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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

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,
	2018				2017				2016
	(Dollars in thousands)
Consolidated statements of operations:
Current income taxes	$	120,289			$	188,356			$	57,412
Deferred income taxes (benefits)	(12,563		)		(46,730		)		(10,408		)
Total income tax expense included in consolidated statements of operations	107,726				141,626				47,004
Stockholders' equity:
Expense (benefit) relating to:
Change in net unrealized investment losses	(240,459		)		177,162				74,471
Share-based compensation	—				—				(527		)
Total income tax expense (benefit) included in consolidated financial statements	$	(132,733	)		$	318,788			$	120,948

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 rates of 21% for the year ended December 31, 2018 and 35% for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2018				2017				2016
	(Dollars in thousands)
Income before income taxes	$	565,742			$	316,271			$	130,247
Income tax expense on income before income taxes	$	118,806			$	110,695			$	45,586
Tax effect of:
State income taxes	5,777				1,961				2,559
Tax exempt net investment income	(4,223		)		(4,288		)		(2,167		)
Impact of Tax Reform	—				35,932				—
Worthless stock deduction	(7,448		)		—				—
Other	(5,186		)		(2,674		)		1,026
Income tax expense	$	107,726			$	141,626			$	47,004
Effective tax rate	19.0		%		44.8		%		36.1		%

Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to the deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2018 and 2017, are as follows:

	December 31,
	2018				2017
	(Dollars in thousands)
Deferred income tax assets:
Policy benefit reserves	$	1,538,371			$	1,842,049
Other than temporary impairments	9,804				11,262
Net unrealized losses on available for sale securities	19,928				—
Derivative instruments	141,075				—
Amounts due reinsurer	—				6,852
Other policyholder funds	3,368				3,724
Deferred compensation	3,334				3,827
Share-based compensation	3,169				3,383
State net operating loss carryforwards	2,286				3,196
Other	9,439				10,253
Gross deferred tax assets	1,730,774				1,884,546
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Deferred policy acquisition costs and deferred sales inducements	(1,214,998		)		(1,212,509		)
Net unrealized gains on available for sale fixed maturity and equity securities	—				(220,533		)
Derivative instruments	—				(179,776		)
Policy benefit reserves	(172,578		)		(197,233		)
Investment income items	(37,795		)		(34,849		)
Amounts due reinsurer	(12,620		)		—
Other	(1,614		)		(1,499		)
Gross deferred tax liabilities	(1,439,605		)		(1,846,399		)
Net deferred income tax asset	$	291,169			$	38,147

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