SECURITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORP - Annual Report: 2007 (Form 10-K)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Form
10-K
[X] ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, or
[
] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR
15(d)
OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the
Transition Period from ___ to ___
Commission
file number 0-9341
Security
National
Financial Corporation
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
UTAH
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87-0345941
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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5300
South 360 West, Suite 250 Salt Lake City, Utah
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84123
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code:
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(801)
264-1060
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Title
of Each Class
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Name
of Each Exchange on Which Registered
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Class
A Common Stock, $2.00 Par Value
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Nasdaq
National Market
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Class
C Common Stock, $0.20 Par Value
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None
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [ ]
Indicate
by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best
of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. [ ]
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in the
Exchange Act Rule 12b-2). Yes [ ]
No [X]
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in the
Exchange Act Rule 12b-2). Yes [ ] No [X]
The
aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the
registrant as of the last business day of Registrant’s most recently completed
second fiscal quarter was $37,655,000, based upon the closing price on that date
on the Nasdaq National Market.
As of
March 31, 2008, there were 7,889,152 shares of Class A Common Stock, $2.00 par
value per share, and 8,493,671 shares of Class C Common Stock, $.20 par
value per share, outstanding.
Documents
Incorporated by Reference
Portions
of the definitive Proxy Statement for the registrant’s 2008 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form
10-K.
Item 1.
Business
Security
National Financial Corporation (the “Company”) operates in three main business
segments: life insurance, cemetery and mortuary, and mortgage loans.
The life insurance segment is engaged in the business of selling and servicing
selected lines of life insurance, annuity products and accident and health
insurance. These products are marketed in 38 states through a commissioned sales
force of independent licensed insurance agents who may also sell insurance
products of other companies. The cemetery and mortuary segment of the Company
consists of five cemeteries in the state of Utah and one in the state of
California and seven mortuaries in the state of Utah and four in the state of
Arizona. The Company also engages in pre-need selling of funeral, cemetery and
cremation services through its Utah, Arizona and California operations. Many of
the insurance agents also sell pre-need funeral, cemetery and cremation
services. The mortgage loan segment is an approved government and conventional
lender that originates and underwrites residential and commercial loans for new
construction and existing homes and real estate projects. The mortgage loan
segment operates through 23 wholesale and retail offices in twelve states, and
is an approved mortgage lender in several states.
The
design and structure of the Company is that each business segment is related to
the other business segments and contributes to the profitability of the other
segments. Because of the Company’s cemetery and mortuary operations in Utah,
California and Arizona, the Company enjoys a level of public awareness that
assists in the sales and marketing of insurance and pre-need cemetery and
funeral products. The Company’s insurance subsidiaries invest their assets
(representing in part the pre-paid funerals) in investments authorized by the
respective insurance departments of their states of domicile. One such
investment authorized by the insurance departments is mortgage loans. The
Company funded relatively few subprime mortgage loans during 2007 but no longer
funds such loans. Thus, while each business segment is a profit
center on a stand-alone basis, this horizontal integration of each segment is
planned to lead to improved profitability of the Company. The Company also
pursues growth through acquisitions of both life insurance companies and
cemeteries and mortuaries. The Company’s acquisition business strategy is based
on reducing the overhead cost of the acquired company by utilizing existing
personnel, management, and technology while still providing quality service to
customers and policyholders.
The
Company was organized as a holding company in 1979, when Security National Life
Insurance Company (“Security National Life”) became a wholly owned subsidiary of
the Company and the former stockholders of Security National Life became
stockholders of the Company. Security National Life was formed in 1965 and has
grown through the direct sale of life insurance and annuities and through the
acquisition of other insurance companies, including the acquisitions of Capital
Investors Life Insurance Company in 1994 and Civil Service Employees Life
Insurance Company in 1995, a stock purchase transaction with Southern Security
Life Insurance Company (“Southern Security Life”) in 1998 (involving the
purchase of 57.4% of the outstanding common shares of Southern Security
Life), an asset purchase transaction with Acadian Life Insurance
Company (“Acadian”) in 2002, the acquisition of Paramount Security Life
Insurance Company (“Paramount”), now Security National Life Insurance Company of
Louisiana (“Security National Life of Louisiana”) in March 2004, a merger
transaction involving the purchase of the remaining outstanding shares of
Southern Security Life in January 2005, which resulted in Southern Security Life
Insurance Company becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Security National Life,
the acquisition of Memorial Insurance Company of America (“Memorial Insurance
Company”) in December 2005, a unit purchase transaction with C & J
Financial, LLC (“C & J Financial”) in July 2007 and the acquisition of
Capital Reserve Life Insurance Company (“Capital Reserve Life”) in December
2007.
In
December 2005, all of the remaining insurance business and operations of
Southern Security Life was transferred to Security National Life by a
reinsurance agreement. In December 2007, the merger of Southern Security Life
into Security National Life was completed, and Southern Security Life was
dissolved pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Complete
Liquidation of Southern Security Life into Security National
Life.
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The
cemetery and mortuary operations have also grown through the acquisition of
other cemetery and mortuary companies, including the acquisitions of Paradise
Chapel Funeral Home, Inc. in 1989, Holladay Memorial Park, Inc., Cottonwood
Mortuary, Inc. and Deseret Memorial, Inc. in 1991, Sunset Funeral Home in 1994,
Greer-Wilson Funeral Home, Inc. in 1995 and Crystal Rose Funeral Home in 1997.
In 1993, the Company formed SecurityNational Mortgage Company (“SecurityNational
Mortgage”) to originate and refinance mortgage loans. Since the beginning of
business in 1993, SecurityNational Mortgage has now grown to 23 branches in
twelve states. See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional
disclosure and discussion regarding segments of the business.
Life
Insurance
Products
The
Company, through its insurance subsidiaries, Security National Life, Security
National Life of Louisiana, Memorial Insurance Company and Capital Reserve Life,
issues and distributes selected lines of life insurance and annuities. The
Company’s life insurance business includes funeral plans, interest-sensitive
life insurance, as well as other traditional life and accident and health
insurance products. The Company places specific marketing emphasis on funeral
plans through pre-need planning and traditional whole life products sold in
association with the costs of higher education.
A funeral
plan is a small face value life insurance policy that generally has face
coverage of up to $15,000. The Company believes that funeral plans represent a
marketing niche that has lower competition since most insurance companies do not
offer similar coverages. The purpose of the funeral plan policy is to pay the
costs and expenses incurred at the time of a person’s death. On a per thousand
dollar cost of insurance basis, these policies can be more expensive to the
policyholder than many types of non-burial insurance due to their low face
amount, requiring the fixed cost of the policy administration to be distributed
over a smaller policy size, and the simplified underwriting practices that
result in higher mortality costs.
Through
the Company’s Higher Education Division, the Company markets strategies for fund
accumulations for college and repayment of student loans and expenses a student
may have after college. Pursuant to those strategies, the Company conducts
scholarship searches and originates and funds government guaranteed student
loans. The product used for this market is a 10-Pay Whole Life Policy with an
annuity rider. Both the paid-up aspect of the whole life policy and the savings
aspect of the annuity rider are marketed as a tool for parents to help
accumulate money to help fund college expenses or repay loans incurred during
college. The product is generally offered to parents who have children under the
age of 25.
Markets and Distribution
The
Company is licensed to sell insurance in 38 states. The Company, in marketing
its life insurance products, seeks to locate, develop and service specific
“niche” markets. A “niche” market is an identifiable market, which the Company
believes is not emphasized by most insurers. Funeral plan policies are sold
primarily to persons who range in age from 45 to 85. Even though people of all
ages and income levels purchase funeral plans, the Company believes that the
highest percentage of funeral plan purchasers are individuals who are older than
45 and have low to moderate income.
Higher
Education insurance plans are for families who desire to prepare for their
children’s higher education financial needs. Such preparation can include
searches for scholarships, grant applications, government student loan
applications, and the purchase of life insurance and annuities as a vehicle to
help repay education related debt. In 1965, the Higher Education Act created the
guaranteed student loan programs participated in by the Company. Federal Family
Education Loan (FFEL) Programs, which now consist of Federal Stafford Loans
(formerly Guaranteed Student Loans), Federal PLUS Loans, and Federal
Consolidation Loans. The FFEL Program makes these long-term loans available to
students attending institutions of higher education, vocation, technical,
business and trade schools and some foreign schools.
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State or
private nonprofit guaranty agencies insure that the FFEL Programs and the
Federal Government reimburse these agencies for all or part of the insurance
loans they pay to lenders. The federal guaranty on an FFEL replaces the security
(collateral) usually required for a long-term consumer loan. These government
programs have numerous rules for qualification and have limits on how much you
can borrow. The Company’s whole life insurance product has an annuity rider that
can provide away for families to accumulate additional funds for their
children’s education. The Company has a student loan resource department, which
is available to policyholders to help parents and students apply for various
scholarships, grants and loans.
A
majority of the Company’s funeral plan premiums come from the states of Arizona,
Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah. A majority of
the Company’s non-funeral plan life insurance premiums come from the states
of Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, New Mexico, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Utah, and Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
The
Company sells its life insurance products through direct agents, brokers and
independent licensed agents who may also sell insurance products of other
companies. The commissions on life insurance products range from approximately
10% to 110% of first year premiums. In those cases where the Company utilizes
its direct agents in selling such policies, those agents customarily receive
advances against future commissions.
In some
instances, funeral plan insurance is marketed in conjunction with the Company’s
cemetery and mortuary sales force. When it is marketed by that group, the
beneficiary is usually the Company’s cemeteries and mortuaries. Thus, death
benefits that become payable under the policy are paid to the Company’s cemetery
and mortuary subsidiaries to the extent of services performed and products
purchased.
In
marketing funeral plan insurance, the Company also seeks and obtains third-party
endorsements from other cemeteries and mortuaries within its marketing areas.
Typically, these cemeteries and mortuaries will provide letters of endorsement
and may share in mailing and other lead-generating costs. The incentive for such
businesses to share the costs is that these businesses are usually made the
beneficiary of the policy. The following table summarizes the life insurance
business for the five years ended December 31, 2007:
2007
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2006
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2005
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2004
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2003
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Life
Insurance Policy/Cert. Count as of December 31
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405,224 | (5) | 401,441 | 413,753 | (3)(4) | 357,767 | (2) | 353,017 | (1) | |||||||||||
Insurance
in force as of December 31 (omitted 000)
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$ | 2,434,733 | (5) | $ | 2,620,694 | $ | 3216,946 | (3)(4) | $ | 2,914,135 | (2) | $ | 2,914,438 | (1) | ||||||
Premiums
Collected (omitted 000)
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$ | 32,173 | $ | 31,619 | (4) | $ | 27,275 | (3) | $ | 30,560 | (2) | $ | 28,598 | (1) |
(1)
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Includes
reinsurance assumed on October 1, 2003, under agreement with Guaranty
Income Life Insurance Company. This agreement was cancelled
on January 1,
2005.
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(2)
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Includes
the purchase of Paramount Security Life Insurance Company, now known as
Security National Life Insurance Company of Louisiana, on March 16,
2004.
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(3)
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Includes
the termination of reinsurance assumed with Guaranty Income Life Insurance
Company effective January 1, 2005.
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(4)
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Includes
the purchase of Memorial Insurance Company of America on December 29,
2005.
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(5)
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Includes
the purchase of Capital Reserve Life Insurance Company on December 17,
2007
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Underwriting
The
Factors considered in evaluating an application for ordinary life insurance
coverage can include the applicant’s age, occupation, general health and medical
history. Upon receipt of a satisfactory (non-funeral plan insurance)
application, which contains pertinent medical questions, the Company writes
insurance based upon its medical limits and requirements subject to the
following general non-medical limits:
Age Nearest
Birthday
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Non-Medical
Limits
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0-50
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$75,000
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51-up
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Medical
information required (APS or exam)
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When
underwriting life insurance, the Company will sometimes issue policies with
higher premium rates for substandard risks.
The
Company also sells funeral plan insurance. This insurance is a small face
amount, with a maximum policy size of $15,000. It is written on a simplified
medical application with underwriting requirements being a completed
application, a phone inspection on selected applicant and a Medical Information
Bureau inquiry. There are several underwriting classes in which an applicant can
be placed.
Annuities
Products
The
Company’s annuity business includes single premium deferred annuities, flexible
premium deferred annuities and immediate annuities. A single premium deferred
annuity is a contract where the individual remits a sum of money to the Company,
which is retained on deposit until such time as the individual may wish to
annuitize or surrender the contract for cash. A flexible premium deferred
annuity gives the contract holder the right to make premium payments of varying
amounts or to make no further premium payments after his initial payment. These
single and flexible premium deferred annuities can have initial surrender
charges. The surrender charges act as a deterrent to individuals who may wish to
surrender their annuity contracts.
Annuities
have guaranteed interest rates of 3% to 6.5% per annum. Above that, the interest
rate credited is periodically determined by the Board of Directors at their
discretion. An immediate annuity is a contract in which the individual remits to
the Company a sum of money in return for the Company’s obligation to pay a
series of payments on a periodic basis over a designated period of time, such as
an individual’s life, or for such other period as may be
designated.
Holders
of annuities generally enjoy a significant benefit under current federal income
tax law in that interest accretions that are credited to the annuities do not
incur current income tax expense on the part of the contract holder. Instead,
the interest income is tax deferred until such time as it is paid out to the
contract holder. In order for the Company to realize a profit on an annuity
product, the Company must maintain an interest rate spread between its
investment income and the interest rate credited to the annuities. From that
spread must be deducted commissions, issuance expenses and general and
administrative expenses. The Company’s annuities currently have credited
interest rates ranging from 3% to 6.5%.
Markets and Distribution
The
general market for the Company’s annuities is middle to older age individuals
who wish to save or invest their money in a tax-deferred environment, having
relatively high yields. The major source of annuity considerations comes from
direct agents. Annuities are also sold in conjunction with other insurance
sales. This is true in both the funeral
planning and higher education planning areas. If an individual does not qualify
for a funeral plan due to health considerations, the agent will often sell that
individual an annuity to fund those final expenses. In the higher education
planning area, most life insurance sales have as part of the transaction an
annuity portion that is used to accumulate funds. The commission rates on
annuities are up to 10%.
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The
following table summarizes the annuity business for the five years ended
December 31, 2007:
2007
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2006
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2005
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2004
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2003
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Annuities
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Policy/Cert.
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Count
as of December 31
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11,175 | (2) | 8,475 | 8,904 | (1) | 7,365 | 7,206 | |||||||||||||
Deposits
Collected (omitted 000)
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$ | 4,080 | $ | 3,977 | (1) | $ | 2,416 | $ | 1,972 | $ | 2,026 |
(1)
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Includes
the purchase of Memorial Insurance Company of America on December 29,
2005.
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(2)
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Includes
the purchase of Capital Reserve Life Insurance Company on December 17,
2007.
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Accident
and Health
Products
Prior to
the acquisition of Capital Investors Life in 1994, the Company did not actively
market accident and health products. With the acquisition of Capital Investors
Life, the Company acquired a block of accident and health policies that pay
limited benefits to policyholders. The Company is currently offering a low-cost
comprehensive diver’s accident policy. The diver’s policy
provides worldwide coverage for medical expense reimbursement in the event of
diving or water sports accidents.
Markets
and Distribution
The
Company currently markets its diver’s policy through web marketing.
The
following table summarizes the accident and health business for the five years
ended December 31, 2007:
2007
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2006
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2005
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2004
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2003
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Accident
and Health
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Policy/Cert.
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Count
as of December 31
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14,845 | 15,340 | 14,934 | 15,778 | 17,391 | |||||||||||||||
Premiums
Collected (omitted 000)
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$ | 257 | $ | 274 | $ | 285 | $ | 308 | $ | 352 |
Reinsurance
When a
given policy exceeds the Company’s retention limits, the Company reinsures with
other companies that portion of the individual life insurance and accident and
health policies it has underwritten. The primary purpose of reinsurance is to
enable an insurance company to write a policy in an amount larger than the risk
it is willing to assume for itself. The Company remains obligated for amounts
ceded in the event the reinsurers do not meet their obligations.
The
Company’s policy is to retain no more than $75,000 of ordinary insurance per
insured life. Excess risk is reinsured. The total amount of life insurance in
force at December 31, 2007, reinsured by other companies aggregated
$114,727,000, representing approximately 4.7 % of the Company’s life insurance
in force on that date.
The
Company currently cedes and assumes certain risks with various authorized
unaffiliated reinsurers pursuant to reinsurance treaties, which are renewable
annually. The premiums paid by the Company are based on a number of factors,
primarily including the age of the insured and the risk ceded to the
reinsurer.
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Investments
The
investments that support the Company’s life insurance and annuity obligations
are determined by the Investment Committee of the Board of Directors of the
various subsidiaries and ratified by the full Board of Directors of the
respective subsidiaries. A significant portion of the investments must meet
statutory requirements governing the nature and quality of permitted investments
by insurance companies. The Company’s interest-sensitive type products,
primarily annuities and interest-sensitive whole life, compete with other
financial products such as bank certificates of deposit, brokerage sponsored
money market funds as well as competing life insurance company products. While
it is not the Company’s policy to offer the highest yield in this climate, in
order to offer what the Company considers to be a competitive yield, it
maintains a diversified portfolio consisting of common stocks, preferred stocks,
municipal bonds, investment and non-investment grade bonds including high-yield
issues, mortgage loans, real estate, short-term investments and other securities
and investments.
See
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial
Condition” and “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” for additional
disclosure and discussion regarding investments.
Cemetery
and Mortuary
Products
The
Company has six wholly-owned cemeteries and eleven wholly owned mortuaries. The
cemeteries are non-denominational. Through its cemetery and mortuary operations,
the Company markets a variety of products and services both on a pre-need basis
(prior to death) and an at-need basis (at the time of death). The products
include grave spaces, interment vaults, mausoleum crypts and niches, markers,
caskets, flowers and other related products. The services include professional
services of funeral directors, opening and closing of graves, use of chapels and
viewing rooms, and use of automobiles and clothing. The Company has a funeral
chapel at each of its cemeteries, other than Holladay Memorial Park and Singing
Hills Memorial Park, and has seven separate stand-alone mortuary
facilities.
Markets
and Distribution
The
Company’s pre-need cemetery and mortuary sales are marketed to persons of all
ages but are generally purchased by persons 45 years of age and older. The
Company also markets its mortuary and cemetery products on an at-need basis. The
Company is limited in its geographic distribution of these products to areas
lying within an approximate 20-mile radius of its mortuaries and cemeteries. The
Company’s at-need sales are similarly limited in geographic area.
The
Company actively seeks to sell its cemetery and funeral products to customers on
a pre-need basis. The Company employs cemetery sales representatives on a
commission basis to sell these products. Many of these pre-need cemetery and
mortuary sales representatives are also licensed insurance salesmen and sell
funeral plan insurance. In many instances, the Company’s cemetery and mortuary
facilities are the named beneficiary of the funeral plan policies.
The sales
representatives of the Company’s cemetery and mortuary operations are
commissioned and receive no salary. The sales commissions range from 4% to 25%
for cemetery products and services and 10% to 100% of first year premiums for
funeral plan insurance. Potential customers are located via telephone sales
prospecting, responses to letters mailed by the sales representatives, newspaper
inserts, referrals, contacts made at funeral services, and door-to-door
canvassing. The Company trains its sales representatives and generates leads for
them. If a customer comes to one of the Company’s cemeteries on an at-need
basis, the sales representatives are compensated on a commission
basis.
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Mortgage
Loans
Products
Beginning
in 1993, the Company, through its subsidiary, SecurityNational Mortgage Company
has been active in both the residential as well as commercial real estate
markets. The Company has current approvals through HUD, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
and other substantial secondary market investors, which enable it to originate a
wide variety of residential mortgage loan products that are subsequently sold to
investors. The Company uses internal funding sources as well as maintaining
external warehouse lines of credit with unaffiliated financial institutions. The
Company also originates residential construction loans.
Security
National Capital, a subsidiary of SecurityNational Mortgage Company, originates
commercial real estate loans both for internal investment as well as for sale to
unaffiliated investors.
Markets
and Distribution
The
Company’s residential mortgage lending services are marketed primarily to
mortgage originators. SecurityNational Mortgage Company maintains a retail
origination presence in the Salt Lake City market in addition to 23 wholesale
and retail branch offices located in Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii,
Indiana, Kansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Washington,
with sales representatives in these and other states. See
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial
Condition” and “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” for additional
disclosure and discussion regarding mortgage loans.
Recent
Acquisitions and Other Business Activities
Liquidation
of Southern Security Life Insurance Company
On
December 31, 2005, Southern Security Life and Security National Life entered
into a reinsurance agreement to reinsure the remaining in force business of
Southern Security Life to Security National Life to the extent permitted by the
Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. The assets and liabilities
reinsured under the reinsurance agreement were deposited into a trust account,
with Zions First National Bank acting as trustee. Under the terms of
the reinsurance agreement, in the event of the insolvency of Security National
Life, Zions First National Bank will hold and administer the assets and
liabilities of Security National Life in trust.
The
Florida Office of Insurance Regulation approved the reinsurance agreement on
December 28, 2005. As a result of the reinsurance agreement, all of
the insurance business and operations of Southern Security Life, including its
assets and liabilities, was transferred to Security National Life, as reinsurer,
as of December 31, 2005, the effective date of the agreement, except for the
capital and surplus which is required to be maintained under Florida
law. Thus, $48,528,000 in assets and liabilities were transferred
from Southern Security Life to Security National Life pursuant to the
reinsurance agreement. In addition, on December 31, 2005, Southern
Security Life declared a dividend to Security National Life in the amount of
$7,181,000. Following the transfer of the assets and liabilities
under the reinsurance agreement and the payment of the dividend, the remaining
capital and surplus of Southern Security Life was $3,500,000, which was the
amount required in order for Southern Security Life to remain qualified as an
admitted insurer in good standing in the state of Florida.
On
December 29, 2006, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Security
National Life, completed the sale of Southern Security Life to American Network
Insurance Company. American Network is a Pennsylvania corporation and wholly
owned subsidiary of Penn Treaty America Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation.
The transaction was subject to and conditioned upon the subsequent approval of
the transaction by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, the Florida
Department of Financial Services, and the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance
by an agreed upon date. American Network was required to make all
necessary filings, including a Form A application, with the Florida Office of
Insurance Regulation, and provide all information and documentation that may
reasonably be required by the regulatory authorities to obtain such
approval.
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At the
closing of the transaction on December 29, 2006, Security National Life
delivered to the law firm of Mackey Price Thompson & Ostler ("Mackey
Price"), an escrow agent in the transaction, to be held and disposed of by such
escrow agent pursuant to the terms of an escrow agreement, the following: (i)
certificates representing all
2,105,235 shares of Southern Security Life's outstanding common stock; (ii) cash
in the amount of $503,302 equal to the statutory deposits of Southern Security
Life pertaining to the states of Alabama, Michigan and Southern
Carolina, which are statutorily required to be in the form of bonds; (iii) an
original executed assignment dated December 29, 2006, in which Southern Security
Life distributes, assigns and transfers to Security National Life all
of Southern Security Life's capital and surplus accounts, and any other real and
personal property that it may have inadvertently failed to previously distribute
to Security National Life; and (iv) original executed Articles of Dissolution of
Southern Security Life dated December 29, 2006.
The sale
of Southern Security Life to American Network was rescinded because the
regulatory authorities had not approved the transaction by the agreed upon date.
As a result, Mackey Price, acting as escrow agent, returned to Security National
Life the certificates representing all of the shares of Southern Security Life,
together with accompanying stock power, duly endorsed for transfer, the $503,302
in cash delivered into escrow by Security National Life equal to the statutory
deposits of Southern Security Life required by the states of Alabama, Michigan
and South Carolina, and the assignment dated December 29, 2006. In addition,
Mackey Price filed the signed Articles of Dissolution of Southern Security Life
with the Florida Division of Corporations to complete the liquidation of
Southern Security Life. The Florida Division of Corporations received the
Articles of Dissolution on December 24, 2007.
The
liquidation of Southern Security Life was completed as of December 24, 2007 in
accordance with the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Complete Liquidation of
Southern Security Life into Security National Life, which the Board of Directors
of both the Company and Security National Life approved on December 12, 2005.
Under the terms of this agreement, Southern Security Life was liquidated into
Security National Life in essentially the same manner as the liquidation
described in Private Letter Ruling 9847027 in order to achieve the same tax
treatment and consequences under Section 332 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, and other applicable provisions described in such Letter
Ruling.
Memorial
Insurance Company of America
On
December 29, 2005, Security National Life and Southern Security Life completed a
stock purchase transaction with Memorial Insurance Company of America, an
Arkansas domiciled insurance company (“Memorial Insurance Company”), to purchase
all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Memorial Insurance Company.
Under the terms of the transaction, the shareholders of Memorial Insurance
Company received a total purchase consideration of $13,500,000 for all of the
outstanding common shares of Memorial Insurance Company, with each shareholder
having received a pro rata share of the total amount of the purchase
consideration based upon the number of shares such shareholder
owns.
The
shareholders of Memorial Insurance Company received payment for their shares by
means of distributions, with Security National Life and Southern Security Life
simultaneously contributing sufficient capital and surplus to Memorial Insurance
Company to maintain its status as an admitted insurer in good standing in the
state of Arkansas. The transaction is to be treated, for federal and state tax
purposes, as a part sale, part redemption of the Memorial Insurance Company
stock. At the closing of the transaction, the shareholders of Memorial Insurance
Company sold all of their shares of Memorial Insurance Company stock to Southern
Security Life, such shares representing all of the issued and outstanding stock
of Memorial Insurance Company. As a result, Memorial Insurance Company became a
wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Security Life.
As of
December 31, 2004 Memorial Insurance Company had 116,116 policies in force and
approximately 50 agents. For the year ended December 31, 2005, Memorial
Insurance Company had statutory revenues of $4,817,000 and net income of
$801,000. As of December 31, 2005, the assets and the capital and surplus of
Memorial Insurance Company were $34,198,000 and $2,138,000,
respectively.
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At the
closing of the transaction, Security National Life and Memorial Insurance
Company entered into a reinsurance agreement to reinsure the majority of the in
force business of Memorial Insurance Company to Security National Life, as
reinsurer, to the extent permitted by the Arkansas Insurance Department. The
assets and liabilities to be reinsured under the reinsurance agreement were
deposited into a trust account, with Zions First National Bank acting as
trustee. Under the terms of the reinsurance agreement, in the event of the
insolvency of Security National Life, Zions First National Bank agrees to hold
the assets and liabilities in trust for purposes of the administration of the
assets and liabilities with respect to such insolvency.
As a
result of the execution of the reinsurance agreement, certain insurance business
and operations of Memorial Insurance Company were transferred to Security
National Life, including all policies in force as of the effective date thereof,
except for certain policies to be retained by Memorial Insurance Company. Any
future insurance business by Memorial Insurance Company will be covered by this
reinsurance agreement. All of the business and operations of Memorial Insurance
Company was transferred to Security National Life under the terms of the
reinsurance agreement, except for capital and surplus of approximately
$1,000,000. Thus, $30,025,777 in assets and liabilities were transferred from
Memorial Insurance Company to Security National Life pursuant to the reinsurance
agreement.
At the
closing of the stock purchase transaction, Memorial Insurance Company issued a
$30,025,777 note to Security National Life payable, together with accrued
interest, within 30 days from the date of issuance. The note is to be repaid in
cash or in assets to be transferred to Security National Life. The note is
secured by the assets owned by Memorial Insurance Company. In addition, Southern
Security Life contributed $2,200,000 in cash to Memorial Insurance Company at
closing in consideration for the surplus note. Memorial Insurance Company repaid
the surplus note in early 2006 using the proceeds from the sale of the
investments in common stock that it currently holds in its investment
portfolio.
On
December 31, 2005, Memorial Insurance Company entered into a reinsurance
agreement with Security National Life for certain accident and health insurance
policies of Security National Life. Under the terms of the reinsurance
agreement, Memorial Insurance Company assumed 100% of the liabilities of these
policies. In addition, pursuant to the agreement, Security National Life
transferred $96,345 in statutory reserves and assets to Memorial Insurance
Company as of December 31, 2005. There was no additional consideration paid for
these policies under the agreement.
Camelback
Funeral Home
The City
of Phoenix (in Arizona) began condemnation proceedings during 2004 on the
property where the Camelback Funeral Home was located for purposes of
constructing a light rail facility. The city placed $1,200,000 in escrow to pay
the Company for the property that was condemned. The carrying amount on the
Company’s financial statements for the land and building of the Camelback
Funeral Home at December 31, 2005 was $678,889. The Company had an independent
appraisal made on the property and negotiated a higher sales price with the
city. In July 2006, the Company settled with the City of Phoenix for a sales
price of $1,440,000. As a result of the sale, the Company recognized a gain of
$760,231 during the third quarter of 2006. The first payment of $1,200,000 was
made by the City of Phoenix in August 2006 with the remaining amount, of
$240,000 paid in 2007, together with additional interest of
$172,000.
Colonial
Funeral Home
In June
2007, the Company completed the sale of the Colonial Funeral Home property to
the Utopia Station Development Corp. for $730,242, net of selling costs of
$44,758. The Colonial Funeral Home ceased operations in July 2006 and
has been inactive since that date. The carrying amount on the
Company's financial statements on June 20,
2007 was $148,777. As a result of the sale, including payment of selling
expenses, the Company recognized a gain of $581,465. The Company
received an initial payment of $15,242, with the remaining amount due of
$715,000 to be paid in a lump sum within a year from the date of
sale. The gain has been included as a part of realized gains on
investments and other assets in the Company's condensed consolidated statement
of earnings.
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C
& J Financial LLC
On July
16, 2007, the Company completed a purchase transaction with C & J Financial,
LLC, an Alabama limited liability company ("C & J Financial"). C
& J Financial operates a factoring business with offices in Rainbow City,
Alabama, with an emphasis on providing financing for funeral homes and
mortuaries. Under the terms of the Unit Purchase Agreement dated July
16, 2007, (the "Purchase Agreement") among the Company, C & J Financial,
Henry Culp, Jr. ("Culp") and Culp Industries, Inc. ("Culp Industries"), the
Company purchased all of the outstanding member units of C & J Financial for
a purchase consideration of (i) $1,250,000 in cash, (ii) a promissory note from
the Company to Culp in the amount of $381,500 plus interest at the rate of 5%
per annum, payable over a period of 24 months in monthly payments of $16,737,
including interest, until paid in full, and (iii) a quit claim deed from C &
J Financial to Culp, conveying ownership of the building and surrounding
property located in the Jester Commercial Park in Rainbow City, Alabama, where C
& J Financial currently maintains its business offices. At
closing, Culp Industries entered into a lease agreement with C & J Financial
to lease to C & J Financial approximately 5,000 square feet in the building
located at the Jester Commercial Park. The lease is for a term of
three years for which C & J Financial, as tenant, is required to make
monthly payments of $1,200, for a total lease payment of $43,200.
The
Purchase Agreement additionally required Culp to deliver to the Company at
closing a promissory note (the "Note") in the principal amount of $1,755,236
plus interest at the rate of 8.25% per annum from C & J Financial, as
borrower, to Culp, as lender, with such note to be cancelled and marked "paid in
full". Moreover, the agreement provided for the possibility of
adjustments. If the total equity on the balance sheet of C & J
Financial as of May 31, 2007, defined as total assets minus total liabilities,
is greater than the amount of the equity on the balance sheet of C & J
Financial as of the closing date, or July 16, 2007, Culp agrees to pay to the
Company the difference between the total equity on the balance sheet as of May
31, 2007 and the total equity on the balance sheet as of July 16, 2007 by
reducing the amount of the Note by such difference in the amounts of the total
equity on such balance sheets. The Company is in the process of preparing the
balance sheet of C & J Financial as of July 16, 2007, and it appears that
the total equity on the balance sheet as of that date is approximately $47,000
less than the total equity on the balance sheet as of May 31, 2007, which would
result in the reduction of the Note by approximately $47,000.
The
Purchase Agreement further requires each unitholder to deliver to the Company a
non-competition and confidentiality agreement prohibiting the unitholder from
competing with C & J Financial for a period of five years from July 16, 2007
through July 16, 2012. The Company also entered into a one year
consulting agreement with Culp, which requires Culp to provide part-time
consulting services for C & J Financial at $50.00 per hour, and a five year
employment agreement with Kevin O. Smith ("Smith"), Vice President of C & J
Financial, who will continue to serve in that position. The
employment agreement requires C & J Financial to pay Smith an annual salary
of $96,000 plus a discretionary bonus and a monthly car allowance of
$1,161.
Finally,
the Purchase Agreement requires the Company, C & J Financial, Culp and Culp
Industries to acknowledge the existence of a business loan agreement between
Regions Bank, as lender, and Culp Industries, as borrower, which provides for a
line of credit for C & J Financial. The outstanding balance on
the line of credit as of July 16, 2007 was $1,971,764. The line of
credit was secured by, among other assets, the accounts receivable of C & J
Financial and was personally guaranteed by Culp. The Company agreed
it would pay off the outstanding balance of the line of credit with Regions
Bank. The Company has since paid off the outstanding balance on the
line of credit by means of applying the payments from the accounts receivable of
C & J Financial as such payments were made in the ordinary course of
business.
At June
30, 2007, the total assets of C & J Financial were $3,197,000 and total
liabilities were $3,526,000, which includes the Note to Culp in the amount of
$1,755,000 that was cancelled at closing. For the seven month period
from November 1, 2006 to May 31, 2007, total revenues of C & J Financial
were $775,000 and total expenses were $764,000, resulting in net income of
$11,000. For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2006, total revenues
of C & J Financial were $1,397,000 and total expenses were $1,351,000,
resulting in net income of $46,000. For the fiscal year ended October
31, 2005, total revenues of C & J Financial were $1,137,000 and total
expenses were $1,114,000, resulting in net income of $23,000. The
Company anticipates utilizing the employees and operations of C & J
Financial to expand its fast funding operations, which provide financing for
funeral homes and mortuaries.
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Capital
Reserve Life Insurance Company
On
December 20, 2007, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Security
National Life, completed a stock purchase transaction with Capital Reserve Life
Insurance Company, a Missouri domiciled insurance company ("Capital Reserve"),
and its shareholders to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock
of Capital Reserve from its shareholders. Under the terms of the
stock purchase agreement, Security National Life paid the shareholders of
Capital Reserve at closing purchase consideration equal to the capital and
surplus of Capital Reserve as of September 30, 2007 in the amount of $1,271,327,
plus the interest maintenance reserve in the amount of $30,667 and the asset
valuation reserve in the amount of $212,393 as of September 30, 2007, plus
$1,037,967, less certain adjustments. The adjustments consist of any
losses related to two litigation matters involving Capital Reserve and the
difference in the amount of Capital Reserve's adjusted capital and surplus at
closing compared to the amount of Capital Reserve's adjusted capital and surplus
on September 30, 2007.
At the
closing of the transaction, the shareholders of Capital Reserve deposited
$2,100,000 of the purchase consideration into an escrow account. The
funds are to remain in escrow until a lawsuit brought by Darlene Russell
("Russell"), a former employee of Capital Reserve, is resolved. The
litigation involves an action by Russell against Capital Reserve in the Circuit
Court of Cole County, Missouri (the "Russell Litigation") for unpaid bonuses
allegedly due her in the amount of $1,486,045. If Capital Reserve or
any of its officers, directors, employees or agents is determined to be liable
in the Russell Litigation or if Capital Reserve settles the Russell Litigation,
the escrow agent shall pay from funds in the escrow account any amounts owing to
Russell as a result of such judgment or settlement, including interest,
attorney's fees, and related expenses.
Also at
the closing, an escrow agreement was entered into among Security National Life,
Capital Reserve, the shareholders of Capital Reserve, and Mackey Price Thompson
& Ostler as escrow agent. Under the terms of the escrow
agreement, the escrow agent is instructed to pay any remaining amounts from the
$2,100,000 deposit in the escrow account to the shareholders of Capital Reserve
on a pro rata basis to the number of shares of Capital Reserve common stock held
by the shareholders, after (i) the payment of any judgment or settlement in the
Russell Litigation, (ii) the payment of the costs in defending Capital Reserve
in the Russell Litigation, including attorney's fees and related expenses, and
(iii) the payment of the amount in which Capital Reserve's adjusted capital and
surplus on September 30, 2007 exceeds Capital Reserve's adjusted capital
and surplus on the closing date of the transaction.
The
shareholders of Capital Reserve also delivered a signed indemnification
agreement to Security National Life and Capital Reserve at
closing. Under the terms of the indemnification agreement, the
shareholders agree to indemnify Security National Life and Capital Reserve (A)
for any payments made by Capital Reserve following the closing relating to any
judgment or settlement in the Russell Litigation, (B) for any attorney's fees
and related expenses incurred by Capital Reserve in defending itself in the
Russell Litigation, and (C) for the amount in which Capital Reserve's adjusted
capital and surplus on September 30, 2007 exceeds the adjusted capital and
surplus of Capital Reserve on the closing date. The shareholders
additionally agree to be solely responsible for the Russell Litigation following
the closing, including all decisions related to defending Capital Reserve in the
litigation.
Moreover,
an amount equal to $316,649 of the purchase consideration was paid to the
shareholders of Capital Reserve at closing in the form of real estate and
improvements thereon located at 812 and 820 Madison Street, Jefferson City,
Missouri, which is listed as an asset on Capital Reserve's financial
statements. Title to the real estate was transferred to the
shareholders at closing and the purchase consideration was reduced by $316,649,
the book value of the real estate as reflected on Capital Reserve's financial
statements.
The
shareholders of Capital Reserve represented and acknowledged in the stock
purchase agreement that on October 31, 2005, Capital Reserve filed an action
against James E. Warden, a former President and Chief Executive Officer of
Capital Reserve, and his wife Linda Warden in the Circuit Court of Cole County,
Missouri (the "Warden Litigation"). The complaint claims damages in
excess of $25,000 for breach of fiduciary duty by Joseph Warden and
misappropriation of funds by Joseph Warden and Linda Warden. On July
9, 2007, a judgment was entered against Joseph and Linda Warden in the amount of
$551,342.
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At
closing, Capital Reserve transferred and assigned to the shareholders of Capital
Reserve all of the interest in and rights to the Warden Litigation, including
the right to reserve the proceeds from the judgment, together with all payments
of interest, attorney's fees and related expenses of the litigation, said
proceeds to be paid to the shareholders on a pro rata basis to the number of
shares of Capital Reserve common stock held by such shareholders. The
shareholders further agreed to be responsible for the payment of any costs
associated with legal representation of Capital Reserve in the Warden Litigation
subsequent to the closing, including but not limited to any attorney's fees and
related expenses.
As of
December 31, 2006, Capital Reserve had 10,851 policies in force and
approximately 30 agents. For the year ended December 31, 2006,
Capital Reserve had revenues of $5,663,000 and a net loss of
$244,000. As of December 31, 2006, the statutory assets and the
capital and surplus of Capital Reserve were $24,084,000 and $1,960,000,
respectively.
Further,
at closing, Security National Life and Capital Reserve entered into a
reinsurance agreement to reinsure the majority of the in force business of
Capital Reserve, as reinsurer, to the extent permitted by the Missouri
Department of Insurance. Under the terms of the reinsurance
agreement, Security National Life paid a ceding commission to Capital Reserve in
the amount of $1,738,000. In addition, following the payment of the
ceding commission, Capital Reserve declared a dividend to Security National Life
in the amount of $1,738,000. The Missouri Insurance Department
approved both the reinsurance agreement and the dividend payment. The
dividend payment was approved subject to Capital Reserve maintaining capital and
surplus of at least $1,500,000.
As a
result of the reinsurance agreement, certain insurance business and operations
of Capital Reserve were transferred to Security National Life, including all
policies in force as of the effective date thereof. Any future
business by Capital Reserve is covered by this reinsurance
agreement. Consequently, except for capital and surplus of
$1,500,000, $23,500,000 in assets and liabilities were transferred from Capital
Reserve to Security National Life pursuant to the reinsurance
agreement. Following the closing of the transaction, Capital Reserve
will continue to sell and service life insurance, annuity products, accident and
health insurance, and funeral plan insurance.
Regulation
The
Company’s insurance subsidiaries, Security National Life, Security National Life
of Louisiana, Memorial Insurance Company, and Capital Reserve Life are subject
to comprehensive regulation in the jurisdictions in which they do business under
statutes and regulations administered by state insurance commissioners. Such
regulation relates to, among other things, prior approval of the acquisition of
a controlling interest in an insurance company; standards of solvency which must
be met and maintained; licensing of insurers and their agents; nature of and
limitations on investments; deposits of securities for the benefit of
policyholders; approval of policy forms and premium rates; periodic examinations
of the affairs of insurance companies; annual and other reports required to be
filed on the financial condition of insurers or for other purposes; and
requirements regarding aggregate reserves for life policies and annuity
contracts, policy claims, unearned premiums, and other matters. The Company’s
insurance subsidiaries are subject to this type of regulation in any state in
which they are licensed to do business. Such regulation could involve additional
costs, restrict operations or delay implementation of the Company’s business
plans.
The
Company is currently subject to regulation in Utah, Louisiana, Arkansas, and
Missouri under insurance holding company legislation, and other states where
applicable. Generally, intercorporate transfers of assets and dividend payments
from its insurance subsidiaries are subject to prior notice of approval from the
State Insurance Department, if they are deemed “extraordinary” under
these statutes. The insurance subsidiaries are required, under state insurance
laws, to file detailed annual reports with the supervisory agencies in each of
the states in which they do business. Their business and accounts are also
subject to examination by these agencies.
The
Company’s cemetery and mortuary subsidiaries are subject to the Federal Trade
Commission’s comprehensive funeral industry rules and to state regulations in
the various states where such operations are domiciled. The morticians must be
licensed by the respective state in which they provide their services.
Similarly, the mortuaries and cemeteries are governed and licensed by state
statutes and city ordinances in Utah, Arizona and California. Reports are
required to be kept on file on a yearly basis which include financial
information concerning the number of spaces sold and, where applicable, funds
provided to the Endowment Care Trust Fund. Licenses are issued annually on the
basis of such reports. The cemeteries maintain city or county licenses where
they conduct business.
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The
Company’s mortgage loan subsidiary, SecurityNational Mortgage, is subject to the
rules and regulations of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
and to various state licensing acts and regulations. These regulations, among
other things, specify minimum capital requirements, the procedures for the
origination, the underwriting, the licensing of wholesale brokers, quality
review audits and the amounts that can be charged to borrowers for all FHA and
VA loans. Each year, the Company must have an audit by an independent CPA firm
to verify compliance under these regulations. In addition to the government
regulations, the Company must meet loan requirements of various investors who
purchase the loans.
Income
Taxes
The
Company’s insurance subsidiaries, Security National Life, Security National Life
of Louisiana, Memorial Insurance Company, and Capital Reserve Life are taxed
under the Life Insurance Company Tax Act of 1984. Under the act, life insurance
companies are taxed at standard corporate rates on life insurance company
taxable income. Life insurance company taxable income is gross income less
general business deductions, reserves for future policyholder benefits (with
modifications), and a small life insurance company deduction (up to 60% of life
insurance company taxable income). The Company may be subject to the corporate
Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). The exposure to AMT is primarily a result of the
small life insurance company deduction. Also, under the Tax Reform Act of 1986,
distributions in excess of stockholders’ surplus account or a significant
decrease in life reserves will result in taxable income.
Security
National Life, Security National Life of Louisiana, Memorial Insurance Company
and Capital Reserve Life may continue to receive the benefit of the small life
insurance company deduction. In order to qualify for the small company
deduction, the combined assets of the Company must be less than $500,000,000 and
the taxable income of the life insurance companies must be less than $3,000,000.
To the extent that the net income limitation is exceeded, then the small life
insurance company deduction is phased out over the next $12,000,000 of life
insurance company taxable income.
Since
1990 Security National Life, Security National Life of Louisiana, Memorial
Insurance Company and Capital Reserve Life have computed their life insurance
taxable income after establishing a provision representing a portion of the
costs of acquisition of such life insurance business. The effect of the
provision is that a certain percentage of the Company’s premium income is
characterized as deferred expenses and recognized over a five to ten year
period.
The
Company’s non-life insurance company subsidiaries are taxed in general under the
regular corporate tax provisions. For taxable years beginning January 1, 1987,
the Company may be subject to the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax and the
proportionate disallowance rules for installment sales under the Tax Reform Act
of 1986.
Competition
The life
insurance industry is highly competitive. There are approximately 2,000 legal
reserve life insurance companies in business in the United States. These
insurance companies differentiate themselves through marketing techniques,
product features, price and customer service. The Company’s insurance
subsidiaries compete with a large number of insurance companies, many of which
have greater financial resources, a longer business history, and more
diversified line of insurance coverage than the Company. In addition, such
companies generally have a larger sales force. Further, many of the companies
with which the Company competes are mutual companies which may have a
competitive advantage because all profits accrue to policyholders. Because the
Company is small by industry standards and lacks broad diversification of risk,
it may be more vulnerable to losses than larger, better-established companies.
The Company believes that its policies and rates for the markets it serves are
generally competitive.
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The
cemetery and mortuary industry is also highly competitive. In the Salt Lake
City, Phoenix and San Diego areas in which the Company competes, there are a
number of cemeteries and mortuaries which have longer business histories, more
established positions in the community, and stronger financial positions than
the Company. In addition, some of the cemeteries with which the Company must
compete for sales are owned by municipalities and, as a result, can offer lower
prices than can the Company. The Company bears the cost of a pre-need sales
program that is not incurred by those competitors which do not have a pre-need
sales force. The Company believes that its products and prices are generally
competitive with those in the industry.
The
mortgage loan industry is highly competitive with a number of mortgage companies
and banks in the same geographic area in which the Company is operating. The
mortgage market in general is sensitive to changes in interest rates and the
refinancing market is particularly vulnerable to changes in interest
rates.
Lines
of Credit
On June
12, 2007, Security National Life Insurance Company entered into a revolving line
of credit with a financial institution to borrow up to $40,000,000. The
revolving line of credit is secured by commercial mortgages and construction
loans. The terms of the revolving line of credit is for a one year
term and interest is based upon the one year LIBOR rate (6.95% as of December
31, 2007). Accrued interest will be paid on a monthly basis, with the
principal, together with any outstanding accrued interest, to be paid in full on
June 12, 2008. Security National Life Insurance Company intends to
use this financing to provide short term liquidity for its commercial mortgage,
construction and warehouse lending operations of its affiliate, SecurityNational
Mortgage Company. The amount outstanding as of December 31, 2007 was
$6,500,000.
Recently,
SecurityNational Mortgage Company renewed its warehouse lines of credit with its
non affiliated warehouse lenders. The total amount available under
these lines of credit is $450,000,000. The terms of the lines of
credit are for one year, with interest rates ranging from 1.5% to 1.75% over the
three month LIBOR rate (6.52% to 6.77% as of December 31, 2007).
Employees
As of
December 31, 2007, the Company employed 583 full-time and 105 part-time
employees.
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Item 2.
Properties
The
following table sets forth the location of the Company’s office facilities and
certain other information relating to these properties.
Location
|
Function
|
Owned Leased
|
Approximate
Square Footage
|
|||
5300
South 360 West
|
Corporate
Headquarters
|
Owned
(1)
|
27,200
|
|||
Salt
Lake City, Utah
|
||||||
634
West Main Street
|
Insurance
Operations
|
Owned
|
3,000
|
|||
Blytheville,
Arkansas
|
||||||
755
Rinehart Road
|
Insurance
Operations/
|
Owned
(2)
|
18,100
|
|||
Lake
Mary, Florida
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
|||||
3935
I-55 South, Frontage Road
|
Insurance
Operations
|
Owned
(3)
|
12,000
|
|||
Jackson,
Mississippi
|
||||||
119
East Atchison Street
|
Insurance
Operations
|
Leased
(4)
|
2,000
|
|||
Jefferson
City, Missouri
|
||||||
2800
Youree Drive Bldg. 1, Suite 207
|
Insurance
Operations
|
Leased
(5)
|
200
|
|||
Shreveport,
Louisiana
|
||||||
175
Jester Parkway
|
Fast
Funding Operations
|
Leased
(6)
|
5,000
|
|||
Rainbow
City, Alabama
|
||||||
410
North 44th
Street, Suite 190
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Leased
(7)
|
1,800
|
|||
Phoenix,
Arizona
|
||||||
4634
Town Center Blvd. Suite 314
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Leased
(8)
|
700
|
|||
Eldorado
Hills, California
|
||||||
12150
Tributary Point Dr., Suite 160
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Leased
(9)
|
2,000
|
|||
Gold
River, California
|
||||||
7676
Hazard Center Drive, Suite 625
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Leased
(10)
|
1,300
|
|||
San
Diego, California
|
||||||
27433
Tourney Road, Suite 220
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Leased
(11)
|
2,500
|
|||
Santa
Clarita, California
|
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Item 2. Properties
(Continued)
Location
|
Function
|
Owned Leased
|
Approximate
Square Footage
|
|||
8950
Dr. MLK St. N, Suite 103
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Leased
(12)
|
1,200
|
|||
St.
Petersburg, Florida
|
||||||
970
No. Kalaheo, Suite A-102
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Leased
(13)
|
1,800
|
|||
Kailua,
Hawaii
|
||||||
45
South Park Blvd. Suite 45
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Leased
(14)
|
4,800
|
|||
Greenwood,
Indiana
|
||||||
6900
College Blvd., Suite 950
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Leased
(15)
|
1,900
|
|||
Overland
Park, Kansas
|
||||||
505
Village Road SW, Suite 104
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Leased
(16)
|
1,000
|
|||
Shallotte,
North Carolina
|
||||||
4045
NW 64th
Street, Suite 500
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Leased
(17)
|
3,500
|
|||
Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma
|
||||||
999
Southwest Disk Drive, Suite 104
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Leased
(18)
|
1,800
|
|||
Bend,
Oregon
|
||||||
4800
SW Griffith Drive, Suite 250
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Leased
(19)
|
2,700
|
|||
Beaverton,
Oregon
|
||||||
12750
Merit Drive, Suite 1212
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Leased
(20)
|
2,600
|
|||
Dallas,
Texas
|
||||||
3613
Williams Drive, Suite 603
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Leased
(21)
|
1,000
|
|||
Georgetown,
Texas
|
||||||
820
Gessner, Suite 800
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Leased
(22)
|
2,400
|
|||
Houston,
Texas
|
||||||
613
Northwest Loop 410, Suite 685
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Leased
(23)
|
2,300
|
|||
San
Antonio, Texas
|
||||||
6955
and 6975 South Union Park,
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Leased
(24)
|
7,000
|
|||
Suites
100 and 150
|
||||||
Midvale,
Utah
|
||||||
5247
Greenpine Drive
|
Insurance
Operations
|
Owned
(25)
|
9,100
|
|||
Murray,
Utah
|
||||||
5251
Green Street, Suite 350
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Owned
(26)
|
5,000
|
|||
Salt
Lake City, Utah
|
||||||
6740
South 1300 East, Suite 100
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Leased
(27)
|
3,200
|
|||
Salt
Lake City, Utah
|
17
Item 2. Properties
(Continued)
Location
|
Function
|
Owned Leased
|
Approximate
Square Footage
|
|||
970
East Murray-Holladay Rd.,
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Leased
(28)
|
6,400
|
|||
Suite
603
|
||||||
Salt
Lake City, Utah
|
||||||
9149
So. Monroe, Suite A
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Leased
(29)
|
1,300
|
|||
Sandy,
Utah
|
||||||
474
West 800 North, Suite 102
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Leased
(30)
|
2,000
|
|||
Orem,
Utah
|
||||||
1244
North Main Street, Suite 203
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Leased
(31)
|
1,200
|
|||
Tooele,
Utah
|
||||||
3500-188th
Street, S.W. Suite 275
|
Mortgage
Sales
|
Leased
(32)
|
1,000
|
|||
Lynnwood,
Washington
|
||||||
501
7th
Street North, Suite 10
|
Insurance
Operations
|
Leased
(33)
|
1,200
|
|||
Columbus,
Mississippi
|
|
(1)
|
The
Company leases an additional 3,000 square feet of the facility to
unrelated third parties for approximately $47,500 per year, under leases
expiring at various dates after
2007.
|
|
(2)
|
The
Company leases an additional 9,900 square feet of the facility to
unrelated third parties for approximately $217,500 per year, under leases
expiring at various dates after
2007.
|
|
(3)
|
The
building is located on 104 undeveloped
acres.
|
|
(4)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $12,000 per year with a month-to-month
lease.
|
|
(5)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $1,900 per year. The
lease expires in April 2008.
|
|
(6)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $14,400 per year. The lease expires in
July 2010.
|
|
(7)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $41,600 per year. The lease expires in
October 2009
|
|
(8)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $27,200 per year. The lease expires in
July 2009
|
|
(9)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $48,700 per year. The lease expires in
June 2009
|
|
(10)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $47,400 per year. The lease expires in
June 2008.
|
|
(11)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $82,800 per year. The lease expires in
February 2009.
|
|
(12)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $64,800 per year. The lease expires in
March 2011.
|
|
(13)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $40,600 per year. The lease expires in
March 2008.
|
|
(14)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $67,500 per year. The lease expires in
April 2012
|
|
(15)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $38,100 per year. The lease expires in
January 2010.
|
|
(16)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $19,500 per year. The lease expires in
May 2010.
|
|
(17)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $49,700 per year. The lease expires in
March 2008.
|
|
(18)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $39,700 per year. The lease expires in
January 2009.
|
|
(19)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $44,300 per year. The lease expires in
May 2009.
|
|
(20)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $43,100 per year. The lease expires in
January 2009.
|
|
(21)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $21,000 per year. The lease expires in
April 2012.
|
|
(22)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $53,700 per year. The lease expires in
January 2011.
|
|
(23)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $46,700 per year. The lease expires in
October 2012.
|
|
(24)
|
The
Company leases these facilities for $161,900 per year. The leases expire
November 2011 and June 2010.
|
|
(25)
|
The
Company leases an additional 126,000 square feet of the facility to
unrelated third parties for approximately $1,049,000 per year, under
leases expiring at various dates after
2007.
|
|
(26)
|
The
Company leases an additional 25,000 square feet of the facility to
unrelated third parties for approximately $470,700 per year, under leases
expiring at various dates after
2007.
|
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Item 2. Properties
(Continued)
(27)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $70,900 per year. The lease expires
in August 2012
|
(28)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $79,500 per year, with a month-to-month
lease.
|
(29)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $21,300 per year. The lease
expires in July 2008.
|
(30)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $42,400 per year. The lease
expires in February 2010
|
(31)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $26,400 per year. The lease expires
in October 2010.
|
(32)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $17,500 per year. The lease expires
in June 2010.
|
(33)
|
The
Company leases this facility for $7,092 per year. The lease expires
in June 2009.
|
The
Company believes the office facilities it occupies are in good operating
condition and adequate for current operations, and has no plans to build or
acquire additional office facilities. The Company believes its office facilities
are adequate for handling its business in the foreseeable future. As leases
expire the Company will either renew or find comparable leases or acquire
additional office space.
19
The
following table summarizes the location and acreage of the six Company owned
cemeteries, each of which includes one or more mausoleums:
Net
Saleable Acreage
|
||||||||||||
Name
of Cemetery
|
Location
|
Date Acquired
|
Developed
Acreage(1)
|
Total
Acreage(1)
|
Acres
Sold as Cemetery
Spaces(2)
|
Total
Available
Acreage(1)
|
||||||
Memorial
Estates, Inc.:
|
||||||||||||
Lakeview Cemetery
|
1640
East Lakeview Dr.
|
|||||||||||
Bountiful,
Utah
|
1973
|
7
|
40
|
6
|
34
|
|||||||
Mountain
View Cemetery
|
3115
East 7800 South
|
|||||||||||
Salt
Lake City, Utah
|
1973
|
15
|
54
|
14
|
40
|
|||||||
Redwood
Cemetery(4)
|
6500
South Redwood Rd.
|
|||||||||||
West
Jordan, Utah
|
1973
|
27
|
78
|
27
|
51
|
|||||||
Cottonwood
Mortuary Inc.
|
||||||||||||
Deseret
Memorial Inc.
|
||||||||||||
Lakehills
Cemetery(3)
|
10055
So. State Street
|
|||||||||||
Sandy,
Utah
|
1991
|
9
|
41
|
4
|
37
|
|||||||
Holladay
Memorial Park(3)(4)
|
4900
So. Memory Lane
|
|||||||||||
Holladay,
Utah
|
1991
|
5
|
14
|
4
|
10
|
|||||||
California
Memorial Estates
|
||||||||||||
Singing
Hills Memorial Park(5)
|
2800
Dehesa Road
|
|||||||||||
El
Cajon, California
|
1995
|
8
|
35
|
3
|
32
|
|
(1)
|
The
acreage represents estimates of acres that are based upon survey reports,
title reports, appraisal reports or the Company’s inspection of the
cemeteries.
|
|
(2)
|
Includes
spaces sold for cash and installment contract
sales.
|
|
(3)
|
As
of December 31, 2007, there were mortgages of approximately $1,323,000
collateralized by the property and facilities at Deseret Mortuary,
Cottonwood Mortuary, Holladay Memorial Park, and Lakehills
Cemetery.
|
|
(4)
|
These
cemeteries include two granite
mausoleums.
|
|
(5)
|
As
of December 31, 2007, there was a mortgage of approximately $82,000,
collateralized by the property
|
20
The
following table summarizes the location, square footage and the number of
viewing rooms and chapels of the twelve Company owned mortuaries:
Name of Mortuary
|
Location
|
Date Acquired
|
Viewing Room(s)
|
Chapel(s)
|
Square Footage
|
|||||
Memorial
Mortuary
|
5850
South 900 East
|
|||||||||
Murray,
Utah
|
1973
|
3
|
1
|
20,000
|
||||||
Memorial
Estates, Inc.:
|
||||||||||
Redwood
Mortuary(3)
|
6500
South Redwood Rd.
|
|||||||||
West
Jordan, Utah
|
1973
|
2
|
1
|
10,000
|
||||||
Mountain
View Mortuary(3)
|
3115
East 7800 South
|
|||||||||
Salt
Lake City, Utah
|
1973
|
2
|
1
|
16,000
|
||||||
Lakeview
Mortuary(3)
|
1640
East Lakeview Dr.
|
|||||||||
Bountiful,
Utah
|
1973
|
0
|
1
|
5,500
|
||||||
Paradise
Chapel Funeral Home
|
3934
East Indian
|
|||||||||
School
Road
|
||||||||||
Phoenix,
Arizona
|
1989
|
2
|
1
|
9,800
|
||||||
Deseret
Memorial, Inc.:
|
||||||||||
Deseret
Mortuary(1)
|
36
East 700 South
|
|||||||||
Salt
Lake City, Utah
|
1991
|
2
|
2
|
36,300
|
||||||
Lakehills
Mortuary(3)
|
10055
South State St.
|
|||||||||
Sandy,
Utah
|
1991
|
2
|
1
|
18,000
|
||||||
Cottonwood
Mortuary(1)(3)
|
4670
South Highland Dr.
|
|||||||||
Holladay,
Utah
|
1991
|
2
|
1
|
14,500
|
||||||
Greer-Wilson
Funeral Home
|
5921
West Thomas Road
|
|||||||||
Phoenix,
Arizona
|
1995
|
2
|
2
|
25,000
|
||||||
Adobe
Funeral Home(4)
|
218
North Central
|
|||||||||
Avondale,
Arizona
|
1995
|
1
|
1
|
1,850
|
||||||
Crystal
Rose Funeral Home(2)
|
9155
W. VanBuren
|
|||||||||
Tolleson,
Arizona
|
1997
|
0
|
1
|
9,000
|
21
|
(1)
|
As
of December 31, 2007, there were mortgages of approximately $1,323,000,
collateralized by the property and facilities at Deseret Mortuary,
Cottonwood Mortuary, Holladay Memorial Park and Lakehills
Cemetery.
|
|
(2)
|
As
of December 31, 2007, there was a mortgage of approximately $93,000,
collateralized by the property and facilities of Crystal Rose Funeral
Home.
|
(3)
|
These
funeral homes also provide burial niches at their respective
locations.
|
|
(4)
|
As
of December 31, 2007, there was a mortgage of approximately $115,000,
collateralized by the property and facilities of Adobe Chapel Funeral
Home.
|
Item 3. Legal
Proceedings
On March
5, 2007, the Company received a proposed consent order from the Florida Office
of Insurance Regulation concerning the New Success Life Program, the higher
education product previously marketed and sold by Southern Security Life and now
marketed and sold by Security National Life. The proposed order states that as a
result of an investigation the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has
determined that Southern Security Life violated Florida law (i) by knowingly
making statements, sales presentations, omissions or comparisons that
misrepresented the benefits, advantages, or terms of the New Success Life
Program, and (ii) by knowingly making advertisements, announcements, or
statements containing representations that were untrue or
misleading.
The
proposed order would require Security National Life and Southern Security Life
to immediately cease and desist from making any false or misleading
representations to Florida consumers suggesting that the New Success Life
Program would accumulate enough value to pay for college expenses in full. The
proposed order would also require Security National Life and Southern Security
Life to agree to no longer market or sell the New Success Life Program in the
State of Florida. In addition, Security National Life and Southern Security Life
would be required to send a written notice to Florida consumers who purchased
the New Success Life Program on or after January 1, 1998 stating that the higher
education program is a whole life insurance product, with a term and annuity
rider, and not a college trust fund, savings plan, or other program, and it may
not necessarily pay college expenses in full from the accumulated
value.
Moreover,
the written notice is to provide an opportunity for the Florida consumers who
purchased the New Success Life Program on or after January 1, 1998 to
cancel their policy and be given a full refund, including all premiums paid,
together with interest at the agreed upon rate in the original contract. If each
of the Florida consumers who purchased the New Success Life Program after
January 1, 1998 was to cancel his or her policy and receive a refund, the cost
to the Company to refund all premiums paid, including interest, would be
approximately $8,200,000.
The
proposed consent order would also require Security National Life and Southern
Security Life to issue refunds including interest to the eleven policyholders
whose affidavits were taken in connection with the administrative complaint that
the Florida Office of the Insurance Regulation had previously filed against
Franz Wallace, the former National Sales Director of Southern Security Life.
Security National Life and Southern Security Life would additionally be required
to issue refunds, including interest, to any Florida policyholder in the New
Success Life Program who had filed a complaint with the Florida Department of
Financial Services or whose coverage had lapsed. Furthermore, Security National
Life and Southern Security Life would be required to notify the state insurance
department in each state in which the New Success Life Program is marketed of
the order and any complaint that Southern Security Life received relating to the
New Success Life Program from policyholders in that state. Finally, Security
National Life and Southern Security Life would be required to pay the Florida
Office of Insurance Regulation a penalty of $100,000 and administrative costs of
$5,000.
The
Company disputes the terms of the proposed consent order. The Company is not
aware of specific concerns that the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has
with the New Success Life Program because it has received no specific
administrative complaint from the Florida Office nor is it aware of any recent
market conduct examination that the Florida Office has conducted relative to the
program. The Company intends to vigorously oppose the proposed consent order.
The Company is currently engaged in discussions with the Florida Office of
Insurance Regulation in an effort to settle the dispute concerning the proposed
order. If the Company is unable to reach a satisfactory resolution
with the Florida Office with respect to the terms of the proposed consent order
and the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation issues a similar order, the
Company intends to take action necessary to protect its rights and interests,
including requesting a hearing before an administrative law judge to oppose the
order.
22
Except
for the proposed consent order from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation,
the Company is not a party to any material proceedings outside the ordinary
course of business or to any other legal proceedings, which if adversely
determined, would have a material adverse effect on its financial condition or
results of operation.
Item 4. Submission of
Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
No
matters were submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders during the
quarter ended December 31, 2007.
PART
II
Item 5. Market for the
Registrant’s Common Stock and Related Security Holder
Matters
The
Company’s Class A Common Stock trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the
symbol “SNFCA.” Prior to August 13, 1987, there was no active public
market for the Class A and Class C Common Stock. As of March 26, 2008, the
closing sales price of the Class A Common Stock was $3.80 per share. The
following were the high and low market closing sales prices for the Class A
Common Stock by quarter as reported by Nasdaq since January 1,
2006:
Period (Calendar
Year)
|
Price Range
|
|||||||
High
|
Low
|
|||||||
2006
|
||||||||
First
Quarter
|
$ | 4.34 | $ | 2.99 | ||||
Second
Quarter
|
4.51 | 3.63 | ||||||
Third
Quarter
|
3.96 | 3.54 | ||||||
Fourth
Quarter
|
5.17 | 3.74 | ||||||
2007
|
||||||||
First
Quarter
|
$ | 5.67 | $ | 4.43 | ||||
Second
Quarter
|
6.20 | 4.71 | ||||||
Third
Quarter
|
5.71 | 3.90 | ||||||
Fourth
Quarter
|
4.48 | 3.10 | ||||||
2008
|
||||||||
First
Quarter
|
$ | 4.63 | $ | 3.15 |
The above
sales prices have been adjusted retroactively for the effect of annual stock
dividends.
The Class
C Common Stock is not actively traded, although there are occasional
transactions in such stock by brokerage firms. (See Note 13 to the Consolidated
Financial Statements.)
23
The
Company has never paid a cash dividend on its Class A or Class C Common Stock.
The Company currently anticipates that all of its earnings will be retained for
use in the operation and expansion of its business and does not intend to pay
any cash dividends on its Class A or Class C Common Stock in the foreseeable
future. Any future determination as to cash dividends will depend upon the
earnings and financial position of the Company and such other factors as the
Board of Directors may deem appropriate. A 5% stock dividend on Class A and
Class C Common Stock has been paid each year from 1990 through
2007.
The graph
below compares the cumulative total stockholder return of the Company’s Class A
common stock with the cumulative total return on the Standard & Poor’s 500
Stock Index and the Standard & Poor’s Insurance Index for the period from
December 31, 2002 through December 31, 2007. The graph assumes that
the value of the investment in the Company’s Class A common stock and in each of
the indexes was 100 at December 31, 2002 and that all dividends were
reinvested.
The
comparisons in the graph below are based on historical data and are not intended
to forecast the possible future performance of the Company’s Class A common
stock.
12/31/02
|
12/31/03
|
12/31/04
|
12/31/05
|
12/31/06
|
12/31/07
|
|
SNFC
|
100
|
122
|
54
|
65
|
99
|
77
|
S
& P 500
|
100
|
126
|
138
|
142
|
161
|
167
|
S
& P Insurance
|
100
|
119
|
126
|
142
|
156
|
144
|
The graph
set forth above is required by the Securities & Exchange Commission and
shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference by any general statement
incorporating by reference this Form 10-K into any filing under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, or under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, except to the extent that the Company specifically incorporates this
information by reference, and shall not otherwise be deemed soliciting material
or filed under such acts.
As of
December 31, 2007, there were 4,357 record holders of Class A Common Stock and
133 record holders of Class C Common Stock.
24
Item 6. Selected Financial
Data - The Company and Subsidiaries (Consolidated)
The
following selected financial data for each of the five years in the period ended
December 31, 2007, are derived from the audited consolidated financial
statements. The data as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and for the three years
ended December 31, 2007, should be read in conjunction with the consolidated
financial statements, related notes and other financial information included
herein.
Consolidated
Statement of Earnings Data:
Year Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2007(1)
|
2006( 2)
|
2005
|
2004(3)
|
2003
|
||||||||||||||||
Revenue
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Premiums
|
$ | 32,263,000 | $ | 30,776,000 | $ | 27,170,000 | $ | 25,979,000 | $ | 23,295,000 | ||||||||||
Net
investment income
|
31,956,000 | 23,246,000 | 19,387,000 | 15,939,000 | 17,303,000 | |||||||||||||||
Net
mortuary and cemetery sales
|
13,189,000 | 12,123,000 | 10,839,000 | 11,661,000 | 10,944,000 | |||||||||||||||
Realized
(losses) gains on investments
|
1,008,000 | 891,000 | 74,000 | 74,000 | (2,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Mortgage
fee income
|
130,472,000 | 85,113,000 | 71,859,000 | 62,690,000 | 92,955,000 | |||||||||||||||
Other
|
860,000 | 381,000 | 621,000 | 855,000 | 550,000 | |||||||||||||||
Total
revenue
|
209,748,000 | 152,530,000 | 129,950,000 | 117,198,000 | 145,045,000 | |||||||||||||||
Expenses
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Policyholder
benefits
|
29,742,000 | 27,319,000 | 24,477,000 | 23,362,000 | 21,755,000 | |||||||||||||||
Amortization
of deferred policy acquisition costs
|
5,571,000 | 4,125,000 | 3,031,000 | 4,602,000 | 4,929,000 | |||||||||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
155,504,000 | 105,728,000 | 90,690,000 | 82,097,000 | 102,926,000 | |||||||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
13,271,000 | 6,141,000 | 4,921,000 | 2,174,000 | 3,642,000 | |||||||||||||||
Cost
of goods and services of the mortuaries and cemeteries
|
2,537,000 | 2,322,000 | 2,103,000 | 2,304,000 | 2,328,000 | |||||||||||||||
Total
benefits and expenses
|
206,625,000 | 145,635,000 | 125,222,000 | 114,539,000 | 135,580,000 | |||||||||||||||
Income
before income tax expense
|
3,123,000 | 6,895,000 | 4,728,000 | 2,659,000 | 9,465,000 | |||||||||||||||
Income
tax expense
|
(858,000 | ) | (1,771,000 | ) | (1,240,000 | ) | (652,000 | ) | (2,891,000 | ) | ||||||||||
Minority
interest in (income) loss of subsidiary
|
--- | --- | -- | 115,000 | 22,000 | |||||||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
$ | 2,265,000 | $ | 5,124,000 | $ | 3,488,000 | $ | 2,122,000 | $ | 6,596,000 | ||||||||||
Net
earnings per common share(4)
|
$ | 0.30 | $ | 0.70 | $ | 0.48 | $ | 0.29 | $ | 0.95 | ||||||||||
Weighted
average outstanding common shares(4)
|
7,574,000 | 7,372,000 | 7,297,000 | 7,267,000 | 6,913,000 | |||||||||||||||
Net
earnings per common share-assuming dilution(4)
|
$ | 0.29 | $ | 0.68 | $ | 0.48 | $ | 0.28 | $ | 0.93 | ||||||||||
Weighted
average outstanding common shares-assuming dilution(4)
|
7,754,000 | 7,530,000 | 7,329,000 | 7,494,000 | 7,073,000 |
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Item 6. Selected Financial
Data - The Company and Subsidiaries (Consolidated)
(Continued)
Balance
Sheet Data:
December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2007 (1)
|
2006
|
2005(2)
|
2004(3)
|
2003
|
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Assets
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Investments
and restricted assets
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$ | 257,449,000 | $ | 222,683,000 | $ | 211,249,000 | $ | 182,645,000 | $ | 110,386,000 | ||||||||||
Cash
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5,203,000 | 10,377,000 | 16,633,000 | 15,334,000 | 19,704,000 | |||||||||||||||
Receivables
|
80,445,000 | 74,695,000 | 61,787,000 | 54,013,000 | 120,698,000 | |||||||||||||||
Other
assets
|
75,066,000 | 69,640,000 | 69,976,000 | 65,471,000 | 63,653,000 | |||||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
$ | 418,163,000 | $ | 377,395,000 | $ | 359,645,000 | $ | 317,463,000 | $ | 314,441,000 | ||||||||||
Liabilities
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Policyholder
benefits
|
$ | 301,064,000 | $ | 272,923,000 | $ | 263,981,000 | $ | 226,785,000 | $ | 220,739,000 | ||||||||||
Notes
& contracts payable
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13,372,000 | 7,671,000 | 10,273,000 | 12,263,000 | 16,909,000 | |||||||||||||||
Cemetery
& mortuary liabilities
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12,643,000 | 11,534,000 | 10,829,000 | 10,762,000 | 10,562,000 | |||||||||||||||
Other
liabilities
|
32,826,000 | 30,018,000 | 26,691,000 | 20,091,000 | 21,146,000 | |||||||||||||||
Total
liabilities
|
359,905,000 | 322,146,000 | 311,774,000 | 269,901,000 | 269,356,000 | |||||||||||||||
Minority
interest
|
--- | -- | -- | 3,813,000 | 3,957,000 | |||||||||||||||
Non-controlling
interest perpetual care trusts
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2,474,000 | 2,278,000 | 2,173,000 | 2,084,000 | 1,953,000 | |||||||||||||||
Stockholders’
equity
|
55,784,000 | 52,971,000 | 45,698,000 | 41,665,000 | 39,175,000 | |||||||||||||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders’ equity
|
$ | 418,163,000 | $ | 377,395,000 | $ | 359,645,000 | $ | 317,463,000 | $ | 314,441,000 |
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(1)
|
Includes
the purchase of C & J Financial on July 16, 2007 and the purchase
of Capital Reserve Life Insurance Company on December 17,
2007.
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(2)
|
Includes
the purchase of Memorial Insurance Company of America on December 29,
2005.
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(3)
|
Includes
the purchase of Paramount Security Life Insurance Company, now Security
National Life Insurance Company of Louisiana, on March 16,
2004.
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(4)
|
Earnings
per share amounts have been adjusted retroactively for the effect of
annual stock dividends.
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Item 7.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
Overview
The
Company’s operations over the last several years generally reflect three trends
or events which the Company expects to continue: (i) increased
attention to “niche” insurance products, such as the Company’s funeral plan
policies and traditional whole life products; (ii) emphasis on cemetery and
mortuary business; and (iii) capitalizing on lower interest rates by originating
and refinancing mortgage loans.
During
the twelve months ended December 31, 2007, SecurityNational Mortgage Company
(“SNMC”) experienced an increase in revenues and expenses due to the increase in
loan volume of its mortgage operations. SNMC is a mortgage lender
incorporated under the laws of the State of Utah. SNMC is approved and regulated
by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), a department of the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), to originate mortgage loans that qualify
for government insurance in the event of default by the borrower. SNMC obtains
loans primarily from independent brokers and correspondents. SNMC funds the
loans from internal cash flows and lines of credit from financial institutions.
SNMC receives fees from the borrowers and other secondary fees from third party
investors who purchase the loans from SNMC. SNMC sells its loans to third party
investors and does not retain servicing to these loans. SNMC pays the brokers
and correspondents a commission for loans that are brokered through
SNMC.
The
mortgage industry is currently experiencing substantial change due to higher
than expected delinquencies from subprime loans. The market for new
subprime loans has been substantially reduced and several mortgage companies
whose primary product was subprime mortgage originations have ceased
operations. The Company funded $5,505,000 (0.14% of the Company’s
production) in subprime loans during the twelve months ending December 31, 2007
and has currently eliminated subprime loans from its product
offerings. The Company believes that its potential losses from
subprime loans are minimal.
The
industry problem with subprime mortgages has created a volatile secondary market
for other products, especially alternative documentation (Alt A)
loans. Alt A loans are typically offered to qualified borrowers who
have relatively high credit scores but are not required to provide full
documentation to support personal income and assets owned. Alt A loans can have
a loan to value ratio as high as 100%. As a result of these changes, the
Company is not offering these loans. Alt A loans represented
approximately 21% of the Company’s production for the six months ended June 30,
2007, only 5% of the production for the third quarter, and 0% for the
fourth quarter.
As a
consequence of these changes in the industry for Alt A loans, SNMC suffered a
pre-tax loss for the twelve months ended December 31, 2007 of approximately
$1,476,000. The greatest impact of the operating loss was experienced in July
2007 when there were very little secondary gains. The secondary market
improved in subsequent months decreasing the size of the monthly operating loss
and the last three months of 2007 the mortgage operations showed a significant
profit. In response to the change in market conditions, management increased
loan fees, lowered commissions, closed unprofitable branches, obtained more
favorable borrowing terms from warehouse lenders, and reduced corporate
expenses. Even though the market changed for Alt A loans, SNMC was able to
maintain volume in the third and fourth quarters by increasing its production of
other mortgage products, primarily government and conforming loans.
As of
December 31, 2007, the Company was holding a total of $24,591,000 in Alt A loans
that had not been settled by investors. This is down from $88,581,000
as of June 30, 2007. The market for the remaining Alt A loans is
uncertain and if the Company was unable to sell its Alt A loans it will be
required to assume the risk of holding and servicing such loans. If
warehousing lines are not available, the Company believes it has adequate
liquidity through its life insurance operations to carry such loans until
purchased by investors.
Even
though market conditions have improved somewhat, the Company expects further
significant industry challenges to continue through the remainder of
2008. Under these circumstances it is difficult to predict
profitability, if any. Profitability may be impacted by volume
reduction, changes in margins, increased borrowing costs, and future loan
losses. Management has taken and will continue to take a number of
actions in response to the changing market conditions. These include
offering Alt A loans on a limited basis, closing unprofitable branch offices,
obtaining new warehousing agreements at lower interest rates, and
expense reduction initiatives.
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During
the twelve months ending December 31, 2007, the Company experienced loan losses
of $5,467,000. This amount was charged against the provision for loan
losses. The balance of the reserve for loan losses at December 31, 2007
was $2,356,000. The provision for loan losses is included in other
general and administrative expenses. Because of the market conditions
the Company has increased its monthly loan loss to 12.5 basis points of total
production. The Company believes the loan loss reserves are sufficient to cover
reasonably foreseeable future loan losses and that its formula for determining
the provision for such reserves is adequate.
On June
12, 2007, Security National Life Insurance Company entered into a revolving line
of credit with a financial institution to borrow up to $40,000,000. The
revolving line of credit is secured by commercial mortgages and construction
loans. The terms of the revolving line of credit is for a one year
term and interest is based upon the one year LIBOR rate (6.95% as of December
31, 2007). Accrued interest will be paid on a monthly basis, with the
principal, together with any outstanding accrued interest, to be paid in full on
June 12, 2008. Security National Life Insurance Company intends to
use this financing to provide short term liquidity for its commercial mortgage,
construction and warehouse lending operations of its affiliate SecurityNational
Mortgage Company. The amount outstanding as of December 31, 2007 was
$6,500,000.
Recently,
SecurityNational Mortgage Company renewed its warehouse lines of credit with its
non affiliated warehouse lenders. The total amount available under
these lines of credit is $450,000,000. The terms of the lines of
credit are for one year, with interest rates ranging from 1.5% to 1.75% over the
three month LIBOR rate (6.52% to 6.77% as of December 31, 2007).
As of
December 31, 2007, SNMC had 23 branches in twelve states. SNMC originated and
sold 20,656 loans ($3,852,801,000 loan amount), 14,427 loans ($2,461,000,000
loan amount), and 12,786 loans ($2,085,000,000 loan amount) in 2007, 2006 and
2005, respectively.
On
December 17, 1998, the Company purchased all of the outstanding common shares of
SSLIC Holding Company, formerly Consolidare Enterprises, Inc., and Insuradyne
Corporation for a total cost of $12,248,194. At the time the transaction was
completed, Consolidare owned 57.4% of the outstanding shares of Southern
Security Life. Following the acquisition of Consolidare, Security National Life
and its wholly owned subsidiary, SSLIC Holding Company, increased their
ownership of the outstanding shares of Southern Security Life through the
purchase of shares traded on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market and stock purchase
transactions with then current stockholders of Southern Security Life. As of
December 31, 2004, Security National Life and SSLIC Holding Company held 76.7%
of the outstanding common shares of Southern Security Life.
On
January 1, 2005, Security National Life and SSLIC Holding Company completed a
merger transaction with Southern Security Life whereby SSLIC Holding Company was
merged with Southern Security Life, which resulted in Southern Security Life
becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Security National Life and the
unaffiliated stockholders of Southern Security Life becoming entitled to receive
an aggregate of $1,884,733 for their shares.
On
December 31, 2005, all of the remaining insurance business of Southern Security
Life consisting of $48,528,000 in assets and liabilities was transferred to
Security National Life by a reinsurance agreement, except for $3,500,000 in
capital and surplus required to be maintained under Florida law. Also
on December 31, 2005, Southern Security Life paid a $7,181,000 dividend to
Security National Life.
On
December 29, 2006, the Company through its wholly owned subsidiary, Security
National Life, entered into an agreement to sell Southern Security Life. At the
time of the transaction, Southern Security Life’s assets consisted of a
corporate charter, licenses, and the required capital and surplus. The
transaction was conditioned upon the subsequent approval of the transaction by
the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation and other state regulatory
authorities and, if such approval was not obtained by the agreed upon date
Southern Security Life would be liquidated. The transaction was rescinded
because the regulatory authorities did not approve the transaction as required.
As a result of the rescission of the transaction, Articles of Dissolution were
filed with the Florida Division of Corporations on December 24, 2007, which
completed the liquidation of Southern Security Life.
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On
December 23, 2002, the Company completed an asset purchase transaction with
Acadian Life Insurance Company, a Louisiana domiciled life insurance company, in
which it acquired from Acadian $75,000,000 in assets and $75,000,000 in
insurance reserves through its wholly owned subsidiary, Security National Life,
a Utah domiciled life insurance company. The acquired assets consist primarily
of approximately 275,000 funeral insurance policies in force in the state of
Mississippi. The assets were originally acquired by Acadian from Gulf National
Life Insurance Company on June 6, 2001, consisting of all the insurance policies
of Gulf National Life Insurance Company in force and in effect on June 1,
2001.
On March
16, 2004, Security National Life purchased all of the outstanding common shares
of Paramount Security Life Insurance Company, now known as Security National
Life of Louisiana, a Louisiana domiciled insurance company located in
Shreveport, Louisiana. As of December 31, 2003, Security National Life of
Louisiana had 9,383 policies in force and 29 agents. There were no material
changes in the number of policies in force or the number of agents between
December 31, 2003 and March 16, 2004. The purchase consideration was $4,398,000
and the transaction was effective January 26, 2004. Security National Life of
Louisiana is licensed in the State of Louisiana where it is permitted to appoint
agents who do not have a full life insurance license.
These
agents are limited to selling small life insurance policies in the final expense
market. The Company believes that with this license it will be able to expand
its operations in Louisiana. The Company is servicing Security National Life of
Louisiana policyholders out of its Jackson, Mississippi office and has closed
its Shreveport office.
On
December 29, 2005, Security National Life and Southern Security Life purchased
all of the outstanding common shares of Memorial Insurance Company of America,
an Arkansas domiciled insurance company located in Blytheville, Arkansas. As of
December 31, 2005, Memorial Insurance Company had 116,116 policies in force and
approximately 50 agents. The purchase consideration was
$13,500,000.
On July
16, 2007, the Company completed a transaction to purchase C & J Financial,
an Alabama limited liability company, for a total cost of $1,250,000 in cash and
a promissory note from the Company to the seller in the amount of $381,500 plus
interest at 5% per annum. The amount of the note is to be reduced by the
difference between the total equity on the balance sheet of C & J Financial
on May 31, 2007 and the total equity on the balance sheet on July 16, 2007,
which is approximately $47,000.
On
December 20, 2007, the Company purchased all of the outstanding common shares of
Capital Reserve Life Insurance Company, a Missouri domiciled life insurance
company. The purchase consideration was $2,551,967 less certain adjustments
consisting of any losses related to two litigation matters involving Capital
Reserve and the difference between Capital Reserve’s adjusted capital and
surplus on December 17, 2007 compared to its adjusted capital and reserve on
September 30, 2007. As of December 31, 2006, Capital Reserve had 10,851 policies
in force and approximately 30 agents, In addition, the statutory assets and the
capital and surplus of Capital Reserve as of December 31, 2006 were $24,054,000
and $1,960,000, respectively.
Significant
Accounting Policies
The
following is a brief summary of our significant accounting policies and a review
of our most critical accounting estimates. Please also refer to Note 1 of our
consolidated financial statements.
Insurance
Operations
In
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America (GAAP), premiums and considerations received for interest sensitive
products such as universal life insurance and ordinary annuities are reflected
as increases in liabilities for policyholder account balances and not as
revenues. Revenues reported for these products consist of policy charges for the
cost of insurance, administration charges, amortization of policy initiation
fees and surrender charges assessed against policyholder account balances.
Surrender benefits paid relating to these products are reflected as decreases in
liabilities for policyholder account balances and not as expenses.
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The
Company receives investment income earned from the funds deposited into account
balances, a portion of which is passed through to the policyholders in the form
of interest credited. Interest credited to policyholder account balances and
benefit claims in excess of policyholder account balances are reported as
expenses in the consolidated financial statements.
Premium
revenues reported for traditional life insurance products are recognized as
revenues when due. Future policy benefits are recognized as expenses over the
life of the policy by means of the provision for future policy
benefits.
The costs
related to acquiring new business, including certain costs of issuing policies
and other variable selling expenses (principally commissions), defined as
deferred policy acquisition costs, are capitalized and amortized into expense.
For nonparticipating traditional life products, these costs are amortized over
the premium paying period of the related policies, in proportion to
the ratio of annual premium revenues to total anticipated premium revenues. Such
anticipated premium revenues are estimated using the same assumption used for
computing liabilities for future policy benefits and are generally “locked in”
at the date the policies are issued. For interest sensitive products, these
costs are amortized generally in proportion to expected gross profits from
surrender charges and investment, mortality and expense margins. This
amortization is adjusted when the Company revises the estimate of current or
future gross profits or margins. For example, deferred policy acquisition costs
are amortized earlier than originally estimated when policy terminations are
higher than originally estimated or when investments backing the related
policyholder liabilities are sold at a gain prior to their anticipated
maturity.
Death and
other policyholder benefits reflect exposure to mortality risk and fluctuate
from year to year on the level of claims incurred under insurance retention
limits. The profitability of the Company is primarily affected by fluctuations
in mortality, other policyholder benefits, expense levels, interest spreads
(i.e., the difference between interest earned on investments and interest
credited to policyholders) and persistency. The Company has the ability to
mitigate adverse experience through sound underwriting, asset/liability duration
matching, sound actuarial practices, adjustments to credited interest rates,
policyholder dividends or cost of insurance charges.
Cemetery and Mortuary
Operations
Pre-need
sales of funeral services and caskets, including revenue and costs associated
with the sales of pre-need funeral services and caskets are deferred until the
services are performed or the caskets are delivered.
Pre-need
sales of cemetery interment rights (cemetery burial property) - revenue and
costs associated with the sales of pre-need cemetery interment rights are
recognized in accordance with the retail land sales provisions of Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 66, “Accounting for the Sales of Real Estate”
(SFAS No. 66). Under SFAS 66, recognition of revenue and associated costs from
constructed cemetery property must be deferred until a minimum percentage of the
sales price has been collected. Revenues related to the pre-need sale of
unconstructed cemetery property will be deferred until such property is
constructed and meets the criteria of SFAS 66 described above.
Pre-need
sales of cemetery merchandise (primarily markers and vaults) - revenue and costs
associated with the sales of pre-need cemetery merchandise are deferred until
the merchandise is delivered.
Pre-need
sales of cemetery services (primarily merchandise delivery and installation fees
and burial opening and closing fees) - revenue and costs associated with the
sales of pre-need cemetery services are deferred until the services are
performed.
Prearranged
funeral and pre-need cemetery customer obtaining costs - costs incurred related
to obtaining new pre-need cemetery and prearranged funeral business are
accounted for under the guidance of the provisions of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 60 “Accounting and Reporting by Insurance Enterprises”
(FAS No. 60). Obtaining costs, which include only costs that vary with and are
primarily related to the acquisition of new pre-need cemetery and prearranged
funeral business, are deferred until the merchandise is delivered or services
are performed.
Revenues
and costs for at-need sales are recorded when a valid contract exists, the
services are performed, collection is reasonably assured and there are no
significant obligations remaining.
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Mortgage
Operations
Mortgage
fee income is generated through the origination and refinancing of mortgage
loans and is realized in accordance with SFAS No. 140.
The
majority of loans originated are sold to third party investors. The amounts sold
to investors are shown on the balance sheet as due from sale of loans, and are
shown on the basis of the amount of fees due from the investors.
Use
of Significant Accounting Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management
to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts and disclosures.
It is reasonably possible that actual experience could differ from the estimates
and assumptions utilized which could have a material impact on the financial
statements. The following is a summary of our significant accounting estimates,
and critical issues that impact them:
Fixed Maturities Available
for Sale
Securities
available-for-sale are carried at fair value, with unrealized holding gains and
losses reported in accumulated other comprehensive income which is included in
stockholders’ equity after adjustment for deferred income taxes and deferred
acquisition costs related to universal life products.
The
Company is required to exercise judgment to determine when a decline in the
value of a security is other than temporary. When the value of a security
declines and the decline is determined to be other than temporary, the carrying
value of the investment is reduced to its fair value and a realized loss is
recorded to the extent of the decline.
Deferred Acquisition
Costs
Amortization
of deferred policy acquisition costs for interest sensitive products is
dependent upon estimates of current and future gross profits or margins on this
business. Key assumptions used include the following: yield on
investments supporting the liabilities, amount of interest or dividends credited
to the policies, amount of policy fees and charges, amount of expenses necessary
to maintain the policies, and amount of death and surrender benefits and the
length of time the policies will stay in force.
For
nonparticipating traditional life products, these costs are amortized over the
premium paying period of the related policies, in proportion to the ratio of
annual premium revenues to total anticipated premium revenues. Such anticipated
premium revenues are estimated using the same assumption used for computing
liabilities for future policy benefits and are generally “locked in” at the date
the policies are issued.
Value of Business
Acquired
Value of
business acquired is the present value of estimated future profits of the
acquired business and is amortized similar to deferred acquisition costs. The
critical issues explained for deferred acquisition costs would also apply for
value of business acquired.
Allowance for Doubtful
Accounts
The
Company accrues an estimate of potential losses for the collection of
receivables. The significant receivables are the result of receivables due on
mortgage loans sold to investors, cemetery and mortuary operations, mortgage
loan operations and other receivables. The allowance is based upon the Company’s
experience. The critical issues that would impact recovery of the cemetery and
mortuary receivables is the overall economy. The critical issues that would
impact recovery of mortgage loan operations would be interest rate risk and loan
underwriting.
Future Policy
Benefits
Reserves
for future policy benefits for traditional life insurance products requires the
use of many assumptions, including the duration of the policies, mortality
experience, expenses, investment yield, lapse rates, surrender rates, and
dividend crediting rates.
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These
assumptions are made based upon historical experience, industry standards and a
best estimate of future results and, for traditional life products, include a
provision for adverse deviation. For traditional life insurance, once
established for a particular series of products, these assumptions are generally
held constant.
Unearned
Revenue
The
universal life products the Company sells have significant policy initiation
fees (front-end load), which are deferred and amortized into revenues over the
estimated expected gross profits from surrender charges and investment,
mortality and expense margins. The same issues that impact deferred acquisition
costs would apply to unearned revenue.
Deferred Pre-need Cemetery
and Funeral Contracts Revenues and Estimated Future Cost of Pre-need
Sales
The
revenue and cost associated with the sales of pre-need cemetery merchandise and
funeral services are deferred until the merchandise is delivered or the service
is performed.
The
Company, through its mortuary and cemetery operations, provides a guaranteed
funeral arrangement wherein a prospective customer can receive future goods and
services at guaranteed prices. To accomplish this, the Company, through its life
insurance operations, sells to the customer an increasing benefit life insurance
policy that is assigned to the mortuaries. If, at the time of need, the
policyholder/potential mortuary customer utilizes one of the Company’s
facilities, the guaranteed funeral arrangement contract that has been assigned
will provide the funeral goods and services at the contracted price. The
increasing life insurance policy will cover the difference between the original
contract prices and current prices. Risks may arise if the difference cannot be
fully met by the life insurance policy.
Mortgage Loan Loss
Reserve
The
Company accrues an estimate of future losses on mortgage loans sold to third
party investors. The Company may be required to reimburse third party investors
for costs associated with early payoff of loans within the first year of
duration and to repurchase loans in default within the first year. The estimates
are based upon historical experience and best estimate of future
liabilities.
Deferred
Compensation
The
Company has deferred compensation agreements with several of its current and
past executive officers. The deferred compensation is payable upon retirement or
death of these individuals either in annual installments (ten years) or lump sum
settlement, if approved by the Board of Directors. The Company has accrued the
present value of these benefits based upon their future retirement dates and
other factors, on its consolidated financial statements.
Depreciation
Depreciation
is calculated principally on the straight-line-method over the estimated useful
lives of the assets, which range from 3 to 40 years. Leasehold improvements are
amortized over the lesser of the useful life or remaining lease
terms.
Self-Insurance
The
Company is self insured for certain casualty insurance, workers
compensation and health benefit programs. Self – Insurance
reserves are maintained relative to these programs. The level of exposure from
catastrophic events is limited by the purchase of stop-loss and aggregate
liability reinsurance coverages. When estimating the self-insurance liabilities
and related reserves, management considers a number of factors, which include
historical claims experience, demographic factors, severity factors and
valuations provided independent third-party actuaries. Management reviews its
assumptions with its independent third-party administrators and actuaries to
evaluate whether the self-insurance reserves are adequate. If actual claims or
adverse development of loss reserves occurs and exceed these estimates,
additional reserves may be required. The
estimation process contains uncertainty since management must use judgment to
estimate the ultimate cost that will be incurred to settle reported claims and
unreported claims and unreported claims for incidents incurred but not reported
as of the balance sheet date.
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Results
of Operations
2007
Compared to 2006
Total
revenues increased by $57,218,000, or 37.5 %, from $152,530,000 for fiscal year
2006 to $209,748,000 for fiscal year 2007. Contributing to this increase in
total revenues was a $45,359,000 increase in mortgage fee income, a $1,487,000
increase in insurance premium and other considerations, a $8,711,000 increase in
net investment income, a $1,066,000 increase in mortuary and cemetery sales, a
$116,000 increase in realized gains on investments and other assets, and a
$479,000 increase in other revenues.
Insurance
premiums and other considerations increased by $1,487,000 from $30,776,000 in
2006 to $32,263,000 in 2007. This increase was primarily due to the additional
insurance premiums realized from new insurance sales.
Net
investment income increased by $8,711,000 from $23,246,000 in 2006 to
$31,956,000 in 2007. This increase was primarily attributable to additional
interest income from increased long-term bond and mortgage
purchases.
Net
mortuary and cemetery sales increased by $1,066,000 from $12,123,000 in 2006 to
$13,189,000 in 2007. This was due to increased at-need sales in the cemetery and
mortuary operations and increased pre-need sales of burial spaces in cemetery
operations.
Realized
gains on investments and other assets increased by $116,000 from $892,000 in
2006 to $1,008,000 in 2007. This increase was primarily due to a net increase in
several small income items throughout the Company’s operations.
Mortgage
fee income increased by $45,359,000 from $85,113,000 in 2006 to $130,472,000 in
2007. This increase was primarily attributable to an increase in the number of
loan originations and an increase in loan origination fees during
2007.
Other
revenues increased by $479,000 from $381,000 in 2006 to $860,000 in 2007. This
increase was due to increases in several small income items throughout the
Company’s operations and to a $172,000 payment from the City of Phoenix as
compensation for the condemnation of the Camelback Funeral Home to construct a
light rail facility.
Total
benefits and expenses were $206,625,000 for 2007, which constituted 98.5% of the
Company’s total revenues, as compared to $145,635,000, or 95.5% of the Company’s
total revenues for 2006.
Death
benefits, surrenders and other policy benefits, and increase in future policy
benefits increased by an aggregate of $2,423,000 from $27,319,000 in 2006 to
$29,742,000 in 2007. This net increase was primarily due to increased business
and to the expected increase in reserves for policyholder benefits and death
claims.
Amortization
of deferred policy and pre-need acquisition costs and value of business acquired
increased by $1,446,000 from $4,125,000 in 2006 to $5,571,000
in 2007. This increase was primarily due to increased deferred acquisition costs
associated with interest-sensitive products, from the recapture of the Mega
reinsurance agreement in the first quarter of 2006, increased business, and
pre-need cemetery contracts.
General
and administrative expenses increased by $49,776,000 from $105,728,000 in 2006
to $155,504,000 in 2007. Contributing to this increase was a $33,277,000
increase in commission expenses, from $63,680,000 in 2006 to $96,957,000 in 2007
due to a greater number of mortgage loan originations made by SecurityNational
Mortgage Company during 2007. Salaries increased by $5,997,000 from $17,948,000
in 2006 to $23,945,000 in 2007, primarily due to merit increases in the salaries
of existing employees and an increase in the number of employees necessitated as
the result of the Company’s expanding business operations. Other
expenses increased by $10,502,000 from $24,100,000 in 2006 to $34,602,000 in
2007. The increase in other expenses primarily resulted from increased costs at
SecurityNational Mortgage Company during 2007 due to a greater number of loan
originations.
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Interest
expense increased by $7,130,000 from $6,141,000 in 2006 to $13,271,000 in 2007.
This increase was primarily from increased warehouse lines of credit required
for a greater number of warehoused mortgage loans by SecurityNational Mortgage
Company.
Cost of
goods and services sold of the mortuaries and cemeteries increased by $215,000
from $2,322,000 in 2006 to $2,537,000 in 2007. This increase was primarily due
to increased cemetery and mortuary sales.
2006
Compared to 2005
Total
revenues increased by $22,580,000, or 17.4%, from $129,950,000 for fiscal year
2005 to $152,530,000 for fiscal year 2006. Contributing to this increase in
total revenues was a $13,254,000 increase in mortgage fee income, a $3,606,000
increase in insurance premium and other considerations, a $3,859,000 increase in
net investment income, a $1,284,000 increase in mortuary and cemetery sales, and
an $817,000 increase in realized gains on investments and other assets. This
increase was partially offset by a $240,000 decrease in other
revenues.
Insurance
premiums and other considerations increased by $3,606,000, from $27,170,000 in
2005 to $30,776,000 in 2006. This increase was primarily due to the additional
insurance premiums that were realized on new insurance sales and from the
acquisition of Memorial Insurance Company on December 29, 2005.
Net
investment income increased by $3,859,000, from $19,387,000 in 2005 to
$23,246,000 in 2006. This increase was primarily attributable to additional
interest income from increased long-term bond and mortgage purchases and
additional investment income from the assets received as a result of the
acquisition of Memorial Insurance Company.
Net
mortuary and cemetery sales increased by $1,284,000, from $10,839,000 in 2005 to
$12,123,000 in 2006. This was due to increased at-need sales in the cemetery and
mortuary operations and increased pre-need land sales in cemetery
operations.
Realized
gains on investments and other assets increased by $817,000, from $74,000 in
2005 to $891,000 in 2006. This increase was primarily due to a $760,000 payment
from the City of Phoenix as compensation for the condemnation of the Camelback
Funeral Home to construct a light rail facility.
Mortgage
fee income increased by $13,254,000, from $71,859,000 in 2005 to $85,113,000 in
2006. This increase was primarily attributable to an increase in the number of
loan originations during 2006 due to the opening of additional mortgage offices
in Irvine and Los Gatos, California; Overland Park, Kansas; Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma; Shallotte, North Carolina; and Beaverton, Oregon, and increased
production in existing mortgage offices, which resulted in financing a greater
number of mortgage loans.
Other
revenues decreased by $240,000, from $621,000 in 2005 to $381,000 in 2006. Other
revenues decreased in 2006 due to a reduction in other deposit funds and
reinsurance risk charges.
Total
benefits and expenses were $145,635,000 for 2006, which constituted 95.5% of the
Company’s total revenues, as compared to $125,222,000, or 96.4% of the Company’s
total revenues for 2005.
Death
benefits, surrenders and other policy benefits, and increase in future policy
benefits increased by $2,842,000 from $24,477,000 in 2005 to $27,319,000 in
2006. This net increase was primarily due to increased business and to the
expected increase in reserves for policyholder benefits and death
claims.
Amortization
of deferred policy and pre-need acquisition costs and value of business acquired
increased by $1,094,000 from $3,031,000 in 2005 to $4,125,000 in 2006. This
increase was primarily due to increased business on a slight increase in the
lapse rate of 8.4% in 2006 from 7.9% in 2005.
General
and administrative expenses increased by $15,038,000, from $90,690,000 in 2005
to $105,728,000 in 2006. Contributing to this increase was a $9,693,000 increase
in commission expenses, from $53,807,000 in 2005 to $63,680,000 in 2006 due to a
greater number of mortgage loan originations made by SecurityNational Mortgage
Company during 2006.
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Salaries
increased by $2,231,000 from $15,717,000 in 2005 to $17,948,000 in 2006,
primarily due to merit increases in the salaries of existing employees and an
increase in the number of employees necessitated as the result of the Company’s
expanding business operations. Other expenses increased by
$3,114,000, from $21,166,000 in 2005 to $24,100,000 in 2006. The increase in
other expenses primarily resulted from loan costs at SecurityNational Mortgage
Company during 2006 due to a greater number of loan originations and additional
expenses from the operations of Memorial Insurance Company, which the Company
purchased on December 29, 2005.
Interest
expense increased by $1,220,000, from $4,921,000 in 2005 to $6,141,000 in 2006.
This increase was primarily due to increased warehouse lines of credit required
for a greater number of warehoused mortgage loans by SecurityNational Mortgage
Company.
Cost of
goods and services sold of the mortuaries and cemeteries increased by $219,000,
from $2,103,000 in 2005 to $2,322,000 in 2006. This increase was primarily due
to increased cemetery and mortuary sales.
Risks
The
following is a description of the most significant risks facing the Company and
how it mitigates those risks:
Legal/Regulatory Risk
- the risk that changes in the legal or regulatory environment in which the
Company operates will create additional expenses and/or risks not anticipated by
the Company in developing and pricing its products. That is, regulatory
initiatives designed to reduce insurer profits, new legal theories or insurance
company insolvencies through guaranty fund assessments may create
costs for the insurer beyond those recorded in the consolidated financial
statements. In addition, changes in tax law with respect to mortgage interest
deductions or other public policy or legislative changes may affect the
Company’s mortgage sales. Also, the Company may be subject to further
regulations in the cemetery/mortuary business. The Company mitigates these risks
by offering a wide range of products and by diversifying its operations, thus
reducing its exposure to any single product or jurisdiction, and also by
employing underwriting practices which identify and minimize the adverse impact
of such risks.
Credit Risk - the
risk that issuers of securities owned by the Company, mortgagors of mortgage
loans on real estate and obligors on construction loans, will default or that
other parties, including reinsurers and holders of cemetery/ mortuary contracts
which owe the Company money, will not pay. The Company minimizes these risks by
adhering to a conservative investment strategy, by maintaining sound reinsurance
and credit and collection policies and by providing for any amounts deemed
uncollectible.
Due to
changes in the mortgage industry from higher than expected delinquencies in
subprime loans, the Company may be unable to sell its alternative documentation
loans to investors, which would require the Company to assume the risk of
holding and servicing such loans.
The
mortgage industry is currently experiencing substantial change due to higher
than expected delinquencies from subprime loans. The market for new
subprime loans has been substantially reduced and several mortgage companies
whose primary product was subprime mortgage originations have ceased
operations. The Company funded $5.4 million (0.2% of the Company’s
production) in subprime loans during the twelve months ending December 31, 2007
and has currently eliminated subprime loans from its product
offerings. The Company believes that its potential losses from
subprime loans are minimal.
The
industry problem with subprime mortgages has created a volatile secondary market
for other products, especially alternative documentation (Alt A) loans. Alt A
loans are typically offered to qualified borrowers who have relatively high
credit scores but are not required to provide full documentation to support
personal income and assets owned. Alt A loans can have a loan to value ratio as
high as 100%. As a result of these changes, the Company is not offering these
loans. Alt A loans represented approximately 21% of the Company’s
production for the six months ended June 30, 2007, but only 5% of the production
for the third quarter and 0% for the fourth quarter.
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Even
though the market changed for Alt A loans, SNMC was able to maintain volume in
the third and fourth quarters by increasing its production of other mortgage
products, primarily government and conforming loans. As of December 31, 2007,
the Company had originated a total of $24,591,000 in Alt A loans that had not
been settled by investors. This is down from $88,581,000 of Alt A
loans at June 30, 2007. The market for the remaining Alt A loans is
uncertain and, if the Company were unable to sell its Alt A loans, it would be
required to assume the risk of holding and servicing such loans. If
warehousing lines are not available the Company believes it has adequate
liquidity through its life insurance operations to carry such loans until
purchased by investors.
Interest Rate Risk -
the risk that interest rates will change which may cause a decrease in the value
of the Company’s investments or impair the ability of the Company to market its
mortgage and cemetery/mortuary products. This change in rates may cause certain
interest-sensitive products to become uncompetitive or may cause
disintermediation. The Company mitigates this risk by charging fees for
non-conformance with certain policy provisions, by offering products that
transfer this risk to the purchaser, and/or by attempting to match the maturity
schedule of its assets with the expected payouts of its liabilities. To the
extent that liabilities come due more quickly than assets mature, the Company
might have to borrow funds or sell assets prior to maturity and potentially
recognize a loss on the sale.
Mortality/Morbidity
Risk - the risk that the Company’s actuarial assumptions may differ from
actual mortality/morbidity experience may cause the Company’s products to be
underpriced, may cause the Company to liquidate insurance or other claims
earlier than anticipated and other potentially adverse consequences to the
business. The Company minimizes this risk through sound underwriting practices,
asset/liability duration matching, and sound actuarial practices.
Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and
accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
The
estimates susceptible to significant change are those used in determining the
liability for future policy benefits and claims, those used in determining
valuation allowances for mortgage loans on real estate, construction loans and
other receivables, and those used in determining the estimated future costs for
pre-need sales. Although some variability is inherent in these estimates,
management believes the amounts provided are adequate.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
The
Company’s life insurance subsidiaries and cemetery and mortuary subsidiaries
realize cash flow from premiums, contract payments and sales on personal
services rendered for cemetery and mortuary business, from interest and
dividends on invested assets, and from the proceeds from the maturity of
held-to-maturity investments or sale of other investments. The mortgage
subsidiary realizes cash flow from fees generated by originating and refinancing
mortgage loans and interest earned on mortgages sold to investors. The Company
considers these sources of cash flow to be adequate to fund future policyholder
and cemetery and mortuary liabilities, which generally are long-term, and
adequate to pay current policyholder claims, annuity payments, expenses on the
issuance of new policies, the maintenance of existing policies, debt service,
and to meet operating expenses.
On June
12, 2007, Security National Life Insurance Company entered into a revolving line
of credit with a financial institution to borrow up to $40,000,000. The
revolving line of credit is secured by commercial mortgages and construction
loans. The terms of the revolving line of credit is for a one year
term and interest is based upon the one year LIBOR rate (6.95% as of December
31, 2007). Accrued interest will be paid on a monthly basis, with the
principal, together with any outstanding accrued interest, to be paid in full on
June 12, 2008. Security National Life Insurance Company intends to
use this financing to provide short term liquidity for its commercial mortgage,
construction and warehouse lending operations of its affiliate SecurityNational
Mortgage Company. The amount outstanding as of December 31, 2007 was
$6,500,000.
Recently,
SecurityNational Mortgage Company renewed its warehouse lines of credit with its
non affiliated warehouse lenders. The total amount available under
these lines of credit is $450,000,000. The terms of the lines of
credit are for one year, with interest rates ranging from 1.5% to 1.75% over the
three month LIBOR rate (6.52% to 6.77% as of December 31, 2007).
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The
Company attempts to match the duration of invested assets with its policyholder
and cemetery and mortuary liabilities. The Company may sell investments other
than those held-to-maturity in the portfolio to help in this timing; however, to
date, that has not been necessary. The Company purchases short-term investments
on a temporary basis to meet the expectations of short-term requirements of the
Company’s products.
The
Company’s investment philosophy is intended to provide a rate of return, which
will persist during the expected duration of policyholder and cemetery and
mortuary liabilities regardless of future interest rate movements.
The
Company’s investment policy is to invest predominantly in fixed maturity
securities, mortgage loans, and warehousing of mortgage loans on a short-term
basis before selling the loans to investors in accordance with the requirements
and laws governing the life insurance subsidiaries. Bonds owned by the insurance
subsidiaries amounted to $119,777,000 as of December 31, 2007, compared to
$101,735,000 as of December 31, 2006. This represents 47.6% and 46.8% of the
total investments as of December 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006, respectively.
Generally, all bonds owned by the life insurance subsidiaries are rated by the
National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Under this rating system, there
are six categories used for rating bonds. At December 31 2007, 3.1% (or
$3,708,000) and at December 31, 2006, 2.3% (or $2,402,000) of the Company’s
total bond investments were invested in bonds in rating categories three through
six, which are considered non-investment grade.
The
Company has classified certain of its fixed income securities, including
high-yield securities, in its portfolio as available for sale, with the
remainder classified as held to maturity. However, in accordance with Company
policy, any such securities purchased in the future will be classified as held
to maturity. Business conditions, however, may develop in the future which may
indicate a need for a higher level of liquidity in the investment portfolio. In
that event the Company believes it could sell short-term investment grade
securities before liquidating higher-yielding longer-term
securities.
The
Company is subject to risk based capital guidelines established by statutory
regulators requiring minimum capital levels based on the perceived risk of
assets, liabilities, disintermediation, and business risk. At December 31, 2007,
and December 31, 2006, the life insurance subsidiary exceeded the regulatory
criteria.
The
Company’s total capitalization of stockholders’ equity, and bank debt and notes
payable was $69,157,000 as of December 31, 2007, as compared to $60,641,000 as
of December 31, 2006. Stockholders’ equity as a percent of total capitalization
was 81% and 87% as of December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006,
respectively.
If market
conditions were to cause interest rates to change, the market value of the fixed
income portfolio (of approximately $211,677,000 ) could change by the following
amounts based on the respective basis point swing (the change in the market
values were calculated using a modeling technique):
-200 bps
|
-100 bps
|
+100 bps
|
+200 bps
|
|
Change
in Market Value (in thousands)
|
$20,907
|
$10,141
|
$(11,770)
|
$(20,013)
|
Lapse
rates measure the amount of insurance terminated during a particular period. The
Company’s lapse rate for life insurance in 2007 was 7.9 %, as compared to a rate
of 8.4% in 2006.
At
December 31, 2007, $21,498,000 of the Company’s consolidated stockholders’
equity represents the statutory stockholders’ equity of the Company’s insurance
subsidiaries. The life insurance subsidiaries need to comply with applicable
state regulations before a dividend can be paid to their parent
company.
The
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for
forward-looking statements to encourage companies to provide prospective
information about their businesses without fear of litigation so long as those
statements are identified as forward-looking and are accompanied by meaningful
cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those projected in such statements. The
Company desires to take advantage of the “safe harbor” provisions of the
act.
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Forward-Looking
Statements
This
Annual Report of Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements, together with
related data and projections, about the Company’s projected financial results
and its future plans and strategies. However, actual results and needs of the
Company may vary materially from forward-looking statements and projections made
from time to time by the Company on the basis of management’s then-current
expectations. The business in which the Company is engaged involves changing and
competitive markets, which may involve a high degree of risk, and there can be
no assurance that forward-looking statements and projections will prove
accurate.
Factors
that may cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those
contemplated or projected, forecast, estimated or budgeted in such forward
looking statements include among others, the following possibilities: (i)
heightened competition, including the intensification of price competition, the
entry of new competitors, and the introduction of new products by new and
existing competitors; (ii) adverse state and federal legislation or regulation,
including decreases in rates, limitations on premium levels, increases in
minimum capital and reserve requirements, benefit mandates and tax treatment of
insurance products; (iii) fluctuations in interest rates causing a reduction of
investment income or increase in interest expense and in the market value of
interest rate sensitive investment; (iv) failure to obtain new customers, retain
existing customers or reductions in policies in force by existing customers; (v)
higher service, administrative, or general expense due to the need for
additional advertising, marketing, administrative or management information
systems expenditures; (vi) loss or retirement of key executives or employees;
(vii) increases in medical costs; (viii) changes in the Company’s liquidity due
to changes in asset and liability matching; (ix) restrictions on
insurance underwriting based on genetic testing and other criteria; (x) adverse
changes in the ratings obtained by independent rating agencies; (xi) failure to
maintain adequate reinsurance; (xii) possible claims relating to sales practices
for insurance products and claim denials and (xiii) adverse trends in mortality
and morbidity.
Off-Balance
Sheet Agreements
At
December 31, 2007, the Company was contingently liable under a standby
letter of credit aggregating $213,411, to be used as collateral to
cover any contingency related to additional risk assessments pertaining to the
Company's self-insurance casualty program. The Company does not expect any
material losses to result from the issuance of the standby letter of credit
because claims are not expected to exceed premiums paid. Accordingly, the
estimated fair value of these instruments is zero.
Recently,
SecurityNational Mortgage Company renewed its warehouse lines of credit with its
non affiliated warehouse lenders. The total amount available under these lines
of credit is $450,000,000. The terms of the lines of credit are for one year,
with interest rates ranging from 1.5% to 1.75% over the three month LIBOR rate
(6.52% to 6.77% as of December 31, 2007).
The
Company leases office space and equipment under various non-cancelable
agreements, with remaining terms up to five years. Minimum lease payments under
these non-cancelable operating leases as of December 31, 2007, are approximately
as follows:
Years Ending December 31:
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2008
|
$ | 1,404,000 | ||
2009
|
971,000 | |||
2010
|
468,000 | |||
2011
|
229,000 | |||
2012
|
75,000 | |||
Thereafter
|
-- | |||
Total
|
$ | 3,147,000 |
Total
rent expense related to these non-cancelable operating leases for the years
ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 was approximately $1,957,000, $1,222,000
and $828,000, respectively.
The total
of the Company unfunded residential construction loan commitments as of December
31, 2007 was $17,069,000.
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Variable
Interest Entities
In
conjunction with the Company’s casualty insurance program, limited equity
interests are held in a captive insurance entity. This program
permits the Company to self-insure a portion of losses, to gain access to a wide
array of safety-related services, to pool insurance risks and resources in order
to obtain more competitive pricing for administration and reinsurance and to
limit its risk of loss in any particular year. This entity meets the
definition of a variable interest entity (“VIE’s), however, based on the
criteria set forth in FASB Interpretation No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable
Interest Entities, an Interpretation of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51,
“there is not a requirement to include this entity in the consolidated financial
statements. The maximum exposure to loss related to the Company’s
involvement with this entity is limited to approximately $213,411, a majority of
which is collateralized under a standby letter of credit issued on the insurance
entity’s behalf. See Note 11, “Reinsurance, Commitments and
Contingencies”, for additional discussion of commitments associated with the
insurance program and Note 1, “Significant Accounting Policies”, for further
information on a standby letter of credit. As of December 31, 2007,
there are no other entities that met the definition of a VIE.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In July
2006, the FASB issued FIN 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income
Taxes, which attempts to set out a consistent framework for preparers to
use to determine the appropriate level of valuation allowance tax reserves to
maintain for deferred tax assets relating to uncertain tax positions. This
interpretation for FASB Statement No. 109 uses a two-step approach wherein a tax
benefit is recognized if a position is more-than-likely-than-not to be
sustained. The amount of the benefit is then measured to be the highest tax
benefit, which is greater than fifty percent likely to be realized. FIN 48 also
sets out disclosure requirements to enhance transparency of an entity’s tax
reserves. The Company adopted this Interpretation as of January 1,
2007. Management has considered the amounts and the probabilities of
the outcomes that could be realized upon ultimate settlement and believes that
it is more-likely-than-not that the Company’s recorded income tax benefits will
be fully realized. There were no unrecognized tax benefits at the
beginning or at the end of the year ended December 31, 2007.
The
Company records interest earned on income-tax refunds in other income, and
penalties and interest charged on tax deficiencies in interest expense. As of
the date of adoption, there were no amounts accrued for penalties or interest
related to unrecognized tax benefits.
In
February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial
Assets and Financial Liabilities – including an amendment of FASB Statement No
115 (“SFAS 159”). SFAS 159 allows measurement at fair value of
eligible financial assets and liabilities that are not otherwise measured at
fair value. If the fair value option for an eligible item is elected, unrealized
gains and losses for that item shall be reported in current earnings at each
subsequent reporting date. SFAS 159 also establishes presentation and disclosure
requirements designed to draw comparison between the different measurement
attributes the Company elects for similar types of assets and liabilities. This
statement is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The
Company is in the process of evaluating the application of the fair value option
and its effect on its financial position and results of operations.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141(R), Business Combinations, and
SFAS No. 160, Non-controlling
Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements. SFAS No. 141(R) requires
an acquirer to measure the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed
and any non-controlling interest in the acquiree at their fair values on the
acquisition date, with goodwill being the excess value over the net identifiable
assets acquired. SAFS No. 160 clarifies that a non-controlling interest in a
subsidiary should be reported as equity in the consolidated financial
statements, consolidated net income shall be adjusted to include the net income
attributed to the non-controlling interest and consolidated comprehensive income
shall be adjusted to include the comprehensive income attributed to the
non-controlling interest. The calculation of earnings per share will continue to
be based on income amounts attributable to the parent. SFAS No. 141(R) and SFAS
No. 160 are effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning
after December 15, 2008. Early adoption is prohibited. The Company has not yet
determined the effect on our consolidated financial statements, if any, upon
adoption of SFAS No. 141(R) or SFAS No. 160.
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In March
2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and
Hedging Activities. SFAS No. 161 amends SFAS
No. 133 , Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities to
require enhanced disclosures concerning the manner in which an entity uses
derivatives (and the reasons it uses them), the manner in which
derivatives and related hedged items are accounted for under SFAS No. 133 and interpretations thereof, and the effects
that derivatives and related hedged items have on an entity's financial
position, financial performance, and cash flows. SFAS No. 161 is
effective for financial statements of fiscal years and interim periods beginning
after November 15, 2008. The Company has not yet determined the
effects on our consolidated financial statements, if any, that may result upon
the adoption of SFAS 161.
Item
7A. Quantitative and
Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
The
Company has no activities in derivative financial or commodity instruments other
than those recorded and disclosed in the financial statements. See note 20 of
the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-K. The
Company’s exposure to market risks (i.e., interest rate risk, foreign currency
exchange rate risk and equity price risk) through other financial instruments,
including cash equivalents, accounts receivable and lines of credit, is not
material.
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Item
8. Financial Statements and
Supplementary Data
INDEX TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Page
No.
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Financial
Statements:
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Report of
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
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42
|
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheets, December 31, 2007 and 2006
|
43
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Earnings for the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and
2005
|
45
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Stockholders’ Equity, for the Years Ended December 31, 2005,
2006 and 2007
|
46
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows, for the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and
2005
|
47
|
|
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
|
49
|
|
Financial
Statement Schedules:
|
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II
Condensed
Financial Information of Registrant
|
119
|
|
IV
Reinsurance
|
125
|
|
V Valuation
and Qualifying Accounts
|
126
|
|
All other schedules to the Consolidated Financial Statements required by Article 7 of Regulation S-X are not required under the related instructions or are inapplicable and therefore have been omitted. |
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A Professional
Corporation
CERTIFIED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTANTS
AND
BUSINESS CONSULTANTS
5 Triad Center, Suite
750
Salt Lake City, UT
84180-1128
Phone: (801) 532-2200
Fax: (801) 532-7944
www.hbmcpas.com
REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the
Board of Directors and the Stockholders
Security
National Financial Corporation
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Security National
Financial Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 and the
related consolidated statements of earnings, stockholders’ equity, and cash
flows for each of the three years in the periods ended December 31, 2007. These
consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated
financial statements based on our audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to
have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over
financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over
financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are
appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing
an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles
used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the
overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our
opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Security
National Financial Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007 and 2006
and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three
years in the period ended December 31, 2007 in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Our
audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole. Supplemental Schedules II, IV and V, are
presented for purpose of additional analysis and are not a required part of the
basic financial statements. Such information has been subjected to the auditing
procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and, in our
opinion, are fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic
financial statements taken as a whole.
HANSEN, BARNETT & MAXWELL, P.C. |
Salt Lake
City, Utah
March 26,
2008
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SECURITY
NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
Assets
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Investments:
|
||||||||
Fixed
maturity securities, held to maturity, at amortized cost
|
$ | 116,896,016 | $ | 98,317,519 | ||||
Fixed
maturity securities, available for sale, at estimated fair
value
|
2,880,920 | 3,417,531 | ||||||
Equity
securities, available for sale, at estimated fair value
|
5,900,292 | 5,261,695 | ||||||
Mortgage
loans on real estate and construction loans, net of allowances for losses
of $1,435,131 and $1,026,576 for 2007 and 2006
|
92,884,055 | 85,135,011 | ||||||
Real
estate, net of accumulated depreciation of $4,340,390 and $4,024,710 for
2007 and 2006
|
7,946,304 | 5,002,853 | ||||||
Policy,
student and other loans net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $492,089
and $435,726 for 2007 and 2006
|
16,860,874 | 12,846,986 | ||||||
Short-term
investments
|
5,337,367 | 4,586,828 | ||||||
Accrued
investment income
|
3,032,285 | 2,684,029 | ||||||
Total
investments
|
251,738,113 | 217,252,452 | ||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
5,203,060 | 10,376,585 | ||||||
Mortgage
loans sold to investors
|
66,700,694 | 59,817,248 | ||||||
Receivables,
net
|
13,743,682 | 14,878,118 | ||||||
Restricted
assets of cemeteries and mortuaries
|
5,711,054 | 5,430,870 | ||||||
Cemetery
perpetual care trust investments
|
1,604,600 | 1,306,984 | ||||||
Receivable
from reinsurers
|
746,336 | 700,850 | ||||||
Cemetery
land and improvements
|
9,760,041 | 8,745,424 | ||||||
Deferred
policy and pre-need contract acquisition costs
|
30,786,229 | 28,395,762 | ||||||
Property
and equipment, net
|
14,828,699 | 14,059,529 | ||||||
Value
of business acquired
|
11,686,080 | 11,882,047 | ||||||
Goodwill
|
1,075,039 | 683,191 | ||||||
Other
|
4,579,018 | 3,866,123 | ||||||
Total
Assets
|
$ | 418,162,645 | $ | 377,395,183 | ||||
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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SECURITY
NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS (Continued)
December 31,
|
||||||||
Liabilities
and Stockholders' Equity
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Liabilities
|
||||||||
Future
life, annuity, and other benefits
|
$ | 296,068,767 | $ | 268,403,765 | ||||
Unearned
premium reserve
|
4,995,664 | 4,519,387 | ||||||
Bank
loans payable
|
12,552,666 | 6,923,344 | ||||||
Notes
and contracts payable
|
818,810 | 747,188 | ||||||
Deferred
pre-need cemetery and mortuary contract revenues
|
12,643,199 | 11,533,798 | ||||||
Accounts
payable
|
1,833,188 | 1,820,178 | ||||||
Other
liabilities and accrued expenses
|
14,812,845 | 11,611,033 | ||||||
Income
taxes
|
16,179,596 | 16,587,284 | ||||||
Total
liabilities
|
359,904,735 | 322,145,977 | ||||||
Commitments
and Contingencies
|
-- | -- | ||||||
Non-Controlling
Interest in Perpetual Care Trusts
|
2,473,758 | 2,278,510 | ||||||
Stockholders’
Equity
|
||||||||
Common
Stock:
|
||||||||
Class
A: common stock - $2.00 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; issued
7,885,229 shares in 2007 and 7,533,230 shares in 2006
|
15,770,458 | 15,066,460 | ||||||
Class
B: non-voting common stock - $1.00 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized;
none issued or outstanding
|
-- | -- | ||||||
Class
C: convertible common stock - $0.20 par value; 15,000,000 shares
authorized; issued 8,530,699 shares in 2007 and 7,117,591 shares in
2006
|
1,706,140 | 1,423,518 | ||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
17,737,172 | 17,064,488 | ||||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income and other items, net of taxes
|
1,596,791 | 1,703,155 | ||||||
Retained
earnings
|
21,104,156 | 20,495,063 | ||||||
Treasury
stock, at cost - 1,104,484 Class A shares and -0- Class C shares in 2007;
1,195,127 Class A shares and 145,045 Class C shares in
2006
|
(2,130,565 | ) | (2,781,988 | ) | ||||
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
55,784,152 | 52,970,696 | ||||||
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
|
$ | 418,162,645 | $ | 377,395,183 |
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
44
SECURITY
NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS
Years Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||
Insurance
premiums and other considerations
|
$ | 32,262,837 | $ | 30,776,491 | $ | 27,170,109 | ||||||
Net
investment income
|
31,956,444 | 23,245,631 | 19,386,571 | |||||||||
Net
mortuary and cemetery sales
|
13,188,655 | 12,122,728 | 10,838,878 | |||||||||
Realized
gains on investments and other assets
|
1,007,574 | 891,304 | 74,246 | |||||||||
Mortgage
fee income
|
130,472,166 | 85,112,831 | 71,859,272 | |||||||||
Other
|
860,406 | 381,548 | 620,751 | |||||||||
Total
revenues
|
209,748,082 | 152,530,533 | 129,949,827 | |||||||||
Benefits
and expenses:
|
||||||||||||
Death
benefits
|
16,274,813 | 15,155,711 | 13,250,080 | |||||||||
Surrenders
and other policy benefits
|
2,078,415 | 1,700,741 | 1,484,284 | |||||||||
Increase
in future policy benefits
|
11,389,019 | 10,462,384 | 9,742,218 | |||||||||
Amortization
of deferred policy and pre-need acquisition costs and value of business
acquired
|
5,570,799 | 4,124,747 | 3,030,734 | |||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative expenses:
|
||||||||||||
Commissions
|
96,957,340 | 63,680,122 | 53,807,368 | |||||||||
Salaries
|
23,944,999 | 17,947,902 | 15,716,813 | |||||||||
Other
|
34,601,551 | 24,099,924 | 21,166,024 | |||||||||
Interest
expense
|
13,270,871 | 6,141,298 | 4,921,238 | |||||||||
Cost
of goods and services sold – mortuaries and cemeteries
|
2,537,244 | 2,322,066 | 2,103,432 | |||||||||
Total
benefits and expenses
|
206,625,051 | 145,634,895 | 125,222,191 | |||||||||
Earnings
before income taxes
|
3,123,031 | 6,895,638 | 4,727,636 | |||||||||
Income
tax expense
|
(857,635 | ) | (1,771,188 | ) | (1,239,756 | ) | ||||||
Net
earnings
|
$ | 2,265,396 | $ | 5,124,450 | $ | 3,487,880 | ||||||
Net
earnings per Class A equivalent common share (1)
|
$ | 0.30 | $ | 0.70 | $ | 0.48 | ||||||
Net
earnings per Class A equivalent common share -assuming
dilution(1)
|
$ | 0.29 | $ | 0.68 | $ | 0.48 | ||||||
Weighted
average Class A equivalent common shares outstanding (1)
|
7,573,714 | 7,371,549 | 7,297,146 | |||||||||
Weighted
average Class A equivalent common shares outstanding-assuming dilution
(1)
|
7,754,053 | 7,530,136 | 7,329,225 |
(1)
Earnings per share amounts have been adjusted retroactively for the effect of
annual stock dividends. The weighted-average shares outstanding
includes the weighted-average Class A common shares and the weighted-average
Class C common shares determined on an equivalent Class A common stock
basis. Net earnings per common share represent net earnings per
equivalent Class A common share. Net earnings per Class C common
share is equal to one-tenth (1/10) of such amount or $0.03, $0.07 and $0.05 per
share of 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively, and $0.03, $0.07 and $0.05 per
share-assuming dilution for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
45
SECURITY
NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Class
A Common Stock
|
Class
C Common Stock
|
Additional
Paid-in Capital
|
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive
Income
(loss), and Other
Items
|
Retained
Earnings
|
Treasury
Stock
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
as of January 1, 2005
|
$ | 13,511,740 | $ | 1,293,641 | $ | 14,922,851 | $ | (11,352 | ) | $ | 15,365,259 | $ | (3,417,299 | ) | $ | 41,664,840 | ||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
— | — | — | — | 3,487,880 | — | 3,487,880 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
gains
|
— | — | — | 128,999 | — | — | 128,999 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total
comprehensive income
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 3,616,879 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of stock options
|
6,892 | — | 3,926 | — | (8,084 | ) | — | 2,734 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sale
of Treasury stock
|
— | — | 79,201 | — | — | 334,764 | 413,965 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
dividends
|
676,084 | 64,581 | 644,366 | — | (1,385,031 | ) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion
Class C to Class A
|
2,010 | (2,010 | ) | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2005
|
14,196,726 | 1,356,212 | 15,650,344 | 117,647 | 17,460,024 | (3,082,535 | ) | 45,698,418 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
— | — | — | — | 5,124,450 | — | 5,124,450 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
gains
|
— | — | — | 1,585,508 | — | — | 1,585,508 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total
comprehensive income
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 6,709,958 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of stock options
|
149,040 | — | (43,441 | ) | — | — | — | 105,599 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Purchase
of Treasury stock
|
— | — | — | — | — | (3,901 | ) | (3,901 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Sale
of Treasury stock
|
— | — | 154,154 | — | — | 304,448 | 458,602 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
for compensation
|
1,000 | — | 1,020 | — | — | — | 2,020 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
dividends
|
719,212 | 67,788 | 1,302,411 | — | (2,089,411 | ) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion
Class C to Class A
|
482 | (482 | ) | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2006
|
15,066,460 | 1,423,518 | 17,064,488 | 1,703,155 | 20,495,063 | (2,781,988 | ) | 52,970,696 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
— | — | — | 2,265,396 | — | 2,265,396 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
gains
|
— | — | — | (106,364 | ) | — | — | (106,364 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Total
comprehensive income
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 2,159,032 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of stock options
|
(76,974 | ) | 231,525 | (55,261 | ) | — | (96,289 | ) | — | 3,001 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sale
of Treasury stock
|
— | — | — | — | — | 651,423 | 651,423 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
dividends
|
750,826 | 81,244 | 727,944 | — | (1,560,014 | ) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion
Class C to Class A
|
30,146 | (30,147 | ) | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2007
|
$ | 15,770,458 | $ | 1,706,140 | $ | 17,737,172 | $ | 1,596,791 | $ | 21,104,156 | $ | (2,130,565 | ) | $ | 55,784,152 |
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
46
SECURITY
NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Years Ended December 31
|
||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
$ | 2,265,396 | $ | 5,124,450 | $ | 3,487,880 | ||||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities:
|
||||||||||||
Realized
(gains) losses on investments and other assets
|
(1,007,574 | ) | (891,304 | ) | (74,246 | ) | ||||||
Depreciation
|
2,398,330 | 2,023,017 | 2,094,022 | |||||||||
Provision
for losses on real estate accounts and loans receivable
|
741,974 | 558,370 | 87,376 | |||||||||
Amortization
of premiums and discounts
|
8,411 | (34,144 | ) | 36,637 | ||||||||
Provision
of deferred income taxes
|
481,810 | 1,153,985 | 862,024 | |||||||||
Policy
and pre-need acquisition costs deferred
|
(6,974,054 | ) | (7,313,030 | ) | (6,764,492 | ) | ||||||
Policy
and pre-need acquisition costs amortized
|
4,609,045 | 3,132,647 | 1,933,125 | |||||||||
Value
of business acquired amortized
|
951,639 | 992,100 | 1,097,609 | |||||||||
Change
in assets and liabilities net of effects from purchases and disposals of
subsidiaries:
|
||||||||||||
Land
and improvements sold to investors
|
(781,617 | ) | (247,197 | ) | 49,537 | |||||||
Future
life and other benefits
|
13,131,652 | 13,017,175 | 10,824,347 | |||||||||
Receivables
for mortgage loans sold
|
(6,883,446 | ) | (5,321,587 | ) | (6,803,081 | ) | ||||||
Other
operating assets and liabilities
|
1,067,072 | (520,347 | ) | 1,771,798 | ||||||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
10,008,638 | 11,674,135 | 8,602,536 | |||||||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||||||
Securities
held to maturity:
|
||||||||||||
Purchase
- fixed maturity securities
|
(2,206,067 | ) | (14,078,529 | ) | (5,984,347 | ) | ||||||
Calls
and maturities - fixed maturity securities
|
6,630,227 | 4,978,963 | 7,781,126 | |||||||||
Securities
available for sale:
|
||||||||||||
Purchase
- fixed maturity securities
|
(179,630 | ) | (173,262 | ) | (139,383 | ) | ||||||
Sales
- equity securities
|
868,371 | 11,973,825 | 4,183,108 | |||||||||
Purchases
of short-term investments
|
(16,946,889 | ) | (41,342,009 | ) | (13,700,353 | ) | ||||||
Sales
of short-term investments
|
16,196,350 | 39,966,771 | 15,117,762 | |||||||||
Purchases
of restricted assets
|
(302,114 | ) | (50,239 | ) | (57,453 | ) | ||||||
Change
in assets for perpetual care trusts
|
(276,437 | ) | (154,491 | ) | (163,254 | ) | ||||||
Amount
received for perpetual care trusts
|
195,248 | 105,260 | 89,500 | |||||||||
Mortgage,
policy, and other loans made
|
(114,782,049 | ) | (90,543,821 | ) | (76,034,805 | ) | ||||||
Payments
received for mortgage, policy, and other loans
|
105,790,916 | 76,979,450 | 69,804,347 | |||||||||
Purchases
of property and equipment
|
(3,009,279 | ) | (1,763,708 | ) | (2,236,732 | ) | ||||||
Disposal
of property and equipment
|
880,818 | (37,756 | ) | -- | ||||||||
Cash
received from sale of property and equipment
|
-- | -- | -- | |||||||||
Purchases
of real estate
|
(4,634,314 | ) | (2,262,890 | ) | (5,138,795 | ) | ||||||
Cash
(paid) received for purchase of subsidiaries, net of cash
acquired
|
(1,702,762 | ) | -- | 1,722,238 | ||||||||
Sale
of real estate
|
1,375,183 | 5,359,781 | 3,898,980 | |||||||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(12,102,428 | ) | (11,042,655 | ) | (858,061 | ) |
See
accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.
47
SECURITY
NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)
Years Ended December 31
|
||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||||||
Annuity
contract receipts
|
$ | 6,039,988 | $ | 5,941,594 | $ | 5,547,795 | ||||||
Annuity
contract withdrawals
|
(12,961,804 | ) | (10,817,231 | ) | (9,655,951 | ) | ||||||
Repayment
of bank loans and notes and contracts payable
|
(47,751,447 | ) | (2,572,524 | ) | (2,463,116 | ) | ||||||
Proceeds
from borrowing on notes and contracts
|
50,939,105 | -- | 672,439 | |||||||||
Purchase
of minority shareholder stock of subsidiary
|
-- | -- | (960,309 | ) | ||||||||
Stock
options exercised
|
3,000 | 105,599 | -- | |||||||||
Purchase
of treasury stock
|
-- | (3,901 | ) | -- | ||||||||
Sale
of treasury stock
|
651,423 | 458,602 | 413,965 | |||||||||
Net
cash used in financing activities
|
(3,079,735 | ) | (6,887,861 | ) | (6,445,177 | ) | ||||||
Net
change in cash and cash equivalents
|
(5,173,525 | ) | (6,256,381 | ) | 1,299,298 | |||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of year
|
10,376,585 | 16,632,966 | 15,333,668 | |||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of year
|
$ | 5,203,060 | $ | 10,376,585 | $ | 16,632,966 |
Supplemental
Schedule of Cash Flow Information:
The
following information shows the non-cash items in connection with the purchase
of Memorial Insurance Company of America on December 29, 2005 and C
& J Financial, LLC on July 16, 2007 and Capital Reserve Life Insurance
Company on December 17, 2007.
2007
|
2005
|
|||||||
Fair
value of assets acquired
|
$ | (30,597,342 | ) | $ | (30,949,802 | ) | ||
Fair
value of liabilities assumed
|
26,546,698 | 32,672,040 | ||||||
Notes
Payable and other liabilities incurred
|
2,318,260 | -- -- | ||||||
Cash
received (paid)
|
$ | (1,732,384 | ) | $ | 1,722,238 |
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
48
SECURITY
NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
1) Significant Accounting
Policies
General
Overview of Business
Security
National Financial Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries (the “Company”)
operate in three main business segments: life insurance, cemetery and mortuary,
and mortgage loans. The life insurance segment is engaged in the business of
selling and servicing selected lines of life insurance, annuity products and
accident and health insurance marketed primarily in the intermountain west,
California and eleven southern states. The cemetery and mortuary
segment of the Company consists of five cemeteries in Utah, one cemetery in
California, eight mortuaries in Utah and four mortuaries in Arizona. The
mortgage loan segment is an approved government and conventional lender that
originates and underwrites residential and commercial loans for new
construction, existing homes and real estate projects primarily in Arizona,
California, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon,
Texas, Utah, and Washington.
Basis
of Presentation
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America. The presentation of certain amounts in prior years has been
reclassified to conform to the 2007 presentation.
Principles
of Consolidation
These
consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of Security
National Financial Corporation and its majority owned subsidiaries. All
intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated in
consolidation.
Investments
The
Company’s management determines the appropriate classifications of investments
in fixed maturity securities and equity securities at the acquisition date and
re-evaluates the classifications at each balance sheet date.
Held-to-maturity
investments are carried at amortized cost, reflecting the Company’s intent and
ability to hold the securities to maturity. Available-for-sale securities are
stated at estimated fair value with net unrealized gains or losses reported as a
component of accumulated other comprehensive income.
Investment
gains and losses arise when investments are sold (as determined on a specific
identification basis) or are other-than-temporarily impaired. If in management’s
judgment a decline in the value of an investment below cost is other than
temporary, the cost of the investment is written down to fair value with a
corresponding charge to earnings. Factors considered in judging whether an
impairment is other than temporary include: the financial condition,
business prospects and credit worthiness of the issuer, the length of time that
fair value has been less than cost, the relative amount of the decline, and the
Company’s ability and intent to hold the investment until the fair value
recovers, which is not assured.
49
SECURITY
NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
1) Significant Accounting
Policies (Continued)
Fixed maturity securities
held to maturity are carried at cost, adjusted for amortization of
premium or accretion of discount. Although the Company has the ability and
intent to hold these investments to maturity, infrequent and unusual conditions
could occur under which it would sell certain of these securities. Those
conditions include unforeseen changes in asset quality, significant changes in
tax laws, and changes in regulatory capital requirements or permissible
investments.
Fixed maturity and equity
securities available for sale are carried at estimated fair value, which
is based upon quoted trading prices. Changes in fair values net of income taxes
are reported as unrealized appreciation or depreciation and recorded as an
adjustment directly to stockholders’ equity and, accordingly, have no effect on
net income.
Mortgage loans on real
estate, construction loans and mortgage loans held for sale are carried
at unpaid principal balances, adjusted for amortization of premium or accretion
of discount, less allowance for possible losses.
Real estate is
carried at cost, less accumulated depreciation provided on a straight-line basis
over the estimated useful lives of the properties, or is adjusted to a new basis
from impairment in value, if any.
Policy, student, and other
loans are carried at the aggregate unpaid balances, less allowances for
possible losses.
Short-term
investments are carried at cost and consist of certificates of deposit
and commercial paper with maturities of up to one year.
Restricted assets of
cemeteries and mortuaries are assets held in a trust account for future
mortuary services and merchandise and consist of cash; participations in
mortgage loans with Security National Life Insurance Company; mutual funds
carried at cost; fixed maturity securities carried at cost adjusted for
amortization of premium or accretion of discount; and equity securities carried
at fair market value.
Cemetery and mortuary
perpetual care trust business segment contains six wholly owned
cemeteries. Of the six cemeteries owned by the Company, four
cemeteries are endowment care properties. Under endowment care
arrangements a portion of the price for each lot sold is withheld and invested
in a portfolio of investments similar to those described in the prior
paragraph. The earnings stream from the investments is designed
to fund future maintenance and upkeep of the cemetery.
Realized gains and losses on
investments and declines in value considered to be other than temporary,
are recognized in operations on the specific identification basis.
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
For
purposes of the statement of cash flows, the Company considers all highly liquid
debt instruments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to
be cash equivalents.
Cemetery
Land and Improvements Held for Sale
The
development of a cemetery involves not only the initial acquisition of raw land
but the installation of roads, water lines, landscaping and other costs to
establish a marketable cemetery lot. The costs of developing the
cemetery are shown as an asset on the balance sheet. The amount on
the balance sheet is reduced by the total cost assigned to the development of a
particular lot, when the criteria for recognizing a sale of that lot is
met.
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NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
1) Significant Accounting
Policies (Continued)
Property
and Equipment
Property,
plant and equipment are recorded at cost. Depreciation is calculated principally
on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets which
range from three to forty years. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the
lesser of the useful life or remaining lease terms.
Recognition
of Insurance Premiums and Other Considerations
Premiums
for traditional life insurance products (which include those products with fixed
and guaranteed premiums and benefits and consist principally of whole life
insurance policies, limited-payment life insurance policies, and certain
annuities with life contingencies) are recognized as revenues when due from
policyholders. Revenues for interest-sensitive insurance policies (which include
universal life policies, interest-sensitive life policies, deferred annuities,
and annuities without life contingencies) are recognized when earned and consist
of policy charges for the policy administration charges, and surrender charges
assessed against policyholder account balances during the period.
Deferred
Policy Acquisition Costs and Value of Business Acquired
Commissions
and other costs, net of commission and expense allowances for reinsurance ceded,
that vary with and are primarily related to the production of new insurance
business have been deferred. Deferred policy acquisition costs for traditional
life insurance are amortized over the premium-paying period of the related
policies using assumptions consistent with those used in computing policy
benefit reserves. For interest-sensitive insurance products, deferred policy
acquisition costs are amortized generally in proportion to the present value of
expected gross profits from surrender charges, investment, mortality
and expense margins. This amortization is adjusted when estimates of current or
future gross profits to be realized from a group of products are reevaluated.
Deferred acquisition costs are written off when policies lapse or are
surrendered.
Effective
January 1, 2007, the AICPA issued Statement of Position 05-1, Accounting by Insurance
Enterprises for Deferred Acquisition Costs (“DAC”) in Connection with
Modifications or Exchanges of Insurance Contracts, (“SOP 05-1”). SOP 05-1
provides guidance on accounting by insurance enterprises for DAC on internal
replacements of insurance and investment contracts. An internal replacement is a
modification in product benefits, features, rights or coverage that occurs by
the exchange of a contract for a new contract, or by amendment, endorsement, or
rider to contract, or by the election of a feature or coverage within a
contract. Modifications that result in a replacement contract that is
substantially changed from the replaced contract should be accounted for as an
extinguishment of the replaced contract. Unamortized DAC, unearned revenue
liabilities and deferred sales inducements from the replaced contract must be
written-off. Modifications that result in a contract that is substantially
unchanged from the replaced contract should be accounted for as a continuation
of the replaced contract. The Company adopted SOP 05-1 effective January 1,
2007. Adoption of this statement had no impact adopted on the Company’s
consolidated financial statements.
Value of
business acquired is the present value of estimated future profits of the
acquired business and is amortized similar to deferred policy acquisition
costs.
Allowance
for Loan Losses and Doubtful Accounts
The
Company records an estimate of the expense for potential losses from not
collecting mortgage loans, other loans and receivables. Mortgage loans held for
sale and significant receivables are the result of cemetery and mortuary
operations, mortgage loan operations and other receivables. The allowance is
based upon the Company’s experience. The critical issues that impact recovery of
the cemetery and mortuary receivables is the overall economy. The critical
issues that impact recovery of mortgage loan operations are interest rate risk
and loan underwriting.
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SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
1) Significant Accounting
Policies (Continued)
Future
Life, Annuity and Other Policy Benefits
Future
policy benefit reserves for traditional life insurance are computed using a net
level method, including assumptions as to investment yields, mortality,
morbidity, withdrawals, and other assumptions based on the life insurance
subsidiaries experience, modified as necessary to give effect to anticipated
trends and to include provisions for possible unfavorable deviations.
Such liabilities are, for some plans, graded to equal statutory values or cash
values at or prior to maturity. The range of assumed interest rates for all
traditional life insurance policy reserves was 4.5% to 10%. Benefit reserves for
traditional limited-payment life insurance policies include the deferred portion
of the premiums received during the premium-paying period. Deferred premiums are
recognized as income over the life of the policies. Policy benefit claims are
charged to expense in the period the claims are incurred. Increases in future
policy benefits are charged to expense.
Future
policy benefit reserves for interest-sensitive insurance products are computed
under a retrospective deposit method and represent policy account balances
before applicable surrender charges. Policy benefits and claims that are charged
to expense include benefit claims incurred in the period in excess of related
policy account balances. Interest crediting rates for interest-sensitive
insurance products ranged from 4% to 6.5%.
Participating
Insurance
Participating
business constituted 2%, 2%, and 3% of insurance in force for 2007, 2006 and
2005, respectively. The provision for policyholders’ dividends included in
policyholder obligations is based on dividend scales anticipated by management.
Amounts to be paid are determined by the Board of Directors.
Reinsurance
The
Company follows the procedure of reinsuring risks in excess of $75,000 to
provide for greater diversification of business to allow management to control
exposure to potential losses arising from large risks, and provide additional
capacity for growth. The Company remains liable for amounts ceded in the event
the reinsurers are unable to meet their obligations.
The
Company entered into coinsurance agreements with unaffiliated insurance
companies under which the Company assumed 100% of the risk for certain life
insurance policies and certain other policy-related liabilities of the insurance
company.
Reinsurance
premiums, commissions, expense reimbursements, and reserves related to reinsured
business are accounted for on a basis consistent with those used in accounting
for the original policies issued and the terms of the reinsurance contracts.
Expense allowances received in connection with reinsurance ceded are accounted
for as a reduction of the related policy acquisition costs and are deferred and
amortized accordingly.
Cemetery
and Mortuary Operations
Pre-need
contract sales of funeral services and caskets - revenue and costs associated
with the sales of pre-need funeral services and caskets are deferred until the
services are performed or the caskets are delivered.
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NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
1) Significant Accounting
Policies (Continued)
Sales of
cemetery interment rights (cemetery burial property) - revenue and costs
associated with the sale of cemetery interment rights are recognized in
accordance with the retail land sales provisions of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 66, Accounting for the Sales of Real
Estate (FAS No. 66). Under FAS 66, recognition of revenue and associated
costs from constructed cemetery property must be deferred until a minimum
percentage of the sales price has been collected. Revenues related to the sale
of unconstructed cemetery property is deferred until such property
has been constructed and meets the criteria of FAS No. 66 described
above.
Pre-need
contract sales of cemetery merchandise (primarily markers and vaults) - revenue
and costs associated with the sale of pre-need cemetery merchandise is deferred
until the merchandise is delivered. Pre-need contract sales of
cemetery services (primarily merchandise delivery, installation fees and burial
opening and closing fees) - revenue and costs associated with the sales of
pre-need cemetery services are deferred until the services are
performed.
Prearranged
funeral and pre-need cemetery customer acquisition costs - costs incurred
related to obtaining new pre-need contract cemetery and prearranged funeral
services are accounted for under the guidance of the provisions of Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 60 Accounting and Reporting by
Insurance Enterprises (FAS No. 60). Obtaining costs, which include only
costs that vary with and are primarily related to the acquisition of new
pre-need cemetery and prearranged funeral services, are deferred until the
merchandise is delivered or services are performed.
Revenues
and costs for at-need sales are recorded when a valid contract exists, the
services are performed, collection reasonably assured and there are no
significant obligations remaining.
The
Company, through its mortuary and cemetery operations, provides guaranteed
funeral arrangements wherein a prospective customer can receive future goods and
services at guaranteed prices. To accomplish this, the Company, through its life
insurance operations, sells to the customer an increasing benefit life insurance
policy that is assigned to the mortuaries. If, at the time of need, the
policyholder/potential mortuary customer utilizes one of the Company’s
facilities, the guaranteed funeral arrangement contract that has been assigned
will provide the funeral goods and services at the contracted price. The
increasing life insurance policy will cover the difference between the original
contract prices and current prices. Risks may arise if the difference cannot be
fully met by the life insurance policy. However, management believes that given
current inflation rates and related price increases of goods and services, the
risk of exposure is minimal.
Mortgage
Operations
During
the twelve months ended December 31, 2007, SecurityNational Mortgage Company
(“SNMC”) experienced an increase in revenues and expenses due to the increase in
loan volume of its mortgage operations. SNMC is a mortgage lender
incorporated under the laws of the State of Utah. SNMC is approved and regulated
by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), a department of the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), to originate mortgage loans that qualify
for government insurance in the event of default by the borrower. SNMC obtains
loans primarily from independent brokers and correspondents. SNMC funds the
loans from internal cash flows and lines of credit from financial institutions.
SNMC receives fees from the borrowers and other secondary fees from third party
investors who purchase the loans from SNMC. SNMC sells its loans to third party
investors and does not retain servicing to these loans. SNMC pays the brokers
and correspondents a commission for loans that are brokered through
SNMC.
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NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
1) Significant Accounting
Policies (Continued)
The
mortgage industry is currently experiencing substantial change due to higher
than expected delinquencies from subprime loans. The market for new
subprime loans has been substantially reduced and several mortgage companies
whose primary product was subprime mortgage originations have ceased
operations. The Company funded $5,504,800 (0.14% of the Company’s
production) in subprime loans during the twelve months ending December 31, 2007
and has currently eliminated subprime loans from its product offerings. The
Company believes that its potential losses from subprime loans are
minimal
The
industry problem with subprime mortgages has created a volatile secondary market
for other products, especially alternative documentation (Alt A) loans. Alt A
loans are typically offered to qualified borrowers who have relatively high
credit scores but are not required to provide full documentation to support
personal income and assets owned. Alt A loans can have a loan to value ratio as
high as 100%. As a result of these changes, the Company is not offering these
loans. Alt A loans represented approximately 21% of the Company’s production for
the six months ended June 30, 2007, only 5% of the production for the third
quarter and 0% for the fourth quarter.
As a
consequence of these changes in the industry for Alt A loans, SNMC suffered a
pre-tax loss for the twelve months ended December 31, 2007 of approximately
$1,475,816. The greatest impact of the operating loss was experienced in
July 2007 when there were very little secondary gains. The secondary
market improved in subsequent months decreasing the size of the monthly
operating loss and the last three months of 2007 the mortgage
operations showed a significant profit. In response to the change in market
conditions, management increased loan fees, lowered commissions, closed
unprofitable branches, obtained more favorable borrowing terms from warehouse
lenders, and reduced corporate expenses. Even though the market changed
for Alt A loans, SNMC was able to maintain volume in the third and fourth
quarters by increasing its production of other mortgage products, primarily
government and conforming loans.
As of
December 31 2007, the Company was holding a total of $24,590,554 in Alt A loans
that had not been settled by investors. This was reduced from
$88,580,948 as of June 30, 2007. The market for the remaining Alt A
loans is uncertain and if the Company is unable to sell its Alt A loans it will
be required to assume the risk of holding and servicing such
loans. If warehousing lines are not available, the Company believes
it has adequate liquidity through its life insurance operations to carry such
loans until purchased by investors.
Even
though market conditions have improved somewhat, the Company expects further
significant industry challenges to continue through the remainder of
2008. Under these circumstances it is difficult to predict
profitability, if any. Profitability may be impacted by volume
reduction, changes in margins, increased borrowing costs, and future loan
losses. Management has taken and will continue to take a number of
actions in response to the changing market conditions. These include
offering Alt A loans on a limited basis, closing unprofitable branch offices,
obtaining new warehousing agreements at a lower interest rates, and expense
reduction initiatives.
During
the twelve months ending December 31, 2007, the Company experienced loan losses
of $5,467,000. This amount was charged against the provision
for loan losses. The balance of the reserve for loan losses at December
31, 2007 was $2,356,000. The provision for loan losses is included in other
general and administrative expenses. Because of the market
conditions, the Company has increased its monthly loan loss to 12.5 basis points
of total production. The Company believes the loan loss reserves are
sufficient to cover reasonably foreseeable future loan losses and that its
formula for determining the provision for such reserves is
adequate.
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NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
1) Significant Accounting
Policies (Continued)
On June
12, 2007, Security National Life Insurance Company entered into a revolving line
of credit with a financial institution to borrow up to $40,000,000. The
revolving line of credit is secured by commercial mortgages and construction
loans. The terms of the revolving line of credit is for a one year
term and interest is based upon the one year LIBOR rate (6.95% as of December
31, 2007). Accrued interest will be paid on a monthly
basis, with the principal, together with any outstanding accrued interest, to be
paid in full on June 12, 2008. Security National Life Insurance
Company intends to use this financing to provide short term liquidity for its
commercial mortgage, construction and warehouse lending operations of its
affiliate SecurityNational Mortgage Company. The amount outstanding
as of December 31, 2007 was $6,500,000.
Recently,
SecurityNational Mortgage Company renewed its warehouse lines of credit with its
non affiliated warehouse lenders. The total amount available under
these lines of credit is $450,000,000. The terms of the lines of
credit are for one year, with interest rates ranging from 1.5% to 1.75% over the
three month LIBOR rate(6.52% to 6.77% as of December 31, 2007).
Self
Insurance
The
Company is self insured for certain casualty insurance, workers
compensation and health benefit programs. Self-Insurance
reserves are maintained relative to these programs. The level of exposure from
catastrophic events is limited by the purchase of stop-loss and aggregate
liability reinsurance coverages. When estimating the self-insurance liabilities
and related reserves, management considers a number of factors, which include
historical claims experience, demographic factors, severity factors and
valuations provided by independent third-party actuaries.
Management reviews its assumptions with its independent third-party
administrators and actuaries to evaluate whether the self-insurance reserves are
adequate. If actual claims or adverse development of loss reserves occurs and
exceed these estimates, additional reserves may be required. The estimation
process contains uncertainty since management must use judgment to estimate the
ultimate cost that will be incurred to settle reported claims and unreported
claims for incidents incurred but not reported as of the balance sheet
date.
Goodwill
Previous
acquisitions have been accounted for as purchases under which assets acquired
and liabilities assumed were recorded at their fair values with the excess
purchase price recognized as goodwill. The Company evaluates annually or when
changes in circumstances warrant the recoverability of goodwill and if there is
a decrease in value, the related impairment is recognized as a charge against
income. No impairment of goodwill has been recognized in the
accompanying financial statements.
Long-lived
Assets
Long-lived
assets to be held and used are reviewed for impairment whenever events or
changes in circumstances indicate that the related carrying amount may not be
recoverable. When required, impairment losses on assets to be held and used are
recognized based on the fair value of the asset, and long-lived assets to be
disposed of are reported at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less
costs to sell. No impairment of long-lived assets has been recognized
in the accompanying financial statements.
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NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
1) Significant Accounting
Policies (Continued)
Income
Taxes
Income
taxes include taxes currently payable plus deferred taxes. Deferred tax assets
and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to
the temporary differences in the financial reporting basis and tax basis of
assets and liabilities and operating loss carry-forwards. Deferred tax assets
are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the
years in which these temporary differences are expected to be recovered or
settled.
In June
2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Interpretation
No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 clarifies
the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s
financial statements in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes (“FAS 109”). This interpretation
prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial
statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be
taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition of tax
benefits, classification on the balance sheet, interest and penalties,
accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition. The adoption of FIN
48 did not have an impact on the total liabilities or shareholders’ equity of
the Company.
Earnings
Per Common Share
The
Company computes earnings per share in accordance with Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 128, Earnings per share. This
Standard requires presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share. Basic
earnings per equivalent Class A common share are computed by dividing net
earnings by the weighted-average number of Class A common shares outstanding
during each year presented, after the effect of the assumed conversion of Class
C common stock to Class A common stock. Diluted earnings per share is computed
by dividing net earnings by the weighted-average number of common shares
outstanding during the year used to compute basic earnings per share plus
dilutive potential incremental shares. Basic and diluted earnings per
share amounts have been adjusted retroactively for the effect of annual stock
dividends.
Stock
Compensation
Effective
January 1, 2006, the Company adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 123 (revised 2004). Share-Based Payment
(“SFAS123R”). SFAS 123R requires the recognition of the cost of employee
services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments in the
financial statements and is measured based on the grant date fair value of the
award. The fair value of all options was calculated using the Black Scholes
method. SFAS 123R also requires the stock option compensation expense
to be recognized over the period during which an employee is required to provide
service in exchange for the award (the vesting period). Prior to adopting SFAS
123R, the Company accounted for stock-based compensation plans under Accounting
Principles Board Opinion (“APB”) No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees (“APB 25”). Under APB 25, generally no compensation expense is
recorded when the terms of the award are fixed and the exercise price of the
employee stock option equals or exceeds the fair value of the underlying stock
on the date of grant. The Company adopted the disclosure-only
provision of SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation (“SFAS 123”).
The
Company also has one variable option plan (the “1987 Plan”). In accordance with
SFAS 123R for 2007 and 2006 and APB Opinion No. 25 for 2005, compensation cost
related to options granted and outstanding under this plan is estimated and
recognized over the period of the award based on changes in the current market
price of the Company’s stock over the vesting period. Options granted under the
1987 Plan are exercisable for a period of ten years from the date of
grant. No compensation was recognized under SFAS 123R for 2007 and
2006 or under APB 25 for 2005.
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NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
1) Significant Accounting
Policies (Continued)
The
Company has four fixed option plans (the “1993 Plan,” the “2000 Plan”, the “2003
Plan” and the “2006 Plan”). Compensation cost of $20,120 has been recognized for
these plans under SFAS 123R for 2007 and 2006 and no compensation under APB 25
for 2005. Had compensation cost for 2005 and for these plans been
determined based upon the fair value at the grant date consistent with the
methodology prescribed under SFAS No. 123R, the Company’s net earnings and basic
and diluted earnings per share would have been reduced as follows:
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||
2005
|
||||
Net
earnings, as reported
|
$ | 3,487,880 | ||
Total
stock-based employee compensation recognized
|
-- | |||
Total
stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value
based method for all awards
|
(676,920 | ) | ||
Pro
forma net earnings
|
$ | 2,810,960 | ||
Basic
earnings per share, as reported
|
$ | 0.48 | ||
Diluted
earnings per share as reported
|
$ | 0.48 | ||
Basic
earnings per share, pro forma
|
$ | 0.39 | ||
Diluted
earnings per share, pro forma
|
$ | 0.38 |
The
weighted-average fair value of each option granted in 2007 under the 2006 Plan,
is estimated at $2.35 as of the grant date using the Black Scholes Option
Pricing Model with the following assumptions: dividend yield of 5%, volatility
of 47%, risk-free interest rate of 3.4%, and an expected life of ten years. For
the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company calculated compensation expense of
$12,440 related to stock options.
The
weighted-average fair value of each option granted in 2006 under the 2006 Plan,
is estimated at $3.11 as of the grant date using the Black Scholes Option
Pricing Model with the following assumptions: dividend yield of 5%, volatility
of 42%, risk-free interest rate of 3.4%, and an expected life of ten years. For
the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company calculated compensation expense of
$7,680 related to stock options.
The
weighted-average fair value of options granted in 2005 under the 2000 Plan and
the 2003 Plan is estimated at $1.92 as of the grant date using the Black Scholes
option-pricing model with the following assumptions: dividend yield
of 5%, volatility of 39%, risk-free interest rate of 3.4%, and an expected life
of five to ten years.
The
Company generally estimates the expected life of the options based upon the
contractual term of the options. Future volatility is estimated based
upon the historical volatility of the Company’s Class A common stock over a
period equal to the estimated life of the options. Common stock
issued upon exercise of stock options are generally new share issuances rather
than from treasury shares. Future compensation relating to non-vested
stock options at December 31, 2007 is not material.
Concentration
of Credit Risk
The
Company maintains its cash in bank deposit accounts, which at times exceed
federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses in such
accounts and believes it is not exposed to any significant credit risk on cash
and cash equivalents.
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NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
1) Significant Accounting
Policies (Continued)
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements,
which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in
generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosures about fair
value measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after
November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years. In February
2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP FIN) No. 157-2 which extended the
effective date for certain nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities to
fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008. The Company does not expect the
adoption of SFAS No. 157 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial
statements.
In
February 2007 the FASB issued SFAS No 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial
Assets and Financial Liabilities – including an amendment of FASB Statement No
115 (“SFAS 159”) SFAS 159 allows measurement at fair value of eligible
financial assets and liabilities that are not otherwise measured at fair
value. If the fair value option for an eligible item is elected,
unrealized gains and losses for that item shall be reported in current earnings
at each subsequent reporting date. SFAS 159 also establishes
presentation and disclosure requirements designed to draw comparison between the
different measurement attributes the Company elects for similar types of assets
and liabilities. This statement is effective for fiscal years
beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is in the process of
evaluating the application of the fair value option and its effect on its
financial position and results of operations.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141(R), Business Combinations, and
SFAS No. 160, Non-controlling
Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements. SFAS No. 141(R) requires
an acquirer to measure the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed
and any non-controlling interest in the acquiree at their fair values on the
acquisition date, with goodwill being the excess value over the net identifiable
assets acquired. SAFS No. 160 clarifies that a non-controlling interest in a
subsidiary should be reported as equity in the consolidated financial
statements, consolidated net income shall be adjusted to include the net income
attributed to the non-controlling interest and consolidated comprehensive income
shall be adjusted to include the comprehensive income attributed to the
non-controlling interest. The calculation of earnings per share will continue to
be based on income amounts attributable to the parent. SFAS No. 141(R) and SFAS
No. 160 are effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning
after December 15, 2008. Early adoption is prohibited. The Company has not yet
determined the effect on our consolidated financial statements, if any, upon
adoption of SFAS No. 141(R) or SFAS No. 160.
In March
2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and
Hedging Activities. SFAS No. 161 amends SFAS No. 133 , Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities to require enhanced disclosures
concerning the manner in which an entity uses derivatives (and the reasons it
uses them), the manner in which derivatives and related hedged items
are accounted for under SFAS No. 133 and interpretations thereof, and the
effects that derivatives and related hedged items have on an entity's financial
position, financial performance, and cash flows. SFAS No. 161 is
effective for financial statements of fiscal years and interim periods beginning
after November 15, 2008. The Company has not yet determined the
effects on our consolidated financial statements, if any, that may result upon
the adoption of SFAS 161.
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NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
2) Acquisitions
Southern
Security Life - Minority Interest Acquisition
As of
December 31, 2004, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Security National Life
Insurance Company (“Security National Life”), and its wholly owned subsidiary,
SSLIC Holding, owned approximately 77% of the outstanding shares of common stock
of Southern Security Life.
On
January 1, 2005, the Company, through Security National Life, acquired the
remaining 490,816 shares of common stock or the remaining 23% of Southern
Security Life for $3.84 per share in cash, or an aggregate of $1,884,733, which
was primarily paid during 2005.
The
Florida Office of Insurance Regulation approved a reinsurance agreement on
December 28, 2005. As a result of the reinsurance agreement, all of
the insurance business and operations of Southern Security Life, including its
assets and liabilities, were transferred to Security National Life, as
reinsurer, as of December 31, 2005, the effective date of the agreement, except
for the capital and surplus which is required to be maintained under Florida
law. Thus, approximately $48,528,000 in assets and liabilities were
transferred from Southern Security Life to Security National Life pursuant to
the reinsurance agreement.
Southern
Security Life - Sale
On
December 29, 2006, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Security
National Life, entered into an agreement to sell Southern Security Life to
American Network Insurance Company ("American Network"), a Pennsylvania
corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Penn Treaty America Corporation, a
Pennsylvania corporation. The transaction was subject to and conditioned upon
the subsequent approval of the transaction by the Florida Office of Insurance
Regulation, the Florida Department of Financial Services, and the Pennsylvania
Department of Insurance by an agreed upon date.
The
transaction to sell Southern Security Life was rescinded because the regulatory
authorities did not approve the transaction as required. As a result of the
rescission of the transaction, Articles of Dissolution of Security National Life
were filed with the Florida Division of Corporations on December 24, 2007. The
filing of the Articles of Dissolution completed the liquidation of Southern
Security Life in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Complete
Liquidation of Southern Security Life into Security National Life, which had
been approved on December 12, 2005.
On March
5, 2007, the Company received a proposed consent order from the Florida Office
of Insurance Regulation concerning the New Success Life Program, the higher
education product previously marketed and sold by Southern Security Life and now
marketed and sold by Security National Life. The proposed order states that
as a result of the investigation the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has
determined that Southern Security Life violated Florida law (i) by knowingly
making statements, sales presentations, omissions or comparisons that
misrepresented the benefits, advantages, or terms of the New Success Life
Program, and (ii) by knowingly making, advertisements, announcements, or
statements containing representations that were untrue or
misleading.
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NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
2) Acquisitions
(Continued)
The
proposed order would require Security National Life and Southern Security Life
to immediately cease and desist from making any false or misleading
representations to Florida consumers suggesting that the New Success Life
Program would accumulate enough value to pay for college expenses in full. The
proposed order would also require Security National Life and Southern Security
Life to agree to no longer market or sell the New Success Life Program in the
State of Florida. In addition, Security National Life and Southern
Security Life would be required to send a written notice to Florida consumers
who purchased the New Success Life Program on or after January 1, 1998 stating
that the higher education program is a whole life insurance product, with a term
and annuity rider, and not a college trust fund, savings plan, or other program,
and it may not necessarily pay college expenses in full from the accumulated
value.
Moreover,
the written notice is to provide an opportunity for the Florida consumers who
purchased the New Success Life Program on or after January 1, 1998 to
cancel their policy and be given a full refund, including all premiums paid,
together with interest at the agreed upon rate in the original
contract. If each of the Florida consumers who purchased the New
Success Life Program after January 1, 1998 was to cancel his or her policy and
receive a refund, the cost to the Company to refund all premiums paid, including
interest, would be approximately $8,200,000.
The
proposed consent order would also require Security National Life and Southern
Security Life to issue refunds including interest to the eleven policyholders
whose affidavits were taken in connection with the administrative complaint that
the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation had previously filed against Franz
Wallace, the former National Sales Director of Southern Security
Life. Security National Life and Southern Security Life would
additionally be required to issue refunds, including interest, to any Florida
policyholder in the New Success Life Program who had filed a complaint with the
Florida Department of Financial Services or whose coverage had
lapsed. Furthermore, Security National Life and Southern Security
Life would be required to notify the state insurance department in each state in
which the New Success Life Program is marketed of the order and any complaint
that Southern Security Life received relating to the New Success Life Program
from policyholders in that state. Finally, Security National Life and
Southern Security Life would be required to pay the Florida Office of Insurance
Regulation a penalty of $100,000 and administrative costs of
$5,000.
The
Company disputes the terms of the proposed consent order. The Company
is not aware of specific concerns that the Florida Office of Insurance
Regulation has with the New Success Life Program because it has received no
administrative complaint from the Florida Office nor is it aware of any recent
market conduct examination that the Florida Office has conducted relative to the
program. The Company intends to vigorously oppose the proposed
consent order. The Company is currently engaged in discussions with
the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation in an effort to settle the dispute
concerning the proposed order. If the Company is unable to reach a
satisfactory resolution with the Florida Office with respect to the terms of the
proposed consent order and the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation issues a
similar order, the Company intends to take action necessary to protect its
rights and interests, including requesting a hearing before an administrative
law judge to oppose the order.
Memorial
Insurance Company of America
On
December 29, 2005, Security National Life and Southern Security Life completed a
stock purchase transaction with Memorial Insurance Company of America, an
Arkansas domiciled insurance company (“Memorial Insurance Company”), and
purchased all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Memorial Insurance
Company for $13,500,000.
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AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
2) Acquisitions
(Continued)
The
shareholders of Memorial Insurance Company received payment for their shares by
means of distributions, with Security National Life and Southern Security Life
simultaneously contributing sufficient capital and surplus to Memorial Insurance
Company to maintain its status as an admitted insurer in good standing in the
state of Arkansas.
The
following table summarizes the estimated fair value of the assets acquired and
liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition of Memorial Insurance Company of
America on December 29, 2005:
Memorial
|
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Assets:
|
||||
Cash
received
|
$ | 1,722,238 | ||
Value
of business acquired
|
251,086 | |||
Investments
|
29,816,841 | |||
Policy
loans
|
34,575 | |||
Receivables
|
388,374 | |||
Accrued
investment income
|
302,923 | |||
Property
and equipment
|
156,003 | |||
Total
assets acquired
|
32,672,040 | |||
Liabilities:
|
||||
Future
life, annuity and other benefits
|
30,326,086 | |||
Other
liabilities
|
417,817 | |||
Deferred
income taxes
|
1,928,137 | |||
Total
liabilities assumed
|
32,672,040 | |||
Net
assets acquired
|
$ | -- |
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AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
2) Acquisitions
(Continued)
C
& J Financial, LLC
On July
16, 2007, the Company acquired all of the membership interests of C & J
Financial, LLC. The results of C & J Financial’s operations have been
included in the consolidated financial statements from July 16, 2007. C & J
Financial provides financing to funeral homes and mortuaries throughout the
United States similar to the Company’s Fast-Funding operations and the
acquisition is intended to expand the Company’s Fast-Funding operations. The
aggregate purchase price was $1,631,500 and consisted of the payment of
$1,250,000 of cash at closing and the issuance of a $381,500 promissory note.
The Company further agreed to cause C & J Financial to pay a $1,971,764 note
payable to a bank that was guaranteed by the sellers. In addition, C & J
Financial entered into an obligation payable to one of the sellers for an
operating lease of office space for three years. The estimated fair values of
the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition were
as follows:
Loans
receivable
|
$ | 3,178,901 | ||
Other
current assets
|
55,295 | |||
Office
furniture and equipment
|
18,078 | |||
Goodwill
|
391,847 | |||
Total
assets
|
3,644,121 | |||
Note
payable to bank, current
|
(1,971,764 | ) | ||
Other
current liabilities
|
(40,857 | ) | ||
Net
Assets Acquired
|
$ | 1,631,500 |
The
excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the identifiable assets of
$391,847 was assigned to goodwill.
Capital
Reserve Life Insurance Company
On
December 20, 2007, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Security
National Life, acquired all of the outstanding common stock of Capital Reserve
Life Insurance Company, a Missouri domiciled insurance company. The results of
Capital Reserve Life’s operations have been included in the consolidated
financial statements from December 17, 2007. Capital Reserve Life sells and
services life insurance, annuity products, accident and health insurance, and
funeral plan insurance, which are consistent with and will expand the Company’s
business. The aggregate purchase price was $2,419,164, of which $452,404
was paid in cash at closing to the selling shareholders and $1,966,760, net of
$133,240 overpaid, was placed into an escrow account with the Company’s
attorney.
Capital
Reserve Life is a defendant in a law suit for unpaid bonuses allegedly due to a
former employee in the amount of $1,486,045 (the “Russell Litigation”). The
funds deposited into the escrow are to pay any liability that may be determined
to be due under the Russell Litigation including interest, attorney's fees, and
related expenses. The funds placed in the escrow account are to remain in escrow
until the litigation is resolved and are then to be paid to the former
shareholders of Capital Reserve after the payment of any judgment or settlement
and related attorney’s fees and other costs incurred in the Russell Litigation.
The former shareholders of Capital Reserve Life have indemnified Security
National Life and Capital Reserve Life for any payments that may be required to
be made by Capital Reserve Life in excess of the funds in the escrow. The former
shareholders additionally agree to be solely responsible for the Russell
Litigation following the closing of the acquisition, including all decisions
related to defending Capital Reserve in the litigation.
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SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
2) Acquisitions
(Continued)
The
$2,100,000 of funds held in escrow by the Company’s attorney have been included
in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2007 in
receivables with the $1,966,760 liability payable to the shareholders included
in other liabilities and accrued expenses. The assets acquired and the
liabilities assumed were recognized at their fair values with the excess of the
purchase price allocated to value of business acquired. Value of business
acquired is being amortized over the estimated term of the insurance policies
acquired of 30 years. The estimated fair values of the assets
acquired and the liabilities assumed at the date
of acquisition
were as follows:
Investment
in securities
|
$ | 23,146,994 | ||
Policy
and other loans
|
573,821 | |||
Accrued
investment income
|
274,370 | |||
Receivables
|
143,183 | |||
Furniture
and equipment
|
112,324 | |||
Value
of business acquired
|
765,787 | |||
Total
assets acquired
|
25,016,479 | |||
Future
life, annuity and other benefits
|
(21,888,930 | ) | ||
Checks
written in excess of cash in bank
|
(524,528 | ) | ||
Other
liabilities and accrued expenses
|
(183,857 | ) | ||
Total
Liabilities Assumed
|
(22,597,315 | ) | ||
Fair
Value of Net Assets Acquired
|
$ | 2,419,164 |
The
following unaudited pro forma information has been prepared to present the
results of operations of the Company assuming the acquisition of Memorial
Insurance Company had occurred on January 1, 2005 and the acquisitions of C
& J Financial and Capital Reserve Life had occurred at the beginning of the
years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006. This pro forma information is
supplemental and does not necessarily present the operations of the Company that
would have occurred had the acquisitions occurred on those dates and may not
reflect the operations that will occur in the future:
For
the Years Ended
|
||||||||||||
December
31,
|
||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||||
Total
revenues
|
$ | 213,717,000 | $ | 159,546,000 | $ | 133,609,000 | ||||||
Net
earnings
|
$ | 2,756,000 | $ | 5,402,000 | $ | 4,325,000 | ||||||
Net
earnings per Class A equivalent common share
|
$ | 0.29 | $ | 0.73 | $ | 0.63 | ||||||
Net
earnings per Class A equivalent common share assuming
dilution
|
$ | 0.28 | $ | 0.72 | $ | 0.63 |
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AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
3) Investments
The
Company’s investments in fixed maturity securities held to maturity and equity
securities available for sale as of December 31, 2007 are summarized as
follows:
Gross
|
Gross
|
Estimated
|
||||||||||||||
Amortized
|
Unrealized
|
Unrealized
|
Fair
|
|||||||||||||
Cost
|
Gains
|
Losses
|
Value
|
|||||||||||||
December 31,
2007:
|
||||||||||||||||
Fixed
maturity securities held to maturity carried at amortized cost; at
amortized cost:
|
||||||||||||||||
Bonds:
|
||||||||||||||||
U.S.
Treasury securities and obligations of U.S Government
agencies
|
$ | 21,259,020 | $ | 262,841 | $ | (95,806 | ) | $ | 21,426,055 | |||||||
Obligations
of states and political subdivisions
|
1,125,955 | 50,742 | (6,577 | ) | 1,170,120 | |||||||||||
Corporate
securities including public utilities
|
84,087,132 | 534,929 | (2,596,849 | ) | 82,025,212 | |||||||||||
Mortgage-backed
securities
|
8,917,306 | 52,078 | (470,387 | ) | 8,498,997 | |||||||||||
Redeemable
preferred stock
|
1,506,603 | 2,287 | (152,750 | ) | 1,356,140 | |||||||||||
Total
fixed maturity securities held to maturity
|
$ | 116,896,016 | $ | 902,877 | $ | (3,322,369 | ) | $ | 114,476,524 | |||||||
Securities
available for sale carried at estimated fair value:
|
||||||||||||||||
Fixed
maturity securities available for sale:
|
||||||||||||||||
U.S.
Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. Government
agencies
|
$ | 98,131 | $ | 21,596 | $ | --- | $ | 119,727 | ||||||||
Corporate
securities including public utilities
|
2,679,854 | 81,339 | --- | 2,761,193 | ||||||||||||
Total
fixed maturity securities available for sale
|
$ | 2,777,985 | $ | 102,935 | $ | --- | $ | 2,880,920 |
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SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
3) Investments
(Continued)
Gross
|
Gross
|
Estimated
|
||||||||||||||
Amortized
|
Unrealized
|
Unrealized
|
Fair
|
|||||||||||||
Cost
|
Gains
|
Losses
|
Value
|
|||||||||||||
December 31,
2007:
|
||||||||||||||||
Equity
securities available for sale:
|
||||||||||||||||
Non-redeemable
preferred stock
|
$ | 20,281 | $ | --- | $ | (3,632 | ) | $ | 16,649 | |||||||
Common
stock:
|
||||||||||||||||
Public
utilities
|
411,992 | 422,865 | (13,627 | ) | 821,230 | |||||||||||
Banks, trusts and insurance
companies
|
520,683 | 1,032,033 | (21,662 | ) | 1,531,054 | |||||||||||
Industrial, miscellaneous and all
other
|
1,469,936 | 2,549,020 | (487,597 | ) | 3,531,359 | |||||||||||
Total equity securities available for
sale
|
$ | 2,422,892 | $ | 4,003,918 | $ | (526,518 | ) | $ | 5,900,292 | |||||||
Total
securities available for sale carried at estimated fair
value
|
$ | 5,200,877 | $ | 4,106,853 | $ | (526,518 | ) | $ | 8,781,212 | |||||||
Mortgage loans on real estate and construction
loans:
|
||||||||||||||||
Residential
|
$ | 21,636,722 | $ | --- | $ | (1,435,131) | $ | 20,201,591 | ||||||||
Residential
construction
|
37,843,883 | --- | --- | 37,843,883 | ||||||||||||
Commercial
|
34,838,581 | --- | --- | 34,838,581 | ||||||||||||
Less:
Allowance for loan losses
|
(1,435,131 | ) | --- | 1,435,131 | --- | |||||||||||
Total mortgage loans on real estate and
construction loans
|
$ | 92,884,055 | $ | --- | $ | --- | $ | 92,884,055 | ||||||||
Real
estate – net of depreciation
|
$ | 7,946,304 | ||||||||||||||
Policy,
student and other loans
|
$ | 16,860,874 | ||||||||||||||
Short-term
investments
|
$ | 5,337,367 |
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AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
3) Investments
(Continued)
The
Company’s investments in fixed maturity securities held to maturity and equity
securities available for sale as of December 31, 2006 are summarized as
follows:
Gross
|
Gross
|
Estimated
|
||||||||||||||
Amortized
|
Unrealized
|
Unrealized
|
Fair
|
|||||||||||||
Cost
|
Gains
|
Losses
|
Value
|
|||||||||||||
December 31,
2006:
|
||||||||||||||||
Fixed
maturity securities held to maturity carried at amortized
cost:
|
||||||||||||||||
Bonds:
|
||||||||||||||||
U.S.
Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. Government
agencies
|
$ | 14,237,522 | $ | 105,720 | $ | (287,625 | ) | $ | 14,055,617 | |||||||
Obligations
of states and political subdivisions
|
1,189,165 | 51,099 | (4,361 | ) | 1,235,903 | |||||||||||
Corporate
securities including public utilities
|
72,755,683 | 1,036,087 | (539,122 | ) | 73,252,648 | |||||||||||
Mortgage-backed
securities
|
9,511,196 | 59,004 | (331,484 | ) | 9,238,716 | |||||||||||
Redeemable
preferred stock
|
623,953 | 16,240 | (500 | ) | 639,693 | |||||||||||
Total
fixed maturity securities held to maturity
|
$ | 98,317,519 | $ | 1,268,150 | $ | (1,163,092 | ) | $ | 98,422,577 | |||||||
Securities
available for sale carried at estimated fair value:
|
||||||||||||||||
Fixed
maturity securities available for sale:
|
||||||||||||||||
U.S.
Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. Government
agencies
|
$ | 597,937 | $ | 19,365 | $ | -- | $ | 617,302 | ||||||||
Corporate
securities including public utilities
|
2,713,641 | 86,588 | -- | 2,800,229 | ||||||||||||
Total
fixed maturity securities available for sale
|
$ | 3,311,578 | $ | 105,953 | $ | -- | $ | 3,417,531 |
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SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
3)
Investments (Continued)
Gross
|
Gross
|
Estimated
|
||||||||||||||
Amortized
|
Unrealized
|
Unrealized
|
Fair
|
|||||||||||||
Cost
|
Gains
|
Losses
|
Value
|
|||||||||||||
December 31,
2006:
|
||||||||||||||||
Equity
securities available for sale:
|
||||||||||||||||
Non-redeemable
preferred stock
|
$ | 20,281 | $ | ----- | $ | (2,719 | ) | $ | 17,562 | |||||||
Common
stock:
|
||||||||||||||||
Public
utilities
|
411,999 | 391,020 | (10,557 | ) | 792,462 | |||||||||||
Banks, trusts and insurance
companies
|
559,683 | 909,209 | (21,265 | ) | 1,447,627 | |||||||||||
Industrial, miscellaneous and all
other
|
1,173,702 | 2,265,431 | (435,089 | ) | 3,004,044 | |||||||||||
Total equity securities available for
sale
|
$ | 2,165,665 | $ | 3,565,660 | $ | (469,630 | ) | $ | 5,261,695 | |||||||
Total
securities available for sale carried at estimated fair
value
|
$ | 5,477,243 | $ | 3,671,613 | $ | (469,630 | ) | $ | 8,679,226 | |||||||
Mortgage loans on real estate and construction
loans:
|
||||||||||||||||
Residential
|
$ | 15,992,983 | $ | ---- | $ | (1,026,576) | $ | 14,966,407 | ||||||||
Residential
construction
|
25,465,382 | ---- | ---- | 25,465,382 | ||||||||||||
Commercial
|
44,703,222 | ---- | ---- | 44,703,222 | ||||||||||||
Less:
Allowance for loan losses
|
(1,026,576 | ) | --- | 1,026,576 | --- | |||||||||||
Total mortgage loans on real estate and
construction loans
|
$ | 85,135,011 | $ | ---- | $ | ---- | $ | 85,135,011 | ||||||||
Real
estate, net of depreciation
|
$ | 5,002,853 | ||||||||||||||
Policy,
student and other loans
|
$ | 12,846,986 | ||||||||||||||
Short-term
investments
|
$ | 4,586,828 |
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AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
3) Investments
(Continued)
The fair
values for fixed maturity securities are based on quoted market prices, when
available. For fixed maturity securities not actively traded, fair values are
estimated using values obtained from independent pricing services, or in the
case of private placements, are estimated by discounting expected future cash
flows using a current market value applicable to the coupon rate, credit and
maturity of the investments. The fair values for equity securities are based on
quoted market prices.
The
amortized cost and estimated fair value of fixed maturity securities at December
31, 2007, by contractual maturity, are shown below. Expected maturities may
differ from contractual maturities because certain borrowers may have the right
to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment
penalties.
Amortized
|
Estimated
Fair
|
|||||||
Cost
|
Value
|
|||||||
Held
to Maturity:
|
||||||||
Due
in 2008
|
$ | 2,926,829 | $ | 2,865,709 | ||||
Due
in 2009 through 2012
|
8,625,365 | 8,609,382 | ||||||
Due
in 2013 through 2017
|
26,452,256 | 26,211,427 | ||||||
Due
after 2017
|
68,467,656 | 66,934,869 | ||||||
Mortgage-backed
securities
|
8,917,307 | 8,498,997 | ||||||
Redeemable
preferred stock
|
1,506,603 | 1,356,140 | ||||||
Total
held to maturity
|
$ | 116,896,016 | $ | 114,476,524 | ||||
Amortized
|
Estimated
Fair
|
|||||||
Cost
|
Value
|
|||||||
Available
for Sale:
|
||||||||
Due
in 2008
|
$ | 1,601,744 | $ | 1,616,772 | ||||
Due
in 2009 through 2012
|
1,078,110 | 1,144,421 | ||||||
Due
in 2013 through 2017
|
- | - | ||||||
Due
after 2017
|
98,131 | 119,727 | ||||||
Non-redeemable
preferred stock
|
20,281 | 16,649 | ||||||
Common
stock
|
2,402,611 | 5,883,643 | ||||||
Total
available for sale
|
$ | 5,200,877 | $ | 8,781,212 |
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SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
3) Investments
(Continued)
The
Company’s realized gains and losses from investments and other assets are
summarized as follows:
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Fixed
maturity securities held to maturity:
|
||||||||||||
Gross
realized gains
|
$ | 94,984 | $ | 1,282 | $ | 2,593 | ||||||
Gross
realized losses
|
(27,065 | ) | (28,439 | ) | -- | |||||||
Securities
available for sale:
|
||||||||||||
Gross
realized gains
|
175,990 | 106,252 | 56,651 | |||||||||
Gross
realized losses
|
(860 | ) | (12,996 | ) | (561 | ) | ||||||
Other
assets
|
764,525 | 825,205 | 15,563 | |||||||||
Total
|
$ | 1,007,574 | $ | 891,304 | $ | 74,246 |
Generally
gains and losses from held to maturity securities are a result of early calls
and related amortization of premiums or discounts.
Mortgage
loans consist of first and second mortgages. The mortgage loans bear interest at
rates ranging from 3.75 % to 19.125%, maturity dates range from three months to
30 years and are secured by real estate. Concentrations of credit risk arise
when a number of mortgage loan debtors have similar economic characteristics
that would cause their ability to meet contractual obligations to be similarly
affected by changes in economic conditions. Although the Company has a
diversified mortgage loan portfolio consisting of residential mortgages,
commercial loans and residential construction loans and requires collateral on
all real estate exposures, a substantial portion of its debtors’ ability to
honor obligations is reliant on the economic stability of the geographic region
in which the debtors do business. At December 31, 2007, the Company has 59 % of
its mortgage loans from borrowers located in the state of Utah. The mortgage
loans on real estate balances on the consolidated balance sheet are reflected
net of an allowance for loan losses of $1,435,131 and $1,026,576 at December 31,
2007 and 2006, respectively.
There
were no investments, aggregated by issuer, in excess of 10% of shareholders’
equity (before net unrealized gains and losses on available for sale securities)
at December 31, 2007, other than investments issued or guaranteed by the United
States Government.
Major
categories of net investment income are as follows:
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Fixed
maturity securities
|
$ | 6,045,141 | $ | 5,893,909 | $ | 4,602,518 | ||||||
Equity
securities
|
161,850 | 132,521 | 84,611 | |||||||||
Mortgage
loans on real estate
|
6,759,943 | 6,884,991 | 5,267,027 | |||||||||
Real
estate
|
1,273,652 | 1,159,572 | 1,636,413 | |||||||||
Policy,
student and other loans
|
707,068 | 713,798 | 674,826 | |||||||||
Short-term
investments, principally gains on sale of mortgage loans and
other
|
18,898,925 | 10,409,719 | 8,642,669 | |||||||||
Gross
investment income
|
33,846,579 | 25,194,510 | 20,908,064 | |||||||||
Investment
expenses
|
(1,890,135 | ) | (1,948,879 | ) | (1,521,493 | ) | ||||||
Net
investment income
|
$ | 31,956,444 | $ | 23,245,631 | $ | 19,386,571 |
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SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
3) Investments
(Continued)
Net
investment income includes net investment income earned by the restricted assets
of the cemeteries and mortuaries of approximately $ 943,000, $936,000 and
$904,000 for 2007, 2006, and 2005, respectively.
Investment
expenses consist primarily of depreciation, property taxes and an estimated
portion of administrative expenses relating to investment
activities.
Securities
on deposit for regulatory authorities as required by law amounted to $10,550,394
at December 31, 2007 and $7,248,075 at December 31, 2006. The
restricted securities are included in various assets under investments on the
accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
4) Receivables
Receivables
consist of the following:
2007
|
2006
|
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Trade
contracts
|
$ | 8,870,303 | $ | 8,114,563 | ||||
Advances
receivables from sales agents
|
2,463,799 | 2,146,507 | ||||||
Contract
for sale of Southern Security Life
|
- | 4,365,887 | ||||||
Held
in Escrow – Capital Reserve Life
|
2,100,000 | - | ||||||
Other
|
1,602,765 | 1,117,553 | ||||||
Total
receivables
|
15,036,867 | 15,744,510 | ||||||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts
|
(1,293,185 | ) | (866,392 | ) | ||||
Net
receivables
|
$ | 13,743,682 | $ | 14,878,118 |
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SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
5) Value of Business
Acquired
Information
with regard to value of business acquired is as follows:
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
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Balance
at beginning of year
|
$ | 11,882,047 | $ | 12,663,221 | $ | 14,053,497 | ||||||
Value
of business acquired
|
765,787 | 210,926 | (292,667 | ) | ||||||||
Imputed
interest at 7%
|
824,502 | 851,702 | 935,085 | |||||||||
Amortization
|
(1,786,256 | ) | (1,843,802 | ) | (2,032,694 | ) | ||||||
Net
amortization charged
to income
|
(961,754 | ) | (992,100 | ) | (1,097,609 | ) | ||||||
Balance
at end of year
|
$ | 11,686,080 | $ | 11,882,047 | $ | 12,663,221 |
Presuming
no additional acquisitions, net amortization charged to income is expected to
approximate $930,000, $896,000, $863,000, $830,000 , and $789,000 for
the years 2008 through 2012. Actual amortization may vary based on changes in
assumptions or experience.
6) Property and
Equipment
The cost
of property and equipment is summarized below:
December 31,
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2007
|
2006
|
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Land
and buildings
|
$ | 17,232,624 | $ | 17,040,687 | ||||
Furniture
and equipment
|
14,743,513 | 12,024,948 | ||||||
31,976,137 | 29,065,635 | |||||||
Less
accumulated depreciation
|
(17,147,438 | ) | (15,006,106 | ) | ||||
Total
|
$ | 14,828,699 | $ | 14,059,529 |
7) Bank Loans
Payable
Bank
loans payable are summarized as follows:
December 31,
|
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2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
6%
note payable in monthly installments of $5,693 including principal and
interest, collateralized by real property, with a book value of
approximately $776,000, due September 2010.
|
$ | 534,311 | $ | 564,254 | ||||
6.34%
note payable in monthly installments of $13,556
including principal and interest, collateralized by real
property with a book value of approximately $629,000, due
November 2017.
|
1,322,676 | 1,379,158 |
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Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
7) Bank Loans Payable
(Continued)
December 31,
|
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2007
|
|
2006
|
||||||
Bank
prime rate less 1.35% (6.90% at December 31, 2006) note payable in monthly
installments of $2,736 including principal and interest, collateralized by
15,000 shares of Security National Life Insurance Company stock, paid in
full in 2007.
|
-- | 4,827 | ||||||
5.87%
note payable with interest and monthly principal payments of $134,000,
collateralized by 15,000 shares of Security National Life Insurance
Company Stock, due January 2010.
|
3,129,896 | 4,569,116 | ||||||
Bank
prime rate less .5% (6.75% at December 31, 2007) revolving line of credit
of $3,750,000, accrued interest paid monthly, unpaid balance due June
2008
|
500,000 | 250,000 | ||||||
One
year LIBOR rate (6.95% at December 31, 2007) revolving line of
credit of $40,000,000 collateralized by commercial and residential loans,
accrued interest paid monthly, unpaid balance due June
2008
|
6,500,000 | -- | ||||||
Mark
to market of interest rate swaps (discussed below)
adjustment
|
26,941 | (133,080 | ) | |||||
Other
collateralized bank loans payable
|
538,842 | 289,069 | ||||||
Total
bank loans
|
12,552,666 | 6,923,344 | ||||||
Less
current installments
|
8,842,885 | 3,118,842 | ||||||
Bank
loans, excluding current installments
|
$ | 3,709,781 | $ | 3,804,502 |
The
Company considers its interest rate swap instruments (swaps) effective cash flow
hedges against the variable interest rates of certain bank loans. The swaps
expire on the maturity dates of the bank loans they hedge. In the event a swap
is terminated, any resulting gain or loss would be deferred and amortized to
interest expense over the remaining life of the bank loan it hedged. In the
event of early extinguishment of a hedged bank loan, any realized or unrealized
gain or loss from the hedging swap would be recognized in income coincident with
the extinguishment.
Information
regarding the swaps is as follows as of December 31, 2007:
Weighted
average variable interest rate of the hedged bank loans (prime less
.5%)
|
6.75 | % | ||
Weighted
average fixed interest rate of the swaps
|
6.18 | % | ||
Market
value of the swaps- potential unrealized gain position
|
$ | 26,941 |
The
respective market values of the swaps are derived from proprietary models of the
financial institution with whom the Company purchased the swaps and from whom
the Company obtained the hedged bank loans.
See Note
8 for summary of maturities in subsequent years.
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Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
8) Notes and Contracts
Payable
Notes and
contracts payable are summarized as follows:
December 31,
|
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2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Unsecured
note payable due to former stockholders of Deseret
Memorial, Inc. resulting from the acquisition of such entity.
Amount represents the present value, discounted at 8%, of monthly annuity
payments of $5,900, due September 2011.
|
$ | 222,538 | $ | 279,853 | ||||
9%
note payable in monthly installments of $10,000 including principal and
interest, collateralized by real property, with a book value of
approximately $2,908,000, due July 2008.
|
82,006 | 209,322 | ||||||
5%
note payable to a former owner of C & J Financial due in monthly
installments of $16,737 including principal and interest, due July
2009.
|
305,129 | -- | ||||||
Other
notes payable
|
209,137 | 258,013 | ||||||
Total
notes and contracts payable
|
818,810 | 747,188 | ||||||
Less
current installments
|
344,462 | 202,964 | ||||||
Notes
and contracts, excluding current installments
|
$ | 474,348 | $ | 544,224 |
The
following tabulation shows the combined maturities of bank loans payable, lines
of credit and notes and contracts payable:
2008
|
$ | 9,187,347 | ||
2009
|
2,094,408 | |||
2010
|
776,223 | |||
2011
|
263,501 | |||
2012
|
180,379 | |||
Thereafter
|
869,618 | |||
Total
|
$ | 13,371,476 |
Interest
paid approximated interest expense in 2007, 2006 and 2005.
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Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
9) Cemetery and Mortuary
Endowment Care and Pre-need Merchandise Funds
The
Company has, historically, presented its perpetual care trusts, associated with
its pre-need funeral and cemetery activities, on a net basis in the consolidated
financial statements. In accordance with its adoption of FIN 46R, the assets and
liabilities of the perpetual care trusts have been presented on a gross basis.
Although FIN 46R requires the consolidation of the merchandise and service
trusts, it does not change the legal relationships among the trusts, the Company
and its customers. The customers are the legal beneficiaries of these
merchandise and service trusts, and therefore, their interest in these trusts
has been represented as non-controlling interest in perpetual care trusts in the
accompanying consolidated financial statements.
The
components of the non-controlling interests in perpetual care trusts are as
follows:
December 31
|
||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Trust
investments, at market value
|
$ | 1,604,600 | $ | 1,306,984 | ||||
Note
receivables from Cottonwood Mortuary and Singing Hills Cemetery
eliminated in consolidation
|
1,140,702 | 1,158,863 | ||||||
Other
|
(271,544 | ) | (187,337 | ) | ||||
Non-controlling
interest
|
$ | 2,473,758 | $ | 2,278,510 |
The
Company has established and maintains certain restricted trust investments to
provide for future merchandise and service obligations incurred in connection
with its pre-need sales. Such amounts are reported as pre-need funeral and
cemetery trust investments of cemeteries and mortuaries in the accompanying
consolidated balance sheets.
Assets in
the restricted asset account are summarized as follows:
December 31,
|
||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$ | 843,355 | $ | 673,262 | ||||
Mutual
funds
|
301,223 | 332,960 | ||||||
Fixed
maturity securities
|
8,775 | 8,775 | ||||||
Equity
securities
|
77,638 | 77,778 | ||||||
Participation
in mortgage loans with Security National Life
|
4,480,063 | 4,338,095 | ||||||
Total
|
$ | 5,711,054 | $ | 5,430,870 |
10) Income
Taxes
The
Company’s income tax liability at December 31 is summarized as
follows:
December 31,
|
||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Current
|
$ | 380,171 | $ | 690,171 | ||||
Deferred
|
15,799,425 | 15,897,113 | ||||||
Total
|
$ | 16,179,596 | $ | 16,587,284 |
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SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
10) Income Taxes
(Continued)
Significant
components of the Company’s deferred tax (assets) and liabilities at December 31
are approximately as follows:
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Assets
|
||||||||
Future
policy benefits
|
$ | (4,417,044 | ) | $ | (3,667,170 | ) | ||
Unearned
premium
|
(1,848,396 | ) | (1,672,173 | ) | ||||
Other
|
(1,684,564 | ) | (434,239 | ) | ||||
Less:
Valuation allowance
|
5,113,793 | 4,818,494 | ||||||
Total
deferred tax assets
|
(2,836,211 | ) | (955,088 | ) | ||||
Liabilities
|
||||||||
Deferred
policy acquisition costs
|
8,462,764 | 7,374,960 | ||||||
Value
of business acquired
|
4,269,546 | 4,338,358 | ||||||
Installment
sales
|
2,773,683 | 2,232,103 | ||||||
Trusts
|
1,579,181 | 1,257,376 | ||||||
Tax
on unrealized appreciation
|
1,550,462 | 1,649,404 | ||||||
Total
deferred tax liabilities
|
18,635,636 | 16,852,201 | ||||||
Net
deferred tax liability
|
$ | 15,799,425 | $ | 15,897,113 |
The
increase in the valuation allowance was $295,309 and $4,818,484 during 2007 and
2006, respectively. The Company paid $875,825, $173,389 and $37,960 in income
taxes for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The Company’s income tax expense
(benefit) is summarized as follows:
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Current
|
$ | 375,825 | $ | 617,203 | $ | 377,732 | ||||||
Deferred
|
481,810 | 1,153,985 | 862,024 | |||||||||
Total
|
$ | 857,635 | $ | 1,771,188 | $ | 1,239,756 |
The
reconciliation of income tax expense at the U.S. federal statutory rates is as
follows:
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Computed
expense at statutory rate
|
$ | 1,061,831 | $ | 2,344,517 | $ | 1,607,396 | ||||||
Special
deductions allowed small life insurance companies
|
(330,804 | ) | (624,438 | ) | (399,820 | ) | ||||||
Dividends
received deduction
|
-- | (2,040 | ) | (5,780 | ) | |||||||
Other,
net
|
126,608 | 53,149 | 37,960 | |||||||||
Tax
expense
|
$ | 857,635 | $ | 1,771,188 | $ | 1,239,756 |
A portion
of the life insurance income earned prior to 1984 was not subject to current
taxation but was accumulated for tax purposes, in a “policyholders’ surplus
account.” Under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, the
policyholders’ surplus account was frozen at its December 31, 1983 balance and
will be taxed generally only when distributed. Congress passed changes to the
tax code, which exempts distributions from tax if such distributions are made in
the years 2005 through 2007. The Company took advantage of these changes and
made distributions in 2006 of its policyholders surplus account ($4,152,318).
The Company does not have a net operating loss carry forward.
In June
2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Interpretation
No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 clarifies
the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s
financial statements in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes (“FAS 109”). This interpretation
prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute
for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken
or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on
derecognition of tax benefits, classification on the balance sheet, interest and
penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition. The
Company is subject to the provisions of FIN 48 as of January 1, 2007, and
believes that its income tax filing positions and deductions will be sustained
on audit and does not anticipate any adjustments that will result in a material
adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, or
cash flow. Therefore, no reserves for uncertain income tax positions have been
recorded pursuant to FIN 48.
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Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
10) Income Taxes
(Continued)
The
Company has deducted estimated loan losses, and estimated future
payments to investors of mortgage loans that may not be allowed upon
examination. The reversal of the deductions would create $983,000 of deferred
tax assets and have therefore not been recognized as current income taxes at
December 31, 2007.
11) Reinsurance, Commitments and
Contingencies
The
Company follows the procedure of reinsuring risks in excess of a specified
limit, which ranged from $30,000 to $75,000 during the years 2007 and 2006. The
Company is liable for these amounts in the event such reinsurers are unable to
pay their portion of the claims. The Company has also assumed insurance from
other companies having insurance in force amounting to $1,190,843,000
(unaudited) at December 31, 2007 and $1,388,552,000 (unaudited) at December 31,
2006.
As part
of the acquisition of Southern Security, the Company had a co-insurance
agreement with The Mega Life and Health Insurance Company (“MEGA”). On December
31, 1992 Southern Security ceded to MEGA 18% of all universal life policies in
force at that date. MEGA is entitled to 18% of all future premiums, claims,
policyholder loans and surrenders relating to the ceded policies. In addition,
Southern Security received certain commission and expense reimbursement.
Effective January 1, 2006, Southern Security entered into a Reinsurance
Recapture Agreement with MEGA wherein the policies reinsured under the
Reinsurance Agreement between the Company and MEGA dated December 31, 1992, as
amended was recaptured. During February 2006 MEGA transferred assets and
liabilities of approximately $6,582,000 to Southern Security. Consideration paid
by Southern Security to MEGA was $200,000.
The
Company has commitments to fund residential construction loans. As of
December 31, 2007 the Company had commitments of $55,339,000 for these loans of
which $37,859,000 had been funded. These loans are for new
construction. The Company will advance funds once the work has been
completed and an independent inspection is made. The maximum loan
commitment ranges between 50% to 80% of appraised value. The Company
receives fees from the borrowers and the interest rate is generally 1% to 2%
over the bank prime rate (7.25% as of December 31, 2007). Maturities
range between six and twelve months.
The City
of Phoenix (in Arizona) began condemnation proceedings during 2004 on the
property where the Camelback Funeral Home was located for purposes of
constructing a light rail facility. The city placed $1,200,000 in escrow to pay
the Company for the property that was condemned. The carrying amount on the
Company’s financial statements for the land and building of the Camelback
Funeral Home at December 31, 2005 was $678,889. The Company has had an
independent appraisal and negotiated a higher sales price with the city. In July
2006, the Company settled with the City of Phoenix for a sales price of
$1,440,000. As a result of the sale, the Company recognized a gain of $760,231
during the third quarter of 2006. The first payment of $1,200,000 was made by
the City of Phoenix in August 2006, with the remaining amount of $240,000 paid
in 2007, together with interest of $172,000 .
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Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
11) Reinsurance, Commitments and
Contingencies (Continued)
In June
2007, the Company completed the sale of the Colonial Funeral Home property to
the Utopia Station Development Corp. for $730,242, net of selling costs of
$44,758. The Colonial Funeral Home ceased operations in July 2006 and
has been inactive since that date. The carrying amount on the
Company's financial statements on June 20,
2007 was $148,777. As a result of the sale, including payment of
selling expenses, the Company recognized a gain of $581,465. The
Company received an initial payment of $15,242, with the remaining amount due of
$715,000 to be paid in a lump sum within a year from the date of
sale. The gain has been included as a part of realized gains on
investments and other assets in the Company's condensed consolidated statement
of earnings.
The
Company leases office space and equipment under various non-cancelable
agreements, with remaining terms up to five years. Minimum lease payments under
these non-cancelable operating leases as of December 31, 2007, are approximately
as follows:
Years
Ending
|
||||
December
31:
|
||||
2008
|
$ | 1,404,000 | ||
2009
|
971,000 | |||
2010
|
468,000 | |||
2011
|
229,000 | |||
2012
|
75,000 | |||
Total
|
$ | 3,147,000 |
Total
rent expense related to these non-cancelable operating leases for the Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005 was approximately $1,957,000, $1,222,000
and $828,000, respectively.
Recently,
SecurityNational Mortgage Company renewed its warehouse lines of credit with its
non affiliated warehouse lenders. The total amount available under
these lines of credit is $450,000,000. The terms of the lines of
credit are for one year, with interest rates ranging from 1.5% to 1.75% over the
three month LIBOR rate (6.52% to 6.77% as of December 31, 2007).
At
December 31, 2007, the Company was contingently liable under a standby
letter of credit aggregating $213,411, to be used as collateral to
cover any contingency related to additional risk assessments pertaining to the
Company's self-insurance casualty program. The Company does not expect any
material losses to result from the issuance of the standby letter of credit
because claims are not expected to exceed premiums paid. Accordingly, the
estimated fair value of these instruments is zero.
The
Company is self insured for certain casualty insurance and health benefit
programs. Self-Insurance reserves are maintained relative to
these programs. The level of exposure from catastrophic events is limited by the
purchase of stop-loss and aggregate liability reinsurance coverages. When
estimating the self-insurance liabilities and related reserves, management
considers a number of factors, which include historical claims experience,
demographic factors, severity factors and valuations provided by independent
third-party actuaries. Management reviews its assumptions with its independent
third-party administrators and actuaries to evaluate whether the self-insurance
reserves are adequate. If actual claims or adverse development of loss reserves
occurs and exceed these estimates, additional reserves may be required. The
estimation process contains uncertainty since management must use judgment to
estimate the ultimate cost that will be incurred to settle reported claims and
unreported claims and unreported claims for incidents incurred but not reported
as of the balance sheet date. At December 31, 2007, $403,181 of reserves was
established related to such insurance programs versus $100,324 at December 31,
2006.
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AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
11) Reinsurance, Commitments and
Contingencies (Continued)
The
Company received a letter dated November 29, 2004 on behalf of Roger Gornichec,
who the Company recognizes as having been an independent contractor. Gornichec
had concluded his services as an agent selling insurance in the spring of 2003
and his license to sell cemetery plots was not renewed in the summer of 2004.
Gornichec asserted that he was an employee contrary to the Company’s
position.
The
claims made in the letter on behalf of Gornichec included but were not limited
to, wrongful termination in violation of public policy, misrepresentation, age
discrimination, whistle-blower retaliation, interference with economic
advantage, breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair
dealing, and infliction of emotional distress. Gornichec also claimed he was
owed a certain amount from a retirement plan. The letter from Gornichec’s
attorney proposed a settlement in the amount of $420,000. Based on its
investigation, the Company believes Gornichec was an independent contractor
rather than an employee, and there was no justification for the claims and the
settlement amount sought. The Company reached a settlement with Gornichec, which
resulted in the Company paying $27,000 to Gornichec during the second quarter of
2006.
The
Company received a letter dated November 9, 2004 on behalf of Charles Hood, who
worked at Singing Hills Memorial Park in El Cajon, California. Hood was hired in
early 2003 as a groundskeeper with his work concluding on October 30, 2003. Hood
claims he wrote a letter to the Company expressing his concerns regarding the
operation of the cemetery, and that the next day he was terminated, even though
he recognizes his relationship was as an at-will employee. Hood’s claims against
the Company also include, but are not limited to, violation of labor laws,
whistleblower retaliation and infliction of emotional distress. The letter
proposed a settlement in the amount of $275,000.
On
November 23, 2005, Hood filed a complaint in the Superior Court of the State of
California for the County for San Diego (Case No. GIE 028978) against Singing
Hills Memorial Park and California Memorial Estates, Inc, wholly owned
subsidiaries of the Company. The claims in the complaint include wrongful
termination in violation of public policy, retaliation in violation of public
policy, race discrimination in violation of the California Fair Employment and
Housing Act, retaliation in violation of the California Fair Employment and
Housing Act, intentional infliction of emotional distress, plus punitive
damages, attorney’s fees and costs of the lawsuit. There are no specific amounts
requested in the complaint, but damages are in an amount to be proven at a jury
trial. The Company contends that Hood voluntarily quit and was not terminated.
The trial was set for November 2006. The Company reached a settlement with Hood,
which resulted in the Company paying $30,000 to Hood, during the third quarter
of 2006.
On March
5, 2007, the Company received a proposed consent order from the Florida Office
of Insurance Regulation concerning the New Success Life Program, the higher
education product currently marketed and sold by Southern Security
Life. The proposed order states that as a result of the investigation
the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has determined that Southern Security
Life violated Florida law (i) by knowingly making statements, sales
presentations, omissions or comparisons that misrepresented the benefits,
advantages, or terms of the New Success Life Program, and (ii) by knowingly
making advertisements, announcements, or statements containing representations
that were untrue or misleading.
The
proposed order would require Security National Life and Southern Security Life
to immediately cease and desist from making any false or misleading
representations to Florida consumers suggesting that the New Success Life
Program would accumulate enough value to pay for college expenses in full. The
proposed order would also require Security National Life and Southern Security
Life to agree to no longer market or sell the New Success Life Program in the
State of Florida. In addition, Security National Life and Southern
Security Life would be required to send a written notice to Florida consumers
who purchased the New Success Life Program on or after January 1, 1998 stating
that the higher education program is a whole life insurance product, with a term
and annuity rider, and not a college trust fund, savings plan, or other program,
and it may not necessarily pay college expenses in full from the accumulated
value.
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NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
11) Reinsurance, Commitments and
Contingencies (Continued)
Moreover,
the written notice is to provide an opportunity for the Florida consumers who
purchased the New Success Life Program on or after January 1, 1998 to cancel
their policy and be given a full refund, including all premiums paid, together
with interest at the agreed upon rate in the original contract. If
each of the Florida consumers who purchased the New Success Life Program after
January 1, 1998 was to cancel his or her policy and receive a refund, the cost
to the Company to refund all premiums paid, including interest, would be
approximately $8,200,000.
The
proposed consent order would also require Security National Life and Southern
Security Life to issue refunds including interest to the eleven policyholders
whose affidavits were taken in connection with the administrative complaint that
the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation had previously filed against Franz
Wallace, the former National Sales Director of Southern Security
Life. Security National Life and Southern Security Life would
additionally be required to issue refunds, including interest, to any Florida
policyholder in the New Success Life Program who had filed a complaint with the
Florida Department of Financial Services or whose coverage had
lapsed. Furthermore, Security National Life and Southern Security
Life would be required to notify the state insurance department in each state in
which the New Success Life Program is marketed of the order and any complaint
that Southern Security Life received relating to the New Success Life Program
from policyholders in that state. Finally, Security National Life and
Southern Security Life would be required to pay the Florida Office a penalty of
$100,000 and administrative costs of $5,000.
The
Company disputes the terms of the proposed consent order. The Company
is not aware of specific concerns that the Florida Office of Insurance
Regulation has with the New Success Life Program because it has received no
administrative complaint from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation nor is
it aware of any recent market conduct examination that the Florida Office has
conducted relative to the program. The Company intends to vigorously
oppose the proposed consent order. The Company is currently engaged
in discussions with the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation in an effort to
settle the dispute concerning the proposed order. If the Company is
unable to reach a satisfactory resolution with the Florida Office of Insurance
Regulation with respect to the terms of the proposed consent order and the
Florida Office issues a similar order, the Company intends to take action
necessary to protect its rights and interests, including requesting a hearing
before an administrative law judge to oppose the order.
The
Company is a defendant in various other legal actions arising from the normal
conduct of business. Management believes that none of the actions will have a
material effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.
Based on management’s assessment and legal counsel’s representations concerning
the likelihood of unfavorable outcomes, no amounts have been accrued for the
above claims in the consolidated financial statements.
The
Company is not a party to any other material legal proceedings outside the
ordinary course of business or to any other legal proceedings, which, if
adversely determined, would have a material adverse effect on its financial
condition or results of operations.
12) Retirement
Plans
The
Company and its subsidiaries have a noncontributory Employee Stock Ownership
Plan (ESOP) for all eligible employees. Eligible employees are primarily those
with more than one year of service, who work in excess of 1,000 hours per year.
Contributions, which may be in cash or stock of the Company, are determined
annually by the Board of Directors.
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NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
(12) Retirement Plans
(Continued)
The
Company’s contributions are allocated to eligible employees based on the ratio
of each eligible employee’s compensation to total compensation for all eligible
employees during each year. ESOP contribution expense totaled $176,061,
$138,286, and $131,524 for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. At December 31,
2007 the ESOP held 586,914 shares of Class A and 1,712,228 shares of Class C
common stock of the Company. All shares held by the ESOP have been allocated to
the participating employees and all shares held by the ESOP are considered
outstanding for purposes of computing earnings per share.
The
Company has a 401(k) savings plan covering all eligible employees, as defined
above, which includes employer participation in accordance with the provisions
of Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The plan allows participants to make pretax contributions up to a maximum of
$15,500, $15,000, and $14,000 for the years 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively or
the statutory limits.
The
Company may match up to 50% of each employee’s investment in Company stock, up
to 1/2 of 1% of the employee’s total annual compensation. The Company’s match
will be Company stock and the amount of the match will be at the discretion of
the Company’s Board of Directors. The Company’s matching 401(k) contributions
for 2007, 2006, and 2005 were $10,001, and $8,656, $5,142, respectively. Also,
the Company may contribute, at the discretion of the Company’s Board of
Directors, an Employer Profit Sharing Contribution to the 401(k) savings plan.
The Employer Profit Sharing Contribution shall be divided among three different
classes of participants in the plan based upon the participant’s title in the
Company. The Company contributions for 2007, 2006, and 2005 were $198,022,
$162,584, and $135,589, respectively. All amounts contributed to the plan are
deposited into a trust fund administered by an independent trustee.
Beginning
January 1, 2008, the Company has elected to be a “Safe Harbor” Plan for its
matching 401(k) contributions. The Company will match 100% of up to 3% of an
employee’s total annual compensation and will match 50% of 4% to 5%
of an employee’s annual compensation. The match will be in Company
Stock.
In 2001,
the Company’s Board of Directors adopted a Deferred Compensation Plan. Under the
terms of the Plan, the Company will provide deferred compensation for a select
group of management or highly compensated employees, within the meaning of
Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended. The Board has appointed a Committee of the
Company to be the Plan Administrator and to determine the employees who are
eligible to participate in the plan. The employees who participate may elect to
defer a portion of their compensation into the plan. The Company may contribute
into the plan at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors. The
Company’s contributions for 2007, 2006 and 2005 were $133,037, $125,558, and
$141,710, respectively.
The
Company has deferred compensation agreements with its Chief Executive Officer
and its past Senior Vice President. The deferred compensation is payable on the
retirement or death of these individuals either in annual installments over 10
years or in a lump sum settlement, if approved by the Board of Directors. The
amount payable is $72,223 per year with cost of living adjustments each
anniversary. The compensation agreements also provide that any remaining balance
will be payable to their heirs in the event of their death. In addition, the
agreements provide that the Company will pay the Group Health coverages for
these individuals and/or their spouses. In 2007 and 2006, the Company decreased
its liability for these future obligations by $9,000 and $6,000, respectively.
The current balance as of December 31, 2007 is $721,000.
On July
16, 2004, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Scott M. Quist,
its President and Chief Operating Officer. The agreement is effective as of
December 4, 2003 and has a five-year term, but the Company has agreed to renew
the agreement on December 4, 2008 and 2013 for additional five-year terms,
provided Mr. Quist performs his duties with usual and customary care and
diligence.
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NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
12) Retirement Plans
(Continued)
Under the
terms of the agreement, Mr. Quist is to devote his full time to the Company
serving as its President, and Chief Operating Officer at not less than his
current salary and benefits. The Company also agrees to maintain a group term
life insurance policy of not less than $1,000,000 on Mr. Quist’s life and a
whole life insurance policy in the amount of $500,000 on Mr. Quist’s life.
In the event of disability, Mr. Quist’s salary would be continued for up to
five years at 75% of its current level.
In the
event of a sale or merger of the Company and Mr. Quist is not retained in his
current position, the Company would be obligated to continue Mr. Quist’s
current compensation and benefits for seven years following the merger or sale.
The agreement further provides that Mr. Quist is entitled to receive annual
retirement benefits beginning (i) one month from the date of his retirement (to
commence no sooner than age 65), (ii) five years following complete disability,
or (iii) upon termination of his employment without cause. These retirement
benefits are to be paid for a period of ten years in annual installments in the
amount equal to 75% of his then current rate of compensation. However, in the
event that Mr. Quist dies prior to receiving all retirement benefits thereunder,
the remaining benefits are to be paid to his heirs. The Company expensed
$101,200 and $88,700 in fiscal 2007 and 2006, respectively, to cover the present
value of anticipated retirement benefits under the employment agreement. The
liability accrued is $587,500 and $486,300 as of December 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
On
December 4, 2003, the Company, through its subsidiary SecurityNational Mortgage
Company, entered into an employment agreement with J. Lynn Beckstead, Jr., Vice
President of Mortgage Operations and President of SecurityNational Mortgage
Company. The agreement has a five-year term, but the Company has
agreed to renew the agreement on December 4, 2008 and 2013 for additional
five-year terms, provided Mr. Beckstead performs his duties with usual and
customary care and diligence. Under the terms of the agreement, Mr. Beckstead is
to devote his full time to the Company serving as President of SecurityNational
Mortgage Company at not less than his current salary and benefits, and to
include $350,000 of life insurance protection. In the event of disability,
Mr. Beckstead’s salary would be continued for up to five years at 50% of
its current level.
In the
event of a sale or merger of the Company and Mr. Beckstead is not retained in
his current position, the Company would be obligated to continue Mr. Beckstead’s
current compensation and benefits for five years following the merger or sale.
The agreement further provides that Mr. Beckstead is entitled to receive
annual retirement benefits beginning (i) one month from the date of his
retirement (to commence no sooner than age 62½) (ii) five years following
complete disability, or (iii) upon termination of his employment without cause.
These retirement benefits are to be paid for a period of ten years in annual
installments in the amount equal to one-half of his then current annual salary.
However, in the event that Mr. Beckstead dies prior to receiving all retirement
benefits thereunder, the remaining benefits are to be paid to his heirs. The
Company expensed in 2007 and 2006 approximately $43,900 and $36,200,
respectively, to cover the present value of the retirement benefit of the
agreement. The liability accrued is $316,900 and $273,000, as of December 31,
2007 and 2006, respectively.
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AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
13) Capital
Stock
The
following table summarizes the activity in shares of capital stock for the
three-year period ended December 31, 2007:
Class A
|
Class C
|
|||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2004
|
6,755,870 | 6,468,199 | ||||||
New
shares issued for compensation
|
896 | -- | ||||||
Exercise
of stock options
|
2,550 | -- | ||||||
Stock
Dividends
|
338,042 | 322,908 | ||||||
Conversion
of Class C to Class A
|
1,005 | (10,047 | ) | |||||
Balance
at December 31, 2005
|
7,098,363 | 6,781,060 | ||||||
New
shares issued for compensation
|
500 | -- | ||||||
Exercise
of stock options
|
74,520 | -- | ||||||
Stock
Dividends
|
359,606 | 338,940 | ||||||
Conversion
of Class C to Class A
|
241 | (2,409 | ) | |||||
Balance
at December 31, 2006
|
7,533,230 | 7,117,591 | ||||||
Exercise
of stock options
|
(38,487 | ) | 1,157,626 | |||||
Stock
Dividends
|
375,413 | 406,217 | ||||||
Conversion
of Class C to Class A
|
15,073 | (150,735 | ) | |||||
Balance
at December 31, 2007
|
7,885,229 | 8,530,699 | ||||||
The
Company has two classes of common stock with shares outstanding, Class A and
Class C. Class C shares vote share for share with the Class A shares on all
matters except election of one-third of the directors who are elected solely by
the Class A shares, but generally are entitled to a lower dividend participation
rate. Class C shares are convertible into Class A shares at any time on a ten to
one ratio.
Stockholders
of both classes of common stock have received 5% stock dividends in the years
1990 through 2007, as authorized by the Company’s Board of
Directors.
The
Company has Class B Common Stock of $1.00 par value, 5,000,000 shares
authorized, of which none are issued. Class B shares are non-voting stock except
to any proposed amendment to the Articles of Incorporation which would affect
Class B Common Stock.
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AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
13) Capital Stock
(Continued)
Earnings
per share amounts have been retroactively adjusted for the effect of annual
stock dividends. In accordance with SFAS 128, the basic and diluted earnings per
share amounts were calculated as follows:
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Numerator:
|
||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$ | 2,265,396 | $ | 5,124,450 | $ | 3,487,880 | ||||||
Denominator:
|
||||||||||||
Denominator
for basic earnings per share-weighted-average shares
|
7,573,714 | 7,371,549 | 7,297,146 | |||||||||
Effect
of dilutive securities:
|
||||||||||||
Employee
stock options
|
180,339 | 157,220 | 31,479 | |||||||||
Stock
appreciation rights
|
---- | 1,367 | 600 | |||||||||
Dilutive
potential common shares
|
180,339 | 158,587 | 32,079 | |||||||||
Denominator
for diluted earnings per share-adjusted
weighted-average shares and assumed conversions
|
7,754,053 | 7,530,136 | 7,329,225 | |||||||||
Basic
earnings per share
|
$ | 0.30 | $ | 0.70 | $ | 0.48 | ||||||
Diluted
earnings per share
|
$ | 0.29 | $ | 0.68 | $ | 0.48 |
14) Stock Compensation
Plans
In 1987,
the Company adopted the 1987 Incentive Stock Option Plan (the 1987 Plan). The
1987 Plan provides that shares of the Class A Common Stock of the Company may be
optioned to certain officers and key employees of the Company. The 1987 Plan
establishes a Stock Option Plan Committee which selects the employees to whom
the options will be granted and determines the price of the stock. The 1987 Plan
establishes the minimum purchase price of the stock at an amount which is not
less than 100% of the fair market value of the stock (110% for employees owning
more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of
stock).
The 1987
Plan provides that if additional shares of Class A Common Stock are issued
pursuant to a stock split or a stock dividend, the number of shares of Class A
Common Stock then covered by each outstanding option granted hereunder shall be
increased proportionately with no increase in the total purchase price of the
shares then covered, and the number of shares of Class A Common Stock
reserved for the purpose of the 1987 Plan shall be increased by the same
proportion.
In the
event that the shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company from time to time
issued and outstanding are reduced by a combination of shares, the number of
shares of Class A Common Stock then covered by each outstanding option granted
hereunder shall be reduced proportionately with no reduction in the total price
of the shares then so covered, and the number of shares of Class A Common Stock
reserved for the purposes of the 1987 Plan shall be reduced by the same
proportion.
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NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
14) Stock Compensation
Plans (Continued)
The 1987
Plan terminated in 1997 and options granted are non-transferable. Options
granted and outstanding under the 1987 Plan include Stock Appreciation Rights
which permit the holder of the option to elect to receive cash, amounting to the
difference between the option price and the fair market value of the stock at
the time of the exercise, or a lesser amount of stock without payment, upon
exercise of the option.
Activity
of the 1987 Plan is summarized as follows:
Number
of
Class A Shares
|
Option Price
|
|||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2004
|
3,323 | $ | 3.05 | |||||
Adjustment
for the effect of stock dividends
|
166 | |||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2005
|
3,489 | $ | 2.90 | |||||
Adjustment
for the effect of stock dividends
|
175 | |||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2006
|
3,664 | $ | 2.76 | |||||
Cancelled
|
(3,664 | ) | ||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2007
|
-- | -- | ||||||
Exercisable
at end of year
|
-- | |||||||
Available
options for future grant 1987 Stock Incentive Plan
|
-- | |||||||
Weighted
average contractual term of options outstanding at December 31,
2007
|
0
years
|
|||||||
Aggregated
intrinsic value of options outstanding at December 31,
2007
|
$ | -- |
On June
21, 1993, the Company adopted the Security National Financial Corporation 1993
Stock Incentive Plan (the “1993 Plan”), which reserved 300,000 shares of Class A
Common Stock for issuance thereunder.
The 1993
Plan allows the Company to grant options and issue shares as a means of
providing equity incentives to key personnel, giving them a proprietary interest
in the Company and its success and progress.
The 1993
Plan provides for the grant of options and the award or sale of stock to
officers, directors, and employees of the Company. Both “incentive stock
options,” as defined under Section 422A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(the “Code”), and “non-qualified options” may be granted pursuant to the 1993
Plan. Options intended as incentive stock options may be issued only to
employees, and must meet certain conditions imposed by the Code, including a
requirement that the option exercise price be not less than the fair market
value of the option shares on the date of grant. The 1993 Plan provides that the
exercise price for non-qualified options will be not less than at least 50% of
the fair market value of the stock subject to such option as of the date of
grant of such options, as determined by the Company’s Board of
Directors.
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NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
14)
Stock Compensation
Plans (Continued)
The
options were granted to reward certain officers and key employees who have been
employed by the Company for a number of years and to help the Company retain
these officers by providing them with an additional incentive to contribute to
the success of the Company.
The 1993
Plan is administered by the Board of Directors or by a committee designated by
the Board. The 1993 Plan provides that if the shares of Common Stock shall be
subdivided or combined into a greater or smaller number of shares or if the
Company shall issue any shares of Common Stock as a stock dividend on its
outstanding Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon
the exercise of options shall be increased or decreased proportionately, and
appropriate adjustments shall be made in the purchase price per share to reflect
such subdivision, combination or stock dividend. No options may be exercised for
a term of more than ten years from the date of grant.
On
November 7, 1996, the Company amended the Plan as follows: (i) to
increase the number of shares of Class A Common Stock reserved for issuance
under the plan from 300,000 Class A shares to 600,000 Class A shares; and (ii)
to provide that the stock subject to options, awards and purchases may include
Class C common stock.
On
October 14, 1999, the Company amended the 1993 Plan to increase the number of
shares of Class A Common Stock reserved for issuance under the plan from 600,000
Class A shares to 1,046,126 Class A shares. The Plan had a term of ten years and
was terminated in 2003 and options granted thereunder are
non-transferable.
Activity
of the 1993 Plan is summarized as follows:
Number of Class A Shares
|
Option Price
|
|||||||
Outstanding
at December, 2004
|
339,692 |
$1.97
- $5.35
|
||||||
Adjustment
for the effect of stock dividends
|
16,664 | |||||||
Exercised
|
(2,980 | ) | ||||||
Cancelled
|
(3,421 | ) | ||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2005
|
349,955 |
$1.88
- $5.10
|
||||||
Adjustment
for the effect of stock dividends
|
13,345 | |||||||
Exercised
|
(53,604 | ) | ||||||
Cancelled
|
(29,453 | ) | ||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2006
|
280,243 |
$1.79
- $4.86
|
||||||
Adjustment
for the effect of stock dividends
|
13,891 | |||||||
Exercised
|
-- | |||||||
Cancelled
|
(2,431 | ) | ||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2007
|
291,703 |
$1.71
- $4.62
|
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AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
14)
Stock Compensation
Plans (Continued)
Number of Class A Shares
|
Option Price
|
|||||||
Exercisable
at end of year
|
291,703 |
$1.71
- $4.62
|
||||||
Available
options for future grant 1993 Stock Incentive Plan
|
-- | |||||||
Weighted
average contractual term of options outstanding at December 31,
2007
|
3.4
years
|
|||||||
Aggregated
intrinsic value of options outstanding at December 31,
2007
|
$ | -- |
On
October 16, 2000, the Company adopted the Security National Financial
Corporation 2000 Director Stock Option Plan (the “2000 Plan”), which reserved
50,000 shares of Class A Common Stock for issuance thereunder. Effective
November 1, 2000, and on each anniversary date thereof during the term of the
2000 Plan, each outside Director who shall first join the Board after the
effective date shall be granted an option to purchase 1,000 shares upon the date
which such person first becomes an outside Director and an annual grant of an
option to purchase 1,000 shares on each anniversary date thereof during the term
of the 2000 Plan. The options granted to outside Directors shall vest in their
entirety on the first anniversary date of the grant.
The
primary purposes of the 2000 Plan are to enhance the Company’s ability to
attract and retain well-qualified persons for service as directors and to
provide incentives to such directors to continue their association with the
Company.
The 2000
Plan provides that if the shares of Common Stock shall be subdivided or combined
into a greater or smaller number of shares or if the Company shall issue any
shares of Common Stock as a stock dividend on its outstanding Common Stock, the
number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon the exercise of options shall
be increased or decreased proportionately, and appropriate adjustments shall be
made in the purchase price per share to reflect such subdivisions, combination
or stock dividend.
The 2000
Plan terminated in 2006 and options granted are
non-transferable. Options granted and outstanding under the 2000 Plan
include Stock Appreciation Rights which permit the holder of the option to elect
to receive cash, amounting to the difference between the option price and the
fair market value of the stock at the time of the exercise, or a lesser amount
of stock without payment, upon exercise of the option.
Activity
of the 2000 Plan is summarized as follows:
Number
of
Class A Shares
|
Option Price
|
|||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2004
|
19,558 |
$1.76
- $5.45
|
||||||
Adjustment
for the effect of stock dividends
|
986 | |||||||
Granted
|
4,000 | |||||||
Exercised
|
(3,828 | ) |
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SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
14)
Stock Compensation
Plans (Continued)
Number
of
Class A Shares
|
Option Price
|
|||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2005
|
20,716 |
$2.00
- $5.19
|
||||||
Adjustment
for the effect of stock dividends
|
845 | |||||||
Granted
|
-- | |||||||
Exercised
|
(3,828 | ) | ||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2006
|
17,733 |
$1.90
- $4.94
|
||||||
Adjustment
for the effect of stock dividends
|
695 | |||||||
Granted
|
-- | |||||||
Exercised
|
(3,828 | ) | ||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2007
|
14,600 |
$2.70
- $4.71
|
||||||
Exercisable
at end of year
|
14,600 | $2.70 - $4.71 | ||||||
Available
options for future grant 2000 Director Plan
|
-0- | |||||||
Weighted
average contractual term of optionsoutstanding at December 31,
2007
|
1.3
years
|
|||||||
Aggregated
intrinsic value of options outstanding at December 31,
2007
|
$ | 4,623 |
On July
11, 2003, the Company adopted the Security National Financial Corporation 2003
Stock Option Plan (the “2003 Plan”), which reserved 500,000 shares of Class A
Common Stock and 1,000,000 shares of Class C Common Stock for issuance
thereunder. On July 13, 2007, the Company amended the 2003 Plan to authorize an
additional 400,000 shares of Class A Common Stock and an additional 1,000,000
shares of Class C common stock to be made available for issuance under the
Plan. The 2003 Plan allows the Company to grant options and issue
shares as a means of providing equity incentives to key personnel, giving them a
proprietary interest in the Company and its success and progress.
The 2003
Plan provides for the grant of options and the award or sale of stock to
officers, directors, and employees of the Company. Both “incentive stock
options”, as defined under Section 422A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(the “Code”) and “non-qualified options” may be granted under the 2003
Plan.
The 2003
Plan is to be administered by the Board of Directors or by a committee
designated by the Board. The terms of options granted or stock awards or sales
affected under the 2003 Plan are to be determined by the Board of Directors or
its committee. No options may be exercised for a term of more than ten years
from the date of the grant. Options intended as incentive stock options may be
issued only to employees, and must meet certain conditions imposed by the code,
including a requirement that the option exercise price be no less than the fair
market value of the option shares on the date of grant. The 2003 Plan provides
that the exercise price for non-qualified options will not be less than at least
50% of the fair market value of the stock subject to such option as of the date
of grant of such options, as determined by the Company’s Board of
Directors.
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AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
14)
Stock Compensation
Plans (Continued)
The 2003
Plan has a term of ten years. The Board of Directors may amend or terminate the
2003 Plan at any time, from time to time, subject to approval of certain
modifications to the 2003 Plan by the shareholders of the Company as may be
required by law or the 2003 Plan.
Activity
of the 2003 Plan is summarized as follows:
Number
of
Class A Shares
|
Number
of
Class C Shares(1)
|
Option
Price(1)
|
||||||||||
Outstanding
at January 1, 2004
|
-- | -- | ||||||||||
Adjustment
for the effect of stock dividends
|
7,675 | 50,000 | ||||||||||
Granted
|
153,500 | 1,000,000 | ||||||||||
Exercised
|
-- | -- | ||||||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2004
|
161,175 | 1,050,000 |
$3.77
- $3.08
|
|||||||||
Adjustment
for the effect of stock dividends
|
25,404 | 52,500 | ||||||||||
Granted
|
349,000 | -- | ||||||||||
Exercised
|
-- | -- | ||||||||||
Cancelled
|
(2,100 | ) | -- | |||||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2005
|
533,479 | 1,102,500 |
$2.93
- $3.68
|
|||||||||
Adjustment
for the effect of stock dividends
|
22,823 | 55,125 | ||||||||||
Granted
|
-- | -- | ||||||||||
Exercised
|
(63,881 | ) | -- | |||||||||
Cancelled
|
(13,125 | ) | -- | |||||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2006
|
479,296 | 1,157,625 |
$2.79
- $3.50
|
|||||||||
Adjustment
for the effect of stock dividends
|
21,674 | -- | ||||||||||
Granted
|
-- | -- | ||||||||||
Exercised
|
(44,650 | ) | (1,157,625 | ) | ||||||||
Cancelled
|
(1,158 | ) | -- | |||||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2007
|
455,162 | -- |
$2.66
- $3.33
|
|||||||||
Exercisable
at end of year
|
455,162 | -- | $2.66 - $3.33 | |||||||||
Available
options for future grant 2003 Stock Incentive Plan
|
497,243 | 1,110,775 | ||||||||||
Weighted
average contractual term of options outstanding at December 31,
2007
|
5.3
years
|
|||||||||||
Aggregated
intrinsic value of options outstanding at December 31,
2007
|
$ | 366,052 |
(1) Class
“C” shares are converted to Class “A” shares on a 10 to 1 ratio. The Option
Price is based on Class A Common shares.
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SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
14)
Stock Compensation
Plans (Continued)
On
December 7, 2006, the Company adopted the 2006 Director Stock Option Plan (the
“Director Plan”) effective December 7, 2006. The Director Plan provides for the
grant by the Company of options to purchase up to an aggregate of 100,000 shares
of Class A Common Stock for issuance thereunder and adjusted for stock dividends
if any. The Director Plan provides that each member of the Company’s Board of
Directors who is not an employee or paid consultant of the Company automatically
is eligible to receive options to purchase the Company’s Class A Common Stock
under the Director Plan.
Effective
as of December 7, 2006, and on each anniversary date thereof during the term of
the Director Plan, each outside director shall automatically receive an option
to purchase 1,000 shares of Class A Common Stock. In addition, each new outside
director who shall first join the Board after the effective date shall be
granted an option to purchase 1,000 shares upon the date which such person first
becomes an outside director and an annual grant of an option to purchase 1,000
shares on each anniversary date thereof during the term of the Director Plan.
The options granted to outside directors shall vest in their entirety on the
first anniversary date of the grant. The primary purposes of the Director Plan
are to enhance the Company’s ability to attract and retain well-qualified
persons for service as directors and to provide incentives to such directors to
continue their association with the Company.
In the
event of a merger of the Company with or into another company, or a
consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets or other change in control
transaction involving the Company, each option becomes exercisable in full,
unless such option is assumed by the successor corporation. In the event the
transaction is not approved by a majority of the “Continuing
Directors” (as defined in the Director Plan), each option becomes fully vested
and exercisable in full immediately prior to the consummation of such
transaction, whether or not assumed by the successor corporation.
Activity
of the 2006 Plan is summarized as follows:
Number
of
Class A Shares
|
Option Price
|
|||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2005
|
-- | -- | ||||||
Granted
|
4,000 | |||||||
Adjustment
for the effect of stock dividends
|
200 | |||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2006
|
4,200 |
$5.06
|
||||||
Granted
|
4,000 | |||||||
Adjustment
for the effect of stock dividends
|
410 | |||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2007
|
8,610 |
$4.82
- $3.57
|
||||||
Exercisable
at end of year
|
4,412 | $4.82 | ||||||
Available
options for future grant 2006 Stock Incentive Plan
|
101,640 | |||||||
Weighted
average contractual term of options outstanding at December 31,
2007
|
9.4
years
|
|||||||
Aggregated
intrinsic value of options outstanding at December 31,
2007
|
-- |
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SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
14)
Stock Compensation
Plans (Continued)
The
Company's Board of Directors granted stock options in 2004 to Scott M. Quist,
the Company's President and Chief Operating Officer, to purchase up to 1,000,000
shares of Class C common stock at exercise prices of $.323 and $.36 per
share. On May 31, 2007, Mr. Quist made a cashless exercise of such
options to purchase a total of 1,157,625 shares of Class C common stock that he
was entitled to receive, after adjustments for 5% stock dividends issued in
2005, 2006 and 2007.
In
connection with the exercise of such options on a cashless basis, Mr. Quist
delivered and the Company indirectly repurchased a total of 58,376 shares of
Class A common stock from Mr. Quist in exchange for all the Class C shares he
would be entitled to receive for exercising the options. Inasmuch as
there were 6,966,849 shares of Class C common stock outstanding as of May
31, 2007 out of a total of 7,500,000 authorized shares of Class C common stock,
the Company could legally issue only 533,151 shares of Class C common stock to
Mr. Quist, leaving a balance of 624,474 Class C common shares owing to
him.
In order
to issue the additional shares of Class C common shares owing to Mr. Quist, the
Board of Directors approved on July 13, 2007 an amendment to the Company's
Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of Class C common shares from
7,500,000 shares to 15,000,000 shares. Because stockholder approval
was also required to amend the Company's Articles of Incorporation, the Company
scheduled a special stockholders meeting on September 21, 2007 to approve the
amendment to the Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized
shares of Class C common stock from 7,500,000 shares to 15,000,000
shares.
On
September 21, 2007 the stockholders approved the amendment to the Articles of
Incorporation at the special stockholders meeting that increased the number of
Class C common shares to 15,000,000 shares, and, as a result, the Company was
able to issue Mr. Quist the additional 624,474 shares of Class C common stock
that were owed pursuant to his exercise of stock options.
15)
Statutory
Reserves
Generally,
the net assets of the life insurance subsidiaries available for transfer to the
Company are limited to the amounts that the life insurance subsidiaries net
assets, as determined in accordance with statutory accounting practices, which
were $21,497,894 at December 31, 2007, exceed minimum statutory capital
requirements; however, payments of such amounts as dividends are subject to
approval by regulatory authorities.
The Utah,
Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri Insurance Departments impose minimum risk-based
capital requirements that were developed by the National Association of
Insurance Commissioners, (“NAIC”) on insurance enterprises. The formulas for
determining the risk-based capital (“RBC”) specify various factors that are
applied to financial balances or various levels of activity based on the
perceived degree of risk. Regulatory compliance is determined by a ratio (the
“Ratio”) of the enterprise’s regulatory total adjusted capital, as defined by
the NAIC, to its authorized control level, as defined by the NAIC. Enterprises
below specific trigger points or ratios are classified within certain levels,
each of which requires specified corrective action. The life insurance
subsidiaries have a combined weighted Ratio that is greater than 353% of the
first level of regulatory action.
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SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
16) Business Segment
Information
Description
of Products and Services by Segment
The
Company has three reportable business segments: life insurance, cemetery and
mortuary, and mortgage loans. The Company’s life insurance segment consists of
life insurance premiums and operating expenses from the sale of insurance
products sold by the Company’s independent agency force and net investment
income derived from investing policyholder and segment surplus funds. The
Company’s cemetery and mortuary segment consists of revenues and operating
expenses from the sale of at-need cemetery and mortuary merchandise and services
at its mortuaries and cemeteries, pre-need sales of cemetery spaces after
collection of 10% or more of the purchase price and the net investment income
from investing segment surplus funds. The Company’s mortgage loan segment
consists of loan originations fee income and expenses from the originations of
residential and commercial mortgage loans and interest earned and interest
expenses from warehousing pre-sold loans before the funds are received from
financial institutional investors.
Measurement
of Segment Profit or Loss and Segment Assets
The
accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those described
in the Significant Accounting Principles. Intersegment revenues are recorded at
cost plus an agreed upon intercompany profit.
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SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
16) Business Segment Information
(Continued)
Factors
Management Used to Identify the Enterprise’s Reportable Segments
The
Company’s reportable segments are business units that offer different products
and are managed separately due to the different products and the need to report
to the various regulatory jurisdictions.
2007
Life
|
Cemetery/
|
Reconciling
|
||||||||||||||||||
Insurance
|
Mortuary
|
Mortgage
|
Items
|
Consolidated
|
||||||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
From
external sources:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue
from customers
|
$ | 32,262,837 | $ | 13,188,655 | $ | 130,472,166 | $ | -- | $ | 175,923,658 | ||||||||||
Net
investment income
|
14,575,311 | 942,637 | 16,438,496 | -- | 31,956,444 | |||||||||||||||
Realized
gains on investments and other assets
|
193,109 | 814,465 | -- | -- | 1,007,574 | |||||||||||||||
Other
revenues
|
157,670 | 349,789 | 352,947 | -- | 860,406 | |||||||||||||||
Intersegment
revenues:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net
investment income
|
6,866,489 | 116,004 | 472,785 | (7,455,278 | ) | -- | ||||||||||||||
Total
revenues
|
54,055,416 | 15,411,550 | 147,736,394 | (7,455,278 | ) | 209,748,082 | ||||||||||||||
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Death
and other policy benefits
|
18,353,228 | -- | -- | -- | 18,353,228 | |||||||||||||||
Increase
in future policy benefits
|
11,389,019 | -- | -- | -- | 11,389,019 | |||||||||||||||
Amortization
of deferred policy and pre-need acquisition costs and value of business
acquired
|
5,195,549 | 375,250 | -- | -- | 5,570,799 | |||||||||||||||
Depreciation
|
715,478 | 829,196 | 537,976 | -- | 2,082,650 | |||||||||||||||
General,
administration and other costs:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Intersegment
|
24,000 | 62,869 | 287,864 | (374,733 | ) | -- | ||||||||||||||
Other
|
14,136,583 | 12,581,767 | 129,240,135 | -- | 155,958,485 | |||||||||||||||
Interest
expense:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Intersegment
|
498,272 | 172,683 | 6,409,590 | (7,080,545 | ) | -- | ||||||||||||||
Other
|
253,720 | 280,506 | 12,736,644 | -- | 13,270,870 | |||||||||||||||
Total
benefits and expenses
|
50,565,849 | 14,302,271 | 149,212,209 | (7,455,278 | ) | 206,625,051 | ||||||||||||||
Earnings
(losses) before income taxes
|
$ | 3,489,567 | $ | 1,109,279 | $ | (1,475,815 | ) | $ | -- | $ | 3,123,031 | |||||||||
Identifable
assests
|
$ | 397,295,306 | $ | 61,102,244 | $ | 24,181,819 | $ | (64,416,724 | ) | $ | 418,162,645 | |||||||||
Expenditures
for long-lived assets
|
$ | 850,270 | $ | 1,248,701 | $ | 910,308 | $ | -- | $ | 3,009,279 |
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AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
16) Business Segment Information
(Continued)
2006
Life
Insurance
|
Cemetery/
Mortuary
|
Mortgage
|
Reconciling
Items
|
Consolidated
|
||||||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
From
external sources:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue
from customers
|
$ | 30,776,491 | $ | 12,122,728 | $ | 85,112,831 | $ | -- | $ | 128,012,050 | ||||||||||
Net
investment income
|
13,774,225 | 935,487 | 8,535,919 | -- | 23,245,631 | |||||||||||||||
Realized
gains on investments and other assets
|
131,073 | 760,231 | -- | -- | 891,304 | |||||||||||||||
Other
revenues
|
34,921 | 108,987 | 237,640 | -- | 381,548 | |||||||||||||||
Intersegment
revenues:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net
investment income
|
4,907,414 | 116,004 | 452,070 | (5,475,488 | ) | -- | ||||||||||||||
Total
revenues
|
49,624,124 | 14,043,437 | 94,338,460 | (5,475,488 | ) | 152,530,533 | ||||||||||||||
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Death
and other policy benefits
|
16,853,568 | -- | -- | -- | 16,853,568 | |||||||||||||||
Increase
in future policy benefits
|
10,465,268 | -- | -- | -- | 10,465,268 | |||||||||||||||
Amortization
of deferred policy acquisition costs and cost of insurance
acquired
|
3,796,062 | 328,685 | -- | 4,124,747 | ||||||||||||||||
Depreciation
|
487,545 | 298,512 | 540,915 | -- | 1,326,972 | |||||||||||||||
General,
administrative and other
costs:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Intersegment
|
24,000 | 60,672 | 294,828 | (379,500 | ) | -- | ||||||||||||||
Other
|
12,603,489 | 11,508,066 | 82,611,487 | -- | 106,723,042 | |||||||||||||||
Interest
expense:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Intersegment
|
546,075 | 177,359 | 4,372,554 | (5,095,988 | ) | -- | ||||||||||||||
Other
|
376,289 | 307,728 | 5,457,281 | -- | 6,141,298 | |||||||||||||||
Total
benefits and expenses
|
45,152,296 | 12,681,022 | 93,277,065 | (5,475,488 | ) | 145,634,895 | ||||||||||||||
Earnings
before income taxes
|
$ | 4,471,828 | $ | 1,362,415 | $ | 1,061,395 | $ | -- | $ | 6,895,638 | ||||||||||
Identifiable
assets
|
$ | 353,431,518 | $ | 54,787,639 | $ | 22,158,123 | $ | (52,982,097 | ) | $ | 377,395,183 | |||||||||
Expenditures
for long-lived assets
|
$ | 454,817 | $ | 670,988 | $ | 637,903 | $ | -- | $ | 1,763,708 |
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AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
16) Business Segment Information
(Continued)
2005
Life
Insurance
|
Cemetery/
Mortuary
|
Mortgage
|
Reconciling
Items
|
Consolidated
|
||||||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
From
external sources:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue
from customers
|
$ | 27,170,109 | $ | 10,838,878 | $ | 71,859,272 | $ | -- | $ | 109,868,259 | ||||||||||
Net
investment income
|
11,080,324 | 967,740 | 7,338,507 | -- | 19,386,571 | |||||||||||||||
Realized
gains on investments and other assets
|
74,246 | -- | -- | -- | 74,246 | |||||||||||||||
Other
revenues
|
293,151 | 162,078 | 165,522 | -- | 620,751 | |||||||||||||||
Intersegment
revenues:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net
investment income
|
5,015,356 | 92,004 | 349,027 | (5,456,387 | ) | -- | ||||||||||||||
Total
revenues
|
43,633,186 | 12,060,700 | 79,712,328 | (5,456,387 | ) | 129,949,827 | ||||||||||||||
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Death
and other policy benefits
|
14,734,364 | -- | -- | -- | 14,734,364 | |||||||||||||||
Increase
in future policy benefits
|
9,742,218 | -- | -- | -- | 9,742,218 | |||||||||||||||
Amortization
of deferred policy acquisition costs and cost of insurance
acquired
|
2,765,422 | 265,312 | -- | -- | 3,030,734 | |||||||||||||||
Depreciation
|
438,423 | 699,236 | 566,495 | -- | 1,704,154 | |||||||||||||||
General,
administrative and other
costs:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Intersegment
|
-- | 36,672 | 296,664 | (333,336 | ) | -- | ||||||||||||||
Other
|
12,278,778 | 10,147,421 | 68,663,284 | -- | 91,089,483 | |||||||||||||||
Interest
expense:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Intersegment
|
422,199 | 172,557 | 4,528,295 | (5,123,051 | ) | -- | ||||||||||||||
Other
|
460,708 | 317,292 | 4,143,238 | -- | 4,921,238 | |||||||||||||||
Total
benefits and expenses
|
40,842,112 | 11,638,490 | 78,197,976 | (5,456,387 | ) | 125,222,191 | ||||||||||||||
Earnings
before income taxes
|
$ | 2,791,074 | $ | 422,210 | $ | 1,514,352 | $ | -- | $ | 4,727,636 | ||||||||||
Identifiable
assets
|
$ | 345,029,159 | $ | 51,281,466 | $ | 18,193,773 | $ | (54,858,925 | ) | $ | 359,645,473 | |||||||||
Expenditures
for long-lived assets
|
$ | 758,688 | $ | 1,155,673 | $ | 322,371 | $ | -- | $ | 2,236,732 |
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AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
17) Related Party
Transactions
On
November 19, 2007, Security National Life and Scott M. Quist entered into a Use
and Buy Sale Agreement to jointly purchase a condominium located in St. George,
Utah. Mr. Quist is the Company's President and Chief Operating
Officer. The condominium is to be used for the entertainment of
Security National Life's executive officers and employees, outside vendors and
prospective customers. The purchase price of the condominium, including
improvements and furnishings, was $538,962. Mr. Quist paid $286,207
of that amount and Security National Life paid $252,755.
Under the
terms of the agreement, Security National Life and Mr. Quist have the right to
use the condominium in proportion to their respective contributions towards the
purchase price, including furnishings and fixtures. Mr. Quist is
responsible for the care and maintenance of the condominium. The
payment of taxes, insurance, utilities and homeowners' fees is to be divided
between Security National Life and Mr. Quist according to their respective
ownership percentages.
Upon the
death, disability or retirement of Mr. Quist or his separation from employment
with the Company, Mr. Quist or his estate, as the case may be, shall have the
right to purchase Security National Life's interest in the condominium at the
original purchase price or fair market value, whichever is less. Security
National Life's contribution to the purchase price of the condominium was equal
to an amount of accrued but unpaid bonuses owed to Mr. Quist, which he agreed to
continue to defer for the option that would allow him or his estate to purchase
Security National Life's interest in the condominium upon his death, disability
or retirement at the lesser of the original purchase price or fair market
value.
18) Disclosure about Fair Value
of Financial Instruments
The fair
values of investments in fixed maturity and equity securities along with methods
used to estimate such values are disclosed in Note 3. The following methods and
assumptions were used by the Company in estimating the “fair value” disclosures
related to other significant financial instruments:
Cash, Receivables, Short-term
Investments, and Restricted Assets of the Cemeteries and Mortuaries: The
carrying amounts reported in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet for
these financial instruments approximate their fair values.
Mortgage, Policy, Student, and
Collateral Loans: The
fair values are estimated using interest rates currently being offered for
similar loans to borrowers with similar credit ratings. Loans with similar
characteristics are aggregated for purposes of the calculations. The carrying
amounts reported in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet for these
financial instruments approximate their fair values.
Investment Contracts: The
fair values for the Company’s liabilities under investment-type insurance
contracts are estimated based on the contracts’ cash surrender
values.
The fair
values for the Company’s insurance contracts other than investment-type
contracts are not required to be disclosed. However, the fair values of
liabilities under all insurance contracts are taken into consideration in the
Company’s overall management of interest rate risk, such that the Company’s
exposure to changing interest rates is minimized through the matching of
investment maturities with amounts due under insurance contracts.
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AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
December
31, 2007
|
December
31, 2006
|
|||||||||||||||
Carrying
Amount
|
Fair
Value
|
Carrying
Amount
|
Fair
Value
|
|||||||||||||
Financial
assets:
|
||||||||||||||||
Investment
in fixed maturity securities
|
$ | 116,896,016 | $ | 114,476,524 | $ | 98,317,519 | $ | 98,422,577 | ||||||||
Investment
in securities available for sale
|
8,781,212 | 8,781,212 | 8,679,226 | 8,679,226 | ||||||||||||
Investment
in mortgage loans and construction loans
|
92,884,055 | 92,884,055 | 85,135,011 | 85,135,011 | ||||||||||||
Investment
in policy, student and other loans
|
16,860,874 | 16,860,874 | 12,846,986 | 12,846,986 | ||||||||||||
Short-term
investments
|
5,337,367 | 5,337,367 | 4,586,828 | 4,586,828 | ||||||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
5,203,060 | 5,203,060 | 10,376,585 | 10,376,585 | ||||||||||||
Mortgage
loans sold to investors
|
66,700,694 | 66,700,694 | 59,091,848 | 59,091,848 | ||||||||||||
Receivables
|
15,036,867 | 15,036,867 | 15,603,518 | 15,603,518 | ||||||||||||
Restricted
assets of cemeteries and mortuaries
|
5,711,054 | 5,711,054 | 5,430,870 | 5,430,870 | ||||||||||||
Cemetery
perpetual care trust investments
|
1,604,600 | 1,604,600 | 1,306,984 | 1,306,984 | ||||||||||||
Financial
liabilities:
|
||||||||||||||||
Investment-type
insurance contracts
|
(106,939,120 | ) | (106,939,120 | ) | (94,284,000 | ) | (94,284,000 | ) | ||||||||
Bank
loans payable, excluding interest rate swaps
|
(12,525,715 | ) | (12,525,715 | ) | (7,056,424 | ) | (7,056,424 | ) | ||||||||
Notes
and contracts payable
|
(818,810 | ) | (818,810 | ) | (747,188 | ) | (747,188 | ) | ||||||||
Accounts
payable
|
(1,833,188 | ) | (1,833,188 | ) | (1,820,178 | ) | (1,820,178 | ) | ||||||||
Other
liabilities and accrued expenses
|
(14,812,845 | ) | (14,812,845 | ) | (11,611,033 | ) | (11,611,033 | ) | ||||||||
Derivatives:
|
||||||||||||||||
Interest
rate lock commitments
|
627,116 | 627,116 | 1,147,314 | 1,147,314 | ||||||||||||
Forward
contracts on mortgage-backed securities
|
- 0 - | - 0 - | 62,227 | 62,227 | ||||||||||||
Bank
loan interest rate swaps
|
(26,951 | ) | (26,951 | ) | 133,080 | 133,080 |
19) Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Income and Other Items
The
following summarizes accumulated other comprehensive income:
December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Unrealized
gains (losses) on available for-sale securities
|
$ | 245,447 | $ | 1,070,471 | $ | (342,816 | ) | |||||
Reclassification
adjustment for net realized gains (losses) in net income
|
175,130 | 93,255 | 56,090 | |||||||||
Net
unrealized gains (losses) before taxes
|
420,577 | 1,163,726 | (286,726 | ) | ||||||||
Tax
(expense) benefit
|
(57,046 | ) | (186,935 | ) | 114,017 | |||||||
Net
|
363,531 | 976,791 | (172,709 | ) | ||||||||
Potential
unrealized gains (losses) for derivative bank loans (interest rate swaps)
before taxes
|
(160,021 | ) | (29,549 | ) | 199,439 | |||||||
Tax
(expense) benefit
|
54,407 | 10,047 | (67,809 | ) | ||||||||
Net
|
(105,614 | ) | (19,502 | ) | 131,630 | |||||||
Potential
unrealized gains for derivative mortgage loans before
taxes
|
(582,425 | ) | 951,847 | 257,694 | ||||||||
Tax
(expense) benefit
|
198,024 | (323,628 | ) | (87,616 | ) | |||||||
Net
|
(384,401 | ) | 628,219 | 170,078 | ||||||||
Other
stock options granted
|
20,120 | -- | -- | |||||||||
Other
comprehensive income
|
$ | (106,364 | ) | $ | 1,585,508 | $ | 128,999 |
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SECURITY
NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
19) Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Income and Other Items (Continued)
The
following is the accumulated balances of other comprehensive income and other
items as of December 31, 2007:
Beginning
Balance December 31,
2006
|
Change
for the period
|
Ending
Balance December 31, 2007
|
||||||||||
Unrealized
gains on available-for-sale securities
|
$ | 2,799,645 | $ | 363,531 | $ | 3,163,176 | ||||||
Unrealized
gains on derivative mortgage loans
|
798,297 | (384,401 | ) | 413,896 | ||||||||
Unrealized
gains ( losses) on derivative bank loan interest rate
swaps
|
87,833 | (105,614 | ) | (17,781 | ) | |||||||
Other
comprehensive income
|
3,685,775 | (126,484 | ) | 3,559,291 | ||||||||
Other
items:
|
||||||||||||
Acquisitions
of company stock held in escrow
|
(1,982,620 | ) | 20,120 | (1,962,500 | ) | |||||||
Total
other comprehensive income and other items
|
$ | 1,703,155 | $ | (106,364 | ) | $ | 1,596,791 |
20) Derivative Loan
Commitments
During
2005, the Company’s mortgage banking activities implemented new practices
relating to mortgage loan commitments, including interest rate lock commitments
and forward commitments to sell loans to third-party investors. The Company also
implemented a hedging strategy for these transactions. A mortgage
loan commitment binds the Company to lend funds to a qualified borrower at a
specified interest rate and within a specified period of time, generally up to
30 days after inception of the rate lock. Mortgage loan commitments
are derivatives under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 (“SFAS
133”), Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, as amended by Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 149 (“SFAS 149”), Amendment of Statement
133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities and must be
recognized at fair value on the consolidated balance sheet with changes in their
fair values recorded as part of other comprehensive income from mortgage banking
operations.
The
Company is exposed to price risk due to the potential impact of changes in
interest rates on the values of mortgage loan commitments from the time a
derivative loan commitment is made to an applicant to the time the loan that
would result from the exercise of that loan commitment is funded. Managing price
risk is complicated by the fact that the ultimate percentage of derivative loan
commitments that will be exercised (i.e., the number of loan commitments that
will be funded) fluctuates. The probability that a loan will not be funded
within the terms of the commitment is driven by a number of factors,
particularly the change, if any, in mortgage rates following the inception of
the interest rate lock. However, many borrowers continue to exercise derivative
loan commitments even when interest rates have fallen.
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NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
20) Derivative Loan Commitments
(Continued)
In
general, the probability of funding increases if mortgage rates rise and
decreases if mortgage rates fall. This is due primarily to the relative
attractiveness of current mortgage rates compared to the applicant’s committed
rate. The probability that a loan will not be funded within the terms of the
mortgage loan commitment also is influenced by the source of the applications
(retail, broker or correspondent channels), proximity to rate lock expiration,
purpose for the loan (purchase or refinance) product type and the application
approval status. The Company has developed fallout estimates using historical
observed data that take into account all of the variables, as well as
renegotiations of rate and point commitments that tend to occur when mortgage
rates fall. These fallout estimates are used to estimate the number of loans
that the Company expects to be funded within the terms of the mortgage loan
commitments and are updated periodically to reflect the most current data. Once
a loan is closed, it is classified as a loan receivable-sold to
investors.
The
Company estimates the fair value of a mortgage loan commitment based on the
change in estimated fair value of the underlying mortgage loan and the
probability that the mortgage loan will fund within the terms of the commitment.
The change in fair value of the underlying mortgage loan is measured from the
date the mortgage loan commitment is issued. Therefore, at the time of issuance,
the estimated fair value is zero. Following issuance, the value of a mortgage
loan commitment can be either positive or negative depending upon the change in
value of the underlying mortgage loans. Fallout rates derived from the Company’s
recent historical empirical data are used to estimate the quantity of mortgage
loans that will fund within the terms of the commitments.
The
Company utilizes various derivative instruments to economically hedge the price
risk associated with its outstanding mortgage loan commitments. Management
expects these derivatives will experience changes in fair value opposite to
changes in fair value of the derivative loan commitments, thereby reducing
earnings volatility related to the recognition in earnings of changes in the
values of the commitments. A forward loan sales commitment protects the Company
from losses on sales of the loans arising from exercise of the loan commitments
by securing the ultimate sales price and delivery date of the loans. For
mortgage loan commitments not protected by a forward sales commitment, the
instruments used to economically hedge the fair value of the mortgage loan
commitments include other freestanding derivatives such as mortgage backed
securities, options and U.S. Treasury futures. The Company takes into account
various factors and strategies in determining the portion of the mortgage loan
commitments it wants to hedge economically.
The
significant components of other comprehensive income relating to the derivative,
before the effects of income tax during the years ended December 31, 2007 and
2006 are as follows:
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Gain
forward loan sale commitments
|
$ | 1,173,023 | $ | 291,915 | ||||
Gain
(loss) on derivative loan commitments
|
(1,755,448 | ) | 659,932 | |||||
Total
|
$ | (582,425 | ) | $ | 951,847 |
21) Quarterly Financial Data
(Unaudited)
2007
Three Months Ended
|
||||||||||||||||
March 31
|
June 30
|
September 30
|
December 31
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
|
$ | 49,046,152 | $ | 54,315,888 | $ | 51,663,941 | $ | 54,722,101 | ||||||||
Benefits
and expenses
|
47,988,774 | 52,956,038 | 52,801,454 | 52,878,785 | ||||||||||||
Earnings
before income taxes
|
1,057,378 | 1,359,850 | ( 1,137,513 | ) | 1,843,316 | |||||||||||
Income
tax expense
|
312,837 | 328,822 | (475,069 | ) | 691,045 | |||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
744,541 | 1,031,028 | (662,444 | ) | 1,152,271 | |||||||||||
Net
earnings per common share
|
$ | 0.10 | $ | 0.14 | $ | (0.09 | ) | $ | 0.15 | |||||||
Net
earnings per common share assuming dilution
|
$ | 0.10 | $ | 0.13 | $ | (0.09 | ) | $ | 0.15 |
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NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
Years
Ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
21) Quarterly Financial Data
(Unaudited) (Continued)
2006
Three
Months Ended
|
||||||||||||||||
March 31
|
June 30
|
September 30
|
December 31
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
|
$ | 32,403,693 | $ | 34,146,449 | $ | 38,574,775 | $ | 47,405,616 | ||||||||
Benefits
and expenses
|
31,101,536 | 33,253,582 | 36,441,240 | 44,838,537 | ||||||||||||
Earnings
before income taxes
|
1,302,157 | 892,867 | 2,133,535 | 2,567,079 | ||||||||||||
Income
tax expense
|
288,491 | 169,228 | 592,238 | 721,231 | ||||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
1,013,666 | 723,639 | 1,541,297 | 1,845,848 | ||||||||||||
Net
earnings per common share
|
$ | 0.14 | $ | 0.10 | $ | 0.21 | $ | 0.25 | ||||||||
Net
earnings per common share assuming dilution
|
$ | 0.14 | $ | 0.10 | $ | 0.21 | $ | 0.24 |
Item 9. Changes In and
Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure
None
Item 9A. Controls and
Procedures
Under the
supervision and with the participation of our management, including the Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we have evaluated the
effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as required by Exchange
Act Rule 13a-15(b) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on
that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have
concluded that these disclosure controls and procedures are
effective.
(a)
|
Management’s
annual report on internal control over financial
reporting.
|
Management
is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over
financial reporting. The Company's internal control over financial reporting is
a process that is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements
for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and includes those policies and procedures that:
|
·
|
Pertain
to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and
fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of assets of the
Company,
|
|
·
|
Provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures are being made
only in accordance with authorizations of management and the board of
directors of the Company, and
|
|
·
|
Provide
reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of
unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the Company's assets that
could have a material effect on the financial
statements.
|
Because
of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not
prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of
effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance
with the policies and procedures may deteriorate.
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Management
performed an assessment of the effectiveness of the Company's internal control
over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007. The objective of this
assessment was to determine whether the Company's internal control over
financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2007. Based on that
assessment the Company believes that, at December 31, 2007, its internal control
over financial reporting was effective.
(b)
|
Changes
in internal control over financial
reporting.
|
There was
no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred in the
fourth quarter of 2007 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART
III
Item 10. Directors and
Executive Officers
The
Company’s Board of Directors consists of seven persons, four of whom are not
employees of the Company. There are no family relationships between or among any
of the directors and executive officers, except that Scott M. Quist and G.
Robert Quist are the sons of George R. Quist and Christie Q. Overbaugh is the
daughter of George R. Quist. The following table sets forth certain information
with respect to the directors and executive officers of the
Company.
Name
|
Age
|
Position with the
Company
|
George
R. Quist
|
87
|
Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer
|
Scott
M. Quist
|
54
|
President,
Chief Operating Officer and
Director
|
Stephen
M. Sill
|
62
|
Vice
President, Treasurer and Chief Financial
Officer
|
G.
Robert Quist
|
56
|
First
Vice President and Secretary
|
J.
Lynn Beckstead, Jr.
|
54
|
Vice
President Mortgage Operations and
Director
|
Christie
Q. Overbaugh
|
59
|
Senior
Vice President of Internal
Operations
|
Charles
L. Crittenden
|
87
|
Director
|
Robert
G. Hunter
|
48
|
Director
|
H.
Craig Moody
|
56
|
Director
|
Norman
G. Wilbur
|
69
|
Director
|
Committees
of the Board of Directors include an executive committee, on which
Messrs. George Quist, Scott Quist, and Moody serve; an audit committee, on
which Messrs. Crittenden, Moody, and Wilbur serve; and a compensation
committee, on which Messrs. Crittenden, Moody, Wilbur, and George Quist
serve.
The audit
committee is composed of directors who are, in the opinion of the Board of
Directors, free from any relationship which would interfere with the exercise of
independent judgment and who possess an understanding of financial statements
and generally accepted accounting principles. Thus, each member is an
“independent” director as that term is defined by the regulations of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Board of Directors has determined that
Norman G. Wilbur, who currently serves as a director and a member of the audit
committee, is an independent financial expert of the audit
committee.
Directors
The
following is a description of the business experience of each of the Company’s
directors.
George R. Quist has been
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since October
1979. Mr. Quist served as President of the Company from 1979
until 2002. From 1960 to 1964, Mr. Quist was Executive Vice
President and Treasurer of Pacific Guardian Life Insurance Company. From 1946 to
1960, he was an agent, District Manager and Associate General Agent for various
insurance companies. Mr. Quist also served from 1981 to 1982 as the
President of The National Association of Life Companies, a trade association of
642 life insurance companies, and from 1982 to 1983 as its Chairman of the
Board.
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Scott M. Quist has been
President of the Company since 2002, its Chief Operating Officer since 2001, and
a director since 1986. Mr. Quist served as First Vice President of the
Company from 1986 to 2002. From 1980 to 1982, Mr. Quist was
a tax specialist with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell, & Co., in Dallas, Texas. From
1986 to 1991, he was Treasurer and a director of The National Association of
Life Companies, a trade association of 642 insurance companies until its merger
with the American Council of Life Companies. Mr. Quist has been a member of
the Board of Governors of the Forum 500 Section (representing small insurance
companies) of the American Council of Life Insurance. He has also served as a
regional director of Key Bank of Utah since November 1993. Mr. Quist is
currently a director and past president of the National Alliance of Life
Companies, a trade association of over 200 life companies.
J. Lynn Beckstead Jr. has
been Vice President of Mortgage Operations and a director of the Company since
2002. In addition, Mr. Beckstead is President of SecurityNational Mortgage
Company, an affiliate of the Company, having served in this position since 1993.
From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Beckstead was Vice President and a director of
Republic Mortgage Corporation. From 1983 to 1990, Mr. Beckstead was Vice
President and a director of Richards Woodbury Mortgage Corporation. From 1980 to
1983, he was a principal broker for Boardwalk Properties. From 1978 to 1980,
Mr. Beckstead was a residential loan officer for Medallion Mortgage
Company. From 1977 to 1978, he was a residential construction loan manager of
Citizens Bank.
Charles L. Crittenden has
been a director of the Company since 1979. Mr. Crittenden has been sole
stockholder of Crittenden Paint & Glass Company since 1958. He is also an
owner of Crittenden Enterprises, a real estate development company, and Chairman
of the Board of Linco, Inc.
Robert G. Hunter, M.D. has
been a director of the Company since 1998. Dr. Hunter is currently a
practicing physician in private practice. Dr. Hunter created the statewide
E.N.T. Organization (Rocky Mountain E.N.T., Inc.) where he is
currently a member of the Executive Committee. He is also Chairman of Surgery at
Intermountain Medical Center, a delegate to the Utah Medical Association and a
delegate representing the State of Utah to the American Medical Association, and
a member of several medical advisory boards.
H. Craig Moody has been a
director of the Company since 1995. Mr. Moody is owner of Moody &
Associates, a political consulting and real estate company. He is a former
Speaker and House Majority Leader of the House of Representatives of the State
of Utah.
Norman G. Wilbur has been a
director of the Company since 1998. Mr. Wilbur worked for J.C. Penney’s
regional offices in budget and analysis. His final position was Manager of
Planning and Reporting for J.C. Penney’s stores. After 36 years with J.C.
Penney’s, he took an option of an early retirement in 1997. Mr. Wilbur is a
past board member of Habitat for Humanity in Plano, Texas.
Executive
Officers
Stephen M. Sill has been Vice
President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since March
2002. From 1997 to March 2002, Mr. Sill was Vice President and
Controller of the Company. From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Sill was Vice President
and Controller of Security National Life Insurance Company. From 1989 to 1993,
he was Controller of Flying J. Inc. From 1978 to 1989, Mr. Sill was Senior
Vice President and Controller of Surety Life Insurance Company. From
1975 to 1978, he was Vice President and Controller of Sambo’s Restaurant, Inc.
From 1974 to 1975, Mr. Sill was Director of Reporting for Northwest
Pipeline Corporation. From 1970 to 1974, he was an auditor with Arthur Andersen
& Co. Mr. Sill is a past president and former director of the Insurance
Accounting and Systems Association, a national association of over 1,300
insurance companies and associate members.
G. Robert Quist has been
First Vice President and Secretary of the Company since 2002.
Mr. Quist has served as President of Memorial Estates since June 2005 and
its Vice President from 1982 to June 2005. He began working for Memorial Estates
in 1978. Mr. Quist has also served as First Vice President of Singing Hills
Memorial Park since 1996. In addition, since 1987 Mr. Quist has served as
President and a director of Big Willow Water Company and as Secretary-Treasurer
and a director of the Utah Cemetery Association. From 1987 to 1988,
Mr. Quist was a director of Investors Equity Life Insurance Company of
Hawaii.
Christie Q. Overbaugh has
been Senior Vice President of Internal Operations of the Company since June
2006, and a Vice President of the Company from October 1998 to June
2006. Ms. Overbaugh has also served as Vice President of
Underwriting for Security National Life Insurance Company since
1998. From 1986 to 1991, she was Chief Underwriter for Investors
Equity Life Insurance Company of Hawaii and Security National Life Insurance
Company. From 1990 to 1991, Ms. Overbaugh was President of the Utah Home
Office Underwriters Association. Ms. Overbaugh is currently a member of the
Utah Home Office Underwriters Association and an Associate Member of LOMA (Life
Office Management Association).
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The Board
of Directors of the Company has a written procedure, which requires disclosure
to the board of any material interest or any affiliation on the part of any of
its officers, directors or employees that is in conflict or may be in conflict
with the Company’s interests.
No
director, officer or 5% stockholder of the Company or its subsidiaries or any
affiliate thereof has had any transactions with the Company or its subsidiaries
during 2007 or 2006.
All
directors of the Company hold office until the next Annual Meeting of
Stockholders and until their successors have been elected and
qualified.
Corporate
Governance
Corporate Governance
Guidelines. The board has adopted the Security National Financial
Corporation Corporate Governance Guidelines. These guidelines outline the
functions of the board, director qualifications and responsibilities, and
various processes and procedures designed to insure effective and responsive
governance. The guidelines are reviewed from time to time in response to
regulatory requirements and best practices and are
revised accordingly. The full text of the guidelines is published on
the Company’s website at www.securitynational.com. A
copy of the Corporate Governance Guidelines may also be obtained at no charge by
written request to the attention of G. Robert Quist, First Vice President and
Secretary, Security National Financial Corporation, 5300 South 360 West, Suite
250, Salt Lake City, Utah 84123.
Code of Business
Conduct. All of the Company’s officers, employees and
directors are required to comply with the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and
Ethics to help insure that the Company’s business is conducted in accordance
with appropriate standards of ethical behavior. The Company’s Code of Business
Conduct and Ethics covers all areas of professional conduct, including customer
relationships, conflicts of interest, insider trading, financial disclosures,
intellectual property and confidential information, as well as requiring
adherence to all laws and regulations applicable to the Company’s business.
Employees are required to report any violations or suspected violations of the
Code. The Code includes an anti-retaliation statement. The full text of the Code
of Business Conduct and Ethics is published on the Company’s website at www.securitynational.com. A
copy of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics may also be obtained at no
charge by written request to the attention of G. Robert Quist, First Vice
President and Secretary, Security National Financial Corporation, 5300 South 360
West, Suite 250, Salt Lake City, Utah 84123.
Item 11. Executive Officer
Compensation
The
following table sets forth, for each of the last three fiscal years, the
compensation received by George R. Quist, the Company’s Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer, and all other executive officers (collectively, the
“Named Executive Officers”) at December 31, 2007 whose salary and bonus for all
services in all capacities exceed $100,000 for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2007.
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SUMMARY
COMPENSATION TABLE
Name
and Principal
Position
|
Year
|
Salary$
|
Bonus($)
|
Stock
Awards($)
|
Option
Awards($)
|
Non-Equity
Incentive Plan Compensation($)
|
Change
in Pension Value and Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Earnings($)(3)
|
All
Other Compensation($)(2)
|
Total($)
|
|||||||||
George
R. Quist(1)
Chairman
of the
Board and Chief Executive
Officer
|
2007
2006
2005
|
$219,513
203,013
186,300
|
$
-0-
40,000
35,000
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
$24,200
21,967
21,340
|
$10,760
10,683
10,175
|
$254,473
275,663
252,815
|
|||||||||
Scott
M. Quist(1)
President
and Chief Operating
Officer
|
2007
2006
2005
|
$303,900
275,400
246,900
|
$
-0-
75,000
75,000
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
$25,300
24,150
23,978
|
$33,172
26,879
38,533
|
$362,372
401,429
384,411
|
|||||||||
Stephen
M. Sill
Vice
President, Treasurer
and Chief Financial
Officer
|
2007
2006
2005
|
$125,292
120,292
115,063
|
$
6,000
3,000
6,000
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
$14,179
13,922
12,518
|
$15,878
15,386
15,093
|
$161,349
152,600
148,674
|
|||||||||
J.
Lynn Beckstead, Jr.
Vice
President of Mortgage
Operations
|
2007
2006
2005
|
$207,500
246,292
220,306
|
$46,888
6,000
24,000
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
$21,166
21,945
21,735
|
$21,140
15,295
15,263
|
$296,694
289,532
281,304
|
|||||||||
G.
Robert Quist(1)
First
Vice President and
Secretary
|
2007
2006
2005
|
$122,433
126,221
115,063
|
$10,203
10,000
6,000
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
$13,529
12,209
10,205
|
$20,281
18,218
16,061
|
$166,446
166,648
147,329
|
|||||||||
Christie
Q. Overbaugh(1)
|
2007
|
$103,392
|
$
7,000
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
$10,758
|
$
8,292
|
$129,442
|
(1) George
R. Quist is the father of Scott M. Quist, G. Robert Quist, and Christie Q.
Overbaugh.
(2) The
amounts indicated under “All Other Annual Compensation” consist of the following
amounts paid by the Company for the benefit of the named executive
officers:
(a)
payments made related to the operation of automobiles were for George R. Quist
($2,400 for each of the years 2007, 2006 and 2005); Scott M. Quist ($7,200 for
each of the years 2007, 2006 and 2005); Stephen M. Sill ($4,275 for 2007 and
$3,600 for each of the years 2006 and 2005); G. Robert Quist ($5,700 for 2007,
$4,525 for 2006, $2,400 for 2005); Christie Q. Overbaugh ($400 for
2007). However, such payments do not include the furnishing of an
automobile by the Company to George R. Quist, Scott M. Quist, J. Lynn Beckstead
Jr., and G. Robert Quist, nor the payment of insurance and property taxes with
respect to the automobiles operated by the named executive
officers;
(b) group
life insurance premiums paid by the Company to a group life insurance plan
for the years 2007, 2006 and 2005, such amounts were for George R.
Quist ($9, $9 and $17 respectively); for Scott M. Quist, Stephen M. Sill, J.
Lynn Beckstead Jr., G. Robert Quist, ($250, $241, and $550 each, respectively);
Christie Overbaugh ($240 for 2007);
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(c) life
insurance premiums paid by the Company for the benefit of their respective
families; George R. Quist ($4,644 for each of the years 2007, 2006 and 2005);
Scott M. Quist ($14,340 for 2007, $8,584 for 2006 and $20,270 for
2005); Stephen M. Sill ($2,976 for 2007 and $3,643 for each of
the years 2006 and 2005); J. Lynn Beckstead Jr. ($4,200 for each of
the years 2007, 2006 and 2005); G. Robert Quist, ($2,949 for 2007and
$2,598 for each of the years 2006 and 2005); Christie Q. Overbaugh ($3,945 for
2007)
(d) medical
insurance premiums paid by the Company to a medical insurance plan; George R.
Quist ($3,419 for 2007, $3,342 for 2006, and $2,826 for 2005); Scott M. Quist,
J. Lynn Beckstead Jr., G. Robert Quist ($11,094 each for 2007, $10,566 each for
2006, and $10,225 each for 2005); Stephen M. Sill ($8,089 for 2007, $7,614 for
2006 and $7,012 for 2005); Christie Q. Overbaugh ($3,419 for 2007);
(e) long
term disability insurance paid by the Company to a provider of LTD insurance;
George R. Quist, Scott M. Quist, Stephen M, Sill, J. Lynn Beckstead Jr., G.
Robert Quist, ($288 each for years 2007, 2006 and 2005) and Christie Q.
Overbaugh ($288 for 2007);
(f)
membership dues paid by the Company to Alpine Country club for the benefit of J.
Lynn Beckstead Jr. ($5,308 for 2007, $5,117 for 2006 and $4,964 for
2005);
(3) The
amounts indicated under “Change in Pension Value and Non-qualified Deferred
Compensation Earnings” consist of (a) amounts contributed by the
Company into a trust for the benefit of the Named Executive Officers under the
Security National Financial Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan
SUPPLEMENTAL
ALL OTHER COMPENSATION TABLE
Name
|
Year
|
Perks
and Other Personal Benefits
|
Tax
Reimbursements
|
Discounted
Securities Purchases
|
Payments/
Accruals on Termination
Plans
|
Registrant
Contributions to Defined Contribution Plans
|
Insurance
Premiums
|
Dividends
or Earnings on Stock or Option Awards
|
Other(1)
|
|||||||||
George
R. Quist
|
2007
2006
2005
|
$2,400
2,400
2,400
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
$8,360
8,283
7,775
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
|||||||||
Scott
M. Quist
|
2007
2006
2005
|
$7,200
7,200
7,200
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
$25,972
19,679
31,333
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
|||||||||
Stephen
M. Sill
|
2007
2006
2005
|
$4,275
3,600
3,600
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
$11,603
11,786
11,493
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
|||||||||
J.
Lynn Beckstead, Jr.
|
2007
2006
2005
|
$5,308
5,117
4,964
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
$15,832
15,295
15,263
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
|||||||||
G.
Robert Quist
|
2007
2006
2005
|
$5,700
4,525
2,400
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
$14,581
13,693
13,661
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
|||||||||
Christie
Q. Overbaugh
|
2007
|
$
400
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
$
7,892
|
--
|
--
|
105
GRANTS
OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS
Estimated
Future Payouts Under
Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Awards
|
Estimated
Future Payouts
Under
Equity Incentive Plan
Awards
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Name
|
Grant
Date
|
Threshold
($)
|
Target
($)
|
Maximum
($)
|
Threshold
(#)
|
Target
(#)
|
Maximum
($)
|
All
Other
Stock
Awards:
Number
of
Shares
of
Stock
or
Units
(#)
|
All
Other
Option
Awards:
Number
of
Securities
Under-
lying
Options
(#)
|
Exercise
or
Base
Price
of
Option
Awards
($/Sh)
|
Grant
Date
Fair
Value
of
Stock
and
Options
Awards
($)
|
|||||||||||
George
R. Quist
|
07/16/04
12/10/04
03/25/05
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
50,000
50,000
70,000
|
$3.96
3.55
3.86
|
$1.71
1.71
1.92
|
|||||||||||
Scott
M. Quist
|
03/21/03
03/25/05
|
--
--
|
--
--
|
--
--
|
--
--
|
--
--
|
--
--
|
--
--
|
70,000
70,000
|
$5.90
3.51
|
$2.63
1.92
|
|||||||||||
Stephen
M. Sill
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||||||
J.
Lynn Beckstead, Jr
|
03/21/03
12/10/04
03/25/05
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
--
--
--
|
15,000
5,000
35,000
|
$5.90
3.23
3.51
|
$2.63
1.71
1.92
|
|||||||||||
G.
Robert Quist
|
03/21/03
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
35,000
|
$5.90
|
$2.63
|
|||||||||||
Christie
Q. Overbaugh
|
12/10/04
03/25/05
|
--
--
|
--
--
|
--
--
|
--
--
|
--
--
|
--
--
|
--
--
|
7,500
20,000
|
$3.23
3.51
|
$1.71
1.92
|
106
The
following table sets forth information concerning the exercise of options to
acquire shares of the Company’s Common Stock by the Named Executive Officers
during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, as well as the aggregate number
and value of unexercised options held by the Named Executive Officers on
December 31, 2007.
Aggregated
Option/SAR Exercised in Last Fiscal Year and Fiscal Year-End Option/SAR
Values:
OUTSTANDING
EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL 2007 YEAR END
Name
|
Number
of Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Exercisable
|
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options:
(#)
Unexercisable
|
Equity
Incentive
Pan
Awards
Number
of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Unearned
Options
(#)
|
Option
Exercise
Price
($)
|
Option
Expiration
Date
|
Number
of
Shares
or
Units
of
Stock
Held
That
Have
Not
Vested(#)
|
Market
Value
of
Shares
or
Units
of
Stock
That
Have
Not
Vested
($)
|
Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards
Number
of
Unearned
Shares,
Units
or
Other
Rights
That
Have
Not
Vested
(#)
|
Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Market
or
Payout
Value
of
Unearned
Shares,
Units
or
Other
Rights
That
Have
Not
Vested
($)
|
|||||||||
George
R. Quist
|
170,000
|
--
|
--
|
$3.55-3.96
|
2009-2010
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||||
Scott
M. Quist
|
140,000
|
--
|
--
|
$3.51-5.90
|
2013-2015
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||||
Stephen
M. Sill
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||||
J.
Lynn Beckstead, Jr.
|
55,000
|
--
|
--
|
$3.23-5.90
|
2013-2015
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||||
G.
Robert Quist
|
35,000
|
--
|
--
|
$5.90
|
2013
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||||
Christie
Q. Overbaugh
|
27,500
|
--
|
--
|
$3.23-3.51
|
2014-2015
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
OPTION
EXERCISES AND STOCK VESTED FOR FISCAL 2007
Option Awards
|
Stock Awards
|
|||||||||||||||
Name
|
Number
of
Shares
Acquired
on
Exercise
(#)
|
Value
Realized
on
Exercise
($)
|
Number
of
Shares
Acquired
on
Vesting
(#)
|
Value
Realized
on
Vesting
($)
|
||||||||||||
George
R. Quist
|
-- | $ | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||||
Scott
M. Quist (1)
|
57,386 | 335,711 | -- | -- | ||||||||||||
Stephen
M. Sill
|
-- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||||
J.
Lynn Beckstead, Jr.
|
-- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||||||
G.
Robert Quist
|
17,507 | 96,288 | -- | -- | ||||||||||||
Christie
Q. Overbaugh
|
-- | -- | -- | -- |
(1) This
reflects the equivalent of Class A Shares. Mr. Quist converted his Class A
options to purchase Class C Shares of 573,860.
107
PENSION
BENEFITS FOR FISCAL 2007
Name
|
Plan Name
|
Number
of
Years
Credited
Service
(#)
|
Present
Value of
Accumulated
Benefit
($)
|
Payments
During
Last
Fiscal Year
($)
|
||||
George
R. Quist
|
None
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
||||
Scott
M. Quist
|
None
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
||||
Stephen
M. Sill
|
None
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
||||
J.
Lynn Beckstead, Jr.
|
None
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
||||
G.
Robert Quist
|
None
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
||||
Christie
Q. Overbaugh
|
None
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
Retirement
Plans
On
December 8, 1988, the Company entered into a deferred compensation plan with
George R. Quist, the Chairman and Chief Executive officer of the Company. The
plan was later amended on three occasions with the third amendment effective
February 1, 2001. Under the terms of the plan as amended, upon the retirement of
Mr. Quist, the Company is required to pay him ten annual installments in the
amount of $60,000. Retirement is defined in the plan as the age of 70, or a
later retirement age, as specified by the Board of Directors. The $60,000 annual
payments are to be adjusted for inflation in accordance with the United States
Consumer Price Index for each year after January 1, 2002. If Mr. Quist’s
employment is terminated by reason of disability or death before he reaches
retirement age, the Company is to make the ten annual payments to Mr. Quist, in
the event of disability, or to his designated beneficiary, in the event of
death.
The plan
also provides that the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, pay the
amounts due under the plan in a single, lump-sum payment. In the event that Mr.
Quist dies before the ten annual payments are made, the unpaid balance will
continue to be paid to his designated beneficiary. The plan further requires the
Company to furnish an automobile for Mr. Quist’s use and to pay all reasonable
expenses incurred in connection with its use for a ten year period, and to
provide Mr. Quist with a hospitalization policy with similar benefits to those
provided to him the day before his retirement or disability. However, in the
event Mr. Quist’s employment with the Company is terminated for any reason other
than retirement, death, or disability, the entire amount of deferred
compensation payments under the plan shall be forfeited by him. The Company
accrued $38,000 and $37,000 in fiscal 2007 and 2006, respectively, to cover the
present value of anticipated retirement benefits under the employment agreement
of $457,000 as of December 31, 2007.
Employment
Agreements
On July
16, 2004, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Scott M. Quist,
its President and Chief Operating Officer. The agreement is effective as of
December 4, 2003 and has a five-year term, but the Company has agreed to renew
the agreement on December 4, 2008 and 2013 for additional five-year terms,
provided Mr. Quist performs his duties with usual and customary care and
diligence. Under the terms of the agreement, Mr. Quist is to devote his full
time to the Company serving as its President, and Chief Operating Officer at not
less than his current salary and benefits. The Company also agrees to maintain a
group term life insurance policy of not less than $1,000,000 on Mr. Quist’s life
and a whole life insurance policy in the amount of $500,000 on Mr. Quist’s life.
In the event of disability, Mr. Quist’s salary would be continued for up to five
years at 75% of its current level.
108
In the
event of a sale or merger of the Company and Mr. Quist is not retained in his
current position, the Company would be obligated to continue Mr. Quist’s current
compensation and benefits for seven years following the merger or sale. The
agreement further provides that Mr. Quist is entitled to receive annual
retirement benefits beginning (i) one month from the date of his retirement (to
commence no sooner than age 65), (ii) five years following complete disability,
or (iii) upon termination of his employment without cause. These retirement
benefits are to be paid for a period of ten years in annual installments in the
amount equal to 75% of his then current rate of compensation. However, in the
event that Mr. Quist dies prior to receiving all retirement benefits thereunder,
the remaining benefits are to be paid to his heirs. The Company expensed
$101,200 and $79,900 in fiscal 2007 and 2006, respectively, to cover the present
value of anticipated retirement benefits under the employment agreement of
$587,500 as of December 31, 2007.
On
December 4, 2003, the Company, through its subsidiary SecurityNational Mortgage
Company, entered into an employment agreement with J. Lynn Beckstead, Jr., Vice
President of Mortgage Operations and President of SecurityNational Mortgage
Company. The agreement has a five-year term, but the Company has
agreed to renew the agreement on December 4, 2008 and 2013 for additional
five-year terms, provided Mr. Beckstead performs his duties with usual and
customary care and diligence. Under the terms of the agreement, Mr. Beckstead is
to devote his full time to the Company serving as President of SecurityNational
Mortgage Company at not less than his current salary and benefits, and to
include $350,000 of life insurance protection. In the event of disability,
Mr. Beckstead’s salary would be continued for up to five years at 50% of
its current level.
In the
event of a sale or merger of the Company, and Mr. Beckstead was not retained in
his current position, the Company would be obligated to continue Mr. Beckstead’s
current compensation and benefits for five years following the merger or sale.
The agreement further provides that Mr. Beckstead is entitled to receive annual
retirement benefits beginning (i) one month from the date of his retirement (to
commence no sooner than age 62½) (ii) five years following complete disability,
or (iii) upon termination of his employment without cause. These retirement
benefits are to be paid for a period of ten years in annual installments in the
amount equal to one-half of his then current annual salary. However, in the
event that Mr. Beckstead dies prior to receiving all retirement benefits
thereunder, the remaining benefits are to be paid to his heirs. The Company
expensed $43,900 and $44,900, in 2007 and
2006, respectively, to cover the present value of the retirement
benefit of the employment agreement of $316,900 as of December 31,
2007.
Director
Compensation
Directors
of the Company (but not including directors who are employees) are currently
paid a director’s fee of $13,200 per year by the Company for their services and
are reimbursed for their expenses in attending board and committee meetings. An
additional fee of $750 is paid to each audit committee member for each audit
committee meeting attended in 2007. Each director is provided with an annual
grant of stock options to purchase 1,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, which
occurred under the 2000 Director Stock Option Plan for years 2000 to 2005 and
under the 2006 Director Stock Option Plan for years 2006 to 2007.
DIRECTOR
COMPENSATION
Name
|
Fees
Earned
or
Paid
In
Cash
($)
|
Stock
Awards
($)
|
Option
Awards
($)
|
Non-Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compensation
($)
|
Change
in
Pension
Value
and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
|
All
Other
Compensation
($)
|
Total
($)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Charles
L. Crittenden
|
$ | 13,950 | -- | $ | 3,110 | -- | -- | -- | $ | 17,060 | ||||||||||||||||||
Robert
G. Hunter
|
13,200 | -- | 3,110 | -- | -- | -- | 16,310 | |||||||||||||||||||||
H.
Craig Moody
|
14,700 | -- | 3,110 | -- | -- | -- | 17,810 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Norman
G. Wilbur
|
14,700 | -- | 3,110 | -- | -- | -- | 17,810 |
109
Employee
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
In 1995,
the Company’s Board of Directors adopted a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan. Under
the terms of the 401(k) plan, effective as of January 1, 1995, the Company may
make discretionary employer matching contributions to its employees who choose
to participate in the plan. The plan allows the board to determine the amount of
the contribution at the end of each year. The Board adopted a contribution
formula specifying that such discretionary employer matching contributions would
equal 50% of the participating employee’s contribution to the plan to purchase
Company stock up to a maximum discretionary employee contribution of 1/2 of 1%
of participating employees’ compensation, as defined by the plan.
All
persons who have completed at least one year’s service with the Company and
satisfy other plan requirements are eligible to participate in the 401(k) plan.
All Company matching contributions are invested in the Company’s Class A Common
Stock. The Company’s matching contributions for 2007, 2006 and 2005 were
approximately $10,001, $8,656 and $5,142, respectively. Also, the Company may
contribute at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors an Employer
Profit Sharing Contribution to the 401(k) plan. The Employer Profit Sharing
Contribution shall be divided among three different classes of participants in
the plan based upon the participant’s title in the Company. All amounts
contributed to the plan are deposited into a trust fund administered by an
independent trustee. The Company’s contributions to the plan for 2007, 2006 and
2005, were $198,022, $162,584 and $135,589, respectively.
Beginning
January 1, 2008, the Company has elected to be a “Safe Harbor” Plan for its
matching 401(k) contributions. The Company will match 100% of up to 3% of an
employee’s total annual compensation and will match 50% of 4% to 5%
of an employee’s annual compensation. The match will be in Company
Stock.
Employee
Stock Ownership Plan
Effective
January 1, 1980, the Company adopted an employee stock ownership plan (the
“Ownership Plan”) for the benefit of career employees of the Company and its
subsidiaries. The following is a description of the Ownership Plan, and is
qualified in its entirety by the Ownership Plan, a copy of which is available
for inspection at the Company’s offices.
Under the
Ownership Plan, the Company has discretionary power to make contributions on
behalf of all eligible employees into a trust created under the Ownership Plan.
Employees become eligible to participate in the Ownership Plan when they have
attained the age of 19 and have completed one year of service (a twelve-month
period in which the Employee completes at least 1,000 hours of service). The
Company’s contributions under the Ownership Plan are allocated to eligible
employees on the same ratio that each eligible employee’s compensation bears to
total compensation for all eligible employees during each year. To date, the
Ownership Plan has approximately 382 participants and had
$176,061 contributions payable to the Plan in 2007. Benefits under the Ownership
Plan vest as follows: 20% after the third year of eligible service by an
employee, an additional 20% in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh years of
eligible service by an employee.
Benefits
under the Ownership Plan will be paid out in one lump sum or in installments in
the event the employee becomes disabled, reaches the age of 65, or is terminated
by the Company and demonstrates financial hardship. The Ownership Plan
Committee, however, retains discretion to determine the final method of payment.
Finally, the Company reserves the right to amend or terminate the Ownership Plan
at any time. The trustees of the trust fund under the Ownership Plan are George
R. Quist, Scott M. Quist and Robert G. Hunter, who each serve as a director of
the Company.
Deferred
Compensation Plan
In 2001,
the Company’s Board of Directors adopted a Deferred Compensation Plan. Under the
terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan, the Company will provide deferred
compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees,
within the meaning of Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of the Employee
Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. The board has appointed a committee of
the Company to be the plan administrator and to determine the employees who are
eligible to participate in the plan. The employees who participate may elect to
defer a portion of their compensation into the plan. The Company may contribute
into the plan at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors. The
Company’s contribution for 2007, 2006 and 2005 was $133,037, $125,558 and
$141,710, respectively.
110
NONQUALIFIED
DEFERRED COMPENSATION FOR FISCAL 2007
Name
|
Executive
Contributions
In
Last FY
($)
|
Registrant
Contributions
In
Last FY
($)
|
Aggregate
Earnings
in Last
FY
($)
|
Aggregate
Withdrawals/
Distributions
($)
|
Aggregate
Balance
at Last
FYE
($)
|
|||||||||||||||
George
R. Quist
|
-- | $ | 24,200 | -- | -- | $ | 198,274 | |||||||||||||
Scott
M. Quist
|
-- | 25,300 | -- | -- | 219,418 | |||||||||||||||
Stephen
M. Sill
|
-- | 14,179 | -- | -- | 69,381 | |||||||||||||||
J.
Lynn Beckstead, Jr.
|
-- | 21,166 | -- | -- | 111,046 | |||||||||||||||
G.
Robert Quist
|
-- | 13,529 | -- | -- | 98,881 | |||||||||||||||
Christie
Q. Overbaugh
|
-- | 10,752 | -- | -- | 81,485 |
2000
Director Stock Option Plan
On
October 16, 2000, the Company adopted the 2000 Directors Stock Option Plan (the
“Director Plan”) effective November 1, 2000. The Director Plan provides for the
grant by the Company of options to purchase up to an aggregate of 50,000 shares
of Class A Common Stock for issuance thereunder. The Director Plan provides that
each member of the Company’s Board of Directors who is not an employee or paid
consultant of the Company is automatically eligible to receive options to
purchase the Company’s Class A Common Stock under the Director
Plan.
Effective
as of November 1, 2000, and on each anniversary date thereof during the term of
the Director Plan, each outside director shall automatically receive an option
to purchase 1,000 shares of Class A Common Stock. In addition, each new outside
director who shall first join the Board after the effective date shall be
granted an option to purchase 1,000 shares upon the date which such person first
becomes an outside director and an annual grant of an option to purchase 1,000
shares on each anniversary date thereof during the term of the Director Plan.
The options granted to outside directors shall vest in their entirety on the
first anniversary date of the grant. The primary purposes of the Director Plan
are to enhance the Company’s ability to attract and retain well-qualified
persons for service as directors and to provide incentives to such directors to
continue their association with the Company.
In the
event of a merger of the Company with or into another company, or a
consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets or other change in control
transaction involving the Company, each option becomes exercisable in full,
unless such option is assumed by the successor corporation. In the event the
transaction is not approved by a majority of the “Continuing
Directors” (as defined in the Director Plan), each option becomes fully vested
and exercisable in full immediately prior to the consummation of such
transaction, whether or not assumed by the successor corporation. The
Director Plan terminated in 2006 and a new Director Plan was
adopted. See 2006 Director Stock Option Plan below.
2003
Stock Option Plan
On July
11, 2003, the Company adopted the Security National Financial Corporation 2003
Stock Incentive Plan (the “2003 Plan”), which reserved 500,000 shares of Class A
common stock and 1,000,000 shares of Class C common stock for issuance
thereunder. The 2003 Plan was approved by the Board of Directors on May 9, 2003,
and by the stockholders at the annual meeting of the stockholders held on July
11, 2003. The 2003 Plan allows the Company to grant options and issue shares as
a means of providing equity incentives to key personnel, giving them a
proprietary interest in the Company and its success and progress.
The 2003
Plan provides for the grant of options and the award or sale of stock to
officers, directors, and employees of the Company. Both “incentive stock
options”, as defined under Section 422A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(the “Code”) and “non-qualified options” may be granted under the 2003 Plan. The
exercise prices for the options granted are equal to or greater than the fair
market value of the stock subject to such options as of the date of grant, as
determined by the Company’s Board of Directors. The options granted under the
2003 Plan are to reward certain officers and key employees who have been
employed by the Company for a number of years and to help the Company retain
these officers by providing them with an additional incentive to contribute to
the success of the Company.
111
The 2003
Plan is to be administered by the Board of Directors or by a committee
designated by the board. The terms of options granted or stock awards or sales
affected under the 2003 Plan are to be determined by the Board of Directors or
its committee. The Plan provides that if the shares of Common Stock shall be
subdivided or combined into a greater or smaller number of shares or if the
Company shall issue any shares of Common Stock as a stock dividend on its
outstanding Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon
the exercise of Options shall be increased or decreased proportionately, and
appropriate adjustments shall be made in the purchase price to reflect such
subdivision, combination or stock dividend. In addition, the number of shares of
Common Stock reserved for purposes of the Plan shall be adjusted by the same
proportion. No options may be exercised for a term of more than ten years from
the date of grant.
Options
intended as incentive stock options may be issued only to employees, and must
meet certain conditions imposed by the code, including a requirement that the
option exercise price be no less than then fair market value of the option
shares on the date of grant. The 2003 Plan provides that the exercise price for
non-qualified options will not be less than at least 50% of the fair market
value of the stock subject to such option as of the date of grant of such
options, as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors.
The 2003
Plan has a term of ten years. The Board of Directors may amend or terminate the
2003 Plan at any time, subject to approval of certain modifications to the 2003
Plan by the shareholders of the Company as may be required by law or the 2003
Plan.
2006
Director Stock Option Plan
On
December 7, 2006, the Company adopted the 2006 Director Stock Option Plan (the
“Director Plan”) effective December 7, 2006. The Director Plan provides for the
grant by the Company of options to purchase up to an aggregate of 100,000 shares
of Class A Common Stock for issuance thereunder. The Director Plan provides that
each member of the Company’s Board of Directors who is not an employee or paid
consultant of the Company is automatically eligible to receive options to
purchase the Company’s Class A Common Stock under the Director
Plan.
Effective
as of December 7, 2006, and on each anniversary date thereof during the term of
the Director Plan, each outside director shall automatically receive an option
to purchase 1,000 shares of Class A Common Stock. In addition, each new outside
director who shall first join the Board after the effective date shall be
granted an option to purchase 1,000 shares upon the date which such person first
becomes an outside director and an annual grant of an option to purchase 1,000
shares on each anniversary date thereof during the term of the Director Plan.
The options granted to outside directors shall vest in their entirety on the
first anniversary date of the grant. The primary purposes of the Director Plan
are to enhance the Company’s ability to attract and retain well-qualified
persons for service as directors and to provide incentives to such directors to
continue their association with the Company.
In the
event of a merger of the Company with or into another company, or a
consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets or other change in control
transaction involving the Company, each option becomes exercisable in full,
unless such option is assumed by the successor corporation. In the event the
transaction is not approved by a majority of the “Continuing
Directors” (as defined in the Director Plan), each option becomes fully vested
and exercisable in full immediately prior to the consummation of such
transaction, whether or not assumed by the successor corporation.
Compliance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires the Company’s
executive officers, directors and persons who own more than 10% of a registered
class of the Company’s equity securities to file reports of ownership and
periodic changes in ownership of the Company’s common stock with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Such persons are also required to furnish the Company
with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file.
112
Based
solely on its review of the copies of stock reports received by it with respect
to fiscal 2006, or written representations from certain reporting persons, the
Company believes that its directors, executive officers and greater than 10%
beneficial owners complied with all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable
to them, except George R. Quist, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and
Robert G. Hunter, H. Craig Moody, and Norman G. Wilbur, directors of the
Company, through an oversight, each filed one late Form 4 report reporting the
exercise of stock options.
Item 12 - Security Ownership
of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
The
following table sets forth security ownership information of the Company’s Class
A and Class C common stock as of March 31, 2008, (i) for persons who own
beneficially more than 5% of the Company’s outstanding Class A or Class C common
stock, (ii) each director of the Company, and (iii) for all executive officers,
and directors of the Company as a group.
Class A
Common Stock
|
Class C
Common Stock
|
Class A and Class C
Common Stock
|
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Name and Address (1)
|
Amount
Beneficially
Owned
|
Percent
of
Class
|
Amount
Beneficially
Owned
|
Percent
of
Class
|
Amount
Beneficially
Owned
|
Percent
of
Class
|
|||||||||||||||||||
George
R. and Shirley C. Quist
Family
Partnership, Ltd. (2)
|
552,325 | 7.3% | 3,888,102 | 45.6% | 4,440,427 | 27.6% | |||||||||||||||||||
Employee
Stock
Ownership
Plan (3)
|
616,260 | 8.2% | 1,797,839 | 21.1% | 2,414,099 | 15.0% | |||||||||||||||||||
George
R. Quist (4)(5)(7)(8)
|
563,174 | 7.5% | 547,963 | 6.4% | 1,111,137 | 6.9% | |||||||||||||||||||
Scott
M. Quist (4)(7)(9)
|
453,901 | 6.0% | 1,513,111 | 17.7% | 1,967,012 | 12.2% | |||||||||||||||||||
Associated
Investors (10)
|
91,142 | 1.2% | 667,154 | 7.8% | 758,296 | 4.7% | |||||||||||||||||||
G.
Robert Quist (6)(11)
|
152,675 | 2.0% | 270,489 | 3.2% | 423,164 | 2.6% | |||||||||||||||||||
J.
Lynn Beckstead, Jr., (6)(12)
|
191,080 | 2.5% | - | - | 191,080 | 1.2% | |||||||||||||||||||
Stephen
M. Sill (6)
|
84,917 | 1.1% | - | - | 84,917 | * | |||||||||||||||||||
Christie
Q. Overbaugh (13)
|
101,777 | 1.3% | 122,131 | 1.4% | 223,908 | 1.4% | |||||||||||||||||||
Robert
G. Hunter, M.D., (4)(14)
|
10,548 | * | - | - | 10,548 | * | |||||||||||||||||||
Norman
G. Wilbur (15)
|
8,254 | * | - | - | 8,254 | * | |||||||||||||||||||
Charles
L. Crittenden (16)
|
10,331 | * | - | - | 10,331 | * | |||||||||||||||||||
H.
Craig Moody (17)
|
7,936 | * | - | - | 7,936 | * | |||||||||||||||||||
All
directors and executive officers
(10
persons) (4)(5)(6)(7)
|
2,136,918 | 28.3% | 6,341,796 | 74.3% | 8,478,714 | 52.7% |
_________________________
* Less
than 1%
(1) Unless
otherwise indicated, the address of each listed stockholder is c/o Security
National Financial Corporation, 5300 South 360 West, Suite 250, Salt Lake City,
Utah 84123.
(2) This
stock is owned by the George R. and Shirley C. Quist Family Partnership, Ltd.,
of which George R. Quist is the general partner.
(3) The
trustees of the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) are George R. Quist, Scott
M. Quist, and Robert G. Hunter who exercise shared voting and investment
powers.
(4) Does
not include 616,260 shares of Class A common stock and 1,797,839 shares of Class
C common stock owned by the Company’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), of
which George R Quist, Scott M. Quist and Robert G. Hunter are the trustees and
accordingly, exercise shared voting and investment powers with respect to such
shares.
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(5) Does
not include 91,142 shares of Class A common stock and 667,154 shares of Class C
common stock owned by Associated Investors, a Utah general partnership, of which
George R. Quist is the managing partner and, accordingly, exercises sole voting
and investment powers with respect to such shares.
(6) Does
not include 415,555 shares of Class A common stock owned by the Company’s 401(k)
Retirement Savings Plan, of which G. Robert Quist, J. Lynn Beckstead, and
Stephen M. Sill are members of the Investment Committee and, accordingly,
exercise shared voting and investment powers with respect to such
shares.
(7) Does
not include 324,297 shares of Class A common stock owned by the Company’s
Deferred Compensation Plan, of which George R. Quist and Scott M. Quist are
members of the Investment Committee and, accordingly, exercise shared voting and
investment powers with respect to such shares.
(8) Includes
options to purchase 202,584 shares of Class A common stock granted to George R.
Quist that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days
of March 31, 2008.
(9) Includes
options to purchase 170,374 shares of Class A common stock granted to Scott M.
Quist that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days
of March 31, 2008
(10) The
managing partner of Associated Investors is George R. Quist, who exercises sole
voting and investment powers.
(11) Includes
options to purchase 44,670 shares of Class A common stock granted to G. Robert
Quist that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days
of March 31, 2008.
(12) Includes
options to purchase 65,739 shares of Class A common stock granted to Mr.
Beckstead that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60
days of March 31, 2008.
(13) Includes
options to purchase 32,269 shares of Class A common stock granted to Ms.
Overbaugh that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60
days of March 31, 2008.
(14) Includes
options to purchase 4,753 shares of Class A common stock granted to Mr. Hunter
that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days of
March 31, 2008.
(15) Includes
options to purchase 4,753 shares of Class A common stock granted to Mr. Wilbur
that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days of
March 31, 2008.
(16) Includes
options to purchase 4,753 shares of Class A common stock granted to Mr.
Crittenden that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60
days of March 31, 2008.
(17) Includes
options to purchase 4,753 shares of Class A common stock granted to Mr. Moody
that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days of
March 31, 2008.
The
Company’s executive officers and directors, as a group, own beneficially
approximately 52.7% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Class A and Class
C common stock.
Item 13. Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions
On
November 19, 2007, Security National Life and Scott M. Quist entered into a Use
and Buy Sale Agreement to jointly purchase a condominium located in St. George,
Utah. Mr. Quist is the Company's President and Chief Operating
Officer. The condominium is to be used for the entertainment of
Security National Life's executive officers and employees, outside vendors and
prospective customers. The purchase price of the condominium,
including improvements and furnishings, was $538,962. Mr. Quist paid
$286,207 of that amount and Security National Life paid $252,755.
Under the
terms of the agreement, Security National Life and Mr. Quist have the right to
use the condominium in proportion to their respective contributions towards the
purchase price, including furnishings and fixtures. Mr. Quist is
responsible for the care and maintenance of the condominium. The
payment of taxes, insurance, utilities and homeowners' fees is to be divided
between Security National Life and Mr. Quist according to their respective
ownership percentages.
Upon the
death, disability or retirement of Mr. Quist or his separation from employment
with the Company, Mr. Quist or his estate, as the case may be, shall have the
right to purchase Security National Life's interest in the condominium at the
original purchase price or fair market value, whichever is
less. Security National Life's contribution to the purchase price of
the condominium was equal to an amount of accrued but unpaid bonuses owed to Mr.
Quist, which he agreed to continue to defer for the option that would allow him
or his estate to purchase Security National Life's interest in the condominium
upon his death, disability or retirement at the lesser of the original purchase
price or fair market value.
114
The
Company’s Board of Directors has a written procedure, which requires disclosure
to the Board of any material
interest or any affiliation on the part
of any of its officers, directors or employees that is in conflict or may be in
conflict with the interests of the
Company.
Item 14. Principal
Accounting Fees and Services
Fees
incurred in 2007 for annual audit services pertaining to the financial
statements and employee benefit plans and related quarterly reviews were
approximately $361,300. There were $63,800 in other fees during
2007.
PART
IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial
Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K
(a)(1)
Financial
Statements
See
“Index to Consolidated Financial Statements” under Item 8 above.
(a)(2)
Financial Statement
Schedules
II.
|
Condensed
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 and Condensed Statement of
Earnings and Cash Flows for the years ended 2007, 2006 and
2005
|
IV.
|
Reinsurance
|
V.
|
Valuation
and Qualifying Accounts
|
All other
schedules to the consolidated financial statements required by Article 7 of
Regulation S-X are not required under the related instructions or are
inapplicable and therefore have been omitted.
(3) Exhibits
The
following Exhibits are filed herewith pursuant to Rule 601 of Regulation S-K or
are incorporated by reference to previous filings.
|
3.1
|
Articles
of Restatement of Articles of Incorporation
(4)
|
|
3.2
|
Amended
Bylaws (6)
|
|
4.1
|
Specimen
Class A Stock Certificate (1)
|
|
4.2
|
Specimen
Class C Stock Certificate (1)
|
|
4.3
|
Specimen
Preferred Stock Certificate and Certificate of Designation of Preferred
Stock (1)
|
|
10.1
|
Restated
and Amended Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust Agreement
(1)
|
|
10.2
|
2003
Stock Option Plan (5)
|
|
10.3
|
2006
Director Stock Option Plan (13)
|
|
10.4
|
Deferred
Compensation Agreement with George R. Quist
(2)
|
|
10.5
|
Deferred
Compensation Plan (3)
|
|
10.6
|
Employment
agreement with J. Lynn Beckstead, Jr.
(7)
|
|
10.7
|
Employment
agreement with Scott M. Quist (8)
|
|
10.8
|
Stock
Purchase Agreement among Security National Life Insurance Company,
Southern Security Life Insurance Company, Memorial Insurance Company of
America, and the shareholders of Memorial Insurance Company
(9)
|
|
10.9
|
Reinsurance
Agreement between Security National Life Insurance Company and Memorial
Insurance Company of America (10)
|
|
10.10
|
Trust
Agreement between Security National Life Insurance Company and Memorial
Insurance Company of America (10)
|
|
10.11
|
Promissory
Note between Memorial Insurance Company as Maker and Security National
Life Insurance Company as Payee
(10)
|
|
10.12
|
Security
Agreement between Memorial Insurance Company as Debtor and Security
National Life Insurance Company as Secured Party
(10)
|
115
|
10.13
|
Surplus
Contribution Note between Memorial Insurance Company of America as Maker
and Southern Security Life Insurance Company as Payee
(10)
|
|
10.14
|
Guaranty
Agreement by Security National Life Insurance Company and Southern
Security Life Insurance Company as Guarantors
(10)
|
|
10.15
|
Administrative
Services Agreement between Security National Life Insurance Company and
Memorial Insurance Company of America
(10)
|
|
10.16
|
Reinsurance
Agreement between Security National Life Insurance Company and Southern
Security Life Insurance Company
(11)
|
|
10.17
|
Trust
Agreement among Security National Life Insurance Company, Southern
Security Life Insurance Company and Zions First National Bank
(11)
|
|
10.18
|
Stock
Purchase Agreement among Security National Life Insurance Company,
Southern Security Life Insurance Company and American Network Insurance
Company (12)
|
|
10.19
|
Escrow
Agreement among Security National Life Insurance Company, Southern
Security Life Insurance Company, American Network Insurance Company and
Mackey Price Thompson & Ostler
(12)
|
|
10.20
|
Escrow
Agreement among American Network Insurance Company, Security National Life
Insurance Company, Southern Security Life Insurance Company, and Preferred
Insurance Capital Consultants, LLC
(12)
|
|
10.21
|
Agreement
and Plan of Complete Liquidation of Southern Security Life Insurance
Company into Security National Life Insurance Company
(12)
|
|
10.22
|
Assignment
between Southern Security Life Insurance Company and Security National
Life Insurance Company (12)
|
|
10.23
|
Assignment
between Southern Security Life Insurance Company and Security National
Life Insurance Company (13)
|
|
10.24
|
Unit
Purchase Agreement among Security National Financial Corporation, C &
J Financial, LLC, Henry Culp, Jr., and Culp Industries Inc.
(14)
|
|
10.25
|
Consulting
Agreement with Henry Culp, Jr.,
(14)
|
|
10.26
|
Employment
Agreement with Kevin O. Smith (14)
|
|
10.27
|
Non-Competition
and Confidentiality Agreement with Henry Culp, Jr.,
(14)
|
|
10.28
|
Stock
Purchase Agreement among Security National Life Insurance Company, Capital
Reserve Life Insurance Company, and the shareholders of Capital Reserve
Life Insurance Company (15)
|
|
10.29
|
Indemnification
Agreement among Security National Life Insurance Company, Capital Reserve
Life Insurance Company, and the shareholders of Capital Reserve Life
Insurance Company (16)
|
|
10.30
|
Escrow
Agreement among Security National Insurance Company, Capital Reserve Life
Insurance Company, the shareholders of Capital Reserve Life Insurance
Company, and Mackey Price Thompson & Ostler as Escrow Agent
(16)
|
|
10.31
|
Reinsurance
Agreement between Security National Life Insurance Company and Capital
Reserve Life Insurance Company (16)
|
|
10.32
|
Subsidiaries
of the Registrant
|
|
31.1
|
Certification
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|
|
31.2
|
Certification
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|
|
32.1
|
Certification
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|
|
32.2
|
Certification
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|
|
(1)
|
Incorporated
by reference from Registration Statement on Form S-1, as filed on June 29,
1987
|
|
(2)
|
Incorporated
by reference from Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed on March 31,
1989
|
|
(3)
|
Incorporated
by reference from Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed on April 3,
2002
|
|
(4)
|
Incorporated
by reference from Report on Form 8-K/A as filed on January 8,
2003
|
|
(5)
|
Incorporated
by reference from Schedule 14A Definitive Proxy Statement, Filed on June
5, 2003, relating to the Company’s Annual Meeting of
Shareholders
|
|
(6)
|
Incorporated
by reference from Report on Form 10-Q, as filed on November 14,
2003
|
|
(7)
|
Incorporated
by reference from Report on Form 10-K, as filed on March 30,
2004
|
116
|
(8)
|
Incorporated
by reference from Report on Form 10-Q, as filed on August 13,
2004
|
|
(9)
|
Incorporated
by reference from Report on Form 8-K, as filed on September 27,
2005
|
|
(10)
|
Incorporated
by reference from Report on Form 8-K, as filed on January 5,
2006
|
|
(11)
|
Incorporated
by reference from Report on Form 8-K, as filed on January 11,
2006
|
|
(12)
|
Incorporated
by reference from Report on Form 8-K, as filed on January 12,
2007
|
|
(13)
|
Incorporated
by reference from Report on Form 10-K, as filed on March 31,
2007
|
|
(14)
|
Incorporated
by reference from Report on Form 8-K, as filed on August 8,
2007
|
|
(15)
|
Incorporated
by reference from Report on Form 8-K, as filed November 2,
2007
|
|
(16)
|
Incorporated
by reference from Report on Form 8-K, as filed January 14,
2008
|
|
(b)
|
Reports
on Form 8-K:
|
Current
report on Form 8-K, as filed on November 2, 2007
Current
report on Form 8-K, as filed on January 14, 2008
117
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
SECURITY
NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Dated: March
31, 2008
|
By: /s/ George R.
Quist
|
George
R. Quist,
|
|
Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer
|
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been
signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:
SIGNATURE
|
TITLE
|
DATE
|
||
/s/ George R.
Quist
George
R. Quist
|
Chairman
of the Board and
Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
|
March
31, 2008
|
||
/s/ Scott M.
Quist
Scott
M. Quist
|
President,
Chief Operating Officer and
Director
|
March
31, 2008
|
||
/s/ Stephen M.
Sill
Stephen
M. Sill
|
Vice
President, Treasurer and
Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial and Accounting
Officer)
|
March
31, 2008
|
||
/s/ J. Lynn Beckstead,
Jr.
J.
Lynn Beckstead, Jr.
|
Vice
President and Director
|
March
31, 2008
|
||
/s/ Charles L.
Crittenden
Charles
L. Crittenden
|
Director
|
March
31, 2008
|
||
/s/ H. Craig
Moody
H.
Craig Moody
|
Director
|
March
31, 2008
|
||
/s/ Norman G.
Wilbur
Norman
G. Wilbur
|
Director
|
March
31 2008
|
||
/s/ Robert G.
Hunter
Robert
G. Hunter
|
Director
|
March
31, 2008
|
118
Schedule
II
SECURITY
NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Parent
Company Only)
Condensed
Financial Information
Condensed
Balance Sheets
December 31,
|
||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Assets
|
||||||||
Cash
|
$ | 197,698 | $ | 159,639 | ||||
Common
Stock
|
39,000 | 39,000 | ||||||
Investment
in subsidiaries (equity method)
|
70,864,844 | 68,317,685 | ||||||
Receivables:
|
||||||||
Receivable
from affiliates
|
6,523,437 | 7,145,494 | ||||||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts
|
-- | (16,528 | ) | |||||
Total
receivables
|
6,523,437 | 7,128,966 | ||||||
Property
and equipment, at cost, net of accumulated depreciation of $1,233,146 for
2007 and $964,204 for 2006
|
571,720 | 491,447 | ||||||
Other
assets
|
286,480 | -- | ||||||
Total
Assets
|
$ | 78,483,179 | $ | 76,136,737 |
See
accompanying notes to condensed financial statements.
119
Schedule
II (Continued)
SECURITY
NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Parent
Company Only)
Condensed
Financial Information
Condensed
Balance Sheets (Continued)
December 31,
|
||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Liabilities
and Stockholders’ Equity
|
||||||||
Liabilities
|
||||||||
Bank
loans payable:
|
||||||||
Current
installments
|
$ | 2,026,012 | $ | 1,689,219 | ||||
Long-term
|
1,586,458 | 2,995,252 | ||||||
Notes
and contracts payable:
|
||||||||
Current
installments
|
190,860 | 961 | ||||||
Long-term
|
115,230 | -- | ||||||
Advances
from affiliated companies
|
8,990,428 | 9,501,370 | ||||||
Other
liabilities and accrued expenses
|
1,298,401 | 1,052,846 | ||||||
Income
taxes
|
8,491,638 | 7,926,393 | ||||||
Total
liabilities
|
22,699,027 | 23,166,041 | ||||||
Stockholders’
Equity
|
||||||||
Class
A common stock $2.00 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized ;
issued 7,885,229 shares in 2007 and 7,533,230 shares in
2006
|
15,770,458 | 15,066,460 | ||||||
Class
B non-voting common stock-$1.00 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized;
none issued or outstanding
|
-- | |||||||
Class
C convertible common stock, $0.20 par value; 15,000,000 shares authorized;
issued 8,530,699 shares in 2007 and 7,117,591 shares in
2006
|
1,706,140 | 1,423,518 | ||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
17,737,172 | 17,064,488 | ||||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
1,596,791 | 1,703,155 | ||||||
Retained
earnings
|
21,104,156 | 20,495,063 | ||||||
Treasury
stock at cost- (1,104,484 Class A shares and -0- Class C shares
in 2007; 1,195,127 Class A shares and 145,045 Class C shares in 2006, held
by affiliated companies)
|
(2,130,565 | ) | (2,781,988 | ) | ||||
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
55,784,152 | 52,970,696 | ||||||
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
|
$ | 78,483,179 | $ | 76,136,737 |
See
accompanying notes to condensed financial statements.
120
Schedule
II (Continued)
SECURITY
NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Parent
Company Only)
Condensed
Financial Information
Condensed
Statements of Earnings
Year Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Revenue
|
||||||||||||
Net
investment income
|
$ | 772 | $ | 1,478 | $ | 7 | ||||||
Fees
from affiliates
|
4,098,718 | 4,187,330 | 4,217,198 | |||||||||
Total
revenue
|
4,099,490 | 4,188,808 | 4,217,205 | |||||||||
Benefits
and Expenses:
|
||||||||||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
2,007,974 | 1,937,033 | 2,298,886 | |||||||||
Interest
expense
|
234,743 | 349,650 | 457,413 | |||||||||
Expenses
to affiliates
|
131,133 | 131,133 | 200,516 | |||||||||
Total
benefits and expenses
|
2,373,850 | 2,417,816 | 2,956,815 | |||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Earnings
before income taxes, and earnings of subsidiaries
|
1,725,640 | 1,770,992 | 1,260,390 | |||||||||
Income
tax expense
|
(605,099 | ) | (1,472,098 | ) | (960,153 | ) | ||||||
Equity
in earnings of subsidiaries
|
1,144,855 | 4,825,556 | 3,187,643 | |||||||||
|
||||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
$ | 2,265,396 | $ | 5,124,450 | $ | 3,487,880 |
See
accompanying notes to condensed financial statements.
121
Schedule
II (Continued)
SECURITY
NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Parent
Company Only)
Condensed
Financial Information
Condensed
Statements of Cash Flow
Year Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
$ | 2,265,396 | $ | 5,124,450 | $ | 3,487,880 | ||||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating
activities:
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
268,942 | 198,241 | 193,520 | |||||||||
Undistributed
earnings of affiliates
|
(1,144,855 | ) | (4,825,556 | ) | (3,187,643 | ) | ||||||
Provision
for income taxes
|
605,099 | 1,472,095 | 960,153 | |||||||||
Change
in assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||||
Accrued
Investment Income from Affiliates
|
(286,480 | ) | -- | -- | ||||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
16,586 | (1 | ) | 1,540 | ||||||||
Other
assets
|
-- | 61,950 | 4,878 | |||||||||
Other
liabilities
|
265,675 | (40,675 | ) | 127,871 | ||||||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
1,990,363 | 1,990,504 | 1,588,199 | |||||||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||||||
Purchase
of long-term investments
|
-- | (39,000 | ) | -- | ||||||||
Purchase
of equipment
|
(349,215 | ) | (269,942 | ) | (471,096 | ) | ||||||
Net
cash (used in) provided by investing activities
|
(349,215 | ) | (308,942 | ) | (471,096 | ) | ||||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||||||
Checks
written in excess of cash in bank
|
-- | -- | (492,229 | ) | ||||||||
Advances
from (to) affiliates
|
78,001 | 352,079 | 922,569 | |||||||||
Payments
of notes and contracts payable
|
(1,515,590 | ) | (2,040,785 | ) | (1,897,443 | ) | ||||||
Stock
options exercised
|
3,000 | 105,599 | -- | |||||||||
Proceeds
from borrowings on notes and contracts payable
|
631,500 | -- | 350,000 | |||||||||
Purchase
of treasury stock
|
(800,000 | ) | (3,901 | ) | -- | |||||||
Sale
of treasury stock
|
-- | 208,250 | -- | |||||||||
Net
cash used in financing activities
|
(1,603,089 | ) | (1,378,758 | ) | (1,117,103 | ) | ||||||
Net
change in cash
|
38,059 | 302,804 | -- | |||||||||
Cash
at beginning of year
|
159,639 | (143,165 | ) | -- | ||||||||
Cash
at end of year
|
$ | 197,698 | $ | 159,639 | $ | -- |
See
accompanying notes to condensed financial statements.
122
Schedule
II (Continued)
SECURITY
NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Parent
Company Only)
Condensed
Financial Information
Notes to
Condensed Financial Statements
1) Bank Loans
Payable
Bank
loans payable are summarized as follows:
December 31,
|
||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
5.87%
note payable with interest plus monthly principal payment of $134,000,
collateralized by 15,000 shares of Security National Life Insurance
Company stock, due January 2010.
|
$ | 3,129,896 | $ | 4,569,116 | ||||
Mark-to-market
of interest rate swaps adjustment
|
(17,426 | ) | (134,645 | ) | ||||
Bank
prime rate less .5% (7.75% at December 31, 2007) revolving line of credit
of $3,750,000, accrued interest paid monthly, unpaid balance due June
2008
|
500,000 | 250,000 | ||||||
Total
bank loans
|
3,612,470 | 4,684,471 | ||||||
Less
current installments
|
2,026,012 | 1,689,219 | ||||||
Bank
loans, excluding current installments
|
$ | 1,586,458 | $ | 2,995,252 |
2) Notes and Contracts
Payable
Notes and
contracts are summarized as follows:
December 31,
|
||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
5%
note payable to a former owner of C & J Financial due in
monthly installments of $16,737 including principal and
interest, due July 2009
|
$ | 305,129 | $ | -- | ||||
Other
|
961 | 961 | ||||||
Total
notes and contracts
|
306,090 | 961 | ||||||
Less
current installments
|
190,860 | 961 | ||||||
Notes
and contracts, excluding current installments
|
$ | 115,230 | $ | -- |
The
following tabulation shows the combined maturities of bank loans payable and
notes and contracts payable:
2008
|
$ | 2,199,446 | ||
2009
|
1,719,114 | |||
2010
|
-- | |||
2011
|
-- | |||
Thereafter
|
-- | |||
Total
|
$ | 3,918,560 |
See
accompanying notes to condensed financial statements.
123
Schedule
II (Continued)
SECURITY
NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Parent
Company Only)
Condensed
Financial Information
Notes to
Condensed Financial Statements
3) Advances from Affiliated
Companies
December 31,
|
||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Non-interest
bearing advances from affiliates:
|
||||||||
Cemetery
and Mortuary subsidiary
|
$ | 1,459,841 | $ | 1,459,841 | ||||
Life
insurance subsidiaries
|
7,486,604 | 7,997,546 | ||||||
Mortgage
subsidiary
|
43,983 | 43,983 | ||||||
$ | 8,990,428 | $ | 9,501,370 |
4) Dividends
and Capital Contributions
In 2007,
2006 and 2005, Security National Life Insurance Company, a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Registrant, paid to the registrant cash dividends of $
-0- , $4,015,114, and $-0-, respectively.
See
accompanying notes to condensed financial statements.
124
Schedule
IV
SECURITY
NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Reinsurance
Direct
Amount
|
Ceded
to
Other
Companies
|
Assumed
from
Other
Companies
|
Net
Amount
|
Percentage
of
Amount
Assumed
to Net
|
||||||||||||||||
2007
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Life Insurance in force
($000)
|
$ | 1,243,906 | $ | 114,155 | $ | 1,190,843 | $ | 2,320,594 | 51.3 | % | ||||||||||
Premiums:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Life
Insurance
|
$ | 30,886,927 | $ | 586,877 | $ | 1,713,765 | $ | 32,013,815 | 5.4 | % | ||||||||||
Accident and Health
Insurance
|
248,702 | 189 | 509 | 249,022 | .2 | % | ||||||||||||||
Total
premiums
|
$ | 31,135,629 | $ | 587,066 | $ | 1,714,274 | $ | 32,262,837 | 5.3 | % | ||||||||||
2006
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Life
Insurance in force ($000)
|
$ | 1,232,142 | $ | 122,232 | $ | 1,388,552 | $ | 2,498,462 | 55.6 | % | ||||||||||
Premiums:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Life
Insurance
|
$ | 29,140,230 | $ | 328,854 | $ | 1,682,855 | $ | 30,494,231 | 5.5 | % | ||||||||||
Accident and Health Insurance | 281,884 | 148 | 524 | 282,260 | .2 | % | ||||||||||||||
Total
premiums
|
$ | 29,422,114 | $ | 329,002 | $ | 1,683,379 | $ | 30,776,491 | 5.5 | % | ||||||||||
2005
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Life
Insurance in force ($000)
|
$ | 1,252,089 | $ | 185,364 | $ | 1,964,847 | $ | 3,031,572 | 64.8 | % | ||||||||||
Premiums:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Life
Insurance
|
$ | 26,795,343 | $ | 853,088 | $ | 942,080 | $ | 26,884,335 | 3.5 | % | ||||||||||
Accident and Health Insurance | 285,190 | -- | 584 | 285,774 | .2 | % | ||||||||||||||
Total
premiums
|
$ | 27,080,533 | $ | 853,088 | $ | 942,664 | $ | 27,170,109 | 3.5 | % |
125
Schedule
V
SECURITY
NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
Valuation
and Qualifying Accounts
Balance
at Beginning of Year
|
Additions
Charged to Costs and
Expenses
|
Deductions
Disposals and Write-offs
|
Balance
at End of Year
|
|||||||||||||
For the Year Ended
December 31, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||
Accumulated
depreciation on real estate
|
$ | 4,024,710 | $ | 315,680 | -- | $ | 4,340,390 | |||||||||
Allowance
for losses on mortgage loans on real estate and construction
loans
|
1,026,576 | 420,000 | (11,445 | ) | 1,435,131 | |||||||||||
Accumulated
depreciation on property and equipment
|
13,522,715 | 2,232,928 | (91,597 | ) | 15,664,046 | |||||||||||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts
|
866,392 | 653,905 | (227,112 | ) | 1,293,185 | |||||||||||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts on collateral loans
|
435,726 | 57,070 | (707 | ) | 492,089 | |||||||||||
For the Year Ended
December 31, 2006
|
||||||||||||||||
Accumulated
depreciation on real estate
|
$ | 3,766,259 | $ | $304,711 | $ | (46,260 | ) | $ | 4,024,710 | |||||||
Allowance for losses on mortgage loans on real estate and construction loans | 562,909 | 463,667 | -- | 1,026,576 | ||||||||||||
Accumulated
depreciation on property and equipment
|
14,373,406 | 1,718,306 | (2,568,997 | ) | 13,522,715 | |||||||||||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts
|
868,197 | 137,379 | (139,184 | ) | 866,392 | |||||||||||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts on collateral loans
|
339,218 | 100,000 | (3,492 | ) | 435,726 | |||||||||||
For the Year Ended
December 31, 2005
|
||||||||||||||||
Accumulated
depreciation on real estate
|
$ | 3,487,638 | $ | 291,540 | $ | (12,919 | ) | $ | 3,766,259 | |||||||
Allowance
for losses on mortgage loans on real estate and construction
loans
|
530,829 | 46,973 | (14,893 | ) | 562,909 | |||||||||||
Accumulated
depreciation on property and equipment
|
12,776,758 | 1,802,482 | (205,834 | ) | 14,373,406 | |||||||||||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts
|
1,026,432 | 33,775 | (192,010 | ) | 868,197 | |||||||||||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts on collateral loans
|
140,580 | 200,000 | (1,362 | ) | 339,218 |
126
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-K
Year
Ended December 31, 2007
SECURITY
NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Commission File
No. 0-9341
E X H I B
I T S
127
Exhibit
Index
ExhibitNo.
|
Document
Name
|
10.32
|
Subsidiaries
of the Registrant
|
|
31.1
|
Certification
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|
|
31.2
|
Certification
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|
|
32.1
|
Certification
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|
|
32.2
|
Certification
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|
128