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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – STATUTORY BASIS

AND SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Transamerica Life Insurance Company

Years Ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019


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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

Financial Statements – Statutory Basis

and Supplementary Information

Years Ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019

Contents

 

Report of Independent Auditors

     1  

Audited Financial Statements

  

Balance Sheets – Statutory Basis

     3  

Statements of Operations – Statutory Basis

     4  

Statements of Changes in Capital and Surplus – Statutory Basis

     5  

Statements of Cash Flow – Statutory Basis

     7  

Notes to Financial Statements – Statutory Basis

  

1. Organization and Nature of Business

     9  

2. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

     10  

3. Accounting Changes and Correction of Error

     25  

4. Fair Values of Financial Instruments

     26  

5. Investments

     35  

6. Premium and Annuity Considerations Deferred and Uncollected

     57  

7. Policy and Contract Attributes

     58  

8. Reinsurance

     75  

9. Income Taxes

     78  

10. Capital and Surplus

     85  

11. Securities Lending

     86  

12. Retirement and Compensation Plans

     88  

13. Related Party Transactions

     89  

14. Managing General Agents and Third-Party Administrators

     96  

15. Commitments and Contingencies

     96  

16. Sales, Transfer, and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities

     102  

17. Reconciliation to Statutory Statement

     105  

18. Subsequent Events

     105  

Appendix A – Listing of Affiliated Companies

     107  

Statutory-Basis Financial Statement Schedules

  

Summary of Investments – Other Than Investments in Related Parties

     110  

Supplementary Insurance Information

     111  

Reinsurance

     112  


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Report of Independent Auditors

To the Board of Directors of

Transamerica Life Insurance Company

Opinions

We have audited the accompanying statutory basis financial statements of Transamerica Life Insurance Company (the “Company”), which comprise the balance sheets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the related statements of operations, of changes in capital and surplus and of cash flow for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021, including the related notes and schedules of supplementary insurance information and reinsurance for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021 and summary of investments—other than investments in related parties as of December 31, 2021 listed in the accompanying index (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”).

Unmodified Opinion on Statutory Basis of Accounting

In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the admitted assets, liabilities and capital and surplus of the Company as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021, in accordance with the accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the Iowa Insurance Division described in Note 2.

Adverse Opinion on U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

In our opinion, because of the significance of the matter discussed in the “Basis for Adverse Opinion on U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” section of our report, the accompanying financial statements do not present fairly, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, or the results of its operations or its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021.

Basis for Opinions

We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America (US GAAS). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are required to be independent of the Company and to meet our other ethical responsibilities, in accordance with the relevant ethical requirements relating to our audit. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinions.

Basis for Adverse Opinion on U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

As described in Note 2 to the financial statements, the financial statements are prepared by the Company on the basis of the accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the Iowa Insurance Division, which is a basis of accounting other than accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The effects on the financial statements of the variances between the statutory basis of accounting described in Note 2 and accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, although not reasonably determinable, are presumed to be material.

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, One North Wacker, Chicago, IL 60606

T: (312) 298 2000, F: (312) 298 2001, www.pwc.com/us


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Responsibilities of Management for the Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with the accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the Iowa Insurance Division. Management is also responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, management is required to evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for one year after the date the financial statements are available to be issued.

Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditors’ report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not absolute assurance and therefore is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with US GAAS will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. Misstatements are considered material if there is a substantial likelihood that, individually or in the aggregate, they would influence the judgment made by a reasonable user based on the financial statements.

In performing an audit in accordance with US GAAS, we:

 

   

Exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit.

   

Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, and design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks. Such procedures include examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.

   

Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control. Accordingly, no such opinion is expressed.

   

Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluate the overall presentation of the financial statements.

   

Conclude whether, in our judgment, there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time.

We are required to communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit, significant audit findings, and certain internal control-related matters that we identified during the audit.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Chicago, Illinois

April 14, 2022

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

Balance Sheets – Statutory Basis

(Dollars in Millions)

 

    December 31  
    2021     2020  
 

 

 

 

Admitted assets

   

Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments

   $ 2,126     $ 1,832  

Bonds

    49,942       50,444  

Preferred stocks

    120       105  

Common stocks

    3,527       3,556  

Mortgage loans on real estate

    9,153       9,015  

Real estate

    52       56  

Policy loans

    1,986       2,037  

Securities lending reinvested collateral assets

    2,073       2,115  

Derivatives

    1,760       2,973  

Other invested assets

    3,054       3,222  
 

 

 

 

Total cash and invested assets

    73,793       75,355  

Accrued investment income

    694       697  

Premiums deferred and uncollected

    181       240  

Net deferred income tax asset

    825       812  

Other assets

    1,211       1,344  

Separate account assets

    126,088       121,820  
 

 

 

 

Total admitted assets

   $ 202,792     $ 200,268  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities and capital and surplus

   

Aggregate reserves for policies and contracts

   $ 51,983     $ 50,966  

Policy and contract claim reserves

    1,177       1,257  

Liability for deposit-type contracts

    824       946  

Other policyholders’ funds

    38       32  

Transfers from separate accounts due or accrued

    (658     (823

Funds held under reinsurance treaties

    3,043       3,889  

Asset valuation reserve

    1,250       1,198  

Interest maintenance reserve

    1,382       1,389  

Derivatives

    2,360       3,493  

Payable for collateral under securities loaned and

other transactions

    2,312       2,755  

Borrowed money

    3,870       3,486  

Variable annuity reserve hedge offset deferral

    250       145  

Other liabilities

    1,596       1,605  

Separate account liabilities

    126,088       121,820  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    195,515       192,158  
 

 

 

 

Total capital and surplus

    7,277       8,110  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and capital and surplus

   $         202,792     $         200,268  
 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

Statements of Operations – Statutory Basis

(Dollars in Millions)

 

     Year Ended December 31  
     2021     2020     2019  
  

 

 

 

Revenues

      

Premiums and other considerations

    $     14,482     $     16,723     $     15,708   

Net investment income

     3,191       3,361       2,765   

Commissions and expense allowances on reinsurance ceded

     187       661       470   

Reserve adjustment on reinsurance ceded

     (260     (273     (128)  

Consideration received on reinsurance recapture and novations

     963       2,958       15   

Fee revenue and other income

     2,259       2,096       2,150   
  

 

 

 

Total revenue

     20,822       25,526       20,980   

Benefits and expenses

      

Death benefits

     2,928       2,863       2,358   

Annuity benefits

     1,798       1,528       1,492   

Accident and health benefits

     945       1,120       1,112   

Surrender benefits

     18,145       15,352       16,301   

Other benefits

     292       234       230   

Net increase (decrease) in reserves

     942       4,985       (1,329)  

Commissions

     1,375       1,435       1,481   

Net transfers to (from) separate accounts

     (8,881     (4,850     (5,130)  

IMR adjustment due to reinsurance

     (43           —   

General insurance expenses and other

     1,418       1,780       1,254   
  

 

 

 

Total benefits and expenses

     18,919       24,447       17,769   
  

 

 

 

Gain (loss) from operations before dividends and federal income taxes

     1,903       1,079       3,211   
  

 

 

 

Dividends to policyholders

     10       10       10   
  

 

 

 

Gain (loss) from operations before federal income taxes

     1,893       1,069       3,201   

Federal income tax (benefit) expense

     (185     (109     (39)  
  

 

 

 

Net gain (loss) from operations

     2,078       1,178       3,240   

Net realized capital gains (losses), after tax and amounts transferred to interest maintenance reserve

     (1,924     113       469   
  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

    $ 154     $ 1,291     $ 3,709   
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

Statements of Changes in Capital and Surplus – Statutory Basis

(Dollars in Millions)

 

     Common
Stock
     Treasury
Stock
    Surplus
Notes
    Paid-in
Surplus
    Special
Surplus
Funds
    Unassigned
Surplus
    Total Capital
and Surplus
 
  

 

 

 

Balance at January 1, 2019

    $ 7      $ (58   $ 310     $ 4,163     $ 232     $ 4,231     $ 8,885   

Net income (loss)

                                    3,709       3,709   

Change in net unrealized capital gains/losses, net of taxes

                              (37     (239     (276)  

Change in net deferred income tax asset

                                    (160     (160)  

Change in nonadmitted assets

                                    124       124   

Change in reserve on account of change valuation basis

                                    (1,218     (1,218)  

Change in asset valuation reserve

                                    (252     (252)  

Change in surplus as a result of reinsurance

                                    (143     (143)  

Change in surplus notes

                  (250                       (250)  

Change in treasury stock

            58                               58   

Change in letter of credit

                                    (160     (160)  

Dividends to stockholders

                                    (733     (733)  

Return of capital

                        (308                 (308)  

Other changes - net

                        2       2       71       75   
  

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2019

    $ 7      $     $ 60     $ 3,857     $ 197     $ 5,230     $ 9,351   

Net income (loss)

                                    1,291       1,291   

Change in net unrealized capital gains/losses, net of taxes

                              (342     216       (126)  

Change in net deferred income tax asset

                                    (126     (126)  

Change in nonadmitted assets

                                    201       201   

Change in reserve on account of change valuation basis

                                    14       14   

Change in asset valuation reserve

                                    69       69   

Change in surplus as a result of reinsurance

                                    (51     (51)  

Change in surplus notes

                  (60                       (60)  

Change in letter of credit

                                    (1,870     (1,870)  

Capital contribution

                        700                   700   

Dividends to stockholders

                                    (1,200     (1,200)  

Other changes - net

                        5             (88     (83)  
  

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2020

    $ 7      $     $     $ 4,562     $ (145   $ 3,686     $ 8,110   
  

 

 

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

Statements of Changes in Capital and Surplus – Statutory Basis

(Dollars in Millions)

 

    
Common
Stock
 
 
    
Treasury
Stock
 
 
    
Surplus
Notes
 
 
    
Paid-in
Surplus
 
 
    

Special
Surplus
Funds
 
 
 
   
Unassigned
Surplus
 
 
   
Total Capital
and Surplus
 
 
  

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2020

    $ 7      $      $      $ 4,562      $ (145   $ 3,686     $ 8,110    

Net income (loss)

                                       154       154    

Change in net unrealized capital gains/losses, net of taxes

                                 (105     555       450    

Change in net deferred income tax asset

                                       123       123    

Change in nonadmitted assets

                                       (73     (73)  

Change in reserve on account of change valuation basis

                                       (60     (60)  

Cumulative effect of changes in accounting principle

                                       (15     (15)  

Change in asset valuation reserve

                                       (52     (52)  

Change in surplus as a result of reinsurance

                                       (256     (256)  

Dividends to stockholders

                                       (761     (761)  

Distribution of affiliate stock

                                       (339     (339)  

Other changes - net

                          3              (7     (4)  
  

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2021

    $ 7      $      $      $ 4,565      $ (250   $ 2,955     $ 7,277    
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

Statements of Cash Flow – Statutory Basis

(Dollars in Millions)

 

     Year Ended December 31  
     2021     2020     2019  
  

 

 

 

Operating activities

      

Premiums and annuity considerations

    $     15,975     $ 16,785     $ 15,551   

Net investment income

     3,105       2,758       2,931   

Other income

     2,025       2,311       2,379   

Benefit and loss related payments

     (24,040     (20,629     (21,328)  

Net transfers from separate accounts

     9,042       4,958       5,282   

Commissions and operating expenses

     (2,799     (3,002     (2,842)  

Dividends paid to policyholders

     (6     (7     (7)  

Federal income taxes (paid) received

     148       37       (166)  
  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     3,450       3,211       1,800   

Investing activities

      

Proceeds from investments sold, matured or repaid

    $ 12,231     $ 12,107     $ 19,902   

Costs of investments acquired

     (14,040     (16,438     (18,351)  

Net change in policy loans

     51       25       15   
  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

    $ (1,758   $ (4,306   $ 1,566   

Financing and miscellaneous activities

      

Repayment of surplus notes

    $     $ (60   $ (250)  

Capital and paid in surplus received (returned)

     2       705       (248)  

Dividends to stockholders

     (761     (1,200     (725)  

Net deposits (withdrawals) on deposit-type contracts

     (143     (34     (667)  

Net change in borrowed money

     385       783       (1,621)  

Net change in funds held under reinsurance treaties

     74       (105     261   

Net change in payable for collateral under securities lending and other transactions

     (443     65       (1,084)  

Other cash (applied) provided

     (512     331       162   
  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing and miscellaneous activities

     (1,398     485       (4,172)  

Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments

     294       (610     (806)  

Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments:

      

Beginning of year

     1,832       2,442       3,248   
  

 

 

 

End of year

    $ 2,126     $ 1,832     $ 2,442   
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

Statements of Cash Flow (supplemental) – Statutory Basis

(Dollars in Millions)

 

     Year Ended December 31  
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information          2021                 2020                 2019        
  

 

 

 
Non-cash activities during the year not included in the Statutory Statements of Cash Flows:       

Assets transfer in for amended reinsurance treaty

    $ 47     $     $  

Distribution of affiliate stock

     (339            
Release of funds withheld related to affiliated reinsurance recaptures      963       500        

Receipt (transfer) of assets related to nonaffiliated reinsurance

     (1,527     310        
Transfer of bonds, mortgage loans and interest related to affiliated reinsurance recapture            2,121        
Increase of funds withheld related to affiliated reinsurance agreement            (76      

Stock cancellations

                 58  

Non-cash dividend received from subsidiary

                 11  

Other

                 (9

See accompanying notes.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

Notes to Financial Statements – Statutory Basis

(Dollars in Millions, Except per Share amounts)

 

December 31, 2021

1.   Organization and Nature of Business

Transamerica Life Insurance Company (the Company) is a stock life insurance company owned by Commonwealth General Corporation (CGC). CGC is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Aegon N.V., a holding company organized under the laws of The Netherlands.

On October 1, 2020, the Company completed mergers with Transamerica Premier Life Insurance Company (TPLIC), an Iowa-domiciled affiliate and MLIC Re I, Inc. (MLIC Re), a Vermont-domiciled subsidiary. On December 31, 2020, the Company completed a merger with Pine Falls Re, Inc. (PFRe), a Vermont-domiciled subsidiary.

The mergers were accounted for in accordance with the Statement of Statutory Accounting Principles (SSAP) No. 68, Business Combinations and Goodwill, as statutory mergers. As such, financial statements for periods prior to the mergers were combined and the recorded assets, liabilities and surplus of TPLIC, MLIC Re and PFRe on a US statutory basis were carried forward to the merged company. The common capital stock of TPLIC, MLIC Re and PFRe was deemed cancelled by operation of law under the Plans of Merger. Each share of the Company’s capital stock issued and outstanding immediately before the mergers continues to represent one share of the capital stock. The business the Company previously assumed from TPLIC and the business previously ceded from the Company to TPLIC, MLIC Re and PFRe is no longer reflected as assumed and ceded risks in the restated merged financials.

Nature of Business

The Company sells individual life insurance, including index universal life, whole life, term life, and final expense life. It also sells variable annuities. In addition, the Company offers supplemental health insurance group life insurance, group annuity contracts and stable value solutions. The Company is licensed in 49 states and the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands. Sales of the Company’s products are primarily through a network of independent agents and broker-dealers, affiliated agencies, and financial institutions.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

Notes to Financial Statements – Statutory Basis

(Dollars in Millions, Except per Share amounts)

 

2.   Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the Iowa Insurance Division (IID), which differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP).

The IID recognizes only statutory accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the State of Iowa for determining and reporting the financial condition and results of operations of an insurance company, and for determining its solvency under the Iowa Insurance Law. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual (NAIC SAP) has been adopted as a component of prescribed practices by the State of Iowa. Prescribed statutory accounting practices include state laws and regulations. Permitted statutory accounting practices encompass accounting practices that are not prescribed.

The following is a summary of the accounting practices permitted and prescribed by the IID and reflected in the Company’s financial statements which differs from NAIC SAP:

The State of Iowa has adopted a prescribed accounting practice that differs from that found in the NAIC SAP related to the reported value of the assets supporting the Company’s guaranteed separate accounts. As prescribed by Iowa Administrative Code 508A.1.4, the Commissioner found that the Company is entitled to value the assets of the guaranteed separate account at amortized cost, whereas the assets would be required to be reported at fair value under SSAP No. 56, Separate Accounts, of the NAIC SAP. There is no impact to the Company’s income or surplus as a result of utilizing this prescribed practice.

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

Notes to Financial Statements – Statutory Basis

(Dollars in Millions, Except per Share amounts)

 

A reconciliation of the Company’s net income (loss) and capital and surplus between NAIC SAP and practices prescribed and permitted by the State of Iowa is shown below:

 

     SSAP #    F/S Page    F/S Line    2021      2020      2019  

Net income, State of Iowa basis

   XXX    XXX    XXX    $ 154      $ 1,291      $ 3,709  

State prescribed practices that are an

increase(decrease) from NAIC SAP:

                 

None

                             

State permitted practices that are an

increase(decrease) from NAIC SAP:

                 

None

                             
     

Net income, NAIC SAP

   XXX    XXX    XXX    $ 154      $ 1,291      $ 3,709  
                                        

Statutory surplus, state of Iowa basis

   XXX    XXX    XXX    $ 7,277      $ 8,110      $ 9,351  

State prescribed practices that are an increase(decrease) from NAIC SAP:

                 

None

                             

State permitted practices that are an

increase(decrease) from NAIC SAP:

                 

Letter of credit

   4    Balance Sheet    Letter of credit                    (1,870

Statutory surplus, NAIC SAP

   XXX    XXX    XXX    $   7,277      $   8,110      $   7,481  
                                        

 

The IID issued a no objection letter in the prior year for the Company to present historical permitted practices that differ from that found in the NAIC SAP related to the admission of letters of credit as admitted assets and as an element of capital surplus. Prior to merging with the Company, MLIC Re and PFRe, with the explicit permission of the Deputy Commissioner of the Captive Insurance Division of the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation, included as admitted assets the value of letters of credit serving as collateral for reinsurance credit taken by affiliates in connection with reinsurance agreements. These historical permitted practices were included on a merged entity basis for periods prior to the effective date of the mergers. The letters of credit were for the benefit of the Company and TPLIC. The permitted practice terminated upon the merger of MLIC Re and PFRe into the Company and had no impact at December 31, 2020.

The Company elected early adoption of SSAP No. 108, Derivatives Hedging Variable Annuities Guarantees effective July 1, 2019. The early adoption allowed for transition from and release of a similar permitted practice in place with the IID since October 1, 2016 (the Permitted Practice). The Company received approval from the IID on September 4, 2019.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements of insurance companies requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Such estimates and assumptions could change in the future as more information becomes known, which could impact the amounts reported and disclosed herein.

 

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The effects of the following variances from GAAP on the accompanying statutory-basis financial statements have not been determined by the Company, but are presumed to be material. Significant accounting policies and variances from GAAP are as follows:

Investments

Investments in bonds, except those to which the Securities Valuation Office (SVO) of the NAIC has ascribed a NAIC designation of 6, are reported at amortized cost using the interest method. Bonds containing call provisions, except make-whole call provisions, are amortized to the call or maturity value/date which produces the lowest asset value, often referred to as yield-to-worst method. Bonds ascribed a NAIC designation of 6 are reported at the lower of amortized cost or fair value with unrealized gains and losses reported in changes in capital and surplus. Prepayment penalty or acceleration fees received in the event a bond is liquidated prior to its scheduled termination date are reported as investment income.

Hybrid securities, as defined by the NAIC, are securities designed with characteristics of both debt and equity and provide protection to the issuer’s senior note holders. These securities meet the definition of a bond, in accordance with SSAP No. 26R, Bonds, and therefore, are reported at amortized cost or fair value based upon their NAIC rating.

For GAAP, such fixed maturity investments would be designated at purchase as held-to-maturity, trading or available-for-sale. Held-to-maturity fixed investments would be reported at amortized cost, and the remaining fixed maturity investments would be reported at fair value with unrealized holding gains and losses reported in earnings for those designated as trading and as a separate component of other comprehensive income (OCI) for those designated as available-for-sale.

Single class and multi-class mortgage-backed/asset-backed securities are valued at amortized cost using the interest method, including anticipated prepayments, except for those with an initial NAIC designation of 6, which are valued at the lower of amortized cost or fair value. These securities are adjusted for the effects of changes in prepayment assumptions on the related accretion of discount or amortization of premium using either the retrospective or prospective methods. Prepayment assumptions are obtained from dealer surveys or internal estimates and are based on the current interest rate and economic environment. For statutory reporting, the retrospective adjustment method is used to value all such securities, except principal-only and interest-only securities, which are valued using the prospective method.

For GAAP, all securities purchased or retained that represent beneficial interests in securitized assets, other than high credit quality securities, are adjusted using the prospective method when there is a change in estimated future cash flows. If high credit quality securities are adjusted, the retrospective method is used.

The Company closely monitors below investment grade holdings and investment grade issuers where the Company has concerns to determine if an other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI) has occurred. The Company also regularly monitors industry sectors. The Company considers relevant facts and circumstances in evaluating whether the impairment is other-than-temporary

 

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including: (1) the probability of the Company collecting all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the security in effect at the date of acquisition; (2) the Company’s decision to sell a security prior to its maturity at an amount below its carrying amount; and (3) the Company’s ability to hold a structured security for a period of time to allow for recovery of the value to its carrying amount. Additionally, financial condition, near term prospects of the issuer and nationally recognized credit rating changes are monitored. Non-structured securities in unrealized loss positions that are considered other-than-temporary are written down to fair value. The Company will record a charge to the Statements of Operations for the amount of the impairment.

For structured securities, cash flow trends and underlying levels of collateral are monitored. An OTTI is considered to have occurred if the fair value of the structured security is less than its amortized cost basis and the entity intends to sell the security or the entity does not have the intent and ability to hold the security for a period of time sufficient to recover the amortized cost basis. An OTTI is also considered to have occurred if the discounted estimated future cash flows are less than the amortized cost basis of the security and the security is in an unrealized loss position. Structured securities considered other-than-temporarily impaired are written down to discounted estimated cash flows if the impairment is the result of cash flow analysis. If the Company has an intent to sell or lack of ability to hold a structured security, it is written down to fair value. The Company will record a charge to the Statements of Operations for the amount of the impairments.

For GAAP, if it is determined that a decline in fair value is other-than-temporary and the entity intends to sell the security or more likely than not will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis less any current period credit loss, the OTTI is recognized in earnings equal to the entire difference between the amortized cost basis and its fair value at the impairment date. If the entity does not intend to sell the security or the entity will likely not be required to sell the security before recovery, the OTTI should be separated into a) the amount representing the credit loss, which is recognized in earnings, and b) the amount related to all other factors, which is recognized in OCI, net of applicable taxes.

Investments in both affiliated and unaffiliated redeemable preferred stocks in good standing (those with NAIC designations 1 to 3), are reported at cost or amortized cost, depending on the characteristics of the securities. Investments in both affiliated and unaffiliated redeemable preferred stocks not in good standing (those with NAIC designations 4 to 6), are reported at the lower of cost, amortized cost, or fair value, depending on the characteristics of the securities. Investment in perpetual preferred stocks are reported at fair value, not to exceed any currently effective call price. Investment in mandatory convertible preferred stocks (regardless if the preferred stock is redeemable or perpetual) are reported at fair value, not to exceed any currently effective call price, in the periods prior to conversion. For preferred stocks reported at fair value, the related net unrealized capital gains and losses for all NAIC designations are reported in accordance with SSAP No. 7, Asset Valuation Reserve and Interest Maintenance Reserve.

Common stocks of affiliated noninsurance subsidiaries are reported based on underlying audited GAAP equity. The net change in the subsidiaries’ equity is included in net unrealized capital gains or losses and are reported in changes in capital and surplus.

 

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Common stocks of unaffiliated companies, which include shares of mutual funds, are reported at fair value and the related net unrealized capital gains or losses are reported in changes in capital and surplus.

The Company owns stock issued by the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB), which is only redeemable at par, and its fair value is presumed to be par, unless other-than-temporarily impaired.

If the Company determines that a decline in the fair value of a common stock or a preferred stock is other-than-temporary, the Company writes it down to fair value as the new cost basis and the amount of the write down is accounted for as a realized loss in the Statements of Operations. The Company considers the following factors in determining whether a decline in value is other-than-temporary: (a) the financial condition and prospects of the issuer; (b) whether or not the Company has made a decision to sell the investment; and (c) the length of time and extent to which the value has been below cost.

Mortgage loans are reported at unpaid principal balances, less an allowance for impairment. A mortgage loan is considered to be impaired when it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all principal and interest amounts due according to the contractual terms of the mortgage agreement. When management determines the impairment is other-than-temporary, the mortgage loan is written down to realizable value and a realized loss is recognized. Prepayment penalty or acceleration fees received in the event a loan is liquidated prior to its scheduled termination date are reported as investment income.

Valuation allowances are established for mortgage loans, if necessary, based on the difference between the net value of the collateral, determined as the fair value of the collateral less estimated costs to obtain and sell, and the recorded investment in the mortgage loan. Under GAAP, such allowances are based on the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate or, if foreclosure is probable, on the estimated fair value of the collateral.

The initial valuation allowance and subsequent changes in the allowance for mortgage loans are charged or credited directly to unassigned surplus as part of the change in asset valuation reserve (AVR), rather than being included as a component of earnings as would be required under GAAP.

Land is reported at cost. Real estate occupied by the Company is reported at depreciated cost net of encumbrances. Real estate held for the production of income is reported at depreciated cost net of related obligations. Real estate the Company classifies as held for sale is measured at lower of carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell. Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the properties. The Company recognizes an impairment loss if the Company determines that the carrying amount of the real estate is not recoverable and exceeds its fair value. The Company deems that the carrying amount of the asset is not recoverable if the carrying amount exceeds the sum of undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and disposition. The impairment loss is measured as the amount by which the asset’s carrying value exceeds its fair value.

Investments in real estate are reported net of related obligations rather than on a gross basis as for GAAP. Real estate owned and occupied by the Company is included in investments rather than

 

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reported as an operating asset as under GAAP, and investment income and operating expenses for statutory reporting include rent for the Company’s occupancy of those properties. Changes between depreciated cost and admitted amounts are credited or charged directly to unassigned surplus rather than to income as would be required under GAAP.

The Company has interests in joint ventures and limited partnerships. The Company carries these investments based on its interest in the underlying GAAP equity of the investee.

For a decline in the fair value of an investment in a joint venture or limited partnership which is determined to be other-than-temporary, the Company writes it down to fair value as the new cost basis and the amount of the write down is accounted for as a realized loss in the Statements of Operations. The Company considers an impairment to have occurred if it is probable that the Company will be unable to recover the carrying amount of the investment or if there is evidence indicating inability of the investee to sustain earnings which would justify the carrying amount of the investment.

Investments in Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) properties are valued at amortized cost. Tax credits are recognized in operations in the tax reporting year in which the tax credit is utilized by the Company. The carrying value is amortized over the life of the investment. Amortization is calculated as a ratio of the current year tax credits and tax benefits compared to the total expected tax credits and tax benefits over the life of the investment.

Cash equivalents are short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less (principally stated at amortized cost) or money market mutual funds which are reported at fair value.

Short-term investments include investments with remaining maturities of one year or less at the time of acquisition and are principally stated at amortized cost.

Policy loans are reported at unpaid principal balances.

Realized capital gains and losses are determined using the specific identification method and are recorded net of related federal income taxes. Changes in admitted asset carrying amounts of bonds, mortgage loans, common and preferred stocks are credited or charged directly to unassigned surplus.

Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. The Company does not accrue income on bonds in default, mortgage loans on real estate in default and/or foreclosure or which are delinquent more than twelve months, or real estate where rent is in arrears for more than three months. Income is also not accrued when collection is uncertain. Due and accrued amounts determined to be uncollectible are written off through the Statements of Operations.

Valuation Reserves

Under a formula prescribed by the NAIC, the Company defers the portion of realized capital gains and losses on sales of fixed income investments, primarily bonds and mortgage loans, attributable to changes in the general level of interest rates and amortizes those deferrals into net

 

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investment income over the remaining period to maturity of the bond or mortgage loan based on groupings of individual securities sold in five year bands. The net deferral is reported as the interest maintenance reserve (IMR) in the accompanying Balance Sheets. Realized capital gains and losses are reported in income net of federal income tax and transfers to the IMR. Under GAAP, realized capital gains and losses are reported in the Statements of Operations on a pre-tax basis in the period that the assets giving rise to the gains or losses are sold.

The AVR provides a valuation allowance for invested assets. The AVR is determined by an NAIC prescribed formula with changes reflected directly in unassigned surplus; AVR is not recognized for GAAP.

In 2019, the NAIC revised the AVR Factors (basic contribution, reserve objective and maximum reserve) to be consistent with the risk-based capital (RBC) after-tax factors, which were amended in 2018 as a result of federal tax reform. The AVR factor changes are effective for year-end 2019. As of December 31, 2019, the factor changes decreased capital and surplus by $183. The changes were recorded to the Change in Asset Valuation Reserve line of the Statements of Changes in Capital and Surplus.

Derivative Instruments

Overview: The Company uses various derivative instruments (options, caps, floors, swaps, forwards, and futures) to manage risks related to its ongoing business operations. On the transaction date of the derivative instrument, the Company designates the derivative as either (A) hedging (fair value, foreign currency fair value, cash flow, foreign currency cash flow, forecasted transactions, or net investment in a foreign operation), (B) replication, (C) income generation, or (D) held for other investment/risk management activities, which do not qualify for hedge accounting under SSAP No. 86, Derivatives.

 

  (A)

Derivative instruments used in hedging transactions that meet the criteria of an effective hedge are valued and reported in a manner that is consistent with the hedged asset or liability (amortized cost or fair value). Embedded derivatives are not accounted for separately from the host contract. Derivative instruments used in hedging transactions that do not meet or no longer meet the criteria of an effective hedge are accounted for at fair value, and the changes in the fair value are recorded in unassigned surplus as unrealized gains and losses. Under GAAP, the effective and ineffective portions of a single hedge are accounted for separately, and the change in fair value for cash flow hedges is credited or charged directly to a separate component of OCI rather than to income as required for fair value hedges, and an embedded derivative within a contract that is not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics and the risk of the host contract is accounted for separately from the host contract and valued and reported at fair value.

 

  (B)

Derivative instruments are also used in replication (synthetic asset) transactions (RSAT). A replication transaction is a derivative transaction entered into in conjunction with a cash instrument to reproduce the investment characteristics of an otherwise permissible investment. In these transactions, the derivative is accounted for in a manner consistent

 

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with the cash instrument and replicated asset. For GAAP, the derivative is reported at fair value, with the changes in fair value reported in income.

 

  (C)

Derivative instruments used in income generation relationships are accounted for on a basis that is consistent with the associated covered asset or underlying interest to which the derivative relates (amortized cost or fair value).

 

  (D)

Derivative instruments held for other investment/risk management activities are measured at fair value with value adjustments recorded in unassigned surplus.

Derivative instruments are subject to market risk, which is the possibility that future changes in market prices may make the instruments less valuable. The Company uses derivatives as hedges, consequently, when the value of the hedged asset or liability changes, the value of the hedging derivative is expected to move in the opposite direction. Market risk is a consideration when changes in the value of the derivative and the hedged item do not completely offset (correlation or basis risk) which is mitigated by active measuring and monitoring.

The Company is exposed to credit-related losses in the event of non-performance by counterparties to derivative instruments, but it does not expect any counterparties to fail to meet their obligations given their high credit rating of ‘BBB’ or better. The credit exposure of interest rate swaps and currency swaps is represented by the fair value of contracts, aggregated at a counterparty level, with a positive fair value at the reporting date. The Company has entered into collateral agreements with certain counterparties wherein the counterparty is required to post assets on the Company’s behalf. The posted amount is equal to the difference between the net positive fair value of the contracts and an agreed upon threshold that is based on the credit rating of the counterparty. Inversely, if the net fair value of all contracts with this counterparty is negative, then the Company is required to post assets instead.

Instruments:

Interest rate swaps are the primary derivative financial instruments used in the overall asset/liability management process to modify the interest rate characteristics of the underlying asset or liability. These interest rate swaps generally provide for the exchange of the difference between fixed and floating rate amounts based on an underlying notional amount. Typically, no cash is exchanged at the outset of the swap contract and a single net payment is exchanged each due date. Swaps that meet hedge accounting rules are carried in a manner consistent with the hedged item, generally at amortized cost, on the financial statements. If the swap is terminated prior to maturity, proceeds equal to the fair value of the contract are exchanged. These gains and losses may be included in IMR or AVR if the underlying instrument receives that treatment. Swaps not meeting hedge accounting rules are carried at fair value with fair value adjustments recorded in unassigned surplus.

Cross currency swaps are utilized to mitigate risks when the Company holds foreign denominated assets or liabilities; therefore, converting the asset or liability to a U.S. dollar denominated security. These cross currency swap agreements involve the exchange of two principal amounts in two different currencies at the prevailing currency rate at contract inception. During the life of the swap, the counterparties exchange fixed or floating rate interest payments in the swapped

 

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currencies. At maturity, the principal amounts are again swapped at a pre-determined rate of exchange. Each asset or liability is hedged individually where the terms of the swap must meet the terms of the hedged instrument. For swaps qualifying for hedge accounting, the premium or discount is amortized into income over the life of the contract and the foreign currency translation adjustment is recorded as unrealized gain/loss in capital and surplus. Swaps not meeting hedge accounting rules are carried at fair value with fair value adjustments recorded in capital and surplus. If a swap is terminated prior to maturity, proceeds are exchanged equal to the fair value of the contract. These gains and losses may be included in IMR or AVR if the hedged instrument receives that treatment.

Total return swaps are used in the asset/liability management process to mitigate the market risk on minimum guarantee insurance contracts linked to an index. These total return swaps generally provide for the exchange of the difference between fixed leg (tied to the Standard & Poor’s (S&P) or other global market financial index) and floating leg (tied to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)) amounts based on an underlying notional amount (also tied to the underlying index). Typically, no cash is exchanged at the outset of the swap contract and a single net payment is exchanged each due date. Swaps that meet hedge accounting rules are carried in a manner consistent with the hedged item, generally at amortized cost, in the financial statements. If the swap is terminated prior to maturity, proceeds are exchanged equal to the fair value of the contract. These gains and losses may be included in IMR or AVR if the underlying instrument receives that treatment. Swaps not meeting hedge accounting rules are carried at fair value with fair value adjustments recorded in capital and surplus.

Variance swaps are used in the asset/liability management process to mitigate the gamma risk created when the Company has issued minimum guarantee insurance contracts linked to an index. These variance swaps are similar to volatility options where the underlying index provides for the market value movements. Variance swaps do not accrue interest. Typically, no cash is exchanged at the outset of initiating the variance swap, and a single receipt or payment occurs at the maturity or termination of the contract. Variance swaps that meet hedge accounting rules are carried in a manner consistent with the hedged item, generally at amortized cost, on the financial statements. If terminated prior to maturity, proceeds are exchanged equal to the fair value of the contract. These gains and losses may be included in IMR or AVR if the underlying instrument receives that treatment. Swaps not meeting hedge accounting rules are carried at fair value with fair value adjustments recorded in capital and surplus.

Bond forwards are used to hedge the interest rate risk that future liability claims increase as rates decrease, leading to higher guarantee values. Bond return swaps are also used to hedge interest rate risk of the underlying liability by exchanging performance and interest of a treasury asset for a funding level plus spread.

Futures contracts are used to hedge the liability risk when the Company issues products providing the customer a return based on various global market indices. Futures are marked to market on a daily basis whereby a cash payment is made or received by the Company. These payments are recognized as realized gains or losses in the financial statements.

The Company issues products providing the customer a return based on the various global equity market indices. The Company uses options to hedge the liability option risk associated with these

 

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products. Options are marked to fair value in the balance sheets and fair value adjustments are recorded as capital and surplus in the financial statements. These gains and losses may be included in IMR or AVR if the underlying instrument receives that treatment.

Caps are used in the asset/liability management process to mitigate the interest rate risk created due to a rapidly rising interest rate environment. The caps are similar to options where the underlying interest rate index provides for the market value movements. The caps do not accrue interest until the interest rate environment exceeds the caps strike rate. Cash is exchanged at the onset, and a single receipt or payment occurs at the maturity or termination of the contract. Caps that meet hedge accounting rules are carried in a manner consistent with the hedged item, generally at amortized cost, on the financial statements. If terminated prior to maturity, proceeds are exchanged equal to the fair value of the contract. These gains and losses may be included in IMR or AVR if the underlying instrument receives that treatment. Caps that do not meet hedge accounting rules are carried at fair value with fair value adjustments recorded in unassigned surplus.

The Company uses zero cost collars to hedge the interest rate risk associated with rising short term interest rates, whereby the exposure would otherwise adversely impact the Company’s capital generation. The collar position(s) help range bound the floating rate by combining a cap and floor position.

The Company may sell products with expected benefit payments extending beyond investment assets currently available in the market. Because assets will have to be purchased in the future to fund future liability cash flows, the Company is exposed to the risk of future investments made at lower yields than what is assumed at the time of pricing. Forward-starting interest rate swaps are utilized to lock-in the current forward rate. The accrual of income begins at the forward date, rather than at the inception date. These forward-starting swaps meet hedge accounting rules and are carried at cost in the financial statements. Gains and losses realized upon termination of the forward-starting swap are deferred and used to adjust the basis of the asset purchased in the hedged forecasted period. The basis adjustment is then amortized into income as a yield adjustment to the asset over its life.

The Company issues fixed liabilities that have a guaranteed minimum crediting rate. The Company uses receiver swaptions, whereby the swaption is designed to generate cash flows to offset lower yields on assets during a low interest rate environment. The Company pays a single premium at the beginning of the contract and is amortized throughout the life of the swaption. These swaptions are marked to fair value in the balance sheets and the fair value adjustment is recorded in unassigned surplus. These gains and losses may be included in IMR or AVR if the underlying instrument receives that treatment.

The Company replicates investment grade corporate bonds or sovereign debt by combining a highly rated security as a cash component with a written credit default swap which, in effect, converts the high quality asset into an investment grade corporate asset or a sovereign debt. The benefits of using the swap market to replicate credit include possible enhanced relative values as well as ease of executing larger transactions in a shortened time frame. Generally, a premium is received by the Company on a periodic basis and recognized in investment income. In the event the representative issuer defaults on its debt obligation referenced in the contract, a payment

 

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equal to the notional amount of the contract will be made by the Company and recognized as a capital loss.

Securities Lending Assets and Liabilities

The Company loans securities to third parties under agent-managed securities lending programs accounted for as secured borrowings. Cash collateral received which may be sold or repledged by the Company is reflected as a one-line entry on the Balance Sheets (Securities lending reinvested collateral assets) and a corresponding liability is established to record the obligation to return the cash collateral. Non-cash collateral received which may not be sold or repledged is not recorded on the Company’s Balance Sheets. Under GAAP, the reinvested collateral is included within invested assets and is not reported as a single line item.

Repurchase Agreements

For dollar repurchase agreements accounted for as secured borrowings, the Company receives cash collateral in an amount at least equal to the fair value of the securities transferred by the Company in the transaction as of the transaction date. The securities transferred are not removed from the Balance Sheets, and the cash received as collateral is invested as needed or used for general corporate purposes of the Company. A liability is established to record the obligation to return the cash collateral and included in borrowed money on the Balance Sheets.

Offsetting of Assets and Liabilities

Financial assets and liabilities are offset in the balance sheets when the Company has a legally enforceable right to offset and has the intention to settle the asset and liability on a net basis.

Other Assets and Other Liabilities

Other assets consist primarily of cash surrender value of company owned life insurance, receivable from parent, subsidiaries and affiliates, general insurance accounts receivable and general agents pension fund.

Other liabilities consist primarily of amounts withheld by the Company, accrued expenses, reinsurance payable, remittances, unearned investment income and municipal repurchase agreements. Municipal repurchase agreements are investment contracts issued to municipalities that pay either a fixed or floating rate of interest on the guaranteed deposit balance. The floating interest rate is based on a market index. The related liabilities are equal to the policyholder deposit and accumulated interest. These municipal repurchase agreements require a minimum of 95% of the fair value of the securities transferred to be maintained as collateral.

Separate Accounts

The majority of separate accounts held by the Company, primarily for individual policyholders as well as for group pension plans, do not have any minimum guarantees, and the investment risks associated with fair value changes are borne by the policyholder. The assets in the accounts,

 

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carried at estimated fair value, consist of underlying mutual fund shares, common stocks, long-term bonds and short-term investments.

Certain other separate accounts held by the Company provide a minimum guaranteed return of 3% of the average investment balance to policyholders. The assets consist of long-term bonds and short-term investments which are carried at amortized cost.

Certain other non-indexed guaranteed separate accounts represent funds invested by the Company for the benefit of the contract holders who are guaranteed certain returns as specified in the contracts. Separate account asset performance different than the guaranteed requirements is either transferred to or received from the general account and reported in the Statements of Operations. Non-indexed guaranteed separate account assets and liabilities are carried at fair value. These guarantees are included in the general account due to the nature of the guaranteed return.

Assets held in trust for purchases of variable life, variable universal life, variable annuity, and modified guaranteed annuity contracts and the Company’s corresponding obligation to the contract owners are shown separately in the balance sheets. The assets in the separate accounts are valued at fair value.

Income and gains and losses with respect to the assets in the separate accounts accrue to the benefit of the contract owners and, accordingly, the operations of the separate accounts are not included in the accompanying financial statements. The investment risks associated with fair value changes of the separate accounts are borne entirely by the policyholders except in cases where minimum guarantees exist.

Income and gains and losses with respect to the assets in the separate accounts supporting modified guaranteed annuity contracts are included in the statements of operations as a component of net transfers from separate accounts.

Surplus funds transferred from the general account to the separate accounts, commonly referred to as seed money, and earnings accumulated on seed money are reported as surplus in the separate accounts until transferred or repatriated to the general account. The transfer of such funds between the separate account and the general account is reported as surplus contributed or withdrawn during the year.

Aggregate Reserves for Policies and Contracts

Life, annuity and accident and health benefit reserves are calculated by actuarial methods and are determined based on published tables using statutorily specified interest rates and valuation methods that will provide, in the aggregate, reserves that are greater than or equal to the minimum or guaranteed cash value, or the amount required by law. For direct business issued after October 1964, the Company waives deduction of deferred fractional premiums upon death of the insured and returns any portion of the final premium for periods beyond the month of death. For policies assumed during 1992 from former affiliates, Monumental General Insurance Company and Monumental Life Insurance Group, Inc., and for all business from company mergers occurring in 1998, the Company waives deduction of deferred fractional premium upon death of the insured and returns any portion of the final premium paid beyond the month of death. For fixed premium

 

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life insurance business resulting from company mergers occurring in 2004 and 2007, the Company waives deduction of deferred fractional premiums upon death of the insured and refunds portions of premiums unearned after the date of death. Where appropriate, the Company holds a non-deduction and/or refund reserve. The reserve for these benefits is computed using aggregate methods. The reserves are equal to the greater of the cash surrender value and the legally computed reserve.

For GAAP, policy reserves are calculated based on estimated expected experience or actual account balances.

Surrender values are not promised in excess of the legally computed reserves. For annual premium variable life insurance there is an extra premium charged to the policyholder before the premium is transferred to the Separate Accounts. An additional reserve for this policy is held in the General Account that is a multiple of the reserve that would otherwise be held. For interest sensitive whole life, the reserves held in the General Account are equal to the cash surrender value.

In accordance with SSAP No. 51R, Life Contracts, and No. 54R, Individual and Group Accident and Health Contracts, the Company reports the amount of insurance, if any, for which the gross premiums are less than the net premiums according to the valuation standards and any related premium deficiency reserve established. Anticipated investment income is included as a factor in the health contract premium deficiency calculation.

Policy and Contract Claim Reserves

Claim reserves represent the estimated accrued liability for claims reported to the Company and claims incurred but not yet reported through the Balance Sheets date. These reserves are estimated using either individual case-basis valuations or statistical analysis techniques. These estimates are subject to the effects of trends in claim severity and frequency. The estimates are continually reviewed and adjusted as necessary as experience develops or new information becomes available.

Deposit-Type Contracts

Deposit-type contracts do not incorporate risk from the death or disability of policyholders. These types of contracts may include guaranteed investment contracts (GICs), funding agreements and other annuity contracts. Deposits and withdrawals on these contracts are recorded as a direct increase or decrease, respectively, to the liability balance and are not reported as premiums, benefits or changes in reserves in the Statements of Operations. Interest on these policies is reflected in other benefits.

Premiums and Annuity Considerations

Revenues for life and annuity policies with mortality or morbidity risk (including annuities with purchase rate guarantees) consist of the entire premium received. Benefits incurred represent surrenders and death benefits paid and the change in policy reserves. Under GAAP, for universal life policies, premiums received in excess of policy charges would not be recognized as premium

 

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revenue and benefits would represent interest credited to the account values and the excess of benefits paid over the policy account value. Under GAAP, for all annuity policies without significant mortality risk, premiums received and benefits paid would be recorded directly to the reserve liability using deposit accounting.

Policyholder Dividends

Policyholder dividends are recognized when declared rather than over the term of the related policies as would be required under GAAP.

Reinsurance

Coinsurance premiums, commissions, expense reimbursements and reserves related to reinsured business are accounted for on bases consistent with those used in accounting for the original policies and the terms of the reinsurance contracts. Gains associated with reinsurance of in force blocks of business are included in unassigned surplus and amortized into income as earnings emerge on the reinsured block of business. Premiums ceded and recoverable losses have been reported as a reduction of premium income and benefits, respectively. Policy liabilities and accruals are reported in the accompanying financial statements net of reinsurance ceded.

Any reinsurance amounts deemed to be uncollectible have been written off through a charge to operations. In addition, a liability for reinsurance balances would be established for unsecured policy reserves ceded to reinsurers not authorized to assume such business. Changes to the liability are credited or charged directly to unassigned surplus. Under GAAP, an allowance for amounts deemed uncollectible would be established through a charge to earnings.

Losses associated with an indemnity reinsurance transaction are reported within income when incurred rather than being deferred and amortized over the remaining life of the underlying reinsured contracts as would be required under GAAP.

Policy and contract liabilities ceded to reinsurers have been reported as reductions of the related reserves rather than as assets as would be required under GAAP.

Commissions allowed by reinsurers on business ceded are reported as income when incurred rather than being deferred and amortized with deferred policy acquisition costs as required under GAAP.

Under GAAP, for certain reinsurance agreements whereby assets are retained by the ceding insurer (such as funds withheld or modified coinsurance) and a return is paid based on the performance of underlying investments, the assets and liabilities for these reinsurance arrangements must be adjusted to reflect the fair value of the invested assets. The NAIC SAP does not contain a similar requirement.

Deferred Income Taxes

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deferred taxes. SSAP No. 101 also requires additional testing to measure gross deferred tax assets. The additional testing limits gross deferred tax asset admission to 1) the amount of federal income taxes paid in prior years recoverable through hypothetical loss carrybacks of existing temporary differences expected to reverse during a timeframe corresponding with the Internal Revenue Service tax loss carryback provisions, not to exceed three years, plus 2) the amount of remaining gross deferred tax assets expected to be realized within three years limited to an amount that is no greater than 15% of current period’s adjusted statutory capital and surplus, plus 3) the amount of remaining gross deferred tax assets that can be offset against existing gross deferred tax liabilities after considering character (i.e. ordinary versus capital) and reversal patterns. The Company’s reported deferred tax asset or liability is the sum of gross deferred tax assets admitted through this three-part test plus the sum of all deferred tax liabilities.

Policy Acquisition Costs

The costs of acquiring and renewing business are expensed when incurred. Under GAAP, incremental costs directly related to the successful acquisition of insurance and investment contracts are deferred. For traditional life insurance and certain long-duration accident and health insurance, to the extent recoverable from future policy revenues, acquisition costs are deferred and amortized over the premium-paying period of the related policies using assumptions consistent with those used in computing policy benefit reserves. For universal life insurance and investment products, to the extent recoverable from future gross profits, deferred policy acquisition costs are amortized generally in proportion to the present value of expected gross profits from surrender charges and investment, mortality and expense margins.

Value of Business Acquired

Under GAAP, value of business acquired (VOBA) is an intangible asset resulting from a business combination that represents the excess of book value over the estimated fair value of acquired insurance, annuity, and investment-type contracts in-force at the acquisition date. The estimated fair value of the acquired liabilities is based on projections, by each block of business, of future contracts and contract changes, premiums, mortality and morbidity, separate account performance, surrenders, operation expenses, investment returns, nonperformance risk adjustment and other factors. VOBA is not recognized under the NAIC SAP.

Subsidiaries and Affiliated Companies

Investments in subsidiaries, controlled and affiliated companies (SCA) are stated in accordance with the Purposes and Procedures Manual of the NAIC SVO, as well as SSAP No. 97, Investments in Subsidiary, Controlled and Affiliated Entities.

The accounts and operations of the Company’s subsidiaries are not consolidated with the accounts and operations of the Company as would be required under GAAP. Dividends or distributions received from an investee are recognized in investment income when declared to the extent that they are not in excess of the undistributed accumulated earnings attributable to an investee. Changes in investments in SCA’s are recorded as a change to the carrying value of the investment with a corresponding amount recorded directly to unrealized gain/loss (capital and surplus).

 

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Surplus Notes

Surplus notes are reported as surplus rather than as liabilities as would be required under GAAP.

Nonadmitted Assets

Certain assets designated as “nonadmitted”, primarily net deferred tax assets and other assets not specifically identified as an admitted asset within the NAIC SAP, are excluded from the accompanying Balance Sheets and are charged directly to unassigned surplus. Under GAAP, such assets are included in the Balance Sheets to the extent that they are not impaired.

Statements of Cash Flow

Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments in the Statements of Cash Flow represent cash balances and investments with initial maturities of one year or less and money market mutual funds. Under GAAP, the corresponding caption of cash and cash equivalents includes cash balances and investments with initial maturities of three months or less.

 

3.

Accounting Changes and Correction of Error

The Company’s policy is to disclose recent accounting pronouncements, adopted, with a current year effective date, that have been classified by the NAIC as a substantive change, as well as items classified by the NAIC as nonsubstantive changes that have been adopted and have had a material impact on the financial position or results of operations of the Company.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Effective January 1, 2021, the NAIC adopted revisions to SSAP No. 32, Preferred Stock, and the corresponding Issue Paper No. 164, Preferred Stock, to update the definitions, measurement and impairment guidance for redeemable vs. perpetual preferred stock and mandatory convertible holdings. With the adoption of SSAP No. 32R, all perpetual preferred stock is to be valued at fair value, not to exceed any currently effective call price. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the financial position or results of operations of the Company.

Effective January 1, 2021, the NAIC adopted revisions to SSAP No. 106, Affordable Care Act Section 9010 Assessment, which supersede SSAP No. 106 and nullify Interpretation (INT) 18-02: ACA Section 9010 Assessment Moratoriums. The Section 9010 assessment was repealed by the House of Representatives and Senate for calendar years beginning January 1, 2021. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the financial position or results of operations of the Company.

 

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Change in Valuation Basis

As of December 31, 2019, the Company received IID approval on an approach for adoption of the NAIC 2020 VM-21 and related Risk Based Capital C3P2 changes documented in the VM- 21 2020 NAIC Valuation Manual: Requirements for Principle-Based Reserves for Variable Annuities. The Company elected to early adopt the VM-21 requirements for variable annuities effective December 31, 2019. The approved transition approach did not result in an adjustment to the Company’s historical statutory reporting or existing balances at the time of transition. The Company reported the increase to the VM-21 reserve of $1,218 as of December 31, 2019. As of the date of transition, the Company was fully compliant with the provisions of VM-21 and remains compliant as of December 31, 2021.

Correction of Error

During 2020, management identified an error in the Company’s prior year statutory Actuarial Guideline (AG) 38 8C cash flow testing reserves. The error resulted in an understatement of aggregate reserves for life contracts of $116 net of tax at December 31, 2019 which was corrected in accordance with SSAP No. 3, Accounting Changes and Corrections of Errors with the income correction reflected in Other changes—net in the Statements of Changes in Capital and Surplus.

 

4.

Fair Values of Financial Instruments

The fair value of a financial instrument is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

Determination of fair value

The fair values of financial instruments are determined by management after taking into consideration several sources of data. When available, the Company uses quoted market prices in active markets to determine the fair value of its investments. The Company’s valuation policy utilizes a pricing hierarchy which dictates that publicly available prices are initially sought from indices and third-party pricing services. In the event that pricing is not available from these sources, those securities are submitted to brokers to obtain quotes. Lastly, securities are priced using internal cash flow modeling techniques. These valuation methodologies commonly use reported trades, bids, offers, issuer spreads, benchmark yields, estimated prepayment speeds, and/or estimated cash flows.

To understand the valuation methodologies used by third-party pricing services, the Company reviews and monitors their applicable methodology documents. Any changes to their methodologies are noted and reviewed for reasonableness. In addition, the Company performs in-depth reviews of prices received from third-party pricing services on a sample basis. The objective for such reviews is to demonstrate the Company can corroborate detailed information such as assumptions, inputs and methodologies used in pricing individual securities against documented pricing methodologies. Only third-party pricing services and brokers with a substantial presence in the market and with appropriate experience and expertise are used.

 

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Each month, the Company performs an analysis of the information obtained from indices, third-party services, and brokers to ensure the information is reasonable and produces a reasonable estimate of fair value. The Company considers both qualitative and quantitative factors as part of this analysis, including but not limited to, recent transactional activity for similar securities, review of pricing statistics and trends, and consideration of recent relevant market events. Other controls and procedures over pricing received from indices, third-party pricing services, or brokers include validation checks such as exception reports which highlight significant price changes, stale prices or un-priced securities.

Fair value hierarchy

The Company’s financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value are classified, for disclosure purposes, based on a hierarchy defined by SSAP No. 100R, Fair Value. The hierarchy gives the highest ranking to fair values determined using unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities (Level 1), and the lowest ranking to fair values determined using methodologies and models with unobservable inputs (Level 3). An asset’s or a liability’s classification is based on the lowest level input that is significant to its measurement. For example, a Level 3 fair value measurement may include inputs that are both observable (Levels 1 and 2) and unobservable (Level 3). The levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

 

Level 1 -

  

Unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets accessible at the measurement date.

Level 2 -

  

Quoted prices in markets that are not active or inputs that are observable either directly or indirectly for substantially the full term of the asset or liability. Level 2 inputs include the following:

  

a)  Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets

b)  Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in non-active markets

c)  Inputs other than quoted market prices that are observable

d)  Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data through correlation or other means

Level 3 -

  

Prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement. They reflect the Company’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in pricing the asset or liability.

The following methods and assumptions were used by the Company in estimating its fair value disclosures for financial instruments:

Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments: The carrying amounts reported in the accompanying Balance Sheets for these financial instruments is either reported at fair value or amortized cost (which approximates fair value). Cash is not included in the below tables.

 

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Short-Term Notes Receivable from Affiliates: The carrying amounts reported in the accompanying Balance Sheets for these financial instruments approximate their fair value.

Bonds and Stocks: The NAIC allows insurance companies to report the fair value determined by the SVO or to determine the fair value by using a permitted valuation method. The fair values of bonds and stocks are reported or determined using the following pricing sources: indices, third-party pricing services, brokers, external fund managers and internal models.

Fair values for fixed maturity securities (including redeemable preferred stock) actively traded are determined from third-party pricing services, which are determined as discussed above in the description of Level 1 and Level 2 values within the fair value hierarchy. For fixed maturity securities (including redeemable preferred stock) not actively traded, fair values are estimated using values obtained from third-party pricing services, or are based on non-binding broker quotes or internal models. In the case of private placements, fair values are estimated by discounting the expected future cash flows using current market rates applicable to the coupon rate, credit and maturity of the investments.

Mortgage Loans on Real Estate: The fair values for mortgage loans on real estate are estimated utilizing discounted cash flow analyses, using interest rates reflective of current market conditions and the risk characteristics of the loans.

Real Estate: Real estate held for sale is typically valued utilizing independent external appraisers in conjunction with reviews by qualified internal appraisers. Valuations are primarily based on active market prices, adjusted for any difference in the nature, location or condition of the specific property. If such information is not available, other valuation methods are applied, considering the value that the property’s net earning power will support, the value indicated by recent sales of comparable properties and the current cost of reproducing or replacing the property.

Other Invested Assets: The fair values for other invested assets, which include investments in surplus notes issued by other insurance companies and fixed or variable rate investments with underlying characteristics of bonds were determined primarily by using indices, third-party pricing services and internal models.

Derivative Financial Instruments: The fair value of futures and forwards are based upon the latest quoted market price and spot rates at the Balance Sheets date. The estimated fair values of equity and interest rate options (calls, puts, caps) are based upon the latest quoted market price at the Balance Sheets date. The estimated fair values of swaps, including equity, interest rate and currency swaps, are based on pricing models or formulas using current assumptions. The estimated fair values of credit default swaps are based upon active market data, including interest rate quotes, credit spreads, and recovery rates, which are then used to calculate probabilities of default for the fair value calculation. The Company accounts for derivatives that receive and pass hedge accounting in the same manner as the underlying hedged instrument. If that instrument is held at amortized cost, then the derivative is also held at amortized cost.

Policy Loans: The book value of policy loans is considered to approximate the fair value of the loan, which is stated at unpaid principal balance.

 

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Securities Lending Reinvested Collateral: The cash collateral from securities lending is reinvested in various short-term and long-term debt instruments. The fair values of these investments are determined using the methods described above under Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments and Bonds and Stocks.

Separate Account Assets and Annuity Liabilities: The fair value of separate account assets are based on quoted market prices when available. When not available, they are primarily valued either using third-party pricing services or are valued in the same manner as the general account assets as further described in this note. However, some separate account assets are valued using non-binding broker quotes, which cannot be corroborated by other market observable data, or internal modeling which utilizes input that are not market observable. The fair value of separate account annuity liabilities is based on the account value for separate accounts business without guarantees. For separate accounts with guarantees, fair value is based on discounted cash flows.

Investment Contract Liabilities: Fair value for the Company’s liabilities under investment contracts, which include deferred annuities and GICs, are estimated using discounted cash flow calculations. For those liabilities that are short in duration, carrying amount approximates fair value. For investment contracts with no defined maturity, fair value is estimated to be the present surrender value.

Deposit-Type Contracts: The carrying amounts of deposit-type contracts reported in the accompanying Balance Sheets approximate their fair values. These are included in the investment contract liabilities.

Fair values for the Company’s insurance contracts other than investment-type contracts (including separate account universal life liabilities) are not required to be disclosed. However, the fair values of liabilities under all insurance contracts are taken into consideration in the Company’s overall management of interest rate risk, such that the Company’s exposure to changing interest rates is minimized through the matching of investment maturities with amounts due under insurance contracts.

The Company accounts for its investments in affiliated common stock in accordance with SSAP No. 97, as such, they are not included in the following disclosures.

 

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The following tables set forth a comparison of the estimated fair values and carrying amounts of the Company’s financial instruments, including those not measured at fair value in the Balance Sheets, as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively:

 

     December 31, 2021  
     Aggregate
Fair Value
     Admitted
Value
     (Level 1)      (Level 2)          (Level 3)      

Admitted assets

              

Cash equivalents and short-term investments, other than affiliates

   $ 1,885      $ 1,885      $ 1,790      $ 95      $   

Bonds

     57,192        49,942        9,557        47,265        370  

Preferred stocks, other than affiliates

     120        120               120         

Common stocks, other than affiliates

     198        198        16               182  

Mortgage loans on real estate

     9,786        9,153                      9,786  

Other invested assets

     485        421               466        19  

Derivative assets:

              

Options

     188        188               188         

Interest rate swaps

     1,491        1,487               1,491         

Currency swaps

     33        17               33         

Credit default swaps

     69        44               69         

Equity swaps

     17        17               17         

Interest rate futures

     3        2        3                

Equity futures

     5        5        5                

Derivative assets total

     1,806        1,760        8        1,798         

Policy loans

     1,986        1,986               1,986         

Securities lending reinvested collateral

     1,942        1,942               1,942         

Separate account assets

     123,841        123,767        117,183        6,658         

Liabilities

              

Investment contract liabilities

     16,881        15,019               247        16,634  

Derivative liabilities:

              

Options

     114        114               114         

Interest rate swaps

     2,254        1,970               2,254         

Currency swaps

     6        17               6         

Credit default swaps

     3        12               3         

Equity swaps

     235        235               235         

Interest rate futures

     7        7        7                

Equity futures

     4        4        4                

Derivative liabilities total

     2,623        2,359        11        2,612         

Dollar repurchase agreements

     872        872               872         

Payable for securities lending

     2,073        2,073               2,073         

Payable for derivative cash collateral

     239        239               239         

Separate account liabilities

     112,613        112,667        1        112,601        11  

 

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    December 31, 2020  
    Aggregate
  Fair Value  
    Admitted
Value
    (Level 1)     (Level 2)       (Level 3)    

Admitted assets

         

Cash equivalents and short-term investments, other than affiliates

  $ 1,522     $ 1,522     $ 1,030     $ 492     $ —   

Short-term notes receivable from affiliates

    149       149             149       —   

Bonds

    60,092       50,444       10,161       49,535       396   

Preferred stocks, other than affiliates

    109       105             109       —   

Common stocks, other than affiliates

    180       180       20             160   

Mortgage loans on real estate

    9,792       9,015                   9,792   

Other invested assets

    555       474             534       21   

Derivative assets:

               

Options

    278       278             278       —   

Interest rate swaps

    2,544       2,531             2,544       —   

Currency swaps

    21       8             21       —   

Credit default swaps

    67       49             67       —   

Equity swaps

    88       88             88       —   

Interest rate futures

    10       10       10             —   

Equity futures

    9       9       9             —   

Derivative assets total

    3,017       2,973       19       2,998       —   

Policy loans

    2,037       2,037             2,037       —   

Securities lending reinvested collateral

    1,893       1,893             1,893       —   

Separate account assets

    119,784       119,677       112,719       7,065       —   

Liabilities

               

Investment contract liabilities

    17,556       15,294             257       17,299   

Derivative liabilities:

               

Options

    165       165             165       —   

Interest rate swaps

    2,853       2,806             2,853       —   

Currency swaps

    30       31             30       —   

Credit default swaps

          14                   —   

Equity swaps

    472       472             472       —   

Interest rate futures

    1       1       1             —   

Equity futures

    4       4       4             —   

Derivative liabilities total

    3,525       3,493       5       3,520       —   

Dollar repurchase agreements

    967       967             967       —   

Payable for securities lending

    2,115       2,115             2,115       —   

Payable for derivative cash collateral

    640       640             640       —   

Separate account liabilities

    109,407       109,407       1       109,354       52   

 

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The following tables provide information about the Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of December 31, 2021 and 2020:

 

    2021  
      Level 1         Level 2         Level 3         Total    

Assets:

       

Bonds

       

Government

   $ —       $      $ —       $  

Industrial and miscellaneous

    —        41              48   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total bonds

    —        43              50   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Preferred stock

       

Industrial and miscellaneous

    —        120        —        120   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total preferred stock

    —        120        —        120   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Common stock

       

Mutual funds

          —        —         

Industrial and miscellaneous

    13        —        182        195   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total common stock

    16        —        182        198   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash equivalents and short-term investments

       

Money market mutual funds

    1,790        —        —        1,790   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total cash equivalents and short-term investments

    1,790        —        —        1,790   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivative assets

          1,685        —        1,693   

Separate account assets

    117,083        6,010        —        123,093   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $   118,897       $       7,858       $         189       $   126,944   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities:

       

Derivative liabilities

   $ 11       $ 1,929       $ —       $ 1,940   

Separate account liabilities

          —        —         
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ 12       $ 1,929       $ —       $ 1,941   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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       Level 1          Level 2          Level 3          Total    

Assets:

           

Bonds

           

Industrial and miscellaneous

    $ —        $ 41        $       $ 48   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total bonds

     —         41                48   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Preferred stock

           

Industrial and miscellaneous

     —                —          
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total preferred stock

     —                —          
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Common stock

           

Mutual funds

            —         —          

Industrial and miscellaneous

     14         —         160         174   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total common stock

     20         —         160         180   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cash equivalents and short-term investments

           

Money market mutual funds

     1,029         —         —         1,029   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total cash equivalents and short-term investments

     1,029         —         —         1,029   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative assets

     18         2,894         —         2,912   

Separate account assets

     112,606         6,393         —         118,999   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

    $   113,673        $       9,334        $         167        $   123,174   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

           

Derivative liabilities

    $       $ 3,184        $ —        $ 3,189   

Separate account liabilities

            —         —          
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    $       $ 3,184        $ —        $ 3,190   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Bonds classified as Level 2 are valued using inputs from third party pricing services or broker quotes. Bonds classified as Level 3 are primarily those valued using non-binding broker quotes, which cannot be corroborated by other market observable data, or internal modeling which utilize significant inputs that are not market observable.

Preferred stock classified as Level 2 are valued using inputs from third party pricing services or broker quotes.

Common stock classified as Level 2 are valued using inputs from third party pricing services or broker quotes. Common stock classified as Level 3 are comprised primarily of shares in the FHLB of Des Moines, which are valued at par as a proxy for fair value as a result of restrictions that allow redemptions only by FHLB.

Other long term classified as Level 2 are comprised of surplus debentures, which are valued using inputs from third party pricing services or broker quotes.

Securities lending reinvested collateral is valued and classified in the same way as the underlying collateral, which is primarily composed of cash equivalents and short-term investments.

Derivatives classified as Level 2 represent over-the-counter (OTC) contracts valued using pricing models based on the net present value of estimated future cash flows, directly observed prices from exchange-traded derivatives, other OTC trades, or external pricing services.

 

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Separate account assets and liabilities are valued and classified in the same way as general account assets and liabilities (described above).

The following tables summarize the changes in assets classified as Level 3 for 2021 and 2020:

 

    

Beginning

Balance at
  January 1, 2021  

     Transfers in
(Level 3)
     Transfers
out (Level 3)
     Total Gains
(Losses) Included
in Net income (a)
     Total Gains
(Losses) Included 
in Surplus (b)
 
  

 

 

 

Bonds

              

RMBS

    $ —       $      $ —       $ —       $ (1)  

CMBS

     —                —         —         (1)  

Other

            —         —         —          

Common stock

     160         —         —         (1)         
  

 

 

 

Total

    $ 167       $      $ —       $ (1)      $  
  

 

 

 
     Purchases      Issuances      Sales      Settlements      Ending Balance at
 December 31, 2021 
 
  

 

 

 

Bonds

              

RMBS

    $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —   

CMBS

     —         —         —         —         —   

Other

     —         —         —                 

Common stock

     20         —         —         —         182   
  

 

 

 

Total

    $ 20       $ —       $ —       $      $ 189   
  

 

 

 

(a)   Recorded as a component of Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments in the Statements of Operations

(b)   Recorded as a component of Change in Net Unrealized Capital Gains (Losses) in the Statements of Changes in Capital and Surplus

   

   

     Beginning
Balance at
  January 1, 2020  
     Transfers in
(Level 3)
     Transfers
out (Level 3)
     Total Gains
(Losses) Included
in Net income (a)
     Total Gains
 (Losses) Included 
in Surplus (b)
 
  

 

 

 

Bonds

              

Other

    $      $ 2      $ —       $ —       $ (2)  

Preferred stock

            —         —         (17)        13   

Common stock

     128         —                (1)        16   

Separate account assets

            —                —         —   
  

 

 

 

Total

    $ 142       $      $      $ (18)      $ 27   
  

 

 

 
     Purchases      Issuances      Sales      Settlements      Ending Balance at
 December 31, 2020 
 
  

 

 

 

Bonds

              

Other

    $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —       $  

Preferred stock

            —         —                —   

Common stock

     21                10         —         160   

Separate account assets

            —         —                —   
  

 

 

 

Total

    $ 24       $      $ 10       $      $ 167   
  

 

 

 

 

(a)

  Recorded as a component of Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments in the Statements of Operations

(b)

  Recorded as a component of Change in Net Unrealized Capital Gains (Losses) in the Statements of Changes in Capital and Surplus

 

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Transfers between fair value hierarchy levels are recognized at the beginning of the reporting period.

Nonrecurring fair value measurements

As indicated in Note 2, real estate held for sale is measured at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company held no properties as held-for-sale, where fair value was less than its carrying value. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company held four properties as held-for sale, where carrying amount of $7 and $10, respectively, was equal to fair value.

Fair value was determined by utilizing an external appraisal following the sales comparison approach. The fair value measurements are classified as Level  3 as the comparable sales and adjustments for the specific attributes of these properties are not market observable inputs.

5.   Investments

Bonds and Stocks

The carrying amounts and estimated fair value of investments in bonds and stocks are as follows:

 

     Book Adjusted
  Carrying Value  
     Gross
  Unrealized  
Gains
     Gross
  Unrealized  
Losses
       Estimated Fair  
Value
 
  

 

 

 

December 31, 2021

           

Bonds:

           

United States Government and agencies

    $ 7,140      $ 2,004      $ 13      $ 9,131    

State, municipal and other government

     2,477        257        22        2,712    

Hybrid securities

     267        65        1        331    

Industrial and miscellaneous

     33,840        4,663        163        38,340    

Mortgage and other asset-backed securities

     6,218        500        40        6,678    
  

 

 

 

Total unaffiliated bonds

     49,942        7,489        239        57,192    

Unaffiliated preferred stocks

     120                      120    
  

 

 

 
    $ 50,062      $ 7,489      $ 239      $ 57,312    
  

 

 

 
       Cost        Gross
Unrealized
Gains
     Gross
Unrealized
Losses
       Estimated Fair  
Value
 
  

 

 

 

Unaffiliated common stocks

    $ 151      $ 47      $      $ 198    
  

 

 

 

 

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     Book Adjusted
  Carrying Value  
     Gross
Unrealized
Gains
     Gross
Unrealized
Losses
       Estimated Fair  
Value
 
  

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

           

Bonds:

           

United States Government and agencies

    $ 7,279      $ 2,349      $ 7      $ 9,621    

State, municipal and other government

     2,214        310        8        2,516    

Hybrid securities

     360        83        6        437    

Industrial and miscellaneous

     33,784        6,355        48        40,091    

Mortgage and other asset-backed securities

     6,807        679        59        7,427    
  

 

 

 

Total unaffiliated bonds

     50,444        9,776        128        60,092    

Unaffiliated preferred stocks

     105        11        7        109    
  

 

 

 
    $ 50,549      $ 9,787      $ 135      $ 60,201    
  

 

 

 
     Cost      Gross
  Unrealized  
Gains
     Gross
  Unrealized  
Losses
       Estimated Fair  
Value
 
  

 

 

 

Unaffiliated common stocks

    $ 136      $ 44      $      $ 180    
  

 

 

 

The carrying amount and estimated fair value of bonds at December 31, 2021 by contractual maturity, are shown below. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because certain borrowers have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

 

     2021  
  

 

 

 
December 31:         Carrying Value                 Fair Value          
  

 

 

 

Due in one year or less

     $ 727      $ 739    

Due after one year through five years

     7,240        7,950    

Due after five years through ten years

     8,076        9,081    

Due after ten years

     27,681        32,744    
  

 

 

 
     43,724        50,514    

Mortgage and other asset-backed securities

     6,218        6,678    
  

 

 

 
     $ 49,942      $ 57,192    
  

 

 

 

 

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The estimated fair value of bonds, preferred stocks and common stocks with gross unrealized losses at December 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:

 

     2021  
  

 

 

 
    

    Equal to or Greater than    

12 Months

        Less than 12 Months      
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     Estimated
  Fair Value  
     Gross
  Unrealized  
Losses
    Estimated
  Fair Value  
     Gross
  Unrealized  
Losses
 
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

United States Government and agencies

    $ 118        $ 11       $ 106        $ 2    

State, municipal and other government

     64         10        318         12    

Hybrid securities

     14                      —    

Industrial and miscellaneous

     553         41        4,609         122    

Mortgage and other asset-backed securities

     299         15        1,907         25    
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total bonds

     1,048         78        6,943         161    
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Preferred stocks-unaffiliated

     —         —        10         —    

Common stocks-unaffiliated

     —         —               —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
    $ 1,048        $ 78       $ 6,956        $ 161    
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
     2020  
  

 

 

 
         Equal to or Greater than    
12 Months
        Less than 12 Months      
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     Estimated
  Fair Value  
     Gross
  Unrealized  
Losses
    Estimated
  Fair Value  
     Gross
  Unrealized  
Losses
 
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

United States Government and agencies

    $ —        $       $ 248        $ 7    

State, municipal and other government

     39               89         2    

Hybrid securities

     20               10         1    

Industrial and miscellaneous

     160         15        836         33    

Mortgage and other asset-backed securities

     150         18        742         41    
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total bonds

     369         44        1,925         84    
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Preferred stocks-unaffiliated

     22               16         1    
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
    $ 391        $ 50       $ 1,941        $ 85    
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

During 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, there were $62, $0 and $7, of loan-backed or structured securities with a recognized OTTI due to intent to sell or lack of intent and ability to hold for a period of time to recover the amortized cost basis.

For loan-backed and structured securities with a recognized OTTI due to the Company’s cash flow analysis, in which the security is written down to estimated future cash flows discounted at the security’s effective yield, in 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized OTTI of $7, $4 and $6, respectively.

 

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The following loan-backed and structured securities were held at December 31, 2021, for which an OTTI was recognized during the current reporting period:

 

CUSIP    Amortized
Cost Before
Current
Period OTTI
    

Present

Value of

Projected
Cash Flows

    

Recognized

OTTI

    

Amortized
Cost After

OTTI

    

  Fair Value at  
Time of

OTTI

    

Date of

Financial

Statement
    Where    

    Reported    

 

 

 

02149QAD2        

     $                         13        $                         10        $ 3        $                         10        $                         10        3/31/2021      

026936AA2        

     20        20               20        20        3/31/2021      

61915RCJ3        

     8        7        1        7        8        3/31/2021      

02660TJB0        

     2        2               2        2        3/31/2021      

41161PPQ0        

     15        14        1        14        14        3/31/2021      

41161PXH1        

     1        1               1        1        3/31/2021      

01852FAC7        

     2        2               2        2        3/31/2021      

02149QAD2        

     9        2        7        2        7        9/30/2021      
        

 

 

          
           $                         12           
        

 

 

          

The unrealized losses of loan-backed and structured securities where fair value is less than cost or amortized cost for which an OTTI has not been recognized in earnings as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:

 

     2021      2020  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     Losses 12
  Months or  
More
     Losses Less
Than 12
Months
     Losses 12
Months or
More
       Losses Less  
Than 12
Months
 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Year ended December 31:

           

The aggregate amount of unrealized losses

   $ 14      $ 44      $ 18      $ 61  

The aggregate related fair value of securities with unrealized losses

     299        1,942        150        765  

At December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, for bonds and preferred stocks that have been in a continuous loss position for greater than or equal to twelve months, the Company held 180 and 116 securities with a carrying amount of $1,126 and $441, and an unrealized loss of $78 and $50. Of this portfolio, at December 31, 2021 and 2020, 82.5% and 50.1% were investment grade with associated unrealized losses of $56 and $17, respectively.

At December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, for bonds and preferred stocks that have been in a continuous loss position for less than twelve months, the Company held 978 and 359 securities with a carrying amount of $7,114 and $2,026 and an unrealized loss of $161 and $85. Of this portfolio, at December 31, 2021 and 2020, 93.9% and 79.6% were investment grade with associated unrealized losses of $144 and $49, respectively.

At December 31, 2021 and 2020, there were no common stocks that have been in a continuous loss position for greater than or equal to twelve months.

 

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At December 31, 2021 and 2020, for common stocks that have been in a continuous loss position for less than twelve months, the Company held 13 and 5 securities with a cost of $3 and $0 and no unrealized losses, respectively.

The following table provides the number of 5GI securities, aggregate book adjusted carrying value and aggregate fair value by investment type:

 

     Number of
5GI Securities
     Book / Adjusted
Carrying Value
     Fair Value  

December 31, 2021

        

Bond, amortized cost

     3       $ 9         $ 9    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     3       $ 9         $ 9    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

        

Bond, amortized cost

     2       $ 13         $ 13    

Loan-backed and structured securities, amortized cost

     4        10          6    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

             6               $             23         $             19    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Company did not have any offsetting assets and liabilities at December 31, 2021. The table below presents the Company’s gross and net receivable for securities and borrowed money financial statement line items that were subject to offsetting at December 31, 2020:

 

December 31, 2020    Gross Amount
Recognized
     Amount Offset      Net Amount
Presented on
Financial
Statements
 
  

 

 

 

Assets:

        

Receivables for securities

   $ 3      $      $ 3  

Liabilities:

        

Borrowed money

   $ 967      $      $ 967  

During 2021 and 2020, respectively, the Company sold, redeemed or otherwise disposed of 153 and 108 securities as a result of a callable feature which generated investment income of $100 and $25 as a result of a prepayment penalty and/or acceleration fee.

 

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Proceeds from sales and other disposals of bonds and preferred stock and related gross realized capital gains and losses are reflected in the following table. The amounts exclude maturities and include transfers associated with reinsurance agreements.

 

     Year Ended December 31  
             2021                     2020                     2019          
  

 

 

 

Proceeds

    $ 10,570     $ 8,747     $ 16,076    
  

 

 

 

Gross realized gains

    $ 437     $ 232     $ 159    

Gross realized losses

     (108     (37     (56)   
  

 

 

 

Net realized capital gains (losses)

    $ 329     $ 195     $ 103    
  

 

 

 

The Company had gross realized losses, which relate to losses recognized on other-than-temporary declines in the fair value of bonds and preferred stocks, for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 of $15, $161 and $39, respectively.

At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company had no investments in restructured securities.

Mortgage Loans

The credit quality of mortgage loans by type of property for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows:

 

December 31, 2021                     
     Farm      Commercial      Total  
  

 

 

 

AAA - AA

    $         4      $         5,342      $         5,346   

A

     36        3,136        3,172   

BBB

     5        567        572   

BB

     8        54        62   
  

 

 

 
    $ 53      $ 9,099      $ 9,152   
  

 

 

 
December 31, 2020                     
     Farm      Commercial      Total  
  

 

 

 

AAA - AA

    $             7      $             4,612      $             4,619   

A

     41        3,491        3,532   

BBB

     5        767        772   

BB

     9        82        91   
  

 

 

 
    $ 62      $ 8,952      $ 9,014   
  

 

 

 

The above tables exclude residential mortgage loans.

The credit quality for commercial and farm mortgage loans was determined based on an internal credit rating model which assigns a letter rating to each mortgage loan in the portfolio as an indicator of the credit quality of the mortgage loan. The internal credit rating model was designed based on rating agency methodology, then modified for credit risk associated with the Company’s

 

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mortgage lending process, taking into account such factors as projected future cash flows, net operating income and collateral value. The model produces a credit rating score and an associated letter rating which is intended to align with S&P ratings as closely as possible. Information supporting the credit risk rating process is updated at least annually.

During 2021, the Company issued mortgage loans with a maximum interest rate of 5.88% and a minimum interest rate of 2.58% for commercial loans. The maximum percentage of any one admitted loan to the value of the security (exclusive of insured or guaranteed or purchase money mortgages) originated or acquired during the year ending December 31, 2021 at the time of origination was 81%. During 2020, the Company issued mortgage loans with a maximum interest rate of 6.50% and a minimum interest rate of 2.92% for commercial loans. The maximum percentage of any one admitted loan to the value of the security (exclusive of insured or guaranteed or purchase money mortgages) originated or acquired during the year ending December 31, 2020 at the time of origination was 79%.

During 2021, the Company issued mortgage loans with a maximum interest rate of 4.45% and a minimum interest rate of 4.45% for agricultural loans. During 2020, the Company issued mortgage loans with a maximum interest rate of 3.80% and a minimum interest rate of 3.80% for agricultural loans.

During 2021 and 2020, the Company did not reduce the interest rate on any outstanding mortgage loans.

The age analysis of mortgage loans and identification in which the Company is a participant or co-lender in a mortgage loan agreement is as follows for December 31, 2021 and 2020:

 

            Residential         Commercial          
 

        Farm         

    All Other     All Other             Total          

December 31, 2021

       

Recorded Investment (All)

       

Current

  $ 53     $     $ 9,099     $ 9,152  

30-59 Days Past Due

          1             1  

Participant or Co-lender in Mortgage Loan Agreement

       

Recorded Investment

  $ 14     $     $ 871     $ 885  

 

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            Residential         Commercial          
          Farm               All Other       All Other             Total          

December 31, 2020

       

Recorded Investment (All)

       

Current

  $ 62     $     $ 8,846     $ 8,908  

30-59 Days Past Due

          1             1  

180+ Days Past Due

                106       106  

Participant or Co-lender in Mortgage Loan Agreement

       

Recorded Investment

  $ 42     $     $ 911     $ 953  

At December 31, 2021, the Company held no mortgage loans that were non-income producing for the previous 180 days. At December 31, 2020, multiple mortgage loans with a carrying value of $106 were non-income producing for the previous 180 days. There was no accrued interest related to these mortgage loans at December 31, 2021 and 2020. The Company has a mortgage or deed of trust on the property thereby creating a lien which gives it the right to take possession of the property (among other things) if the borrower fails to perform according to the terms of the loan documents. The Company requires all mortgaged properties to carry fire insurance equal to the value of the underlying property. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, there were no taxes, assessments and other amounts advanced and not included in the mortgage loan total.

At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company held no impaired loans with or without a related allowance for credit losses. There were no impaired mortgage loans held without an allowance for credit losses as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, that were subject to participant or co-lender mortgage loan agreement for which the Company is restricted from unilaterally foreclosing on the mortgage loans. The average recorded investment in impaired loans during 2021 and 2020 was $0 and $3, respectively.

The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances for the allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans:

 

     Year Ended December 31  
             2021             2020       2019          
  

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

      $                —       $                —       $                —   

Additions, net charged to operations

           1       —   

Recoveries in amounts previously charged off

           (1     —   
  

 

 

 

Balance at end of period

      $                —       $                —       $                —   
  

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company had no mortgage loans derecognized as a result of foreclosure.

The Company accrues interest income on impaired loans to the extent deemed collectible (delinquent less than 91 days) and the loan continues to perform under its original or restructured contractual terms. Interest income on nonperforming loans generally is recognized on a cash

 

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basis. For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company has recognized no interest income on impaired loans or on a cash basis.

At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company held a mortgage loan loss reserve in the AVR of $97 and $116, respectively.

The Company’s mortgage loan portfolio is diversified by geographic region and specific collateral property type as follows:

 

Geographic Distribution          Property Type Distribution  
    December 31              December 31  
        2021             2020                      2021             2020      

Pacific

    30   %       29   %       

Apartment

    53   %       48   %  

South Atlantic

    21         23         

Office

    17         17    

Middle Atlantic

    13         13         

Retail

    15         16    

E. North Central

    9         9         

Industrial

    13         14    

W. South Central

    8         9         

Medical

    1         1    

Mountain

    8         7         

Agricultural

    1         1    

W. North Central

    6         6         

Other

    —         3    

E. South Central

    3         3             

New England

    2         1             

At December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company had mortgage loans with a total net admitted asset value of $14, $14 and $21, respectively, which had been restructured in accordance with SSAP No. 36, Troubled Debt Restructuring. There were no realized losses during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 related to such restructurings. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, there were no commitments to lend additional funds to debtors owing receivables.

Real Estate

The fair value of property is determined based on an appraisal from a third-party appraiser, along with information obtained from discussions with internal asset managers and a listing broker regarding recent comparable sales data and other relevant property information. Impairment losses of $9, $1 and $5 were taken on real estate in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, to write the book value down to the current fair value, and included in net realized capital gains (losses), within the Statements of Operations, for the year ended December 31, 2021.

As of December 31, 2021, there were seven properties classified as held for sale. As of December 31, 2020, there were eight properties classified as held for sale. The Company is working with an external commercial real estate advisor firm to actively market the properties and negotiate with potential buyers. During 2021, one property classified as held for sale was disposed. During 2020, one property classified as held for sale was disposed. Any associated gains and losses from these held for sale disposals were included in net realized capital gains (losses) within the Statements of Operations.

 

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On October 28, 2020, the Company sold the Transamerica Pyramid Property located in San Francisco, CA, resulting in a realized gain of $255. As part of the sale transaction, the Company issued mortgage loans supporting the property at commercial rates in the amount of $427. The Company also disposed of other properties during 2021 and 2020 resulting in net realized gains of $0 and $3, respectively. These gains and losses were included in net realized capital gains (losses) within the Statements of Operations.

The carrying value of the Company’s real estate assets at December 31, 2021 and 2020 was as follows:

 

     2021      2020  
  

 

 

 

Home office properties

      $                45        $                41   

Properties held for sale

     7        15   
  

 

 

 
      $                52        $                56   
  

 

 

 

Accumulated depreciation on real estate at December 31, 2021 and 2020, was $29 and $24, respectively.

Other Invested Assets

The Company recorded impairments of $13, $19 and $5 throughout years 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. These impairments were primarily related to private equity funds. The impairments were taken because the decline in fair value of the funds were deemed to be other than temporary and a recovery in value from the remaining underlying investments in the funds were not anticipated. These write-downs are included in net realized capital gains (losses) within the Statements of Operations.

Tax Credits

At December 31, 2021, the Company had ownership interests in fifty-five LIHTC investments with a carrying value of $87. The remaining years of unexpired tax credits ranged from two to twelve, and the properties were not subject to regulatory review. The length of time remaining for holding periods ranged from one to sixteen years. The amount of contingent equity commitments expected to be paid during the years 2022 to 2029 is $21. Tax credits recognized in 2021 were $28, and other tax benefits recognized in 2021 were $4. There were no impairment losses, write-downs or reclassifications during the year related to any of these credits.

At December 31, 2020, the Company had ownership interests in sixty-four LIHTC investments with a carrying value of $141. The remaining years of unexpired tax credits ranged from one to thirteen, and the properties were not subject to regulatory review. The length of time remaining for holding periods ranged from one to seventeen years. The amount of contingent equity commitments expected to be paid during the years 2021 to 2029 is $30. Tax credits recognized in 2020 was $119 and other benefits recognized in 2020 were $9. There were no impairment losses, write-downs or reclassifications during the year related to any of these credits.

 

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The following tables provide the carrying value of transferable state tax credits gross of any related tax liabilities and total unused transferable tax credits by state and in total as of December 31, 2021 and 2020:

 

            December 31, 2021  
Description of State Transferable and Non-transferable Tax Credits    State          Carrying Value      Unused Amount*  

Low-Income Housing Tax Credits

     MA           $      $ 2  

Economic Redevelopment and Growth Tax Credits

     NJ            7        35  
     

 

 

 

Total

       $ 7      $ 37  
     

 

 

 
            December 31, 2020  
Description of State Transferable and Non-transferable Tax Credits    State          Carrying Value      Unused Amount  

Low-Income Housing Tax Credits

     MA           $ 1      $ 5  

Economic Redevelopment and Growth Tax Credits

     NJ            6        37  
     

 

 

 

Total

       $ 7      $ 42  
     

 

 

 

*The unused amount reflects credits that we deem will be realizable in the period 2021-2030.

The Company did not have any non-transferable state tax credits.

The Company estimated the utilization of the remaining state transferable tax credits by projecting a future tax liability based on projected premium, tax rates and tax credits, and comparing the projected future tax liability to the availability of remaining state transferable tax credits. The Company had no impairment losses related to state transferable tax credits.

Derivatives

Amounts disclosed in this Derivatives section do not include derivatives utilized in the hedging of variable annuity guarantees in accordance with SSAP No. 108. Please see the subsequent section “Derivatives Hedging Variable Annuity Guarantees” for results associated with those derivatives.

The Company has entered into collateral agreements with certain counterparties wherein the counterparty is required to post assets (cash or securities) on the Company’s behalf in an amount equal to the difference between the net positive fair value of the contracts and an agreed upon threshold based on the credit rating of the counterparty. If the net fair value of all contracts with this counterparty is negative, then the Company is required to post similar assets (cash or securities). Fair value of derivative contracts, aggregated at a counterparty level at December 31, 2021 and 2020 was as follows:

 

     2021     2020  
  

 

 

 

Fair value - positive

     $                2,171       $                976  

Fair value - negative

     (2,988     (1,557

At December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company has recorded unrealized gains (losses) of ($173), ($334) and ($266), respectively, for the component of derivative instruments utilized for

 

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hedging purposes that did not qualify for hedge accounting. The Company did not recognize any unrealized gains or losses during 2021, 2020 and 2019 that represented the component of derivative instruments gain or loss that was excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness.

The maximum term over which the Company is hedging its exposure to the variability of future cash flows is approximately 22 years for forecasted hedge transactions. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, none of the Company’s cash flow hedges have been discontinued as it was probable that the original forecasted transactions would occur by the end of the originally specified time period documented at inception of the hedging relationship. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company has accumulated deferred gains in the amount of $0 and $1, respectively, related to the termination of swaps that were hedging forecasted transactions. It is expected that these gains will be used as basis adjustments on future asset purchases expected to transpire throughout 2022.

Summary of realized gains (losses) by derivative type for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:

 

     2021      2020      2019  
  

 

 

 

Options:

        

Calls

    $                   6       $               (805)      $            (15)  

Puts

     (6)        (299)        —   

Collars

     —         (62)        —   
  

 

 

 

Total options

    $                 —       $            (1,166)      $            (15)  
  

 

 

 

Swaps:

        

Interest rate

    $                 87       $                   —       $              95   

Credit

     —         (6)        (3)  

Total return

     (1,752)        (851)        (621)  
  

 

 

 

Total swaps

    $           (1,665)      $                (857)      $           (529)  
  

 

 

 

Futures - net positions

     110         480         752   
  

 

 

 

Total realized gains (losses)

    $           (1,555)      $             (1,543)      $             208   
  

 

 

 

The average estimated fair value of derivatives held for other than hedging purposes is presented in the following table for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020:

 

             Asset(1)                     Liability(1)          
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
         2021              2020             2021             2020      
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivative component of RSATs

         

Credit default swaps

   $ 67      $ 34     $ (8   $ (6

Interest rate swaps

     6        6              

 

(1) 

Asset and liability classification is based on the positive (asset) or negative (liability)

 

book/adjusted carrying value of each derivative.

 

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The estimated fair value of derivatives held for other than hedging purposes is presented in the following table for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020:

 

            Asset(1)                     Liability(1)          
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
          2021               2020               2021               2020      
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivative component of RSATs

       

Credit default swaps

   $ 69     $ 67      $ (7)     $ (10)  

Interest rate swaps

    7       6       —        —   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 76     $ 73      $ (7)     $ (10)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) 

Asset and liability classification is based on the positive (asset) or negative

 

(liability) book/adjusted carrying value of each derivative.

The net realized gains (losses) on the derivatives held for other than hedging purposes is presented in the following table for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:

 

          2021                 2020                 2019        
 

 

 

 

Derivative component of RSATs

     

Credit default swaps

   $     $ (6)     $ (3)  

Interest rate swaps

          —        —   
 

 

 

 

Total

   $     $ (6)     $ (3)  
 

 

 

 

As stated in Note 2, the Company replicates investment grade corporate bonds, sovereign debt, or commercial mortgage backed securities by writing credit default swaps. As a writer of credit swaps, the Company actively monitors the underlying asset, being careful to note any events (default or similar credit event) that would require the Company to perform on the credit swap. If such events would take place, a payment equal to the notional amount of the contract, less any potential recoveries as determined by the underlying agreement, will be made by the Company to the counterparty to the swap.

 

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The following tables present the estimated fair value, maximum amount of future payments and weighted average years to maturity of written credit default swaps at December 31, 2021 and 2020:

 

          2021  
   

 

 

 

            Rating Agency Designation of

        Referenced Credit Obligations (1)

  NAIC
Designation
    Estimated
 Fair Value of 
Credit
Default Swaps
   

Maximum
Amount of
Future
Payments
  under Credit  
Default

Swaps

    Weighted
Average
Years to
Maturity (2)
 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

AAA/AA/A

    1        

Single name credit default swaps (3)

     $ 15       $ 770        3.4   

Credit default swaps referencing indices

      —        45        31.6  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Subtotal

      15        815        4.9  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

BBB

    2        

Single name credit default swaps (3)

      33        1,914        3.0  

Credit default swaps referencing indices

      24        1,736        2.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Subtotal

      57        3,650        2.6  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

BB

    3        

Single name credit default swaps (3)

            135        1.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Subtotal

            135        1.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

B

    4        

Single name credit default swaps (3)

            37        1.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Subtotal

            37        1.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total

     $ 75       $ 4,637        3.0  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

(1) 

The rating agency designations are based on availability and the blending of the applicable ratings among Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), Standard and Poor’s Rating Services (“S&P”), and Fitch Ratings. If no rating is available from a rating agency, then an internally derived rating is used.

 

(2) 

The weighted average years to maturity of the credit default swaps is calculated based on weighted average notional amounts.

 

(3) 

Includes corporate, foreign government and state entities.

 

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          2020  
   

 

 

 

            Rating Agency Designation of

        Referenced Credit Obligations (1)

  NAIC
Designation
    Estimated
Fair Value of
Credit
Default
Swaps
   

Maximum
Amount of
Future
Payments
  under Credit  
Default

Swaps

    Weighted
Average
Years to
Maturity (2)
 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

AAA/AA/A

    1            

Single name credit default swaps (3)

     $ 15       $ 779        3.4   

Credit default swaps referencing indices

      —        44        32.6  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Subtotal

      15         823        5.0  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

BBB

    2            

Single name credit default swaps (3)

      36        1,870        3.5  

Credit default swaps referencing indices

      24        1,741        2.9  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Subtotal

      60        3,611        3.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

BB

    3            

Single name credit default swaps (3)

            113        1.9  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Subtotal

            113        1.9  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

B

    4            

Single name credit default swaps (3)

      (1)       50        2.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Subtotal

      (1)       50        2.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total

     $ 77       $ 4,597        3.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

(1) 

The rating agency designations are based on availability and the blending of the applicable ratings among Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), Standard and Poor’s Rating Services (“S&P”), and Fitch Ratings. If no rating is available from a rating agency, then an internally derived rating is used.

 

(2) 

The weighted average years to maturity of the credit default swaps is calculated based on weighted average notional amounts.

 

(3) 

Includes corporate, foreign government and state entities.

The Company may enter into credit default swaps to purchase credit protection on certain of the referenced credit obligations in the table above. At December 31, 2021, there were not any potential future recoveries available to offset the $4,637 from the table above. At December 31, 2020, there were not any potential future recoveries available to offset the $4,597 from the table above.

 

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At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company’s outstanding derivative instruments, shown in notional or contract amounts and fair value, are summarized as follows:

 

     Contract or Notional Amount*                 Fair Value              
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     2021     2020     2021      2020  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Derivative assets:

         

Credit default swaps

   $ 4,020     $ 3,813     $ 69      $ 67   

Currency swaps

     641       214       34        21  

Equity futures

                 5        9  

Equity swaps

     1,294       969       17        88  

Interest rate futures

                        10  

Interest rate swaps

     81       2,543       11        100  

Options

     3,724       9,449       188        278  

Derivative liabilities:

         

Credit default swaps

     1,411       1,218       3         

Currency swaps

     664       373       6        30  

Equity futures

                 4        4  

Equity swaps

     6,885       8,158       235        472  

Interest rate futures

                        1  

Interest rate swaps

     6,677       8,233       684        480  

Options

     (1,724     (4,960     114        165  

*Futures are presented in contract format. Swaps and options are presented in notional format.

Derivatives Hedging Variable Annuity Guarantees

The hedged obligation consists of guaranteed benefits on variable annuity contracts and resembles a long dated put option where claim payment is made whenever account value is less than a guaranteed amount, adjusted for applicable fees. Changes in interest rates impact the present value of future product cash flows (discount rate) as well as the value of investments comprising the account value to be assessed against the guarantee. Under this VM-21 compliant clearly defined hedging strategy, interest rate risk may be hedged by a duration matched portfolio of interest sensitive derivatives such as treasury bond forwards, treasury futures, interest rate swaps, interest rate swaptions or treasury future options. Retroactive to January 1, 2020, the Company re-designated the portfolio of contracts giving rise to the hedged item. The re-designation will more acutely reflect alignment between hedge performance and reserve valuations pertaining to the hedged item on a forward-looking basis. Also retroactive to January 1, 2020, the Company also elected to immediately amortize the full $195 SSAP No. 108 asset balance associated with the former designated portfolio through realized loss. The Company received approval from the IID for the redesignation and application of this accounting treatment on June 26, 2020. Effective October 1, 2021 the guaranteed benefits included was expanded to include variable annuity contracts with Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit and Guaranteed Minimum Income Benefit riders, excluding contracts assumed via reinsurance along with the originally included Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit and Guaranteed Minimum Account Benefit riders. The Company received approval from the IID on September 28, 2021 for the expansion of the program. Total return on the designated portfolio of derivatives remains highly effective in covering the interest rate risk (rho) of the hedged obligation. Hedge effectiveness is measured in accordance with the requirements outlined under SSAP No. 108 and entails

 

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assessment of the total return on the designated portfolio of derivatives against changes in the fair value of the hedged obligation due to interest rate movements on a cumulative basis.

Scheduled amortization for SSAP No. 108 derivatives as of December 31, 2021 is as follows:

 

Amortization Year       Deferred Assets        Deferred Liabilities   

2022

   $ (37    $ 10   

2023

    (37      10   

2024

    (37      10   

2025

    (37      10   

2026

    (37      10   

2027

    (37      10   

2028

    (37      10   

2029

    (37      10   

2030

    (33       

2031

    (13       

Total

   $ (342    $ 92   
                

The following table is a reconciliation of the total deferred balance (net of tax) of SSAP No. 108 derivatives:

 

     Total Deferred
Balance
 

1. Balance at January 1, 2020

    $ 195   

2. Amortization

     191   

3. Deferred Recognition

     149   
  

 

 

 

4. Balance at December 31, 2020 [1-(2+3)]

    $ (145)  

5. Amortization

     (14)  

6. Deferred Recognition

     119   
  

 

 

 

7. Balance at December 31, 2021 [4-(5+6)]

    $ (250)  
  

 

 

 

The following tables provide information regarding SSAP No. 108 hedging instruments:

 

           2021                  2020        
  

 

 

 

Amortized cost

    $      $  

Fair value

     (95)        (2)  

 

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December 31, 2021                            
     Net
    Investment    
Income
       Realized Gain  
(Loss)
     Unrealized
  Gain (Loss)  
     Total*          
  

 

 

 

Derivative performance

   $      $ (504)      $ (41)      $ (539)  

SSAP No. 108 Adjustments                

           
Portion of the derivative performance attributed to natural offset      (4)        338         355         689   

Deferred

     (2)        166         (314)        (150)  

*Totals shown are pre-tax

 

        
December 31, 2020                            
     Net
    Investment    
Income
       Realized Gain  
(Loss)
     Unrealized
  Gain (Loss)  
     Total*          
  

 

 

 

Derivative performance

   $ —       $ 1,819       $ (80)      $ 1,739   

SSAP No. 108 Adjustments                

           
Portion of the derivative performance attributed to natural offset      37         (1,417)        (170)        (1,550)  

Deferred

     (37)        (402)        250         (189)  

*Totals shown are pre-tax

 

        

 

             Year Ended December 31          
     2021      2020  
  

 

 

 

Prior year fair value of hedged item

    $ (3,778)      $ (1,395)  

Current year fair value of hedged item

     (3,026)        (3,021)  
  

 

 

 

Change in fair value attributable to interest rates

    $ 752       $ (1,626)  
  

 

 

 
Portion of the fair value change attributed to the hedged risk     $ 753       $ (1,626)  
  

 

 

 

 

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Restricted Assets

The following tables show the pledged or restricted assets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively:

 

     Gross Restricted (Admitted & Nonadmitted)  
     2021  
  

 

 

 
 Restricted Asset Category    Total General
Account (G/A)
     G/A Supporting
Separate
Account (S/A)
Activity
     Total S/A
Restricted
Assets
     S/A Assets
Supporting
G/A Activity
             Total          

 

 

 Collateral held under security lending agreements

     $ 2,073      $      $      $      $ 2,073   

 Subject to repurchase agreements

     187                             187   
 Subject to dollar repurchase agreements      878                             878   
 FHLB capital stock      130                             130   
 On deposit with states      38                             38   
 Pledged as collateral to FHLB (including assets backing funding agreements)      4,226                             4,226   
 Pledged as collateral not captured in other categories      1,818                             1,818   
 Other restricted assets      1,392                             1,392   
  

 

 

 

 Total restricted assets

     $   10,742      $      $      $      $ 10,742   
  

 

 

 

 

     Gross (Admitted & Nonadmitted) Restricted      Percentage  
  

 

 

 
 Restricted Asset Category    Total From
Prior Year
(2020)
     Increase/
(Decrease)
    Total
Nonadmitted
Restricted
     Total
Admitted
Restricted
     Gross
(Admitted &
Nonadmitted)
Restricted
to Total
Assets
    Admitted
Restricted to
Total
Admitted
Assets
 

 

 
 Collateral held under security lending agreements      $ 2,115      $ (42   $      $ 2,073        1.02     1.02
 Subject to repurchase agreements      200        (13            187        0.09     0.09
 Subject to dollar repurchase agreements      958        (80            878        0.43     0.43
 FHLB capital stock      111        19              130        0.06     0.06
 On deposit with states      44        (6            38        0.02     0.02

 Pledged as collateral to FHLB (including assets backing funding

 agreements)

     3,818        408              4,226        2.08     2.08
 Pledged as collateral not captured in other categories      1,399        419              1,818        0.89     0.90
 Other restricted assets      1,689        (297            1,392        0.68     0.69
  

 

 

 

 Total restricted assets

     $   10,334      $ 408     $      $ 10,742        5.27     5.29
  

 

 

 

The amounts reported as other restricted assets in the table above represent assets held in trust related to reinsurance.

 

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The following tables show the pledged or restricted assets in other categories as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively:

 

     Gross Restricted (Admitted & Nonadmitted)  
     2021  
  

 

 

 
 Description of Assets    Total General
Account (G/A)
     G/A Supporting
Separate
Account (S/A)
Activity
     Total S/A
Restricted
Assets
     S/A Assets
Supporting G/A
Activity
     Total  

 

 

 Derivatives

     $ 1,800      $      $      $      $         1,800  

 Secured funding agreements

     17                             17  

 AMBAC

     1                             1  
  

 

 

 

 Total

     $ 1,818      $      $      $      $ 1,818  
  

 

 

 

 

     Gross (Admitted & Nonadmitted) Restricted      Percentage  
  

 

 

 
 Description of Assets    Total From
Prior Year
(2020)
     Increase/
(Decrease)
    Total
Nonadmitted
Restricted
     Total
Admitted
Restricted
     Gross
(Admitted &
Nonadmitted)
Restricted
to Total
Assets
     Admitted
Restricted to
Total
Admitted
Assets
 

 

 

 Derivatives

     $ 1,376      $ 424     $      $ 1,800        0.89%        0.89%  

 Secured funding agreements

     21        (4            17        0.01%        0.01%  

 AMBAC

     2        (1            1        0.00%        0.00%  
  

 

 

 

 Total

     $ 1,399      $ 419     $      $ 1,818        0.90%        0.90%  
  

 

 

 

 

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The following tables show the collateral received and reflected as assets within the financial statements as of December 31, 2021 and 2020:

 

2021  
Collateral Assets      Carrying Value        Fair Value      % of CV to
Total Assets
(Admitted and
Nonadmitted)
     % of CV to
Total Admitted
Assets
 

Cash

    $ 1,094      $ 1,094        1.42  %        1.43  %  

Securities lending collateral assets

     2,073        2,073        2.69              2.70        

Other

     17        17        0.02              0.02        
  

 

 

 

Total collateral assets

    $         3,184      $ 3,184        4.13  %        4.15  %  
  

 

 

 

 

         Amount            % of Liability  
to Total
Liabilities
 
  

 

 

 

Recognized obligation to return collateral asset

    $ 3,186        4.59%  

 

2020  
Collateral Assets      Carrying Value        Fair Value     

% of CV to
Total Assets
(Admitted

and
Nonadmitted)

    

% of CV to
Total

Admitted
Assets

 

Cash

    $ 1,574      $ 1,574        2.00  %        2.01  %  

Securities lending collateral assets

     2,115        2,115        2.68              2.70        

Other

     33        33        0.04              0.04        
  

 

 

 

Total collateral assets

    $ 3,722      $ 3,722        4.72  %        4.75  %  
  

 

 

 

 

         Amount            % of Liability  
to Total
Liabilities
 
  

 

 

 

Recognized obligation to return collateral asset

    $ 3,724        5.29  %  

 

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Net Investment Income

Detail of net investment income is presented below:

 

     Year Ended December 31  
     2021      2020      2019  

Income:

        

Bonds

   $ 2,151      $ 2,025      $ 1,992    

Preferred stocks

     4        9        8  

Common stocks

     228        57        235  

Mortgage loans on real estate

     483        378        346  

Real estate

     25        40        55  

Policy loans

     112        116        117  

Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments

     1        24        80  

Derivatives

     89        606        42  

Other invested assets

     155        214        64  
     

Gross investment income

     3,248        3,469        2,939  

Less: investment expenses

     167        210        283  

Net investment income before amortization of IMR

     3,081        3,259        2,656  

Amortization of IMR

     110        102        109  
     

Net investment income

   $           3,191      $           3,361      $           2,765  
                         

 

Realized Capital Gains (Losses)

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments, including OTTI, are summarized below:

 

     Realized  
     Year Ended December 31  
     2021     2020     2019  

Bonds

   $               311     $             53     $               58    

Preferred stocks

     2       (20     2  

Common stocks

     11       (13     25  

Mortgage loans on real estate

           (1      

Real estate

     (9     257       30  

Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments

           (1      

Derivatives

     (2,474     249       519  

Variable annuity reserve hedge offset

     15       (192     (160

Other invested assets

     488       43       95  

Change in realized capital gains (losses), before taxes

     (1,656     375       569  

Federal income tax effect

     (122     (128     (52

Transfer from (to) interest maintenance reserve

     (146     (134     (48
     

Net realized capital gains (losses) on investments

   $ (1,924   $ 113     $ 469  
                       
                       

 

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Unrealized Capital Gains (Losses)

The changes in net unrealized capital gains and losses on investments, including the changes in net unrealized foreign capital gains and losses were as follows:

 

     Change in Unrealized  
     Year Ended December 31  
     2021     2020     2019  

Bonds

   $ 150     $ 53     $ 74   

Preferred stocks

     15       9       (9

Common stocks

     2       22       5  

Affiliated entities

     (46     182       467  

Derivatives

     262       (364     (787

Other invested assets

     139       3       67  

Change in unrealized capital gains (losses), before taxes

     522       (95     (183

Taxes on unrealized capital gains (losses)

     (72     (31     (93
     

Change in unrealized capital gains (losses), net of tax

   $               450     $               (126   $               (276
                       

 

6.

Premium and Annuity Considerations Deferred and Uncollected

Deferred and uncollected life premium and annuity considerations, net of reinsurance, at December 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows:

 

     2021      2020  
             Gross                Net of Loading                Gross                Net of Loading    

Life and annuity:

           

Ordinary first-year business

   $ 1      $      $ 1      $   

Ordinary renewal business

     154        126        206        172  

Group life direct business

     16        11        23        13  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $             171      $             137      $             230      $             185  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Policy and Contract Attributes

Insurance Liabilities

Policy reserves, deposit-type contracts and policy claims at December 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows:

 

     Year Ended December 31  
     2021      2020  

Life insurance reserves

   $ 26,749      $ 25,805  

Annuity reserves and supplementary contracts with life contingencies

     18,289        18,328  

Accident and health reserves (including long term care)

     6,945        6,833  
   

Total policy reserves

   $ 51,983      $ 50,966  

Deposit-type contracts

     824        946  

Policy claims

     1,177        1,257  

Total policy reserves, deposit-type contracts and claim liabilities

   $             53,984      $             53,169  
                 

 

Life Insurance Reserves

The aggregate policy reserves for life insurance policies are based upon the 1941, 1958, 1980, 2001 and 2017 Commissioner’s Standard Ordinary Mortality Tables, the 1912, 1941 and 1961 Standard Industrial Mortality Tables, the 1960 Commissioner’s Standard Group Mortality Table, the American Men, Actuaries and American Experience Mortality Tables. The reserves are calculated using interest rates ranging from 2.00 to 6.50 percent and are computed principally on the Net Level Premium Valuation and the Commissioner’s Reserve Valuation Method. Reserves for universal life policies are based on account balances adjusted for the Commissioner’s Reserve Valuation Method or Actuarial Guideline XXXVIII. Effective July 1, 2017, term insurance issued follows Valuation Manual section 20 (VM-20) reserve requirements.

Tabular interest, tabular less actual reserves released and tabular cost have been determined by formula.

The Company waives deduction of deferred fractional premiums upon death of the insured and returns any portion of the final premium for periods beyond the date of death.

Additional premiums are charged or additional mortality charges are assessed for policies issued on substandard lives according to underwriting classification. Generally, mean reserves are determined by computing the regular mean reserve for the plan at the true age and holding, in addition, one-half (1/2) of the extra premium charge for the year. Effective July 1, 2017, for substandard term insurance policies, per VM-20 requirements, the substandard rating is applied to the reserve mortality. For certain flexible premium and fixed premium universal life insurance products, reserves are calculated utilizing the Commissioner’s Reserve Valuation Method for universal life policies and recognizing any substandard ratings.

 

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As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company had insurance in force aggregating $48,379 and $52,537, respectively, in which the gross premiums are less than the net premiums required by the valuation standards established by the IID. The Company established policy reserves of $1,549 and $1,586 to cover these deficiencies as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Participating life insurance policies were issued by the Company in prior years which entitle policyholders to a share in the earnings of the participating policies, provided that a dividend distribution, which is determined annually based on mortality and persistency experience of the participating policies, is authorized by the Company. Participating insurance constituted less than 0.05% of ordinary life insurance in force at December 31, 2021 and 2020.

Annuity Reserves and Supplementary Contracts Involving Life Contingencies

Deferred annuity reserves are calculated according to the Commissioner’s Annuity Reserve Valuation Method including excess interest reserves to cover situations where the future interest guarantees plus the decrease in surrender charges are in excess of the maximum valuation rates of interest.

Reserves for immediate annuities and supplementary contracts with and without life contingencies are equal to the present value of future payments assuming interest rates ranging from 1.00 to 11.75 percent and mortality rates, where appropriate, from a variety of tables.

Annuity reserves also include GICs and funding agreements classified as life-type contracts as defined in SSAP No. 50, Classifications of Insurance or Managed Care Contracts. These liabilities have annuitization options at guaranteed rates and consist of floating interest rate and fixed interest rate contracts. The contract reserves are carried at the greater of the account balance or the value as determined for an annuity with cash settlement option, on a change in fund basis, according to the Commissioner’s Annuity Reserve Valuation Method.

For variable annuities with guaranteed living benefits and variable annuities with minimum guaranteed death benefits the Company complies with VM-21. VM-21 specifies statutory reserve requirements for variable annuity contracts with benefit guarantees (VACARVM) and without benefit guarantees and related products. The VM-21 reserve calculation covers all variable annuity products. Examples of covered guaranteed benefits include guaranteed minimum accumulation benefits, return of premium death benefits, guaranteed minimum income benefits, guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits and guaranteed payout annuity floors. The aggregate reserve for contracts falling within the scope of VM-21 is equal to the stochastic reserves plus the additional standard projection amount.

Both the stochastic reserves and the standard projection are determined as the conditional tail expectation (CTE)-70 of the scenario reserves. To determine the CTE-70 values, the Company used 1,000 of the pre-packaged scenarios developed by the American Academy of Actuaries (AAA) and Society of Actuaries. The stochastic reserves uses prudent estimate assumptions based on Company experience, while the standard projection uses the assumptions prescribed in VM-21 for determining the additional standard projection amount.

 

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Accident and Health Liabilities

Accident and health policy reserves are equal to the greater of the gross unearned premiums or any required mid-terminal reserves plus net unearned premiums and the present value of amounts not yet due on both reported and unreported claims.

At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company had no premium deficiency reserve related to accident and health policies.

The Company’s primary method utilized to estimate premium adjustments for contracts subject to redetermination is to review experience periodically and to adjust premiums for differences between the experience anticipated at the time of redetermination and that underlying the original premiums. The Company has not limited its degree of discretion contractually; however, in some states it has agreed not to raise premiums in order to recoup past losses. The Company forgoes premium changes on existing policies at its option if the administrative cost and other business issues associated with the change outweigh the direct financial impact of the change. Also, the Company has extra-contractually guaranteed the current premium scale for certain policies.

For indeterminate premium products, a full schedule of current and anticipated premium rates is developed at the point of issue. Premium rate adjustments are considered when anticipated future experience foretells deviations from the original profit standards. The source of deviation (mortality, persistency, expense, etc.) is an important consideration in the re-rating decision as well as the potential effect of a rate change on the future experience of the existing block of business.

The Company does not write any accident and health business that is subject to the Affordable Care Act risk sharing provisions.

Liabilities for losses and loss/claim adjustment expenses for accident and health contracts are estimated using statistical claim development models to develop best estimates of liabilities for medical expense business and using tabular reserves employing mortality/morbidity tables and discount rates meeting minimum regulatory requirements for other business. Unpaid claims include amounts for losses and related adjustment expenses and are estimates of the ultimate net costs of all losses, reported and unreported. These estimates are subject to the impact of future changes in claim severity, frequency and other factors.

 

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Activity in the liability for unpaid claims and related processing costs net of reinsurance is summarized as follows:

 

    

Unpaid Claims
Liability Beginning

of Year

    

Claims

Incurred

   

Claims

Paid

    

Unpaid Claims
Liability End

of Year

 
  

 

 

 

Year ended December 31, 2021

          

2021

    $       $ 1,122      $ 430       $ 692   

2020 and prior

     1,995        (165     581        1,249   
  

 

 

 
     1,995       $ 957      $ 1,011        1,941   
     

 

 

    

Active life reserve

    $ 5,342            $ 5,442   
  

 

 

         

 

 

 

Total accident and health reserves

    $ 7,337            $ 7,383   
  

 

 

         

 

 

 
     Unpaid Claims
Liability Beginning
of Year
    

Claims

Incurred

   

Claims

Paid

    

Unpaid Claims
Liability End of

Year

 

Year ended December 31, 2020

          

2020

    $       $ 1,105      $ 410       $ 695   

2019 and prior

     2,009        (97     612        1,300   
  

 

 

 
     2,009       $             1,008      $             1,022        1,995   
     

 

 

    

Active life reserve

    $ 5,136            $ 5,342   
  

 

 

         

 

 

 

Total accident and health reserves

    $                     7,145            $                     7,337   
  

 

 

         

 

 

 

The change in the Company’s unpaid claims reserve was ($165) and ($97) for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, for health claims that were incurred prior to those balance sheets dates. The change in 2021 and 2020 was due to significantly better than expected experience primarily due to reduced medical claims and accidental deaths.

Activity in the liability for unpaid claims adjustment expense is summarized as follows:

 

    

Liability

Beginning of
Year

     Incurred     Paid      Liability
  End of Year  
  

 

 

 

Year ended December 31, 2021

          

2021

    $      $ 22     $ 9      $ 13  

2020 and prior

     43        (2     17        24  
  

 

 

 
    $ 43      $ 20     $ 26      $ 37  
  

 

 

 

Year ended December 31, 2020

          

2020

    $      $ 37     $ 22      $ 15  

2019 and prior

     44        (14     2        28  
  

 

 

 
    $                 44      $                 23     $                 24      $                 43  
  

 

 

 

The Company increased the claim adjustment expense provision for insured events of prior years during 2021.

 

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Deposit-type Contracts

Tabular interest on funds not involving life contingencies has been determined primarily by formula.

The Company issues certain funding agreements with well-defined class-based annuity purchase rates defining either specific or maximum purchase rate guarantees. However, these funding agreements are not issued to or for the benefit of an identifiable individual or group of individuals. These contracts are classified as deposit-type contracts in accordance with SSAP No. 50.

Included in the liability for deposit-type contracts at December 31, 2021 and 2020 are approximately $11 and $12, respectively, of funding agreements issued to special purpose entities in conjunction with non-recourse medium-term note programs. Under these programs, the proceeds from each note series issuance are used to purchase a funding agreement from the Company which secures that particular series of notes. In general, the payment terms of the note series match the payment terms of the funding agreement that secures that series. Claims for the principal and interest for these funding agreements are afforded equal priority as other policyholders.

 

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Withdrawal Characteristics of Annuity Reserves and Deposit Funds

A portion of the Company’s policy reserves and other policyholders’ funds (including separate account liabilities) relates to liabilities established on a variety of the Company’s annuity, deposit fund and life products. There may be certain restrictions placed upon the amount of funds that can be withdrawn without penalty. The amount of reserves on annuity and deposit fund products, by withdrawal characteristics, is summarized as follows:

 

    

December 31

2021

 
  

 

 

 
Individual Annuities:    General
Account
     Separate
Account
with
Guarantees
    

Separate
Account
Non-

Guaranteed

     Total      Percent  
  

 

 

 

Subject to discretionary withdrawal with adjustment:

              

With fair value adjustment

     $ 390      $ 7      $      $ 397         —  %  

At book value less surrender charge of 5% or more

     1,531                      1,531         2    

At fair value

     5               74,491        74,496         86      
  

 

 

 

Total with adjustment or at fair value

     1,926        7        74,491        76,424         88      

At book value without adjustment (minimal or no charge or adjustment)

     7,413                      7,413         8    

Not subject to discretionary withdrawal provision

     2,710               575        3,285         4    
  

 

 

 

Total individual annuity reserves

     12,049        7        75,066        87,122         100  %  
              

 

 

 

Less reinsurance ceded

     2,968                      2,968      
  

 

 

    

Net individual annuities reserves

     $     9,081      $             7      $         75,066      $    84,154      
  

 

 

    

 

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December 31

2021

 
  

 

 

 
Group Annuities:    General
Account
     Separate
Account
with
Guarantees
    

Separate
Account
Non-

Guaranteed

     Total      Percent  
  

 

 

 

Subject to discretionary withdrawal with adjustment:

              

With fair value adjustment

     $ 2,373      $ 20      $      $ 2,393             5  %  

At book value less surrender charge of 5% or more

     21                      21         —      

At fair value

                   37,440        37,440         80      
  

 

 

 

Total with adjustment or at fair value

     2,394        20        37,440        39,854         85      

At book value without adjustment (minimal or no charge or adjustment)

     5,128                      5,128         11      

Not subject to discretionary withdrawal provision

     2,029               46        2,075         4    
  

 

 

 

Total group annuities reserves

     9,551        20        37,486        47,057         100  %  
              

 

 

 

Less reinsurance ceded

     343                      343      
  

 

 

    

Net group annuities reserves

     $     9,208      $                 20      $         37,486      $   46,714      
  

 

 

    
    

December 31

2021

 
  

 

 

 
Deposit-type contracts (no life contingencies):    General
Account
     Separate
Account
with
Guarantees
    

Separate
Account
Non-

Guaranteed

     Total      Percent  
  

 

 

 

Subject to discretionary withdrawal with adjustment:

              

With fair value adjustment

     $ 5      $      $      $            1  %  
  

 

 

 

Total with adjustment or at fair value

     5                             1    

At book value without adjustment (minimal or no charge or adjustment)

     246                      246         27      

Not subject to discretionary withdrawal provision

     583        66        21        670         72      
  

 

 

 

Total deposit-type contracts

     834        66        21        921         100  %  
              

 

 

 

Less reinsurance ceded

     10                      10      
  

 

 

    

Net deposit-type contracts

     $       824      $         66      $         21      $     911      
  

 

 

    

 

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Reconciliation to the Annual Statement:    Amount  

Life & Accident & Health Annual Statement:

  

Exhibit 5, Annuities section, total (net)

     $ 17,324    

Exhibit 5, Supp contracts with life contingencies section, total (net)

     965    

Exhibit 7, Deposit-type contracts, net balance at the end of the current year after reinsurance

     824    
  

 

 

 

Subtotal

     19,113    

Separate Accounts Annual Statement:

  

Exhibit 3, Annuities section, total

     112,005    

Exhibit 3, Supp contracts with life contingencies section, total

     574    

Other contract deposit funds

     87    
  

 

 

 

Subtotal

     112,666    
  

 

 

 

Combined total

     $ 131,779    
  

 

 

 

 

    

December 31

2020

 
  

 

 

 
Individual Annuities:    General
Account
     Separate
Account
with
Guarantees
    

Separate
Account
Non-

Guaranteed

     Total      Percent  
  

 

 

 

Subject to discretionary withdrawal with adjustment:

              

With fair value adjustment

     $ 466      $ 7      $      $ 473             1  %  

At book value less surrender charge of 5% or more

     1,411                      1,411         2    

At fair value

     4               74,045        74,049         83      
  

 

 

 

Total with adjustment or at fair value

     1,881        7        74,045        75,933         86      

At book value without adjustment (minimal or no charge or adjustment)

     8,050                      8,050         9    

Not subject to discretionary withdrawal provision

     3,943               497        4,440         5    
  

 

 

 

Total individual annuity reserves

     13,874        7        74,542        88,423         100  %  
              

 

 

 

Less reinsurance ceded

     3,027                      3,027      
  

 

 

    

Net individual annuity reserves

     $   10,847      $ 7      $ 74,542      $   85,396      
  

 

 

    

 

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     December 31  
     2020  
  

 

 

 
Group Annuities:    General
Account
     Separate
Account
with
Guarantees
    

Separate
Account
Non-

Guaranteed

     Total      Percent  
  

 

 

 

Subject to discretionary withdrawal with adjustment:

              

With fair value adjustment

     $ 1,886      $ 23      $      $ 1,909            4  %  

At book value less surrender charge of 5% or more

     21                      21        —        

At fair value

                   34,723        34,723        82        
  

 

 

 

Total with adjustment or at fair value

     1,907        23        34,723        36,653        86        

At book value without adjustment (minimal or no charge or adjustment)

     4,066                      4,066        9        

Not subject to discretionary withdrawal provision

     2,124               42        2,166        5        
  

 

 

 

Total group annuity reserves

     8,097        23        34,765        42,885        100  %  
              

 

 

 

Less reinsurance ceded

     358                      358     
  

 

 

 

Net group annuity reserves

     $     7,739      $ 23      $ 34,765      $    42,527     
  

 

 

    
     December 31  
     2020  
  

 

 

 
Deposit-type contracts (no life contingencies):    General
Account
     Separate
Account
with
Guarantees
    

Separate
Account
Non-

Guaranteed

     Total      Percent  
  

 

 

 

Subject to discretionary withdrawal with adjustment:

              

With fair value adjustment

     $ 5      $      $      $ 5              1   %  
  

 

 

 

Total with adjustment or at fair value

     5                      5        1        

At book value without adjustment (minimal or no charge or adjustment)

     2                      2        —        

Not subject to discretionary withdrawal provision

     691        52        18        761        99        
  

 

 

 

Total deposit-type contracts

     698        52        18        768        100  %  
              

 

 

 

Less reinsurance ceded

     10                      10     
  

 

 

 

Net deposit-type contracts

     $ 688      $ 52      $ 18      $ 758     
  

 

 

    

 

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Reconciliation to the Annual Statement:    Amount  

Life & Accident & Health Annual Statement:

  

Exhibit 5, Annuities section, total (net)

     $ 17,423  

Exhibit 5, Supp contracts with life contingencies section, total (net)

     906  

Exhibit 7, Deposit-type contracts, net balance at the end of the current year after reinsurance

     945  
  

 

 

 

Subtotal

     19,274  

Separate Accounts Annual Statement:

  

Exhibit 3, Annuities section, total

     108,841  

Exhibit 3, Supp contracts with life contingencies section, total

     496  

Other contract deposit funds

     70  
  

 

 

 

Subtotal

     109,407  
  

 

 

 

Combined total

     $  128,681  
  

 

 

 

The amount of reserves on life products, by withdrawal characteristics, is summarized as follows:

 

     December 31  
     2021  
  

 

 

 
     General Account  
  

 

 

 
     Account Value      Cash Value      Reserve  
  

 

 

 

Subject to discretionary withdrawal,
surrender values, or policy loans:

        

Term policies with cash value

     $ 291      $ 291      $ 425   

Universal life

     9,159        8,738        9,629   

Universal life with secondary guarantees

     5,763        5,626        13,350   

Indexed universal life with secondary guarantees

     5,803        3,953        5,328   

Other permanent cash value life insurance

     4,640        4,640        7,094   

Variable universal life

     656        722        1,496   

Not subject to discretionary withdrawal
or no cash values

        

Term policies without cash value

                   8,140   

Accidental death benefits

                   51   

Disability- active lives

                   40   

Disability- disabled lives

                   164   

Miscellaneous reserves

                   1,871   
  

 

 

 

Total (gross)

     26,312        23,970        47,588   

Reinsurance ceded

     4,592        4,592        20,839   
  

 

 

 

Total (net)

     $         21,720      $         19,378      $             26,749   
  

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

 

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     December 31  
     2021  
  

 

 

 
     Separate Account - Guaranteed  
  

 

 

 
     Account Value      Cash Value      Reserve  
  

 

 

 

Subject to discretionary withdrawal, surrender values, or policy loans:

        

Variable universal life

     $ 669      $ 669      $ 669   
  

 

 

 

Total (net)

     $ 669      $ 669      $ 669   
  

 

 

 
  

 

 

 
     December 31  
     2021  
  

 

 

 
     Separate Account - Nonguaranteed  
  

 

 

 
     Account Value      Cash Value      Reserve  
  

 

 

 

Subject to discretionary withdrawal, surrender values, or policy loans:

        

Variable universal life

     $ 8,979      $ 8,969      $     10,471   
  

 

 

 

Total (net)

     $ 8,979      $ 8,969      $     10,471   
  

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation to the Annual Statement:    Amount  

Life & Accident & Health Annual Statement:

  

Exhibit 5, Life insurance section, total (net)

     $ 25,835   

Exhibit 5, Accidental death benefits section total (net)

     26   

Exhibit 5, Disability - active lives section, total (net)

     20   

Exhibit 5, Disability - disabled lives section, total (net)

     144   

Exhibit 5, Miscellaneous reserves section, total (net)

     724   
  

 

 

 

Subtotal

     26,749   

Separate Accounts Annual Statement:

  

Exhibit 3, Life insurance section, total

     11,140   
  

 

 

 

Subtotal

     11,140   
  

 

 

 

Combined total

     $                 37,889   
  

 

 

 

 

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    December 31  
    2020  
 

 

 

 
    General Account  
 

 

 

 
      Account Value     Cash Value     Reserve          
 

 

 

 

Subject to discretionary withdrawal, surrender values, or policy loans:

     

Term policies with cash value

   $ 254     $ 254     $ 389   

Universal life

    9,936       9,515       11,720   

Universal life with secondary guarantees

    5,153       5,043       10,712   

Indexed universal life with secondary guarantees

    4,663       3,067       4,301   

Other permanent cash value life insurance

    4,573       4,573       7,046   

Variable universal life

    661       644       1,529   

Not subject to discretionary withdrawal or no cash values

     

Term policies without cash value

                8,349   

Accidental death benefits

                50   

Disability- active lives

                49   

Disability- disabled lives

                167   

Miscellaneous reserves

                1,921   
 

 

 

 

Total (gross)

    25,240       23,096       46,233   

Reinsurance ceded

    4,203       4,203       20,428   
 

 

 

 

Total (net)

   $ 21,037     $ 18,893     $ 25,805   
 

 

 

 

 

    December 31  
    2020  
 

 

 

 
        Separate Account - Guaranteed  
 

 

 

 
        Account Value     Cash Value     Reserve          
 

 

 

 

Subject to discretionary withdrawal, surrender values, or policy loans:

     

Variable universal life

   $ 665     $ 665     $ 665  
 

 

 

 

Total (gross)

    665       665       665  
 

 

 

 

Total (net)

   $ 665     $ 665     $ 665  
 

 

 

 
    December 31  
    2020  
 

 

 

 
        Separate Account - Nonguaranteed  
 

 

 

 
        Account Value     Cash Value     Reserve          
 

 

 

 

Subject to discretionary withdrawal, surrender values, or policy loans:

     

Variable universal life

   $ 8,292     $ 8,274     $ 9,689  
 

 

 

 

Total (gross)

    8,292       8,274       9,689  
 

 

 

 

Total (net)

   $ 8,292     $ 8,274     $ 9,689  
 

 

 

 

 

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Reconciliation to the Annual Statement:             Amount           

Life & Accident & Health Annual Statement:

  

Exhibit 5, Life insurance section, total (net)

    $ 24,725   

Exhibit 5, Accidental death benefits section total (net)

     23   

Exhibit 5, Disability - active lives section, total (net)

     23   

Exhibit 5, Disability - disabled lives section, total (net)

     146   

Exhibit 5, Miscellaneous reserves section, total (net)

     888   
  

 

 

 

Subtotal

     25,805   

Separate Accounts Annual Statement:

  

Exhibit 3, Life insurance section, total

     10,354   
  

 

 

 

Subtotal

     10,354   
  

 

 

 

Combined total

   $ 36,159   
  

 

 

 

Separate Accounts

Certain separate and variable accounts held by the Company relate to individual variable life insurance policies. The benefits provided on the policies are determined by the performance and/or fair value of the investments held in the separate account. The net investment experience of the separate account is credited directly to the policyholder and can be positive or negative. The assets of these separate accounts are carried at fair value. The life insurance policies typically provide a guaranteed minimum death benefit.

 

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Certain separate accounts held by the Company represent funds which are administered for pension plans. The assets consist primarily of fixed maturities and equity securities and are carried at fair value. The Company provides a minimum guaranteed return to policyholders of certain separate accounts. Certain other separate accounts do not have any minimum guarantees and the investment risks associated with fair value changes are borne entirely by the policyholder. Information regarding the separate accounts of the Company as of and for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:

 

          Nonindexed     Nonindexed              
          Guarantee     Guarantee     Nonguaranteed        
      Guaranteed     Less Than or     Greater     Separate        
    Indexed     Equal to 4%     Than 4%     Accounts     Total  
 

 

 

 

Premiums, deposits and other considerations for the year ended December 31, 2021

   $     $     $ 11     $ 8,076     $ 8,087   
 

 

 

 

Reserves for separate accounts as of December 31, 2021 with assets at:

         

Fair value

   $     $ 93     $     $ 123,046     $ 123,139   

Amortized cost

          669                   669   
 

 

 

 

Total as of December 31, 2021

   $     $ 762     $     $ 123,046     $ 123,808   
 

 

 

 

Reserves for separate accounts by withdrawal characteristics as of December 31, 2021:

         

With fair value adjustment

   $     $ 26     $     $     $ 26   

At fair value

                      122,404       122,404   

At book value without fair value adjustment and with current surrender charge of less than 5%

          669                   669   
 

 

 

 

Subtotal

          695             122,404       123,099   

Not subject to discretionary withdrawal

          66             643       709   
 

 

 

 

Total separate account reserve liabilities at December 31, 2021

   $     $ 761     $     $ 123,047     $     123,808   
 

 

 

 

 

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(Dollars in Millions, Except per Share amounts)

 

          Nonindexed     Nonindexed              
          Guarantee     Guarantee     Nonguaranteed        
        Guaranteed     Less Than or     Greater     Separate        
    Indexed     Equal to 4%     Than 4%     Accounts     Total  
 

 

 

 

Premiums, deposits and other considerations for the year ended December 31, 2020

   $     $ 1     $ 12     $ 9,402     $ 9,415   
 

 

 

 

Reserves for separate accounts as of December 31, 2020 with assets at:

         

Fair value

   $     $ 80     $ 2     $ 119,013     $ 119,095   

Amortized cost

          665                   665   
 

 

 

 

Total as of December 31, 2020

   $     $ 745     $ 2     $ 119,013     $ 119,760   
 

 

 

 

Reserves for separate accounts by withdrawal characteristics as of December 31, 2020:

         

With fair value adjustment

   $     $ 30     $     $     $ 30   

At fair value

                      118,457       118,457   

At book value without fair value adjustment and with current surrender charge of less than 5%

          665                   665   
 

 

 

 

Subtotal

          695             118,457       119,152   

Not subject to discretionary withdrawal

          50       2       556       608   
 

 

 

 

Total separate account reserve liabilities at December 31, 2020

   $             —     $     745     $         2     $     119,013     $         119,760   
 

 

 

 

 

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            Nonindexed      Nonindexed                
            Guarantee      Guarantee      Nonguaranteed         
     Guaranteed      Less Than or      Greater      Separate         
     Indexed      Equal to 4%      Than 4%      Accounts          Total      
  

 

 

 

Premiums, deposits and other considerations for the year ended December 31, 2019

    $      $      $ 12      $ 9,623      $ 9,635   
  

 

 

 

Reserves for separate accounts as of December 31, 2019 with assets at:

              

Fair value

    $      $ 65      $ 18      $ 109,833      $ 109,916   

Amortized cost

            653                      653   
  

 

 

 

Total as of December 31, 2019

    $      $ 718      $ 18      $ 109,833      $ 110,569   
  

 

 

 

Reserves for separate accounts by withdrawal characteristics as of December 31, 2019:

              

With fair value adjustment

    $      $ 35      $      $      $ 35   

At fair value

                          109,384        109,384   

At book value without fair value adjustment and with current surrender charge of less than 5%

            653                      653   
  

 

 

 

Subtotal

            688               109,384        110,072   

Not subject to discretionary withdrawal

            30        18        449        497   
  

 

 

 

Total separate account reserve liabilities at December 31, 2019

    $            —      $             718      $               18      $     109,833      $     110,569   
  

 

 

 

A reconciliation of the amounts transferred to and from the Company’s separate accounts is presented below:

 

     Year Ended December 31  
     2021     2020     2019  
  

 

 

 

Transfer as reported in the Summary of Operations of the separate accounts statement:

      

Transfers to separate accounts

    $            8,164     $            9,484     $          10,116   

Transfers from separate accounts

     (17,029     (14,305     (15,216)  
  

 

 

 

Net transfers from separate accounts

     (8,865     (4,821     (5,100)  

Miscellaneous reconciling adjustments

     (16     (29     (30)  
  

 

 

 

Net transfers as reported in the Summary of Operations of the life, accident and health annual statement

    $ (8,881   $ (4,850   $ (5,130)  
  

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements – Statutory Basis

(Dollars in Millions, Except per Share amounts)

 

The legal insulation of separate account assets prevents such assets from being generally available to satisfy claims resulting from the general account. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company’s separate account statement included legally insulated assets of $126,074 and $121,803, respectively. The assets legally insulated from general account claims at December 31, 2021 and 2020 are attributed to the following products:

 

     2021      2020  
  

 

 

 

Group annuities

    $ 35,216      $ 32,435   

Variable annuities

     78,162        77,850   

Fixed universal life

     700        696   

Variable universal life

     10,366        9,257   

Variable life

     1,526        1,492   

Modified separate accounts

     79        50   

Registered market value annuity product - SPL

     13        12   

WRL asset accumulator

     12        11   
  

 

 

 

Total separate account assets

    $        126,074      $        121,803   
  

 

 

 

At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company held separate account assets not legally insulated from the general account in the amount of $14 and $17, respectively, related to variable annuity products.

Some separate account liabilities are guaranteed by the general account. In accordance with the guarantees provided, if the investment proceeds are insufficient to cover the rate of return guaranteed for the product, the policyholder proceeds will be remitted by the general account. To compensate the general account for the risk taken, the separate account paid risk charges of $579, $565, $552, $550 and $538, to the general account in 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. During the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017 the general account of the Company had paid $45, $75, $75, $69 and $70 respectively, toward separate account guarantees.

At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company reported guaranteed separate account assets at amortized cost in the amount of $674 and $678, respectively, based upon the prescribed practice granted by the State of Iowa as described in Note 2. These assets had a fair value of $748 and $786 at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which would have resulted in an unrealized gain/(loss) of $74 and $107, respectively, had these assets been reported at fair value.

The Company does not participate in securities lending transactions within the separate account.

 

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8.   Reinsurance

Certain premiums and benefits are assumed from and ceded to other insurance companies under various reinsurance agreements. The Company reinsures portions of the risk on certain insurance policies which exceed its established limits, thereby providing a greater diversification of risk and minimizing exposure on larger risks. The Company remains contingently liable with respect to any insurance ceded, and this would become an actual liability in the event that the assuming insurance company became unable to meet its obligation under the reinsurance treaty.

Premiums and annuity considerations include the following reinsurance amounts:

 

     Year Ended December 31  
     2021     2020     2019  
  

 

 

 

Direct premiums

    $ 17,591     $ 19,191     $ 17,922   

Reinsurance assumed - non affiliates

     1,272       1,248       1,279   

Reinsurance assumed - affiliates

     (1     2       215   

Reinsurance ceded - non affiliates

     (3,594     (2,612     (2,540)  

Reinsurance ceded - affiliates

     (786     (1,106     (1,168)  
  

 

 

 

Net premiums earned

    $          14,482     $          16,723     $          15,708   
  

 

 

 

The Company received reinsurance recoveries in the amount of $3,824, $4,316 and $4,468, during 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, estimated amounts recoverable from reinsurers that have been deducted from policy and contract claim reserves totaled $1,053 and $939. The aggregate reserves for policies and contracts were reduced for reserve credits for reinsurance ceded at December 31, 2021 and 2020 of $36,616 and $36,764, respectively, of which $13,078 and $13,916 were ceded to affiliates.

During 2021, 2020 and 2019, amortization of deferred gains associated with previously transacted reinsurance agreements was released into income in the amount of $195 ($127 after tax), $274 ($179 after tax) and $213 ($139 after tax), respectively.

Effective December 31, 2021, the Company ceded universal life with secondary guarantee insurance business to an unaffiliated entity. The Company paid considerations of $1,738 in assets and cash, ceded $1,470 of reserves and $13 of policy loans. After a $55 realized gain release, the transaction resulted in a pre-tax loss of $243 which has been included in the Statement of Operations. There was a reversal of tax timing differences and release of risk based capital required that offset the pre-tax loss resulting in a neutral impact to the Risk Based Capital ratio.

Effective October 1, 2021, the Company recaptured a block of universal life business from an affiliate, TLIC Oakbrook Reinsurance, Inc. (TORI). The Company received consideration of $963 in the form of released funds withheld and recaptured policyholder reserves of $1,229 and claims reserves of $7. The transaction resulted in a pre-tax loss of $272 which has been included in the Statements of Operations. In addition, the Company released into income a previously deferred unamortized gain resulting from the original cessions of this business to TORI in the amount of $173 with a corresponding charge to unassigned surplus.

 

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Effective May 31, 2021, the Company amended and restated the Military Life and Affinity reinsurance agreements with Ironwood Re Corp, an affiliate, which changed the funds withheld calculation from a GAAP reserve valuation to a Gross Premium Valuation. As a result, the Company increased the funds withheld liability by $43. The transaction resulted in no pre-tax gain or loss.

On January 29, 2020, Senior Health Insurance Company of Pennsylvania (SHIP) was placed in rehabilitation by order of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. The Company worked with the Receiver on a proposal to recapture the business throughout 2020 and a proposal was approved on December 29, 2020. The agreement resulted in the Company recapturing all business previously ceded to SHIP and receiving $310 of assets held in trust while legal proceedings were underway. The assets in excess of the ultimate settlement of the liabilities will be returned to the receiver. The Company will also assume responsibility for administration of the business. No gain or loss was recognized as part of the recapture.

On June 30, 2020, the Company, Transamerica Pacific Re, Inc. (TPRe), and Transamerica Pacific Insurance Company (TPIC) entered into a novation agreement whereby the Company consented to TPIC’s assignment and transfer of its rights and obligations under the universal life coinsurance agreements to TPRe. The novation resulted in no gain or loss. Also on June 30, 2020, the Company recaptured certain universal life policy risks not associated with the secondary guarantee from TPRe for consideration of $2,124 equal to the statutory reserves recaptured resulting in no gain loss and amended and restated the universal life coinsurance agreements to cede only certain universal life secondary guarantee risks to TPRe.

Effective October 1, 2020, the Company recaptured several blocks of life insurance business from an affiliate, Ironwood Re Corp. The Company released funds withheld of $313 and recaptured policyholder reserves of $385 and claims reserves of $4. The transaction resulted in a pre-tax loss of $76 which has been included in the Statements of Operations. In addition, the Company released into income a previously deferred unamortized gain resulting from the original cessions of this business to Ironwood in the amount of $125 with a corresponding charge to unassigned surplus.

Also effective October 1, 2020, an amendment was made to the military life reinsurance agreement with Ironwood Re Corp. to increase the cession percentage to 100%. As a result of this amendment, the Company ceded additional policyholder reserves of $201 and due premiums of $7 and provided net consideration of $76 which was retained as funds withheld by the Company. The transaction resulted in a pre-tax gain of $118 which was charged directly to unassigned surplus. Recognition of the surplus increase as income shall be reflected on a net of tax basis as earnings emerge from the business reinsured.

Effective October 1, 2020, the Company recaptured term insurance business from Ironwood Re Corp. The Company received consideration of $206 in the form of released funds withheld and a cash payment, recaptured $445 of policy holder and claim reserves and $2 of due premiums. The transaction resulted in a pre-tax loss of $237 which has been included in the Statements of Operations. In addition, the Company released into income a previously deferred unamortized gain resulting from the original cessions of this business to Ironwood in the amount of $106 with a corresponding charge to unassigned surplus.

 

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Effective December 31, 2020, the Company ceded certain term insurance business to an unaffiliated entity. The Company paid cash consideration of $201, ceded $439 of reserves and $2 of due and deferred premium. The transaction resulted in a pre-tax gain of $236 which has been recorded directly to unassigned surplus. Recognition of the surplus increase as income shall be reflected on a net of tax basis as earnings emerge from the business reinsured.

Effective January 1, 2019, the Company recaptured term insurance business of a reinsurance treaty with an affiliate, LIICA Re II, Inc. The universal life with secondary guarantees remained reinsured under the treaty. The Company received cash of $15, recaptured $68 in policyholder reserves, and net due, deferred and advance premiums of $2. The transaction resulted in a pre-tax loss of $51, which has been included in the Statements of Operations. In addition, the Company released into income a previously deferred unamortized gain resulting from the original cession of this business to LIICA Re II in the amount of $14 with a corresponding charge to unassigned surplus.

Effective July 1, 2019, the Company recaptured indexed universal life and variable universal life insurance business from an affiliate, WFG Reinsurance Limited. The Company paid cash of $39, recaptured $2 in policyholder reserves, and policy loans of $1. The transaction resulted in a pre-tax loss of $40 which was partially offset by a commission expense allowance of $6 as unamortized amounts previously deferred to unassigned surplus related to the original inforce reinsurance transactions were released.

In January 2018, Scottish Re Group announced a sale and restructuring plan and commenced Chapter 11 (reorganization) procedures for some of its subsidiaries. In December 2018, the Delaware Department of Insurance began oversight procedures of Scottish Re (U.S.), Inc. (SRUS), with whom the Company is a counterparty for some of its reinsurance activities. SRUS was ordered into receivership for the purposes of rehabilitation on March 6, 2019. On May 16, 2019, the IID suspended the certificate of authority for SRUS but later clarified that reserve credit could be taken on reinsurance agreements entered into prior to the revocation date if a recovery analysis could be illustrated. Now, with the continued delays of the reorganization legal proceedings and with no reliable financial information being provided by the receiver or SRUS, the Company has determined it is unable to support a favorable recovery analysis. Therefore, the Company did not take statutory reserve credit and established a loss contingency allowance for doubtful recoveries of billed and unbilled claims in its December 31, 2021 financial statements. The impact was a $109 charge reported in the Statements of Operations.

 

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9.   Income Taxes

The net deferred income tax asset at December 31, 2021 and 2020 and the change from the prior year are comprised of the following components:

 

     December 31, 2021  
             Ordinary                     Capital                     Total          
  

 

 

 

Gross Deferred Tax Assets

    $ 1,915     $ 181     $ 2,096   

Statutory Valuation Allowance Adjustment

     11             11   
  

 

 

 

Adjusted Gross Deferred Tax Assets

     1,904       181       2,085   

Deferred Tax Assets Nonadmitted

     264             264   
  

 

 

 

Subtotal (Net Deferred Tax Assets)

     1,640       181       1,821   

Deferred Tax Liabilities

     701       295       996   
  

 

 

 

Net Admitted Deferred Tax Assets (Liabilities)

    $ 939     $ (114   $ 825   
  

 

 

 
     December 31, 2020  
     Ordinary     Capital     Total  
  

 

 

 

Gross Deferred Tax Assets

    $ 1,923     $ 243     $ 2,166   

Statutory Valuation Allowance Adjustment

                 —   
  

 

 

 

Adjusted Gross Deferred Tax Assets

     1,923       243       2,166   

Deferred Tax Assets Nonadmitted

     226             226   
  

 

 

 

Subtotal (Net Deferred Tax Assets)

     1,697       243       1,940   

Deferred Tax Liabilities

     698       430       1,128   
  

 

 

 

Net Admitted Deferred Tax Assets (Liabilities)

    $ 999     $ (187   $ 812   
  

 

 

 
           Change        
     Ordinary     Capital     Total  
  

 

 

 

Gross Deferred Tax Assets

    $ (8   $ (62   $ (70)  

Statutory Valuation Allowance Adjustment

     11             11   
  

 

 

 

Adjusted Gross Deferred Tax Assets

     (19     (62     (81)  

Deferred Tax Assets Nonadmitted

     38             38   
  

 

 

 

Subtotal (Net Deferred Tax Assets)

     (57     (62     (119)  

Deferred Tax Liabilities

     3       (135     (132)  
  

 

 

 

Net Admitted Deferred Tax Assets (Liabilities)

    $ (60   $ 73     $ 13   
  

 

 

 

 

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The main components of deferred income tax amounts are as follows:

 

     Year Ended December 31         
             2021                      2020                      Change          
  

 

 

 

Deferred Tax Assets:

        

Ordinary

        

Policyholder reserves

    $ 745      $ 824      $ (79)  

Investments

     208        227        (19)  

Deferred acquisition costs

     574        534        40   

Policyholder dividends accrual

     4        3         

Compensation and benefits accrual

     40        34         

Receivables - nonadmitted

     37        32         

Net operating loss carry-forward

     50               50   

Tax credit carry-forward

     166        144        22   

Contingent experience rate refunds

     22        32        (10)  

Bad debt allowance

     23        17         

Litigation reserve

     19        36        (17)  

Other (including items <5% of total ordinary tax assets)

     27        40        (13)  
  

 

 

 

Subtotal

     1,915        1,923        (8)  

Statutory valuation allowance adjustment

     11               11   

Nonadmitted

     264        226        38   
  

 

 

 

Admitted ordinary deferred tax assets

     1,640        1,697        (57)  

Capital

        

Investments

     181        243        (62)  
  

 

 

 

Subtotal

     181        243        (62)  

Statutory valuation allowance adjustment

                   —   

Nonadmitted

                   —   
  

 

 

 

Admitted capital deferred tax assets

     181        243        (62)  
  

 

 

 

Admitted deferred tax assets

    $ 1,821      $ 1,940      $ (119)  
  

 

 

 
     Year Ended December 31         
             2021                     2020                     Change          
  

 

 

 

Deferred Tax Liabilities:

        

Ordinary

        

Investments

    $ 521      $ 467      $ 54   

Policyholder reserves

     168        223        (55)  

Other (including items <5% of total ordinary tax liabilities)

     12        8         
  

 

 

 

Subtotal

     701        698         

Capital

        

Investments

     295        430        (135)  
  

 

 

 

Subtotal

     295        430        (135)  
  

 

 

 

Deferred tax liabilities

     996        1,128        (132)  
  

 

 

 

Net admitted deferred tax assets (liabilities)

    $ 825      $ 812      $ 13   
  

 

 

 

 

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As a result of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the Company’s tax reserve deductible temporary difference decreased by ($396). This change results in an offsetting $396 deductible taxable temporary difference that will be amortized into taxable income evenly over the eight years subsequent to 2017. The remaining amortizable balance is included within the Policyholder Reserves line items above.

At December 31, 2021, the Company recorded a tax valuation allowance of $11 for deferred tax assets related to its foreign tax credit carryover. No valuation allowance was recorded in 2020. The ultimate realization of this deferred tax asset depends on generation of sufficient future foreign source taxable income before the foreign tax credit carryover expires in 2031. After considering projected foreign source taxable income, credit expirations and tax planning strategies, the Company does not expect to generate sufficient foreign source income in future years to realize all of its foreign tax credit carryover.

As discussed in Note 2, for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company admits deferred income tax assets pursuant to SSAP No. 101. The amount of admitted adjusted gross deferred income tax assets under each component of SSAP No. 101 is as follows:

 

         December 31, 2021  
             Ordinary              Capital              Total      
    

 

 

 

Admission Calculation Components SSAP No. 101

        

2(a)

  Federal Income Taxes Paid in Prior Years Recoverable Through Loss Carrybacks     $      $ 3      $  

2(b)

  Adjusted Gross Deferred Tax Assets Expected to be Realized (Excluding The Amount of Deferred Tax Assets From 2(a) above) After Application of the Threshold Limitation (the Lesser of 2(b)1 and 2(b)2 below)      777        44        821   
 

1. Adjusted Gross Deferred Tax Assets Expected to be Realized Following the Balance Sheet Date

     777        44        821   
 

2. Adjusted Gross Deferred Tax Assets Allowed per Limitation Threshold

     XXX        XXX        968   

2(c)

  Adjusted Gross Deferred Tax Assets (Excluding The Amount Of Deferred Tax Assets From 2(a) and 2(b) above) Offset by Gross Deferred Tax Liabilities      862        134        996   
    

 

 

 

2(d)

  Deferred Tax Assets Admitted as the result of application of SSAP No. 101, Total (2(a) + 2(b) + 2(c))     $ 1,639      $ 181      $ 1,820   
    

 

 

 

 

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         December 31, 2020  
             Ordinary         Capital         Total      
    

 

 

 

Admission Calculation Components SSAP No. 101

      

2(a)

  Federal Income Taxes Paid in Prior Years Recoverable Through Loss Carrybacks     $     $ 1     $ 1    

2(b)

  Adjusted Gross Deferred Tax Assets Expected to be Realized (Excluding The Amount of Deferred Tax Assets From 2(a) above) After Application of the Threshold Limitation (the Lesser of 2(b)1 and 2(b)2 below)      754       57       811    
 

1. Adjusted Gross Deferred Tax Assets Expected to be Realized Following the Balance Sheet Date

     754       57       811    
 

2. Adjusted Gross Deferred Tax Assets Allowed per Limitation Threshold

     XXX               XXX       1,095    

2(c)

  Adjusted Gross Deferred Tax Assets (Excluding The Amount Of Deferred Tax Assets From 2(a) and 2(b) above) Offset by Gross Deferred Tax Liabilities      943       185       1,128    
    

 

 

 

2(d)

  Deferred Tax Assets Admitted as the result of application of SSAP No. 101, Total (2(a) + 2(b) + 2(c))     $ 1,697     $ 243     $           1,940    
    

 

 

 
               Change        
             Ordinary         Capital         Total      
    

 

 

 

Admission Calculation Components SSAP No. 101

      

2(a)

  Federal Income Taxes Paid in Prior Years Recoverable Through Loss Carrybacks     $     $ 2     $ 2    

2(b)

  Adjusted Gross Deferred Tax Assets Expected to be Realized (Excluding The Amount of Deferred Tax Assets From 2(a) above) After Application of the Threshold Limitation (the Lesser of 2(b)1 and 2(b)2 below)      23       (13     10    
 

1. Adjusted Gross Deferred Tax Assets Expected to be Realized Following the Balance Sheet Date

     23       (13     10    
 

2. Adjusted Gross Deferred Tax Assets Allowed per Limitation Threshold

     XXX       XXX       (127)   

2(c)

  Adjusted Gross Deferred Tax Assets (Excluding The Amount Of Deferred Tax Assets From 2(a) and 2(b) above) Offset by Gross Deferred Tax Liabilities      (81     (51     (132)   
    

 

 

 

2(d)

  Deferred Tax Assets Admitted as the result of application of SSAP No. 101, Total (2(a) + 2(b) + 2(c))     $ (58   $ (62   $ (120)   
    

 

 

 

 

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     December 31        
               2021                         2020                         Change            
  

 

 

 

Ratio Percentage Used To Determine Recovery

      
  

 

 

 

Period and Threshold Limitation Amount

     709     735                    -26%  
  

 

 

 
Amount of Adjusted Capital and Surplus Used To Determine Recovery Period and Threshold       
  

 

 

 

Limitation in 2(b)2 Above

     $            6,452     $            7,298     $ (846)   
  

 

 

 

The impact of tax planning strategies at December 31, 2021 and 2020 was as follows:

 

     December 31, 2021  
         Ordinary         Capital     Total  
     Percent     Percent         Percent      
  

 

 

 

Impact of Tax Planning Strategies:

      

(% of Total Adjusted Gross DTAs)

     0     0     0%  
  

 

 

 

(% of Total Net Admitted Adjusted Gross DTAs)

     12     0     12%  
  

 

 

 

 

     December 31, 2020  
         Ordinary         Capital     Total  
     Percent     Percent         Percent      
  

 

 

 

Impact of Tax Planning Strategies:

      

(% of Total Adjusted Gross DTAs)

     0     0     0%  
  

 

 

 

(% of Total Net Admitted Adjusted Gross DTAs)

     7     0     7%  
  

 

 

 

The Company’s tax planning strategies do not include the use of reinsurance-related tax planning strategies.

Current income taxes incurred consist of the following major components:

 

     Year Ended December 31        
               2021                         2020                         Change            
  

 

 

 

Current Income Tax

                                                                                                   

Federal

    $ (185   $ (109   $ (76)  
  

 

 

 

  Subtotal

     (185     (109     (76)  

Federal income tax on net capital gains

     122           128       (6)  
  

 

 

 

Federal and foreign income taxes incurred

    $ (63   $ 19     $ (82)  
  

 

 

 

 

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     Year Ended December 31        
               2020                         2019                         Change            
  

 

 

 

Current Income Tax

                                                                                                         

Federal

    $ (109   $ (39   $ (70)  
  

 

 

 

  Subtotal

     (109     (39     (70)  

Federal income tax on net capital gains

     128       52       76   
  

 

 

 

Federal and foreign income taxes incurred

    $ 19     $ 13     $  
  

 

 

 

The Company’s current income tax incurred and change in deferred income tax differs from the amount obtained by applying the federal statutory rate to income before tax as follows:

 

     Year Ended December 31  
             2021                     2020                     2019          
  

 

 

 

Current income taxes incurred

    $ (63   $ 19     $ 13     

Change in deferred income taxes

     (123     126       160     

(without tax on unrealized gains and losses)

      
  

 

 

 

    Total income tax reported

    $ (186   $ 145     $ 173     
  

 

 

 

Income before taxes

    $ 194     $ 1,444     $ 3,770     

Federal statutory tax rate

           21.00           21.00           21.00%  
  

 

 

 

Expected income tax expense (benefit) at statutory rate

    $ 41     $ 303     $ 792     

Increase (decrease) in actual tax reported resulting from:

      

Pre-tax income of disregarded subsidiaries

    $ 15     $ 17     $ 21     

Dividends received deduction

     (94     (59     (90)    

Tax-exempt income

     (74     (3     (11)    

Nondeductible expenses

     5       6       5     

Pre-tax items reported net of tax

     (77     (35     (53)    

Tax credits

     (38     (40     (43)    

Prior period tax return adjustment

     3       (11     15     

Change in statutory valuation allowance

     11       (14     14     

Change in uncertain tax positions

     (3           —     

Deferred tax change on other items in surplus

     24       (20     (478)    

Other

     1       1       1     
  

 

 

 

    Total income tax reported

    $ (186   $ 145     $ 173     
  

 

 

 

The Company’s federal income tax return is consolidated with other includible affiliated companies. Please see the listing of companies in Appendix A. The method of allocation between the companies is subject to a written tax allocation agreement. Under the terms of the tax allocation agreement, allocations are based on separate income tax return calculations. The Company is entitled to recoup federal income taxes paid in the event the future losses and credits reduce the greater of the Company’s separately computed income tax liability or the consolidated group’s income tax liability in the year generated. The Company is also entitled to recoup federal

 

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income taxes paid in the event the losses and credits reduce the greater of the Company’s separately computed income tax liability or the consolidated group’s income tax liability in any carryback or carryforward year when so applied. Intercompany income tax balances are settled within thirty days of payment to or filing with the Internal Revenue Service. A tax return has not been filed for 2021.

The amounts, origination dates and expiration dates of operating loss and tax credit carryforwards available for tax purposes:

 

Description        Amount              Origination Dates            Expiration Dates    

 

Operating Loss

    $ 238       12/31/2021    N/A
  

 

 

       

Operating Loss Total

    $ 238         
  

 

 

       

Foreign Tax Credit

    $ 11       12/31/2021    12/31/2031
  

 

 

       

Foreign Tax Credit Total

    $ 11         
  

 

 

       

General Business Credit

    $      12/31/2012    12/31/2032

General Business Credit

     15       12/31/2013    12/31/2033

General Business Credit

     20       12/31/2014    12/31/2034

General Business Credit

     56       12/31/2015    12/31/2035

General Business Credit

          12/31/2016    12/31/2036

General Business Credit

     10       12/31/2017    12/31/2037

General Business Credit

          12/31/2018    12/31/2038

General Business Credit

          12/31/2019    12/31/2039

General Business Credit

     14       12/31/2020    12/31/2040

General Business Credit

     18       12/31/2021    12/31/2041
  

 

 

       

General Business Credit Total

    $        156         
  

 

 

       

The following is income tax expense for current year and preceding years that is available for recoupment in the event of future losses:

 

               Total            

2019

    $ —   

2020

    $ 40   

2021

    $ —   

The total amount of the unrecognized tax benefits that if recognized would affect the effective income tax rate:

 

         Unrecognized    
Tax Benefits
 

Balance at January 1, 2020

    $ 21    

Tax positions taken during prior period

     —    
  

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2020

    $ 21    

Tax positions taken during prior period

     (3)   
  

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2021

    $ 18    
  

 

 

 

 

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The Company classifies interest and penalties related to income taxes as income tax expense. The amount of interest and penalties accrued on the balance sheets as income taxes includes the following:

 

         Interest           Penalties        Total payable
(receivable)
 
  

 

 

 

Balance at January 1, 2019

    $ 3     $      $  

Interest expense (benefit)

     6               

Cash received (paid)

                  —   
  

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2019

    $ 9     $      $  

Interest expense (benefit)

                  —   

Cash received (paid)

                  —   
  

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2020

    $ 9     $      $  

Interest expense (benefit)

     1               

Cash received (paid)

     (9            (9)  
  

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2021

    $ 1     $      $  
  

 

 

 

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) completed its examination for 2009 through 2013 for which an appeals conference is in process. The IRS opened an exam for the 2014 through 2016 amended tax returns. Federal income tax returns filed in 2018 through 2020 remain open, subject to potential future examination. The Company believes there are adequate defenses against, or sufficient provisions established related to any open or contested tax positions.

10. Capital and Surplus

The Company has authorized 1,000,000 common stock shares at $10 per share par value of which 676,190 shares were issued and outstanding at December 31, 2021 and 2020.

The Company has 42,500 Series A preferred shares authorized, of which 0 shares were issued and outstanding at December 31, 2021 and 2020. The Company repurchased its Series A preferred shares for $58,000 on December 26, 2006 and previously reported 42,500 shares of Series A preferred stock outstanding at $10 par, carried as treasury stock. It was determined that these shares were cancelled by operation of law as they were not stipulated by the Board of Directors to be treasury shares at the time they were repurchased. The cancellation and removal of the preferred stock had no impact to capital and surplus of the Company. The Company also has 250,000 Series B preferred non-voting shares authorized at $10 per share par value, of which 0 shares were issued and outstanding at December 31, 2021 and 2020.

The Company is subject to limitations, imposed by the State of Iowa, on the payment of dividends to its stockholders. Generally, dividends during any twelve-month period may not be paid, without prior regulatory approval, in excess of the greater of (a) 10 percent of the Company’s statutory surplus as of the preceding December 31, or (b) the Company’s statutory gain from operations before net realized capital gains (losses) on investments for the preceding year. Subject to the availability of unassigned surplus at the time of such dividend, the maximum payment which may be made in 2022, without the prior approval of insurance regulatory authorities, is $2,078.

On December 15, 2021, the Company paid an ordinary dividend of $411 to CGC.

 

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On December 13, 2021, the Company paid a common stock dividend of stock ownership of $339 to CGC.

On June 21 2021, the Company paid an ordinary common stock dividend of $350 to CGC.

On December 7, 2020, the Company paid an ordinary common stock dividend of $500 to CGC.

On May 13, 2020, TPLIC paid a dividend to its parent company, CGC, in the amount of $700. CGC then contributed this amount to the Company. The dividend and contribution included $77 in cash and $623 in securities. This transaction occurred prior to the merger of TPLIC and the Company. This transaction had no overall impact to capital and surplus of the merged Company.

On December 20, 2019, the Company paid extraordinary common stock dividends of $725 to CGC.

On June 21, 2019, the Company paid a return of capital of $250 to CGC.

On February 1, 2019, the Company paid an ordinary common stock dividend of $8 to CGC.

Life and health insurance companies are subject to certain RBC requirements as specified by the NAIC. Under those requirements, the amount of capital and surplus maintained by a life or health insurance company is to be determined based on various risk factors. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company met the minimum RBC requirements.

The Company’s surplus notes were held by CGC and Transamerica Corporation (TA Corp). These notes were due 20 years from the date of issuance at an interest rate of 6% and were subordinate and junior in right of payment to all obligations and liabilities of the Company. In the event of liquidation of the Company, full payment of the surplus notes was to be made before the holders of common stock become entitled to any distribution of the remaining assets of the Company.

On June 22, 2020, the Company repaid in full its $60 surplus note with CGC. On December 20, 2019, the Company repaid in full its $57 surplus note with TA Corp and made a partial repayment of $43 on its surplus note with CGC. On June 21, 2019, the Company repaid $150 on its surplus note with TA Corp. The Company received approval from IID for each of these transactions as well as prior to making quarterly interest payments.

11.   Securities Lending

The Company participates in an agent-managed securities lending program in which the Company primarily loans out US Treasuries and other bonds. The Company receives collateral equal to 102% of the fair value of the loaned government or other domestic securities as of the transaction date. If the fair value of the collateral is at any time less than 102% of the fair value of the loaned securities, the counterparty is mandated to deliver additional collateral, the fair value of which, together with the collateral already held in connection with the lending transaction, is at least equal to 102% of the fair value of the loaned government or other domestic securities. In the event the Company loans a foreign security and the denomination of the currency of the collateral

 

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is other than the denomination of the currency of the loaned foreign security, the Company receives and maintains collateral equal to 105% of the fair value of the loaned security.

At December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, securities with a fair value of $1,919 and $2,000 were on loan under securities lending agreements. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the collateral the Company received from securities lending activities was in the form of cash and on open terms. This cash collateral is reinvested and is not available for general corporate purposes. The reinvested cash collateral has a fair value of $2,073 and $2,115 at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

The contractual maturities of the securities lending collateral positions are as follows:

 

     Fair Value  
     2021      2020  
  

 

 

 

Open

    $ 2,073       $ 2,115  

Securities received

            —   
  

 

 

 

Total collateral received

    $        2,073      $        2,115   
  

 

 

 

The Company receives primarily cash collateral in an amount in excess of the fair value of the securities lent. The Company reinvests the cash collateral into higher yielding securities than the securities which the Company has lent to other entities under the arrangement.

The maturity dates of the reinvested securities lending collateral are as follows:

 

     2021      2020  
         Amortized    
Cost
    

Fair

      Value      

         Amortized    
Cost
    

Fair

      Value      

 
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Open

    $ 123      $ 123        $ 215      $ 215   

30 days or less

     675        675         656        656   

31 to 60 days

     511        511         429        429   

61 to 90 days

     208        208         219        219   

91 to 120 days

     100        100         393        393   

121 to 180 days

     356        356         203        203   

181 to 365 days

     100        100                —   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     2,073        2,073         2,115        2,115   

Securities received

            —                —   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total collateral reinvested

    $ 2,073      $ 2,073        $ 2,115      $ 2,115   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

For securities lending, the Company’s source of cash used to return the cash collateral is dependent upon the liquidity of the current market conditions. Under current conditions, the Company has securities with a par value of $2,074 (fair value of $2,073) that are currently tradable securities that could be sold and used to pay for the $2,073 in collateral calls that could come due under a worst-case scenario.

 

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12. Retirement and Compensation Plans

Defined Contribution Plans

The Company’s employees participate in a contributory defined contribution plan sponsored by TA Corp which is qualified under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. Generally, employees of the Company who customarily work at least 20 hours per week and meet the other eligibility requirements are participants of the plan. Participants may elect to contribute up to 100% of eligible earnings, subject to government or other plan restrictions for certain key employees. The Company will match an amount up to three percent of the participant’s eligible earnings. Participants may direct all of their contributions and plan balances to be invested in a variety of investment options. The plan is subject to the reporting and disclosure requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA). Benefits expense of $13, $14 and $14 was allocated to the Company for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Defined Benefit Plans

The Company’s employees participate in a qualified defined benefit pension plan sponsored by TA Corp. Generally, employees of the Company who customarily work at least 20 hours per week and complete six months of continuous service and meet the other eligibility requirements are participants of the plan. The Company has no legal obligation for the plan. The benefits are based on years of service and the employee’s eligible compensation. The plan provides benefits based on a traditional final average formula or a cash balance formula. The plan is subject to the reporting and disclosure requirements of ERISA.

TA Corp sponsors supplemental retirement plans to provide the Company’s senior management with benefits in excess of normal pension benefits. The Company has no legal obligation for the plan. The plans are noncontributory and benefits are based on years of service and the employee’s eligible compensation. The plan provides benefits based on a traditional final average formula or cash balance formula. The plans are unfunded and nonqualified under the Internal Revenue Code.

The Company recognizes pension expense equal to its allocation from TA Corp. The pension expense related to both the qualified defined pension plan and the supplemental retirement plans is allocated among the participating companies based on International Accounting Standards 19 (IAS 19), Accounting for Employee Benefits, and based upon actuarial participant benefit calculations, which is within the guidelines of SSAP No. 102, Pensions. Pension expenses were $28, $27 and $28 for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

In addition to pension benefits, TA Corp sponsors unfunded plans that provide health care and life insurance benefits to retired Company employees meeting certain eligibility requirements. The Company has no legal obligation for the plan. Portions of the medical and dental plans are contributory. The expenses of the postretirement plans are allocated among the participating companies based on IAS 19 and based upon actuarial participant benefit calculations which is within the guidelines of SSAP No. 92, Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions. The Company’s allocation of postretirement expenses was $5, $5 and $6 for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

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Other Plans

TA Corp has established deferred compensation plans for certain key employees of the Company. The Company’s allocation of expense for these plans for each of the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 was insignificant.

13. Related Party Transactions

The Company shares certain officers, employees and general expenses with affiliated companies.

The Company is party to a shared services and cost sharing agreement among and between the Transamerica companies, under which various affiliated companies may perform specified administrative functions in connection with the operation of the Company, in consideration of reimbursement of actual costs of services rendered. Effective August 1, 2020, the Company, and an affiliate, Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company, entered into a Shared Services and Cost Sharing Agreement for both parties to provide accounting, administrative, and other advisory services in accordance with the agreement. The agreement, filed and approved by the IID, replaces prior agreements between the entities. The amount received by the Company as a result of being a party to these agreements was $690, $703 and $486 during 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The amount paid as a result of being a party to these agreements was $679, $698 and $352 during 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Fees charged between affiliates approximate their cost.

The Company is party to a Management and Administrative and Advisory agreement with AEGON USA Realty Advisors (AURA), LLC whereby AURA serves as the administrator and advisor for the Company’s mortgage loan operations. The Company paid $29, $20 and $5 for these services during 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The Company is party to an Investment Management Agreement with AEGON USA Investment Management (AUIM), LLC whereby AUIM acts as a discretionary investment manager for the Company. The Company paid $89, $89 and $97 for these services during 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The Company has an administration service agreement with Transamerica Asset Management (TAM) to provide administrative services to the Transamerica Series Trust. The Company received $168, $149 and $151 for these services during 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Transamerica Capital, Inc. provides wholesaling distribution services for the Company under a distribution agreement. The Company incurred expenses under this agreement of $9, $43 and $51 for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Receivables from (payables to) affiliates and intercompany borrowings bear interest at the thirty-day commercial paper rate. During 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company received (paid) net interest of $0, $0 and ($2) from (to) affiliates, respectively. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, the Company reported net receivables (payables) from (to) affiliates of $118 and

 

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$191. Terms of settlement require that these amounts are settled within 90 days of quarter-end per the requirements of SSAP No. 25, Affiliates and Other Related Parties.

At December 31, 2021, the Company had no short-term intercompany notes receivable. At December 31, 2020, the Company had short-term intercompany notes receivable of $149. In accordance with SSAP No. 25, these notes are reported as short-term investments.

 

Receivable from   Amount   Due By   Interest Rate

  TA Corp

  $                5         August 3, 2021           0.10%

  TA Corp

  128         October 1, 2021           0.07%

  TA Corp

  10         November 24, 2021           0.09%

  TA Corp

  6         December 15, 2021           0.08%

On June 23, 2020, the Company provided $5 to TPRe in consideration for 5,000 shares of its stock becoming the sole shareholder of TPRe. The Company provided an additional capital contribution of $70 to TPRe on June 26, 2020.

The Company utilizes the look-through approach in valuing its investment in the following entities.

 

     Book Adjusted
Carrying Value
 

Real Estate Alternatives Portfolio 2, LLC

    $ 20   

Real Estate Alternatives Portfolio 3, LLC

     15   

Real Estate Alternatives Portfolio 4 HR, LLC

     61   

Real Estate Alternatives Portfolio 4 MR, LLC

      

Aegon Workforce Housing Fund 2, L.P.

     155   

Aegon Workforce Housing Fund 3, L.P.

     17   

Natural Resources Alternatives Portfolio I, LLC

     212   

Natural Resources Alternatives Portfolio II, LLC

     42   

Natural Resources Alternatives Portfolio 3, LLC

     167   

TA Private Equity Assets LLC

     386   

Zero Beta Fund, LLC

     34   

TA-APOP I, LLC

     34   

TA-APOP II, LLC

     109   

These entity’s financial statements are not audited and the Company has limited the value of its investment in these entities to the value contained in the audited financial statements of the underlying LP/LLC investments, including adjustments required by SSAP No. 97 entities and/or non-SCA SSAP No. 48, Joint Ventures, Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies, entities owned by these entities. All liabilities, commitments, contingencies, guarantees or obligations of these entities which are required to be recorded as liabilities, commitments, contingencies, guarantees or obligations under applicable accounting guidance, are reflected in the Company’s determination of the carrying value of the investment in these entities.

 

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The following tables show the disclosures for all SCA investments, except 8bi entities, Balance Sheet value (admitted and nonadmitted) and the NAIC responses for the SCA filings as of December 31, 2021 and 2020:

 

                                                                                               
December 31, 2021  
SCA Entity   Percentage of
SCA
Ownership
    Gross
Amount
    Admitted
Amount
    Nonadmitted
Amount
 

 SSAP No. 97 8a Entities

       

None

    —     $     $     $ —    
 

 

 

 

Total SSAP No. 97 8a Entities

    XXX       $     $     $ —    
 

 

 

 

 SSAP No. 97 8b(ii) Entities

       

None

    —     $     $     $ —    
 

 

 

 

Total SSAP No. 97 8b(ii) Entities

    XXX       $     $     $ —    
 

 

 

 

 SSAP No. 97 8b(iii) Entities

       

AEGON Direct Marketing Services, Inc.

    73     $     $     $ —    

AEGON Financial Services Group, Inc.

    100                     —    

Garnet Assurance Corporation

    100                     —    

Garnet Assurance Corporation III

    100                     —    

Intersecurities Insurance Agency, Inc.

    100                     —    

Life Investors Alliance LLC

    100                     —    

Real Estate Alternatives Portfolio 3A, Inc.

    91                     —    

Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.

    77         121       121       —    

Transamerica Fund Services, Inc.

    44                     —    
 

 

 

 

Total SSAP No. 97 8b(iii) Entities

    XXX       $ 121     $ 121     $ —    
 

 

 

 

 SSAP No. 97 8b(iv) Entities

       

Transamerica Life (Bermuda) Ltd.

    94     $ 1,358     $ 1,358     $ —    
 

 

 

 

Total SSAP No. 97 8b(iv) Entities

    XXX       $ 1,358     $ 1,358     $ —    
 

 

 

 

 Total SSAP No. 97 8b Entities (except 8bi entities)

    XXX       $ 1,479     $ 1,479     $ —    
 

 

 

 

 Aggregate Total

    XXX       $ 1,479     $ 1,479     $ —    
 

 

 

 

 

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December 31, 2020  
SCA Entity   Percentage of
SCA
Ownership
    Gross
Amount
    Admitted
Amount
    Nonadmitted
Amount
 

 SSAP No. 97 8a Entities

       

None

    —     $     $     $ —    
 

 

 

 

Total SSAP No. 97 8a Entities

    XXX       $     $     $ —    
 

 

 

 

 SSAP No. 97 8b(ii) Entities

       

None

    —     $     $     $ —    
 

 

 

 

Total SSAP No. 97 8b(ii) Entities

    XXX       $     $     $ —    
 

 

 

 

 SSAP No. 97 8b(iii) Entities

       

AEGON Direct Marketing Services, Inc.

    73     $     $     $ —    

AEGON Financial Services Group, Inc.

    100                     —    

Garnet Assurance Corporation

    100                     —    

Garnet Assurance Corporation III

    100                     —    

Intersecurities Insurance Agency, Inc.

    100                     —    

Life Investors Alliance LLC

    100                     —    

Real Estate Alternatives Portfolio 3A, Inc.

    91         6       6       —    

Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.

    77         97       97       —    

Transamerica Fund Services, Inc.

    44                     —    
 

 

 

 

Total SSAP No. 97 8b(iii) Entities

    XXX       $ 103     $ 103     $ —    
 

 

 

 

 SSAP No. 97 8b(iv) Entities

       

Transamerica Life (Bermuda) Ltd.

    94     $ 1,462     $ 1,462     $ —    
 

 

 

 

Total SSAP No. 97 8b(iv) Entities

    XXX       $ 1,462     $ 1,462     $ —    
 

 

 

 

 Total SSAP No. 97 8b Entities (except 8bi entities)

    XXX       $ 1,565     $ 1,565     $ —    
 

 

 

 

 Aggregate Total

    XXX       $ 1,565     $ 1,565     $ —    
 

 

 

 

 

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The following table shows the NAIC responses for the SCA filings (except 8bi entities):

December 31, 2021

 

SCA Entity     

Type of
NAIC
Filing*
 
 
 
    

Date of
Filing to
the NAIC
 
 
 
    

NAIC
Valuation
Amount
 
 
 
    


NAIC
Response
Received
Y/N
 
 
 
 
    






NAIC
Disallowed
Entities
Valuation
Method,
Submission
Required
Y/N
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Code**  

SSAP No. 97 8a Entities

                 

None

         $                       
        

 

 

          

Total SSAP No. 97 8a Entities

                 $                       
        

 

 

          

SSAP No. 97 8b(ii) Entities

                 

None

         $                       
        

 

 

          

Total SSAP No. 97 8b(ii) Entities

                 $                       
        

 

 

          

SSAP No. 97 8b(iii) Entities

                 

AEGON Direct Marketing Services, Inc.

     NA         $                      I  

AEGON Financial Services Group, Inc.

     NA                                I  

Garnet Assurance Corporation

     NA                                I  

Garnet Assurance Corporation III

     NA                                I  

Intersecurities Insurance Agency, Inc.

     NA                                I  

Life Investors Alliance LLC

     NA                                I  

Real Estate Alternatives Portfolio 3A, Inc.

     NA                                I  

Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.

     S2        12/16/2021        99        Y        N        I  

Transamerica Fund Services, Inc.

     NA                                I  
        

 

 

          

Total SSAP No. 97 8b(iii) Entities

                 $ 99                       
        

 

 

          

SSAP No. 97 8b(iv) Entities

                 

Transamerica Life (Bermuda) Ltd.

     S2        2/15/2022      $ 1,187        Y        N        I  
        

 

 

          

Total SSAP No. 97 8b(iv) Entities

                 $ 1,187                       
        

 

 

          

Total SSAP No. 97 8b Entities (except 8bi entities)

                 $ 1,286                       
        

 

 

          

Aggregate Total

                 $ 1,286                       
        

 

 

          

    *S1 - Sub1, S2 - Sub2 or RDF - Resubmission of Disallowed Filing

    ** I - Immaterial or M - Material

     (1) NAIC Valuation Amount is as of the Filing Date to the NAIC

 

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SCA Entity     

Type of
NAIC
Filing*
 
 
 
    

Date of
Filing to
the NAIC
 
 
 
    

NAIC
Valuation
Amount
 
 
 
    


NAIC
Response
Received
Y/N
 
 
 
 
    






NAIC
Disallowed
Entities
Valuation
Method,
Submission
Required
Y/N
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Code**  

SSAP No. 97 8a Entities

                 

None

          $           
        

 

 

          

Total SSAP No. 97 8a Entities

                  $                       
        

 

 

          

SSAP No. 97 8b(ii) Entities

                 

None

          $           
        

 

 

          

Total SSAP No. 97 8b(ii) Entities

                  $                       
        

 

 

          

SSAP No. 97 8b(iii) Entities

                 

AEGON Direct Marketing Services, Inc.

     NA          $                      I  

AEGON Financial Services Group, Inc.

     S2        12/21/2020               Y        N        I  

Garnet Assurance Corporation

     NA                                I  

Garnet Assurance Corporation III

     NA                                I  

Intersecurities Insurance Agency, Inc.

     NA                                I  

Life Investors Alliance LLC

     NA                                I  

Real Estate Alternatives Portfolio 3A, Inc.

     NA           21                      I  

Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.

     S2        12/17/2020        91        Y        N        I  

Transamerica Fund Services, Inc.

     NA                                I  
        

 

 

          

Total SSAP No. 97 8b(iii) Entities

                  $ 112                       
        

 

 

          

SSAP No. 97 8b(iv) Entities

                 

Transamerica Life (Bermuda) Ltd.

     S2        2/18/2021       $ 941        Y        N        I  
        

 

 

          

Total SSAP No. 97 8b(iv) Entities

                  $ 941                       
        

 

 

          

Total SSAP No. 97 8b Entities (except 8bi entities)

                  $ 1,053                       
        

 

 

          

Aggregate Total

                  $ 1,053                       
        

 

 

          

    *S1 - Sub1, S2 - Sub2 or RDF - Resubmission of Disallowed Filing

    ** I - Immaterial or M - Material

     (1) NAIC Valuation Amount is as of the Filing Date to the NAIC

The Company reports an investment in the following insurance SCAs for which the reported statutory equity reflects a departure from NAIC SAP. Each of the insurance SCAs listed in the table below reflects an admitted asset, equal to the value of the excess of loss reinsurance asset provided by an unaffiliated company, whereas this would not be an admitted asset recognized by SSAP No. 4, Assets and Non Admitted Assets.

LIICA Re II, Inc.                                                                              Excess of loss reinsurance asset

Transamerica Pacific Reinsurance, Inc. (TPRe)                             Excess of loss reinsurance asset

 

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The Company has two Limited Purpose Subsidiaries (LPS) with prescribed practices whereby under Iowa Administrative Code 191-99.11(3), the LPS are entitled to admit the following assets that would not be admissible under the NAIC SAP:

TLIC Oakbrook Reinsurance, Inc. (TORI)      Credit linked note

TLIC Watertree Reinsurance, Inc. (TWRI)     Excess of loss reinsurance asset

The monetary effect on net income and surplus as a result of using an accounting practice that differed from NAIC SAP, the amount of the investment in the insurance SCA per reported statutory equity, and amount of the investment if the insurance SCA has completed statutory financial statements in accordance with the NAIC SAP. The SCAs are valued in the Company’s financial statements at zero in accordance with SSAP No. 97.

 

     Monetary Effect on
NAIC SAP
   

Amount of Investment

 

 
  

 

 

 

                        SCA Entity

  (Investments in Insurance SCA Entities)

  

Net

Income
Increase
(Decrease)

    

Surplus

Increase
(Decrease)

   

Per

Reported
Statutory
Equity

     If the
Insurance SCA
Had
Completed
Statutory
Financial
Statements*
 

  LIICA Re II**

   $      $ (2,131   $      $ —   

  Transamerica Pacific Reinsurance, Inc.**

            (1,213            —   

  TLIC Oakbrook Reinsurance, Inc.

            (3,432     1,311        —   

  TLIC Watertree Reinsurance, Inc.

            (1,044     539        —   

*Per AP&P Manual (without permitted or prescribed practices)

**The SCA is valued at zero in the Company’s financial statements

Had the above SCA entities not been permitted to recognize the excess of loss reinsurance assets or the credit linked note as admitted assets in the financial statements, the risk-based capital would have been below the mandatory control level which would have triggered a regulatory event.

Information regarding the Company’s affiliated reinsurance transactions is available in Note 8. Reinsurance.

Information regarding the Company’s affiliated guarantees is available in Note 15. Commitments and Contingencies.

 

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14. Managing General Agents and Third-Party Administrators

The Company utilizes managing general agents and third-party administrators in its operation. Information regarding these entities for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, is:

 

                        

Total Direct
Premiums Written /

Produced By

 
              

 

 

 

      Name and Address of

  Managing General Agent or

    Third-Party Administrator

   FEIN    Exclusive
Contract
   Types of
Business
Written
   Types of
Authority
Granted
   December 31,  
   2021      2020      2019  
The Vanguard Group, Inc. 100 Vanguard Blvd. Malvern, PA 19355    23-1945930    No    Deferred
and income
annuities
   C, B, P, U      $  —        $  247        $  631   
              

 

 

 

Total

                 $  —        $  247        $  631   
              

 

 

 

C - Claims Payment

B - Binding Authority

P - Premium Collection

U - Underwriting

There were no premiums written in 2021 as the contract with Vanguard was terminated in December of 2020. During 2020, the premiums written declined due to the underlying business being closed to new sales in December 2019.

15. Commitments and Contingencies

At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company has mortgage loan commitments of $284 and $289, respectively.

The Company has contingent commitments of $832 and $893, as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, to provide additional funding for joint ventures, partnerships and limited liability companies, which includes LIHTC commitments of $21 and $30, respectively.

The Company leases office buildings and equipment under various non-cancelable operating lease agreements. Rental expense for the years 2021 and 2020 was $22 and $20, respectively.

Private placement commitments outstanding as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 were $174 and $115, respectively.

The Company sold ($26) and $0 of “to-be-announced” (TBA) securities as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Due to different counterparties, the receivable related to these TBAs was not reclassed.

The Company may pledge cash as collateral for derivative transactions. When cash is pledged as collateral, it is derecognized and a receivable is recorded to reflect the eventual return of that cash

 

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by the counterparty. The amount of cash collateral pledged by the Company as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, was $217 and $295.

At December 31, 2021 and 2020, securities in the amount of $76 and $61, respectively, were posted to the Company as collateral from derivative counterparties. The securities were not included on the Company’s Balance Sheets as the Company does not have the ability to sell or repledge the collateral.

The Company has provided back-stop guarantees for the performance of non-insurance affiliates or subsidiaries that are involved in the guaranteed sale of investments in low-income housing tax credit partnerships. The nature of the obligation is to provide third party investors with a minimum guaranteed annual and cumulative return on their contributed capital which is based on tax credits and tax losses generated from the low income housing tax credit partnerships. Guarantee payments arise if low income housing tax credit partnerships experience unexpected significant decreases in tax credits and tax losses or there are compliance issues with the partnerships. A significant portion of the remaining term of the guarantees is between 13-18 years. In the event the Company is required to make a payment under this guarantee, the payment would be reflected in the Company’s financial statements as a decrease in net investment income. No payments are required as of December 31, 2021 and 2020. The current assessment of risk of making payments under these guarantees is remote.

As of January 20, 2020, the Company has been discharged of its guarantee to the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to provide adequate funds to make up for any liquidity shortfall in its wholly-owned foreign life insurance subsidiary, TLB (Singapore Branch), and ensure that TLB was able to continue to meet, pay and settle all present and future obligations. The Company was not required to provide funds prior to the discharge of the guarantee on January 20, 2020 because TLB maintained adequate liquidity to settle its obligations.

The Company has guaranteed to the Hong Kong Insurance Authority that it will provide the financial support to TLB for maintaining TLB’s solvency at all times so as to enable TLB to promptly meet its obligations and liabilities. If at any time the value of TLB’s assets do not exceed its liabilities by the prevailing acceptable level of solvency, the Company will increase the paid up share capital of TLB or provide financial assistance to TLB to maintain the acceptable level of solvency. An acceptable level of solvency is net assets at one hundred and fifty percent of the required margin of solvency as stipulated under the Insurance Companies (Margin of Solvency) Regulation. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, there is no payment or performance risk because TLB is able to meet its obligations and has assets in excess of its liabilities by the prevailing level of solvency as of this date.

The Company has guaranteed that TLB will (1) maintain tangible net worth of at least equal to the greater of 165% of Standard & Poor’s Risk-Based Capital and the minimum required by regulatory authorities in all jurisdictions in which TLB operates, (2) have, at all times, sufficient cash to pay all contractual obligations in a timely manner and (3) have a maximum operating leverage ratio of 20 times. The Company can terminate this agreement upon thirty days written notice, but not until TLB attains a rating from Standard & Poor’s the same as without the support from this agreement, or the entire book of TLB business is transferred provided that it is transferred to an entity with a rating from S&P that is the same as or better than the Company’s

 

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then current rating or AA, whichever is lower. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, there is no payment or performance risk because TLB has adequate tangible net worth, sufficient cash to meet its obligations and an operating leverage ratio not in excess of 20 times as of this date.

The Company is not able to estimate the financial statement impact or the maximum potential amount of future payments it could be required to make under these two guarantees as they are considered to be unlimited under the provisions of SSAP No. 5R.

The Company has provided a guarantee to TLB’s (Singapore Branch) policyholders. If TLB fails to pay a valid claim solely by reason of it becoming insolvent as defined by Bermuda law, then the Company shall pay directly to the policy owner or named beneficiary the amount of the valid claim. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, TLB holds related statutory-basis policy and claim reserves of $2,328 and $2,315, respectively, which would be the maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under this guarantee. In the event the Company is required to make a payment under this guarantee, the payment would be reflected in the Company’s financial statements as an increase to incurred claims. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, there is no payment or performance risk because TLB is not insolvent as of this date.

The Company has provided a guarantee to TLB’s (Hong Kong Branch) policyholders. If TLB fails to pay a valid claim solely by reason of it becoming insolvent as defined by Bermuda law, then the Company shall pay directly to the policy owner or named beneficiary the amount of the valid claim. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, TLB policies covered by this guarantee would have resulted in US statutory policy and claim reserves of $3,504 and $3,533, respectively, which would represent a fair measure of the maximum potential amount of future payments the Company under this guarantee based on the US statutory reserve requirements. TLB is a subsidiary of the Company and TLB has invested assets supporting these policies which mitigates this risk. In the event the Company is required to make a payment under this guarantee, the payment would be reflected in the Company’s financial statements as an increase to incurred claims. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, there is no payment or performance risk because TLB is not insolvent as of this date.

The Company did not recognize a liability for any of the TLB guarantees due to the adoption of SSAP No. 5R, as a liability is not required for guarantees to or on behalf of a wholly-owned subsidiary. Management monitors TLB’s financial condition, and there are no indications that TLB will become insolvent. As such, management feels the risk of payment under these guarantees on behalf of TLB is remote.

The Company is a party to a fee agreement with TLB whereby the Company continues to provide the guarantees with respect to TLB described in the paragraphs above. The Company received $1 and $1 under this agreement in 2021 and 2020, respectively.

The Company has provided guarantees for the obligations of noninsurance third party assignment companies who have accepted assignments of structured settlement payment obligations from the Company and have purchased structured settlement insurance policies issued by the Company that match those obligations. The guarantees made by the Company are specific to each structured settlement contract and vary in date and duration of the obligation. These are numerous and are backed by the reserves established by the Company to represent the present value of the

 

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future payments for those contracts. The direct statutory reserve established at December 31, 2021 and 2020 for the total payout block is $4,990 and $5,124, respectively. As this reserve is already recorded on the balance sheets of the Company, there was no additional liability recorded due to the adoption of SSAP No. 5R.

During 2019, the Company entered into an agreement with Aegon USA Realty Advisors, LLC to commit to purchase certain tax credit investments up to a maximum of $100,000. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company provides certain commitments to purchase tax credit investments that are part of tax credit funds in the event certain conditions are met. The Company did not acquire any tax credit investments during 2021 or 2020 under this agreement. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, there is no amount committed to these purchases.

The following table provides an aggregate compilation of guarantee obligations as of December 31, 2021 and 2020:

 

    December 31  
            2021                     2020          
 

 

 

 

Aggregate maximum potential of future payments of all guarantees (undiscounted)

   $ 5,832     $ 5,848   
 

 

 

 

Current liability recognized in financial statements:

   

Noncontingent liabilities

          —   
 

 

 

 

Contingent liabilities

          —   
 

 

 

 

Ultimate financial statement impact if action required:

   

Incurred claims

    5,832       5,848   

Other

          —   
 

 

 

 

Total impact if action required

   $ 5,832     $ 5,848   
 

 

 

 

The Company is a member of the FHLB of Des Moines. Through its membership, the Company has conducted business activity (borrowings) with the FHLB. It is part of the Company’s strategy to utilize these funds for asset and liability management and spread lending purposes. The Company has determined the actual/estimated long-term maximum borrowing capacity as $5,674 and $5,793 at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The Company calculated this amount in accordance with the terms and conditions of agreement with FHLB of Des Moines.

At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company purchased/owned the following FHLB stock as part of the agreement:

 

    Year Ended December 31  
        2021     2020      
 

 

 

 

Membership Stock:

   

Class A

   $     $ —   

Class B

    10       10   

Activity Stock

    120       101   

Excess Stock

          —   
 

 

 

 

Total

   $ 130     $ 111   
 

 

 

 

 

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At December 31, 2021 and 2020, Membership Stock (Class A and B) Eligible for Redemption and the anticipated timeframe for redemption was as follows:

 

      Less Than 6
Months
    

6 Months to
Less Than 1

Year

     1 to Less
Than 3
Years
     3 to 5 Years   
  

 

 

 

December 31, 2021

           

Membership Stock

           

Class A

    $      $      $      $ —   

Class B

                          10   
  

 

 

 

Total

    $      $      $      $ 10   
  

 

 

 
      Less Than 6
Months
     6 Months to
Less Than 1
Year
     1 to Less
Than 3
Years
     3 to 5 Years   
  

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

           

Membership Stock

           

Class A

    $      $      $      $ —   

Class B

                          10   
  

 

 

 

Total

    $      $      $      $ 10   
  

 

 

 

At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the amount of collateral pledged and the maximum amount pledged to the FHLB was as follows:

 

           Fair Value                  Carry Value        
  

 

 

 

December 31, 2021

     

Total Collateral Pledged

   $ 4,575      $ 4,226  

Maximum Collateral Pledged

     4,893        4,486  
           Fair Value                  Carry Value        
  

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

     

Total Collateral Pledged

   $ 4,215      $ 3,818  

Maximum Collateral Pledged

     4,258        3,860  

 

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At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the borrowings from the FHLB were as follows:

 

    December 31, 2021     December 31, 2020  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    General
Account
    Funding
Agreements
Reserves
Established
    General
Account
    Funding
Agreements
Reserves
Established
 
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Debt 1

   $     2,995     $ —       $   2,515      $ —   

Funding agreements 2

          —        —        —   

Other

          —        —        —   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,995     $ —       $ 2,515      $ —   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

1

The maximum amount of borrowing during 2021 was $2,995

2

The maximum amount of borrowing during 2021 was $0

As of December 31, 2021, the weighted average interest rate on FHLB advances was 0.409% with a weighted average term of 2.3 years. As of December 31, 2020, the weighted average interest rate on FHLB advances was 0.443% with a weighted average term of 2.3 years.

At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the borrowings from the FHLB were not subject to prepayment penalties.

The Company has issued synthetic GIC contracts to benefit plan sponsors totaling $53,440 and $56,004 as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. A synthetic GIC is an off-balance sheet fee-based product sold primarily to tax qualified plans, where the plan sponsor retains ownership and control of the related plan assets and the Company provides book value benefit responsiveness to qualified participant withdrawals, in the event withdrawals requested exceeds plan cash flows. In certain contracts, the Company agrees to make advances to meet benefit withdrawal needs and earns a market interest rate on these advances. A periodically adjusted contract-crediting rate is a means by which investment and benefit responsiveness experience is passed through to participants. In return for the book value benefit responsiveness guarantee, the Company receives a premium that varies based on such elements as benefit responsiveness exposure and contract size. The Company underwrites the plans for the possibility of having to make benefit payments and also must agree to the investment guidelines ensuring the appropriate credit quality and cash flow. Funding requirements to date have been minimal and management does not anticipate any future material funding requirements to have a material impact on the reported financial results. In compliance with statutory guidelines, no reserves were recorded at December 31, 2021 and 2020.

The Company is party to legal proceedings involving a variety of issues incidental to its business, including class action lawsuits. Lawsuits may be brought in any federal or state court in the United States or in an arbitral forum. In addition, there continues to be significant federal and state regulatory activity relating to financial services companies. The Company’s legal proceedings are subject to many variables, and given their complexity and scope, outcomes cannot be predicted with certainty. Although legal proceedings sometimes includes substantial

 

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demands for compensatory and punitive damages, and injunctive relief, damages arising from such demands are typically not to be material to the Company’s financial position.

The Company had been named in two class actions, as well as several individual lawsuits, relating to increases in monthly deduction rates on universal life products. The Company settled the two class actions, one in January 2019 and one in April 2020. In connection with the class actions, the Company continues to defend against lawsuits by opt out class members. The Company held provisions totaling $69 and $170 for these lawsuits as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

The Company is subject to insurance guaranty laws in the states in which it writes business. These laws provide for assessments against insurance companies for the benefit of policyholders and claimants in the event of insolvency of other insurance companies. Assessments are charged to operations when received by the Company, except where right of offset against other taxes paid is allowed by law. Amounts available for future offsets are recorded as an asset on the Company’s Balance Sheets. The future obligation for known insolvencies has been accrued based on the most recent information available from the National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Associations. Potential future obligations for unknown insolvencies are not determinable by the Company and are not required to be accrued for financial reporting purposes. The Company has established a reserve of $8 and $9 and an offsetting premium tax benefit $6 and $7 at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, for its estimated share of future guaranty fund assessments related to several major insurer insolvencies. The guaranty fund (benefit) expense was $3 for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019.

16. Sales, Transfer, and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities

The Company is party to municipal repurchase agreements which were established via bilateral trades and accounted for as secured borrowings. For municipal repurchase agreements, the Company rigorously manages asset/liability risks via an integrated risk management framework. The Company’s liquidity position is monitored constantly, and factors heavily in the management of the asset portfolio. Projections comparing liquidity needs to available resources in both adverse and routine scenarios are refreshed monthly. The results of these projections on time horizons ranging from 16 months to 24 months are the basis for the near-term liquidity planning. This liquidity model excludes new business (non applicable for the spread business), renewals and other sources of cash and assumes all liabilities are paid off on the earliest dates required. Interest rate risk is carefully managed, in part through rigorously defined and monitored derivatives programs.

 

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The following tables provide information on the securities sold under the municipal repurchase agreements for four quarters of 2021 and 2020:

 

December 31, 2021                        
    First
      Quarter      
    Second
      Quarter      
    Third
      Quarter      
    Fourth
      Quarter      
 
 

 

 

 

Maximum Amount

       

BACV

    XXX       XXX       XXX     $ 204   

Fair Value

  $ 230     $ 204     $ 231     $ 227   

Ending Balance

       

BACV

    XXX       XXX       XXX     $ 187   

Fair Value

  $ 220     $ 204     $ 227     $ 208   

 

December 31, 2020                        
    First
      Quarter      
    Second
      Quarter      
    Third
      Quarter      
    Fourth
      Quarter      
 
 

 

 

 

Maximum Amount

       

BACV

    XXX       XXX       XXX     $ 200   

Fair Value

  $ 167     $ 211     $ 232     $ 232   

Ending Balance

       

BACV

    XXX       XXX       XXX     $ 200   

Fair Value

  $ 167     $ 211     $ 232     $ 232   

 

                                                                                                                                   
    2021     2020  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
            NAIC 1                     NAIC 2                     Total                     NAIC 1                     NAIC 2                     Total          
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Bonds - BACV

  $     140     $     47     $     187     $     160     $     40     $     200   

Bonds - FV

    159       49       208       190       42       232   

These securities have maturity dates that range from 2022 to 2097.

The following table provides information on the cash collateral received and liability to return collateral under the municipal repurchase agreements for four quarters of 2021 and 2020:

 

December 31, 2021                        
    First
    Quarter    
    Second
    Quarter    
    Third
    Quarter    
    Fourth
    Quarter    
 
 

 

 

 

Maximum Amount

       

Cash

  $     136     $     169     $     190     $     103   

Ending Balance (1)

       

Cash

  $ 136     $ 169     $ 79     $ 103   

(1) The remaining collateral held was greater than 90 days from contractual maturity.

 

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December 31, 2020                        
    First
      Quarter      
    Second
Quarter
    Third
Quarter
    Fourth
      Quarter      
 
 

 

 

 

Maximum Amount

       

Cash

  $ 131     $ 164     $ 182     $ 101   

Ending Balance (1)

       

Cash

  $ 131     $ 162     $ 79     $ 100   

 

(1) 

The remaining collateral held was greater than 90 days from contractual maturity.

The Company enters into dollar repurchase agreements in which securities are delivered to the counterparty once adequate collateral has been received. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company had dollar repurchase agreements outstanding in the amount of $873 and $969, respectively, which is included in borrowed money on the Balance Sheets. Those amounts include accrued interest of $2 and $2, at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. At December 31, 2021, securities with a book value of $878 and a fair value of $872 were subject to dollar repurchase agreements. These securities have maturity dates that range from November 1, 2022 to December 1, 2051. At December 31, 2020, securities with a book value of $958 and a fair value of $972 were subject to dollar repurchase agreements. The Company does not have the legal right to recall or substitute the underlying assets prior to the transaction’s scheduled termination. Upon scheduled termination, the counterparty is obligated to return substantially similar assets.

The contractual maturities of the dollar repurchase agreement positions are as follows:

 

     Fair Value  
  

 

 

 
     2021      2020  
  

 

 

 

Open

   $             872      $             967   

Securities received

            —   
  

 

 

 

Total collateral received

   $ 872      $ 967   
  

 

 

 

In the course of the Company’s asset management, securities are sold and reacquired within 30 days of the sale date to enhance the Company’s yield on its investment portfolio. The details by NAIC designation 3 or below of securities sold during 2021 and reacquired within 30 days of the sale date are:

 

     Number of
        Transactions        
     Book Value of
Securities Sold
     Cost of Securities
Repurchased
         Gains (Losses)      
  

 

 

 

Bonds:

           

NAIC 5

     1      $      $      $  

Common stocks

     11      $ 109      $ 109      $  

 

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17. Reconciliation to Statutory Statement

The following is a reconciliation of amounts previously reported to the Iowa Department of Financial Regulation in the 2020 Annual Statement, to those reported in the accompanying statutory-basis financial statements. There are no reconciling items for 2021.

 

     December 31
2020
 
  

 

 

 

Statements of Operations

  

Statutory net income as reported in the Company’s Annual Statement

   $ 1,291  

Increase in commissions and expense allowances on reinsurance ceded

     (69

Increase in reserve adjustment on reinsurance ceded

     193  

Decrease in fee revenue and other income

     3  

Increase in commissions

     69  

Increase in general insurance expenses and other

     (196
  

 

 

 

Total net income as reported in the accompanying audited statutory basis statement of operations

   $ 1,291  
  

 

 

 

The reconciling differences to the Annual Statement for the prior year is driven by elimination of affiliated activity for the merged entities in 2020.

18. Subsequent Events

The financial statements are adjusted to reflect events that occurred between the Balance Sheet date and the date when the financial statements are available to be issued, provided they give evidence of conditions that existed at the Balance Sheets date (Type I). The Company has not identified any Type I subsequent events for the year ended December 31, 2021 through April 14, 2022.

Events that are indicative of conditions that arose after the Balance Sheets date are disclosed, but do not result in an adjustment of the financial statements themselves (Type II). The Company has identified Type II subsequent events for the year ended December 31, 2021. On March 29, 2022, the Company received a $100 capital contribution from its parent, CGC, which further increased surplus already above company action level.

 

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On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, which caused a humanitarian crisis and is also impacting global financial markets and causing economic turbulence. At the date of this report the depth and length of this invasion is unknown, and the situation is changing rapidly from day to day. While the Company has no direct investment exposure to Ukraine or Russia, the indirect impacts to global markets need to be closely monitored. The Company is closely monitoring the financial markets and economic turbulence that has arisen as a consequence of the situation and the related international sanctions, and its potential impact on the Company. The most significant risks the Company faces are related to financial markets, particularly from volatility in credit, equity, and interest rates. The Company is actively managing its risks and capital position to maintain a robust balance sheet, as the Company navigates through the uncertainty created by the current geopolitical situation. While it is too early to provide long-term impacts, if any, management has determined that the Company remains strongly capitalized with RBC remaining within target limits set by the capital management policy.

 

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Appendix A – Listing of Affiliated Companies

 

Transamerica Corporation

    

EIN: 42-1484983

    

AFFILIATIONS SCHEDULE

    

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021

  

  

    

  

                                                             Entity Name

   FEIN
      

Transamerica Corporation

  

42-1484983  

   

AEGON Asset Management Services Inc

  

39-1884868  

   

AEGON Direct Marketing Services Inc

  

42-1470697  

   

AEGON Financial Services Group Inc

  

41-1479568  

   

AEGON Institutional Markets Inc

  

61-1085329  

   

AEGON Management Company

  

35-1113520  

   

AEGON USA Real Estate Services Inc

  

61-1098396  

   

AEGON USA Realty Advisors of CA

  

20-5023693  

   

AUSA Properties Inc

  

27-1275705  

   

Commonwealth General Corporation

  

51-0108922  

   

Creditor Resources Inc

  

42-1079584  

   

CRI Solutions Inc

  

52-1363611  

   

Financial Planning Services Inc

  

23-2130174  

   

Garnet Assurance Corporation

  

11-3674132  

   

Garnet Assurance Corporation II

  

14-1893533  

   

Garnet Assurance Corporation III

  

01-0947856  

   

Intersecurities Ins Agency

  

42-1517005  

   

Ironwood Re Corp

  

47-1703149  

   

LIICA RE II

  

20-5927773  

   

Massachusetts Fidelity Trust

  

42-0947998  

   

Money Services Inc

  

42-1079580  

   

Monumental General Administrators Inc

  

52-1243288  

   

Pearl Holdings Inc I

  

20-1063558  

   

Pearl Holdings Inc II

  

20-1063571  

   

Real Estate Alternatives Portfolio 3A Inc

  

20-1627078  

   

River Ridge Insurance Company

  

20-0877184  

   

Short Hills Management

  

42-1338496  

   

Stonebridge Benefit Services Inc

  

75-2548428  

   

TLIC Oakbrook Reinsurance Inc.

  

47-1026613  

   

TLIC Watertree Reinsurance, Inc.

  

81-3715574  

   

Transamerica Affinity Services Inc

  

42-1523438  

   

Transamerica Affordable Housing Inc

  

94-3252196  

Transamerica Asset Management

  

59-3403585  

 

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Appendix A – Listing of Affiliated Companies

 

 

Transamerica Corporation

    

EIN: 42-1484983

    

AFFILIATIONS SCHEDULE

    

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021

    
      

                                                             Entity Name

   FEIN
      

Transamerica Capital Inc

  

95-3141953  

   

Transamerica Casualty Insurance Company

  

31-4423946  

   

Transamerica Corporation (OREGON)

  

98-6021219  

   

Transamerica Finance Corporation

  

95-1077235  

   

Transamerica Financial Advisors

  

59-2476008  

   

Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company

  

36-6071399  

   

Transamerica Fund Services Inc

  

59-3403587  

   

Transamerica Home Loan

  

95-4390993  

   

Transamerica International Re (Bermuda) Ltd

  

98-0199561  

   

Transamerica Investors Securities Corp

  

13-3696753  

   

Transamerica Life Insurance Company

  

39-0989781  

   

Transamerica Pacific Insurance Co Ltd

  

94-3304740  

   

Transamerica Pacific Re, Inc.

  

85-1028131  

   

Transamerica Resources Inc

  

52-1525601  

   

Transamerica Stable Value Solutions Inc

  

27-0648897  

   

United Financial Services Inc

  

52-1263786  

   

World Fin Group Ins Agency of Massachusetts Inc

  

04-3182849  

   

World Financial Group Inc

  

42-1518386  

   

World Financial Group Ins Agency of Hawaii Inc

  

99-0277127  

   

World Financial Group Insurance Agency of WY Inc

  

42-1519076  

   

World Financial Group Insurance Agency

  

95-3809372  

   

Zahorik Company Inc

  

95-2775959  

   

Zero Beta Fund LLC

  

26-1298094  

 

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Statutory-Basis Financial

Statement Schedules

 

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Summary of Investments – Other Than

Investments in Related Parties

(Dollars in Millions)

December 31, 2021

SCHEDULE I

 

Type of Investment    Cost (1)     

Fair

Value

    

Amount at

Which Shown

in the

Balance Sheet (2)

 

Fixed maturities

        

Bonds:

        

United States government and government agencies and authorities

    $             6,723       $             9,151       $ 7,160   

States, municipalities and political subdivisions

     2,921         3,129        2,921   

Foreign governments

     543         562        541   

Hybrid securities

     325         393        325   

All other corporate bonds

     39,017         43,957        38,995   

Preferred stocks

     109         120        120   
  

 

 

 

Total fixed maturities

     49,638         57,312        50,062   

Equity securities

        

Common stocks:

        

Industrial, miscellaneous and all other

     151         198        198   
  

 

 

 

Total equity securities

     151         198        198   

Mortgage loans on real estate

     9,153            9,153   

Real estate

     52            52   

Policy loans

     1,986            1,986   

Other long-term investments

     1,504            1,504   

Receivable for securities

     32            32   

Receivable for derivative cash collateral posted to counterparty

     217            217   

Securities lending

     2,073            2,073   

Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments

     2,126            2,126   
  

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total investments

    $ 66,932           $ 67,403   
  

 

 

       

 

 

 
(1)

Equity securities are reported at original cost. Fixed maturities are reported at original cost reduced by repayments and adjusted for amortization of premiums and accrual of discounts.

 

(2)

Bonds of $50 are held at fair value rather than amortized cost. Preferred stock of $120 are held at fair value.

 

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Supplementary Insurance Information

(Dollars in Millions)

 

SCHEDULE III

 

     Future Policy
Benefits and
Expenses
     Unearned
Premiums
     Policy and
Contract
Liabilities
     Premium
Revenue
     Net
Investment
Income*
     Benefits,
Claims
Losses
and
Settlement
Expenses
     Other
Operating
Expenses*
 
  

 

 

 

Year ended December 31, 2021

                    

Individual life

    $ 25,206      $      $ 664      $ 1,673      $ 1,600      $ 4,243      $ 1,086   

Individual health

     5,871        115        342        737        441        703        220   

Group life and health

     2,480        22        134        801        166        530        320   

Annuity

     18,289               37        11,271        984        19,574        (7,757)  
  

 

 

 
    $ 51,846      $ 137      $ 1,177      $ 14,482      $ 3,191      $ 25,050      $ (6,131)  
  

 

 

 

Year ended December 31, 2020

     

Individual life

    $ 24,275      $      $ 685      $ 2,264      $ 1,460      $ 5,342      $ 1,388   

Individual health

     5,760        112        401        750        423        908        405   

Group life and health

     2,468        23        138        841        159        496        347   

Annuity

     18,328               33        12,868        1,319        19,336        (3,775)  
  

 

 

 
    $ 50,831      $ 135      $ 1,257      $ 16,723      $ 3,361      $ 26,082      $ (1,635)  
  

 

 

 

Year ended December 31, 2019

                    

Individual life

    $ 22,141      $      $ 472      $ 2,884      $ 1,267      $ 2,658      $ 1,255   

Individual health

     5,567        185        299        750        357        1,034        262   

Group life and health

     2,463        31        138        866        155        471        305   

Annuity

     15,478               34        11,208        986        16,001        (4,217)  
  

 

 

 
    $ 45,649      $ 216      $ 943      $ 15,708      $ 2,765      $ 20,164      $ (2,395)  
  

 

 

 

*Allocations of net investment income and other operating expenses are based on a number of assumptions and estimates, and the results would change if different methods were applied.

 

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Reinsurance

(Dollars in Millions)

 

SCHEDULE IV

 

     Gross
Amount
     Ceded to
Other
Companies
     Assumed
From Other
Companies
    

Net

Amount

     Percentage of
Amount
Assumed to Net
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

Year ended December 31, 2021

              

Life insurance in force

    $ 760,949      $ 700,434      $ 367,342      $ 427,857      86%
  

 

 

Premiums:

              

Individual life

    $ 4,460      $ 4,016      $ 1,229      $ 1,673      73%

Individual health

     787        62        12        737      2%

Group life and health

     920        136        17        801      2%

Annuity

     11,424        166        13        11,271      0%
  

 

 

    $ 17,591      $ 4,380      $ 1,271      $ 14,482      9%
  

 

 

Year ended December 31, 2020

              

Life insurance in force

    $ 739,067      $ 736,338      $ 397,134      $ 399,863      99%
  

 

 

Premiums:

              

Individual life

    $ 4,173      $ 3,106      $ 1,197      $ 2,264      53%

Individual health

     797        61        14        750      2%

Group life and health

     948        133        26        841      3%

Annuity

     13,273        418        13        12,868      0%
  

 

 

    $ 19,191      $ 3,718      $ 1,250      $ 16,723      7%
  

 

 

Year ended December 31, 2019

              

Life insurance in force

    $ 726,805      $ 809,789      $ 421,752      $ 338,768      124%
  

 

 

Premiums:

              

Individual life

    $ 4,575      $ 2,988      $ 1,297      $ 2,884      45%

Individual health

     797        66        19        750      3%

Group life and health

     968        137        35        866      4%

Annuity

     11,582        517        143        11,208      1%
  

 

 

      $    17,922      $        3,708      $        1,494      $        15,708      10%
  

 

 

 

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Transamerica Life Insurance Company

WRL Series Life Account

Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 


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WRL Series Life Account

Financial Statements

Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

Contents

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   1

Financial Statements

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

   2

Statements of Operations and Changes in Net Assets

   4

Notes to Financial Statements

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors of Transamerica Life Insurance Company and the Contract Owners of WRL Series Life Account

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of each of the subaccounts of WRL Series Life Account indicated in the table below as of December 31, 2021, and the related statements of operations and changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2021, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the subaccounts of WRL Series Life Account as of December 31, 2021, and the results of each of their operations and the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2021, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

AB Balanced Wealth Strategy Class B Shares    TA Aegon High Yield Bond Initial Class
Fidelity® VIP Contrafund® Service Class 2    TA Aegon Sustainable Equity Income Initial Class
Fidelity® VIP Equity-Income Service Class 2    TA Aegon U.S. Government Securities Initial Class
Fidelity® VIP Growth Opportunities Service Class 2    TA BlackRock Global Real Estate Securities Initial Class
Fidelity® VIP Index 500 Service Class 2    TA BlackRock Government Money Market Initial Class
Franklin Allocation Class 4 Shares    TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Conservative Initial Class
ProFund Access VP High Yield    TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Moderate Initial Class
ProFund VP Asia 30    TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth Initial Class
ProFund VP Basic Materials    TA BlackRock iShares Edge 40 Initial Class
ProFund VP Bull    TA BlackRock Tactical Allocation Initial Class
ProFund VP Consumer Services    TA International Focus Initial Class
ProFund VP Emerging Markets    TA Janus Balanced Initial Class
ProFund VP Europe 30    TA Janus Mid-Cap Growth Initial Class
ProFund VP Falling U.S. Dollar    TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Conservative Initial Class
ProFund VP Financials    TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Growth Initial Class
ProFund VP Government Money Market    TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Moderate Initial Class
ProFund VP International    TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth Initial Class
ProFund VP Japan    TA JPMorgan Core Bond Initial Class
ProFund VP Mid-Cap    TA JPMorgan Enhanced Index Initial Class
ProFund VP NASDAQ-100    TA JPMorgan International Moderate Growth Initial Class
ProFund VP Oil & Gas    TA JPMorgan Mid Cap Value Initial Class
ProFund VP Pharmaceuticals    TA JPMorgan Tactical Allocation Initial Class
ProFund VP Precious Metals    TA Managed Risk - Balanced ETF Initial Class
ProFund VP Short Emerging Markets    TA Managed Risk - Growth ETF Initial Class
ProFund VP Short International    TA Morgan Stanley Capital Growth Initial Class
ProFund VP Short NASDAQ-100    TA Morgan Stanley Global Allocation Initial Class
ProFund VP Short Small-Cap    TA Multi-Managed Balanced Initial Class
ProFund VP Small-Cap    TA PIMCO Tactical - Balanced Initial Class
ProFund VP Small-Cap Value    TA PIMCO Tactical - Conservative Initial Class
ProFund VP Telecommunications    TA PIMCO Tactical - Growth Initial Class
ProFund VP U.S. Government Plus    TA PIMCO Total Return Initial Class
ProFund VP UltraNASDAQ-100    TA Small/Mid Cap Value Initial Class
ProFund VP UltraSmall-Cap    TA T. Rowe Price Small Cap Initial Class
ProFund VP Utilities    TA WMC US Growth Initial Class

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Transamerica Life Insurance Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statements of each of the subaccounts of WRL Series Life Account based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to each of the subaccounts of WRL Series Life Account in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of investments owned as of December 31, 2021 by correspondence with the custodian, the transfer agent, or the investee mutual funds. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Chicago, Illinois

April 20, 2022

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the subaccounts of WRL Series Life Account since 2014.

 

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WRL Series Life Account

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2021

 

Subaccount     Number of Shares             Cost           Assets at Market
Value
    Due (to)/from
 General Account
        Net Assets           Units Outstanding             Range of Unit Values      
AB Balanced Wealth Strategy Class B Shares     287,988.075     $ 3,019,780     $ 3,334,902     $ (3   $ 3,334,899       128,605     $       21.157188      $       31.711468  
Fidelity® VIP Contrafund® Service Class 2     697,732.663       24,816,519       36,637,942       (81     36,637,861       757,429       40.914508        56.349409  
Fidelity® VIP Equity-Income Service Class 2     540,723.448       12,058,230       13,664,082       4       13,664,086       411,487       29.470960        36.725376  
Fidelity® VIP Growth Opportunities Service Class 2     351,760.817       18,227,745       27,303,675       16       27,303,691       428,203       58.002899        72.495066  
Fidelity® VIP Index 500 Service Class 2     192,831.570       63,721,678       89,078,544       (52     89,078,492       1,972,881       39.023842        53.720691  
Franklin Allocation Class 4 Shares     396,597.013       2,357,351       2,447,004       -       2,447,004       94,166       20.788383        32.673947  
ProFund Access VP High Yield     114,200.392       3,073,932       3,027,452       3       3,027,455       168,760       15.757246        22.956010  
ProFund VP Asia 30     93,441.236       7,124,147       4,976,680       (12     4,976,668       411,959       11.318729        12.814133  
ProFund VP Basic Materials     56,030.424       4,221,267       4,759,224       35       4,759,259       262,925       16.102151        19.388349  
ProFund VP Bull     81,602.931       4,509,194       5,735,870       (5     5,735,865       164,564       31.438549        35.439439  
ProFund VP Consumer Services     89,435.981       6,792,703       6,918,767       (9     6,918,758       154,824       42.306365        52.419791  
ProFund VP Emerging Markets     206,744.516       6,858,342       6,210,605       (7     6,210,598       645,052       8.245332        10.481710  
ProFund VP Europe 30     55,048.833       1,374,874       1,410,351       8       1,410,359       113,300       10.833093        14.098824  
ProFund VP Falling U.S. Dollar     13,028.402       231,780       215,620       (1     215,619       36,666       4.950982        6.393323  
ProFund VP Financials     147,186.113       6,734,517       7,421,124       93       7,421,217       306,203       19.344973        29.859081  
ProFund VP Government Money Market     19,922,136.020       19,922,136       19,922,136       (11     19,922,125       2,052,472       8.311838        10.687841  
ProFund VP International     133,758.579       2,652,134       2,986,829       71       2,986,900       233,841       10.434034        13.679644  
ProFund VP Japan     11,476.402       630,327       651,515       (72     651,443       37,355       14.038689        23.206239  
ProFund VP Mid-Cap     296,708.387       5,948,328       6,370,329       129       6,370,458       235,593       26.057440        31.201691  
ProFund VP NASDAQ-100     582,869.622       38,748,647       43,056,579       15       43,056,594       625,685       60.240415        82.794686  
ProFund VP Oil & Gas     299,266.357       7,390,215       8,391,429       (8     8,391,421       1,118,554       6.085425        8.043350  
ProFund VP Pharmaceuticals     157,559.960       5,461,170       6,642,728       1       6,642,729       234,365       26.972123        30.921671  
ProFund VP Precious Metals     313,031.772       9,156,379       8,805,584       (40     8,805,544       1,733,822       4.849236        5.513866  
ProFund VP Short Emerging Markets     15,318.535       364,444       390,776       1       390,777       132,325       1.764184        3.910763  
ProFund VP Short International     11,003.922       329,514       276,639       (4     276,635       105,327       1.908762        3.278399  
ProFund VP Short NASDAQ-100     50,389.781       743,095       679,758       (22     679,736       1,233,529       0.363435        0.739296  
ProFund VP Short Small-Cap     28,427.510       651,224       635,355       (63     635,292       654,569       0.642861        1.498991  
ProFund VP Small-Cap     86,637.785       3,739,225       3,742,752       (4     3,742,748       143,278       24.966907        27.804681  
ProFund VP Small-Cap Value     83,685.461       4,460,292       4,560,021       73       4,560,094       168,208       26.393152        30.722847  
ProFund VP Telecommunications     25,586.914       791,381       966,418       (2     966,416       55,335       16.185977        18.929454  
ProFund VP U.S. Government Plus     189,822.279       5,066,798       4,320,355       8       4,320,363       207,687       18.759547        23.151669  
ProFund VP UltraNASDAQ-100     916,963.704       74,925,895       91,072,835       (109     91,072,726       438,658       189.995864        214.925013  
ProFund VP UltraSmall-Cap     526,763.708       14,242,473       13,827,547       21       13,827,568       343,288       36.111102        43.943886  
ProFund VP Utilities     125,644.918       5,056,626       5,336,140       (11     5,336,129       217,220       19.788060        26.963323  
TA Aegon High Yield Bond Initial Class     1,830,930.437       13,770,922       14,134,783       (30     14,134,753       618,002       18.365972        29.244329  
TA Aegon Sustainable Equity Income Initial Class     3,224,712.019       65,659,987       68,073,671       (73     68,073,598       2,016,162       20.847933        54.705159  
TA Aegon U.S. Government Securities Initial Class     836,965.132       9,536,616       8,687,698       19       8,687,717       598,204       12.761285        16.946990  
TA BlackRock Global Real Estate Securities Initial Class     3,428,168.527       40,201,423       45,148,980       46       45,149,026       1,580,079       18.545219        52.384768  
TA BlackRock Government Money Market Initial Class     30,568,539.970       30,568,540       30,568,540       (187     30,568,353       2,356,554       8.612244        19.772648  
TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Conservative Initial Class     431,091.800       4,761,055       4,983,421       (12     4,983,409       323,769       14.009328        16.671010  

See accompanying notes.

 

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WRL Series Life Account

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2021

 

Subaccount     Number of Shares                 Cost               Assets at Market
Value
    Due (to)/from
 General Account
          Net Assets             Units Outstanding             Range of Unit Values      
TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Moderate Initial Class     201,502.662     $ 2,345,116     $ 2,510,723     $ (9   $ 2,510,714       162,053     $ 14.244760      $ 16.308280  
TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth Initial Class     2,222,854.454       24,747,869       25,851,797       (42     25,851,755       1,704,499       13.740948        17.134680  
TA BlackRock iShares Edge 40 Initial Class     267,708.890       2,598,692       2,730,631       (22     2,730,609       141,719       14.382700        23.859424  
TA BlackRock Tactical Allocation Initial Class     3,332,076.505       29,655,767       28,322,650       (13     28,322,637       1,459,227       17.696870        20.546417  
TA International Focus Initial Class     3,885,599.902       32,874,431       41,847,911       (159     41,847,752       1,885,308       19.012019        28.266183  
TA Janus Balanced Initial Class     756,332.214       13,009,944       15,308,164       (14     15,308,150       633,498       22.945212        27.639484  
TA Janus Mid-Cap Growth Initial Class     10,963,883.038       363,811,546       488,221,712       (22     488,221,690       7,810,266       29.413271        154.818148  
TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Conservative Initial Class     2,378,916.067       25,495,805       27,357,535       (81     27,357,454       1,307,697       17.027714        24.923383  
TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Growth Initial Class     26,657,419.301       342,069,234       418,521,483       (60     418,521,423       13,691,954       25.657021        40.338277  
TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Moderate Initial Class     6,015,445.369       72,144,520       82,170,984       (170     82,170,814       3,679,894       19.114431        28.757161  
TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth Initial Class     24,302,891.913       304,558,909       351,662,846       (352     351,662,494       14,120,416       21.489196        33.076384  
TA JPMorgan Core Bond Initial Class     2,680,594.629       35,025,466       33,855,910       (78     33,855,832       1,442,916       13.572987        53.228514  
TA JPMorgan Enhanced Index Initial Class     683,118.112       15,993,183       18,901,878       9       18,901,887       408,659       40.974479        55.609896  
TA JPMorgan International Moderate Growth Initial Class     1,131,538.404       11,641,012       13,589,776       (31     13,589,745       794,603       15.436357        19.414455  
TA JPMorgan Mid Cap Value Initial Class     356,034.089       6,113,829       7,028,113       (2     7,028,111       154,046       31.359646        56.156568  
TA JPMorgan Tactical Allocation Initial Class     2,929,150.281       43,141,293       45,694,744    

 

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    45,694,715       1,939,835       14.073693        52.059709  
TA Managed Risk - Balanced ETF Initial Class     227,522.058       2,904,829       3,078,373       (2     3,078,371       168,949       17.774830        20.514230  
TA Managed Risk - Growth ETF Initial Class     324,955.942       3,541,094       3,837,730       10       3,837,740       188,033       19.979557        22.583049  
TA Morgan Stanley Capital Growth Initial Class     7,325,715.446       182,958,384       214,130,662       77       214,130,739       2,491,170       69.741041        116.981477  
TA Morgan Stanley Global Allocation Initial Class     738,742.926       6,679,298       6,752,110       12       6,752,122       362,120       17.074259        19.536083  
TA Multi-Managed Balanced Initial Class     8,016,178.969       111,385,642       149,742,223       (69     149,742,154       3,799,927       27.294993        43.004475  
TA PIMCO Tactical - Balanced Initial Class     510,116.573       6,129,927       6,279,535       (21     6,279,514       361,616       16.389903        19.792500  
TA PIMCO Tactical - Conservative Initial Class     926,424.685       10,923,704       10,968,868       (25     10,968,843       688,816       15.280140        18.468236  
TA PIMCO Tactical - Growth Initial Class     1,094,208.375       12,920,383       13,458,763       (21     13,458,742       788,944       16.318656        20.263393  
TA PIMCO Total Return Initial Class     1,989,077.296       23,205,540       22,038,976       (27     22,038,949       1,360,429       13.714918        19.933387  
TA Small/Mid Cap Value Initial Class     6,058,060.528       118,252,165       147,998,419       68       147,998,487       3,793,912       29.282455        61.105843  
TA T. Rowe Price Small Cap Initial Class     3,708,479.747       61,910,557       70,498,200       (80     70,498,120       1,499,811       37.981023        63.586192  
TA WMC US Growth Initial Class     40,263,964.829       1,204,150,799       1,830,399,841       163       1,830,400,004       28,001,519       42.950669        70.037755  

See accompanying notes.

 

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WRL Series Life Account

Statements of Operations and Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2021

 

    AB Balanced Wealth Strategy Class B
Shares
    Fidelity® VIP Contrafund®
Service Class 2
    Fidelity® VIP Equity-Income
Service Class 2
    Fidelity® VIP Growth
Opportunities Service Class 2
    Fidelity® VIP Index 500
Service Class 2
    Subaccount     Subaccount     Subaccount     Subaccount     Subaccount
 
Net Assets as of December 31, 2019:     $ 2,409,940     $ 24,221,196     $ 10,974,164     $ 14,179,766     $ 58,103,481    
 

 

 

 
Investment Income:  

Reinvested Dividends

    49,706       20,013       159,302       -       924,341    
Investment Expense:  

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

    17,601       162,080       59,848       107,475       363,775    
 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

    32,105       (142,067     99,454       (107,475     560,566    
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:  

Capital Gain Distributions

    70,829       136,390       464,451       992,363       191,165    

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

    (61,421     359,784       20,979       1,388,371       4,598,062    
 

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

    9,408       496,174       485,430       2,380,734       4,789,227    

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

    168,707       6,577,645       (54,555     7,267,342       4,691,438    
 

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

    178,115       7,073,819       430,875       9,648,076       9,480,665    

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

    210,220       6,931,752       530,329       9,540,601       10,041,231    
 

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

    26,096       (860,934     (725,052     1,580,651       29,849    
 

 

 

 
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets     236,316       6,070,818       (194,723     11,121,252       10,071,080    
 

 

 

 
Net Assets as of December 31, 2020:     $ 2,646,256     $ 30,292,014     $ 10,779,441     $ 25,301,018     $ 68,174,561    
 

 

 

 
Investment Income:          

Reinvested Dividends

    7,548       8,978       211,866       -       829,417    
Investment Expense:  

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

    21,955       206,044       77,626       169,041       453,746    
 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

    (14,407     (197,066     134,240       (169,041     375,671    
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:  

Capital Gain Distributions

    65,616       4,243,904       1,450,634       2,455,328       564,700    

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

    8,334       1,016,267       328,370       2,381,147       7,445,832    
 

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

    73,950       5,260,171       1,779,004       4,836,475       8,010,532    

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

    279,167       2,828,223       670,126       (1,845,781     10,672,925    
 

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

    353,117       8,088,394       2,449,130       2,990,694       18,683,457    

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

    338,710       7,891,328       2,583,370       2,821,653       19,059,128    
 

 

 

 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions     349,933       (1,545,481     301,275       (818,980     1,844,803    
 

 

 

 
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets     688,643       6,345,847       2,884,645       2,002,673       20,903,931    
 

 

 

 
Net Assets as of December 31, 2021:     $ 3,334,899     $ 36,637,861     $ 13,664,086     $ 27,303,691     $ 89,078,492    
 

 

 

 

 

See Accompanying Notes.

 

  
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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

WRL Series Life Account

Statements of Operations and Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2021

 

    Franklin Allocation Class 4
Shares
    ProFund Access VP High Yield     ProFund VP Asia 30     ProFund VP Basic Materials     ProFund VP Bull  
    Subaccount     Subaccount     Subaccount     Subaccount     Subaccount  
Net Assets as of December 31, 2019:     $ 2,218,133     $ 3,781,777     $ 8,314,602     $       2,725,778       $          4,855,492    
 

 

 

 
Investment Income:  

Reinvested Dividends

    31,224       212,591       50,526       15,286       3,797    
Investment Expense:  

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

    14,946       21,555       33,834       14,452       29,393    
 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

    16,278       191,036       16,692       834       (25,596)   
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:  

Capital Gain Distributions

    601,659       -       460,583       183,992       210,238    

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

    (124,434     (87,352     348,516       (142,540     109,756    
 

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

    477,225       (87,352     809,099       41,452       319,994    

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

    (232,552     (123,401     681,934       305,627       277,539    
 

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

    244,673       (210,753     1,491,033       347,079       597,533    
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations     260,951       (19,717     1,507,725       347,913       571,937    
 

 

 

 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions     111,049       (559,163     (4,138,080     (157,568     (563,195)   
 

 

 

 
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets     372,000       (578,880     (2,630,355     190,345       8,742    
 

 

 

 
Net Assets as of December 31, 2020:     $ 2,590,133     $ 3,202,897     $ 5,684,247     $ 2,916,123       $4,864,234    
 

 

 

 
Investment Income:  

Reinvested Dividends

    38,525       77,817       -       10,702       -    
Investment Expense:  

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

    15,542       19,595       42,210       23,577       32,705    
 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

    22,983       58,222       (42,210     (12,875     (32,705)   
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:  

Capital Gain Distributions

    -       -       986,069       85,916       329,381    

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

    (117,004     (5,104     680,210       479,181       406,880    
 

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

    (117,004     (5,104     1,666,279       565,097       736,261    

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

    348,901       (63,116     (3,166,520     241,629       511,203    
 

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

    231,897       (68,220     (1,500,241     806,726       1,247,464    
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations     254,880       (9,998     (1,542,451     793,851       1,214,759    
 

 

 

 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions     (398,009     (165,444     834,872       1,049,285       (343,128)   
 

 

 

 
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets     (143,129     (175,442     (707,579     1,843,136       871,631    
 

 

 

 
Net Assets as of December 31, 2021:     $ 2,447,004     $ 3,027,455     $ 4,976,668     $ 4,759,259       $5,735,865    
 

 

 

 

 

See Accompanying Notes.

 

  
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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

WRL Series Life Account

Statements of Operations and Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2021

 

    ProFund VP Consumer
Services
    ProFund VP Emerging Markets     ProFund VP Europe 30     ProFund VP Falling U.S. Dollar     ProFund VP Financials  
    Subaccount     Subaccount     Subaccount     Subaccount     Subaccount  
Net Assets as of December 31, 2019:     $         4,685,493     $ 10,543,054     $ 938,303     $ 192,195     $             4,716,020    
 

 

 

 
Investment Income:  

Reinvested Dividends

          41,024       19,868       801       23,143    
Investment Expense:  

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

    32,555       40,047       5,057       1,388       23,650    
 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

    (32,555     977       14,811       (587     (507)   
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:  

Capital Gain Distributions

    1,624,961                         251,592    

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

    136,129       396,262       (58,265     1,549       (77,391)   
 

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

    1,761,090       396,262       (58,265     1,549       174,201    

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

    (508,487     1,190,622       (58,435     12,371       (433,999)   
 

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

    1,252,603       1,586,884       (116,700     13,920       (259,798

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

    1,220,048       1,587,861       (101,889     13,333       (260,305)   
 

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

    516,036       (4,544,027     (93,241     365,705       (826,460)   
 

 

 

 
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets     1,736,084       (2,956,166     (195,130     379,038       (1,086,765)   
 

 

 

 
Net Assets as of December 31, 2020:     $ 6,421,577     $ 7,586,888     $ 743,173     $ 571,233     $ 3,629,255    
 

 

 

 
Investment Income:  

Reinvested Dividends

                8,399             18,546    
Investment Expense:  

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

    41,198       40,937       9,381       1,616       35,611    
 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

    (41,198     (40,937     (982     (1,616     (17,065)   
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:  

Capital Gain Distributions

    525,194                   3,586       341,636    

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

    37,897       916,835       210,621       (10,105     397,293    
 

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

    563,091       916,835       210,621       (6,519     738,929    

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

    97,248       (2,546,807     70,425       (24,430     584,508    
 

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

    660,339       (1,629,972     281,046       (30,949     1,323,437    

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

    619,141       (1,670,909     280,064       (32,565     1,306,372    
 

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

    (121,960     294,619       387,122       (323,049     2,485,590    
 

 

 

 
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets     497,181       (1,376,290     667,186       (355,614     3,791,962    
 

 

 

 
Net Assets as of December 31, 2021:     $ 6,918,758     $ 6,210,598     $ 1,410,359     $ 215,619     $ 7,421,217    
 

 

 

 

 

See Accompanying Notes.

 

  
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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

WRL Series Life Account

Statements of Operations and Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2021

 

    ProFund VP Government
Money Market
    ProFund VP International     ProFund VP Japan     ProFund VP Mid-Cap     ProFund VP NASDAQ-100  
    Subaccount     Subaccount     Subaccount     Subaccount     Subaccount  
 
Net Assets as of December 31, 2019:   $ 11,493,857     $ 2,314,126     $         859,504     $         3,275,313     $ 21,186,505  
 

 

 

 

Investment Income:

         

Reinvested Dividends

    6,086       12,652       1,842       33,877        

Investment Expense:

         

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

    99,760       13,390       4,729       20,912       170,915    
 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

    (93,674     (738     (2,887     12,965       (170,915)   

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

         

Capital Gain Distributions

                      1,045,964       1,920,109    

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

          (266,306     (63,133     (370,987     5,116,780    
 

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

          (266,306     (63,133     674,977       7,036,889    

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

          495,619       147,663       (187,266     3,042,384    
 

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

          229,313       84,530       487,711       10,079,273    

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

    (93,674     228,575       81,643       500,676       9,908,358    
 

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

    7,015,689       155,532       (148,370     1,170,847       (27,788)   
 

 

 

 
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets     6,922,015       384,107       (66,727     1,671,523       9,880,570    
 

 

 

 

Net Assets as of December 31, 2020:

    $ 18,415,872     $ 2,698,233     $ 792,777     $ 4,946,836     $ 31,067,075    
 

 

 

 

Investment Income:

         

Reinvested Dividends

    2,221                          

Investment Expense:

         

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

    92,643       13,666       5,120       35,205       231,203    
 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

    (90,422     (13,666     (5,120     (35,205     (231,203)   

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

         

Capital Gain Distributions

                102,476       223,335       5,067,737    

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

          458,742       80,305       359,010       4,831,970    
 

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

          458,742       182,781       582,345       9,899,707    

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

          (217,480     (151,030     527,057       (1,539,463)   
 

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

          241,262       31,751       1,109,402       8,360,244    

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

    (90,422     227,596       26,631       1,074,197       8,129,041    
 

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

    1,596,675       61,071       (167,965     349,425       3,860,478    
 

 

 

 
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets     1,506,253       288,667       (141,334     1,423,622       11,989,519    
 

 

 

 
Net Assets as of December 31, 2021:     $ 19,922,125     $ 2,986,900     $ 651,443     $ 6,370,458     $ 43,056,594    
 

 

 

 

 

See Accompanying Notes.

 

  
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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

WRL Series Life Account

Statements of Operations and Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2021

 

    ProFund VP Oil & Gas     ProFund VP Pharmaceuticals     ProFund VP Precious Metals     ProFund VP Short Emerging
Markets
    ProFund VP Short
International
 
    Subaccount     Subaccount     Subaccount     Subaccount     Subaccount  
 
Net Assets as of December 31, 2019:     $ 5,415,783     $ 5,017,336     $ 7,763,794     $ 352,353     $ 293,102    
 

 

 

 

Investment Income:

         

Reinvested Dividends

    114,693       6,474       25,222       3,453       2,411    

Investment Expense:

         

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

    28,559       38,411       70,796       5,256       3,067    
 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

    86,134       (31,937     (45,574     (1,803     (656)   

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

         

Capital Gain Distributions

    50,718       -       -       -       -    

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

    (2,347,880     (233,848     1,804,024       (274,008     (55,979)   
 

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

    (2,297,162     (233,848     1,804,024       (274,008     (55,979)   

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

    350,639       1,014,391       50,533       (61,193     (97,190)   
 

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

    (1,946,523     780,543       1,854,557       (335,201     (153,169)   

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

    (1,860,389     748,606       1,808,983       (337,004     (153,825)   
 

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

    1,479,684       556,232       1,175,841       220,688       214,577    
 

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    (380,705     1,304,838       2,984,824       (116,316     60,752    
 

 

 

 
Net Assets as of December 31, 2020:     $ 5,035,078     $ 6,322,174     $ 10,748,618     $ 236,037     $ 353,854    
 

 

 

 

Investment Income:

         

Reinvested Dividends

    112,250       16,443       -       -       -    

Investment Expense:

         

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

    42,915       40,589       65,108       1,572       1,882    
 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

    69,335       (24,146     (65,108     (1,572     (1,882)   

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

         

Capital Gain Distributions

    -       80,789       -       -       -    

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

    1,391,637       124,310       1,177,503       (136,441     (132,790)   
 

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

    1,391,637       205,099       1,177,503       (136,441     (132,790)   

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

    1,040,299       452,152       (2,039,392     166,674       80,424   
 

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

    2,431,936       657,251       (861,889     30,233       (52,366)   

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

    2,501,271       633,105       (926,997     28,661       (54,248)   
 

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

    855,072       (312,550     (1,016,077     126,079       (22,971)   
 

 

 

 
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets     3,356,343       320,555       (1,943,074     154,740       (77,219)   
 

 

 

 
Net Assets as of December 31, 2021:     $ 8,391,421     $ 6,642,729     $ 8,805,544     $ 390,777     $ 276,635    
 

 

 

 

 

See Accompanying Notes.

 

  
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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

WRL Series Life Account

Statements of Operations and Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2021

 

    ProFund VP Short NASDAQ-100     ProFund VP Short Small-Cap     ProFund VP Small-Cap     ProFund VP Small-Cap Value       ProFund VP Telecommunications    
    Subaccount     Subaccount     Subaccount     Subaccount     Subaccount  
 
Net Assets as of December 31, 2019:     $ 3,618,259     $ 513,284     $ 4,438,418     $ 4,055,740     $ 714,412    
 

 

 

 
Investment Income:  

Reinvested Dividends

    6,413       4,752       1,349       417       7,930    
Investment Expense:  

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

    10,574       5,886       15,891       11,293       5,695    
 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

    (4,161     (1,134     (14,542     (10,876     2,235    

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

   

Capital Gain Distributions

    -       -       84,901       192,770       -    

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

    (723,485     (370,386     (97,760     (387,001     (47,384)   
 

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

    (723,485     (370,386     (12,859     (194,231     (47,384)   

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

    (505,631     (108,349     494,457       111,932       93,533    
 

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

    (1,229,116     (478,735     481,598       (82,299     46,149    

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

    (1,233,277     (479,869     467,056       (93,175     48,384    
 

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

    454,689       515,202       (425,422     (569,896     204,365    
 

 

 

 
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets     (778,588     35,333       41,634       (663,071     252,749    
 

 

 

 
Net Assets as of December 31, 2020:     $ 2,839,671     $ 548,617     $ 4,480,052     $ 3,392,669     $ 967,161    
 

 

 

 
Investment Income:  

Reinvested Dividends

    -       -       -       5,026       10,364    
Investment Expense:  

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

    5,365       3,443       30,308       29,187       6,234    
 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

    (5,365     (3,443     (30,308     (24,161     4,130    

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

 

Capital Gain Distributions

    7,435       -       250,697       -       -    

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

    (912,435     (271,150     925,527       993,087       42,193    
 

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

    (905,000     (271,150     1,176,224       993,087       42,193    

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

    690,983       142,363       (552,679     (25,077     108,366    
 

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

    (214,017     (128,787     623,545       968,010       150,559    

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

    (219,382     (132,230     593,237       943,849       154,689    
 

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

    (1,940,553     218,905       (1,330,541     223,576       (155,434)   
 

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    (2,159,935     86,675       (737,304     1,167,425       (745)   
 

 

 

 
Net Assets as of December 31, 2021:     $ 679,736     $ 635,292     $ 3,742,748     $ 4,560,094     $ 966,416   
 

 

 

 

 

See Accompanying Notes.

 

  
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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

WRL Series Life Account

Statements of Operations and Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2021

 

     ProFund VP U.S. Government
Plus
Subaccount
    ProFund VP UltraNASDAQ-
100
Subaccount
    ProFund VP UltraSmall-Cap
Subaccount
    ProFund VP Utilities
Subaccount
    TA Aegon High Yield Bond Initial   
Class
Subaccount   
 
  

Net Assets as of December 31, 2019:

     $ 4,294,581     $ 35,807,599     $ 7,932,380     $ 6,306,424     $ 18,060,264     
  

 

 

 

Investment Income:

          

Reinvested Dividends

     2,311       -       7,265       79,326       924,903     

Investment Expense:

          

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

     51,532       277,326       36,228       34,431       101,013     
  

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

     (49,221     (277,326     (28,963     44,895       823,890     

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

          

Capital Gain Distributions

     663,416       11,283,397       861,952       1,107,065       -     

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

     1,128,181       10,409,473       (1,702,602     (290,976     (790,853)    
  

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

     1,791,597       21,692,870       (840,650     816,089       (790,853)    

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     (1,267,806     7,981,420       2,003,792       (1,195,878     357,619     
  

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

     523,791       29,674,290       1,163,142       (379,789     (433,234)    

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     474,570       29,396,964       1,134,179       (334,894     390,656     
  

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

     2,892,387       (590,879     (729,609     (1,190,539     (3,395,099)    
  

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     3,366,957       28,806,085       404,570       (1,525,433     (3,004,443)    
  

 

 

 

Net Assets as of December 31, 2020:

     $ 7,661,538     $ 64,613,684     $ 8,336,950     $ 4,780,991     $ 15,055,821     
  

 

 

 

Investment Income:

          

Reinvested Dividends

     -       -       -       72,093       761,490     

Investment Expense:

          

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

     31,008       447,197       79,134       29,660       96,533     
  

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

     (31,008     (447,197     (79,134     42,433       664,957     

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

          

Capital Gain Distributions

     856,566       19,899,597       915,991       -       -     

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

     (1,891,483     11,678,002       3,682,240       (521,642     35,066     
  

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

     (1,034,917     31,577,599       4,598,231       (521,642     35,066     

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     249,777       492,158       (3,216,608     1,140,336       102,369     
  

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

     (785,140     32,069,757       1,381,623       618,694       137,435     

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     (816,148     31,622,560       1,302,489       661,127       802,392     
  

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

     (2,525,027     (5,163,518     4,188,129       (105,989     (1,723,460)    
  

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     (3,341,175     26,459,042       5,490,618       555,138       (921,068)    
  

 

 

 

Net Assets as of December 31, 2021:

     $ 4,320,363     $ 91,072,726     $ 13,827,568     $ 5,336,129     $ 14,134,753     
  

 

 

 

 

See Accompanying Notes.

 

  
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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

WRL Series Life Account

Statements of Operations and Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2021

 

     TA Aegon Sustainable Equity
Income Initial Class
Subaccount
   

TA Aegon U.S. Government
Securities Initial Class

Subaccount

   

TA BlackRock Global Real Estate
Securities Initial Class

Subaccount

           TA BlackRock Government Money   
Market Initial Class
Subaccount   
 
  

Net Assets as of December 31, 2019:

     $ 68,676,965     $ 6,373,858     $ 41,010,845        $ 30,217,624     
  

 

 

 

Investment Income:

           

Reinvested Dividends

     1,645,948       190,750       4,292,846          89,702     

Investment Expense:

           

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

     373,811       79,656       230,363          213,987     
  

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

     1,272,137       111,094       4,062,483          (124,285)    

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

           

Capital Gain Distributions

     6,651,061       13,960       2,547,163          -     

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

     (213,364     714,772       (621,706        -     
  

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

     6,437,697       728,732       1,925,457          -     

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     (13,749,395     (62,974     (6,695,444        -     
  

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

     (7,311,698     665,758       (4,769,987        -     

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     (6,039,561     776,852       (707,504        (124,285)    
  

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

     (5,209,848     4,393,838       (3,512,899        (107,271)    
  

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     (11,249,409     5,170,690       (4,220,403        (231,556)    
  

 

 

 

Net Assets as of December 31, 2020:

     $ 57,427,556     $ 11,544,548     $ 36,790,442        $ 29,986,068     
  

 

 

 

Investment Income:

           

Reinvested Dividends

     1,342,031       193,858       1,037,011          1,108     

Investment Expense:

           

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

     414,798       59,668       256,063          187,076     
  

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

     927,233       134,190       780,948          (185,968)    

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

           

Capital Gain Distributions

     -       622,243       -          -     

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

     112,662       (123,823     (348,491        -     
  

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

     112,662       498,420       (348,491        -     

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     11,154,578       (962,627     8,694,873          -     
  

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

     11,267,240       (464,207     8,346,382          -     

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     12,194,473       (330,017     9,127,330          (185,968)    
  

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

     (1,548,431     (2,526,814     (768,746        768,253     
  

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     10,646,042       (2,856,831     8,358,584          582,285     
  

 

 

 

Net Assets as of December 31, 2021:

     $ 68,073,598     $ 8,687,717     $ 45,149,026        $ 30,568,353     
  

 

 

 

 

See Accompanying Notes.

 

  
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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

WRL Series Life Account

Statements of Operations and Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2021

 

     TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset
Allocation - Conservative Initial Class
Subaccount
    TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset
Allocation - Moderate Initial Class
Subaccount
    TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset
Allocation - Moderate Growth Initial Class
Subaccount
          

TA BlackRock iShares Edge 40
Initial Class

Subaccount

 
  

Net Assets as of December 31, 2019:

     $ 4,430,550     $ 2,517,994     $ 27,046,353        $ 2,874,315     
  

 

 

 

Investment Income:

           

Reinvested Dividends

     95,504       48,523       512,341          63,506     

Investment Expense:

           

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

     29,918       17,118       159,218          16,933     
  

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

     65,586       31,405       353,123          46,573     

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

           

Capital Gain Distributions

     61,925       41,917       483,803          18,044     

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

     7,915       (21,702     (373,417        (17,203)    
  

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

     69,840       20,215       110,386          841     

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     138,327       1,925       (1,218,256        175,150     
  

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

     208,167       22,140       (1,107,870        175,991     

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     273,753       53,545       (754,747        222,564     
  

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

     (126,736     (266,315     (1,460,759        (350,106)    
  

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     147,017       (212,770     (2,215,506        (127,542)    
  

 

 

 

Net Assets as of December 31, 2020:

     $ 4,577,567     $ 2,305,224     $ 24,830,847        $ 2,746,773     
  

 

 

 

Investment Income:

           

Reinvested Dividends

     64,984       26,433       200,566          49,530     

Investment Expense:

           

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

     30,858       17,043       154,117          16,980     
  

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

     34,126       9,390       46,449          32,550     

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

           

Capital Gain Distributions

     76,685       -       -          55,027     

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

     79,503       40,536       (16,798        40,844     
  

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

     156,188       40,536       (16,798        95,871     

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     56,306       123,695       1,740,716          21,025     
  

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

     212,494       164,231       1,723,918          116,896     

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     246,620       173,621       1,770,367          149,446     
  

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

     159,222       31,869       (749,459        (165,610)    
  

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     405,842       205,490       1,020,908          (16,164)    
  

 

 

 

Net Assets as of December 31, 2021:

     $ 4,983,409     $ 2,510,714     $ 25,851,755        $ 2,730,609     
  

 

 

 

 

See Accompanying Notes.

 

  
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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

WRL Series Life Account

Statements of Operations and Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2021

 

     TA BlackRock Tactical
Allocation Initial Class
Subaccount
   

TA International Focus Initial
Class

Subaccount

    TA Janus Balanced Initial Class
Subaccount
    TA Janus Mid-Cap Growth
Initial Class
Subaccount
    TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation -   
Conservative Initial Class   
Subaccount   
 
  

Net Assets as of December 31, 2019:

     $ 25,483,831     $ 36,425,138     $ 13,105,025     $ 395,731,444     $ 24,659,624     
  

 

 

 

Investment Income:

          

Reinvested Dividends

     912,395       773,603       214,324       853,861       589,998     

Investment Expense:

          

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

     175,375       209,016       84,117       2,772,268       158,001     
  

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

     737,020       564,587       130,207       (1,918,407     431,997     

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

          

Capital Gain Distributions

     2,514,419       -       512,221       30,578,426       582,615     

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

     (1,040,842     (244,554     826,483       8,035,268       37,544     
  

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

     1,473,577       (244,554     1,338,704       38,613,694       620,159     

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     857,520       6,423,141       213,549       30,187,358       1,412,344     
  

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

     2,331,097       6,178,587       1,552,253       68,801,052       2,032,503     

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     3,068,117       6,743,174       1,682,460       66,882,645       2,464,500     
  

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

     (994,582     (2,746,318     (616,119     (19,062,056     (1,529,688)    
  

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     2,073,535       3,996,856       1,066,341       47,820,589       934,812     
  

 

 

 

Net Assets as of December 31, 2020:

     $ 27,557,366     $ 40,421,994     $ 14,171,366     $ 443,552,033     $ 25,594,436     
  

 

 

 

Investment Income:

          

Reinvested Dividends

     1,441,871       510,555       193,057       1,280,557       648,212     

Investment Expense:

          

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

     183,101       248,398       90,922       3,476,335       167,990     
  

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

     1,258,770       262,157       102,135       (2,195,778     480,222     

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

          

Capital Gain Distributions

     1,755,282       -       609,538       57,845,068       414,919     

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

     (538,204     1,002,680       920,804       14,381,765       352,381     
  

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

     1,217,078       1,002,680       1,530,342       72,226,833       767,300     

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     (529,280     2,752,574       437,045       765,577       90,997     
  

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

     687,798       3,755,254       1,967,387       72,992,410       858,297     

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     1,946,568       4,017,411       2,069,522       70,796,632       1,338,519     
  

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

     (1,181,297     (2,591,653     (932,738     (26,126,975     424,499     
  

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     765,271       1,425,758       1,136,784       44,669,657       1,763,018     
  

 

 

 

Net Assets as of December 31, 2021:

     $ 28,322,637     $ 41,847,752     $ 15,308,150     $ 488,221,690     $ 27,357,454     
  

 

 

 

 

See Accompanying Notes.

 

  
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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

WRL Series Life Account

Statements of Operations and Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2021

 

     TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation -
Growth Initial Class
Subaccount
    TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation -
Moderate Initial Class
Subaccount
    TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation -
Moderate Growth Initial Class
Subaccount
   

TA JPMorgan Core Bond Initial
Class

Subaccount

   

TA JPMorgan Enhanced Index
Initial Class

Subaccount

 
  

Net Assets as of December 31, 2019:

     $ 313,982,504     $ 73,482,650     $ 299,769,826     $ 34,000,646     $ 10,944,909     
  

 

 

 

Investment Income:

          

Reinvested Dividends

     5,126,260       1,537,846       5,891,875       1,376,765       171,165     

Investment Expense:

          

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

     1,696,615       392,037       1,559,884       258,438       73,679     
  

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

     3,429,645       1,145,809       4,331,991       1,118,327       97,486     

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

          

Capital Gain Distributions

     24,058,579       2,120,548       14,861,595       96,785       945,299     

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

     7,397,346       539,464       1,593,168       323,451       20,160     
  

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

     31,455,925       2,660,012       16,454,763       420,236       965,459     

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     35,714,518       4,362,962       19,757,008       739,610       1,077,700     
  

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

     67,170,443       7,022,974       36,211,771       1,159,846       2,043,159     

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     70,600,088       8,168,783       40,543,762       2,278,173       2,140,645     
  

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

     (18,296,697     (3,922,131     (16,557,838     574,342       859,429     
  

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     52,303,391       4,246,652       23,985,924       2,852,515       3,000,074     
  

 

 

 

Net Assets as of December 31, 2020:

     $ 366,285,895     $ 77,729,302     $ 323,755,750     $ 36,853,161     $ 13,944,983     
  

 

 

 

Investment Income:

          

Reinvested Dividends

     6,758,115       1,533,861       7,372,238       969,349       128,424     

Investment Expense:

          

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

     2,047,010       417,118       1,678,740       242,335       101,568     
  

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

     4,711,105       1,116,743       5,693,498       727,014       26,856     

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

          

Capital Gain Distributions

     24,688,064       513,065       8,462,068       1,300,490       1,873,202     

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

     18,620,290       1,036,890       5,878,190       48,289       866,279     
  

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

     43,308,354       1,549,955       14,340,258       1,348,779       2,739,481     

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     20,744,461       3,955,774       22,582,315       (2,712,302     1,390,355     
  

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

     64,052,815       5,505,729       36,922,573       (1,363,523     4,129,836     

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     68,763,920       6,622,472       42,616,071       (636,509     4,156,692     
  

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

     (16,528,392     (2,180,960     (14,709,327     (2,360,820     800,212     
  

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     52,235,528       4,441,512       27,906,744       (2,997,329     4,956,904     
  

 

 

 

Net Assets as of December 31, 2021:

     $ 418,521,423     $ 82,170,814     $ 351,662,494     $ 33,855,832     $ 18,901,887     
  

 

 

 

 

See Accompanying Notes.

 

  
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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

WRL Series Life Account

Statements of Operations and Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2021

 

     TA JPMorgan International
Moderate Growth Initial Class
Subaccount
   

TA JPMorgan Mid Cap Value
Initial Class

Subaccount

    TA JPMorgan Tactical
Allocation Initial Class
Subaccount
    TA Managed Risk -Balanced
ETF Initial Class
Subaccount
   

TA Managed Risk - Growth ETF
Initial Class

Subaccount

 
  

Net Assets as of December 31, 2019:

     $ 11,283,934     $ 6,646,187     $ 41,541,857     $ 2,996,129     $ 4,042,956     
  

 

 

 

Investment Income:

          

Reinvested Dividends

     290,580       69,798       1,009,238       61,342       78,691     

Investment Expense:

          

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

     78,121       39,746       276,406       20,305       24,613     
  

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

     212,459       30,052       732,832       41,037       54,078     

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

          

Capital Gain Distributions

     975       209,896       1,032,746       33,475       93,283     

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

     60,932       (124,277     506,735       55,795       (13,862)    
  

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

     61,907       85,619       1,539,481       89,270       79,421     

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     1,215,350       (138,595     2,324,795       (46,333     (58,456)    
  

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

     1,277,257       (52,976     3,864,276       42,937       20,965     

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     1,489,716       (22,924     4,597,108       83,974       75,043     
  

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

     (515,675     (373,006     (2,438,226     (336,691     (680,748)    
  

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     974,041       (395,930     2,158,882       (252,717     (605,705)    
  

 

 

 

Net Assets as of December 31, 2020:

     $ 12,257,975     $ 6,250,257     $ 43,700,739     $ 2,743,412     $ 3,437,251     
  

 

 

 

Investment Income:

          

Reinvested Dividends

     202,889       53,594       808,324       41,199       40,489     

Investment Expense:

          

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

     94,709       50,028       282,815       21,313       24,738     
  

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

     108,180       3,566       525,509       19,886       15,751     

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

          

Capital Gain Distributions

     -       110,857       2,653,170       136,360       169,618     

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

     367,842       30,132       766,823       38,477       40,415     
  

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

     367,842       140,989       3,419,993       174,837       210,033     

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     570,062       1,550,546       (2,083,922     53,308       231,798     
  

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

     937,904       1,691,535       1,336,071       228,145       441,831     

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     1,046,084       1,695,101       1,861,580       248,031       457,582     
  

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

     285,686       (917,247     132,396       86,928       (57,093)    
  

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     1,331,770       777,854       1,993,976       334,959       400,489     
  

 

 

 

Net Assets as of December 31, 2021:

     $ 13,589,745     $ 7,028,111     $ 45,694,715     $ 3,078,371     $ 3,837,740     
  

 

 

 

 

See Accompanying Notes.

 

  
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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

WRL Series Life Account

Statements of Operations and Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2021

 

    

TA Morgan Stanley Capital
Growth Initial Class

Subaccount

   

TA Morgan Stanley Global
Allocation Initial Class

Subaccount

   

TA Multi-Managed Balanced
Initial Class

Subaccount

   

TA PIMCO Tactical - Balanced
Initial Class

Subaccount

   

TA PIMCO Tactical - Conservative
Initial Class

Subaccount

 
  

Net Assets as of December 31, 2019:

     $ 106,517,393     $ 5,779,374     $ 125,581,396     $ 6,138,969     $ 10,552,121     
  

 

 

 

Investment Income:

          

Reinvested Dividends

     -       107,845       1,945,517       204,268       177,340     

Investment Expense:

          

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

     973,569       38,901       967,483       38,240       71,217     
  

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

     (973,569     68,944       978,034       166,028       106,123     

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

          

Capital Gain Distributions

     6,390,693       340,552       4,991,273       369,313       701,767     

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

     10,682,494       20,796       3,152,052       60,782       168,310     
  

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

     17,073,187       361,348       8,143,325       430,095       870,077     

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     105,066,656       482,201       8,636,011       (127,489     (11,616)    
  

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

     122,139,843       843,549       16,779,336       302,606       858,461     

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     121,166,274       912,493       17,757,370       468,634       964,584     
  

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

     (372,250     (414,293     (8,301,283     (555,623     (193,113)    
  

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     120,794,024       498,200       9,456,087       (86,989     771,471     
  

 

 

 

Net Assets as of December 31, 2020:

     $ 227,311,417     $ 6,277,574     $ 135,037,483     $ 6,051,980     $ 11,323,592     
  

 

 

 

Investment Income:

          

Reinvested Dividends

     -       81,956       1,622,796       -       141,960     

Investment Expense:

          

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

     1,426,968       45,593       1,092,166       36,944       70,300     
  

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

     (1,426,968     36,363       530,630       (36,944     71,660     

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

          

Capital Gain Distributions

     61,634,059       918,096       7,622,040       469,699       879,583     

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

     18,159,202       127,079       3,396,883       35,812       133,914     
  

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

     79,793,261       1,045,175       11,018,923       505,511       1,013,497     

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     (80,155,871     (597,586     9,680,391       (107,550     (694,518)    
  

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

     (362,610     447,589       20,699,314       397,961       318,979     

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     (1,789,578     483,952       21,229,944       361,017       390,639     
  

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

     (11,391,100     (9,404     (6,525,273     (133,483     (745,388)    
  

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     (13,180,678     474,548       14,704,671       227,534       (354,749)    
  

 

 

 

Net Assets as of December 31, 2021:

     $ 214,130,739     $ 6,752,122     $ 149,742,154     $ 6,279,514     $ 10,968,843     
  

 

 

 

 

See Accompanying Notes.

 

  
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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

WRL Series Life Account

Statements of Operations and Changes in Net Assets

Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2021

 

    

TA PIMCO Tactical - Growth Initial
Class

Subaccount

   

TA PIMCO Total Return Initial
Class

Subaccount

   

TA Small/Mid Cap Value Initial
Class

Subaccount

   

TA T. Rowe Price Small Cap
Initial Class

Subaccount

   

TA WMC US Growth Initial

Class

Subaccount

 
  

Net Assets as of December 31, 2019:

     $  12,581,043     $ 20,996,230     $ 128,821,916     $ 59,806,465     $ 1,246,807,757     
  

 

 

 

Investment Income:

          

Reinvested Dividends

     493,572       1,129,154       1,234,099       -       1,437,010     

Investment Expense:

          

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

     80,155       154,865       678,712       356,236       10,330,533     
  

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

     413,417       974,289       555,387       (356,236     (8,893,523)    

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

          

Capital Gain Distributions

     982,238       116,623       4,300,130       3,900,460       104,616,441     

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

     147,980       523,910       (6,123,022     152,433       30,402,951     
  

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

     1,130,218       640,533       (1,822,892     4,052,893       135,019,392     

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     (542,393     75,437       2,972,327       7,777,840       306,266,406     
  

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

     587,825       715,970       1,149,435       11,830,733       441,285,798     

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     1,001,242       1,690,259       1,704,822       11,474,497       432,392,275     
  

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

     (832,599     (265,079     (10,884,753     (176,111     (75,744,232)    
  

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     168,643       1,425,180       (9,179,931     11,298,386       356,648,043     
  

 

 

 

Net Assets as of December 31, 2020:

     $ 12,749,686     $ 22,421,410     $ 119,641,985     $ 71,104,851     $ 1,603,455,800     
  

 

 

 

Investment Income:

          

Reinvested Dividends

     -       322,700       912,524       -       1,343,776     

Investment Expense:

          

Mortality and Expense Risk and Administrative Charges

     82,754       135,937       845,416       425,646       13,211,217     
  

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

     (82,754     186,763       67,108       (425,646     (11,867,441)    

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

          

Capital Gain Distributions

     992,772       1,275,340       -       6,828,626       248,375,824     

Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

     60,015       (350,910     3,436,228       3,579,059       46,985,383     
  

 

 

 

Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses) on Investments

     1,052,787       924,430       3,436,228       10,407,685       295,361,207     

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     151,375       (1,477,976     28,594,364       (2,847,057     25,503,121     
  

 

 

 

Net Gain (Loss) on Investment

     1,204,162       (553,546     32,030,592       7,560,628       320,864,328     

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     1,121,408       (366,783     32,097,700       7,134,982       308,996,887     
  

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Contract Transactions

     (412,352     (15,678     (3,741,198     (7,741,713     (82,052,683)    
  

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     709,056       (382,461     28,356,502       (606,731     226,944,204     
  

 

 

 

Net Assets as of December 31, 2021:

     $ 13,458,742     $ 22,038,949     $ 147,998,487     $ 70,498,120     $ 1,830,400,004     
  

 

 

 

 

See Accompanying Notes.

 

  
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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

WRL Series Life Account

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2021

 

1. Organization

 

WRL Series Life Account (the Separate Account) is a segregated investment account of Transamerica Life Insurance Company (TLIC), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Aegon N.V., a holding company organized under the laws of the Netherlands.

The Separate Account is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a Unit Investment Trust pursuant to provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940. TLIC and the Separate Account are regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The assets and liabilities of the Separate Account are clearly identified and distinguished from TLIC’s other assets and liabilities. The Separate Account consists of multiple investment subaccounts. Each subaccount invests exclusively in the corresponding portfolio of a Mutual Fund. Each Mutual Fund is registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Activity in these specified investment subaccounts is available to contract owners of WRL Financial Freedom Builder, WRL Freedom Elite, WRL Freedom Equity Protector, WRL Freedom Wealth Protector, WRL Freedom Elite Builder, WRL Freedom Elite Builder II, WRL Freedom Elite Advisor, WRL Freedom Excelerator, WRL SP Plus, and WRL For Life.

Subaccount Investment by Mutual Fund:

 

Subaccount

 

Mutual Fund

AB Variable Products Series Fund

 

AB Variable Products Series Fund

AB Balanced Wealth Strategy Class B Shares

 

AB Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio Class B Shares

Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund

 

Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund

Fidelity® VIP Contrafund® Service Class 2

 

Fidelity® VIP Contrafund® Portfolio Service Class 2

Fidelity® VIP Equity-Income Service Class 2

 

Fidelity® VIP Equity-Income Portfolio Service Class 2

Fidelity® VIP Growth Opportunities Service Class 2

 

Fidelity® VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio Service Class 2

Fidelity® VIP Index 500 Service Class 2

 

Fidelity® VIP Index 500 Portfolio Service Class 2

Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust

 

Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust

Franklin Allocation Class 4 Shares

 

Franklin Allocation Fund Class 4 Shares

ProFunds

 

ProFunds

ProFund Access VP High Yield

 

ProFund Access VP High Yield

ProFund VP Asia 30

 

ProFund VP Asia 30

ProFund VP Basic Materials

 

ProFund VP Basic Materials

ProFund VP Bull

 

ProFund VP Bull

ProFund VP Consumer Services

 

ProFund VP Consumer Services

ProFund VP Emerging Markets

 

ProFund VP Emerging Markets

ProFund VP Europe 30

 

ProFund VP Europe 30

ProFund VP Falling U.S. Dollar

 

ProFund VP Falling U.S. Dollar

ProFund VP Financials

 

ProFund VP Financials

ProFund VP Government Money Market

 

ProFund VP Government Money Market

ProFund VP International

 

ProFund VP International

ProFund VP Japan

 

ProFund VP Japan

ProFund VP Mid-Cap

 

ProFund VP Mid-Cap

ProFund VP NASDAQ-100

 

ProFund VP NASDAQ-100

ProFund VP Oil & Gas

 

ProFund VP Oil & Gas

ProFund VP Pharmaceuticals

 

ProFund VP Pharmaceuticals

ProFund VP Precious Metals

 

ProFund VP Precious Metals

ProFund VP Short Emerging Markets

 

ProFund VP Short Emerging Markets

ProFund VP Short International

 

ProFund VP Short International

ProFund VP Short NASDAQ-100

 

ProFund VP Short NASDAQ-100

ProFund VP Short Small-Cap

 

ProFund VP Short Small-Cap

 

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WRL Series Life Account

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2021

 

1. Organization (continued)

 

Subaccount Investment by Mutual Fund:

 

Subaccount

 

Mutual Fund

ProFunds

 

ProFunds

ProFund VP Small-Cap

 

ProFund VP Small-Cap

ProFund VP Small-Cap Value

 

ProFund VP Small-Cap Value

ProFund VP Telecommunications

 

ProFund VP Telecommunications

ProFund VP U.S. Government Plus

 

ProFund VP U.S. Government Plus

ProFund VP UltraNASDAQ-100

 

ProFund VP UltraNASDAQ-100

ProFund VP UltraSmall-Cap

 

ProFund VP UltraSmall-Cap

ProFund VP Utilities

 

ProFund VP Utilities

Transamerica Series Trust

 

Transamerica Series Trust

TA Aegon High Yield Bond Initial Class

 

Transamerica Aegon High Yield Bond VP Initial Class

TA Aegon Sustainable Equity Income Initial Class

 

Transamerica Aegon Sustainable Equity Income VP Initial Class

TA Aegon U.S. Government Securities Initial Class

 

Transamerica Aegon U.S. Government Securities VP Initial Class

TA BlackRock Global Real Estate Securities Initial Class

 

Transamerica BlackRock Global Real Estate Securities VP Initial Class

TA BlackRock Government Money Market Initial Class

 

Transamerica BlackRock Government Money Market VP Initial Class

TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Conservative Initial Class

 

Transamerica BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Conservative VP Initial Class

TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Moderate Initial Class

 

Transamerica BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Moderate VP Initial Class

TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth Initial Class

 

Transamerica BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth VP Initial Class

TA BlackRock iShares Edge 40 Initial Class

 

Transamerica BlackRock iShares Edge 40 VP Initial Class

TA BlackRock Tactical Allocation Initial Class

 

Transamerica BlackRock Tactical Allocation VP Initial Class

TA International Focus Initial Class

 

Transamerica International Focus VP Initial Class

TA Janus Balanced Initial Class

 

Transamerica Janus Balanced VP Initial Class

TA Janus Mid-Cap Growth Initial Class

 

Transamerica Janus Mid-Cap Growth VP Initial Class

TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Conservative Initial Class

 

Transamerica JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Conservative VP Initial Class

TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Growth Initial Class

 

Transamerica JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Growth VP Initial Class

TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Moderate Initial Class

 

Transamerica JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Moderate VP Initial Class

TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth Initial Class

 

Transamerica JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth VP Initial Class

TA JPMorgan Core Bond Initial Class

 

Transamerica JPMorgan Core Bond VP Initial Class

TA JPMorgan Enhanced Index Initial Class

 

Transamerica JPMorgan Enhanced Index VP Initial Class

TA JPMorgan International Moderate Growth Initial Class

 

Transamerica JPMorgan International Moderate Growth VP Initial Class

TA JPMorgan Mid Cap Value Initial Class

 

Transamerica JPMorgan Mid Cap Value VP Initial Class

TA JPMorgan Tactical Allocation Initial Class

 

Transamerica JPMorgan Tactical Allocation VP Initial Class

TA Managed Risk - Balanced ETF Initial Class

 

Transamerica Managed Risk - Balanced ETF VP Initial Class

TA Managed Risk - Growth ETF Initial Class

 

Transamerica Managed Risk - Growth ETF VP Initial Class

TA Morgan Stanley Capital Growth Initial Class

 

Transamerica Morgan Stanley Capital Growth VP Initial Class

TA Morgan Stanley Global Allocation Initial Class

 

Transamerica Morgan Stanley Global Allocation VP Initial Class

TA Multi-Managed Balanced Initial Class

 

Transamerica Multi-Managed Balanced VP Initial Class

TA PIMCO Tactical - Balanced Initial Class

 

Transamerica PIMCO Tactical - Balanced VP Initial Class

TA PIMCO Tactical - Conservative Initial Class

 

Transamerica PIMCO Tactical - Conservative VP Initial Class

TA PIMCO Tactical - Growth Initial Class

 

Transamerica PIMCO Tactical - Growth VP Initial Class

TA PIMCO Total Return Initial Class

 

Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP Initial Class

TA Small/Mid Cap Value Initial Class

 

Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP Initial Class

 

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WRL Series Life Account

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2021

 

1. Organization (continued)

 

 

Subaccount Investment by Mutual Fund:

 

Subaccount

  

Mutual Fund

TA T. Rowe Price Small Cap Initial Class

  

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP Initial Class

TA WMC US Growth Initial Class

  

Transamerica WMC US Growth VP Initial Class

The following subaccount name changes were made effective during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021:

 

Subaccount

  

Formerly

ProFund Access VP High Yield

  

Access VP High Yield

TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Conservative Initial Class

  

TA QS Investors Active Asset Allocation - Conservative Initial Class

TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Moderate Initial Class

  

TA QS Investors Active Asset Allocation - Moderate Initial Class

TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth Initial Class

  

TA QS Investors Active Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth Initial Class

TA International Focus Initial Class

  

TA International Growth Initial Class

 

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WRL Series Life Account

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2021

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

The financial statements included herein have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for variable life separate accounts registered as unit investment trusts. The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions regarding matters that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Investments

Net purchase payments received by the Separate Account are invested in the portfolios of the Mutual Funds as selected by the contract owner. Investments are stated at the closing net asset values per share on December 31, 2021.

Realized capital gains and losses from sales of shares in the Separate Account are determined on the first-in, first-out basis. Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date (date the order to buy or sell is executed) and dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Unrealized gains or losses from investments in the Mutual Funds are included in the Statements of Operations and Changes in Net Assets.

Dividend Income

Dividends received from the Mutual Fund investments are reinvested to purchase additional mutual fund shares.

Fair Value Measurements and Fair Value Hierarchy

The Accounting Standards Codification™ (ASC) 820 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, establishes a fair value hierarchy based on the nature of inputs used to measure fair value and enhances disclosure requirements for fair value measurements.

The Separate Account has categorized its financial instruments into a three level hierarchy which is based on the priority of the inputs to the valuation technique. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). If the inputs used to measure fair value fall within different levels of the hierarchy, the category level is based on the lowest priority level input that is significant to the fair value measurement of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities recorded at fair value on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities are categorized as follows:

Level 1. Unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in an active market.

Level 2. Quoted prices in markets that are not active or inputs that are observable either directly or indirectly for substantially the full term of the asset or liability. Level 2 inputs include the following:

a) Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets

b) Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in non-active markets

c)  Inputs other than quoted market prices that are observable

d) Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data
through correlation or other means.

Level 3. Prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement. They reflect management’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in pricing the asset or liability.

All investments in the Mutual Funds included in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities are stated at fair value and are based upon published closing NAV per share and therefore are considered Level 1.

There were no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 during the year ended December 31, 2021.

 

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WRL Series Life Account

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2021

 

3. Investments

 

The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments for the period ended December 31, 2021 were as follows:

 

Subaccount   Purchases      Sales  

AB Balanced Wealth Strategy Class B Shares

  $                         853,469      $                   452,328  

Fidelity® VIP Contrafund® Service Class 2

    5,353,983        2,852,609  

Fidelity® VIP Equity-Income Service Class 2

    3,194,349        1,308,203  

Fidelity® VIP Growth Opportunities Service Class 2

    5,521,504        4,054,199  

Fidelity® VIP Index 500 Service Class 2

    23,279,401        20,494,209  

Franklin Allocation Class 4 Shares

    336,560        711,588  

ProFund Access VP High Yield

    1,008,586        1,115,809  

ProFund VP Asia 30

    8,008,180        6,229,449  

ProFund VP Basic Materials

    4,017,841        2,895,522  

ProFund VP Bull

    1,537,389        1,583,842  

ProFund VP Consumer Services

    2,434,351        2,072,315  

ProFund VP Emerging Markets

    5,770,680        5,516,997  

ProFund VP Europe 30

    4,738,807        4,352,670  

ProFund VP Falling U.S. Dollar

    212,225        533,303  

ProFund VP Financials

    7,711,088        4,900,946  

ProFund VP Government Money Market

    40,829,977        39,323,737  

ProFund VP International

    2,163,017        2,115,617  

ProFund VP Japan

    308,782        379,389  

ProFund VP Mid-Cap

    6,280,422        5,742,890  

ProFund VP NASDAQ-100

    47,890,032        39,193,027  

ProFund VP Oil & Gas

    9,186,580        8,262,169  

ProFund VP Pharmaceuticals

    1,505,985        1,761,892  

ProFund VP Precious Metals

    4,237,433        5,318,618  

ProFund VP Short Emerging Markets

    411,659        287,153  

ProFund VP Short International

    523,710        548,562  

ProFund VP Short NASDAQ-100

    3,329,604        5,268,086  

ProFund VP Short Small-Cap

    2,345,821        2,130,371  

ProFund VP Small-Cap

    6,765,928        7,876,082  

ProFund VP Small-Cap Value

    6,519,248        6,319,847  

ProFund VP Telecommunications

    239,255        390,560  

ProFund VP U.S. Government Plus

    3,956,597        5,656,067  

ProFund VP UltraNASDAQ-100

    83,949,847        69,668,126  

ProFund VP UltraSmall-Cap

    20,314,878        15,289,896  

ProFund VP Utilities

    2,039,735        2,103,290  

TA Aegon High Yield Bond Initial Class

    3,785,778        4,844,280  

TA Aegon Sustainable Equity Income Initial Class

    9,444,026        10,065,205  

 

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WRL Series Life Account

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2021

 

3. Investments (continued)

 

 

Subaccount

      Purchases                  Sales      

TA Aegon U.S. Government Securities Initial Class

  $                         2,674,809      $                   4,445,190  

TA BlackRock Global Real Estate Securities Initial Class

    6,651,719        6,639,515  

TA BlackRock Government Money Market Initial Class

    15,140,090        14,557,765  

TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Conservative Initial Class

    1,719,436        1,449,404  

TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Moderate Initial Class

    585,300        544,039  

TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth Initial Class

    3,830,418        4,533,416  

TA BlackRock iShares Edge 40 Initial Class

    551,871        629,903  

TA BlackRock Tactical Allocation Initial Class

    7,326,083        5,493,332  

TA International Focus Initial Class

    2,644,391        4,973,858  

TA Janus Balanced Initial Class

    3,717,494        3,938,551  

TA Janus Mid-Cap Growth Initial Class

    72,898,323        43,375,975  

TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Conservative Initial Class

    5,012,106        3,692,460  

TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Growth Initial Class

    83,779,880        70,909,118  

TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Moderate Initial Class

    10,100,142        10,651,270  

TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth Initial Class

    48,676,126        49,229,800  

TA JPMorgan Core Bond Initial Class

    5,360,405        5,693,726  

TA JPMorgan Enhanced Index Initial Class

    7,250,275        4,550,008  

TA JPMorgan International Moderate Growth Initial Class

    2,608,311        2,214,439  

TA JPMorgan Mid Cap Value Initial Class

    168,307        971,130  

TA JPMorgan Tactical Allocation Initial Class

    9,495,453        6,184,372  

TA Managed Risk - Balanced ETF Initial Class

    724,837        481,663  

TA Managed Risk - Growth ETF Initial Class

    774,746        646,473  

TA Morgan Stanley Capital Growth Initial Class

    83,406,788        34,590,796  

TA Morgan Stanley Global Allocation Initial Class

    2,061,934        1,116,877  

TA Multi-Managed Balanced Initial Class

    12,676,487        11,049,074  

TA PIMCO Tactical - Balanced Initial Class

    1,570,755        1,271,482  

TA PIMCO Tactical - Conservative Initial Class

    2,888,508        2,682,651  

TA PIMCO Tactical - Growth Initial Class

    3,219,707        2,722,039  

TA PIMCO Total Return Initial Class

    14,220,083        12,773,655  

TA Small/Mid Cap Value Initial Class

    21,895,657        25,569,751  

TA T. Rowe Price Small Cap Initial Class

    14,868,888        16,207,605  

TA WMC US Growth Initial Class

    266,658,202        112,202,847  

 

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WRL Series Life Account

Notes to Financial Statements

 

4. Change in Units

 

The change in units outstanding were as follows:

 

     Year Ended December 31, 2021            Year Ended December 31, 2020  
Subaccount      Units Purchased          Units Redeemed  
  and Transferred  
  to/from  
        Net Increase    
(Decrease)
             Units Purchased          Units Redeemed  
  and Transferred  
  to/from  
        Net Increase    
    (Decrease)    
 

AB Balanced Wealth Strategy Class B Shares

     32,475        (17,599     14,876          27,692        (26,655     1,037  

Fidelity® VIP Contrafund® Service Class 2

     27,903        (63,336     (35,433        48,343        (76,554     (28,211

Fidelity® VIP Equity-Income Service Class  2

     48,647        (40,994     7,653          26,677        (57,800     (31,123
Fidelity® VIP Growth Opportunities Service Class 2      50,680        (62,528     (11,848        109,733        (83,864     25,869  

Fidelity® VIP Index 500 Service Class 2

     566,643        (491,029     75,614          651,581        (604,798     46,783  

Franklin Allocation Class 4 Shares

     13,463        (31,125     (17,662        33,859        (24,834     9,025  

ProFund Access VP High Yield

     56,316        (63,301     (6,985        120,264        (147,466     (27,202

ProFund VP Asia 30

     412,287        (384,829     27,458          376,008        (746,710     (370,702

ProFund VP Basic Materials

     232,889        (172,472     60,417          79,670        (97,280     (17,610

ProFund VP Bull

     37,755        (48,594     (10,839        91,297        (117,973     (26,676

ProFund VP Consumer Services

     45,066        (47,097     (2,031        63,427        (51,863     11,564  

ProFund VP Emerging Markets

     480,126        (481,861     (1,735        640,355        (1,165,644     (525,289

ProFund VP Europe 30

     365,060        (326,259     38,801          28,489        (40,160     (11,671

ProFund VP Falling U.S. Dollar

     32,955        (81,411     (48,456        160,031        (106,281     53,750  

ProFund VP Financials

     316,413        (213,451     102,962          56,864        (112,926     (56,062

ProFund VP Government Money Market

     4,192,633        (4,036,931     155,702          4,130,338        (3,411,978     718,360  

ProFund VP International

     170,967        (167,631     3,336          205,446        (209,442     (3,996

ProFund VP Japan

     11,024        (22,387     (11,363        53,425        (59,856     (6,431

ProFund VP Mid-Cap

     237,459        (223,931     13,528          154,543        (92,587     61,956  

ProFund VP NASDAQ-100

     750,208        (668,910     81,298          627,498        (618,498     9,000  

ProFund VP Oil & Gas

     1,322,205        (1,228,372     93,833          1,021,242        (718,224     303,018  

ProFund VP Pharmaceuticals

     53,094        (66,507     (13,413        114,430        (86,935     27,495  

ProFund VP Precious Metals

     804,502        (996,528     (192,026        1,249,997        (1,044,918     205,079  

ProFund VP Short Emerging Markets

     148,446        (109,675     38,771          913,779        (915,581     (1,802

ProFund VP Short International

     176,000        (187,454     (11,454        302,917        (268,825     34,092  

ProFund VP Short NASDAQ-100

     5,994,927        (7,887,616     (1,892,689        6,893,263        (6,016,158     877,105  

ProFund VP Short Small-Cap

     2,316,834        (2,162,607     154,227          2,147,818        (1,973,758     174,060  

 

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WRL Series Life Account

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4. Change in Units (continued)

 

     Year Ended December 31, 2021            Year Ended December 31, 2020  
Subaccount      Units Purchased          Units Redeemed  
  and Transferred  
  to/from  
        Net Increase    
  (Decrease)  
             Units Purchased          Units Redeemed  
  and Transferred  
  to/from  
        Net Increase    
  (Decrease)  
 
ProFund VP Small-Cap      257,363        (307,593     (50,230        154,088        (183,729     (29,641
ProFund VP Small-Cap Value      251,012        (243,134     7,878          134,497        (166,885     (32,388
ProFund VP Telecommunications      13,854        (23,886     (10,032        43,748        (27,990     15,758  
ProFund VP U.S. Government Plus      151,546        (284,443     (132,897        353,431        (242,677     110,754  
ProFund VP UltraNASDAQ-100      380,124        (415,124     (35,000        556,492        (570,604     (14,112
ProFund VP UltraSmall-Cap      462,600        (374,451     88,149          310,379        (340,281     (29,902
ProFund VP Utilities      84,222        (94,357     (10,135        84,281        (148,633     (64,352
TA Aegon High Yield Bond Initial Class      147,352        (203,399     (56,047        214,146        (367,768     (153,622
TA Aegon Sustainable Equity Income Initial Class      329,758        (295,838     33,920          196,268        (339,841     (143,573
TA Aegon U.S. Government Securities Initial Class      139,420        (296,318     (156,898        927,567        (622,779     304,788  
TA BlackRock Global Real Estate Securities Initial Class      251,692        (215,926     35,766          196,606        (281,810     (85,204
TA BlackRock Government Money Market Initial Class      1,199,823        (1,175,131     24,692          1,960,728        (1,861,922     98,806  
TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Conservative Initial Class      104,442        (95,562     8,880          97,649        (107,309     (9,660
TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Moderate Initial Class      36,895        (35,821     1,074          32,937        (52,546     (19,609
TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth Initial Class      252,265        (311,735     (59,470        333,286        (452,143     (118,857
TA BlackRock iShares Edge 40 Initial Class      25,522        (30,530     (5,008        22,532        (41,271     (18,739
TA BlackRock Tactical Allocation Initial Class      220,692        (288,969     (68,277        301,057        (369,682     (68,625
TA International Focus Initial Class      108,193        (211,675     (103,482        159,230        (310,562     (151,332
TA Janus Balanced Initial Class      132,478        (170,533     (38,055        180,545        (211,576     (31,031
TA Janus Mid-Cap Growth Initial Class      441,241        (782,031     (340,790        621,754        (946,324     (324,570
TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Conservative Initial Class      202,020        (173,774     28,246          265,435        (335,885     (70,450
TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Growth Initial Class      1,937,302        (2,264,260     (326,958        2,333,626        (2,932,671     (599,045
TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Moderate Initial Class      396,726        (456,725     (59,999        596,601        (740,583     (143,982
TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth Initial Class      1,490,868        (1,901,391     (410,523        2,313,348        (2,840,772     (527,424
TA JPMorgan Core Bond Initial Class      177,033        (247,141     (70,108        468,278        (355,190     113,088  
TA JPMorgan Enhanced Index Initial Class      130,954        (101,092     29,862          178,445        (152,466     25,979  
TA JPMorgan International Moderate Growth Initial Class      143,506        (128,752     14,754          76,928        (116,609     (39,681

 

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4. Change in Units (continued)

 

     Year Ended December 31, 2021            Year Ended December 31, 2020  
Subaccount      Units Purchased          Units Redeemed  
  and Transferred  
  to/from  
        Net Increase    
  (Decrease)  
             Units Purchased          Units Redeemed  
  and Transferred  
  to/from  
        Net Increase    
  (Decrease)  
 
TA JPMorgan Mid Cap Value Initial Class      127        (19,833     (19,706        513        (13,788     (13,275
TA JPMorgan Tactical Allocation Initial Class      329,501        (267,491     62,010          170,685        (246,211     (75,526
TA Managed Risk - Balanced ETF Initial Class      31,856        (26,698     5,158          28,623        (50,383     (21,760
TA Managed Risk - Growth ETF Initial Class      29,566        (33,077     (3,511        37,907        (80,595     (42,688
TA Morgan Stanley Capital Growth Initial Class      260,883        (348,666     (87,783        450,785        (446,607     4,178  
TA Morgan Stanley Global Allocation Initial Class      58,345        (59,755     (1,410        51,993        (83,042     (31,049
TA Multi-Managed Balanced Initial Class      119,804        (286,176     (166,372        199,714        (455,625     (255,911
TA PIMCO Tactical - Balanced Initial Class      67,270        (74,279     (7,009        77,855        (112,227     (34,372
TA PIMCO Tactical - Conservative Initial Class      122,859        (168,535     (45,676        177,546        (187,028     (9,482
TA PIMCO Tactical - Growth Initial Class      140,745        (158,977     (18,232        186,325        (233,071     (46,746
TA PIMCO Total Return Initial Class      850,489        (824,172     26,317          1,049,192        (1,024,278     24,914  
TA Small/Mid Cap Value Initial Class      669,372        (618,200     51,172          517,683        (758,638     (240,955
TA T. Rowe Price Small Cap Initial Class      199,812        (359,732     (159,920        570,686        (572,499     (1,813
TA WMC US Growth Initial Class      380,219        (1,669,204     (1,288,985        526,513        (2,217,992     (1,691,479

 

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WRL Series Life Account

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4. Change in Unit Dollars (continued)

 

     Year Ended December 31, 2021            Year Ended December 31, 2020  
Subaccount        Units Purchased in
    Dollars
    

    Units Redeemed 

    and Transferred 
    to/from in Dollars 

        Dollar Net Increase
    (Decrease)
          

    Units Purchased in

    Dollars

         Units Redeemed 
    and Transferred 
    to/from in  Dollars 
        Dollar Net Increase
    (Decrease)
 
AB Balanced Wealth Strategy Class B Shares    $ 788,901      $ (438,968   $ 349,933        $ 530,414      $ (504,318   $ 26,096  
Fidelity® VIP Contrafund® Service Class 2      1,165,535        (2,711,016     (1,545,481        1,576,083        (2,437,017     (860,934
Fidelity® VIP Equity-Income Service Class 2      1,558,210        (1,256,935     301,275          640,711        (1,365,763     (725,052
Fidelity® VIP Growth Opportunities Service Class 2      3,140,457        (3,959,437     (818,980        4,815,571        (3,234,920     1,580,651  
Fidelity® VIP Index 500 Service Class 2      22,104,485        (20,259,682     1,844,803          18,984,204        (18,954,355     29,849  
Franklin Allocation Class 4 Shares      304,761        (702,770     (398,009        636,845        (525,796     111,049  
ProFund Access VP High Yield      938,926        (1,104,370     (165,444        1,918,513        (2,477,676     (559,163
ProFund VP Asia 30      7,043,172        (6,208,300     834,872          4,252,042        (8,390,122     (4,138,080
ProFund VP Basic Materials      3,932,319        (2,883,034     1,049,285          963,912        (1,121,480     (157,568
ProFund VP Bull      1,218,068        (1,561,196     (343,128        2,070,184        (2,633,379     (563,195
ProFund VP Consumer Services      1,928,479        (2,050,439     (121,960        2,175,269        (1,659,233     516,036  
ProFund VP Emerging Markets      5,790,440        (5,495,821     294,619          5,671,529        (10,215,556     (4,544,027
ProFund VP Europe 30      4,734,694        (4,347,572     387,122          285,158        (378,399     (93,241
ProFund VP Falling U.S. Dollar      209,254        (532,303     (323,049        1,051,692        (685,987     365,705  
ProFund VP Financials      7,368,458        (4,882,868     2,485,590          960,894        (1,787,354     (826,460
ProFund VP Government Money Market      40,863,914        (39,267,239     1,596,675          40,332,283        (33,316,594     7,015,689  
ProFund VP International      2,169,028        (2,107,957     61,071          1,826,977        (1,671,445     155,532  
ProFund VP Japan      208,282        (376,247     (167,965        745,815        (894,185     (148,370
ProFund VP Mid-Cap      6,073,025        (5,723,600     349,425          2,815,099        (1,644,252     1,170,847  
ProFund VP NASDAQ-100      42,929,193        (39,068,715     3,860,478          26,512,377        (26,540,165     (27,788
ProFund VP Oil & Gas      9,096,493        (8,241,421     855,072          4,800,404        (3,320,720     1,479,684  
ProFund VP Pharmaceuticals      1,427,619        (1,740,169     (312,550        2,515,252        (1,959,020     556,232  
ProFund VP Precious Metals      4,267,282        (5,283,359     (1,016,077        6,712,725        (5,536,884     1,175,841  
ProFund VP Short Emerging Markets      412,227        (286,148     126,079          4,056,808        (3,836,120     220,688  
ProFund VP Short International      524,447        (547,418     (22,971        1,308,650        (1,094,073     214,577  
ProFund VP Short NASDAQ-100      3,324,443        (5,264,996     (1,940,553        7,641,029        (7,186,340     454,689  
ProFund VP Short Small-Cap      2,347,308        (2,128,403     218,905          3,906,340        (3,391,138     515,202  

 

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WRL Series Life Account

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4. Change in Unit Dollars (continued)

 

     Year Ended December 31, 2021            Year Ended December 31, 2020  
Subaccount        Units Purchased in
    Dollars
    

    Units Redeemed 

    and Transferred 
    to/from in Dollars 

        Dollar Net Increase
    (Decrease)
          

    Units Purchased in

    Dollars

         Units Redeemed 
    and Transferred 
    to/from in Dollars 
        Dollar Net Increase
    (Decrease)
 
ProFund VP Small-Cap    $ 6,529,190      $ (7,859,731   $ (1,330,541      $ 3,044,975      $ (3,470,397   $ (425,422
ProFund VP Small-Cap Value      6,529,032        (6,305,456     223,576          2,590,589        (3,160,485     (569,896
ProFund VP Telecommunications      231,597        (387,031     (155,434        587,162        (382,797     204,365  
ProFund VP U.S. Government Plus      3,113,782        (5,638,809     (2,525,027        8,578,307        (5,685,920     2,892,387  
ProFund VP UltraNASDAQ-100      64,276,319        (69,439,837     (5,163,518        48,446,905        (49,037,784     (590,879
ProFund VP UltraSmall-Cap      19,441,650        (15,253,521     4,188,129          5,792,821        (6,522,430     (729,609
ProFund VP Utilities      1,979,464        (2,085,453     (105,989        1,780,035        (2,970,574     (1,190,539
TA Aegon High Yield Bond Initial Class      3,061,483        (4,784,943     (1,723,460        4,198,719        (7,593,818     (3,395,099
TA Aegon Sustainable Equity Income Initial Class      8,227,269        (9,775,700     (1,548,431        3,817,827        (9,027,675     (5,209,848
TA Aegon U.S. Government Securities Initial Class      1,879,047        (4,405,861     (2,526,814        13,921,008        (9,527,170     4,393,838  
TA BlackRock Global Real Estate Securities Initial Class      5,709,622        (6,478,368     (768,746        3,242,738        (6,755,637     (3,512,899
TA BlackRock Government Money Market Initial Class      15,209,208        (14,440,955     768,253          26,067,903        (26,175,174     (107,271
TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Conservative Initial Class      1,591,864        (1,432,642     159,222          1,332,634        (1,459,370     (126,736
TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Moderate Initial Class      565,852        (533,983     31,869          447,277        (713,592     (266,315
TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth Initial Class      3,708,170        (4,457,629     (749,459        4,544,154        (6,004,913     (1,460,759
TA BlackRock iShares Edge 40 Initial Class      454,153        (619,763     (165,610        360,680        (710,786     (350,106
TA BlackRock Tactical Allocation Initial Class      4,205,884        (5,387,181     (1,181,297        4,943,301        (5,937,883     (994,582
TA International Focus Initial Class      2,213,110        (4,804,763     (2,591,653        2,363,322        (5,109,640     (2,746,318
TA Janus Balanced Initial Class      2,954,701        (3,887,439     (932,738        3,374,413        (3,990,532     (616,119
TA Janus Mid-Cap Growth Initial Class      14,290,172        (40,417,147     (26,126,975        16,814,390        (35,876,446     (19,062,056
TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Conservative Initial Class      4,009,313        (3,584,814     424,499          4,627,512        (6,157,200     (1,529,688
TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Growth Initial Class      53,104,034        (69,632,426     (16,528,392        44,859,217        (63,155,914     (18,296,697
TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Moderate Initial Class      8,210,462        (10,391,422     (2,180,960        10,111,367        (14,033,498     (3,922,131
TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth Initial Class      33,465,542        (48,174,869     (14,709,327        40,659,916        (57,217,754     (16,557,838
TA JPMorgan Core Bond Initial Class      3,173,704        (5,534,524     (2,360,820        8,078,684        (7,504,342     574,342  

 

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WRL Series Life Account

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4. Change in Unit Dollars (continued)

 

     Year Ended December 31, 2021            Year Ended December 31, 2020  
Subaccount        Units Purchased in
    Dollars
    

    Units Redeemed 

    and Transferred 
    to/from in Dollars

        Dollar Net Increase
    (Decrease)
               Units Purchased in
    Dollars
         Units Redeemed 
    and Transferred 
    to/from in  Dollars 
        Dollar Net Increase
(Decrease)
 
TA JPMorgan Enhanced Index Initial Class    $ 5,301,190      $ (4,500,978   $ 800,212        $ 5,585,395      $ (4,725,966   $ 859,429  
TA JPMorgan International Moderate Growth Initial Class      2,450,677        (2,164,991     285,686          1,046,110        (1,561,785     (515,675
TA JPMorgan Mid Cap Value Initial Class      3,870        (921,117     (917,247        10,736        (383,742     (373,006
TA JPMorgan Tactical Allocation Initial Class      6,128,290        (5,995,894     132,396          2,915,109        (5,353,335     (2,438,226
TA Managed Risk - Balanced ETF Initial Class      554,453        (467,525     86,928          453,102        (789,793     (336,691
TA Managed Risk - Growth ETF Initial Class      576,370        (633,463     (57,093        637,868        (1,318,616     (680,748
TA Morgan Stanley Capital Growth Initial Class      22,253,199        (33,644,299     (11,391,100        26,580,284        (26,952,534     (372,250
TA Morgan Stanley Global Allocation Initial Class      1,085,691        (1,095,095     (9,404        776,233        (1,190,526     (414,293
TA Multi-Managed Balanced Initial Class      3,625,522        (10,150,795     (6,525,273        4,899,161        (13,200,444     (8,301,283
TA PIMCO Tactical - Balanced Initial Class      1,118,917        (1,252,400     (133,483        1,177,717        (1,733,340     (555,623
TA PIMCO Tactical - Conservative Initial Class      1,903,002        (2,648,390     (745,388        2,513,692        (2,706,805     (193,113
TA PIMCO Tactical - Growth Initial Class      2,273,095        (2,685,447     (412,352        2,631,848        (3,464,447     (832,599
TA PIMCO Total Return Initial Class      12,681,710        (12,697,388     (15,678        15,852,673        (16,117,752     (265,079
TA Small/Mid Cap Value Initial Class      21,278,754        (25,019,952     (3,741,198        10,668,925        (21,553,678     (10,884,753
TA T. Rowe Price Small Cap Initial Class      8,198,469        (15,940,182     (7,741,713        17,736,867        (17,912,978     (176,111
TA WMC US Growth Initial Class      17,878,053        (99,930,736     (82,052,683        18,955,106        (94,699,338     (75,744,232

 

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WRL Series Life Account

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December 31, 2021

 

5. Financial Highlights

 

The Separate Account offers various death benefit options, which have differing fees that are charged against the contract owner’s account balance. These charges are discussed in more detail in the individual’s policy. Differences in the fee structures for these units result in different unit values, expense ratios, and total returns.    

 

            At December 31      For the Year Ended December 31  
Subaccount           Units      Unit Fair Value
Corresponding to
Lowest to Highest
Expense Ratio
    

Net

Assets

     Investment
Income
Ratio*
    Expense
Ratio**
Lowest to
Highest
    Total Return***
Corresponding to
Lowest to Highest
Expense Ratio
 

 

    

 

 

 

AB Balanced Wealth Strategy Class B Shares

 

     12/31/2021        128,605      $ 31.71        to      $ 26.26      $ 3,334,899        0.26   %      0.00   %      to        1.50   %      13.36   %      to        11.69   % 
     12/31/2020        113,729        27.97        to        23.51        2,646,256        2.11       0.00       to        1.50       9.25       to        7.64  
     12/31/2019        112,692        25.60        to        21.84        2,409,940        2.32       0.00       to        1.50       18.20       to        16.46  
     12/31/2018        119,382        21.66        to        18.76        2,234,709        1.69       0.00       to        1.50       (6.41     to        (7.80
     12/31/2017        129,250        23.14        to        20.34        2,657,289        1.86       0.00       to        1.50       15.62       to        13.92  

Fidelity® VIP Contrafund® Service Class 2

 

     12/31/2021        757,429        40.91        to        55.54        36,637,861        0.03       0.30       to        0.90       27.13       to        26.37  
     12/31/2020        792,862        32.18        to        43.95        30,292,014        0.08       0.30       to        0.90       29.84       to        29.07  
     12/31/2019        821,073        24.79        to        34.05        24,221,196        0.22       0.30       to        0.90       30.88       to        30.10  
     12/31/2018        871,825        18.94        to        26.17        19,754,892        0.43       0.30       to        0.90       (6.92     to        (7.48
     12/31/2017        910,354        20.35        to        28.29        22,638,242        0.77       0.30       to        0.90       21.22       to        20.51  

Fidelity® VIP Equity-Income Service Class 2

 

     12/31/2021        411,487        29.47        to        36.20        13,664,086        1.70       0.30       to        0.90       24.23       to        23.49  
     12/31/2020        403,834        23.72        to        29.31        10,779,441        1.64       0.30       to        0.90       6.12       to        5.49  
     12/31/2019        434,957        22.35        to        27.79        10,974,164        1.82       0.30       to        0.90       26.73       to        25.97  
     12/31/2018        474,511        17.64        to        22.06        9,560,346        2.04       0.30       to        0.90       (8.81     to        (9.36
     12/31/2017        514,492        19.34        to        24.34        11,550,024        1.48       0.30       to        0.90       12.31       to        11.65  

Fidelity® VIP Growth Opportunities Service Class 2

 

     12/31/2021        428,203        72.50        to        58.00        27,303,691        -       0.30       to        0.90       11.34       to        10.67  
     12/31/2020        440,051        65.11        to        52.41        25,301,018        -       0.30       to        0.90       67.73       to        66.73  
     12/31/2019        414,182        38.82        to        31.43        14,179,766        -       0.30       to        0.90       40.07       to        39.24  
     12/31/2018        386,656        27.71        to        22.57        9,532,742        0.09       0.30       to        0.90       11.87       to        11.20  
     12/31/2017        398,985        24.77        to        20.30        8,736,075        0.11       0.30       to        0.90       33.78       to        32.98  

Fidelity® VIP Index 500 Service Class 2

 

     12/31/2021        1,972,881        44.98        to        39.02        89,078,492        1.04       0.00       to        1.50       28.26       to        26.36  
     12/31/2020        1,897,267        35.07        to        30.88        68,174,561        1.60       0.00       to        1.50       17.95       to        16.20  
     12/31/2019        1,850,484        29.74        to        26.58        58,103,481        1.78       0.00       to        1.50       31.02       to        29.08  
     12/31/2018        1,878,426        22.70        to        20.59        45,890,930        1.62       0.00       to        1.50       (4.73     to        (6.15
     12/31/2017        1,804,677        23.82        to        21.94        47,478,979        1.61       0.00       to        1.50       21.41       to        19.62  

Franklin Allocation Class 4 Shares

 

     12/31/2021        94,166        32.67        to        27.06        2,447,004        1.59       0.00       to        1.50       11.54       to        9.89  
     12/31/2020        111,828        29.29        to        24.62        2,590,133        1.36       0.00       to        1.50       11.75       to        10.10  
     12/31/2019        102,803        26.21        to        22.36        2,218,133        3.34       0.00       to        1.50       19.56       to        17.79  
     12/31/2018        109,507        21.93        to        18.99        2,002,167        2.79       0.00       to        1.50       (9.58     to        (10.92
     12/31/2017        115,582        24.25        to        21.31        2,494,958        2.58       0.00       to        1.50       11.78       to        10.13  

ProFund Access VP High Yield

 

     12/31/2021        168,760        22.96        to        18.49        3,027,455        2.48       0.00       to        1.50       0.27       to        (1.21
     12/31/2020        175,745        22.89        to        18.72        3,202,897        6.43       0.00       to        1.50       (0.06     to        (1.54
     12/31/2019        202,947        22.91        to        19.01        3,781,777        4.93       0.00       to        1.50       12.43       to        10.77  
     12/31/2018        192,387        20.38        to        17.16        3,304,109        2.63       0.00       to        1.50       (0.61     to        (2.09
     12/31/2017        181,089        20.50        to        17.53        3,242,904        3.74       0.00       to        1.50       4.79       to        3.25  

ProFund VP Asia 30

 

     12/31/2021        411,959        12.81        to        12.27        4,976,668        -       0.00       to        1.50       (18.52     to        (19.73
     12/31/2020        384,501        15.73        to        15.28        5,684,247        0.94       0.00       to        1.50       35.55       to        33.55  
     12/31/2019        755,203        11.60        to        11.44        8,314,602        0.19       0.00       to        1.50       26.31       to        24.44  
     12/31/2018        430,576        9.19        to        9.20        3,704,275        0.40       0.00       to        1.50       (18.59     to        (19.81
     12/31/2017        820,573        11.28        to        11.47        8,723,348        -       0.00       to        1.50       32.87       to        30.92  

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

WRL Series Life Account

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2021

 

5. Financial Highlights (continued)

 

 

            At December 31      For the Year Ended December 31  
Subaccount           Units      Unit Fair Value
Corresponding to
Lowest to Highest
Expense Ratio
    

Net

Assets

     Investment
Income
Ratio*
    Expense
Ratio**
Lowest to
Highest
    Total Return***
Corresponding to
Lowest to Highest
Expense Ratio
 

 

    

 

 

 

ProFund VP Basic Materials

 

     12/31/2021        262,925      $ 19.39        to      $ 16.10      $ 4,759,259        0.26   %      0.00   %      to        1.50   %      25.63   %      to        23.77   % 
     12/31/2020        202,508        15.43        to        13.01        2,916,123        0.64       0.00       to        1.50       16.49       to        14.76  
     12/31/2019        220,118        13.25        to        11.34        2,725,778        0.34       0.00       to        1.50       17.72       to        15.98  
     12/31/2018        238,320        11.25        to        9.77        2,505,171        0.39       0.00       to        1.50       (17.66     to        (18.88
     12/31/2017        353,517        13.67        to        12.05        4,507,974        0.38       0.00       to        1.50       22.96       to        21.15  

ProFund VP Bull

 

     12/31/2021        164,564        35.44        to        31.44        5,735,865        -       0.00       to        1.50       26.33       to        24.47  
     12/31/2020        175,403        28.05        to        25.26        4,864,234        0.09       0.00       to        1.50       16.03       to        14.32  
     12/31/2019        202,079        24.18        to        22.09        4,855,492        0.32       0.00       to        1.50       28.88       to        26.98  
     12/31/2018        167,135        18.76        to        17.40        3,134,335        -       0.00       to        1.50       (6.15     to        (7.54
     12/31/2017        231,602        19.99        to        18.82        4,665,839        -       0.00       to        1.50       19.34       to        17.58  

ProFund VP Consumer Services

 

     12/31/2021        154,824        52.42        to        47.84        6,918,758        -       0.00       to        1.50       10.23       to        8.60  
     12/31/2020        156,855        47.55        to        44.05        6,421,577        -       0.00       to        1.50       28.34       to        26.45  
     12/31/2019        145,291        37.05        to        34.84        4,685,493        -       0.00       to        1.50       24.64       to        22.80  
     12/31/2018        159,048        29.73        to        28.37        4,177,142        -       0.00       to        1.50       0.62       to        (0.88
     12/31/2017        149,083        29.55        to        28.62        3,954,853        -       0.00       to        1.50       18.37       to        16.62  

ProFund VP Emerging Markets

 

     12/31/2021        645,052        9.33        to        8.56        6,210,598        -       0.00       to        1.50       (18.01     to        (19.23
     12/31/2020        646,787        11.39        to        10.59        7,586,888        0.60       0.00       to        1.50       26.72       to        24.85  
     12/31/2019        1,172,076        8.98        to        8.49        10,543,054        0.41       0.00       to        1.50       24.23       to        22.40  
     12/31/2018        818,859        7.23        to        6.93        5,692,807        0.22       0.00       to        1.50       (15.27     to        (16.53
     12/31/2017        1,217,400        8.54        to        8.31        10,163,614        0.07       0.00       to        1.50       33.26       to        31.29  

ProFund VP Europe 30

 

     12/31/2021        113,300        12.76        to        10.83        1,410,359        0.54       0.00       to        1.50       24.53       to        22.69  
     12/31/2020        74,499        10.25        to        8.83        743,173        2.67       0.00       to        1.50       (9.23     to        (10.57
     12/31/2019        86,170        11.29        to        9.87        938,303        2.37       0.00       to        1.50       17.79       to        16.05  
     12/31/2018        112,343        9.58        to        8.51        1,043,087        2.52       0.00       to        1.50       (14.13     to        (15.41
     12/31/2017        145,661        11.16        to        10.06        1,554,182        2.22       0.00       to        1.50       19.71       to        17.95  

ProFund VP Falling U.S. Dollar

 

     12/31/2021        36,666        6.17        to        4.95        215,619        -       0.00       to        1.50       (8.03     to        (9.39
     12/31/2020        85,122        6.71        to        5.46        571,233        0.32       0.00       to        1.50       4.80       to        3.26  
     12/31/2019        31,372        6.40        to        5.29        192,195        0.05       0.00       to        1.50       (2.34     to        (3.78
     12/31/2018        39,531        6.55        to        5.50        249,306        -       0.00       to        1.50       (6.31     to        (7.70
     12/31/2017        39,617        6.99        to        5.96        269,359        -       0.00       to        1.50       8.46       to        6.86  

ProFund VP Financials

 

     12/31/2021        306,203        21.90        to        22.98        7,421,217        0.32       0.00       to        1.50       30.10       to        28.18  
     12/31/2020        203,241        16.83        to        17.93        3,629,255        0.65       0.00       to        1.50       (1.77     to        (3.22
     12/31/2019        259,303        17.14        to        18.52        4,716,020        0.51       0.00       to        1.50       30.27       to        28.35  
     12/31/2018        295,061        13.15        to        14.43        4,069,052        0.38       0.00       to        1.50       (10.43     to        (11.76
     12/31/2017        367,605        14.69        to        16.35        5,425,492        0.34       0.00       to        1.50       18.19       to        16.45  

ProFund VP Government Money Market

 

     12/31/2021        2,052,472        10.69        to        8.31        19,922,125        0.01       0.00       to        1.50       0.01       to        (1.47
     12/31/2020        1,896,770        10.69        to        8.44        18,415,872        0.04       0.00       to        1.50       0.04       to        (1.44
     12/31/2019        1,178,410        10.68        to        8.56        11,493,857        0.78       0.00       to        1.50       0.77       to        (0.72
     12/31/2018        1,968,408        10.60        to        8.62        19,100,813        0.42       0.00       to        1.50       0.42       to        (1.07
     12/31/2017        1,004,665        10.56        to        8.71        9,769,539        0.02       0.00       to        1.50       0.02       to        (1.45

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

WRL Series Life Account

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2021

 

5. Financial Highlights (continued)

 

 

            At December 31      For the Year Ended December 31  
Subaccount           Units      Unit Fair Value
Corresponding to
Lowest to Highest
Expense Ratio
    

Net

Assets

     Investment
Income
Ratio*
    Expense
Ratio**
Lowest to
Highest
    Total Return***
Corresponding to
Lowest to Highest
Expense Ratio
 

 

    

 

 

 

ProFund VP International

 

     12/31/2021        233,841      $ 11.82        to      $ 10.43      $ 2,986,900        -   %      0.00   %      to        1.50   %      8.82   %      to        7.21   % 
     12/31/2020        230,505        10.86        to        9.73        2,698,233        0.54       0.00       to        1.50       4.90       to        3.35  
     12/31/2019        234,501        10.36        to        9.42        2,314,126        0.27       0.00       to        1.50       19.27       to        17.51  
     12/31/2018        258,900        8.68        to        8.01        2,137,619        -       0.00       to        1.50       (15.76     to        (17.01
     12/31/2017        406,411        10.31        to        9.66        4,191,633        -       0.00       to        1.50       21.80       to        20.00  

ProFund VP Japan

 

     12/31/2021        37,355        16.62        to        14.04        651,443        -       0.00       to        1.50       3.89       to        2.36  
     12/31/2020        48,718        16.00        to        13.72        792,777        0.26       0.00       to        1.50       15.93       to        14.22  
     12/31/2019        55,149        13.80        to        12.01        859,504        0.11       0.00       to        1.50       20.00       to        18.22  
     12/31/2018        64,144        11.50        to        10.16        766,064        -       0.00       to        1.50       (11.63     to        (12.95
     12/31/2017        68,842        13.02        to        11.67        926,938        -       0.00       to        1.50       18.45       to        16.71  

ProFund VP Mid-Cap

 

     12/31/2021        235,593        31.20        to        26.68        6,370,458        -       0.00       to        1.50       22.21       to        20.40  
     12/31/2020        222,065        25.53        to        22.16        4,946,836        1.03       0.00       to        1.50       10.76       to        9.12  
     12/31/2019        160,109        23.05        to        20.30        3,275,313        0.17       0.00       to        1.50       23.53       to        21.70  
     12/31/2018        200,990        18.66        to        16.68        3,349,100        -       0.00       to        1.50       (12.86     to        (14.16
     12/31/2017        205,685        21.42        to        19.43        3,998,852        -       0.00       to        1.50       13.43       to        11.76  

ProFund VP NASDAQ-100

 

     12/31/2021        625,685        82.04        to        64.95        43,056,594        -       0.00       to        1.50       24.80       to        22.96  
     12/31/2020        544,387        65.74        to        52.82        31,067,075        -       0.00       to        1.50       45.57       to        43.42  
     12/31/2019        535,387        45.16        to        36.83        21,186,505        -       0.00       to        1.50       36.70       to        34.68  
     12/31/2018        470,561        33.04        to        27.35        14,347,955        -       0.00       to        1.50       (1.87     to        (3.33
     12/31/2017        440,866        33.67        to        28.29        14,214,808        -       0.00       to        1.50       30.37       to        28.45  

ProFund VP Oil & Gas

 

     12/31/2021        1,118,554        8.04        to        6.09        8,391,421        1.60       0.00       to        1.50       51.93       to        49.69  
     12/31/2020        1,024,721        5.29        to        4.07        5,035,078        2.67       0.00       to        1.50       (34.46     to        (35.43
     12/31/2019        721,703        8.08        to        6.30        5,415,783        1.42       0.00       to        1.50       8.51       to        6.91  
     12/31/2018        868,737        7.44        to        5.89        6,013,987        1.72       0.00       to        1.50       (20.22     to        (21.41
     12/31/2017        928,891        9.33        to        7.49        8,081,643        1.27       0.00       to        1.50       (3.17     to        (4.60

ProFund VP Pharmaceuticals

 

     12/31/2021        234,365        30.92        to        26.97        6,642,729        0.27       0.00       to        1.50       11.20       to        9.56  
     12/31/2020        247,778        27.81        to        24.62        6,322,174        0.12       0.00       to        1.50       12.51       to        10.85  
     12/31/2019        220,283        24.71        to        22.21        5,017,336        0.85       0.00       to        1.50       14.04       to        12.36  
     12/31/2018        259,734        21.67        to        19.77        5,199,084        1.07       0.00       to        1.50       (6.20     to        (7.59
     12/31/2017        279,193        23.10        to        21.39        5,994,460        0.95       0.00       to        1.50       10.36       to        8.73  

ProFund VP Precious Metals

 

     12/31/2021        1,733,822        5.51        to        4.85        8,805,544        -       0.00       to        1.50       (8.93     to        (10.28
     12/31/2020        1,925,848        6.05        to        5.40        10,748,618        0.25       0.00       to        1.50       24.10       to        22.27  
     12/31/2019        1,720,769        4.88        to        4.42        7,763,794        0.03       0.00       to        1.50       45.98       to        43.82  
     12/31/2018        1,473,097        3.34        to        3.07        4,574,070        -       0.00       to        1.50       (13.47     to        (14.76
     12/31/2017        1,507,392        3.86        to        3.61        5,439,646        -       0.00       to        1.50       5.28       to        3.73  

ProFund VP Short Emerging Markets

 

     12/31/2021        132,325        2.32        to        1.76        390,777        -       0.00       to        1.50       9.96       to        8.33  
     12/31/2020        93,554        2.11        to        1.63        236,037        0.44       0.00       to        1.50       (31.76     to        (32.77
     12/31/2019        95,356        3.09        to        2.42        352,353        0.45       0.00       to        1.50       (20.99     to        (22.16
     12/31/2018        184,112        3.92        to        3.11        744,822        -       0.00       to        1.50       12.59       to        10.91  
     12/31/2017        80,509        3.48        to        2.81        288,783        -       0.00       to        1.50       (27.84     to        (28.91

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

WRL Series Life Account

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2021

 

5. Financial Highlights (continued)

 

 

            At December 31      For the Year Ended December 31  
Subaccount           Units     

Unit Fair Value
Corresponding to
Lowest to Highest
Expense Ratio

    

Net

Assets

     Investment
Income
Ratio*
    Expense
Ratio**
Lowest to
Highest
    Total Return***
Corresponding to
Lowest to Highest
Expense Ratio
 

 

    

 

 

 

ProFund VP Short International

 

     12/31/2021        105,327        $  2.49        to        $  1.91      $ 276,635        -   %      0.00   %      to        1.50   %      (13.40 )  %      to        (14.68 )  % 
     12/31/2020        116,781        2.88        to        2.24        353,854        0.51       0.00       to        1.50       (16.94     to        (18.17
     12/31/2019        82,689        3.47        to        2.73        293,102        0.52       0.00       to        1.50       (17.42     to        (18.64
     12/31/2018        83,833        4.20        to        3.36        351,032        -       0.00       to        1.50       15.47       to        13.76  
     12/31/2017        79,108        3.63        to        2.95        278,713        -       0.00       to        1.50       (20.64     to        (21.81

ProFund VP Short NASDAQ-100

 

     12/31/2021        1,233,529        0.43        to        0.36        679,736        -       0.00       to        1.50       (25.13     to        (26.24
     12/31/2020        3,126,218        0.58        to        0.49        2,839,671        0.24       0.00       to        1.50       (42.77     to        (43.62
     12/31/2019        2,249,113        1.01        to        0.87        3,618,259        0.07       0.00       to        1.50       (28.06     to        (29.12
     12/31/2018        1,889,938        1.40        to        1.23        2,986,569        -       0.00       to        1.50       (2.89     to        (4.33
     12/31/2017        590,697        1.44        to        1.29        870,919        -       0.00       to        1.50       (25.25     to        (26.35

ProFund VP Short Small-Cap

 

     12/31/2021        654,569        0.90        to        0.64        635,292        -       0.00       to        1.50       (19.05     to        (20.25
     12/31/2020        500,342        1.12        to        0.81        548,617        0.57       0.00       to        1.50       (31.96     to        (32.97
     12/31/2019        326,282        1.64        to        1.20        513,284        0.10       0.00       to        1.50       (20.78     to        (21.96
     12/31/2018        214,149        2.07        to        1.54        426,579        -       0.00       to        1.50       10.39       to        8.75  
     12/31/2017        390,362        1.88        to        1.42        667,558        -       0.00       to        1.50       (14.20     to        (15.47

ProFund VP Small-Cap

 

     12/31/2021        143,278        27.80        to        25.87        3,742,748        -       0.00       to        1.50       12.88       to        11.21  
     12/31/2020        193,508        24.63        to        23.26        4,480,052        0.05       0.00       to        1.50       17.06       to        15.33  
     12/31/2019        223,149        21.04        to        20.17        4,438,418        -       0.00       to        1.50       23.60       to        21.78  
     12/31/2018        136,250        17.02        to        16.56        2,243,155        -       0.00       to        1.50       (12.89     to        (14.19
     12/31/2017        194,574        19.54        to        19.30        3,732,484        -       0.00       to        1.50       12.43       to        10.77  

ProFund VP Small-Cap Value

 

     12/31/2021        168,208        30.72        to        27.40        4,560,094        0.10       0.00       to        1.50       28.56       to        26.66  
     12/31/2020        160,330        23.90        to        21.64        3,392,669        0.02       0.00       to        1.50       1.06       to        (0.43
     12/31/2019        192,718        23.65        to        21.73        4,055,740        -       0.00       to        1.50       22.56       to        20.75  
     12/31/2018        94,464        19.29        to        18.00        1,648,295        -       0.00       to        1.50       (14.21     to        (15.49
     12/31/2017        166,430        22.49        to        21.29        3,418,360        0.01       0.00       to        1.50       9.71       to        8.09  

ProFund VP Telecommunications

 

     12/31/2021        55,335        18.60        to        16.19        966,416        1.11       0.00       to        1.50       18.41       to        16.66  
     12/31/2020        65,367        15.70        to        13.87        967,161        0.95       0.00       to        1.50       3.15       to        1.63  
     12/31/2019        49,609        15.23        to        13.65        714,412        3.24       0.00       to        1.50       14.77       to        13.07  
     12/31/2018        53,288        13.27        to        12.07        668,160        5.55       0.00       to        1.50       (15.10     to        (16.37
     12/31/2017        72,686        15.63        to        14.44        1,069,305        4.01       0.00       to        1.50       (2.12     to        (3.57

ProFund VP U.S. Government Plus

 

     12/31/2021        207,687        23.15        to        18.76        4,320,363        -       0.00       to        1.50       (7.08     to        (8.46
     12/31/2020        340,584        24.92        to        20.49        7,661,538        0.03       0.00       to        1.50       20.69       to        18.91  
     12/31/2019        229,830        20.65        to        17.23        4,294,581        0.83       0.00       to        1.50       18.22       to        16.47  
     12/31/2018        203,154        17.46        to        14.80        3,231,995        0.94       0.00       to        1.50       (5.42     to        (6.83
     12/31/2017        216,837        18.46        to        15.88        3,673,437        0.43       0.00       to        1.50       9.49       to        7.87  

ProFund VP UltraNASDAQ-100

 

     12/31/2021        438,658        214.93        to        190.00        91,072,726        -       0.00       to        1.50       52.51       to        50.26  
     12/31/2020        473,658        140.93        to        126.45        64,613,684        -       0.00       to        1.50       86.30       to        83.55  
     12/31/2019        487,770        75.65        to        68.89        35,807,599        -       0.00       to        1.50       79.13       to        77.01  
     12/31/2018        561,767        42.13        to        38.92        23,124,940        -       0.30       to        1.50       (9.90     to        (10.98
     12/31/2017        536,454        46.76        to        43.72        24,476,044        -       0.30       to        1.50       67.83       to        65.85  

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

WRL Series Life Account

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2021

 

5. Financial Highlights (continued)

 

 

            At December 31      For the Year Ended December 31  
Subaccount           Units     

Unit Fair Value
Corresponding to
Lowest to Highest
Expense Ratio

    

Net

Assets

     Investment
Income
Ratio*
    Expense
Ratio**
Lowest to
Highest
    Total Return***
Corresponding to
Lowest to Highest
Expense Ratio
 

 

    

 

 

 

ProFund VP UltraSmall-Cap

 

     12/31/2021        343,288      $ 40.88        to      $ 38.51      $ 13,827,568        -   %      0.00   %      to        1.50   %      23.30   %      to        21.48   % 
     12/31/2020        255,139        33.16        to        31.70        8,336,950        0.13       0.00       to        1.50       16.39       to        14.67  
     12/31/2019        285,041        28.49        to        27.65        7,932,380        -       0.00       to        1.50       47.33       to        45.15  
     12/31/2018        318,256        19.34        to        19.05        5,975,141        -       0.00       to        1.50       (26.95     to        (28.04
     12/31/2017        334,026        26.47        to        26.47        8,487,733        -       0.00       to        1.50       25.20       to        23.35  

ProFund VP Utilities

 

     12/31/2021        217,220        25.19        to        19.79        5,336,129        1.50       0.00       to        1.50       15.41       to        13.70  
     12/31/2020        227,355        21.83        to        17.40        4,780,991        1.55       0.00       to        1.50       (2.40     to        (3.84
     12/31/2019        291,707        22.36        to        18.10        6,306,424        1.55       0.00       to        1.50       22.88       to        21.06  
     12/31/2018        268,154        18.20        to        14.95        4,679,004        1.99       0.00       to        1.50       2.89       to        1.36  
     12/31/2017        258,882        17.69        to        14.75        4,365,893        2.03       0.00       to        1.50       10.64       to        9.01  

TA Aegon High Yield Bond Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        618,002        26.16        to        20.84        14,134,753        5.19       0.00       to        1.50       6.35       to        4.78  
     12/31/2020        674,049        24.60        to        19.89        15,055,821        6.23       0.00       to        1.50       5.04       to        3.49  
     12/31/2019        827,671        23.42        to        19.22        18,060,264        6.30       0.00       to        1.50       14.21       to        12.53  
     12/31/2018        814,479        20.51        to        17.08        16,374,808        6.03       0.00       to        1.50       (2.35     to        (3.80
     12/31/2017        908,539        21.00        to        17.76        19,145,546        5.93       0.00       to        1.50       7.44       to        5.86  

TA Aegon Sustainable Equity Income Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        2,016,162        24.24        to        20.85        68,073,598        2.11       0.00       to        1.50       22.42       to        20.61  
     12/31/2020        1,982,242        19.80        to        17.28        57,427,556        3.02       0.00       to        1.50       (7.35     to        (8.72
     12/31/2019        2,125,815        21.38        to        18.94        68,676,965        2.40       0.00       to        1.50       23.91       to        22.08  
     12/31/2018        2,314,329        17.25        to        15.51        62,532,917        2.14       0.00       to        1.50       (11.50     to        (12.82
     12/31/2017        2,270,293        19.49        to        17.79        74,360,907        2.32       0.00       to        1.50       16.43       to        14.71  

TA Aegon U.S. Government Securities Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        598,204        16.95        to        12.76        8,687,717        2.05       0.00       to        1.50       (2.39     to        (3.83
     12/31/2020        755,102        17.36        to        13.27        11,544,548        1.62       0.00       to        1.50       8.97       to        7.36  
     12/31/2019        450,314        15.93        to        12.36        6,373,858        1.89       0.00       to        1.50       6.60       to        5.03  
     12/31/2018        477,016        14.95        to        11.77        6,445,842        2.91       0.00       to        1.50       0.26       to        (1.23
     12/31/2017        622,834        14.91        to        11.92        8,651,009        3.74       0.00       to        1.50       2.66       to        1.14  

TA BlackRock Global Real Estate Securities Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        1,580,079        19.68        to        18.55        45,149,026        2.52       0.00       to        1.50       26.22       to        24.36  
     12/31/2020        1,544,313        15.59        to        14.91        36,790,442        12.31       0.00       to        1.50       (0.31     to        (1.79
     12/31/2019        1,629,517        15.64        to        15.18        41,010,845        0.90       0.00       to        1.50       25.19       to        23.34  
     12/31/2018        1,649,559        12.49        to        12.31        35,023,934        8.62       0.00       to        1.50       (10.09     to        (11.43
     12/31/2017        1,719,191        13.89        to        13.90        43,179,257        3.64       0.00       to        1.50       11.32       to        9.68  

TA BlackRock Government Money Market Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        2,356,554        11.30        to        8.61        30,568,353        0.00       0.00       to        1.50       0.00       to        (1.47
     12/31/2020        2,331,862        11.30        to        8.74        29,986,068        0.27       0.00       to        1.50       0.29       to        (1.19
     12/31/2019        2,233,056        11.27        to        8.85        30,217,624        1.96       0.00       to        1.50       1.97       to        0.47  
     12/31/2018        2,582,234        11.05        to        8.81        36,454,670        1.82       0.00       to        1.50       1.81       to        0.29  
     12/31/2017        2,103,005        10.86        to        8.78        28,500,890        0.01       0.00       to        1.50       0.01       to        (1.47

TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Conservative Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        323,769        16.67        to        14.01        4,983,409        1.36       0.00       to        1.50       5.98       to        4.41  
     12/31/2020        314,889        15.73        to        13.42        4,577,567        2.20       0.00       to        1.50       6.99       to        5.41  
     12/31/2019        324,549        14.70        to        12.73        4,430,550        2.27       0.00       to        1.50       11.47       to        9.82  
     12/31/2018        337,448        13.19        to        11.59        4,151,993        1.93       0.00       to        1.50       (2.61     to        (4.05
     12/31/2017        329,104        13.54        to        12.08        4,174,813        1.95       0.00       to        1.50       11.92       to        10.27  

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

WRL Series Life Account

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2021

 

5. Financial Highlights (continued)

 

 

            At December 31      For the Year Ended December 31  
Subaccount           Units      Unit Fair Value
Corresponding to
Lowest to Highest
Expense Ratio
    

Net

Assets

     Investment
Income
Ratio*
    Expense
Ratio**
Lowest to
Highest
    Total Return***
Corresponding to
Lowest to Highest
Expense Ratio
 

 

    

 

 

 

TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Moderate Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        162,053      $ 16.31        to      $ 14.24      $ 2,510,714        1.13   %      0.00   %      to        1.50   %      8.52   %      to        6.92   % 
     12/31/2020        160,979        15.03        to        13.32        2,305,224        2.11       0.00       to        1.50       3.59       to        2.06  
     12/31/2019        180,588        14.51        to        13.05        2,517,994        2.10       0.00       to        1.50       11.10       to        9.79  
     12/31/2018        181,696        13.03        to        11.89        2,282,530        1.75       0.30       to        1.50       (4.27     to        (5.40
     12/31/2017        184,491        13.61        to        12.57        2,429,683        1.71       0.30       to        1.50       15.36       to        14.00  

TA BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        1,704,499        17.13        to        13.74        25,851,755        0.80       0.00       to        1.50       7.94       to        6.34  
     12/31/2020        1,763,969        15.87        to        12.92        24,830,847        2.11       0.00       to        1.50       (1.85     to        (3.30
     12/31/2019        1,882,826        16.17        to        13.36        27,046,353        1.94       0.00       to        1.50       11.59       to        9.94  
     12/31/2018        2,030,239        14.49        to        12.15        26,218,151        1.56       0.00       to        1.50       (5.67     to        (7.07
     12/31/2017        2,197,545        15.36        to        13.08        30,221,332        1.53       0.00       to        1.50       20.55       to        18.78  

TA BlackRock iShares Edge 40 Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        141,719        19.46        to        14.38        2,730,609        1.76       0.00       to        1.50       6.09       to        4.52  
     12/31/2020        146,727        18.34        to        13.76        2,746,773        2.37       0.00       to        1.50       9.65       to        8.03  
     12/31/2019        165,466        16.73        to        12.74        2,874,315        2.23       0.00       to        1.50       15.31       to        13.60  
     12/31/2018        170,782        14.51        to        11.21        2,620,516        1.91       0.00       to        1.50       (4.14     to        (5.56
     12/31/2017        182,008        15.13        to        11.87        3,013,996        1.75       0.00       to        1.50       9.74       to        8.13  

TA BlackRock Tactical Allocation Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        1,459,227        20.55        to        17.70        28,322,637        5.15       0.00       to        1.50       7.91       to        6.31  
     12/31/2020        1,527,504        19.04        to        16.65        27,557,366        3.58       0.00       to        1.50       13.40       to        11.73  
     12/31/2019        1,596,129        16.79        to        14.90        25,483,831        4.10       0.00       to        1.50       17.43       to        15.69  
     12/31/2018        1,759,314        14.30        to        12.88        24,034,351        2.02       0.00       to        1.50       (4.21     to        (5.64
     12/31/2017        1,908,492        14.93        to        13.65        27,366,726        2.69       0.00       to        1.50       12.02       to        10.37  

TA International Focus Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        1,885,308        21.11        to        19.01        41,847,752        1.22       0.00       to        1.50       10.82       to        9.18  
     12/31/2020        1,988,790        19.05        to        17.41        40,421,994        2.26       0.00       to        1.50       20.90       to        19.11  
     12/31/2019        2,140,122        15.75        to        14.62        36,425,138        1.62       0.00       to        1.50       27.68       to        25.80  
     12/31/2018        2,293,934        12.34        to        11.62        31,067,991        1.21       0.00       to        1.50       (17.70     to        (18.93
     12/31/2017        2,582,105        14.99        to        14.34        43,373,061        1.39       0.00       to        1.50       27.24       to        25.37  

TA Janus Balanced Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        633,498        27.64        to        22.95        15,308,150        1.31       0.00       to        1.50       15.71       to        14.00  
     12/31/2020        671,553        23.89        to        20.13        14,171,366        1.67       0.00       to        1.50       14.59       to        12.90  
     12/31/2019        702,584        20.85        to        17.83        13,105,025        1.59       0.00       to        1.50       22.08       to        20.28  
     12/31/2018        683,989        17.08        to        14.82        10,568,133        1.65       0.00       to        1.50       0.22       to        (1.27
     12/31/2017        724,892        17.04        to        15.01        11,305,225        1.58       0.00       to        1.50       17.05       to        15.32  

TA Janus Mid-Cap Growth Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        7,810,266        47.27        to        34.90        488,221,690        0.27       0.00       to        1.50       17.30       to        15.57  
     12/31/2020        8,151,056        40.30        to        30.20        443,552,033        0.23       0.00       to        1.50       19.20       to        17.44  
     12/31/2019        8,475,626        33.81        to        25.72        395,731,444        0.07       0.00       to        1.50       36.71       to        34.69  
     12/31/2018        8,971,980        24.73        to        19.09        312,172,498        0.06       0.00       to        1.50       (1.22     to        (2.69
     12/31/2017        9,183,297        25.03        to        19.62        337,913,344        0.10       0.00       to        1.50       29.01       to        27.11  

TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Conservative Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        1,307,697        21.51        to        17.03        27,357,454        2.44       0.00       to        1.50       5.90       to        4.34  
     12/31/2020        1,279,451        20.32        to        16.32        25,594,436        2.48       0.00       to        1.50       11.47       to        9.82  
     12/31/2019        1,349,901        18.23        to        14.86        24,659,624        2.56       0.00       to        1.50       13.90       to        12.22  
     12/31/2018        1,411,802        16.00        to        13.24        23,252,229        1.90       0.00       to        1.50       (3.98     to        (5.41
     12/31/2017        1,808,077        16.66        to        14.00        33,444,895        2.07       0.00       to        1.50       12.81       to        11.15  

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

WRL Series Life Account

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2021

 

5. Financial Highlights (continued)

 

            At December 31      For the Year Ended December 31  
Subaccount           Units      Unit Fair Value
Corresponding to
Lowest to Highest
Expense Ratio
    

Net

Assets

     Investment
Income
Ratio*
    Expense
Ratio**
Lowest to
Highest
    Total Return***
Corresponding to
Lowest to Highest
Expense Ratio
 

 

    

 

 

 

TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Growth Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        13,691,954      $ 30.72        to      $ 25.66      $ 418,521,423        1.67   %      0.00   %      to        1.50   %      19.64   %      to        17.87   % 
     12/31/2020        14,018,912        25.67        to        21.77        366,285,895        1.70       0.00       to        1.50       24.74       to        22.90  
     12/31/2019        14,617,957        20.58        to        17.71        313,982,504        1.72       0.00       to        1.50       26.05       to        24.19  
     12/31/2018        14,820,361        16.33        to        14.26        263,807,775        1.88       0.00       to        1.50       (10.39     to        (11.73
     12/31/2017        14,903,405        18.22        to        16.16        312,891,018        1.45       0.00       to        1.50       24.63       to        22.80  

TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Moderate Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        3,679,894        24.07        to        19.11        82,170,814        1.90       0.00       to        1.50       9.18       to        7.57  
     12/31/2020        3,739,893        22.05        to        17.77        77,729,302        2.19       0.00       to        1.50       12.60       to        10.94  
     12/31/2019        3,883,875        19.58        to        16.02        73,482,650        2.18       0.00       to        1.50       16.42       to        14.70  
     12/31/2018        3,932,159        16.82        to        13.96        67,106,795        1.74       0.00       to        1.50       (5.13     to        (6.54
     12/31/2017        3,956,767        17.73        to        14.94        76,977,415        1.86       0.00       to        1.50       16.47       to        14.75  

TA JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        14,120,416        26.27        to        21.49        351,662,494        2.15       0.00       to        1.50       13.95       to        12.26  
     12/31/2020        14,530,939        23.05        to        19.14        323,755,750        2.05       0.00       to        1.50       15.07       to        13.37  
     12/31/2019        15,058,363        20.03        to        16.88        299,769,826        2.18       0.00       to        1.50       20.01       to        18.24  
     12/31/2018        15,195,604        16.69        to        14.28        265,001,910        1.87       0.00       to        1.50       (7.07     to        (8.45
     12/31/2017        15,118,264        17.96        to        15.60        304,126,820        1.72       0.00       to        1.50       19.77       to        18.01  

TA JPMorgan Core Bond Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        1,442,916        19.42        to        14.45        33,855,832        2.77       0.00       to        1.50       (1.03     to        (2.49
     12/31/2020        1,513,024        19.62        to        14.82        36,853,161        3.82       0.00       to        1.50       7.46       to        5.88  
     12/31/2019        1,399,936        18.25        to        14.00        34,000,646        2.59       0.00       to        1.50       8.53       to        6.92  
     12/31/2018        1,461,988        16.82        to        13.09        34,423,020        3.26       0.00       to        1.50       0.08       to        (1.41
     12/31/2017        1,388,407        16.81        to        13.28        35,983,696        2.91       0.00       to        1.50       3.66       to        2.14  

TA JPMorgan Enhanced Index Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        408,659        46.57        to        40.97        18,901,887        0.78       0.00       to        1.50       30.12       to        28.20  
     12/31/2020        378,797        35.79        to        31.96        13,944,983        1.52       0.00       to        1.50       20.16       to        18.39  
     12/31/2019        352,818        29.79        to        27.00        10,944,909        1.18       0.00       to        1.50       31.03       to        29.10  
     12/31/2018        355,833        22.73        to        20.91        8,703,767        1.05       0.00       to        1.50       (6.01     to        (7.41
     12/31/2017        375,201        24.19        to        22.59        10,203,033        0.59       0.00       to        1.50       21.15       to        19.37  

TA JPMorgan International Moderate Growth Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        794,603        19.41        to        15.44        13,589,745        1.53       0.00       to        1.50       9.25       to        7.64  
     12/31/2020        779,849        17.77        to        14.34        12,257,975        2.73       0.00       to        1.50       14.90       to        13.20  
     12/31/2019        819,530        15.47        to        12.67        11,283,934        2.33       0.00       to        1.50       17.77       to        16.03  
     12/31/2018        867,382        13.13        to        10.92        10,202,855        2.37       0.00       to        1.50       (11.58     to        (12.90
     12/31/2017        946,821        14.85        to        12.54        12,670,600        1.83       0.00       to        1.50       21.78       to        19.99  

TA JPMorgan Mid Cap Value Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        154,046        32.37        to        56.16        7,028,111        0.77       0.00       to        0.90       29.19       to        28.04  
     12/31/2020        173,752        25.05        to        43.86        6,250,257        1.26       0.00       to        0.90       1.35       to        0.45  
     12/31/2019        187,027        24.72        to        43.66        6,646,187        1.39       0.00       to        0.90       25.83       to        25.08  
     12/31/2018        203,109        19.60        to        34.91        5,759,797        0.86       0.30       to        0.90       (12.07     to        (12.60
     12/31/2017        218,249        22.29        to        39.94        7,157,522        0.78       0.30       to        0.90       13.14       to        12.46  

TA JPMorgan Tactical Allocation Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        1,939,835        18.32        to        14.07        45,694,715        1.83       0.00       to        1.50       4.91       to        3.36  
     12/31/2020        1,877,825        17.46        to        13.62        43,700,739        2.43       0.00       to        1.50       12.36       to        10.70  
     12/31/2019        1,953,351        15.54        to        12.30        41,541,857        2.36       0.00       to        1.50       12.18       to        10.52  
     12/31/2018        2,173,742        13.86        to        11.13        42,293,856        2.23       0.00       to        1.50       (2.94     to        (4.38
     12/31/2017        2,044,825        14.27        to        11.64        43,708,710        1.84       0.00       to        1.50       8.75       to        7.15  

 

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Transamerica Life Insurance Company

WRL Series Life Account

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2021

 

5. Financial Highlights (continued)

 

            At December 31      For the Year Ended December 31  
Subaccount           Units      Unit Fair Value
Corresponding to
Lowest to Highest
Expense Ratio
    

Net

Assets

     Investment
Income
Ratio*
    Expense
Ratio**
Lowest to
Highest
    Total Return***
Corresponding to
Lowest to Highest
Expense Ratio
 

 

    

 

 

 

TA Managed Risk - Balanced ETF Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        168,949      $ 20.51        to      $ 17.77      $ 3,078,371        1.40   %      0.00   %      to        1.50   %      9.65   %      to        8.03   % 
     12/31/2020        163,791        18.71        to        16.45        2,743,412        2.29       0.00       to        1.50       4.48       to        2.94  
     12/31/2019        185,551        17.91        to        15.98        2,996,129        2.53       0.00       to        1.50       15.92       to        14.21  
     12/31/2018        116,146        15.45        to        13.99        1,631,149        1.77       0.00       to        1.50       (4.33     to        (5.75
     12/31/2017        134,365        16.15        to        14.85        1,980,672        1.81       0.00       to        1.50       13.72       to        12.04  

TA Managed Risk - Growth ETF Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        188,033        22.58        to        19.99        3,837,740        1.11       0.00       to        1.50       14.25       to        12.56  
     12/31/2020        191,544        19.77        to        17.76        3,437,251        2.25       0.00       to        1.50       4.52       to        2.98  
     12/31/2019        234,232        18.91        to        17.25        4,042,956        2.10       0.00       to        1.50       19.74       to        17.97  
     12/31/2018        219,770        15.79        to        14.62        3,189,192        1.81       0.00       to        1.50       (6.99     to        (8.37
     12/31/2017        224,120        16.98        to        15.96        3,522,359        1.89       0.00       to        1.50       18.78       to        17.03  

TA Morgan Stanley Capital Growth Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        2,491,170        84.34        to        74.16        214,130,739        -       0.00       to        1.50       (0.53     to        (2.00
     12/31/2020        2,578,953        84.80        to        75.68        227,311,417        -       0.00       to        1.50       117.87       to        114.66  
     12/31/2019        2,574,775        38.92        to        35.25        106,517,393        -       0.00       to        1.50       23.74       to        21.91  
     12/31/2018        1,912,902        31.45        to        28.92        65,480,293        -       0.00       to        1.50       6.68       to        5.10  
     12/31/2017        1,921,519        29.48        to        27.52        63,401,145        -       0.00       to        1.50       43.59       to        41.48  

TA Morgan Stanley Global Allocation Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        362,120        19.54        to        17.07        6,752,122        1.23       0.00       to        1.50       8.42       to        6.82  
     12/31/2020        363,530        18.02        to        15.98        6,277,574        1.95       0.00       to        1.50       18.59       to        16.84  
     12/31/2019        394,579        15.19        to        13.68        5,779,374        1.91       0.00       to        1.50       17.85       to        16.46  
     12/31/2018        437,770        12.86        to        11.75        5,454,596        2.20       0.30       to        1.50       (7.68     to        (8.78
     12/31/2017        468,871        13.93        to        12.88        6,348,837        2.00       0.30       to        1.50       13.41       to        12.07  

TA Multi-Managed Balanced Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        3,799,927        36.82        to        29.29        149,742,154        1.14       0.00       to        1.50       17.04       to        15.31  
     12/31/2020        3,966,299        31.46        to        25.40        135,037,483        1.56       0.00       to        1.50       15.90       to        14.18  
     12/31/2019        4,222,210        27.15        to        22.24        125,581,396        1.64       0.00       to        1.50       21.77       to        19.97  
     12/31/2018        4,476,533        22.30        to        18.54        111,103,271        1.42       0.00       to        1.50       (3.66     to        (5.09
     12/31/2017        4,746,359        23.14        to        19.54        124,785,035        0.85       0.00       to        1.50       14.14       to        12.45  

TA PIMCO Tactical - Balanced Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        361,616        19.79        to        16.39        6,279,514        -       0.00       to        1.50       6.62       to        5.04  
     12/31/2020        368,625        18.56        to        15.60        6,051,980        3.44       0.00       to        1.50       9.18       to        7.57  
     12/31/2019        402,997        17.00        to        14.51        6,138,969        0.42       0.00       to        1.50       19.90       to        18.13  
     12/31/2018        439,725        14.18        to        12.28        5,644,298        3.46       0.00       to        1.50       (6.75     to        (8.13
     12/31/2017        474,705        15.21        to        13.37        6,615,284        0.53       0.00       to        1.50       12.42       to        10.76  

TA PIMCO Tactical - Conservative Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        688,816        18.47        to        15.29        10,968,843        1.29       0.00       to        1.50       4.43       to        2.89  
     12/31/2020        734,492        17.68        to        14.86        11,323,592        1.67       0.00       to        1.50       10.22       to        8.59  
     12/31/2019        743,974        16.04        to        13.69        10,552,121        0.35       0.00       to        1.50       17.86       to        16.12  
     12/31/2018        777,894        13.61        to        11.79        9,513,930        3.53       0.00       to        1.50       (4.92     to        (6.33
     12/31/2017        745,711        14.32        to        12.59        9,721,335        1.48       0.00       to        1.50       10.70       to        9.07  

TA PIMCO Tactical - Growth Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        788,944        20.26        to        16.78        13,458,742        -       0.00       to        1.50       9.51       to        7.89  
     12/31/2020        807,176        18.50        to        15.55        12,749,686        4.08       0.00       to        1.50       9.26       to        7.65  
     12/31/2019        853,922        16.94        to        14.45        12,581,043        -       0.00       to        1.50       21.97       to        20.17  
     12/31/2018        916,901        13.88        to        12.02        11,257,710        3.25       0.00       to        1.50       (7.49     to        (8.87
     12/31/2017        970,002        15.01        to        13.19        13,146,326        0.61       0.00       to        1.50       15.13       to        13.44  

 

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WRL Series Life Account

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2021

 

5. Financial Highlights (continued)

 

            At December 31      For the Year Ended December 31  
Subaccount           Units      Unit Fair Value
Corresponding to
Lowest to Highest
Expense Ratio
    

Net

Assets

     Investment
Income
Ratio*
    Expense
Ratio**
Lowest to
Highest
    Total Return***
Corresponding to
Lowest to Highest
Expense Ratio
 

 

    

 

 

 

TA PIMCO Total Return Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        1,360,429      $ 19.24        to      $ 14.49      $ 22,038,949        1.43   %      0.00   %      to        1.50   %      (0.87 )  %      to        (2.34 )  % 
     12/31/2020        1,334,112        19.41        to        14.84        22,421,410        4.61       0.00       to        1.50       7.68       to        6.09  
     12/31/2019        1,309,198        18.02        to        13.99        20,996,230        2.34       0.00       to        1.50       8.41       to        6.81  
     12/31/2018        1,379,415        16.63        to        13.09        21,095,608        2.52       0.00       to        1.50       (0.65     to        (2.13
     12/31/2017        1,518,101        16.74        to        13.38        24,393,778        -       0.00       to        1.50       4.88       to        3.34  

TA Small/Mid Cap Value Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        3,793,912        47.07        to        30.15        147,998,487        0.65       0.00       to        1.50       28.12       to        26.23  
     12/31/2020        3,742,740        36.74        to        23.88        119,641,985        1.19       0.00       to        1.50       4.04       to        2.50  
     12/31/2019        3,983,695        35.31        to        23.30        128,821,916        0.97       0.00       to        1.50       25.28       to        23.43  
     12/31/2018        4,150,157        28.19        to        18.88        113,071,433        0.90       0.00       to        1.50       (11.46     to        (12.77
     12/31/2017        4,237,645        31.83        to        21.64        139,162,267        1.13       0.00       to        1.50       15.55       to        13.85  

TA T. Rowe Price Small Cap Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        1,499,811        56.63        to        44.79        70,498,120        -       0.00       to        1.50       11.37       to        9.73  
     12/31/2020        1,659,731        50.84        to        40.82        71,104,851        -       0.00       to        1.50       23.56       to        21.74  
     12/31/2019        1,661,544        41.15        to        33.53        59,806,465        -       0.00       to        1.50       32.77       to        30.81  
     12/31/2018        1,673,978        30.99        to        25.63        47,121,727        -       0.00       to        1.50       (7.08     to        (8.46
     12/31/2017        1,827,193        33.35        to        28.00        57,593,105        -       0.00       to        1.50       22.39       to        20.59  

TA WMC US Growth Initial Class

 

     12/31/2021        28,001,519        51.49        to        42.95        1,830,400,004        0.08       0.00       to        1.50       20.67       to        18.88  
     12/31/2020        29,290,504        42.67        to        36.13        1,603,455,800        0.11       0.00       to        1.50       37.30       to        35.27  
     12/31/2019        30,981,983        31.08        to        26.71        1,246,807,757        0.13       0.00       to        1.50       40.05       to        37.98  
     12/31/2018        32,437,685        22.19        to        19.36        943,928,588        0.48       0.00       to        1.50       0.21       to        (1.28
     12/31/2017        34,286,966        22.15        to        19.61        1,009,620,361        0.42       0.00       to        1.50       29.20       to        27.29  

 

  (1)

See Footnote 1

 

  *

These amounts represent the dividends, excluding distributions of capital gains, received by the subaccount from the Mutual Fund, net of management fees assessed by the fund manager, divided by the average net assets. These ratios exclude those expenses, such as mortality and expense charges, that are assessed against contract owner accounts either through reductions in the unit values or the redemption of units. The recognition of investment income by the subaccount is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the Mutual Fund in which the subaccounts invest.

 

  **

These amounts represent the annualized contract expenses of the subaccount, consisting primarily of mortality and expense charges, for each period indicated. These ratios include only those expenses that result in a direct reduction to unit values. Charges made directly to contract owner accounts through the redemption of units and expenses of the Mutual Fund have been excluded.

 

  ***

These amounts represent the total return for the periods indicated, including changes in the value of the Mutual Fund, and expenses assessed through the reduction of unit values. These ratios do not include any expenses assessed through the redemption of units. Investment options with a date notation indicate the effective date of that investment option in the variable account. The total return is calculated for each period indicated or from the effective date through the end of the reporting period. Total returns reflect a full twelve month period and total returns for subaccounts opened during the year have not been disclosed as they may not be indicative of a full year return. Expense ratios not in effect for the full twelve months are not reflected in the total return as they may not be indicative of a full year return.

 

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WRL Series Life Account

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2021

 

6. Administrative and Mortality and Expense Risk Charges

 

Under some forms of the contracts, a sales charge and premium taxes are deducted by TLIC prior to allocation of policy owner payments to the subaccounts. Contingent surrender charges may also apply. Under all forms of the contracts, monthly charges against policy cash values are made to compensate TLIC for costs of insurance provided. A daily charge equal to an annual rate from 0.00% and 1.50% of average daily net assets is assessed to compensate TLIC for assumption of mortality and expense risks in connection with the issuance and administration of the contracts. This charge (not assessed at the individual contract level) effectively reduces the value of a unit outstanding during the year. Charges reflected above are those currently assessed and may be subject to change. Contract owners should see their actual policy and any related attachments to determine their specific charges.

7. Income Tax

Operations of the Separate Account form a part of TLIC, which is taxed as a life insurance company under Subchapter L of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). The operations of the Separate Account are accounted for separately from other operations of TLIC for purposes of federal income taxation. The Separate Account is not separately taxable as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code and is not otherwise taxable as an entity separate from TLIC. Under existing federal income tax laws, the income of the Separate Account is not taxable to TLIC, as long as earnings are credited under the variable life contracts.

 

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WRL Series Life Account

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2021

 

8. Subsequent Events

 

The Separate Account has evaluated the financial statements for subsequent events through the date which the financial statements were issued. During this period, there were no subsequent events requiring recognition in the financial statements.

9. Related Parties

Transamerica Capital, Inc. (TCI), a wholesaling broker-dealer, is an affiliated entity of TLIC and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Aegon N.V. TCI distributes TLIC’s products through broker-dealers and other financial intermediaries.

The subaccounts invest in the mutual funds listed in Footnote 1. These investments include funds managed by Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (TAM). Transamerica Fund Services, Inc. (TFS) serves as a transfer agent to TAM, and Aegon USA Asset Management Holding, LLC (AAM) serves as a sub-advisor for certain funds managed by TAM. TAM, TFS and AAM are affiliated entities of TLIC and indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of Aegon N.V. Funds managed by TAM are identified by their fund name, which includes reference to Aegon, Transamerica or both. The Separate Account pays management fees to the related funds as detailed in the fund prospectus.

No charges other than those disclosed in Footnote 6 are deducted for the service rendered by related parties.

Contract owners may transfer funds between available subaccount options within the Separate Account. These transfers are performed at unit value at the time of the transfer.

 

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