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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
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,
| 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
| (Dollars in thousands)
Consolidated statements of operations: |  |  |  |  |
Current income taxes | $ | 16,998 |  |  | $ | 20,209 |  |  | $ | 332 |
Deferred income taxes | 68,135 |  |  | 490,926 |  |  | 149,431 |
Total income tax expense included in consolidated statements of operations | 85,133 |  |  | 511,135 |  |  | 149,763 |
Stockholders' equity: |  |  |  |  |
Expense (benefit) relating to: |  |  |  |  |
Changes in other comprehensive income | 203,640 |  |  | (1,843,635) |  |  | 207,353 |
Total income tax expense included in consolidated financial statements | $ | 288,773 |  |  | $ | (1,332,500) |  |  | $ | 357,116 |
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 years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
| (Dollars in thousands)
Income before income taxes | $ | 297,052 |  |  | $ | 2,431,712 |  |  | $ | 702,786 |
Income tax expense on income before income taxes | $ | 62,381 |  |  | $ | 510,660 |  |  | $ | 147,585 |
Tax effect of: |  |  |  |  |
State income taxes | 2,570 |  |  | 2,564 |  |  | 5,239 |
Tax exempt net investment income | (632) |  |  | (4,065) |  |  | (4,715) |
Non-deductible compensation | 20,393 |  |  | 1,182 |  |  | 1,062 |
Other | 421 |  |  | 794 |  |  | 592 |
Income tax expense | $ | 85,133 |  |  | $ | 511,135 |  |  | $ | 149,763 |
Effective tax rate | 28.7 | % |  | 21.0 | % |  | 21.3 | %
Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to the deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2023 and 2022, are as follows:
| December 31,
| 2023 |  | 2022
| (Dollars in thousands)
Deferred income tax assets: |  |  |
Net unrealized losses on available for sale fixed maturity securities | $ | 788,236 |  |  | $ | 1,063,441 |
Investment income items | 425,940 |  |  | — |
Amounts due reinsurer | 1,208,471 |  |  | 1,030,759 |
Other policyholder funds | — |  |  | 358 |
Deferred compensation | 1,521 |  |  | 3,866 |
Share-based compensation | 2,828 |  |  | 422 |
Net operating loss carryforwards | 106,502 |  |  | 50,913 |
Capital loss carryforwards | 38,916 |  |  | — |
Other | 15,835 |  |  | 71,417 |
Gross deferred tax assets | 2,588,249 |  |  | 2,221,176 |
Deferred income tax liabilities: |  |  |
Deferred policy acquisition costs and deferred sales inducements | (1,095,569) |  |  | (976,103) |
Derivative instruments | (217,220) |  |  | (145,785) |
Policy benefit reserves | (1,114,394) |  |  | (612,454) |
Investment income items | — |  |  | (28,778) |
Other | (8,414) |  |  | (19,622) |
Gross deferred tax liabilities | (2,435,597) |  |  | (1,782,742) |
Net deferred income tax asset | $ | 152,652 |  |  | $ | 438,434 |

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