Baldwin Insurance Group Inc

4. Variable Interest Entities

Topic 810 requires a reporting entity to consolidate a variable interest entity (“VIE”) when the reporting entity has a variable interest or combination of variable interests that provide the entity with a controlling financial interest in the VIE. The Company continually assesses whether it has a controlling financial interest in each of its VIEs to determine if it is the primary beneficiary of the VIE and should, therefore, consolidate each of the VIEs. A reporting entity is considered to have a controlling financial interest in a VIE if it has (i) the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance, and (ii) the obligation to absorb the losses of, or the right to receive benefits from, the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE.

The Company determined that it is the primary beneficiary of its VIEs, which include Laureate Insurance Partners, LLC, BKS Smith, LLC, BKS MS, LLC and BKS Partners Galati Marine Solutions, LLC. The Company has consolidated its VIEs into the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

Total revenues and expenses of the Company’s consolidated VIEs included in the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss were $2.3 million and $1.1 million, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2024, $2.0 million and $1.1 million, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2023, and $1.7 million and $1.0 million, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Total assets and liabilities of the Company's consolidated VIEs included on the consolidated balance sheets were $1.6 million and $0.1 million, respectively, at December 31, 2024 and $0.8 million and $0.2 million, respectively, at December 31, 2023. The assets of the consolidated VIEs can only be used to settle the obligations of the consolidated VIEs and the creditors of the liabilities of the consolidated VIEs do not have recourse to the Company.