UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q

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

For the quarterly period ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 000-10685

Midwest Holding Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nebraska20-0362426
(State or other jurisdiction of(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)Identification No.)
 
2900 S. 70th, Suite 400, Lincoln, Nebraska68506
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(402) 489-8266

Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report:Not applicable

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 ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, 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 or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company”and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ☐Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☐Smaller reporting company ☒
Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or reviewed financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐No ☒

As of NovemberAugust 1, 2018,2019, there were 22,873,7641,023,408,553 shares of Voting Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, issued and outstanding.

 


MIDWEST HOLDING INC.

FORM 10-Q

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item No.Item CaptionPage
Item 1.Financial Statements3
 
Consolidated Balance Sheets3
 
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive IncomeLoss4
 
Consolidated Statements of Cash FlowsStockholders’ Equity5
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of Cash Flows6
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements8
 
Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations2326
 
Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk3032
 
Item 4.Controls and Procedures3032
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item No.Item CaptionPage
Item 1.Legal Proceedings3133
 
Item 1A.Risk Factors3133
 
Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds3233
 
Item 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities3233
 
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures3233
 
Item 5.Other Information3233
 
Item 6.Exhibits33
34
Signatures34
Signatures35

PART IFINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

Midwest Holding Inc. and SubsidiariesMIDWEST HOLDING INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

      September 30, 2018      December 31, 2017     June 30, 2019     December 31, 2018
Assets(Unaudited)
Investments, available for sale, at fair value     
Fixed maturities (amortized cost: $19,227,064 and $21,529,779, respectively)$            17,704,697$            21,005,907
Real estate, held for investment496,658505,688
Fixed maturities (amortized cost: 40,884,520 and $19,226,841, respectively) (See Note 5)$40,753,983$17,384,183
Mortgage loans on real estate, held for investment4,176,039-
Policy loans399,355435,19643,25443,843
Total investments18,600,71021,946,79144,973,27617,428,026
Cash and cash equivalents555,443951,52710,274,2242,832,567
Amounts recoverable from reinsurers22,923,59022,501,593
Interest due and accrued202,360223,166
Due premiums562,909637,574
Deferred acquisition costs, net1,889,1072,045,8081,136,507-
Value of business acquired, net331,916427,454
Premiums receivable359,731346,870
Accrued investment income456,663200,708
Reinsurance recoverables (Note 8)23,505,09523,100,644
Intangible assets700,000700,000700,000700,000
Property and equipment, net96,925127,97683,61791,414
Operating lease right of use assets531,098592,065
Other assets273,719107,723463,091261,884
Assets associated with business held for sale (see Note 4)11,722,89320,937,071
Total assets$46,136,679$49,669,612$94,206,195$66,491,249
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Liabilities:
Benefit reserves$25,700,874$26,228,105$16,161,349$16,012,655
Policy claims368,884447,513216,184270,785
Deposit-type contracts17,718,55918,421,05546,069,6817,234,927
Advance premiums47,58640,839476490
Deferred gain on coinsurance transaction919,145955,427
Total policy liabilities44,755,04846,092,939
Notes payable600,000-
Accounts payable and accrued expenses1,085,346791,294
Surplus notes550,000550,000
Long-term debt-18,938,705
Deferred gain on coinsurance transactions2,061,1213,899,999
Lease liabilities (See Note 12):
Finance lease5,5799,299
Operating lease585,595646,519
Other liabilities690,1391,062,087
Liabilities associated with business held for sale (see Note 4)11,718,13621,052,733
Total liabilities46,990,39447,434,23377,508,26069,128,199
Commitments and Contingencies (See Note 8)
Mezzanine Equity:
Preferred stock, Series C, $0.001 par value. Authorized 1,500,000 shares; issued and outstanding 1,500,000 as of September 30, 20181,500,000-
Commitments and Contingencies (See Note 11)
Stockholders' Equity:
Common stock, $0.001 par value. Authorized 120,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 22,873,764 as of September 30, 2018 and 22,860,701 as of December 31, 2017.22,87422,861
Preferred stock, Series C, $0.001 par value. Authorized 1,500,000 shares; issued and outstanding none as of June 30, 2019 and 1,500,000 as of December 31, 2018-1,500,000
Common stock, $0.001 par value. Authorized 1,970,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 1,023,408,553 as of June 30, 2019 and 22,873,764 as of December 31, 2018.1,023,40922,874
Additional paid-in capital33,006,24233,006,25553,451,24333,006,242
Accumulated deficit(33,924,321)(30,282,518)(37,674,922)(35,348,052)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(1,458,510)(511,219)(103,641)(1,818,014)
Total stockholders' (deficit) equity(2,353,715)2,235,379
Total liabilities, mezzanine and stockholders' equity$46,136,679$49,669,612
Total Midwest Holding Inc.'s stockholders' equity (deficit)16,696,089(4,136,950)
Noncontrolling interest1,846-
Total stockholders' equity (deficit)16,697,935(4,136,950)
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity$    94,206,195$          66,491,249

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Midwest Holding Inc. and SubsidiariesMIDWEST HOLDING INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive IncomeCONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(Unaudited)

     Three months ended September 30,     Nine months ended September 30,
2018     20172018     2017
Income:
Premiums$456,574$664,391$1,427,997$2,368,773
Investment income, net of expenses210,981244,343615,913749,176
Net realized (losses) gains on investments(83,613)26,671(285,487)45,680
Miscellaneous income27,42519,40078,70957,255
611,367954,8051,837,1323,220,884
Expenses:
Death and other benefits75,016152,280579,297717,874
Interest credited113,632175,542359,783628,923
Increase in benefit reserves167,062210,561179,625518,307
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs58,82225,295261,735318,149
Salaries and benefits559,377522,1671,471,9141,625,775
Other operating expenses1,600,737538,7422,626,5811,916,017
2,574,6461,624,5875,478,9355,725,045
Loss before income taxes(1,963,279)(669,782)(3,641,803)(2,504,161)
Income tax expense----
Net loss(1,963,279)(669,782)(3,641,803)(2,504,161)
Comprehensive (loss) income:
Unrealized (losses) gains on investments arising during period(137,982)110,695(1,232,778)650,360
Less: reclassification adjustment for net realized losses (gains) on investments83,613(26,671)285,487(45,680)
Other comprehensive (loss) income(54,369)84,024(947,291)604,680
Comprehensive loss$       (2,017,648)$       (585,758)$       (4,589,094)$       (1,899,481)
Net loss per common share, basic and diluted$(0.09)$(0.03)$(0.16)$(0.11)
     Three months ended June 30,     Six months ended June 30,
2019     20182019     2018
Revenues
Insurance premiums$-$2,111$(2,479)$8,347
Investment income, net of expenses448,015201,471639,010404,932
Net realized gains (losses) on investments1,180(152,203)(3,217)(201,874)
Amortization of deferred gain on reinsurance1,046,55212,0941,852,59924,188
Fee income and other revenues66,79525,04482,33551,284
Total Revenues1,562,54288,5172,568,248286,877
Expenses:
Interest credited230,36619,349251,18741,032
Benefits(1,523)33,5291,87293,168
Increase in benefit reserves-(21,110)-(56,959)
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs19,796-21,865-
Salaries and benefits575,625429,8211,115,074912,537
Other operating expenses1,570,130539,3863,505,120943,516
Total expenses2,394,3941,000,9754,895,1181,933,294
Loss from continuing operations before taxes(831,852)(912,458)(2,326,870)(1,646,417)
Federal income tax----
Loss from continuing operations(831,852)(912,458)(2,326,870)(1,646,417)
Loss from discontinued operations-(6,181)-(32,107)
Net loss(831,852)(918,639)(2,326,870)(1,678,524)
Comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized gains (losses) on investments arising during period863,186(471,893)1,711,156(1,094,796)
Less: reclassification adjustment for net realized (gains) losses on investments(1,180)152,2033,217201,874
Other comprehensive income (loss)862,006(319,690)1,714,373(892,922)
Comprehensive income (loss):$30,154$(1,238,329)$(612,497)$(2,571,446)
Net loss per common share
Basic$-$(0.04)$(0.02)$(0.07)
Diluted$    -$    (0.001)$    -$    (0.002)

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Midwest Holding Inc. and SubsidiariesMIDWEST HOLDING INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
Consolidated Statements of Cash FlowsCONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(Unaudited)

      Nine Months ended September 30,
2018      2017
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net loss$            (3,641,803)$            (2,504,161)
Adjustments to arrive at cash provided by operating activities:
Net premium and discount on investments80,271146,442
Depreciation and amortization142,326254,136
Deferred acquisition costs capitalized(43,430)(258,344)
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs227,163318,149
Net realized losses (gains) on investments285,487(45,680)
Deferred coinsurance ceding commission(36,282)326,569
Write-down of DAC and VOBA from coinsurance transaction-1,523,431
Commutation of Security National Life Insurance assumed business(2,543,898)-
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Amounts recoverable from reinsurers(421,997)(8,643,255)
Interest and dividends due and accrued20,80683,105
Due premiums68,69147,316
Policy liabilities992,003744,267
Other assets and liabilities152,229(9,787)
Net cash used for operating activities(4,718,434)(8,017,812)
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Securities available for sale:
Purchases(7,381,392)(20,571,059)
Proceeds from sale or maturity9,313,45627,580,877
Other invested assets:
Purchases(100,000)-
Proceeds from sale or maturity104,892-
Net change in policy loans2,823(27,002)
Net purchases of property and equipment(6,707)(31,128)
Net cash provided by investing activities1,933,0726,951,688
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock1,500,000-
Preferred stock dividend-(30,543)
Proceeds from issuance of notes payable600,000-
Receipts on deposit-type contracts823,0471,873,323
Withdrawals on deposit-type contracts(533,769)(760,765)
Net cash provided by financing activities2,389,2781,082,015
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents(396,084)15,891
Cash and cash equivalents:
Beginning951,527661,545
Ending$555,443$677,436
 
September 30, 2018September 30, 2017
Supplemental Disclosure of Non-Cash Information
Converted Series B Preferred Stock$-$(103)
Common stock issues from converted Series B Preferred Stock-103
$-$-
    Additional        Total
CommonPaid-InAccumulatedNoncontrollingStockholders'
StockCapitalDeficitAOCI*InterestsEquity
Balance, December 31, 2017$22,861$       33,006,255$      (30,282,518)$(511,219)$-$2,235,379
Preferred stock conversion adjustment13(13)----
Net loss--(5,065,534)--      (5,065,534)
Unrealized losses on investments---      (1,306,795)-(1,306,795)
Balance, December 31, 201822,87433,006,242(35,348,052)(1,818,014)-(4,136,950)
Net loss--(2,326,870)--(2,326,870)
Xenith note interest waived-845,536---845,536
Xenith note conversion927,68018,172,320---19,100,000
Class C preferred stock conversion72,8551,427,145---1,500,000
Change in equity of noncontrolling interests----1,8461,846
Unrealized gains on investments---1,714,373-1,714,373
Balance, June 30, 2019$      1,023,409$53,451,243$(37,674,922)$(103,641)$1,846$16,697,935
____________________

*     

Accumulated other comprehensive income

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Midwest Holding Inc. and SubsidiariesMIDWEST HOLDING INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)

     Six Months ended June 30,
2019     2018
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net loss$(2,326,870)$(1,678,524)
Adjustments to arrive at cash provided by operating activities:
Net premium and discount on investments49,75158,719
Depreciation and amortization32,25481,133
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs21,865-
Deferred acquisition costs capitalized(1,157,073)-
Net realized gains on investments4,142201,874
Deferred coinsurance ceding commission(1,838,878)(24,188)
Notes payable interest accrued845,536-
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Reinsurance recoverables(404,451)(366,473)
Accrued investment income(255,955)(1,525)
Premiums receivable(12,861)19,397
Policy liabilities672,825427,068
Other assets and liabilities(421,469)(56,627)
Other assets and liabilities - Discontinued Operations(120,419)560,182
Net cash used for operating activities(4,911,603)(778,964)
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Securities available for sale:
Purchases     (24,117,739)     (5,837,939)
Proceeds from sale or maturity2,406,1656,335,502
Other invested assets purchased-(100,000)
Mortgage loanson real estate, held for investment
Purchases(4,176,039)-
Net change in policy loans5896,806
Net purchases of property and equipment(17,348)(6,707)
Net cash used inor provided by investing activities(25,904,372)397,662
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Finance lease(222)(222)
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock-1,500,000
Proceeds from issuance of notes payable-600,000
Net transfers to noncontrolling interest1,846-
Receipts on deposit-type contracts38,267,011600
Withdrawals on deposit-type contracts(11,003)(9,940)
Net cash provided by financing activities38,257,6322,090,438
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents7,441,6571,709,136
Cash and cash equivalents:
Beginning2,832,567951,527
Ending$10,274,224$2,660,663

See Notes to Consolidated Financial StatementsStatements.


MIDWEST HOLDING INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED)
(Unaudited)

June 30, 2019June 30, 2018
Supplemental Disclosure of Non-Cash Information
Conversion of notes payable
Book value of note payable$       (19,100,000)$-
Common stock927,680-
Additional paid in capital18,172,320-
Conversion of preferred stock
Book value of preferred stock(1,500,000)-
Common stock72,855-
Additional paid in capital1,427,145-
$-$-

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


MIDWEST HOLDING INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

Note 1. Nature of Operations and SummaryBasis of Significant Accounting PoliciesPresentation

Nature of operations:Operations

Midwest Holding Inc. (“Midwest”Midwest,” “the Company,” “we,” “our,” or “the Company”“us”) was incorporated in Nebraska on October 31, 2003 for the primary purpose of becomingoperating a financial services company. The Company is in the life and annuity insurance business and operates through its wholly owned subsidiary, American Life & Security Corp. (“American Life”). The Company has made several acquisitions of life insurance companies and related entities since 2009, all of which have been merged into the Company or into American Life.

Future expansion plans for the Company following the transaction describedAs discussed in Note 2 below between Midwest3, on June 28, 2018, we underwent a change in control as a result of the closing of a Loan, Convertible Preferred Stock and Convertible Senior Secured Note Purchase Agreement dated May 9, 2018 with a non-affiliated third party, Xenith Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Xenith”). LLC, are to leverage technology to distribute insurance products through independent marketing organizations.

In order to allow management to focusOn April 2, 2019, we obtained a 51% ownership in 1505 Capital that was established on this plan, American Life expects to reinsure 100% of its legacy business to a third party via a coinsurance agreement see Note 12. Subsequent Events, for further discussion. Additionally, effective JulyAugust 31, 2018 the Company entered into an agreementwith its Certificate of Formation. It was organized to commute an assumptive reinsurance agreement with Security National Life Insurance Company that had been entered into several years ago. The commutation closed on September 28, 2018.provide financial and investment advisory and management services to clients and any related investment, trading or financial activities.

Basis of presentation:Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States of America generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions from the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. Therefore, theThe information contained in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A10-K for the year ended December 31, 20172018 (“20172018 Form 10-K/A”10-K”), should be read in connection with the reading of these interim unaudited consolidated financial statements.

Certain GAAP policies, which significantly affect the determination of financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, are summarized in our 2018 Form 10-K.

In the opinion of management, these statements include all normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s results. Operating results for the nine month periodthree months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2018,2019, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2018.2019. All material inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Investments:Investments

All fixed maturities and a portion of the equity securities owned by the Company are considered available-for-sale and are included in the consolidated financial statements at their fair value as of the financial statement date. Bond premiums and discounts are amortized using the scientific-yield method over the term of the bonds. Realized gains and losses on securities sold during the year are determined using the specific identification method. Unrealized holding gains and losses, net of applicable income taxes, are included in comprehensive loss.

Declines in the fair value of available for sale securities below their amortized cost are evaluated to assess whether any other-than-temporary impairment loss should be recorded. In determining if these losses are expected to be other-than-temporary, the Company considers severity of impairment, duration of impairment, forecasted recovery period, industry outlook, the financial condition of the issuer, issuer credit ratings, and the intent and ability of the Company to hold the investment until the recovery of the cost.


Midwest Holding Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Continued

The recognition of other-than-temporary impairment losses on debt securities is dependent on the facts and circumstances related to the specific security. If the Company intends to sell a security or it is more likely than not that the Company would be required to sell a security prior to recovery of the amortized cost, the difference between amortized cost and fair value is recognized in the statement of comprehensive income as an other-than-temporary impairment. If the Company does not expect to recover the amortized basis, does not plan to sell the security and if it is not more likely than not that the Company would be required to sell a security before the recovery of its amortized cost, the recognition of the other-than-temporary impairment is bifurcated. The Company recognizes the credit loss portion in the income statement and the noncredit loss portion in accumulated other comprehensive loss. The credit component of an other-than-temporary impairment is determined by comparing the net present value of projected cash flows with the amortized cost basis of the debt security. The net present value is calculated by discounting the Company’s best estimate of projected future cash flows at the effective interest rate implicit in the fixed income security at the date of acquisition. Cash flow estimates are driven by assumptions regarding probability of default, including changes in credit ratings, and estimates regarding timing and amount of recoveries associated with a default. No other-than-temporary impairments were recognized during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 or 2017.2018.

Investment income consists of interest, dividends, and real estate income, which are recognized on an accrual basis and amortization of premiums and discounts.


Midwest Holding Inc. and Subsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Continued

Mortgage loans on real estate, held for investment

Mortgage loans on real estate, held for investment are carried at unpaid principal balances. Interest income on mortgage loans on real estate, held for investment is recognized in net investment income at the contract interest rate when earned. A mortgage loan is considered to be impaired when it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the mortgage agreement. Valuation allowances on mortgage loans are established based upon losses expected by management to be realized in connection with future dispositions or settlement of mortgage loans, including foreclosures. The Company establishes valuation allowances for estimated impairments on an individual loan basis as of the balance sheet date. Such valuation allowances are based on the excess carrying value of the loan over the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s original effective interest rate. These evaluations are revised as conditions change and new information becomes available. No such valuation allowance was established as of June 30, 2019.

Policy loans:loans

Policy loans are carried at unpaid principal balances. Interest income on policy loans is recognized in net investment income at the contract interest rate when earned. No valuation allowance is established for these policy loans as the amount of the loan is fully secured by the death benefit of the policy and cash surrender value.

Real estate, held for investment:Cash and cash equivalentsReal estate, held for investment is comprised of ten condominiums in Hawaii. Real estate is carried at depreciated cost. Depreciation on residential real estate is computed on a straight-line basis over 50 years.

Cash:The Company considers all liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. At SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and December 31, 2017,2018, the Company had no cash equivalents.

Deferred acquisition costs:costs

Deferred acquisition costs (“DAC”) consist of incremental direct costs, net of amounts ceded to reinsurers, that result directly from and are essential to the contract acquisition transaction and would not have been incurred by the Company had the contract acquisition not occurred. These costs are capitalized, to the extent recoverable, and amortized over the life of the premiums produced. The Company evaluates the types of acquisition costs it capitalizes. The Company capitalizes agent compensation and benefits and other expenses that are directly related to the successful acquisition of contracts. The Company also capitalizes expenses directly related to activities performed by the Company, such as underwriting, policy issuance, and processing fees incurred in connection with successful contract acquisitions.

Recoverability of deferred acquisition costs is evaluated periodically by comparing the current estimate of the present value of expected pretax future profits to the unamortized asset balance. If this current estimate is less than the existing balance, the difference is charged to expense. The Company performs a recoverability analysis annually in the fourth quarter unless events occur which require an immediate review. The Company determined that no events occurred in the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 that suggest a review should be undertaken.

The following table provides information about deferred acquisition costs for the periods ended September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

     Nine Months Ended     Year Ended
September 30,December 31,
20182017
Balance at beginning of period$2,045,808$2,568,799
Capitalization of commissions, sales and issue expenses78,002333,940
Change in DAC due to unrealized investment losses27,032(15,201)
Gross amortization(261,735)(404,110)
Change in DAC due to coinsurance ceding commission-(437,620)
Balance at end of period$                 1,889,107$       2,045,808

Midwest Holding Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Continued

Value of business acquired:Value of business acquired (“VOBA”) represents the estimated value assigned to purchased companies or insurance in force of the assumed policy obligations at the date of acquisition of a block of policies.

Recoverability of value of business acquired is evaluated periodically by comparing the current estimate of the present value of expected pretax future profits to the unamortized asset balance. If this current estimate is less than the existing balance, the difference is charged to expense. The Company performs a recoverability analysis annually in the fourth quarter unless events occur which require an immediate review. The Company determined that no events occurred in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 that suggest a review should be undertaken.

Property and equipment:equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost net of accumulated depreciation. Annual depreciation is primarily computed using straight-line methods for financial reporting and straight-line and accelerated methods for tax purposes. Furniture and equipment is depreciated over 3 to 7 years and computer software and equipment is generally depreciated over 3 years. Depreciation expense totaled $12,524$9,814 and $16,740$12,676 for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and 2017,2018, respectively. Depreciation expense totaled $37,758$19,320 and $50,387$25,234 for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and 2017,2018, respectively. Accumulated depreciation net of disposals totaled $931,772$954,800 and $894,014$943,323 as of SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and December 31, 2017,2018, respectively.

Maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred. Replacements and improvements which extend the useful life of the asset are capitalized. The net book value of assets sold or retired are removed from the accounts, and any resulting gain or loss is reflected in earnings.

Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized if the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable and exceeds estimated future undiscounted cash flows of the asset. A recognized impairment loss reduces the carrying amount of the asset to its fair value. Management has determined that no such events occurred in the ninethree months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 that would indicate the carrying amounts may not be recoverable.

Reinsurance:Reinsurance

In the normal course of business, the Company seeks to limit any single exposure to losses on large risks by purchasing reinsurance. The amounts reported in the consolidated balance sheets as reinsurance recoverable include amounts billed to reinsurers on losses paid as well as estimates of amounts expected to be recovered from reinsurers on insurance liabilities that have not yet been paid. Reinsurance recoverable on unpaid losses are estimated based upon assumptions consistent with those used in establishing the liabilities related to the underlying reinsured contracts. Insurance liabilities are reported gross of reinsurance recoverable. Management believes the recoverables are appropriately established. The Company generally strives to diversify its credit risks related to reinsurance ceded. Reinsurance premiums are generally reflected in income in a manner consistent with the recognition of premiums on the reinsured contracts. Reinsurance does not extinguish the Company’s primary liability under the policies written. Therefore, the Company regularly evaluates the financial condition of its reinsurers including their activities with respect to claim settlement practices and commutations, and establishes allowances for uncollectible reinsurance recoverable as appropriate. There were no allowances as of SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 or December 31, 2017.2018.


Midwest Holding Inc. and Subsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Continued

Benefit reserves:reserves

The Company establishes liabilities for amounts payable under insurance policies, including traditional life insurance and annuities. Generally, amounts are payable over an extended period of time. Liabilities for future policy benefits of traditional life insurance have been computed by a net level premium method based upon estimates at the time of issue for investment yields, mortality and withdrawals. These estimates include provisions for experience less favorable than initially expected. Mortality assumptions are based on industry experience expressed as a percentage of standard mortality tables.

Policy claims:claims

Policy claims are based on reported claims plus estimated incurred but not reported claims developed from trends of historical data applied to current exposure.

Deposit-type contracts:contracts

Deposit-type contracts consist of amounts on deposit associated with deferred annuity riders, premium deposit funds and supplemental contracts without life contingencies.


Midwest Holding Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – ContinuedIncome taxes

Notes payable:Notes payable consist of amounts loaned to the Company on June 28, 2018 as part of the closing of the transaction between Xenith and the Company. The loans were made under two notes of $500,000 and $100,000, respectively. The notes are convertible, at Xenith’s election, into approximately 24,300,000 and 4,900,000, respectively, shares of Midwest’s voting common stock which equates to approximately $0.02 per share (see Note 2).

Income taxes:The Company is subject to income taxes in the U.S. federal and various state jurisdictions. Tax regulations within each jurisdiction are subject to the interpretation of the related tax laws and regulations and require significant judgment to apply. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state or local tax examinations by tax authorities for the years before 2010.2015. The Company is not currently under examination for any open years. The provision for income taxes is based on income as reported in the financial statements. The income tax provision is calculated under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets are recorded based on the differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities at the enacted tax rates. The principal assets and liabilities giving rise to such differences are investments, insurance reserves, and deferred acquisition costs. A deferred tax asset valuation allowance is established when there is uncertainty that such assets would be realized. The Company has no uncertain tax positions that it believes are more-likely-than not that the benefit will not to be realized. When applicable, the Company recognizes interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits and penalties in income tax expense. The Company had no accruals for payments of interest and penalties at SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 or December 31, 2017.2018.

Revenue recognition and related expenses:expensesRevenues on traditional life insurance products consist of direct and assumed premiums reported as earned when due.

Amounts received as payment for annuities and/or non-traditional contracts such as interest sensitive whole life contracts, single payment endowment contracts, single payment juvenile contracts and other contracts without life contingencies are recognized as deposits to policyholder account balances and included in future insurance policy benefits. Revenues from these contracts are comprised of fees earned for administrative and contract-holder services and cost of insurance, which are recognized over the period of the contracts, and included in revenue. Deposits are shown as a financing activity in the consolidated statements of cash flows.

Amounts received under our multi-benefit policy form are allocated to the life insurance portion of the multi-benefit life insurance arrangement and the annuity portion based upon the signed policy.

Liabilities for future policy benefits are provided and acquisition costs are amortized by associating benefits and expenses with earned premiums to recognize related profits over the life of the contracts. Acquisition costs are amortized over the premium paying period using the net level premium method. Traditionalexpected life insurance products are treated as long duration contracts, which generally remain in force for the lifetime of the insured.annuity contracts.

Comprehensive loss:loss

Comprehensive loss is comprised of net loss and other comprehensive income (loss). Other comprehensive income (loss) includes unrealized gains and losses from marketable securities classified as available for sale.sale, net of applicable taxes.

Common and preferred stock and earnings (loss) per share

Common and preferred stock and earnings (loss) per share:The par value per commoneach Company share is $0.001 with 120,000,0001,970,000,000 voting common shares authorized, 20,000,000 non-voting common shares authorized, and 10,000,000 preferred shares authorized. On June 18, 2019, Xenith exercised the right to convert its 1,500,000 Series C preferred stock and the $19,100,000 notes payable to voting common stock at the conversion rate of approximately $.02 per common share. At SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and December 31, 2017,2018, the Company had 1,023,408,553 and 22,873,764 voting common shares issued and outstanding, respectively. At June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had none and 1,500,000 Series C preferred shares outstanding shares, respectively.

The Class ASeries C preferred shares were non-cumulative, non-voting and convertibleconverted by the holderXenith to voting common shares after May, 2015,on June 18, 2019 at a rate of 1.476 common sharesapproximately $0.02 per share for each preferred share (subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments). The par value per preferred share was $0.001 with 2,000,000 shares authorized. At December 31, 2017 the 74,159 Class A preferred shares outstanding were converted by the Company into 109,47072,854,474 voting common shares.

The Class B preferred shares were non-cumulative, non-voting and convertible by the holder or the Company to voting common shares after May 1, 2017 at a rate of 2.0 common shares for each preferred share. The par value per preferred share was $0.001 with 1,000,000 shares authorized. The stated annual dividend rate on the Class BSeries C preferred shares was 7%8%. Dividends totaling $30,544 were paid asAt the time of September 30, 2017. On September 15, 2017, the 102,669 outstanding Class B preferred shares were converted byconversion, the Company into 205,338 voting common shares.holder forgave all previously accrued dividends from June 28, 2018 through the conversion date.


Midwest Holding Inc. and SubsidiariesSubsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Continued

Each Class C preferred share is convertible by the holder at any time after the original Series C issue date into approximately 48.57 shares of fully paid and non-assessable voting common shares. The Class C preferred shares vote along with common shares on an as-converted basis. The par valueLoss per preferred share is $0.001 with 1,500,000 shares authorized and outstanding as of September 30, 2018. Each preferred share has a liquidation preference of $1.00 per share. The stated annual dividend rate on the Class C preferred shares is 8% which began accruing on June 28, 2018. See Note 2 Change in Control, for further information.

Loss perbasic share attributable to the Company’s common stockholders was computed based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during each period. The weighted average number of shares outstanding during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2019 and 2018 was 220,781,744 and 2017 were 22,873,716 and 22,764,29422,860,701 shares, respectively. The weighted average number of shares outstanding during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2019 and 2018 were 122,374,461 and 22,860,701 shares, respectively.

Loss per diluted share attributable to the Company’s common stockholders was computed based on the average shares outstanding and the notes payable and Preferred Shares as converted during each period of 2018. The weighted average number of shares outstanding during the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 were 1,023,395,490 and 2017 were 22,873,764 and 22,763,160525,892,004 shares, respectively.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the year ended December 31, 2018 and the six months ended June 30, 2018. These reclassifications do not impact the overall Net loss or Net loss per common shares line items of the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Loss for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2018.

Note 2. New accounting standards:Accounting Standards

Adoption of New Accounting Standards

In August 2018,February 2016, the FASBFinancial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2018-12,Financial Services-Insurance(2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). The guidance in this ASU supersedes the leasing guidance in Topic 944). This update 1) improves840, Leases. Under the timelinessnew guidance, lessees are required to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of recognizing changesexpense recognition in the income statement. The lease liability for future policy benefitsis measured at the present value of the lease payments over the lease term with the right-of-use asset measured as the lease liability amount and modifies the rate used to discount future cash flows, 2) simplifies and improves the accountingincluding adjustments for certain market-based options or guarantees associated with deposit contracts, 3) simplifies the amortizationlease incentives and initial direct costs. Lease expense recognition will continue to differentiate between finance leases and operating leases resulting in a similar pattern of deferred acquisition costs, and 4) improves the effectiveness of the required disclosures.lease expense recognition as under current GAAP. This ASU becomes effectivepermitted a modified retrospective adoption approach that includes a number of optional practical expedients that entities may elect upon adoption.

On January 1, 2019, the Company adopted this standard using a modified retrospective adoption approach. The adoption resulted in the Company identifying three operating leases and one financial lease which were subject to this guidance. The impact to the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) was minimal. We identified four leases with net assets of $539,837 and $606,629 and lease liabilities of $591,174 and $655,818 for fiscal years,the six months ended June 30, 2019 and interim periods within those years, beginning afterthe year ended December 15, 2020. We are currently evaluating the impact of this pending new standard on our consolidated financial statements.31, 2018, respectively.

On February 14, 2018, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”)ASU No. 2018-02,Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. It allows a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The ASU is effective for all entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in any interim period for public business entities for reporting periods for which financial statements have not yet been issued. The Company has evaluated the impact of this update and has determined that this does not impact us currently due to not recording unrealized losses or gains net of tax. The Company has incurred net operating losses since inception so we doit does not record deferred tax assets or deferred tax liabilities due to establishing a valuation allowance.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09,Revenue from Contracts with Customers(“ASU 2014-09”), which outlines a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers. The core principle of ASU 2014-09 is that an entity recognizes revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date (“ASU 2015-14”). This amendment deferred the effective date of the previously issued ASU 2014-09 until the interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. In addition, the FASB has issued four related ASU’s on principal versus agent guidance (ASU 2016-08), identifying performance obligations and the licensing implementation guidance (ASU 2016-10) a revision of certain SEC Staff Observer comments (ASU 2016-11) and implementation guidance (ASU 2016-12). The guidance permits two methods of transition upon adoption; full retrospective and modified retrospective. The Company adopted ASU 2014-09 on January 1, 2018 and utilized the modified retrospective method. Insurance contracts, lease contracts and investments are not within the scope of ASU 2014-09; therefore, this standard does not apply to the majority of our consolidated revenues. For the Company's miscellaneous income,which is within the scope of this guidance,the Company reviewed its service fee income revenue streams and compared its historical accounting policies and practices to the new adopted standard. The Company believes its historical revenue recognition was materially consistent with the way we recognized service fee income as of June 2016, the30, 2019.


Midwest Holding Inc. and Subsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Continued

Future adoption of New Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-15,Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”)for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computer Arrangement That is a Service Contract. Under ASU No. 2018-15, the amendment aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software. The accounting for the service element of a hosting arrangement that is a service contract is not affected by the amendments in this update. In order to determine which costs can be capitalized, we are to follow the guidance in Subtopic 350-40. Cost for implementation activities in the application development stage are capitalized depending on the nature of the costs, while costs incurred during the preliminary project and the post-implementation stage are expensed as the activities are performed. The amendments in this update are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The amendments in this update should be applied either retrospectively or prospectively to all implementation costs incurred after the date of adoption. Management has reviewed and evaluated the impact of this pending new standard and will implement this starting in fiscal year 2020. The Company has incurred substantial implementation costs related to the new cloud based technology that were incurred in 2018 and decided not to early adopt this ASU.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-12,Financial Services-Insurance(Topic 944). This update 1) modifies the timeliness of recognizing changes in the liability for future policy benefits and modifies the rate used to discount future cash flows, 2) simplifies the accounting for certain market-based options or guarantees associated with deposit contracts, 3) simplifies the amortization of deferred acquisition costs, and 4) addresses the effectiveness of the required disclosures. This ASU becomes effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2020. We anticipate that the adoption of ASU 2018-12 will have a broad impact on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures and will require us to make changes to certain of our processes, systems and controls. We are unable to determine the impact at this time of ASU No. 2018-12 as we are still in the process of evaluating the standard.

In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-10,Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses.The amendments in this update include items brought to the Board’s attention by stakeholders to clarify the guidance in the amendments in ASU 2016-13,Financial Instruments – Credit Losses(Topic 326). which was issued in June 2016. These update amendments clarify that receivables arising from operating leases are not within the scope of Subtopic 326-20. Under the new guidance,ASU 2016-13, this replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology in current GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to perform credit loss estimates. This update changes the methodology from an incurred loss to an expected credit loss. An allowance for the expected credit loss will be set up and the net income will be impacted. The credit losses will be evaluated in the current period and an adjustment to the allowance can be made. The new standard becomes effective after December 15, 2019. We are currently evaluating the impact of thisour pending adoption of the new standard on our consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02,Leases(Topic 842). The guidance in this ASU supersedes the leasing guidance in Topic 840, Leases. Under the new guidance, lessees are required to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement. The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. A modified retrospective transition approach is required for lessees for capital and operating leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements, with certain practical expedients available. We are currently evaluating the impact of this pending new standard on our consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01,Business Combinations (Topic 805):Clarifying the Definition of a Business, which assists in determining whether a transaction should be accounted for as an acquisition or disposal of assets or as a business. This ASU is effective for annual and interim periods beginning in 2018 and is required to be adopted using a prospective approach, with early adoption permitted for transactions not previously reported in issued financial statements. The Company adopted this ASU on January 1, 2017. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, however, the Company will apply the provisions of ASU 2017-01 to future acquisitions.


Midwest Holding Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Continued

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09,Revenue from Contracts with Customers(“ASU 2014-09”), which outlines a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers. The core principle of ASU 2014-09 is that an entity recognizes revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14,Revenue from Contracts with Customers(Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date (“ASU 2015-14”). This amendment defers the effective date of the previously issued ASU 2014-09 until the interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Earlier application is permitted for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. In addition, the FASB has issued four related ASU’s on principal versus agent guidance (ASU 2016-08), identifying performance obligations and the licensing implementation guidance (ASU 2016-10), a revision of certain SEC Staff Observer comments (ASU 2016-11) and implementation guidance (ASU 2016-12). The guidance permits two methods of transition upon adoption; full retrospective and modified retrospective. The Company will utilize the modified retrospective method upon adoption of ASU 2014-09 on January 1, 2018. Under the modified retrospective method, revenues and other disclosures for pre-2017 periods would be provided in the notes to the consolidated financial statements as previously reported under the current revenue standard. Insurance contracts, lease contracts and investments are not within the scope of ASU 2014-09; therefore, this standard would not apply to the majority of our consolidated revenues. For the Company’s miscellaneous income, which is within the scope of this guidance, the Company reviewed its service fee income revenue streams and compared its historical accounting policies and practices to the new standard. The Company believes its historical revenue recognition was materially consistent with the way we recognized service fee income as of September 30, 2018.

Note 2.3. Change in Control

On May 9,June 28, 2018 we underwent a change in control as a result of the Company entered intoclosing of a Loan, Convertible Preferred Stock and Convertible Senior Secured Note Purchase Agreement dated May 9, 2018 (the “Agreement”) with a non-affiliated third party, Xenith Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Xenith”).Vespoint LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Vespoint”), owns 100% of the voting stock of Xenith. Vespoint is owned and managed by AMS Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Rendezvous Capital LLC, a New York limited liability company. Each of these three companies is a private investment company; they are controlled by A. Michael Salem and Michael Minnich, who are Co-Chief Executive Officers of Vespoint and Executive Officers of Midwest and American Life.

The terms and conditions of the Agreement were described in Midwest’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)SEC on May 14, 2018. All conditions to consummation of the Agreement, including approval of the transactions contemplated therein by the State of Nebraska Department of Insurance (“NDOI”), were subsequently met and a closing was held pursuant to the Agreement on June 28, 2018 (the “Closing”).


Midwest Holding Inc. and Subsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Continued

Issuance of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock. At the closing of the Agreement, we issued 1,500,000 shares of newly created Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series C Preferred Stock”) to Xenith for $1,500,000, which was recorded in our balance sheet as Mezzanine Equity, and it ranked senior to our voting common stock on liquidation with a preference of $1.00 per share. Subject to the availability of funds, annual dividends of 8% of the Series C Preferred Stock liquidation preference were payable by us; if not paid the dividends accrued. Also, at any time after June 28, 2025 and subject to Nebraska law, Xenith would have required us to redeem the Series C Preferred Stock at the liquidation preference (plus accrued dividends) or fair market value, whichever was greater. If the shares were not redeemed for any reason, an interest rate of 12% per year would have begun. The Preferred Stock voted along with the voting common stock as a single Series on an “as converted” basis. Also, Holders of Preferred Stock voting as a separate Series were entitled to elect five of the Company’s eight members of its Board of Directors. The Preferred Stock had several protections against the Company taking action that would adversely affect the rights of holders of Preferred Stock such as mergers, liquidation, dilutive stock issuances, among others. On June 18, 2019, the Series C Preferred Stock shares were converted, at Xenith’s election, into 72,854,474 shares of our voting common stock at approximately $0.02 per share. All accrued dividends were waived.

At Closing,closing of the Agreement, Xenith loaned a total of $600,000 to Midwest, repayable upon maturity in 10 years with cash interest of 4% per annum payable quarterly and accrued interest of another 4% per annum payable upon maturity. The loans were made under two notes of $500,000 and $100,000, respectively. The first $500,000 note is convertible, at Xenith’s election,Both notes were converted by Xenith into approximately 24,300,000 shares of Midwest’s voting common stock (“Common Stock”) which equates to approximately $0.02 per share. The remaining $100,000 note will also be convertible at the same rate if Midwest has adequate authorized Common Stock available which will require an amendment to its Articles of Incorporation under a proxy statement that was filed with the SEC.

The notes are secured under a Security Agreement which is collateralized by all of the issued and outstanding shares of Midwest’s wholly owned insurance subsidiary, American Life. Xenith has the right to foreclose on the collateral if Midwest commits an event of default under the notes. Defaults include Midwest’s failure to pay interest or principal on the notes when due, failure to observe any material provision of the Agreement, misrepresentations under the Agreement or bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings involving Midwest.

Also at the Closing, Midwest sold 1,500,000 shares of newly created Class C Preferred Stock to Xenith for $1,500,000. The Class C Preferred Stock is convertible, at Xenith’s election, into approximately 72,900,000 shares of Midwest’s Common Stock at $0.02 per share. The Company is proposing to increase its authorizedaggregate 29,141,790 voting common shares to 1,970,000,000.on June 18, 2019.


Midwest Holding Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Continued

To summarize the above for purposes of illustration assuming the Notes and shares of Preferred Stock are converted in the Company’s voting common stock:

     Number     Percentage
Current company shareholders22,900,00018.3%
Note conversion ($500,000)24,300,00019.5%
Note conversion ($100,000)4,900,0003.9%
Preferred stock conversion72,900,00058.3%
Total Outstanding125,000,000       100.0%

The Agreement further providesprovided that Xenith, in its sole discretion, maycould loan up to an additional $22,900,000$23,500,000 to Midwest. Any loans made by Xenith under this election (“Subsequent Loans”) willcould also to be convertibleconverted into Midwest’s Common Stockvoting common stock at the rateprice of $0.02 per share. Xenith is not obligated to make any or allloaned an additional $18,500,000 in the fourth quarter of these proposed future loans.

The conversion2018 following the amendment of Subsequent Loans assumes that Midwest’sthe Midwest Articles of Incorporation are appropriately amended. This amendment will require approval of Midwest’s shareholders as indicated above.

To summarize theto increase its authorized voting common shares to 1,970,000,000. The additional subsequent loans for purposes of illustration assuming the Notes andnotes were converted, at Xenith’s election, into 898,538,525 shares of Preferred Stock are converted into the Company’s voting common stock:

Fully Diluted
     Number     Percentage
Current company shareholders22,900,0001.8%
Note conversion ($500,000)24,300,0001.9%
Note conversion ($100,000)4,900,0000.4%
Preferred stock conversion72,900,0005.7%
Subsequent loans1,145,000,00090.2%
Total Outstanding1,270,000,000        100.0%

The Loanstock on June 18, 2019. All interest on the notes through June 18, 2019 was waived for payment and was accounted for as a capital contribution to Midwest.

Substantially all the proceeds from the Loans and Series C Preferred Stock proceeds were contributed to Midwest’sour insurance subsidiary, American Life, to be held by it and used for general business purposes (exceptpurposes.

To summarize of the conversion of the Notes and shares of Series C Preferred Stock into voting common stock and the outstanding voting common stock as of June 30, 2019:

     As Converted Voting Common Stock
NumberPercentage
Previous company shareholders22,873,7642.2%
Note conversion ($500,000)24,284,8252.4%
Note conversion ($100,000)4,856,9650.5%
Note conversion ($1,000,000)48,569,6504.7%
Note conversion ($17,500,000)              849,968,875                   83.1%
Series C Preferred stock conversion72,854,4747.1%
Total shares outstanding as of June 30, 20191,023,408,553100.0%

Note 4. Assets and Liabilities Held for upSale

On November 30, 2018, American Life entered into an Assumption and Indemnity Reinsurance Agreement (“Reinsurance Agreement”) with Unified Life Insurance Company (“Unified”), a Texas domiciled stock insurance company. The Reinsurance Agreement provides that American Life ceded and Unified agreed to $100,000 which may be used by Midwest to cover a portionreinsure, on an indemnity reinsurance basis, 100% of its expenses in entering intothe liabilities and complying with its obligations under the Agreement). Xenith is not obligated to make any orsubstantially all of these proposed future loans.

TermsAmerican Life’s life, annuity and health policies (“Policies”). The Agreement closed on December 10, 2018, as previously disclosed in Midwest’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 12, 2018. The effective date of Class C Preferred Stockthe Agreement was July 1, 2018.

Rank: Senior to the Common Stock on liquidation with a liquidation preference of $1.00 per share or $1,500,000 in the aggregate.

Dividends: Subject to the availability of funds, dividends at the annual rate of 8% of the liquidation preference of $1,500,000, and dividends accrued if not paid.

Redemption: At any time beginning in early 2025 and subject to Nebraska law, the Lender may require the Company to redeem the shares of Preferred Stock at the liquidation preference (plus accrued dividends) or fair market value, whichever is greater. If the shares are not redeemed for any reason, a default interest rate of 12% per year begins (and increases by 1% per month).

Voting: The Preferred Stock votes along with the Common Stock as a single class on an “as converted” basis.

Election of Directors: Holders of Preferred Stock voting as a separate class are entitled to elect five of the Company’s eight members of its Board of Directors.

Protective Provisions: The Preferred Stock has several protections against the Company taking action that would adversely affect the rights of holders of Preferred Stock such as mergers, liquidation, dilutive stock issuances, among others.


Midwest Holding Inc. and SubsidiariesSubsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Continued

Articles of Amendment

The Agreement, as amended, requires that the Company’s shareholders consider and act upon an amendment to its amended and restated articles of incorporation to increase its authorized shares of voting common stock to 1,970,000,000 shares, $0.001 par value. This increase would be needed if the Lender were to convert its $500,000 Note and shares of Preferred Stock in the Company’s voting common stock and then elects to convert its $100,000 Note and Notes related to any Subsequent Loans into shares of the Company’s voting common stock and for future corporate purposes.

On June 28, 2018, uponAfter the closing of the transaction with Xenith Holdings LLC mentioned above,Reinsurance Agreement, Unified began the process of preparing and delivering certificates of assumption and other materials to policyholders of American Life Midwest’s principal operating subsidiary enteredin order to effect an assumption of the Policies by Unified such that all of American Life’s rights and obligations under the policies arising on and after July 1, 2018 would be completely assumed by Unified without further indemnification or other obligations, except for liabilities, claims and obligations incurred before July 1, 2018. Unified is obligated to indemnify American Life against all liabilities and claims and all of its policy obligations from and after the July 1, 2018.

The consideration paid by Unified to American Life under the Reinsurance Agreement upon closing was $3,500,000 (“Ceding Commission”), subject to minor settlement adjustments. At closing, American Life transferred the Statutory Reserves and Liabilities, as defined in the Reinsurance Agreement, directly related to the policies, to Unified.

The Ceding Commission is being amortized on a straight-line basis over the life of the policies. When the policies are converted to assumptive, meaning American Life has no liability exposure for those policies, the remaining Ceding Commission will be recognized in our income statement.

As of June 30, 2019, 59% of the indemnity policies were converted to assumptive policies thereby releasing American Life from its legal obligations related to those policies.

Our balance sheet was required to be restated for all periods shown with the assets and liabilities which were ceded by American Life to Unified into employment agreements with two officersseparate line items as assets and liabilities held for sale. The table below summarizes the assets and liabilities that are included in discontinued operations as of Xenith.June 30, 2019 and as of December 31, 2018:

     As of June 30,     As of December 31,
20192018
Carrying amounts of major classes of assets included as part of discontinued operations:
Policy loans$131,443$366,849
Amounts recoverable from reinsurers11,471,69920,359,326
Premium recoverable119,751210,896
Total assets held for sale in the Consolidated Balance Sheet$11,722,893$20,937,071
Carrying amounts of major classes of liabilities included as part of discontinued operations:
Benefit reserves$4,654,144$9,799,834
Policy claims131,000127,666
Deposit-type contracts6,899,69311,050,139
Advance premiums18,76621,699
Accounts payable and accrued expenses14,53353,395
Total liabilities held for sale in the Consolidated Balance Sheet$      11,718,136$21,052,733

Midwest Holding Inc. and Subsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Continued

Our income statement was also required to be restated for all periods shown breaking out the net income between continuing operations and discontinued operations. There were no items in 2019 that were reclassified as discontinued operations, therefore, the table below summarizes only the losses that are included in discontinued operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018:

Three months endedSix months ended
June 30,June 30,
     2018     2018
Major line items constituting pretax loss of discontinued operations:
Premiums$                  499,852$             938,888
Death and other benefits(203,892)(411,113)
Interest credited(105,295)(205,119)
Increase in benefit reserves(42,014)(69,522)
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs(108,055)(202,913)
Other operating expenses(46,777)(82,328)
Loss on discontinued operations$(6,181)$(32,107)

Note 3.5. Investments

The cost or amortized cost and estimated fair value of investments classified as available-for-sale as of SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and December 31, 20172018 are as follows:

     Cost or     Gross     Gross     Cost orGrossGross
AmortizedUnrealizedUnrealizedEstimated     Amortized     UnrealizedUnrealizedEstimated
CostGainsLossesFair ValueCostGains     Losses     Fair Value
September 30, 2018:
June 30, 2019:
Fixed maturities:
U.S. government obligations$     2,116,353$     -$     166,286$     1,950,067$     2,102,347$     7,122$     29,705$     2,079,764
Mortgage-back securities1,153,027-69,2201,083,807
Mortgage-backed securities968,61645528,290940,781
Asset-backed securities21,220,30071,31063,22821,228,382
States and political subdivisions -- general obligations266,596-6,305260,291263,2293,889-267,118
States and political subdivisions -- special revenue25,260-23225,02825,172190-25,362
Corporate15,665,828-1,280,32414,385,50416,304,856237,000329,28016,212,576
Total fixed maturities$40,884,520$319,966$450,503$40,753,983
Mortgage loans on real estate, held for investment4,176,039--4,176,039
Total Investments$19,227,064$-$1,522,367$17,704,697$45,060,559$319,966$450,503$44,900,022
December 31, 2017:
December 31, 2018:
Fixed maturities:
U.S. government obligations$2,132,441$-$102,343$2,030,098$2,112,816$247$117,112$1,995,951
Mortgage-back securities1,365,684-47,1031,318,5811,068,976-64,9251,004,051
States and political subdivisions -- general obligations269,8841,1231,020269,987265,473-2,289263,184
States and political subdivisions -- special revenue25,34738-25,38525,231-5825,173
Corporate17,736,42344,037418,60417,361,85615,754,345141,658,53514,095,824
Total fixed maturities$21,529,779$45,198$569,070$21,005,907$19,226,841$261$1,842,919$17,384,183

Midwest Holding Inc. and SubsidiariesSubsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Continued

The Company has two securities that individually exceed 10% of the total of the state and political subdivisions categories as of SeptemberJune 30, 2018.2019. The amortized cost, fair value, credit ratings, and description of each security is as follows:

AmortizedEstimatedAmortizedEstimated
     Cost     Fair Value     Credit Rating     Cost     Fair Value     Credit Rating
September 30, 2018:
June 30, 2019:
Fixed maturities:
States and political subdivisions -- general obligations
Bellingham Wash$     109,124$     104,082AA+
Longview Washington Refunding157,472156,209Aa3
Bellingham, Washington$     108,286$     110,766AA+
Longview, Washington Refunding154,943156,352Aa3
Total$266,596$260,291$263,229$267,118

The following table summarizes, for all securities in an unrealized loss position at SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and December 31, 2017,2018, the estimated fair value, pre-tax gross unrealized loss and number of securities by length of time that those securitiesconsecutive months they have been continuously in an unrealized loss position.

   September 30, 2018:   December 31, 2017June 30, 2019December 31, 2018
   Gross   Number   Gross   NumberGrossNumberGrossNumber
EstimatedUnrealizedofEstimatedUnrealizedofEstimatedUnrealizedofEstimatedUnrealizedof
Fair ValueLossSecurities(1)Fair ValueLossSecurities(1)     Fair Value     Loss     Securities(1)     Fair Value     Loss     Securities(1)
Fixed Maturities:
Less than 12 months:
U.S. government obligations$     7,667$6371$      262,662$     13,8772$     -$     --$     7,862$     4301
Mortgage-back securities---1,318,58147,10319
States and political subdivisions -- general obligations156,2081,2631108,9171,0201
States and political subdivisions -- special revenue25,0282321---
Asset-backed securities2,969,85015,1034---
Corporate8,024,821562,845457,511,874133,06135755,32720,15523,351,664315,61723
Greater than 12 months:
U.S. government obligations1,942,400165,649111,767,43588,466101,870,92029,705111,785,949116,68210
Mortgage-back securities1,083,80869,21919908,76528,290171,004,05264,92519
Asset-backed securities8,626,89648,1259
States and political subdivisions -- general obligations104,0825,0421------263,1832,2892
States and political subdivisions -- special revenue---25,173581
Corporate6,360,683717,480357,144,231285,543426,309,911309,1253410,628,7451,342,91858
Total fixed maturities$17,704,697$     1,522,367114$18,113,700$569,070109$21,441,669$450,50377$17,066,628$1,842,919     114
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(1)We may reflect a security in more than one aging category based on various purchase dates.

Based on our review of the securities in an unrealized loss position at SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and December 31, 2017,2018, no other-than-temporary impairments were deemed necessary. Management believes that the Company will fully recover its cost basis in the securities held at SeptemberJune 30, 2018,2019, and management does not have the intent to sell nor is it more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell such securities until they recover or mature. The temporary impairments shown herein are primarily the result of the current interest rate environment rather than credit factors that would imply other-than-temporary impairment.


Midwest Holding Inc. and SubsidiariesSubsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Continued

The amortized cost and estimated fair value of fixed maturities at SeptemberJune 30, 2018,2019, by contractual maturity, are shown below. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

     Amortized     EstimatedAmortizedEstimated
CostFair Value     Cost     Fair Value
Due in one year or less$     200,271$     199,576$     -$     -
Due after one year through five years979,370938,4821,722,9441,726,985
Due after five years through ten years4,767,5644,400,2347,633,4397,590,720
Due after ten years13,279,85912,166,405
Due after ten years through twenty years24,302,01724,258,907
Due after twenty years7,226,1207,177,371
$19,227,064$17,704,697$40,884,520$40,753,983

The following provides the current composition of our mortgage loans on real estate at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018:

June 30, 2019December 31, 2018
Beginning balance$     -$     -
Apartments and business4,176,039-
Total mortgage loans$     4,176,039$     -

The Company holds no valuation allowance as of June 30, 2019 due to impairment of these mortgages.

The Company is required to hold assets on deposit for the benefit of policyholders in accordance with statutory rules and regulations. At SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and December 31, 2017,2018, these required deposits had a total amortized cost of $3,164,956$3,351,036 and $3,287,932$2,958,178 and fair values of $2,940,607$3,221,426 and 3,167,727,$2,772,809, respectively.

The components of net investment income for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and 20172018 are as follows:

     Three months ended September 30,     Nine months ended September 30,Three months ended June 30,Six months ended June 30,
2018201720182017     2019     2018     2019     2018
Fixed maturities$          201,440     $          244,910$         598,632     $         754,358$     435,427$     197,086$     631,118$     397,192
Mortgage loans9,656-9,656
Other15,31416,08344,78048,7016,83214,7558,07629,466
216,754260,993643,412803,059451,915211,841648,850426,658
Less investment expenses(5,773)(16,650)(27,499)(53,883)(3,900)(10,370)(9,840)(21,726)
Investment income, net of expenses$210,981$244,343$615,913$749,176$448,015$201,471$639,010$404,932

Proceeds for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and 20172018 from sales of investments classified as available-for-sale were $2,977,954$2,040,640 and $12,199,152,$3,023,134, respectively. Gross gains of $3,062$7,382 and $77,394$0 and gross losses of $91,567$7,127 and $85,406$152,203 were realized on those sales during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and 2017,2018, respectively. Proceeds for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and 20172018 from sales of investments classified as available-for-sale were $9,313,456$2,406,165 and $27,580,877,$6,335,502, respectively. Gross gains of $27,972$9,006 and $172,941$24,910 and gross losses of $318,351$13,148 and $127,261$226,784 were realized on those sales during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2019 and 2018, and 2017, respectively.

Note 4.6. Fair Values of Financial Instruments

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. We use valuation techniques that are consistent with the market approach, the income approach and/or the cost approach. Inputs to valuation techniques refer to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Inputs may be observable, meaning those that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from independent sources, or unobservable, meaning those that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. In that regard, accounting standards establish a fair value hierarchy for valuation inputs that gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs. The fair value hierarchy is as follows:

Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the entity has the ability to access as of the measurement date.

Level 2: Significant other observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3: Significant unobservable inputs that reflect a reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.liability


Midwest Holding Inc. and SubsidiariesSubsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Continued

A review of fair value hierarchy classifications is conducted on a quarterly basis. Changes in the valuation inputs, or their ability to be observed, may result in a reclassification for certain financial assets or liabilities. Reclassifications impacting Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy are reported as transfers in/out of the Level 3 category as of the beginning of the period in which the reclassifications occur.

A description of the valuation methodologies used for assets measured at fair value, as well as the general classification of such instruments pursuant to the valuation hierarchy, is set forth below.

Notes payable:Notes payable consisted of the convertible notes entered into due to the Xenith transaction and were recorded net of issuance costs. As of June 30, 2019, Midwest had no outstanding notes payable.

Fixed maturities:Fixed maturities are recorded at fair value on a recurring basis utilizing a third-party pricing source. The valuations are reviewed and validated quarterly through random testing by comparisons to separate pricing models or other third party pricing services. For the period ended SeptemberJune 30, 2018,2019, there were no material changes to the valuation methods or assumptions used to determine fair values, and no broker or third party prices were changed from the values received. Securities with prices based on validated quotes from pricing services are reflected within Level 2.

Cash:The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments approximate the fair value because of the short maturity of the instruments.

Mortgage loans on real estate, held for investment:Mortgage loans are carried at their principal value as there are no traded market values for these loans.

Policy loans:Policy loans are stated at unpaid principal balances. As these loans are fully collateralized by the cash surrender value of the underlying insurance policies, the carrying value of the policy loans approximates their fair value. Policy loans are categorized as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

Deposit-type contracts:The fair value for direct and assumed liabilities under deposit-type insurance contracts (accumulation annuities) is calculated using a discounted cash flow approach. Cash flows are projected using actuarial assumptions and discounted to the valuation date using risk-free rates adjusted for credit risk and nonperformance risk of the liabilities. These liabilities are categorized as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

Surplus notes:The fair value for surplus notes was calculated using a discounted cash flow approach. Cash flows were projected utilizing scheduled repayments and discounted to the valuation date using market rates currently available for debt with similar remaining maturities. These notes were structured such that all interest is paid at maturity. American Life reached an agreement with the holder of the notes upon the completion of the transaction between Midwest and Xenith that the surplus notes in the tables below would be settled by netting the face value of the notes against certain real estate held by American Life. The interest accrued will not need to be paid at time of settlement as it has been forgiven. It is expected that the settlement will be completed following approval by insurance regulatory authorities.

Notes payable:The notes payable are carried at book value and the fair value approximates book value plus accrued interest. The notes payable accrue interest at 8% of the book value and pay out 4% in cash and 4% in paid in kind (“PIK”) which adds interest to the outstanding principal.


Midwest Holding Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Continued

The following table presents the Company’s fair value hierarchy for those financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and December 31, 2017.2018.

Quoted InSignificant OtherSignificantEstimated
     Active MarketsObservable InputsUnobservable InputsFair
(Level 1)     (Level 2)     (Level 3)     Value
June 30, 2019
Fixed maturities:
U.S. government obligations$     -$     2,079,764$     -$     2,079,764
Mortgage-backed securities-940,781-940,781
Asset-backed securities21,228,38221,228,382
States and political subdivisions — general obligations-267,118-267,118
States and political subdivisions — special revenue-25,362-25,362
Corporate-16,212,576-16,212,576
Total fixed maturities-40,753,983-40,753,983
Mortgage loans--4,176,0394,176,039
Total Investments$-$40,753,983$4,176,039$44,930,022
December 31, 2018
Fixed maturities:
U.S. government obligations$-$1,995,951$-$1,995,951
Mortgage-back securities-1,004,051-1,004,051
States and political subdivisions - general obligations-263,184-263,184
States and political subdivisions - special revenue-25,173-25,173
Corporate-14,095,824-14,095,824
Total fixed maturities$-$17,384,183$-$17,384,183
          Significant          
QuotedOtherSignificant
In ActiveObservableUnobservableEstimated
MarketsInputsInputsFair
(Level 1)(Level 2)(Level 3)Value
September 30, 2018
Fixed maturities:
U.S. government obligations$      -$     1,950,067$     -$     1,950,067
Agency securities-1,083,807-1,083,807
States and political subdivisions — general obligations-260,291-260,291
States and political subdivisions — special revenue-25,028-25,028
Corporate-14,385,504-14,385,504
Total Investments$-$17,704,697$-$17,704,697
December 31, 2017
Fixed maturities:
U.S. government obligations$-$2,030,098$-$2,030,098
Mortgage-back securities-1,318,581-1,318,581
States and political subdivisions - general obligations-269,987-269,987
States and political subdivisions - special revenue-25,385-25,385
Corporate-17,361,856-17,361,856
Total fixed maturities$-$21,005,907$-$21,005,907

Midwest Holding Inc. and Subsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Continued

There were no transfers of financial instruments between any levels during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 or during the year ended December 31, 2017.2018.

Accounting standards require disclosure of the fair value of financial assets and financial liabilities, including those financial assets and financial liabilities that are not measured and reported at fair value on a recurring basis or non-recurring basis. The methodologies for estimating the fair value of financial assets and financial liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis are discussed above. There were no financial assets or financial liabilities measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis.

The following disclosure contains the carrying values, estimated fair values and their corresponding placement in the fair value hierarchy, for financial assets and financial liabilities as of SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and December 31, 2017,2018, respectively:

September 30, 2018June 30, 2019
Fair Value Measurements UsingFair Value Measurements Using
Quoted Prices inQuoted Prices in
Active MarketsSignificant OtherSignificantActive MarketsSignificant OtherSignificant
for Identical AssetsObservableUnobservablefor Identical AssetsObservableUnobservable
Carryingand LiabilitiesInputsInputsFair     Carrying     and Liabilities     Inputs     InputsFair
     Amount     (Level 1)     (Level 2)     (Level 3)     ValueAmount(Level 1)(Level 2)(Level 3)     Value
Assets:
Policy loans$     399,355$-$     -$     399,355$     399,355$     43,254$     -$     -$     43,254$     43,254
Cash555,443555,443--555,44310,274,22410,274,224--10,274,224
Liabilities:
Policyholder deposits
(Deposit-type contracts)17,718,559--17,718,55917,718,559
Surplus notes and accrued interest payable868,214--868,214868,214
Notes payable and accrued interest payable612,266--612,266612,266
Policyholder deposits (Deposit-type contracts)46,069,681--46,069,68146,069,681
 
December 31, 2018
Fair Value Measurements Using
Quoted Prices in
Active MarketsSignificant OtherSignificant
     for Identical AssetsObservableUnobservable
Carryingand Liabilities     InputsInputsFair
Amount     (Level 1)(Level 2)     (Level 3)     Value
Assets:
Policy loans$     43,843$     -$     -$     43,843$     43,843
Cash2,832,5672,832,567--2,832,567
Liabilities:
Policyholder deposits (Deposit-type contracts)7,234,927--7,234,9277,234,927
Notes payable18,938,705--18,988,76018,988,760

Midwest Holding Inc. and SubsidiariesSubsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Continued

December 31, 2017
Fair Value Measurements Using
          Quoted Prices in          
Active MarketsSignificant OtherSignificant
for Identical AssetsObservableUnobservable
Carryingand LiabilitiesInputsInputsFair
Amount(Level 1)(Level 2)(Level 3)Value
Assets:
Policy loans$435,196$-$-$435,196     $435,196
Cash951,527951,527--951,527
Liabilities:
Policyholder deposits
(Investment-type contracts)18,421,055--18,421,05518,421,055
Surplus notes and accrued interest payable843,922--843,922843,922

Note 5.7. Income Tax Matters

Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities as of SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and December 31, 20172018 are as follows:

     September 30, 2018     December 31, 2017     June 30, 2019     December 31, 2018
Deferred tax assets:
Loss carryforwards$             881,177$             5,782,670$2,172,212$1,429,458
Capitalized costs281,360317,026245,695269,472
Unrealized losses on investments323,259123,45430,464390,349
Charitable contribution carryforward 7,100 - 
Benefit reserves667,548656,180657,727192,858
Total deferred tax assets2,153,3446,879,3302,289,8442,282,137
Less valuation allowance(1,553,830)(6,240,991)      (1,835,176)            (1,928,454)
Total deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance599,514638,339454,668353,683
Deferred tax liabilities:
Policy acquisition costs261,119263,683223,447-
Due premiums118,211133,89175,544117,144
Value of business acquired69,70289,765
Intangible assets147,000147,000147,000147,000
Policy loans188-9,08386,245
Property and equipment3,2944,000(406)3,294
Total deferred tax liabilities599,514638,339454,668353,683
Net deferred tax assets$-$-$-$-

At SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and December 31, 2017,2018, the Company recorded a valuation allowance of $1,553,830$1,835,176 and $6,240,919,$1,928,454, respectively, on the deferred tax assets to reduce the total to an amount that management believes will ultimately be realized. Realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon sufficient future taxable income during the period that deductible temporary differences and carryforwards are expected to be available to reduce taxable income.

OnSection 382 of the Internal Revenue Code limits the utilization of U.S. net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards following a change of control, which occurred on June 28, 2018. As of June 30, 2019, the deferred tax assets included the expected tax benefit attributable to federal NOLs of $6,423,135. The federal NOLs generated prior to June 28, 2018 the Company closed the transaction with Xenith as disclosed in Note 2 above. As a result of that transaction, a change in control occurred which required usare subject to apply Section 382 limitationslimitation can be carried forward. If not utilized, the NOLs of $890,636 prior to 2017 will expire through the amountyear of its2032, and the NOLs generated from June 28, 2018 to June 30, 2019 do not expire and will carry forward indefinitely, but their utilization in any carry forward year is limited to 80% of taxable income in future years that canyear. The Company believes that it is more likely than not that the benefit from federal NOL carryforwards will not be offset by historic losses. Our loss carryforwards were reduced by $5,735,023 asrealized; thus, we have recorded a resultfull valuation allowance of $1,348,858 on the application of the 382 limitation as shown below.

Loss carryforwards fordeferred tax purposes as of September 30, 2018, have expiration dates that range from 2024 through 2036.assets related to these federal NOL carryforwards.


Midwest Holding Inc. and SubsidiariesSubsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Continued

There was no income tax expense for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and 2017.2018. This differed from the amounts computed by applying the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate of 21% in 2018 and 34% in 2017 to pretax income, as a result of the following:

Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,Three months ended June 30,Six months ended June 30,
     2018     2017     2018     2017     2019     2018     2019     2018
Computed expected income tax benefit$     (477,395)$     (227,726)$     (764,779)$     (851,415)$(174,689)$(192,914)$(488,643)$(352,490)
Increase (reduction) in income taxes resulting from:
Meals, entertainment and political contributions1,6285,7695,83212,0343,0532,2475,6364,204
Change in loss carryforward due to 382 limitation202,9942,131,9965,735,023959,800-5,532,029-5,532,029
COD Interest 177,563 - 177,563 - 
Other(54,442)(96,360)(89,110)(105,922)(38,136)44,01738,83730,266
150,1802,041,4055,651,745865,912142,4805,578,293222,0365,566,499
Tax benefit before valuation allowance(327,215)1,813,6794,886,96614,497     (32,209)5,385,379     (266,607)5,214,009
Change in valuation allowance327,215(1,813,679)(4,886,966)(14,497)32,209     (5,385,379)266,607     (5,214,009)
Net income tax expenses$-$-$-$-$-$-$-$-

Note 6.8. Reinsurance

A summary of significant reinsurance amounts affecting the accompanying consolidated financial statements as of SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and December 31, 20172018 and for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and 20172018 is as follows:

     September 30, 2018     December 31, 2017     June 30, 2019     December 31, 2018
Balance sheets:
Benefit and claim reserves assumed$     -$     2,638,477
Benefit and claim reserves ceded22,923,59022,501,59323,505,09523,100,644

Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,Three months ended June 30,Six months ended June 30,
     2018     2017     2018     2017     2019     2018     2019     2018
Statements of comprehensive income:
Premiums assumed$     1,922$     6,146$     10,268$     17,736$-$2,111$-$8,347
Premiums ceded231,01249,883871,677157,480249,200 298,156522,301640,665
Benefits assumed3578,86892,79237,998-33,165-92,435
Benefits ceded46,390-149,452212,95538,326 41,986116,029103,062
Commissions assumed461820-9-14
Commissions ceded1,644-5,864-3,666 2,2866,5804,220

The following table provides a summary of the significant reinsurance balances recoverable on paid and unpaid policy claims by reinsurer along with the A.M. Best credit rating as of September 30, 2018:reinsurer:

Recoverable onTotal Amount            Recoverable on      Total Amount
RecoverableRecoverableBenefitCededRecoverableRecoverableRecoverableBenefitCededRecoverable
AM Beston Paidon UnpaidReserves/Deposit-Due    fromAM Beston Paidon UnpaidReserves/Deposit-Duefrom
Reinsurer    Rating    Losses    Losses    type Contracts    PremiumsReinsurerRatingLossesLossestype ContractsPremiumsReinsurer
Optimum Re Insurance CompanyA-$     -$     6,706$     87,149$     -$     93,855A-$-$-$483,945$-$483,945
Sagicor Life Insurance CompanyA--255,90812,035,212259,20912,031,911A--119,87111,383,747268,35111,235,267
US Alliance Life and Security CompanyNR-8,00010,873,88184,05710,797,824NR-31,00011,782,70227,81911,785,883
$-$270,614$22,996,242$343,266$22,923,590$-$150,871$23,650,394$    296,170$23,505,095

Midwest Holding Inc. and SubsidiariesSubsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Continued

Effective September 30, 2017,July 1, 2018, American Life entered into an assumptive and indemnity coinsurance transaction with US Alliance Life and Security Company (“US Alliance”)Unified to transfer 100% of the risk related to the Great Plains Life and First Wyoming Life blocks of business. The purpose of this transaction was to provide statutory capital and surplus for American Life and has minimal effect on GAAP financials. We paid no commissions or brokerage fees for this transaction and the proceeds of the transaction were based upon valuations prepared by our third party actuary. American Life had more than one offer to assume this business. Under the indemnity coinsurance, US Alliance assumed certain liabilities and obligations for incurred claims, surrenders and commissions. As we are not relieved of our legal liability to the policyholders; the liabilities and obligations associated with the reinsured blocksremaining legacy block of business, remain on our Consolidated Balance Sheets with a corresponding reinsurance receivable from US Alliance.see Note 4 above for further discussion. We transferred $9,569,175$19,311,616 of GAAP net adjusted reserves as of September 30, 2017July 1, 2018 to US AllianceUnified for cash of $7,078,223$14,320,817, which was net of a ceding allowance of $1,850,000 which is treated as an increase to surplus$3,500,000 plus the accrued interest on a statutory basis. As a result of the transaction in addition to the reserves, American Life will cede approximately $883,000 of annual GAAP revenues and $1,758,250 of statutory revenues. US Alliance assumes allfrom July 1, 2018 until it closed on December 10, 2018. Unified assumed certain responsibilities for incurred claims, surrenders and commission from the effective date.

The ceding commission of $1,850,000 first reduced$3,500,000 was recorded net of the difference between statutory and GAAP net adjusted reserves, the elimination of DAC of $437,620 and$1,890,013, VOBA of $1,085,811 which had been held on$338,536, and the remaining deferred profit from our books from the Great Plains Life and First Wyoming Life acquisitions.legacy business of $26,896. The remaining $967,521$3,069,690 was reflected as a deferred gain which is beingand will be recognized into income over the expected duration of the Great Plains Life and First Wyoming Lifelegacy blocks of business. AmortizationAs of June 30, 2019, Unified had converted 59% of the indemnity coinsurance to assumptive coinsurance. American Life had amortization expense for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 of $67,108. As a result of the assumption of 59% of the indemnity policies, $1,747,582 was $12,094additionally released into income for the six months ended June 30, 2019. The ending deferred ceding commission at June 30, 2019 was $1,178,258.

American Life and $36,282, respectively. Accumulated amortizationSecurity National Life Insurance (“SNL”) reached an agreement to commutate the assumed block of life business effective July 31, 2018. American Life recorded a GAAP loss of $154,780 due to the difference between the GAAP and statutory reserves and the write-off of the remaining VOBA. Net adjusted reserves transferred back to SNL totaled $48,376 and $12,094 as of September$2,543,898 on a GAAP basis.

At June 30, 20182019 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

At September 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017, total benefit reserves, policy claims, deposit-type contracts, and due premiums ceded by American Life to Sagicor were $12,031,911$11,235,267 and $12,320,695,$11,494,161, respectively. At September, 2018June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2017,2018, total benefit reserves, policy claims, deposit-type contracts, and due premiums ceded by American Life to US Alliance was $10,797,824were $11,785,883 and $10,072,530,$11,149,888, respectively. American Life remains contingently liable on the ceded reinsurance should Sagicor or US Alliance be unable to meet their respective obligations.

The use of reinsurance does not relieve American Life of its primary liability to pay the full amount of the insurance benefit in the event of the failure of a reinsurer to honor its contractual obligation.obligation for all blocks of business except what is included in the Unified transaction. The reinsurance agreement with Unified discharges American Life’s responsibilities once all the policies have changed from indemnity to assumptive reinsurance. No reinsurer of business ceded by American Life has failed to pay policy claims (individually or in the aggregate) with respect to our ceded business.

American Life monitors several factors that it considers relevant to satisfy itself as to the ongoing ability of a reinsurer to meet all obligations of the reinsurance agreements. These factors include the credit rating of the reinsurer, the financial strength of the reinsurer, significant changes or events of the reinsurer, and any other relevant factors. If American Life believes that any reinsurer would not be able to satisfy its obligations with American Life, a separate contingency reserve may be established. At SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and December 31, 2017,2018, no contingency reserve was established.

OnNote 9. Notes Payable

At closing of the Agreement, Xenith loaned a total of $600,000 to Midwest, repayable upon maturity in 10 years with interest of 8% per annum of accrued interest of another 4% per annum payable upon maturity. The loans were made under two notes of $500,000 and $100,000, respectively. The Agreement further provided that Xenith, in its sole discretion, may loan up to an additional $23,500,000 to Midwest. Any loans made by Xenith under this election (“Subsequent Loans”) could also to be converted into our voting common stock at $0.02 per share. Xenith contributed an additional $18,500,000 in the fourth quarter of 2018 following the amendment of the Midwest Articles of Incorporation to increase its authorized voting common shares to 1,970,000,000.

The Company had total accrued interest of $845,536 on the Xenith notes through June 20, 2010, American Life coinsured a block18, 2019. This included interest not recorded from June 28, 2018 through December 31, 2018 of life insurance business$131,711 and interest from Security National Life Insurance (“SNL”)January 1, 2019 through June 18, 2019 of $713,825. All interest on the notes from inception through June 18, 2019 were waived by Xenith. The purchase priceaccrued interest was accounted for this block of business was approximately $375,000 which was set up as an intangible asset to be amortized over ten years. American Life and SNL reached an agreement to commute this coinsured block of life business effective July 31, 2018. American Life recorded a GAAP loss of $154,780 due to the difference between the GAAP and statutory reserves and the write-off of the remaining VOBA. Net adjusted reserves transferred back to SNL totaled $2,543,898 on a GAAP basis.additional capital contribution.


Midwest Holding Inc. and SubsidiariesSubsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Continued

The following table sets forth information regarding loans made to us by Xenith through June 18, 2019 and the number of shares of voting common stock each loan was converted into:

Shares of Common
LoanStock into which
PrincipalLoan May be
Date of Loan     Amount     Converted
June 28, 2018$500,00024,284,825
June 28, 2018100,0004,856,965
October 10, 20181,000,00048,569,650
December 7, 201817,500,000849,968,875
Total$     19,100,000927,680,315

As of June 30, 2019, Midwest had no notes outstanding to Xenith.

Note 7.10. Deposit-Type Contracts

The Company’s deposit-type contracts represent the contract value that has accrued to the benefit of the policyholder as of the balance sheet date. Liabilities for these deposit-type contracts are included without reduction for potential surrender charges. This liability is equal to the accumulated account deposits, plus interest credited, and less policyholder withdrawals. The following table provides information about deposit-type contracts for the quarterthree months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and the year ended December 31, 2017:2018:

Nine Months EndedYear EndedSix Months EndedYear Ended
     September 30, 2018     December 31, 2017     June 30, 2019     December 31, 2018
Beginning balance$             18,421,055$             16,012,567$7,234,927$8,314,297
US Alliance536,141-324,871804,187
Commutation of SNL assumption(1,881,411)-
Deposits received823,0472,511,107            38,269,699            (1,881,411)
Investment earnings359,783808,085251,187650
Withdrawals(533,769)(899,799)(11,003)47,936
Contract charges(6,287)(10,905)-(50,732)
Ending balance$17,718,559$18,421,055$46,069,681$7,234,927

Under the terms of American Life’s commutationhistorical coinsurance agreement with Security Nationala third party, American Life assumed certain deposit-type contract obligations. These were commutated effective July 31, 2018, American Life removed the deposit-type contract obligations it had assumed in 2009, as shown in the table above.2018. The remaining deposits, withdrawals and interest credited represent thosein the table above represents the sales of the multi-year guaranteed annuity (“MYGA”) product for American Life’s direct business.2019 and activity from the third party through July 31, 2018.

Note 8.11. Contingencies and Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Proceedings:We are involved in litigation incidental to our operations from time to time. We are not presently a party to any legal proceedings other than litigation arising in the ordinary course of our business, and we are not aware of any claims that could materially affect our financial position or results of operations.

Regulatory Matters: State regulatory bodies and other regulatory bodies regularly make inquiries and conduct examinations or investigations concerning the Company’s compliance with laws in relation to, but not limited to, insurance and securities matters. The Company cooperatesAmerican Life received a Certificate of Authority to conduct business in these inquiries.Iowa during the first quarter of 2019. American Life is seeking approval to conduct business in additional states during 2019.

Office Lease:The Company leases office space in Lincoln, Nebraska under an agreement executed October 17, 2013 that expires on January 31, 2024. The Company executed an amendment to its lease for an additional 2,876 square feet of office space on October 23, 2015, which expired on May 31, 2017. Rent expense for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 was $47,683 and $55,968, respectively. Rent expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 was $142,827 and $173,103, respectively. Future minimum lease payments for the remainder of 2018 and the subsequent years are as follows:

2018$     34,139
2019     141,412
2020146,477
2021151,543
2022156,608
Later years175,182
Total$805,361

Midwest Holding Inc. and SubsidiariesSubsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Continued

Note 12. Leases

Our operating lease activities consist of leases for office space and equipment. Our finance lease activities consist of leases for hardware which we will own at the end of the lease agreement. None of our lease agreements include variable lease payments. See discussion of the January 1, 2019 implementation impact at Note 1. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.

Supplemental balance sheet information as of June 30, 2019 for our leases is as follows:

          As of     As of
LeasesClassificationJune 30, 2019December 31, 2018
Assets
Noncurrent:
FinanceOffice and other equipment, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization$8,739$14,564
OperatingOperating lease right-of-use assets531,098592,065
Total leased assets$539,837$606,629
 
Liabilities
Current:
Finance leaseFinance lease liabilities$5,579$9,299
Noncurrent:
Operating leaseOperating lease liabilities585,595646,519
Total leased liabilities$591,174$655,818

The difference between assets and liabilities includes a $5,266 adjust to the finance lease and a $54,454 adjustment to an operating lease, both at the beginning of the period as part of the ASC 842 implementation adjustment.

Our operating and finance leases expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 are as follows:

Three months ended June 30,Six months ended June 30,
Leases     Classification     2019     2018     2019     2018
OperatingGeneral and administrative expense$     3,344$     4,609$     7,109$     9,219
 
Finance lease cost:
Amortization expense2,9141,1215,8271,121
Interest expense111111222222

Minimum contractual obligations for our leases as of June 30, 2019 are as follows:

  Operating Leases Finance Lease
2019 (excluding six months ended June 30, 2019)     $78,158     $4,267
2020160,9582,133
2021164,081-
2022156,608-
2023161,674-
202413,508-
Total remaining lease payments$     734,987$     6,400

Midwest Holding Inc. and Subsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Continued

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows:

     Three months ended June 30,     Six months ended June 30,
2019     20182019     2018
Cash payments
Operating cash flows from operating leases$         (190)$         1,076$      42$      1,076
Operating cash flows from finance leases1,164(628)2,328(1,258)
Financing cash flows from finance leases(111)(111)(222)(222)

The weighted average remaining lease terms of our finance and operating leases were nine months and three years, respectively and as of June 30, 2019. As of December 31, 2019 the weighted average remaining lease terms of our finance and operating leases were fifteen months and three and a half years, respectively. The weighted average discount rates used to determine the lease liabilities for finance leases was 6% and operating leases was 8% as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2019, respectively. The discount rate used for finance leases was based on the rates implicit in the leases. The discount rate used for operating leases was based on our incremental borrowing rate.

Note 9.13. Statutory Net Income and Surplus

American Life is required to prepare statutory financial statements in accordance with statutory accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the Nebraska Department of Insurance. Statutory practices primarily differ from GAAP by charging policy acquisition costs to expense as incurred, establishing future policy benefit liabilities using different actuarial assumptions as well as valuing investments and certain assets and accounting for deferred taxes on a different basis. American Life’s statutory net losslosses for the ninesix months ending Septemberended June 30, 2019 and 2018 were $3,000,141 and 2017 was $3,107,135 and $1,435,973,$1,381,377, respectively. Capital and surplus of American Life as of SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and December 31, 2017 were $1,630,4192018 was $16,132,711 and $2,966,031,$20,979,285, respectively. The decrease in capital and surplus of American Lifenet loss was primarily due to the continuing expenses incurred to obtainprovide services on the new software and related technology to distribute products through marketing organizations and the costs incurred to develop a neworganizations. The multi-year guaranteed annuity (“MYGA”) product for American Life. These were offset bysales began late in January 2019 with $38,238,880 of face amount of policies issued during the capital contribution from Midwestfirst half of $2,000,0002019. An additional $6,102,081 was pending as a result of the transaction between Midwest and Xenith, the expenses incurred to obtain new software and related technology to distribute products through marketing organizations and the costs incurred to develop the new MYGA product thatJune 30, 2019. Even though American Life anticipates offeringhad a significant increase in statutory revenue, the future.earnings profile of MYGA products are characterized by up-front statutory losses.

Note 10.14. Surplus Notes

The following provides a summary of the Company’sOur surplus notes along with issue dates, maturity dates, face amounts,of $300,000 and interest rates$250,000 matured on August 1, 2016 and September 1, 2016, respectively. The Company retired the notes in full as of September 30, 2018:

Annual
Creditor     Issue Date     Maturity Date     Face Amount     Interest Rate
David G. ElmoreSeptember 1, 2006September 1, 2016$     250,0007%
David G. ElmoreAugust 4, 2011August 1, 2016300,0005%

The Company reached an agreement with David Elmore following the closing of the transaction with Xenith and subject to approval by the Nebraska Department of Insurance, that the surplus notes will be retired in full,December 31, 2018, including any accrued interest, through the transfer of the 10 condominiums in Hawaii owned by American Life. As of September 30, 2018, theThe book value of the condominiumssurplus notes, including interest, was $496,658 with an appraised$876,400. The book value of $640,000.the 10 condominiums in Hawaii was $493,648. We recognized a gain of $382,752 on the settlement of the condos and surplus notes.

Note 11.15. Third Party Administration

The Company commenced its third party administrative (“TPA”) services in 2012 as an additional revenue source. These services are offered to non-affiliated entities. These agreements, for various levels of administrative services on behalf of each company, generate fee income for the Company. Services provided vary based on their needs and can include some or all aspects of back-office accounting and policy administration. We have been able to perform our TPA services using our existing in-house resources. Fees earned during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2019 and 2018 amounted to $12,720 and 2017 were $24,600 and $16,500,$23,100, respectively. Fees earned during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2019 and 2018 were $28,260 and 2017 were $71,940 and $49,500,$47,340, respectively.

Note 12.16. Subsequent Events

All of the effects of subsequent events that provide additional evidence about conditions that existed at September 30, 2018, including the estimates inherent in the process of preparing consolidated financial statements, are recognized in the consolidated financial statements. The Company does not recognize subsequent events that provide evidence about conditions that did not exist at the date of the consolidated financial statements but arose after, but before the consolidated financial statements were available to be issued. In some cases, non-recognized subsequent events are disclosed to keep the consolidated financial statements from being misleading.

On October 10, 2018, Midwest borrowed an additional $1,000,000 from Xenith which was contributed toEffective July 25, 2019, American Life as partentered into a Funds Withheld Coinsurance and Modified Coinsurance Agreement (“FW/Modco Agreement”) with Ironbound Reinsurance Company Limited, an unaffiliated reinsurance company organized under the laws of Barbados (“Ironbound”). Under the subsequent additional loans as mentioned in Note 2 in Item 1 above.

American Life has pending regulatory approval to cede 100% of its legacy business to a third party. Pursuant to the terms of a proposed reinsurance treaty, this transaction will be an indemnity coinsurance transaction to transition the legacy business to assumptive reinsurance as various states grant approval. The transaction will be effective as of July 1, 2018 with settlement of net reserves of $19,339,393 in exchange for a $3.1 million deferred gain which will be amortized over the remaining life of the policies. This transaction is expected to occur before the end of 2018. Upon closing,FW/Modco Agreement, American Life will settle $14.0 million cede to Ironbound, on a funds withheld coinsurance and modified coinsurance basis, an initial ninety-five (95%) quota share of cashcertain liabilities with respect to its MYGA business. American Life has established two accounts to hold the assets for the FW/Modco Agreement, a Funds Withheld Account and a Modco Deposit Account.

In addition, a trust account was established on June 30, 2019 among American Life, Ironbound and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association for the sole benefit of American Life to fund the Funds Withheld Account and the Modco Deposit Account for any shortage to cover required reserves.

The initial settlement included net premium income of $45,005,536 (gross premiums of $46,568,321 minus gross commissions paid of $1,562,786) and net statutory reserves of $47,271,267. The initial settlement for the Funds Withheld Account was $24,928,934 and approximately $1.1 millionfor the Modco Deposit Account was $16,619,289 and the reserves required was $26,944,622 and $17,963,081, respectively. The amount owed to the Funds Withheld Account and the Modco Deposit Account from the trust account was $2,015,688 and $1,343,792, respectively which was funded at the closing of premiums received offset by approximately $198,000the Ironbound transaction. of claims incurred from July 1, 2018 through September 30, 2018.


ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) is intended to help the reader understand the financial condition as of SeptemberJune 30, 2018,2019, compared with December 31, 2017,2018, and the results of operations for the three and nine months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2018,2019, compared with the corresponding periodsperiod in 20172018 of Midwest Holding Inc. and its consolidated subsidiary. The MD&A is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements (“Notes”) presented in “Part 1 – Item 1. Financial Statements”; of this Report; and our Form 10-K/A10-K for the year ended December 31, 20172018 (“20172018 Form 10-K/A”10-K”), including the sections entitled “Part I – Item 1A. Risk Factors,” and “Part II – Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Except for certain historical information contained herein, this report contains certain statements that may be considered “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and such statements are subject to the safe harbor created by those sections. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including without limitation: any projections of revenues, earnings, cash flows, capital expenditures, or other financial items; any statement of plans, strategies, and objectives of management for future operations; any statements concerning proposed acquisition plans, new services, or developments; any statements regarding future economic conditions or performance; and any statements of belief and any statement of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Words such as “believe,” “may,” “could,” “expects,” “hopes,” “estimates,” “projects,” “intends,” “anticipates,” and “likely,” and variations of these words, or similar expressions, terms, or phrases, are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, assumptions, and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified, which could cause future events and actual results to differ materially from those set forth in, contemplated by, or underlying the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the section entitled "Item 1A. Risk Factors," set forth in our 20172018 Form 10-K/A.10-K.

All such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Form 10-Q. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. We expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the our expectations with regard thereto or any change in the events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

Overview

We were formed on October 31, 2003 for the primary purpose of becoming a financial services company. We presently conduct our business through our sole life insurance subsidiary, American Life & Security Corp. (“American Life”). In 2009, American Life was issued a certificate of authority to conduct life insurance business in Nebraska.

We have incurred losses since inception that resulted primarily from costs incurred while raising capital and establishing and operating American Life and other entities. We expect to continue to incur operating losses until American Life achieves a volume of in-force life insurance policies and other insurance and annuity products that provideprovides premiums that are sufficient to cover our operating expenses.

On May 9,April 2, 2019, we obtained a 51% ownership in 1505 Capital that was established on August 31, 2018 we entered into a Loan, Convertible Preferred Stockwith its Certificate of Formation. It was organized to provide financial and Convertible Senior Secured Note Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with a non-affiliated third party, Xenith Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Xenith”).

The termsinvestment advisory and conditions of the Agreement were described in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securitiesmanagement services to clients and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on July 3, 2018. All conditions to consummation of the Agreement, including approval of the transactions contemplated therein by the State of Nebraska Department of Insurance, were subsequently met and a closing was held pursuant to the Agreement on June 28, 2018 (the “Closing”). See Note 2 in Item 1 above for more details.


American Life has retained Milliman as a consulting actuary to develop a new multi-year guaranteed annuity (“MYGA”) product and is in discussions with an independent marketing organization (“IMO”) to begin selling the new product in the 14 states in which American Life is currently licensed. The MYGA product is expected to be American Life’s first in the IMO market; however, management expects to follow with additional annuity and life products as opportunities may arise in the future. The Company has also engaged a consultant to work with management to expand the Company’s state licensure footprint across the United States and is seeking to obtain rating from A.M. Best. This effort is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2019.any related investment, trading or financial activities.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The Management’s Discussion and Analysis sectionMD&A included in our 20172018 Form 10-K/A10-K contains a detailed discussion of our critical accounting policies and estimates. This report should be read in conjunction with the “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” discussed in our 20172018 Form 10-K/A.10-K.


Consolidated Results of Operations - Three Months Ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019

The following discussion comparesOn June 28, 2018, Midwest closed on the resultsAgreement with Xenith as discussed above in Note 3 to Item 1. Following the closing, we embarked upon a new business plan which includes leveraging technology to distribute insurance products through Independent Marketing Organizations ("IMOs").

We also reinsured our existing legacy block of insurance business through a reinsurance agreement with a third party reinsurer in exchange for a ceding commission of $3.5 million as described below. In addition, American Life obtained an A.M. Best Rating of B++ in December 2018. We purchased and installed comprehensive new technology during the fourth quarter of 2018 and we began selling our first MYGA product in late January 2019 through the IMOs.

American Life closed a reinsurance agreement on December 10, 2018 with a third party insurance company to cede 100% of the three months ended September 30, 2018remaining legacy block of business, with the three months ended September 30, 2017. Unlesstransaction being effective July 1, 2018. See Note 4 Assets and Liabilities Held for sale in the context indicates otherwise,Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements above. Due to the assumptive nature of this agreement, this transaction qualifies to be reported as Discontinued Operations under ASC 2014-08 Presentation of Financial Statements (Topic 205); therefore, our 2018 results are stated first followed by 2017 results.income statement reflects net income from continuing operations and income from discontinued operations. The discussion below reflects the continuing operations changes year over year.

Net Loss: The increasechange in net loss for continuing operations decreased primarily due to the release of $1,005,000 of the deferred ceding commission into income due to an additional 46% indemnity coinsurance being converted to assumptive by Unified and an increase in our investment income due to the larger investment portfolio. These were offset by increases in our salaries and operating expenses related to the new technology implementation and product development that continue in 2019 along with the increase in the interest credited on our outstanding annuities.

Three months ended June 30,
2019     2018
Premiums$-$2,111
Investment income, net of expenses448,015201,471
Net realized (losses) gains on investments1,180     (152,203)
Amortization of deferred gain on reinsurance     1,046,552     12,094
Miscellaneous income66,79525,044
$1,562,542$88,517

Premium revenue:The premium revenue decrease was primarily due to the increasepremium in operating expenses incurred for the licensure and implementation2018 that was related to an assumed block of the new software and technology to support the newbusiness which was commutated in July 2018. The introduction of our MYGA product expecteddiscussed above generated a meaningful volume of premium; however, the premium income for this product was considered an investment contract and was deferred to deposit-type liabilities on our balance sheet. We expect that premium income will not be sold bya major source of income until American Life an increase in salaries and wages resulting from the Agreement with Xenith, the increase in reserves, decrease in premium revenue and the increase in realized losses discussed below.

Revenues are primarily generated from premium revenues and investment income. Insurance revenues are summarized in the table below.

Three months ended September 30,
     2018     2017
Premiums$          456,574$          664,391
Investment income, net of expenses210,981244,343
Net realized (losses) gains on investments(83,613)26,671
Miscellaneous income27,42519,400
$611,367$954,805

Premium revenue:Premium revenue decreased primarily due to the coinsurance transaction between American Life and US Alliance that ceded 100% of the Great Plains and First Wyoming’s blocks of business effective September 30, 2017 with approximately $275,000 of quarterly premiums. This combined with our decision to eliminatedevelops new life insurance policy sales in 2017 and for the first nine months of 2018 in order to preserve the regulatory capital and surplus of American Life, decreased our premium income significantly. The net effect was evidentproducts in the third quarter of 2018future and we expect it will be evident throughout the remainder of 2018. We expect to have very limited production of new insurance business for the remainder of 2018.achieves significant additional product sales.

Investment income, net of expenses: The components of our net investment income wereare as follows:

Three months ended September 30,     Three months ended June 30,
     2018     20172019     2018
Fixed maturities$          201,440$          244,910$435,427$197,086
Mortgage loans9,656-
Other15,31416,0836,83214,755
216,754260,993451,915211,841
Less investment expenses(5,773)(16,650)(3,900)(10,370)
Investment income, net of expenses$210,981$244,343$        448,015$        201,471

The decreaseincrease in investment income was primarily due primarily to the purchases of $19.4 million in new investments with higher rates of return during the first half of 2019. We expect this to increase in 2019 as American Life buys more bonds with the sale of bonds for $6.9 million in the third quarter of 2017 to fund the coinsurance transaction betweenMYGA product. This will be offset by a reinsurance agreement where American Life and US Alliance as disclosed above in Note 6. Policy loan interest and miscellaneous investmentexpects to cede up to 95% of its premium income is included in the “Other” line item above.to a third party reinsurer.

Net realized (losses) gainsand losses on investments:The increasenet realized loss decreased primarily due to selling bonds to cover operating expenses in losses on2018 when market conditions were poor prior to the Xenith infusion of capital. We do not believe we will be required to sell bonds was primarily driven byat a loss in the Federal Reserve raising its interest rates during the last half of 2017 and the nineremaining months of 2018 which lowered our market value compared2019.

Amortization of deferred gain on reinsurance:The increase was due to the book valuean additional 46% of our portfolio at the time the bonds were sold.indemnity coinsurance being converted to assumptive reinsurance where we no longer have a legal obligation for those policies. American Life sold bonds to settle the commutationreleased into income 46% of the SNL reinsurance assumption transaction as mentioned in Note 6 in Item 1 above. This sale accountedremaining deferred ceding commission. The total deferred ceding commissions released into income for approximately half of the losses incurred.third party reinsurers was $1,046,552 and $12,049 for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.


Miscellaneous income:Miscellaneous income increased slightly due to our Third Party Administration (“TPA”) activities and our deposit-type contractthe consolidation of an investment advisor subsidiary into Midwest as of April 2, 2019. This was offset by the decrease in TPA fees. We had only one customer for whom we performed these services. TPA fees earned during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2019 and 2018 were $12,720 and 2017 were $24,600 and $16,500,$23,100, respectively.

Expenses are summarized in the table below.

Three months ended September 30,      Three months ended June 30,
     2018     20172019     2018
Interest credited$230,36619,349
Death and other benefits$          75,016$          152,280(1,523)33,529
Interest credited113,632175,542
Increase in benefit reserves167,062210,561-(21,110)
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs58,82225,29519,796-
Salaries and benefits559,377522,167575,625429,821
Other operating expenses1,600,737538,7421,570,130539,386
$2,574,646$1,624,587$       2,394,394$     1,000,975

Interest credited:The increase was due to the sale of the new MYGA product during the first half of 2019 that is classified as deposit-type funds. The interest credited in 2018 related to a block of business from SNL that was commutated on July 31, 2018.

Death and other benefits: Death benefits decreased due to reduced claims and surrenders. Claim expenses on our acquiredthe commutation of the SNL block of business are largely offset by a releaseas of July 31, 2018. The benefits incurred in policy reserves.

Interest credited:The decrease in2019 were for policies that were not included with our interest credited was due to the coinsurance transaction between American Life and US Alliance that ceded 100% of the Great Plains and First Wyoming’s blocks of business of approximately $55,000 of quarterly interest.July 1, 2018 reinsurance transaction.

Increase in benefit reserves: The changedecrease in benefit reserves was primarily due to the commutation ofMYGA sales that were reflected on the SNL reinsurance transactionbalance sheet as of July 31, 2018.a liability. There are no reserves held for this product on a GAAP basis.

Amortization of deferred acquisition costs: The increase was primarily due to the lowerdeferred acquisition costs deferred on the sale of American Life’s MYGA product starting in late January 2019 and the subsequent amortization recognized in 2017and the restatement of prior year for the legacy block of business amortization as a result of fewer surrenders related to acquired blocks of business.an expense for discontinued operations.

Salaries and benefits: The increase was due to the addition of wagesremuneration for two officers as a result of the Xenith transaction as discussed above.above in Note 3 – Change in Control in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in this Report. These increases were offset by the personnel reductionreductions as a result of management’s cost-cutting initiatives.

Other operating expenses: Other operating expenses increased primarily due to approximately $664,000$454,000 of expenses incurred for consultants, continuing technology and software development, and portal and web design. We incurred $481,000 of interest on the Xenith notes payable through June 18, 2019. Payment of notes interest was forgiven by Xenith and hence treated as an additional capital contribution. Audit and other fees of $130,000 relating to obtain new software and related technology to distribute products through third party marketing organizations and the costs incurred to develop a new MYGA productyear-end 2018 audit that American Lifewas delayed until July 2018. Management expects to be offeringincurring additional product development and system related costs in the first quarterremaining half of 2019 after receipt of a rating by A.M. Best. Our auditing fees and legal fees increased $264,000 and $33,000, respectively, due to the delay in starting our year-end audit and the review of our March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2018 10-Qs by our independent accountants until the three months ending September 30, 2018. These fees for audit services were recorded in the third quarter of 2018, rather than the second quarter, as was the case in 2017. We realized a loss on the commutation of the SNL assumptive reinsurance transaction of $154,000 due to the difference between statutory and GAAP reserves plus the write-off of the remaining VOBA related to the SNL assumptive transaction. American Life paid a fee of $56,000 to A.M. Best to start the process of obtaining an A. M. Best rating. These increases were offset by the termination of a general consulting fee in 2017 of $39,000 and various smaller decreases in expenses.2019.


Consolidated Results of Operations – Nine- Six Months Ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019

The following discussion compares the results of the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 with the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017.2018. Unless the context indicates otherwise, the 20182019 results are stated first followed by 20172018 results.

Net Loss: The increasechange in net loss wasfor continuing operations increased primarily due to an increase in operating expenses related to the new technology implementation and product development that continued in 2019. These were offset by the release of 59% of the deferred ceding commission into income due to 59% indemnity coinsurance being converted to assumptive by Unified, the increase in investment income due to the increase in operating expenses incurred for the developmentour investment portfolio and implementation of the new software and related technology to support the new MYGA product expected to be sold by American Life, thean increase in salaries and wages, the increase in reserves, decrease in premium revenue, decrease in investment income, and the increase in realized losses.benefits.


Revenues wereInsurance revenues are primarily generated from premium revenues and investment income. Insurance revenues are summarized in the table below.

Nine months ended September 30,     Six months ended June 30,
     2018     20172019     2018
Premiums$         1,427,997$         2,368,773$(2,479)$8,347
Investment income, net of expenses615,913749,176639,010404,932
Net realized (losses) gains on investments(285,487)45,680(3,217)     (201,874)
Amortization of deferred gain on reinsurance1,852,59924,188
Miscellaneous income78,70957,25582,33551,284
$1,837,132$3,220,884$     2,568,248$286,877

Premium revenue:Premium revenue decreased primarily due to the coinsurance transaction betweenpremium in 2018 that was related to an assumed block of business which was commutated in July 2018. In 2019 we had a refund of premium that we had included in 2018. The introduction of our MYGA product discussed above generated a meaningful volume of premium; however, the premium income for this product was considered an investment contract and was deferred to deposit-type liabilities on our balance sheet. We expect that premium income will not be a major source of income until American Life and US Alliance that ceded 100% of the Great Plains and First Wyoming’s blocks of business effective September 30, 2017 with approximately $885,000 of premiums. This combined with our decision to eliminatedevelops new life insurance policy sales in 2017 and the first nine months of 2018 in order to preserve the regulatory capital and surplus of American Life, decreased our premium income significantly. The net effect was evidentproducts in the nine months of 2018future and we expect minimal new insurance premiums throughout the remainder of 2018.achieves significant additional product sales.

Investment income, net of expenses: The components of our net investment income are as follows:

Nine months ended September 30,     Six months ended June 30,
     2018     20172019     2018
Fixed maturities$           598,632$           754,358$631,118$     397,192
Mortgage loans9,656-
Other44,78048,7018,07629,466
643,412803,059648,850426,658
Less investment expenses(27,499)(53,883)(9,840)(21,726)
Investment income, net of expenses$615,913$749,176$      639,010$404,932

The decreaseincrease in investment income was primarily due primarily to an increase in our bond inventory as a result of the sale of bonds for $6.9 million insales generated from the third quarter of 2017 to fund the coinsurance transaction betweennew MYGA product American Life introduced in Q1 2019. We expect this to continue to increase in 2019 as American Life sales of the MYGA product increases and US Alliance as indicated above. Policy loan interest and miscellaneous investment income is included in the “Other” line item.new products are introduced.

Net realized (losses) gainslosses on investments:The net realized loss decreased primarily due to selling bonds to cover operating expenses in 2018 when market conditions were poor prior to the Xenith infusion of capital. We do not believe we will be required to sell bonds at a loss in the remaining months of 2019 due to the level of capitalization and improved market conditions.

Amortization of deferred gain on reinsurance:The increase in losses on bonds was primarily driven by the Federal Reserve raising itsdue to interest rates during the last half of 2017 and the nine months59% of 2018 which lowered our market value comparedindemnity coinsurance being converted to the book value of our portfolio at the time the bonds were sold. During September 2018,assumptive reinsurance where we no longer have a legal obligation for those policies. American Life sold bonds to settlereleased into income 59% of the commutation the SNL transaction as indicated above.remaining deferred ceding commission.

Miscellaneous income:Miscellaneous income increased slightly due to our Third Party Administration (“TPA”) activities and our deposit-type contractthe consolidation of an investment advisor subsidiary into Midwest as of April 2, 2019. This was offset by the decrease in TPA fees. TheWe had only one customer for whom we performed these services. TPA fees earned during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2019 and 2018 were $28,260 and 2017 were $71,940 and $49,500,$47,340, respectively.


Expenses are summarized in the table below.

Nine months ended September 30,     Six months ended June 30,
     2018     20172019     2018
Interest credited$251,187$41,032
Death and other benefits$         579,297$         717,8741,87293,168
Interest credited359,783628,923
Increase in benefit reserves179,625518,307-(56,959)
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs261,735318,14921,865-
Salaries and benefits1,471,9141,625,7751,115,074912,537
Other operating expenses2,626,5811,916,017     3,505,120943,516
$5,478,935$5,725,045$4,895,118$     1,933,294

Interest credited:The increase was due to the sale of the new MYGA product during the first half of 2019 that is classified as deposit-type funds. The interest credited in 2018 related to a block of business from SNL that was commutated on July 31, 2018.

Death and other benefits: Death benefits decreased due to a decrease in our paid and pending claims. We expect death benefits to continue at current levels due to the age of a block of business we acquired several years ago. Claims experience on our current underwritten block has been minimal. We maintain policy reserves to offset the effect of all claims. Claim expenses on our acquired block of business were largely offset by a release in policy reserves. We expect claims and surrenders to decrease due to the commutation of the SNL transaction indicated above.

Interest credited:The decrease in our interest credited was due to the coinsurance transaction between American Life and US Alliance that ceded 100% of the Great Plains and First Wyoming’s blocksblock of business as of nine months of interest of approximately $193,000.July 31, 2018. The remaining decrease was due to management’s decision to decrease interest rates from 5.75% down to 4.00%benefits incurred in the last half of 2017.2019 were for policies that were not included with our July 1, 2018 reinsurance transaction.


Increase in benefit reserves: The change in benefit reserves was primarily due to the coinsurance transaction between American Life and US Alliance that ceded 100%a result of the Great Plains and First Wyoming’s blocks of business of approximately $248,000 of reserves incurred in 2017 and the commutation of the SNL assumptive reinsurance transaction effectivebusiness as of July 31, 2018. The MYGA product does not carry reserves as the premium was reclassified as a liability on the balance sheet on a GAAP basis.

Amortization of deferred acquisition costs: The decreaseincrease was primarily due to the coinsurance transaction between American Life and US Alliance that ceded 100% of the Great Plains and First Wyoming’s blocks of business. At the effective date of September 30, 2017, the deferred acquisition costs associated withon the Great Plainssale of American Life’s MYGA product starting in late January 2019 and the subsequent amortization and the restatement of prior year for the legacy block of business was written off against the ceding commission received. See Note 6 in Item 1 above. The decrease was also due to management’s decision to forgo production of new business in 2017 and 2018 to preserve capital and surplus. This resulted in lower deferred acquisition costs.amortization as an expense for discontinued operations.

Salaries and benefits: The increase was due to the addition of wagesremuneration for two officers as a result of the Xenith transaction as discussed above.above in Note 3 – Change in Control in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in this Report. These increases were offset by the personnel reductionreductions as a result of management’s cost-cutting initiatives.

Other operating expenses: Other operating expenses increased primarily due to approximately $688,000$1,100,000 of expenses incurred to obtain newfor consultants, continuing technology and software development, and related technology to seek to distribute products through third party marketing organizationsportal and web design. We incurred $845,536 of interest on the costs incurred to developXenith notes payable that included approximately $131,000 for 2018 that was not previously included. Xenith forgave the payment of the interest accrued upon the conversion of the notes payable, as a new MYGA product that American Life expects to be offering inresult the future. Our legalpayable was treated as an additional capital contribution. Audit and other fees and related costs increased $184,000 due primarilyof $327,000 relating to the services provided to close the Xenith transaction and preparation of proxy materials for the meeting of shareholders required under the Agreement. We realized a loss on the commutation of the SNL assumptive reinsurance transaction of $154,000 due to the difference between statutory and GAAP reserves plus the write-off of the remaining VOBA related to the SNL transaction. American Life paid a fee of $56,000 to A. M. Best to start the process of obtaining an A. M. Best rating.

These increases were offset by the Nebraska Department of Insurance Examyear-end 2018 audit that was delayed until July 2018. Legal fees incurred in 2017 of $140,000, the amortization of VOBA of $135,000 in 2017 due to the write-off of Great Plains and First Wyoming’s VOBAincreased approximately $63,000 as a result of the coinsurance transaction between American Lifestate expansion initiatives, the settlement of the Hawaii condos, and US Alliance as discussed in Note 6 in Item 1 above, costsfees associated with preparation of the 2018 proxy dueseeking a new reinsurer; these legal fees were offset by legal costs related to the delayacquisition of Midwest by Xenith that occurred in auditing2018. Management expects to be incurring additional product development and reviewing, by our independent accountants, our 2017 10-K and the 10-Qs for the March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2018 quarterssystem related costs in Q2 of approximately $75,000.2019.


Investments

The Company’s overall investment philosophy is reflected in the allocation of its investments. The Company emphasizes investment grade debt securities, real estate heldmortgages, and policy loans. The Company has modified its investment strategy to purchase larger position securities with increased yields. The duration of our new investments will be less than ten years for the majority of those investments. The investment advisory subsidiary that we acquired a 51% ownership in on April 2, 2019, will be providing investment and policy loans.management services to the Company going forward. The following table shows the carrying value of our investments by investment category and cash and cash equivalents, and the percentage of each to total invested assets as of SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and December 31, 2017.2018.

     June 30, 2019     December 31, 2018
Carrying     PercentCarrying     Percent
Valueof TotalValueof Total
Fixed maturity securities:
U.S. government obligations$2,079,7643.8%$1,995,9519.9%
Mortgage-backed securities940,7811.71,004,0515.0
Asset-backed securities21,228,38238.4--
States and political subdivisions - general obligation267,1180.5263,1841.3
States and political subdivisions - special revenue25,362-25,1730.1
Corporate16,212,57629.314,095,82469.5
Total fixed maturity securities40,753,98373.717,384,18385.8
Mortgage loans on real estate, held for investment4,176,0397.6--
Cash and cash equivalents10,274,22418.62,832,56714.0
Policy Loans43,2540.143,8430.2
$    55,372,500100.0%$    20,260,593     100.0%
September 30, 2018December 31, 2017
CarryingPercentCarryingPercent
     Value     of Total     Value     of Total
Fixed maturity securities:
U.S. government obligations$     1,950,06710.2%$     2,030,0988.9%
Mortgage-back securities1,083,8075.71,318,5815.8
States and political subdivisions - general obligation260,2911.4269,9871.2
States and political subdivisions - special revenue25,0280.125,3850.1
Corporate14,385,50475.017,361,85675.7
Total fixed maturity securities17,704,69792.421,005,90791.7
Cash and cash equivalents555,4432.9951,5274.2
Other investments:
Real estate, held for investment496,6582.6505,6882.2
Policy loans399,3552.1435,1961.9
Total$19,156,153     100.0%$22,898,318     100.0%

The following table shows the distribution of the credit ratings of our portfolio of fixed maturity securities by carrying value as of SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and December 31, 2017.2018.

September 30, 2018December 31, 2017     June 30, 2019     December 31, 2018
CarryingCarryingCarrying     Carrying     
     Value     Percent     Value     PercentValuePercentValuePercent
AAA and U.S. Government$     3,002,29117.0%$     3,146,78215.0%$3,220,4607.9%$3,045,76817.5%
AA1,801,61110.22,979,61614.23,731,8259.21,721,4509.9
A4,920,42727.86,797,61332.49,044,58722.24,221,29724.3
BBB7,980,36845.07,573,84336.024,606,71560.38,261,45047.5
Total investment grade17,704,697100.020,497,85497.640,603,58799.617,249,96599.2
BB and other--508,0532.4150,3960.4134,2180.8
Total$17,704,697     100.0%$21,005,907     100.0%$    40,753,983100.0%$    17,384,183100.0%

Reflecting the quality of securities maintained by the Company, 100.0%99.6% and 97.6%99.2% of all fixed maturity securities were investment grade as of SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and December 31, 2017,2018, respectively. Due to the low interest rate environment, the Company has invested in bonds with “A” or “BBB” ratings.

Market Risks of Financial Instruments

The Company holds a portfolio of investments that primarily includes cash, bonds, stocks, and real estateloans, held for investment. Each of these investments is subject to market risks that can affect their return and their fair value. A majority of the investments are fixed maturity securities including debt issues of corporations, U.S. Treasury securities, or securities issued by government agencies. The primary market risks affecting the investment portfolio are interest rate risk, credit risk, and equity risk.

Interest Rate Risk

Interest rate risk arises from the price sensitivity of investments to changes in interest rates. Interest and dividend income represent the greatest portion of an investment’s return for most fixed maturity securities in stable interest rate environments. The changes in the fair value of such investments are inversely related to changes in market interest rates. As interest rates fall, the interest and dividend streams of existing fixed-rate investments become more valuable and fair values rise. As interest rates rise, the opposite effect occurs. We attempt to mitigate our exposure to adverse interest rate movements through staggering the maturities of the fixed maturity investments and through maintaining cash and other short term investments to assure sufficient liquidity to meet ourits obligations and to address reinvestment risk considerations. Due to the composition of our book of insurance business, we believe it is unlikely that we would encounter large surrender activity due to an interest rate increase that would force the disposal of fixed maturities at a loss.


Credit Risk

We are exposed to credit risk through counterparties and within the investment portfolio. Credit risk relates to the uncertainty associated with an obligor’s ability to make timely payments of principal and interest in accordance with the contractual terms of an instrument or contract. We manage our credit risk through diversification of investments amongst many corporations and numerous industries. Additionally, our investment policy limits the size of holding in any particular issuer.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

At SeptemberJune 30, 2018,2019, the Company had cash and cash equivalents totaling $555,443.$10,274,224. We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to fund the anticipated operating expenses and capital transaction expenditures through September 30,the remainder of 2019 with the recently completed capital infusion and growth that is anticipated as a result of the transaction with Xenith discussed above.2020.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) has established minimum capital requirements in the form of Risk-Based Capital (“RBC”). RBC factors the type of business written by an insurance company, the quality of its assets and various other aspects of an insurance company’s business to develop a minimum level of capital called “authorized control level risk-based capital” and compares this level to adjusted statutory capital that includes capital and surplus as reported under statutory accounting principles, plus certain investment reserves. Should the ratio of adjusted statutory capital to control level RBC fall below 200%, a series of remedial actions by the affected company would be required. OurOn October 10, 2018 and December 7, 2018, Xenith contributed an additional $1,000,000 and $17,500,000, respectively to Midwest in the way of convertible notes. Midwest subsequently contributed all $18,500,000 to American Life. The additional funding allowed American Life to settle the Unified Life Insurance Company (“Unified”) coinsurance transaction instead of liquidating a portion of its bond portfolio. As a direct result of the capital contributions from the Xenith transaction discussed above and the ceding 100% of our remaining block of business to Unified, our RBC at December 31, 20172018 was 533.91%5,480%.


Effective September 30, 2017,July 1, 2018, American Life entered into an indemnity coinsurancecompleted the 2018 reinsurance transaction with US Alliance to transfer 100% of the risk related to the Great Plains Life and First Wyoming Life blocks of business. The purpose of this transaction was to provide statutory capital and surplus for American Life and has minimal effect on GAAP financials.discussed above. We paid no commissions or brokerage fees forrelating to this transaction andtransaction. While the proceeds of the transaction were based upon valuations prepared by our third party actuary. Under the indemnity coinsurance, US Alliancereinsurer assumed certain liabilities and obligations for incurred claims, surrenders and commission from the effective date. As, we are not relieved of our legal liability to the policyholders;policyholders until all the policies are transferred from “indemnity” to “assumptive.” Therefore, the liabilities and obligations associated with the reinsured blocks of business remain on our Consolidated Balance Sheets with a corresponding reinsurance receivable from US Alliance.under Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale. We transferred $9,569,175$19,311,616 of GAAP net adjusted reserves as of September 30, 2017July 1, 2018 to US Alliancethe third party reinsurer for cash of $7,078,223$14,320,817, which was net of a ceding allowance of $1,850,000 which is treated as an increase to surplus$3,500,000 plus the accrued interest on a statutory basis.the transaction from July 1, 2018 until it closed on December 10, 2018. The third party reinsurer assumed all responsibilities for incurred claims, surrenders and commission from the effective date. As a resultof June 30, 2019,59% of the transaction, in additionreinsured block of business was converted from indemnity to assumptive reissuance. We and the reserves,third party reinsurer expect a majority of the remaining business will be assumed by December 31, 2019.

Surplus notes American Life will cede approximately $883,000had issued of annual GAAP revenues and $1,758,250 of statutory revenues.

Our surplus notes for $300,000 and $250,000 matured on August 1, 20172016 and September 1, 2017,2016, respectively. The CompanyAmerican Life reached an agreement with the holder of the notes that, subjectin late 2018 to approval by the Nebraska Department of Insurance,retire the surplus notes will be retired in full, including any accrued interest, through the transfer to the holderof the 10 condominiums in Hawaii owned by American Life. This transaction received regulatory approval in December 2018. The retirementbook value at December 31, 2018 of the surplus notes was $876,400 and the transferbook value of the ten10 condominiums is expected to occur before the endin Hawaii was $493,648 with an estimated market value of 2018 following approval$830,000. We recognized a gain of insurance regulatory authorities. No interest payments$382,752 on the surplus notes were made insettlement of the nine months ended September 30, 2018, or during the year ended December 31, 2017.transaction.

Since inception, our operations have been financed primarily through the sale of voting common stock and preferred stock. Our operations have generated significant operating losses since we were incorporated in 2003. We expect to continue to incur losses for at least the foreseeable future.

Aside from raising capital, which has funded the vast majority of our operations, premium income, deposits to policyholder account balances, and investment income are the primary sources of funds while withdrawals of policyholder account balances, investment purchases, policy benefits in the form of claims, and operating expenses are the primary uses of funds. To ensure we will be able to meet future commitments, the funds received as premium payments and deposits are invested in primarily fixed income securities. Funds are invested with the intent that the income from investments, plus proceeds from maturities, will in the future meet our ongoing cash flow needs. The approach of matching asset and liability durations and yields requires an appropriate mix of investments. Our investments consist primarily of marketable debt securities that could be readily converted to cash for liquidity needs. Cash flow projections and cash flow tests under various market interest scenarios are also performed annually to assist in evaluating liquidity needs and adequacy.


Net cash used by operating activities was $4,718,434$4,911,603 for the nine months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2018,2019, which was comprised primarily of the net loss of $3,641,803$2,326,870, the deferred coinsurance ceding commission of $1,838,878, the deferred acquisition costs capitalized of $1,157,073 and the commutationamounts recoverable from reinsurers of the SNL assumption reinsurance of $2,543,898$404,451, partially offset by an increase in policy liabilities of $992,003.$672,825 primarily due increase in deposit-type contract interest. Net cash provided byused for investing activities was $1,933,072.$25,904,372. The primary source of cash used was from our purchase of investments from sales of available for sale securities.the MYGA product. Offsetting this sourceuse of cash was our purchasessale of investments in available-for-sale securities. Net cash provided by financing activities was $2,389,278.$38,257,632. The primary source of cash was the transaction between Midwest and Xenith providing additional cash of $2,100,000 and the net receipts on deposit-type contracts.

Management’s focus has been on raising additional capital or seeking other funding from outside investors. On May 9, 2018, the Company entered into a Loan, Convertible Preferred Stock and Convertible Senior Secured Note Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with a non-affiliated third party, Xenith Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Xenith”).

The terms and conditions of the Agreement were described in Midwest’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on July 3, 2018. All conditions to consummation of the Agreement, including approval of the transactions contemplated therein by the State of Nebraska Department of Insurance, were subsequently met and a closing was held pursuant to the Agreement on June 28, 2018. For additional details, see Note 2 of Part I of this report and the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 3, 2018.MYGA product.

Impact of Inflation

Insurance premiums are established before the amount of losses and loss adjustment expenses, or the extent to which inflation may affect such losses and expenses, are known. The Company attempts,We attempt, in establishing premiums, to anticipate the potential impact of inflation. If, for competitive reasons, premiums cannot be increased to anticipate inflation, this cost would be absorbed by us. Inflation also affects the rate of investment return on the investment portfolio with a corresponding effect on investment income.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.

Contractual Obligations

As a “smaller reporting company”company, the Company is not required to provide the table of contractual obligations required pursuant to this Item.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

As a “smaller reporting company,” the Company is not required to provide disclosure pursuant to this Item.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

We have established disclosure controls and procedures to ensure, among other things, material information relating to our Company, including our consolidated subsidiary, is made known to our officers who certify our financial reports and to the other members of our senior management and the Board of Directors.

Management, (with the participation of our principal executive officer/principal financial officer), carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) as of March 31, 2018.June 30, 2019. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer/principal financial officer concluded that, as of the end of the periodDecember 31, 2018 covered in thisthe Form 10-K report, our disclosure controls and procedures along with the related internal controls over financial reporting were not effective to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer/principal financial officer to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.


Material Weakness Previously Identified

Refer to Item 9A of Part II of our 2017 Form 10-K/A and Item 4 of our June 30, 2018 Form 10-Q/A Amendment No. 2 for detail about previously identified material weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting over timeliness of obtaining and assimilating all information and a complex and non-routine transaction. The Company has implemented the following remediation steps to address this material weakness: (i) meeting with our auditing firm on a timely schedule, (ii) establishingestablished an enterprise risk management program, (iii) monitored and (iii) monitoring and engagingengaged an auditing advisor to assist with complex transactions.transactions, and (iv) retained consultants to verify and strengthen controls. The Company’s management is continuing to evaluate the remediation ofdetermined these material weaknesses were remediated as of SeptemberJune 30, 2018.2019.


PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

We are involved in litigation incidental to our operations from time to time. We are not presently a party to any legal proceedings other than litigation arising in the ordinary course of our business, and we are not aware of any claims that could materially affect our financial position or results of operations.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.

There have been no material changes from the risk factors described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A10-K for the year ended December 31, 20172018 in response to Item 1A of Part I of such Form 10-K/A other than the risks described below.10-K.

We are seeking to implement a new, transformative business strategy that will primarily entail selling annuity life insurance products through independent marketing organizations, and in connection therewith, reinsuring all of our existing life insurance business. We face all of the risks of entry into a new line of business and focusing on it and we may encounter unforeseen risks, delays and limited market acceptance of our proposed entry into annuity products.

In connection with our transaction with Xenith Holdings LLC completed on May 9, 2018, we have begun to implement a transformative business strategy that will change our business. By 2019, our life insurance business is expected to be solely related to annuity product sales through independent marketing organizations. We have retained an outside consulting actuary to develop a new multi-year guaranteed annuity (“MYGA”) product and we are in discussions with an independent marketing organization to sell the new product in the 14 states where our insurance subsidiary is currently licensed to sell insurance. Our life insurance subsidiary is also seeking to obtain a rating from A. M. Best, as well as seeking to become licensed to sell insurance in additional states. The new MYGA product will be our first product using an independent marketing organization.

In connection with our new business strategy, our life insurance subsidiary is seeking to reinsure 100% of its existing life insurance business to a third party via a coinsurance agreement. We are in discussions with a non-affiliated insurance company regarding such possible coinsurance and are seeking to complete a transaction as soon as practicable, which will be subject to insurance regulatory approval. We cannot assure that such a transaction will occur. Also, effective July 31, 2018, we entered into an agreement to commute an assumptive reinsurance agreement with an unaffiliated life insurance company, resulting in a loss on the transaction of $155,000. We will effectively no longer have any of our legacy book of insurance business as a result of these transactions.

There can be no assurance that our new corporate strategy will succeed or that entry into the annuity business using independent marketing organizations will be successful or that we will be able to implement or achieve market entry on a timely, cost-effective basis. We may encounter unforeseen risks, delays and limited market acceptance for our proposed new annuity product(s). In addition, we cannot assure that we will be able to reinsure our existing life insurance business on an economic basis, if at all. Accordingly, we may incur significant cash outflows and losses in connection with these activities. If we reinsure our life insurance business, our revenues immediately will decrease substantially and we do not have any assurance of meaningful future revenues as the result of our proposed new business strategy, our new annuity product, or our new method of sales and marketing. Our financial condition could suffer significantly and our results of operations would be materially adversely affected if the transformation of our business is unsuccessful.


ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

Not applicable.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

None.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.

None.


ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.

EXHIBIT     
NUMBERDESCRIPTION
31.1*Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
32*31.2*Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1*Certification of Principle Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
32.2*Certification of Principle Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
101.INS **XBRL Instance Document.
 
101.SCH **XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
 
101.CAL **XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
 
101.LAB **XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
 
101.PRE **XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
 
101.DEF **XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
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* Filed herewith.


*Filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Form 10-Qreport to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: November 9, 2018August 8, 2019

MIDWEST HOLDING INC.
 
By:/s/ Mark A. OliverMichael Salem
Name:     Mark A. OliverMichael Salem
Title:Chief Executive Officer,
Principal Executive Officer & Principal Financial Officer

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