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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

x	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2010 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 2-40764

KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Missouri		44-0308260
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3520 Broadway, Kansas City, Missouri		64111-2565
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

816-753-7000

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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 whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yes ¨ No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large accelerated filer ¨		Accelerated filer x		Non-accelerated filer ¨		Smaller reporting company ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes ¨ No x

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.


Common Stock, $1.25 par		11,467,736 shares
Class		Outstanding September 30, 2010

KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

TABLE OF CONTENTS


Part I. Financial Information			3

Item 1. Financial Statements			3

Consolidated Balance Sheets			3

Consolidated Statements of Income			4

Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity			5

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows			6

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)			8

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			37

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk			75

Item 4. Controls and Procedures			75

Part II: Other Information			76

Item 1. Legal Proceedings			76

Item 1A. Risk Factors			76

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds			77

Item 5. Other Information			78

Item 6. Exhibits			80

Signatures			81

Part I. Financial Information

Item 1. Financial Statements

Amounts in thousands, except share data, or as otherwise noted

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Consolidated Balance Sheets


	September 30 2010			December 31 2009
	(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Investments:
Fixed maturity securities available for sale, at fair value	$	2,717,220		$	2,469,272
Equity securities available for sale, at fair value		37,787			36,876
Mortgage loans		523,173			457,582
Real estate		118,649			114,076
Policy loans		84,619			85,585
Short-term investments		25,788			138,704

Total investments		3,507,236			3,302,095

Cash		8,422			4,981
Accrued investment income		39,568			32,989
Deferred acquisition costs		173,446			209,495
Value of business acquired		48,194			66,114
Reinsurance receivables		181,753			182,803
Property and equipment		23,795			24,393
Income taxes		2,487			8,784
Other assets		33,131			35,145
Separate account assets		318,282			312,824

Total assets	$	4,336,314		$	4,179,623


LIABILITIES
Future policy benefits	$	888,710		$	870,327
Policyholder account balances		2,064,875			2,048,828
Policy and contract claims		34,269			33,484
Other policyholder funds		145,035			137,847
Income taxes		60,475			21,851
Other liabilities		121,458			126,099
Separate account liabilities		318,282			312,824

Total liabilities		3,633,104			3,551,260


STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Common stock, par value $1.25 per share
Authorized 36,000,000 shares, issued 18,496,680 shares		23,121			23,121
Additional paid in capital		41,080			41,068
Retained earnings		763,399			757,225
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)		35,253			(36,477	)
Treasury stock, at cost (2010 - 7,028,944 shares; 2009 - 6,931,589 shares)		(159,643	)		(156,574	)

Total stockholders’ equity		703,210			628,363

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	4,336,314		$	4,179,623

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Consolidated Statements of Income


	Quarter Ended September 30						Nine Months Ended September 30
	2010			2009			2010			2009
	(Unaudited)						(Unaudited)
REVENUES
Insurance revenues:
Premiums	$	49,168		$	53,432		$	145,348		$	143,148
Contract charges		26,643			26,448			79,983			79,418
Reinsurance ceded		(13,949	)		(14,308	)		(41,981	)		(40,446	)

Total insurance revenues		61,862			65,572			183,350			182,120
Investment revenues:
Net investment income		44,120			44,521			130,696			132,265
Realized investment gains, excluding impairment losses		263			1,202			3,079			5,208
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings:
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses		(1,080	)		(2,522	)		(4,129	)		(28,353	)
Portion of impairment losses recognized in other comprehensive income		170			203			309			15,894

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings		(910	)		(2,319	)		(3,820	)		(12,459	)

Total investment revenues		43,473			43,404			129,955			125,014
Other revenues		2,281			3,387			7,062			8,303

Total revenues		107,616			112,363			320,367			315,437


BENEFITS AND EXPENSES
Policyholder benefits		46,375			50,514			136,788			135,601
Interest credited to policyholder account balances		21,561			21,898			64,301			64,772
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired		10,398			9,949			24,628			29,155
Operating expenses		22,496			23,090			69,062			73,476

Total benefits and expenses		100,830			105,451			294,779			303,004


Income before income tax expense		6,786			6,912			25,588			12,433

Income tax expense		2,330			1,731			10,109			3,756


NET INCOME	$	4,456		$	5,181		$	15,479		$	8,677


Comprehensive income, net of taxes:
Change in net unrealized gains and (losses) on securities available for sale	$	25,616		$	51,133		$	71,730		$	91,598
Change in benefit plan obligations		-			-			-			4,666

Other comprehensive income		25,616			51,133			71,730			96,264


COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	$	30,072		$	56,314		$	87,209		$	104,941


Basic and diluted earnings per share:
Net income	$	0.39		$	0.45		$	1.35		$	0.75

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity


	Nine Months Ended September 30
	(Unaudited)
COMMON STOCK, beginning and end of period	$	23,121


ADDITIONAL PAID IN CAPITAL
Beginning of period		41,068
Excess of proceeds over cost of treasury stock sold		12


End of period		41,080


RETAINED EARNINGS
Beginning of period		757,225
Net income		15,479
Stockholder dividends of $0.81 per share		(9,305	)


End of period		763,399


ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
Beginning of period		(36,477	)
Other comprehensive income		71,730


End of period		35,253


TREASURY STOCK, at cost
Beginning of period		(156,574	)
Cost of 98,144 shares acquired		(3,080	)
Cost of 789 shares sold		11


End of period		(159,643	)


TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY	$	703,210

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows


	Nine Months Ended September 30
	2010			2009
	(Unaudited)
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income	$	15,479		$	8,677
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Amortization of investment premium		2,292			3,231
Depreciation		2,093			2,137
Acquisition costs capitalized		(27,820	)		(23,765	)
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs		19,777			26,745
Amortization of value of business acquired		4,851			2,996
Realized investment losses		741			7,251
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Reinsurance receivables		1,050			(4,014	)
Future policy benefits		3,396			5,767
Policyholder account balances		(18,333	)		(19,320	)
Income taxes payable and deferred		10,245			9,181
Other, net		(7,199	)		(426	)

Net cash provided		6,572			18,460


INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchases of investments:
Fixed maturity securities		(308,218	)		(267,700	)
Equity securities		(786	)		(2,166	)
Mortgage loans		(107,066	)		(34,735	)
Real estate		(9,669	)		(14,510	)
Policy loans		(12,872	)		(12,976	)
Sales of investments:
Fixed maturity securities		60,470			48,490
Equity securities		585			3,652
Real estate		-			3,852
Net change in short-term investments		112,916			(2,812	)
Maturities and principal paydowns of investments:
Fixed maturity securities		179,175			184,290
Mortgage loans		41,475			33,755
Policy loans		13,838			15,213
Net disposition (acquisition) of property and equipment		(348	)		178

Net cash used		(30,500	)		(45,469	)

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Continued)


	Nine Months Ended September 30
	2010			2009
	(Unaudited)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from borrowings		8,000			1,500
Repayment of borrowings		(8,000	)		(4,400	)
Deposits on policyholder account balances		179,450			182,002
Withdrawals from policyholder account balances		(142,964	)		(155,102	)
Net transfers from (to) separate accounts		(58	)		6,635
Change in other deposits		3,303			5,518
Cash dividends to stockholders		(9,305	)		(9,366	)
Net disposition (acquisition) of treasury stock		(3,057	)		2,636

Net cash provided		27,369			29,423


Increase in cash		3,441			2,414
Cash at beginning of year		4,981			9,720

Cash at end of period	$	8,422		$	12,134

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

1. Nature of Operations and Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements, the accompanying notes to these unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Kansas City Life Insurance Company include the accounts of the consolidated entity (the Company), which primarily consists of three life insurance companies. Kansas City Life Insurance Company (Kansas City Life) is the parent company. Sunset Life Insurance Company of America (Sunset Life) and Old American Insurance Company (Old American) are wholly-owned subsidiaries.

The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the basis of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for interim financial reporting and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulations S-K, S-X, and other applicable regulations. Accordingly, they do not include all of the disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements. As such, these unaudited interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s 2009 Form 10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Management believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading, and all normal and recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position at September 30, 2010 and the results of operations for all periods presented have been made. The results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the Company’s operating results for a full year.

Significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation and certain immaterial reclassifications have been made to the prior period results to conform with the current period’s presentation.

The preparation of the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements requires management of the Company to make estimates and assumptions relating to the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the period. These estimates are inherently subject to change and actual results could differ from these estimates.

Significant Accounting Policies

The Company has identified below for disclosure selected significant accounting policies that are specifically pertinent to the current periods presented. For a full discussion of significant accounting policies, please refer to the Company’s 2009 Form 10-K.

Deferred Acquisition Costs and Value of Business Acquired

Deferred acquisition costs (DAC), principally agent commissions and other selling, selection and issue costs, which vary with and are directly related to the production of new business, are capitalized as incurred. These deferred costs are then amortized in proportion to future premium revenues or the expected future profits of the business, depending upon the type of product.

When a new block of business is acquired or when an insurance company is purchased, a portion of the purchase price is allocated to a separately identifiable intangible asset, called the value of business acquired (VOBA). VOBA is established as the actuarially determined present value of future gross profits of the business acquired and is amortized with interest in proportion to future premium revenues or the expected future profits, depending on the type of business acquired. Similar to DAC, the assumptions regarding future experience can affect the carrying value of VOBA, including interest spreads, mortality, expense margins and policy and premium persistency experience. Significant changes in these assumptions can impact the carrying balance of VOBA and produce changes that are reflected in the current period’s income as an unlocking adjustment.

Profit expectations are based upon assumptions of future interest spreads, mortality margins, expense margins and policy and premium persistency experience. Mortality relates to the occurrence of death. Interest spreads are the difference between the investment returns earned and the crediting rates of interest applied to policyholder account balances. Surrender rates relate to the relative volume of policy terminations. Expense margins involve the expenses incurred for maintaining and servicing in-force policies. These assumptions involve judgment and are compared to actual experience on an ongoing basis. If it is determined that the assumptions related to the profit expectations for interest sensitive and variable insurance products should be revised, the impact of the change is reported in the current period’s income as an unlocking adjustment.

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)–Continued

At least annually, a review is performed of the models and the assumptions used to develop expected future profits, based upon management’s current view of future events. DAC and VOBA are reviewed on an ongoing basis to determine that the unamortized portion does not exceed the expected recoverable amounts. Management’s view primarily reflects Company experience but can also reflect emerging trends within the industry. Short-term deviations in experience affect the amortization of DAC and VOBA in the period, but do not necessarily indicate that a change to the long-term assumptions of future experience is warranted. If it is determined that it is appropriate to change the assumptions related to future experience, then an unlocking adjustment is recognized for the block of business being evaluated. Certain assumptions, such as interest spreads and surrender rates, may be interrelated. As such, unlocking adjustments often reflect revisions to multiple assumptions. The balances of DAC and VOBA are immediately impacted by any assumption changes, with the change reflected through the income statement as an unlocking adjustment in the amount of DAC or VOBA amortized. These adjustments can be positive or negative with adjustments reducing amortization limited to amounts previously deferred plus interest accrued through the date of the adjustment. The impact of unlocking adjustments from the changes in estimates for the periods reported are included in the Consolidated Results of Operations and Operating Results by Segment sections of the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained within this document.

In addition, the Company may consider refinements in estimates due to improved capabilities resulting from administrative or actuarial system upgrades. The Company considers such enhancements to determine whether they are indicative of errors in prior periods or simply improvements in the projection of future expected gross profits due to improved functionality. To the extent they represent such improvements, these items are applied to the appropriate financial statement line items in a manner similar to unlocking adjustments.

During the second quarter of 2010, the amortization of DAC decreased significantly, primarily the result of a refinement in methodology (resulting in a change in estimate) and an unlocking of certain assumptions. The effect of the change in estimate was an increase in the DAC asset and a reduction in DAC amortization in the second quarter of 2010 of $1.1 million. The impact of unlocking was an increase in the DAC asset and a corresponding decrease in the amortization of DAC in the second quarter of 2010 of $5.8 million. This unlocking also impacted the DAC asset and amortization of DAC reported for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. No DAC unlocking or change in estimate occurred during the third quarter of 2010 or during 2009.

During the second quarter of 2010, the amortization of VOBA increased significantly, largely due to two factors, both of which occurred in the prior year. First, in the second quarter of 2009, the Company refined its method for calculating VOBA from a premium-based method to a volume-based method for certain traditional life products. The Company refined its method of estimating VOBA to the use of volume in-force. This refinement in estimate reduced VOBA amortization $2.5 million in the second quarter of 2009. Second, the Company had an unlocking adjustment on interest-sensitive products, which decreased VOBA amortization $0.2 million in the second quarter of 2009. These adjustments also impact the comparison of VOBA amortization between the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009. No unlocking or refinement in methodology has occurred in 2010.

The unlocking and refinement in methodology identified above also impacted other areas of the consolidated financial statements such as contract charges, as discussed below.

For additional information regarding these items, please see Note 1 – Nature of Operations and Significant Accounting Policies in the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2010.

Contract Charges

Contract charges consist of cost of insurance, expense loads, the amortization of unearned revenues and surrender charges. Cost of insurance relates to charges for mortality. These charges are applied to the excess of the mortality benefit over the account value for universal life policies. Expense loads are amounts that are assessed against the policyholder balance as consideration for origination of the contract. Certain contract charges for universal life insurance are not recognized in income immediately but are deferred as unearned revenues and amortized into income in a manner similar to the amortization of DAC and VOBA. These contract charges, which are recorded as unearned revenues, are recognized into income in proportion to the expected future gross profits of the business. Profit expectations are based upon assumptions of future interest spreads, mortality margins, expense margins and policy and premium persistency experience. Surrender charges are fees imposed on policyholders upon cancellation of a policy.

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)–Continued

Unlocking or other events may also have an impact on products and policies. If it is determined that it is appropriate to change the assumptions of future experience, then an unlocking adjustment is recognized for the block of business being evaluated. Certain assumptions, such as interest spreads and surrender rates, may be interrelated. As such, unlocking adjustments often reflect revisions to multiple assumptions. In addition, the Company may also consider refinements in estimates for other unusual or one-time occurrences for events such as administrative or actuarial system upgrades. These items are applied to the appropriate financial statement line items similar to unlocking adjustments.

One component of contract charges is the recognition over time of the deferred revenue liability (DRL) from certain universal life policies. This liability arises from the deferral of front end loads on such policies and is recognized into the Consolidated Statements of Income in concert with the future expected gross profits, similar to the amortization of DAC. In the second quarter of 2010, the Company had a refinement in methodology in its DRL, resulting in a change in estimate. The effect of the refinement in estimate on the DRL was an increase in the liability and a reduction to contract charges of $0.5 million during the second quarter of 2010, which also impacts the deferred revenue liability and contract charges reported for the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

The Company had an unlocking in the DRL in the second quarter of 2010. When the Company has a change in the future expected gross profits related to changes in assumptions, a corresponding change in deferred revenue liability is also recognized as an unlocking. The impact of the unlocking on DRL was a decrease in the liability and a corresponding increase in the recognition of deferred revenue of $1.1 million during the second quarter of 2010, which also impacts the DRL liability and contract charges reported for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. No changes in estimate or unlocking on the DRL occurred during the third quarter of 2010.

Separate Accounts

Separate account assets and liabilities arise from the sale of variable universal life insurance and variable annuity products. The separate account represents funds segregated for the benefit of certain policyholders who bear the investment risk. The assets are legally segregated and are not subject to claims which may arise from any other business of the Company. The separate account assets and liabilities, which are equal, are recorded at fair value based upon net asset value (NAV). Policyholder account deposits and withdrawals, investment income and realized investment gains and losses are excluded from the amounts reported in the Consolidated Statements of Income. Revenues to the Company from separate accounts consist principally of contract charges, which include maintenance charges, administrative fees and mortality and risk charges.

The Company has a guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit (GMWB) that can be added to new or existing variable annuity contracts. The rider provides an enhanced withdrawal benefit that guarantees a stream of income payments to an owner or annuitant, regardless of the contract account value. The value of variable annuity separate accounts with the GMWB rider was $73.6 million at September 30, 2010 (December 31, 2009 – $57.9 million) and the guarantee liability was ($1.2) million at September 30, 2010 (December 31, 2009 – ($1.6) million). The value of the GMWB rider is recorded at fair value. The change in this value is included in policyholder benefits in the Consolidated Statements of Income. The value of variable annuity separate accounts with the GMWB rider is recorded in separate account liabilities and the value of the rider is included in other policyholder funds in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The determination of fair value of the GMWB liability requires models that use actuarial and financial market assumptions, which reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the contract, including adjustments for risk and issuer non-performance. The Company refined its process in the second quarter of 2010 to incorporate an index from an industry-recognized actuarial consulting firm that the Company believes is more consistent with the attributes of the product.

Guarantees are offered under variable universal life and variable annuity contracts: a guaranteed minimum death benefit (GMDB) rider is available on certain variable universal life contracts, and GMDB are provided on all variable annuities. The GMDB rider for variable universal life and variable annuity contracts guarantees the death benefit for specified periods of time, regardless of investment performance, provided cumulative premium requirements are met. The total reserve held for the variable annuity GMDB at September 30, 2010 was $0.3 million (December 31, 2009 – $0.3 million).

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)–Continued

2. New Accounting Pronouncements and Other Regulatory Activity

New Accounting Pronouncements

For a full discussion of new accounting pronouncements, please refer to the Company’s 2009 Form 10-K. Presented below are new accounting pronouncements issued during 2010 that are applicable to the Company.

In January 2010, the FASB issued amendments to existing guidance regarding accounting and reporting for decreases in ownership of a subsidiary. The amendments affect entities that experience a decrease in ownership in a subsidiary that is a business or nonprofit activity. The amendments also affect entities that exchange a group of assets that constitutes a business or nonprofit activity for an equity interest in another entity. This guidance became effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after December 15, 2009 for the Company since it had previously adopted SFAS No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements.” The Company adopted the amendment on January 1, 2010 with no material impact to the consolidated financial statements.

In January 2010, the FASB issued new guidance to improve disclosures about fair value measurements. This guidance requires new disclosures and clarification of existing disclosures regarding Levels 1, 2 and 3 in the fair value hierarchy. The majority of this guidance became effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009. However, disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements will become effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010 and for interim periods within those years. The Company adopted the guidance on January 1, 2010 with no material impact to the consolidated financial statements.

In July 2010, the FASB issued guidance to expand existing disclosures about the credit quality of financing receivables and the related allowance for credit losses. As a result of these amendments, an entity is required to disaggregate by portfolio segment or class certain existing disclosures and provide certain new disclosures about its financing receivables and related allowance for credit losses. For public entities, the disclosures as of the end of a reporting period are effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending on or after December 15, 2010. The disclosures about activity that occurs during a reporting period are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2010. The Company is currently evaluating this new guidance but does not expect it to have a material impact to the disclosure in the consolidated financial statements.

All other new accounting standards and updates of existing standards issued during the nine months ended September 30, 2010 did not relate to accounting policies and procedures pertinent to the Company at this time.

Other Regulatory Activity

Health Care Reform

The Company has assessed, based upon the information available, the Health Care Reform Act, as passed in the first quarter of 2010. The Company has considered its medical and dental plans provided for employees, agents and retirees. While the Company will incur additional costs associated with the implementation of this Act, it does not believe these costs or ongoing costs associated with this Act will have a material impact to the consolidated financial statements. The Company does not provide a separate prescription drug plan to its retirees. In addition, the Company does not sell any medical insurance or prescription drug coverage. However, the Company does sell dental and vision insurance but believes that the impact of this Act is immaterial to these products. The Company will continue to assess the information contained in this Act as additional guidance becomes available and as additional implications are understood or clarified.

Financial Reform

The Dodd-Frank Bill was passed in July of 2010. This Bill focuses on financial reform, specifically changes to derivatives regulation, regulatory framework for executive pay, corporate governance, investor protection, clawback provisions, mortgage reform, and numerous other issues. The Company will continue to assess the information contained in this Bill as additional guidance becomes available and as additional implications are clarified. The Company expects that additional disclosures will become required, but the Company does not believe they will have a material impact to the consolidated financial statements.

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)–Continued

3. Fair Values

Fair Values Hierarchy

In accordance with FASB ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” the Company groups its financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value in three levels, based on the inputs and assumptions used to determine the fair value. These levels are as follows:

Level 1 – Valuations are based upon quoted prices for identical instruments traded in active markets.

Level 2 – Valuations are based upon quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model-based valuation techniques for which all significant assumptions are observable in the market. Valuations are obtained from third-party pricing services or inputs that are observable or derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3 – Valuations are generated from techniques that use significant assumptions not observable in the market. These unobservable assumptions reflect the Company’s assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Valuation techniques include the use of option pricing models, discounted cash flow models, spread-based models, and similar techniques, using the best information available in the circumstances.

Determination of Fair Value

The Company bases fair values on the price that would be received to sell an asset (exit price) or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. It is the Company’s policy to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when developing fair value measurements. Accordingly, the Company utilizes independent third-party pricing services to determine the majority of its fair values.

The Company reviews prices received from service providers for unusual fluctuations but generally accepts the price identified from the primary pricing service. However, if the primary pricing service does not provide a price, the Company utilizes a second pricing service if a price is available. In the event a price is not available from either third-party pricing service, the Company pursues external pricing from brokers. Generally, the Company pursues and utilizes only one broker quote per security. In doing so, the Company solicits only brokers which have previously demonstrated knowledge and experience of the subject security. If a broker price is not available, the Company determines a carrying value through various valuation techniques that include using option pricing models, discounted cash flows, spread-based models or similar techniques depending upon the specific security to be priced. These techniques are primarily applied to private placement securities. The Company utilizes available market information, wherever possible, to identify inputs into the fair value determination, primarily including prices and spreads on comparable securities.

The Company performs an analysis on the prices received from third-party security pricing services and independent brokers to ensure that the prices represent a reasonable estimate of the fair value. The Company corroborates and validates the primary pricing sources through a variety of procedures that include but are not limited to comparison to additional independent third-party pricing services or brokers, where possible, a review of third-party pricing service methodologies, back testing and comparison of prices to actual trades for specific securities where observable data exists. In addition, the Company analyzes the third-party pricing services’ methodologies and related inputs and also evaluates the various types of securities in its investment portfolio to determine an appropriate fair value hierarchy.

The Company owned two issues of similar securities for which values were not provided from the Company’s primary pricing service as of September 30, 2010. In one instance, the Company used the price received for a similar issue to determine the fair value of these securities. In the second instance, the Company owns a security on which it has a guaranteed price at par, the result of a legal settlement pertaining to this particular investment. The Company has the right to exercise this feature for a specific period of time. Accordingly, the Company used a fair value equal to the par value for this security at September 30, 2010.

The Company owned six issues of similar securities for which values were not provided from either of the Company’s pricing services as of December 31, 2009. The Company received quoted prices from brokers for two of these securities and a documented market transaction price for a third. The Company utilized the mid-point of these prices to determine the fair value of the remaining three similar securities.

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)–Continued

Fair value measurements for assets and liabilities where there exists limited or no observable market data are calculated using the Company’s own estimates, based on current interest rates, credit spreads, liquidity premium or discount, the economic and competitive environment, unique characteristics of the asset or liability and other pertinent factors. Therefore, the results cannot be determined with precision and may not be realized in an actual sale or immediate settlement of the asset or liability. Additionally, there may be inherent weaknesses in any calculation technique. Further, changes in the underlying assumptions used, including discount rates and estimates of future cash flows, could significantly affect the results of current or future values.

The Company’s own estimates of fair value are derived in a number of ways, including but not limited to: 1) pricing provided by brokers, where the price indicates reliability as to value; 2) fair values of comparable securities incorporating a spread adjustment for maturity differences, collateralization, credit quality, liquidity, and other items, if applicable; 3) discounted cash flow models and margin spreads; 4) bond yield curves; 5) observable market prices and exchange transaction information not provided by external pricing services; 6) statement values provided to the Company by fund managers; and 7) option pricing models.

Following is a description of valuation methodologies used for assets and liabilities recorded at fair value and for estimating fair value for financial instruments not recorded at fair value but for which fair value is disclosed.

Assets

Securities Available for Sale

Fixed maturities and equity securities available for sale are recorded at fair value on a recurring basis. Fair value measurement is based upon quoted prices, if available. If quoted prices are not available, fair values are determined as described in the preceding paragraphs.

Short-Term Financial Assets

Short-term financial assets include cash and other short-term investments and are carried at historical cost. The carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of the fair value because of the relatively short time between the purchase of the instrument and its expected repayment or maturity.

Loans

The Company does not record loans at fair value. As such, valuation techniques discussed herein for loans are primarily for estimating fair value for purpose of disclosure.

Fair values of mortgage loans on real estate properties are calculated by discounting contractual cash flows, using discount rates based on current industry pricing or the Company’s estimate of an appropriate risk-adjusted discount rate for loans of similar size, type, remaining maturity and repricing characteristics.

The Company also has loans made to policyholders. These loans cannot exceed the cash surrender value of the policy. Fair value is calculated by discounting contractual cash flows, using discount rates based on the Company’s estimate of appropriate risk-adjusted discount rates for these loans.

Liabilities

Investment-Type Liabilities Included in Policyholder Account Balances and Other Policyholder Funds

Fair values for liabilities under investment-type insurance contracts are based upon account value. The fair values of investment-type insurance contracts included with policyholder account balances for fixed deferred annuities and other policyholder funds for supplementary contracts without life contingencies are estimated to be their cash surrender values. The fair values of deposits with no stated maturity are equal to the amount payable on demand at the measurement date.

Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefits (GMWB)

The Company offers a GMWB rider that can be added to new or existing variable annuity contracts. The rider provides an enhanced withdrawal benefit that guarantees a stream of income payments to an owner or annuitant, regardless of the contract account value. The value of variable annuity separate accounts with the GMWB rider was $73.6 million and the guarantee liability was ($1.2) million at September 30, 2010 compared to $57.9 million and $(1.6) million, respectively, at December 31, 2009. The value of the GMWB rider is recorded at fair value, and the change in this value is included in policyholder benefits in the Consolidated Statements of Income. The value of variable annuity separate accounts with the GMWB rider is recorded in separate account liabilities and the value of the rider is included in other policyholder funds in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Fair value for GMWB rider contracts results in a Level 3 valuation, as it is based on models which utilize significant unobservable inputs. These models require actuarial and financial market assumptions, which reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the contract, including adjustments for risk and issuer non-performance.

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)–Continued

Notes Payable

The Company had no borrowings at September 30, 2010 or December 31, 2009.

Categories Reported at Fair Value

The following tables present categories reported at fair value on a recurring basis.


	September 30, 2010
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3			Total
Assets:
Bonds:
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. Government	$	11,817	$	125,035	$	4,133		$	140,985
Federal agencies ¹		-		29,439		-			29,439
Federal agency issued residential mortgage-backed securities ¹		-		157,709		-			157,709

Subtotal		11,817		312,183		4,133			328,133
Corporate obligations:
Industrial		-		478,813		2,454			481,267
Energy		-		208,169		2,438			210,607
Technology		-		49,708		-			49,708
Communications		-		101,342		-			101,342
Financial		5,000		392,196		2,902			400,098
Consumer		-		310,209		22,947			333,156
Public utilities		-		309,195		-			309,195

Subtotal		5,000		1,849,632		30,741			1,885,373
Corporate private-labeled residential mortgage-backed securities		-		201,475		-			201,475
Other		-		281,490		5,958			287,448
Redeemable preferred stocks		14,791		-		-			14,791

Subtotal		31,608		2,644,780		40,832			2,717,220

Equity securities		3,867		27,859		6,061			37,787

Total	$	35,475	$	2,672,639	$	46,893		$	2,755,007


Percent of Total		1%		97%		2%			100%


Liabilities:
Other policyholder funds
Guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits	$	-	$	-	$	(1,200	)	$	(1,200	)

Total	$	-	$	-	$	(1,200	)	$	(1,200	)

¹	Federal agency securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)–Continued


	December 31, 2009
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3			Total
Assets:
Bonds:
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. Government	$	9,939	$	97,723	$	14,275		$	121,937
Federal agencies ¹		-		28,321		-			28,321
Federal agency issued residential mortgage-backed securities ¹		-		172,515		-			172,515

Subtotal		9,939		298,559		14,275			322,773
Corporate obligations:
Industrial		-		412,292		3,654			415,946
Energy		-		200,340		-			200,340
Technology		-		40,864		-			40,864
Communications		-		86,264		-			86,264
Financial		-		361,768		2,840			364,608
Consumer		-		284,910		22,596			307,506
Public utilities		-		287,687		-			287,687

Subtotal		-		1,674,125		29,090			1,703,215
Corporate private-labeled residential mortgage-backed securities		-		200,002		-			200,002
Other		-		220,572		9,109			229,681
Redeemable preferred stocks		13,601		-		-			13,601

Subtotal		23,540		2,393,258		52,474			2,469,272

Equity securities		3,400		27,427		6,049			36,876

Total	$	26,940	$	2,420,685	$	58,523		$	2,506,148


Percent of Total		1%		97%		2%			100%


Liabilities:
Other policyholder funds
Guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits	$	-	$	-	$	(1,642	)	$	(1,642	)

Total	$	-	$	-	$	(1,642	)	$	(1,642	)

¹	Federal agency securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)–Continued

The following table presents the fair value of fixed maturities and equity securities available for sale by pricing source and fair value hierarchy level.


	September 30, 2010
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Fixed maturities available for sale:
Priced from external pricing services	$	26,608	$	2,540,740	$	-	$	2,567,348
Priced from independent broker quotations		-		63,429		-		63,429
Priced from internal matrices and calculations		5,000		40,611		40,832		86,443

Subtotal		31,608		2,644,780		40,832		2,717,220

Equity securities available for sale:
Priced from external pricing services		3,867		2,398		-		6,265
Priced from independent broker quotations		-		-		-		-
Priced from internal matrices and calculations		-		25,461		6,061		31,522

Subtotal		3,867		27,859		6,061		37,787

Total	$	35,475	$	2,672,639	$	46,893	$	2,755,007

Percent of Total		1%		97%		2%		100%


	December 31, 2009
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Fixed maturities available for sale:
Priced from external pricing services	$	23,540	$	2,277,303	$	-	$	2,300,843
Priced from independent broker quotations		-		111,587		-		111,587
Priced from internal matrices and calculations		-		4,368		52,474		56,842

Subtotal		23,540		2,393,258		52,474		2,469,272

Equity securities available for sale:
Priced from external pricing services		3,400		2,407		-		5,807
Priced from independent broker quotations		-		-		-		-
Priced from internal matrices and calculations		-		25,020		6,049		31,069

Subtotal		3,400		27,427		6,049		36,876

Total	$	26,940	$	2,420,685	$	58,523	$	2,506,148

Percent of Total		1%		97%		2%		100%

The changes in Level 1 assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2010 are summarized below:


	Quarter Ended September 30, 2010
	Beginning Balance as of June 30, 2010		Included in Earnings			Included in Other Comprehensive Income		Purchases and Dispositions		Net Transfers In (Out)		Ending Balance as of September 30, 2010		Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) at September 30, 2010
Assets:
Fixed maturities available for sale	$	20,225	$	(32	)	$	1,123	$	5,112	$	5,180	$	31,608	$	1,166
Equity securities available for sale		3,377		-			317		173		-		3,867		317

Total	$	23,602	$	(32	)	$	1,440	$	5,285	$	5,180	$	35,475	$	1,483

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)–Continued


	Nine months Ended September 30, 2010
	Beginning Balance as of December 31, 2009		Included in Earnings			Included in Other Comprehensive Income			Purchases and Dispositions			Net Transfers In (Out)			Ending Balance as of September 30, 2010		Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) at September 30, 2010
Assets:
Fixed maturities available for sale	$	23,540	$	(35	)	$	1,481		$	144		$	6,478		$	31,608	$	1,611
Equity securities available for sale		3,400		-			294			173			-			3,867		294

Total	$	26,940	$	(35	)	$	1,775		$	317		$	6,478		$	35,475	$	1,905

The changes in Level 2 assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2010 are summarized below:
	Quarter Ended September 30, 2010
	Beginning Balance as of June 30, 2010		Included in Earnings			Included in Other Comprehensive Income			Purchases and Dispositions			Net Transfers In (Out)			Ending Balance as of September 30, 2010		Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) at September 30, 2010
Assets:
Fixed maturities available for sale	$	2,590,973	$	(1,256	)	$	66,754		$	(7,110	)	$	(4,581	)	$	2,644,780	$	63,410
Equity securities available for sale		28,148		2			(119	)		(172	)		-			27,859		(46	)

Total	$	2,619,121	$	(1,254	)	$	66,635		$	(7,282	)	$	(4,581	)	$	2,672,639	$	63,364


	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010
	Beginning Balance as of December 31, 2009		Included in Earnings			Included in Other Comprehensive Income			Purchases and Dispositions			Net Transfers In (Out)			Ending Balance as of September 30, 2010		Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) at September 30, 2010
Assets:
Fixed maturities available for sale	$	2,393,258	$	(982	)	$	179,647		$	68,485		$	4,372		$	2,644,780	$	177,976
Equity securities available for sale		27,427		2			203			227			-			27,859		276

Total	$	2,420,685	$	(980	)	$	179,850		$	68,712		$	4,372		$	2,672,639	$	178,252

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)–Continued

The changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and the year ended December 31, 2009 are summarized below:


	Quarter Ended September 30, 2010
	Beginning Balance as of June 30, 2010			Included in Earnings			Included in Other Comprehensive Income		Purchases and Dispositions			Net Transfers In (Out)			Ending Balance as of September 30, 2010			Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) at September 30, 2010
Assets:
Fixed maturities available for sale	$	40,912		$	403		$	622	$	(505	)	$	(600	)	$	40,832		$	623
Equity securities available for sale		6,002			-			59		-			-			6,061			59

Total	$	46,914		$	403		$	681	$	(505	)	$	(600	)	$	46,893		$	682

Liabilities:
Other policyholder funds- guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits	$	(856	)	$	(378	)	$	-	$	34		$	-			(1,200	)	$	-


	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010
	Beginning Balance as of December 31, 2009			Included in Earnings			Included in Other Comprehensive Income		Purchases and Dispositions			Net Transfers In (Out)			Ending Balance as of September 30, 2010			Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) at September 30, 2010
Assets:
Fixed maturities available for sale	$	52,474		$	3		$	1,435	$	(2,229	)	$	(10,851	)	$	40,832		$	1,436
Equity securities available for sale		6,049			-			208		(196	)		-			6,061			210

Total	$	58,523		$	3		$	1,643	$	(2,425	)	$	(10,851	)	$	46,893		$	1,646

Liabilities:
Other policyholder funds- guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits	$	(1,642	)	$	399		$	-	$	43		$	-			(1,200	)	$	-


	Year Ended December 31, 2009
	Beginning Balance as of December 31, 2008			Included in Earnings			Included in Other Comprehensive Income		Purchases and Dispositions			Net Transfers In (Out)			Ending Balance as of December 31, 2009			Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) at December 31, 2009
Assets:
Fixed maturities available for sale	$	89,499		$	(1,172	)	$	3,100	$	(1,985	)	$	(36,968	)	$	52,474		$	2,533
Equity securities available for sale		5,141			-			229		(129	)		808			6,049			228

Total	$	94,640		$	(1,172	)	$	3,329	$	(2,114	)	$	(36,160	)	$	58,523		$	2,761

Liabilities:
Other policyholder funds- guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits	$	755		$	(2,452	)	$	-	$	55		$	-		$	(1,642	)	$	-

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)–Continued

The Company had no transfers into Level 3 and $0.6 million transfers out of Level 3 for the quarter ended September 30, 2010. The Company had $2.1 million transfers into Level 3 and $13.0 million transfers out of Level 3 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The Company did not exclude any realized or unrealized gains or losses on items transferred into Level 3. Transfers into Level 3 occur when the Company, it its opinion, cannot obtain a fair value that it believes is a Level 1 or Level 2 fair value.

The following table provides amortized cost and fair value for securities by asset class at September 30, 2010.


	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized				Fair Value
	Amortized Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value
Bonds:
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. Government	$	129,779	$	11,321	$	115	$	140,985
Federal agencies ¹		26,173		3,266		-		29,439
Federal agency issued residential mortgage-backed securities ¹		146,862		10,851		4		157,709

Subtotal		302,814		25,438		119		328,133
Corporate obligations:
Industrial		434,102		47,340		175		481,267
Energy		187,728		22,891		12		210,607
Technology		46,281		3,555		128		49,708
Communications		92,717		8,625		-		101,342
Financial		379,597		24,297		3,796		400,098
Consumer		300,607		33,298		749		333,156
Public utilities		275,068		35,104		977		309,195

Subtotal		1,716,100		175,110		5,837		1,885,373
Corporate private-labeled residential mortgage-backed securities		220,337		2,405		21,267		201,475
Other		281,794		15,676		10,022		287,448
Redeemable preferred stocks		14,866		259		334		14,791

Fixed maturity securities		2,535,911		218,888		37,579		2,717,220
Equity securities		35,610		2,298		121		37,787

Total	$	2,571,521	$	221,186	$	37,700	$	2,755,007

¹	Federal agency securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)–Continued

The following table provides amortized cost and fair value for securities by asset class at December 31, 2009.


	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized				Fair Value
	Amortized Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value
Bonds:
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. Government	$	118,284	$	4,674	$	1,021	$	121,937
Federal agencies ¹		27,640		681		-		28,321
Federal agency issued residential mortgage-backed securities ¹		165,350		7,220		55		172,515

Subtotal		311,274		12,575		1,076		322,773
Corporate obligations:
Industrial		400,775		17,773		2,602		415,946
Energy		190,836		10,703		1,199		200,340
Technology		39,358		1,919		413		40,864
Communications		84,146		3,492		1,374		86,264
Financial		371,179		9,247		15,818		364,608
Consumer		294,732		15,210		2,436		307,506
Public utilities		273,796		16,012		2,121		287,687

Subtotal		1,654,822		74,356		25,963		1,703,215
Corporate private-labeled residential mortgage-backed securities		242,545		387		42,930		200,002
Other		247,009		4,349		21,677		229,681
Redeemable preferred stocks		14,866		98		1,363		13,601

Fixed maturity securities		2,470,516		91,765		93,009		2,469,272
Equity securities		35,405		1,657		186		36,876

Total	$	2,505,921	$	93,422	$	93,195	$	2,506,148

¹	Federal agency securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)–Continued

The table below is a summary of fair value estimates as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 for financial instruments. The Company has not included assets and liabilities that are not financial instruments in this disclosure. The total of the fair value calculations presented do not represent, and should not be construed to represent, the underlying value of the Company.


	September 30, 2010				December 31, 2009
	Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value
Assets:
Investments:
Fixed maturities available for sale	$	2,717,220	$	2,717,220	$	2,469,272	$	2,469,272
Equity securities available for sale		37,787		37,787		36,876		36,876
Mortgage loans		523,173		560,239		457,582		456,819
Policy loans		84,619		84,619		85,585		85,585
Cash and short-term investments		34,210		34,210		143,685		143,685
Separate account assets		318,282		318,282		312,824		312,824

Liabilities:
Individual and group annuities		1,032,082		1,013,775		999,500		977,573
Notes payable		-		-		-		-
Supplementary contracts without life contingencies		59,206		58,517		59,399		57,023
Separate account liabilities		318,282		318,282		312,824		312,824

4. Investments

Contractual Maturities

The following table provides the distribution of maturities for fixed maturity investment securities available for sale as of September 30, 2010. Expected maturities may differ from these contractual maturities since borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations.


	Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Due in one year or less	$	96,279	$	98,015
Due after one year through five years		574,107		615,743
Due after five years through ten years		854,087		958,234
Due after ten years		531,334		563,509
Securities with variable principal payments		465,238		466,928
Redeemable preferred stocks		14,866		14,791

	$	2,535,911	$	2,717,220

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)–Continued

Realized Gains (Losses)

The following table provides detail concerning realized investment gains and losses by asset class for the third quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009.


	Quarter Ended September 30						Nine Months Ended September 30
	2010			2009			2010			2009
Gross gains resulting from:
Sales of investment securities:
Federal agencies	$	-		$	255		$	-		$	255
Corporate obligations:
Industrial		-			1,140			229			1,328
Communications		-			-			297			-
Financial		218			-			218			2,255
Consumer		-			103			553			130
Other		72			-			617			-
Investment securities called and other:
Federal agencies		-			-			77			191
Federal agency issued residential mortgage-backed securities ¹		-			-			-			-
Corporate obligations:
Industrial		-			-			175			-
Energy		-			-			53			-
Communications		-			5			586			5
Consumer		15			10			59			31
Public Utility		44			-			44			-
Corporate private-labeled residential mortgage-backed securities		8			1			12			1
Other		8			36			235			215
Sales of real estate		-			-			-			661

Total gross gains		365			1,550			3,155			5,072


Gross losses resulting from:
Sales of investment securities Corporate obligations:
Financial		-			(289	)		-			(289	)
Consumer		-			(2	)		-			(2	)
Other		(19	)		(21	)		(19	)		(21	)
Investment securities called and other:
Other		(47	)		-			(202	)		(16	)

Total gross losses		(66	)		(312	)		(221	)		(328	)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA		(36	)		(36	)		145			464

Net realized investment gains, excluding impairment losses	$	263		$	1,202		$	3,079		$	5,208

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)–Continued


	Quarter Ended September 30						Nine Months Ended September 30
	2010			2009			2010			2009
Net other-than-temporary impairment losses recognized in earnings:
Corporate obligations:
Industrial	$	-		$	-		$	-		$	(4,332	)
Communications		-			(229	)		-			(1,239	)
Financial		-			(1,771	)		-			(6,785	)
Consumer		-			-			-			(1,697	)
Corporate private-labeled residential mortgage-backed securities		(448	)		(522	)		(1,821	)		(14,135	)
Other		(632	)		-			(2,308	)		(165	)

Total other-than-temporary impairment losses		(1,080	)		(2,522	)		(4,129	)		(28,353	)
Portion of impairment losses recognized in other comprehensive income:
Corporate obligations:
Industrial		-			-			-			1,676
Financial		-			-			-			764
Consumer		-			-			-			462
Corporate private-labeled residential mortgage-backed securities		175			203			317			12,992
Other		(5	)		-			(8	)		-

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings		(910	)		(2,319	)		(3,820	)		(12,459	)

Realized investment losses	$	(647	)	$	(1,117	)	$	(741	)	$	(7,251	)

¹	Federal agency securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Proceeds From Sales of Investment Securities

Proceeds from sales of investment securities available for sale, excluding maturities and calls, for the quarter ended September 30, 2010 were $46.0 million with gross realized gains of $0.3 million and gross realized losses of less than $0.1 million. Proceeds from these same securities for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 were $61.1 million with gross realized gains of $1.9 million and gross realized losses of less than $0.1 million. Realized gains and losses on the sale of investments are determined on the basis of specific security identification.

Proceeds from sales of investment securities available for sale, excluding maturities and calls for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 were $8.2 million with gross realized gains of $1.3 million and no gross realized losses. Proceeds from these same securities for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 were $22.2 million with gross realized gains of $3.7 million and no gross realized losses.

Unrealized Losses on Investments

The Company reviews all security investments, particularly those having unrealized losses. Further, the Company specifically assesses all investments with greater than 10% declines in fair value and, in general, monitors all security investments as to ongoing risk. These risks are fundamentally evaluated through both a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the issuer. The Company also prepares a formal review document no less often than quarterly of all investments where fair value is less than 80% of amortized cost for six months or more and selected investments that have changed significantly from a previous period and that have a decline in fair value greater than 10% of amortized cost.

The Company has a policy and process in place to identify securities that could potentially have an impairment that is other-than-temporary. This process involves monitoring market events and other items that could impact issuers. The evaluation includes but is not limited to such factors as the issuer’s stated intent and ability to make all principal and interest payments when due, near-term business prospects, cash flow and liquidity, credit ratings, business climate, management changes and litigation and government actions. This process also involves monitoring several factors, including late payments, downgrades by rating agencies, key financial ratios, financial statements, revenue forecasts, asset quality and cash flow projections, as indicators of credit issues.

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The Company considers relevant facts and circumstances in evaluating whether the impairment of a security is other-than-temporary. Relevant facts and circumstances considered are described in the Valuation of Investments section of Note 1 – Nature of Operations and Significant Accounting Policies of the Company’s 2009 Form 10-K.

To the extent the Company determines that a fixed maturity security is deemed to be other-than-temporarily impaired, the portion of the impairment that is deemed to be due to credit is charged to the Consolidated Statements of Income and the cost basis of the underlying investment is reduced. The portion of the impairment that is deemed to be non-credit is charged to other comprehensive income. Equity securities that are determined to be other-than-temporarily impaired are written down to fair value and the impairment is charged to the Consolidated Statements of Income.

There are a number of significant risks and uncertainties inherent in the process of monitoring impairments, determining if an impairment is other-than-temporary and determining the portion of an other-than-temporary impairment that is due to credit. These risks and uncertainties are described in the Valuation of Investments Section of Note 1 of the Company’s 2009 Form 10-K.

At September 30, 2010, the Company had gross unrealized losses of $37.7 million on investment securities, including fixed maturity and equity securities that had a fair value of $278.7 million. In addition, included in the gross unrealized losses are securities that the Company determined had other-than-temporary impairments. Accordingly, the Company bifurcated these impairments between credit and non-credit impairments. As identified in the Consolidated Statements of Income, the Company had non-credit impairments recognized in other comprehensive income of $0.3 million and $15.9 million on securities considered to be impaired for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had gross unrealized losses of $93.2 million on investment securities, including fixed maturity and equity securities that had a fair value of $814.4 million. The decrease in unrealized losses was primarily attributable to lower interest rates, along with decreased credit and liquidity risk discounts in the pricing of financial assets. Although these changes affected the broad financial markets, specific sectors, security issuers and security issues were affected differently.

Once a security is determined to have met certain of the criteria for consideration as being other-than-temporarily impaired, further information is gathered and evaluated pertaining to the particular security. If the security is an unsecured obligation, the additional research is a top-down approach with particular emphasis on the likelihood of the issuer to meet the contractual terms of the obligation. If the security is secured by an asset or guaranteed by another party, the value of the underlying secured asset or the financial ability of the third-party guarantor is evaluated as a secondary source of repayment. Such research is based upon a top-down approach, narrowing to the specific estimates of value and cash flow of the underlying secured asset or guarantor. If the security is a collateralized obligation, such as a mortgage-backed or other asset-backed instrument, research is also conducted to obtain and analyze the performance of the collateral relative to expectations at the time of acquisition and with regard to projections for the future. Such analyses are based upon historical results, trends, comparisons to collateral performance of similar securities and analyses performed by third parties. This information is used to develop projected cash flows that are compared to the amortized cost of the security.

If a determination is made that an unsecured security, secured security or security with a guaranty of payment by a third-party is other-than-temporarily impaired, an estimate is developed of the portion of such impairment that is due to credit. The estimate of the portion of impairment due to credit is based upon a comparison of ratings and maturity horizon for the security and relative historical default probabilities from one or more nationally recognized rating organizations. When appropriate for any given security, sector or period in the business cycle, the historical default probability is adjusted to reflect periods or situations of distress by adding to the default probability increments of standard deviations from mean historical results. The credit impairment analysis is supplemented by estimates of potential recovery values for the specific security, including the potential impact of the value of any secured assets, in the event of default. This information is used to determine the Company’s best estimate, derived from probability-weighted cash flows.

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factors that are believed to be relevant. To the extent that the present value of the projected expected future cash flows are determined to be below the Company’s carrying value, the Company recognizes an other-than-temporary impairment on the portion of the carrying value that exceeds the projected expected future cash flows. To the extent that the loan-backed or other asset-backed securities remain high quality investments and do not otherwise demonstrate characteristics of impairment, the Company performs other initial evaluations to determine whether other-than-temporary cash flow evaluations need to be performed.

The discounted future cash flow calculation typically becomes the primary determinant of whether any portion and to what extent an unrealized loss is due to credit on loan-backed and similar asset-backed securities with significant indications of potential other-than-temporary impairment. Such indications typically include below investment grade ratings and significant unrealized losses for an extended period of time, among other factors. The Company identified 12 and 13 non-U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities that had such indications as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. Discounted future cash flow analysis was performed for each of these securities to determine if any portion of the impairment was due to credit and deemed to be other-than-temporary. The discount rate used in calculating the present value of future cash flows was the investment yield at the time of purchase for each security. The initial default rates were assumed to remain constant over a 24-month time frame and grade down thereafter, reflecting the general perspective of a more stabilized residential housing environment in the future.

The determination of any amount of impairment that is due to credit is based upon a comparison of the present value of the projected future cash flows on the security to the amortized cost. If any portion of the impairment is determined to be due to credit, based upon the present value of projected future cash flows being less than the amortized cost of the security, this amount is recognized as a realized loss in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income and the carrying value of the security is written down by the same amount. The portion of an impairment that is determined not to be due to credit is recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

If the discounted cash flow for a collateralized security is determined to be less than the amortized cost, the difference is recorded as an other-than-temporary impairment due to credit in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

The total impairment for any security that is deemed to have an other-than-temporary impairment is recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Income as a net realized loss from investments. The portion of such impairment that is determined to be non-credit-related is deducted from net realized loss in the Consolidated Statements of Income and reflected in other comprehensive income and accumulated other comprehensive income, which is a component of stockholders’ equity in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

As part of the required accounting for unrealized gains and losses, the Company also adjusts the DAC and VOBA assets to recognize the adjustment to those assets as if the unrealized gains and losses from securities classified as available-for-sale actually had been realized.

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The following table provides information regarding fixed maturity and equity security investments available for sale with unrealized losses by length of time as of September 30, 2010.


	Less Than 12 Months				12 Months or Longer				Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
Bonds:
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. Government	$	1,648	$	48	$	2,359	$	67	$	4,007	$	115
Federal agency issued residential mortgage-backed securities ¹		188		2		1,845		2		2,033		4

Subtotal		1,836		50		4,204		69		6,040		119
Corporate obligations:
Industrial		9,428		113		3,070		62		12,498		175
Energy		1,166		12		-		-		1,166		12
Technology		-		-		4,564		128		4,564		128
Communications		-		-		-		-		-		-
Financial		2,993		2		45,594		3,794		48,587		3,796
Consumer		3,596		469		7,568		280		11,164		749
Public utilities		7,303		547		4,225		430		11,528		977

Total corporate obligations		24,486		1,143		65,021		4,694		89,507		5,837
Corporate private-labeled residential mortgage-backed securities		-		-		112,125		21,267		112,125		21,267
Other		980		20		62,738		10,002		63,718		10,022
Redeemable preferred stocks		830		2		4,433		332		5,263		334

Fixed maturity securities		28,132		1,215		248,521		36,364		276,653		37,579

Equity securities		-		-		2,051		121		2,051		121

Total	$	28,132	$	1,215	$	250,572	$	36,485	$	278,704	$	37,700

¹	Federal agency securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

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The following table provides information regarding fixed maturity and equity security investments available for sale with unrealized losses by length of time as of December 31, 2009.


	Less than 12 months				12 months or longer				Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
Bonds:
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. Government	$	30,616	$	913	$	3,040	$	108	$	33,656	$	1,021
Federal agency issued residential mortgage-backed securities ¹		1,363		4		6,191		51		7,554		55

Subtotal		31,979		917		9,231		159		41,210		1,076
Corporate obligations:
Industrial		55,724		562		24,393		2,040		80,117		2,602
Energy		12,392		167		11,822		1,032		24,214		1,199
Technology		4,012		76		7,369		337		11,381		413
Communications		2,353		44		20,797		1,330		23,150		1,374
Financial		35,437		568		126,213		15,250		161,650		15,818
Consumer		21,753		898		34,167		1,538		55,920		2,436
Public utilities		34,108		731		19,916		1,390		54,024		2,121

Total corporate obligations		165,779		3,046		244,677		22,917		410,456		25,963
Corporate private-labeled residential mortgage-backed securities		18,319		2,266		158,813		40,664		177,132		42,930
Other		25,747		940		149,415		20,737		175,162		21,677
Redeemable preferred stocks		831		2		7,672		1,361		8,503		1,363

Fixed maturity securities		242,655		7,171		569,808		85,838		812,463		93,009

Equity securities		-		-		1,986		186		1,986		186

Total	$	242,655	$	7,171	$	571,794	$	86,024	$	814,449	$	93,195

¹	Federal agency securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

All categories in the above table experienced reductions in gross unrealized losses from December 31, 2009 to September 30, 2010. The largest decrease occurred in the corporate private-labeled residential mortgage-backed securities category, which decreased $21.7 million during the first nine months of 2010. At September 30, 2010, 97% of gross unrealized losses on investment securities had been in the 12 consecutive months or longer category. The total unrealized losses in this category decreased from $86.0 million at December 31, 2009 to $36.5 million at September 30, 2010. In addition, unrealized losses for less than 12 months declined $6.0 million compared to December 31, 2009.

The Company also considers, as part of its monitoring and evaluation process, the length of time a security is below cost. At September 30, 2010, the Company had unrealized losses on its investment portfolio for fixed maturities and equity securities as follows:

•

13 security issues representing 18% of the issues with unrealized losses, including 85% being rated as investment grade, were below cost for less than one year;

•

22 security issues representing 31% of the issues with unrealized losses, including 50% being rated as investment grade, were below cost for one year or more and less than three years; and

•

37 security issues representing 51% of the issues with unrealized losses, including 62% being rated as investment grade, were below cost for three years or more.

At December 31, 2009, the Company had unrealized losses on its investment portfolio for fixed maturities and equity securities as follows:

•

84 security issues representing 36% of the issues with unrealized losses, including 93% being rated as investment grade, were below cost for less than one year;

•

96 security issues representing 41% of the issues with unrealized losses, including 80% being rated as investment grade, were below cost for one year or more and less than three years; and

•

52 security issues representing 23% of the issues with unrealized losses, including 81% being rated as investment grade, were below cost for three years or more.

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The total number of fixed maturities and equity securities with unrealized losses decreased from 232 at December 31, 2009 to 72 at September 30, 2010. These results were primarily due to two factors. First, the Company has and continues to purchase high quality investments. Second, the economy and financial markets have continued to improve and interest rates have moved lower since December 31, 2009.

The following tables provide the distribution of maturities for fixed maturity securities available for sale with unrealized losses as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009. Expected maturities may differ from these contractual maturities since borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations.


	September 30, 2010
	Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Losses
Fixed maturity security securities available for sale:
Due in one year or less	$	28	$	1
Due after one year through five years		37,021		1,589
Due after five years through ten years		32,730		2,491
Due after ten years		87,443		11,893

Total		157,222		15,974
Securities with variable principal payments		114,167		21,271
Redeemable preferred stocks		5,264		334

Total	$	276,653	$	37,579


	December 31, 2009
	Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Losses
Fixed maturity security securities available for sale:
Due in one year or less	$	10,483	$	26
Due after one year through five years		65,359		4,842
Due after five years through ten years		220,600		12,402
Due after ten years		295,339		30,521

Total		591,781		47,791
Securities with variable principal payments		212,179		43,855
Redeemable preferred stocks		8,503		1,363

Total	$	812,463	$	93,009

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The following is a discussion of all non-residential mortgage-backed securities whose fair value had been less than 80% of amortized cost for at least six consecutive months at September 30, 2010. The Company has considered a wide variety of factors to determine that these positions were not other-than-temporarily impaired.


Security		Description
Specialty retailer of home items		Negative impact of consumer defaults and delinquency rates. Issuer recently amended credit agreements and the security continues to perform within contractual obligations.

Two financial institutions		Institutions impacted by housing and mortgage crisis. Securities continue to perform within contractual obligations.

Collateralized debt obligation		Impacted by delinquencies and foreclosures in subprime and Alt-A markets and extreme declines in market valuations regardless of individual security performance. There continues to be overcollateralization within the structure and the investment continues to perform within contractual obligations.

The following table provides a reconciliation of credit losses recognized in earnings on fixed maturities held by the Company for which a portion of the other-than-temporary loss was recognized in other comprehensive income.


	Quarter Ended September 30 2010			Nine Months Ended September 30 2010
Credit losses on securities held at beginning of period in other comprehensive income	$	10,660		$	8,179
Additions for credit losses not previously recognized in other-than- temporary impairment		-			1,273
Additions for increases in the credit loss for which an other-than- temporary impairment previously recognized when there was no intent to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis		911			2,547
Reductions for securities sold during the period (realized)		-			-
Reductions for securities previously recognized in other comprehensive income earnings because of intent to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis		-			-
Reductions for increases in cash flows expected to be collected that are recognized over the remaining life of the security		(2	)		(430	)

Credit losses on securities held at the end of period in other comprehensive income	$	11,569		$	11,569

Mortgage Loans

The Company invests in commercial mortgage loans that are secured by real estate on an ongoing basis. At September 30, 2010, the Company had 15% of its invested assets in commercial mortgage loans, up slightly from 14% at December 31, 2009. In addition to the subject collateral underlying the mortgage, the Company typically requires some amount of recourse from borrowers as another potential source of repayment. The recourse requirement is determined as part of the underwriting requirements of each loan. The Company added 57 new loans to the portfolio during the first nine months of 2010, and 43 or 75% of these loans had some amount of recourse requirement. The Company added $49.1 million in purchased mortgage loans from another institutional lender during the third quarter of 2010. Considering an additional $14.7 million purchased earlier in the year from the same lender, approximately $63.8 million or 12% of the Company’s commercial mortgage portfolio was acquired and not originated by the Company. The purchased loans are seasoned performing loans having characteristics of property type, geographical diversification, term, underwriting and cash flows that are similar to the

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Company’s portfolio of originated loans. During 2009, the Company originated 26 new loans and 100% of these loans included some amount of recourse. The average loan to value ratio for the overall portfolio was 47% and 49% at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, based upon the underwriting and appraisal of value at the time the loan was originated or acquired.

The tables below identify mortgage loans by geographic location and type of loan as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009.


	September 30 2010			December 31 2009
	Carrying Amount			Carrying Amount
Geographic region:
East north central	$	23,700		$	19,783
Mountain		73,906			64,142
Pacific		127,422			101,648
West south central		108,925			106,625
West north central		115,540			113,997
Other		77,090			54,797
Allowance for loss		(3,410	)		(3,410	)

	$	523,173		$	457,582


Property type:
Industrial	$	255,302		$	248,397
Office		216,624			179,517
Medical office		35,592			27,873
Other		19,065			5,205
Allowance for loss		(3,410	)		(3,410	)

	$	523,173		$	457,582

The table below identifies mortgage loans by maturity as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009.


	September 30 2010			December 31 2009
Mortgage loans by maturity:
Due in one year or less	$	3,089		$	10,486
Due after one year through five years		193,111			164,691
Due after five years through ten years		230,551			204,754
Due after ten years		99,832			81,061
Allowance for loss		(3,410	)		(3,410	)

Total		523,173			457,582

5. Variable Interest Entities (VIEs)

The Company invests in certain affordable housing and real estate joint ventures which are considered to be variable interest entities (VIEs) and are included in Real Estate in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The assets held in affordable housing real estate joint venture VIEs are primarily residential real estate properties that are restricted to provide affordable housing under federal or state programs for varying periods of time. The restrictions primarily apply to the rents that may be paid by tenants residing in the properties during the term of an agreement to remain in the affordable housing program. Investments in real estate joint ventures are equity interests in partnerships or limited liability corporations that may or may not participate in profits or residual value. In certain cases, the Company may issue fixed-rate senior mortgage loan investments secured by properties controlled by VIEs. These investments are classified as mortgage loans in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, and the income received from such investments is recorded as investment income in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

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Investments in the affordable housing real estate joint ventures and real estate joint ventures are interests that will absorb portions of the VIE’s expected losses or receive portions of expected residual returns of the VIE’s net assets exclusive of variable interests. The Company makes an initial assessment of whether it is the primary beneficiary of a VIE at the time of the initial investment and on an ongoing basis thereafter. The Company considers many factors when making this determination based upon a review of the underlying investment agreement and other information related to the specific investment. The first factor is whether the Company has the ability to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance. The power to direct the activities of the VIE is generally vested in the managing general partner or managing member of the VIE, which is not the position held by the Company in these investments. Other factors include the entity’s equity investment at risk, decision-making abilities, obligations to absorb economic risks and the right to receive economic rewards of the entity; and the extent to which the Company shares in the VIE’s expected losses and residual returns.

Most of the Company’s investment interests in VIEs not in the form of a fixed-rate senior mortgage debt investment are recorded using the equity method, with cash distributions from the VIE and cash contributions to the VIE recorded as decreases or increases, respectively, in the carrying value of the VIE. Certain other equity investments in VIEs, where permitted, are recorded on an amortized cost basis. The operating performance of investments in the VIE is recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Income as investment income or as a component of income tax expense, depending upon the nature and primary design of the investment. The Company evaluates the carrying value of VIEs for impairment on an ongoing basis to assess whether the carrying value is expected to be realized during the anticipated life of the investment. Fixed-rate senior mortgage debt investments secured by properties controlled by VIEs are classified as commercial mortgages, and income received from such investments is recorded as investment income.

The following table presents the carrying amount and maximum exposure to loss relating to VIEs for which the Company holds a variable interest but is not the primary beneficiary and which have not been consolidated at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009. The table includes investments in ten real estate joint ventures and 27 affordable housing real estate joint ventures as of September 30, 2010 and investments in nine real estate joint ventures and 26 affordable housing real estate joint ventures as of December 31, 2009.


	September 30				December 31
	2010				2009
	Carrying Amount		Maximum Exposure to Loss		Carrying Amount		Maximum Exposure to Loss
Real estate joint ventures	$	35,291	$	49,153	$	35,265	$	51,265
Affordable housing real estate joint ventures		20,953		75,574		19,546		72,590

Total	$	56,244	$	124,727	$	54,811	$	123,855

The maximum exposure to loss relating to the real estate joint ventures and affordable housing real estate joint ventures, as shown in the table above, is equal to the carrying amounts plus any unfunded equity commitments, exposure to potential recapture of tax credits, guarantees of debt or other obligations of the VIE with recourse to the Company, and fixed-rate senior mortgage loans committed or funded by the Company and secured by properties controlled by the VIEs. Unfunded equity and loan commitments typically require financial or operating performance by other parties and have not yet become due or payable but which may become due in the future. As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company had $13.9 million and $16.0 million, respectively, in fixed-rate senior mortgage loan commitments outstanding to the benefit of entities that are also real estate joint venture VIEs. The loan commitments are included in the discussion of commitments in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for both periods. The Company also has contingent commitments to fund additional equity contributions and operating support to certain real estate joint venture VIEs, which could result in additional exposure to loss. However, the Company is not able to quantify the amount of these contingent commitments. In addition, the maximum exposure to loss on affordable housing joint ventures as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 includes $33.7 million and $33.5 million, respectively, of losses which could be realized if the tax credits received by the VIEs were recaptured. Recapture events would cause the Company to reverse some or all of the benefit previously recognized by the Company or third parties to whom the tax credit interests were transferred. A recapture event can occur at any time during a 15-year required compliance period. The principal causes of recapture include financial default and non-compliance with affordable housing program requirements by the properties controlled by the VIE. The potential exposure due to recapture may be mitigated by guarantees from the managing member or managing partner in the VIE, insurance contracts, or changes in the residual value accruing to the Company’s interests in the VIEs.

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6. Comprehensive Income

Comprehensive income is comprised of net income and other comprehensive income. Other comprehensive income includes the unrealized investment gains or losses on securities available for sale (net of adjustments for realized investment gains or losses) net of adjustments to DAC, VOBA and policyholder account balances. In addition, other comprehensive income includes the change in the liability for benefit plan obligations. Other comprehensive income reflects these items net of tax.

The table below provides information about comprehensive income for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2010.


	Quarter Ended September 30						Nine Months Ended September 30
	2010			2009			2010			2009
Net unrealized gains arising during the year	$	68,150		$	116,381		$	182,371		$	201,468
Less:
Realized investment gains, excluding impairment losses		299			1,240			2,934			4,083
Other-than-temporary impairment losses recognized in earnings		(1,080	)		(2,522	)		(4,129	)		(28,353	)
Other-than-temporary impairment losses recognized in other comprehensive income		170			203			309			15,894

Net unrealized gains excluding impairment losses		68,761			117,460			183,257			209,844
Change in benefit plan obligations		-			-			-			4,666
Effect on DAC and VOBA		(22,405	)		(38,794	)		(57,306	)		(68,924	)
Policyholder account balances		(6,948	)		-			(15,598	)		-
Deferred income taxes		(13,792	)		(27,533	)		(38,623	)		(49,322	)

Other comprehensive income		25,616			51,133			71,730			96,264
Net income		4,456			5,181			15,479			8,677

Comprehensive income	$	30,072		$	56,314		$	87,209		$	104,941

The following table provides accumulated balances related to each component of accumulated other comprehensive income at September 30, 2010.


	Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Non-Impaired Securities		Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Impaired Securities			Benefit Plan Obligations			DAC/ VOBA Impact			Policyholder Account Balances			Tax Effect			Total
Beginning of year	$	22,795	$	(22,566	)	$	(57,402	)	$	1,055		$	-		$	19,641		$	(36,477	)
Other comprehensive income		174,928		8,329			-			(57,306	)		(15,598	)		(38,623	)		71,730

End of period	$	197,723	$	(14,237	)	$	(57,402	)	$	(56,251	)	$	(15,598	)	$	(18,982	)	$	35,253

7. Notes Payable

The Company had no notes payable at September 30, 2010 or December 31, 2009.

As a member of the FHLB with a capital investment of $4.8 million, the Company has the ability to borrow on a collateralized basis from the FHLB. The Company received dividends on the capital investment of less than $0.1 million in the third quarter and $0.1 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2010. Dividends received were less than $0.1 million in the third quarter and $0.1 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2009.

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)–Continued

The Company has unsecured revolving lines of credit of $60.0 million with two major commercial banks with no balances outstanding and which are at variable interest rates based upon short-term indices. These lines of credit will expire in June of 2011. The Company anticipates renewing these lines as they come due.

8. Income Per Share

Due to the Company’s capital structure and the absence of other potentially dilutive securities, there is no difference between basic and diluted earnings per common share for any of the periods reported. The average numbers of shares outstanding were 11,467,605 and 11,621,405 for the quarters ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The average numbers of shares outstanding were 11,492,090 and 11,535,374 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

9. Income Taxes

The third quarter income tax expense was $2.3 million or 34% of income before tax for 2010, versus $1.7 million or 25% of income before tax for the prior year period. The income tax expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 was $10.1 million or 40% of income before tax, versus $3.8 million or 30% of income before tax for the prior year period.

The effective income tax rate was less than the prevailing corporate federal income tax rate of 35% in the third quarters of 2010 and 2009. Favorable permanent differences in the third quarters of 2010 and 2009 resulted in a benefit of approximately 7% and 11% of income before tax, respectively. The permanent differences consisted primarily of the dividends received deduction and differences between the prior year tax provision and the Company’s filed tax returns. A decrease in the income tax contingency in the third quarters of 2010 and 2009 resulted in a benefit of approximately 2% and 5% of income before tax, respectively. The favorable differences were partially offset in the third quarters of 2010 and 2009 by expense of approximately 8% and 6% of income before tax, respectively, related to the Company’s investments in affordable housing.

The effective income tax rate in the nine months ended September 30, 2010 exceeded the prevailing corporate federal income tax rate of 35%, primarily due to additional tax expense incurred with respect to affordable housing investments. Affordable housing investments increased the tax rate by $2.4 million or 10% of income before tax and includes tax credit recapture events. Permanent differences, primarily from the dividends received deduction, and a decrease in the tax contingency partially offset the adjustments related to affordable housing and resulted in a benefit of approximately 5% of income before tax.

The effective income tax rate in the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was less than the prevailing corporate federal income tax rate of 35%. Favorable permanent differences resulted in a benefit of approximately 7% of income before tax. The permanent differences consisted primarily of the dividends received deduction and differences between the prior year tax provision and the Company’s filed 2008 tax return. A decrease in the income tax contingency resulted in a benefit of approximately 2% of income before tax. The favorable differences were partially offset by expense of approximately 4% of income before tax related to the Company’s investments in affordable housing.

10. Segment Information

The Company has three reportable business segments, which are defined based on the nature of the products and services offered: Individual Insurance, Group Insurance and Old American. The Individual Insurance segment consists of individual insurance products for both Kansas City Life and Sunset Life. The Individual Insurance segment is marketed through a nationwide sales force of independent general agents and third-party marketing arrangements. The Group Insurance segment is marketed through a nationwide sales force of independent general agents and agents, group brokers and third-party marketing arrangements. The Group segment consists of sales of group life, and group accident and health products, composed of dental, long-term and short-term disability, and vision products. Old American consists of individual insurance products designed largely as final expense products. These products are marketed through a nationwide general agency sales force with exclusive territories, using direct response marketing to supply agents with leads.

Separate investment portfolios are maintained for each of the three life insurance companies. However, investment assets and income are allocated to the Group Insurance segment based upon its cash flows and future policy benefit liabilities. Home office functions are fully integrated for all segments in order to maximize economies of scale. Therefore, operating expenses are allocated to the segments based upon internal cost studies, which are consistent with industry cost methodologies.

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)–Continued

Inter-segment revenues are not material. The Company operates solely in the United States and no individual customer accounts for 10% or more of the Company’s revenue.

The following schedule provides the financial performance of each of the three reportable operating segments of the Company.


		Individual Insurance		Group Insurance			Old American		Intercompany Eliminations¹			Consolidated
Insurance revenues:
Third quarter:	2010	$	34,617	$	10,958		$	16,420	$	(133	)	$	61,862
	2009		38,630		11,440			15,634		(132	)		65,572
Nine months:	2010		99,956		35,160			48,630		(396	)		183,350
	2009		100,317		35,757			46,460		(414	)		182,120

Net investment income:
Third quarter:	2010	$	40,842	$	149		$	3,129	$	-		$	44,120
	2009		41,052		136			3,333		-			44,521
Nine months:	2010		121,014		456			9,226		-			130,696
	2009		122,307		406			9,552		-			132,265

Net income (loss):
Third quarter:	2010	$	4,413	$	(758	)	$	801	$	-		$	4,456
	2009		5,384		(958	)		755		-			5,181
Nine months:	2010		15,651		(1,630	)		1,458		-			15,479
	2009		8,248		(1,735	)		2,164		-			8,677

¹	Elimination entries to remove intercompany transactions for life and accident and health insurance were as follows: insurance revenues from the Group Insurance segment and operating expenses from the Individual Insurance segment to arrive at Consolidated Statements of Income.

11. Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits

The following table provides the components of net periodic benefit cost for the third quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009:


	Pension Benefits						Other Benefits
	Quarter Ended September 30						Quarter Ended September 30
	2010			2009			2010			2009
Service cost	$	473		$	474		$	205		$	217
Interest cost		1,819			1,985			460			510
Expected return on plan assets		(2,159	)		(1,867	)		(11	)		(11	)
Amortization of:
Unrecognized actuarial gain (loss)		1,034			1,081			(57	)		3
Unrecognized prior service cost		(142	)		(148	)		(59	)		(62	)

Net periodic benefit cost	$	1,025		$	1,525		$	538		$	657

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)–Continued


	Pension Benefits						Other Benefits
	Nine Months Ended September 30						Nine Months Ended September 30
	2010			2009			2010			2009
Service cost	$	1,418		$	1,592		$	615		$	479
Interest cost		5,456			5,969			1,377			1,051
Expected return on plan assets		(6,477	)		(5,552	)		(34	)		(26	)
Amortization of:
Unrecognized actuarial gain (loss)		3,103			3,442			(170	)		(197	)
Unrecognized prior service cost		(425	)		(471	)		(178	)		(139	)

Net periodic benefit cost	$	3,075		$	4,980		$	1,610		$	1,168

12. Share-Based Payment

The Company has a long-term incentive plan for senior management that provides a cash award to participants for the increase in the share price of the Company’s common stock through units (phantom shares) assigned by the Board of Directors. The cash award is calculated over a three-year interval on a calendar year basis. At the conclusion of each three-year interval, participants will receive a cash award based on the increase in the share price during a defined measurement period, times the number of units. The increase in the share price will be determined based on the change in the share price from the beginning to the end of the three-year interval. Dividends are accrued and paid at the end of each three-year interval to the extent that they exceed negative stock price appreciation. Plan payments are contingent on the continued employment of the participant unless termination is due to a qualifying event such as death, disability or retirement. The Company does not make payments in shares, warrants or options.

No payments were made under this plan during the first nine months of 2010 or during 2009.

At each reporting period, an estimate of the share-based compensation expense is accrued, utilizing the share price at the period end. The cost of share-based compensation accrued as an operating expense in the third quarter of 2010 was $0.1 million, net of tax. No accrual was required for the third quarter of 2009. The cost of share-based compensation accrued as an operating expense in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2010 was $0.1 million, net of tax. The change in accrual for share-based compensation that reduced operating expense in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2009 was $0.1 million, net of tax.

13. Commitments

In the normal course of business, the Company has open purchase and sale commitments. At September 30, 2010, the Company had purchase commitments to fund mortgage loans and other investments of $24.7 million. At September 30, 2010 the Company also had commitments to fund two construction-to-permanent loans of $13.9 million that are subject to the borrower’s performance.

Subsequent to September 30, 2010, the Company entered into commitments to fund additional mortgage loans of $0.1 million. In addition, the Company funded $2.8 million of the commitments on the two construction-to-permanent loans that were outstanding at September 30, 2010.

14. Contingent Liabilities

The life insurance industry, including the Company, has been subject to an increase in litigation in recent years. Such litigation has been pursued on behalf of purported classes of policyholders and other claims and legal actions in jurisdictions where juries often award punitive damages, which may be grossly disproportionate to actual damages.

Although no assurances can be given and no determinations can be made at this time, management believes that the ultimate liability, if any, with respect to these claims and actions, would not have a material effect on the Company’s business, results of operations or financial position.

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)–Continued

15. Guarantees and Indemnifications

The Company is subject to various indemnification obligations issued in conjunction with certain transactions, primarily assumption reinsurance agreements, stock purchase agreements, mortgage servicing agreements, tax credit assignment agreements, construction and lease guarantees and borrowing agreements whose terms range in duration and often are not explicitly defined. Generally, a maximum obligation is not explicitly stated. Therefore, the overall maximum amount of the obligation under the indemnifications cannot be reasonably estimated. The Company is unable to estimate with certainty the ultimate legal and financial liability with respect to these indemnifications. The Company believes that the likelihood is remote that material payments would be required under such indemnifications and therefore such indemnifications would not result in a material adverse effect on the financial position or results of operations.

16. Subsequent Events

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Amounts are stated in thousands, except share data, or as otherwise noted.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is intended to provide in narrative form the perspective of the management of Kansas City Life Insurance Company (the Company) on its financial condition, results of operations, liquidity and certain other factors that may affect its future results. The following is a discussion and analysis of the results of operations for the third quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 and the financial condition of the Company as of September 30, 2010. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in this document, as well as the Company’s 2009 Form 10-K.

Overview

Kansas City Life Insurance Company is a financial services company that is predominantly focused on the underwriting, sales, and administration of life and annuity insurance products. The consolidated entity (the Company) primarily consists of three life insurance companies. Kansas City Life Insurance Company (Kansas City Life) is the parent company. Sunset Life Insurance Company of America (Sunset Life) and Old American Insurance Company (Old American) are wholly-owned subsidiaries.

Kansas City Life markets individual insurance products, including traditional, interest sensitive and variable products through a nationwide sales force of independent general agents and third-party marketing arrangements. Kansas City Life also markets group insurance products, which include life, dental, vision and disability products through a nationwide sales force of independent general agents, group brokers and third-party marketing arrangements. Kansas City Life operates in 48 states and the District of Columbia.

Sunset Life is a life insurance company that maintains its current block of business, but does not solicit new sales. Sunset Life is included in the Individual Insurance segment and its individual insurance products include traditional and interest sensitive products. Sunset Life operates in 43 states and the District of Columbia.

Old American sells final expense life insurance products, as well as a term product targeted at younger individuals. Old American markets its products nationwide through a general agency system, with exclusive territories, using direct response marketing to supply agents with leads. Old American’s administrative and accounting operations are part of the Company’s home office but it operates and maintains a separate and independent field force. Old American operates in 46 states and the District of Columbia.

The Company offers investment products and broker dealer services through its subsidiary, Sunset Financial Services, Inc. (SFS) for both proprietary and non-proprietary variable insurance products, mutual funds and other securities.

The Company operates in the life insurance sector of the financial services industry in the United States. This industry is highly competitive with respect to pricing, selection of products and quality of service. No single competitor or any small group of competitors dominates any of the markets in which the Company operates. General economic conditions may affect future results. Interim results are not indicative of results for the entire year and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s 2009 Form 10-K.

The Company earns revenues primarily from premiums received from the sale of life, immediate annuity and accident and health policies, from earnings on its investment portfolio and from the sale of investment assets. Revenues from the sale of traditional life insurance and immediate annuity products and accident and health products are reported as premium income for financial statement purposes. Considerations for supplemental contracts with life contingencies are reported as part of other revenues. However, deposits received from the sale of interest sensitive products, namely universal life insurance products, fixed deferred annuities, variable universal life, variable annuities and supplementary contracts without life contingencies are not reported as premium revenues, but are instead reported as additions to the policyholders’ account balances and are reflected as deposits in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Accordingly, revenues on these products are recognized over time in the form of contract charges assessed against policyholder account balances, charges assessed on the early surrender of policyholder account balances and other charges deducted from policyholders’ balances.

The Company’s profitability depends on many factors, which include but are not limited to:

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The sale of life, annuity, and accident and health products;

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The rate of mortality, lapse and surrenders of future policy benefits and policyholder account balances;

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The rate of morbidity, disability and incurrence of other policyholder benefits;

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Persistency of existing insurance policies;

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Interest rates credited to policyholders;

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The effectiveness of reinsurance programs;

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The amount of investment assets under management;

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Investment spreads earned on policyholder account balances;

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The ability to maximize investment returns and minimize risks such as interest rate risk, credit risk and equity risk;

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Timely and cost-effective access to liquidity; and

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Management of distribution costs and operating expenses.

Strong sales competition, highly competitive products and a challenging economic environment present significant challenges to the Company from a new sales perspective. The Company’s primary emphasis is on expanding sales of individual life insurance products. The Company’s continued focus is on delivering competitive products for a reasonable cost, prompt customer service, excellent financial strength and effective sales and marketing support to the field force.

The Company generates cash largely through premiums collected from the sale of insurance products, deposits through the sale of universal life-type and deposit-type products and through investment activity. The principal uses of cash are for the insurance operations, including the purchase of investments, payment of insurance benefits and other withdrawals from policyholder accounts, operating expenses, premium taxes, and costs related to acquiring new business. In addition, cash is used to pay income taxes and stockholder dividends, as well as to fund potential acquisition opportunities.

Market fluctuations, often extreme in nature, in recent periods have significantly impacted the financial markets and the Company’s investments and revenues. The interest rate and credit environments have presented significant challenges to the financial markets as a whole and specifically to companies invested in fixed maturity and equity securities. These conditions have improved in the most recent reporting periods, but the improvements have been uneven and the stressed economic and market environment may persist into the future. The Company is broadly diversified and has high quality investments, as 93% of all fixed maturity securities were investment grade at September 30, 2010.

Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Information

This report reviews the Company’s financial condition and results of operations, and historical information is presented and discussed. Where appropriate, factors that may affect future financial performance are also identified and discussed. Certain statements made in this report include “forward-looking statements” that fall within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate or imply future results, performance or achievements rather than historical facts and may contain words like “believe,” “expect,” “estimate,” “project,” “forecast,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “will,” “shall,” and other words, phrases or expressions with similar meaning.

Actual results may differ materially from those included in the forward-looking statements as a result of risks and uncertainties. Those risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risk factors listed in Item 1A. Risk Factors and Cautionary Factors that may Affect Future Results as filed in the Company’s 2009 Form 10-K.

Consolidated Results of Operations

Summary of Results

The Company’s net income decreased $0.7 million or 14% in the third quarter of 2010, versus the same quarter in the prior year, to a total of $4.5 million. Net income per share decreased $0.6 or 13% and totaled $0.39 per share versus $0.45 per share in the third quarter of 2009. Net income for the first nine months of 2010 was $15.5 million, an increase of $6.8 million or 78% compared to last year. Net income per share for the nine months increased $0.60 or 80% and was $1.35 per share.

The decrease in net income for the third quarter of 2010 versus the third quarter of 2009 reflected a decrease in net investment income, an increase in the amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired, an increase in death benefits net of reinsurance ceded, increased commission expense net of deferrals, principally on new business, and higher income taxes. Partially offsetting these were declines in realized investment losses and operating expenses compared to one year ago.

The increase in net income for the nine months versus the same period one year earlier largely resulted from a decline in realized investment losses. The Company experienced a $0.7 million net realized investment loss in 2010 compared to a $7.3 million net realized investment loss in 2009. Other factors contributing to the increase in net income were higher individual life and accident and health premiums, lower operating expenses and a decrease in amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired. Partially offsetting these were a decrease in net investment income and higher income tax expense.

Sales

The Company measures sales in terms of new premiums and deposits. Sales of traditional life insurance, immediate annuities and accident and health products are reported as premium income for financial statement purposes. Deposits received from the sale of interest sensitive products, namely universal life insurance, fixed deferred annuities, variable universal life, variable annuities and supplementary contracts without life contingencies are reflected as deposits in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

The Company’s marketing plan for individual products focuses on providing financial security with respect to life insurance, accumulation and retirement income needs. The primary emphasis is on the growth of individual life insurance business, including new premiums for individual life products and new deposits for universal life and variable universal life products.

Sales are primarily made through the Company’s existing sales force. The Company is emphasizing growth of the sales force with the addition of new general agents and agents. The Company believes that increasing both the number and productivity of general agents and agents is essential to increasing new sales. The Company has also placed an emphasis on training and direct support within the field. As alternative sales opportunities arise, the Company selectively utilizes third-party marketing arrangements to enhance its sales objectives. The marketing plan allows the Company the flexibility to identify niches or pursue unique avenues in the existing market environment and to react quickly to be able to take advantage of short-term opportunities when they occur.

The Company also markets a series of group products. These products include group life, dental, disability, and vision products. The primary growth strategies for these products include increased productivity of the existing group representatives, planned expansion of the group distribution system and also to selectively utilize third-party marketing arrangements. Further, growth is to be supported by the addition of new products to the portfolio, particularly voluntary-type products.

The following table reconciles premiums included in insurance revenues and provides detail by new and renewal business for the third quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009. New premiums are also detailed by product.


	Quarter Ended September 30
	2010		% Change			2009		% Change
New premiums:
Individual life insurance	$	4,201		15		$	3,643		8
Immediate annuities		6,689		(38	)		10,842		347
Group life insurance		545		52			359		(31	)
Group accident and health insurance		2,920		6			2,764		1

Total new premiums		14,355		(18	)		17,608		95
Renewal premiums		34,813		(3	)		35,824		-

Total premiums	$	49,168		(8	)	$	53,432		19


	Nine Months Ended September 30
	2010		% Change			2009		% Change
New premiums:
Individual life insurance	$	12,229		18		$	10,330		6
Immediate annuities		16,637		(1	)		16,842		87
Group life insurance		1,672		47			1,134		(29	)
Group accident and health insurance		9,454		25			7,545		(8	)

Total new premiums		39,992		12			35,851		25
Renewal premiums		105,356		(2	)		107,297		1

Total premiums	$	145,348		2		$	143,148		6

Consolidated total premiums decreased 8% in the third quarter of 2010 versus the same period in the prior year, as total new premiums decreased 18% and total renewal premiums decreased 3%. Total new premiums decreased $3.3 million, largely due to a $4.2 million or 38% decrease in immediate annuities. While immediate annuity premiums declined in comparison to the prior year, the third quarter of 2010 experienced the second-highest quarter of immediate annuity premiums of 2010 and 2009, second only to the third quarter of 2009. New immediate annuity premiums were greater during third quarter 2009, resulting from a third-party arrangement that occurred only during 2009. Excluding the third-party sales, the increase in immediate annuity sales experienced in 2010 represents both expanded distribution from the addition of new general agents and agents and the continued demand for retirement income products. New individual life insurance premiums increased $0.6 million or 15%, as new premiums in the Old American segment increased 28%. The increase in new premiums from the Old American segment primarily reflects expanded distribution and greater field force productivity. New group life insurance premiums increased $0.2 million or 52% and new group accident and health premiums increased $0.2 million or 6%. The decrease in renewal premiums was largely due to a $1.0 million decline in group accident and health premiums, largely in the dental product line.

Total premiums for the nine months increased 2% compared to one year ago. Total new premiums increased 12%, while total renewal premiums decreased 2%. Total new premiums increased $4.1 million, as new individual life insurance premiums increased $1.9 million. This increase was largely the result of a 32% increase in new individual life premiums in the Old American segment. New group accident and health premiums increased $1.9 million or 25%, primarily reflecting increases in disability and dental premiums. New group life premiums increased $0.5 million or 47%. The increase in group products also reflects expanded distribution efforts from both group representatives and third-party affiliations. The decrease in renewal premiums was largely due to a 10% decrease in group life premiums and a 4% decrease in group accident and health premiums, primarily in the dental product line.

The following table reconciles deposits with the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and provides detail by new and renewal deposits for the third quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009. New deposits are also detailed by product.


	Quarter Ended September 30
	2010		% Change			2009		% Change
New deposits:
Universal life insurance	$	3,920		85		$	2,119		(23	)
Variable universal life insurance		320		82			176		(65	)
Fixed deferred annuities		26,562		37			19,323		196
Variable annuities		2,870		(14	)		3,330		(43	)

Total new deposits		33,672		35			24,948		60
Renewal deposits		35,260		3			34,196		2

Total deposits	$	68,932		17		$	59,144		21


	Nine Months Ended September 30
	2010		% Change			2009		% Change
New deposits:
Universal life insurance	$	10,418		71		$	6,079		(19	)
Variable universal life insurance		760		(13	)		873		(42	)
Fixed deferred annuities		49,005		(24	)		64,651		260
Variable annuities		14,387		30			11,091		(47	)

Total new deposits		74,570		(10	)		82,694		73
Renewal deposits		104,880		6			99,308		-

Total deposits	$	179,450		(1	)	$	182,002		23

Total new deposits increased $8.7 million or 35% in the third quarter of 2010 compared with the third quarter of 2009. New fixed deferred annuity deposits increased $7.2 million or 37%, new universal life insurance deposits increased $1.8 million or 85% and new variable universal life deposits increased $0.1 million or 82%, while new variable annuity deposits declined $0.5 million or 14%. The increase in new fixed deferred annuity deposits can be attributed to the availability of a new rider offered by the Company, improved results from both new and existing general agents and agents, and a higher demand for products with guarantees. Likewise, the improvement in new universal life deposits can also be attributed to improved sales results from expanded distribution, and to an improving economy. Total renewal deposits increased $1.1 million or 3% in the third quarter of 2010 versus last year. Fixed deferred annuity renewal deposits increased $2.0 million or 29%. Partially offsetting this improvement were declines in renewal universal life, variable universal life and variable annuity deposits.

Total new deposits decreased $8.1 million or 10% in the first nine months of 2010, compared to the same period one year earlier. This decrease was due to a $15.6 million or 24% decrease in new fixed deferred annuity deposits, largely due to the higher sales of this product in 2009. During the second quarter of 2009, the Company heightened marketing of this product to take advantage of an opportunity that was identified in the marketplace. Partially offsetting this, new universal life deposits increased $4.3 million or 71% and new variable annuity deposits increased $3.3 million or 30%. These improvements can be attributed to the expanded distribution from the successful recruitment of new general agents and agents in selected areas and the improving economy. Total renewal deposits increased $5.6 million or 6%, as an $8.4 million or 51% increase in fixed deferred annuity renewals was partially offset by a $1.5 million or 2% decrease in universal life renewal deposits and a $1.1 million or 12% decrease in variable universal life renewal deposits.

Insurance Revenues

Insurance revenues consist of premiums and contract charges less reinsurance ceded. In the third quarter of 2010, total insurance revenues decreased $3.7 million or 6%, reflecting a $4.3 million or 8% decrease in total premiums. Partially offsetting this, contract charges increased $0.2 million or 1% and reinsurance ceded decreased $0.4 million or 3%. Total annuity premiums decreased 38% and total accident and health premiums decreased 7% while total individual life premiums increased 2% compared with last year. Total group accident and health premiums decreased 7% compared to last year, while total group life premiums increased 13%. Total individual life premiums increased 5% in the Old American segment but decreased 2% in the Individual Insurance segment.

Total insurance revenues increased $1.2 million or 1% in the first nine months of 2010, compared to the same period last year. Total premiums increased $2.2 million or 2% and contract charges increased $0.6 million or 1%. These were partially offset by a $1.5 million or 4% increase in reinsurance ceded. Total life and total accident and health premiums each increased 2% compared to last year, while total annuity premiums decreased 1%. Total group accident and health premiums increased 3% while total group life premiums decreased 2%. Total individual life premiums increased 4% in the Old American segment and were flat in the Individual Insurance segment.

Contract charges consist of fees charged on universal life, deposit or investment products. Total contract charges on all blocks of business increased 1% in both the third quarter and first nine months of 2010. Included in the total are blocks of policies and companies that the Company has purchased with the intent of servicing these blocks to achieve long-term purchased profit streams but without additional marketing for further new sales. Total contract charges on these closed blocks equaled 35% of total consolidated contract charges in the third quarter of 2010, compared to 37% in the third quarter of 2009. Total contract charges on closed blocks declined 6% in the third quarter of 2010 compared to the third quarter of 2009, while total contract charges on open, or ongoing, blocks of business increased 4%. The increase in contract charges on the open blocks of business reflects growth in the ongoing business. Total contract charges on closed blocks equaled 35% of

total consolidated contract charges in the first nine months of 2010 versus 37% in the same period of 2009. Total contract charges on closed blocks declined 5% in the first nine months of 2010 compared to the first nine months of 2009. Total contract charges on open blocks of business increased by 4% during the nine-month comparative periods.

One component of contract charges is the recognition over time of the deferred revenue liability (DRL) from certain universal life policies. This liability arises from the deferral of front end loads on such policies and is recognized into the income statement in concert with the future expected gross profits, as is similar to amortization of deferred acquisition costs (DAC). In the second quarter of 2010, the Company had a refinement in methodology resulting in a change in estimate. The Company refined its methodology primarily as a result of the implementation of an actuarial system upgrade. This upgrade allowed the Company to refine its calculation of the DRL liability. The effect of the refinement in estimate on the DRL was an increase in the liability and a reduction to contract charges of $0.5 million during the second quarter of 2010. No other refinements in methodology occurred in the third quarter of 2010 or during 2009.

At least annually, a review is performed regarding the assumptions related to profit expectations. If it is determined that the assumptions should be revised, an adjustment may be recorded to contract charge deferred revenues in the current period as an unlocking adjustment. The Company had an unlocking in the DRL in the second quarter of 2010. When the Company has a change in the future expected gross profits related to changes in assumptions, a corresponding change in deferred revenue liability may also be recognized as an unlocking. The impact of the unlocking on DRL that occurred in the second quarter of 2010 was a decrease in the liability and a corresponding increase in the recognition of deferred revenue of $1.1 million. No changes in estimate or unlocking on the DRL occurred during the third quarter of 2010 or during 2009.

Reinsurance ceded decreased $0.4 million or 3% in the third quarter as compared to the same period in 2009, but increased $1.5 million or 4% in the first nine months of 2010 compared to the prior year. Reinsurance ceded for the Individual Insurance segment decreased 2% in the third quarter but increased 2% in the nine months. This increase reflects continued sales of individual term life insurance that is significantly reinsured. The Group segment experienced a 1% decrease in reinsurance ceded in the third quarter but a 20% increase was experienced in the nine months. The increase experienced in the Group segment in the nine months was largely due to increased disability sales from a third-party arrangement that is 100% reinsured. Reinsurance ceded for the Old American segment declined 14% in both the third quarter and nine months, reflecting the continued runoff of a large closed block of reinsured business.

Investment Revenues

Gross investment income is largely composed of interest, dividends and other earnings on fixed maturity securities, equity securities, short-term investments, mortgage loans, real estate and policy loans. Gross investment income decreased $0.3 million or 1% in the third quarter and $0.8 million or 1% in the first nine months of 2010, compared with the same periods in 2009. While average invested assets increased, yields earned on investments declined during both periods in 2010, primarily due to lower interest rates and yields available in the fixed-income market.

Investments in mortgage loans totaled $523.2 million at September 30, 2010, up $65.6 million from December 31, 2009. Almost all of the mortgages were commercial loans on industrial warehouses and office properties. Mortgage loans are stated at cost, adjusted for amortization of premium and accrual of discount, less an allowance for potential future losses. A loan is considered impaired if it is probable that contractual amounts due will not be collected. Loans in foreclosure and loans considered to be impaired are placed on a non-accrual status. The mortgage loan allowance for loss was $3.4 million at September 30, 2010, unchanged from December 31, 2009. The allowance for loss on mortgage loans is maintained at a level believed by management to be adequate to absorb potential future credit losses. Management’s periodic evaluation and assessment of the adequacy of the reserve is based on known and inherent risks in the portfolio, historical and industry data, current economic conditions and other relevant factors. No mortgage loans were delinquent for more than 90 days or foreclosed upon and transferred to real estate investments during 2010 or 2009. The Company does not hold mortgage loans of any borrower that exceeds 5% of stockholders’ equity. The increase in mortgage loans during 2010 was due to the purchase of $63.8 million of commercial mortgage loans during the year, $14.7 million in the second quarter and $49.1 million in the third quarter. These mortgage loans purchased by the Company were seasoned performing commercial mortgages with characteristics similar to the portfolio of loans originated by the Company. Investment income from mortgage loans increased $0.3 million or 4% in the third quarter and $0.7 million or 3% in the nine months compared to the same periods of 2009. The improvement in both periods was largely the result of higher mortgage loan portfolio volume in 2010 compared to 2009. In addition, mortgage loan prepayment fees increased $0.1 million in the third quarter of 2010 versus 2009.

Real estate investments totaled $118.6 million at September 30, 2010, compared to $114.1 million at December 31, 2009. Real estate investments consist principally of industrial warehouses, office buildings and investments in multi-family and single-family residential properties, including affordable housing properties. The primary monetary benefit received from investments in affordable housing properties is in the form of tax credits, which primarily serve to reduce current and future tax expense rather than increase investment revenues. The Company also invests in unimproved land for future development. Investments have been made through individual purchases, build-to-suit and speculative development, along with investments in joint ventures. The Company generally maintains its ownership interest in these properties on a direct and joint venture basis with the long-term intention of earning positive cash flow and income by leasing the properties, along with the expectation of realizing capital appreciation upon sale. The Company periodically sells certain real estate assets when management believes that the market and timing are perceived to be advantageous. Gross income on real estate increased $0.2 million or 13% in the third quarter and $0.9 million or 20% in the first nine months of 2010 compared to one year ago, resulting from increased occupancy.

Short-term investments totaled $25.8 million at September 30, 2010, down from $138.7 million at December 31, 2009. Short-term invested assets consist primarily of money-market funds. The holdings of short-term investments at year-end 2009 reflected proceeds from sales and renewals of life and annuity products and sales and maturities of long-term investments which had not been reinvested. The decrease during the first nine months of 2010 reflects the reinvestment of these funds. Income on short-term investments decreased 50% in the third quarter and 22% in the nine months versus one year earlier, reflecting both reduced short-term investments due to reinvestment and lower short term yields.

Net investment income is stated net of investment expenses. Investment expenses increased $0.1 million or 6% in the third quarter and $0.8 million or 10% in the nine months compared to last year. These increases can largely be attributed to increased real estate investment expenses.

The following table provides detail concerning realized investment gains and losses for the third quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009.


	Quarter Ended September 30						Nine Months Ended September 30
	2010			2009			2010			2009
Gross gains resulting from:
Sales of investment securities	$	290		$	1,498		$	1,914		$	3,968
Investment securities called and other		75			52			1,241			443
Sales of real estate		-			-			-			661

Total gross gains		365			1,550			3,155			5,072

Gross losses resulting from:
Sales of investment securities		(19	)		(312	)		(19	)		(312	)
Investment securities called and other		(47	)		-			(202	)		(16	)

Total gross losses		(66	)		(312	)		(221	)		(328	)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA		(36	)		(36	)		145			464

Net realized investment gains, excluding impairment losses		263			1,202			3,079			5,208


Net impairment losses recognized in earnings:
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses		(1,080	)		(2,522	)		(4,129	)		(28,353	)
Portion of loss recognized in other comprehensive income		170			203			309			15,894

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings		(910	)		(2,319	)		(3,820	)		(12,459	)

Realized investment losses	$	(647	)	$	(1,117	)	$	(741	)	$	(7,251	)

The Company recorded a net realized investment loss of $0.6 million in the third quarter of 2010, compared with a $1.1 million net realized investment loss in the third quarter of 2009. During the third quarter of 2010, investment losses of $0.9 million were recorded due to write-downs of investment securities that were considered other-than-temporarily impaired. These were partially offset by $0.3 million in gains from the sale of investment securities. In the above table, investment securities called and other includes, but is not limited to, principal paydowns and sinking funds.

Net realized investment losses for the nine months totaled $0.7 million in 2010 compared to a $7.3 million net investment loss for the same period in 2009. Investment losses of $3.8 million were due to write-downs of investment securities that were considered other-than-temporarily impaired. These were partially offset by $1.9 million in gains on the sale of investment securities and $1.2 million in gains from investment securities called and other.

The Company’s analysis of securities for the quarter ended September 30, 2010 resulted in the determination that nine fixed-maturity securities had other-than-temporary impairments and were written down by a combined $0.9 million due to credit impairments. Five of these securities were additional incremental losses from residential mortgage-backed securities, reflecting deterioration in the present value of expected future cash flows. The additional losses from these residential mortgage-backed securities totaled $0.4 million in the third quarter of 2010, including $0.2 million that was determined to be non-credit and was recognized in other comprehensive income. The total fair value of the affected securities after the write-downs was $45.8 million.

The following table provides securities that were written down through earnings during the first three quarters of 2010 by asset class:


	First Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Total
Bonds:
Corporate private-labeled residential mortgage-backed securities	$	846	$	384	$	274	$	1,504
Other		740		940		636		2,316

Total	$	1,586	$	1,324	$	910	$	3,820

The following table provides detail regarding individual investment securities that were written down through earnings during the first nine months of 2010 exceeding $0.5 million.


Security	Impairment Loss		Description
Securitization of U.S. government guaranteed student loans		$964	Liquidation of the security by the trustees, at the direction of a majority of bondholders.
Mortgage-backed security		582	Decline in the subprime and non-conforming mortgage markets and the specific performance of the underlying collateral caused cash flow projections to be less than the amortized cost of the security.
Other - 10 securities		2,274

Total		$3,820

The following table provides securities that were written down through earnings during the first three quarters of 2009 by asset class:


	First Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Total
Bonds:
Corporate obligations:
Industrial	$	2,656	$	-	$	-	$	2,656
Communications		-		1,010		229		1,239
Financial		1,546		2,704		1,772		6,022
Consumer		1,235		-		-		1,235

Total corporate obligations		5,437		3,714		2,001		11,152
Corporate private-labeled residential mortgage-backed securities		681		143		318		1,142
Other		-		165		-		165

Total	$	6,118	$	4,022	$	2,319	$	12,459

The following table provides detail regarding individual investment securities that were written down through earnings during the first nine months of 2009 exceeding $0.5 million.


Security	Impairment Loss		Description
Financing company for real estate		$2,188	Acceptance of a tender offer resulted in an impairment to fair value.
Trucking company		1,636	Reduced shipping volume from the recession, new credit restrictions due to renegotiation of debt covenants, the need to retire longer-term debt and additional stress on cash resources.
Mortgage and financial guaranty insurer		1,546	Mortgage delinquencies and defaults coupled with rating downgrades and the need to raise additional capital to meet future needs.
Financial institution		1,445	Company experienced large losses in its real estate portfolio and had an increase in non-performing loans.
Developer and manufacturer of imaging products		1,235	Sales decrease from economic decline, declining revenues and declining liquidity position.
Print media company		1,239	Company filed for bankruptcy in 2008 and a subsequent impairment was recognized due to reorganization.
Printing and publishing company		1,020	Acceptance of a tender offer resulted in an impairment to fair value.
Global finance company		843	Negative effect of credit crisis, forcing reduced access to liquidity and higher borrowing costs.
Other - 5 securities		1,307

Total		$12,459

Investment Accounting Policy and Analysis of Investments

The Company seeks to protect policyholders’ benefits by optimizing risk and return on an ongoing basis through managing asset and liability cash flows, monitoring credit risk, avoiding high levels of investments that may be redeemed by the issuer, maintaining sufficiently liquid investments and avoiding undue asset concentrations through diversification, among other things. The Company has three primary sources of investment risk:

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Credit risk, relating to the uncertainty associated with the continued ability of a given obligor to make timely payments of principal and interest;

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Interest rate risk, relating to the market price and/or cash flow associated with changes in market yields and curves; and

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Liquidity risk, relating to the risk that investments cannot be converted into cash when needed or that the terms for conversion have a negative effect on the Company.

The Company’s ability to manage these risks is essential to the success of the organization. In particular, the Company devotes considerable resources to the credit analysis of each new investment and the ongoing credit positions. The majority of the Company’s investments are exposed to varying degrees of credit risk. Credit risk is the risk that the value of the investment may decline due to deterioration in the financial strength of the issuer and that the timely or ultimate payment of principal or interest might not occur. A default by an issuer usually involves some loss of principal to the investor. Losses can be mitigated by timely sales of affected securities or by active involvement in a restructuring process. However, there can be no assurance that the efforts of an investor will lead to favorable outcomes in a bankruptcy or restructuring. Credit risk is managed primarily through industry, issuer, structure and asset diversification.

The following table provides information regarding fixed maturity securities by asset class as of September 30, 2010.


	Total Fair Value		% of Total		Fair Value of Securities with Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Gains		Fair Value of Securities with Gross Unrealized Losses		Gross Unrealized Losses
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. Government	$	140,985		5%	$	136,978	$	11,321	$	4,007	$	115
Federal agencies ¹		29,439		1%		29,439		3,266		-		-
Federal agency issued residential mortgage-backed securities ¹		157,709		6%		155,676		10,851		2,033		4

Subtotal		328,133		12%		322,093		25,438		6,040		119
Corporate obligations:
Industrial		481,267		17%		468,769		47,340		12,498		175
Energy		210,607		8%		209,441		22,891		1,166		12
Technology		49,708		2%		45,144		3,555		4,564		128
Communications		101,342		4%		101,342		8,625		-		-
Financial		400,098		15%		351,511		24,297		48,587		3,796
Consumer		333,156		12%		321,992		33,298		11,164		749
Public utilities		309,195		11%		297,667		35,104		11,528		977

Subtotal		1,885,373		69%		1,795,866		175,110		89,507		5,837
Corporate private-labeled residential mortgage-backed securities		201,475		7%		89,350		2,405		112,125		21,267
Other		287,448		10%		223,730		15,676		63,718		10,022
Redeemable preferred stocks		14,791		1%		9,528		259		5,263		334

Fixed Maturities		2,717,220		99%		2,440,567		218,888		276,653		37,579
Equity Maturities		37,787		1%		35,736		2,298		2,051		121

Total	$	2,755,007		100%	$	2,476,303	$	221,186	$	278,704	$	37,700

¹	Federal agency securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

The following table provides information regarding fixed maturity securities by asset class as of December 31, 2009.


	Total Fair Value		% of Total		Fair Value of Securities with Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Gains		Fair Value of Securities with Gross Unrealized Losses		Gross Unrealized Losses
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. Government	$	121,937		5%	$	88,281	$	4,674	$	33,656	$	1,021
Federal agencies ¹		28,321		1%		28,321		681		-		-
Federal agency issued residential mortgage-backed securities ¹		172,515		7%		164,961		7,220		7,554		55

Subtotal		322,773		13%		281,563		12,575		41,210		1,076
Corporate obligations:
Industrial		415,946		17%		335,829		17,773		80,117		2,602
Energy		200,340		8%		176,126		10,703		24,214		1,199
Technology		40,864		2%		29,483		1,919		11,381		413
Communications		86,264		3%		63,114		3,492		23,150		1,374
Financial		364,608		15%		202,958		9,247		161,650		15,818
Consumer		307,506		12%		251,586		15,210		55,920		2,436
Public utilities		287,687		11%		233,663		16,012		54,024		2,121

Subtotal		1,703,215		68%		1,292,759		74,356		410,456		25,963
Corporate private-labeled residential mortgage-backed securities		200,002		8%		22,870		387		177,132		42,930
Other		229,681		9%		54,519		4,349		175,162		21,677
Redeemable preferred stocks		13,601		1%		5,098		98		8,503		1,363

Fixed Maturities		2,469,272		99%		1,656,809		91,765		812,463		93,009
Equity Maturities		36,876		1%		34,890		1,657		1,986		186

Total	$	2,506,148		100%	$	1,691,699	$	93,422	$	814,449	$	93,195

¹	Federal agency securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

At December 31, 2009, the Company had $93.2 million in gross unrealized losses on investment securities which were offset by $93.4 million in gross unrealized gains. At September 30, 2010, the Company’s unrealized losses on investment securities had decreased to $37.7 million and were offset by $221.2 million in gross unrealized gains. At September 30, 2010, 56% of the gross unrealized losses were in the category of corporate private-labeled residential mortgage-backed securities, due to the troubled residential real estate and mortgage markets. However, the fair value of securities in this category with gross unrealized losses improved $65.0 million from year-end 2009. Gross unrealized losses on these securities equaled 11% of total fair value at September 30, 2010, an improvement from 21% at December 31, 2009. In addition, 15% of the gross unrealized losses were in the category of corporate obligations. The financial sector was the single largest contributor to this category, reflecting the direct and indirect impact of the troubled residential real estate and mortgage markets. At September 30, 2010, 90% of the fixed maturities portfolio had unrealized gains, up from 68% at December 31, 2009.

The following table identifies fixed maturity securities available for sale by rating.


	September 30, 2010				December 31, 2009
Equivalent S&P Rating	Fair Value		% of Total		Fair Value		% of Total
AAA	$	579,775		21%	$	601,262		24%
AA		282,455		10%		150,543		6%
A		787,446		29%		696,861		29%
BBB		887,840		33%		866,902		35%

Total investment grade		2,537,516		93%		2,315,568		94%
BB		78,272		3%		78,996		3%
B and below		101,432		4%		74,708		3%

Total below investment grade		179,704		7%		153,704		6%

	$	2,717,220		100%	$	2,469,272		100%

As of September 30, 2010, 93% of all fixed maturity securities were investment grade, down slightly from 94% at December 31, 2009. These percentages reflect the high quality of securities maintained by the Company.

Analysis of Unrealized Losses on Securities

The Company reviews all security investments, particularly those having unrealized losses. Further, the Company specifically assesses all investments with greater than 10% declines in fair value and, in general, monitors all security investments as to ongoing risk. These risks are fundamentally evaluated through both a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the issuer. The Company also prepares a formal review document no less often than quarterly of all investments where fair value is less than 80% of amortized cost for six months or more as well as selected investments that have changed significantly from a previous period and that have a decline in fair value greater than 10% of amortized cost.

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Intent and ability to make all principal and interest payments when due;

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Near-term business prospects;

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Cash flow and liquidity;

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Credit ratings;

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Business climate;

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Management changes;

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Litigation and government actions; and

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Other similar factors.

This process also involves monitoring several factors including late payments, downgrades by rating agencies, asset quality, key financial ratios, financial statements, revenue forecasts and cash flow projections as indicators of credit issues.

All securities are reviewed to determine whether impairments should be recorded. This process includes an assessment of the credit quality of each investment in the entire securities portfolio. Additional reporting and review procedures are conducted for those securities where fair value is less than 90% of amortized cost. Further, detailed analysis is performed for each issue or issues having experienced a formal restructuring or where the security has experienced material deterioration in fair value or where the fair value is less than 80% of amortized cost for six months or more.

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The current fair value of the security as compared to cost;

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The credit rating of the security;

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The extent and the length of time the fair value has been below amortized cost;

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The financial position of the issuer, including the current and future impact of any specific events, material declines in the issuer’s revenues, margins, cash positions, liquidity issues, asset quality, debt levels and income results;

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Significant management or organizational changes;

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Significant uncertainty regarding the issuer’s industry;

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Violation of financial covenants;

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Consideration of information or evidence that supports timely recovery;

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The Company’s intent and ability to hold an equity security until it recovers in value;

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Whether the Company intends to sell a debt security and whether it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell a debt security before recovery of the amortized cost basis; and

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Other business factors related to the issuer’s industry.

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The risk that the Company’s assessment of an issuer’s ability to meet all of its contractual obligations will change based on changes in the credit characteristics of that issuer;

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The risk that the economic outlook will be worse than expected or have more of an impact on the issuer than anticipated;

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The risk that the performance of the underlying collateral for securities could deteriorate in the future and the Company’s credit enhancement levels and recovery values do not provide sufficient protection to the Company’s contractual principal and interest;

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The risk that fraudulent, inaccurate or misleading information could be provided to the Company’s credit, investment and accounting professionals who determine the fair value estimates and accounting treatment for securities;

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The risk that actions of trustees, custodians or other parties with interests in the security may have an unforeseen adverse impact on the Company’s investments;

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The risk that new information obtained by the Company or changes in other facts and circumstances may lead the Company to change its intent to sell the security before it recovers in value;

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The risk that the facts and circumstances change such that it becomes more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the investment before recovery of the amortized cost basis; and

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The risk that the methodology or assumptions used to develop estimates of the portion of impairments due to credit prove, over time, to be inaccurate or insufficient.

Any of these situations could result in a charge to income in a future period.

The Company may selectively determine that it no longer intends to hold a specific issue to its maturity. If the Company makes this determination and the fair value is less than the cost basis, an analysis of the fair value of the investment is performed and the investment is written down to the fair value and an other-than-temporary impairment is recorded on this particular position. Subsequently, the Company seeks to obtain the best possible outcome available for this specific issue and records an investment gain or loss at the disposal date.

The evaluation of loan-backed and similar asset-backed securities, particularly including residential mortgage-backed securities, with significant indications of potential other-than-temporary impairment requires considerable use of estimates and judgment. Specifically, the Company performs discounted future cash flow calculations on these securities to assure the value of the investment is expected to be fully realized. Projections of expected future cash flows are based upon considerations of the performance of the actual underlying assets, including historical delinquencies, defaults, severity of losses incurred, and prepayments, along with the Company’s estimates of future results for these factors. The Company’s estimates of future results are based upon actual historical performance of the underlying assets relative to historical, current and expected general economic conditions, specific conditions related to the underlying assets, industry data, and other factors that are believed to be relevant. To the extent that the present value of the projected expected future cash flows are determined to be below the Company’s carrying value, the Company recognizes an other-than-temporary impairment on the portion of the carrying value that exceeds the projected expected future cash flows. To the extent that the loan-backed or other asset-backed securities remain high quality investments and do not otherwise demonstrate characteristics of impairment, the Company performs other initial evaluations to determine whether other-than-temporary cash flow evaluations need to be performed.

The Company closely monitors its investments in securities classified as subprime. Subprime securities include all bonds or portions of bonds where the underlying collateral is made up of home equity loans or first mortgage loans to borrowers whose credit scores at the time of origination were lower than the level recognized in the market as prime. The Company’s classification of subprime does not include Alt-A or jumbo loans, unless the collateral otherwise meets the preceding definition. At September 30, 2010, the fair value of investments with subprime residential mortgage exposure was $20.4 million with a related $5.0 million unrealized loss. At December 31, 2009, the Company had investments with subprime residential mortgage exposure of $20.9 million and a related $8.0 million unrealized loss. This exposure amounted to less than 1% of the Company’s invested assets at both September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009. These investments are included in the Company’s normal process for evaluation of other-than-temporarily impaired securities.

The Company has a significant level of non-U.S. Agency structured securities. Structured securities include asset-backed, residential mortgage-backed securities, along with collateralized debt obligations, collateralized mortgage obligations and other collateralized obligations. The Company monitors these securities through a combination of an analysis of vintage, credit ratings and other means.

Identified below are tables that divide these investment types among vintage and credit ratings as of September 30, 2010.


	Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gains (Losses)
Residential & Non-agency MBS ¹
Investment Grade:
Vintage 2003 and earlier	$	65,329	$	63,721	$	1,608
2004		74,484		77,724		(3,240	)
2005		10,705		14,242		(3,537	)
2006		-		-		-
2007		-		-		-

Total investment grade		150,518		155,687		(5,169	)


Below Investment Grade:
Vintage 2003 and earlier		-		-		-
2004		-		-		-
2005		61,612		77,220		(15,608	)
2006		6,459		8,361		(1,902	)
2007		4,490		5,737		(1,247	)

Total below investment grade		72,561		91,318		(18,757	)


Other Structured Securities:
Investment grade		77,224		74,819		2,405
Below investment grade		21,585		22,217		(632	)

Total other		98,809		97,036		1,773

Total structured securities	$	321,888	$	344,041	$	(22,153	)

¹	This chart accounts for all vintages owned by the Company.

Identified below are tables that divide these investment types among vintage and credit ratings as of December 31, 2009.


	Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gains (Losses)
Residential & Non-agency MBS ¹
Investment Grade:
Vintage 2003 and earlier	$	78,263	$	80,303	$	(2,040	)
2004		67,494		80,074		(12,580	)
2005		30,729		42,761		(12,032	)
2006		3,706		4,318		(612	)
2007		-		-		-

Total investment grade		180,192		207,456		(27,264	)


Below Investment Grade:
Vintage 2003 and earlier		-		-		-
2004		-		-		-
2005		30,897		50,565		(19,668	)
2006		2,669		5,715		(3,046	)
2007		3,944		5,859		(1,915	)

Total below investment grade		37,510		62,139		(24,629	)


Other Structured Securities:
Investment grade		106,822		110,327		(3,505	)
Below investment grade		42,659		44,965		(2,306	)

Total other		149,481		155,292		(5,811	)

Total structured securities	$	367,183	$	424,887	$	(57,704	)

¹	This chart accounts for all vintages owned by the Company.

Total unrealized losses on non-U.S. Agency structured securities decreased from $57.7 million at December 31, 2009 to $22.2 million at September 30, 2010. Total unrealized losses on these securities as a percent of total amortized cost improved from 14% at year-end 2009 to 6% at September 30, 2010.

The following table provides information regarding fixed maturity and equity security investments available for sale with unrealized losses by length of time, as of September 30, 2010.


	Less Than 12 Months				12 Months or Longer				Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
Bonds:
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. Government	$	1,648	$	48	$	2,359	$	67	$	4,007	$	115
Federal agency issued residential mortgage-backed securities ¹		188		2		1,845		2		2,033		4

Subtotal		1,836		50		4,204		69		6,040		119
Corporate obligations:
Industrial		9,428		113		3,070		62		12,498		175
Energy		1,166		12		-		-		1,166		12
Technology		-		-		4,564		128		4,564		128
Communications		-		-		-		-		-		-
Financial		2,993		2		45,594		3,794		48,587		3,796
Consumer		3,596		469		7,568		280		11,164		749
Public utilities		7,303		547		4,225		430		11,528		977

Total corporate obligations		24,486		1,143		65,021		4,694		89,507		5,837
Corporate private-labeled residential mortgage-backed securities		-		-		112,125		21,267		112,125		21,267
Other		980		20		62,738		10,002		63,718		10,022
Redeemable preferred stocks		830		2		4,433		332		5,263		334

Fixed maturity securities		28,132		1,215		248,521		36,364		276,653		37,579

Equity securities		-		-		2,051		121		2,051		121

Total	$	28,132	$	1,215	$	250,572	$	36,485	$	278,704	$	37,700

¹	Federal agency securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

The following table provides information regarding fixed maturity and equity security investments available for sale with unrealized losses by length of time, as of December 31, 2009.


	Less than 12 months				12 months or longer				Total
	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
Bonds:
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. Government	$	30,616	$	913	$	3,040	$	108	$	33,656	$	1,021
Federal agency issued residential mortgage-backed securities ¹		1,363		4		6,191		51		7,554		55

Subtotal		31,979		917		9,231		159		41,210		1,076
Corporate obligations:
Industrial		55,724		562		24,393		2,040		80,117		2,602
Energy		12,392		167		11,822		1,032		24,214		1,199
Technology		4,012		76		7,369		337		11,381		413
Communications		2,353		44		20,797		1,330		23,150		1,374
Financial		35,437		568		126,213		15,250		161,650		15,818
Consumer		21,753		898		34,167		1,538		55,920		2,436
Public utilities		34,108		731		19,916		1,390		54,024		2,121

Total corporate obligations		165,779		3,046		244,677		22,917		410,456		25,963
Corporate private-labeled residential mortgage-backed securities		18,319		2,266		158,813		40,664		177,132		42,930
Other		25,747		940		149,415		20,737		175,162		21,677
Redeemable preferred stocks		831		2		7,672		1,361		8,503		1,363

Fixed maturity securities		242,655		7,171		569,808		85,838		812,463		93,009

Equity securities		-		-		1,986		186		1,986		186

Total	$	242,655	$	7,171	$	571,794	$	86,024	$	814,449	$	93,195

¹	Federal agency securities are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

In addition, the Company also considers as part of its monitoring and evaluation process the length of time a security is below cost. At September 30, 2010, the Company had unrealized losses on its investment portfolio for fixed maturities and equity securities as follows:

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13 security issues representing 18% of the issues with unrealized losses, including 85% being rated as investment grade, were below cost for less than one year;

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22 security issues representing 31% of the issues with unrealized losses, including 50% being rated as investment grade, were below cost for one year or more and less than three years; and

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37 security issues representing 51% of the issues with unrealized losses, including 62% being rated as investment grade, were below cost for three years or more.

At December 31, 2009, the Company had unrealized losses on its investment portfolio for fixed maturities and equity securities as follows:

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84 security issues representing 36% of the issues with unrealized losses, including 93% being rated as investment grade, were below cost for less than one year;

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96 security issues representing 41% of the issues with unrealized losses, including 80% being rated as investment grade, were below cost for one year or more and less than three years; and

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52 security issues representing 23% of the issues with unrealized losses, including 81% being rated as investment grade, were below cost for three years or more.

The following tables summarize the Company’s investments in securities available for sale with unrealized losses as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009.


	September 30, 2010
	Amortized Cost		Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Losses
Securities owned without realized impairment:
Unrealized losses of 10% or less	$	167,828	$	160,281	$	7,547
Unrealized losses of 20% or less and greater than 10%		56,616		49,183		7,433

Subtotal		224,444		209,464		14,980

Unrealized losses greater than 20%:
Investment grade
Less than six months		-		-		-
Six months or more and less than twelve months		-		-		-
Twelve months or greater		15,485		10,913		4,572

Total investment grade		15,485		10,913		4,572

Below investment grade
Less than six months		-		-		-
Six months or more and less than twelve months		-		-		-
Twelve months or greater		2,850		2,134		716

Total below investment grade		2,850		2,134		716

Unrealized losses greater than 20%		18,335		13,047		5,288

Subtotal		242,779		222,511		20,268


Securities owned with realized impairment:
Unrealized losses of 10% or less		1,092		1,004		88
Unrealized losses of 20% or less and greater than 10%		28,643		23,999		4,644

Subtotal		29,735		25,003		4,732

Unrealized losses greater than 20%:
Investment grade
Less than six months		-		-		-
Six months or more and less than twelve months		-		-		-
Twelve months or greater		-		-		-

Total investment grade		-		-		-

Below investment grade
Less than six months		-		-		-
Six months or more and less than twelve months		-		-		-
Twelve months or greater		43,890		31,190		12,700

Total below investment grade		43,890		31,190		12,700

Unrealized losses greater than 20%		43,890		31,190		12,700

Subtotal		73,625		56,193		17,432

Total	$	316,404	$	278,704	$	37,700


	December 31, 2009
	Amortized Cost		Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Losses
Securities owned without realized impairment:
Unrealized losses of 10% or less	$	633,514	$	608,280	$	25,234
Unrealized losses of 20% or less and greater than 10%		109,379		94,348		15,031

Subtotal		742,893		702,628		40,265

Unrealized losses greater than 20%:
Investment grade
Less than six months		13,125		9,821		3,304
Six months or more and less than twelve months		25,413		19,627		5,786
Twelve months or greater		34,906		22,225		12,681

Total investment grade		73,444		51,673		21,771

Below investment grade
Less than six months		-		-		-
Six months or more and less than twelve months		4,654		2,954		1,700
Twelve months or greater		15,139		11,139		4,000

Total below investment grade		19,793		14,093		5,700

Unrealized losses greater than 20%		93,237		65,766		27,471

Subtotal		836,130		768,394		67,736


Securities owned with realized impairment:
Unrealized losses of 10% or less		4,850		4,634		216
Unrealized losses of 20% or less and greater than 10%		10,594		8,720		1,874

Subtotal		15,444		13,354		2,090

Unrealized losses greater than 20%:
Investment grade
Less than six months		-		-		-
Six months or more and less than twelve months		-		-		-
Twelve months or greater		17,937		12,298		5,639

Total investment grade		17,937		12,298		5,639

Below investment grade
Less than six months		514		362		152
Six months or more and less than twelve months		5,859		3,944		1,915
Twelve months or greater		31,760		16,097		15,663

Total below investment grade		38,133		20,403		17,730

Unrealized losses greater than 20%		56,070		32,701		23,369

Subtotal		71,514		46,055		25,459

Total	$	907,644	$	814,449	$	93,195

The following table provides information on fixed maturity securities with gross unrealized losses by rating as of September 30, 2010.


Equivalent S&P Rating	Fair Value		% of Total		Gross Unrealized Losses		% of Total
AAA	$	67,097		24%	$	5,397		14%
AA		15,390		6%		3,187		9%
A		39,482		14%		2,722		7%
BBB		35,650		13%		3,365		9%

Total investment grade		157,619		57%		14,671		39%
BB		27,487		10%		1,400		4%
B and below		91,547		33%		21,508		57%

Total below investment grade		119,034		43%		22,908		61%

	$	276,653		100%	$	37,579		100%

The following table provides information on fixed maturity securities with gross unrealized losses by rating as of December 31, 2009.


Equivalent S&P Rating	Fair Value		% of Total		Gross Unrealized Losses		% of Total
AAA	$	273,810		34%	$	24,801		27%
AA		38,618		5%		3,023		3%
A		148,706		18%		11,041		12%
BBB		235,671		29%		24,047		26%

Total investment grade		696,805		86%		62,912		68%
BB		49,136		6%		4,032		4%
B and below		66,522		8%		26,065		28%

Total below investment grade		115,658		14%		30,097		32%

	$	812,463		100%	$	93,009		100%

As of September 30, 2010, 57% of the fair value of fixed maturity securities with gross unrealized losses was investment grade compared to 86% at December 31, 2009. In addition, 39% of gross unrealized losses on fixed maturity securities with unrealized losses were from investment grade securities at September 30, 2010, compared to 68% at December 31, 2009. These declines were largely the result of the 66% decline in total fixed maturity securities in an unrealized loss position.

The following tables provide the distribution of maturities for fixed maturity investment securities available for sale with unrealized losses as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009. Expected maturities may differ from these contractual maturities since borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations.


	September 30, 2010
	Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Losses
Fixed maturity security securities available for sale:
Due in one year or less	$	28	$	1
Due after one year through five years		37,021		1,589
Due after five years through ten years		32,730		2,491
Due after ten years		87,443		11,893

Total		157,222		15,974
Securities with variable principal payments		114,167		21,271
Redeemable preferred stocks		5,264		334

Total	$	276,653	$	37,579


	December 31, 2009
	Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Losses
Fixed maturity security securities available for sale:
Due in one year or less	$	10,483	$	26
Due after one year through five years		65,359		4,842
Due after five years through ten years		220,600		12,402
Due after ten years		295,339		30,521

Total		591,781		47,791
Securities with variable principal payments		212,179		43,855
Redeemable preferred stocks		8,503		1,363

Total	$	812,463	$	93,009


Security		Description
Specialty retailer of home items		Negative impact of consumer defaults and delinquency rates. Issuer recently amended credit agreements and the security continues to perform within contractual obligations.

Two financial institutions		Institutions impacted by housing and mortgage crisis. Securities continue to perform within contractual obligations.

Collateralized debt obligation		Impacted by delinquencies and foreclosures in subprime and Alt-A markets and extreme declines in market valuations regardless of individual security performance. There continues to be overcollateralization within the structure and the investment continues to perform within contractual obligations.

The Company has written down certain investments in previous periods. Securities written down and still owned at September 30, 2010 had a fair value of $69.1 million with a net unrealized loss of $14.2 million.

The Company evaluated the current status of all previously written-down investments to determine whether the Company continues to believe that these investments were still credit-impaired to the extent previously recorded. The Company’s evaluation process is similar to its impairment evaluation process. However, if evidence exists that the Company believes that it will receive all or a materially greater portion of its contractual maturities from securities previously written down, the accretion of income is adjusted. The Company did not change its evaluation of any investments under this process during the first nine months of 2010.

The Company does not have a material amount of direct or indirect guarantees for the securities in its investment portfolio. The Company did not have any direct exposure to financial guarantors at September 30, 2010. The Company’s indirect exposure to financial guarantors totaled $47.9 million, which was 1% of the Company’s investment assets at September 30, 2010. The unrealized losses on these investments totaled $0.6 million at September 30, 2010.

Other Revenues

Other revenues consist primarily of supplemental contract considerations, policyholder dividends left with the Company to accumulate, income received on the sale of low income housing tax credits (LIHTC) by a subsidiary of the Company and fees charged on products and sales from the Company’s broker dealer subsidiary. Other revenues decreased $1.1 million or 33% in the third quarter and $1.2 million or 15% in the nine months compared to last year. The declines in both the third quarter and nine months of 2010 were largely due to a decrease in supplementary contract considerations and a reduction in income on the sale of LIHTC investments due to timing.

Policyholder Benefits

Policyholder benefits consist of death benefits (mortality), immediate annuity benefits, accident and health benefits, surrenders and the associated increase or decrease in reserves for future policy benefits. The largest component of policyholder benefits was death benefits for the periods presented. Death benefits reflect mortality results. Mortality will fluctuate from period-to-period but has remained within pricing expectations for the periods presented.

Policyholder benefits decreased $4.1 million or 8% in the third quarter but increased $1.2 million or 1% in the nine months compared to a year ago. The decline in the third quarter largely resulted from a decrease in benefit and contract reserves, which declined $4.9 million or 80%. This decrease can largely be attributed to three factors. The first factor was lower annuity and supplementary contract receipts, as reserves are established virtually on a one-for-one basis with premiums for these products. Second, the change in the fair value of the guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit riders resulted in a reduction in benefit and contract reserves. Third, partially offsetting these decreases, the Company had a $0.7 million increase in benefit and contract reserves due to a refinement in methodology associated with secondary guarantees on certain universal life products. Also contributing to the decrease in policyholder benefits for the third quarter, surrenders decreased $0.7 million or 20%. Partially offsetting these items, death benefits net of reinsurance ceded increased $0.4 million. The largest factor in the increase in policyholder benefits for the nine months was a $4.2 million increase in benefit and contract reserves. This increase was largely due to an increase in traditional life reserves due to a decrease in surrenders and to the change in the fair value of the guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit riders. Partially offsetting this, death benefits decreased $2.8 million and surrenders declined $0.8 million compared to one year ago.

The Company has a guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit (GMWB) rider for variable annuity contracts that is considered to be a financial derivative and, as such, is accounted for at fair value. The Company determines the fair value of the GMWB rider using a risk-neutral valuation method. At September 30, 2010, the fair value of these riders increased $0.4 million compared to the fair value at December 31, 2009. This fluctuation can be attributed to favorable returns in the capital markets, partially offset by decreases in risk-free swap rates and decreases in issuer discount spreads. In addition, the Company has a guaranteed minimum death benefit (GMDB) on certain products. The benefit reserve for GMDB was $0.3 million at September 30, 2010, up only slightly from December 31, 2009.

Interest Credited to Policyholder Account Balances

Interest is credited to policyholder account balances according to terms of the policies or contracts. Interest is credited to policyholder account balances for universal life, fixed deferred annuities and other investment-type products. There are minimum levels of interest crediting assumed in certain policies or contracts, as well as allowances for adjustments to be made to reflect current market conditions in certain policies or contracts. Accordingly, the Company reviews and adjusts crediting rates as necessary and appropriate. Amounts credited are a function of account balances and current period crediting rates. As account balances fluctuate, so will the amount of interest credited to policyholder account balances. Interest credited to policyholder account balances decreased 2% in the third quarter and 1% in the first nine months compared with a year ago. While total policyholder account balances increased during the third quarter of 2010 compared to both June 30, 2010 and September 30, 2009, these increases were offset by declines in crediting rates.

Amortization of Deferred Acquisition Costs (DAC) and Value of Business Acquired (VOBA)

Deferred acquisition costs, principally agent commissions and other selling, selection and issue costs, vary with and are directly related to the production of new business. These deferred costs are capitalized as incurred and are then amortized in proportion to future premium revenues or the expected future profits of the business, depending upon the type of product. Profit expectations are based upon assumptions of future interest spreads, mortality margins, expense margins and policy and premium persistency experience. At least annually, a review is performed of the assumptions related to profit expectations. If it is determined the assumptions should be revised, the impact of the changes is recorded as a change in DAC amortization in the current period due to an unlocking adjustment. A similar analysis is performed on VOBA at least annually and, if necessary, adjustments are made in the current period VOBA amortization.

The amortization of DAC increased $0.4 million or 5% in the third quarter but decreased $6.5 million or 25% in the nine months compared to one year ago. The increase in the third quarter was primarily due to a larger recovery in fair value of variable products during the third quarter of 2009 compared to the third quarter of 2010, which resulted in higher amortization. Also, the amortization of DAC increased $0.3 million in the Old American segment during the third quarter, largely due to the increase in sales. The decrease in the nine months was primarily the result of a refinement in methodology and an unlocking. The refinement in methodology resulted in a change in estimate. This refinement and the unlocking both caused a reduction in DAC amortization. The effect of the change in estimate was an increase in the DAC asset and a reduction in DAC amortization of $1.1 million during the second quarter of 2010. The second factor in the significant decrease in amortization of DAC was an unlocking that occurred in the second quarter of 2010. The impact of unlocking, as reported in the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2010, was an increase in the DAC asset and a corresponding decrease in the amortization of DAC of $5.8 million. No DAC unlocking or change in estimate occurred in the third quarter of 2010 or during 2009.

VOBA is amortized in concert with each purchased block of business. Generally, as policies run off, the amortization will decline over time. In addition, VOBA is evaluated each period for unlocking adjustments. The amortization of VOBA increased 2% during the third quarter and $2.0 million or 70% in the first nine months of 2010. The increase in the nine months was largely due to a refinement in methodology and a smaller unlocking that occurred in the second quarter of 2009. The refinement in methodology reduced VOBA amortization in the amount of $2.5 million in 2009, while the unlocking reduced VOBA amortization by $0.2 million in 2009. There were no adjustments or unlocking made to the VOBA amortization in the third quarter of 2010.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses consist of incurred commission expense from the sale of insurance products, net of the deferral in capitalization of certain commissions and certain expenses directly associated with the attainment of new business, expenses from the Company’s operations, and other expenses. Operating expenses decreased $0.6 million or 3% in the third quarter and $4.4 million or 6% in the nine months compared to last year. The primary factors contributing to these decreases were reductions in salaries and employee benefits and legal expenses. These were partially offset by increases in premium taxes and commission expense growth exceeding the growth in the deferral in capitalized acquisition costs. In 2009, the Company had three events that contributed to increased operating expenses. First, the Company had $3.0 million in separation costs in the first nine months, reflecting staffing reductions. Second, pension expense was $1.9 million greater than 2010 for the nine months, primarily reflecting the market value decline of the pension plan’s invested assets during 2008 and early 2009. Third, the Company had $1.4 million in increased legal costs relative to 2010.

Income Taxes

Operating Results by Segment

The Company has three reportable business segments, which are defined based on the nature of the products and services offered: Individual Insurance, Group Insurance and Old American. The Individual Insurance segment consists of individual insurance products for both Kansas City Life and Sunset Life. The Individual Insurance segment is marketed through a nationwide sales force of independent general agents and third-party marketing arrangements. The Group Insurance segment consists of sales of group life, group disability, dental, and vision products. This segment is marketed through a nationwide sales force of independent general agents, group brokers and third-party marketing arrangements. Old American consists of individual insurance products designed largely as final expense products. These products are marketed through a nationwide general agency sales force with exclusive territories, using direct response marketing to supply agents with leads. For more information, refer to Note 10 – Segment Information in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited).

Individual Insurance

The following table presents financial data of the Individual Insurance business segment for the third quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009:


	Quarter Ended September 30						Nine Months Ended September 30
	2010			2009			2010			2009
Insurance revenues:
Premiums	$	18,488		$	22,909		$	51,779		$	52,162
Contract charges		26,643			26,448			79,983			79,418
Reinsurance ceded		(10,514	)		(10,727	)		(31,806	)		(31,263	)

Total insurance revenues		34,617			38,630			99,956			100,317
Investment revenues:
Net investment income		40,842			41,052			121,014			122,307
Realized investment gains, excluding impairment losses		206			1,195			2,513			4,927
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings:
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses		(984	)		(2,119	)		(3,828	)		(25,318	)
Portion of impairment losses recognized in other comprehensive income		149			187			343			13,774

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings		(835	)		(1,932	)		(3,485	)		(11,544	)

Total investment revenues		40,213			40,315			120,042			115,690
Other revenues		2,186			3,311			6,793			8,121

Total revenues		77,016			82,256			226,791			224,128


Policyholder benefits		27,871			31,249			79,483			78,092
Interest credited to policyholder account balances		21,561			21,898			64,301			64,772
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired		6,556			6,385			13,404			18,823
Operating expenses		14,420			15,548			43,883			50,763

Total benefits and expenses		70,408			75,080			201,071			212,450


Income before income tax expense		6,608			7,176			25,720			11,678

Income tax expense		2,195			1,792			10,069			3,430

Net income	$	4,413		$	5,384		$	15,651		$	8,248

Net income for this segment was $4.4 million in the third quarter of 2010, a decrease of $1.0 million or 18% from $5.4 million in the third quarter of 2009. Contributing to this decline were an increase in death benefits net of reinsurance ceded, higher income tax expense and an increase in the amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired. Partially offsetting these items were decreases in operating expenses and realized investment losses.

Net income for the first nine months of 2010 for this segment was $15.7 million, an increase of $7.4 million or 90% compared to the first nine months of 2009. This increase was largely due to reductions in operating expenses, realized investment losses, and amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired. Partially offsetting these were a decrease in net investment income and an increase in income tax expense.

Total insurance revenues for this segment decreased $4.0 million or 10% in the third quarter and were essentially flat in the first nine months compared with last year. In the third quarter, total premiums decreased $4.4 million or 19%, reflecting a 38% decrease in immediate annuity premiums. Contract charges increased 1% and reinsurance ceded premiums declined 2% in the third quarter. In the nine months, total premiums decreased $0.4 million or 1%. In addition, contract charges increased 1% and reinsurance ceded premiums increased 2%.


	Quarter Ended September 30
	2010		% Change			2009		% Change
New premiums:
Individual life insurance	$	1,286		(6	)	$	1,373		(8	)
Immediate annuities		6,689		(38	)		10,842		347

Total new premiums		7,975		(35	)		12,215		211
Renewal premiums		10,513		(2	)		10,694		1

Total premiums	$	18,488		(19	)	$	22,909		58


	Nine Months Ended September 30
	2010		% Change			2009		% Change
New premiums:
Individual life insurance	$	3,874		(4	)	$	4,023		(7	)
Immediate annuities		16,637		(1	)		16,842		87

Total new premiums		20,511		(2	)		20,865		56
Renewal premiums		31,268		-			31,297		-

Total premiums	$	51,779		(1	)	$	52,162		17

Total new premiums for this segment decreased $4.2 million or 35% in the third quarter of 2010 compared to one year earlier. This decline was primarily the result of a $4.2 million or 38% decrease in new immediate annuity premiums. While new immediate annuity sales were up in the third quarter of 2010 compared to other quarters in 2009 and 2010, they were lower than the third quarter of 2009. New immediate annuity premiums were greater during third quarter 2009, primarily resulting from new sales provided by a third-party arrangement which did not reoccur in 2010. Excluding these third-party sales, the increase in immediate annuity sales experienced in 2010 represents expanded distribution from the addition of new general agents and agents and the continued demand for retirement income products. In addition, new individual insurance premiums decreased $0.1 million or 6%. Total renewal premiums decreased 2% compared to last year, reflecting a decline in individual life insurance premiums. Total premiums for the nine months decreased $0.4 million or 1% versus a year ago. Total new premiums decreased $0.4 million or 2%, as new immediate annuity premiums decreased $0.2 million or 1% and new individual life insurance premiums decreased $0.1 million or 4%. Total renewal premiums were essentially flat compared to last year.

The following table provides detail by new and renewal deposits for the third quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009. New deposits are also detailed by product.


	Quarter Ended September 30
	2010		% Change			2009		% Change
New deposits:
Universal life insurance	$	3,920		85		$	2,119		(23	)
Variable universal life insurance		320		82			176		(65	)
Fixed deferred annuities		26,562		37			19,323		196
Variable annuities		2,870		(14	)		3,330		(43	)

Total new deposits		33,672		35			24,948		60
Renewal deposits		35,260		3			34,196		2

Total deposits	$	68,932		17		$	59,144		21


	Nine Months Ended September 30
	2010		% Change			2009		% Change
New deposits:
Universal life insurance	$	10,418		71		$	6,079		(19	)
Variable universal life insurance		760		(13	)		873		(42	)
Fixed deferred annuities		49,005		(24	)		64,651		260
Variable annuities		14,387		30			11,091		(47	)

Total new deposits		74,570		(10	)		82,694		73
Renewal deposits		104,880		6			99,308		-

Total deposits	$	179,450		(1	)	$	182,002		23

Total new deposits increased $8.7 million or 35% in the third quarter of 2010 compared to last year, reflecting a $7.2 million or 37% increase in new fixed deferred annuity deposits, a $1.8 million or 85% increase in new universal life deposits and a $0.1 million or 82% increase in new variable universal life deposits. These improvements were partially offset by a $0.5 million or 14% decrease in new variable annuity deposits. The increase in new fixed deferred annuity deposits can be attributed to the availability of a new rider offered by the Company, improved results from both new and existing general agents and agents, and a higher demand for products with guarantees. Likewise, the improvement in new universal life deposits can also be attributed to improved sales results from expanded distribution, and to an improving economy. Total renewal deposits increased $1.1 million or 3% in the third quarter of 2010. This increase reflected a $2.0 million or 29% increase in fixed deferred annuity deposits. This improvement was partially offset by declines in renewal universal life, variable universal life and variable annuity deposits.

Total new deposits decreased $8.1 million or 10% during the first nine months of 2010. This decrease was due to a $15.6 million or 24% decrease in new fixed deferred annuity deposits, largely due to the higher sales of this product in 2009, as noted above. During the second quarter of 2009, the Company heightened marketing of this product to take advantage of an opportunity that was identified in the marketplace. Partially offsetting this decrease, new universal life deposits increased $4.3 million or 71% and new variable annuity deposits increased $3.3 million or 30%. These improvements can be attributed to the expanded distribution from the successful recruitment of new general agents and agents in selected areas and the improving economy. Total renewal deposits increased $5.6 million or 6%, reflecting an $8.4 million or 51% increase in fixed deferred annuity deposits. This increase was partially offset by a $1.5 million or 2% decrease in universal life renewal deposits and a $1.1 million or 12% decrease in variable universal life renewal deposits.

Total contract charges increased 1% in both the third quarter and first nine months of 2010. The Company essentially maintains two separate books of business. The Company has closed blocks of business associated with the purchase of companies which have been merged into the Company, purchased blocks of business through such things as assumption reinsurance and closed blocks associated with products or distribution avenues that the Company no longer pursues. The Company also maintains ongoing blocks of business for which there is ongoing marketing of new sales. Total contract charges on closed blocks equaled 35% of total consolidated contract charges in the third quarter of 2010, compared to 37% in the third quarter of 2009. Total contract charges on closed blocks declined 6% in the third quarter of 2010 compared to the third quarter of 2009, while total contract charges on open, or ongoing, blocks of business increased 4%. Total contract charges on closed blocks equaled 35% of total consolidated contract charges in the first nine months of 2010 versus 37% in the same period of 2009. Total contract charges on closed blocks declined 5% in the first nine months of 2010 compared to the first nine months of 2009. Total contract charges on open blocks of business increased by 4% during the nine-month comparative period, reflecting the growing book of new and existing products.

One component of contract charges is the recognition over time of the deferred revenue liability (DRL) from certain universal life policies. This liability arises from front end loads on such policies and is recognized into the income statement in concert with the future expected gross profits, as is similarly the case with amortization of deferred acquisition costs (DAC). In the second quarter of 2010, the Company had a refinement in methodology resulting in a change in estimate. The effect of the refinement in estimate on the DRL was an increase in the liability and a reduction to contract charges of $0.5 million during the second quarter of 2010. No other refinements in methodology occurred in the third quarter of 2010 or during 2009.

has a change in the future expected gross profits related to changes in assumptions, a corresponding change in deferred revenue liability is also recognized as an unlocking. The impact of the unlocking on DRL was a decrease in the liability and a corresponding increase in the recognition of deferred revenue in the second quarter of 2010 in the amount of $1.1 million. No changes in estimate or unlocking on the DRL occurred during the third quarter of 2010 or during 2009.

Net investment income decreased 1% in both the third quarter and the nine months. While average invested assets increased, yields earned on investments declined during both periods in 2010. This segment experienced net realized investments losses of $0.6 million in the third quarter and $1.0 million in the first nine months of 2010. This compares to net realized investment losses of $0.7 million in the third quarter and $6.6 million in the first nine months of 2009.

The Company’s analysis of securities for the quarter ended September 30, 2010 resulted in the determination that nine fixed-maturity securities had other-than-temporary impairments affecting the Individual Insurance segment and were written down by a combined $0.8 million due to credit. Five of these securities were additional incremental losses from residential mortgage-backed securities having been previously written down, reflecting deterioration in the present value of projected future cash flows. The additional losses from these residential mortgage-backed securities totaled $0.4 million in the third quarter of 2010, including $0.2 million that was determined to be non-credit and was recognized in other comprehensive income. The total fair value of the affected securities after the write-downs was $41.8 million.

The following table provides securities that were written down through earnings during the first three quarters of 2010 by asset class:


	First Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Total
Bonds:
Corporate private-labeled residential mortgage-backed securities	$	737	$	366	$	242	$	1,345
Other		740		807		593		2,140

Total	$	1,477		1,173		835	$	3,485

The following table provides detail regarding individual investment securities that were written down through earnings during the first nine months of 2010 exceeding $0.5 million.


Security	Impairment Loss		Description
Securitization of U.S. government guaranteed student loans		$964	Liquidation of the security by the trustees, at the direction of a majority of bondholders.
Other - 10 securities		2,521

Total		$3,485

The following table provides securities that were written down through earnings during the first three quarters of 2009 by asset class:


	First Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Total
Bonds
Corporate obligations:
Industrial	$	2,656	$	-	$	-	$	2,656
Communications		-		1,010		229		1,239
Financial		1,546		2,276		1,410		5,232
Consumer		1,235		-		-		1,235

Total corporate obligations		5,437		3,286		1,639		10,362
Corporate private-labeled residential mortgage-backed securities		598		126		293		1,017
Other		-		165		-		165

Total	$	6,035	$	3,577	$	1,932	$	11,544

The following table provides detail regarding individual investment securities that were written down through earnings during the first nine months of 2009 exceeding $0.5 million.


Security	Impairment Loss		Description
Financing company for real estate		$ 1,760	Acceptance of a tender offer resulted in an impairment to fair value.
Trucking company		1,636	Reduced shipping volume from the recession, new credit restrictions due to renegotiation of debt covenants, the need to retire longer-term debt and additional stress on cash resources.
Mortgage and financial guaranty insurer		1,546	Mortgage delinquencies and defaults coupled with rating downgrades and the need to raise additional capital to meet future needs.
Financial institution		1,084	Company experienced large losses in its real estate portfolio and had an increase in non-performing loans.
Developer and manufacturer of imaging products		1,235	Sales decrease from economic decline, declining revenues and declining liquidity position.
Print media company		1,239	Company filed for bankruptcy in 2008 and a subsequent impairment was recognized due to reorganization.
Printing and publishing company		1,020	Acceptance of a tender offer resulted in an impairment to fair value.
Global finance company		843	Negative effect of credit crisis, forcing reduced access to liquidity and higher borrowing costs.
Other - 5 securities		1,181

Total		$11,544

Other revenues decreased $1.1 million or 34% in the third quarter and $1.3 million or 16% in the nine months compared to a year ago. The decreases that occurred during both the third quarter and nine months were largely due to a decrease in supplementary contract considerations and a reduction in income on the sale of LIHTC investments due to timing.

Policyholder benefits decreased $3.4 million or 11% in the third quarter, while policyholder benefits increased $1.4 million or 2% in the nine months compared to the prior year. The decrease in the third quarter was largely the result of a decline in benefit and contract reserves. Benefit and contract reserves decreased due to lower immediate annuity and supplementary contract receipts, as reserves are established virtually on a one-for-one basis with premiums for these products. In addition, the change in the fair value of the guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit riders resulted in a reduction in benefit and contract reserves. Finally, partially offsetting these items, the Company had a $0.7 million increase from a refinement in methodology associated with secondary guarantees on certain universal life products. Partially offsetting these items, death benefits net of reinsurance ceded increased $0.6 million or 4%. The increase in policyholder benefits during the nine months was largely due to an increase in benefit and contract reserves. This increase was primarily due to an increase in traditional life reserves due to a decrease in surrenders and to the change in the fair value of the guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit riders. Partially offsetting this, death benefits, net of reinsurance and surrenders decreased.

The Company has a GMWB rider for variable annuity contracts that is considered to be a financial derivative and, as such, is accounted for at fair value. The Company determines the fair value of the GMWB rider using a risk-neutral valuation method. At September 30, 2010, the fair value of these riders increased $0.4 million compared to the fair value at December 31, 2009. This fluctuation can be attributed to favorable returns in the capital markets, partially offset by decreases in risk-free swap rates and decreases in issuer discount spreads.

Interest credited to policyholder account balances declined 2% in the third quarter and 1% in the nine months compared to one year ago. While total policyholder account balances increased during the third quarter of 2010 compared to both June 30, 2010 and September 30, 2009, these increases were offset by declines in crediting rates.

Amortization of DAC and VOBA increased 3% in the third quarter but decreased 29% in the nine months compared to last year. Amortization of DAC increased $0.1 million or 2% in the third quarter of 2010 but decreased $7.5 million or 42% in the nine months. The decrease in the nine months was primarily the result of a refinement in methodology and an unlocking. The refinement in methodology caused a change in estimate, and the unlocking caused a reduction in DAC amortization. The effect of the change in estimate was an increase in the DAC asset and a reduction in DAC amortization of $1.1 million during the second quarter of 2010. The second factor in the significant decrease in amortization of DAC was an unlocking that occurred in the second quarter of 2010. The impact of unlocking, as reported in the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2010, was an increase in the DAC asset and a corresponding decrease in the amortization of DAC of $5.8 million. No DAC unlocking or change in estimate occurred in the third quarter of 2010 or in 2009.

VOBA is amortized in concert with each purchased block of business. Accordingly, as policies run off, the amortization will decline over time. In addition, VOBA is evaluated each period for unlocking adjustments. The amortization of VOBA increased 4% in the third quarter and $2.0 million or 223% in the first nine months of 2010 compared to one year earlier. The increase in the nine months was largely due to a refinement in methodology and a smaller unlocking that occurred in the second quarter of 2009. The refinement in methodology reduced VOBA amortization in the amount of $2.5 million in 2009, while the unlocking reduced VOBA amortization by $0.2 million in 2009. There were no adjustments or unlocking made to the VOBA amortization in the third quarter of 2010.

Operating expenses consist of incurred commission expense from the sale of insurance products, net of the capitalization of certain commissions and certain direct expenses associated with the attainment of new business, expenses from the Company’s operations, and other expenses. Operating expenses decreased $1.1 million or 7% in the third quarter and $6.9 million or 14% in the nine months compared with one year earlier. These decreases were largely due to declines in salaries and separation costs associated with a reduction in staffing that occurred during 2009, a reduction in pension plan benefit expense, and a reduction in legal costs. These favorable changes were partially offset by growth in commission expenses net of the deferral in capitalized acquisition costs, along with higher premium taxes.

Group Insurance

The following table presents financial data of the Group Insurance business segment for the third quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009:


	Quarter Ended September 30						Nine Months Ended September 30
	2010			2009			2010			2009
Insurance revenues:
Premiums	$	13,732		$	14,250		$	43,271		$	42,536
Reinsurance ceded		(2,774	)		(2,810	)		(8,111	)		(6,779	)

Total insurance revenues		10,958			11,440			35,160			35,757
Investment revenues:
Net investment income		149			136			456			406
Other revenues		95			76			266			181

Total revenues		11,202			11,652			35,882			36,344


Policyholder benefits		7,874			8,845			24,648			25,841
Operating expenses		4,493			4,281			13,741			13,173

Total benefits and expenses		12,367			13,126			38,389			39,014


Loss before income tax benefit		(1,165	)		(1,474	)		(2,507	)		(2,670	)

Income tax benefit		(407	)		(516	)		(877	)		(935	)


Net loss	$	(758	)	$	(958	)	$	(1,630	)	$	(1,735	)

The net loss for this segment totaled $0.8 million for the third quarter of 2010, compared with a $1.0 million loss in 2009. The improvement was due to a $1.0 million decrease in policyholder benefits. This was partially offset by a $0.5 million decrease in insurance revenues and a $0.2 million increase in operating expenses. The net loss for nine months was $1.6 million versus a $1.7 million loss one year ago. Significant changes for the nine months included a $1.2 million decrease in policyholder benefits, an offsetting $0.6 million decrease in insurance revenues, and a $0.6 million increase in operating expenses.

Total insurance revenues for the Group Insurance segment decreased $0.5 million or 4% in the third quarter compared to last year. This decline can be attributed to a $0.5 million decrease in premiums. Total insurance revenues for the nine months decreased $0.6 million or 2%, as a $0.7 million or 2% increase in premiums was offset by a $1.3 million or 20% increase in reinsurance ceded. The increase in reinsurance ceded in the first nine months of 2010 resulted from an increase in disability premiums sold through an arrangement with an independent marketing organization, in which the risk and premiums are 100% reinsured.


	Quarter Ended September 30
	2010		% Change			2009		% Change
New premiums:
Group life insurance	$	545		52		$	359		(31	)
Group dental insurance		1,799		3			1,753		(23	)
Group disability insurance		1,114		11			1,001		142
Other group insurance		7		(30	)		10		(85	)

Total new premiums		3,465		11			3,123		(4	)
Renewal premiums		10,267		(8	)		11,127		2

Total premiums	$	13,732		(4	)	$	14,250		1


	Nine Months Ended September 30
	2010		% Change			2009		% Change
New premiums:
Group life insurance	$	1,672		47		$	1,134		(29	)
Group dental insurance		6,039		14			5,304		(21	)
Group disability insurance		3,314		53			2,159		63
Other group insurance		101		23			82		(59	)

Total new premiums		11,126		28			8,679		(12	)
Renewal premiums		32,145		(5	)		33,857		6

Total premiums	$	43,271		2		$	42,536		2

Total new premiums increased 11% while total renewal premiums decreased 8% during the third quarter compared to last year. New group life premiums increased 52% in the third quarter and new disability premiums increased 11%. The improvements in new premiums in the third quarter reflect results from expanded distribution of group representatives and from a third party arrangement pertaining to disability products. The decrease in renewal premiums was primarily due to a 15% decrease in dental premiums.

Total new premiums for the nine months increased 28% while total renewal premiums decreased 5% compared to a year ago. New disability premiums increased 53%, new group life premiums increased 47% and new dental premiums increased 14%. The improvements in the group life and dental product lines reflect expanded distribution of group representatives. The improvement in group disability products is the result of a third party arrangement that provides a significant portion of the new disability premiums and accounts for about 60% of the new disability sales. The premiums provided from the third party arrangement are significantly reinsured. However, this segment does earn an administrative fee for the business that is reinsured, which is reflected in the other revenues line on the income statement. The administrative fee does not represent a material contribution to the Group Segment’s results. The decrease in renewal premiums reflected a 10% decline in group life premiums and a 5% decrease in dental premiums. This decrease in dental premiums is primarily the result of increased competition.

Policyholder benefits consist of death benefits (mortality), accident and health benefits and the associated increase or decrease in reserves for future policy benefits. Policyholder benefits decreased $1.0 million or 11% in the third quarter compared to last year. This decrease was largely due to lower benefits for the group life and short-term disability product lines. Policyholder benefits for the nine months decreased $1.2 million or 5% compared to a year ago. This resulted from declines in group life, short-term disability and long-term disability benefits that were partially offset by an increase in dental benefits. The increase in dental benefits reflects increased utilization from members.

Operating expenses consist of commissions, fees to third-party marketing and administrative organizations, and expenses from the Company’s operations. Operating expenses increased 5% in the third quarter and 4% in the nine months compared to last year. The largest factor in these increases was higher commissions paid, which increased $0.2 million or 16% in the third quarter and $0.5 million or 12% in the nine months. The improved sales from new business mentioned above resulted in higher commissions. In addition, the increase in operating expenses reflected an increase in payments to third-party administrators.

Improvement efforts for this segment in 2010 are focused in three primary areas. First, emphasis is being placed on stronger pricing for the dental product and on retention of its in-force block through renewals of existing business. Second, initiatives for this segment will be to target reductions in dental claims costs. Third, improvement in administrative efficiency is targeted through the increased use of technology, which should ultimately reduce expenses.

Old American Insurance Company

The following table presents financial data for the Old American business segment for the third quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009:


	Quarter Ended September 30						Nine Months Ended September 30
	2010			2009			2010			2009
Insurance revenues:
Premiums	$	17,081		$	16,405		$	50,694		$	48,864
Reinsurance ceded		(661	)		(771	)		(2,064	)		(2,404	)

Total insurance revenues		16,420			15,634			48,630			46,460
Investment revenues:
Net investment income		3,129			3,333			9,226			9,552
Realized investment gains, excluding impairment losses		57			7			566			281
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings:
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses		(96	)		(403	)		(301	)		(3,035	)
Portion of impairment losses recognized in other comprehensive income		21			16			(34	)		2,120

Net impairment losses recognized in earnings		(75	)		(387	)		(335	)		(915	)

Total investment revenues		3,111			2,953			9,457			8,918
Other revenues		-			-			3			1

Total revenues		19,531			18,587			58,090			55,379


Policyholder benefits		10,630			10,420			32,657			31,668
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired		3,842			3,564			11,224			10,332
Operating expenses		3,716			3,393			11,834			9,954

Total benefits and expenses		18,188			17,377			55,715			51,954


Income before income tax expense		1,343			1,210			2,375			3,425

Income tax expense		542			455			917			1,261

Net income	$	801		$	755		$	1,458		$	2,164

Net income for this segment was $0.8 million in the third quarter, the same as in the prior period. Net income for the first nine months 2010 was $1.5 million versus $2.2 million for the first nine months of 2009. Improvements in third quarter items included an increase in insurance revenues and a reduction in realized losses but were offset by an increase in policyholder benefits, amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired and operating expenses. The decline in net income experienced in the nine months reflected increases in policyholder benefits, amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired and operating expenses as well as a decrease in net investment income. However, partially offsetting these items was an increase in insurance revenues and a decrease in realized investment losses.

The following table reconciles premiums included in insurance revenues and provides detail by new and renewal business for the third quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009.


	Quarter Ended September 30
	2010		% Change			2009		% Change
New premiums	$	2,915		28		$	2,270		22
Renewal premiums		14,166		-			14,135		(2	)

Total premiums	$	17,081		4		$	16,405		1


	Nine Months Ended September 30
	2010		% Change			2009		% Change
New premiums	$	8,355		32		$	6,307		16
Renewal premiums		42,339		(1	)		42,557		(2	)

Total premiums	$	50,694		4		$	48,864		-

Insurance revenues increased 5% in both the third quarter and nine months compared with the prior year. Total new premiums increased $0.6 million or 28% in the third quarter and $2.0 million or 32% in the nine months, while total renewal premiums remained flat in the third quarter and decreased $0.2 million or 1% in the nine months. The increase in new premiums reflects a combination of expanded distribution efforts and improved agency productivity. In addition, Old American continues to focus on the recruitment and development of new agencies and agents with positive results, along with improved production from existing agencies and agents.

Net investment income declined $0.2 million or 6% in the third quarter and $0.3 million or 3% in the nine months compared with 2009. These declines reflect reduced average investment assets and a reduction in yields available in the market.

Old American had a net realized investment loss of less than $0.1 million in the third quarter and a $0.2 million net realized investment gain in the first nine months of 2010. This compares to net realized investment losses of $0.4 million and $0.6 million in the same periods during 2009, respectively.

The Company’s analysis of securities for the quarter ended September 30, 2010 resulted in the determination that three fixed-maturity securities had other-than-temporary impairments affecting the Old American segment and were written down by a combined $0.1 million. The total fair value of the affected securities after the write-downs was $4.0 million. The write-down of the corporate private-labeled residential mortgage-backed securities reflects continued assessments of the present value of projected future cash flows.

The following table provides securities that were written down through earnings during the first three quarters of 2010 by asset class:


	First Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Total
Bonds:
Corporate private-labeled residential mortgage-backed securities	$	109	$	18	$	32	$	159
Other		-		133		43		176

Total	$	109	$	151	$	75	$	335

None of the individual investment securities that were written down through earnings during the first nine months of 2010 exceeded $0.5 million.

The following table provides securities that were written down through earnings during the first three quarters of 2009 by asset class:


	First Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Total
Bonds:
Corporate obligations:
Financial	$	-	$	428	$	362	$	790

Total corporate obligations		-		428		362		790
Corporate private-labeled residential mortgage-backed securities		83		17		25		125

Total	$	83	$	445	$	387	$	915

None of the individual investment securities that were written down through earnings during the first nine months of 2009 exceeded $0.5 million.

Policyholder benefits increased $0.2 million or 2% in the third quarter and $1.0 million or 3% in the nine months versus last year. The increase in the third quarter was largely due to an increase in death benefits and life surrenders. The increase in the nine months reflected increases in death benefits, life surrenders and benefit and contract reserves. These were partially offset by a decrease in other benefits.

Amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired increased $0.3 million or 8% in the third quarter and $0.9 million or 9% in the nine months compared to a year ago. These increases were primarily due to higher DAC amortization, largely resulting from the increase in sales over time. DAC is established at the time of new sales. Accordingly, as Old American’s sales have significantly increased, expectations are that the DAC asset and corresponding amortization will reflect larger increases as well. No impairments were identified in the third quarter or nine months of 2010.

Operating expenses consist of incurred commission expense from the sale of insurance products, net of the deferral in capitalization of certain commissions and certain direct expenses associated with the acquisition of new business, expenses from the Company’s operations, and other expenses. These expenses increased $0.3 million or 10% in the third quarter and $1.9 million or 19% in the nine months, compared to a year ago. The increase for the third quarter was largely the result of a reduction in operating expenses due to a lease reimbursement which concluded at year end 2009. In addition, guaranty association payments increased. The increase in the nine months was largely due to the items listed above for the third quarter as well as increased employee salaries and benefits, along with higher sales-related expenses.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity

Statements made in the Company’s 2009 Form 10-K remain pertinent, as the Company’s liquidity position is materially unchanged from year-end 2009.

Management believes that the Company has sufficient sources of liquidity and capital resources to satisfy operational requirements and to finance expansion plans and strategic initiatives for the remainder of 2010. Primary sources of cash flow are premiums, other insurance considerations and deposits, receipts for policyholder accounts, investment sales and maturities, investment income and access to credit from other financial institutions. In addition, the Company has credit facilities that are available for additional working capital needs or investment opportunities. The principal uses of cash are for the insurance operations, including the purchase of investments, payment of insurance benefits, operating expenses, policyholder and shareholder dividends, income taxes, withdrawals from policyholder accounts and costs related to acquiring new business. There can be no assurance that the Company will continue to generate cash flows at or above current levels or that the ability to borrow under the current credit facilities will be maintained.

The recent economic climate tightened the financial and liquidity conditions of policyholders. The difficult economic environment and the credit crisis may produce the need for individual policyholder liquidity and could result in increased surrenders and policy loans on existing policies, along with the potential of realized losses on investments from generating liquidity in an adverse environment. The Company performs cash flow testing and adds various levels of stress testing to potential surrender and policy loan levels in order to assess current and near-term cash and liquidity needs. In the event of increased surrenders and other cash needs, the Company has several sources of cash flow, as mentioned above, to meet these needs.

Operating activities provided cash of $6.6 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $18.5 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2009. This decrease reflected a decrease in investment income collected and an increase in commissions paid, partially offset by a decrease in expenses paid.

Net cash used from investing activities was $30.5 million, down from $45.5 million in net cash used for investing activities for the same period in 2009. The Company’s new investments in fixed maturity and equity securities were $309.0 million for the nine months, a 15% increase from $269.9 million a year ago. New investments in mortgage loans were $107.1 million for the nine months, compared with $34.7 million last year. The increase in mortgage loans during 2010 was due to the purchase of $63.8 million of a seasoned portfolio of commercial mortgages having characteristics similar to the Company’s portfolio during 2010. Purchases of real estate totaled $9.7 million, down from $14.5 million in 2009. Sales and maturities of fixed maturity and equity securities totaled $240.2 million for the first nine months, a 2% increase versus a year ago. There were no sales of real estate investments during 2010 compared to $3.9 million a year ago. Mortgage loan maturities and principal paydowns totaled $41.5 million, compared to $33.8 million last year.

Net cash provided from financing activities was $27.4 million for the first nine months of 2010, compared with $29.4 million a year ago. This change was primarily the result of three items. First, there were no net borrowings in 2010 versus repayment of $2.9 million a year ago. Second, net transfers to separate accounts totaled less than $0.1 million in 2010 compared to $6.6 million net transfers from separate accounts in the same period in 2009. Third, the Company acquired $3.1 million of treasury stock in 2010 compared to a disposition of $2.6 million in 2009. Partially offsetting these, deposits net of related withdrawals on policyholder account balances totaled $36.5 million in 2010, compared to $26.9 million in the prior year.

The above information excludes net proceeds from variable insurance products. These proceeds are segregated into separate accounts and are not held in the Company’s general investments because the policyholders, rather than the Company, assume the underlying investment risks.

Debt and Short-term Borrowing

The Company and certain subsidiaries have access to borrowing capacity through their membership affiliation with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines (FHLB). At September 30, 2010, there were no outstanding balances with the FHLB, and there were no outstanding balances at year-end 2009. The Company has access to unsecured revolving lines of credit of $60.0 million with two major commercial banks with no balances outstanding. These lines of credit will expire on June 30, 2011. The Company anticipates renewing these lines of credit as they come due.

Capital Resources

The Company considers existing capital resources to be adequate to support the current level of business activities. In addition, the Company’s statutory equity exceeds the minimum capital deemed necessary to support its insurance business, as determined by the risk-based capital calculations and guidelines established by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

The following table shows the capital adequacy for the Company.


	September 30 2010		December 31 2009
Total assets less separate accounts	$	4,018,032	$	3,866,799
Total stockholders’ equity		703,210		628,363
Ratio of stockholders’ equity to assets less separate accounts		18%		16%

The ratio of equity to assets less separate accounts increased 2% to 18% through the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Unrealized investment gains on available for sale securities, which are included as a part of stockholders’ equity (net of securities losses, related taxes, policyholder account balances and deferred acquisition costs), totaled $72.6 million at September 30, 2010. This represents an increase of $71.7 million in net gains from the $0.8 million in net unrealized investment gains at year-end 2009. Stockholders’ equity increased $74.8 million from year-end 2009. This improvement was largely due to an increase in unrealized investments gains.

In January 2010, the stock repurchase program was extended by the Board of Directors through January 2011 to permit purchase of up to one million of the Company’s shares on the open market. Through September 30, 2010, the Company purchased 96,931 shares under the stock repurchase program for $3.0 million. In 2009, the Company purchased 84,173 shares for $2.3 million during the entire year.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the employee stock ownership plan purchased 1,213 shares of treasury stock and sold 789 shares of treasury stock for a net change in treasury stock of less than $0.1 million. The employee stock ownership plan held 28,977 shares of the Company’s treasury stock at September 30, 2010.

On October 25, 2010, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.27 per share, unchanged from the prior year, that will be paid November 10, 2010 to stockholders of record as of November 4, 2010. Total stockholder dividends paid were $9.3 million and $9.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

In recent reporting periods, extreme occurrences of volatility beyond historical norms have impacted the markets for the Company’s fixed income and equity securities. This volatility has impacted liquidity, credit risk, fair value of investments and the term structure of interest rates. While the impact has lessened and even reversed in most areas, the improvement in overall market risk has been uneven and normal market conditions have not yet returned in all sectors or markets. Prolonged periods of volatility and market uncertainty represent a heightened risk for all financial institutions. These ongoing events could negatively affect the Company and policyholder activity, such as a reduction in sales, increased policy surrenders, increased policy loans and reduced earnings. The Company has factored these heightened risks into its risk management processes and its disclosures of financial condition.

Please refer to the Company’s 2009 Form 10-K for a more complete discussion of quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

As required by Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(b), Kansas City Life Insurance Company management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation as of the end of the period covered by this report, of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e). Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report. As required by Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(d), Kansas City Life Insurance Company management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, also conducted an evaluation of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting to determine whether any changes occurred during the period covered by this report materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Based on that evaluation, there has been no such change during the period covered by this report.

Part II: Other Information

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

The life insurance industry, including the Company and its subsidiaries, has been subject to an increase in litigation in recent years. Such litigation has been pursued on behalf of purported classes of insurance purchasers, often questioning the conduct of insurers in the marketing of their products.

In addition to the above, the Company and its subsidiaries are defendants in, or subject to other claims or legal actions. Some of these claims and legal actions are in jurisdictions where juries are given substantial latitude in assessing damages, including punitive damages. Although no assurances can be given and no determinations can be made at this time, management believes that the ultimate liability, if any, with respect to these other claims and legal actions would have no material effect on the Company’s business, results of operations or financial position.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Risk factors and cautionary factors have not changed materially from those disclosed in Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Company’s 2009 Form 10-K.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities


Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased Open Market/ Benefit Plans			Average Purchase Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as a Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs		Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
1/01/10 - 1/31/10		42,137	¹	$	30.72		42,137		957,863
		927	²		28.55
2/1/10 - 2/28/10		-	¹		-		-		957,863
		-	²		-
3/1/10 - 3/31/10		26,040	¹		30.82		26,040		931,823
		-	²		-
4/01/10 - 4/30/10		18,734	¹		33.38		18,734		913,089
		286	²		31.58
5/1/10 - 5/31/10		10,020	¹		32.14		10,020		903,069
		-	²		-
6/1/10 - 6/30/10		-	¹		-		-		903,069
		-	²		-
7/01/10 - 7/31/10		-	¹		-		-		903,069
		-	²		-
8/1/10 - 8/31/10		-	¹		-		-		903,069
		-	²		-
9/1/10 - 9/30/10		-	¹		-		-		903,069

Total		98,144					96,931

¹	On January 25, 2010, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to 1,000,000 shares of its common stock through January 24, 2011.

²	Included in this column are the total shares purchased from the employee stock ownership plan sponsored by the Company during the consecutive months of January through September 2010.

Item 5. Other Information

3520 Broadway, Kansas City, MO 64111

Contact:

Tracy W. Knapp, Chief Financial Officer,

(816) 753-7299, Ext. 8216

For Immediate Release: October 29, 2010, press release reporting financial results for the third quarter of 2010.

Kansas City Life Announces Third Quarter 2010 Results

Kansas City Life Insurance Company recorded net income of $4.5 million or $0.39 per share in the third quarter of 2010, a decline from $5.2 million or $0.45 per share for the same quarter in the prior year. The decrease in earnings was primarily due to a decline in investment income from lower yields, increased amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired, and increased income tax expense. Net income for the first nine months of 2010 was $15.5 million or $1.35 per share, an increase from $8.7 million or $0.75 per share for the same period in 2009. The largest factors in the improved nine-month results were reductions in net realized losses on investments, amortization of deferred acquisition costs and value of business acquired, and operating expenses.

New life insurance premiums increased $0.7 million or 19% and $2.4 million or 21% for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2010 as compared to the prior year. Most of the growth in new premiums for both periods was driven by continuing strong sales in the Old American segment, reflecting a combination of expanded distribution efforts and improved agency productivity. In addition, deposits from new universal life products increased $1.8 million or 85% and $4.3 million or 71% for the same respective periods. The growth in these deposits can be attributed to improved sales results from expanded distribution and to an improving economy.

Total insurance revenues declined $3.7 million or 6% for the quarter, but increased $1.2 million or 1% for the nine months. The decline during the third quarter was primarily due to a $4.1 million decline in sales of immediate annuities, while the increase for the nine months was primarily due to increased life insurance premiums and deferred revenue on universal life products.

Investment revenues increased less than 1% in the third quarter of 2010 but increased $4.9 million or 4% for the nine months compared to 2009. The stabilizing economy helped reduce net realized investment losses in both periods, resulting in favorable changes of $0.5 million in the third quarter and $6.5 million for the nine months relative to the prior year. However, the low interest rate environment negatively affected investment portfolio yields and more than offset increases in average investment assets, resulting in reductions in net investment income for both periods. The lower interest rate environment also generated increased values within the investment portfolio. Specifically, the Company’s investment portfolio had a net unrealized gain position of $183.5 million at September 30, 2010, an improvement of $183.3 million from December 31, 2009.

Policyholder benefits and interest credited to policyholder account balances decreased $4.5 million during the third quarter. The decline was largely due to decreased benefit and contract reserves, primarily resulting from the lower volume of new immediate annuities and a small increase in death benefits, net of reinsurance. Policyholder benefits and interest credited to policyholder account balances increased $0.7 million for the nine months versus the prior year.

The amortization of deferred acquisition costs (DAC) and value of business acquired (VOBA) increased $0.4 million or 5% for the third quarter but decreased $4.5 million or 16% for the nine months. During the second quarter of 2010, the Company had a $6.9 million decrease in the amortization of DAC and VOBA primarily due to refinements in estimates and unlocking of future assumptions. These assumptions are assessed no less often than annually, and unlocking occurs when the assessment concludes that the historical results are no longer consistent with the current assumptions about product performance. While the unlocking event was in the second quarter, it continues to significantly impact the nine-month results.

Finally, operating expenses declined $0.6 million or 3% for the third quarter and $4.4 million or 6% for the nine months compared with the prior year. These decreases primarily reflect reduced salaries and benefits, including separation costs associated with staffing changes that were made during 2009, as well as reduced legal costs.

On October 25, 2010, the Kansas City Life Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.27 per share that will be paid on November 10, 2010 to stockholders of record on November 4, 2010.

The Company extends its appreciation and best wishes to Mr. William “Bill” Schalekamp, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, who will be retiring effective October 31, 2010. Mr. Schalekamp has been with the Company for 39 years, and has served on the Company’s Board of Directors for the last nine years. Mr. Schalekamp’s knowledge of the insurance industry, sage advice and collegial approach to all matters will be missed on a daily basis by the Company’s officers and associates. However, Mr. Schalekamp will continue his service on the Board of Directors.

Kansas City Life Insurance Company (NASDAQ: KCLI) was established in 1895 and is based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Company’s primary business is providing financial protection through the sale of life insurance and annuities. The Company’s revenues were $419.6 million in 2009, and assets and life insurance in force were $4.2 billion and $30.7 billion, respectively, as of December 31, 2009. The Company operates in 49 states and the District of Columbia. For more information, please visit www.kclife.com.

KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT (Unaudited)

(amounts in thousands, except share data)


	Quarter Ended September 30				Nine Months Ended September 30
	2010		2009		2010		2009
Revenues	$	107,616	$	112,363	$	320,367	$	315,437


Net income	$	4,456	$	5,181	$	15,479	$	8,677


Net income per share, basic and diluted	$	0.39	$	0.45	$	1.35	$	0.75


Dividends paid	$	0.27	$	0.27	$	0.81	$	0.81


Average number of shares outstanding		11,467,605		11,621,405		11,492,090		11,535,374

Item 6. Exhibits

(a)

Exhibits:

31(a)

Section 302 Certification.

31(b)

Section 302 Certification.

Section 1350 Certification.

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements 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.


		KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		(Registrant)

/s/ R. Philip Bixby
R. Philip Bixby
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

/s/ Tracy W. Knapp
Tracy W. Knapp
Senior Vice President, Finance

Date: October 29, 2010

KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE CO - FORM 10-Q - October 29, 2010

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