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Investments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Investments [Abstract]  
Investments Investments
(a) Net unrealized gains on investments included in OCI by asset class were as follows for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019: 
($ in thousands)202120202019
AFS securities:   
Fixed income securities$228,947 386,380 215,634 
Total AFS securities228,947 386,380 215,634 
HTM securities:   
Fixed income securities(4)31 
Total HTM securities(4)31 
Short-term securities20 23 
Total net unrealized gains228,963 386,393 215,688 
Deferred income tax (48,082)(81,142)(45,294)
Net unrealized gains, net of deferred income tax180,881 305,251 170,394 
Increase (decrease) in net unrealized gains in OCI, net of deferred income tax$(124,370)134,857 168,505 
(b) Information regarding our AFS securities as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were as follows:
December 31, 2021    
Cost/   
 AmortizedAllowance forUnrealizedUnrealizedFair
($ in thousands)CostCredit LossesGainsLossesValue
AFS fixed income securities:
U.S. government and government agencies$127,974  3,629 (1,145)130,458 
Foreign government15,420 (46)609 (123)15,860 
Obligations of states and political subdivisions1,121,422 (137)68,258 (235)1,189,308 
Corporate securities2,478,348 (6,682)106,890 (4,953)2,573,603 
CLO and other ABS1,343,687 (939)14,350 (6,284)1,350,814 
RMBS756,280 (1,909)24,813 (2,932)776,252 
CMBS647,622 (11)27,752 (1,682)673,681 
Total AFS fixed income securities$6,490,753 (9,724)246,301 (17,354)6,709,976 
 
December 31, 2020    
Cost/   
 AmortizedAllowance forUnrealizedUnrealizedFair
($ in thousands)CostCredit LossesGainsLossesValue
AFS fixed income securities:
U.S. government and government agencies$110,038 — 6,239 (137)116,140 
Foreign government16,801 (1)1,569 (3)18,366 
Obligations of states and political subdivisions1,159,588 (4)87,564 (11)1,247,137 
Corporate securities2,152,203 (2,782)180,971 (2,340)2,328,052 
CLO and other ABS1,014,820 (592)20,166 (7,843)1,026,551 
RMBS999,485 (561)53,065 (201)1,051,788 
CMBS620,582 (29)48,348 (1,007)667,894 
Total AFS fixed income securities$6,073,517 $(3,969)397,922 (11,542)6,455,928 

The following tables provide a roll forward of the allowance for credit losses on our AFS fixed income securities for the years indicated:
2021Beginning BalanceCurrent Provisions for Securities without Prior AllowanceIncrease (Decrease) on Securities with Prior Allowance, excluding intent (or Requirements) to Sell SecuritiesReductions for Securities SoldReductions for Securities Identified as Intent (or Requirement) to Sell during the PeriodEnding Balance
($ in thousands)
Foreign Government$1 46 (1)  46 
Obligations of states and political subdivisons4 122 11   137 
Corporate Securities2,782 5,785 (992)(723)(170)6,682 
CLO and other ABS592 579 (211)(21) 939 
RMBS561 1,593 (63)(182) 1,909 
CMBS29 10 (28)  11 
Total AFS fixed income securities$3,969 8,135 (1,284)(926)(170)9,724 

2020
Beginning BalanceCurrent Provisions for Securities without Prior AllowanceIncrease (Decrease) on Securities with Prior Allowance, excluding intent (or Requirements) to Sell SecuritiesReductions for Securities SoldReductions for Securities Identified as Intent (or Requirement) to Sell during the PeriodEnding Balance
($ in thousands)
Foreign Government$— 19 — (18)— 
Obligations of states and political subdivisons— — — — 
Corporate Securities— 3,645 — (781)(82)2,782 
CLO and other ABS— 722 — (113)(17)592 
RMBS— 623 — (62)— 561 
CMBS— 29 — — — 29 
Total AFS fixed income securities$— 5,042 — (974)(99)3,969 

During 2021 or 2020, we did not have any write-offs or recoveries of our AFS fixed income securities and we did not purchase any assets with credit deterioration, so these items are not included in the tables above.

As disclosed in Note 2. "Summary of Significant Accounting Policies," we do not evaluate accrued interest on our AFS
securities for expected credit loss as we write-off these balances in a timely manner. Accrued interest on AFS securities was $46.3 million as of December 31, 2021, and $43.8 million as of December 31, 2020. We did not record any material write-offs of accrued interest during 2021 or 2020.

(c) Quantitative information about unrealized losses on our AFS portfolio is provided below.
December 31, 2021Less than 12 months12 months or longerTotal
($ in thousands)Fair 
Value
Unrealized
Losses
Fair
Value
Unrealized
Losses
Fair
Value
Unrealized
Losses
AFS fixed income securities:    
U.S. government and government agencies$34,857 (746)7,827 (399)42,684 (1,145)
Foreign government2,000 (84)1,061 (39)3,061 (123)
Obligations of states and political subdivisions25,837 (235)  25,837 (235)
Corporate securities300,549 (4,903)2,520 (50)303,069 (4,953)
CLO and other ABS663,976 (4,934)53,368 (1,350)717,344 (6,284)
RMBS236,010 (2,931)20 (1)236,030 (2,932)
CMBS112,899 (1,016)20,326 (666)133,225 (1,682)
Total AFS fixed income securities$1,376,128 (14,849)85,122 (2,505)1,461,250 (17,354)

December 31, 2020Less than 12 months12 months or longerTotal
($ in thousands)Fair 
Value
Unrealized
Losses
Fair
Value
Unrealized
Losses
Fair
Value
Unrealized
Losses
AFS fixed income securities:    
U.S. government and government agencies$11,519 (137)— — 11,519 (137)
Foreign government1,122 (3)— — 1,122 (3)
Obligations of states and political subdivisions2,223 (11)— — 2,223 (11)
Corporate securities65,187 (2,152)2,400 (188)67,587 (2,340)
CLO and other ABS261,746 (2,995)165,661 (4,848)427,407 (7,843)
RMBS18,227 (194)1,181 (7)19,408 (201)
CMBS55,482 (616)16,093 (391)71,575 (1,007)
Total AFS fixed income securities$415,506 (6,108)185,335 (5,434)600,841 (11,542)

We do not currently intend to sell any of the securities in the tables above, nor will we be required to sell any of these securities. The increase in gross unrealized losses during 2021 was driven by an increase in benchmark U.S. Treasury rates, partially offset by a tightening of credit spreads. Considering these factors and our review of these securities under our credit loss policy as described in Note 2. “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” of this Form 10-K, we have concluded that no allowance for credit loss is required on these balances. This conclusion reflects our current judgment about the financial position and future prospects of the entity that issued the investment security and underlying collateral. 

(d) Fixed income securities at December 31, 2021, by contractual maturity are shown below. Mortgage-backed securities are included in the maturity tables using the estimated average life of each security. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.
 
Listed below are the contractual maturities of fixed income securities at December 31, 2021:
AFSHTM
($ in thousands)Fair ValueCarrying ValueFair Value
Due in one year or less$500,579 1,384 1,401 
Due after one year through five years3,182,282 11,811 12,493 
Due after five years through 10 years2,316,389 15,590 15,566 
Due after 10 years710,726   
Total fixed income securities$6,709,976 28,785 29,460 
 
(e) The following table summarizes our other investment portfolio by strategy:
Other InvestmentsDecember 31, 2021December 31, 2020
($ in thousands)Carrying
Value
Remaining
Commitment
Maximum
Exposure to Loss1
Carrying
Value
Remaining
Commitment
Maximum
Exposure to Loss
1
Alternative Investments   
Private equity$273,070 99,734 372,804 157,276 100,905 258,181 
Private credit63,138 92,674 155,812 54,017 98,330 152,347 
Real assets23,524 22,579 46,103 19,659 16,493 36,152 
Total alternative investments359,732 214,987 574,719 230,952 215,728 446,680 
Other securities49,300  49,300 35,370 — 35,370 
Total other investments$409,032 214,987 624,019 266,322 215,728 482,050 
1In addition to the amounts in this table, previously recognized tax credits are subject to the risk of recapture. We do not consider this significant and therefore do not include in this table. 

We are contractually committed to make additional investments up to the remaining commitments stated above. We did not provide any non-contractual financial support during 2021 or 2020.

The following is a description of our alternative investment strategies:

Our private equity strategy includes the following:

Primary Private Equity: This strategy makes private equity investments, primarily in established large and middle market companies across diverse industries globally, with an emphasis on North America.

Secondary Private Equity: This strategy purchases seasoned private equity funds from investors desiring liquidity prior to normal fund termination. Investments are made across all sectors of the private equity market, including leveraged buyouts ("LBO"), venture capital, distressed securities, mezzanine financing, real estate, and infrastructure.

Venture Capital: In general, these investments are made principally by investing in equity securities of startup companies and small-to-medium sized privately-held corporations with strong long-term growth potential. This strategy makes private equity investments in seed stage, early stage, late stage, and growth equity partnerships.

Our private credit strategy includes the following:

Direct Lending: This strategy provides privately negotiated loans to U.S. middle market companies. Typically, these are floating rate, senior secured loans diversified across industries. Loans are made to companies that may or may not have private equity sponsors to finance LBOs, recapitalizations, and acquisitions.

Mezzanine Financing: This strategy provides privately-negotiated fixed income securities, generally with an equity component, to LBO firms and private and publicly-traded large, mid, and small-cap companies to finance LBOs, recapitalizations, and acquisitions.

Opportunistic and Distressed Debt: This strategy makes investments in debt and equity securities of companies that are experiencing financial distress, operational issues, or dislocated pricing of publicly-traded securities. Investments include buying indebtedness of bankrupt or financially-troubled companies, small balance loan portfolios, special situations and capital structure arbitrage trades, commercial real estate mortgages, and similar non-U.S. securities and debt obligations.

Our real assets strategy includes the following:

Infrastructure: This strategy invests in the equity or debt of cash flow generating assets, diversified across a variety of industries, including transportation, energy infrastructure, renewable power, such as wind and solar, social infrastructure, power generation, water, telecom, and other regulated entities principally located in North America and Western Europe.

Real Estate: This strategy invests in real estate in North America, Europe, and Asia via direct property ownership, joint ventures, mortgages, and investments in equity and debt instruments.
Our alternative investment strategies may employ leverage and may use hedging to reduce foreign exchange or interest rate volatility. At this time, our alternative investment strategies do not include hedge funds. We typically cannot redeem our investments with the general partners of these investments; however, occasionally these partnership positions can be sold on the secondary market. Once liquidation is triggered by clauses within the limited partnership agreements or at the funds’ stated end date, we receive our final allocation of capital and any earned appreciation of the underlying investments, assuming we have not divested ourselves of our partnership interests prior to that time. We currently receive distributions from these alternative investments through the realization of the underlying investments of, or income generated by, the limited partnerships.

The following tables show gross summarized financial information for our other investments portfolio, including the portion we do not own. As the majority of these investments report results to us on a one quarter lag, the summarized financial statement information is as of, and for the 12-month period ended, September 30: 
Balance Sheet Information
December 31,
($ in millions)20212020
Investments$107,347 55,145 
Total assets112,232 58,819 
Total liabilities12,371 6,744 
Total partners’ capital99,861 52,075 

Income Statement Information
12 months ended September 30,
($ in millions)202120202019
Net investment (loss) income $653 (26)(8)
Realized gains6,121 1,452 695 
Net change in unrealized appreciation26,877 4,898 5,543 
Net income before tax$33,651 6,324 6,230 
Alternative investment income included in "Net investment income earned" on our Consolidated Statements of Income117.7 26.5 17.9 
 
(f) We did not have exposure to any credit concentration risk of a single issuer greater than 10% of our stockholders' equity, other than to certain U.S. government agencies, as of December 31, 2021 or December 31, 2020.

(g) We have pledged certain AFS fixed income securities as collateral related to our borrowing relationships with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis ("FHLBI") and the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York ("FHLBNY"). In addition, certain securities were on deposit with various state and regulatory agencies at December 31, 2021 to comply with insurance laws. We retain all rights regarding all securities pledged as collateral.

The following table summarizes the market value of these securities at December 31, 2021:
($ in millions) FHLBI CollateralFHLBNY CollateralState and Regulatory DepositsTotal
U.S. government and government agencies$  22.3 22.3 
Obligations of states and political subdivisions  4.0 4.0 
RMBS62.4 40.4  102.8 
CMBS6.3 14.1  20.4 
Total pledged as collateral$68.7 54.5 26.3 149.5 

(h) The components of pre-tax net investment income earned were as follows:
($ in thousands)202120202019
Fixed income securities$209,709 203,926 203,255 
CMLs2,743 844 — 
Equity securities15,920 9,286 6,996 
Short-term investments260 1,821 6,653 
Other investments118,060 26,922 18,778 
Investment expenses(20,103)(15,692)(13,139)
Net investment income earned$326,589 227,107 222,543 
(i) The following tables summarize net realized and unrealized investment gains and losses for the periods indicated:

($ in thousands)202120202019
Gross gains on sales$15,284 18,893 31,910 
Gross losses on sales(8,140)(9,745)(5,195)
Net realized gains on disposals7,144 9,148 26,715 
Net unrealized gains (losses) on equity securities17,881 7,939 (8,649)
Net credit loss (expense) on fixed maturities, AFS(6,858)(5,042)
Net credit loss (expense) benefit on fixed maturities, HTM(49)
Losses on securities for which we have the intent to sell(519)(16,266)
Net other-than-temporary-impairment ("OTTI") losses recognized in earnings(3,644)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)$17,599 (4,217)14,422 

Unrealized (losses) recognized in income on equity securities, as reflected in the table above, included the following:
($ in thousands)202120202019
Unrealized gains (losses) recognized in income on equity securities:
On securities remaining in our portfolio at end of period$16,473 7,936 1,219 
On securities sold in period1,408 (9,868)
Total unrealized gains (losses) recognized in income on equity securities$17,881 7,939 (8,649)

Proceeds from the sales of AFS fixed income securities were $502.9 million, $487.1 million, and $594.7 million in 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively. Proceeds from the sales of equity securities were $99.2 million, $1.3 million, and $137.3 million in 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively.