of fair value option (2)
Assets
Restricted commercial mortgage loans
Restricted other invested assets
Accrued investment income
Total assets
Liabilities
Other liabilities
Borrowings related to securitization entities
Total liabilities
Net assets and liabilities of newly consolidated entities
Less: amortized cost of fixed maturity securities previously recorded (3)
Cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings upon adoption, pre-tax
Tax effect
Net cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings upon adoption
(1) | Carrying value represents the amounts that would have been recorded in the consolidated financial statements on January 1, 2010 had we recorded the assets and liabilities in our financial statements from the date we first met the conditions for consolidation based on the criteria in the new accounting guidance. |
(2) | Amount represents the difference between book value and fair value of the investments and borrowings related to consolidated securitization entities where we have elected fair value option. |
(3) | Fixed maturity securities that were previously recorded had net unrealized investment losses of $91 million included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as of December 31, 2009. |
For commercial mortgage loans, the carrying amounts represent the unpaid principal balance less any reserve. Restricted other invested assets are comprised of trading securities that are recorded at fair value. Trading securities represent asset-backed securities where we elected fair value option. Borrowings related to securitization entities are recorded at unpaid principal except for the borrowings related to entities where we elected fair value option for all assets and liabilities.
For certain entities consolidated upon adoption of the new accounting guidance on January 1, 2010, we elected fair value option to measure all assets and liabilities at current fair value with future changes in fair value being recording in income (loss). We elected fair value option for certain entities as a method to better present the offsetting changes in assets and liabilities related to third-party interests in those entities and eliminated the potential accounting mismatch between the measurement of the assets and derivatives of the entity compared to the borrowings issued by the entity. The entities where we did not elect fair value option did not have the same accounting mismatch since the assets held by the securitization entity and the borrowings of the entity were recorded at cost. See note 7 for additional information related to consolidation of VIEs.
The new accounting guidance related to consolidation of VIEs has been deferred for a reporting entity’s interest in an entity that has all of the attributes of an investment company as long as there is no implicit or explicit obligation to fund losses of the entity. For entities that meet these criteria, the new accounting guidance related to VIE consolidation would not be applicable until further guidance is issued. Accordingly, we did not have any impact upon adoption related to entities that meet the deferral criteria, such as certain limited partnership and fund investments.
Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures—Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements
On January 1, 2010, we adopted new accounting guidance requiring additional disclosures for significant transfers between Level 1 and 2 fair value measurements and clarifications to existing fair value disclosures related to the level of disaggregation, inputs and valuation techniques. The adoption of this new accounting guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Not Yet Adopted
In July 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued new accounting guidance that will require additional disclosures about the credit quality of loans, lease receivables and other long-term receivables and the related allowance for credit losses. Certain additional disclosures in this new accounting guidance will be effective for us on December 31, 2010 with certain other additional disclosures that will be effective for us on March 31, 2011. We do not expect the adoption of this new accounting guidance to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In April 2010, the FASB issued new accounting guidance on how investments held through separate accounts affect an insurer’s consolidation analysis of those investments. This new accounting guidance will be effective for us on January 1, 2011. We do not expect the adoption of this new accounting guidance to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In March 2010, the FASB issued new accounting guidance clarifying the scope exception for embedded credit derivatives and when those features would be bifurcated from the host contract. Under the new accounting guidance, only embedded credit derivative features that are in the form of subordination of one financial instrument to another would not be subject to the bifurcation requirements. Accordingly, upon adoption of this new accounting guidance, we are required to bifurcate embedded credit derivatives that no longer qualify under the amended scope exception. In conjunction with our adoption, we elected fair value option for certain fixed maturity securities. This accounting guidance was effective for us on July 1, 2010. The impact upon adoption of this new accounting guidance was approximately $270 million, before taxes and other adjustments, and was recorded as a reduction in retained earnings with a corresponding increase in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) on July 1, 2010.
In January 2010, the FASB issued new accounting guidance to require additional disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the rollforward of Level 3 fair value measurements. This new accounting guidance will be effective for us on January 1, 2011. We do not expect the adoption of this new accounting guidance to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.