Note 9 - Statutory Net Income and Surplus

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Statutory Accounting Practices Disclosure [Text Block]

Note

9.

     Statutory Net Income and Surplus

US Alliance Life and Security Company is required to prepare statutory financial statements in accordance with statutory accounting practices prescribed

or permitted by the Kansas Insurance Department. Statutory practices primarily differ from GAAP by charging policy acquisition costs to expense as incurred, establishing future policy benefit liabilities using different actuarial assumptions as well as valuing investments and certain assets and accounting for deferred taxes on a different basis. The following table summarizes the statutory net loss and statutory capital and surplus of US Alliance Life and Security Company as of

December 31, 2016

and

2015

and for the years ended

December 31, 2016

and

2015.

Statutory Capital and Surplus as of
December 31		December 31
2016		2015
$	2,812,254	$	2,935,205

Statutory Net Loss for the years ended December 31,
2016			2015
$	(868,744	)	$	(863,069	)

The payment of dividends to US Alliance Corporation by US Alliance Life and Security Company is subject to limitations imposed by applicable insurance laws. For example, “

extraordinary” dividends

may

not

be paid without permission of the Kansas Insurance Department. An “extraordinary” dividend is defined, in general, as any dividend or distribution of cash or other property whose fair market value, compared with that of other dividends or distributions made within the preceding

12

months, exceeds the greater of (i)

10%

of the policyholders’ surplus (total statutory capital stock and surplus) as of

December 31

of the preceding year or (ii) the statutory net gain from operations excluding realized gains on investments) of the insurer for the

12

month period ending

December 31

of the preceding year.