Atlanta based ASSURANCEAMERICA CORPORATION (OTC BB: ASAM), today
announced its unaudited financial results for August 2006 and the eight
months ended August 31, 2006.
Revenues for the month of August 2006 increased 29% to $4.5 million,
compared to $3.5 million for the same month of 2005. Pretax earnings
increased 191% for August 2006 to $288,000, compared to $131,000 in
August 2005.
Revenues for the eight months of 2006 increased 63% to $37.2 million,
compared with $22.7 million for the same period of 2005. The Company
increased pretax earnings 92% for the first eight months of 2006 to $2.4
million, compared with $1.2 million in the same period last year.
Net income for the month of August increased 110% to $276,000, compared
with $131,000 in the same period of 2005. Net income for the first eight
months increased 39% to $1.7 million, compared with $1.2 million for the
same period of 2005. Net income in 2005 reflected no provision for
income taxes as the Company was able to fully utilize net operating tax
loss carry forwards.
Gross Premiums Produced (a non-GAAP financial measure), which includes
gross written premium in the Carrier/MGA’s underwriting operations plus
premiums for policies sold in the retail Agency subsidiary, increased
14% from $10.6 million in August 2005 to $12.0 million in August 2006.
Gross Premiums Produced increased 44% from $72.9 million for the eight
months ended August 31, 2005 to $104.9 million for the same period of
2006. Gross Premiums Produced is used by management as the primary
measure of the underlying growth of the Company’s revenue streams from
period to period.
In announcing August’s and year-to-date results, Lawrence (Bud)
Stumbaugh, President and CEO of AssuranceAmerica Corporation said, “Our
job involves far more than beating the competition. We must beat
ourselves; that is, have better results year over year for the same
period. We are proud that our pre-tax earnings year-to-date ’06
are 92% better than the same period ’05 as
that indicates we surpassed the right thing —
our own history!”
AssuranceAmerica focuses on the specialty automobile insurance
marketplace, primarily in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and
Texas. Its principal operating subsidiaries are TrustWay Insurance
Agencies, LLC (“Agency”), which sells personal automobile insurance
policies through its 50 retail agencies, AssuranceAmerica Managing
General Agency, LLC (“MGA”), and AssuranceAmerica Insurance Company
(“Carrier”).
This press release includes statements that may constitute
“forward-looking” statements. These statements are made pursuant to the
safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from
the forward-looking statements, as discussed in the Company’s filings
with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). Historical results
are not indicative of future performance.