Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Income Taxes

NOTE 12 – INCOME TAXES

As of September 30, 2012, and December 31, 2011, we had no liability for unrecognized tax benefits. Details about our liability for unrecognized tax benefits are found in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K, Item 8, Note 11, Income Taxes, Pages 129 and 130.

The differences between the 35 percent statutory income tax rate and our effective income tax rate were as follows:

	Three months ended September 30,										Nine months ended September 30,
(Dollars in millions)	2012					2011					2012					2011
Tax at statutory rate	$	53		35.0	%	$	4		35.0	%	$	103		35.0	%	$	(5	)	35.0	%
Increase (decrease) resulting from:
Tax-exempt income from municipal bonds		(8	)	(5.3	)		(9	)	(81.8	)		(25	)	(8.5	)		(26	)	200.0
Dividend received exclusion		(6	)	(4.0	)		(5	)	(45.5	)		(17	)	(5.8	)		(15	)	115.4
Other		2		1.3			2		19.6			3		1.1			3		(19.6	)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	41		27.0	%	$	(8	)	(72.7	)%	$	64		21.8	%	$	(43	)	330.8	%

The changes in our effective tax rates were primarily due to changes in pretax income from underwriting results and realized investment gains and losses.