Federated National Holding Company And C.A. Bancorp Inc. Announce Joint Venture

Federated National Holding Company

and C.A. Bancorp Inc.

today announced an agreement to form a new Florida-based property and casualty insurance carrier to be named Monarch National Insurance Company (Monarch). Transatlantic Reinsurance Company (TransRe) is taking a minority position in the new venture. The launch of Monarch is subject to the receipt of regulatory approvals and other customary conditions. FNHC and C.A. Bancorp have worked cooperatively to structure and execute on a new entrant to the Florida property and casualty market. "We are looking forward to partnering with FNHC and leveraging FNHC's known expertise in the Florida P&C market, together with C.A. Bancorp's investment management experience," said Colin King of C.A. Bancorp. Once Monarch is launched, as future opportunities arise and subject to the availability of capital, FNHC and C.A. Bancorp intend to seek out other potential opportunities to grow the Monarch platform, both within Florida and in other states. Michael H. Braun, FNHC's Chief Executive Officer and President, said, "This is a great opportunity for us to partner with two quality organizations that see an opportunity in the Florida homeowner's insurance market. Additional property capacity is capital intensive and has been long sought after in the Florida marketplace. We are proud that we will both have a significant ownership stake in Monarch and also provide managing general agent and claims administration services to the new venture." Headwaters MB is acting as exclusive financial advisor to C.A. Bancorp in the transaction. Dechert LLP and AUM Law are, respectively, serving as U.S. and Canadian legal counsel to C.A. Bancorp, Broad and Cassel is serving as legal counsel to FNHC, and Sidley Austin LLP is serving as legal counsel to TransRe. FNHC Conference Call Information FNHC's CEO and its CFO, Peter J. Prygelski, III will hold an investor conference call to discuss the joint venture today, July 21, 2014 at 4:00 PM (ET). Messrs. Braun and Prygelski invite interested parties to participate in the conference call. Listeners interested in participating in the Q&A session can access the conference call by dialing toll free 877-303-6913. Participants are advised to join the call at least five minutes in advance. A webcast replay of the conference call will be available shortly after the live webcast is completed and may be accessed via FNHC's website. A live webcast of the call will be available online via the "Conference Calls" section of FNHC's website at FedNat.com or interested parties can click on the following link: http://fednat.com/investors/conference-calls/ A copy of the investor presentation will be available online by 10:00 AM (ET) today, July 21, 2014, via the "Investor Presentation" section of FNHC's website at FedNat.com or interested parties can click on the following link: http://www.fednat.com/investors/investor-presentations/