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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Net deferred tax assets and liabilities | Net deferred tax assets (liabilities) as reported on the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 are shown in table 12.1 below.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities
Table | 12.1 |  |  |  |
(In thousands) |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Total deferred tax assets |  | $ | 109,391 |  |  | $ | 144,819 |
Total deferred tax liabilities |  | (29,609) |  |  | (20,050) |
Net deferred tax asset (liability) |  | $ | 79,782 |  |  | $ | 124,769 |
Components of the net deferred tax asset (liability) | Table 12.2 includes the components of the net deferred tax asset (liability) as of December 31, 2023 and 2022.
Deferred tax components
Table | 12.2 |  |  |  |
(In thousands) |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Unearned premium reserves |  | $ | 13,862 |  |  | $ | 16,209 |
Benefit plans |  | (19,142) |  |  | (9,444) |
Loss reserves |  | 1,921 |  |  | 1,785 |
Unrealized losses on investments |  | 70,961 |  |  | 108,588 |
Deferred policy acquisition cost |  | (3,064) |  |  | (4,003) |
Deferred compensation |  | 7,466 |  |  | 6,806 |
Research and experimental costs |  | 13,351 |  |  | 9,719 |
Other, net |  | (5,573) |  |  | (4,891) |
Net deferred tax asset (liability) |  | $ | 79,782 |  |  | $ | 124,769 |
Components of the provision for (benefit from) income taxes | Table 12.3 summarizes the components of the provision for income taxes:
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes
Table | 12.3 |  |  |  |  |  |
(In thousands) |  | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Current federal |  | $ | 187,246 |  |  | $ | 228,259 |  |  | $ | 161,055 |
Deferred federal |  | 1,550 |  |  | (5,235) |  |  | 4,392 |
Other |  | 484 |  |  | 1,661 |  |  | 1,347 |
Provision for income taxes |  | $ | 189,280 |  |  | $ | 224,685 |  |  | $ | 166,794 |
Reconciliation of federal statutory income tax rate | Table 12.4 reconciles the federal statutory income tax rate to our effective tax provision rate.
Effective tax rate reconciliation
Table | 12.4 |  |  |  |  |
| 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Federal statutory income tax rate | 21.0 | % |  | 21.0 | % |  | 21.0 | %
Tax exempt municipal bond interest | (0.5) | % |  | (0.5) | % |  | (0.6) | %
Other, net | 0.5 | % |  | 0.1 | % |  | 0.4 | %
Effective tax rate | 21.0 | % |  | 20.6 | % |  | 20.8 | %

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