15) Acquisitions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

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15) Acquisitions

15) Acquisitions

Probst Family Funerals and Cremations and Heber Valley Funeral Home

On February 15, 2019, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Memorial Mortuary Inc., completed an asset purchase transaction with Probst Family Funerals and Cremations, LLC. (“Probst Family Funerals”) and Heber Valley Funeral Home, Inc. (“Heber Valley Funeral Home”). These funeral homes are both located in Heber Valley, a community situated about 45 miles southeast of Salt Lake City.

Under the terms of the transaction, as set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated February 15, 2019, Memorial Mortuary Inc. paid a net purchase price of $3,315,647 for the business and assets of Probst Family Funerals and Heber Valley Funeral Home, subject to a $150,000 holdback. In August 2019, this escrow account was settled and $137,550 was paid to the prior owners.

The estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the date of acquisition were as follows:

Cash	$     53,859
Property and equipment	2,475,526
Receivables	13,620
Goodwill	754,018
Other	21,800
Total assets acquired	3,318,823
Bank and other loans payable	(3,176)
Total liabilities assumed	(3,176)
Fair value of net assets acquired/consideration paid	$ 3,315,647

Kilpatrick Life Insurance Company

On December 13, 2019, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Security National Life Insurance Company (“Security National Life”) completed a stock purchase transaction with Kilpatrick Life Insurance Company, a Louisiana domiciled life insurance company (“Kilpatrick Life”) and its shareholders, which resulted in the purchase of all the outstanding shares of common stock of Kilpatrick Life. The closing of the transaction was subject to approval by the Louisiana Department of Insurance of the change of control of Kilpatrick Life, which was received on December 12, 2019. Under the terms of the transaction, the total Purchase Price that Security National Life paid for all the shares held by the Kilpatrick shareholders was $23,779,940 subject to a $1,400,000 holdback, as agreed with the shareholders.

Kilpatrick Life has been in operation since 1932 and provides life insurance products and services through insurance plans such as permanent and term life insurance, asset protection plans, graded whole life insurance, and annuities. Additionally, it provides insurance services for emergencies and pre-arranged funeral services. Kilpatrick Life is based in Shreveport, Louisiana with additional offices in Jena, Alexandria, Minden, and Arcadia, Louisiana.

Kilpatrick Life employs a staff of almost 120 associates in four offices in Louisiana and is licensed to operate in Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Mississippi with the home office located in Shreveport, LA. It is the mission of Kilpatrick Life to continue providing the utmost service and protection for its policyholders for generations to come.

Prior to the stock purchase transaction, Security National life and Kilpatrick Life entered into a coinsurance agreement, effective October 1, 2019. After the effective date, Security National Life, as coinsurer, agreed to be responsible for and was obligated with respect to 100% of the contractual liabilities under the Kilpatrick Life’s life insurance policies in accordance with the terms and conditions of the policies and applicable law. Unless otherwise directed by Security National Life, as coinsurer, Kilpatrick Life continued to administer the policies on behalf of Security National Life, as coinsurer, for the duration of the coinsurance agreement.

As part of the coinsurance agreement, effective October 1, 2019, Security National Life acquired the following assets and assumed the following contractual liabilities.

Other investments and policy loans	$      9,124,459
Real estate held for investment	2,850,000
Mortgage loans held for investment	200,000
Receivables	131,258
Total assets acquired	12,305,717
Future policy benefits and unpaid claims	(165,404,970)
Other liabilities and accrued expenses	(5,259,341)
Total liabilities assumed	(170,664,311)
Cash received for reinsurance assumed	$  158,358,594

Contemporaneous with the stock purchase transaction, both Kilpatrick Life and Security National Life, as coinsurer, agreed to terminate the coinsurance agreement, to require the recapture of the life insurance policies by Kilpatrick Life and provided notification to the Louisiana Department of Insurance. The final settlement and transfer of the coinsurance trust assets from Security National Life back to Kilpatrick Life occurred shortly thereafter.

The estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the date of acquisition, on December 13, 2019, are shown in the following table. At the time of acquisition some of these assets and liabilities became intercompany items, and the Company has eliminated them for consolidation.

Fixed maturity securities, available for sale	$     22,766,520
Fixed maturity securities, held to maturity	16,436
Mortgage loans held for investment	8,011,660
Real estate held for investment	2,708,557
Other investments	446,655
Accrued investment income	183,527
Total investments	34,133,355
Cash and cash equivalents	6,900,654
Receivables, net	5,407,736	(1)
Receivables from reinsurers	168,105,064	(1)
Property and equipment, net	1,498,245
Value of business acquired	4,962,831
Deferred taxes	167,344
Other	712,323
Total assets acquired	221,887,552
Future policy benefits and unpaid claims	(189,071,407)
Accounts payable	(283,304)
Other liabilities and accrued expenses	(7,870,944)
Income taxes	(881,957)
Total liabilities assumed	(198,107,612)
Fair value of net assets acquired/consideration paid	$     23,779,940
Fair value of net assets acquired/consideration paid, net of cash acquired	$     16,879,286
(1) Receivable from reinsurers of $162,907,008 and receivables, net of $5,000,000 were settled with the recapture of the coinsurance agreement by Kilpatrick Life from Security National Life.