SHARE OF NET (LOSS) OF PARTLY OWNED COMPANY
    (201 )                 (201 )
 
                       
EARNINGS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
  $ 46,355     $ (97,998 )   $ 7,059     $ (44,584 )
 
                       
 
                               
Earnings per share — basic
  $ 3.67                     $ (3.53 )
Earnings per share — diluted
  $ 3.59                     $ (3.53 )
 
                               
Weighted average shares outstanding — basic
    12,638,333                       12,638,333  
Weighted average shares outstanding — diluted
    12,921,475                       12,638,333  
Note a
Amortization of fair value adjustments
Note b
Adjustment to interest expense to reflect the financing costs of the acquisitions
Note c
Adjustment to income taxes for pro forma adjustments
Note d
Reflect minority interest’s share of: 1) results of Unionamerica; and 2) net pro forma income statement adjustments