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Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES (In Thousands)
Arrow is exposed to certain risks arising from both its business operations and economic conditions. Arrow principally manages its exposures to a wide variety of business and operational risks through management of its core business activities. Arrow manages economic risks, including interest rate, primarily by managing the amount, sources and duration of its assets and liabilities and through the use of derivative instruments. Specifically, Arrow enters into derivative financial instruments to manage exposures that arise from business activities that result in the receipt or payment of future known and uncertain cash amounts, the value of which are determined by interest rates. Arrow's derivative financial instruments are used to manage differences in the amount, timing and duration of known or expected cash receipts and its known or expected cash payments principally related to certain fixed rate borrowings. Arrow also has interest rate derivatives that result from a service provided to certain qualifying customers and, therefore, are not used to manage interest rate risk in Arrow's assets or liabilities. Arrow manages a matched book with respect to its derivative instruments in order to minimize its net risk exposure resulting from such transactions.

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
Arrow enters into interest rate swap agreements with its commercial customers to provide them with a long-term fixed rate, while simultaneously entering into offsetting interest rate swap agreements with a counterparty to swap the fixed rate to a variable rate to manage interest rate exposure.
These interest rate swap agreements are not designated as a hedge for accounting purposes. As the interest rate swap agreements have substantially equivalent and offsetting terms, they do not present any material exposure to Arrow's consolidated statements of income. Arrow records its interest rate swap agreements at fair value and is presented on a gross basis within other assets and other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets. Changes in the fair value of assets and liabilities arising from these derivatives are included, net, in other income in the consolidated statement of income.

The following table depicts the fair value adjustment recorded related to the notional amount of derivatives, not designated as hedging instruments, outstanding as well as the notional amount of the interest rate swap agreements:
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments - Interest Rate Swap Agreements
September 30, 2023December 31, 2022September 30, 2022
Fair value adjustment included in other assets $8,733 $7,506 $8,508 
Fair value adjustment included in other liabilities8,733 7,506 8,508 
Notional amount124,350 127,763 134,406 

Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments
Arrow entered into two pay-fixed portfolio layer method fair value swaps, designated as hedging instruments, with a total notional amount of $250 million and $50 million, respectively, in the third quarter of 2023. Arrow is designating the fair value swaps under the portfolio layer method ("PLM"). Under PLM, the hedged items are designated as hedged layers of a closed portfolio of financial loans that are anticipated to remain outstanding for the designated hedged period. Adjustments will be made to record the swaps at fair value on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, with changes in fair value recognized in interest income. The carrying value of the fair value swaps on the Consolidated Balance Sheets will also be adjusted through interest income, based on changes in fair value attributable to changes in the hedged risk.
The following table depicts the fair value adjustment recorded related to the notional amount of derivatives, designed as hedging instruments, outstanding as well as the notional amount of the interest rate swap agreements:
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments - Fair Value Agreements
September 30, 2023December 31, 2022September 30, 2022
Fair value adjustment included in other assets $885 $— $— 
Fair value adjustment included in other liabilities— — — 
Notional amount300,000 — — 

The following table summarizes the effect of the fair value hedging relationship recognized on the unaudited interim consolidated statement of income:
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments - Fair Value Agreements
Nine Months EndedTwelve Months EndedNine Months Ended
September 30, 2023December 31, 2022September 30, 2022
Hedged Asset$(758)$— $— 
Fair value derivative designated as hedging instrument885 — — 
Total gain recognized in the consolidated statements of income with interest and fees on loans127 — — 


The following table represents the carrying value of the portfolio layer method hedged assets and the cumulative fair value hedging adjustment included in the carrying value of the hedged asset:
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments - Fair Value Swap Agreements
September 30, 2023December 31, 2022September 30, 2022
Carrying Value of Portfolio Layer Method Hedged Asset$299,242 $— $— 
Cumulative Fair Value Hedging Adjustment(758)— — 


Arrow has entered into interest rate swaps to synthetically fix the variable rate interest payments associated with $20 million in outstanding subordinated trust securities. These agreements are designated as cash flow hedges.
For derivatives designated and that qualify as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk, the gain or loss on the derivative is recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (AOCI) and subsequently reclassified into interest expense in the same period during which the hedge transaction affects earnings. Amounts reported in AOCI related to derivatives will be reclassified to interest expense as interest payments are made on Arrow's Junior Subordinated Obligations Issued to Unconsolidated Subsidiary Trusts borrowings.

The following table indicates the effect of cash flow hedge accounting on AOCI and on the unaudited interim consolidated statement of income:
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments - Cash Flow Hedge Agreements
Nine Months EndedTwelve Months EndedNine Months Ended
September 30, 2023December 31, 2022September 30, 2022
Amount of (loss) gain recognized in AOCI$125 $3,467 $3,737 
Amount of (loss) gain reclassified from AOCI to interest expense(660)(204)(57)