Corporate-owned Life Insurance Policies

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2016

Investments, All Other Investments [Abstract]

Life Insurance, Corporate or Bank Owned [Text Block]

 8.  Corporate-owned Life Insurance Policies

In January 2016, we made the decision to liquidate two of our twenty-seven corporate-owned life insurance policies with cash surrender value of $2.6 million.  We used $2.5 million of the proceeds to pay down outstanding loans and accrued interest on corporate-owned life insurance policies, lowering our outstanding loan levels to $3.1 million.  In March 2016, we made the decision to liquidate the remaining twenty-five life insurance policies with cash surrender value of $25.6 million.  We received $22.4 million in proceeds on March 28, 2016, comprised of the cash surrender value net of $3.2 million in remaining outstanding loans and accrued interest.  The decision to liquidate was made after continued review of the financial stability of Genworth Life Insurance Company, the issuer of the policies.