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Investments
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
Investments
INVESTMENTS

(A)
Investment Gains and Losses

The Company uses the specific identification method in computing realized gains and losses. The table below presents realized gains and losses, excluding impairment losses, for the periods indicated.

 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2020
 
2019
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
Available for sale debt securities:
 
 
 
Realized gains on disposal
$
761

 
1,183

Realized losses on disposal

 
(84
)
Held to maturity debt securities:
 
 
 
Realized gains on disposal
2,724

 
27

Realized losses on disposal

 

Real estate gains (losses)

 
3,503

 
 
 
 
Totals
$
3,485

 
4,629



Disposals in the held to maturity category during the periods shown represent calls initiated by the credit issuer of the debt security. It is the Company's policy to initiate disposals of debt securities in the held to maturity category only in instances in which the credit status of the issuer comes into question and the realization of all or a significant portion of the investment principal of the holding is deemed to be in jeopardy.

Net real estate gains for the three months ended March 31, 2019 primarily pertain to the Company's sale of its nursing home operations in Reno, Nevada and San Marcos, Texas as well as a property sold located in Austin, Texas. The sale of the Reno nursing home was completed effective February 1, 2019 and a gain of $5.7 million was realized on the sale of the land and building associated with the operation. The sale of the San Marcos nursing home was concluded effective May 1, 2019 and the Company recorded a loss of $(2.0) million associated with the sale of the land and building of this operation (an impairment loss on this property of $(2.2) million was recorded in the quarter ended March 31, 2019). The sale of the Company's prior home office completed effective June 7, 2019 realized a gain on the sale of $3.2 million.

For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 the percentage of gains on bonds due to the call of securities was 99.6% and 41.4%, respectively. This includes calls out of the Company's available for sale portfolio of debt securities.

(B)
Debt Securities

The table below presents amortized costs and fair values of debt securities held to maturity at March 31, 2020.

 
Debt Securities Held to Maturity
 
Amortized
Cost
 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Allowance for Credit Losses
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. agencies
$
89,906

 
3,270

 

 
93,176

 
(4
)
U.S. Treasury
3,787

 
217

 

 
4,004

 

States and political subdivisions
418,332

 
21,576

 
(174
)
 
439,734

 
(74
)
Foreign governments
1,139

 
123

 

 
1,262

 

Public utilities
891,636

 
22,159

 
(7,360
)
 
906,435

 
(1,173
)
Corporate
4,547,631

 
140,323

 
(65,070
)
 
4,622,884

 
(4,788
)
Commercial mortgage-backed
3,031

 

 
(12
)
 
3,019

 

Residential mortgage-backed
1,038,062

 
70,619

 
(49
)
 
1,108,632

 

Asset-backed
2,556

 
6

 
(21
)
 
2,541

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Totals
$
6,996,080

 
258,293

 
(72,686
)
 
7,181,687

 
(6,039
)


The table below presents amortized costs and fair values of debt securities available for sale at March 31, 2020.

 
Debt Securities Available for Sale
 
Amortized
Cost
 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Allowance for Credit Losses
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
States and political subdivisions
$
89,407

 
6,477

 
(8
)
 
95,876

 

Foreign governments
9,986

 
152

 

 
10,138

 

Public utilities
64,401

 
2,363

 
(406
)
 
66,358

 

Corporate
2,941,700

 
65,845

 
(104,331
)
 
2,903,214

 

Commercial mortgage-backed
27,514

 
3

 
(1,183
)
 
26,334

 

Residential mortgage-backed
12,071

 
1,340

 
(192
)
 
13,219

 

Asset-backed
61,278

 
302

 
(2,459
)
 
59,121

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Totals
$
3,206,357

 
76,482

 
(108,579
)
 
3,174,260

 



The table below presents amortized costs and fair values of debt securities held to maturity at December 31, 2019.

 
Debt Securities Held to Maturity
 
Amortized
Cost
 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. agencies
$
100,910

 
1,686

 

 
102,596

U.S. Treasury
3,782

 
140

 

 
3,922

States and political subdivisions
431,433

 
19,440

 
(84
)
 
450,789

Foreign governments
1,144

 
55

 

 
1,199

Public utilities
888,444

 
36,638

 
(83
)
 
924,999

Corporate
4,607,826

 
212,281

 
(718
)
 
4,819,389

Commercial mortgage-backed
3,032

 
52

 

 
3,084

Residential mortgage-backed
1,066,899

 
32,706

 
(716
)
 
1,098,889

Asset-backed
2,775

 
62

 
(1
)
 
2,836

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Totals
$
7,106,245

 
303,060

 
(1,602
)
 
7,407,703



The table below presents amortized costs and fair values of debt securities available for sale at December 31, 2019.

 
Debt Securities Available for Sale
 
Amortized
Cost
 
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
States and political subdivisions
$
98,037

 
4,495

 
(3
)
 
102,529

Foreign governments
9,983

 
203

 

 
10,186

Public utilities
67,895

 
3,476

 

 
71,371

Corporate
2,921,431

 
141,705

 
(2,479
)
 
3,060,657

Commercial mortgage-backed
28,871

 
1,071

 

 
29,942

Residential mortgage-backed
12,815

 
1,077

 
(117
)
 
13,775

Asset-backed
67,088

 
1,397

 

 
68,485

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Totals
$
3,206,120

 
153,424

 
(2,599
)
 
3,356,945



Unrealized losses for debt securities held to maturity and debt securities available for sale increased at March 31, 2020 from comparable balances at December 31, 2019 primarily due to the widening in interest rate spreads that occurred during the period as a result of COVID-19 effects on financial markets. Market values of debt securities generally decline as interest rate levels increase.

Debt securities balances at March 31, 2020 and 2019 include Ozark National holdings of $324.6 million and $265.2 million in held to maturity and $388.1 million and $392.5 million in available for sale. As part of the acquisition effective January 31, 2019 the Company employed purchase accounting procedures in accordance with GAAP which revalued the acquired investment portfolio to their fair values as of the date of the acquisition. These fair values became the book values for Ozark National from that point going forward. Accordingly, unrealized gains and losses for the Ozark National debt securities represent the changes subsequent to the purchase accounting book values established at the acquisition.

The following table shows the gross unrealized losses and fair values of the Company's held to maturity debt securities by investment category and length of time the individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position at March 31, 2020.
 
Debt Securities Held to Maturity
 
Less than 12 Months
 
12 Months or Greater
 
Total
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Losses
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
States and political subdivisions
$
3,884

 
(102
)
 
1,713

 
(72
)
 
5,597

 
(174
)
Public utilities
276,339

 
(7,360
)
 

 

 
276,339

 
(7,360
)
Corporate
1,058,680

 
(64,115
)
 
16,617

 
(955
)
 
1,075,297

 
(65,070
)
Commercial mortgage-backed
3,019

 
(12
)
 

 

 
3,019

 
(12
)
Residential mortgage-backed
1,229

 
(49
)
 

 

 
1,229

 
(49
)
Asset-backed
1,818

 
(21
)
 

 

 
1,818

 
(21
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Totals
$
1,344,969

 
(71,659
)
 
18,330

 
(1,027
)
 
1,363,299

 
(72,686
)


The following table shows the gross unrealized losses and fair values of the Company's available for sale debt securities by investment category and length of time the individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position at March 31, 2020.

 
Debt Securities Available for Sale
 
Less than 12 Months
 
12 Months or Greater
 
Total
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Losses
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
States and political subdivisions
$
1,024

 
(8
)
 

 

 
1,024

 
(8
)
Public utilities
28,536

 
(406
)
 

 

 
28,536

 
(406
)
Corporate
987,347

 
(100,065
)
 
26,689

 
(4,266
)
 
1,014,036

 
(104,331
)
Commercial mortgage-backed
21,331

 
(1,183
)
 

 

 
21,331

 
(1,183
)
Residential mortgage-backed

 

 
577

 
(192
)
 
577

 
(192
)
Asset-backed
41,288

 
(2,459
)
 

 

 
41,288

 
(2,459
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Totals
$
1,079,526

 
(104,121
)
 
27,266

 
(4,458
)
 
1,106,792

 
(108,579
)

The following table shows the gross unrealized losses and fair values of the Company's held to maturity debt securities by investment category and length of time the individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position at December 31, 2019.

 
Debt Securities Held to Maturity
 
Less than 12 Months
 
12 Months or Greater
 
Total
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Losses
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
States and political subdivisions
$
5,013

 
(33
)
 
1,712

 
(51
)
 
6,725

 
(84
)
Public utilities
2,345

 
(83
)
 

 

 
2,345

 
(83
)
Corporate
31,419

 
(337
)
 
17,191

 
(381
)
 
48,610

 
(718
)
Residential mortgage-backed
25,859

 
(63
)
 
43,498

 
(653
)
 
69,357

 
(716
)
Asset-backed
1,349

 
(1
)
 

 

 
1,349

 
(1
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Totals
$
65,985

 
(517
)
 
62,401

 
(1,085
)
 
128,386

 
(1,602
)


The following table shows the gross unrealized losses and fair values of the Company's available for sale debt securities by investment category and length of time that the individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position at December 31, 2019.

 
Debt Securities Available for Sale
 
Less than 12 Months
 
12 Months or Greater
 
Total
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Losses
 
Fair
Value
 
Unrealized
Losses
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
States and political subdivisions
$
470

 
(3
)
 

 

 
470

 
(3
)
Public utilities

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate
40,080

 
(105
)
 
28,582

 
(2,374
)
 
68,662

 
(2,479
)
Residential mortgage-backed

 

 
710

 
(117
)
 
710

 
(117
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Totals
$
40,550

 
(108
)
 
29,292

 
(2,491
)
 
69,842

 
(2,599
)


Debt securities. The gross unrealized losses for debt securities are made up of 325 individual issues, or 22.8% of the total debt securities held by the Company at March 31, 2020. The market value of these bonds as a percent of amortized cost approximates 93.2%. Of the 325 securities, 8, or 2.5%, fall in the 12 months or greater aging category; and 295 were rated investment grade at March 31, 2020.

The amortized cost and fair value of investments in debt securities at March 31, 2020, by contractual maturity, are shown below.  Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

 
Debt Securities Available for Sale
 
Debt Securities Held to Maturity
 
Amortized Cost
 
Fair Value
 
Amortized Cost
 
Fair Value
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Due in 1 year or less
$
152,316

 
151,449

 
652,617

 
659,061

Due after 1 year through 5 years
1,334,782

 
1,324,948

 
2,942,362

 
2,969,035

Due after 5 years through 10 years
1,340,411

 
1,312,864

 
1,710,000

 
1,757,710

Due after 10 years
277,985

 
286,325

 
647,452

 
681,689

 
3,105,494

 
3,075,586

 
5,952,431

 
6,067,495

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage and asset-backed securities
100,863

 
98,674

 
1,043,649

 
1,114,192

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Totals before allowance for credit losses
3,206,357

 
3,174,260

 
6,996,080

 
7,181,687

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Allowance for credit losses

 

 
(6,039
)
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Totals
$
3,206,357

 
3,174,260

 
6,990,041

 
7,181,687



As disclosed in Note (2) New Accounting Pronouncements in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company adopted new accounting guidance as of January 1, 2020 for credit loss recognition of certain financial assets, including debt securities classified in the held to maturity category. The Company employs a cohort cumulative loss rate method in estimating current expected credit losses with respect to its held to maturity debt securities. This method applies publicly available industry wide statistics of default incidence by defined segmentations of debt security investments combined with future assumptions regarding economic conditions (i.e. GDP forecasts) both in the near term and the long term.The Company utilizes Moody's loss rates by industry type and credit ratings and applies them to each major bond category. These bond categories are further segmented by credit ratings and by maturities of two years and less and more than two years. The following table presents the allowance for credit losses for the quarter ended March 31, 2020.

 
Debt Securities Held to Maturity
 
Debt Securities Available for Sale
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
Balance, beginning of period
$

 

Provision January 1, 2020 for adoption of new accounting guidance
3,334

 

Provision during the period
2,705

 

Releases

 

 
 
 
 
Balance, end of period
$
6,039

 



Provisions to and releases from the allowance for credit losses are recorded in net investment income in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss). Previous accounting guidance required the Company to review its portfolio for potential other-than-temporary impairments which would require that affected securities be written down to an adjusted cost basis with the amount of the writedown recorded as part of net realized gains and losses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss).

The Company determines current expected credit losses for available-for-sale debt securities in accordance with FASB ASC Subtopic 326-30 when fair value is less than amortized cost, interest payments are missed and the security is experiencing credit issues. At March 31, 2020, the Company performed additional analyses on certain available-for-sale securities whose market values were negatively impacted by the change in the economic environment precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Based on its review, the Company determined none of these investments required an allowance for credit loss at March 31, 2020. Under the previous guidance, debt securities were considered to be other-than-temporarily impaired when a decline in market value was attributable to factors such as market volatility, liquidity, spread widening and credit quality in which it was anticipated that a recovery of all amounts due under the contractual terms of the security would occur and the Company had the intent and ability to hold the security until recovery or maturity. There were no other-than-temporary impairments recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2019. The Company's operating procedures include monitoring the investment portfolio on an ongoing basis for any changes in issuer facts and circumstances that might lead to future need for a credit loss allowance.

In the table below, held to maturity securities and their corresponding allowance for credit losses are represented according to credit ratings by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations.

 
Debt Securities Held to Maturity
 
Amortized Cost
 
Allowance for Credit Losses
 
Carrying Value
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 AAA
$
97,878

 

 
97,878

 AA
1,853,169

 
(57
)
 
1,853,112

 A
2,213,874

 
(1,201
)
 
2,212,673

 BBB
2,758,085

 
(4,468
)
 
2,753,617

 BB and other below investment
73,074

 
(313
)
 
72,761

 
 
 
 
 
 
 Bonds Total
$
6,996,080

 
(6,039
)
 
6,990,041



(C)
 Transfer of Securities

During the three months ended March 31, 2020 the Company made no transfers from the held to maturity category to securities available for sale.

(D) Mortgage Loans and Real Estate

A financing receivable is a contractual right to receive money on demand or on fixed or determinable dates that is recognized as an asset in a company's statement of financial position. The Company's mortgage, participation and mezzanine loans on real estate are the only financing receivables included in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Credit and default risk is minimized through strict underwriting guidelines and diversification of underlying property types and geographic locations. In addition to being secured by the property, mortgage loans with leases on the underlying property are often guaranteed by the lease payments and also by the borrower. This approach has proved to result in quality mortgage loans with few defaults. Mortgage loan interest income is recognized on an accrual basis with any premium or discount amortized over the life of the loan. Prepayment and late fees are recorded on the date of collection.

Loans in foreclosure, loans considered impaired or loans past due 90 days or more are placed on a non-accrual status. If a mortgage loan is determined to be on non-accrual status, the mortgage loan does not accrue any revenue into the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss). The loan is independently monitored and evaluated as to potential impairment or foreclosure. If delinquent payments are made and the loan is brought current, then the Company returns the loan to active status and accrues income accordingly. The Company had no mortgage loans past due 90 days or more at March 31, 2020 or 2019 and as a result all interest income was recognized at March 31, 2020 and 2019. At March 31, 2020, no loan terms had been modified or restructured on mortgage loans due to the economic climate changes precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

The following table represents the mortgage loan portfolio by loan-to-value ratio.

 
March 31, 2020
 
December 31, 2019
 
Amount
 
%
 
Amount
 
%
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Loans by Loan-to-Value Ratio (1):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Less than 50%
$
57,157

 
20.6

 
$
52,778

 
19.3

50% to 60%
45,896

 
16.5

 
56,929

 
20.8

60% to 70%
127,832

 
46.0

 
117,377

 
43.0

70% to 80%
47,083

 
16.9

 
46,013

 
16.9

80% to 90%

 

 

 

Greater than 90%

 

 

 

Gross balance
277,968

 
100.0

 
273,097

 
100.0

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Allowance for credit losses
(1,885
)
 
(0.7
)
 
(675
)
 
(0.2
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Totals
$
276,083

 
99.3

 
$
272,422

 
99.8


(1) Loan-to-Value Ratio is determined using the most recent appraised value. Appraisals are required at the time of funding and may be updated if a material change occurs from the original loan agreement.

All mortgage loans are analyzed quarterly in order to monitor the financial quality of these assets. Based on ongoing monitoring, mortgage loans with a likelihood of becoming delinquent are identified and placed on an internal “watch list.” Among the criteria that may indicate a potential problem include: major tenant vacancies or bankruptcies, late payments, and loan relief/restructuring requests. The mortgage loan portfolio is analyzed for the need for a valuation allowance on any loan that is on the internal watch list, in the process of foreclosure or that currently has a valuation allowance.

Prior to January 1, 2020, mortgage loans were considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it was probable that the Company would be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. When it was determined that a loan was impaired, a loss was recognized for the difference between the carrying amount of the mortgage loan and the estimated value reduced by the cost to sell. Estimated value was typically based on the loan's observable market price or the fair value of the collateral less cost to sell. Impairments and changes in the valuation allowance were reported in net realized investment gains (losses) in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss). The Company held a valuation allowance of $0.7 million at December 31, 2019. 

Effective January 1, 2020, the Company implemented FASB ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses, which revises the credit loss recognition criteria for certain financial assets measured at amortized cost. The new guidance replaces the existing incurred loss recognition model with an expected loss recognition model (“CECL”). The objective of the CECL model is for the reporting entity to recognize its estimate of current expected credit losses for affected financial assets in a valuation allowance deducted from the amortized cost basis of the related financial assets that results in presenting the net carrying value of the financial assets at the amount expected to be collected.  For mortgage loan investments the Company is using the Weighted Average Remaining Maturity ("WARM") method, which uses an average annual charge-off rate applied to each mortgage loan risk category. Under this new accounting guidance, at January 1, 2020 a balance of $1.2 million was recorded which incorporated the previous year-end balance under the prior accounting method. The adjustment resulted in a charge to retained earnings as a change in accounting, net of tax, of $0.4 million. Subsequent changes in the allowance for current expected credit losses are reported in net investment income in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss).

The following table represents the mortgage loan allowance for credit losses.
 
March 31, 2020
 
December 31, 2019
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
Balance, beginning of the period
$
675

 
675

Provision January 1, 2020 for adoption of new accounting guidance
504

 

Provision during the period
706

 

Releases

 

 
 
 
 
Total ending allowance for credit losses
$
1,885

 
675



The Company's direct investments in real estate are not a significant portion of its total investment portfolio and totaled approximately $34.4 million and $34.6 million at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. The Company recognized operating income on real estate properties of approximately $0.7 million and $0.6 million for the first three months of 2020 and 2019, respectively.