Fair Value Of Financial Instruments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Fair Value Of Financial Instruments [Abstract]

8 - FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Financial Instruments Recorded at Fair Value. When measuring fair value, the Corporation uses a fair value hierarchy, which is designed to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The hierarchy involves three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Corporation has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level 2: Significant other observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3: Significant unobservable inputs that reflect the Corporation’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.

The Corporation deems transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy to have occurred on the date of the event or change in circumstance that caused the transfer. There were no transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 or 2018.

The fair values of the Corporation’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are set forth in the table that follows. The fair values of available-for-sale securities are determined on a recurring basis using matrix pricing (Level 2 inputs). Matrix pricing, which is a mathematical technique widely used in the industry to value debt securities, does not rely exclusively on quoted prices for the specific securities but rather on the relationship of such securities to other benchmark quoted securities. Where no significant other observable inputs were available, Level 3 inputs were used. The fair values of interest rate swaps are based on valuation models using observable market data as of the measurement date resulting in a Level 2 classification.



	Fair Value Measurements Using:
			Quoted Prices		Significant
			in Active		Other		Significant
			Markets for		Observable		Unobservable
			Identical Assets		Inputs		Inputs
(in thousands)	Total		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
September 30, 2019:
Financial Assets:
Available-for-Sale Securities:
State and municipals	$	391,165	$	—	$	390,895	$	270
Pass-through mortgage securities		62,412		—		62,412		—
Collateralized mortgage obligations		145,998		—		145,998		—
Corporate bonds		116,425		—		116,425		—
U.S. Treasury bills		12,495		12,495		—		—
	$	728,495	$	12,495	$	715,730	$	270
Financial Liabilities:
Derivatives - interest rate swaps	$	5,464	$	—	$	5,464	$	—

December 31, 2018:
Financial Assets:
Available-for-Sale Securities:
State and municipals	$	420,038	$	—	$	420,038	$	—
Pass-through mortgage securities		65,486		—		65,486		—
Collateralized mortgage obligations		154,901		—		154,901		—
Corporate bonds		117,590		—		117,590		—
	$	758,015	$	—	$	758,015	$	—
Financial Liabilities:
Derivative - interest rate swap	$	1,130	$	—	$	1,130	$	—

The Corporation had no assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis at September 30, 2019 or December 31, 2018.

Financial Instruments Not Recorded at Fair Value. Fair value estimates are made at a specific point in time. Such estimates are generally subjective in nature and dependent upon a number of significant assumptions associated with each financial instrument or

group of similar financial instruments, including estimates of discount rates, liquidity, risks associated with specific financial instruments, estimates of future cash flows, and relevant available market information. Changes in assumptions could significantly affect the estimates. In addition, fair value estimates do not reflect the value of anticipated future business, premiums or discounts that could result from offering for sale at one time the Corporation’s entire holdings of a particular financial instrument, or the income tax consequences of realizing gains or losses on the sale of financial instruments.

The following table sets forth the carrying amounts and estimated fair values of financial instruments that are not recorded at fair value in the Corporation’s financial statements.



	Level of	September 30, 2019				December 31, 2018
	Fair Value	Carrying				Carrying
(in thousands)	Hierarchy	Amount		Fair Value		Amount		Fair Value
Financial Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	Level 1	$	63,888	$	63,888	$	47,358	$	47,358
Held-to-maturity securities	Level 2		2,345		2,385		2,445		2,493
Held-to-maturity securities	Level 3		1,638		1,638		3,059		3,059
Loans	Level 3		3,167,278		3,141,314		3,232,561		3,079,946
Restricted stock	Level 1		30,134		30,134		40,686		40,686

Financial Liabilities:
Checking deposits	Level 1		919,744		919,744		935,574		935,574
Savings, NOW and money market deposits	Level 1		1,745,284		1,745,284		1,590,341		1,590,341
Time deposits	Level 2		561,795		566,027		559,057		553,900
Short-term borrowings	Level 1		151,625		151,625		388,923		388,923
Long-term debt	Level 2		360,472		362,495		362,027		354,651

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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