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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Company's Current and Deferred Federal Tax Expense (Benefit)
Information about the Company’s current and deferred federal tax expense (benefit) follows:
 
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
 
2015
 
2014
 
2013
Current expense
 
$
1,744

 
$
378

 
$
256

Deferred (benefit) expense
 
(342
)
 
1,474

 
673

Total income tax expense
 
$
1,402

 
$
1,852

 
$
929

Schedule of Reconciliation of 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:
 
 
 
 

 
 

Tax exempt interest
 
(9.4
)
 
(8.0
)
 
(12.3
)
Dividend received deduction
 
(1.7
)
 
(1.4
)
 
(2.2
)
Non deductible health insurer fee
 
1.0

 
0.7

 

Other
 
0.2

 
0.1

 
0.1

Effective income tax rate:
 
25.1
 %
 
26.4
 %
 
20.6
 %
Unrecognized Tax Benefits
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of unrecognized tax benefits for the year ended December 31, 2015 is as follows:
Balance at beginning of year
$

Reductions for tax positions of prior years
93

Balance at end of year
$
93

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 business
 
$
755

 
$
871

Investments, net
 
1,374

 
1,740

Deferred acquisition costs
 
1,143

 
1,059

Employee and post-retirement benefits
 
89

 

Compensation related
 
1

 
2

Other
 

 
4

Total deferred tax asset
 
3,362

 
3,676

Deferred tax liabilities
Policyholder and separate account reserves
 
(1,157
)
 
(1,324
)
Net unrealized appreciation on securities
 
(3,200
)
 
(4,390
)
Employee and post-retirement benefits
 

 
(375
)
Other
 
(15
)
 
(37
)
Total deferred tax liability
 
(4,372
)
 
(6,126
)
Net deferred income tax liability
 
$
(1,010
)
 
$
(2,450
)