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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation
Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (the Corporation or Univest) and its wholly owned subsidiaries. The Corporation’s direct subsidiary is Univest Bank and Trust Co. (the Bank). All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations for interim financial information. The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments which are of a normal recurring nature and are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial statements for the interim periods presented. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current-year presentation. Operating results for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ended December 31, 2018 or for any other period. It is suggested that these unaudited consolidated financial statements be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the notes thereto included in the registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, which was filed with the SEC on March 1, 2018.
Use of Estimates
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the unaudited consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant changes include fair value measurement of investment securities available-for-sale, reserve for loan and lease losses and purchase accounting.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2018-02, "Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income." This ASU clarifies the accounting treatment of the reclassification of certain income tax effects within accumulated other comprehensive income as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Corporation elected to early adopt this guidance effective January 1, 2018 for all stranded tax effects resulting from tax reform and reclassified stranded tax effects, totaling $3.9 million, from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings. The Corporation's policy for releasing income tax effects from accumulated other comprehensive income is to release such effects on an individual basis as each item is liquidated, sold or extinguished. See Note 10, "Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income" for additional detail.
In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-07, "Compensation – Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost." The amendments in this ASU require that an employer that sponsors defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement plans present the service cost component in the same line item or items as other compensation costs arising from services rendered by the pertinent employees during the period. Other components of net benefit cost are required to be presented in the income statement separately from the service cost component and outside a subtotal of income from operations, if one is presented. If a separate line item or items are not used, the line item or items used in the income statement to present the other components of net benefit cost must be disclosed. The Corporation adopted this guidance effective January 1, 2018 with retrospective application for prior period presentation. Effective January 1, 2018, components of net benefit income other than the service cost component are presented in the Corporation's statement of income in other noninterest expense rather than in salaries, benefits and commission expense. Prior period components of net benefit income other than the service cost component were reclassed to other noninterest expense in the Corporation's statement of income.

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-01, “Financial Instruments – Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities." This ASU addresses certain aspects of recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of financial instruments. The ASU requires equity investments to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income. At December 31, 2017, the Corporation had financial services equity securities with a carrying value of $1.1 million which included an unrealized net gain of $666 thousand. At December 31, 2017, $433 thousand was recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income which represented the unrealized net gain, net of income taxes, based on the Corporation’s statutory tax rate as of December 31, 2017. In addition, at December 31, 2017, the Corporation had money market mutual funds with a fair value and amortized cost of $6.0 million which were reclassified to equity securities under this guidance. The Corporation adopted this guidance effective January 1, 2018 with a cumulative-effect adjustment to the balance sheet as of January 1, 2018. The balance in accumulated other comprehensive income of $433 thousand was reclassified to retained earnings effective January 1, 2018. The carrying value of the equity securities, at January 1, 2018, did not change; however, any future increases or decreases in fair value is recorded as an increase or decrease to the carrying value and recognized in other noninterest income. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Corporation recognized a $26 thousand net gain on equity securities in other noninterest income.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)” and subsequent related updates. The Corporation adopted the guidance effective January 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective method though no adjustments were made to retained earnings as a result of the adoption. The Corporation provided expanded disclosures related to recognition of revenue from contracts with customers. See Note 14, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers."
Recent Accounting Pronouncements Yet to Be Adopted
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-14, "Compensation – Retirement Benefits – Defined Benefit Plans – General (Subtopic 715-20): Disclosure Framework – Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit Plans." The amendments in this ASU modify the disclosure requirements for employers that sponsor defined benefit plans or other postretirement plans. Disclosures removed by this ASU include the following: 1) amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income expected to be recognized in net periodic benefit costs over the next fiscal year; 2) amount and timing of plan assets expected to be returned to the employer; and 3) the effects of a one percentage point change in assumed health care cost trend rates on the net periodic benefit costs and the benefit obligation for postretirement health care benefits. Additional disclosures required by this ASU include: 1) the weighted-average interest crediting rates used in an entity's cash balance pension plans and other similar plans and 2) explanations for reasons for significant changes in the benefit obligation or plan assets. All amendments should be applied retrospectively. This ASU is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2020 or December 31, 2020 for the Corporation. The Corporation does not expect the adoption of this ASU will have a material impact on the Corporation's financial statement disclosures but will result in revised disclosures for retirement plans and other postretirement benefits.
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-13, "Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework – Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement." This ASU applies to all entities that are required, under existing GAAP, to make disclosures about recurring or nonrecurring fair value measurements. Disclosures removed by this ASU are the amount and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2, the policy for timing of transfers between levels and the valuation processes for Level 3 measurements. This ASU modifies disclosures relating to investments in certain entities that calculate net asset value. Additional disclosures required by this ASU include: 1) change in unrealized gains and losses included in other comprehensive income for recurring Level 3 fair value measurements held at the end of the reporting period and 2) range and weighted average of significant unobservable inputs used to develop Level 3 fair value measurements. The prospective method of transition is required for the new disclosure requirements. The other amendments should be applied retrospectively. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years or January 1, 2020 for the Corporation. Early adoption is permitted. The Corporation does not expect the adoption of this ASU will have a material impact on the Corporation's financial statements but will result in revised disclosures for fair value.
In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-12, “Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities." The amendments in this update expand and refine hedge accounting for both non-financial and financial risk components and aligns the recognition and presentation of the effects of the hedging instrument and the hedged item in the financial statements. Additional hedging strategies permitted for hedge accounting include: hedges of contractually-specified price components of commodity purchases or sales, hedges of the benchmark rate component of the contractual coupon cash flows of fixed-rate assets or liabilities, hedges of the portion of a closed portfolio of prepayable assets not expected to prepay, and partial-term hedges of fixed-rate assets or liabilities. The ASU amends the presentation and disclosure requirements and changes how entities assess effectiveness. The ASU eliminates the requirement to separately measure and report hedge ineffectiveness and requires all items that affect earnings be presented in the same income statement line as the hedged items. After initial qualification, the new guidance permits a qualitative effectiveness assessment for certain hedges instead of a quantitative test, such as a regression analysis, if the entity can reasonably support an expectation of high effectiveness throughout the term of the hedge. An initial quantitative test to establish that the hedge relationship is highly effective is still required. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years for public business entities, or January 1, 2019 for the Corporation. Early adoption is permitted, including an interim period. The amended presentation and disclosure guidance is required only prospectively. The Corporation will adopt this ASU on January 1, 2019 and does not expect the adoption will have a material impact on the Corporation's financial statements.
In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-08, “Receivables – Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic 310-20): Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities.” This ASU shortens the amortization period for certain callable debt securities held at a premium. Specifically, the amendments require the premium to be amortized to the earliest call date rather than the maturity of the security. Securities within the scope of this guidance are those that have explicit, non-contingent call features that are callable at fixed prices and on preset dates. The amendments do not require an accounting change for securities held at a discount; the discount continues to be amortized to maturity. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years, or January 1, 2019 for the Corporation. Early adoption is permitted, including an interim period. This ASU is to be applied on a modified retrospective basis through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the period of adoption. At September 30, 2018, the Corporation had $11.3 million of callable debt securities. Upon implementation, using the modified retrospective basis effective January 1, 2019, the Corporation expects to record a cumulative-effect adjustment resulting in a reduction in the unamortized premium balance for certain callable debt securities of approximately $50 thousand and a reduction in retained earnings of approximately $40 thousand, net of tax, for the incremental amortization. This estimate could change due to changes in the Corporation's investments in callable securities prior to the adoption date. The Corporation does not expect the adoption of this ASU will have a material impact on the Corporation's financial statements.
In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, "Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment." This ASU eliminates Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test. Step 2 measures a goodwill impairment loss by comparing the implied fair value of a reporting unit’s goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill. Under the new guidance, an entity should perform its annual, or interim, goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. An entity should recognize an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value; however, the loss recognized should not exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. Additionally, an entity should consider income tax effects from any tax deductible goodwill on the carrying amount of the reporting unit when measuring the goodwill impairment loss, if applicable. An entity still has the option to perform the qualitative assessment for a reporting unit to determine if the quantitative impairment test is necessary. Public business entities that are SEC filers should adopt the amendments in this ASU for annual or interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, or for the Corporation's goodwill impairment test in 2020. Early adoption is permitted for goodwill impairment tests with measurement dates after January 1, 2017. The Corporation does not expect the adoption of this ASU will have a material impact on the Corporation's financial statements.
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments.” This ASU requires businesses and other organizations to measure the current expected credit losses (CECL) on financial assets, such as loans, net investments in leases, certain debt securities, bond insurance and other receivables. The amendments affect entities holding financial assets and net investments in leases that are not accounted for at fair value through net income. Current GAAP requires an incurred loss methodology for recognizing credit losses that delays recognition until it is probable a loss has been incurred. The amendments in this ASU replace the incurred loss impairment methodology with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonableness and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. An entity should apply the amendments through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the first reporting period in which the guidance is effective (modified-retrospective approach). Acquired credit impaired loans for which the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 310-30 has been previously applied should prospectively apply the guidance in this ASU. A prospective transition approach is required for debt securities for which an other-than-temporary impairment has been recognized before the effective date. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those years for public business entities that are SEC filers, or January 1, 2020 for the Corporation. The Corporation is in the process of evaluating the impact of the adoption of this guidance on the Corporation's financial statements; however, it is anticipated that the reserve for loan and lease losses will increase upon adoption of CECL and that the increased reserve level will decrease shareholders' equity and regulatory capital and ratios.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, "Leases (Topic 842)" and subsequent related updates to revise the accounting for leases. Under the new guidance, lessees will be required to recognize a lease liability and a right-of-use asset for all leases based on the present value of future lease payments. Lessor accounting activities are largely unchanged from existing lease accounting. Disclosures will be required by lessees and lessors to meet the objective of enabling users of financial statements to assess the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. Early adoption is permitted. This new guidance is effective for the first interim period within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018, or January 1, 2019 for the Corporation.

The Corporation expects to adopt this new guidance effective January 1, 2019, retrospectively at the beginning of the period of adoption through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings at January 1, 2019. The Corporation expects to elect the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance which among other things, allows carry forward of the historical lease classification. All leases in which the Corporation is the lessee are classified as operating leases and will continue to be classified as such. The Corporation expects to continue to separately account for lease and non-lease components as historically reported and expects to elect the hindsight practical expedient to determine the lease term for existing leases. The Corporation is currently implementing a third party lease accounting system to assist with the measurement of lease liabilities and related right-of-use assets, the post-implementation administration aspect of lease accounting, and the applicable disclosures related to the new guidance. The Corporation has completed the initial scoping phase of the project, including the identification and review of lease contracts applicable to the new guidance, and is in the process of determining the estimated financial statement impact of the new guidance at the transition date. While the Corporation is continuing to assess the impact of this new guidance on the balance sheet and income statement, the Corporation expects to record between $30.0 million to $40.0 million of operating lease liabilities and related right-of-use assets at January 1, 2019, with any difference between these amounts, net of the deferred tax impact, recorded as an adjustment to opening retained earnings. These estimates, based on our active lease portfolio, may change as the Corporation continues through the implementation process, or due to changes in the lease portfolio, which could include new leases, changes in lease commencement dates, and changes to renewal options and lease termination expectations. The initial and continued impact of the recording of operating lease assets will have a negative impact on all Corporation and Bank capital ratios under current regulatory guidance and possibly equity ratios.