Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Schedule of Company's Current and Deferred Federal Tax Expense

Information about the Company's current and deferred tax expense follows:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Current expense	$	29,778	$	31,688	$	2,693
Deferred expense	11,235		3,311		27,384
Total income tax expense	$	41,013	$	34,999	$	30,077

Schedule of Reconciliation of the Federal Income Tax Rate to the Company's Effective Income Tax Rate

A reconciliation of the federal income tax rate to the Company's effective income tax rate follows:



	December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Federal income tax rate:	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
Reconciling items:
Dividends-received deduction	(1.7	)%	(2.6	)%	(2.5	)%
Nondeductible health insurer fee	2.3	%	1.9	%	—	%
Change in liability for prior years' taxes	0.5	%	(0.3	)%	0.2	%
Other	(0.5	)%	(0.4	)%	(0.3	)%
Effective income tax rate	35.6	%	33.6	%	32.4	%

Schedule of Reconciliation of the Beginning and Ending Amounts of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of unrecognized tax benefits for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013, is as follows:



	Years Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Balance at beginning of year	$	(75	)	$	(382	)	$	(776	)
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year	(203		)	—			(92		)
Reductions based on tax positions related to the current year	15			21			10
Additions for tax positions of prior years	(499		)	(703		)	(381		)
Reductions for tax positions of prior years	52			131			857
Settlements	—			858			—
Balance at end of year	$	(710	)	$	(75	)	$	(382	)

Schedule of Significant Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred Tax Liabilities

The tax effects of temporary differences that result in significant deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are as follows:



	December 31,
	2015			2014
Deferred tax assets:
Deferred gain on disposal of businesses	$	20,477		$	23,672
Investments, net	39,673			45,270
Deferred acquisition costs	11,021			11,687
Compensation related	5			1,150
Employee and post-retirement benefits	4,649			3,553
Total deferred tax asset	75,825			85,332
Deferred tax liabilities:
Net unrealized appreciation on securities	(100,851		)	(154,852		)
Policyholder and separate account reserves	(7,168		)	(4,848		)
Accrued liabilities	(3,057		)	(1,938		)
Other	(3,429		)	(5,147		)
Total deferred tax liability	(114,505		)	(166,785		)
Net deferred income tax liability	$	(38,680	)	$	(81,453	)