Capital Contributions, Dividends and Statutory Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Equity [Abstract]

Capital Contributions, Dividends and Statutory Information

Capital Contributions, Dividends and Statutory Information

Connecticut insurance law imposes restrictions on a Connecticut insurance company's ability to pay dividends to its parent. These restrictions are based in part on the prior year's statutory income and surplus. In general, dividends up to specified levels are considered ordinary and may be paid without prior approval. Dividends in larger amounts, or extraordinary dividends, are subject to approval by the Connecticut Insurance Commissioner.

Under Connecticut insurance law, an extraordinary dividend or distribution is defined as a dividend or distribution that, together with other dividends or distributions made within the preceding twelve months, exceeds the greater of (1) ten percent (10%) of VRIAC's earned statutory surplus at the prior year end or (2) VRIAC's prior year statutory net gain from operations. Connecticut law also prohibits a Connecticut insurer from declaring or paying a dividend except out of its earned surplus unless prior insurance regulatory approval is obtained.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, VRIAC declared ordinary dividends to its Parent in the aggregate amount of $396, of which $270 was paid on April 18, 2019 and $126 was paid on May 28, 2019. During the year ended December 31, 2018, VRIAC paid an ordinary dividend in the amount of $126 to its Parent.

On March 27, 2019, VFP paid a $20 dividend to VRIAC, its parent; on June 26, 2019, VFP paid a $20 dividend to VRIAC; on September 27, 2019, VFP paid a $20dividend to VRIAC; and on December 18, 2019, VFP paid a $20 dividend to VRIAC. During the year ended December 31, 2018, VFP paid dividends of $90 to VRIAC.

On May 25, 2018, DSL, which was a subsidiary of VRIAC at the time, paid a $49 dividend to its then parent, VRIAC.

During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company received capital contributions of $57 and $55 from its Parent, respectively.

The Company is subject to minimum risk-based capital ("RBC") requirements established by the Department. The formulas for determining the amount of RBC specify various weighting factors that are applied to financial balances or various levels of activity based on the perceived degree of risk. Regulatory compliance is determined by a ratio of total adjusted capital ("TAC"), as defined by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners ("NAIC"), to RBC requirements, as defined by the NAIC. The Company exceeded the minimum RBC requirements that would require any regulatory or corrective action for all periods presented herein.

The Company is required to prepare statutory financial statements in accordance with statutory accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the Department. Statutory accounting practices primarily differ from U.S. GAAP by charging policy acquisition costs to expense as incurred, establishing future policy benefit liabilities using different actuarial assumptions as well as valuing investments and certain assets and accounting for deferred taxes on a different basis. Certain assets that are not admitted under statutory accounting principles are charged directly to surplus. Depending on the regulations of the Department, the entire amount or a portion of an insurance company's asset balance can be non-admitted depending on specific rules regarding admissibility. The most significant non-admitted assets of the Company are typically a portion of deferred tax assets in excess of prescribed thresholds.

Statutory net income was $325, $377 and $195, for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Statutory capital and surplus was $2.0 billion as of December 31, 2019 and 2018.