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New Accounting Pronouncements | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Accounting Changes And Error Corrections [Abstract] |
New Accounting Pronouncements |
1 7. | New Accounting Pronouncements
Accounting Standards Adopted in 2020 In March, 2020, the FASB issued new accounting guidance that affected a variety of topics in the Codification. The amendments in this update are meant to make the Codification easier to understand and easier to apply by eliminating inconsistencies and providing clarification. This guidance is effective for all fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted this guidance on January 1, 2020. The adoption of this new accounting guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows. In August, 2018, the FASB issued new accounting guidance which removed, modified, and added certain disclosures related to Topic 820, Fair Value. The affected disclosures are related to transfers between fair value levels, level 3 assets, and investments in certain entities that calculate net asset value. This guidance is effective for all fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted this guidance on January 1, 2020. The adoption of this new accounting guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows. In January, 2017, the FASB issued updated guidance that simplifies how an entity is required to test goodwill for impairment by eliminating the requirement to calculate the implied fair value of goodwill (i.e. Step 2 of the current goodwill impairment test). Under the new amendments, an entity may still first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative goodwill impairment test. If determined to be necessary, the quantitative impairment test shall be used to identify goodwill impairment and measure the amount of a goodwill impairment loss to be recognized, if any. A goodwill impairment loss is recognized for the amount that the carrying amount of a reporting unit, including goodwill, exceeds its fair value, limited to the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. This guidance is effective for public business entities’ annual or interim goodwill impairment testing in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. The Company adopted this guidance on January 1, 2020. The adoption of this new accounting guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows. In June, 2016, the FASB issued new accounting guidance addressing the measurement of credit losses on financial instruments. The new guidance requires financial assets measured at amortized cost, which includes but are not limited to premiums receivable and reinsurance receivables, to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected over the life of the asset using an allowance for credit losses. Changes in the allowance are charged to earnings. The measurement of expected credit losses should consider relevant information about past events, including historical experience, current information, as well as reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the financial assets. For available for sale debt securities, credit losses should be measured similar to the old guidance; however, the new guidance requires that credit losses be presented as an allowance rather than as a write-down of the amortized cost basis of the impaired securities and allows for the reversal of credit losses in the current period net income. In addition, the Company made certain accounting policy elections related to accrued interest receivables which are described in Note 3. The Company adopted this new accounting guidance on January 1, 2020 using a modified-retrospective approach. The adoption of this new accounting guidance and the impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows is described primarily within Note 3 and Note 6. Please see Note 22 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements in Item 8 Part II of the Company’s 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information on accounting pronouncements issued but not yet adopted.

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