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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Income Taxes [Abstract] |
Allocation of total income taxes | Total income taxes were allocated as follows:
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Total tax expense (benefit) on income |  | $ | (267 | ) |  | $ | 828 |
Tax expense (benefit) on components of shareholders’ equity: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net unrealized gains on investment securities |  |  | (2,541 | ) |  |  | 2,111 |
Total tax expense (benefit) |  | $ | (2,808 | ) |  | $ | 2,939 |
Reconciliation of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) | A reconciliation of the differences between income taxes computed at the federal statutory income tax rate and the income tax expense (benefit) is as follows:
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Federal income tax provision |  | $ | (204 | ) |  | $ | 1,875 |
Statutory rate |  |  | 21 | % |  |  | 35 | %
Dividends-received deduction |  |  | (39 | ) |  |  | (92 | )
Small life insurance company deduction |  |  | - |  |  |  | (613 | )
Other |  |  | 75 |  |  |  | 72 |
Remeasurement of deferred taxes due to tax reform enactment |  |  | - |  |  |  | (395 | )
Adjustment for prior years’ estimates to actual |  |  | (99 | ) |  |  | (19 | )
Income tax expense (benefit) |  | $ | (267 | ) |  | $ | 828 |
Effective tax rate |  |  | 27.5 | % |  |  | 15.5 | %
Deferred tax liabilities and assets | Deferred tax liabilities and assets at December 31, 2018 and 2017 were comprised of the following:
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred acquisition costs |  | $ | 175 |  |  | $ | - |
Insurance reserves |  |  | 3,410 |  |  |  | 3,216 |
Impaired assets |  |  | 1,142 |  |  |  | 869 |
Bad debts and other |  |  | 332 |  |  |  | 380 |
Total deferred tax assets |  |  | 5,059 |  |  |  | 4,465 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred acquisition costs |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | (1,200 | )
Deferred and uncollected premiums |  |  | (360 | ) |  |  | (377 | )
Net unrealized investment gains |  |  | (148 | ) |  |  | (3,150 | )
Other |  |  | (367 | ) |  |  | (331 | )
Total deferred tax liabilities |  |  | (875 | ) |  |  | (5,058 | )
Net deferred tax asset (liability) |  | $ | 4,184 |  |  | $ | (593 | )
Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) | The components of income tax expense (benefit) were:
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Current - Federal |  | $ | 1,969 |  |  | $ | 2,186 |
Deferred - Federal |  |  | (2,236 | ) |  |  | (1,358 | )
Total |  | $ | (267 | ) |  | $ | 828 |

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