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Investment Securities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
Investment Securities Investment Securities

The following tables summarize the amortized cost and estimated fair value of investment securities at December 31, 2019 and 2018:
 
Amortized
 
Unrealized
 
Unrealized
 
Fair Value
As of December 31, 2019
Cost
 
Gains
 
Losses
 
(Estimated)
Securities available for sale
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. government-sponsored agencies
$
7,500,000

 
$

 
$
(102,000
)
 
$
7,398,000

Mortgage-backed securities
323,277,000
 
4,173,000
 
(833,000)
 
326,617,000
State and political subdivisions
25,113,000

 
1,392,000

 

 
26,505,000

 
$
355,890,000

 
$
5,565,000

 
$
(935,000
)
 
$
360,520,000

Securities to be held to maturity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Government-sponsored agencies
$
32,840,000

 
$
47,000

 
$
(26,000
)
 
$
32,861,000

Mortgage-backed securities
14,431,000

 
450,000

 
(16,000
)
 
14,865,000

State and political subdivisions
219,585,000

 
4,936,000

 
(109,000
)
 
224,412,000

Corporate securities
14,750,000

 
157,000

 

 
14,907,000

 
$
281,606,000

 
$
5,590,000

 
$
(151,000
)
 
$
287,045,000

Restricted equity securities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock
$
7,945,000

 
$

 
$

 
$
7,945,000

Federal Reserve Bank Stock
1,037,000

 

 

 
1,037,000

 
$
8,982,000

 
$

 
$

 
$
8,982,000


 
Amortized
 
Unrealized
 
Unrealized
 
Fair Value
As of December 31, 2018
Cost
 
Gains
 
Losses
 
(Estimated)
Securities available for sale
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. government-sponsored agencies
$
5,000,000

 
$
7,000

 
$

 
$
5,007,000

Mortgage-backed securities
313,854,000
 
571,000
 
(6,732,000
)
 
307,693,000
State and political subdivisions
4,955,000

 

 
(239,000
)
 
4,716,000

 
$
323,809,000

 
$
578,000

 
$
(6,971,000
)
 
$
317,416,000

Securities to be held to maturity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Government-sponsored agencies
$
11,155,000

 
$

 
$
(472,000
)
 
$
10,683,000

Mortgage-backed securities
18,250,000

 
336,000

 
(255,000
)
 
18,331,000

State and political subdivisions
221,958,000

 
1,046,000

 
(5,418,000
)
 
217,586,000

Corporate securities
4,300,000

 

 

 
4,300,000

 
$
255,663,000

 
$
1,382,000

 
$
(6,145,000
)
 
$
250,900,000

Restricted equity securities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock
$
10,549,000

 
$

 
$

 
$
10,549,000

Federal Reserve Bank Stock
1,037,000

 

 

 
1,037,000

 
$
11,586,000

 
$

 
$

 
$
11,586,000



The following table summarizes the contractual maturities of investment securities at December 31, 2019:

 
Securities available for sale
 
Securities to be held to maturity
 
Amortized Cost
 
Fair Value (Estimated)
 
Amortized Cost
 
Fair Value (Estimated)
Due in 1 year or less
$
127,000

 
$
127,000

 
$
1,334,000

 
$
1,338,000

Due in 1 to 5 years
36,534,000

 
36,778,000

 
25,860,000

 
26,323,000

Due in 5 to 10 years
93,134,000

 
95,014,000

 
179,133,000

 
182,834,000

Due after 10 years
226,095,000

 
228,601,000

 
75,279,000

 
76,550,000

 
$
355,890,000

 
$
360,520,000

 
$
281,606,000

 
$
287,045,000


The following table summarizes the contractual maturities of investment securities at December 31, 2018:

 
Securities available for sale
 
Securities to be held to maturity
 
Amortized
 Cost
 
Fair Value (Estimated)
 
Amortized
 Cost
 
Fair Value (Estimated)
Due in 1 year or less
$

 
$

 
$
1,432,000

 
$
1,433,000

Due in 1 to 5 years
13,501,000

 
13,518,000

 
20,717,000

 
20,778,000

Due in 5 to 10 years
83,954,000

 
83,326,000

 
157,544,000

 
155,313,000

Due after 10 years
226,354,000

 
220,572,000

 
75,970,000

 
73,376,000

 
$
323,809,000

 
$
317,416,000

 
$
255,663,000

 
$
250,900,000



At December 31, 2019, securities with a fair value of $214,173,000 were pledged to secure borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, public deposits, repurchase agreements, and for other purposes as required by law. This compares to securities with a fair value of $222,829,000 as of December 31, 2018 pledged for the same purposes.
Gains and losses on the sale of securities available for sale are computed by subtracting the amortized cost at the time of sale from the security's selling price, net of accrued interest to be received.
The following table shows securities gains and losses for 2019, 2018 and 2017:

 
2019
 
2018
 
2017
Proceeds from sales of securities
$
9,229,000

 
$
459,000

 
$
15,587,000

Gross realized gains
224,000

 
137,000

 
471,000

Gross realized losses

 

 

Net gain
$
224,000

 
$
137,000

 
$
471,000

Related income taxes
$
47,000

 
$
29,000

 
$
165,000


Management reviews securities with unrealized losses for other than temporary impairment. As of December 31, 2019, there were 86 securities with unrealized losses held in the Company's portfolio. These securities were temporarily impaired as a result of changes in interest rates reducing their fair value, of which 28 had been temporarily impaired for 12 months or more. At the present time, there have been no material changes in the credit quality of these securities resulting in other than temporary impairment, and in Management's opinion, no additional write-down for other-than-temporary impairment is warranted.









Information regarding securities temporarily impaired as of December 31, 2019 is summarized below:

 
Less than 12 months
 
12 months or more
 
Total
 
Fair
 
Unrealized
 
Fair
 
Unrealized
 
Fair
 
Unrealized
As of December 31, 2019
Value
 
Losses
 
Value
 
Losses
 
Value
 
Losses
U.S. Government-sponsored agencies
$
12,372,000

 
$
(128,000
)
 
$

 
$

 
$
12,372,000

 
$
(128,000
)
Mortgage-backed securities
54,244,000

 
(359,000
)
 
18,696,000

 
(490,000
)
 
72,940,000

 
(849,000
)
State and political subdivisions
10,532,000

 
(101,000
)
 
304,000

 
(8,000
)
 
10,836,000

 
(109,000
)
 
$
77,148,000

 
$
(588,000
)
 
$
19,000,000

 
$
(498,000
)
 
$
96,148,000

 
$
(1,086,000
)

As of December 31, 2018, there were 511 securities with unrealized losses held in the Company's portfolio. These securities were temporarily impaired as a result of changes in interest rates reducing their fair value, of which 232 had been temporarily impaired for 12 months or more. Information regarding securities temporarily impaired as of December 31, 2018 is summarized below:

 
Less than 12 months
 
12 months or more
 
Total
 
Fair
 
Unrealized
 
Fair
 
Unrealized
 
Fair
 
Unrealized
As of December 31, 2018
Value
 
Losses
 
Value
 
Losses
 
Value
 
Losses
U.S. Government-sponsored agencies
$

 
$

 
$
10,683,000

 
$
(472,000
)
 
$
10,683,000

 
$
(472,000
)
Mortgage-backed securities
76,050,000

 
(1,061,000
)
 
185,136,000

 
(5,926,000
)
 
261,186,000

 
(6,987,000
)
State and political subdivisions
76,809,000

 
(1,784,000
)
 
45,052,000

 
(3,873,000
)
 
121,861,000

 
(5,657,000
)
 
$
152,859,000

 
$
(2,845,000
)
 
$
240,871,000

 
$
(10,271,000
)
 
$
393,730,000

 
$
(13,116,000
)


As disclosed in Note 25, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2019–04 in April 2019. In December 2019, the Company elected to early adopt the amendments to Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, which allowed the Company a one–time reclassification of certain prepayable debt securities from held to maturity to available for sale. In December 2019, prepayable debt securities with a carrying value of $24.9 million and a net unrealized gain of $1.6 million were transferred from held to maturity to available for sale. The reclassified securities consisted of state and political subdivision municipal debt securities. The Company subsequently sold approximately $4.3 million of those securities at a gain of $209,000 recognized in 2019.
During the third quarter of 2014, the Company transferred securities with a total amortized cost of $89,780,000 and a corresponding fair value of $89,757,000 from available for sale to held to maturity. The net unrealized loss, net of taxes, on these securities at the date of the transfer was $15,000. The net unrealized holding loss at the time of transfer continues to be reported in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, and is amortized over the remaining lives of the securities as an adjustment of the yield. The amortization of the net unrealized loss reported in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) will offset the effect on interest income of the discount for the transferred securities. The remaining unamortized balance of the net unrealized losses for the securities transferred from available for sale to held to maturity was $182,000 at December 31, 2019. These securities were transferred as a part of the Company's overall investment and balance sheet strategies.
The Bank is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank ("FHLB") of Boston, a cooperatively owned wholesale bank for housing and finance in the six New England States. As a requirement of membership in the FHLB, the Bank must own a minimum required amount of FHLB stock, calculated periodically based primarily on its level of borrowings from the FHLB. The Bank uses the FHLB for much of its wholesale funding needs. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Bank's investment in FHLB stock totaled $7,945,000 and $10,549,000, respectively. FHLB stock is a restricted equity security and therefore is reported at cost, which equals par value.
The Company periodically evaluates its investment in FHLB stock for impairment based on, among other factors, the capital adequacy of the FHLB and its overall financial condition. No impairment losses have been recorded through December 31, 2019. The Bank will continue to monitor its investment in FHLB stock.