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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


FORM 10-K

 


 

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                          to                         

Commission file number 001-32709

 


LOGO

GENWORTH LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 


 

Virginia   54-0283385
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
6610 West Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia
  23230
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(804) 281-6000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

 


SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT: None.

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT: None.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 (d) of the Securities Act.    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer  ¨    Accelerated filer  ¨    Non-accelerated filer  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

At March 12, 2007, 25,651 shares of voting common stock, which constitute all of the outstanding common equity, with a par value of $1,000.00 per share were outstanding.

Aggregate market value of the outstanding common equity held by nonaffiliates of the registrant at March 12, 2007.  None.

REGISTRANT MEETS THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS I (1)(a) and (b) OF FORM 10-K AND IS THEREFORE FILING THIS FORM 10-K WITH THE REDUCED DISCLOSURE FORMAT.

 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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PART I

     

Item 1.

  

Business

   3

Item 1A.

  

Risk Factors

   24

Item 1B.

  

Unresolved Staff Comments

   31

Item 2.

  

Properties

   31

Item 3.

  

Legal Proceedings

   31

Item 4.

  

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

   32

PART II

     

Item 5.

  

Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

   33

Item 6.

  

Selected Financial Data

   33

Item 7.

  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

   34

Item 7A.

  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

   49

Item 8.

  

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

   52

Item 9.

  

Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

   99

Item 9A.

  

Controls and Procedures

   99

Item 9B.

  

Other Information

   101

PART III

     

Item 10.

  

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

   102

Item 11.

  

Executive Compensation

   102

Item 12.

  

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

   102

Item 13.

  

Certain Relationships, Related Transactions and Director Independence

   102

Item 14.

  

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

   102

PART IV

     

Item 15.

  

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

   103

 

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PART I

Item 1. Business

Overview

Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company (the “Company,” “GLAIC,” “we,” “us,” or “our” unless the context otherwise requires) is a stock life insurance company operating under a charter granted by the Commonwealth of Virginia on March 21, 1871 as The Life Insurance Company of Virginia. An affiliate of the General Electric Company (“GE”) acquired us on April 1, 1996 and ultimately contributed the majority of the outstanding common stock to Genworth Life Insurance Company (“GLIC”), formerly known as General Electric Capital Assurance Company. On May 31, 2004, we became a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of GLIC while remaining an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Genworth Financial, Inc. (“Genworth”). Our preferred shares are owned by an affiliate, Brookfield Life Assurance Company Limited.

We do business in the District of Columbia and all states, except New York. Our principal offices are located at 6610 West Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23230.

On January 1, 2007, Federal Home Life Insurance Company (“FHL”) and First Colony Life Insurance Company (“FCL”) merged with and into GLAIC (“GLAIC Merged”). GLAIC is the surviving entity. FHL and FCL were both stock life insurance companies operating under charters granted by the Commonwealth of Virginia and both were affiliates of the Company. We received regulatory approval from the State Corporation Commission, Bureau of Insurance of the Commonwealth of Virginia for these mergers. The consolidated financial statements will be represented in the first quarter of 2007 as if the mergers were effective for all periods and will be accounted for as a pooling of interests for entities under common control as the Company, FHL and FCL are all wholly-owned subsidiaries of Genworth.

Upon consummation of the FHL and FCL mergers, GLAIC transferred its ownership of American Mayflower Life Insurance Company of New York (“AML”), formerly a wholly-owned subsidiary of FCL, to Genworth Life Insurance Company of New York (“GLICNY”), an affiliate, in exchange for a non-majority ownership interest in GLICNY. AML merged into GLICNY with GLICNY being the surviving entity. These mergers were part of the continuing efforts of Genworth, our ultimate parent company, to simplify its operations, reduce its costs and build its brand.

We are one of a number of subsidiaries of Genworth, a leading financial security company dedicated to developing solutions that help meet the investment, protection, homeownership, retirement and independent lifestyle needs of more than 15 million customers, with a presence in more than 25 countries. We have two operating segments: (1) Retirement Income and Investments and (2) Protection.

 

   

Retirement Income and Investments. We offer customers a variety of wealth accumulation, income distribution, and institutional investment products. Retail products include: individual fixed and variable annuities; group variable annuities offered through retirement plans; single premium immediate annuities; and variable life insurance. Institutional products include: guaranteed investment contracts (“GICs”), funding agreements and funding agreements backing notes (“FABNs”).

 

   

Protection. Our Protection segment includes universal life insurance, interest-sensitive whole life insurance and Medicare supplement insurance.

We also have Corporate and Other activities which consist primarily of unallocated net investment gains (losses), corporate income, expenses and income taxes.

 

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Market Environment and Opportunities

We believe we are well positioned to benefit from significant demographic, governmental and market trends, including the following:

Aging U.S. population with growing retirement income needs. The percentage of the U.S. population aged 55 or older is expected to increase from approximately 22%, or 65 million, in 2004 to more than 29%, or 97 million, by 2020 according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Life expectancy has risen to 74.8 years for men and 79.6 years for women, according to the U.S. Social Security Administration, and further increases are projected. For a married couple, each aged 65, there is a 50% likelihood that one will survive to age 91 and a 25% chance one will survive to 95, according to Society of Actuaries tables. Meanwhile, fewer companies are offering defined benefit plans than in the past, and the Social Security Administration in 2006 projected that its reserves could be exhausted by 2040, creating the need for individuals to identify alternate sources of retirement income. U.S. savings rates overall are at historic lows, according to the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis and the nation’s personal savings rate in December 2006 was negative $116.6 billion. We believe this phenomenon will lead to increased demand for innovative investment and savings products of the type we currently offer and are developing. For those with accumulated wealth, especially among people within 10 years of retirement or within the first five years of retirement, approximately $6.6 trillion of financial assets are now held, with the vast majority of these expected to be invested to meet income needs, according to a survey conducted by SRI Consulting Business Intelligence in 2004. We believe these trends will also increase demand for wealth accumulation offerings and income distribution solutions as part of a responsible financial plan.

Competitive Strengths

We believe the following competitive strengths will enable us to capitalize on opportunities in our targeted markets:

 

   

Product innovation. We continue to innovate products that meet the needs of consumers through various stages of their lives, and that are positioned to benefit from current trends among distributors to limit the number of insurers with which they maintain relationships to those with the highest value-added product content. We strive to maintain appropriate return and risk thresholds when we expand the scope of our product offerings.

 

   

Extensive, multi-channel distribution network. We have extensive distribution reach across a broad network of financial intermediaries, independent producers and dedicated sales specialists. We maintain strong relationships with leading distributors by providing a high level of specialized and differentiated support, technology and service solutions to support their sales efforts.

 

   

Technology-enhanced, service-oriented, scalable, low-cost operating platform. We actively manage costs and drive continuous customer service improvement. We use technology to enhance performance by automating key processes to reduce response times and process variations. In addition, we have centralized our operations and have established scalable, low-cost operating centers in Virginia. We also outsource a variety of back office support services to a team of professional service providers in India.

 

   

Disciplined risk management with strong compliance practices. Risk management and regulatory compliance are critical parts to our business. We employ comprehensive risk management processes in virtually every aspect of our operations, including product development, underwriting, investment management, asset-liability management and technology development programs.

 

   

Strong balance sheet and high-quality investment portfolio. As part of Genworth, we believe our ratings and capital strength provide us with a significant competitive advantage. We have a diversified, high-quality investment portfolio with $8,479.3 million of invested assets as of December 31, 2006. Approximately 93.9% of our fixed maturities had ratings equivalent to investment-grade, and

 

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approximately 0.3% of our total investment portfolio consisted of equity securities. We actively conduct asset-liability management, and we are expanding use of the capital markets to more effectively enhance portfolio returns.

Growth Strategies

Our objective is to increase targeted revenues and operating income, and enhance returns on equity. We do this by focusing on the following strategies:

 

   

Capitalize on attractive growth prospects in key markets. We have positioned our product portfolio and distribution relationships to capitalize on the attractive growth prospects in our key markets:

Retirement planning and retirement income. We believe growth will be driven by favorable demographic trends and products designed to help customers accumulate assets and convert them into reliable income throughout their retirement years or other desired periods.

 

   

Further strengthen and extend our distribution channels. We intend to grow distribution by continuing to differentiate ourselves in areas where we believe we have distinct competitive advantages. These areas include:

Product innovations. Examples include the introduction of a number of products including ClearCourse® for the retirement plan market, our Income Distribution Series of variable annuity products and riders and our SEC Registered FABN product for institutional investors.

Collaborative approach to key distributors. Our collaborative approach to key distributors includes our strong support and educational offerings of consultative selling practices, joint business improvement programs and our tailored approach to our sales intermediaries addressing their unique service needs.

 

   

Enhance returns on capital and increase margins. We employ three levers to drive higher returns on capital and increase margins. These levers include:

Adding new business at targeted returns and optimizing mix. We have introduced new products, revised pricing and targeted higher return distribution channels to increase our expected returns. We have exited or placed in runoff certain blocks of business with low returns. As these blocks decrease, we expect to release capital over time to deploy to higher-return products and/or businesses.

Investment income enhancements. We seek to enhance investment yields by evaluating and gradually repositioning our asset class mix, pursuing additional investment classes, using active management strategies, and implementing best in class technology.

Operating cost reductions and efficiencies. We focus on reducing our cost base while maintaining strong service levels.

Retirement Income and Investments

Overview

Through our Retirement Income and Investments segment, we offer customers various forms of wealth accumulation, income distribution and institutional investment products. These products include fixed and variable deferred annuities and fixed single premium immediate annuities. We also offer specialized products, including GICs, funding agreements and FABNs. We sell these specialized products to institutional customers for investments in retirement plans and other investment purposes.

 

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The following table sets forth selected financial information regarding our Retirement Income and Investments segment as of or for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004.

 

     As of or for the years ended
December 31,
 

(Amounts in millions)

   2006     2005     2004  

Variable annuities

      

Account value, net of reinsurance, beginning of period

   $ 1,929.4     $ 1,003.9     $ 10,455.1  

Deposits

     1,745.4       928.6       766.9  

Market performance

     413.9       99.0       70.3  

Surrenders, benefits and product charges

     (223.2 )     (102.1 )     (35.4 )

Reinsurance transfer(1)

     —         —         (10,253.0 )
                        

Account value, net of reinsurance, end of period

   $ 3,865.5     $ 1,929.4     $ 1,003.9  
                        

Variable life

      

Account value, net of reinsurance, beginning of period

   $ 362.0     $ 344.0     $ 313.2  

Deposits

     29.8       33.3       38.9  

Market performance

     47.0       27.3       41.4  

Surrenders, benefits and product charges

     (48.6 )     (42.6 )     (49.5 )
                        

Account value, net of reinsurance, end of period

   $ 390.2     $ 362.0     $ 344.0  
                        

GICs, funding agreements and FABNs

      

Account value, net of reinsurance, beginning of period

   $ 2,722.7     $ 3,667.3     $ 4,051.8  

Deposits

     2,359.5       430.4       460.1  

Interest credited

     171.5       131.1       144.5  

Surrenders, benefits and product charges

     (1,000.7 )     (1,506.1 )     (989.1 )
                        

Account value, net of reinsurance, end of period

   $ 4,253.0     $ 2,722.7     $ 3,667.3  
                        

Fixed annuities

      

Account value, net of reinsurance, beginning of period

   $ 777.4     $ 853.4     $ 939.3  

Deposits

     4.9       2.1       8.9  

Interest credited

     32.7       36.0       39.0  

Surrenders, benefits and product charges

     (126.7 )     (114.1 )     (133.8 )
                        

Account value, net of reinsurance, end of period

   $ 688.3     $ 777.4     $ 853.4  
                        

Single premium immediate annuities

      

Account value, net of reinsurance, beginning of period

   $ 79.8     $ 78.8     $ 78.6  

Deposits

     14.1       14.0       10.3  

Interest credited

     4.2       7.4       5.7  

Surrenders, benefits and product charges

     (18.5 )     (20.4 )     (15.8 )
                        

Account value, net of reinsurance, end of period

   $ 79.6     $ 79.8     $ 78.8  
                        

Structured settlements

      

Account value, net of reinsurance, beginning of period

   $ —       $ —       $ 181.3  

Deposits

     —         —         —    

Interest credited

     —         —         —    

Surrenders, benefits and product charges

     —         —         0.2  

Reinsurance transfer(1)

     —         —         (181.5 )
                        

Account value, net of reinsurance, end of period

   $ —       $ —       $ —    
                        

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We ceded to Union Fidelity Life Insurance Company (“UFLIC”), effective as of January 1, 2004, all of our in-force structured settlement contracts and substantially all of our in-force variable annuity contracts.

 

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Products

Variable annuities

We offer variable annuities that allow the contractholder to make payments to a separate account that is divided into subaccounts that invest in underlying investments. The contractholder also has an option to make allocations to a guaranteed interest-rate account that is part of our general account. All allocations are determined by the contractholder. A deferred variable annuity has an accumulation period and a payout period. Our variable annuity products allow the contractholder to allocate all or a portion of his account value to separate accounts that invest in subaccounts that are distinct from our general account. Assets allocated to each separate account have subaccounts that track the performance of selected investments. Except as described below, there is no guaranteed minimum rate of return in these subaccounts, and the contractholder bears the entire risk associated with the performance of these subaccounts. Some of our variable annuities also permit the contractholder to allocate all or a portion of his account value to our general account, in which case we credit interest at specified rates, subject to certain guaranteed minimums.

Variable annuities provide us with fee-based revenue in the form of expense and risk charges and, in some cases, mortality charges. These fees equal a percentage of the contractholder’s assets in the separate account and typically range from 0.75% to 2.45% per annum depending on the features and options within a contract. We also receive fees charged on assets allocated to our separate account to cover administrative costs and, in some cases, a distribution fee from the underlying investments in which assets are invested.

Our variable annuity contracts generally provide a basic guaranteed minimum death benefit (“GMDB”), which provides a minimum account value to be paid upon the annuitant’s death. Contractholders also have the option to purchase through riders, at an additional charge, enhanced death benefits. Assuming every annuitant died on December 31, 2006, as of that date, contracts with death benefit features not covered by reinsurance had an account value of $3,867.4 million and a related death benefit exposure of $15.5 million net amount at risk.

Our Income Distribution Series of variable annuity products and riders provides the contractholder with a guaranteed minimum income stream that they cannot outlive, along with an opportunity to participate in market appreciation, but reduce some of the risks to insurers that generally accompany traditional products with guaranteed minimum income benefits. We are targeting people who are focused on building a personal portable retirement plan or are moving from the accumulation to the distribution phase of their retirement planning.

With many employers moving away from traditional defined benefit pension plans to retirement plans, in 2005 we responded by introducing ClearCourse®, a group variable annuity product. ClearCourse® is designed to be an investment option within a retirement plan. It offers participants the ability to build guaranteed retirement income while maintaining liquidity and growth potential. ClearCourse® provides participants with the ability to access defined benefit-like features within a defined contribution environment and is distributed via direct salespeople and through defined contribution plan record keepers. As of December 31, 2006, five plan sponsors have selected ClearCourse® as an investment option for their retirement plans. In addition, we are working with three record keepers to make ClearCourse® available as part of their standard service offering. We anticipate these arrangements to be operational in 2007. We continue to see strong interest from plan sponsors and record keepers.

In the second quarter 2004, we entered into reinsurance transactions in which we ceded, effective January 1, 2004, all of our in-force variable annuity business, excluding RetireReadySM Retirement Answer Variable Annuity (“Retirement Answer”), to UFLIC. We have continued to sell variable annuities and are retaining that business.

There are numerous competitors in this market segment within all major distribution channels that we sell through—banks, national stockbrokerage firms and independent broker/dealers. We have focused on “income distribution” products, where we believe consumers are seeking value and where we offer a broad array of

 

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products allowing consumers to opt for lifetime income beginning immediately or deferring until such time as they wish to access the income stream. We have been an early mover in this market space and we believe we are well positioned to compete.

Variable life insurance

We offer variable life insurance products that provide insurance coverage by paying a death benefit payable upon death of the insured through policies that give policyholders flexibility in investment choices and, in some products, in premium payments and coverage amounts. Our variable life products allow the policyholder to allocate all or a portion of his premiums to a separate account that is divided into subaccounts that are distinct from our general account. There is no guaranteed minimum rate of return in these subaccounts, which invest in these mutual funds, and the policyholder bears the entire investment risk associated with the performance of the subaccounts. Some of our variable life insurance products also permit the policyholder to allocate all or a portion of his account value to our general account, in which case we credit interest at specified rates, subject to certain guaranteed minimums, which are comparable to the minimum rates in effect for our fixed annuities. Similar to our variable annuity products, we collect specified mortality and expense charges and fees charged on assets allocated to the separate account to cover administrative services and costs. We also collect cost of insurance charges on our variable life insurance products to compensate us for the mortality risk of the guaranteed death benefit, particularly in the early years of the policy when the death benefit is significantly higher than the value of the policyholder’s account.

Guaranteed investment contracts, funding agreements and FABNs

We offer GICs, funding agreements and FABNs, which are deposit-type products that pay a guaranteed return to the contractholder on specified dates. GICs are purchased by ERISA qualified plans, including pension and 401(k) plans. Funding agreements are purchased by institutional accredited investors for various kinds of funds and accounts that are not ERISA qualified. Purchasers of funding agreements include money market funds, bank common trust funds and other corporate and trust accounts and private investors including Genworth Global Funding Trusts as part of our FABN program.

Substantially all of our GICs allow for the payment of benefits at contract value to ERISA plans prior to contract maturity in the event of death, disability, retirement or change in investment election. We carefully underwrite these risks before issuing a GIC to a plan and historically have been able to effectively manage our exposure to these benefit payments. Our GICs typically credit interest at a fixed interest rate and have a fixed maturity generally ranging from two to six years.

Our funding agreements generally credit interest on deposits at a floating rate tied to an external market index and we generally invest the proceeds in floating-rate assets. When we issue fixed rate funding agreements, we may enter into counterparty “swap” arrangements where we exchange our fixed rate interest payment for a floating-rate that is tied to an index in order to correlate to the floating-rate assets.

The funding agreements issued through our FABN program are typically issued for terms of one to seven years. We have historically issued these in an unregistered format through the Bear Stearns Premium Asset Trust structure, but in December 2005, we launched our proprietary registered notes program. As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, we had an aggregate of $2,785.0 million and $535.0 million, respectively, of FABNs. Of the $2,785.0 million of these funding agreements outstanding as of December 31, 2006, $500.0 million permitted early termination provisions upon twelve months notice. The remaining contracts do not permit early termination.

We compete with other large, highly rated insurance companies in these institutional markets. Our credit quality, both long- and short-term, liquidity and price differentiate us in these markets. GICs are sold both

 

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directly and through investment managers. We place our funding agreements directly and through specialized brokers. Our FABNs are distributed through investment banks. We approach each of these markets opportunistically and will only issue new business when we can achieve targeted returns and maintain an appropriate mix of institutional and retail businesses. Our approach may cause significant fluctuations in new deposits as we will issue new business when spreads are favorable and may issue no new business when rates are not favorable.

Fixed annuities

We offer a modified guaranteed annuity contact and have a closed block of single premium deferred annuities (“SPDAs”). These contracts provide for a single premium to be allocated to a guaranteed term option for one or more guaranteed terms ranging from one to ten years in duration. During the accumulation period, we credit the account value of the annuity with interest earned at an interest rate, called the crediting rate. The crediting rate is guaranteed generally for one year at issue, but may be guaranteed for up to seven years, at the contractholders’ option, and thereafter is subject to annual changes at our discretion, based upon competitive factors, prevailing market rates and product profitability. Each contract also has a minimum guaranteed crediting rate. The majority of our fixed annuity contracts are funded by our general account, and the accrual of interest during the accumulation period is generally on a tax-deferred basis to the owner. The majority of our fixed annuity contractholders retain their contracts for five to ten years. After the period specified in the annuity contract, the contractholder may elect to take proceeds of the annuity as a single payment or over time. If the contractholder elects to take the proceeds before the period specified, a surrender change may be imposed for SPDAs while a market value adjustment may be assessed for modified guaranteed annuities. This market value adjustment may either increase or decrease the contractholders payout based on the current market rate of interest.

For fixed annuities, we leverage long-term bank relationships that allow us to maintain “shelf space” needed to succeed in this highly competitive industry. Sales of fixed annuities are strongly linked with the interest rate environment and its impact on the relative competitiveness of alternative products, such as certificates of deposit and money market funds. Therefore, we have seen variability in sales levels for this product, and expect this to continue in the future, as we continue to maintain pricing discipline to target return levels through varying interest rate environments.

Fixed immediate annuities

In exchange for a single premium, fixed immediate annuities provide a fixed amount of income for either a defined number of years, the annuitant’s lifetime, or the longer of the defined number of years or the annuitant’s life. Income can be paid monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually and generally begins within one year of receipt of the premium. Fixed immediate annuities also include annuitizations chosen as a settlement option for an existing deferred annuity contract. We do not currently offer fixed immediate annuities as a stand-alone product.

Structured settlements

In the second quarter 2004, we entered into reinsurance transactions in which we ceded, effective January 1, 2004, all of our in-force structured settlements business to UFLIC. We no longer actively market this product.

Protection

Overview

Through our Protection segment, we offer accident and health insurance, which includes Medicare supplement insurance. We also have life insurance, which includes universal life insurance and interest-sensitive whole life insurance; however, these products are not currently offered.

 

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Products

Accident and health insurance

The primary product in this line is Medicare supplement insurance. Our Medicare supplement insurance provides coverage for Medicare-qualified expenses that are not covered by Medicare because of applicable deductibles or maximum limits. These products are sold to individuals through dedicated sales specialists as well as selected independent distributors. We have expanded our Medicare supplement product in a majority of states and have seen growth in these new states.

Where allowed by state law, we segment our Medicare supplement applicants into risk pools based on age, gender, smoking status and geography. These risk classifications allow us to mitigate business mix risk by pricing separately for each risk classification. We perform profitability analyses annually by risk pool and request rate changes from state regulators to maintain our pricing profitability.

In the few situations where state law does not permit these underwriting procedures, we issue policies on a guaranteed basis based on pricing models that account for guaranteed issue requirements in these states.

In addition to competing with other insurance companies, we also compete with non-insurance alternatives to funding including government programs such as Medicaid designed for the impoverished, continuing care retirement communities, and reliance on family members to provide for care. Our product competes by providing peace of mind and independence to our policyholder and effectively reducing the family burden associated with other care alternatives.

We primarily distribute our products through dedicated sales specialists.

Life insurance

Our life insurance products include interest-sensitive whole life and universal life insurance. These products provide a personal financial safety net for individuals and their families. These products also provide protection against financial hardship after the death of an insured by providing cash payments to the beneficiaries of the policyholder. We do not currently offer these products.

Competition in our life insurance business comes from many sources, including from many traditional insurance companies as well as from non-traditional sources, such as banks and the capital markets. Competitors have multiple access points to the market through BGAs, financial institutions, career sales agents, multi-line exclusive agents, e-retail and other life insurance distributors.

Corporate and Other

Our Corporate and Other activities include unallocated net investment gains (losses), corporate income, expenses and income taxes.

Marketing

As part of Genworth, we promote and differentiate our products and services through a variety of offerings, technology services, specialized support for our distributors and innovative marketing programs tailored to particular consumer groups.

The RetireReadySM series of variable annuities is the foundation for our Income Distribution Series. Marketing of these products is supported by internal and external wholesalers who help distributors understand the features of each product and rider. In addition, we also hold “Income Summits” throughout the country, educating distributors on the need for guaranteed income during one’s retirement years as part of a sound overall financial plan. We believe education of our distributors and potential contractholders is key to our success in marketing these products as they move from accumulation of assets to the “spend-down” or distribution of assets.

 

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Genworth has focused its marketing approach on promoting its brand to key constituencies, including sales intermediaries, employees, investors and consumers. These programs include advertising on television and in trade and business periodicals that are likely to reach those demographic groups. We also seek to build recognition of the Genworth brand and maintain strong relationships with leading distributors by providing a high level of specialized and differentiated distribution support, such as product training, advanced marketing and sales solutions, financial product design for affluent customers and technology solutions that support the distributors’ sales efforts and by pursuing joint business improvement efforts. In addition, Genworth sponsors various advisory councils with independent sales intermediaries and dedicated sales specialists to gather their feedback on industry trends, new product suggestions and ways to enhance their relationships.

In 2006, we completed our transition to the Genworth brand and all of our current products and services are now using the Genworth mark and logo.

Risk Management

Overview

Risk management is a critical part of our business and we have adopted an enterprise risk management framework that includes rigorous risk management processes in virtually every aspect of our operations, including product development and management, business acquisitions, underwriting, investment management, asset-liability management and technology development projects. The risk management framework includes the assessment of risk, a proactive decision process to determine which risks are acceptable, and the ongoing monitoring and management of those risks. The primary objective of these risk management processes is to reduce the variations we experience from our expected results. We have an experienced group of professionals, including actuaries, statisticians and other specialists, dedicated exclusively to our risk management process. We have emphasized our adherence to rigorous risk management techniques and leveraged the benefits into a competitive advantage in marketing and managing our products.

New product introductions

Our risk management process begins with the development and introduction of new products and services. We have established a rigorous product development process that specifies a series of required analyses, reviews and approvals for any new product. For each proposed project, this process includes a review of the market opportunity and competitive landscape, major pricing assumptions and methodologies, return expectations, reinsurance strategies, underwriting criteria and business risks and potential mitigating factors. Before we introduce a new product, we establish a monitoring program with specific performance targets and leading indicators, which we monitor frequently to identify any deviations from expected performance so that we can take prompt corrective action when necessary. Significant product introductions require approval by our senior management team. We use a similarly rigorous process to introduce variations to existing products and to offer existing products through new distribution channels.

Product performance reviews

Product performance reviews are performed by Genworth’s senior operating management and by Genworth’s Capital and Risk Committee on a regular cycle. Genworth’s Capital and Risk Committee includes Genworth’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Investment Officer, Chief Actuary, and the General Counsel. These reviews include an analysis of the major drivers of profitability, underwriting performance, variations from expected results, regulatory and competitive environment and other factors affecting product performance. In addition, we initiate special reviews when a product’s performance fails to meet any of the indicators we established during that product’s introductory review process. If a product does not meet our performance criteria, we consider adjustments in pricing, design and marketing or ultimately discontinuing sales of that product. We review our underwriting, pricing and risk selection strategies on a regular basis to ensure that our products remain progressive, competitive and consistent with our marketing and profitability objectives. We are also subject to periodic external audits by our reinsurers, which may provide us with valuable insights into other innovative risk management practices.

 

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Asset-liability management

We maintain segmented investment portfolios for the majority of our product lines. This enables us to perform an ongoing analysis of the interest rate risks associated with each major product line, in addition to the interest rate risk for our overall enterprise. We analyze the behavior of our liability cash flows across a wide variety of future interest rate scenarios, reflecting policy features and expected policyholder behavior. We also analyze the behavior of our asset portfolios across the same scenarios. We believe this analysis shows the sensitivity of both our assets and liabilities to large and small changes in interest rates and enables us to manage our assets and liabilities more effectively.

Portfolio diversification

We use limits to ensure a spread of risk in our business. We have strict limitations on credit risk to avoid concentration in our investment portfolio. Our product portfolios have considerable diversification due to the wide variety of products we have sold over a number of years. We also manage unique product exposures in our business.

Actuarial databases and information systems

Our extensive actuarial databases and innovative information systems technology are important tools in our risk management programs. We have substantial experience in offering individual life insurance products, and we have developed a large database of claims experience, particularly in preferred risk classes, which provides significant predictive experience for mortality.

Compliance

Legal and regulatory compliance are critical parts of our business. Throughout our Company, we instill a strong commitment to integrity and ethics in business dealings and compliance with applicable laws and regulations. We have professionals dedicated to legal and regulatory compliance matters.

Operations and Technology

Service and support

We benefit from Genworth’s dedicated team of service and support personnel including the operations through an arrangement with an outsourcing provider in India, GENPACT, who assist our sales intermediaries and customers with their service needs. We use advanced and, in some cases, proprietary, patent-pending technology to provide product design and underwriting, and we operate service centers that leverage technology, integrated processes, and process management techniques.

In our Retirement Income and Investments and Protection segments, we interact directly and cost-effectively with our independent sales intermediaries and dedicated sales specialists through secure websites that have enabled them to transact business with us electronically, obtain information about our products, submit applications, check application and account status and view commission information. We also provide our independent sales intermediaries and dedicated sales specialists with account information to disseminate to their customers through the use of industry-standard communications.

Operating centers

We have centralized our operations and have established scalable, low-cost operating centers in Virginia. In addition, through an arrangement with an outsourcing provider, we have a substantial team of professionals in India who provide a variety of services to us, including customer service, transaction processing, and functional support including finance, investment research, actuarial, risk and marketing resources to our insurance operations.

 

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Technology capabilities and process improvement

We rely on Genworth’s proprietary processes for project approval, execution, risk management and benefit verification as part of our approach to technology investment. Genworth has been issued 22 patents and has filed more than 50 pending patent applications. Genworth’s technology team is experienced in large-scale project delivery, including many insurance administration system consolidations and the development of Internet-based servicing capabilities. Genworth continually manages technology costs by standardizing its technology infrastructure, consolidating application systems, reducing servers and storage devices and managing project execution risks.

We believe we have greatly enhanced our operating efficiency, generated significant cost savings, and created competitive advantages by using a variety of process tools designed to address all aspects of process management. Our tools enable us to more effectively operate processes, improve our process performance, and build new processes. Our team of operational quality experts is focused on driving our process and project execution and championing process management disciplines. We always tailor the application of our tools to the specific needs of each project or process resulting in more effective execution.

Reserves

We calculate and maintain reserves for estimated future benefit payments to our policyholders and contractholders in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) and industry accounting practices. We release these reserves as those future obligations are extinguished. The reserves we establish reflect estimates and actuarial assumptions with regard to our future experience. These estimates and actuarial assumptions involve the exercise of significant judgment that is subjected to a variety of internal and external independent reviews. Our future financial results depend significantly upon the extent to which our actual future experience is consistent with the assumptions we have used in pricing our products and determining our reserves. Many factors can affect future experience, including economic and social conditions, inflation, healthcare costs, and changes in doctrines of legal liability and damage awards in litigation. Therefore, we cannot determine with complete precision the ultimate amounts we will pay for actual future benefits or the timing of those payments.

Reinsurance

We follow the industry practice of reinsuring portions of our insurance risks with reinsurance companies. We use reinsurance both to diversify our risks and to manage loss exposures and capital effectively. The use of reinsurance permits us to write policies in amounts larger than the risk we are willing to retain, and also to write a larger volume of new business.

We cede insurance primarily on a treaty basis, under which risks are ceded to a reinsurer on specific blocks of business where the underlying risks meet certain predetermined criteria. To a lesser extent, we cede insurance risks on a facultative basis, under which the reinsurer’s prior approval is required on each risk reinsured. Use of reinsurance does not discharge us, as the insurer, from liability on the insurance ceded. We, as the insurer, are required to pay the full amount of our insurance obligations even in circumstances where we are entitled or able to receive payments from our reinsurer. The principal reinsurers to which we cede risks have A.M. Best financial strength ratings ranging from “A+” to “A-.” Historically, we have not had significant concentrations of reinsurance risk with any one reinsurer. However, prior to the completion of the Genworth initial public offering (“IPO”), we entered into reinsurance transactions with UFLIC, which resulted in a significant concentration of reinsurance risk with UFLIC whose obligations to us are secured by trust accounts as described in note 5 in our consolidated financial statements under “Item 8—Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

On November 30, 2005, we entered into a reinsurance agreement with FCL, an affiliate, to cede liabilities arising from the funding agreements issued as part of our FABN program as described in note 5 in our consolidated financial statements under “Item 8—Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.” As a result of the merger of FHL and FCL into GLAIC effective January 1, 2007, this reinsurance agreement has been terminated.

 

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The following table sets forth our exposure to our principal reinsurers, including reinsurance recoverable as of December 31, 2006, and the A.M. Best ratings of those reinsurers as of that date:

 

(Amounts in millions)

   Reinsurance
recoverable
   A.M. Best rating

UFLIC(1)

   $ 1,484.2    A-

GLIC

     88.1    A+

Max Re Ltd

     39.0    A-

Swiss Re Life & Health America Inc.

     9.8    A+

American United Life Insurance Company

     6.5    A

(1)

See note 5 to the consolidated financial statements under “Item 8—Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

Financial Strength Ratings

Ratings with respect to financial strength are an important factor in establishing the competitive position of insurance companies. Ratings are important to maintaining public confidence in us and our ability to market our products. Rating organizations review the financial performance and condition of most insurers and provide opinions regarding financial strength, operating performance and ability to meet obligations to policyholders. Short-term financial strength ratings are an assessment of the credit quality of an issuer with respect to an instrument considered short-term in the relevant market, typically one year or less.

We are rated by A.M. Best, S&P, Moody’s and Fitch as follows:

 

     A.M. Best rating    S&P rating    Moody’s rating    Fitch rating

Long-term rating

   A+ (Superior)    AA-(Very Strong)    Aa3 (Excellent)    AA-(Very Strong)

Short-term rating

   Not rated    A-1+ (Strong)    P-1 (Superior)    Not rated

A.M. Best states that its “A+” (Superior) rating is assigned to those companies that have, in its opinion, a superior ability to meet their ongoing obligations to policyholders. The “A+” (Superior) rating is the second-highest of fifteen ratings assigned by A.M. Best, which range from “A++” to “S.”

S&P states that an insurer rated “AA” (Very Strong) has very strong financial security characteristics that outweigh any vulnerabilities, and is highly likely to have the ability to meet financial commitments. The “AA” range is the second-highest of the four ratings ranges that meet these criteria, and also is the second-highest of nine financial strength rating ranges assigned by S&P, which range from “AAA” to “R.” A plus (+) or minus (-) shows relative standing in a rating category. Accordingly, the “AA-” rating is the fourth-highest of S&P’s 20 ratings categories. The short-term rating “A-1” is the highest rating and shows the capacity to meet financial commitments is strong. Within this category, the designation of a plus sign (+) indicates capacity to meet its financial commitments is extremely strong.

Moody’s states that insurance companies rated “Aa” (Excellent) offer excellent financial security. Moody’s states that companies in this group constitute what are generally known as high-grade companies. The “Aa” range is the second-highest of nine financial strength rating ranges assigned by Moody’s, which range from “Aaa” to “C.” Numeric modifiers are used to refer to the ranking within the group, with 1 being the highest and 3 being the lowest. Accordingly, the “Aa3” rating is the fourth-highest of Moody’s 21 ratings categories. The short-term rating “P1” is the highest rating and shows superior ability for repayment of short-term debt obligations.

Fitch states that “AA” (Very Strong) rated insurance companies are viewed as possessing very strong capacity to meet policyholder and contract obligations. Risk factors are modest, and the impact of any adverse business and economic factors is expected to be very small. The “AA” rating category is the second-highest of

 

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eight financial strength rating categories, which range from “AAA” to “D.” The symbol (+) or (-) may be appended to a rating to indicate the relative position of a credit within a rating category. These suffixes are not added to ratings in the “AAA” category or to ratings below the “CCC” category. Accordingly, the “AA-” rating is the fourth-highest of Fitch’s 24 ratings categories.

A.M. Best, S&P, Moody’s and Fitch review their ratings periodically and we cannot assure you that we will maintain our current ratings in the future. Other agencies may also rate our Company on a solicited or an unsolicited basis. The mergers of FHL and FCL into GLAIC will not have any impact on our ratings as we are considered a core operating company of Genworth and will continue to be so.

Investments

Overview

As of December 31, 2006, we had total cash, cash equivalents and invested assets of $8,504.4 million and an additional $10,383.4 million held in our separate accounts, for which we do not bear investment risk. We manage our assets to meet diversification, credit quality, yield and liquidity requirements of our policy and contract liabilities by investing primarily in fixed maturities, including government, municipal and corporate bonds, mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities and mortgage loans on commercial real estate. We also invest in short-term securities and other invested assets, including a small position in limited partnerships and equity securities. In all cases, our investments are required to comply with restrictions imposed by applicable laws and insurance regulatory authorities.

The following table sets forth our cash, cash equivalents and invested assets as of the dates indicated:

 

     December 31,  
     2006     2005  

(Amounts in millions)

  

Carrying

value

  

% of

total

   

Carrying

value

  

% of

total

 

Fixed-maturities, available-for-sale:

          

Public

   $ 3,546.6    41.7 %   $ 3,627.8    50.1 %

Private

     3,049.4    35.9       1,638.5    22.6  

Commercial mortgage loans

     1,258.8    14.8       1,042.1    14.4  

Other invested assets

     430.3    5.0       404.9    5.6  

Policy loans

     170.0    2.0       158.3    2.2  

Equity securities, available for sale

     24.2    0.3       19.3    0.3  

Cash and cash equivalents

     25.1    0.3       344.0    4.8  
                          

Total cash, cash equivalents and invested assets

   $ 8,504.4    100.0 %   $ 7,234.9    100.0 %
                          

The decrease in public fixed maturities is the result of a decline in investments supporting GICs as a result of scheduled maturities and planned reductions in these products and deferred annuity products due to runoff. The increase in private fixed maturities is primarily attributable to the increase in purchases of mortgage-backed securities supporting FABNs.

Our primary investment objective is to meet our obligations to policyholders and contractholders while increasing value to our stockholders by investing in a diversified high quality portfolio, income producing securities and other assets. Our investment strategy focuses primarily on:

 

   

mitigating interest rate risk through management of asset durations relative to policyholder and contractholder obligations;

 

   

selecting assets based on fundamental, research-driven strategies;

 

   

emphasizing fixed-income, low-volatility assets while pursuing active strategies to enhance yield;

 

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maintaining sufficient liquidity to meet unexpected financial obligations;

 

   

regularly evaluating our asset class mix and pursuing additional investment classes including catastrophe bonds and collateralized debt obligations; and

 

   

continuously monitoring asset quality.

Looking forward, we expect to become a more active investor in alternative asset classes to enhance risk adjusted returns. Such alternative asset classes include credit default swaps, bank loans, hedge funds, infrastructure funds and mezzanine and equity commercial real estate investments.

We are exposed to two primary sources of investment risk:

 

   

credit risk, relating to the uncertainty associated with the continued ability of a given issuer to make timely payments of principal and interest; and

 

   

interest rate risk, relating to the market price and cash flow variability associated with changes in market interest rates.

We manage credit risk by analyzing issuers, transaction structures and any associated collateral. We use sophisticated analytic techniques to monitor credit risk. For example, we continually measure the probability of credit default and estimated loss in the event of such a default, which provides us with early notification of worsening credits. We also manage credit risk through industry and issuer diversification and asset allocation practices. For commercial mortgage loans, we manage credit risk through geographic, property type and product type diversification and asset allocation.

We mitigate interest rate risk through rigorous management of the relationship between the duration of our assets and the duration of our liabilities, seeking to minimize risk of loss in both rising and falling interest rate environments. For further information on our management of interest rate risk, see “Item 7A—Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.”

Fixed maturities

Fixed maturities, which are primarily classified as available-for-sale, including tax-exempt bonds, consist principally of publicly traded and privately placed debt securities, and represented 77.6% and 72.7% of total cash, cash equivalents and invested assets as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

We invest in privately placed fixed maturities to increase diversification and obtain higher yields than can ordinarily be obtained with comparable public market securities. Generally, private placements provide us with protective covenants, call protection features and, where applicable, a higher level of collateral. However, our private placements are not generally freely transferable because of restrictions imposed by federal and state securities laws, the terms of the securities and illiquid trading markets.

The Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) evaluates bond investments of U.S. insurers for regulatory reporting purposes and assigns securities to one of six investment categories called “NAIC designations.” The NAIC designations parallel the credit ratings of the Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations for marketable bonds. NAIC designations 1 and 2 include bonds considered investment grade (rated “Baa3” or higher by Moody’s, or rated “BBB-” or higher by S&P) by such rating organizations. NAIC designations 3 through 6 include bonds considered below investment grade (rated “Ba1” or lower by Moody’s, or rated “BB+” or lower by S&P).

The following tables present our public, private and aggregate fixed maturities by NAIC and/or equivalent ratings of the Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations, as well as the percentage, based upon estimated fair value, that each designation comprises. Our non-U.S. fixed maturities generally are not rated by the NAIC and are shown based upon their equivalent rating of the Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations. Similarly, certain privately placed fixed maturities that are not rated by the Nationally Recognized

 

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Statistical Rating Organizations are shown based upon their NAIC designation. Certain securities, primarily non-U.S. securities, are not rated by the NAIC or the Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations and are so designated.

 

          December 31,  

Public fixed maturities

   2006     2005  

NAIC

rating

  

Rating agency equivalent designation

   Amortized
cost
  

Estimated
fair

value

   % of total     Amortized
cost
  

Estimated
fair

value

   % of total  

(Amounts in millions)

                

1

  

Aaa/Aa/A

   $ 2,407.2    $ 2,405.6    67.8 %   $ 2,292.3    $ 2,292.6    63.2 %

2

  

Baa

     853.0      859.8    24.3       1,003.2      1,020.5    28.1  

3

  

Ba

     201.6      210.8    5.9       235.8      241.2    6.6  

4

  

B

     62.0      63.9    1.8       62.6      63.8    1.8  

5

  

Caa and lower

     3.5      3.5    0.1       6.2      6.0    0.2  

6

  

In or near default

     2.5      3.0    0.1       3.2      3.7    0.1  
  

Not rated

     —        —      —         —        —      —    
                                           
  

Total public fixed maturities

   $ 3,529.8    $ 3,546.6    100.0 %   $ 3,603.3    $ 3,627.8    100.0 %
                                           

 

          December 31,  

Private fixed maturities

   2006     2005  

NAIC
rating

  

Rating agency equivalent designation

   Amortized
cost
   Estimated
fair value
   % of total     Amortized
cost
  

Estimated
fair

value

   % of total  

(Amounts in millions)

                

1

  

Aaa/Aa/A

   $ 2,023.5    $ 2,010.0    65.9 %   $ 1,013.2    $ 1,005.3    61.4 %

2

  

Baa

     908.8      915.4    30.0       570.4      582.4    35.6  

3

  

Ba

     119.9      121.0    4.0       38.6      40.0    2.4  

4

  

B

     2.5      2.6    0.1       7.1      6.9    0.4  

5

  

Caa and lower

     —        —      —         3.3      3.5    0.2  

6

  

In or near default

     0.1      0.4    —         0.4      0.4    —    
  

Not rated

     —        —      —         —        —      —    
                                           
  

Total private fixed maturities

   $ 3,054.8    $ 3,049.4    100.0 %   $ 1,633.0    $ 1,638.5    100.0 %
                                           

 

          December 31,  

Total fixed maturities

   2006     2005  

NAIC
rating

  

Rating agency equivalent designation

   Amortized
cost
  

Estimated
fair

value

   % of total     Amortized
cost
   Estimated
fair value
   % of total  

(Amounts in millions)

                

1

  

Aaa/Aa/A

   $ 4,430.7    $ 4,415.6    66.9 %   $ 3,305.5    $ 3,297.9    62.6 %

2

  

Baa

     1,761.8      1,775.2    26.9       1,573.6      1,602.9    30.5  

3

  

Ba

     321.5      331.8    5.0       274.4      281.2    5.3  

4

  

B

     64.5      66.5    1.0       69.7      70.7    1.3  

5

  

Caa and lower

     3.5      3.5    0.1       9.5      9.5    0.2  

6

  

In or near default

     2.6      3.4    0.1       3.6      4.1    0.1  
  

Not rated

     —        —      —         —        —      —    
                                           
  

Total fixed maturities

   $ 6,584.6    $ 6,596.0    100.0 %   $ 5,236.3    $ 5,266.3    100.0 %
                                           

Based upon estimated fair value, public fixed maturities represented 53.8% and 68.9% of total fixed maturities as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Private fixed maturities represented 46.2% and 31.1% of total fixed maturities as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

 

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We diversify our fixed maturities by security sector. The following table sets forth the estimated fair value of our fixed maturities by sector as well as the percentage of the total fixed maturities holdings that each security sector comprised as of the dates indicated:

 

     December 31,  
     2006     2005  

(Amounts in millions)

  

Estimated fair

value

   % of total     Estimated fair
value
   % of total  

U.S. government, agencies and government sponsored entities

   $ 29.4    0.4 %   $ 70.2    1.3 %

Government-non U.S.

     141.8    2.2       111.4    2.1  

U.S. corporate

     2,795.3    42.4       2,817.0    53.5  

Corporate-non-U.S.

     813.7    12.3       445.2    8.5  

Mortgage-backed

     1,616.1    24.5       992.0    18.8  

Asset-backed

     1,199.7    18.2       830.5    15.8  
                          

Total fixed maturities

   $ 6,596.0    100.0 %   $ 5,266.3    100.0 %
                          

The following table sets forth the major industry types that comprise our corporate bond holdings, based primarily on industry codes established by Lehman Brothers, as well as the percentage of the total corporate bond holdings that each industry comprised as of the dates indicated:

 

     December 31,  
     2006     2005  

(Amounts in millions)

  

Estimated fair

value

   % of total    

Estimated fair

value

   % of total  

Finance and insurance

   $ 1,377.5    38.2 %   $ 986.4    30.2 %

Consumer—cyclical

     494.9    13.7       314.4    9.6  

Utilities and energy

     414.5    11.5       567.7    17.4  

Consumer—non cyclical

     323.8    9.0       434.7    13.3  

Capital goods

     261.5    7.2       254.3    7.8  

Technology and communications

     209.3    5.8       165.0    5.1  

Industrial

     183.8    5.1       196.1    6.0  

Transportation

     117.8    3.3       112.7    3.5  

Other

     225.9    6.2       230.9    7.1  
                          

Total

   $ 3,609.0    100.0 %   $ 3,262.2    100.0 %
                          

We diversify our corporate bond holdings by industry and issuer. The portfolio does not have significant exposure to any single issuer. As of December 31, 2006, our combined corporate bond holdings in the ten issuers to which we had the greatest exposure was $521.0 million which was approximately 6.1% of our total cash, cash equivalents and invested assets as of such date. The exposure to the largest single issuer of corporate bonds held as of December 31, 2006 was $108.7 million, which was approximately 1.3% of our total cash, cash equivalents and invested assets as of such date.

Commercial mortgage loans and other invested assets

Our commercial mortgage loans are collateralized by commercial properties, including multifamily residential buildings. Commercial mortgage loans are stated at principal amounts outstanding, net of deferred expenses and allowance for loan loss.

We diversify our commercial mortgage loans by both property type and geographic region. See note 2 in our consolidated financial statements under “Item 8—Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” for additional information on distribution across property type and geographic region for commercial mortgage loans, as well as information on our interest in equity securities and other invested assets.

 

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Selected financial information regarding our derivative financial instruments as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 is included under “Item 8—Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” in note 10 to our consolidated financial statements.

Code of Ethics

On March 9, 2007, the Company’s board of directors confirmed its adoption of the Genworth Financial Code of Ethics (the “Genworth Code of Ethics”). The Genworth Code of Ethics is applicable to all of the Company’s directors, officers and employees and sets out the requirements for compliance with legal and ethical standards in the conduct of the Company’s business, including general business principles, legal and ethical obligations, and compliance policies for specific subjects.

Regulation

Our businesses are subject to extensive regulation and supervision.

General

Our insurance operations are subject to a wide variety of laws and regulations. State insurance laws regulate most aspects of our business, and we are regulated by the insurance department of the state in which we are domiciled and states where we are licensed to transact business. We and our insurance products also are affected by U.S. federal, state and local tax laws. Insurance products that constitute “securities,” such as variable annuities and variable life insurance policies, also are subject to U.S. federal and state securities laws and regulations. The SEC, the National Association of Securities Dealers (“NASD”), as well as state securities authorities that regulate and supervise these products.

Our securities operations are subject to U.S. federal and state and non-U.S. securities and related laws. The SEC, state securities authorities, the NASD and similar non-U.S. authorities are the principal regulators of these operations.

The purpose of the laws and regulations affecting our insurance and securities businesses is primarily to protect our customers. Many of the laws and regulations to which we are subject are regularly re-examined, and existing or future laws and regulations may become more restrictive or otherwise adversely affect our operations.

In addition, insurance and securities regulatory authorities (including state law enforcement agencies and attorneys general) increasingly make inquiries regarding compliance by us with insurance, securities and other laws and regulations regarding the conduct of our insurance and securities businesses. We cooperate with such inquiries and take corrective action when warranted.

Many of our customers and independent sales intermediaries also operate in regulated environments. Changes in the regulations that affect their operations also may affect our business relationships with them and their decision to purchase or distribute our products.

Insurance Regulation

We are licensed and regulated in all jurisdictions in which we conduct insurance business. The extent of this regulation varies, but most jurisdictions have laws and regulations governing the financial condition of insurers, including standards of solvency, types and concentration of permissible investments, establishment and maintenance of reserves, credit for reinsurance and requirements of capital adequacy, and the business conduct of insurers, including marketing and sales practices and claims handling. In addition, statutes and regulations usually require the licensing of insurers and their agents, the approval of policy forms and related materials and the approval of rates for certain lines of insurance.

 

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The types of insurance laws and regulations applicable to us are described below.

Insurance holding company regulation

All jurisdictions in which we conduct insurance business have enacted legislation that requires each insurance company in a holding company system, except captive insurance companies, to register with the insurance regulatory authority of its jurisdiction of domicile and to furnish that regulatory authority financial and other information concerning the operations of, and the interrelationships and transactions among, companies within its holding company system that may materially affect the operations, management or financial condition of the insurers within that system. These laws and regulations also regulate transactions between insurance companies and their parents and affiliates. Generally, these laws and regulations require that all transactions within a holding company system between an insurer and its affiliates be fair and reasonable and that the insurer’s statutory surplus following any transaction with an affiliate be both reasonable in relation to its outstanding liabilities and adequate to its financial needs. Statutory surplus is the excess of admitted assets over the sum of statutory liabilities and capital. For certain types of agreements and transactions between an insurer and its affiliates, these laws and regulations require prior notification to, and non-disapproval or approval by, the insurance regulatory authority of the insurer’s jurisdiction of domicile.

Periodic reporting

We must file reports, including detailed annual financial statements, with insurance regulatory authorities in each of the jurisdictions in which we do business, and our operations and accounts are subject to periodic examination by such authorities.

Policy forms

Our policy forms are subject to regulation in every jurisdiction in which we are licensed to transact insurance business. In most jurisdictions, policy forms must be filed prior to their use, and in some jurisdictions, the filed forms must be approved prior to use.

Dividend limitations

The payment of dividends is regulated by the insurance laws and regulations of the State Corporation Commission, Bureau of Insurance of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In general, we may not pay an “extraordinary” dividend or distribution until 30 days after the applicable insurance regulator has received notice of the intended payment and has not objected in such period or has approved the payment within the 30-day period. In general, an “extraordinary” dividend or distribution is defined by these laws and regulations as a dividend or distribution that, together with other dividends and distributions made within the preceding 12 months, exceeds the greater of:

 

   

10% of the statutory surplus as of the immediately prior year end; or

 

   

the statutory net gain from operations during the prior calendar year.

The laws and regulations of the Commonwealth of Virginia may also prohibit us from declaring or paying a dividend except out of our earned surplus or require us to obtain regulatory approval before we may do so. In addition, insurance regulators may prohibit the payment of ordinary dividends or other payments if they determine that such payment could be adverse to our policyholders or contractholders.

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illustrations, advertising, product replacement, sales and underwriting practices, complaint handling and claims handling. Regulatory authorities generally enforce these provisions through periodic market conduct examinations.

Statutory examinations

As part of their regulatory oversight process, insurance departments conduct periodic detailed examinations of the books, records, accounts and business practices of insurers domiciled in their jurisdictions. These examinations generally are conducted in cooperation with the insurance departments of two or three other states or jurisdictions, representing each of the NAIC zones, under guidelines promulgated by the NAIC.

In the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, we have not received any material adverse findings resulting from any insurance department examinations.

Guaranty associations and similar arrangements

Most of the jurisdictions in which we are licensed to transact business require life insurers doing business within the jurisdiction to participate in guaranty associations, which are organized to pay contractual benefits owed pursuant to insurance policies of insurers who become impaired or insolvent. These associations levy assessments, up to prescribed limits, on all member insurers in a particular jurisdiction on the basis of the proportionate share of the premiums written by member insurers in the lines of business in which the impaired, insolvent or failed insurer is engaged. Some jurisdictions permit member insurers to recover assessments paid through full or partial premium tax offsets. Aggregate assessments levied against us were not material to our consolidated financial statements.

Policy and contract reserve sufficiency analysis

Under the laws and regulations of the Commonwealth of Virginia, we are required to conduct annual analyses of the sufficiency of our life and health insurance and annuity statutory reserves. In addition, other jurisdictions in which we are licensed may have certain reserve requirements that differ from those of our domiciliary jurisdiction. In each case, a qualified actuary must submit an opinion that states that the aggregate statutory reserves, when considered in light of the assets held with respect to such reserves, make good and sufficient provision for the associated contractual obligations and related expenses of the insurer. If such an opinion cannot be provided, the affected insurer must set up additional reserves by moving funds from surplus. We submit these opinions annually to applicable insurance regulatory authorities.

Surplus and capital requirements

Insurance regulators have the discretionary authority, in connection with the ongoing licensing of our Company, to limit or prohibit the ability of an insurer to issue new policies if, in the regulators’ judgment, the insurer is not maintaining a minimum amount of surplus or is in hazardous financial condition. Insurance regulators may also limit the ability of an insurer to issue new life insurance policies and annuity contracts above an amount based upon the face amount and premiums of policies of a similar type issued in the prior year. We do not believe that the current or anticipated levels of our statutory surplus present a material risk that any such regulator would limit the amount of new policies that we may issue.

Risk-based capital

The NAIC has established risk-based capital standards which are applicable to our Company as well as a model act with the intention that these standards be applied at the state level. The model act provides that life insurance companies must submit an annual risk-based capital report to state regulators reporting their risk-based capital based upon four categories of risk: asset risk, insurance risk, interest rate risk and business risk. For each category, the capital requirement is determined by applying factors to various asset, premium and reserve items,

 

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with the factor being higher for those items with greater underlying risk and lower for less risky items. The formula is intended to be used by insurance regulators as an early warning tool to identify possibly weakly capitalized companies for purposes of initiating further regulatory action.

If an insurer’s risk-based capital falls below specified levels, the insurer would be subject to different degrees of regulatory action depending upon the level. These actions range from requiring the insurer to propose actions to correct the capital deficiency to placing the insurer under regulatory control. As of December 31, 2006, our risk-based capital exceeded the level of risk-based capital that would require us to take or become subject to any corrective action.

Statutory accounting principles

Statutory accounting principles (“SAP”) is a basis of accounting developed by insurance regulators to monitor and regulate the solvency of insurance companies. In developing SAP, insurance regulators were primarily concerned with assuring an insurer’s ability to pay all of its current and future obligations to policyholders. As a result, statutory accounting focuses on conservatively valuing the assets and liabilities of insurers, generally in accordance with standards specified by the insurer’s domiciliary jurisdiction. Uniform SAP are established by the NAIC and generally adopted by regulators in the various jurisdictions in which we conduct business. These accounting principles and related regulations determine, among other things, the amounts we may pay as dividends.

U.S. GAAP is designed to measure a business on a going-concern basis. It gives consideration to the matching of revenue and expense and, as a result, certain expenses are capitalized when incurred and then amortized over the life of the associated policies. The valuation of assets and liabilities under U.S. GAAP is based in part upon best estimate assumptions made by the insurer. Stockholders’ equity represents both amounts currently available and amounts expected to emerge over the life of the business. As a result, the values for assets, liabilities and equity reflected in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP are materially different from those reflected in financial statements prepared under SAP.

Regulation of investments

We are subject to laws and regulations that require diversification of our investment portfolio and limit the proportion of our investments in certain asset categories, such as below investment grade fixed maturities, equity real estate, other equity investments and derivatives. Failure to comply with these laws and regulations renders assets invested contrary to such regulatory limitations to be treated as non-admitted assets for purposes of measuring surplus, and, in some instances, would require divestiture of such non-complying investments. We believe our investments comply with these laws and regulations.

Federal regulation

Our variable life insurance and variable annuity products generally are “securities” within the meaning of federal securities laws and regulations. As a result, most of our variable annuity products and all of our variable life insurance products are registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and are subject to regulation by the SEC, the NASD and state securities authorities. Federal and state securities regulation similar to that discussed below under “Other Laws and Regulations—Securities regulation” affect investment advice and sales and related activities with respect to these products. In addition, although the federal government does not comprehensively regulate the business of insurance, federal legislation and administrative policies in several other areas, including taxation, financial services regulation and pension and welfare benefits regulation, can also significantly affect the insurance industry.

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measures are proposed which may significantly affect the insurance business, including limitations on antitrust immunity, tax incentives for lifetime annuity payouts, simplification bills affecting tax-advantaged or tax-exempt savings and retirement vehicles, and proposals to modify or make permanent the estate tax repeal enacted in 2001. In addition, various forms of direct federal regulation of insurance have been proposed in recent years. We cannot predict whether any such proposals will be adopted, or what impact, if any, such proposals or, if adopted, such laws may have on our business, financial condition or results of operation.

Changes in tax laws

Changes in tax laws could make some of our products less attractive to consumers. For example, the gradual repeal of the federal estate tax, begun in 2001, is continuing to be phased in through 2010. The repeal and continuing uncertainty created by the repeal of the federal estate tax has resulted in reduced sales, and could continue to adversely affect sales and surrenders, of some of our estate planning products, including survivorship/second-to-die life insurance policies. In May 2003, the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 was signed into law to lower the federal income tax rate on capital gains and certain ordinary dividends. This reduction may provide an incentive for certain of our customers and potential customers to shift assets into mutual funds and away from our products, including annuities, that are designed to defer taxes payable on investment returns. On the other hand, individual income tax rates are scheduled to revert to previous levels in 2010, and that could have a positive influence on the interest of investors in our products. Similarly, the 2008 expiration of favorable income tax rates for dividend income could increase interest in our products.

Other Laws and Regulations

Securities regulation

Certain of our policies, contracts and services offered are subject to regulation under the federal and state securities laws and regulations of the SEC, state securities regulators and the NASD. Some of our variable annuity contracts and all of our variable life insurance policy separate accounts are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Some of our variable annuity contracts and all of our variable life insurance policies are registered under the Securities Act of 1933.

These laws and regulations are primarily intended to protect investors in the securities markets and generally grant supervisory agencies broad administrative powers, including the power to limit or restrict the conduct of business for failure to comply with such laws and regulations. In such event, the possible sanctions that may be imposed include suspension of individual employees, limitations on the activities in which an investment adviser or broker/dealer may engage, suspension or revocation of an investment adviser or broker/dealer registration, censure or fines. We may also be subject to similar laws and regulations in the states in which we offer the products described above or conduct other securities-related activities.

We also serve as the depositor for variable annuity contracts and other debt securities that rely on certain exemptions from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Securities Act of 1933. Nevertheless, certain provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Securities Act of 1933 may apply to these products issued under certain circumstances.

The Investment Company Act of 1940, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Securities Act of 1933, including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, are subject to change, which may affect us and any products we issue.

The SEC, NASD, state attorneys general and other federal offices may conduct periodic examinations, in addition, to special or targeted examinations of us and/or specific products. These examinations or inquiries may include, but are not necessarily limited to, product disclosures and sales issues, financial and accounting disclosure and operational issues. Often examinations are “sweep exams” whereby the regulator reviews current issues facing the financial or insurance industry.

 

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Environmental considerations

As an owner and operator of real property, we are subject to extensive U.S. federal and state environmental laws and regulations. Potential environmental liabilities and costs in connection with any required remediation of such properties also is an inherent risk in property ownership and operation. In addition, we hold equity interests in companies and have made loans secured by properties that could potentially be subject to environmental liabilities. We routinely have environmental assessments performed with respect to real estate being acquired for investment and real property to be acquired through foreclosure. We cannot provide assurance that unexpected environmental liabilities will not arise. However, based upon information currently available to us, we believe that any costs associated with compliance with environmental laws and regulations or any remediation of such properties will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

ERISA considerations

We provide certain products and services to certain employee benefit plans that are subject to ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code. As such, our activities are subject to the restrictions imposed by ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code, including the requirement under ERISA that fiduciaries must perform their duties solely in the interests of ERISA plan participants and beneficiaries and the requirement under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code that fiduciaries may not cause a covered plan to engage in certain prohibited transactions with persons who have certain relationships with respect to such plans. The applicable provisions of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code are subject to enforcement by the U.S. Department of Labor, the IRS and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

USA PATRIOT Act

The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (“the Patriot Act”) enacted in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, contains anti-money laundering and financial transparency laws and mandates the implementation of various new regulations applicable to broker/dealers and other financial services companies including insurance companies. The Patriot Act seeks to promote cooperation among financial institutions, regulators and law enforcement entities in identifying parties that may be involved in terrorism or money laundering. Anti-money laundering laws outside of the U.S. contain similar provisions. The increased obligations of financial institutions to identify their customers, watch for and report suspicious transactions, respond to requests for information by regulatory authorities and law enforcement agencies, and share information with other financial institutions, require the implementation and maintenance of internal practices, procedures and controls. We believe that we have implemented, and that we maintain, appropriate internal practices, procedures and controls to enable us to comply with the provisions of the Patriot Act.

Privacy of consumer information

U.S. federal and state laws and regulations require financial institutions, including insurance companies, to protect the security and confidentiality of consumer financial information and to notify consumers about their policies and practices relating to their collection and disclosure of consumer information and their policies relating to protecting the security and confidentiality of that information. Similarly, federal and state laws and regulations also govern the disclosure and security of consumer health information. In particular, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regulate the disclosure and use of protected health information by health insurers and others, the physical and procedural safeguards employed to protect the security of that information and the electronic transmission of such information. Congress and state legislatures are expected to consider additional legislation relating to privacy and other aspects of consumer information.

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expressed in any forward looking statements made by us or on our behalf. These risks are not exclusive, and additional risks to which we are subject include, but are not limited to, the factors mentioned under “Item 7—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements” and the risks of our businesses described elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Risks Relating to Our Businesses

Interest rate fluctuations could adversely affect our business and profitability.

Our insurance and investment products are sensitive to interest rate fluctuations and expose us to the risk that falling interest rates will reduce our “spread,” or the difference between the returns we earn on the investments that support our obligations under these products and the amounts that we must pay policyholders and contractholders. Because we may reduce the interest rates we credit on most of these products only at limited, pre-established intervals, and because some of them have guaranteed minimum crediting rates, declines in interest rates may adversely affect the profitability of those products.

During periods of increasing market interest rates, we may offer higher crediting rates on interest-sensitive products, such as universal life insurance and fixed annuities, and we may increase crediting rates on in-force products to keep these products competitive. In addition, rapidly rising interest rates may cause increased policy surrenders, withdrawals from annuity contracts and requests for policy loans, as policyholders and contractholders shift assets into higher yielding investments. Increases in crediting rates, as well as surrenders and withdrawals, could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Interest rate fluctuations also could have an adverse effect on the results of our investment portfolio. During periods of declining market interest rates, the interest we receive on variable interest rate investments decreases. In addition, during those periods, we are forced to reinvest the cash we receive as interest or return of principal on our investments in lower-yielding high-grade instruments or in lower-credit instruments to maintain comparable returns. Issuers of fixed-income securities also may decide to prepay their obligations in order to borrow at lower market rates, which exacerbates the risk that we may have to invest the cash proceeds of these securities in lower-yielding or lower-credit instruments. Interest rates during 2003 reached a historic low and have increased through 2006.

Downturns and volatility in equity markets could adversely affect our business and profitability.

Significant downturns and volatility in equity markets could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations in two principal ways. First, market downturns and volatility may discourage purchases of separate account products, such as variable annuities and variable life insurance, that have returns linked to the performance of the equity markets and may cause some existing customers to withdraw cash values or reduce investments in those products.

Second, downturns and volatility in equity markets can have an adverse effect on the revenues and returns from our separate account products. Because these products and services generate fees generally from the value of assets under management, a decline in the equity markets could reduce our revenues by reducing the value of the investment assets we manage. In addition, some of our variable annuity products contain guaranteed minimum death benefits and guaranteed minimum income payments tied to the investment performance of the assets held within the variable annuity. A significant market decline could result in declines in account values which could increase our payments under guaranteed minimum death benefits and certain income payments in connection with variable annuities, which could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

 

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Defaults in our fixed-income securities and commercial mortgage loan portfolio may reduce our income.

Issuers of the fixed-income securities and commercial mortgage loans that we own may default on principal and interest payments. An economic downturn or a variety of other factors could cause declines in the value of our fixed maturities portfolio and cause our net income to decline.

A downgrade or a potential downgrade in our financial strength or credit ratings could result in a loss of business and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

Financial strength ratings, which various ratings organizations publish as measures of an insurance company’s ability to meet contractholder and policyholder obligations, are important to maintaining public confidence in our products, the ability to market our products and our competitive position. We currently have financial strength ratings of “AA-” (Very Strong) from S&P and Fitch and “Aa3” (Excellent) from Moody’s. The “AA-” rating is the fourth-highest of S&P’s 20 ratings categories. The “Aa3” rating is the fourth-highest of Moody’s 21 ratings categories. The “AA-” rating is the fourth-highest of Fitch’s 24 ratings categories.

A downgrade in our financial strength ratings, or the announced potential for a downgrade, could have a significant adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations in many ways, including:

 

   

reducing new sales of insurance products, annuities and other investment products;

 

   

adversely affecting our relationships with independent sales intermediaries and our dedicated sales specialists;

 

   

materially increasing the number or amount of policy surrenders and withdrawals by contractholders and policyholders;

 

   

requiring us to reduce prices for many of our products and services to remain competitive; and

 

   

adversely affecting our ability to obtain reinsurance or obtain reasonable pricing on reinsurance.

If our reserves for future policy claims are inadequate, we may be required to increase our reserve liabilities, which could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

We calculate and maintain reserves for estimated future payments of claims to our policyholders and contractholders in accordance with U.S. GAAP and industry accounting practices. We release these reserves as those future obligations are extinguished. The reserves we establish necessarily reflect estimates and actuarial assumptions with regard to our future experience. These estimates and actuarial assumptions involve the exercise of significant judgment. Our future financial results depend significantly upon the extent to which our actual future experience is consistent with the assumptions we have used in pricing our products and determining our reserves. Many factors can affect future experience, including economic and social conditions, inflation, healthcare costs, policyholder persistency (resulting in adverse claims experience), and changes in doctrines of legal liability and damage awards in litigation. Therefore, we cannot determine with precision the ultimate amounts we will pay for actual claims or the timing of those payments.

We regularly monitor our reserves. If we conclude that our reserves are insufficient to cover actual or expected policy and contract benefits and claims payments, we would be required to increase our reserves and incur income statement charges for the period in which we make the determination, which could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

Intense competition could negatively affect our ability to maintain or increase our market share and profitability.

Our businesses are subject to intense competition. We believe the principal competitive factors in the sale of our products are product features, price, commission structure, marketing and distribution arrangements, brand, reputation, financial strength ratings and service.

 

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Many other companies actively compete for sales in our retirement income and investments and protection markets, including other major insurers, banks, other financial institutions, mutual fund and money asset management firms and specialty and capital markets providers. In addition, alternative products that leverage the capital markets could compete with traditional insurance products and reduce our market share.

In many of our product lines, we face competition from competitors that have greater market share or breadth of distribution, offer a broader range of products, services or features, assume a greater level of risk, have lower profitability expectations or have higher financial strength ratings than we do. Many competitors offer similar products and use similar distribution channels. The substantial expansion of banks’ and insurance companies’ distribution capacities and expansion of product features in recent years have intensified pressure on margins and production levels and have increased the level of competition in many of our business lines. In addition, in recent years, banks, insurance companies and other financial services companies, many of which offer products similar to ours and use similar distribution channels, have consolidated. Further consolidation among banks, insurance companies and other financial services companies could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations if the surviving entity requires more favorable terms than we had previously been offering to one or more of the combined companies or if it elects not to continue to do business with us following the consolidation.

Reinsurance may not be available, affordable or adequate to protect us against losses.

As part of our overall risk and capacity management strategy, we purchase reinsurance for certain risks underwritten by our various business segments. Market conditions beyond our control determine the availability and cost of the reinsurance protection we purchase. Accordingly, we may be forced to incur additional expenses for reinsurance or may not be able to obtain sufficient reinsurance on acceptable terms, which could adversely affect our ability to write future business.

If the counterparties to our reinsurance arrangements or to the derivative instruments we use to hedge our business risks default or fail to perform, we may be exposed to risks we had sought to mitigate, which could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

We use reinsurance and derivative instruments to mitigate our risks in various circumstances. Reinsurance does not relieve us of our direct liability to our policyholders, even when the reinsurer is liable to us. Accordingly, we bear credit risk with respect to our reinsurers. We cannot assure you that our reinsurers will pay the reinsurance recoverable owed to us now or in the future or that they will pay these recoverables on a timely basis. A reinsurer’s insolvency, inability or unwillingness to make payments under the terms of its reinsurance agreement with us could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Prior to the completion of Genworth’s IPO, we ceded to UFLIC effective as of January 1, 2004, policy obligations under our structured settlement contracts, our variable annuity contracts and separate account reserves. These contracts represent substantially all of our contracts, excluding the Retirement Answer product that was not reinsured, that were in-force as of December 31, 2003 for these products. UFLIC has established trust accounts for our benefit to secure its obligations under the reinsurance arrangements, and General Electric Capital Corporation (“GE Capital”), an indirect subsidiary of GE, has agreed to maintain UFLIC’s risk-based capital above a specified minimum level. If UFLIC becomes insolvent notwithstanding this agreement, and the amounts in the trust accounts are insufficient to pay UFLIC’s obligations to us, our financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected. See note 5 in our consolidated financial statements under “Item 8—Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

In addition, we use derivative instruments to hedge various business risks. We enter into a variety of derivative instruments, including options, interest rate and currency swaps with a number of counterparties. If our counterparties fail or refuse to honor their obligations under the derivative instruments, our hedges of the related risk will be ineffective. Such failure could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

 

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We are heavily regulated, and changes in regulation may reduce our profitability and limit our growth.

As an insurance company, we are subject to a wide variety of laws and regulations. State insurance laws regulate most aspects of our insurance business, and we are regulated by the insurance department of the state in which we are domiciled and the states in which we are licensed.

State laws grant insurance regulatory authorities broad administrative powers with respect to, among other things:

 

   

licensing companies and agents to transact business;

 

   

calculating the value of assets to determine compliance with statutory requirements;

 

   

mandating certain insurance benefits;

 

   

regulating certain premium rates;

 

   

reviewing and approving policy forms;

 

   

regulating unfair trade and claims practices, including through the imposition of restrictions on marketing and sales practices, distribution arrangements and payment of inducements;

 

   

establishing statutory capital and reserve requirements and solvency standards;

 

   

fixing maximum interest rates on insurance policy loans and minimum rates for guaranteed crediting rates on life insurance policies and annuity contracts;

 

   

approving changes in control of insurance companies;

 

   

regulating the payment of dividends and other transactions between affiliates; and

 

   

regulating the types, amounts and valuation of investments.

State insurance regulators and the NAIC regularly reexamine existing laws and regulations applicable to insurance companies and their products. Changes in these laws and regulations, or in interpretations thereof, can be made for the benefit of the consumer at the expense of the insurer and thus could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Legal and regulatory investigations and actions are increasingly common in the insurance business and may result in financial losses and harm our reputation.

We face a significant risk of litigation and regulatory investigations and actions in the ordinary course of operating our businesses, including the risk of class action lawsuits. Our pending legal and regulatory actions include proceedings specific to us and others generally applicable to business practices in the industries in which we operate. We are or may become subject to class actions and individual suits alleging, among other things, issues relating to sales or underwriting practices, payment of contingent or other sales commissions, claims payments and procedures, product design, product disclosure, administration, additional premium charges for premiums paid on a periodic basis, denial or delay of benefits, charging excessive or impermissible fees on products, recommending unsuitable products to customers and breaching fiduciary or other duties to customers. In our investment-related operations, we are subject to litigation involving commercial disputes with counterparties. We are also subject to litigation arising out of our general business activities such as our contractual relationships. Plaintiffs in class action and other lawsuits against us may seek very large or indeterminate amounts, including punitive and treble damages, which may remain unknown for substantial periods of time. We are also subject to various regulatory inquiries, such as information requests, subpoenas and books and record examinations, from state and federal regulators and other authorities. A substantial legal liability or a significant regulatory action against us could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Moreover, even if we ultimately prevail in the litigation, regulatory action or investigation, we could suffer significant reputational harm, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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For further discussion of current investigations and proceedings in which we are involved, see “Item 3—Legal Proceedings.” We cannot assure you that these investigations and proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. It is also possible that we could become subject to further investigations and have lawsuits filed or enforcement actions initiated against us. In addition, increased regulatory scrutiny and any resulting investigations or proceedings could result in new legal precedents and industry-wide regulations or practices that could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operation. For example, the NAIC and certain state insurance departments have adopted or proposed additional reporting and disclosure requirements relating to finite risk reinsurance.

Our computer systems may fail or their security may be compromised, which could damage our business and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operation.

Our business is highly dependent upon the effective operation of our computer systems. We rely on these systems throughout our business for a variety of functions, including processing claims and applications, providing information to customers and distributors, performing actuarial analyses and maintaining financial records. Despite the implementation of security and back-up measures, our computer systems may be vulnerable to physical or electronic intrusions, computer viruses or other attacks, programming errors and similar disruptive problems. The failure of these systems for any reason could cause significant interruptions to our operations, which could result in a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operation.

We retain confidential information in our computer systems, and we rely on sophisticated commercial technologies to maintain the security of those systems. Anyone who is able to circumvent our security measures and penetrate our computer systems could access, view, misappropriate, alter, or delete any information in the systems, including personally identifiable customer information and proprietary business information. In addition, an increasing number of states require that customers be notified if a security breach results in the disclosure of personally identifiable customer information. Any compromise of the security of our computer systems that results in inappropriate disclosure of personally identifiable customer information could damage our reputation in the marketplace, deter people from purchasing our products, subject us to significant civil and criminal liability and require us to incur significant technical, legal and other expenses.

The occurrence of natural or man-made disasters or a disease pandemic could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operation.

We are exposed to various risks arising out of natural disasters, including earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and tornadoes, and man-made disasters, including acts of terrorism and military actions and disease pandemics (such as could arise from the avian flu). For example, a natural or man-made disaster or a disease pandemic could lead to unexpected changes in persistency rates as policyholders and contractholders who are affected by the disaster may be unable to meet their contractual obligations, such as payment of premiums on our insurance policies and deposits into our investment products. They could also significantly increase our mortality and morbidity experience above the assumptions we used in pricing our insurance and investment products. The continued threat of terrorism and ongoing military actions may cause significant volatility in global financial markets, and a natural or man-made disaster or a disease pandemic could trigger an economic downturn in the areas directly or indirectly affected by the disaster. These consequences could, among other things, result in a decline in business and increased claims from those areas. Disasters or a disease pandemic also could disrupt public and private infrastructure, including communications and financial services, which could disrupt our normal business operations.

A natural or man-made disaster or a disease pandemic also could disrupt the operations of our counterparties or result in increased prices for the products and services they provide to us. For example, a natural or man-made disaster or a disease pandemic could lead to increased reinsurance prices and potentially cause us to retain more risk than we otherwise would retain if we were able to obtain reinsurance at lower prices. In addition, a disaster or a disease pandemic could adversely affect the value of the assets in our investment portfolio if it affects companies’

 

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ability to pay principal or interest on their securities. See “—We may face losses if there are significant deviations from our assumptions regarding the future persistency of our insurance policies and annuity contracts.”

We may face losses if mortality rates differ significantly from our pricing expectations.

We set prices for our insurance and some annuity products based upon expected claims and payment patterns, using assumptions for, among other things, mortality rates, or likelihood of death, of our policyholders and contractholders. The long-term profitability of these products depends upon how our actual experience compares with our pricing assumptions. For example, if mortality rates are lower than our pricing assumptions, we could be required to make greater payments under annuity contracts than we had projected. Conversely, if mortality rates are higher than our pricing assumptions, we could be required to make greater payments under our life insurance policies and annuity contracts with guaranteed minimum death benefits than we had projected.

We may be required to accelerate the amortization of deferred acquisition costs and the present value of future profits, which would increase our expenses and reduce profitability.

Deferred acquisition costs (“DAC”) represent costs which vary with and are primarily related to the sale and issuance of our insurance policies and investment contracts that are deferred and amortized over the estimated life of the related insurance policies and investment contracts. These costs include commissions in excess of ultimate renewal commissions, solicitation and printing costs, sales material and some support costs, such as underwriting and contract and policy issuance expenses. Under U.S. GAAP, DAC is subsequently amortized to income, over the lives of the underlying contracts, in relation to the anticipated recognition of premiums or gross profits. In addition, when we acquire a block of insurance policies or investment contracts, we assign a portion of the purchase price to the right to receive future net cash flows from existing insurance and investment contracts and policies. This intangible asset, called the present value of future profits (“PVFP”) represents the actuarially estimated present value of future cash flows from the acquired policies. We amortize the value of this intangible asset in a manner similar to the amortization of DAC.

Our amortization of DAC and PVFP generally depends upon anticipated profits from investments, surrender and other policy and contract charges, mortality, morbidity and maintenance expense margins. Unfavorable experience with regard to expected expenses, investment returns, mortality, morbidity, withdrawals or lapses may cause us to increase the amortization of DAC or PVFP, or both, or to record a charge to increase benefit reserves.

We regularly review DAC and PVFP to determine if they are recoverable from future income. If these costs are not recoverable, they are charged to expenses in the financial period in which we make this determination. For example, if we determine that we are unable to recover DAC from profits over the life of a block of insurance policies or annuity contracts, or if withdrawals or surrender charges associated with early withdrawals do not fully offset the unamortized acquisition costs related to those policies or annuities, we would be required to recognize the additional DAC amortization as a current-period expense.

Medical advances, such as genetic research and diagnostic imaging, and related legislation could adversely affect the financial performance of our life insurance and annuities businesses.

Genetic research includes procedures focused on identifying key genes that render an individual predisposed to specific diseases, such as particular types of cancer and other diseases. Other medical advances, such as diagnostic imaging technologies, also may be used to detect the early onset of diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. We believe that if individuals learn through medical advances that they are predisposed to particular conditions that may reduce life longevity, they will be more likely to purchase our life policies or not to permit existing polices to lapse. In contrast, if individuals learn that they lack the genetic predisposition to develop the conditions that reduce longevity, they will be less likely to purchase our life insurance products but more likely to purchase certain annuity products. In addition, such individuals that are existing policyholders will be more likely to permit their policies to lapse.

 

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If we were to gain access to the same genetic or medical information as our prospective policyholders and contractholders, then we would be able to take this information into account in pricing our life insurance policies and annuity contracts. However, there are a number of regulatory proposals that would make genetic and other medical information confidential and unavailable to insurance companies. The U.S. Senate has approved a bill that would prohibit group health plans, health insurers and employers from making enrollment decisions or adjusting premiums on the basis of genetic testing information. This legislation is now pending before a committee at the House of Representatives. Legislators in certain states also have introduced similar legislation. If these regulatory proposals were enacted, prospective policyholders and contractholders would only disclose this information if they chose to do so voluntarily. These factors could lead us to reduce sales of products affected by these regulatory proposals and could result in a deterioration of the risk profile of our portfolio, which could lead to payments to our policyholders and contractholders that are higher than we anticipated.

Medical advances also could lead to new forms of preventative care. Preventative care could extend the life and improve the overall health of individuals. If this were to occur, the duration of payments under certain of our annuity products likely would increase, thereby reducing net income in that business.

We may face losses if there are significant deviations from our assumptions regarding the future persistency of our insurance policies and annuity contracts.

The prices and expected future profitability of our insurance and deferred annuity products are based in part upon expected patterns of premiums, expenses and benefits, using a number of assumptions, including those related to persistency, which is the probability that a policy or contract will remain in-force from one period to the next. The effect of persistency on profitability varies for different products. For most of our life insurance and deferred annuity products, actual persistency that is lower than our persistency assumptions could have an adverse impact on profitability, especially in the early years of a policy or contract primarily because we would be required to accelerate the amortization of expenses we deferred in connection with the acquisition of the policy or contract. For our life insurance policies, increased persistency that is the result of the sale of policies to third-parties that continue to make premium payments on policies that would otherwise have lapsed, also known as life settlements, could have an adverse impact on profitability because of the higher claims rate associated with settled policies.

For our other health insurance policies, actual persistency in later policy durations that is higher than our persistency assumptions could have a negative impact on profitability. If these policies remain in-force longer than we assumed, then we could be required to make greater benefit payments than we had anticipated when we priced these products.

Because our assumptions regarding persistency experience are inherently uncertain, reserves for future policy benefits and claims may prove to be inadequate if actual persistency experience is different from those assumptions. Although some of our products permit us to increase premiums during the life of the policy or contract, we cannot guarantee that these increases would be sufficient to maintain profitability. Moreover, many of our products do not permit us to increase premiums or limit those increases during the life of the policy or contract. Significant deviations in experience from pricing expectations regarding persistency could have an adverse effect on the profitability of our products.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

We have no unresolved staff comments from the SEC.

Item 2. Properties

We conduct our business from various facilities, all of which are leased except for one building in Richmond, Virginia, which we own.

 

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Item 3. Legal Proceedings

We face a significant risk of litigation and regulatory investigations and actions in the ordinary course of operating our businesses, including the risk of class action lawsuits. Our pending legal and regulatory actions include proceedings specific to us and others generally applicable to business practices in the industries in which we operate. In our insurance operations, we are or may become subject to class actions and individual suits alleging, among other things, issues relating to sales or underwriting practices, payment of contingent or other sales commissions, claims payments and procedures, product design, product disclosure, administration, additional premium charges for premiums paid on a periodic basis, denial or delay of benefits, charging excessive or impermissible fees on products, recommending unsuitable products to customers and breaching fiduciary or other duties to customers. In our investment-related operations, we are subject to litigation involving commercial disputes with counterparties. Plaintiffs in class action and other lawsuits against us may seek very large or indeterminate amounts, including punitive and treble damages, which may remain unknown for substantial periods of time. We are also subject to various regulatory inquiries, such as information requests, subpoenas and books and record examinations, from state and federal regulators and other authorities. A substantial legal liability or a significant regulatory action against us could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Moreover, even if we ultimately prevail in the litigation, regulatory action or investigation, we could suffer significant reputational harm, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Recently, the insurance industry has become the focus of increased scrutiny by regulatory and law enforcement authorities concerning certain practices within the insurance industry. In this regard, in May 2005, we received a subpoena from the Northeast Regional Office of the SEC, requiring the production of documents related to “certain loss mitigation insurance products,” such as finite risk reinsurance. We responded to the SEC’s subpoena in June and July 2005 and will cooperate with respect to any follow-up requests or inquiries. Additionally, in May and June 2005, we received information requests from the State of Delaware Department of Insurance and the State of Connecticut Insurance Department on the same general subject, to which we responded. We will cooperate with respect to any follow-up requests or inquiries. In 2005, GE received a subpoena from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, also on the same general subject. In the subpoena, GE is defined as including, among other things, its subsidiaries and affiliates. We cooperated with GE in connection with GE’s response to the subpoena and will cooperate with respect to any follow-up requests or inquiries.

Although we do not believe that the current investigations and proceedings will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations, we cannot assure you that this will be the case. In addition, it is possible that related investigations and proceedings may be commenced in the future, and we could become subject to further investigations and have lawsuits filed against us. In any event, increased regulatory scrutiny and any resulting investigations or proceedings could result in new legal precedents and industry-wide regulations or practices that could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operation.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Information omitted in accordance with General Instruction I (2)(c).

 

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PART II

Item 5. Market For the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

As of December 31, 2006, all of our common stock, our sole class of common equity on the date hereof, is owned by GLIC. Accordingly, there is no public trading market for our common equity.

Our Series A Preferred Stock is owned by Brookfield Life Assurance Company Limited, an affiliate. Thus, there is no public trading market for our preferred equity. Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock are cumulative and are payable semi-annually when, and if, declared by the Board of Directors at an annual rate of 8.0% of the par value of $1,000 per share. On December 29, 2006, we redeemed 10,000 shares of our 120,000 Series A Preferred Stock, par value $1,000 per share. We paid an additional $0.1 million in accrued dividends on the redeemed shares. On January 22, 2007, the Board of Directors authorized the redemption of the remaining 110,000 outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock for $110.0 million for par value and $2.2 million in accrued dividends on the redeemed shares. We filed the required Bureau of Insurance notifications on January 24, 2007 and expect to finalize the redemption in March 2007.

As previously discussed, our ability to pay dividends is restricted by state insurance law.

Item 6. Selected Financial Data

The following table sets forth selected financial information. The selected financial information as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 has been derived from our consolidated financial statements, which have been audited by KPMG LLP and are included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. For GLAIC Merged pro forma financial information, see note 17 in our consolidated financial statements under “Item 8—Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. You should read this information in conjunction with the information under “Item 7—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” our consolidated financial statements, the related notes and the accompanying independent registered public accounting firm’s report (which refers to a change in accounting for certain nontraditional long-duration contracts and separate accounts in 2004), which are included elsewhere in our Annual Report. The selected financial information as of December 31, 2003 and 2002 and for the year ended December 31, 2002 have been derived from our consolidated financial statements, which have been audited by KPMG LLP, but are not included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

     Years ended December 31,

(Amounts in millions)

   2006    2005    2004(1)    2003    2002

Statement of Income Information

              

Revenues

   $ 744.8    $ 705.2    $ 699.9    $ 940.8    $ 1,045.4

Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     68.3      29.5      198.7      19.7      115.8

 

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     As of December 31,  

(Amounts in millions)

   2006    2005    2004(1)    2003    2002  

Balance Sheet Information

              

Total investments

   $ 8,479.3    $ 6,890.9    $ 8,850.6    $ 11,329.2    $ 11,591.0  

Separate account assets

     10,383.4      8,777.3      8,636.7      8,034.9      7,182.8  

Reinsurance recoverable

     1,642.1      2,307.4      2,753.8      160.7      174.4  

All other assets

     715.4      906.4      596.8      1,337.8      1,332.8  
                                    

Total assets

   $ 21,220.2    $ 18,882.0    $ 20,837.9    $ 20,862.6    $ 20,281.0  
                                    

Policyholder liabilities

   $ 9,192.7    $ 8,490.7    $ 9,929.9    $ 10,431.6    $ 11,220.0  

Separate account liabilities

     10,383.4      8,777.3      8,636.7      8,034.9      7,182.8  

All other liabilities

     484.0      516.2      681.3      574.1      174.0  
                                    

Total liabilities

   $ 20,060.1    $ 17,784.2    $ 19,247.9    $ 19,040.6    $ 18,576.8  
                                    

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

   $ 4.0    $ 13.6    $ 75.3    $ 88.1    $ (9.7 )

Total stockholders’ equity

     1,160.1      1,097.8      1,590.0      1,822.0      1,704.2  

U.S. Statutory Financial Information(2)

              

Statutory capital and surplus

   $ 587.8    $ 476.0    $ 817.2    $ 562.4    $ 550.7  

Asset valuation reserve

     67.7      65.3      86.8      62.9      82.0  

(1)

We entered into several significant reinsurance transactions with UFLIC, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of GE. Refer to note 5 in our consolidated financial statements under “Item 8—Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

(2)

We derived the U.S. Statutory Information from our Annual Statements that were filed with the State Corporation Commission, Bureau of Insurance of the Commonwealth of Virginia and prepared in accordance with statutory accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the State Corporation Commission, Bureau of Insurance of the Commonwealth of Virginia. These statutory accounting practices vary in certain material respects from U.S. GAAP.

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis of our consolidated financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included herein.

Cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements

This Annual Report contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as “expects,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “will,” or words of similar meaning and include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the outlook for our future business and financial performance. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions, which are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially due to global political, economic, business, competitive, market, regulatory and other factors, including the items identified above under “Item 1A—Risk Factors.”

We undertake no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

 

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Overview

Our business

We are one of a number of subsidiaries of Genworth, a leading financial security company in the U.S., with an expanding international presence. We have two operating segments: (1) Retirement Income and Investments and (2) Protection.

 

   

Retirement Income and Investments. We offer customers a variety of wealth accumulation, income distribution, and institutional investment products. Retail products include: individual fixed and variable annuities; group variable annuities offered through retirement plans; single premium immediate annuities; and variable life insurance. Institutional products include: GICs, funding agreements and FABNs.

 

   

Protection. Our Protection segment includes universal life insurance, interest-sensitive whole life insurance and Medicare supplement insurance.

We also have Corporate and Other activities, which consist primarily of unallocated net investment gains (losses), corporate income, expenses and income taxes.

Revenues and expenses

Our revenues consist primarily of the following:

 

   

Retirement Income and Investments. The revenues in our Retirement Income and Investments segment consist primarily of:

 

   

net investment income and net investment gains (losses) allocated to this segment; and

 

   

policy fees and other income, including surrender charges and mortality and expense charges.

 

   

Protection. The revenues in our Protection segment consist primarily of:

 

   

net premiums earned on individual life and Medicare supplement insurance policies;

 

   

net investment income and net investment gains (losses) allocated to this segment; and

 

   

policy fees and other income, including fees for mortality and surrender charges primarily from universal life insurance policies, and other administrative charges.

 

   

Corporate and Other. The revenues in Corporate and Other consist primarily of unallocated net investment income and net investment gains (losses)

In 2006, we began to allocate net investment gains (losses) from Corporate and Other to our Retirement Income and Investments and Protection segments using an approach based principally upon the investment portfolios established to support each of those segments’ products and targeted capital levels.

Prior to 2006, all net investment gains (losses) were recorded in Corporate and Other and were not reflected in the results of any of our segments.

Our expenses consist primarily of the following:

 

   

interest credited on general account balances;

 

   

benefits provided to policyholders and contractholders and changes in reserves;

 

   

acquisition and operating expenses, including commissions, marketing expenses, policy and contract servicing costs, overhead and other general expenses that are not capitalized (shown net of deferrals);

 

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amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs and other intangible assets; and

 

   

income taxes.

We allocate corporate expenses to each of our operating segments based on the amount of capital allocated to that segment.

Business trends and conditions

In recent years, our business has been, and we expect will continue to be, influenced by a number of industry-wide and product-specific trends and conditions. For a discussion of the market and economic environment, see “Item 1—Business—Market Environment and Opportunities.”

General conditions and trends affecting our businesses

Interest rate fluctuations. Fluctuations in market interest rates and the related yield curve may have a significant effect on our sales of insurance and investment products and our margins on these products. Interest rates are highly sensitive to many factors, including governmental monetary policies, domestic and international economic and political conditions and other factors beyond our control.

In our Retirement Income and Investments and Protection segments, low market interest rates may reduce the spreads between the amounts we credit to policyholders and contractholders and the yield we earn on the investments that support these obligations. In response to the unusually low interest rates that have prevailed during the last several years, we have reduced the guaranteed minimum crediting rates on newly issued fixed annuity contracts and have reduced crediting rates on in-force contracts where permitted to do so. These actions have helped mitigate the adverse impact of low interest rates on our spreads and profitability on these products. In addition, the recent inverting of the yield curve reduces the attractiveness of certain fixed annuity products relative to other short-term investment alternatives. A gradual increase in longer term interest rates, along with an upwardly sloping yield curve, generally will have a favorable effect on the profitability of these products. However, rapidly rising interest rates also could result in reduced persistency in our spread-based retail products as contractholders shift assets into higher yielding investments.

Investment portfolio. Our current investment strategy is to optimize investment income without relying on realized investment gains. Our overall investment yield increased from 4.5% for the year ended December 31, 2004 to 5.3% for the year ended December 31, 2005 to 5.5% for the year ended December 31, 2006. We seek to improve our investment yield by continuously evaluating our asset class mix, pursuing additional investment classes and accepting additional credit risk with higher returns when we believe that it is prudent to do so.

Credit default risk. As a result of the economic downturn in 2000 through 2002 and some high-profile corporate bankruptcies and scandals, the number of companies defaulting on their debt obligations increased dramatically in 2001 and 2002. These defaults and other declines in the value of some of our investments resulted in impairment charges. Credit defaults have decreased in recent years as the economy has improved. There were no investment impairment charges for the year ended December 31, 2006. Charges associated with impairments of investments were $12.2 million and $0.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. A weakening in the economic recovery could lead to increased credit defaults.

Developments affecting our product lines

Retirement products. Retirement Income and Investments segment results are affected by investment performance, interest rate levels, slope of the interest rate yield curve, net interest spreads, equity market fluctuations, mortality and the impact of new product sales and lapses. In addition, our competitive position within many of our distribution channels, as well as our ability to retain business, depends significantly upon product features, including current and minimum crediting rates on spread-based products relative to our

 

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competitors, surrender charge periods in fixed annuities as well as guaranteed features we offer in variable products. We continually evaluate our competitive position based upon each of those features, and we make adjustments as appropriate to meet our target return thresholds.

We continue to focus on our Income Distribution Series of variable annuity products and riders. We have witnessed a decline in defined benefit retirement plans in favor of defined contribution plans with more of the responsibility for retirement income planning falling on the individual. Additionally, U.S. savings rates are at historical lows. We believe these factors support demand for individual and group retirement income products that provide various forms of guaranteed benefits with the opportunity to realize upside market performance. Our Income Distribution Series provides the contractholder with the ability to receive a guaranteed minimum income stream that they cannot outlive, along with an opportunity to participate in market appreciation. However, through various techniques, these products are designed to reduce some of our risks that generally accompany traditional products with guaranteed living benefits. We are targeting individuals who are focused on building a personal portable retirement plan or are moving from the accumulation to the distribution phase of their retirement planning.

Critical accounting policies

The accounting policies discussed in this section are those that we consider to be particularly critical to an understanding of our consolidated financial statements because their application places the most significant demands on our ability to judge the effect of inherently uncertain matters on our financial results. For all of these policies, we caution that future events rarely develop exactly as forecast, and our management’s best estimates may require adjustment.

Valuation of investment securities. We obtain values for actively traded securities from external pricing services. For infrequently traded securities, we obtain quotes from brokers or we estimate values using internally developed pricing models. These models are based upon common valuation techniques and require us to make assumptions regarding credit quality, liquidity and other factors that affect estimated values. We regularly review investment securities for impairment in accordance with our impairment policy, which includes both quantitative and qualitative criteria. Quantitative criteria include length of time and amount that each security position is in an unrealized loss position, and for fixed maturities, whether the issuer is in compliance with terms and covenants of the security. Qualitative criteria include the financial strength and specific prospects for the issuer as well as our intent to hold the security until recovery. Our impairment reviews involve our finance, risk and asset management teams, as well as the portfolio management and research capabilities of GE Asset Management Incorporated (“GEAM”), an affiliate of GE, and other third-party managers, as required. We actively perform comprehensive market research, monitor market conditions and segment our investments by credit risk in order to minimize impairment risks.

Deferred acquisition costs. DAC represents costs which vary with and are primarily related to the sale and issuance of our insurance policies and investment contracts that are deferred and amortized over the estimated life of the related insurance policies. These costs include commissions in excess of ultimate renewal commissions, solicitation and printing costs, sales material and some support costs, such as underwriting and contract and policy issuance expenses. DAC is subsequently amortized to expense, over the lives of the underlying policies contracts, in relation to the anticipated recognition of premiums or gross profits.

The amortization of DAC for traditional long-duration insurance products (including life-contingent structured settlements and immediate annuities) is determined as a level proportion of premium based on commonly accepted actuarial methods and reasonable assumptions, established when the contract or policy is issued, about mortality, morbidity, lapse rates, expenses, and future yield on related investments. U.S. GAAP requires that assumptions for these types of products not be modified (or unlocked) unless recoverability testing deems them to be inadequate or a re-pricing event occurs. Amortization is adjusted each period to reflect policy lapse or termination rates as compared to anticipated experience. Accordingly, we could experience accelerated amortization of DAC if policies terminate earlier than originally assumed.

 

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Amortization of DAC for annuity contracts without significant mortality risk and investment and universal life products is based on expected gross profits. Expected gross profits are adjusted quarterly to reflect actual experience to-date or for the unlocking of key assumptions based on experience studies such as mortality, withdrawal or lapse rates, investment margin or maintenance expenses. The estimation of expected gross profits is subject to change given the inherent uncertainty as to the underlying key assumptions employed and the long duration of our policy or contract liabilities. Changes in expected gross profits reflecting the unlocking of key assumptions could result in a material increase or decrease in the amortization of DAC depending on the magnitude of the change in underlying assumptions. Significant factors that could result in a material increase or decrease in DAC amortization for these products include material changes in withdrawal or lapse rates, investment spreads or mortality assumptions. For the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, key assumptions were unlocked in our Retirement Income and Investments and Protection segments to reflect our current expectation of future investment spreads and mortality. The resulting increase (decrease) on amortization of DAC related to unlocking of key assumptions was not material for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004.

The DAC amortization methodology for our variable products (variable annuities and variable universal life insurance) includes a long-term equity market average appreciation assumption of 8.5%. When actual returns vary from the expected 8.5% we assume a reversion to this mean over a 3- to 5-year period, subject to the imposition of ceilings and floors. The assumed returns over this reversion period are limited to the 85th percentile of historical market performance. Variation in equity market returns that could be considered reasonably likely would not have a material effect on the amortization of DAC.

We regularly review DAC to determine if it is recoverable from future income. For deposit products, if the current present value of estimated future gross profits is less than the unamortized DAC for a line of business, a charge to income is recorded for additional DAC amortization or for increased benefit reserves. For other products, if the benefit reserves plus anticipated future premiums and interest income for a line of business are less than the current estimate of future benefits and expenses (including any unamortized DAC), a charge to income is recorded for additional DAC amortization or for increased benefit reserves.

As of December 31, 2006, we believe all of our businesses have sufficient future income, where the related DAC would be recoverable under adverse variations in morbidity, mortality, withdrawal or lapse rate, maintenance expense or interest rates that could be considered reasonably likely to occur. For the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, there were no significant charges to income as a result of our DAC recoverability testing.

Present value of future profits. In conjunction with the acquisition of a block of insurance policies or investment contracts, a portion of the purchase price is assigned to the right to receive future gross profits arising from existing insurance and investment contracts. This intangible asset, called PVFP, represents the actuarially estimated present value of future cash flows from the acquired policies. PVFP is amortized, net of accreted interest, in a manner similar to the amortization of DAC.

We regularly review our assumptions and periodically test PVFP for recoverability in a manner similar to our treatment of DAC.

As of December 31, 2006, we believe all of our businesses have sufficient future income, where the related PVFP would be recoverable under adverse variations in morbidity, mortality, withdrawal or lapse rate, maintenance expense or interest rates that could be considered reasonably likely to occur. For the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, there were no significant charges to income as a result of our PVFP recoverability testing.

Insurance liabilities and reserves. We calculate and maintain reserves for the estimated future payment of claims to our policyholders and contractholders based on actuarial assumptions and in accordance with industry practice and U.S. GAAP. Many factors can affect these reserves, including economic and social conditions, inflation, healthcare costs, changes in doctrines of legal liability and damage awards in litigation. Therefore, the

 

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reserves we establish are necessarily based on estimates, assumptions and our analysis of historical experience. Our results depend significantly upon the extent to which our actual claims experience is consistent with the assumptions we used in determining our reserves and pricing our products. Our reserve assumptions and estimates require significant judgment and, therefore, are inherently uncertain. We cannot determine with precision the ultimate amounts that we will pay for actual claims or the timing of those payments.

Insurance reserves differ for long- and short-duration insurance policies and annuity contracts. Measurement of long-duration insurance reserves is based on approved actuarial methods, but necessarily includes assumptions about expenses, mortality, morbidity, lapse rates and future yield on related investments. Short-duration contracts are accounted for based on actuarial estimates of the amount of loss inherent in that period’s claims, including losses incurred for which claims have not been reported. Short-duration contract loss estimates rely on actuarial observations of ultimate loss experience for similar historical events.

Derivatives. We enter into freestanding derivative transactions primarily to manage the risk associated with variability in cash flows or changes in fair values related to our financial assets and liabilities. We also purchase investment securities, issue certain insurance policies and engage in certain reinsurance contracts that have embedded derivatives. The associated financial statement risk is the volatility in net income which can result from (1) changes in fair value of derivatives not qualifying as accounting hedges; (2) ineffectiveness of designated hedges; and (3) counterparty default. Accounting for derivatives is complex, as evidenced by significant authoritative interpretations of the primary accounting standards which continue to evolve, as well as the significant judgments and estimates involved in determining fair value in the absence of quoted market values. These estimates are based on valuation methodologies and assumptions deemed appropriate in the circumstances. Such assumptions include estimated volatility and interest rates used in the determination of fair value where quoted market values are not available. The use of different assumptions may have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts.

Contingent liabilities. A liability is contingent if the amount is not presently known, but may become known in the future as a result of the occurrence of some uncertain future event. We estimate our contingent liabilities based on management’s estimates about the probability of outcomes and their ability to estimate the range of exposure. Accounting standards require that a liability be recorded if management determines that it is probable that a loss has occurred and the loss can be reasonably estimated. In addition, it must be probable that the loss will be confirmed by some future event. As part of the estimation process, management is required to make assumptions about matters that are by their nature highly uncertain.

The assessment of contingent liabilities, including legal and income tax contingencies, involves the use of critical estimates, assumptions and judgments. Management’s estimates are based on their belief that future events will validate the current assumptions regarding the ultimate outcome of these exposures. However, there can be no assurance that future events, such as court decisions or Internal Revenue Service positions, will not differ from management’s assessments. Whenever practicable, management consults with third-party experts (including attorneys, accountants, claim administrators) to assist with the gathering and evaluation of information related to contingent liabilities. Based on internally and/or externally prepared evaluations, management makes a determination whether the potential exposure requires accrual in the consolidated financial statements.

 

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Results of Operations

The following table sets forth our results of operations.

 

     Years ended December 31,     Increase (decrease) and
percentage change
 

(Amounts in millions)

   2006     2005     2004     2006 vs. 2005     2005 vs. 2004  

Revenues:

              

Net investment income

   $ 427.5     $ 411.7     $ 421.0     $ 15.8     3.8 %   $ (9.3 )   (2.2 )%

Net investment gains (losses)

     (1.6 )     (4.5 )     5.7       2.9     (64.4 )%     (10.2 )   (178.9 )%

Premiums

     96.3       103.5       96.8       (7.2 )   (7.0 )%     6.7     6.9 %

Cost of insurance

     144.6       144.7       142.2       (0.1 )   (0.1 )%     2.5     1.8 %

Variable product fees

     48.6       21.8       9.4       26.8     122.9 %     12.4     131.9 %

Other income

     29.4       28.0       24.8       1.4     5.0 %     3.2     12.9 %
                                            

Total revenues

     744.8       705.2       699.9       39.6     5.6 %     5.3     0.8 %
                                            

Benefits and expenses:

              

Interest credited

     318.2       269.1       291.2       49.1     18.2 %     (22.1 )   (7.6 )%

Benefits and other changes in policy reserves

     185.8       190.4       182.8       (4.6 )   (2.4 )%     7.6     4.2 %

Acquisition and operating expenses, net of deferrals

     76.5       89.9       63.2       (13.4 )   (14.9 )%     26.7     42.2 %

Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and intangibles

     44.9       101.0       107.3       (56.1 )   (55.5 )%     (6.3 )   (5.9 )%
                                            

Total benefits and expenses

     625.4       650.4       644.5       (25.0 )   (3.8 )%     5.9     0.9 %
                                            

Income before income taxes and accounting change

     119.4       54.8       55.4       64.6     117.9 %     (0.6 )   (1.1 )%

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

     51.1       25.3       (143.3 )     25.8     102.0 %     168.6     (117.7 )%
                                            

Net income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     68.3       29.5       198.7       38.8     131.5 %     (169.2 )   (85.2 )%

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, net of tax of $0.4 million

     —         —         0.7       —       —   %     (0.7 )   (100.0 )%
                                            

Net income

   $ 68.3     $ 29.5     $ 199.4     $ 38.8     131.5 %   $ (169.9 )   (85.2 )%
                                            

2006 vs. 2005

Net income. The increase in net income was primarily driven by a goodwill impairment charge of $57.5 million recorded in our Protection segment in 2005 partially offset by an increase in tax expense.

Net investment income. Net investment income represents income earned on our investments. The increase was primarily a result of an increase in average invested assets due to higher levels of FABNs, partially offset by a decrease in average invested assets attributable to a $440.3 million dividend payment in December 2005.

Net investment gains (losses). Net investment gains (losses) consist of gross realized investment gains and gross realized investment (losses) on available-for-sale securities, including charges related to impairments, and investment gains (losses) resulting from non-qualifying derivative activity, including embedded derivatives, investment gains (losses) on derivatives and related hedged items in fair value hedge relationships, and changes in fair value of our trading portfolio. In 2006, gross realized investment gains and (losses) on available-for-sale securities were $15.5 million and $(15.0) million, respectively. There were no impairment losses recognized in 2006. Investment gains (losses) included $(0.9) million related to our securities designated as trading, $5.4 million related to embedded derivatives and $(6.6) million related to non-qualifying derivatives for the year

 

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ended December 31, 2006. For 2005, gross realized gains and (losses) on available-for-sale securities were $12.0 million and $(16.5) million, respectively. Realized losses for 2005 included $12.2 million in impairments.

Premiums. Premiums consist primarily of premiums earned on our whole life policies and Medicare supplement products. The decrease was primarily due to the continued runoff of a block of whole-life policies.

Cost of insurance. Cost of insurance fees include contract administration fees charged on our products such as maintenance and initiation charges. Cost of insurance fees decreased for our universal life business in runoff that was partially offset by an increase in fees for rider benefits on new variable annuity business.

Variable product fees. Variable product fees include charges to cover administrative expenses, mortality and expense fees charged to policyholders and contractholders. The increase was principally attributable to strong equity markets and positive net flows for our variable annuity product assets under management.

Other income. Other income consists primarily of surrender and other fees. Other income remained relatively constant with the prior year.

Interest credited. Interest credited represents interest credited on behalf of policyholder and contractholder general account balances. This increase was largely due to an increase of $84.4 million related to our floating rate FABNs in 2006, which includes $9.5 million related to an affiliated financing transaction. The increase was partially offset by $31.5 million decrease attributable to our GICs and funding agreements as a result of a planned reduction in these products.

Benefits and other changes in policy reserves. Benefits and other changes in policy reserves consist primarily of reserve activity related to current claims and future policy benefits on our products. The decrease primarily relates to the runoff of a block of whole-life policies and a current year reserve reduction as a result of a change in estimate in our universal life business. There was also a decrease in Medicare supplement benefits due to increases in premium rates.

Acquisition and operating expenses, net of deferrals. Acquisition and operating expenses, net of deferrals, represent costs and expenses related to the acquisition and ongoing maintenance of insurance and investment contracts, including commissions, policy issue expenses and other underwriting and general operating costs. These costs and expenses are net of amounts that are capitalized and deferred, which are primarily costs and expenses which vary with and are primarily related to the sale and issuance of our insurance policies and investment contracts, such as first-year commissions in excess of ultimate renewal commissions and other policy issue expenses. The decrease was due to a reduction of $14.4 million in legal expenses as a result of settlements recorded in 2005 that did not recur in 2006.

Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and intangibles. Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and intangibles consists primarily of the amortization of acquisition costs that are capitalized, PVFP and goodwill impairments. The decrease was primarily the result of a goodwill impairment charge in our Protection segment of $57.5 million that was recorded in 2005.

Provision (benefit) for income taxes. The effective tax rate decreased to 42.8% for the year ended December 31, 2006 from 46.2% for the year ended December 31, 2005. The decrease in the effective rate was due primarily to the impact of the write off of goodwill in 2005 offset by a decrease in the dividends received deduction and an increase in tax contingency reserves.

2005 vs. 2004

Net income. The decrease in net income is primarily due to an increase in taxes of $168.6 million. In 2004, we entered into reinsurance transactions, in which we ceded to UFLIC substantially all of our in-force blocks of variable annuities and structured settlements. The reinsurance transactions with UFLIC were completed and

 

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accounted for at book value and were reported on our tax returns at fair value as determined for tax purposes, giving rise to a net reduction in current and deferred income tax liabilities and resulting in a net tax benefit for the year ended December 31, 2004.

Net investment income. The decrease was primarily a result of a $1,722.9 million, or 18.3%, decline in average invested assets due to the decline in GICs and funding agreements as a result of a planned reduction in these products. This decrease was offset by an increase in yields on floating rate investments, an adjustment to our allowance for commercial mortgage loan losses from a change in the process for estimating credit losses and higher derivative income.

Net investment gains (losses). For 2005, gross realized gains and (losses) on available-for-sale securities were $12.0 million and $(16.5) million, respectively. Realized losses for 2005 included $12.2 million of impairments that were primarily attributable to fixed-maturities and limited partnerships ($11.2 million and $1.0 million, respectively). The fixed maturity impairments primarily related to securities issued by companies in transportation, retail and timber industries ($5.4 million, $5.1 million and $0.7 million, respectively). For 2004, gross realized gains and (losses) on available-for-sale securities were $10.7 million and $(5.0) million, respectively. Realized losses for 2004 included $0.9 million of impairments that were primarily attributable to fixed-maturities. The fixed maturity impairment related to a security issued by a company in the transportation industry.

Premiums. The increase was primarily due to our Medicare supplement product. Medicare supplement premiums increased $9.1 million in 2005 due to an adjustment to due premiums in 2004, growth in new business and in-force premium rate actions. There was also an increase of $1.9 million related to an adjustment in ceded premiums. These increases were partially offset by a decline of $3.7 million in premiums from our runoff blocks of life insurance policies.

Cost of insurance. The increase was primarily attributable to an increase in fees for rider benefits on new variable annuity business.

Variable product fees. The increase was primarily attributable to growth in our assets under management of variable annuity business.

Other income. The increase was primarily the result of an increase in surrender and other fees attributable to the growth in our in-force block of variable annuity business.

Interest credited. The decrease was primarily due to a $19.9 million decrease attributable to our GICs and funding agreements as a result of a planned reduction in these products and a $6.3 million decline attributable to the runoff of our universal life business. These decreases were partially offset by a $6.5 million increase in our FABNs.

Benefits and other changes in policy reserves. The increase was primarily attributable to higher levels of in-force annuities.

Acquisition and operating expenses, net of deferrals. The increase was due to a $12.4 million increase in legal expenses primarily attributable to settlements reached in 2005. Additionally, there was an increase of $14.7 million related to our annuity products as a result of growth in our in-force block of variable annuity business.

Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and intangibles. The decrease was primarily the result of a decrease of $10.3 million related to our runoff blocks of business offset by an increase in amortization of deferred acquisition costs of $3.7 million primarily as a result of growth in our variable annuity business. There was a goodwill impairment charge of $57.5 million and $59.8 million recorded in 2005 and 2004, respectively.

 

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Provision (benefit) for income taxes. The provision for income taxes increased $168.6 million to a provision of $25.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 from a benefit of $(143.3) million for the year ended December 31, 2004. The increase in the tax provision was primarily attributable to a tax benefit associated with the reinsurance transaction with UFLIC in 2004 partially offset by favorable current year examination developments benefiting the year ended December 31, 2005.

Investments

Investment results

The following table sets forth information about our investment income, excluding net investment gains (losses), for each component of our investment portfolio for the periods indicated:

 

     For the years ended December 31,  
     2006     2005     2004  

(Amounts in millions)

   Yield     Amount     Yield     Amount     Yield     Amount  

Fixed maturities—taxable

   5.7 %   $ 327.3     5.5 %   $ 331.3     4.4 %   $ 345.2  

Fixed maturities—non-taxable

   —   %     —       22.3 %     0.1     7.6 %     0.1  

Commercial mortgage loans

   6.3 %     74.3     6.7 %     75.3     6.3 %     77.1  

Equity securities

   1.7 %     0.3     4.2 %     0.8     0.5 %     0.1  

Other investments

   3.4 %     24.1     2.2 %     3.4     (0.8 )%     (1.2 )

Policy loans

   6.5 %     10.6     6.6 %     10.1     5.2 %     7.5  
                              

Gross investment income before expenses and fees

   5.6 %     436.6     5.5 %     421.0     4.5 %     428.8  

Expenses and fees

       (9.1 )       (9.3 )       (7.8 )
                              

Net investment income

   5.5 %   $ 427.5     5.3 %   $ 411.7     4.5 %   $ 421.0  
                              

Yields for fixed maturities and equity securities are based on amortized cost and cost, respectively. Yields for securities lending activity, which is included in other invested assets, are calculated net of the corresponding securities lending liability. All other yields are based on average carrying values.

The increase in overall investment yield for the year ended December 31, 2006 was primarily attributable to increased yields on floating rate investments backing spread-based institutional products reflecting the higher short-term interest rate environment. The increase in overall investment yield for the year ended December 31, 2005 was primarily attributable to a fourth quarter adjustment of our commercial mortgage loan loss reserves, higher derivative income from non-qualifying hedges and limited partnership income, partially offset by purchases of new assets in an interest rate environment where current market yields were lower than existing portfolio yields.

The following table sets forth net investment gains (losses) for the years ended December 31:

 

(Amounts in millions)

   2006     2005     2004  

Available-for-sale securities:

      

Realized gains on sale

   $ 15.5     $ 12.0     $ 10.7  

Realized losses on sale

     (15.0 )     (4.3 )     (4.1 )

Impairment losses

     —         (12.2 )     (0.9 )

Net unrealized gains (losses) on trading securities

     (0.9 )     —         —    

Derivative instruments

     (1.2 )     —         —    
                        

Net investments gains (losses)

   $ (1.6 )   $ (4.5 )   $ 5.7  
                        

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value hedge relationships and hedge ineffectiveness on qualifying derivative instruments. Effective April 1, 2006, we began classifying changes in fair value of these derivative items as net investment gains (losses). These items were previously included as a component of net investment income, interest credited and benefits and other changes in policy reserves. The amount of these derivative items in prior periods that were included in the aforementioned categories was not material.

For a discussion of the change in net investment gains (losses), see the comparison for this line item under “—Results of Operations.”

Commercial mortgage loans

The following table presents the activity in the allowance for losses during the years ended December 31:

 

(Amounts in millions)

   2006     2005     2004  

Balance as of January 1

   $ 4.3     $ 10.4     $ 10.4  

Provision charged (released) to operations

     (2.0 )     (4.6 )     1.0  

Transfers

     —         —         (0.6 )

Amounts written off, net of recoveries

     —         (1.5 )     (0.4 )
                        

Balance as of December 31

   $ 2.3     $ 4.3     $ 10.4  
                        

During 2005, we refined our process for estimating credit losses in our commercial mortgage loan portfolio. As a result of this adjustment, we released $4.6 million of commercial mortgage loan reserves to net investment income in the fourth quarter of 2005. During 2006, we reduced our reserve for commercial loan losses from $4.3 million to $2.3 million reflecting continued strong credit performance in this portfolio.

Impairments of investment securities

We regularly review each investment security for impairment in accordance with our impairment policy, which includes both quantitative and qualitative criteria. Quantitative criteria include length of time and amount that each security position is in an unrealized loss position, and for fixed maturities, whether the issuer is in compliance with terms and covenants of the security. Our qualitative criteria include the financial strength and specific prospects for the issuer as well as our intent to hold the security until recovery. Our impairment reviews involve our finance, risk and asset management teams as well as the portfolio management and research capabilities of GEAM and other third-party asset managers, as required.

For fixed maturities, we recognize an impairment charge to income in the period in which we determine that we do not expect either to collect principal and interest in accordance with the contractual terms of the instruments or to recover based on underlying collateral values, considering events such as a payment default, bankruptcy or disclosure of fraud. For equity securities, we recognize an impairment charge in the period in which we determine that the security will not recover to book value within a reasonable period. We determine what constitutes a reasonable period on a security-by-security basis based upon consideration of all the evidence available to us, including the magnitude of an unrealized loss and its duration. In any event, this period does not exceed 18 months for common equity securities. We measure impairment charges based on the difference between the book value of the security and its fair value. Fair value is based on quoted market price, except for certain infrequently traded securities where we estimate values using internally developed pricing models. These models are based upon common valuation techniques and require us to make assumptions regarding credit quality, liquidity and other factors that affect estimated values.

We did not recognize any impairment losses for the year ended December 31, 2006. For the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, we recognized impairment losses of $12.2 million and $0.9 million, respectively. We generally intend to hold securities in unrealized loss positions until they recover. However, from time to time, we sell securities in the normal course of managing our portfolio to meet diversification, credit quality, yield and liquidity requirements.

 

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The following table presents the gross unrealized losses and estimated fair values of our investment securities, aggregated by investment type and length of time that individual investment securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, as of December 31, 2006:

 

     Less Than 12 Months    12 Months or More

(Dollar amounts in millions)

   Estimated
fair value
  

Gross

unrealized

losses

    # of
securities
   Estimated
fair value
  

Gross

unrealized

losses

    # of
securities

Description of Securities

               

Fixed maturities:

               

U.S. government, agencies and government sponsored entities

   $ 7.2    $ (0.1 )   2    $ —      $ —       —  

U.S. corporate

     608.6      (8.8 )   80      730.4      (18.2 )   167

Corporate—non U.S.

     165.5      (1.5 )   27      194.6      (6.7 )   36

Asset backed

     119.5      (0.7 )   22      431.9      (9.0 )   35

Mortgage backed

     270.3      (1.2 )   48      331.0      (8.1 )   88
                                       

Total temporarily impaired securities

   $ 1,171.1    $ (12.3 )   179    $ 1,687.9    $ (42.0 )   326
                                       

% Below cost—fixed maturities:

               

<20% Below cost

   $ 1,171.1    $ (12.3 )   179    $ 1,687.9    $ (42.0 )   326

20-50% Below cost

     —        —       —        —        —       —  

>50% Below cost

     —        —       —        —        —       —  
                                       

Total fixed maturities

   $ 1,171.1    $ (12.3 )   179    $ 1,687.9    $ (42.0 )   326
                                       

Investment grade

   $ 1,098.8    $ (10.8 )   161    $ 1,652.6    $ (40.5 )   314

Below investment grade

     72.3      (1.5 )   18      35.3      (1.5 )   12

Not Rated

     —        —       —        —        —       —  
                                       

Total temporarily impaired securities

   $ 1,171.1    $ (12.3 )   179    $ 1,687.9    $ (42.0 )   326
                                       

The investment securities in an unrealized loss position as of December 31, 2006 consist of 505 securities accounting for unrealized losses of $54.3 million. Of these unrealized losses, 94.5% were investment grade (rated AAA through BBB-) and 100.0% were less than 20% below cost. The amount of the unrealized loss on these securities was primarily attributable to increases in interest rates and changes in credit spreads.

There were no securities below cost 20% or more and below investment grade (rated BB+ and below) for twelve months or more as of December 31, 2006.

Because we expect these investments to continue to perform as to their original contractual terms and we have the ability and intent to hold these investment securities until the recovery of the fair value up to the cost of the investments, which may be maturity, we do not consider these investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired at December 31, 2006.

 

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Derivatives

The fair value of derivative instruments, including interest rate swaps, equity index options and financial futures, are based upon pricing valuation models which utilize independent third-party data as inputs. The following table sets forth our positions in derivative instruments and the estimated fair values as of the dates indicated:

 

     December 31,
     2006    2005

(Amounts in millions)

   Notional
value
   Estimated
fair value
   Notional
value
   Estimated
fair value

Interest rate swaps

   $ 1,276.6    $ 8.2    $ 96.5    $ 1.1

Equity index options

     271.9      16.4      31.0      2.5

Financial futures

     18.5      —        8.8      0.1
                           

Total

   $ 1,567.0    $ 24.6    $ 136.3    $ 3.7
                           

As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, the fair value of derivatives in a gain position and recorded in other invested assets was $30.2 million and $6.5 million, respectively, and the fair value of derivatives in a loss position and recorded in other liabilities was $5.6 million and $2.8 million, respectively.

The increase in the notional value of derivatives during 2006 was primarily a result of entering into interest rate swaps with notional value of $917.1 million to convert fixed rate liabilities into floating rate liabilities consistent with the overall asset-liability management for our FABN business. In addition, we entered into interest rate swaps with notional value of $211.5 million and equity index options with notional value of $240.9 million to improve asset-liability management for our variable annuity business during 2006.

Capital Resources

Consolidated Balance Sheet

Total investments. Total investments increased $1,588.4 million, or 23.1%, to $8,479.3 million at December 31, 2006 from $6,890.9 million at December 31, 2005. The increase was attributable to a $2,275.0 million increase in investments supporting FABNs offset by a decline in investments supporting GICs and funding agreement liabilities. GICs and funding agreement liabilities decreased by $744.7 million as a result of scheduled maturities and a planned reduction in these products.

Investment securities comprise mainly investment grade debt securities. Fixed maturities and equity securities were $6,620.2 million, including gross unrealized gains and (losses) of $66.7 million and $(54.3) million, respectively at December 31, 2006 ($5,285.6 million, including gross unrealized gains and losses of $89.4 million and $(53.8) million, respectively at December 31, 2005).

Reinsurance recoverable. Reinsurance recoverable decreased $665.3 million, or 28.8%, from $2,307.4 million as of December 31, 2005 to $1,642.1 million as December 31, 2006. The decrease was primarily due to the runoff of our ceded variable annuity and structured settlement blocks.

Separate account assets and liabilities. Separate account assets and liabilities represent funds held for the exclusive benefit of variable annuity and variable life contract holders. As of December 31, 2006, we held $10,383.4 million of separate account assets. The increase of $1,606.1 million, or 18.3%, from $8,777.3 million at December 31, 2005 was related primarily to the favorable market performance of the underlying securities and new deposits, which was partially offset by death, surrender and other benefits.

 

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Future annuity and contract benefits. Future annuity and contract benefits increased $759.1 million, to $8,960.6 million at December 31, 2006 from $8,201.5 million at December 31, 2005. The increase was primarily attributable to a $2,275.0 million increase in our FABN business. This increase was offset by a $744.7 million decline in GICs and funding agreements, which resulted from scheduled maturities and a planned reduction in these products, a $644.1 million decline in the general account portion of a reinsured block of variable annuity products, an $82.0 million decrease attributable to a runoff block of deferred annuities and a $41.2 million decrease attributable to the runoff of our life business.

Stockholders’ equity. Stockholders’ equity increased $62.3 million to $1,160.1 million at December 31, 2006 from $1,097.8 million at December 31, 2005 due to current year net income of $68.3 million and other transactions with stockholders of $23.3 million, which included $18.2 million for a deemed capital contribution related to taxes, of which $17.9 million related to the assumption of a liability for tax contingency reserves by our indirect parent, GNA Corporation (“GNA”). The contribution was offset by an increase in tax expense resulting in no net impact to total stockholders’ equity. The increases were offset by a decline in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) of $9.6 million, preferred stock dividends of $9.7 million and redemption of preferred stock of $10.0 million.

Liquidity

The principal liquidity requirements for our insurance operations are our contractual obligations to contractholders and annuitants. Contractual obligations include payments of claims under outstanding insurance policies and annuities, contract withdrawals and surrender benefits. The primary sources for meeting these contractual obligations are investment activities and cash generated from operating activities. We maintain a committed credit line with an indirect parent, GNA, of $500.0 million to provide liquidity to meet normal variation in cash requirements. The amount outstanding as of December 31, 2006 was $16.1 million and was included with other liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. No amount was outstanding as of December 31, 2005.

The following table sets forth our condensed cash flows for the periods indicated:

 

     Years ended December 31,  

(Amounts in millions)

   2006     2005     2004  

Net cash from operating activities

   $ 86.5     $ 177.9     $ 421.5  

Net cash from investing activities

     (1,618.2 )     1,210.6       359.6  

Net cash from financing activities

     1,212.8       (1,070.9 )     (767.1 )
                        

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

   $ (318.9 )   $ 317.6     $ 14.0  
                        

Cash flows from operating activities are affected by the timing of premiums, fees received, investment income and expenses paid. Principal sources of cash include sales of our products and services. The increase in cash flows from operating activities in 2006 was primarily the result of the timing of cash settlements of other assets and liabilities.

The decrease in cash from investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2006 was primarily the result of an increase in purchases of investments supporting our FABN business.

The net cash from financing activities primarily relates to investment contract issuances and redemptions. Our net change in investment contracts was $1,215.0 million in 2006 compared to $(1,071.0) million in 2005.

The overall decrease in cash of $318.9 million in 2006 is primarily a result of purchases of investments to support our FABN business. The overall increase in cash of $317.6 million in 2005 was primarily a result of the $300.0 million FABN issuance in December 2005 that was not invested by the end of the year.

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external market index. Purchasers of renewable funding agreements include money market funds, bank common trust funds and other short-term investors. Some of our funding agreements contain “put” provisions, through which the contractholder has an option to terminate the funding agreement for any reason after giving notice within the contract’s specified notice period. Of the $200.0 million aggregate amount outstanding as of December 31, 2006, $50.0 million had put option features of 180 days.

During 2005, we transferred approximately $344.6 million of investment securities to an affiliated special purpose entity (“SPE”), whose sole purpose is to securitize these investment securities and issue secured notes to various affiliated companies. The securitized investments are owned in their entirety by the SPE and are not available to satisfy the claims of our creditors. The value of those securities was $283.1 million and $332.0 million as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

Certain of our products contain provisions for charges for surrender of, or withdrawals from, the policy. At December 31, 2006 and 2005, approximately 88.5% and 79.6%, respectively, of our annuity contracts were subject to surrender charges or contained non-surrender provisions.

As of December 31, 2006, we had approximately $1,240.8 million of GICs. Substantially all of these contracts allow for the payment of benefits at contract value to ERISA plans prior to contract maturity in the event of death, disability, retirement or change in investment election. We carefully underwrite these risks before issuing a GIC to a plan and historically have been able to effectively manage our exposure to these benefit payments. Our GICs typically credit interest at a fixed interest rate and have a fixed-maturity generally ranging from two to six years. Contracts provide for early termination by the contractholder but are subject to an adjustment to the contract value for changes in the level of interest rates from the time the GIC was issued plus an early withdrawal penalty.

Insurance companies are restricted by states as to the aggregate amount of dividends they may pay to their parent in any consecutive twelve-month period without regulatory approval. Dividends in excess of the prescribed limits or the earned surplus are deemed extraordinary and require formal state insurance department approval. We are able to pay $167.2 million in dividends in 2007 without obtaining regulatory approval.

Contractual obligations and commercial commitments

We enter into obligations to third parties in the ordinary course of our operations. These obligations, as of December 31, 2006, are set forth in the table below. However, we do not believe that our cash flow requirements can be assessed based upon an analysis of these obligations as the funding of these future cash obligations will be from future cash flows from premiums, deposits, fees and investment income that are not reflected herein. Future cash outflows, whether they are contractual obligations or not, also will vary based upon our future needs. Although some outflows are fixed, others depend on future events. Examples of fixed obligations include our obligations to pay principal and interest on fixed-rate borrowings. Examples of obligations that will vary include insurance liabilities that depend on future interest rates and market performance. Many of our obligations are linked to cash-generating contracts. These obligations include payments to contractholders that assume those contractholders will continue to make deposits in accordance with the terms of their contracts. In addition, our operations involve significant expenditures that are not based upon “commitments.” These include expenditures for income taxes and payroll.

 

     Payments due by period

(Amounts in millions)

   Total    2007    2008-2009    2010-2011    2012 and
thereafter

Borrowings(1)

   $ 16.1    $ 16.1    $ —      $ —      $ —  

Insurance liabilities(2)

     9,352.1      1,304.4      1,965.0      1,484.7      4,598.0

Commercial mortgage loan commitments(3)

     2.7      2.7      —        —        —  

Limited partnership commitments(3)

     23.5      6.5      12.9      4.1      —  
                                  

Total contractual obligations

   $ 9,394.4    $ 1,329.7    $ 1,977.9    $ 1,488.8    $ 4,598.0
                                  

 

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(1)

Includes principal of our borrowings as described in note 8 in our consolidated financial statements under “Item 8—Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

(2)

Includes estimated claim and benefit, policy surrender and commissions obligations offset by expected future deposits and premiums on in-force insurance policies and investment contracts. Estimated claim and benefit obligations are based on mortality, morbidity and lapse assumptions comparable with our historical experience. In contrast to this table, our obligations recorded in the Consolidated Balance Sheets do not incorporate future credited interest for investment contracts or tabular interest for insurance policies. Therefore, the estimated obligations for insurance liabilities presented in this table significantly exceed the liabilities recorded in reserves for future annuity and contract benefits and the liability for policy and contract claims. Due to the significance of the assumptions used, the amounts presented could materially differ from actual results. We have not included separate account obligations as these obligations are legally insulated from general account obligations and will be fully funded by cash flows from separate account assets. We expect to fully fund the obligations for insurance liabilities from cash flows from general account investments and future deposits and premiums.

(3)

Includes amounts we were committed to fund for U.S. commercial mortgage loans and interests in limited partnerships.

Off-Balance Sheet Transactions

We have used off-balance sheet securitization transactions to mitigate and diversify our asset risk position and to adjust the asset class mix in our portfolio by reinvesting securitization proceeds in accordance with our approved investment guidelines.

The transactions we have used involved securitizations of some of our receivables and investments that were secured by commercial mortgage loans, fixed maturities or other receivables, consisting primarily of policy loans. Total securitized assets remaining as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 were $203.6 million and $254.1 million, respectively.

There were no off-balance sheet securitization transactions in 2006, 2005 and 2004.

We have arranged for the assets that we have transferred in securitization transactions to be serviced by us directly, or pursuant to arrangements with a third-party service provider. Servicing activities include ongoing review, credit monitoring, reporting and collection activities.

Financial support is provided under credit support agreements, in which Genworth provides limited recourse for a maximum of $119.0 million of credit losses in such entities. We do not provide any such recourse. Assets with credit support are funded by demand notes that are further enhanced with support provided by GE Capital.

New Accounting Standards

For a discussion of recently adopted and not yet adopted accounting standards, see note 1 in our consolidated financial statements under “Item 8—Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Market risk is the risk of the loss of fair value resulting from adverse changes in market rates and prices, such as interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and equity prices. Market risk is directly influenced by the volatility and liquidity in the markets in which the related underlying financial instruments are traded. The following is a discussion of our market risk exposures and our risk management practices.

 

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We enter into market-sensitive instruments primarily for purposes other than trading. The carrying value of our investment portfolio as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 was $8,479.3 million and $6,890.9 million, respectively, of which 77.8% and 76.4%, respectively, was invested in fixed maturities. The primary market risk to our investment portfolio is interest rate risk associated with investments in fixed maturities. We mitigate the market risk associated with our fixed maturities portfolio by closely matching the duration of our fixed maturities with the duration of the liabilities that those securities are intended to support.

We are exposed to equity risk on our holdings of common stocks and other equities. We manage equity price risk through industry and issuer diversification and asset allocation techniques.

We may use derivative financial instruments, such as interest rate swaps and option-based financial instruments, as part of our risk management strategy. We use these derivatives to mitigate certain risks, including interest rate risk, currency risk and equity risk, by:

 

   

reducing the risk between the timing of the receipt of cash and its investment in the market;

 

   

converting the asset duration to match the duration of the liabilities; and

 

   

protecting against the early termination of an asset or liability.

As a matter of policy, we have not and will not engage in derivative market-making, speculative derivative trading or other speculative derivatives activities.

Sensitivity analysis

Sensitivity analysis measures the impact of hypothetical changes in interest rates and other market rates or prices on the profitability of market-sensitive financial instruments.

The following discussion about the potential effects of changes in interest rates and equity market prices is based on so-called “shock-tests,” which model the effects of interest rate and equity market price shifts on our financial condition and results of operations. Although we believe shock tests provide the most meaningful analysis permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC, they are constrained by several factors, including the necessity to conduct the analysis based on a single point in time and by their inability to include the extraordinarily complex market reactions that normally would arise from the market shifts modeled. Although the following results of shock tests for changes in interest rates and equity market prices may have some limited use as benchmarks, they should not be viewed as forecasts. These forward-looking disclosures also are selective in nature and address only the potential impacts on our financial instruments. They do not include a variety of other potential factors that could affect our business as a result of these changes in interest rates and equity market prices.

One means of assessing exposure of our fixed maturities portfolio to interest rate changes is a duration-based analysis that measures the potential changes in market value resulting from a hypothetical change in interest rates of 100 basis points across all maturities. This is sometimes referred to as a parallel shift in the yield curve. Under this model, with all other factors constant and assuming no offsetting change in the value of our liabilities, we estimated that such an increase in interest rates would cause the market value of our fixed income securities portfolio to decline by approximately $226.6 million, based on our securities positions as of December 31, 2006.

One means of assessing exposure to changes in equity market prices is to estimate the potential changes in market values on our equity investments resulting from a hypothetical broad-based decline in equity market prices of 10%. Under this model, with all other factors constant, we estimated that such a decline in equity market prices would not have a material impact on the market value of our equity investments based on our equity positions as of December 31, 2006. In addition, fluctuations in equity market prices affect our revenues

 

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and returns from our separate account products, which depend upon fees that are related primarily to the value of assets under management. However, we do not expect these fluctuations to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Derivative counterparty credit risk

We manage derivative counterparty credit risk on an individual counterparty basis, which means that gains and losses are netted for each counterparty to determine the amount at risk. When a counterparty exceeds credit exposure limits in terms of amounts owed to us, typically as the result of changes in market conditions, no additional transactions are executed until the exposure with that counterparty is reduced to an amount that is within the established limit. The swaps that are executed under master swap agreements containing mutual credit downgrade provisions that provide the ability to require assignment or replacement in the event either party’s unsecured debt rating is downgraded below Moody’s “Baa” or S&P’s “BBB.”

Swaps and purchased options with contractual maturities longer than one year are conducted within the credit policy constraints provided in the table below. Our policy permits us to enter into derivative transactions with counterparties rated “A2” by Moody’s and “A” by S&P’s if the agreements governing such transactions require both parties to provide collateral in certain circumstances.

The following table sets forth derivative counterparty credit limits by credit rating:

 

(Amounts in millions)

   

S&P Rating

  Moody’s rating     

Long-term

(exposures over

one year) net of

collateral(1)

     Aggregate limits
(including those
under one year)
net of collateral(1)
   Aggregate limit
(gross of collateral)(1)

AAA

  Aaa      $ 50.0      $ 125.0    $ 300.0

AA-

  Aa3        25.0        100.0      250.0

A

  A2        15.0        90.0      200.0

(1)

Credit exposure limits noted in this table are set by Genworth, our ultimate parent, and apply in the aggregate to all companies that are consolidated into Genworth.

 

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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Financial Statements

Contents

 

     Page

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   53

Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

   54

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2006 and 2005

   55

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

   56

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

   57

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

   58

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Financial Statement Schedules

   96

Schedule I, Summary of Investments—other than investments in related parties

   97

Schedule III, Supplemental Insurance Information

   98

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors

Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company:

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (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 includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for certain nontraditional long-duration contracts and separate accounts in 2004.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the effectiveness of Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company and subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and our report dated March 12, 2007 expressed an unqualified opinion on management’s assessment of, and the effective operation of, internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Richmond, Virginia

March 12, 2007

 

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Consolidated Statements of Income

(Amounts in millions)

 

      Years ended December 31,  
     2006     2005     2004  

Revenues:

      

Net investment income

   $ 427.5     $ 411.7     $ 421.0  

Net investment gains (losses)

     (1.6 )     (4.5 )     5.7  

Premiums

     96.3       103.5       96.8  

Cost of insurance

     144.6       144.7       142.2  

Variable product fees

     48.6       21.8       9.4  

Other income

     29.4       28.0       24.8  
                        

Total revenues

     744.8       705.2       699.9  
                        

Benefits and expenses:

      

Interest credited

     318.2       269.1       291.2  

Benefits and other changes in policy reserves

     185.8       190.4       182.8  

Acquisition and operating expenses, net of deferrals

     76.5       89.9       63.2  

Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and intangibles

     44.9       101.0       107.3  
                        

Total benefits and expenses

     625.4       650.4       644.5  
                        

Income before income taxes and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     119.4       54.8       55.4  

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

     51.1       25.3       (143.3 )
                        

Net income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     68.3       29.5       198.7  

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, net of tax of $0.4 million

     —         —         0.7  
                        

Net income

   $ 68.3     $ 29.5     $ 199.4  
                        

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

 

     December 31,
     2006    2005

Assets

     

Investments:

     

Fixed maturity securities available-for-sale, at fair value

   $ 6,596.0    $ 5,266.3

Equity securities available-for-sale, at fair value

     24.2      19.3

Commercial mortgage loans

     1,258.8      1,042.1

Policy loans

     170.0      158.3

Other invested assets ($283.1 and $332.0 restricted)

     430.3      404.9
             

Total investments

     8,479.3      6,890.9

Cash and cash equivalents

     25.1      344.0

Accrued investment income

     75.3      63.6

Deferred acquisition costs

     432.5      321.1

Intangible assets

     120.4      131.6

Reinsurance recoverable

     1,642.1      2,307.4

Deferred income tax asset

     —        0.1

Other assets

     62.1      46.0

Separate account assets

     10,383.4      8,777.3
             

Total assets

   $ 21,220.2    $ 18,882.0
             

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity

     

Liabilities:

     

Future annuity and contract benefits

   $ 8,960.6    $ 8,201.5

Liability for policy and contract claims

     80.1      82.1

Other policyholder liabilities

     152.0      207.1

Other liabilities ($286.7 and $333.3 restricted)

     456.4      516.2

Deferred income tax liability

     27.6      —  

Separate account liabilities

     10,383.4      8,777.3
             

Total liabilities

     20,060.1      17,784.2
             

Commitments and contingencies

     

Stockholders’ equity:

     

Preferred stock, Cumulative Series A ($1,000 par value, $1,000 redemption and liquidation value, 200,000 shares authorized, 110,000 and 120,000 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively)

     110.0      120.0

Common stock ($1,000 par value, 50,000 shares authorized, 25,651 shares issued and outstanding)

     25.6      25.6

Additional paid-in capital

     956.8      938.6
             

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss):

     

Net unrealized investment gains (losses)

     3.4      12.5

Derivatives qualifying as hedges

     0.6      1.1
             

Total accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

     4.0      13.6

Retained earnings

     63.7      —  
             

Total stockholders’ equity

     1,160.1      1,097.8
             

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 21,220.2    $ 18,882.0
             

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

(Amounts in millions)

 

     Preferred
stock
    Common
stock
   Additional
paid-in
capital
   

Accumulated

other

comprehensive

income (loss)

    Retained
earnings
   

Total

stockholders’

equity

 

Balances as of December 31, 2003

   $ 120.0     $ 25.6    $ 1,060.6     $ 88.1     $ 527.7     $ 1,822.0  
                   

Comprehensive income (loss):

             

Net income

     —         —        —         —         199.4       199.4  

Net unrealized gains (losses) on investment securities and other invested assets

     —         —        —         (15.7 )     —         (15.7 )

Derivatives qualifying as hedges

     —         —        —         2.9       —         2.9  
                   

Total comprehensive income (loss)

                186.6  

Contributed capital

     —         —        0.5       —         —         0.5  

Dividends to stockholders

     —         —        —         —         (419.1 )     (419.1 )
                                               

Balances as of December 31, 2004

     120.0       25.6      1,061.1       75.3       308.0       1,590.0  
                   

Comprehensive income (loss):

             

Net income

     —         —        —         —         29.5       29.5  

Net unrealized gains (losses) on investment securities and other invested assets

     —         —        —         (59.5 )     —         (59.5 )

Derivatives qualifying as hedges

     —         —        —         (2.2 )     —         (2.2 )
                   

Total comprehensive income (loss)

                (32.2 )

Dividends and other transactions with stockholders

     —         —        (122.5 )     —         (337.5 )     (460.0 )
                                               

Balances as of December 31, 2005

     120.0       25.6      938.6       13.6       —         1,097.8  
                   

Comprehensive income (loss):

             

Net income

     —         —        —         —         68.3       68.3  

Net unrealized gains (losses) on investment securities and other invested assets

     —         —        —         (9.1 )     —         (9.1 )

Derivatives qualifying as hedges

     —         —        —         (0.5 )     —         (0.5 )
                   

Total comprehensive income (loss)

                58.7  

Redemption of preferred stock

     (10.0 )     —        —         —         —         (10.0 )

Dividends and other transactions with stockholders

     —         —        18.2       —         (4.6 )     13.6  
                                               

Balances as of December 31, 2006

   $ 110.0     $ 25.6    $ 956.8     $ 4.0     $ 63.7     $ 1,160.1  
                                               

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Amounts in millions)

 

     Years ended December 31,  
     2006     2005     2004  

Cash flows from operating activities:

      

Net income

   $ 68.3     $ 29.5     $ 199.4  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:

      

Net investments (gains) losses

     1.6       4.5       (5.7 )

Charges assessed to policyholders

     (144.6 )     (144.7 )     (142.2 )

Purchases of trading securities

     (39.9 )     (15.0 )     —    

Amortization of fixed maturity discounts and premiums

     9.1       18.5       28.3  

Acquisition costs deferred

     (142.3 )     (93.3 )     (89.1 )

Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and intangibles

     44.9       101.0       107.3  

Deferred income taxes

     33.2       39.1       (174.0 )

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, net of tax

     —         —         (0.7 )

Change in certain assets and liabilities:

      

Accrued investment income and other assets

     (43.5 )     34.1       6.2  

Insurance reserves

     347.6       267.1       483.3  

Other liabilities and other policy-related balances

     (47.9 )     (62.9 )     8.7  
                        

Net cash from operating activities

     86.5       177.9       421.5  
                        

Cash flows from investing activities:

      

Proceeds from sales of investment securities and other invested assets

     650.6       1,418.4       541.1  

Proceeds from maturities of investment securities and other invested assets

     836.0       571.0       1,193.8  

Principal collected on commercial mortgage loans

     174.3       297.0       217.5  

Purchases of investment securities and other invested assets

     (2,867.9 )     (940.2 )     (1,465.9 )

Commercial mortgage loan originations

     (389.5 )     (125.7 )     (216.6 )

Short-term investment activity, net

     (10.0 )     —         99.6  

Policy loans, net

     (11.7 )     (9.9 )     (9.9 )
                        

Net cash from investing activities

     (1,618.2 )     1,210.6       359.6  
                        

Cash flows from financing activities:

      

Proceeds from issuance of investment contracts

     4,277.4       1,537.6       1,293.0  

Redemption and benefit payments on investment contracts

     (3,062.4 )     (2,608.6 )     (2,024.6 )

Proceeds from secured borrowings from affiliate

     —         20.5       —    

Proceeds from short-term borrowings and other, net

     17.5       388.0       251.4  

Payments on short-term borrowings

     —         (398.8 )     (246.9 )

Redemption of preferred stock

     (10.0 )     —         —    

Dividends paid to stockholders

     (9.7 )     (9.6 )     (40.0 )
                        

Net cash from financing activities

     1,212.8       (1,070.9 )     (767.1 )
                        

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

     (318.9 )     317.6       14.0  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

     344.0       26.4       12.4  
                        

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

   $ 25.1     $ 344.0     $ 26.4  
                        

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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GENWORTH LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

(Dollar amounts in millions)

 

(1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

(a) Principles of Consolidation

Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company (the “Company,” “GLAIC,” “we,” “us,” or “our” unless the context otherwise requires) is a stock life insurance company operating under a charter granted by the Commonwealth of Virginia on March 21, 1871 as The Life Insurance Company of Virginia. An affiliate of our former ultimate parent company acquired us on April 1, 1996 and ultimately contributed the majority of the outstanding common stock to the Genworth Life Insurance Company (“GLIC”).

On May 31, 2004, we became a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of GLIC while remaining an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Genworth Financial, Inc. (“Genworth”). Our preferred shares are owned by an affiliate, Brookfield Life Assurance Company Limited (“Brookfield”).

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the historical operations and accounts of the Company and our subsidiaries which include Assigned Settlement, Inc. and GNWLAAC Real Estate Holding, LLC. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

On January 1, 2007, Federal Home Life Insurance Company (“FHL”) and First Colony Life Insurance Company (“FCL”) merged with and into GLAIC (“GLAIC Merged”). GLAIC is the surviving entity. FHL and FCL were both stock life insurance companies operating under charters granted by the Commonwealth of Virginia and both were affiliates of the Company. We received regulatory approval from the State Corporation Commission, Bureau of Insurance of the Commonwealth of Virginia (“Bureau of Insurance”).

The consolidated financial statements for GLAIC will be represented in the first quarter of 2007 as if the mergers had been effective for all periods and were accounted for as a pooling of interests for entities under common control as the Company, FHL and FCL were all wholly-owned subsidiaries of Genworth. See note 17 for pro forma financial information.

Upon consummation of the FHL and FCL mergers, GLAIC transferred its ownership of American Mayflower Life Insurance Company of New York (“AML”), formerly a wholly-owned subsidiary of FCL, to Genworth Life Insurance Company of New York (“GLICNY”), an affiliate, in exchange for a non-majority ownership interest in GLICNY. AML merged into GLICNY with GLICNY being the surviving entity. These mergers were part of the continuing efforts of Genworth, our ultimate parent company, to simplify its operations, reduce its costs and build its brand.

(b) Basis of Presentation

These consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the basis of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Preparing financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts and related disclosures. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Certain prior year amounts may have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

(c) Products

Our product offerings are divided along two major segments of consumer needs: (i) Retirement Income and Investments and (ii) Protection.

 

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Retirement Income and Investments products include deferred annuities for the retirement plan market (variable and fixed) and variable life insurance products that are investment vehicles and insurance contracts intended for contractholders who want to accumulate tax-deferred assets for retirement, desire a tax-efficient source of income and seek to protect against outliving their assets. Our guaranteed investment contracts (“GICs”), funding agreements and funding agreements backing notes (“FABNs”) are investment contracts sold to institutional buyers.

Protection products are intended to provide protection against financial hardship primarily after the death of an insured and to protect income and assets from other adverse economic impacts of significant health care costs. Our principal product lines under the Protection segment are universal life insurance, interest-sensitive whole life and Medicare supplement insurance.

We distribute our products through three primary channels: financial intermediaries (banks, securities brokerage firms and independent broker/dealers), independent producers (brokerage general agencies, affluent market producer groups and specialized brokers) and dedicated sales specialists (affiliated networks of both accountants and personal financial advisors). Approximately 26.6% of our variable annuity product sales in 2006 were through two national banks.

(d) Premiums

For traditional long-duration insurance contracts, we report premiums as earned when due.

For short-duration insurance contracts, we report premiums as revenue over the terms of the related insurance policies on a pro-rata basis or in proportion to expected claims.

Premiums received under annuity contracts without significant mortality risk and premiums received on investment and universal life products are not reported as revenues but rather as deposits and are included in liabilities for future annuity and contract benefits.

(e) Net Investment Income and Net Investment Gains and Losses

Investment income is recognized when earned. Investment gains and losses are calculated on the basis of specific identification.

Investment income on mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities is initially based upon yield, cash flow, and prepayment assumptions at the date of purchase. Subsequent revisions in those assumptions are recorded using the retrospective or prospective method. Under the retrospective method, used for mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities of high credit quality (ratings equal to or greater than AA or that are U.S. Agency backed) which cannot be contractually prepaid, amortized cost of the security is adjusted to the amount that would have existed had the revised assumptions been in place at the date of purchase. The adjustments to amortized cost are recorded as a charge or credit to net investment income. Under the prospective method, which is used for all other mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, future cash flows are estimated and interest income is recognized going forward using the new internal rate of return. As of December 31, 2006, all our mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities that have had subsequent revisions in yield, cash flow or prepayment assumptions were accounted for under the retrospective method.

 

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(f) Policy Fees and Other Income

Policy fees and other income consists primarily of insurance charges assessed on universal life contracts, fees assessed against policyholder account values and surrender fee income. Charges to policyholder accounts for universal life cost of insurance is recognized as revenue when due. Variable product fees are charged to variable annuity and variable life policyholders based upon the daily net assets of the policyholder’s account values and are recognized as revenue when charged. Policy surrender fees are recognized as income when the policy is surrendered.

(g) Investment Securities

We have designated our investment securities as either available-for-sale or trading and report them in our Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value. We determine the appropriate classification of investment securities at the time of purchase. We amortize any bond premium or discount on an effective yield basis over the term of the bond. We obtain values for actively traded securities from external pricing services. For infrequently traded securities, we obtain quotes from brokers, or we estimate values using internally developed pricing models. These models are based upon common valuation techniques and require us to make assumptions regarding credit quality, liquidity and other factors that affect estimated values. Changes in the fair value of available-for-sale investments, net of the effect on deferred acquisition costs (“DAC”), present value of future profits (“PVFP”) and deferred income taxes, are reflected as unrealized investment gains or losses in a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). Realized and unrealized gains and losses related to trading securities are reflected in net investment gains (losses). Trading securities are included in other invested assets in our Consolidated Balance Sheets.

We regularly review investment securities for impairment in accordance with our impairment policy, which includes both quantitative and qualitative criteria. Quantitative criteria include length of time and amount that each security position is in an unrealized loss position, and for fixed maturities, whether the issuer is in compliance with terms and covenants of the security. Qualitative criteria include the financial strength and specific prospects for the issuer as well as our intent to hold the security until recovery. Securities that in our judgment are considered to be other-than-temporarily impaired are recognized as a charge to net investment gains (losses) in the period in which such determination is made.

(h) Commercial Mortgage Loans

Commercial mortgage loans are stated at principal amounts outstanding, net of deferred expenses and allowance for loan losses. Interest on loans is recognized on an accrual basis at the applicable interest rate on the principal amount outstanding. Loan origination fees and direct costs, as well as premiums and discounts, are amortized as level yield adjustments over the respective loan terms. Unamortized net fees or costs are recognized upon early repayment of the loans. Loan commitment fees are generally deferred and amortized on an effective yield basis over the term of the loan. Impaired loans are generally carried on a non-accrual status. Loans are ordinarily placed on non-accrual status when, in management’s opinion, the collection of principal or interest is unlikely, or when the collection of principal or interest is 90 days or more past due.

The allowance for loan losses is maintained at a level that management determines is adequate to absorb estimated probable incurred losses in the loan portfolio. Management’s evaluation process to determine the adequacy of the allowance utilizes an analytical model based on historical loss experience, adjusted for current

 

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events, trends and economic conditions. The actual amounts realized could differ in the near term from the amounts assumed in arriving at the allowance for loan losses reported in the consolidated financial statements.

All losses of principal are charged to the allowance for loan losses in the period in which the loan is deemed to be uncollectible. Additions and reductions are made to the allowance through periodic provisions or benefits to net investment gains (losses).

(i) Other Invested Assets

Investments in limited partnerships are generally accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Real estate is included in other invested assets and is stated, generally, at cost less accumulated depreciation. Other long-term investments are stated generally at amortized cost.

(j) Cash and Cash Equivalents

Certificates of deposit, money market funds and other time deposits with original maturities of less than 90 days are considered cash equivalents in the Consolidated Balance Sheets and Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Items with maturities greater than 90 days but less than one year at the time of acquisition are considered short-term investments.

(k) Deferred Acquisition Costs

Acquisition costs include costs, which vary with and are primarily related to the acquisition of insurance and investment contracts. Such costs are deferred and amortized as follows:

Long-Duration Contracts. Acquisition costs include commissions in excess of ultimate renewal commissions, solicitation and printing costs, sales material and some support costs, such as underwriting and contract and policy issuance expenses. Amortization for traditional long-duration insurance products is determined as a level proportion of premium based on commonly accepted actuarial methods and reasonable assumptions about mortality, morbidity, lapse rates, expenses and future yield on related investments established when the contract or policy is issued. Amortization is adjusted each period to reflect policy lapse or termination rates as compared to anticipated experience. Amortization for annuity contracts without significant mortality risk and investment and universal life products is based on estimated gross profits. Estimated gross profits are adjusted quarterly to reflect actual experience to date or for the unlocking of underlying key assumptions based on experience studies.

Short-Duration Contracts. Acquisition costs consist primarily of commissions and premium taxes and are amortized ratably over the terms of the underlying policies.

We regularly review all of these assumptions and periodically test DAC for recoverability. For deposit products, if the current present value of estimated future gross profits is less than the unamortized DAC for a line of business, a charge to income is recorded for additional DAC amortization. For other products, if the benefit reserve plus anticipated future premiums and interest income for a line of business are less than the current estimate of future benefits and expenses (including any unamortized DAC), a charge to income is recorded for additional DAC amortization or for increased benefit reserves. For the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, there were no significant charges to income recorded as a result of our DAC recoverability testing.

 

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(l) Intangible Assets

Present Value of Future Profits. In conjunction with the acquisition of a block of insurance policies or investment contracts, a portion of the purchase price is assigned to the right to receive future gross profits arising from existing insurance and investment contracts. This intangible asset, called PVFP, represents the actuarially estimated present value of future cash flows from the acquired policies. PVFP is amortized, net of accreted interest, in a manner similar to the amortization of DAC.

We regularly review all of these assumptions and periodically test PVFP for recoverability. For deposit products, if the current present value of estimated future gross profits is less than the unamortized PVFP for a line of business, a charge to income is recorded for additional PVFP amortization. For other products, if the benefit reserve plus anticipated future premiums and interest income for a line of business are less than the current estimate of future benefits and expenses (including any unamortized PVFP), a charge to income is recorded for additional PVFP amortization or for increased benefit reserves. For the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, there were no significant charges to income recorded as a result of our PVFP recoverability testing.

Deferred Sales Inducements to Contractholders. We defer sales inducements to contractholders for features on variable annuities that entitle the contractholder to an incremental amount to be credited to the account value upon making a deposit, and for fixed annuities with crediting rates higher than the contract’s expected ongoing crediting rates for periods after the inducement. Deferred sales inducements to contractholders are reported as a separate intangible asset and amortized in benefits and other changes in policy reserves using the same methodology and assumptions used to amortize DAC.

Software. Purchased software and certain application development costs related to internally developed software are capitalized, above de minimus thresholds. When the software is ready for its intended use, the amounts capitalized are amortized over the expected useful life, not to exceed 5 years.

Other Intangible Assets. We amortize the costs of other intangibles over their estimated useful lives unless such lives are deemed indefinite. Amortizable intangible assets are tested for impairment at least annually based on undiscounted cash flows, which requires the use of estimates and judgment, and, if impaired, written down to fair value based on either discounted cash flows or appraised values. Intangible assets with indefinite lives are tested at least annually for impairment and written down to fair value as required.

(m) Reinsurance

Premium revenue, benefits and acquisition and operating expenses are reported net of the amounts relating to reinsurance ceded to and assumed from other companies. Amounts due from reinsurers for incurred and estimated future claims are reflected in the reinsurance recoverable asset. The cost of reinsurance is accounted for over the terms of the related treaties using assumptions consistent with those used to account for the underlying reinsured policies. Premium revenue, benefits and acquisition and operating expenses, net of deferrals, for reinsurance contracts that do not qualify for reinsurance accounting are accounted for under the deposit method.

(n) Derivatives

Derivative financial instruments are used to manage risk through one of four principal risk management strategies including (i) liabilities, (ii) invested assets, (iii) portfolios of assets or liabilities, and (iv) forecasted transactions.

 

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On the date we enter into a derivative contract, management designates the derivative as a hedge of the identified exposure (fair value, cash flow or foreign currency). If a derivative does not qualify for hedge accounting, according to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, as amended, the changes in its fair value and all scheduled periodic settlement receipts and payments are reported in income.

We formally document all relationships between hedging instruments and hedged items, as well as our risk management objective and strategy for undertaking various hedge transactions. In this documentation, we specifically identify the asset, liability, or forecasted transaction that has been designated as a hedged item, state how the hedging instrument is expected to hedge the risks related to the hedged item, and set forth the method that will be used to retrospectively and prospectively assess the hedging instrument’s effectiveness and the method that will be used to measure hedge ineffectiveness. We generally determine hedge effectiveness based on total changes in fair value of a derivative instrument.

We discontinue hedge accounting prospectively when: (i) it is determined that the derivative is no longer effective in offsetting changes in the fair value or cash flows of a hedged item; (ii) the derivative expires or is sold, terminated, or exercised; (iii) the derivative is de-designated as a hedge instrument; or (iv) it is probable that the forecasted transaction will not occur.

We designate and account for the following as cash flow hedges, when they have met the effectiveness requirements of SFAS No. 133: (i) various types of interest rate swaps to convert floating rate investments to fixed rate investments; (ii) various types of interest rate swaps to convert floating rate liabilities into fixed rate liabilities; and (iii) other instruments to hedge the cash flows of various other forecasted transactions. For all qualifying and highly effective cash flow hedges, the effective portion of changes in fair value of the derivative instrument is reported as a component of other comprehensive income (loss). The ineffective portion of changes in fair value of the derivative instrument is reported as a component of income.

We designate and account for the following as fair value hedges when they have met the effectiveness requirements of SFAS No. 133: (i) various types of interest rate swaps to convert fixed rate investments to floating rate investments; (ii) various types of interest rate swaps to convert fixed rate liabilities into floating rate liabilities; and (iii) other instruments to hedge various other fair value exposures of investments. For all qualifying and highly effective fair value hedges, the changes in fair value of the derivative instrument are reported in income. In other situations in which hedge accounting is discontinued on a cash flow hedge, amounts previously deferred in other comprehensive income (loss) are reclassified into income when income is impacted by the variability of the cash flow of the hedged item. In addition, changes in fair value attributable to the hedged portion of the underlying instrument are reported in income.

When hedge accounting is discontinued because it is determined that the derivative no longer qualifies as an effective fair value hedge, the derivative continues to be carried on the Consolidated Balance Sheets at its fair value, but the hedged asset or liability will no longer be adjusted for changes in fair value. When hedge accounting is discontinued because it is probable that a forecasted transaction will not occur, the derivative continues to be carried on the Consolidated Balance Sheets at its fair value, and gains and losses that were accumulated in other comprehensive income (loss) are recognized immediately in income. When the hedged forecasted transaction is no longer probable, but is reasonably possible, the accumulated gain or loss remains in other comprehensive income (loss) and is recognized when the transaction affects income; however, prospective

 

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hedge accounting for the transaction is terminated. In all other situations in which hedge accounting is discontinued, the derivative is carried at its fair value on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, with changes in its fair value recognized in the current period as income.

We may enter into contracts that are not themselves derivative instruments but contain embedded derivatives. For each contract, we assess whether the economic characteristics of the embedded derivative are clearly and closely related to those of the host contract and determine whether a separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded instrument would meet the definition of a derivative instrument.

If it is determined that the embedded derivative possesses economic characteristics that are not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics of the host contract, and that a separate instrument with the same terms would qualify as a derivative instrument, the embedded derivative is separated from the host contract and accounted for as a stand-alone derivative. Such embedded derivatives are recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value and are classified consistent with their host contract. Changes in their fair value are recognized in the current period in income. If we are unable to properly identify and measure an embedded derivative for separation from its host contract, the entire contract is carried on the Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value, with changes in fair value recognized in the current period in income.

(o) Separate Accounts

The separate account assets represent funds for which the investment income and investment gains and losses accrue directly to the variable annuity contractholders and variable life policyholders. We assess mortality risk fees and administration charges on the variable mutual fund portfolios. The separate account assets are carried at fair value and are at least equal to the liabilities that represent the policyholders’ equity in those assets.

(p) Future Annuity and Contract Benefits

Future annuity and contract benefits consist of the liability for investment contracts, insurance contracts and accident and health contracts. Investment contract liabilities are generally equal to the policyholder’s current account value. The liability for life insurance and accident and health contracts is calculated based upon actuarial assumptions as to mortality, morbidity, interest, expense and withdrawals, with experience adjustments for adverse deviation where appropriate.

(q) Liability for Policy and Contract Claims

The liability for policy and contract claims represents the amount needed to provide for the estimated ultimate cost of settling claims relating to insured events that have occurred on or before the end of the respective reporting period. The estimated liability includes requirements for future payments of (a) claims that have been reported to the insurer, (b) claims related to insured events that have occurred but that have not been reported to the insurer as of the date the liability is estimated, and (c) claim adjustment expenses. Claim adjustment expenses include costs incurred in the claim settlement process such as legal fees and costs to record, process and adjust claims.

Management considers the liability for policy and contract claims provided to be satisfactory to cover the losses that have occurred. Management monitors actual experience, and where circumstances warrant, will revise its assumptions. The methods of determining such estimates and establishing the reserves are reviewed

 

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continuously and any adjustments are reflected in operations in the period in which they become known. Future developments may result in losses and loss expenses greater or less than the liability for policy and contract claims provided.

(r) Income Taxes

We account for income taxes in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. The deferred tax assets and/or liabilities are determined by multiplying the differences between the financial reporting and tax reporting bases for assets and liabilities by the enacted tax rates expected to be in effect when such differences are recovered or settled. The effect on deferred taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

For the period beginning January 1, 2004, and ending on the date of the transfer of our outstanding capital stock to Genworth, we were included in the consolidated federal income tax return of GE. During this period, we were subject to a tax-sharing arrangement that allocated tax on a separate company basis, but provided benefit for current utilization of losses and credits. Intercompany balances were settled at least annually.

Subsequent to the transfer of our outstanding capital stock to Genworth, we filed a consolidated life insurance federal income tax return with our parent, GLIC, and its other life insurance affiliates. We are subject to a separate tax-sharing agreement, as approved by state insurance regulators, which allocates taxes on a separate company basis but provides benefit for current utilization of losses and credits. Intercompany balances are settled at least annually.

We are party to an assumption agreement with our indirect parent company, GNA Corporation (“GNA”), whereby GNA assumes responsibility for any tax contingencies (that will not give rise to future reversals) on our behalf. These contingencies are reflected as an expense of the Company when incurred and are included in current tax expense. The Company recognizes the corresponding amount as a change in additional paid-in capital since the liability for the contingency is assumed by GNA.

(s) Accounting Changes

As of January 1, 2006, we adopted SFAS No. 155, Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments. SFAS No. 155 amends SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, and SFAS No. 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities. SFAS No. 155 allows financial instruments that have embedded derivatives to be accounted for as a whole, eliminating the need to bifurcate the derivative from its host, if the holder elects to account for the whole instrument on a fair value basis. In addition, among other changes, SFAS No. 155 (i) clarifies which interest-only strips and principal-only strips are not subject to the requirements of SFAS No. 133; (ii) establishes a requirement to evaluate interests in securitized financial assets to identify interests that are freestanding derivatives or that are hybrid financial instruments that contain an embedded derivative requiring bifurcation; (iii) clarifies that concentrations of credit risk in the form of subordination are not embedded derivatives; and (iv) eliminates the prohibition on a qualifying special-purpose entity (“QSPE”) from holding a derivative financial instrument that pertains to a beneficial interest other than another derivative financial interest. Adoption of SFAS No. 155 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

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On January 1, 2004, we adopted the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) Statement of Position (“SOP”) 03-1, Accounting and Reporting by Insurance Enterprises for Certain Nontraditional Long-Duration Contracts and for Separate Accounts. SOP 03-1 provides guidance on separate account presentation and valuation, accounting for sales inducements to contractholders and classification and valuation of long-duration contract liabilities. The cumulative effect of change in accounting principle related to adopting SOP 03-1 was a $0.7 million benefit, net of taxes, for the change in reserves, less additional amortization of deferred acquisition costs, on variable annuity contracts with guaranteed minimum death benefits.

(t) Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In September 2005, the AICPA issued SOP 05-1, Accounting by Insurance Enterprises for Deferred Acquisition Costs in Connection With Modifications or Exchanges of Insurance Contracts. This statement provides guidance on accounting for deferred acquisition costs and other balances on an internal replacement, defined broadly as a modification in product benefits, features, rights or coverages that occurs by the exchange of an existing contract for a new contract, or by amendment, endorsement, or rider to an existing contract, or by the election of a benefit, feature, right, or coverage within an existing contract. SOP 05-1 is effective for internal replacements beginning January 1, 2007. We do not expect the adoption of this standard to have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations and financial position.

In July 2006, FASB Interpretation (“FIN”) No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, was issued. This guidance clarifies what criteria must be met prior to recognition of the financial statement benefit of a position taken in a tax return. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning January 1, 2007. We do not expect the adoption of this interpretation to have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations and financial position.

In September 2006, FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements. This statement defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for us on January 1, 2008. The adoption of SFAS No. 157 is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In February 2007, FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. This statement provides an option to report selected financial assets and liabilities, including insurance contracts, at fair value. SFAS No. 159 will be effective for us on January 1, 2008. We have not decided whether or not we will elect the fair value option for any financial assets or liabilities and therefore do not know the impact, if any, SFAS No. 159 will have on our consolidated financial statements.

 

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(2) Investments

(a) Net Investment Income

For the years ended December 31, the sources of our investment income were as follows:

 

(Amounts in millions)

   2006     2005     2004  

Fixed maturities—taxable

   $ 327.3     $ 331.3     $ 345.2  

Fixed maturities—non-taxable

     —         0.1       0.1  

Commercial mortgage loans

     74.3       75.3       77.1  

Equity securities

     0.3       0.8       0.1  

Other investments

     24.1       3.4       (1.2 )

Policy loans

     10.6       10.1       7.5  
                        

Gross investment income before expenses and fees

     436.6       421.0       428.8  

Expenses and fees

     (9.1 )     (9.3 )     (7.8 )
                        

Net investment income

   $ 427.5     $ 411.7     $ 421.0  
                        

(b) Net Investment Gains (Losses)

For the years ended December 31, net investment gains (losses) were as follows:

 

(Amounts in millions)

   2006     2005     2004  

Available-for-sale securities:

      

Realized gains on sale

   $ 15.5     $ 12.0     $ 10.7  

Realized losses on sale

     (15.0 )     (4.3 )     (4.1 )

Impairments

     —         (12.2 )     (0.9 )

Net unrealized gains (losses) on trading securities

     (0.9 )     —         —    

Derivative instruments

     (1.2 )     —         —    
                        

Net investments gains (losses)

   $ (1.6 )   $ (4.5 )   $ 5.7  
                        

Derivative instruments primarily consist of changes in fair value on the non-qualifying derivatives, including embedded derivatives, changes in fair value of certain derivatives and related hedged items in fair value hedge relationships and hedge ineffectiveness on qualifying derivative instruments. Effective April 1, 2006, we began classifying changes in fair value of these derivative items as net investment gains (losses). These items were previously included as a component of net investment income, interest credited and benefits and other changes in policy reserves. The amount of these derivative items in prior periods that were included in the aforementioned categories was not material.

 

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(c) Unrealized Gains and Losses

Net unrealized gains and losses on investment securities and other invested assets classified as available-for-sale are reduced by deferred income taxes and adjustments to PVFP and DAC that would have resulted had such gains and losses been realized. Net unrealized gains and losses on investment securities reflected as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as of December 31, are summarized as follows:

 

(Amounts in millions)

   2006     2005     2004  

Net unrealized gains (losses) on investment securities:

      

Fixed maturities

   $ 11.4     $ 30.0     $ 145.4  

Equity securities

     1.0       5.6       6.0  

Restricted other invested assets

     (3.6 )     (1.3 )     —    
                        

Subtotal

     8.8       34.3       151.4  
                        

Adjustments to the present value of future profits and deferred acquisitions costs

     (3.6 )     (15.1 )     (40.7 )

Deferred income taxes, net

     (1.8 )     (6.7 )     (38.7 )
                        

Net unrealized gains (losses) on investment securities

   $ 3.4     $ 12.5     $ 72.0  
                        

The change in the net unrealized gains (losses) on investment securities reported in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for the years ended December 31, is as follows:

 

(Amounts in millions)

   2006     2005     2004  

Net unrealized gains (losses) on investment securities as of January 1

   $ 12.5     $ 72.0     $ 87.7  
                        

Unrealized gains (losses) on investment arising during the period:

      

Unrealized gains (losses) on investment securities

     (25.2 )     (120.0 )     (52.5 )

Adjustment to deferred acquisition costs

     1.6       6.9       19.7  

Adjustment to present value of future profits

     9.9       18.7       12.2  

Provision for deferred income taxes

     4.9       32.0       8.6  
                        

Changes in unrealized gains (losses) on investment securities

     (8.8 )     (62.4 )     (12.0 )

Reclassification adjustments to net investment (gains) losses net of deferred taxes of $0.2, $(1.6) and $2.0

     (0.3 )     2.9       (3.7 )
                        

Net unrealized gains (losses) on investment securities as of December 31

   $ 3.4     $ 12.5     $ 72.0  
                        

 

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(d) Fixed Maturities and Equity Securities

As of December 31, 2006, the amortized cost or cost, gross unrealized gains (losses) and estimated fair value of our fixed maturities and equity securities classified as available-for-sale were as follows:

 

(Amounts in millions)

  

Amortized

cost or cost

  

Gross

unrealized

gains

  

Gross

unrealized

losses

   

Estimated

fair value

Fixed maturities:

          

U.S. government, agencies and government sponsored entities

   $ 29.2    $ 0.3    $ (0.1 )   $ 29.4

Non-U.S. government

     127.7      14.1      —         141.8

U.S. corporate

     2,792.1      30.2      (27.0 )     2,795.3

Non-U.S. corporate

     813.2      8.7      (8.2 )     813.7

Mortgage and asset-backed

     2,822.4      12.4      (19.0 )     2,815.8
                            

Total fixed maturities

     6,584.6      65.7      (54.3 )     6,596.0

Equity securities

     23.2      1.0      —         24.2
                            

Total available-for-sale securities

   $ 6,607.8    $ 66.7    $ (54.3 )   $ 6,620.2
                            

As of December 31, 2005, the amortized cost or cost, gross unrealized gains (losses) and fair value of our fixed maturities and equity securities classified as available-for-sale were as follows:

 

(Amounts in millions)

  

Amortized

cost or cost

  

Gross

unrealized

gains

  

Gross

unrealized

losses

   

Estimated

fair value

Fixed maturities:

          

U.S. government, agencies and government sponsored entities

   $ 70.2    $ 0.5    $ (0.5 )   $ 70.2

Non-U.S. government

     101.9      9.7      (0.2 )     111.4

U.S. corporate

     2,784.6      55.8      (23.4 )     2,817.0

Non-U.S. corporate

     440.7      10.1      (5.6 )     445.2

Mortgage and asset-backed

     1,838.9      7.7      (24.1 )     1,822.5
                            

Total fixed maturities

     5,236.3      83.8      (53.8 )     5,266.3

Equity securities

     13.7      5.6      —         19.3
                            

Total available-for-sale securities

   $ 5,250.0    $ 89.4    $ (53.8 )   $ 5,285.6
                            

For fixed maturity securities, we recognize an impairment charge to income in the period in which we determine that we do not expect to either collect or recover principal and interest in accordance with the contractual terms of the instruments or based on underlying collateral values and considering events such as payment default, bankruptcy or disclosure of fraud. For equity securities, we recognize an impairment charge in the period in which we determine that the security will not recover to book value within a reasonable period. We determine what constitutes a reasonable period on a security-by-security basis based upon consideration of all the evidence available to us, including the magnitude of an unrealized loss and its duration. In any event, this period does not exceed 18 months for common equity securities. We measure impairment charges based on the difference between the book value of the security and its fair value.

We generally intend to hold securities in unrealized loss positions until they recover. However, from time to time, we sell securities in the ordinary course of managing our portfolio to meet diversification, credit quality, yield and liquidity requirements.

 

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Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

(Dollar amounts in millions)

 

The following table presents the gross unrealized losses and estimated fair values of our investment securities, aggregated by investment type and length of time that individual investment securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, as of December 31, 2006:

 

     Less Than 12 Months    12 Months or More

(Dollar amounts in millions)

   Estimated
fair value
  

Gross

unrealized

losses

    # of
securities
   Estimated
fair value
  

Gross

unrealized

losses

    # of
securities

Description of Securities

               

Fixed maturities:

               

U.S. government, agencies and government sponsored entities

   $ 7.2    $ (0.1 )   2    $ —      $ —       —  

U.S. corporate

     608.6      (8.8 )   80      730.4      (18.2 )   167

Corporate—non U.S.

     165.5      (1.5 )   27      194.6      (6.7 )   36

Asset backed

     119.5      (0.7 )   22      431.9      (9.0 )   35

Mortgage backed

     270.3      (1.2 )   48      331.0      (8.1 )   88
                                       

Total temporarily impaired securities

   $ 1,171.1    $ (12.3 )   179    $ 1,687.9    $ (42.0 )   326
                                       

% Below cost—fixed maturities:

               

<20% Below cost

   $ 1,171.1    $ (12.3 )   179    $ 1,687.9    $ (42.0 )   326

20-50% Below cost

     —        —       —        —        —       —  

>50% Below cost

     —        —       —        —        —       —  
                                       

Total fixed maturities

   $ 1,171.1    $ (12.3 )   179    $ 1,687.9    $ (42.0 )   326
                                       

Investment grade

   $ 1,098.8    $ (10.8 )   161    $ 1,652.6    $ (40.5 )   314

Below investment grade

     72.3      (1.5 )   18      35.3      (1.5 )   12

Not Rated

     —        —       —        —        —       —  
                                       

Total temporarily impaired securities

   $ 1,171.1    $ (12.3 )   179    $ 1,687.9    $ (42.0 )   326
                                       

The investment securities in an unrealized loss position as of December 31, 2006 consisted of 505 securities accounting for unrealized losses of $54.3 million. Of these unrealized losses, 94.5% were investment grade (rated AAA through BBB-) and 100.0% were less than 20% below cost. The amount of the unrealized loss on these securities was primarily attributable to increases in interest rates and changes in credit spreads.

There were no securities 20% or more below cost and below investment grade (rated BB+ and below) for twelve months or more as of December 31, 2006.

Because management expects these investments to continue to perform as to contractual obligations and we have the ability and intent to hold these investment securities until the recovery of the fair value up to the cost of the investments, which may be maturity, we do not consider these investments to be other-than-temporarily impaired at December 31, 2006.

 

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Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

(Dollar amounts in millions)

 

The following table presents the gross unrealized losses and estimated fair values of our investment securities, aggregated by investment type and length of time that individual investment securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, as of December 31, 2005:

 

     Less Than 12 Months    12 Months or More

(Dollar amounts in millions)

   Estimated
fair value
   Gross
unrealized
losses
    # of
securities
   Estimated
fair value
   Gross
unrealized
losses
    # of
securities

Description of Securities

               

Fixed maturities:

               

U.S. government, agencies and government sponsored entities

   $ 36.9    $ (0.2 )   7    $ 13.8    $ (0.3 )   3

Government—non U.S.

     12.6      (0.2 )   11      —        —       —  

U.S. corporate

     782.6      (13.7 )   164      310.0      (9.7 )   64

Corporate—non U.S.

     155.5      (2.4 )   35      83.7      (3.2 )   13

Asset backed

     538.7      (7.6 )   44      109.2      (1.4 )   20

Mortgage backed

     538.1      (8.9 )   101      210.8      (6.2 )   50
                                       

Total temporarily impaired securities

   $ 2,064.4    $ (33.0 )   362    $ 727.5    $ (20.8 )   150
                                       

% Below cost—fixed maturities:

               

<20% Below cost

   $ 2,064.4    $ (33.0 )   362    $ 722.6    $ (18.3 )   147

20-50% Below cost

     —        —       —        4.9      (2.5 )   3

>50% Below cost

     —        —       —        —        —       —  
                                       

Total fixed maturities

   $ 2,064.4    $ (33.0 )   362    $ 727.5    $ (20.8 )   150
                                       

Investment grade

   $ 1,988.2    $ (31.0 )   337    $ 714.3    $ (18.0 )   140

Below investment grade

     76.2      (2.0 )   25      13.2      (2.8 )   10

Not Rated

     —        —       —        —        —       —  
                                       

Total temporarily impaired securities

   $ 2,064.4    $ (33.0 )   362    $ 727.5    $ (20.8 )   150
                                       

The scheduled maturity distribution of fixed maturities as of December 31, 2006 follows. Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because issuers of securities may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

 

(Amounts in millions)

  

Amortized cost

or cost

   Estimated
fair value

Due in one year or less

   $ 319.5    $ 318.8

Due after one year through five years

     1,477.6      1,488.0

Due after five years through ten years

     1,176.1      1,174.0

Due after ten years

     789.0      799.4
             

Subtotal

     3,762.2      3,780.2

Mortgage and asset-backed

     2,822.4      2,815.8
             

Total fixed maturities

   $ 6,584.6    $ 6,596.0
             

 

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Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

(Dollar amounts in millions)

 

As of December 31, 2006, $789.6 million of our investments (excluding mortgage and asset-backed securities) were subject to certain call provisions.

As of December 31, 2006, securities issued by finance and insurance, consumer – cyclical and utilities and energy industry groups represented approximately 38.2%, 13.7% and 11.5% of our domestic and foreign corporate fixed maturities portfolio, respectively. No other industry group comprises more than 10% of our investment portfolio. This portfolio is widely diversified among various geographic regions in the U.S. and internationally, and is not dependent on the economic stability of one particular region.

As of December 31, 2006, we did not hold any fixed maturities which individually exceeded 10% of stockholders’ equity.

As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, $4.9 million of securities were on deposit with various state government insurance departments in order to comply with relevant insurance regulations.

(e) Commercial Mortgage Loans

Our mortgage loans are collateralized by commercial properties, including multifamily residential buildings. The carrying value of commercial mortgage loans is stated at original cost net of prepayments, amortization and allowance for loan losses.

We diversify our commercial mortgage loans by both property type and geographic region. The following table sets forth the distribution across property type and geographic region for commercial mortgage loans as of the dates indicated:

 

     December 31,  
      2006     2005  

(Amounts in millions)

   Carrying value     % of total     Carrying value     % of total  

Property Type

        

Office

   $ 350.1     27.8 %   $ 347.9     33.3 %

Industrial

     340.0     27.0       354.9     33.9  

Retail

     222.8     17.7       234.2     22.4  

Apartments

     124.9     9.9       91.8     8.8  

Hotel

     133.8     10.6       —       —    

Mixed use/other

     88.9     7.0       16.6     1.6  
                            

Total principal balance

     1,260.5     100.0 %     1,045.4     100.0 %
                

Unamortized balance of loan origination fees and costs

     0.6         1.0    

Allowance for losses

     (2.3 )       (4.3 )  
                    

Total

   $ 1,258.8       $ 1,042.1    
                    

 

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Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

(Dollar amounts in millions)

 

     December 31,  
      2006     2005  

(Amounts in millions)

   Carrying value     % of total     Carrying value     % of total  

Geographic Region

        

Pacific

   $ 365.7     29.0 %   $ 300.5     28.7 %

South Atlantic

     262.6     20.8       190.7     18.2  

Middle Atlantic

     113.9     9.0       115.9     11.1  

East North Central

     203.7     16.2       204.6     19.6  

Mountain

     179.0     14.2       98.1     9.4  

West South Central

     30.5     2.4       38.7     3.7  

West North Central

     44.7     3.6       48.2     4.6  

East South Central

     31.8     2.5       17.3     1.7  

New England

     28.6     2.3       31.4     3.0  
                            

Total principal balance

     1,260.5     100.0 %     1,045.4     100.0 %
                

Unamortized balance of loan origination fees and costs

     0.6         1.0    

Allowance for losses

     (2.3 )       (4.3 )  
                    

Total

   $ 1,258.8       $ 1,042.1    
                    

For the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, we originated $104.8 million and $4.8 million of mortgages secured by real estate in California, which represents 26.9% and 4.0% of our total originations for those years.

“Impaired” loans are defined under U.S. GAAP as loans for which it is probable that the lender will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the original contractual terms of the loan agreement. That definition excludes, among other things, leases or large groups of smaller-balance homogenous loans.

Under these principles, we have two types of “impaired” loans: loans requiring specific allowances for losses (none as of December 31, 2006 and 2005) and loans expected to be fully recoverable because the carrying amount has been reduced previously through charge-offs or deferral of income recognition ($0.8 million as of December 31, 2006 and 2005). Non-income producing commercial mortgage loans were $0.8 million as of December 31, 2006 and 2005.

The following table presents the activity in the allowance for losses during the years ended December 31:

 

(Amounts in millions)

   2006     2005     2004  

Balance as of January 1

   $ 4.3     $ 10.4     $ 10.4  

Provision charged (released) to operations

     (2.0 )     (4.6 )     1.0  

Transfers

     —         —         (0.6 )

Amounts written off, net of recoveries

     —         (1.5 )     (0.4 )
                        

Balance as of December 31

   $ 2.3     $ 4.3     $ 10.4  
                        

During 2005, we refined our process for estimating credit losses in our commercial mortgage loan portfolio. As a result of this adjustment, we released $4.6 million of commercial mortgage loan reserves to net investment income in the fourth quarter of 2005.

 

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Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

(Dollar amounts in millions)

 

(f) Other Invested Assets

The following table sets forth the carrying values of our other invested assets as of the dates indicated:

 

     December 31,  
     2006     2005  

(Amounts in millions)

   Carrying value    % of total     Carrying value    % of total  

Restricted other invested assets

   $ 283.1    65.8 %   $ 332.0    82.0 %

Limited partnerships

     51.1    11.9       48.6    12.0  

Trading securities

     53.1    12.3       15.0    3.7  

Derivatives

     30.2    7.0       6.5    1.6  

Short-term investments

     10.0    2.3       —      —    

Other investments

     2.8    0.7       2.8    0.7  
                          

Total

   $ 430.3    100.0 %   $ 404.9    100.0 %
                          

Restricted other invested assets

On August 19, 2005, we transferred approximately $344.6 million of investment securities to an affiliated special purpose entity (“SPE”), whose sole purpose is to securitize these investment securities and issue secured notes (the “Secured Notes”) to various affiliated companies. The securitized investments are owned in their entirety by the SPE and are not available to satisfy the claims of our creditors. However, we are entitled to principal and interest payments made on the Secured Notes we hold. Under U.S. GAAP, the transaction is accounted for as a secured borrowing. Accordingly, the Secured Notes are included within our consolidated financial statements as available-for-sale fixed maturities and the liability equal to the proceeds received upon transfer has been included in other liabilities. Additionally, the investment securities transferred are included in other invested assets and are shown as restricted assets.

As of December 31, 2006, the amortized cost or cost, gross unrealized gains (losses) and estimated fair value of our restricted other invested assets are as follows:

 

(Amounts in millions)

  

Amortized

cost

or cost

  

Gross

unrealized

gains

  

Gross

unrealized

losses

   

Estimated

fair value

Fixed maturities:

          

Foreign other

   $ 277.7    $ 1.4    $ (5.2 )   $ 273.9

U.S. corporate

     9.0      0.2      —         9.2
                            

Total restricted other invested assets

   $ 286.7    $ 1.6    $ (5.2 )   $ 283.1
                            

As of December 31, 2005, the amortized cost or cost, gross unrealized gains (losses) and estimated fair value of our restricted other invested assets are as follows:

 

(Amounts in millions)

  

Amortized

cost

or cost

  

Gross

unrealized

gains

  

Gross

unrealized

losses

   

Estimated

fair value

Fixed maturities:

          

Foreign other

   $ 324.3    $ 2.9    $ (4.3 )   $ 322.9

U.S. corporate

     9.0      0.2      (0.1 )     9.1
                            

Total restricted other invested assets

   $ 333.3    $ 3.1    $ (4.4 )   $ 332.0
                            

 

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Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

(Dollar amounts in millions)

 

The scheduled maturity distribution of the restricted other invested assets as of December 31, 2006 follows. Expected maturities may differ from scheduled contractual maturities because issuers of securities may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

 

(Amounts in millions)

  

Amortized

cost

or cost

   Estimated
fair value

Due in one year or less

   $ 9.0    $ 8.9

Due after one year through five years

     79.3      77.7

Due after five years through ten years

     169.3      166.7

Due after ten years

     29.1      29.8
             

Total restricted other invested assets

   $ 286.7    $ 283.1
             

As of December 31, 2006, $46.7 million of our restricted other invested assets were subject to certain call provisions.

As of December 31, 2006, we did not hold any restricted other invested assets, which individually exceeded 10% of stockholders’ equity.

(3) Deferred Acquisition Costs

Activity impacting deferred acquisition costs for the years ended December 31, was as follows:

 

(Amounts in millions)

   2006     2005     2004  

Unamortized balance as of January 1

   $ 321.3     $ 255.2     $ 923.8  

Cost deferred

     142.3       93.3       89.1  

Amortization, net of interest accretion

     (32.5 )     (27.2 )     (23.6 )

Transfers due to reinsurance transactions with Union Fidelity Life Insurance Company (“UFLIC”)—see note 5

     —         —         (734.1 )
                        

Unamortized balance as of December 31

     431.1       321.3       255.2  

Cumulative effect of net unrealized investment gains (losses)

     1.4       (0.2 )     (7.1 )
                        

Balance as of December 31

   $ 432.5     $ 321.1     $ 248.1  
                        

(4) Intangible Assets and Goodwill

As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization of intangibles, net of interest accretion, subject to amortization were as follows:

 

     2006     2005  

(Amounts in millions)

   Gross
carrying
amount
   Accumulated
amortization
    Gross
carrying
amount
   Accumulated
amortization
 

Present value of future profits (“PVFP”)

   $ 152.3    $ (51.4 )   $ 142.4    $ (41.4 )

Capitalized software

     26.6      (16.8 )     37.1      (14.4 )

Deferred sales inducements to contractholders

     11.5      (1.8 )     8.7      (0.8 )

All other

     1.0      (1.0 )     1.0      (1.0 )
                              

Total

   $ 191.4    $ (71.0 )   $ 189.2    $ (57.6 )
                              

 

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Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

(Dollar amounts in millions)

 

Amortization expense related to intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004 was $12.4 million, $16.3 million and $23.9 million, respectively. Amortization expense related to deferred sales inducements to contractholders of $1.0 million, $0.6 million and $0.2 million was included in benefits and other changes in policy reserves for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

(a) Present Value of Future Profits

The method used by us to value PVFP in connection with acquisitions of life insurance entities is summarized as follows: (1) identify the future gross profits attributable to certain lines of business, (2) identify the risks inherent in realizing those gross profits and (3) discount those gross profits at the rate of return that we must earn in order to accept the inherent risks.

The following table presents the activity in PVFP for the years ended December 31:

 

(Amounts in millions)

   2006     2005     2004  

Unamortized balance as of January 1

   $ 115.9     $ 129.7     $ 173.9  

Interest accreted at 4.6%, 4.9% and 5.2%, respectively

     5.1       6.0       7.1  

Amortization

     (15.1 )     (19.8 )     (27.6 )

Amounts transferred in connection with reinsurance transactions with UFLIC—see note 5

     —         —         (23.7 )
                        

Unamortized balance as of December 31

     105.9       115.9       129.7  

Accumulated effect of net unrealized investment gains (losses)

     (5.0 )     (14.9 )     (33.6 )
                        

Balance as of December 31

   $ 100.9     $ 101.0     $ 96.1  
                        

The estimated percentage of the December 31, 2006 PVFP balance net of interest accretion, before the effect of unrealized investment gains or losses, to be amortized over each of the next five years is as follows:

 

2007

   6.5 %

2008

   6.0 %

2009

   5.7 %

2010

   4.5 %

2011

   4.7 %

Amortization expenses for PVFP for future periods will be affected by acquisitions, dispositions, net investment gains (losses) or other factors affecting the ultimate amount of gross profits realized from certain lines of businesses. Similarly, future amortization expenses for other intangibles will depend on future acquisitions, dispositions and other business transactions.

(b) Goodwill

In 2005, we recognized an impairment of $57.5 million to amortization expense in our Protection segment. We currently are not actively writing life insurance in our Protection segment. The fair value of that reporting unit was estimated using the expected present value of future cash flows.

 

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Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

(Dollar amounts in millions)

 

In 2004, as a result of the reinsurance transactions with UFLIC, described in note 5, we were not able to transfer any goodwill, as the reinsurance transactions with UFLIC did not constitute the disposition of a business. However, as the reinsurance transactions with UFLIC represented a significant portion of our operations, we were required to test goodwill for impairment and recognized an impairment charge of $59.8 million to amortization expense in the Retirement Income and Investments reporting unit for the year ended December 31, 2004. The fair value of that reporting unit was estimated using the expected present value of future cash flows.

As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, there is no goodwill balance remaining as a result of these charges.

(5) Reinsurance

We reinsure a portion of our policy risks to other companies in order to reduce our ultimate losses and to diversify our exposures. We also assume certain policy risks written by other companies. Reinsurance accounting is followed for assumed and ceded transactions when adequate risk transfer has occurred. Otherwise, the deposit method of accounting is followed.

Reinsurance does not relieve us from our obligations to policyholders. In the event that the reinsurers are unable to meet their obligations, we remain liable for the reinsured claims. We monitor both the financial condition of individual reinsurers and risk concentrations arising from similar geographic regions, activities and economic characteristics of reinsurers to lessen the risk of default by such reinsurers. Other than the relationship discussed below with UFLIC, we do not have significant concentrations of reinsurance with any one reinsurer that could have a material impact on our financial position.

As of December 31, 2006, the maximum amount of individual ordinary life insurance normally retained by us on any one individual life policy with an issue age up to and including 75 is $1.0 million. The retention limit for issue ages over 75 is $0.1 million.

On November 30, 2005, we entered into a reinsurance agreement with FCL, on an indemnity coinsurance, funds withheld basis, to cede 90% of the institutional liabilities arising from the funding agreements issued as part of our registered note program. The maximum amount of the funding agreement liabilities that can be ceded to FCL, without prior notice, is $3.0 billion.

This agreement is accounted for under the deposit method of accounting as it does not transfer adequate insurance risk. No ceding commission was paid under this agreement. We withhold amounts due to FCL as security for the performance of FCL’s obligations under this agreement. We are required to invest the withheld amounts pursuant to investment guidelines agreed to with FCL and to pay the net profit to FCL. Any amounts due under this agreement are settled quarterly. As a result of the merger effective January 1, 2007, this reinsurance agreement has been terminated.

On April 15, 2004, we entered into reinsurance transactions in which we ceded to UFLIC substantially all of our in-force blocks of variable annuities and structured settlements, excluding the RetireReadySM Retirement Answer Variable Annuity (“Retirement Answer”) product. UFLIC also assumed any benefit or expense resulting from third-party reinsurance that we had on this block of business. We had $6.5 billion and $6.9 billion in retained assets that are attributable to the separate account portion of the variable annuity business and will make any payments with respect to that separate account portion directly from these assets as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The reinsurance transactions with UFLIC were reported on our tax returns at fair value as

 

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determined for tax purposes, giving rise to a net reduction in current and deferred income tax liabilities and resulting in a net tax benefit. Under these reinsurance agreements, we continue to perform various management, administration and support services and receive an expense allowance from UFLIC to reimburse us for costs we incur to service the reinsured blocks. Actual costs and expense allowance amounts are determined by expense studies conducted periodically.

Although we are not relieved of our primary obligations to the contractholders, the reinsurance transactions with UFLIC transfer the future financial results of the reinsured blocks to UFLIC. To secure the payment of its obligations to us under these reinsurance agreements, UFLIC has established trust accounts to maintain an aggregate amount of assets with a statutory book value at least equal to the statutory general account reserves attributable to the reinsured business less an amount required to be held in certain claims paying accounts. A trustee administers the trust accounts and we are permitted to withdraw from the trust accounts amounts due to us pursuant to the terms of the reinsurance agreements that are not otherwise paid by UFLIC. In addition, pursuant to a Capital Maintenance Agreement, General Electric Capital Corporation (“GE Capital”) agreed to maintain sufficient capital in UFLIC to maintain UFLIC’s risk-based capital at not less than 150% of its company action level, as defined from time to time by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”).

We also use reinsurance for guaranteed minimum death benefit (“GMDB”) options on most of our variable annuity products. We monitor both the financial condition of individual reinsurers and risk concentrations arising from similar geographic regions, activities and economic characteristics of reinsurers to lessen the risk of default by such reinsurers. Other than with UFLIC, at December 31, 2006, we had no significant concentrations of variable annuity net at risk reinsurance with any one reinsurer that could have a material impact on our results of operations. As of December 31, 2006, 31.1% of our reinsured life insurance net at risk exposure was ceded to one company.

Net life insurance in-force as of December 31 is summarized as follows:

 

(Amounts in millions)

   2006     2005     2004  

Direct life insurance in-force

   $ 20,392.7     $ 22,219.1     $ 24,723.4  

Amounts assumed from other companies

     1,470.5       1,638.3       1,863.3  

Amounts ceded to other companies

     (2,676.6 )     (3,313.6 )     (4,045.2 )
                        

Net in-force

   $ 19,186.6     $ 20,543.8     $ 22,541.5  
                        

Percentage of amount assumed to net

     7.7 %     8.0 %     8.3 %
                        

The following table sets forth the effects of reinsurance on premiums earned for the years ended December 31:

 

(Amounts in millions)

   2006     2005     2004  

Direct

   $ 107.5     $ 113.3     $ 110.8  

Assumed

     4.4       3.8       2.5  

Ceded

     (15.6 )     (13.6 )     (16.5 )
                        

Net premiums earned

   $ 96.3     $ 103.5     $ 96.8  
                        

Percentage of amount assumed to net

     4.6 %     3.7 %     2.6 %
                        

 

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Due to the nature of our insurance contracts, premiums earned approximate premiums written.

Reinsurance recoveries recognized as a reduction of benefits and other changes in policy reserves amounted to $124.0 million, $178.2 million and $127.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

(6) Future Annuity and Contract Benefits

Investment Contracts

Investment contracts are broadly defined to include contracts without significant mortality or morbidity risk. Payments received from sales of investment contracts are recognized by providing a liability equal to the current account value of the policyholder’s contracts. Interest rates credited to investment contracts are guaranteed for the initial policy term with renewal rates determined as necessary by management.

Insurance Contracts

Insurance contracts are broadly defined to include contracts with significant mortality and/or morbidity risk. The liability for future benefits of insurance contracts is the present value of such benefits less the present value of future net premiums, based on mortality, morbidity and other assumptions, which were appropriate at the time the policies were issued or acquired. These assumptions are periodically evaluated for potential reserve deficiencies. Reserves for cancelable accident and health insurance are based upon unearned premiums, claims incurred but not reported and claims in the process of settlement. This estimate is based on our historical experience and the experience of the insurance industry, adjusted for current trends. Any changes in the estimated liability are reflected in income as the estimates are revised.

The following table sets forth the major assumptions underlying our recorded liabilities for future annuity and contract benefits as of December 31:

 

(Amounts in millions)

   Mortality/
morbidity
assumption
  Interest rate
assumption
   2006    2005

Investment contracts

   Account
balance
  N/A    $ 6,685.9    $ 5,888.3

Limited payment contracts

   (a)   4.0% - 7.8%      205.3      203.6

Traditional life insurance contracts

   (b)   2.5% - 6.0%      281.9      295.8

Universal life type contracts

   Account
balance
  N/A      1,729.3      1,756.6

Accident and health

   (c)   4.5% - 5.3%      58.2      57.2
                  

Total future annuity and contracts benefits

        $ 8,960.6    $ 8,201.5
                  

(a) Either the United States Population Table, 1983 Group Annuitant Mortality Table or 1983 Individual Annuity Mortality Table and Company experience.
(b) Principally modifications of the 1965-70 or 1975-80 Select and Ultimate Tables, the 1980 Commissioner’s Standard Ordinary Table, the 1980 Commissioner’s Extended Term table and Company experience.
(c) The 1958 Commissioner’s Standard Ordinary Table, 1964 modified and 1987 Commissioner’s Disability Tables and Company experience.

 

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Assumptions as to persistency are based on the Company’s experience.

Our variable annuity contracts provide a basic GMDB which provides a minimum account value to be paid on the annuitant’s death. Our contractholders have the option to purchase through riders, at an additional charge, enhanced death benefits. Our separate account guarantees are predominately death benefits; we also have some guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits.

The total account value (excluding the block of business reinsured through the transaction with UFLIC discussed in note 5) of our variable annuities with death benefits, including both separate account and fixed account assets, was approximately $3,867.4 million and $1,929.4 million as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, with related guaranteed minimum death benefit exposure (or net amount at risk) of approximately $15.5 million and $8.2 million as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The liability for our variable annuity contracts with guaranteed minimum death benefits net of reinsurance was $6.5 million and $2.3 million as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

The assets supporting the separate accounts of the variable contracts are primarily mutual fund equity securities and are reflected in our Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value and reported as summary total separate account assets with an equivalent summary total reported for liabilities. Amounts assessed against the contractholders for mortality, administrative, and other services are included in revenues. Changes in liabilities for minimum guarantees are included in benefits and other changes in policy reserves.

Separate account net investment income, net investment gains and losses, and the related liability changes are offset within the same line item in the Consolidated Statements of Income. There were no gains or losses on transfers of assets from the general account to the separate account.

(7) Income Taxes

The total provision (benefit) for income taxes for the years ended December 31, consisted of the following components:

 

(Amounts in millions)

   2006    2005     2004  

Current federal income tax

   $ 17.6    $ (13.2 )   $ 34.2  

Deferred federal income tax

     32.5      37.2       (166.6 )
                       

Total federal income tax

     50.1      24.0       (132.4 )
                       

Current state income tax

     0.3      (0.8 )     (3.5 )

Deferred state income tax

     0.7      2.1       (7.4 )
                       

Total state income tax

     1.0      1.3       (10.9 )
                       

Total provision (benefit) for income taxes

   $ 51.1    $ 25.3     $ (143.3 )
                       

 

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The reconciliation of the federal statutory rate to the effective income tax rate for the years ended December 31, is as follows:

 

     2006     2005     2004  

Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate

   35.0 %   35.0 %   35.0 %

State income tax, net of federal income tax benefit

   0.5     1.6     (4.2 )

Non-deductible goodwill impairment

   —       36.8     37.8  

Dividends-received deduction

   (6.9 )   (17.4 )   (11.9 )

Reinsurance transactions with UFLIC

   —       —       (315.9 )

Tax contingencies

   13.1     (9.7 )   —    

Other, net

   1.1     (0.1 )   0.4  
                  

Effective rate

   42.8 %   46.2 %   (258.8 )%
                  

The components of the net deferred income tax asset (liability) as of December 31, are as follows:

 

(Amounts in millions)

   2006     2005

Assets:

    

Future annuity and contract benefits

   $ 72.8     $ 55.8

Accrued expenses

     23.2       48.6

Investments

     18.0       —  

Other, net

     2.7       17.5
              

Total deferred income tax asset

     116.7       121.9
              

Liabilities:

    

Net unrealized gains on investment securities

     1.8       6.7

Net unrealized gains on derivatives

     0.3       0.6

Investments

     —         6.1

Present value of future profits

     24.7       20.1

Deferred acquisition costs

     100.3       57.8

Other, net

     17.2       30.5
              

Total deferred income tax liability

     144.3       121.8
              

Net deferred income tax asset (liability)

   $ (27.6 )   $ 0.1
              

Based on our analysis, management believes it is more likely than not that the results of future operations and implementation of tax planning strategies will generate sufficient taxable income to enable us to realize our remaining deferred tax assets. Accordingly, no valuation allowance for deferred tax assets is deemed necessary.

As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, the current income tax receivable was $3.4 million and $1.2 million, respectively. In 2006, we recorded $18.2 million in additional paid-in capital as a deemed capital contribution related to taxes, of which $17.9 million related to the assumption of a liability for tax contingency reserves by our indirect parent, GNA. The contribution was offset by an increase in tax expense resulting in no net impact to total stockholders’ equity.

 

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(8) Related Party Transactions

We and other direct and indirect subsidiaries of Genworth are parties to an amended and restated services and shared expenses agreement under which each company agrees to provide and each company agrees to receive certain general services. These services include, but are not limited to, data processing, communications, marketing, public relations, advertising, investment management, human resources, accounting, actuarial, legal, administration of agent and agency matters, purchasing, underwriting and claims. Under the terms of the agreement, settlements are made quarterly.

Under this agreement, amounts incurred for these items aggregated $140.5 million, $124.7 million and $117.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. We also charge affiliates for certain services and for the use of facilities and equipment, which aggregated $67.4 million, $65.0 million and $65.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

We pay GE Asset Management Incorporated (“GEAM”), an affiliate of GE, for investment services under an investment management agreement. We paid $0.5 million, $2.5 million and $3.9 million in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively, to GEAM under this agreement. GEAM related party information is only presented for the first quarter of 2006 as GE and its affiliates ceased to be a related party as of that point in time. We also pay Genworth, our ultimate parent, for investment related services. We paid $7.7 million, $6.3 million and $3.0 million to Genworth in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

We pay interest on outstanding amounts under a credit funding agreement with GNA, the parent company of GLIC. We have a credit line of $500.0 million with GNA. There was no significant interest expense incurred under this agreement in 2006. Interest expense under this agreement was $0.2 million and $0.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. We pay interest at the cost of funds of GNA, which was 5.2%, 4.3% and 2.2%, as of December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The amount outstanding as of December 31, 2006 was $16.1 million and was included with other liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. No amount was outstanding as of December 31, 2005.

(9) Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments

We have certain investment commitments to provide fixed-rate commercial mortgage loans. The investment commitments, which would be collateralized by related properties of the underlying investments and held for investment purposes, involve varying elements of credit and market risk. We were committed to fund $2.7 million and $1.6 million as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, in commercial mortgage loans, which will be held for investment purposes.

We had limited partnership commitments outstanding of $23.5 million and $0.3 million as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

Litigation

We face a significant risk of litigation and regulatory investigations and actions in the ordinary course of operating our businesses, including class action lawsuits. Our pending legal and regulatory actions include proceedings specific to us and others generally applicable to business practices in the industries in which we operate. Plaintiffs in class action and other lawsuits against us may seek very large or indeterminate amounts,

 

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including punitive and treble damages, which may remain unknown for substantial periods of time. A substantial legal liability or a significant regulatory action against us could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. Moreover, even if we ultimately prevail in the litigation, regulatory action or investigation, we could suffer significant reputational harm, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. At this time, it is not feasible to predict or determine the ultimate outcomes of all pending investigations and legal proceedings or to provide reasonable ranges of potential losses.

Guarantees

We guaranteed the payment of certain structured settlement benefits sold by Assigned Settlement, Inc., our wholly-owned subsidiary, from March 2004 through December 2005 which were funded by products of our parent and one of our affiliates. The structured settlement reserves related to this guarantee were $275.3 million as of December 31, 2006.

(10) Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Assets and liabilities that are reflected in the consolidated financial statements at fair value are not included in the following disclosure of fair value; such items include cash and cash equivalents, investment securities, separate accounts, other invested assets and derivative financial instruments. Other financial assets and liabilities—those not carried at fair value or disclosed separately—are discussed below. Apart from certain derivative instruments and certain marketable securities, few of the instruments discussed below are actively traded and their fair values must often be determined using models. The fair value estimates are made at a specific point in time, based upon available market information and judgments about the financial instruments, including estimates of the timing and amount of expected future cash flows and the credit standing of counterparties. Such estimates do not reflect any premium or discount that could result from offering for sale at one time our entire holdings of a particular financial instrument, nor do they consider the tax impact of the realization of unrealized gains or losses. In many cases, the fair value estimates cannot be substantiated by comparison to independent markets, nor can the disclosed value be realized in immediate settlement of the financial instrument.

The basis on which we estimate fair values is as follows:

Commercial mortgage loans. Based on quoted market prices, recent transactions and/or discounted future cash flows, using current market rates at which similar loans would have been made to similar borrowers.

Other financial instruments. Based on comparable market transactions, discounted future cash flows, quoted market prices and/or estimates of the cost to terminate or otherwise settle obligations.

Borrowings. Based on quoted market prices or comparable market transactions.

Investment contract benefits. Based on expected future cash flows, discounted at currently offered discount rates for immediate annuity contracts or cash surrender value for single premium deferred annuities.

All other instruments. Based on comparable market transactions, discounted future cash flows, quoted market prices and /or estimates of the cost to terminate or otherwise settle obligations.

 

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The following represents the fair value of financial assets and liabilities as of December 31:

 

     2006    2005

(Amounts in millions)

  

Notional

amount

   

Carrying

amount

  

Estimated

fair value

  

Notional

amount

   

Carrying

amount

  

Estimated

fair value

Assets:

               

Commercial mortgage loans

   $      (a)   $ 1,258.8    $ 1,254.4    $      (a)   $ 1,042.1    $ 1,054.7

Other financial instruments

          (a)     23.1      32.3           (a)     19.6      27.0

Liabilities:

               

Borrowings

          (a)     16.1      16.1           (a)     —        —  

Investment contract benefits

          (a)     6,685.9      6,625.9           (a)     5,888.3      5,835.0

Other firm commitments:

               

Ordinary course of business lending commitments

     2.7       —        —        1.6       —        —  

Commitments to fund limited partnerships

     23.5       —        —        0.3       —        —  

(a) These financial instruments do not have notional amounts.

Our business activities routinely deal with fluctuations in interest rates and other asset prices. We use derivative financial instruments to mitigate or eliminate certain of these risks. We follow strict policies for managing each of these risks, including prohibition on derivatives market-making, speculative derivatives trading or other speculative derivatives activities. These policies require the use of derivative instruments in concert with other techniques to reduce or eliminate these risks.

A reconciliation of current period changes, net of applicable income taxes, in the separate component of stockholders’ equity labeled “derivatives qualifying as hedges” for the years ended December 31 follows:

 

(Amounts in millions)

   2006     2005  

Derivatives qualifying as effective hedges as of January 1

   $ 1.1     $ 3.3  

Current period decreases (increases) in fair value, net of deferred taxes of $0.0 and $(0.2)

     —         0.4  

Reclassification to net income, net of deferred taxes of $0.3 and $1.7

     (0.5 )     (2.6 )
                

Balance as of December 31

   $ 0.6     $ 1.1  
                

Derivatives qualifying as hedges amounting to $0.6 million, net of taxes, recorded in stockholders’ equity at December 31, 2006 is expected to be reclassified to future income, concurrently with and primarily offsetting changes in interest expense and interest income on floating-rate instruments. Of this amount, $0.1 million, net of income taxes, is expected to be reclassified to income in the year ending December 31, 2007. Actual amounts may vary from this amount as a result of market conditions. All forecasted transactions currently being hedged are expected to occur by 2035. No amounts were reclassified to income during the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 in connection with forecasted transactions that were no longer considered probable of occurring.

Positions in derivative instruments. The fair value of derivative instruments, including interest rate swaps, equity index options and financial futures, are based upon pricing valuation models which utilize independent

 

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third-party data as inputs. The following table sets forth our positions in derivative instruments and the estimated fair values as of the dates indicated:

 

     December 31,
      2006    2005

(Amounts in millions)

   Notional
value
   Estimated
fair value
   Notional
value
   Estimated
fair value

Interest rate swaps

   $ 1,276.6    $ 8.2    $ 96.5    $ 1.1

Equity index options

     271.9      16.4      31.0      2.5

Financial futures

     18.5      —        8.8      0.1
                           

Total

   $ 1,567.0    $ 24.6    $ 136.3    $ 3.7
                           

As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, the fair value of derivatives in a gain position and recorded in other invested assets was $30.2 million and $6.5 million, respectively, and the fair value of derivatives in a loss position and recorded in other liabilities was $5.6 million and $2.8 million, respectively.

Income effects of derivatives. In the context of hedging relationships, “effectiveness” refers to the degree to which fair value changes in the hedging instrument offset corresponding fair value changes in the hedged item attributable to the risk being hedged. Certain elements of hedge positions cannot qualify for hedge accounting whether effective or not, and must therefore be marked to market through income. Time value of purchased options is the most common example of such elements in instruments we use. There was no ineffectiveness reported in the fair value of hedge positions for the twelve months ended December 31, 2006 and 2005. There were no amounts excluded from the measure of effectiveness in the twelve months ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 related to the hedge of future cash flows.

Derivative counterparty credit risk. We manage counterparty credit risk on an individual counterparty basis, which means that gains and losses are netted for each counterparty to determine the amount at risk. When a counterparty exceeds credit exposure limits in terms of amounts owed to us, typically as the result of changes in market conditions, no additional transactions are executed until the exposure with that counterparty is reduced to an amount that is within the established limit. The swaps that are executed under master swap agreements containing mutual credit downgrade provisions that provide the ability to require assignment or replacement in the event either parties unsecured debt rating is downgraded below Moody’s “Baa” or S&P’s “BBB.” If the downgrade provisions had been triggered as of December 31, 2006, we could have been required to disburse up to $1.6 million and claim up to $26.2 million from counterparties. This represents the fair value of losses and gains by counterparty. As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, gross fair value gains were $26.2 million and $6.4 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, gross fair value losses were $1.6 million and $2.7 million, respectively.

Swaps and purchased options with contractual maturities longer than one year are conducted within our approved credit policy constraints. Our policy permits us to enter into derivative transactions with counterparties rated “A2” by Moody’s and “A” by S&P’s if the agreements governing such transactions require both us and the counterparties to provide collateral in certain circumstances.

(11) Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Net cash paid (received) for federal and state taxes was $2.5 million, $(15.5) million and $38.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

 

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For a discussion of dividends paid to stockholders, see note 13. In connection with the reinsurance transaction with UFLIC in 2004 discussed in note 5, we completed several non-cash transactions. These transactions included the transfer of the assets and liabilities. The following table details these transactions as well as other non-cash items:

Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities

 

     Years ended December 31,  

(Amounts in millions)

   2006    2005    2004  

Excluded net assets:

        

Assets

   $ —      $ —      $ 2,834.9  

Liabilities

     —        —        (2,840.4 )
                      

Net assets transferred

   $ —      $ —      $ (5.5 )
                      

Other non-cash transactions:

        

Change in collateral for securities lending transactions

   $ —      $ 23.8    $ (23.8 )

Dividends paid to stockholders

     —        440.3      379.1  

Tax contingencies and other tax related items

     18.2      —        —    
                      

Total other non-cash transactions

   $ 18.2    $ 464.1    $ 355.3  
                      

(12) Non-controlled Entities

We have used third-party entities to facilitate asset securitizations. Disclosure requirements related to off-balance sheet arrangements encompass a broader array of arrangements than those at risk for consolidation. These arrangements include transactions with conduits that are sponsored by third parties.

The following table summarizes the current balance of assets sold to SPEs as of December 31:

 

(Amounts in millions)

   2006    2005

Assets secured by:

     

Commercial mortgage loans

   $ 77.1    $ 96.5

Fixed maturities

     39.8      66.1

Other receivables

     86.7      91.5
             

Total assets

   $ 203.6    $ 254.1
             

Each of the categories of assets shown in the table above represents portfolios of assets that are highly rated. Examples of each category include: commercial mortgage loans—loans on diversified commercial property; fixed maturities—domestic and foreign, corporate and government securities; other receivables—primarily policy loans.

We evaluate the economic, liquidity and credit risk related to the above SPEs and believe that the likelihood is remote that any such arrangements could have a significant adverse effect on our operations, cash flows, or financial position. Financial support for certain SPEs is provided under credit support agreements, in which Genworth provides limited recourse for a maximum of $119.0 million of credit losses in such entities. Assets with credit support are funded by demand notes that are further enhanced with support provided by GE Capital.

 

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We may record liabilities, for such guarantees based on our best estimate of probable losses. To date, no SPE has incurred a loss.

Sales of securitized assets to SPEs result in a gain or loss amounting to the net of sales proceeds, the carrying amount of net assets sold, the fair value of servicing rights and retained interests and an allowance for losses. There were no off-balance sheet securitization transactions in 2006, 2005 and 2004.

Retained interests and recourse obligations related to such sales that are recorded in fixed maturities in our consolidated financial statements are as follows:

 

     December 31,
     2006    2005

(Amounts in millions)

   Cost    Fair
value
   Cost    Fair
value

Retained interests—assets

   $ 5.6    $ 12.2    $ 8.0    $ 10.4

Servicing assets

     —        —        —        —  

Recourse liability

     —        —        —        —  
                           

Total

   $ 5.6    $ 12.2    $ 8.0    $ 10.4
                           

Retained interests. In certain securitization transactions, we retain an interest in transferred assets. Those interests take various forms and may be subject to credit prepayment and interest rate risks. When we securitize receivables, we determine fair value based on discounted cash flow models that incorporate, among other things, assumptions including credit losses, prepayment speeds and discount rates. These assumptions are based on our experience, market trends and anticipated performance related to the particular assets securitized. Subsequent to recording retained interests, we review recorded values quarterly in the same manner and using current assumptions.

Servicing assets. Following a securitization transaction, we retain the responsibility for servicing the receivables, and as such, are entitled to receive an ongoing fee based on the outstanding principal balances of the receivables. There are no servicing assets nor liabilities recorded as the benefits of servicing the assets are adequate to compensate an independent servicer for its servicing responsibilities.

Recourse liability. As described previously, under credit support agreements we provide recourse for credit losses in special purpose entities. We provide for expected credit losses under these agreements and such amounts approximate fair value.

(13) Restrictions on Dividends

Insurance companies are restricted by state regulations departments as to the aggregate amount of dividends they may pay to their parent in any consecutive twelve-month period without regulatory approval. Generally, dividends may be paid out of earned surplus without approval with thirty days prior written notice within certain limits. The limits are generally based on the greater of 10% of the prior year surplus or prior year net gain from operations. Dividends in excess of the prescribed limits on our earned surplus require formal approval from the Bureau of Insurance. Based on statutory results as of December 31, 2006, we are able to distribute $167.2 million in dividends in 2007 without obtaining regulatory approval.

 

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(Dollar amounts in millions)

 

In 2006, we did not declare or pay any common stock dividend. In 2005, we declared and paid a common stock dividend of $440.3 million consisting of securities. In 2004, concurrently with the consummation of the reinsurance transactions with UFLIC, we paid a dividend to our stockholder consisting of cash and securities. A portion of this dividend, together with amounts paid by certain of our affiliates, was used by GE Financial Assurance Holdings, Inc. to make a capital contribution to UFLIC. The aggregate value of the dividend was $409.5 million, consisting of cash in the amount of $30.4 million and securities in the amount of $379.1 million.

In addition to the common stock dividends, we declared and paid preferred stock dividends of $9.6 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004. Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock are cumulative and are payable semi-annually when, and if, declared by the Board of Directors at an annual rate of 8.0% of the par value. On December 29, 2006, we redeemed 10,000 shares of our 120,000 Series A Preferred Stock, par value $1,000 per share. We paid an additional $0.1 million in accrued dividends on the redeemed shares. On January 22, 2007, the Board of Directors authorized the redemption of the remaining 110,000 outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock for $110.0 million for par value and $2.2 million in accrued dividends on the redeemed shares. We filed the required Bureau of Insurance notifications on January 24, 2007 and expect to finalize the redemption in March 2007.

(14) Supplemental Statutory Financial Data

We file financial statements with state insurance regulatory authorities and the NAIC that are prepared on an accounting basis prescribed by such authorities (statutory basis). Statutory accounting practices differ from U.S. GAAP in several respects, causing differences in reported net income and stockholders’ equity. Permitted statutory accounting practices encompass all accounting practices not so prescribed but that have been specifically allowed by state insurance authorities. We have no permitted accounting practices.

For the years ended December 31, statutory net income and statutory capital and surplus is summarized below:

 

(Amounts in millions)

   2006    2005    2004

Statutory net income

   $ 169.6    $ 144.4    $ 105.8

Statutory capital and surplus

     587.8      476.0      817.2

The NAIC has adopted Risk Based Capital (“RBC”) requirements to evaluate the adequacy of statutory capital and surplus in relation to risks associated with (i) asset risk, (ii) insurance risk, (iii) interest rate risk and (iv) business risks. The RBC formula is designated as an early warning tool for the states to identify possible under-capitalized companies for the purpose of initiating regulatory action. In the course of operations, we periodically monitor our RBC level. As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, we exceeded the minimum required RBC levels.

(15) Segment Information

We conduct our operations in two business segments: (1) Retirement Income and Investments, which includes deferred annuities, individual variable annuities, group variable annuities designed for retirement plans, variable life insurance and specialized products, including GICs, funding agreements, FABNs and a reinsured block of structured settlements; and (2) Protection, which includes universal life insurance, interest-sensitive whole life insurance and Medicare supplement insurance. We also have Corporate and Other which includes unallocated net investment gains (losses), corporate income, expenses and income taxes.

 

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(Dollar amounts in millions)

 

In 2006, we began to allocate net investment gains (losses) from Corporate and Other to our Retirement Income and Investments and Protection segments using an approach based principally upon the investment portfolio established to support each of those segments’ products and targeted capital levels. Prior to 2006, all net investment gains (losses) were recorded in Corporate and Other and were not reflected in the results of any of our segments.

We use the same accounting policies and procedures to measure segment income and assets as we use to measure our consolidated net income and assets. Segment income represents the basis on which the performance of our business is assessed by management. Premiums and fees, other income, benefits and acquisition and operating expenses and policy related amortization are attributed directly to each operating segment. Net investment income and invested assets are allocated based on the assets required to support the underlying liabilities and capital of the products included in each segment.

See note (1)(c) for further discussion of our principal product lines within the aforementioned segments.

The following is a summary of our segments and Corporate and Other activities as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006:

 

(Amounts in millions)

   Retirement
Income and
Investments
    Protection     Corporate
and Other
    Consolidated  

Net investment income

   $ 269.8     $ 141.2     $ 16.5     $ 427.5  

Net investment gains (losses)

     (7.7 )     (1.1 )     7.2       (1.6 )

Premiums

     —         96.3       —         96.3  

Other revenues

     91.4       131.2       —         222.6  
                                

Total revenues

     353.5       367.6       23.7       744.8  
                                

Interest credited, benefits and other changes in policy reserves

     246.1       257.9       —         504.0  

Acquisition and operating expenses, net of deferrals

     39.9       30.6       6.0       76.5  

Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and intangibles

     23.5       21.4       —         44.9  
                                

Total benefits and expenses

     309.5       309.9       6.0       625.4  
                                

Income before income taxes

     44.0       57.7       17.7       119.4  

Provision for income taxes

     7.8       20.5       22.8       51.1  
                                

Net income (loss)

   $ 36.2     $ 37.2     $ (5.1 )   $ 68.3  
                                

Total assets

   $ 17,901.2     $ 2,615.9     $ 703.1     $ 21,220.2  
                                

 

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Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

(Dollar amounts in millions)

 

The following is a summary of our segments and Corporate and Other activities as of and for the year ended December 31, 2005:

 

(Amounts in millions)

  Retirement
Income and
Investments
  Protection     Corporate
and Other
    Consolidated  

Net investment income

  $ 229.5   $ 141.0     $ 41.2     $ 411.7  

Net investment gains (losses)

    —       —         (4.5 )     (4.5 )

Premiums

    0.1     103.4       —         103.5  

Other revenues

    58.6     135.9       —         194.5  
                             

Total revenues

    288.2     380.3       36.7       705.2  
                             

Interest credited, benefits and other changes in policy reserves

    194.1     265.4       —         459.5  

Acquisition and operating expenses, net of deferrals

    33.3     34.6       22.0       89.9  

Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and intangibles

    20.1     80.9       —         101.0  
                             

Total benefits and expenses

    247.5     380.9       22.0       650.4  
                             

Income (loss) before income taxes

    40.7     (0.6 )     14.7       54.8  

Provision for income taxes

    3.2     20.2       1.9       25.3  
                             

Net income (loss)

  $ 37.5   $ (20.8 )   $ 12.8     $ 29.5  
                             

Total assets

  $ 15,507.4   $ 2,680.0     $ 694.6     $ 18,882.0  
                             

The following is a summary of our segments and Corporate and Other activities for the year ended December 31, 2004:

 

(Amounts in millions)

  Retirement
Income and
Investments
    Protection   Corporate
and Other
    Consolidated  

Net investment income

  $ 238.5     $ 140.3   $ 42.2     $ 421.0  

Net investment gains (losses)

    —         —       5.7       5.7  

Premiums

    0.4       96.4     —         96.8  

Other revenues

    40.0       136.4     —         176.4  
                             

Total revenues

    278.9       373.1     47.9       699.9  
                             

Interest credited, benefits and other changes in policy reserves

    202.4       271.6     —         474.0  

Acquisition and operating expenses, net of deferrals

    17.1       31.1     15.0       63.2  

Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and intangibles

    78.6       28.7     —         107.3  
                             

Total benefits and expenses

    298.1       331.4     15.0       644.5  
                             

Income (loss) before income taxes and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

    (19.2 )     41.7     32.9       55.4  

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

    8.2       14.8     (166.3 )     (143.3 )
                             

Net income (loss) before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

    (27.4 )     26.9     199.2       198.7  

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, net of tax

    0.7       —       —         0.7  
                             

Net income (loss)

  $ (26.7 )   $ 26.9   $ 199.2     $ 199.4  
                             

 

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(Dollar amounts in millions)

 

(16) Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited)

Our unaudited summarized quarterly financial data for the years ended December 31, were as follows:

 

     First Quarter    Second Quarter    Third Quarter     Fourth Quarter

(Amounts in millions)

   2006    2005    2006    2005    2006    2005     2006    2005

Net investment income

   $ 91.9    $ 107.8    $ 108.1    $ 98.1    $ 104.1    $ 101.5     $ 123.4    $ 104.3
                                                        

Total revenues

   $ 165.4    $ 184.1    $ 175.2    $ 170.9    $ 181.4    $ 172.3     $ 222.8    $ 177.9
                                                        

Net income (loss)

   $ 9.9    $ 27.0    $ 19.1    $ 15.4    $ 23.3    $ (37.9 )   $ 16.0    $ 25.0
                                                        

(17) Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information (unaudited)

On January 1, 2007, FHL and FCL merged with and into GLAIC. The consolidated financial statements for GLAIC will be represented in the first quarter of 2007 as if the mergers had been effective for all periods and were accounted for as a pooling of interests for entities under common control as GLAIC, FHL and FCL are all wholly-owned subsidiaries of Genworth. As the mergers of FHL and FCL will be accounted for as a pooling of interests, we will present pro forma combined financial information for the three years ended December 31, 2006 for the income statement and as of December 31, 2006 for the balance sheet.

Upon consummation of the FHL and FCL mergers, GLAIC transferred its ownership of AML, formerly a wholly-owned subsidiary of FCL, to GLICNY, an affiliate, in exchange for a non-majority ownership interest in GLICNY. AML merged into GLICNY with GLICNY being the surviving entity.

 

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Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

(Dollar amounts in millions)

 

The following is unaudited condensed combined financial information for GLAIC Merged prepared on a pro forma basis as if the mergers of FHL and FCL occurred on January 1, 2004 and the AML and GLICNY transfer occurred on January 1, 2006 for the periods indicated:

 

     For the year ended December 31, 2006
     Historical
Genworth Life
and Annuity
Insurance
Company and
Subsidiaries
    Historical
Federal Home
Life Insurance
Company and
Subsidiaries
   Eliminations     Pro
forma
historical
combined
   Pro forma
adjustments—
transfer of
American
Mayflower
Life
Insurance
Company of
New York
    Pro forma

Revenues:

              

Premiums

   $ 96.3     $ 1,036.0    $ —       $ 1,132.3    $ (38.1 )(b)   $ 1,094.2

Net investment income

     427.5       689.4      —         1,116.9      (46.8 )(b)     1,070.1

Net investment gains (losses)

     (1.6 )     4.7      —         3.1      1.0 (b)     4.1

Policy fees and other income

     222.6       169.7      (9.5 )(a)     382.8      (2.1 )(b)     380.7
                                            

Total revenues

     744.8       1,899.8      (9.5 )     2,635.1      (86.0 )     2,549.1
                                            

Benefits and expenses:

              

Benefits and other changes in policy reserves

     185.8       916.1      —         1,101.9      (40.3 )(b)     1,061.6

Interest credited

     318.2       188.0      (9.5 )(a)     496.7      (16.0 )(b)     480.7

Acquisition and operating expenses, net of deferrals

     76.5       193.9      —         270.4      (0.2 )(b)     270.2

Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and intangibles

     44.9       39.2      —         84.1      (1.4 )(b)     82.7

Interest expense

     —         134.0      —         134.0            134.0
                                            

Total benefits and expenses

     625.4       1,471.2      (9.5 )     2,087.1      (57.9 )     2,029.2
                                            

Income before income taxes

     119.4       428.6      —         548.0      (28.1 )     519.9

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

     51.1       137.3      —         188.4      (10.0 )(b)     178.4

Equity in net income of unconsolidated subsidiary

     —         —        —         —        17.3 (c)     17.3
                                            

Net income (loss)

   $ 68.3     $ 291.3    $ —       $ 359.6    $ (0.8 )   $ 358.8
                                            

(a) Reflects adjustment to eliminate the intercompany reinsurance between GLAIC and FCL related to the FABN program.
(b) Reflects adjustments to exclude amounts included in our historical combined financial information relating to the results of operations of AML that were transferred in connection with the transfer of ownership of AML to GLICNY immediately following consummation of the mergers of FHL and FCL with and into GLAIC.
(c) Reflects equity in income of unconsolidated subsidiary for GLAIC’s non-majority ownership interest in GLICNY.

 

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Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

(Dollar amounts in millions)

 

     For the year ended December 31, 2005  
      Historical
Genworth Life
and Annuity
Insurance
Company and
Subsidiaries
    Historical
Federal Home
Life Insurance
Company and
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations    Pro forma historical
combined
 

Revenues:

         

Premiums

   $ 103.5     $ 1,008.9     $ —      $ 1,112.4  

Net investment income

     411.7       606.9       —        1,018.6  

Net investment gains (losses)

     (4.5 )     (5.2 )     —        (9.7 )

Policy fees and other income

     194.5       167.8       —        362.3  
                               

Total revenues

     705.2       1,778.4       —        2,483.6  
                               

Benefits and expenses:

         

Benefits and other changes in policy reserves

     190.4       954.7       —        1,145.1  

Interest credited

     269.1       186.9       —        456.0  

Acquisition and operating expenses, net of deferrals

     89.9       148.0       —        237.9  

Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and intangibles

     101.0       76.4       —        177.4  

Interest expense

     —         48.7       —        48.7  
                               

Total benefits and expenses

     650.4       1,414.7       —        2,065.1  
                               

Income before income taxes

     54.8       363.7       —        418.5  

Provision for income taxes

     25.3       122.6       —        147.9  
                               

Net income

   $ 29.5     $ 241.1     $ —      $ 270.6  
                               

 

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Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

(Dollar amounts in millions)

 

     For the year ended December 31, 2004  
      Historical
Genworth Life
and Annuity
Insurance
Company and
Subsidiaries
    Historical
Federal Home
Life Insurance
Company and
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations    Pro forma historical
combined
 

Revenues:

         

Premiums

   $ 96.8     $ 1,055.3     $ —      $ 1,152.1  

Net investment income

     421.0       543.1       —        964.1  

Net investment gains (losses)

     5.7       1.9       —        7.6  

Policy fees and other income

     176.4       147.0       —        323.4  
                               

Total revenues

     699.9       1,747.3       —        2,447.2  
                               

Benefits and expenses:

         

Benefits and other changes in policy reserves

     182.8       1,002.7       —        1,185.5  

Interest credited

     291.2       195.8       —        487.0  

Acquisition and operating expenses, net of deferrals

     63.2       107.5       —        170.7  

Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and intangibles

     107.3       104.9       —        212.2  

Interest expense

     —         24.5       —        24.5  
                               

Total benefits and expenses

     644.5       1,435.4       —        2,079.9  
                               

Income before income taxes and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     55.4       311.9       —        367.3  

Benefit for income taxes

     (143.3 )     (96.7 )     —        (240.0 )
                               

Net income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     198.7       408.6       —        607.3  

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

     0.7       (0.8 )     —        (0.1 )
                               

Net income

   $ 199.4     $ 407.8     $ —      $ 607.2  
                               

 

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(Dollar amounts in millions)

 

The following is unaudited condensed combined financial information for GLAIC Merged prepared on a pro forma basis as if the mergers of FHL and FCL and the AML and GLICNY transfer occurred on December 31, 2006:

 

    As of December 31, 2006
    Historical
Genworth Life
and Annuity
Insurance
Company and
Subsidiaries
 

Historical
Federal Home
Life Insurance

Company and
Subsidiaries

  Eliminations    

Pro forma
historical

combined

  Pro forma
adjustments—
transfer of
American
Mayflower
Life
Insurance
Company of
New York
    Pro forma

Assets

           

Total investments

  $ 8,479.3   $ 11,663.2   $ —       $ 20,142.5   $ (872.3 )(a)   $ 19,604.6
            334.4 (b)  

Separate account assets

    10,383.4     —       —         10,383.4           10,383.4

Reinsurance recoverable

    1,642.1     7,744.7     —         9,386.8     (321.7 )(a)     9,065.1

Other assets

    715.4     3,878.0     (2.1 )(c)     4,591.3     (183.2 )(a)     4,408.1
                                       

Total assets

  $ 21,220.2   $ 23,285.9   $ (2.1 )   $ 44,504.0   $ (1,042.8 )   $ 43,461.2
                                       

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity

           

Policyholder liabilities

  $ 9,192.7   $ 15,665.2   $ —       $ 24,857.9   $ (845.6 )(a)   $ 24,012.3

Separate account liabilities

    10,383.4     —       —         10,383.4           10,383.4

Non-recourse funding obligations

    —       2,765.0     —         2,765.0           2,765.0

All other liabilities

    484.0     1,572.1     (2.1 )(c)     2,054.0     (245.6 )(a)     1,808.4
                                       

Total liabilities

    20,060.1     20,002.3     (2.1 )     40,060.3     (1,091.2 )     38,969.1
                                       

Total stockholders’ equity

    1,160.1     3,283.6     —         4,443.7     48.4 (a),(b)     4,492.1
                                       

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

  $ 21,220.2   $ 23,285.9   $ (2.1 )   $ 44,504.0   $ (1,042.8 )   $ 43,461.2
                                       

(a) Reflects adjustments to exclude amounts included in our historical combined financial information relating to the results of operations of AML that were transferred in connection with the transfer of ownership of AML to GLICNY immediately following consummation of the mergers of FHL and FCL with and into GLAIC.
(b) Reflects adjustments to include the non-majority ownership interest in GLICNY acquired in connection with the transfer of our ownership in AML.
(c) Reflects the elimination of intercompany balances between GLAIC and FHL Consolidated.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors

Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company:

Under the date of March 12, 2007, we reported on the consolidated balance sheets of Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, which are included herein. In connection with our audits of the aforementioned consolidated financial statements, we also audited the related consolidated financial statement schedules included herein. These financial statement schedules are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statement schedules based on our audits.

In our opinion, such financial statement schedules, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.

As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for certain nontraditional long-duration contracts and separate accounts in 2004.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Richmond, Virginia

March 12, 2007

 

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Schedule I

GENWORTH LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY

Summary of investments—other than investments in related parties

December 31, 2006

(Amounts in millions)

 

Type of Investment

   Amortized
cost or
cost
  

Estimated

fair value

   Carrying
value

Fixed maturities:

        

Bonds:

        

U.S. government, agencies and authorities

   $ 29.2    $ 29.4    $ 29.4

Government—non U.S.

     127.7      141.8      141.8

Public utilities

     219.2      218.9      218.9

All other corporate bonds

     5,905.2      5,910.2      5,910.2
                    

Total fixed maturities

     6,281.3      6,300.3      6,300.3

Equity securities

     23.2      24.2      24.2

Commercial mortgage loans

     1,258.8      xxxxx      1,258.8

Policy loans

     170.0      xxxxx      170.0

Other invested assets(1)

     425.8      xxxxx      427.7
                    

Total investments

   $ 8,159.1      xxxxx    $ 8,181.0
                    

(1)

The amount shown in the Consolidated Balance Sheet for other invested assets differs from cost as other invested assets include derivatives which are reported at estimated fair value.

 

 

See Accompanying Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

 

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Schedule III

GENWORTH LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY

Supplemental Insurance Information

(Amounts in millions)

 

Segment

   Deferred
Acquisition
Costs
   Future Annuity
And Contract
Benefits &
Liability
For Policy and
Contract
Claims
   Unearned
Premiums
   Other
Policyholder
Liabilities
(Excluding
Unearned
Premiums)
    Premium
Revenue

December 31, 2006:

             

Retirement Income and Investments

   $ 365.2    $ 6,894.6    $ —      $ 134.5     $ —  

Protection

     67.3      2,146.1      18.4      (0.9 )     96.3

Corporate and Other

     —        —        —        —         —  
                                   

Total

   $ 432.5    $ 9,040.7    $ 18.4    $ 133.6     $ 96.3
                                   

December 31, 2005:

             

Retirement Income and Investments

   $ 245.4    $ 6,095.0    $ —      $ 184.0     $ 0.1

Protection

     75.7      2,188.6      22.2      0.9       103.4

Corporate and Other

     —        —        —        —         —  
                                   

Total

   $ 321.1    $ 8,283.6    $ 22.2    $ 184.9     $ 103.5
                                   

December 31, 2004:

             

Retirement Income and Investments

              $ 0.4

Protection

                96.4

Corporate and Other

                —  
                 

Total

              $ 96.8
                 

 

Segment

   Net
Investment
Income
  Interest
Credited &
Benefits and
Other Changes in
Policy Reserves
  Acquisition
and Operating
Expenses, Net
of Deferrals
  Amortization
of Deferred
Acquisition
Costs and
Intangibles
  Premiums
Written

December 31, 2006:

          

Retirement Income and Investments

   $ 269.8   $ 246.1   $ 39.9   $ 23.5   $ —  

Protection

     141.2     257.9     30.6     21.4     91.9

Corporate and Other

     16.5     —       6.0     —       —  
                              

Total

   $ 427.5   $ 504.0   $ 76.5   $ 44.9   $ 91.9
                              

December 31, 2005:

          

Retirement Income and Investments

   $ 229.5   $ 194.1   $ 33.3   $ 20.1   $ 0.4

Protection

     141.0     265.4     34.6     80.9     102.7

Corporate and Other

     41.2     —       22.0     —       —  
                              

Total

   $ 411.7   $ 459.5   $ 89.9   $ 101.0   $ 103.1
                              

December 31, 2004:

          

Retirement Income and Investments

   $ 238.5   $ 202.4   $ 17.1   $ 78.6   $ 0.3

Protection

     140.3     271.6     31.1     28.7     97.1

Corporate and Other

     42.2     —       15.0     —       —  
                              

Total

   $ 421.0   $ 474.0   $ 63.2   $ 107.3   $ 97.4
                              

See Accompanying Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

 

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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of December 31, 2006, an evaluation was conducted under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer concluded that the design and operation of these disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

Management’s Annual Report On Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting for our company. With the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, our management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework and criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation, our management has concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2006.

Our independent auditor, KPMG LLP, a registered public accounting firm, has issued an attestation report on our management’s assessment of our internal control over financial reporting. This attestation report appears below.

 

/S/    PAMELA S. SCHUTZ        

Pamela S. Schutz

Chairperson, President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

/S/    DENNIS R. VIGNEAU        

Dennis R. Vigneau

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

March 12, 2007

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors

Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company:

We have audited management’s assessment, included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting that Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company and subsidiaries (the Company) maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management’s assessment and an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management’s assessment, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In our opinion, management’s assessment that Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company and subsidiaries maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Also, in our opinion, Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company and subsidiaries maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by COSO.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, and our report dated March 12, 2007 expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.

/s/    KPMG LLP

Richmond, Virginia

March 12, 2007

 

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Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting During the Quarter Ended December 31, 2006

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2006 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Item 9B. Other Information

None.

 

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PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

Information omitted in accordance with General Instructions I (2)(c)

Item 11. Executive Compensation.

Information omitted in accordance with General Instructions I (2)(c)

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management, and Related Stockholder’s Matters.

Information omitted in accordance with General Instructions I (2)(c)

Item 13. Certain Relationships, Related Transactions and Director Independence.

Information omitted in accordance with General Instructions I (2)(c).

Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

The information required by Item 9(e) of Schedule 14A with regard to the Company’s parent entity, Genworth Financial, Inc. will be provided in Genworth Financial Inc.’s definitive proxy statement or in an amendment to this Annual Report not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report, in either case under the caption “Independent Auditor,” and possibly elsewhere therein. That information is incorporated into this Item 14 by reference.

 

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PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

Documents filed as part of this report.

1. Financial Statement Schedules

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Schedule I. Summary of investments—other than investments in related parties

Schedule III. Supplemental Insurance Information

All other schedules are omitted because of the absence of conditions under which they are required or because the required information is shown in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.

2. Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number
  

Description

2.1    Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 1, 2006, between Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company and Federal Home Life Insurance Company (incorporated by reference on Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 7, 2006)
2.2    Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 1, 2006, between Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company and First Colony Life Insurance Company (incorporated by reference on Exhibit 2.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 7, 2006)
3.1    Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 4, 2006)
3.2    Amended and Restated By-Laws of Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 14, 2006)
12    Statement of Ratio of Income to Fixed Charges (filed herewith)
14    Genworth Financial, Inc. Code of Ethics (incorporated by referenced to Exhibit 14.1 to Genworth Financial, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K (SEC file number 001-32195) dated July 22, 2005)
21    Subsidiaries, Information omitted in accordance with General Instructions I (2)(b)
23    Consent of KPMG LLP (filed herewith)
31.1    Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - Pamela S. Schutz (filed herewith)
31.2    Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - Dennis R. Vigneau (filed herewith)
32.1    Certification Pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code - Pamela S. Schutz (filed herewith)
32.2    Certification Pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code - Dennis R. Vigneau (filed herewith)

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: March 12, 2007

 

GENWORTH LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
By   /S/    JOHN A. ZELINSKE        
 

John A. Zelinske

Vice President and Controller

(Principal Accounting Officer)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and the date indicated.

Dated: March 12, 2007

 

/S/    PAMELA S. SCHULTZ        

Pamela S. Schutz

  

Chairperson of the Board of Directors,

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

/S/    DENNIS R. VIGNEAU        

Dennis R. Vigneau

  

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

/S/    JOHN A. ZELINSKE        

John A. Zelinske

  

Vice President and Controller

(Principal Accounting Officer)

/S/    GEOFFREY S. STIFF        

Geoffrey S. Stiff

  

Director, Senior Vice President

/S/    PAUL A. HALEY        

Paul A. Haley

  

Director, Senior Vice President and Chief Actuary

/S/    WILLIAM C. GOINGS, II        

William C. Goings, II

  

Director, Senior Vice President

/S/    SCOTT R. LINDQUIST        

Scott R. Lindquist

  

Director, Vice President

/S/    VICTOR C. MOSES        

Victor C. Moses

  

Director, Vice President

/S/    LEON E. RODAY        

Leon E. Roday

  

Director, Senior Vice President

 

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EX-12 2 dex12.htm EXHIBIT 12 Exhibit 12

Exhibit 12

Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company

Statement of Ratio of Income to Fixed Charges

(Dollar amounts in millions)

 

     Years ended December 31,
     2006    2005    2004    2003    2002

Income before income taxes and accounting changes

   $ 119.4    $ 54.8    $ 55.4    $ 16.6    $ 158.7

Fixed charges:

              

Interest expense

     —        0.2      0.1      0.1      0.1

Interest portion of rental expense

     1.3      1.1      0.5      1.0      1.0
                                  

Subtotal

     1.3      1.3      0.6      1.1      1.1

Interest credited to investment contractholders

     318.2      269.1      291.2      410.6      462.1
                                  

Total fixed charges

     319.5      270.4      291.8      411.7      463.2
                                  

Income available for fixed charges (including interest credited to investment contractholders)

   $ 438.9    $ 325.2    $ 347.2    $ 428.3    $ 621.9
                                  

Income available for fixed charges (excluding interest credited to investment contractholders)

   $ 120.7    $ 56.1    $ 56.0    $ 17.7    $ 159.8
                                  

Ratio of income to fixed charges (including interest credited to investment contractholders)

     1.37      1.20      1.19      1.04      1.34

Ratio of income to fixed charges (excluding interest credited to investment contractholders)

     92.85      43.15      93.33      16.09      145.27
EX-23 3 dex23.htm EXHIBIT 23 Exhibit 23

Exhibit 23

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors

Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 333-67902, 333-69620, and 333-69786) on Form S-1 and (No. 333-128718) on Form S-3 of Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company and subsidiaries of our reports dated March 12, 2007, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, and the related financial statement schedules, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006 and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Selected Financial Data,” which reports and reference appear in the December 31, 2006, annual report on Form 10-K of Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company.

Our reports on the consolidated financial statements and schedules dated March 12, 2007 refer to a change in accounting for certain nontraditional long-duration contracts and separate accounts in 2004.

/s/    KPMG LLP

Richmond, Virginia

March 12, 2007

EX-31.1 4 dex311.htm EXHIBIT 31.1 Exhibit 31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Pamela S. Schutz, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company.

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.

Date: March 12, 2007

 

/S/    PAMELA S. SCHUTZ        

Pamela S. Schutz

Chairperson, President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

EX-31.2 5 dex312.htm EXHIBIT 31.2 Exhibit 31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Dennis R. Vigneau, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company.

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.

Date: March 12, 2007

 

/S/    DENNIS R. VIGNEAU        

Dennis R. Vigneau

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

EX-32.1 6 dex321.htm EXHIBIT 32.1 Exhibit 32.1

Exhibit 32.1

Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

(as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)

I, Pamela S. Schutz, as Chief Executive Officer of Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company (the “Company”), certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), that to my knowledge:

 

  (1) the accompanying Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2006 (the “Report”), filed with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

  (2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: March 12, 2007

 

/S/    PAMELA S. SCHUTZ        

Pamela S. Schutz

Chairperson, President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

EX-32.2 7 dex322.htm EXHIBIT 32.2 Exhibit 32.2

Exhibit 32.2

Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

(as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)

I, Dennis R. Vigneau, as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company (the “Company”) certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), that to my knowledge:

 

  (1) the accompanying Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2006 (the “Report”), filed with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

  (2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: March 12, 2007

 

/S/    DENNIS R. VIGNEAU        

Dennis R. Vigneau

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

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