Allowance for Credit Losses | Note 4 — Allowance for Credit Losses The allowance for credit losses (“ACL”) is based on a loss-rate methodology that measures lifetime losses on loan pools that have similar risk characteristics. Loans that do not have similar risk characteristics are evaluated on an individual basis. The segmentation of the loan portfolio into pools requires a balancing process between capturing similar risk characteristics and containing sufficient loss history to provide meaningful results. Our segmentation starts at the general loan category with further sub-segmentation based on collateral types that may be of meaningful size and/or may contain sufficient differences in risk characteristics based on management’s judgement that would warrant further segmentation. The general loan categories along with primary risk characteristics used in our calculation are as follows: Commercial and industrial loans. Construction and land development loans. Commercial real estate loans. This category includes loans secured by farmland, multifamily properties, owner occupied commercial properties, and non-owner occupied commercial properties. Owner occupied commercial properties include warehouses often along the border for import/export operations, office space where the borrower is the primary tenant, restaurants and other single-tenant retail. Non-owner occupied commercial properties include hotels, retail centers, office and professional buildings, and leased warehouses. These loans carry risk of repayment when market values deteriorate, the business experiences turnover in key management, the business has an inability to attract or keep occupancy levels stable, or when the market experiences an exit of a specific business type that is significant to the local economy, such as a manufacturing plant. 1-4 family mortgages. This category includes both first and second lien mortgages for the purpose of home purchases or refinancing of existing mortgage loans. A small portion of this loan category is related to home equity lines of credits, lots purchases, and home construction. Loan repayments may be affected by unemployment or underemployment and deteriorating market values of real estate. Consumer loans. The loan pools are further broken down using a risk-based segmentation based on internal classifications for commercial loans and past due status for consumer mortgage loans. Non-mortgage consumer loans are evaluated as one segment. On a weekly basis, commercial loan past due reports are reviewed by the credit quality committee to determine if a loan has any potential problems and if a loan should be placed on our internal Watch List report. Additionally, our credit department reviews the majority of our loans for proper internal classification purposes regardless of whether they are past due and segregates any loans with potential problems for further review. The credit department will discuss the potential problem loans with the servicing loan officers to determine any relevant issues that were not discovered in the evaluation. Also, an analysis of loans that is provided through examinations by regulatory authorities is considered in the review process. After the above analysis is completed, we will determine if a loan should be placed on an internal Watch List report because of issues related to the analysis of the credit, credit documents, collateral and/or payment history. Our internal Watch List report is segregated into the following categories: (i) Pass, (ii) Economic Monitoring, (iii) Special Review, (iv) Watch List—Pass, (v) Watch List—Substandard, and (vi) Watch List—Doubtful. The loans placed in the Special Review category and lower rated credits reflect our opinion that the loans reflect potential weakness which require monitoring on a more frequent basis. Credits in those categories are reviewed and discussed on a regular basis, no less frequently than quarterly, with the credit department and the lending staff to determine if a change in category is warranted. The loans placed in the Watch List—Pass category and lower rated credits reflect our opinion that the credit contains weaknesses which represent a greater degree of risk, which warrant “extra attention.” Credits in this category are reviewed and discussed on a regular basis with the credit department and the lending staff to determine if a change in category is warranted. The loans placed in the Watch List—Substandard category are considered to be potentially inadequately protected by the current sound worth and debt service capacity of the borrower or of any pledged collateral. These credit obligations, even if apparently protected by collateral value, have shown defined weaknesses related to adverse financial, managerial, economic, market or political conditions which may jeopardize repayment of principal and interest. Furthermore, there is the possibility that we may sustain some future loss if such weaknesses are not corrected. The loans placed in the Watch List—Doubtful category have shown defined weaknesses and it is likely, based on current information and events, that we will be unable to collect all principal and/or interest amounts contractually due. Watch List—Doubtful loans are placed on non-accrual when they are moved to that category. For the purposes of the ACL, in order to maintain segments with sufficient history for meaningful results, the credits in the Pass and Economic Monitoring categories are aggregated, the credits in the Special Review and Watch List—Pass credits are aggregated, and the credits in the Watch List—Substandard category remain in their own segment. For loans that are classified as Watch List—Doubtful, management evaluates these credits in accordance with ASC 310-10, “Receivables,” and, if deemed necessary, a specific reserve is allocated to the loan. The specific reserve allocated under ASC 310-10, is based on (i) the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate; (ii) the loan’s observable market price; or (iii) net realizable value of the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent. Substantially all of our loans evaluated as Watch List—Doubtful under ASC 310-10 are measured using the fair value of collateral method. In rare cases, we may use other methods to determine the specific reserve of a loan under ASC 310-10 if such loan is not collateral dependent. Within each collectively evaluated pool, the robustness of the lifetime historical loss-rate is evaluated and, if needed, is supplemented with peer loss rates through a model risk adjustment. Certain qualitative loss factors are then evaluated to incorporate management’s two-year reasonable and supportable forecast period followed by a reversion to the pool’s average lifetime loss-rate. Those qualitative loss factors are: (i) trends in portfolio volume and composition, (ii) volume and trends in classified loans, delinquencies, non-accruals and TDR’s, (iii) concentration risk, (iv) trends in underlying collateral value, (v) changes in policies, procedures, and strategies, and (vi) economic conditions. Qualitative factors also include potential losses stemming from operational risk factors arising from fraud, natural disasters, pandemics and geopolitical events. Should any of the factors considered by management in evaluating the adequacy of the ACL change, our estimate could also change, which could affect the level of future credit loss expense. We have elected to not measure an ACL for accrued interest receivable given our timely approach in identifying and writing off uncollectible accrued interest. An ACL for off-balance sheet exposure is derived from a projected usage rate of any unfunded commitment multiplied by the historical loss rate, plus model risk adjustment, if any, of the on-balance sheet loan pools. Our management continually reviews the ACL of the Subsidiary Banks using the amounts determined from the estimates established on specific doubtful loans, the estimate established on quantitative historical loss percentages, and the estimate based on qualitative current conditions and reasonable and supportable two-year forecasted data. Our methodology reverts to the average lifetime loss-rate beyond the forecast period when we can no longer develop reasonable and supportable forecasts. Should any of the factors considered by management in evaluating the adequacy of the estimate for current expected credit losses change, our estimate of current expected credit losses could also change, which could affect the level of future credit loss expense. While the calculation of our ACL utilizes management’s best judgment and all information reasonably available, the adequacy of the ACL is dependent on a variety of factors beyond our control, including, among other things, the performance of the entire loan portfolio, the economy, government actions, changes in interest rates and the view of regulatory authorities towards loan classifications. A summary of the transactions in the allowance for credit loan losses by loan class is as follows: Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 Domestic Foreign Commercial Real Estate: Other Commercial Construction & Real Estate: Commercial Land Farmland & Real Estate: Residential: Residential: Commercial Development Commercial Multifamily First Lien Junior Lien Consumer Foreign Total (Dollars in Thousands) Balance at December 31, 2022 $ 26,728 $ 44,684 $ 36,474 $ 3,794 $ 4,759 $ 8,284 $ 281 $ 968 $ 125,972 Losses charged to allowance (1,971) — — — — (1) (61) — (2,033) Recoveries credited to allowance 625 311 5 — 7 77 6 — 1,031 Net (losses) recoveries charged to allowance (1,346) 311 5 — 7 76 (55) — (1,002) Credit loss expense 2,406 5,938 77 190 (207) (3) 65 121 8,587 Balance at March 31, 2023 $ 27,788 $ 50,933 $ 36,556 $ 3,984 $ 4,559 $ 8,357 $ 291 $ 1,089 $ 133,557 Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 Domestic Foreign Commercial Real Estate: Other Commercial Construction & Real Estate: Commercial Land Farmland & Real Estate: Residential: Residential: Commercial Development Commercial Multifamily First Lien Junior Lien Consumer Foreign Total (Dollars in Thousands) Balance at December 31, 2021 $ 23,178 $ 35,390 $ 35,654 $ 3,291 $ 4,073 $ 7,754 $ 272 $ 762 $ 110,374 Losses charged to allowance (2,112) (2) — — (99) (28) (88) — (2,329) Recoveries credited to allowance 602 2 8 — 30 48 11 — 701 Net (losses) recoveries charged to allowance (1,510) — 8 — (69) 20 (77) — (1,628) Credit loss expense 2,233 982 (808) (229) 12 (728) 69 (50) 1,481 Balance at March 31, 2022 $ 23,901 $ 36,372 $ 34,854 $ 3,062 $ 4,016 $ 7,046 $ 264 $ 712 $ 110,227 The credit loss charged to expense for the three months ended March 31, 2023 has increased from the same period of 2022 in order to provide some protection from potential losses in our loan portfolio given the high level of uncertainty in the economy and a potential economic recession on the horizon. We have increased the severity of some of the qualitative loss factors in certain pools of the portfolio to encompass the economic uncertainty, resulting in an increase in the required ACL. The pool specific qualitative loss factors management deemed appropriate for the ACL calculation at December 31, 2022 remained constant in the March 31, 2023 ACL calculation. The pool specific qualitative loss factors management deemed appropriate for the ACL calculation at December 31, 2022 remained constant in the March 31, 2023 ACL calculation. The tables below provides additional information on the balance of loans individually or collectively evaluated for impairment and their related allowance, by loan class as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022: March 31, 2023 Loans Individually Loans Collectively Evaluated For Evaluated For Impairment Impairment Recorded Recorded Investment Allowance Investment Allowance (Dollars in Thousands) Domestic Commercial $ 30,529 $ 3,375 $ 1,467,573 $ 24,413 Commercial real estate: other construction & land development 20,481 70 2,060,657 50,863 Commercial real estate: farmland & commercial 297 — 2,562,801 36,556 Commercial real estate: multifamily 110 — 309,435 3,984 Residential: first lien 74 — 419,481 4,559 Residential: junior lien 318 — 439,036 8,357 Consumer — — 43,390 291 Foreign — — 177,591 1,089 Total $ 51,809 $ 3,445 $ 7,479,964 $ 130,112 December 31, 2022 Loans Individually Loans Collectively Evaluated For Evaluated For Impairment Impairment Recorded Recorded Investment Allowance Investment Allowance (Dollars in Thousands) Domestic Commercial $ 30,747 $ 2,375 $ 1,468,006 $ 24,353 Commercial real estate: other construction & land development 20,483 70 1,969,186 44,614 Commercial real estate: farmland & commercial 94 — 2,568,025 36,474 Commercial real estate: multifamily 117 — 306,384 3,794 Residential: first lien 77 — 425,647 4,759 Residential: junior lien 312 — 439,958 8,284 Consumer — — 41,592 281 Foreign — — 159,975 968 Total $ 51,830 $ 2,445 $ 7,378,773 $ 123,527 The table below provides additional information on loans accounted for on a non-accrual basis by loan class at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022: March 31, 2023 December 31, 2022 (Dollars in Thousands) Domestic Commercial $ 30,529 $ 30,747 Commercial real estate: other construction & land development 20,481 20,483 Commercial real estate: farmland & commercial 297 94 Commercial real estate: multifamily 110 117 Residential: first lien 215 207 Total non-accrual loans $ 51,632 $ 51,648 We adopted the provisions of Accounting Standards Update 2022-02, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures (“ASU 2022-02”) on January 1, 2023. ASU 2022-02 eliminates the accounting guidance for troubled debt restructurings in existing guidance and enhances disclosure requirements for certain loan refinancings and restructurings when a borrower is experiencing financial difficulty. Additionally, ASU 2022-02 requires entities to disclose current period gross write-offs by year of origination for financing receivables and net investments in leases. The adoption of ASU 2022-22 did not have a significant impact to our consolidated financial statements. We occasionally provide modifications to borrowers experiencing financial difficulties. Modifications may include certain concessions that we must evaluate under ASU 2022-02 to determine the need for disclosure. Concessions to borrowers experiencing financial difficulties that would require disclosure include principal forgiveness, term extension, an other-than-insignificant payment delay, an interest rate reduction or a combination of these concessions. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, we did not provide any modifications under these circumstances to any borrower experiencing financial difficulty. Under guidance in effect prior to January 1, 2023, the following table details loans accounted for as “troubled debt restructuring,” segregated by loan class. Loans accounted for as troubled debt restructuring are included in Watch List—Doubtful loans. December 31, 2022 (Dollars in Thousands) Domestic Residential: first lien $ 1,642 Residential: junior lien 714 Consumer 802 Foreign 55 Total troubled debt restructuring $ 3,213 The Subsidiary Banks charge-off that portion of any loan which management considers to represent a loss as well as that portion of any other loan which is classified as a “loss” by bank examiners. Commercial and industrial or real estate loans are generally considered by management to represent a loss, in whole or part, when an exposure beyond any collateral coverage is apparent and when no further collection of the loss portion is anticipated based on the borrower’s financial condition and general economic conditions in the borrower’s industry. Generally, unsecured consumer loans are charged-off when While our management believes that it is generally able to identify borrowers with financial problems reasonably early and to monitor credit extended to such borrowers carefully, there is no precise method of predicting loan losses. The determination that a loan is likely to be uncollectible and that it should be wholly or partially charged-off as a loss is an exercise of judgment. Similarly, the determination of the adequacy of the ACL can be made only on a subjective basis. It is the judgment of our management that the ACL at March 31, 2023 was adequate to absorb probable losses from loans in the portfolio at that date. The following tables present information regarding the aging of past due loans by loan class at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022: March 31, 2023 90 Days or Total 30 - 59 60 - 89 90 Days or greater & Past Total Days Days Greater still accruing Due Current Portfolio (Dollars in Thousands) Domestic Commercial $ 2,162 $ 217 $ 30,549 $ 121 $ 32,928 $ 1,465,174 $ 1,498,102 Commercial real estate: other construction & land development 14,242 — 19,982 — 34,224 2,046,914 2,081,138 Commercial real estate: farmland & commercial 594 4,565 — — 5,159 2,557,940 2,563,099 Commercial real estate: multifamily 233 — — — 233 309,311 309,544 Residential: first lien 1,189 1,153 3,097 2,864 5,439 414,116 419,555 Residential: junior lien 1,235 258 2,051 2,051 3,544 435,810 439,354 Consumer 270 30 12 12 312 43,078 43,390 Foreign 598 11 581 581 1,190 176,401 177,591 Total past due loans $ 20,523 $ 6,234 $ 56,272 $ 5,629 $ 83,029 $ 7,448,744 $ 7,531,773 December 31, 2022 90 Days or Total 30 - 59 60 - 89 90 Days or greater & Past Total Days Days Greater still accruing Due Current Portfolio (Dollars in Thousands) Domestic Commercial $ 1,732 $ 258 $ 1,014 $ 59 $ 3,004 $ 1,495,750 $ 1,498,754 Commercial real estate: other construction & land development 1,130 — — — 1,130 1,988,539 1,989,669 Commercial real estate: farmland & commercial 1,744 117 — — 1,861 2,566,257 2,568,118 Commercial real estate: multifamily — — — — — 306,501 306,501 Residential: first lien 2,023 1,068 4,189 4,061 7,280 418,444 425,724 Residential: junior lien 925 771 1,717 1,717 3,413 436,857 440,270 Consumer 281 14 7 7 302 41,290 41,592 Foreign 717 23 288 288 1,028 158,947 159,975 Total past due loans $ 8,552 $ 2,251 $ 7,215 $ 6,132 $ 18,018 $ 7,412,585 $ 7,430,603 The increase in Commercial loans past due 90 days or greater at March 31, 2023 can be primarily attributed to a loan secured by equipment and other assets used in the oil and gas industry as well as oil and gas production that is on non-accrual. The increase in Commercial Real Estate: Other Construction & Land Development loans past due 30 – 59 days can be primarily attributed to three relationships secured by commercial properties that were matured and in the process of being renewed. The increase in Commercial Real Estate: Other Construction & Land Development loans past due 90 days or greater can be primarily attributed to a loan secured by commercial property that is on non-accrual. A summary of the loan portfolio by credit quality indicator by loan class and by year of origination at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 is presented below: 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Prior Total (Dollars in Thousands) Balance at March 31, 2023 Domestic Commercial Pass $ 263,913 $ 530,585 $ 452,955 $ 87,039 $ 32,481 $ 68,318 $ 1,435,291 Special Review — 371 201 — — — 572 Watch List - Substandard 218 28,889 130 — 19 2,454 31,710 Watch List - Doubtful — 29,789 — 739 — 1 30,529 Total Commercial $ 264,131 $ 589,634 $ 453,286 $ 87,778 $ 32,500 $ 70,773 $ 1,498,102 Commercial real estate: other construction & land development Pass $ 341,573 $ 840,168 $ 530,211 $ 186,626 $ 124,467 $ 37,404 $ 2,060,449 Special Review — — — — 208 — 208 Watch List - Doubtful — 19,982 407 92 — — 20,481 Total Commercial real estate: other construction & land development $ 341,573 $ 860,150 $ 530,618 $ 186,718 $ 124,675 $ 37,404 $ 2,081,138 Commercial real estate: farmland & commercial Pass $ 294,941 $ 723,848 $ 534,498 $ 353,714 $ 228,974 $ 336,205 $ 2,472,180 Special Review — 173 — 835 — — 1,008 Watch List - Pass — 16,986 243 — — — 17,229 Watch List - Substandard — 54,038 4,556 2,486 93 11,212 72,385 Watch List - Doubtful — 91 — — — 206 297 Total Commercial real estate: farmland & commercial $ 294,941 $ 795,136 $ 539,297 $ 357,035 $ 229,067 $ 347,623 $ 2,563,099 Commercial real estate: multifamily Pass $ 45,117 $ 125,030 $ 50,142 $ 58,802 $ 11,427 $ 18,916 $ 309,434 Watch List - Doubtful — 110 — — — — 110 Total Commercial real estate: multifamily $ 45,117 $ 125,140 $ 50,142 $ 58,802 $ 11,427 $ 18,916 $ 309,544 Residential: first lien Pass $ 71,028 $ 97,907 $ 76,400 $ 45,354 $ 32,016 $ 96,356 $ 419,061 Watch List - Substandard — — 354 66 — — 420 Watch List - Doubtful — 74 — — — — 74 Total Residential: first lien $ 71,028 $ 97,981 $ 76,754 $ 45,420 $ 32,016 $ 96,356 $ 419,555 Residential: junior lien Pass $ 15,944 $ 90,944 $ 103,512 $ 86,758 $ 39,295 $ 102,583 $ 439,036 Watch List- Doubtful — 318 — — — — 318 Total Residential: junior lien $ 15,944 $ 91,262 $ 103,512 $ 86,758 $ 39,295 $ 102,583 $ 439,354 Residential: junior lien Consumer Pass $ 12,176 $ 24,278 $ 4,412 $ 542 $ 344 $ 1,638 $ 43,390 Total Consumer $ 12,176 $ 24,278 $ 4,412 $ 542 $ 344 $ 1,638 $ 43,390 Foreign Pass $ 27,135 $ 119,493 $ 15,902 $ 4,996 $ 4,479 $ 5,586 $ 177,591 Total Foreign $ 27,135 $ 119,493 $ 15,902 $ 4,996 $ 4,479 $ 5,586 $ 177,591 Total Loans $ 1,072,045 $ 2,703,074 $ 1,773,923 $ 828,049 $ 473,803 $ 680,879 $ 7,531,773 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 Prior Total (Dollars in Thousands) Balance at December 31, 2022 Domestic Commercial Pass $ 736,462 $ 524,879 $ 96,401 $ 35,917 $ 43,792 $ 29,464 $ 1,466,915 Special Review 377 213 — — — — 590 Watch List - Substandard 161 149 143 — 49 — 502 Watch List - Doubtful 29,789 — 954 — — 4 30,747 Total Commercial $ 766,789 $ 525,241 $ 97,498 $ 35,917 $ 43,841 $ 29,468 $ 1,498,754 Commercial Commercial real estate: other construction & land development Pass $ 913,675 $ 666,347 $ 173,824 $ 174,897 $ 35,069 $ 5,165 $ 1,968,977 Special Review — — — 209 — — 209 Watch List - Doubtful 19,982 407 94 — — — 20,483 Total Commercial real estate: other construction & land development $ 933,657 $ 666,754 $ 173,918 $ 175,106 $ 35,069 $ 5,165 $ 1,989,669 Commercial real estate: farmland & commercial Pass $ 811,117 $ 584,134 $ 456,200 $ 232,537 $ 325,214 $ 81,295 $ 2,490,497 Special Review 2,855 — 842 — — — 3,697 Watch List - Pass 17,060 247 — — — — 17,307 Watch List - Substandard 2,275 — 54,152 96 — — 56,523 Watch List - Doubtful 94 — — — — — 94 Total Commercial real estate: farmland & commercial $ 833,401 $ 584,381 $ 511,194 $ 232,633 $ 325,214 $ 81,295 $ 2,568,118 Commercial real estate: multifamily Pass $ 127,680 $ 87,469 $ 59,035 $ 12,026 $ 5,490 $ 14,684 $ 306,384 Watch List - Doubtful 117 — — — — — 117 Total Commercial real estate: multifamily $ 127,797 $ 87,469 $ 59,035 $ 12,026 $ 5,490 $ 14,684 $ 306,501 Residential: first lien Pass $ 138,771 $ 82,466 $ 49,591 $ 40,985 $ 33,814 $ 79,660 $ 425,287 Watch List - Substandard — 360 — — — — 360 Watch List - Doubtful 77 — — — — — 77 Total Residential: first lien $ 138,848 $ 82,826 $ 49,591 $ 40,985 $ 33,814 $ 79,660 $ 425,724 Residential: junior lien Pass $ 92,256 $ 108,815 $ 91,130 $ 41,273 $ 21,975 $ 84,509 $ 439,958 Watch List- Doubtful — 312 — — — — 312 Total Residential: junior lien $ 92,256 $ 109,127 $ 91,130 $ 41,273 $ 21,975 $ 84,509 $ 440,270 Consumer Pass $ 31,962 $ 6,603 $ 897 $ 489 $ 28 $ 1,613 $ 41,592 Total Consumer $ 31,962 $ 6,603 $ 897 $ 489 $ 28 $ 1,613 $ 41,592 Foreign Pass $ 124,265 $ 19,082 $ 5,362 $ 4,848 $ 3,417 $ 3,001 $ 159,975 Total Foreign $ 124,265 $ 19,082 $ 5,362 $ 4,848 $ 3,417 $ 3,001 $ 159,975 Total Loans $ 3,048,975 $ 2,081,483 $ 988,625 $ 543,277 $ 468,848 $ 299,395 $ 7,430,603 The increase in Watch-List Substandard Commercial loans at March 31, 2023 compared to December 31, 2022 can be primarily attributed to a loan secured by accounts receivable that was downgraded from Pass. The increase in Watch-List Substandard Commercial Real Estate: Farmland & Commercial loans at March 31, 2022 compared to December 31, 2022 can be primarily attributed to the downgrade from Pass of two loans that are secured by real estate. |