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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
Income Taxes [Abstract] |
Allocation of Total Income Taxes | Total income taxes were allocated as follows:
|  | 2022 |  |  | 2021 |
Total tax expense on income |  | $ | 571 |  |  | $ | 1,021 |
Tax benefit on components of shareholders’ equity: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net unrealized losses on investment securities |  |  | (10,589 | ) |  |  | (1,944 | )
Total tax benefit |  | $ | (10,018 | ) |  | $ | (923 | )
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 benefit is as follows:
|  | 2022 |  |  | 2021 |
Federal income tax provision at the statutory rate |  | $ | 440 |  |  | $ | 1,112 |
Statutory rate |  |  | 21 | % |  |  | 21 | %
Dividends-received deduction |  |  | (24 | ) |  |  | (26 | )
Meals and entertainment |  |  | 61 |  |  |  | 32 |
Vested stock and club dues |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | (28 | )
Parking disallowance |  |  | 17 |  |  |  | 16 |
Penalties and fines |  |  | 149 |  |  |  | — |
Adjustment for prior years’ estimates to actual |  |  | (86 | ) |  |  | (85 | )
Income tax expense |  | $ | 571 |  |  | $ | 1,021 |
Effective tax rate |  |  | 27.2 | % |  |  | 19.3 | %
Deferred Tax Liabilities and Assets | Deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2022 and 2021 were comprised of the following:
|  | 2022 |  |  | 2021 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred acquisition costs |  | $ | 7,953 |  |  | $ | 7,026 |
Net unrealized investment losses |  |  | 4,489 |  |  |  | — |
Insurance reserves |  |  | 1,597 |  |  |  | 2,028 |
Impaired assets |  |  | 791 |  |  |  | 780 |
Bad debts and other |  |  | 252 |  |  |  | 280 |
Total deferred tax assets |  |  | 15,082 |  |  |  | 10,114 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred and uncollected premiums |  | $ | (835 | ) |  | $ | (561 | )
Net unrealized investment gains |  |  | — |  |  |  | (7,689 | )
Other |  |  | (84 | ) |  |  | (109 | )
Total deferred tax liabilities |  |  | (919 | ) |  |  | (8,359 | )
Net deferred tax asset (liability) |  | $ | 14,163 |  |  | $ | 1,755 |
Components of Income Tax Expense | The components of income tax expense were:
|  | 2022 |  |  | 2021 |
Current – Federal |  | $ | 2,390 |  |  | $ | 2,133 |
Deferred – Federal |  |  | (1,819 | ) |  |  | (1,112 | )
Total |  | $ | 571 |  |  | $ | 1,021 |

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