Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Long term investments and fair value

Long term investments and fair value

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Long term investments and fair value

Note 8 – Long term investments and fair value

The Company’s financial assets contained investments that have quoted market prices in active markets, the Company uses the quoted market prices as fair value and includes these prices in the amounts disclosed in Level 1 of the hierarchy. The Company receives the quoted market prices from a third party, nationally recognized pricing service (“pricing service”). When quoted market prices are unavailable, the Company utilizes a pricing service to determine a single estimate of fair value, which is mainly for its fixed maturity investments. The fair value estimates provided from this pricing service are included in the amount disclosed in Level 2 of the hierarchy. The Company bases all of its estimates of fair value for assets on the bid price as it represents what a third party market participant would be willing to pay in an arm’s length transaction.

The hierarchy of Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 Assets are listed as following:

		Fair Value Measurements Using Unadjusted Quoted Market Prices		Fair Value Measurements Using Quoted Prices for Identical or Similar Assets in Active Markets			Fair Value Measurements Using Significant Unobservable Inputs		Fair Value Measurements Using Significant Unobservable Inputs
		(Level 1)		(Level 2)			(Level 3)		(Level 3)
		Equity Securities		Other investment			Equity Options		Long-Term Equity Funding Agreements
Balance at December 31, 2013	$	21,320	$	10,000		$	-	$	55,943
Total gains or losses
Included in earnings (or changes in net assets)		1,303		1,410			-		-
Purchases, issuances, sales, and settlements
Purchases		18,846		-			-		-
Issuances		-		-			-		-
Sales		(35,637)		(1,150)			-		-
Settlements		-		-			-		-
Balance at December 31, 2014		5,832		10,260			-		55,943

Total gains or losses
Included in earnings (or changes in net assets)		8,120			(10,260)		-		-
Purchases, issuances, sales, and settlements
Purchases		1,061			-		-		-
Issuances		50,063			-		49,834		-
Sales		(1,053)			-		-		-
Settlements		-			-		-
Balance at September 30, 2015	$	64,023	$		-	$	49,834	$	55,943

- Definition

The entire disclosure for a company's election to apply the fair value option for measurement and reporting of eligible financial assets and liabilities (as defined), as well as certain other eligible items (as defined) included in the statement of financial position, whether such option is elected for a single eligible item or a group of similar eligible items and is in addition to other disclosures concerning fair value which the company may be required to provide. Such disclosure might be expected to include: (1) for items included in the statement of financial position: (a) the reasons for electing a fair value option for each eligible item or group of similar eligible items; (b) if the fair value option is elected for some but not all eligible items within a group of similar eligible items: (i) a description of those similar items and the reasons for partial election and (ii) information of how the group of similar items relates to individual balance sheet line items; (c) for each line item in the statement of financial position that includes an item or items for which the fair value option has been elected: (i) information of how each line item in the statement of financial position relates to major categories of assets and liabilities presented in accordance with other fair value disclosures and (ii) the aggregate carrying amount of ineligible items included in each line item in the balance sheet, if any; (d) the difference between the aggregate fair value and the aggregate unpaid principal balance (assuming contractual principal amounts and fair value option elected) of: (i) loans and long-term receivables (other than securities otherwise reported at fair value) and (ii) long-term debt instruments; (e) for loans held as assets for which the fair value option has been elected: (i) the aggregate fair value of loans that are 90 days or more past due, (ii) if the policy is to recognize interest income separately from other changes in fair value, the aggregate fair value of loans in nonaccrual status, and (iii) the difference between the aggregate fair value and the aggregate unpaid principal balance for loans that are 90 days or more past due, in nonaccrual status, or both; (f) for investments that would have been accounted for under the equity method if the entity had not chosen to apply the fair value option, the information required for such investments, if material either individually or in the aggregate; (2) for items included in the income statement: (a) the amounts of gains and losses from fair value changes included in earnings and in which line in the income statement those gains and losses are reported whether or not combined with gains and losses from items required to be accounted for at fair value; (b) a description of how interest and dividends are measured and where they are reported in the income statement; (c) for loans and other receivables held as assets: (i) the estimated amount of gains or losses included in earnings attributable to changes in instrument-specific credit risk and (ii) how the gains or losses attributable to changes in instrument-specific credit risk were determined; (d) for liabilities with fair values that have been significantly affected during the reporting period by changes in the instrument-specific credit risk: (i) the estimated amount of gains and losses from fair value changes included in earnings that are attributable to changes in the instrument-specific credit risk, (ii) qualitative information about the reasons for those changes, and (iii) how the gains and losses attributable to changes in instrument-specific credit risk were determined; and (3) certain other disclosures as required or determined to be provided.

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