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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of Income Tax Expense | Our income tax expense as presented in the consolidated financial statements is summarized as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
| (Dollars in thousands)
Consolidated statements of operations: |  |  |  |  |
Current income taxes | $ | 57,412 |  |  | $ | 75,568 |  |  | $ | 116,545 |
Deferred income taxes (benefits) | (10,408 | ) |  | 41,916 |  |  | (46,504 | )
Total income tax expense included in consolidated statements of operations | 47,004 |  |  | 117,484 |  |  | 70,041 |
Stockholders' equity: |  |  |  |  |
Expense (benefit) relating to: |  |  |  |  |
Change in net unrealized investment losses | 74,471 |  |  | (279,860 | ) |  | 363,572 |
Share-based compensation | (527 | ) |  | (3,649 | ) |  | (5,716 | )
Extinguishment of convertible debt | — |  |  | — |  |  | (9,284 | )
Total income tax expense (benefit) included in consolidated financial statements | $ | 120,948 |  |  | $ | (166,025 | ) |  | $ | 418,613 |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation | Income tax expense in the consolidated statements of operations differed from the amount computed at the applicable statutory federal income tax rate of 35% as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
| (Dollars in thousands)
Income before income taxes | $ | 130,247 |  |  | $ | 337,314 |  |  | $ | 196,064 |
Income tax expense on income before income taxes | $ | 45,586 |  |  | $ | 118,060 |  |  | $ | 68,622 |
Tax effect of: |  |  |  |  |
State income taxes | 2,559 |  |  | 2,924 |  |  | 1,145 |
Tax exempt net investment income | (2,167 | ) |  | (3,834 | ) |  | (3,669 | )
Extinguishment of convertible debt | — |  |  | — |  |  | 4,202 |
Other | 1,026 |  |  | 334 |  |  | (259 | )
Income tax expense | $ | 47,004 |  |  | $ | 117,484 |  |  | $ | 70,041 |
Effective tax rate | 36.1 | % |  | 34.8 | % |  | 35.7 | %
Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to the deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2016 and 2015, are as follows:
| December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015
| (Dollars in thousands)
Deferred income tax assets: |  |  |
Policy benefit reserves | $ | 2,354,786 |  |  | $ | 2,092,731 |
Other than temporary impairments | 15,681 |  |  | 7,801 |
Derivative instruments | — |  |  | 91,638 |
Amounts due reinsurer | 1,321 |  |  | — |
Other policyholder funds | 6,474 |  |  | 6,861 |
Litigation settlement accrual | 1,709 |  |  | 7,100 |
Deferred compensation | 7,963 |  |  | 8,346 |
Share-based compensation | 5,407 |  |  | 5,286 |
Net operating loss carryforwards | 3,745 |  |  | 6,637 |
Other | 9,658 |  |  | 8,031 |
Gross deferred tax assets | 2,406,744 |  |  | 2,234,431 |
Deferred income tax liabilities: |  |  |
Deferred policy acquisition costs and deferred sales inducements | (1,951,333 | ) |  | (1,860,722 | )
Net unrealized gains on available for sale fixed maturity and equity securities | (170,925 | ) |  | (96,454 | )
Derivative instruments | (75,405 | ) |  | — |
Amounts due reinsurer | — |  |  | (9,677 | )
Investment income items | (39,118 | ) |  | (32,466 | )
Other | (1,385 | ) |  | (2,429 | )
Gross deferred tax liabilities | (2,238,166 | ) |  | (2,001,748 | )
Net deferred income tax asset | $ | 168,578 |  |  | $ | 232,683 |

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