UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 11-K

 

(Mark One)

 

x          Annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007

 

OR

 

o           Transition report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the transition period from         to

 

Commission file number 1-8993

 

A.    Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

 

ESURANCE INC. 401(K) PLAN

Esurance Inc.

650 Davis Street

San Francisco, CA 94111

 

B.     Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

 

WHITE MOUNTAINS INSURANCE GROUP, LTD.

80 South Main Street

Hanover, New Hampshire 03755

 

 



 

REQUIRED INFORMATION

 

The following Financial Statements and Schedule for the Plan and a Written Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm are filed with, and included in, this Report as Exhibits 23 and 99(a) hereto, respectively, as detailed below:

 

23            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

99(a)       Financial Statements and Schedule for the Plan consisting of:

1.       Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm;

2.       Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2007 and 2006;

3.       Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006;

4.       Notes to Financial Statements;

5.       Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2007.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

Esurance Inc. 401(k) Plan

 

 

Date: June 26, 2008

By:

/s/ Gary Tolman

 

 

Gary Tolman

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

EXHIBIT

 

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

23

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

 

99(a)

 

Financial Statements and Schedule for the Plan consisting of:

 

 

 

 

 

1.

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm;

 

 

2.

 

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2007 and 2006;

 

 

3.

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006;

 

 

4.

 

Notes to Financial Statements;

 

 

5.

 

Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2007.

 

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Exhibit 23

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-132388) of White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. of our report dated June 26, 2008 with respect to the statements of net assets available for benefits of Esurance Inc. 401(k) Plan as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended, and the related supplemental Schedule H, Line 4i -Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2007, which report appears in the December 31, 2007 annual report on Form 11-K of Esurance Inc. 401(k) Plan.

 

 

/s/ Mohler, Nixon & Williams

 

MOHLER, NIXON & WILLIAMS

 

Accountancy Corporation

 

 

Campbell, California

June 26, 2008

 


Exhibit 99(a)

 

Esurance Inc.

401(k) Plan

Financial Statements
December 31, 2007 and 2006

 



 

ESURANCE INC.

401(k) PLAN

 

Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule

December 31, 2007 and 2006

 

Table of Contents

 

 

Page

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

1

 

 

Financial Statements:

 

 

 

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

2

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

3

Notes to Financial Statements

4

 

 

Supplemental Schedule as of December 31, 2007

9

 

Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

 



 
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
To the Participants and
Plan Administrator of the
Esurance Inc.

401(k) Plan

 

We have audited the financial statements of the Esurance Inc. 401(k) Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and for the years then ended, as listed in the accompanying table of contents.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.  We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting.  Our audits included consideration 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 Plan’s internal control over financial reporting.  Accordingly, we express no such opinion.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by the Plan’s 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 net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole.  The supplemental schedule, as listed in the accompanying table of contents, is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.  This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management.  The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

 

 

/s/ Mohler, Nixon & Williams

 

MOHLER, NIXON & WILLIAMS

 

Accountancy Corporation

 

 

Campbell, California

June 26, 2008

 

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ESURANCE INC.

401(k) PLAN

 

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Investments, at fair value

 

$

19,282,678

 

$

12,325,814

 

Participant loans

 

565,988

 

417,108

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits at fair value

 

19,848,666

 

12,742,922

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

 

8,926

 

28,996

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits

 

$

19,857,592

 

$

12,771,918

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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ESURANCE INC.

401(k) PLAN

 

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

 

 

 

Year ended

 

Year ended

 

 

 

December 31,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions to net assets attributed to:

 

 

 

 

 

Investment income:

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends and interest

 

$

1,141,469

 

$

387,008

 

Net realized and unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) in fair value of investments

 

(41,818

)

839,882

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,099,651

 

1,226,890

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions:

 

 

 

 

 

Employer’s

 

1,631,189

 

1,066,797

 

Participants’

 

5,633,761

 

3,200,491

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,264,950

 

4,267,288

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transfers:

 

 

 

 

 

Transfer into the plan

 

 

307,532

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total additions

 

8,364,601

 

5,801,710

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deductions from net assets attributed to:

 

 

 

 

 

Withdrawals and distributions

 

1,256,704

 

868,680

 

Administrative expenses

 

22,223

 

20,314

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total deductions

 

1,278,927

 

888,994

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets

 

7,085,674

 

4,912,716

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits:

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of year

 

12,771,918

 

7,859,202

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

End of year

 

$

19,857,592

 

$

12,771,918

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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ESURANCE INC.

401(k) PLAN

 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006

 

NOTE 1 - THE PLAN AND ITS SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 

General - The following description of the Esurance Inc. 401(k) Plan (the Plan) provides only general information.  Participants should refer to the Plan document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.

 

The Plan is a defined contribution plan that was established in 2000 by Esurance, Inc. (the Company) to provide benefits to eligible employees, as defined in the Plan document.  The Plan is currently designed to be qualified under the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as amended.

 

The Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (the Parent).

 

During 2007, certain employees of New Jersey Skylands Insurance Company (NJS), transferred to Esurance. New Jersey Skylands Insurance Company is partially owned by the Parent. Effective July 1, 2007, all eligible NJS employees were allowed to participate in the Plan.

 

On December 4, 2006, the assets of AutoOne Insurance Company (AutoOne), a sister company of Esurance, of approximately $308,000 were transferred out of the OneBeacon 401(k) Savings Plan into the Plan. OneBeacon Insurance Group is another subsidiary of the Parent. Effective November 1, 2006, all eligible transferred AutoOne employees were allowed to participate in the Plan.

 

Administration - The Company has appointed an Administrative Committee (the Committee) to manage the operation and administration of the Plan.  The Company has contracted with MG Trust Company (MG Trust), also known as Matrix Capital Bank, to act as custodian and with Digital Retirement Solutions, Inc. (DRS), to act as the third-party administrator, process and maintain the records of participant data.  Substantially all expenses incurred for administering the Plan are paid by the Company.

 

Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Basis of accounting - The financial statements of the Plan are prepared on the accrual method of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

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The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates that affect the financial statements and accompanying notes.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Forfeited accounts - Forfeited nonvested accounts will be used to pay Plan expenses or to reduce future employer contributions.

 

Investments - Investments of the Plan are held by MG Trust and invested based solely upon instructions received from participants.

 

The Plan invests in the White Mountains Insurance Unitized Stock Fund, which comprises common shares of the Parent and small amounts of non-interest bearing cash.

 

The Plan’s investments in the common/collective trust, mutual funds, and common stock are valued at fair value as of the last day of the Plan year, as measured by quoted market prices or as reported by MG Trust for the common/collective trust.  Participant loans are valued at cost, which approximates fair value.

 

Investment contracts held by a defined contribution plan are required to be reported at fair value. However, contract value is the relevant measurement attributable for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined contribution plan attributable to fully-benefit responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan.

 

The statement of net assets available for benefits presents the adjustment of certain fully benefit responsive investment contracts from fair value to contract value. The statements of changes in net assets available for benefits are prepared on a contract value basis.

 

Income taxes - The Plan has adopted a prototype plan that has received an opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service.  The Company believes that the Plan is operated in accordance with, and qualifies under, the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code and related state statutes, and that the trust, which forms a part of the Plan, is exempt from federal income and state franchise taxes.

 

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Risks and uncertainties - The Plan provides for various investment options in any combination of investment securities offered by the Plan.  Investment securities are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, market fluctuations and credit risks.  Due to the risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in market values, interest rates or other factors in the near term would materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits and the statements of changes in net assets available for benefits.

 

New Accounting Pronouncement – In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (SFAS 157), Fair Value Measurements. SFAS No. 157 establishes a single authoritative definition of fair value, sets out a framework for measuring fair value and requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Plan is assessing the impact of adopting SFAS No. 157.

 

NOTE 2 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Certain Plan investments are managed by MG Trust, the trustee of the Plan.  Any purchases and sales of these funds are performed in the open market at fair value.  Such transactions, while considered party-in-interest transactions under ERISA regulations, are permitted under the provisions of the Plan and are specifically exempt from the prohibition of party-in-interest transactions under ERISA.

 

As allowed by the Plan, beginning March 17, 2006, participants may elect to invest a portion of their account in the unitized stock fund of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd.  Aggregate investment in Parent company common stock at December 31, 2007 and 2006 was as follows:

 

Date

 

Number of Shares

 

Fair Value

 

2007

 

338.57

 

$

174,042

 

2006

 

139.93

 

$

81,080

 

 

NOTE 3 - - PARTICIPATION AND BENEFITS

 

Participant contributions - Participants may elect to have the Company contribute their eligible pre-tax compensation to the Plan up to the amount allowable under the Plan document and current income tax regulations.  Participants who elect to have the Company contribute a portion of their compensation to the Plan agree to accept an equivalent reduction in taxable compensation.  Contributions withheld are invested in accordance with the participant’s direction.  If a participant does not make an election to contribute pre-tax compensation or waive contribution, there is a Plan provision for automatic enrollment at a 3% contribution level.

 

Participants are also allowed to make rollover contributions of amounts received from other tax-qualified employer-sponsored retirement plans.  Such contributions are deposited in the appropriate investment funds in accordance with the participant’s direction and the Plan’s provisions.

 

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Employer contributions - The Company is allowed to make discretionary matching and profit sharing contributions as defined in the Plan and as approved by the Board of Directors.  During 2007 and 2006, the Company matched 50% of participant’s deferrals up to 6% of eligible compensation.  No discretionary profit sharing contribution has been made for the year ended December 31, 2007 or 2006.

 

Vesting - Participants are immediately vested in their contributions.  Participants are fully vested in the employer’s discretionary matching and profit sharing contributions allocated to their account after three years of credited service.

 

Participant accounts - Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution, Plan earnings or losses and an allocation of the Company’s contributions, if any.  Allocations of the Company’s contributions are based on participant contributions or eligible compensation, as defined in the Plan.

 

Payment of benefits - Upon termination, the participants or beneficiaries may elect to leave their account balance in the Plan, or receive their total benefits in a lump sum.  The Plan does not allow for the automatic lump sum distribution nor automatic IRA rollover of participant vested account balances.

 

Loans to participants - The Plan allows participants to borrow not less than $1,000 and up to the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of their vested account balance.  The loans are secured by the participant’s vested balance.  Such loans bear interest at the available market financing rates and must be repaid to the Plan within a five-year period, unless the loan is used for the purchase of a principal residence in which case the maximum repayment period is up to 30 years.  The specific terms and conditions of such loans are established by the Committee.  Outstanding loans at December 31, 2007 carry interest rates ranging from 6.25% to 10.25%.

 

NOTE 4 - - INVESTMENTS

 

The following table presents the fair values of the investment funds that include 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets at December 31:

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Wells Fargo Stable Return Fund

 

$

2,958,164

 

$

2,042,141

 

Davis NY Venture Fund

 

1,515,011

 

1,175,543

 

MFS International New Discovery Fund

 

1,423,115

 

1,214,605

 

PIMCO Total Return Fund

 

 

671,476

 

American Funds Growth Fund R3

 

 

957,106

 

John Hancock Classic Value Fund

 

1,088,404

 

952,124

 

Munder Mid-Cap Core Growth A Fund

 

1,351,475

 

895,985

 

Oppenheimer Small & Mid Cap Value Fund

 

1,252,953

 

778,418

 

Thornburg International Value Fund

 

1,436,555

 

673,538

 

Black Rock S&P 500 Index

 

1,162,621

 

 

American Funds Growth Fund R4

 

1,500,214

 

 

American Funds EuroPacific R4

 

1,298,389

 

 

Janus Advisor Forty Fund

 

1,183,090

 

 

American Funds Bond Fund Am R4

 

1,166,029

 

 

Other funds individually less than 5% of net assets

 

2,512,646

 

3,381,986

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets held for investment purposes

 

$

19,848,666

 

$

12,742,922

 

 

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The Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated/(depreciated) in value as follows for the years ended December 31:

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mutual funds

 

$

(120,303

)

779,495

 

Common stock

 

(12,545

)

4,329

 

Common/collective trust

 

91,030

 

56,058

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(41,818

)

$

839,882

 

 

NOTE 5 - RECONCILIATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO FORM 5500

 

The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500 as of December 31:

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

 

$

19,857,592

 

$

12,771,918

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

 

(8,926

)

(28,996

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits per the Form 5500

 

$

19,848,666

 

$

12,742,922

 

 

NOTE 6 - PLAN TERMINATION OR MODIFICATION

 

The Company intends to continue the Plan indefinitely for the benefit of its participants; however, it reserves the right to terminate or modify the Plan at any time by resolution of its Board of Directors and subject to the provisions of ERISA.  In the event the Plan is terminated in the future, participants would become fully vested in their accounts.

 

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SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE

 

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Esurance Inc.

 

EIN: 26-0034575

401(k) PLAN

 

PLAN #001

 

SCHEDULE H, LINE 4i - SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)

DECEMBER 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

Description of investment including maturity

 

 

 

 

 

Identity of issue, borrower,
lessor or similar party

 

date, rate of interest, collateral, par or maturity
value

 

Current
value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

Non-interest bearing

 

$

24,350

 

*

 

Wells Fargo Stable Return Fund

 

Common/Collective Trust

 

2,958,164

 

 

 

Davis NY Venture Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

1,515,011

 

 

 

MFS International New Discovery Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

1,423,115

 

 

 

Janus Advisor Forty Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

1,183,090

 

 

 

American Funds Growth Fund R4

 

Mutual Fund

 

1,500,214

 

 

 

John Hancock Small Cap Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

586,296

 

 

 

John Hancock Classic Value Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

1,088,404

 

 

 

American Funds Bond Fd Am R4

 

Mutual Fund

 

1,166,029

 

 

 

Munder Mid-Cap Core Growth A Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

1,351,475

 

 

 

Oppenheimer Small & Mid Cap Value Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

1,252,953

 

 

 

Thornburg International Value Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

1,436,555

 

 

 

Black Rock S&P 500 Index

 

Mutual Fund

 

1,162,621

 

 

 

American Funds EuroPacific R4

 

Mutual Fund

 

1,298,389

 

*

 

White Mountains Insurance Unitized Stock

 

Company Stock Fund

 

174,042

 

 

 

Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

812,639

 

 

 

DWS Dreman Small Cap Value Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

184,934

 

 

 

Davis Real Estate Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

164,397

 

*

 

Participant loans

 

Interest rates ranging from 6.25% to 10.25%

 

565,988

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

Total

 

$

19,848,666

 

 


*      Party-in-interest

 

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