Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Financial Instruments with Off-Balance Sheet Risk

We make commitments to extend credit in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of our customers. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit in the form of loans or through standby letters of credit. Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. Because various commitments will expire without being fully drawn, the total commitment amount does not necessarily represent future cash requirements.

Our credit loss exposure is equal to the contractual amount of the commitment in the event of nonperformance by the borrower. We use the same credit underwriting criteria for all credit exposure. The amount of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary by us, is based on Management's credit evaluation of the borrower. Collateral types pledged may include accounts receivable, inventory, other personal property and real property.

The contractual amount of undrawn loan commitments and standby letters of credit not reflected in the consolidated statements of condition are as follows:



(in thousands)	December 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
Commercial lines of credit	$	287,533	$	238,361
Revolving home equity lines	189,035		189,971
Undisbursed construction loans	41,033		46,229
Personal and other lines of credit	9,567		14,109
Standby letters of credit	1,964		2,636
Total commitments and standby letters of credit	$	529,132	$	491,306

We record an allowance for losses on these off-balance sheet commitments based on an estimate of probabilities of the utilization of these commitments according to our historical experience on different types of commitments and expected loss. The allowance for losses on off-balance sheet commitments totaled $1.1 million as of December 31, 2019 and $958 thousand as of December 31, 2018, which is recorded in interest payable and other liabilities in the consolidated statements of condition. Approximately 33% of the commitments expire in 2020, approximately 55% expire between 2021 and 2027 and approximately 12% expire thereafter.