Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc

Note 10 —Claims Accruals

Claims accruals represent the uninsured portion of outstanding claims at year-end. The current portion reflects the amount of claims expected to be paid in the following year. The Company's insurance programs for workers' compensation, auto and collision liability, physical damage, third-party carrier and independent contractor claims, cargo damage, and medical involves self-insurance with varying risk retention levels.

Claims accruals were comprised of the following:

Self Insurance

Automobile Liability, General Liability, and Excess Liability— Effective November 1, 2023 the Company has $75.0 million in excess auto liability ("AL") coverage subject to aggregate limits as well as AL claims subject to a $15.0 million self-insured retention ("SIR") per occurrence in addition to certain specific deductibles within the excess coverage above the $15.0 million SIR. For 2019 through 2023 the Company maintained varying excess AL coverage ranging from $100.0 million to $130.0 million with AL claims subject to SIR per occurrence ranging from $2.0 million to $10.0 million, including aggregate deductibles, depending upon the respective subsidiary.

Workers' Compensation and Employers' Liability— The Company is self-insured for workers' compensation coverage. The Company, and its various subsidiaries maintain statutory coverage limits, subject to SIR for each accident and disease ranging from $1.0 million to $5.0 million depending upon the respective subsidiary.

Cargo Damage and Loss— The Company is insured against cargo damage and loss with liability limits of $2.0 million per truck or trailer with a $15.0 million limit per occurrence.

Medical— The Company and its various subsidiaries maintain primary and excess coverage for employee medical expenses, with SIR per claimant ranging from $0.4 million to $1.0 million depending upon the respective subsidiary.

Third-party Carrier Insurance

In 2020, the Company assumed premiums under a reinsurance agreement covering auto liability, including non-trucking auto liability, cargo and general liability coverages for individual members of an independent carrier safety association. The per occurrence limits assumed were $1.0 million per occurrence for auto liability claims, $1.0 million per occurrence for general liability claims, and $0.3 million per occurrence for cargo liability claims.

In 2022, the Company began assuming premiums under a reinsurance agreement covering automotive and physical damage with limits of $1.0 million per occurrence.

Based on results of operations of this business, including the continued unfavorable development of insurance reserves, the Company decided to initiate exiting this business during the fourth quarter of 2023 and ceased all third-party insurance operations and canceled any remaining policies as of March 31, 2024. As a result, we do not expect this business to have a material impact to our results moving forward.

During 2024, the Company finalized the terms for transactions with the insurer under the third-party reinsurance agreement covering auto liability associated with the Company's third-party carrier insurance business. The first agreement finalized on February 14, 2024, effectively transferred $161.1 million in third-party auto liability insurance claim liabilities to the insurer for policy periods from October 1, 2020 through March 31, 2023. The transfer of these liabilities was funded by conveying to the insurer the corresponding restricted cash held in trust for payment of the third-party insurance claims. A second agreement finalized on December 28, 2024, effectively transferred the remaining $77.2 million in third-party auto liability insurance claim liabilities to the insurer for the policy period of April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2024. The transfer of these liabilities will be funded by conveying to the insurer the corresponding restricted cash held in trust for payment of the third-party insurance claims in installments from December 30, 2024 through October 1, 2025. The Company remains responsible for potential additional premiums and aggregate reinsurance amounts above agreed loss development thresholds depending upon the ultimate development of claims.

See Note 2 for accounting policy regarding the Company's claims accruals.