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Investments
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Investments Debt And Equity Securities [Abstract]  
Investments

NOTE 2. INVESTMENTS

Securities Available-for-Sale

The following table summarizes the amortized cost and fair value of securities available-for-sale at June 30, 2020 and the corresponding amounts of gross unrealized gains and losses recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income:

 

June 30, 2020

 

Cost or Adjusted /

Amortized Cost

 

 

Gross Unrealized

Gains

 

 

Gross Unrealized

Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

Debt Securities Available-for-sale

 

(In thousands)

 

U.S. government and agency securities (1)

 

$

61,801

 

 

$

1,680

 

 

$

2

 

 

$

63,479

 

States, municipalities and political subdivisions

 

 

102,195

 

 

 

5,176

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

107,367

 

Special revenue

 

 

265,565

 

 

 

9,226

 

 

 

49

 

 

 

274,742

 

Hybrid securities

 

 

99

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

95

 

Industrial and miscellaneous

 

 

242,301

 

 

 

10,301

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

252,594

 

Total

 

$

671,961

 

 

$

26,383

 

 

$

67

 

 

$

698,277

 

 

 

(1)

Includes securities at June 30, 2020 with a carrying amount of $21.5 million that were pledged as collateral for the advance agreement entered into with a financial institution in 2018. The Company is permitted to withdraw or exchange any portion of the pledged collateral over the minimum requirement at any time.

 

The Company’s unrealized losses on corporate bonds have not been recognized because the bonds are of high credit quality with investment grade ratings of A or higher, the Company does not intend to sell and it is unlikely the Company will be required to sell the securities prior to their anticipated recovery, and the decline in fair value is deemed due to changes in interest rates and other market conditions. The bond issuers continue to make timely principal and interest payments on the bonds. After taking into account these and other factors previously described, we believe these unrealized losses generally were caused by a decrease in market interest rates since the time the securities were purchased.

 

The following table summarizes the amortized cost and fair value of securities available-for-sale at December 31, 2019 and the corresponding amounts of gross unrealized gains and losses recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income:

 

December 31, 2019

 

Cost or Adjusted /

Amortized Cost

 

 

Gross Unrealized

Gains

 

 

Gross Unrealized

Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

Debt Securities Available-for-sale

(In thousands)

 

U.S. government and agency securities (1)

 

$

53,836

 

 

$

383

 

 

$

28

 

 

$

54,191

 

States, municipalities and political subdivisions

 

 

74,755

 

 

 

1,641

 

 

 

41

 

 

 

76,355

 

Special revenue

 

 

246,791

 

 

 

3,689

 

 

 

254

 

 

 

250,226

 

Hybrid securities

 

 

100

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

101

 

Industrial and miscellaneous

 

 

202,307

 

 

 

4,097

 

 

 

21

 

 

 

206,383

 

Total

 

$

577,789

 

 

$

9,811

 

 

$

344

 

 

$

587,256

 

 

 

(1)

Includes securities at December 31, 2019 with a carrying amount of $20.2 million that were pledged as collateral for the advance agreement entered into with a financial institution in 2018. The Company is permitted to withdraw or exchange any portion of the pledged collateral over the minimum requirement at any time.

Proceeds received, and the gross realized gains and losses from sales of available-for-sale securities, for the three and six months ended, June 30, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

 

 

Proceeds

 

Gross Realized Gains

 

Gross Realized Losses

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Three months ended June 30, 2020

 

$

39,249

 

 

$

49

 

 

$

87

 

Three months ended June 30, 2019

 

$

35,765

 

 

$

975

 

 

$

140

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds

 

Gross Realized Gains

 

Gross Realized Losses

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Six months ended June 30, 2020

 

$

46,860

 

 

$

135

 

 

$

113

 

Six months ended June 30, 2019

 

$

45,216

 

 

$

968

 

 

$

204

 

 

The Company reviews credit losses and the valuation allowance for expected credit losses each quarter. When all or a portion of a debt security is identified as uncollectible and written off, the valuation allowance for expected credit losses is reduced by the same amount. In general, a security is considered uncollectible no later than when all efforts to collect contractual cash flows have been exhausted. The Company considers the following considerations when deeming a security uncollectible:

 

 

sufficient information was available to determine the issuer of the security is insolvent;

 

receipt of notice of filed bankruptcy, and the collectability is expected to be adversely impacted;

 

issuer has violated multiple debt covenants;

 

the extent to which the market value of the security has been below its cost or amortized costs; and

 

receipt of notice indicating that the issuer does not intend to pay the contractual principal and interest.

 

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 the Company sold no equity securities nor did it hold any marketable equity securities as of that date.

 

For the three months ended June 30, 2019, the Company received proceeds from the sale of marketable securities of approximately $21.9 million and recorded a gross gain of $1.3 million and a gross loss of $1.1 million from the sale of these securities. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company received proceeds from the sale of its holdings in marketable equity securities of approximately $23.8 million and recorded a gross gain of $2.7 million and a gross loss of $1.4 million from the sale of these securities. As of June 30, 2019, the Company had unrealized holding gains of $292,000 recognized on nonmarketable other investments still held at reporting date.

The table below summarizes the Company’s fixed maturity securities at June 30, 2020 by contractual maturity periods. Actual results may differ as issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations, with or without penalties, prior to the contractual maturity of those obligations.

 

 

 

At June 30, 2020

 

 

 

Cost or Amortized Cost

 

 

Percent of Total

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Percent of Total

 

Maturity dates:

 

(In thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

Due in one year or less

 

$

80,565

 

 

 

12

%

 

$

81,143

 

 

 

12

%

Due after one year through five years

 

 

242,984

 

 

 

36

%

 

 

251,414

 

 

 

36

%

Due after five years through ten years

 

 

137,887

 

 

 

21

%

 

 

147,093

 

 

 

21

%

Due after ten years

 

 

210,525

 

 

 

31

%

 

 

218,627

 

 

 

31

%

Total

 

$

671,961

 

 

 

100

%

 

$

698,277

 

 

 

100

%

 

The following table summarizes the Company’s net investment income by major investment category for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Debt securities

 

$

2,235

 

 

$

3,571

 

 

$

6,397

 

 

$

6,295

 

Equity securities

 

 

 

 

 

517

 

 

 

 

 

 

944

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

607

 

 

 

197

 

 

 

959

 

 

 

938

 

Other investments

 

 

830

 

 

 

241

 

 

 

265

 

 

 

542

 

Net investment income

 

 

3,672

 

 

 

4,526

 

 

 

7,621

 

 

 

8,719

 

Less: Investment expenses

 

 

376

 

 

 

696

 

 

 

655

 

 

 

1,217

 

Net investment income, less investment expenses

 

$

3,296

 

 

$

3,830

 

 

$

6,966

 

 

$

7,502

 

 

The following tables summarizes debt securities available-for-sale in an unrealized loss position at June 30, 2020, aggregated by major security category and length of time in a continued unrealized loss position (in thousands):

 

 

 

Less Than Twelve Months

 

 

Twelve Months or More

 

June 30, 2020

 

Number of

Securities

 

 

Gross

Unrealized

Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Number of

Securities

 

 

Gross

Unrealized

Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

Debt Securities Available-for-sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. government and agency securities

 

 

2

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

79

 

 

 

1

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

7

 

States, municipalities and political subdivisions

 

 

3

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

2,471

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special revenue

 

 

22

 

 

 

45

 

 

 

14,227

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

196

 

Hybrid securities

 

 

1

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial and miscellaneous

 

 

15

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

11,122

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total fixed maturity securities

 

 

43

 

 

$

62

 

 

$

27,994

 

 

 

12

 

 

$

5

 

 

$

203

 

 

The Company evaluates expected credit losses for available-for-sale securities (“AFS”) when fair value is below amortized cost. AFS securities are evaluated for potential credit loss on an individual security level but the evaluation may use assumptions consistent with expectations of credit losses for a group of similar securities. If the Company has the intent to sell or will be required to sell the security before recovery, the entire impairment loss will be recorded through income to net realized gains and losses. If the Company does not have the intent to sell or will not be required to sell the security before recovery, an allowance for credit losses is established and the portion of loss that relates to credit losses is recorded in income to net realized and unrealized gains (losses) and the portion of the loss that relates to the non-credit loss is recorded in Other comprehensive income. At June 30, 2020, the Company did not intend to sell the securities with an unrealized loss position in accumulated other comprehensive income, and it is not likely that it will be required to sell these securities before recovery of their amortized cost basis. Further, the Company did not believe it had a credit event and therefore did not record any credit allowance for securities that were in an unrealized loss position at June 30, 2020.

 

The following tables summarizes debt securities available-for-sale in an unrealized loss position at December 31, 2019, aggregated by major security category and length of time in a continued unrealized loss position (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less Than Twelve Months

 

 

Twelve Months or More

 

December 31, 2019

 

Number of

Securities

 

 

Gross

Unrealized

Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Number of

Securities

 

 

Gross

Unrealized

Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

Debt Securities Available-for-sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. government and agency securities

 

 

9

 

 

$

10

 

 

$

1,476

 

 

 

23

 

 

$

18

 

 

$

4,288

 

States, municipalities and political

subdivisions

 

 

6

 

 

 

38

 

 

 

7,613

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

1,440

 

Special revenue

 

 

62

 

 

 

145

 

 

 

24,862

 

 

 

95

 

 

 

109

 

 

 

13,159

 

Industrial and miscellaneous

 

 

25

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

12,601

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

3,202

 

Total fixed maturity securities

 

 

102

 

 

$

206

 

 

$

46,552

 

 

 

137

 

 

$

138

 

 

$

22,089

 

 

Other Investments

Classified in other investments, the Company has interest in limited partnerships (“LPs”), Partnership Real Estate Investment Trust (REITs) and Limited Liability Companies (“LLCs”) totaling $6.4 million at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.  The Company is not the primary beneficiary and does not consolidate these investments. These investments are carried at net asset value, which approximates fair value with changes in fair value recorded in net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations and other comprehensive income. Realized gains (losses) on sales of these investments are reported within net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations and other comprehensive income.