2.SECURITIES

 

The amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses, and estimated fair values of investment securities as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 are summarized as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

Due to restrictions placed upon the Company’s common stock investment in the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and FHLB, these securities have been classified as restricted equity securities and carried at cost.  These restricted securities are not subject to the investment security classifications and are included as a separate line item on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet.  The FHLB requires the Bank to maintain stock in an amount equal to 4.5% of outstanding borrowings and a specific percentage of the Bank’s total assets.  The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond requires the Company to maintain stock with a par value equal to 6% of its outstanding capital.  Restricted equity securities consist of Federal Reserve Bank stock in the amount of $6.7 million and $6.8 million as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 and FHLB stock in the amount of $19.3 million and $13.9 million as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. 

 

 

The following table shows the gross unrealized losses and fair value (in thousands) of the Company’s investments with unrealized losses that are not deemed to be other-than-temporarily impaired.  These are aggregated by investment category and length of time that the individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position.

 

 

 

The primary purpose of the investment portfolio is to generate income and meet liquidity needs of the Company through readily saleable financial instruments.  The portfolio includes fixed rate bonds, whose prices move inversely with rates.  At the end of any accounting period, the investment portfolio has unrealized gains and losses.  The Company monitors the portfolio, which is subject to liquidity needs, market rate changes, and credit risk changes, to see if adjustments are needed.  The primary cause of temporary impairments was the increase in spreads over comparable Treasury bonds.  As of December 31, 2013, there were $34.9 million, or 23 issues, of individual securities that had been in a continuous loss position for more than 12 months.  Additionally, these securities had an unrealized loss of $1.4 million and consisted of municipal obligations, mortgage-backed securities, corporate bonds, and other securities.  As of December 31, 2012, there were $2.2 million, or 2 issues, of individual securities that had been in a continuous loss position for more than 12 months.  Additionally, these securities had an unrealized loss of $356,000 and consisted of municipal obligations and corporate bonds.

 

The following table presents the amortized cost and estimated fair value of securities as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, by contractual maturity (dollars in thousands).  Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

 

 

 

Securities with an amortized cost of $186.6 million and $183.7 million as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, were pledged to secure public deposits, repurchase agreements, and for other purposes.

 

During each quarter the Company conducts an assessment of the securities portfolio for OTTI consideration.  The assessment considers factors such as external credit ratings, delinquency coverage ratios, market price, management’s judgment, expectations of future performance, and relevant industry research and analysis.  An impairment is other-than-temporary if any of the following conditions exist: the entity intends to sell the security; it is more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis; or the entity does not expect to recover the security’s entire amortized cost basis (even if the entity does not intend to sell).  If a credit loss exists, but an entity does not intend to sell the impaired debt security and is not more likely than not to be required to sell before recovery, the impairment is other-than-temporary and should be separated into a credit portion to be recognized in earnings and the remaining amount relating to all other factors recognized as other comprehensive loss.  Based on the assessment for the year ended December 31, 2013, and in accordance with the guidance, no OTTI was recognized.

 

Based on the assessment for the quarter ended September 30, 2011 and in accordance with the guidance, the Company determined that a single issuer trust preferred security incurred credit-related OTTI of $400,000, which was recognized in earnings for the quarter ended September 30, 2011.  There is a possibility that the Company will sell the security before recovering all unamortized costs.  The significant inputs the Company considered in determining the amount of the credit loss are as follows:

 

 

OTTI recognized for the periods presented is summarized as follow (dollars in thousands):