Business, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

Business

Voya Financial, Inc. (which changed its name from ING U.S., Inc. on April 7, 2014) and its subsidiaries (collectively the “Company”) is a financial services organization in the United States that offers a broad range of retirement services, annuities, investment management services, mutual funds, life insurance, group insurance and supplemental health products. Prior to April 20, 2015, the Company provided principal products and services in three ongoing businesses—Retirement Solutions, Investment Management and Insurance Solutions—and reported results for the ongoing businesses through five segments. Effective April 20, 2015, the Company provides principal products and services in two ongoing businesses ("Ongoing Business")—Retirement and Investment Solutions; and Insurance Solutions. This change did not affect the Company's five ongoing operating segments. The Company also has a Corporate segment, which includes the financial data not directly related to the businesses, and Closed Block segments. See the Segments Note to these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Prior to May 2013, the Company was an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of ING Groep N.V. (“ING Group” or “ING”), a global financial services holding company based in The Netherlands, with American Depository Shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In 2009, ING Group announced the anticipated separation of its global banking and insurance businesses, including the divestiture of the Company. On April 11, 2013, the Company announced plans to rebrand as Voya Financial. On May 2, 2013, the common stock of Voya Financial, Inc. began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “VOYA.” On May 7, 2013 and May 31, 2013, Voya Financial, Inc. completed its initial public offering of common stock, including the issuance and sale by Voya Financial, Inc. of 30,769,230 shares of common stock and the sale by ING Insurance International B.V. (“ING International”), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of ING Group and previously the sole stockholder of Voya Financial, Inc., of 44,201,773 shares of outstanding common stock of Voya Financial, Inc. (collectively, the “IPO”). On September 30, 2013, ING International transferred all of its remaining shares of Voya Financial, Inc. common stock to ING Group.

On October 29, 2013, ING Group completed a sale of 37,950,000 shares of common stock of the Company in a registered public offering (“Secondary Offering”), reducing ING Group's ownership in the Company to 57%.

In 2014, ING Group completed sales of 82,783,006 shares of common stock of Voya Financial, Inc. in three registered public offerings throughout the year (the "2014 Offerings"). In conjunction with each of these offerings, pursuant to the terms of share repurchase agreements between ING Group and Voya Financial, Inc., Voya Financial, Inc. acquired 19,447,847 shares of its common stock from ING Group (the “2014 Direct Share Repurchases”) (the 2014 Offerings and the 2014 Direct Share Repurchases collectively, the “2014 Transactions”). Upon completion of the 2014 Transactions, ING Group's ownership of Voya Financial, Inc. was reduced to approximately 19%.

On March 9, 2015, ING Group completed a sale of 32,018,100 shares of common stock of Voya Financial, Inc. in a registered public offering (the “March 2015 Offering”). Also on March 9, 2015, pursuant to the terms of a share repurchase agreement between ING Group and Voya Financial, Inc., Voya Financial, Inc. acquired 13,599,274 shares of its common stock from ING Group (the “March 2015 Direct Share Repurchase”) (the March 2015 Offering and the March 2015 Direct Share Repurchase collectively, the “March 2015 Transactions”). Upon completion of the March 2015 Transactions, ING Group has exited its stake in Voya Financial, Inc. common stock. ING Group continues to hold warrants to purchase up to 26,050,846 shares of Voya Financial, Inc. common stock at an exercise price of $48.75, in each case subject to adjustments. As a result of the completion of the March 2015 Transactions, ING Group has satisfied the provisions of its agreement with the European Union regarding the divestment of its U.S. insurance and investment operations, which required ING Group to divest 100% of its ownership interest in Voya Financial, Inc. together with its subsidiaries by the end of 2016.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) and are unaudited. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Those estimates are inherently subject to change and actual results could differ from those estimates.

The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Voya Financial, Inc. and its subsidiaries, as well as partnerships (voting interest entities (“VOEs”)) in which the Company has control and variable interest entities (“VIEs”) for which the Company is the primary beneficiary. See the Consolidated Investment Entities Note to these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.

The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements reflect adjustments (including normal, recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company as of June 30, 2015, its results of operations and comprehensive income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, and its changes in shareholders' equity and statements of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, in conformity with U.S. GAAP. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of full year performance. The December 31, 2014 Consolidated Balance Sheet is from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC. Therefore, these unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Revision of Previously Issued Financial Statements

As part of the Company’s ongoing process of validating actuarial models, the Company identified improper inputs to the calculation of the estimated fair value of the embedded derivative in certain of its guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits with life payouts (“GMWBL”) products. The products are included in the Company’s Closed Block Variable Annuity (“CBVA”) segment, and are no longer offered by the Company. The errors affected the Company’s U.S. GAAP financial statements for periods prior to and including the three months ended March 31, 2015, and did not impact regulatory or rating agency capital. The errors did not affect our variable annuity policyholders in any manner.

Based on an analysis of quantitative and qualitative factors in accordance with SEC Staff Accounting Bulletins 99 and 108, the Company concluded that these errors were not material to the consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows as presented in the Company’s quarterly and annual financial statements that have been previously filed in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Reports on Form 10-K. As a result, amendment of such reports is not required. In preparing its financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, the Company has made appropriate revisions to its financial statements for historical periods. Such changes are reflected in the financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and as of December 31, 2014 included in these interim financial statements and will also be reflected in the historical financial results included in the Company’s subsequent quarterly and annual consolidated financial statements.

The correction results in changes to the liabilities with the corresponding tax effects as follows:

(a)Liabilities: Lower Future policy benefits, with the change recorded in Other net realized capital gains (losses).


(b)	Assets: Lower Deferred income taxes (after considering the impacts of valuation allowances), with the change recorded as Income tax expense (benefit).

The following tables quantify the prior period impact of this revision.

Balance Sheets:



	December 31, 2014									December 31, 2013
	As originally reported			Effect of change			As adjusted			As originally reported			Effect of change			As adjusted
Deferred income taxes	$	1,320.6		$	(20.7	)	$	1,299.9		$	162.1		$	—		$	162.1
Future policy benefits	15,691.2			(59.0		)	15,632.2			14,098.4			(43.0		)	14,055.4
Retained earnings (deficit) - Unappropriated	(9,861.9		)	38.3			(9,823.6		)	(12,161.6		)	43.0			(12,118.6		)

Statements of Operations:



	Three Months Ended June 30, 2014								Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
	As originally reported			Effect of change		As adjusted			As originally reported			Effect of change		As adjusted
Other net realized capital gains (losses)	$	(364.0	)	$	2.0	$	(362.0	)	$	(551.3	)	$	6.0	$	(545.3	)
Income tax expense (benefit)	6.1			—		6.1			36.8			—		36.8
Net income (loss)	412.9			2.0		414.9			684.5			6.0		690.5
Net income (loss) available to Voya Financial, Inc.'s common shareholders	246.3			2.0		248.3			504.4			6.0		510.4

Net income (loss) available to Voya Financial, Inc.'s common shareholders per share:
Basic	$	0.97		$	0.01	$	0.98		$	1.96		$	0.02	$	1.98
Diluted	$	0.96		$	0.01	$	0.97		$	1.94		$	0.02	$	1.96



	Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
	As originally reported			Effect of change		As adjusted
Other net realized capital gains (losses)	$	(259.6	)	$	5.0	$	(254.6	)
Income tax expense (benefit)	44.7			0.9		45.6
Net income (loss)	211.6			4.1		215.7
Net income (loss) available to Voya Financial, Inc.'s common shareholders	185.5			4.1		189.6

Net income (loss) available to Voya Financial, Inc.'s common shareholders per share:
Basic	$	0.78		$	0.02	$	0.80
Diluted	$	0.77		$	0.02	$	0.79

Additionally, the impact of this revision to Income (loss) before income taxes was $16.0, $(2.0) and $17.0 for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Certain of the prior period line items in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income, cash flows and shareholders' equity were immaterially affected by the revision of previously issued financial statements. All of the line item changes in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows were included in the operating activities section. There were no changes to the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income and condensed consolidated statements of shareholders' equity, except for the effects of the changes described above.

Adoption of New Pronouncements

Repurchase Agreements

In June 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-11, “Transfers and Servicing (Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 860): Repurchase-to-Maturity Transactions, Repurchase Financings, and Disclosures” (“ASU 2014-11”), which (1) changes the accounting for repurchase-to-maturity transactions to secured borrowing accounting, and (2) requires separate accounting for a transfer of a financial asset executed with a repurchase agreement with the same counterparty. This will result in secured borrowing accounting for the repurchase agreement. The amendments also require additional disclosures for certain transactions accounted for as a sale and for repurchase agreements, securities lending transactions and repurchase-to-maturity transactions that are accounted for as secured borrowings.

The provisions of ASU 2014-11 were adopted by the Company on January 1, 2015, with the exception of disclosure amendments for repurchase agreements, securities lending transactions and repurchase-to-maturity transactions that are accounted for as secured borrowings, which were adopted April 1, 2015. The adoption of the January 1, 2015 provisions had no effect on the Company's financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. The April 1, 2015 disclosure provisions are included in the Investments (excluding Consolidated Investment Entities) Note to these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Discontinued Operations and Disposals

In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-08, “Presentation of Financial Statements (ASC Topic 205) and Property, Plant, and Equipment (ASC Topic 360): Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity” (“ASU 2014-08”), which requires the disposal of a component of an entity to be reported in discontinued operations if the disposal represents a strategic shift that has, or will have, a major effect on the entity's operations and financial results. The component should be reported in discontinued operations when it meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale, is disposed of by sale or is disposed of other than by sale.

The amendments also require additional disclosures about discontinued operations, including disclosures about an entity’s significant continuing involvement with a discontinued operation and disclosures for a disposal of an individually significant component of an entity that does not qualify for discontinued operations.

The provisions of ASU 2014-08 were adopted prospectively by the Company on January 1, 2015. The adoption had no effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Future Adoption of Accounting Pronouncements

Short-Duration Contracts

In May 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-09, "Financial Services - Insurance (ASC Topic 944): Disclosures about Short-Duration Contracts" ("ASU 2015-09"), which requires insurance entities to disclose, for annual reporting periods, information about the liability for unpaid claims and claim adjustment expenses and about significant changes in methodologies and assumptions used to calculate the liability for unpaid claims and claims adjustment expenses. The standard also requires entities to disclose, for annual and interim reporting periods, a rollforward of the liability for unpaid claims and claim adjustment expenses.

The provisions of ASU 2015-09 are effective, retrospectively, for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently in the process of determining the impact of adoption of the provisions of ASU 2015-09.

Investments That Calculate Net Asset Value

In May 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-07, "Fair Value Measurement (ASC Topic 820): Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities That Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or Its Equivalent)" ("ASU 2015-07"), which removes the requirement to categorize within the fair value hierarchy all investments for which fair value is measured using the net asset value per share practical expedient. In addition, the standard limits certain disclosures to investments for which the entity has elected to measure the fair value using the practical expedient, rather than for all investments that are eligible to be measured at fair value using the net asset value per share.

The provisions of ASU 2015-07 are effective, retrospectively, for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently in the process of determining the impact of adoption of the provisions of ASU 2015-07.

Internal-Use Software

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-05, "Intangibles - Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software (ASC Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement" ("ASU 2015-05"), which clarifies that customers should account for software licenses included in cloud computing arrangements (ex. software as a service) consistent with the acquisition of other software licenses. If the arrangement does not include a software license, the customer should account for the arrangement as a service contract.

The provisions of ASU 2015-05 are effective for annual periods, including interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2015, with early adoption permitted. The amendments can be applied prospectively or retrospectively. The Company is currently in the process of determining the impact of adoption of the provisions of ASU 2015-05.

Defined Benefit Plans

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-04, "Compensation - Retirement Benefits (ASC Topic 715): Practical Expedient for the Measurement Date of an Employer’s Defined Benefit Obligation and Plan Assets" ("ASU 2015-04"), which permits remeasurement of defined benefit plan assets and obligations resulting from the occurrence of a significant event using the month-end that is closest to the date of the event.

The provisions of ASU 2015-04 are effective, prospectively, for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company does not expect ASU 2015-04 to have an impact.

Debt Issuance Costs

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, "Interest - Imputation of Interest (ASC Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs" ("ASU 2015-03"), which requires debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability to be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability.

The provisions of ASU 2015-03 are effective, retrospectively, for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently in the process of determining the impact of adoption of the provisions of ASU 2015-03.

Consolidation

In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-02, “Consolidation (ASC Topic 810): Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis” (“ASU 2015-02”), which:


•	Modifies the evaluation of whether limited partnerships and similar legal entities are VIEs or VOEs, including the requirement to consider the rights of all equity holders at risk to determine if they have the power to direct the entity’s most significant activities.


•	Eliminates the presumption that a general partner should consolidate a limited partnership. Limited partnerships and similar entities will be VIEs unless the limited partners hold substantive kick-out rights or participating rights.


•	Affects the consolidation analysis of reporting entities that are involved with VIEs, particularly those that have fee arrangements and related party relationships.


•	Provides a new scope exception for registered money market funds and similar unregistered money market funds, and ends the deferral granted to investment companies from applying the VIE guidance.

The provisions of ASU 2015-02 are effective for annual periods, and for interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2015, with early adoption permitted, using either a retrospective or modified retrospective approach. The Company is currently in the process of determining the impact of the adoption of the provisions of ASU 2015-02.

Going Concern

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-15, “Presentation of Financial Statements-Going Concern (ASC Subtopic 205-40): Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern” (“ASU 2014-15”), which requires management to evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued. The provisions of ASU 2014-15 will not affect a company's financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows, but require disclosure if management determines there is substantial doubt, including management’s plans to alleviate or mitigate the conditions or events that raise substantial doubt.

The provisions of ASU 2014-15 are effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2016, and annual and interim periods thereafter. The Company does not expect ASU 2014-15 to have an impact.

Collateralized Financing Entities

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-13, “Consolidation (ASC Topic 810): Measuring the Financial Assets and the Financial Liabilities of a Consolidated Collateralized Financing Entity” (“ASU 2014-13”), which allows an entity to elect to measure the financial assets and financial liabilities of a consolidated collateralized financing entity using either:


•	ASC Topic 820, whereby both the financial assets and liabilities are measured using the requirements of ASC Topic 820, with any difference reflected in earnings and attributed to the reporting entity in the statement of operations.


•	The measurement alternative, whereby both the financial assets and liabilities are measured using the more observable of the fair value of the financial assets and the fair value of the financial liabilities.

The provisions of ASU 2014-13 are effective for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2015, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently in the process of determining the impact of the adoption of the provisions of ASU 2014-13.

Share-based Payments

In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-12, “Compensation-Stock Compensation (ASC Topic 718): Accounting for Share-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could Be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period“ (“ASU 2014-12”), which requires that a performance target that affects vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite service period be treated as a performance condition and should not be reflected in estimating the grant-date fair value of the award. Compensation cost should be recognized in the period in which it becomes probable that the performance target will be achieved.

The provisions of ASU 2014-12 are effective for annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015. The amendments can be applied prospectively or retrospectively. The Company does not expect ASU 2014-12 to have an impact on its financial condition or results of operations, as the guidance is consistent with that previously applied.

Revenue from Contracts with Customers

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC Topic 606)” (“ASU 2014-09”), which requires an entity to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. Revenue is recognized when, or as, the entity satisfies a performance obligation under the contract. The standard also requires disclosures regarding the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers.

In July 2015, the FASB voted to amend the effective date of ASU 2014-09 to fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted as of the original effective date, which is January 1, 2017. The provisions of ASU 2014-09 are effective retrospectively. The Company is currently in the process of determining the impact of adoption of the provisions of ASU 2014-09.