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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For Quarter Ended September 30, 1999 Commission File Number 0-11773
ALFA CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 063-0838024
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(State of Other Jurisdiction of (IRS Employer
Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.)
2108 East South Boulevard, Montgomery, Alabama 36116
(Mail: P. O. Box 11000, Montgomery, Alabama 36191-0001)
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(Address and Zip Code of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant's Telephone Number
Including Area Code (334) 288-3900
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None
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Former name, former address and former fiscal year if changed since last report
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes X No
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Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of
Common Stock, as of the close of the period covered by this report.
Class Outstanding September 30, 1999
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Common Stock, $1.00 par value 39,638,094 shares
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ALFA CORPORATION
INDEX
<TABLE>
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Page No.
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Part I. Financial Information
(Condensed Consolidated Unaudited)
Item 1. Financial Statements
Balance Sheets -September 30, 1999 and
December 31, 1998 3
Statements of Income, Nine Months and Three Months
ended September 30, 1999 and 1998 4
Statements of Comprehensive Income, Nine Months and Three Months
ended September 30, 1999 and 1998 5
Statements of Cash Flows, Nine Months
ended September 30, 1999 and 1998 6
Notes to Financial Statements 7
Item 2.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations 11
Item 3.
Market Risk Disclosures 21
Part II. Other Information 22
Item 6.
Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K 22
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ALFA CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED
BALANCE SHEETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
September 30, December 31,
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1999 1998
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<S> <C> <C>
Assets (Unaudited)
Investments:
Fixed Maturities Held for Investment, at amortized cost
(market value $1,142,004 in 1999 and $1,560,903 in 1998) $ 1,082,171 $ 1,471,113
Fixed Maturities Available for Sale, at market value
(amortized cost $823,525,860 in 1999 and $741,583,948 in 1998) 808,940,101 774,346,360
Equity Securities, at market (cost $55,382,876
in 1999 and $40,833,150 in 1998) 108,817,873 103,055,465
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate 322,222 404,432
Investment Real Estate (net of accumulated
depreciation of $1,177,370 in 1999 and
$1,587,634 in 1998) 1,937,629 1,482,647
Policy Loans 41,303,899 38,645,185
Other Long-term Investments 139,827,953 110,022,016
Short-term Investments 57,136,595 54,637,029
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Total Investments 1,159,368,443 1,084,064,247
Cash 5,912,817 5,948,409
Accrued Investment Income 13,303,800 11,394,940
Accounts Receivable 9,922,371 23,378,825
Reinsurance Balances Receivable 2,106,878 1,121,089
Due from Affiliates 6,252,224 1,677,667
Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs 130,783,242 114,141,870
Other Assets 6,139,731 4,932,090
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Total Assets $1,333,789,506 $1,246,659,137
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Liabilities
Policy Liabilities and Accruals - Property and Casualty Insurance $147,042,246 $138,030,306
Policy Liabilities and Accruals - Life Insurance 449,842,756 410,398,102
Unearned Premiums 117,668,989 105,464,480
Dividends to Policyholders 9,667,251 9,337,982
Premium Deposit and Retirement Deposit Funds 6,007,230 6,217,463
Deferred Income Taxes 28,233,183 41,788,715
Other Liabilities 47,916,816 44,677,579
Due to Affiliates 13,661,543 318,113
Commercial Paper 96,685,220 57,259,518
Notes Payable 105,530 106,765
Notes Payable to Affiliates 11,128,412 9,438,129
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Total Liabilities 927,959,176 823,037,152
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Commitments and Contingencies (Note 3)
Stockholders' Equity
Preferred Stock, $1 par value
Shares authorized: 1,000,000
Issued: None
Common Stock, $1 par value
Shares authorized: 110,000,000
Issued: 41,891,512
Outstanding: 1999 - 39,638,094; 1998 - 40,879,911 41,891,512 41,891,512
Capital in Excess of Par Value 22,819,138 22,355,934
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income 26,645,461 57,577,202
Retained Earnings 341,190,796 306,268,833
Treasury Stock: at cost (1999-2,245,418 shares; 1998-1,011,601 shares) (26,716,577) (4,471,496)
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Total Stockholders' Equity 405,830,330 423,621,985
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Total Liabilities and
Stockholders' Equity $1,333,789,506 $1,246,659,137
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated condensed unaudited financial statements
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ALFA CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED UNAUDITED
STATEMENTS OF INCOME
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended Three Months Ended
September 30, September 30,
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1999 1998 1999 1998
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues
Premiums - Property and Casualty Insurance $266,350,571 $258,040,824 $ 89,832,368 $ 87,293,994
Premiums and Policy Charges - Life Insurance 37,169,157 34,777,705 12,315,731 11,438,735
Net Investment Income 49,787,449 47,069,340 17,122,676 16,243,369
Realized Investment Gains 4,157,984 3,898,774 (1,337,457) (176,109)
Other Income 3,394,802 1,652,280 2,130,558 564,415
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Total Revenues 360,859,963 345,438,923 120,063,876 115,364,404
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Benefits and Expenses
Benefits & Settlement Expenses 212,215,059 211,866,483 72,080,887 69,373,015
Dividends to Policyholders 2,532,581 2,535,729 774,168 798,541
Amortization of Deferred Policy
Acquisition Costs 44,999,558 43,648,744 15,158,922 14,737,385
Other Operating Expenses 32,557,038 24,706,007 8,525,432 8,109,123
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Total Expenses 292,304,236 282,756,963 96,539,409 93,018,064
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Income Before Provision for Income Taxes 68,555,727 62,681,960 23,524,467 22,346,340
Provision for Income Taxes 20,107,515 19,616,085 7,273,999 7,222,282
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Net Income $ 48,448,212 $ 43,065,875 $ 16,250,468 $ 15,124,058
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Net Income Per Share - Basic $1.21 $1.05 $0.41 $0.37
Net Income Per Share - Diluted $1.20 $1.05 $0.41 $0.37
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Operating Income $ 45,745,522 $ 40,531,672 $ 17,119,815 $ 15,238,529
Operating Income Per Share - Basic $1.14 $0.99 $0.43 $0.37
Operating Income Per Share - Diluted $1.13 $0.99 $0.43 $0.37
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Average Shares Outstanding - Basic 40,108,224 40,826,676 39,673,839 40,852,332
Average Shares Outstanding - Diluted 40,374,230 41,135,131 39,927,066 41,209,050
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</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated condensed
unaudited financial statements.
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ALFA CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED UNAUDITED
STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended Three Months Ended
September 30, September 30,
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1999 1998 1999 1998
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net Income $ 48,448,212 $43,065,875 $ 16,250,468 $ 15,124,058
Other Comprehensive Income, net of tax:
Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses) on Securities
Available for Sale (28,229,051) (4,055,902) (13,850,598) (15,510,630)
Less: Realized Investment Gains (Losses) 2,702,690 2,534,203 (869,347) (114,471)
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Total Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (30,931,741) (6,590,105) (12,981,251) (15,396,159)
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Total Comprehensive Income (Loss) $ 17,516,471 $36,475,770 $ 3,269,217 $ (272,101)
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</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated condensed
unaudited financial statements.
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ALFA CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED UNAUDITED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
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1999 1998
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<S> <C> <C>
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
Net Income $ 48,448,212 $ 43,065,875
Adjustments to Reconcile Net Income to Net Cash
Provided by Operating Activities:
Policy Acquisition Costs Deferred (54,212,398) (50,479,965)
Amortization of Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs 44,999,558 43,648,744
Depreciation and Amortization 260,181 2,393,941
Provision for Deferred Taxes 2,904,242 2,894,220
Interest on Policyholders' Funds 14,263,163 11,963,521
Net Realized Investment Gains (4,157,985) (3,898,774)
Other 1,920,847 (780,860)
Changes in Operating Assets and Liabilities:
(Increase) in Accrued Investment Income (1,908,860) (484,277)
Decrease in Accounts Receivable 1,179,905 2,206,086
(Increase) Decrease in Reinsurance Balances Receivable (985,789) 102,915
(Increase) in Amounts Due From Affiliates (4,574,557) (3,500,522)
Increase in Amounts Due to Affiliates 13,343,430
(Increase) in Other Assets (1,207,641) (523,185)
Increase in Liability for Policy Reserves 15,713,116 8,428,767
Increase in Liability for Unearned Premiums 12,204,509 10,265,090
Increase in Amounts Held for Others 119,036 16,561
Increase in Other Liabilities 3,673,771 5,874,062
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Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities 91,982,740 71,192,199
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Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
Maturities and Redemptions of Fixed Maturities
Held for Investment 399,130 431,967
Maturities and Redemptions of Fixed Maturities
Available for Sale 84,962,146 45,296,055
Maturities and Redemptions of Other Investments 106,448,544 101,541,446
Sales of Fixed Maturities Available for Sale 9,392,842 59,280,862
Sales of Other Investments 41,841,425 33,833,127
Purchase of Fixed Maturities Available for Sale (173,700,228) (131,916,936)
Purchase of Other Investments (195,464,155) (132,490,350)
Net (Increase) in Short-term Investments (13,749,114) (26,405,239)
Net (Increase) Decrease in Receivable/Payable on
Securities 24,452,026 (472,591)
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Net Cash (Used in) Investing Activities (115,417,384) (50,901,659)
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Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
Increase (Decrease) in Commercial Paper 39,425,702 (30,661,127)
(Decrease) in Notes Payable (1,235) (1,870,933)
Increase (Decrease) in Notes Payable to Affiliates 1,690,283 (386,566)
Stockholder Dividends Paid (14,134,182) (13,271,133)
Purchase of Treasury Stock (22,496,549) (209,554)
Proceeds from Exercise of Stock Options 607,867 998,429
Deposits of Policyholders' Funds 48,719,015 47,402,948
Withdrawal of Policyholders' Funds (30,411,849) (27,155,485)
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Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities 23,399,052 (25,153,421)
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Net (Decrease) in Cash (35,592) (4,862,881)
Cash - Beginning of Period 5,948,409 5,820,597
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Cash - End of Period $ 5,912,817 $ 957,716
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Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information
Cash Paid as of September 30 for:
Interest $3,043,582 $3,450,614
Income Taxes $16,970,500 $15,350,000
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated condensed unaudited financial statements.
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ALFA CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 1999
1. Significant Accounting Policies
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In the opinion of the Company, the accompanying consolidated condensed
unaudited financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of only
normal recurring accruals) necessary to present fairly its financial position,
results of operations and cash flows. The accompanying financial statements
have been prepared on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles. A
summary of the more significant accounting policies related to the Company's
business is set forth in the notes to its audited consolidated financial
statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998. The results of
operations for the nine month and three month periods ended September 30, 1999
are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.
For purposes of this report, the Company has defined operating income as income
excluding net realized investment gains. Certain reclassifications have been
made to conform previous classifications to September 30, 1999 classifications
and descriptions.
2. Pooling Agreement
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Effective August 1, 1987, the Company property and casualty subsidiaries
entered into a property and casualty insurance Pooling Agreement (the "Pooling
Agreement") with Alfa Mutual Insurance Company (Mutual), and other members of
the Mutual Group. The Mutual Group is a direct writer primarily of personal
lines of property and casualty insurance in Alabama. The Company's subsidiaries
similarly are direct writers in Georgia and Mississippi. Both the Mutual Group
and the Company write preferred risk automobile, homeowner, farmowner and mobile
home insurance, fire and allied lines, standard risk automobile and homeowner
insurance, and a limited amount of commercial insurance, including church, and
businessowner insurance. Under the terms of the Pooling Agreement, the Company
cedes to Mutual all of its property and casualty business. All of the Mutual
Group's direct property and casualty business (together with the property and
casualty business ceded by the Company) is included in the pool. Until
September 30, 1994, Mutual retroceded 50% of the pooled premiums, losses, loss
adjustment expenses and other underwriting expenses to the Company while
retaining 50% of these amounts itself. On October 1, 1994, the Company
increased its participation in the Pooling Agreement. Mutual currently
retrocedes 65% of the pool to the Company and retains 35% within the Mutual
Group. On October 1, 1996, the Pooling Agreement was amended in conjunction
with the restructuring of the Alfa Insurance Group's catastrophe protection
program. Effective November 1, 1996, the allocation of catastrophe costs among
the members of the pool was changed to better reflect the economics of
catastrophe finance. The amendment limited Alfa Corporation's participation in
any single catastrophic event or series of disasters to its pool share (65%) of
$10 million unless the loss exceeds $249 million on a 100% basis in which case
the Company's share in the loss would be based upon its amount of surplus
relative to the other members of the group. Currently, the Company's share of
losses exceeding $249 million would be 13%. Effective July 1, 1999 due to
increases in insured property risks, an amendment was made increasing Alfa
Corporation's participation limits from its pool share of the $10 million level
to $11 million. The Company's participation in the Pooling Agreement may be
changed or terminated without the consent or approval of the Company's
shareholders, and the Pooling Agreement may be terminated by any party thereto
upon 90 days notice.
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(Note 2. Continued)
The following table sets forth the premiums and losses ceded to and assumed
from the pool for the nine and three month periods ended September 30, 1999 and
1998:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended September 30, Three Months Ended September 30,
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1999 1998 1999 1998
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(in thousands)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Premiums ceded to pool $ 44,291 $ 42,210 $15,086 $14,262
Premiums assumed from pool $267,301 $258,934 $90,183 $87,580
Losses ceded to pool $ 31,372 $ 32,411 $11,633 $10,446
Losses assumed from pool $162,919 $167,387 $55,172 $54,841
</TABLE>
The Alfa Group incurred no pooled catastrophe losses in the first nine
months of 1999. Alfa Group pooled catastrophe losses for 1998 totaled $45
million, of which $15.3 million occurred in the third quarter and $26.8 million
occurred in the second quarter. Alfa Corporation's share of these 1998
catastrophe losses totaled $6.5 million, all in the second quarter.
3. Contingent Liabilities
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The property and casualty subsidiaries have entered into the reinsurance
pooling agreement with Alfa Mutual Insurance Company and its affiliates as
discussed in Note 2. Should any member of the affiliated group be unable to
meet its obligation on a claim for a policy written by the Company's property
and casualty subsidiaries, the obligation to pay the claim would remain with the
Company's subsidiaries.
The liability for estimated unpaid property and casualty losses and loss
adjustment expenses is based upon an evaluation of reported losses and on
estimates of incurred but not reported losses. Adjustments to the liability
based upon subsequent developments are included in current operations.
Year 2000 is a critical data management issue which could have substantial
consequences for companies worldwide because of the use of only two digits in
the date field that may cause many computer applications to fail completely or
create erroneous results by the year 2000 unless corrective measures are taken.
Over the past five years, the Company has devoted a significant amount of time
and resources to the issue of year 2000 as it relates to the Company's operating
systems and information technology applications as well as its non-operations
applications. The Company has identified its mission critical systems and many
other year 2000 issues. At September 30, 1999, the Company believes it has
substantially completed the identification and programming remediation steps
required to make its mission critical systems and other systems year 2000
compliant. In addition, the Company estimates it is approximately 99% complete
with actual application and scenario remediation and believes it will be 100%
complete with all year 2000 remediation efforts by the end of November. To date
the Company has incurred total costs of $3.0 million related to year 2000
efforts, of which $168,000 was incurred during the third quarter of 1999. To
the extent the year 2000 issues are not corrected timely and successfully, the
Company's ability to process its business and pay its claims timely could be
impacted. Such an event could have material adverse consequences on future
financial conditions and results of operations. The Company has developed
contingency plans to be implemented should an adverse year 2000 issue occur. As
part of these contingency plans, the Company has attempted to address its
ability to conduct business in environments experiencing both limited and
extensive adverse conditions resulting from the year 2000 issue. These plans
which address all mission critical systems as well as supporting systems have
been documented in detail for use should the need arise.
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Certain legal proceedings involving policyholders and agents are in process
at September 30, 1999. Costs for these and similar legal proceedings including
accruals for outstanding cases totaled $5.2 million in the first nine months of
1999 and $1.6 million in the similar period in 1998. Such costs totaled $5.2
million in 1998, $3.6 million in 1997 and $2.7 million in 1996. These
proceedings involve alleged breaches of contract, torts, including bad faith and
fraud claims and miscellaneous other causes of action. These lawsuits involve
claims for mental anguish and punitive damages. The likelihood or extent of a
mental anguish or punitive damage award in any one of these cases is not
possible to predict.
Approximately 30 legal proceedings against Alfa Life Insurance Corporation
involving policyholders and agents are in process at September 30, 1999. Of the
30 proceedings, 13 have been filed in 1999, 6 were filed in 1998, 6 were filed
in 1997, 1 was filed in 1996, and 4 were filed in 1995. During the third
quarter of 1999, Alfa Life was able to eliminate 60 cases filed by two
plaintiff's law firms, either through dismissal or settlement. Included in those
60 cases are two proceedings in which the jury awarded the plaintiffs
compensatory and punitive damages against Alfa Life. Both verdicts were on
appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court when they were settled. To date, no
material losses from this type of litigation have occurred. However, it should
be noted that in Alabama, where the Company has substantial business, the
frequency and severity of large mental anguish and punitive damage awards by
juries, bearing little or no relation to actual damages, continues to exist,
creating the potential for unpredictable material adverse judgments in any given
suit.
Two purported class action lawsuits have been filed against Alfa Life
Insurance Corporation. Also, two purported class action lawsuits have been filed
against Alfa Financial Corporation. Seven purported class action lawsuits have
been filed against the property and casualty mutual companies involving a number
of issues and allegations, which could affect Alfa Corporation because of a
pooling agreement between the companies. No class has been certified in any of
these class action cases. Future developments in these class actions and/or
class certification could create the need for significant reserves and expenses
in future periods.
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4. Accounting for Costs of Internal Use Software
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In March 1998, SOP 98-1, Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software
Developed or Obtained for Internal Use was issued. This SOP provides guidance
for determining whether costs of software developed or obtained for internal use
should be capitalized or expensed as incurred. In the past, the Company has
expensed all such costs when incurred. The company is currently involved in
certain technology projects that involve costs which should be capitalized under
SOP 98-1. In the third quarter of 1999, such costs totaled $83,685 which has
been capitalized. Through the third quarter of 1999, these costs have totaled
approximately $830,000 or $0.01 per share which has been capitalized.
5. Financial Accounting Developments
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The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No. 133,
Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities in June 1998. This
Statement establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative
instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in investment
securities and other contracts, and for hedging activities. It requires than
an entity recognize all derivatives as either assets or liabilities in the
balance sheet and measure those instruments at fair value. The accounting for
changes in the fair value of a derivative will be included in either earnings or
other comprehensive income depending on the intended use of the derivative
instrument. The Company is currently evaluating this standard, which, as amended
by SFAS No. 137, is effective for the Company January 1, 2001.
In December 1997, the AICPA issued a Statement of Position (SOP) 97-3. SOP
97-3 provides: 1) guidance for determining when an entity should recognize a
liability for guaranty fund and other insurance-related assessments, 2) guidance
on how to measure a liability, 3) guidance on when an asset may be recognized
for a portion or all of the assessment liability or paid assessment that can be
recovered through premium tax offsets or policy surcharges, and 4) requirements
for disclosure of certain information. This SOP is effective for financial
statements for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1998. The Company does
not anticipate implementation of SOP 97-3 to have a material impact on the
Company's financial statements.
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
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The following table sets forth consolidated summarized income statement
information for the nine months and three months ended September 30, 1999 and
1998:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended September 30 Three Months Ended September 30,
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1999 1998 % Change 1999 1998 % Change
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(in thousands, except share and per share data)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues
Property and casualty
insurance premiums $ 266,351 $ 258,041 3% $ 89,832 $ 87,294 3%
Life insurance premiums
and policy charges 37,169 34,778 7% 12,316 11,439 8%
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Total premiums and
policy charges $ 303,520 $ 292,819 4% $ 102,148 $ 98,733 3%
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Net Investment income $ 49,787 $ 47,069 6% $ 17,123 $ 16,243 5%
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Total Revenues $ 360,860 $ 345,439 4% $ 120,064 $ 115,364 4%
=========== =========== === =========== =========== ====
Net income
Property and casualty
insurance $ 37,336 $ 30,596 22% $ 14,546 $ 11,517 26%
Life insurance 10,500 11,418 (8%) 3,780 4,272 (12%)
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Total insurance
operations 47,836 42,014 14% 18,326 15,789 16%
Noninsurance operations 2,637 1,817 45% 1,125 666 69%
Net realized investment gains 2,703 2,534 7% (869) (115) (656%)
Corporate expenses (4,728) (3,299) (43%) (2,332) (1,216) (92%)
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Net income $ 48,448 $ 43,066 12% $ 16,250 $ 15,124 7%
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Net income per share-
Basic $1.21 $1.05 12% $0.41 $0.37 11%
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Diluted $1.20 $1.05 15% $0.41 $0.37 11%
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Weighted average
shares outstanding - Basic 40,108,224 40,826,676 39,673,839 40,852,332
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Diluted 40,374,230 41,135,131 39,927,066 41,209,050
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</TABLE>
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Total premiums and policy charges increased 4% in the first nine months of
1999. Growth in new sales and continued good persistency has been partially
offset by the impact of rate changes, particularly a 2.2% decrease in automobile
rates in December 1998. Net investment income increased 6% over the first nine
months of 1999 while invested assets have grown 7% in the nine months since
December 31, 1998 resulting from positive cash flows.
The Company's net income increased 12% in the first nine months of 1999 due
primarily to a 22% increase in property casualty operating income. Offsetting
these increases was an 8% decline in nine month operating income in life
operations due to higher legal costs and related increased policyholder
benefits; similarly the company has increased legal costs at the corporate
level. Noninsurance operating income increased 45% in the first nine months of
1999, due primarily to an increase in income in the consumer finance subsidiary
and in the construction subsidiary.
PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE OPERATIONS
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The following table sets forth the components of property and casualty
insurance earned premiums, net underwriting income, GAAP basis loss, expense and
combined ratios, underwriting margin, net investment income and operating income
for the nine months and three months ended September 30, 1999 and 1998:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended September 30, Three Months Ended September 30,
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1999 1998 % Change 1999 1998 % Change
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(in thousands)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Earned Premiums
Personal lines $254,646 $246,683 3% $85,913 $83,464 3%
Commercial lines 9,720 9,215 6% 3,299 3,112 6%
Pools, associations and fees 2,935 3,036 (3%) 971 1,004 (3%)
Reinsurance ceded (950) (893) 6% (351) (286) 23%
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Total $266,351 $258,041 3% $89,832 $87,294 3%
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Net underwriting income $ 30,247 $ 23,658 28% $11,545 $ 9,470 22%
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Loss ratio 60.8% 64.8% 61.4% 63.1%
LAE Ratio 4.7% 4.9% 3.9% 5.2%
Expense ratio 23.1% 21.1% 21.8% 20.9%
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GAAP basis combined ratio 88.6% 90.8% 87.1% 89.2%
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Underwriting margin 11.4% 9.2% 12.9% 10.8%
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Net investment income $ 20,107 $ 19,423 4% $ 6,877 $ 6,716 2%
======== ======== ==== ======= ======= ====
Pre-tax operating income $ 52,800 $ 43,177 22% $20,973 $16,170 30%
======== ======== ==== ======= ======= ====
Operating income, net of tax $ 37,336 $ 30,596 22% $14,546 $11,517 26%
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Earned premiums increased 3% in both the third quarter and first nine
months of 1999. Growth from new business was modest and premium growth is being
impacted in 1999 by a 2.2% December 1998 rate decrease in automobile insurance,
the company's primary line of business.
Operating results continued to be profitable with a 12.9% underwriting
margin for the third quarter and 11.4% margin for the first nine months of 1999.
The results have been favorably impacted by improved loss ratios, primarily
automobile loss ratios, which improved throughout 1998 and were below 62% in
the first three quarters of 1999. Overall operating results improved 26% in
the third quarter and 22% in the first three quarters of 1999 compared to the
similar periods in 1998. The increases are due to both the improved operating
ratios in 1999, and due to prior year catastrophe losses incurred in the second
quarter of 1998, which totaled $6.5 million, or 7.3% of premium. The 21.8%
expense ratio for the third quarter, although improved from the first and second
quarters, still represents an increased level of expenses. Increased technology
expenses reflect the Company's stated commitment to upgrade its systems for
future growth and improved efficiencies. Additionally, continued legal expenses
for the year and administrative expenses in the first quarter related to the
retirement of two executives also impacted expense ratios. The Company incurred
no catastrophe losses in 1999 due to favorable weather.
Net investment income increased 4% in the first nine months of 1999 in the
property casualty subsidiaries due to continued positive cash flow from
profitable underwriting results which increased invested assets 5.4% since
September 30, 1998.
LIFE INSURANCE OPERATIONS
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The following table sets forth life insurance premiums and policy charges,
by type of policy, net investment income, benefits and expenses and life
insurance operating income for the nine months and three months ended September
30, 1999 and 1998:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended Three Months Ended
---------------------------- ----------------------------
September 30, September 30,
---------------------------- ----------------------------
1999 1998 % Change 1999 1998 % Change
------- ------- ---------- ------- ------- ----------
(in thousands)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Premiums and Policy Charges
Universal life policy charges $10,050 $ 9,160 10% $ 3,392 $ 3,104 9%
Universal life policy charges - COLI 1,894 1,800 5% 383 352 9%
Interest sensitive life policy charges 7,457 7,280 2% 2,506 2,421 4%
Traditional life insurance premiums 17,445 16,175 8% 5,922 5,448 9%
Group life insurance premiums 323 363 (11%) 113 114 (1%)
------- ------- --- ------- ------- ---
Total $37,169 $34,778 7% $12,316 $11,439 8%
======= ======= === ======= ======= ===
Net investment income $27,678 $26,159 6% $ 9,528 $ 8,986 6%
======= ======= === ======= ======= ===
Benefits and expenses $45,276 $39,954 13% $14,535 $12,586 15%
======= ======= === ======= ======= ===
Pre-tax operating income $14,503 $15,996 (9%) $ 5,624 $ 6,179 (9%)
======= ======= === ======= ======= ===
Operating Income $10,500 $11,418 (8%) $ 3,780 $ 4,272 (12%)
======= ======= === ======= ======= ===
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The Company's life insurance premiums and policy charges increased 7% in
the first nine months of 1999 due to new business and good persistency. First
year collected premiums have increased over 8% in the first nine months of 1999
due to increased new sales of term products and from increased sales of
universal life policies which also have been positively impacted by a term
conversion program in 1998. Total new annualized premium increased 6.2% in the
first nine months of 1999 and 10.3% in all of 1998.
Life insurance operating income decreased approximately 8% in the first
nine months of 1999. The primary factor that caused the decline in the first
three quarters earnings was a $4.2 million impact of legal expenses and policy
reserve increases related to certain whole life policies sold more than 10 years
ago and certain interest sensitive policies sold since 1989. After thoroughly
assessing those policies, the Company made a decision to adjust the values of
those policies and the reserves related to those policies. The impact is
included in the 13% increase in benefits and expenses. Partially offsetting
this increase was a decline in death claims of approximately $700,000 or 6.7%.
The mortality ratio of actual to expected death claims improved from 111% in the
first nine months of 1998 to 92% in the first nine months of 1999. In spite of
the decline in earnings, positive cash flows resulted in a 5.9% increase in
invested assets which increased investment income approximately 6%.
NONINSURANCE OPERATIONS
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Noninsurance earnings increased 45% in the first nine months of 1999 due
primarily to an increase of 13% or approximately $209,000 in net income in the
consumer finance subsidiary, and a 309% increase or approximately $288,000 in
net income in the construction subsidiary due to an increase in both commercial
and residential sales activity. The loan portfolio increased 2.9% to $57.7
million while the overall portfolio yield rate decreased 40 basis points. Loan
and leasing income increased 19.8% as a result of decreased interest expense.
The real estate sales subsidiary's earnings increased 45% or approximately
$27,000.
CORPORATE
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The increase in other corporate expenses in the first nine months is due to
an increase in legal expenses of approximately $2.8 million. Interest expense
on corporate debt is the other primary corporate expense incurred. Interest
expense in the first nine months of 1999 was approximately $1,848,000 compared
to approximately $1,380,000 for the similar period in 1998. The increase in
interest expense is due to the increase in the average balance outstanding. The
remainder of the corporate expense represents general operating expenses which
may fluctuate from time to time.
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INVESTMENTS
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The Company has historically produced positive cash flow from operations
which has resulted in increasing amounts of funds available for investment and,
consequently, higher investment income. Investment income is also affected by
yield rates. Information about cash flows, invested assets and yield rates is
presented below for the nine months ended September 30, 1999 and 1998:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
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1999 1998
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<S> <C> <C>
Increase in carrying value of invested assets since January 1, 1999 and 1998 6.9% 4.6%
Investment yield rate (annualized) 6.6% 7.0%
Increase in net investment income since September 30, 1998 and 1997 5.8% 10.9%
</TABLE>
The 29.2% increase in positive cash flow from operations is due primarily
to continued profitable operating results in the Company's property and casualty
subsidiaries, which had $30.2 million in underwriting income in the first nine
months of 1999. Also, the premium from the COLI plan in the life insurance
subsidiary is collected in February and has provided positive cash flow in the
first nine months of both periods. As a result of the overall positive cash
flows, invested assets grew 11.7% since January 1, 1999 and 13.5% since
September 30, 1998 (based on amortized cost, which excludes the impact of SFAS
115), and net investment income increased 6.0%. The overall yield rate,
calculated using amortized cost, has remained flat. The Company had net realized
investment gains of approximately $4.2 million in the first nine months of 1999
and $3.9 million in the similar period in 1998. These net gains are primarily
from sales of equity securities. Such realized gains are the result of market
conditions and therefore can fluctuate from period to period.
The composition of the Company's investment portfolio is as follows at
September 30, 1999 and December 31, 1998:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
September 30, December 31,
1999 1998
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<S> <C> <C>
Fixed maturities
Taxable
Mortgage backed (CMO's) 26.6% 27.9%
Corporate bonds 28.0 30.2
----- -----
Total taxable 54.6 58.1
Tax exempts 15.2 13.5
----- -----
Total fixed maturities 69.8 71.6
----- -----
Equity securities 9.4 9.5
Mortgage loans - -
Real estate 0.2 0.1
Policy loans 3.6 3.6
Other long term investments 12.1 10.2
Short term investments 4.9 5.0
----- -----
100.0% 100.0%
===== =====
</TABLE>
The majority of the Company's investment portfolio consists of fixed
maturities which are diverse as to both
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industry and geographic concentration. Since year-end, the overall mix of
investments has remained relatively stable with changes due to market value
fluctuations in equities and fixed maturities.
The rating of the Company's portfolio of fixed maturities using the
Standard & Poor's rating categories is as follows at September 30, 1999 and
December 31, 1998:
September 30, December 31,
1999 1998
-------------- -------------
RATING
- ------
AAA to A- 90.7% 89.2%
BBB+ to BBB- 8.3 9.8
BB+ and Below (Below investment grade) 1.0 1.0
----- -----
100.0% 100.0%
===== =====
One hundred percent of the fixed maturity portfolio was rated by an outside
rating service. No securities were rated by Company management. The Company
considers bonds with a quality rating of BB+ and below to be below investment
grade or high yield bonds (also called junk bonds).
At September 30, 1999, approximately 38.0% of fixed maturities were
mortgage-backed securities. Such securities are comprised of Collateralized
Mortgage Obligations (CMO's) and pass through securities. Based on reviews of
the Company's portfolio of mortgage-backed securities, the impact of prepayment
risk on the Company's financial position is not believed to be significant. At
September 30, 1999 the Company's total portfolio of fixed maturities had gross
unrealized gains of $14,947,412 and gross unrealized losses of $29,473,338.
Securities are priced by nationally recognized pricing services or by
broker/dealer securities firms. No securities were priced by the Company.
During the first nine months of 1999, the Company sold approximately $9.4
million in fixed maturities available for sale. These sales resulted in gross
realized gains of $12,779 and gross realized losses of $812,408. During the
first nine months of 1998 the Company sold approximately $59.3 million in fixed
maturities available for sale. These sales resulted in gross realized gains of
$653,398 and gross realized losses of $57,537.
The Company monitors its level of investments in high yield fixed
maturities and equity investments held in issuers of high yield debt securities.
Management believes the level of such investments is not significant to the
Company's financial condition. At September 30, 1999, the Company had
unrealized gains of approximately $3,768,000 in such investments.
In the first nine months of 1999, the Company wrote down eight equity
securities totaling $2,939,085, whose declines in value were deemed to be other
than temporary. At September 30, 1999 there were no nonperforming bonds in the
portfolio.
The Company's investment in other long term investments consists primarily
of loans originated by the consumer finance subsidiary. These loans are
collateralized by automobiles and other property. At September 30, 1999, the
delinquency ratio on the portfolio was 1.47%, down from 2.04% at December 31,
1998. Loans charged off in the first nine months of 1999 totaled approximately
$6,700. At September 30, 1999, the
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Company maintained an allowance for loan losses of $584,178 or approximately
1.1% of the outstanding loan balance. Long term investments also include assets
leased under operating leases, partnership investments and certain other
investments.
INCOME TAXES
- ------------
The slight increase in income tax expense in the first nine months of 1999
is the result of the increase in operating income before provision for income
taxes, which increased $5.9 million due primarily to the impact of increased
property casualty underwriting results. The effective tax rate in the first
nine months of 1999 was 29.3% compared to 31.9% for the full year 1998 and 31.3%
for the first nine months of 1998. The decline in the effective rate is due to
the relative increase in tax free versus taxable income and increased tax
preference credits on certain investments.
IMPACT OF INFLATION
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Inflation increases consumers' needs for both life and property and
casualty insurance coverage. Inflation increases claims incurred by property
and casualty insurers as property repairs, replacements and medical expenses
increase. Such cost increases reduce profit margins to the extent that rate
increases are not maintained on an adequate and timely basis. Since inflation
has remained relatively low in recent years, financial results have not been
significantly impacted by inflation.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
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Alfa Corporation receives funds from its subsidiaries consisting of
dividends, payments for funding federal income taxes, and reimbursement of
expenses incurred at the corporate level for the subsidiaries. These funds are
used for paying dividends to stockholders, corporate interest and expenses,
federal income taxes, and for funding additional investments in its
subsidiaries' operations.
Alfa Corporation's subsidiaries require cash in order to fund policy
acquisition costs, claims, other policy benefits, interest expense, general
operating expenses, and dividends to Alfa Corporation. The major sources of the
Company's liquidity are operations and cash provided by maturing or liquidated
investments. A significant portion of the Company's investment portfolio
consists of readily marketable securities which can be sold for cash. Based on
a review of the Company's matching of asset and liability maturities and on the
interest sensitivity of the majority of policies in force, management believes
the ultimate exposure to loss from interest rate fluctuations is not
significant.
On October 25, 1993, the Company established a Stock Option Plan, pursuant
to which a maximum aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of common stock have been
reserved for grant to key personnel. The plan expires on October 24, 2003. The
Company granted 783,400 such options on October 25, 1993, 80,000 options on
March 28, 1994, 80,000 options on March 27, 1995, 80,000 options on April 18,
1996, 75,000 options on February 18, 1997, 452,500 options on March 23, 1998
and 167,500 on April 22, 1999. The options ratably become exercisable annually
over three years, and may not be exercised after ten years after the date of
award. At September 30, 1999, there had been 167,582 options exercised, 992,728
options were exercisable and 74,468 had been canceled leaving 356,068 options
available for grant under the plan.
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In October 1989, the Company's Board of Directors approved a stock
repurchase program authorizing the repurchase of up to 2,000,000 shares of its
outstanding common stock in the open market or in negotiated transactions in
such quantities and at such times and prices as management may decide. In March
1999, the Board increased the number of shares authorized for repurchase by
2,000,000. During the first nine months of 1999 the Company repurchased
1,293,400 shares at a cost of $22,496,549. At September 30, 1999 the total
repurchased was 2,413,000 shares at a cost of $27,546,790. The Company has
reissued 167,582 treasury shares as a result of option exercises.
Total borrowings increased $41.1 million in the first nine months of 1999
to $107.9 million. At September 30, 1999 the Company had approximately $96.7
million in commercial paper at rates ranging from 5.38% to 5.40% with maturities
ranging from October 4, 1999 to October 14, 1999. The Company intends to
continue to use the commercial paper program to fund the consumer loan portfolio
and other corporate short term needs. Backup lines of credit are in place up to
$100 million. The Company has an A-1+, P-1 commercial paper rating from
Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investors Service. The commercial paper is
guaranteed by an affiliate, Alfa Mutual Insurance Company. In addition, the
Company had $11.1 million in short-term debt outstanding to affiliates at
September 30,1999 with interest equal to commercial paper rates payable monthly
and $105,530 outstanding in other short-term debt at a rate of 7.0%.
Cash surrenders paid to policyholders on a statutory basis totaled $10.4
million in the first nine months of 1999 and $9.2 million for the first nine
months of 1998. This level of surrenders is within the Company's pricing
expectations. Historical persistency rates indicate a normal pattern of
surrender activity. The structure of the surrender charges is such that
persistency is encouraged. The majority of the policies in force have surrender
charges which grade downward over a 12 to 15 year period. In addition, the
majority of the in-force business is interest sensitive type policies which
generally have lower rates of surrender. At September 30, 1999 the total amount
of cash that would be required to fund all amounts subject to surrender was
approximately $348.4 million.
The Company's business is concentrated geographically in Alabama, Georgia
and Mississippi. Accordingly, unusually severe storms or other disasters in
these contiguous states might have a more significant effect on the Company than
on a more geographically diversified insurance company. Unusually severe
storms, other natural disasters and other events could have an adverse impact on
the Company's financial condition and operating results. However, the Company's
current catastrophe protection program, which began November 1, 1996, reduced
the earnings volatility caused by such catastrophe exposures.
Increasing public interest in the availability and affordability of
insurance has prompted legislative, regulatory and judicial activity in several
states. This includes efforts to contain insurance prices, restrict
underwriting practices and risk classifications, mandate rate reductions and
refunds, eliminate or reduce exemptions from antitrust laws and generally expand
regulation. Because of Alabama's low automobile rates as compared to rates in
most other states, the Company does not expect the type of punitive legislation
and initiatives found in some states to be a factor in its primary market in the
immediate future. During the second quarter of 1999, the Alabama legislature
passed a tort reform package that should help to curb some of the excessive
litigation experienced in recent years. In addition, a mandatory insurance bill
was passed to require motorists to obtain insurance coverage beginning in June,
2000. Such a requirement could affect both the revenues and losses incurred by
the Company in the future. Although the full extent or impact is not possible
to predict, the Company believes any impact on future results will not be
significant.
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YEAR 2000
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The Company initially started the identification of year 2000 issues in
1993 and 1994 and began its internal programming modifications in 1995. These
phases along with the testing have continued during the last three years. The
Company believes it has substantially completed the identification and
programming steps and at September 30, 1999 is approximately 99% complete with
actual application and scenario testing, whereby dates are manipulated and
results are compared for accuracy. Such testing and completion of internal
programming is currently scheduled to be completed in November 1999. A summary
of mission critical systems follows this section. In addition, the Company has
addressed the issues related to year 2000 in regards to material relationships
with third parties, vendors, suppliers, etc. and has identified such providers,
surveying their efforts and requesting written assurances that year 2000 issues
have been addressed. Of the vendor operating system software identified during
this process, approximately 100% of the programs have been labeled as "year 2000
compliant" by the vendors. In the event that such software fails despite
written assurances and internal testing, the Company expects to work closely
with the vendors to find a remedy in a timely fashion. Also, the Company has
reviewed all significant non-information technology systems for year 2000
compliance. The most significant such system, the telephone system, has been
determined to be year 2000 compliant. These efforts were completed during the
third quarter of 1999.
The Company has not utilized any year 2000 solution providers in addressing
compliance of its mainframe systems. To date, the issues have been addressed
with internal resources. However, the Company has contracted with external
consultants to assist in the review and updating of its personal computer
systems and associated hardware and software. Due to the longevity of the
process, the number of employees and resources devoted to the efforts and the
time spent, it is not practicable to determine precisely the total costs
attributable to the year 2000 issue. These costs have been expensed as incurred
throughout the process. However, the Company estimates that to date,
approximately $3.0 million has been spent on year 2000 efforts, with
approximately $168,000 expensed in the third quarter of 1999. Future costs are
currently anticipated to total approximately $100,000 for a total estimated cost
of year 2000 efforts of $3.1 million. The Company has absorbed the costs into
its operations with no significant adverse impact on its financial condition or
results of operations. The resources utilized have caused some normal
operational enhancements and systems development to be deferred or delayed.
However, any systems maintenance or statutory required updates have not been
affected.
To the extent the year 2000 issues are not corrected timely and
successfully, the Company's ability to process its business and pay its claims
timely could be impacted. Such an event could have material adverse
consequences on future financial condition and results of operations. The
Company has developed contingency plans to be implemented should an adverse year
2000 issue occur. As part of these contingency plans, the Company has attempted
to address its ability to conduct business in environments experiencing both
limited and extensive adverse conditions resulting from the year 2000 issue.
These plans which address all mission critical systems as well as supporting
systems have been documented in detail for use should the need arise.
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SUMMARY OF MISSION CRITICAL SYSTEMS
Remediation/ System Goal
Mission Critical Systems Research Programming Testing Date
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Accounting Completed Completed Completed N/A
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agent Compensation Completed Completed Completed N/A
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Claims Completed Completed Completed N/A
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Investment Management Completed Completed Completed N/A
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Life Policy Administration Completed Completed Completed N/A
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Loan Processing Completed Completed Completed N/A
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Payment Processing Completed Completed Completed N/A
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Payroll Processing Completed Completed Completed N/A
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Personal Computers - Field Completed Completed Completed N/A
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal Computer - Based
Field Programs Completed Completed Started 11/15/99
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal Computers -
Home Office Completed Started Started 11/15/99
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Postal Software Completed Completed Completed N/A
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Property/Casualty
Policy Administration Completed Completed Completed N/A
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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING DEVELOPMENTS
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No. 133,
Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities in June 1998. This
Statement establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative
instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in investment
securities and other contracts, and for hedging activities. It requires than an
entity recognize all derivatives as either assets or liabilities in the balance
sheet and measure those instruments at fair value. The accounting for changes in
the fair value of a derivative will be included in either earnings or other
comprehensive income depending on the intended use of the derivative instrument.
The Company is currently evaluating this standard, which, as amended by SFAS
No. 137, is effective for the Company January 1, 2001.
In December 1997, the AICPA issued a Statement of Position (SOP) 97-3. SOP
97-3 provides: 1) guidance for determining when an entity should recognize a
liability for guaranty fund and other insurance-related assessments, 2) guidance
on how to measure a liability, 3) guidance on when an asset may be recognized
for a portion or all of the assessment liability or paid assessment that can be
recovered through premium tax offsets or policy surcharges, and 4) requirements
for disclosure of certain information. This SOP is effective for financial
statements for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1998. The Company does
not anticipate implementation of SOP 97-3 to have a material impact on the
Company's financial statements.
INFORMATION ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Any statement contained in this report which is not a historical fact, or
which might otherwise be considered an opinion or projection concerning the
Company or its business, whether express or implied, is meant as and should be
considered a forward-looking statement as that term is defined in the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based
on assumptions and opinions concerning a variety of known and unknown risks,
including but not necessarily limited to changes in market conditions, natural
disasters and other catastrophic events, increased competition, changes in
availability and cost of reinsurance, changes in governmental regulations, and
general economic conditions, as well as other risks more completely described in
the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. If any of
these assumptions or opinions prove incorrect, any forward-looking statements
made on the basis of such assumptions or opinions may also prove materially
incorrect in one or more respects.
Item 3.
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MARKET RISK DISCLOSURES
-----------------------
The Company's Annual Report filed on Form 10-K with the Securities and
Exchange Commission includes quantitative and qualitative market risk disclosure
information. Since December 31, 1998, there have been no significant changes in
these disclosures. However, due to recent increases in interest rates, the fair
value of the Company's fixed maturity investments has declined by $25.7 million
and equity investments has declined by $4.6 million. The Company's sensitivity
analysis, disclosed in the Annual Report indicates that a 100 basis point
increase in interest rates would result in a hypothetical decrease in fair value
and therefore in stockholders' equity by 7.2% for fixed maturities and a 20%
decrease in equity securities values would decrease stockholders' equity by
3.2%.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 6.
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EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
--------------------------------
None.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
ALFA CORPORATION
Date 11/12/99 By: /S/ Jerry A. Newby
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Jerry A. Newby
President
Date 11/12/99 By: /S/ Donald Price
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Donald Price
Senior Vice President, Finance
(Chief Financial Officer)
Date 11/12/99 By: /S/ John Holley
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John Holley
Vice President, Finance
(Chief Accounting Officer)
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<PERIOD-TYPE> 9-MOS 3-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1999 DEC-31-1999
<PERIOD-START> JAN-01-1999 JUL-01-1999
<PERIOD-END> SEP-30-1999 SEP-30-1999
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<TOTAL-INVEST> 1,159,368,443 0
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