Reserve for Life-Contingent Contract Benefits and Contractholder Funds |
7. Reserve for
Life-Contingent Contract Benefits and Contractholder
Funds
As of
December 31, the reserve for life-contingent contract benefits
consists of the following:
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($ in
thousands) |
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2012 |
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2011 |
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Traditional life
insurance
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$ |
1,519,650 |
|
|
$ |
1,425,848 |
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Immediate fixed
annuities
|
|
|
677,986 |
|
|
|
671,275 |
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Accident and health
insurance
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|
|
1,217,648 |
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|
|
1,092,791 |
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Other
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|
9,395 |
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|
9,576 |
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Total reserve for
life-contingent contract benefits
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$ |
3,424,679 |
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$ |
3,199,490 |
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The following
table highlights the key assumptions generally used in calculating
the reserve for life-contingent contract benefits:
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Product
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Mortality
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Interest
rate
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Estimation
method
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Traditional life insurance |
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Actual company experience plus loading |
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Interest rate assumptions range from 4.0% to 8.0% |
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Net level premium reserve method using the Company’s
withdrawal experience rates; includes reserves for unpaid
claims |
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Immediate fixed annuities |
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1983 individual annuity mortality table with internal
modifications; 1983 individual annuity mortality table; Annuity
2000 mortality table with internal modifications |
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Interest rate assumptions range from 1.3% to 8.8% |
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Present value of expected future benefits based on historical
experience |
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Accident and health insurance |
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Actual company experience plus loading |
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Interest rate assumptions range from 4.0% to 5.3% |
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Unearned premium; additional contract reserves for mortality
risk and unpaid claims |
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Other:
Variable
annuity guaranteed minimum death benefits
|
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Annuity 2000 mortality table with internal
modifications |
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Interest rate assumptions range from 4.0% to 5.8% |
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Projected benefit ratio applied to cumulative
assessments |
As of
December 31, contractholder funds consist of the
following:
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($ in
thousands) |
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2012 |
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2011 |
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Interest-sensitive life
insurance
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|
$ |
4,814,410 |
|
|
$ |
4,556,892 |
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Investment
contracts:
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|
|
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|
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Fixed annuities
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9,201,641 |
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|
|
10,709,817 |
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Other investment
contracts
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|
|
239,793 |
|
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|
222,915 |
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Total contractholder
funds
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|
$ |
14,255,844 |
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|
$ |
15,489,624 |
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The following
table highlights the key contract provisions relating to
contractholder funds:
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Product
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Interest
rate
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Withdrawal/surrender charges
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Interest-sensitive life insurance |
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Interest rates credited range from 0% to 11.0% for
equity-indexed life (whose returns are indexed to the S&P 500)
and 2.0% to 6.0% for all other products |
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Either a percentage of account balance or dollar amount grading
off generally over 20 years |
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Fixed annuities |
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Interest rates credited range from 0% to 8.8% for immediate
annuities; 0% to 7.0% for equity-indexed annuities (whose returns
are indexed to the S&P 500); and 1.0% to 5.9% for all other
products |
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Either a declining or a level percentage charge generally over
ten years or less. Additionally, approximately 18.2% of fixed
annuities are subject to market value adjustment for discretionary
withdrawals. |
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Other investment
contracts:
Guaranteed
minimum income, accumulation and withdrawal benefits on variable
and fixed annuities and secondary guarantees on interest-sensitive
life insurance and fixed annuities
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Interest rates used in establishing reserves range from 1.7% to
10.3% |
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Withdrawal and surrender charges are based on the terms of the
related interest-sensitive life insurance or fixed annuity
contract |
Contractholder
funds activity for the years ended December 31 is as
follows:
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($ in
thousands) |
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2012 |
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2011 |
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Balance, beginning of
year
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$ |
15,489,624 |
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$ |
17,247,071 |
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Deposits
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|
1,070,374 |
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|
|
1,007,316 |
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Interest
credited
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|
|
406,805 |
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|
576,331 |
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Benefits
|
|
|
(473,329 |
) |
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(459,991 |
) |
Surrenders and partial
withdrawals
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(1,703,966 |
) |
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(2,412,295 |
) |
Contract charges
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(558,519 |
) |
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(513,068 |
) |
Net transfers from separate
accounts
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|
16,463 |
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|
18,935 |
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Other
adjustments
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|
8,392 |
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25,325 |
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Balance, end of
year
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$ |
14,255,844 |
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$ |
15,489,624 |
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The table below
presents information regarding the Company’s variable annuity
contracts with guarantees. The Company’s variable annuity
contracts may offer more than one type of guarantee in each
contract; therefore, the sum of amounts listed exceeds the total
account balances of variable annuity contracts’ separate
accounts with guarantees.
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December 31, |
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($ in millions) |
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2012 |
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|
2011 |
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In the event of
death
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Separate account
value
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$ |
926.1 |
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$ |
1,032.7 |
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Net amount at risk
(1)
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$ |
101.6 |
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$ |
149.5 |
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Average attained age of
contractholders
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59 years |
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58 years |
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At annuitization
(includes income benefit guarantees)
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Separate account
value
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$ |
168.1 |
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$ |
184.9 |
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Net amount at risk
(2)
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$ |
29.6 |
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$ |
45.1 |
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Weighted average waiting
period until annuitization options available
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1 year |
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2 years |
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For cumulative periodic
withdrawals
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Separate account
value
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$ |
24.8 |
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$ |
27.5 |
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Net amount at risk
(3)
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$ |
0.2 |
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$ |
0.4 |
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Accumulation at
specified dates
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Separate account
value
|
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$ |
172.0 |
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$ |
198.1 |
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Net amount at risk
(4)
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$ |
13.7 |
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$ |
21.5 |
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Weighted average waiting
period until guarantee date
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7 years |
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8 years |
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(1) |
Defined as the estimated current guaranteed minimum death
benefit in excess of the current account balance as of the balance
sheet date.
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(2) |
Defined as the estimated present value of the guaranteed
minimum annuity payments in excess of the current account
balance.
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(3) |
Defined as the estimated current guaranteed minimum withdrawal
balance (initial deposit) in excess of the current account balance
as of the balance sheet date.
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(4) |
Defined as the estimated present value of the guaranteed
minimum accumulation balance in excess of the current account
balance.
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As of
December 31, 2012, liabilities for guarantees included
reserves for variable annuity death benefits of $9.4 million,
variable annuity income benefits of $19.5 million, variable annuity
accumulation benefits of $18.0 million, variable annuity withdrawal
benefits of $1.6 million and interest-sensitive life and fixed
annuity guarantees of $200.7 million. As of December 31, 2011,
liabilities for guarantees included reserves for variable annuity
death benefits of $9.6 million, variable annuity income benefits of
$16.0 million, variable annuity accumulation benefits of $22.4
million, variable annuity withdrawal benefits of $2.3 million and
interest-sensitive life and fixed annuity guarantees of $181.6
million.
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