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Statutory Information and Restrictions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Reinsurance and Catastrophes and Statutory Surplus and Subsidiary Dividend Restrictions [Abstract] |
Statutory Information and Restrictions | NOTE 8 - Statutory Information and Restrictions The insurance departments of various states in which the insurance subsidiaries of HMEC are domiciled recognize as net income and surplus those amounts determined in conformity with statutory accounting principles prescribed or permitted by the insurance departments, which differ in certain respects from GAAP. Reconciliations of statutory capital and surplus and net income, as determined using statutory accounting principles, to the amounts included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements are as follows:
|  |  | December 31, |
|  |  | 2014 |  |  |  | 2013 |
Statutory capital and surplus of insurance subsidiaries |  | $ | 861,421 |  |  | $ | 809,241 |
Increase (decrease) due to: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred policy acquisition costs |  |  | 215,082 |  |  |  | 245,355 |
Difference in policyholder reserves |  |  | 87,345 |  |  |  | 80,459 |
Goodwill |  |  | 47,396 |  |  |  | 47,396 |
Liability for postretirement benefits other than pensions |  |  | - |  |  |  | (1,130 | )
Investment fair value adjustments on fixed maturities |  |  | 519,593 |  |  |  | 227,060 |
Difference in investment reserves |  |  | 118,633 |  |  |  | 111,983 |
Federal income tax liability |  |  | (290,034 | ) |  |  | (188,426 | )
Net funded status of pension and other postretirement benefit obligations |  |  | (20,027 | ) |  |  | (18,217 | )
Non-admitted assets and other, net |  |  | 18,528 |  |  |  | 11,349 |
Shareholders' equity of parent company and non-insurance subsidiaries |  |  | 16,465 |  |  |  | 12,109 |
Parent company short-term and long-term debt |  |  | (237,939 | ) |  |  | (237,874 | )
Shareholders' equity as reported herein |  | $ | 1,336,463 |  |  | $ | 1,099,305 |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Statutory net income of insurance subsidiaries |  | $ | 97,875 |  | $ | 98,905 |  | $ | 93,299 |
Net loss of non-insurance companies |  |  | (3,906) |  |  | (4,583) |  |  | (4,726) |
Interest expense |  |  | (14,198) |  |  | (14,236) |  |  | (14,249) |
Tax benefit of interest expense and other parent company current tax adjustments |  |  | 6,371 |  |  | 6,030 |  |  | 9,308 |
Combined net income |  |  | 86,142 |  |  | 86,116 |  |  | 83,632 |
Increase (decrease) due to: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred policy acquisition costs |  |  | 16,828 |  |  | 17,177 |  |  | 16,595 |
Policyholder benefits |  |  | 15,284 |  |  | 19,038 |  |  | 15,574 |
Federal income tax expense |  |  | (10,548) |  |  | (12,735) |  |  | (19,843) |
Investment reserves |  |  | 3,574 |  |  | 6,818 |  |  | 14,021 |
Other adjustments, net |  |  | (7,037) |  |  | (5,521) |  |  | (6,113) |
Net income as reported herein |  | $ | 104,243 |  | $ | 110,893 |  | $ | 103,866 |
HMEC has principal insurance subsidiaries domiciled in Illinois and Texas. The statutory financial statements of these subsidiaries are prepared in accordance with accounting principles prescribed or permitted by the Illinois Department of Insurance and the Texas Department of Insurance, as applicable. Prescribed statutory accounting principles include a variety of publications of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (the “NAIC”), as well as state laws, regulations and general administrative rules. The NAIC has risk-based capital guidelines to evaluate the adequacy of statutory capital and surplus in relation to risks assumed in investments, reserving policies, and volume and types of insurance business written. At December 31, 2014 and 2013, the minimum statutory-basis capital and surplus required to be maintained by HMEC’s insurance subsidiaries was $135,797 and $124,444, respectively. At December 31, 2014 and 2013, statutory capital and surplus of each of the Company’s insurance subsidiaries was above required levels. The restricted net assets of HMEC’s insurance subsidiaries were $18,361 and $17,967 as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The minimum statutory-basis capital and surplus amount at each date is the total estimated authorized control level risk-based capital for all of HMEC’s insurance subsidiaries combined. Authorized control level risk-based capital represents the minimum level of statutory-basis capital and surplus necessary before the insurance commissioner in the respective state of domicile is authorized to take whatever regulatory actions considered necessary to protect the best interests of the policyholders and creditors of the insurer. The amount of restricted net assets represents the combined fair value of securities on deposit with governmental agencies for the insurance subsidiaries as required by law in various states in which the insurance subsidiaries of HMEC conduct business. HMEC relies largely on dividends from its insurance subsidiaries to meet its obligations for payment of principal and interest on debt, dividends to shareholders and parent company operating expenses, including tax payments pursuant to tax sharing agreements. Payments for share repurchase programs also have this dependency. HMEC’s insurance subsidiaries are subject to various regulatory restrictions which limit the amount of annual dividends or other distributions, including loans or cash advances, available to HMEC without prior approval of the insurance regulatory authorities. As a result, HMEC may not be able to receive dividends from such subsidiaries at times and in amounts necessary to pay desired dividends to shareholders. The aggregate amount of dividends that may be paid in 2015 from all of HMEC’s insurance subsidiaries without prior regulatory approval is approximately $90,000. As disclosed in the reconciliation of the statutory capital and surplus of insurance subsidiaries to the consolidated GAAP shareholders’ equity, the insurance subsidiaries have statutory capital and surplus of $861,421 as of December 31, 2014, which is subject to regulatory restrictions. The parent company equity is not restricted. At December 31, 2014, HMEC had $28,640 of liquid assets, comprised of investments and cash, which could be used to fund debt interest, general corporate obligations, as well as dividend payments to shareholders. If necessary, HMEC also has other potential sources of liquidity that could provide for additional funding to meet corporate obligations or pay shareholder dividends, which include a revolving line of credit, as well as issuances of various securities. At the time of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and during each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 2014, the Company had no financial reinsurance agreements in effect.

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