Investments | Investments Available-for-sale fixed maturities at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 included the following: March 31, 2022 (In thousands) Amortized Gross Unrealized Gains Gross Unrealized Losses Estimated Fair Value Fixed maturities, available-for-sale U.S. Treasury obligations $ 237,899 $ 240 $ 12,463 $ 225,676 U.S. Government-sponsored enterprise obligations 17,650 15 932 16,733 State and municipal bonds 511,863 1,368 20,940 492,291 Corporate debt 1,955,390 4,593 89,727 1,870,256 Residential mortgage-backed securities 441,565 2,142 25,859 417,848 Agency commercial mortgage-backed securities 13,231 46 430 12,847 Other commercial mortgage-backed securities 232,924 471 10,013 223,382 Other asset-backed securities 451,052 2,065 11,329 441,788 $ 3,861,574 $ 10,940 $ 171,693 $ 3,700,821 December 31, 2021 (In thousands) Amortized Gross Unrealized Gains Gross Unrealized Losses Estimated Fair Value Fixed maturities, available-for-sale U.S. Treasury obligations $ 239,765 $ 1,166 $ 2,424 $ 238,507 U.S. Government-sponsored enterprise obligations 20,467 29 262 20,234 State and municipal bonds 511,750 9,620 2,174 519,196 Corporate debt 1,884,455 29,050 14,949 1,898,556 Residential mortgage-backed securities 455,438 4,254 5,751 453,941 Agency commercial mortgage-backed securities 13,909 294 62 14,141 Other commercial mortgage-backed securities 231,226 2,530 2,273 231,483 Other asset-backed securities 457,837 2,747 2,920 457,664 $ 3,814,847 $ 49,690 $ 30,815 $ 3,833,722 The recorded cost basis and estimated fair value of available-for-sale fixed maturities at March 31, 2022, by contractual maturity, are shown below. Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties. (In thousands) Amortized Due in one Due after Due after Due after Total Fair Fixed maturities, available-for-sale U.S. Treasury obligations $ 237,899 $ 21,181 $ 128,387 $ 74,586 $ 1,522 $ 225,676 U.S. Government-sponsored enterprise obligations 17,650 1,798 11,029 3,774 132 16,733 State and municipal bonds 511,863 22,193 159,219 188,721 122,158 492,291 Corporate debt 1,955,390 141,092 848,525 774,223 106,416 1,870,256 Residential mortgage-backed securities 441,565 417,848 Agency commercial mortgage-backed securities 13,231 12,847 Other commercial mortgage-backed securities 232,924 223,382 Other asset-backed securities 451,052 441,788 $ 3,861,574 $ 3,700,821 Excluding obligations of the U.S. Government, U.S. Government-sponsored enterprises and a U.S. Government obligations money market fund, no investment in any entity or its affiliates exceeded 10% of shareholders’ equity at March 31, 2022. Cash and securities with a carrying value of $54.5 million at March 31, 2022 were on deposit with various state insurance departments to meet regulatory requirements. As a member of Lloyd's, ProAssurance is required to maintain capital at Lloyd's, referred to as FAL, to support underwriting by Syndicate 1729. At March 31, 2022, ProAssurance's FAL investments were comprised of available-for-sale fixed maturities with a fair value of $36.9 million and cash and cash equivalents of $0.1 million on deposit with Lloyd's in order to satisfy these FAL requirements. Investments Held in a Loss Position The following tables provide summarized information with respect to investments held in an unrealized loss position at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, including the length of time the investment had been held in a continuous unrealized loss position. March 31, 2022 Total Less than 12 months 12 months or longer Fair Unrealized Fair Unrealized Fair Unrealized (In thousands) Value Loss Value Loss Value Loss Fixed maturities, available-for-sale U.S. Treasury obligations $ 208,608 $ 12,463 $ 195,658 $ 11,629 $ 12,950 $ 834 U.S. Government-sponsored enterprise obligations 16,601 932 12,835 599 3,766 333 State and municipal bonds 372,603 20,940 357,967 19,551 14,636 1,389 Corporate debt 1,437,296 89,727 1,292,183 75,597 145,113 14,130 Residential mortgage-backed securities 367,247 25,859 316,182 20,314 51,065 5,545 Agency commercial mortgage-backed securities 9,835 430 9,695 416 140 14 Other commercial mortgage-backed securities 204,736 10,013 194,654 9,310 10,082 703 Other asset-backed securities 375,684 11,329 360,024 10,477 15,660 852 $ 2,992,610 $ 171,693 $ 2,739,198 $ 147,893 $ 253,412 $ 23,800 December 31, 2021 Total Less than 12 months 12 months or longer Fair Unrealized Fair Unrealized Fair Unrealized (In thousands) Value Loss Value Loss Value Loss Fixed maturities, available-for-sale U.S. Treasury obligations $ 190,054 $ 2,424 $ 181,689 $ 2,206 $ 8,365 $ 218 U.S. Government-sponsored enterprise obligations 16,287 262 16,287 262 — — State and municipal bonds 175,442 2,174 171,930 2,039 3,512 135 Corporate debt 945,196 14,949 866,731 11,828 78,465 3,121 Residential mortgage-backed securities 326,248 5,751 290,019 4,320 36,229 1,431 Agency commercial mortgage-backed securities 4,529 62 4,355 54 174 8 Other commercial mortgage-backed securities 151,827 2,273 145,467 1,884 6,360 389 Other asset-backed securities 278,915 2,920 271,463 2,796 7,452 124 $ 2,088,498 $ 30,815 $ 1,947,941 $ 25,389 $ 140,557 $ 5,426 As of March 31, 2022, excluding U.S. Government or U.S. Government-sponsored enterprise obligations, there were 2,504 debt securities (64.6% of all available-for-sale fixed maturity securities held) in an unrealized loss position representing 1,288 issuers. The greatest and second greatest unrealized loss positions among those securities were approximately $2.3 million and $2.0 million, respectively. The securities were evaluated for impairment as of March 31, 2022. As of December 31, 2021, excluding U.S. Government or U.S. Government-sponsored enterprise obligations, there were 1,766 debt securities (45.8% of all available-for-sale fixed maturity securities held) in an unrealized loss position representing 998 issuers. The greatest and second greatest unrealized loss positions among those securities were each approximately $0.4 million. The securities were evaluated for impairment as of December 31, 2021. Each quarter, ProAssurance performs a detailed analysis for the purpose of assessing whether any of the securities it holds in an unrealized loss position has suffered an impairment due to credit or non-credit factors. A detailed discussion of the factors considered in the assessment is included in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in ProAssurance's December 31, 2021 report on Form 10-K. Fixed maturity securities held in an unrealized loss position at March 31, 2022, excluding asset-backed securities, have paid all scheduled contractual payments and are expected to continue. Expected future cash flows of asset-backed securities, excluding those issued by GNMA, FNMA and FHLMC, held in an unrealized loss position were estimated as part of the March 31, 2022 impairment evaluation using the most recently available six-month historical performance data for the collateral (loans) underlying the security or, if historical data was not available, sector based assumptions, and equaled or exceeded the current amortized cost basis of the security. There was no allowance for expected credit losses for the three months ended March 31, 2022. The following table presents a roll forward of the allowance for expected credit losses on available-for-sale fixed maturities for the three months ended March 31, 2021. Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 (In thousands) Corporate Debt Total Balance, at December 31, 2020 $ 552 $ 552 Reductions related to: Securities sold during the period (552) (552) Balance, at March 31, 2021 $ — $ — Other information regarding sales and purchases of fixed maturity available-for-sale securities is as follows: Three Months Ended March 31 (In millions) 2022 2021 Proceeds from sales (exclusive of maturities and paydowns) $ 63.5 $ 61.9 Purchases $ 231.6 $ 342.2 Equity Investments ProAssurance's equity investments are carried at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in income as a component of net investment gains (losses) during the period of change. Equity investments on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 primarily included bond funds and, to a lesser degree, stocks and investment funds. Short-term Investments ProAssurance's short-term investments, which have a maturity at purchase of one year or less, are primarily comprised of investments in U.S. treasury obligations, commercial paper and money market funds. Short-term investments are carried at fair value which approximates the cost of the securities due to their short-term nature. BOLI ProAssurance holds BOLI policies that are carried at the current cash surrender value of the policies (original cost $42 million), which includes the BOLI policies acquired from NORCAL (original cost $10 million). All insured individuals were members of ProAssurance or NORCAL management at the time the policies were acquired. The primary purpose of the program is to offset future employee benefit expenses through earnings on the cash value of the policies. ProAssurance is the owner and beneficiary of these policies. Net Investment Income Net investment income (loss) by investment category was as follows: Three Months Ended (In thousands) 2022 2021 Fixed maturities $ 21,544 $ 15,692 Equities 701 694 Short-term investments, including Other 426 273 BOLI (47) 444 Investment fees and expenses (2,181) (2,086) Net investment income $ 20,443 $ 15,017 Investment in Unconsolidated Subsidiaries ProAssurance's investment in unconsolidated subsidiaries were as follows: March 31, 2022 Carrying Value (In thousands) Percentage March 31, December 31, Qualified affordable housing project tax credit partnerships See below $ 10,036 $ 12,424 All other investments, primarily investment fund LPs/LLCs See below 311,366 323,152 $ 321,402 $ 335,576 Qualified affordable housing project tax credit partnership interests held by ProAssurance generate investment returns by providing tax benefits to fund investors in the form of tax credits and project operating losses. The carrying value of these investments reflects ProAssurance's total commitments (both funded and unfunded) to the partnerships, less any amortization. At March 31, 2022, ProAssurance's ownership percentage relative to one of the tax credit partnership interests is almost 100%; this interest had a carrying value of $2.0 million. At December 31, 2021, ProAssurance's ownership percentage relative to two of the tax credit partnership interests was almost 100%; these interests had a carrying value of $3.2 million at December 31, 2021. ProAssurance's ownership percentage relative to the remaining tax credit partnership interests is less than 20%; these interests had a carrying value of $8.0 million at March 31, 2022 and $9.2 million at December 31, 2021. Since ProAssurance has the ability to exert influence over the partnerships but does not control them, all are accounted for using the equity method. See further discussion of the entities in which ProAssurance holds passive interests in Note 9. ProAssurance holds interests in investment fund LPs/LLCs and other equity method investments and LPs/LLCs which are not considered to be investment funds. ProAssurance's ownership percentage relative to four of the LPs/LLCs is greater than 25%, which is expected to be reduced as the funds mature and other investors participate in the funds; these investments had a carrying value of $49.3 million at March 31, 2022 and $49.0 million at December 31, 2021. ProAssurance's ownership percentage relative to the remaining investments and LPs/LLCs is less than 25%; these interests had a carrying value of $262.1 million at March 31, 2022 and $274.2 million at December 31, 2021. ProAssurance does not have the ability to exert control over any of these funds. Equity in Earnings (Loss) of Unconsolidated Subsidiaries Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated subsidiaries included losses from qualified affordable housing project tax credit partnerships and a historic tax credit partnership. Investment results recorded reflect ProAssurance's allocable portion of partnership operating results. Tax credits reduce income tax expense in the period they are utilized. The results recorded and tax credits recognized related to ProAssurance's tax credit partnership investments were as follows: Three Months Ended (In thousands) 2022 2021 Qualified affordable housing project tax credit partnerships Losses recorded $ 2,388 $ 3,368 Tax credits recognized $ 1,205 $ 3,324 Historic tax credit partnership* Losses (gains) recorded $ — $ (182) Tax credits recognized $ — $ 50 *ProAssurance holds a historic tax credit partnership which was fully amortized in 2020. This partnership generated investment returns by providing benefits to fund investors in the form of tax credits, tax deductible project operating losses and positive cash flows. ProAssurance received a distribution associated with this investment during the first quarter of 2021, as a result of positive cash flows from a completed project, which was recognized as an operating gain. The tax credits generated from the Company's tax credit partnership investments of $1.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 were deferred for use in future periods due to the Company's expected consolidated loss calculated on a tax basis. For the three months ended March 31, 2021 the tax credits generated from the Company's tax credit partnership investments of $3.4 million were deferred and are expected to be utilized in future periods. Not included in the table above is $2.0 million of tax credits recaptured from 2019 during the three months ended March 31, 2022 due to the carryback of the Company's estimated NOL for the three months ended March 31, 2022 to the 2021 tax year. The recaptured tax credits were earned in 2019 but not utilized until 2021 due to NOL's generated in both 2019 and 2020. As of March 31, 2022, the Company had approximately $49.9 million of available tax credit carryforwards generated from its investments in tax credit partnerships which they expect to utilize in future periods. Tax credits provided by the underlying projects of the Company's historic tax credit partnership are typically available in the tax year in which the project is put into active service, whereas the tax credits provided by qualified affordable housing project tax credit partnerships are provided over approximately a ten year period. Significant Equity Method Investees As previously discussed, ProAssurance holds certain investments that are measured using the equity method of accounting, primarily investments in LPs/LLCs, which are carried as a part of Investment in Unconsolidated Subsidiaries on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Each quarter, ProAssurance assesses the significance of its equity method investees. As of March 31, 2022 ProAssurance determined one equity method investee, Prime Storage Fund II, LP, to be significant. This fund invests primarily in self-storage real estate. As of March 31, 2021, ProAssurance determined one equity method investee, NB Private Equity Credit Opportunities Fund LP, to be significant. NB Private Equity Credit Opportunities Fund LP fund invests primarily in senior/junior debt instruments of private equity backed companies, including secured and unsecured loans, bonds and other instruments. The following table presents gross summarized financial information for significant funds, including the portion not attributable to ProAssurance, derived from the fund's financial statements which are prepared in accordance with GAAP. As the majority of ProAssurance's equity method investments report their results to the Company on a one quarter lag, the summarized financial information below is for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. (In thousands) Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 Prime Storage Fund II LP NB Private Equity Credit Opportunities Fund LP Net investment income $ 28,691 $ 40,636 Net investment gains (losses) 22,438 14,587 Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 235,525 61,777 Net gain (loss) $ 286,654 $ 117,000 Net gain (loss) attributable to ProAssurance* $ 1,457 $ 2,056 *Represents ProAssurance's share of the fund's aggregate income or loss, which is included as a component of equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated subsidiaries in its Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income and Comprehensive Income for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021. Net Investment Gains (Losses) Realized investment gains and losses are recognized on the first-in, first-out basis. The following table provides detailed information regarding net investment gains (losses): Three Months Ended (In thousands) 2022 2021 Gross realized gains, available-for-sale fixed maturities $ 1,187 $ 4,294 Gross realized (losses), available-for-sale fixed maturities (1,124) (187) Net realized gains (losses), trading fixed maturities (75) 72 Net realized gains (losses), equity investments (220) 4,189 Net realized gains (losses), other investments 650 3,196 Change in unrealized holding gains (losses), trading fixed maturities (326) (214) Change in unrealized holding gains (losses), equity investments (11,485) (2,937) Change in unrealized holding gains (losses), convertible securities, carried at fair value (2,476) (190) Other 363 626 Net investment gains (losses) $ (13,506) $ 8,849 For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, ProAssurance did not recognize any credit-related impairment losses in earnings or non-credit impairment losses in OCI. The following table presents a roll forward of cumulative credit losses recorded in earnings related to impaired debt securities for which a portion of the impairment was recorded in OCI. Three Months Ended (In thousands) 2022 2021 Balance beginning of period $ — $ 552 Reductions due to: Securities sold during the period (realized) — (552) Balance March 31 $ — $ — |