Oscar Health Inc

Overview

We maintain liquidity at two levels of our corporate structure, through our health insurance subsidiaries (any subsidiary of Oscar Health, Inc. that has applied for or received a license, certification or authorization to sell health plans by any state Department of Insurance, Department of Financial Services, Department of Health, or comparable regulatory authority) and through our holding company (our parent company, Oscar Health, Inc. on a standalone basis (“Parent”) and subsidiaries excluding our health insurance subsidiaries).

The majority of the assets held by the holding company are in the form of cash and cash equivalents and investments. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, total cash and cash equivalents and investments held by the holding company was $159.0 million and $233.5 million, respectively, of which $12.6 million was restricted for both March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.

The majority of the assets held by our health insurance subsidiaries are in the form of cash and cash equivalents and investments. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, total cash and cash equivalents and investments held by our health insurance subsidiaries was $3.5 billion and $2.7 billion, respectively, of which $17.2 million and $17.3 million, respectively, was on deposit with regulators as required for statutory licensing purposes and are classified as restricted deposits on the balance sheet.

Our health insurance subsidiaries’ states of domicile have statutory minimum capital requirements that are intended to measure capital adequacy, taking into account the risk characteristics of an insurer’s investments and products. The combined statutory capital and surplus of our health insurance subsidiaries was $989.0 million and $800.6 million as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, which was in compliance with and in excess of the minimum capital requirements for each period. The health insurance subsidiaries historically have required capital contributions from Parent to maintain minimum levels. The health insurance subsidiaries may be subject to additional capital and surplus requirements in the future, as a result of factors such as increasing membership and medical costs, which may require us to incur additional indebtedness, sell capital stock, or access other sources of funding in order to fund such requirements. During periods of increased volatility, adverse securities and credit markets, including those due to rising interest rates, may exert downward pressure on the availability of liquidity and credit capacity for certain issuers, and any such funding may not be available on favorable terms, or at all.

As our health insurance subsidiaries have collectively become profitable and to the extent their levels of statutory capital and surplus continue to exceed minimum regulatory requirements, we may make periodic requests for dividends and distributions from our subsidiaries to fund our operations or seek to enter into transactions or structures that enable us to efficiently deploy this excess capital, which may or may not require approval by our regulators. The health insurance subsidiaries paid dividends, distributions, and loan repayments of $52 million to Parent in 2023. As of March 31, 2024, our health insurance subsidiaries have made loan repayments of $13.0 million to Parent.

Our health insurance subsidiaries also utilize quota share reinsurance arrangements to reduce our minimum capital and surplus requirements, which are designed to enable us to efficiently deploy capital to fund our growth. During the three months ended March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023, Parent made $8.0 million and $11.0 million of capital contributions, respectively, to the health insurance subsidiaries. We estimate that had we not had any quota share reinsurance arrangements in place, the insurance subsidiaries would have been required to hold approximately $462.0 million and $447.1 million of additional capital as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, which Parent would have been required to fund. The actual amount of any required capital contributions to our insurance subsidiaries may differ at any given time depending on each insurance subsidiary’s capital adequacy.

Short-Term Cash Requirements

The Company’s cash requirements within the next twelve months include benefits payable, risk adjustment transfer payable, current lease liabilities, interest payable on debt, other current liabilities and purchase commitments and other obligations. We expect the cash required to meet these obligations to be primarily funded by cash available for general corporate use, cash flows from current operations, and/or the realization of current assets, such as accounts receivable. Based on our current forecast, we believe the Company's cash, and cash equivalents and investments, not including restricted cash, will be sufficient to fund our operating requirements for at least the next twelve months.

Our cash flows used in operations may differ substantially from our net loss due to non-cash charges or due to changes in balance sheet accounts. The timing of our cash flows from operating activities can also vary among periods due to the timing of payments made or received. Some of our payments and receipts, including risk adjustment and reinsurance receipts, can be significant. As such, timing of payments and receipts can influence cash flows from operating activities in any given period which would have a negative impact on our operating cash flows.

Long-Term Cash Requirements

Our long-term cash requirements under our various contractual obligations and commitments include operating leases. We expect the cash required to meet our long-term obligations to be primarily generated through future cash flows from operations.

Convertible Senior Notes

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the conditional conversion feature of the 2031 Notes, which permits conversion upon satisfaction of the common stock sale price condition, was satisfied. As a result, the 2031 Notes are convertible during the second quarter of 2024. For more information on our 2031 Notes, see Note 7 – Debt to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Revolving Credit Facility

We have $115.0 million available to draw under our Revolving Credit Facility until December 2025, provided we are in compliance with all covenants. As of March 31, 2024, there were no outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility. For more information on our Revolving Credit Facility, see Part II, Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Revolving Credit Facility in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, and Note 7 – Debt to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Investments

We generally invest the cash of our health insurance subsidiaries in U.S. treasury and agency securities. We primarily invest the cash of the Company in investment-grade, marketable debt securities to improve our overall investment return. These investments are purchased pursuant to board-approved investment policies that reflect our obligations under our credit agreement and conform to applicable state laws and regulations.

Our investment policies are designed to provide liquidity, preserve capital, and maximize total return on invested assets, all in a manner consistent with state requirements that prescribe the types of instruments in which our insurance subsidiaries may invest. These investment policies require that our investments of U.S. Corporate bonds have final maturities of a maximum of two years from the settlement date and a maximum of five years from the settlement date for U.S. Government obligations. Professional portfolio managers operating under documented guidelines manage our investments and a portion of our cash equivalents. Our portfolio managers must obtain our prior approval before selling investments in a loss position. Net investment income for our health insurance subsidiaries was $40.3 million and $34.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and March 31, 2023, respectively.

Our restricted investments are invested principally in cash and cash equivalents and U.S. treasury securities; we have the ability to hold such restricted investments until maturity. The Company maintains cash and cash equivalents and investments on deposit or pledged to various state agencies as a condition for licensure. We classify our restricted deposits as long-term given the requirement to maintain such assets on deposit with regulators.