Securities (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Securities [Abstract]

Investment, Policy

The Company does not believe the AFS securities that were in an unrealized loss position as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, which consisted of 394 and 415 individual securities, respectively, represented a credit loss impairment. AFS debt securities in unrealized loss positions are evaluated for impairment related to credit losses at least quarterly. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the majority of the AFS securities in an unrealized loss position consisted of debt securities issued by U.S. government agencies or U.S. government-sponsored enterprises that carry the explicit and/or implicit guarantee of the U.S. government, which are widely recognized as “risk-free” and have a long history of zero credit losses. Total gross unrealized losses were primarily attributable to changes in interest rates, relative to when the investment securities were purchased, and not due to the credit quality of the investment securities. The Company does not intend to sell, nor is it more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis, which may be at maturity. The Company elected to exclude accrued interest receivable (“AIR”) from the amortized cost basis of debt securities. AIR on AFS debt securities totaled $4.1 million at March 31, 2023 and $4.2 million at December 31, 2022 and is excluded from the estimate of credit losses and reported in the other assets financial statement line.

None of the Bank’s HTM debt securities were past due or on nonaccrual status as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. There was no accrued interest reversed against interest income for the three months ended March 31, 2023 or the year ended December 31, 2022 as all securities remained on accrual status. In addition, there were no collateral-dependent HTM debt securities as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, 70% of the Company’s HTM debt securities were issued by U.S. government agencies or U.S. government-sponsored enterprises. These securities carry the explicit and/or implicit guarantee of the U.S. government, which are widely recognized as “risk-free” and have a long history of zero credit loss. Therefore, the Company did not record an allowance for credit losses for these securities as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. The remaining HTM debt securities at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 were comprised of state and municipal obligations generally with bond ratings of A to AAA. Utilizing the Current Expected Credit Losses (“CECL”) approach, the Company determined that the expected credit loss on its HTM municipal bond portfolio was immaterial and therefore no allowance for credit loss was recorded as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. AIR on HTM debt securities totaled $3.8 million at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 and is excluded from the estimate of credit losses and reported in the other assets financial statement line.