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Investments in Marketable Debt Securities
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Available For Sale Securities [Abstract]  
Investments in Marketable Debt Securities

NOTE C - Investments in Marketable Debt Securities

The Company's investments in marketable debt securities are classified as available-for-sale. These investments are stated at fair value and may include an allowance for credit losses. Changes in the allowance for credit losses are recognized in the current period and any unrealized gains or losses, net of tax, are included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (AOCI).

The Company utilizes third-party pricing services for all of its marketable debt security valuations. The Company reviews the pricing methodology used by the third‑party pricing services, including the manner employed to collect market information. On a quarterly basis, the Company also performs review and validation procedures on the pricing information received from the third‑party providers. These procedures help ensure the fair value information used by the Company is determined in accordance with applicable accounting guidance.

The Company evaluates its investment in marketable debt securities at the end of each reporting period to determine if a decline in fair value is the result of credit losses or unrealized losses. In assessing credit losses, the Company considers the collectability of principal and interest payments by monitoring changes to issuers’ credit ratings, specific credit events associated with individual issuers as well as the credit ratings of any financial guarantor. The Company considers its intent for selling the security and whether it is more likely than not the Company will be able to hold the security until the recovery of any credit losses and unrealized losses. Charges against the allowance for credit losses occurs when a security with credit losses is sold or the Company no longer intends to hold that security.

Marketable debt securities at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 consisted of the following:

 

 

 

AMORTIZED

 

 

UNREALIZED

 

 

UNREALIZED

 

 

FAIR

 

At March 31, 2020

 

COST

 

 

GAINS

 

 

LOSSES

 

 

VALUE

 

U.S. tax-exempt securities

 

$

306.1

 

 

$

1.6

 

 

$

.8

 

 

$

306.9

 

U.S. corporate securities

 

 

157.9

 

 

 

1.3

 

 

 

.6

 

 

 

158.6

 

U.S. government and agency securities

 

 

119.4

 

 

 

4.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

123.4

 

Non-U.S. corporate securities

 

 

299.8

 

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

2.6

 

 

 

298.2

 

Non-U.S. government securities

 

 

70.8

 

 

 

.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

71.2

 

Other debt securities

 

 

137.0

 

 

 

1.8

 

 

 

.1

 

 

 

138.7

 

 

 

$

1,091.0

 

 

$

10.1

 

 

$

4.1

 

 

$

1,097.0

 

 

 

 

AMORTIZED

 

 

UNREALIZED

 

 

UNREALIZED

 

 

FAIR

 

At December 31, 2019

 

COST

 

 

GAINS

 

 

LOSSES

 

 

VALUE

 

U.S. tax-exempt securities

 

$

318.1

 

 

$

2.2

 

 

$

.1

 

 

$

320.2

 

U.S. corporate securities

 

 

163.8

 

 

 

1.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

165.7

 

U.S. government and agency securities

 

 

128.4

 

 

 

.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

129.3

 

Non-U.S. corporate securities

 

 

347.7

 

 

 

2.3

 

 

 

.2

 

 

 

349.8

 

Non-U.S. government securities

 

 

72.3

 

 

 

.2

 

 

 

.1

 

 

 

72.4

 

Other debt securities

 

 

123.7

 

 

 

1.1

 

 

 

.1

 

 

 

124.7

 

 

 

$

1,154.0

 

 

$

8.6

 

 

$

.5

 

 

$

1,162.1

 

 

The cost of marketable debt securities is adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts to maturity. Amortization, accretion, interest and dividend income and realized gains and losses are included in investment income. The cost of securities sold is

based on the specific identification method. Gross realized gains were $.5 and $.2 and gross realized losses were $.2 and $.1 for the three months periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Marketable debt securities with continuous unrealized losses and their related fair values were as follows:

 

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

 

LESS THAN

 

 

TWELVE MONTHS

 

LESS THAN

 

 

TWELVE MONTHS

 

 

 

TWELVE MONTHS

 

 

OR GREATER

 

TWELVE MONTHS

 

 

OR GREATER

 

Fair value

 

$

366.0

 

 

 

 

$

177.0

 

 

$

31.4

 

Unrealized losses

 

 

4.1

 

 

 

 

 

.4

 

 

 

.1

 

 

The unrealized losses on the investments above were due to higher market yields and decreased market liquidity. The Company did not identify any indicators of a credit loss in its assessments. Accordingly, no allowance for credit losses was recorded at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019. The Company does not currently intend, and it is more likely than not, that it will not be required to sell the investment securities before recovery of the unrealized losses. The Company expects that the contractual principal and interest will be received on the investment securities.

Contractual maturities of marketable debt securities at March 31, 2020 were as follows:

 

 

 

AMORTIZED

 

 

FAIR

 

Maturities:

 

COST

 

 

VALUE

 

Within one year

 

$

217.5

 

 

$

218.0

 

One to five years

 

 

834.5

 

 

 

840.0

 

Six to ten years

 

 

23.0

 

 

 

23.0

 

More than ten years

 

 

16.0

 

 

 

16.0

 

 

 

$

1,091.0

 

 

$

1,097.0

 

 

Marketable debt securities included $32.8 and $49.7 of variable rate demand obligations (VRDOs) at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. VRDOs are debt instruments with long-term scheduled maturities which have interest rates that reset periodically. Actual maturities of VRDOs may differ from contractual maturities because these securities may be sold when interest rates are reset.