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Exhibit 99.1

 

Report of Independent Auditors

Board of Directors

United Teacher Associates Insurance Company

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of United Teacher Associates Insurance Company, which comprise the balance sheets as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related statement of earnings, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2014, and the related notes to the financial statements.

Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles; this includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free of material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditor’s Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements 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 entity’s internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of United Teacher Associates Insurance Company at December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2014, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

September 3, 2015

A member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited

 

UNITED TEACHER ASSOCIATES INSURANCE COMPANY

BALANCE SHEET

(Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share Data)

See notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

(In Thousands)

See notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(In Thousands)

See notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(Dollars in Thousands)

See notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

(In Thousands)

See notes to financial statements.

 

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A.	Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation The financial statements include the accounts of United Teacher Associates Insurance Company (“UTAIC” or the “Company”). UTAIC is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Great American Financial Resources, Inc. (“GAFRI”), a financial services holding company wholly-owned by American Financial Group, Inc. (“AFG”) . The financial statements also include costs paid on behalf of UTAIC by GAFRI. These costs are recorded as expense in the period incurred and shown as an increase in capital surplus.

Although the Company does not currently market any life, annuity or long-term care insurance, UTAIC’s product portfolio includes a diversified mix of closed blocks of life, annuity and long-term care (“LTC”) health insurance products.

In the third quarter of 2012 GAFRI sold its Medicare Supplement and other non LTC health insurance business, including Loyal American Life Insurance Company (“Loyal”) to Cigna. As part of the agreement UTAIC reinsured all of its Medicare Supplement and other non LTC health business into Loyal through a 100% coinsurance agreement (“Cigna Transaction”). The Company accepts new premium sales (Medicare supplement, critical illness and other non-health products), for certain states, through a reinsurance fronting agreement, whereby the Company reinsures 100% of these premiums through a coinsurance agreement with Loyal.

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Changes in circumstances could cause actual results to differ materially from those estimates.

Fair Value Measurements Accounting standards define fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The standards establish a hierarchy of valuation techniques based on whether the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability (“inputs”) are observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect UTAIC’s assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

Investments Fixed maturity and equity securities classified as “available for sale” are reported at fair value with unrealized gains and losses included in accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) in UTAIC’s Balance Sheet. Policy loans are carried primarily at the aggregate unpaid balance.

Premiums and discounts on fixed maturity securities are amortized using the interest method. Mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) are amortized over a period based on estimated future principal payments, including prepayments. Prepayment assumptions are reviewed periodically and adjusted to reflect actual prepayments and changes in expectations.

Gains or losses on securities are determined on the specific identification basis. When a decline in the value of a specific investment is considered to be other-than-temporary at the balance sheet date, a provision for impairment is charged to earnings (included in realized gains (losses) on securities) and the cost basis of that investment is reduced. If management can assert that it does not intend to sell an impaired fixed maturity security and it is not more likely than not that it will have to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis, then the other-than-temporary impairment is separated into two components: (i) the amount related to credit losses (recorded in earnings) and (ii) the amount related to all other factors (recorded in other comprehensive income). The credit-related portion of an other-than-temporary impairment is measured by comparing a security’s amortized cost to the present value of its current expected cash flows discounted at its effective yield prior to the impairment charge. Both components are shown in the Statement of Operations. If management intends to sell an impaired security, or it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell the security before recovery, an impairment charge to earnings is recorded to reduce the amortized cost of that security to fair value.

 

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Derivatives Derivatives included in UTAIC’s Balance Sheet are recorded at fair value and consist of components of certain fixed maturity securities (primarily interest-only MBS). Changes in fair value of derivatives are included in earnings.

Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs (“DPAC”) Policy acquisition costs (principally commissions and certain underwriting and policy issuance costs) directly related to the successful acquisition or renewal of an insurance contract are deferred. DPAC also includes capitalized costs associated with sales inducements offered to fixed annuity policyholders such as enhanced interest rates and premium and persistency bonuses.

DPAC related to annuities is deferred to the extent deemed recoverable and amortized, with interest, in relation to the present value of actual and expected gross profits on the policies. Expected gross profits consist principally of estimated future investment margin (estimated future net investment income less interest credited on policyholder funds) and surrender, mortality, and other life and annuity policy charges, less death, annuitization and estimated future policy administration expenses. To the extent that realized gains and losses result in adjustments to the amortization of DPAC related to annuities, such adjustments are reflected as components of realized gains (losses) on securities.

DPAC related to traditional life and health insurance is amortized over the expected premium paying period of the related policies, in proportion to the ratio of annual premium revenues to total anticipated premium revenues. See “Life, Accident and Health Reserves” below for details on the impact of loss recognition on the accounting for traditional life and health insurance contracts.

DPAC includes the present value of future profits on business in force of annuity, life, accident and health insurance companies acquired (“PVFP”). PVFP represents the portion of the costs to acquire companies that is allocated to the value of the right to receive future cash flows from insurance contracts existing at the date of acquisition. PVFP is amortized with interest in relation to expected gross profits of the acquired policies for annuities and in relation to the premium paying period for traditional life and health insurance products.

DPAC and certain other balance sheet amounts related to annuity and life businesses are also adjusted, net of tax, for the change in expense that would have been recorded if the unrealized gains (losses) from securities had actually been realized. These adjustments are included in unrealized gains (losses) on marketable securities, a component of AOCI in UTAIC’s Balance Sheet.

Reinsurance Premium revenue and benefits are reported net of the amounts related to reinsurance ceded to and assumed from other companies. Amounts recoverable from reinsurers are estimated in a manner consistent with the claim liability associated with the reinsured policies. Amounts received from reinsurers that represent recoveries of acquisition costs are netted against DPAC, so that the net amount is capitalized. The cost of reinsurance is accounted for over the term of the related treaties using assumptions consistent with those used to account for the underlying reinsured policies.

Annuity Benefits Accumulated Annuity receipts and benefit payments are recorded as increases or decreases in annuity benefits accumulated rather than as revenue and expense. Increases in this liability (primarily interest credited) are charged to expense and decreases for charges are credited to annuity policy charges revenue. Reserves for traditional fixed annuities are generally recorded at the stated account value.

 

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Life, Accident and Health Reserves Liabilities for future policy benefits under traditional life, accident and health policies are computed using the net level premium method. Computations are based on the original projections of investment yields, mortality, morbidity and surrenders and include provisions for unfavorable deviations unless a loss recognition event (premium deficiency) occurs. Claim reserves and liabilities established for accident and health claims are modified as necessary to reflect actual experience and developing trends.

For long-duration contracts (such as traditional life and long-term care insurance policies), loss recognition occurs when, based on current expectations as of the measurement date, existing contract liabilities plus the present value of future premiums (including reasonably expected rate increases) are not expected to cover the present value of future claims payments and related settlement and maintenance costs (excluding overhead) as well as unamortized acquisition costs. If a block of business is determined to be in loss recognition, a charge is recorded in earnings in an amount equal to the excess of the present value of expected future claims costs and unamortized acquisition costs over existing reserves plus the present value of expected future premiums (with no provision for adverse deviation). The charge is recorded first to reduce unamortized acquisition costs and then as an additional reserve (if unamortized acquisition costs have been reduced to zero).

In addition, reserves for traditional life and long-term care insurance policies are subject to adjustment for loss recognition charges that would have been recorded if the unrealized gains from securities had actually been realized. This adjustment is included in unrealized gains (losses) on marketable securities, a component of AOCI in UTAIC’s Balance Sheet.

Premium Recognition For traditional life, accident and health products, premiums are recognized as revenue when legally collectible from policyholders.

Income Taxes The Company has an intercompany tax allocation agreement with AFG. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company’s tax expense is determined based upon its inclusion in the consolidated tax return of AFG and its includable subsidiaries. Estimated payments are made quarterly during the year. Following year-end, additional settlements are made on the original due date of the return and, when extended, at the time the return is filed. The method of allocation among the companies under the agreement is based upon separate return calculations with current credit for losses to the extent the losses provide a benefit in the consolidated return.

Deferred income taxes are calculated using the liability method. Under this method, deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined based on differences between financial reporting and tax bases and are measured using enacted tax rates. A valuation allowance is established to reduce total deferred tax assets to an amount that will more likely than not be realized.

UTAIC recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only when the position is more likely than not to be sustained under examination by the appropriate taxing authority. Interest and penalties on UTAIC’s reserve for uncertain tax positions are recognized as a component of tax expense.

Benefit Plans UTAIC provides retirement benefits to qualified employees of participating companies through the AFG 401(k) Retirement and Savings Plan, a defined contribution plan. AFG and its subsidiaries make all contributions to the retirement fund portion of the plan and match a percentage of employee contributions to the savings fund. Company contributions are expensed in the year for which they are declared.

Statement of Cash Flows For cash flow purposes, “investing activities” are defined as making and collecting loans and acquiring and disposing of debt or equity instruments and property and equipment. “Financing activities” include obtaining resources from owners and providing them with a return on their investments, borrowing money and repaying amounts borrowed. Annuity receipts, surrenders, benefits and withdrawals are also reflected as financing activities. All other activities are considered “operating.” Short-term investments having original maturities of three months or less when purchased are considered to be cash equivalents for purposes of the financial statements.

 

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B.	Fair Value Measurements

Accounting standards for measuring fair value are based on inputs used in estimating fair value. The three levels of the hierarchy are as follows:

Level 1 — Quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets (markets in which transactions occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis). UTAIC’s Level 1 financial instruments consist primarily of publicly traded equity securities and highly liquid government bonds for which quoted market prices in active markets are available.

Level 2 — Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets (markets in which there are few transactions, the prices are not current, price quotations vary substantially over

time or among market makers, or in which little information is released publicly); and valuations based on other significant inputs that are observable in active markets. UTAIC’s Level 2 financial instruments include corporate and municipal fixed maturity securities, mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) and non-affiliated common stocks priced using observable inputs. Level 2 inputs include benchmark yields, reported trades, corroborated broker/dealer quotes, issuer spreads and benchmark securities. When non-binding broker quotes can be corroborated by comparison to similar securities priced using observable inputs, they are classified as Level 2.

Level 3 — Valuations derived from market valuation techniques generally consistent with those used to estimate the fair values of Level 2 financial instruments in which one or more significant inputs are unobservable or when the market for a security exhibits significantly less liquidity relative to markets supporting Level 2 fair value measurements. The unobservable inputs may include management’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use based on the best information available in the circumstances. UTAIC’s Level 3 is comprised of financial instruments whose fair value is estimated based on non-binding broker quotes or internally developed using significant inputs not based on, or corroborated by, observable market information.

UTAIC’s management is responsible for the valuation process and uses data from outside sources (including nationally recognized pricing services and broker/dealers) in establishing fair value. The Company's internal investment professionals are a group of approximately 20 analysts whose primary responsibility is to manage AFG’s investment portfolio. These professionals monitor individual investments as well as overall industries and are active in the financial markets on a daily basis. The group is led by AFG’s chief investment officer, who reports directly to one of AFG’s Co-CEOs. Valuation techniques utilized by pricing services and prices obtained from external sources are reviewed by AFG’s internal investment professionals who are familiar with the securities being priced and the markets in which they trade to ensure the fair value determination is representative of an exit price. To validate the appropriateness of the prices obtained, these investment managers consider widely published indices (as benchmarks), recent trades, changes in interest rates, general economic conditions and the credit quality of the specific issuers. In addition, AFG communicates directly with the pricing service regarding the methods and assumptions used in pricing, including verifying, on a test basis, the inputs used by the service to value specific securities.

 

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Assets measured and carried at fair value in the financial statements are summarized below (in thousands):

At December 31, 2014 and 2013 no liabilities were carried at fair value.

The transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 are reflected in the table below at fair value as of the end of the reporting period (dollars in thousands):

 

		Year ended December 31
		Level 2 to Level 1 Transfers																								Level 1 to Level 2 Transfers
		# of Transfers												Fair Value												# of Transfers												Fair Value
		2014				2013				2012				2014				2013				2012				2014				2013				2012				2014				2013				2012
Perpetual preferred stocks			1				-				1			$	1,085			$	-			$	1,125				2				-				2			$	3,105			$	-			$	2,113
Common stocks			-				2				-				-				2,291				-				-				-				-				-				-				-
Redeemable preferred stocks			-				-				1				-				-				530				-				-				-				-				-				-

The transfers from Level 2 to Level 1 are due to increases in trade frequency, resulting in trade data sufficient to warrant classification in Level 1. The transfers from Level 1 to Level 2 are due to decreases in trade frequency, resulting in lack of available trade data sufficient to warrant classification in Level 1. Approximately 4% of the total assets carried at fair value on December 31, 2014, were Level 3 assets. Approximately 84% ($36 million) of the Level 3 assets were priced using non-binding broker quotes, for which there is a lack of transparency as to the inputs used to determine fair value. Details as to the quantitative inputs are neither provided by the brokers nor otherwise reasonably obtainable by UTAIC. Since internally developed Level 3 asset fair values represent less than of 1% of the total assets measured at fair value and less than 4% of UTAIC’s shareholder’s equity, changes in unobservable inputs used to determine internally developed fair values would not have a material impact on UTAIC’s financial position.

 

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Changes in balances of Level 3 financial assets carried at fair value during 2014, 2013 and 2012 are presented below (in thousands). The transfers into and out of Level 3 were due to changes in the availability of market observable inputs. All transfers are reflected in the table at fair value as of the end of the reporting period.

 

						Total realized/unrealized gains (losses) included in
		Balance at December 31, 2013				Net earnings (loss)				Other comp. income (loss)				Purchases and issuances				Sales and settlements				Transfer into Level 3				Transfer out of Level 3				Balance at December 31, 2014
AFS fixed maturities:
State and municipal		$	-			$	108			$	(918	)		$	-			$	-			$	6,567			$	-			$	5,757
Residential M BS			25,832				(1,139	)			(147	)			-				(474	)			9,792				(16,533	)			17,331
Commercial M BS			2,714				(21	)			435				-				-				-				-				3,128
Asset-backed securities			4,404				20				85				-				(2,375	)			2,008				-				4,142
Corporate and other			6,717				(802	)			371				-				(1,209	)			3,024				-				8,101
Equity securities			1,288				16				(253	)			2,498				-				1,500				(1,003	)			4,046

 

						Total realized/unrealized gains (losses) included in
		Balance at December 31, 2012				Net earnings (loss)				Other comp. income (loss)				Purchases and issuances				Sales and  settlements				Transfer into Level 3				Transfer out of Level 3				Balance at December 31, 2013
AFS fixed maturities:
Residential M BS		$	24,507			$	2,298			$	2,043			$	1,850			$	(1,475	)		$	6,552			$	(9,943	)		$	25,832
Commercial M BS			-				(114	)			(201	)			-				-				3,029				-				2,714
Asset-backed securities			6,548				(28	)			(67	)			-				(1,009	)							(1,040	)			4,404
Corporate and other			2,452				41				42				5,991				(68	)			775				(2,516	)			6,717
Equity securities			-				-				215				1,073				-								-				1,288

 

						Total realized/unrealized gains (losses) included in
		Balance at December 31, 2011				Net earnings (loss)				Other comp. income (loss)				Purchases and issuances				Sales and settlements				Transfer into Level 3				Transfer out of Level 3				Balance at December 31, 2012
AFS fixed maturities:
State and municipal		$	2,750			$	77			$	867			$	-			$	-			$	-			$	(3,694	)		$	-
Residential M BS			5,914				278				385				10,598				(869	)			8,589				(388	)			24,507
Commercial M BS			-				-				-				-				-				-				-				-
Asset-backed securities			3,121				3				237				3,222				(35	)			-				-				6,548
Corporate and other			3,833				44				(105	)			-				(300	)			-				(1,020	)			2,452

 

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments  The carrying value and fair value of financial instruments that are not carried at fair value in the financial statements at December 31 are summarized below (in thousands):

 

		Carrying Value				Estimated Fair Value				Level 1				Level 2				Level 3
2014
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	42,372			$	42,372			$	42,372			$	-			$	-
Policy loans			15,930				15,930				-				-				15,930
Total financial assets not accounted for at fair value		$	58,302			$	58,302			$	42,372			$	-			$	15,930
Financial liabilities:
Annuity benefits accumulated (*)		$	194,425			$	208,782			$	-			$	-			$	208,782
Total financial liabilities not accounted for at fair value		$	194,425			$	208,782			$	-			$	-			$	208,782

		Carrying Value				Estimated Fair Value				Level 1				Level 2				Level 3
2013
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	19,774			$	19,774			$	19,774			$	-			$	-
Policy loans			16,361				16,361				-				-				16,361
Total financial assets not accounted for at fair value		$	36,135			$	36,135			$	19,774			$	-			$	16,361
Financial liabilities:
Annuity benefits accumulated (*)		$	199,633			$	208,027			$	-			$	-			$	208,027
Total financial liabilities not accounted for at fair value		$	199,633			$	208,027			$	-			$	-			$	208,027

 

(*) Excludes life contingent annuities in the payout phase.

 

The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents approximates fair value due to the short-term maturities of these instruments. The fair value of policy loans is estimated to approximate carrying value; policy loans have no defined maturity dates and are inseparable from insurance contracts. The fair value of annuity benefits was estimated based on expected cash flows discounted using forward interest rates adjusted for the Company’s credit risk and includes the impact of maintenance expenses and capital costs.

 

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C.	Investments

Available for sale fixed maturities and equity securities at December 31 consisted of the following (in thousands):

The non-credit related portion of other-than-temporary impairment charges is included in other comprehensive income. Cumulative non-credit charges taken for securities still owned at December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, were $5.8 million and $5.7 million. Gross unrealized gains on such securities at December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were $4.0 million and $4.3 million, respectively. Gross unrealized losses on such securities at December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were $303,000 and $317,000, respectively. These amounts represent the non-credit other-than-temporary impairment charges recorded in AOCI adjusted for subsequent changes in fair values and relate to residential MBS.

 

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The following tables show gross unrealized losses (dollars in thousands) on fixed maturities and equity securities by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position at December 31, 2014 and 2013.

 

At December 31, 2014, the gross unrealized losses on fixed maturities of $1.6 million relate to 51 securities. Investment grade securities (as determined by nationally recognized rating agencies) represented approximately 50% of the gross unrealized loss and 65% of the fair value.

 

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The determination of whether unrealized losses are “other-than-temporary” requires judgment based on subjective as well as

objective factors. Factors considered and resources used by management include:

 

a)

whether the unrealized loss is credit-driven or a result of changes in market interest rates,

b)

the extent to which fair value is less than cost basis,

c)

cash flow projections received from independent sources,

d)

historical operating, balance sheet and cash flow data contained in issuer SEC filings and news releases,

e)

near-term prospects for improvement in the issuer and/or its industry,

f)

third party research and communications with industry specialists,

g)

financial models and forecasts,

 

h)

the continuity of dividend payments, maintenance of investment grade ratings and hybrid nature of certain investments,

 

i)

discussions with issuer management, and

j)

ability and intent to hold the investment for a period of time sufficient to allow for anticipated recovery in fair value.

UTAIC analyzes its MBS securities for other-than-temporary impairment each quarter based upon expected future cash flows. Management estimates expected future cash flows based upon its knowledge of the MBS market, cash flow projections (which reflect loan to collateral values, subordination, vintage and geographic concentration) received from independent sources, implied cash flows inherent in security ratings and analysis of historical payment data. For 2014, UTAIC recorded $78,000 in other-than-temporary impairment charges related to its residential MBS.

UTAIC recorded $3.2 million in other-than-temporary impairment charges on common stocks in 2014. At December 31, 2014, the gross unrealized losses on common stocks of $1.3 million relate to 12 securities; $0.5 million (2 securities) have been in an unrealized loss position for more than 12 months.

Management believes UTAIC will recover its cost basis in the securities with unrealized losses and that UTAIC has the ability to hold the securities until they recover in value and had no intent to sell them at December 31, 2014.

A progression of the credit portion of other-than-temporary impairments on fixed maturity securities for which the non-credit portion of an impairment has been recognized in other comprehensive income is shown below (in thousands):

 

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The table below sets forth the scheduled maturities of available for sale fixed maturities as of December 31, 2014 (dollars in thousands). Securities with sinking funds are reported at average maturity. Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because certain securities may be called or prepaid by the issuers.

Certain risks are inherent in connection with fixed maturity securities, including loss upon default, price volatility in reaction to changes in interest rates, and general market factors and risks associated with reinvestment of proceeds due to prepayments or redemptions in a period of declining interest rates.

There were no investments in individual issuers that exceeded 10% of Shareholder’s Equity at December 31, 2014 or 2013.

Securities having a carrying value of approximately $20.1 million at December 31, 2014, were pledged to others as collateral for assumed reinsurance transactions or on deposit with regulatory authorities.

 

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Net Unrealized Gain on Marketable Securities In addition to adjusting equity securities and fixed maturity securities classified as “available for sale” to fair value, G AAP requires that deferred policy acquisition costs and certain other balance sheet amounts related to annuity, life and health businesses be adjusted to the extent that unrealized gains and losses from securities would result in adjustments to those balances had the unrealized gains or losses actually been realized. The following table shows (in thousands) the components of the net unrealized gain on securities that is included in AOCI in UTAIC’s Balance Sheet.

Net Investment Income The following table shows (in thousands) investment income earned and investment expenses incurred.

 

UTAIC’s investment portfolio is managed by a subsidiary of AFG. Investment expenses included investment management fees charged by this subsidiary of $6,000 in 2014, $168,000 in 2013 and $178,000 in 2012.

 

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Realized gains (losses) and changes in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) related to fixed maturity and equity security investments are summarized as follows (in thousands):