Note 13. Statutory Reporting

The assets, liabilities and results of operations have been reported on the basis of GAAP, which varies in some respects from statutory accounting practices (“SAP”) prescribed or permitted by insurance regulatory authorities. The principal differences between SAP and GAAP are that under SAP: (i) certain assets that are non-admitted assets are eliminated from the balance sheet; (ii) acquisition costs for policies are expensed as incurred, while they are deferred and amortized over the estimated life of the policies under GAAP; (iii) the provision that is made for deferred income taxes is different than under GAAP; (iv) the timing of establishing certain reserves is different than under GAAP; and (v) certain valuation allowances attributable to certain investments are different.

The Company meets the minimum capital requirements in the states in which it does business. The amount of reported statutory net income and surplus (shareholders’ equity) for the Parent’s insurance subsidiaries for the years ended December 31 was as follows:

	2018			2017
Bankers Fidelity, net loss	$	(3,963	)	$	(2,880	)
American Southern, net income		5,445			6,647
Statutory net income	$	1,482		$	3,767

Bankers Fidelity, surplus	$	34,214		$	34,135
American Southern, surplus		43,467			43,348
Statutory surplus	$	77,681		$	77,483

Under the insurance code of the state in which each insurance subsidiary is domiciled, dividend payments to the Parent by its insurance subsidiaries are subject to certain limitations without the prior approval of the applicable state’s Insurance Commissioner. The Parent received dividends of $4,800 and $4,850 in 2018 and 2017, respectively, from its subsidiaries. In 2019, dividend payments to the Parent by the insurance subsidiaries in excess of $4,347 would require prior approval.