LA JOLLA, Calif., Dec. 5, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PICO Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:PICO) announced today that its proposal to cure a breach of a debt covenant by its subsidiary, Northstar Agri Industries, has received approval from the debt syndicate that provided Northstar's $89.5 million term loan. With this approval, PICO has converted its existing loan of $10.5 million to preference equity capital in Northstar which has reduced the debt to adjusted capitalization ratio to below 0.6 as required under Northstar's debt covenant.
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