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Stockholders' Equity and Noncontrolling Interests
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Equity [Abstract]  
Stockholders' Equity and Noncontrolling Interests Stockholders’ Equity and Noncontrolling Interests

American National has one class of common stock with a par value of $1.00 per share and 50,000,000 authorized shares. The amounts outstanding at the dates indicated are shown below:
 
September 30, 2019
 
December 31, 2018
Common stock
 
 
 
Shares issued
30,832,449

 
30,832,449

Treasury shares
(3,945,249
)
 
(3,947,000
)
Outstanding shares
26,887,200

 
26,885,449

Restricted shares
(10,000
)
 
(10,000
)
Unrestricted outstanding shares
26,877,200

 
26,875,449


Stock-based compensation
American National has a stock-based compensation plan, which allows for grants of Non-Qualified Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights (“SAR”), Restricted Stock (“RS”) Awards, Restricted Stock Units (“RSU”), Performance Awards, Incentive Awards or any combination thereof. This plan is administered by the American National Board Compensation Committee. To date, only SAR, RS and RSU awards have been made. All awards are subject to review and approval by the Board Compensation Committee both at the time of setting applicable performance objectives and at payment of the awards. The number of shares available for grants under the plan cannot exceed 2,900,000 shares, and no more than 200,000 shares may be granted to any one individual in any calendar year. Grants were made to certain officers meeting established performance objectives, and grants are made to directors as compensation and to align their interests with those of other shareholders.
SAR, RS and RSU information for the periods indicated are shown below:
 
SAR
 
RS Shares
 
RS Units
 
Shares
 
Weighted-Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 
Shares
 
Weighted-Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 
Units
 
Weighted-Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2018
335

 
$
84.41

 
10,000

 
$
80.05

 
18,316

 
$
111.12

Granted

 

 

 

 
8,250

 
113.19

Exercised

 

 

 

 
(18,316
)
 
111.12

Forfeited

 

 

 

 

 

Expired
(269
)
 
77.90

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at September 30, 2019
66

 
$
110.83

 
10,000

 
$
80.05

 
8,250

 
$
113.19

 
SAR
 
RS Shares
 
RS Units
Weighted-average contractual remaining life (in years)
0.59

 
3.42

 
0.59

Exercisable shares
66

 
N/A

 
N/A

Weighted-average exercise price
$
110.83

 
$
80.05

 
$
111.12

Weighted-average exercise price exercisable shares
110.83

 
N/A

 
N/A

Compensation expense (credit)
 
 
 
 
 
Three months ended September 30, 2019
$
1,000

 
$
20,000

 
$
154,000

Three months ended September 30, 2018
7,000

 
24,000

 
371,000

Nine months ended September 30, 2019
$
(14,000
)
 
$
60,000

 
$
1,094,000

Nine months ended September 30, 2018
(27,000
)
 
308,000

 
920,000

Fair value of liability award
 
 
 
 
 
September 30, 2019
$
1,000

 
N/A

 
$
1,021,000

December 31, 2018
33,000

 
N/A

 
2,426,000


The SARs give the holder the right to cash compensation based on the difference between the stock price on the grant date and the stock price on the exercise date. The SARs vest at a rate of 20% per year for five years and expire five years after vesting.
RS awards entitle the participant to full dividend and voting rights. Each RS share awarded has the value of one share of restricted stock and vests 10 years from the grant date. Unvested shares are restricted as to disposition, and are subject to forfeiture under certain circumstances. Compensation expense is recognized over the vesting period. The restrictions on these awards lapse after 10 years and most of these awards feature a graded vesting schedule in the case of the retirement, death or disability of an award holder. Restricted stock awards for 350,334 shares have been granted at an exercise price of zero, of which 10,000 shares are unvested.
RSU awards to our directors and advisory directors vest after one-year or upon earlier death, disability or retirement from service after age 65. Upon vesting, RSU awards are settled in cash based upon the market price of our common stock on the date of vesting.
Earnings per share
Basic earnings per share were calculated using a weighted average number of shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share include RS and RSU award shares.
 
Three months ended September 30,
 
Nine months ended September 30,
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Weighted average shares outstanding
26,881,700

 
26,886,498

 
26,883,025

 
26,886,299

Incremental shares from RS awards and RSUs
6,472

 
6,515

 
6,313

 
37,241

Total shares for diluted calculations
26,888,172

 
26,893,013

 
26,889,338

 
26,923,540

Net income attributable to American National (in thousands)
$
92,184

 
$
173,464

 
$
449,241

 
$
276,380

Basic earnings per share
$
3.43

 
$
6.45

 
$
16.71

 
$
10.28

Diluted earnings per share
$
3.43

 
$
6.44

 
$
16.71

 
$
10.26





Statutory Capital and Surplus
Risk Based Capital (“RBC”) is a measure insurance regulators use to evaluate the capital adequacy of American National Insurance Company and its insurance subsidiaries. RBC is calculated using formulas applied to certain financial balances and activities that consider, among other things, investment risks related to the type and quality of investments, insurance risks associated with products and liabilities, interest rate risks and general business risks. Insurance companies that do not maintain capital and surplus at a level at least 200% of the authorized control level RBC are required to take certain actions. At September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, American National Insurance Company’s statutory capital and surplus was $3,552,712,000 and $3,162,808,000, respectively. American National Insurance Company and each of its insurance subsidiaries had statutory capital and surplus at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, substantially above 200% of the authorized control level.
American National and its insurance subsidiaries prepare statutory-basis financial statements in accordance with statutory accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the insurance department of the state of domicile, which include certain components of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Codification of Statutory Accounting Principles (“NAIC Codification”). NAIC Codification is intended to standardize regulatory accounting and reporting to state insurance departments. However, statutory accounting practices continue to be established by individual state laws and permitted practices. Modifications by the various state insurance departments may impact the statutory capital and surplus of American National Insurance Company and its insurance subsidiaries.
Statutory accounting differs from GAAP primarily by charging policy acquisition costs to expense as incurred, establishing future policy benefit liabilities using different actuarial assumptions, and valuing securities on a different basis. In addition, certain assets are not admitted under statutory accounting principles and are charged directly to surplus.
One of American National’s insurance subsidiaries has been granted a permitted practice from the Missouri Department of Insurance to record as the valuation of its investment in a wholly-owned subsidiary that is the attorney-in-fact for a Texas domiciled insurer, the statutory capital and surplus of the Texas domiciled insurer. This permitted practice increases the statutory capital and surplus of both American National Insurance Company and the Missouri domiciled insurance subsidiary by $68,527,000 and $69,787,000 at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. The statutory capital and surplus of both American National Insurance Company and the Missouri domiciled insurance subsidiary would have remained substantially above the Company action level RBC had it not used the permitted practice.
The statutory capital and surplus and net income of our life and property and casualty insurance entities in accordance with statutory accounting practices are shown below (in thousands):
 
 
September 30, 2019
 
December 31, 2018
Statutory capital and surplus
 
 
 
 
Life insurance entities
 
$
2,268,400

 
$
1,989,586

Property and casualty insurance entities
 
1,295,544

 
1,183,913

 
Three months ended September 30,
 
Nine months ended September 30,
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Statutory net income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Life insurance entities
$
26,498

 
$
9,537

 
$
32,196

 
$
25,650

Property and casualty insurance entities
15,626

 
21,382

 
66,090

 
30,611


Dividends
We paid a dividend of $0.82 for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018. We expect to continue to pay regular cash dividends, although there is no assurance as to future dividends because they depend on future earnings, capital requirements and financial conditions.
American National Insurance Company’s payment of dividends to stockholders is restricted by insurance law. The restrictions require life insurance companies to maintain minimum amounts of capital and surplus, and in the absence of special approval, limit the payment of dividends to the greater of the prior year’s statutory net income from operations, or 10% of prior year statutory surplus. American National Insurance Company is permitted without prior approval of the Texas Department of Insurance to pay total dividends of $316,281,000 during 2019. Similar restrictions on amounts that can transfer in the form of dividends, loans, or advances to American National Insurance Company apply to its insurance subsidiaries.
Noncontrolling interests
American National County Mutual Insurance Company (“County Mutual”) is a mutual insurance company owned by its policyholders. American National has a management agreement that effectively gives it control of County Mutual. As a result, County Mutual is included in the consolidated financial statements of American National. Policyholder interests in the financial position of County Mutual are reflected as noncontrolling equity of $6,750,000 at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.
American National Insurance Company and its subsidiaries exercise control or ownership of various joint ventures, resulting in their consolidation into American National’s consolidated financial statements. The interests of the other partners in the consolidated joint ventures are shown as a noncontrolling deficit of $1,623,000 and noncontrolling equity of $7,517,000 at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.