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Other Assets

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

5. Other Assets

Bank-Owned Life Insurance

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company entered into a noncash exchange of certain bank-owned life insurance (“BOLI”) policies in accordance with Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) Section 1035. Policies of $65.3 million were transferred into new policies during this period. No gain or loss was recognized as part of this exchange. There were no policies exchanged during the three months ended March 31, 2023.

Mortgage Servicing Rights

Mortgage servicing activities include collecting principal, interest, tax, and insurance payments from borrowers while accounting for and remitting payments to investors, taxing authorities, and insurance companies. The Company also monitors delinquencies and administers foreclosure proceedings.

Mortgage loan servicing income is recorded in noninterest income as a part of other service charges and fees and amortization of the servicing assets is recorded in noninterest income as part of other income. The Company’s maximum potential exposure to repurchases is limited to the unpaid principal amount of residential real estate loans serviced for others, which was $1.3 billion as of both March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023. Servicing fees include contractually specified fees, late charges, and ancillary fees and were $0.8 million and $0.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Amortization of mortgage servicing rights (“MSRs”) was $0.3 million for both three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023. The estimated future amortization expenses for MSRs over the next five years are as follows:


	Estimated
(dollars in thousands)	Amortization
Under one year	$	811
One to two years		720
Two to three years		637
Three to four years		561
Four to five years		497

The details of the Company’s MSRs are presented below:


	March 31,		December 31,
(dollars in thousands)	2024		2023
Gross carrying amount	$	69,612	$	69,515
Less: accumulated amortization		64,079		63,816
Net carrying value	$	5,533	$	5,699

The following table presents changes in amortized MSRs for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(dollars in thousands)	2024		2023
Balance at beginning of period	$	5,699	$	6,562
Originations		97		17
Amortization		(263)		(280)
Balance at end of period	$	5,533	$	6,299
Fair value of amortized MSRs at beginning of period	$	14,308	$	15,193
Fair value of amortized MSRs at end of period	$	14,071	$	15,169

MSRs are evaluated for impairment if events and circumstances indicate a possible impairment. No impairment of MSRs was recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023.

The quantitative assumptions used in determining the lower of cost or fair value of the Company’s MSRs as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows:


	March 31, 2024							December 31, 2023
						Weighted							Weighted
	Range					Average		Range					Average
Conditional prepayment rate	6.98	%	-	11.34	%	7.08	%	6.87	%	-	11.53	%	7.04	%
Life in years (of the MSR)	4.28		-	7.18		7.05		4.30		-	7.22		7.09
Weighted-average coupon rate	3.63	%	-	5.75	%	3.75	%	3.57	%	-	5.81	%	3.73	%
Discount rate	10.27	%	-	10.58	%	10.52	%	10.40	%	-	10.60	%	10.52	%

The sensitivities surrounding MSRs are expected to have an immaterial impact on fair value.

Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Investments

The Company has a limited partnership interest or is a member in a limited liability company (“LLC”) in several low-income housing partnerships. These partnerships or LLCs provide funds for the construction and operation of apartment complexes that provide affordable housing to that segment of the population with lower family income. If these developments successfully attract a specified percentage of residents falling in that lower income range, state and/or federal income tax credits are made available to the partners or members. The tax credits are generally recognized over 5 or 10 years. In order to continue receiving the tax credits each year over the life of the partnership or LLC, the low-income residency targets must be maintained.

The Company generally accounts for its interests in these low-income housing partnerships using the proportional amortization method. The Company had $207.4 million and $206.9 million in affordable housing and other tax credit investment partnership interests as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, included in other assets on the unaudited interim consolidated balance sheets. The amount of amortization of such investments reported in the provision for income taxes was $7.7 million and $6.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The affordable housing tax credits and other benefits recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 were $9.6 million and $7.4 million, respectively, included in the provision for income taxes on the unaudited interim consolidated statements of income and net income on the unaudited interim consolidated statements of cash flows.

Unfunded commitments to fund these investments were $77.2 million and $80.7 million as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. These unfunded commitments are unconditional and legally binding and are recorded in other liabilities in the unaudited interim consolidated balance sheets.