SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
FORM 10-K
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended DECEMBER 31, 1993 Commission File Number 1-6028
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Indiana 35-1140070
(State of incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
200 East Berry Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802-2706
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant's telephone number (219) 455-2000
SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:
Name of each exchange on
Title of each class which registered
Common Stock (Without Par Value) New York, Chicago, Pacific,
London and Tokyo Stock
Exchanges
Common Share Purchase Rights New York, Chicago and Pacific
Stock Exchanges
$3.00 Cumulative Convertible Preferred New York and Chicago Stock
Stock, Series A (Without Par Value) Exchanges
SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:
None
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 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 [ x ] No [ ]
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to
the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information
statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any
amendment to this Form 10-K. [X]
As of March 4, 1994, 94,217,427 shares of Common Stock were outstanding. The
aggregate market value of such shares (based upon the closing price of these
shares on the New York Stock Exchange) held by nonaffiliates was approximately
$3,827,600,000.
Select materials from the Proxy statement for the Annual meeting of
Shareholders, scheduled for May 12, 1994, have been incorporated by reference
into Part III of this Form 10-K.
The exhibit index to this report is located on page 69.
Page 1 of 167
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*PART I
Item 1. Business
Lincoln National Corporation ("LNC") is a holding company. Through subsidiary
companies, LNC operates multiple insurance businesses. Operations are divided
into four major business segments, 1) Property-Casualty, 2) Life Insurance and
Annuities, 3) Life-Health Reinsurance and 4) Employee Life-Health Benefits.
Although one of the subsidiaries held by LNC was formed as early as 1905, LNC
itself was formed in 1968. LNC is an Indiana corporation with its principal
office at 200 East Berry Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802-2706. As of
December 31, 1993, there were 215 persons on the staff of LNC. Total
employment of Lincoln National Corporation at December 31, 1993 on a
consolidated basis was 11,890.
Although acquisition and disposition activity has occurred, there has been no
activity of this nature during the past five years involving all or
predominately all of a business segment.
Numeric presentations showing revenues, pre-tax income, and assets for LNC's
four major business segments and other operations in which LNC engages through
its subsidiaries are included in this report as part of the consolidated
financial statements (see note 8 to the consolidated financial statements on
page 54). The LNC "Other Operations" category includes LNC's investment
management companies and unallocated corporate items, including corporate
investment income, interest expense on short-term and long-term borrowings,
and unallocated corporate overhead expenses.
Following is a brief description of the four major business segments:
1. Property-Casualty
Property-Casualty insurance includes automobile, boiler and machinery,
workers' compensation, fire and allied lines, inland marine, home-owners,
general casualty, special risks and multiple peril insurance. Fidelity and
surety bonds are also included within property-casualty insurance.
Most of LNC's property-casualty business is conducted through American States
Insurance Company ("American States"), headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana,
and its property-casualty subsidiaries. These companies operate a multi-line
property-casualty insurance business in most states of the United States
through 22 semi-autonomous division offices with broad authority for
underwriting, agency contracting, marketing and claims settlement for most
lines of business. The distribution network involves approximately 5,000
independent local agencies.
Other companies within this business segment include Lincoln National
Specialty Insurance Company ("LNSIC") which underwrites select coverages in
the sports and entertainment market and Lincoln National Reinsurance Company
which is a property-casualty company that is involved in servicing a closed
block of reinsurance business.
Approximately 3,900 employees are involved in this business segment.
2. Life Insurance and Annuities
The primary company within this business segment is The Lincoln National Life
Insurance Company ("LNL"). Other companies within this business segment
include, Security-Connecticut Life Insurance Company ("Security-
Connecticut"), First Penn-Pacific Life Insurance Company ("First Penn"),
American States Life Insurance Company ("American States Life"), and Lincoln
National (UK) PLC.
LNL, the 6th largest U.S. stockholder-owned life insurance Company (1992
Fortune Rankings of 50 Largest Life Insurance Companies by Assets) is an
Indiana corporation headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana. A network of 36
life insurance agencies, independent life insurance brokers, insurance
agencies located within financial institutions and specifically trained
employees sells fixed annuities, variable annuities, pension products,
universal life, variable universal life and other individual insurance
coverages in most states of the United States and various foreign countries
including Canada. The distribution network includes approximately 1,900
career agents, 13,000 brokers and access to 42,000 stockbrokers and financial
planners.
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Security-Connecticut is a Connecticut corporation headquartered in Avon,
Connecticut. It specializes in writing universal life and term insurance
through independent general agencies in most states of the United States. A
wholly owned subsidiary of Security-Connecticut, Lincoln Security Life
Insurance Company, operates in the state of New York. In January 1993, LNC
announced it would seek a buyer for Security-Connecticut. The sale of the
common stock of Security-Connecticut Corporation (a recently formed holding
company to which ownership of the operating companies was transferred prior to
the sale) was completed on February 2, 1994 through an Initial Public Offering
(IPO).
First Penn, headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, specializes in the
writing and administration of universal life products through independent
marketing companies and the sale of LNL's annuities through insurance agencies
located within financial institutions in most states of the United States.
American States Life is an Indiana corporation headquartered in Indianapolis,
Indiana. Its products, principally universal life and term insurance, are
marketed through independent local agencies (who also offer property-casualty
insurance) in most states of the United States.
Lincoln National (UK) PLC is a United Kingdom company headquartered in
Wembley, England that is licensed to do business throughout the United
Kingdom. The principal products produced by this operation known as unit-
linked assets are similar to U.S. produced universal life products. This
company was previously named Cannon Assurance Limited, but was renamed
following the acquisition and merger of another UK company that previously
operated as Citibank Life (UK). Lincoln National (UK) is the 16th largest
writer of unit-linked new business premiums in the UK as measured in 1992
(Money Management Survey-New Business Trends, published in June 1993.)
Approximately 4,325 employees are involved in this business segment.
3. Life-Health Reinsurance
The primary companies within this business segment are Lincoln National Life
Reinsurance Company ("LNLR"), Lincoln National Reassurance Company, ("LNRAC"),
Lincoln National Health & Casualty Insurance Company ("LNH&C") and LNL. These
companies are headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana. A broad range of risk
management products and services are offered to insurance companies, HMOs,
self-funded employers and other primary market risk accepting organizations
throughout the United States and economically attractive international
markets. Marketing efforts are conducted primarily through the efforts of a
reinsurance sales staff. Some business is presented by reinsurance
intermediaries and brokers. The reinsurance organization is one of the
largest life-health reinsurers worldwide (Swiss Re survey, May 1993).
LNH&C offers accident and health products and services on both a direct and
reinsurance basis.
Other companies in this business segment include various general business
corporations and foreign reinsurance companies. The general business
corporations are used to support the segment's sales, service and
administration efforts. One of the general business corporations, Lincoln
National Risk Management Inc. has developed and patented a knowledge based
underwriting system ("Life Underwriting System") which it is marketing to
other insurance companies. The foreign reinsurance corporations are used to
support LNC's U.S. companies through reinsuring select business.
Approximately 575 employees are involved in this business segment.
4. Employee Life-Health Benefits
This segment's business is conducted through Employers Health Insurance
Company ("Employers Health"), a Wisconsin Corporation, headquartered in Green
Bay, Wisconsin. Employers Health manufactures and distributes group life and
health insurance, managed health care, dental, disability products and
flexible benefit administrative services with a primary focus on the small
business market (companies with 2-150 employees). It also provides
administrative services to medium and large self-funded accounts in Wisconsin
and is extending such services to other core market areas for self-funded
groups of 100 - 1,000 lives. Employers Health has a strong market position in
the Midwest, California, Texas, Colorado, Georgia, Tennessee, Maryland and
Virginia, representing approximately 80 percent of its in-force business. In
December 1993, LNC announced it would attempt to sell a portion of its
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ownership in Employers Health through an initial public offering (IPO) of
Common Stock in a newly formed holding company known as EMPHESYS Financial
Group, Inc. In March 1994, this IPO was completed and resulted in the sale of
64% of the company.
Approximately 2,590 employees are involved in this segment.
Liabilities for losses and loss adjustment expenses ("LAE") for the property-
casualty business segment are estimated at the end of each accounting period
using case-basis evaluations and statistical projections. These liabilities
include estimates for the ultimate cost of claims 1) which have been reported
but not settled and 2) which have been incurred but not yet reported. A
provision for inflation is implicitly considered in the estimated liability as
the development of the estimated liability is based on historical data which
reflects past inflation and on other factors which are judged to be
appropriate modifiers of past experience. Adjustments to previously
established estimates are reflected in current operating results along with
initial estimates for claims arising within the current accounting period.
Further, beginning in 1993 such estimates no longer recognize the effects of
reinsurance recoverable because such amounts are now recorded as an asset with
the adoption of FAS 113 (see note 2 to the consolidated financial statements
on page 38).
A reconciliation of the beginning of year and end of year liability for losses
and LAE is as follows:
Year Ended December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1991
Liability for losses and LAE at beginning of year $2,672.5 $2,502.4 $2,246.4
Plus:
Provision for losses and LAE for claims
arising in the current year ------------------- 1,433.3 1,670.6 1,824.6
Increase (decrease) in estimated losses and LAE
for claims arising in prior years ------------- (26.5) 47.0 12.3
Total incurred losses and LAE --------------- 1,406.8 1,717.6 1,836.9
Less:
Losses and LAE payments arising in the
current year ---------------------------------- 633.5 709.1 771.4
Losses and LAE payments arising in prior year --- 861.2 838.4 809.5
Total payments ------------------------------ 1,494.7 1,547.5 1,580.9
Total liability for losses and LAE at end
of year net of reinsurance ---------------- 2,584.6 2,672.5 2,502.4
Reinsurance recoverable related to adoption of
FAS 113 in 1993 ------------------------------- 225.5 -- --
Total liability reported on a GAAP basis ---- $2,810.1 $2,672.5 $2,502.4
The reconciliation shows an increase (decrease) of ($26.5) million, $47.0
million, and $12.3 million to the December 31, 1992, 1991 and 1990 liability
for losses and LAE, respectively, for claims arising in prior years. Such
reserve adjustments, which affected current operations during 1993, 1992 and
1991, respectively, resulted from developed losses for prior years being
different than were anticipated when the liabilities for losses and LAE were
originally estimated.
The liability for losses and LAE shown above and within the data to follow are
shown on a basis prescribed by generally accepted accounting principles
("GAAP"). Such liabilities differ from that reported to state insurance
regulators. A reconciliation of the GAAP liability and the corresponding
liability reported to state insurance regulators is as follows:
December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992
Liability reported to state insurance regulators --- $2,617.7 $2,707.8
Increase (decrease) related to:
Estimated salvage and subrogation recoveries ----- (38.3) (35.9)
Amount recoverable from reinsurers related
to adoption of FAS 113 in 1993 ----------------- 225.5 --
Other -------------------------------------------- 5.2 .6
Liability reported on a GAAP basis ----------- $2,810.1 $2,672.5
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The following table shows the development of the estimated liability for loss
and LAE for the ten year period prior to 1993. Each column shows the
liability as originally estimated and cumulative data on payments and re-
estimated liabilities for that accident year and all prior accident years,
making up that calendar year-end liability; and all amounts are reflected net
of reinsurance recoverable for all years. As a result of adopting FAS 113 in
1993, the 1993 liability is $225 million less than reported in the financial
statements. The resulting redundancy (deficiency) is also a cumulative
amount for that year and all prior years. The reserves include an estimated
liability for unreported environmental losses. Prior to 1993, this liability
was generally recognized in the more recent accident years and allocated to
the appropriate accident year when reported. In 1993, this estimated
liability for unreported environmental losses was reallocated to more
appropriate accident years and as a result increased the deficiency for the
period 1983 and prior. Beginning in 1986, the overall reserves were
strengthened and this action has been maintained as evidenced by the
cumulative development reported for 1987 through 1993. Conditions and trends
that have affected the development of these liabilities in the past may not
necessarily recur in the future; therefore, it would not be appropriate to use
this cumulative history in the projection of future performance.
Analysis of Combined Property-Casualty Losses and LAE Development
December 31 (in millions)
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Liability for unpaid losses and LAE, net of reinsurance recoverable
$479 $760 $1,370 $1,730 $2,020 $2,372 $2,669 $2,246 $2,502 $2,673 $2,585
Liability re-estimated as of:
(First column represents number of years later)
1 514 811 1,410 1,692 1,984 2,347 2,690 2,258 2,549 2,634 2,585
2 503 846 1,439 1,753 1,990 2,382 2,718 2,303 2,571
3 523 860 1,566 1,790 2,026 2,403 2,767 2,384
4 540 973 1,595 1,833 2,054 2,443 2,847
5 591 1,009 1,636 1,863 2,104 2,538
6 611 1,042 1,672 1,910 2,199
7 637 1,078 1,713 2,003
8 667 1,108 1,805
9 695 1,196
10 780
Cumulative redundancy (deficiency)
(301) (436) (435) (273) (179) (166) (178) (138) (69) 39 0
Change in redundancy (deficiency)
(135) 1 162 94 13 (12) 40 69 108 (39)
Cumulative amount of liability paid through:
(First column represents number of years later)
1 219 333 531 571 649 750 1,430* 809 839 849
2 310 517 842 935 1,012 1,650* 1,862 1,253 1,325
3 376 638 1,036 1,160 1,568* 1,875 2,088 1,542
4 426 684 1,177 1,508* 1,700 1,996 2,255
5 468 721 1,390* 1,593 1,776 2,095
6 479 862* 1,450 1,647 1,890
7 504 903 1,488 1,694
8 531 928 1,525
9 551 955
10 571
<FN>
*Includes the release of reserves for National Reinsurance Corporation due to
the sale of that company during April 1990. The reserves released for LNC's
period of ownership of National Re were $97 million, $139 million, $241
million, $386 million, $526 million and $665 million in 1984, 1985, 1986,
1987, 1988 and 1989, respectively.
</FN>
In order to protect itself against losses greater than the amount it is
willing to retain on any one risk or event, LNC's insurance subsidiaries
purchase reinsurance from unaffiliated insurance companies (see note 7 to the
consolidated financial statements on page 50).
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In order to maximize returns on its investment portfolio, LNC's investment
personnel continually monitor both current investment income produced by the
portfolio and current market values of the portfolio. The type, maturity,
quality and liquidity of investments selected to place in the segmented
portfolios vary depending on the nature of the underlying liabilities that are
being supported.
All the areas of business activity in which LNC is involved are highly
competitive because of the marketing structure and the large number of
competing companies.
At the end of 1992, the latest year for which data is available, there were
approximately 1,200 groups and unaffiliated individual companies selling
property and casualty insurance. LNC's group of companies writing
property-casualty insurance ranked 25th in net written premiums for 1992
(A.M. Best Aggregates and Averages) among all such groups and companies.
At the end of 1992 there were more than 2,100 life insurance companies in the
United States and LNL was the 13th largest stock and mutual life insurance
company in the United States based on assets and 15th based on insurance
in-force (1992 Fortune Ranking of 50 Largest Life Insurance Companies by
Assets).
The business of LNC's property-casualty, life insurance and annuities,
life-health reinsurance and employee life-health benefits business segments,
in common with those of other insurance companies, is subject to regulation
and supervision by the states, territories and foreign countries in which
they are admitted to do business. The laws of these jurisdictions generally
establish supervisory agencies with broad administrative powers relative to
granting and revoking licenses to transact business, regulating trade
practices, licensing agents, prescribing and approving policy forms,
regulating premium rates for some lines of business, establishing reserve
requirements, regulating competitive matters, prescribing the form and
content of financial statements and reports, and regulating the type and
amount of investments permitted. The ability to continue an insurance
business is dependent upon the maintenance of the licenses in the various
jurisdictions.
Because of the nature of the insurance business, there is no single customer
or group of customers upon whom the business is dependent. Factors such as
backlog, raw materials, patents (including trademarks, licenses, franchises,
and any other concessions held), seasonality, or environmental impact do not
have a material effect upon such business. However, within LNC's Life-Health
Reinsurance segment, Lincoln National Risk Management, Inc. does own the
patent for a knowledge based underwriting system known as "Life Underwriting
System." LNC does not have a separate unit that conducts market research.
Research activities related to new products or services or the improvement of
existing products or services is completed by persons within the business
segments. Expenses related to such activities are not material. Also, sales
are not dependent upon select geographic areas and foreign sales are not
material in relationship to either LNC's total sales or sales of individual
business segments.
Item 2. Properties
LNC and the various operating businesses headquartered in Fort Wayne lease
approximately 1.3 million square feet of office space in the Fort Wayne area.
Approximately 1.0 million square feet of space is leased by operating
businesses headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana; Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois;
Green Bay, Wisconsin; and Wembley, London England. In addition, branch
offices owned or leased for all of the operating businesses referenced above
as well as the space for some smaller operations total approximately 1.2
million square feet. As shown in the notes to consolidated financial
statements, (see note 7 to the consolidated financial statements on page 49)
the rental expense on operating leases for office space and equipment for
continuing operations totaled $55.9 million for 1993 of which $49.6 million
was for office space. This discussion regarding properties does not include
information on investment properties.
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Item 3. Legal Proceedings
LNC and its subsidiaries are involved in various pending or threatened legal
proceedings arising from the conduct of their business. In some instances,
these proceedings include claims for punitive damages and similar types of
relief in unspecified or substantial amounts, in addition to amounts for
alleged contractual liability or requests for equitable relief. After
consultation with counsel and a review of available facts, it is management's
opinion that these proceedings ultimately will be resolved without materially
affecting the consolidated financial statements of LNC.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
During the fourth quarter of 1993, no matters were submitted to security
holders for a vote.
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
Stock Market and Dividend Information
Common Stock Data: (per share) 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
1993 Data:
High -------------------------------- $40.625 $41.813 $47.875 $48.250
Low --------------------------------- 34.688 37.000 37.125 41.000
Dividend declared ------------------- $.380 $.380 $.380 $.410
1992 Data:
High -------------------------------- $30.500 $31.125 $33.563 $38.063
Low --------------------------------- 26.813 25.250 30.125 31.875
Dividend declared ------------------- $.365 $.365 $.365 $.380
Exchanges: New York, Chicago, Pacific, London and Tokyo.
Stock Exchange Symbol: LNC
Dividend Guideline:
The dividend on LNC's Common Stock is determined each quarter by the
Corporation's Board of Directors. The Board takes into consideration the
financial condition of the Corporation, including current and expected
earnings, projected cash flows and anticipated financing needs. The Board
also considers the ability to maintain the dividend through bad times as well
as good so that the dividend rate would need to be reduced only under unusual
circumstances. One guideline that the Board has found useful in recent years
is to consider a dividend approximately equal to five percent of the book
value per share with such book value computed excluding the impact of marking
its securities available-for-sale to fair value.
Notes:
1. The data for 1992 and the first quarter of 1993 has been adjusted to
reflect the effects of a June 1993 two-for-one split of LNC's Common Stock.
2. At December 31, 1993, the number of shareholders of record of LNC's
Common Stock was 13,600.
3. The payment of dividends to shareholders is subject to the restrictions
described in notes 5, Supplemental Financial Data, and 7, Restrictions,
Commitments and Contingencies to the consolidated financial statements (see
pages 45 and 48) and is discussed in the Management's Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Information (see page 28).
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Item 6. Selected Financial Data
(Millions of dollars, except per share data)
Year Ended December 31 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989
Total revenue ------------------- 8,289.8 8,034.1 9,169.0 8,489.5 8,081.1
Income before cumulative effect
of accounting change* -------- 415.3 359.2 201.9 176.6 256.1
Net income* --------------------- 318.9 359.2 201.9 176.6 256.1
Income before cumulative effect
of accounting change per share* $4.06 $3.86 $2.23 $1.97 $2.88
Net income per share* ----------- $3.12 $3.86 $2.23 $1.97 $2.88
Dividends per common share* ----- $1.550 $1.475 $1.385 $1.315 $1.255
December 31 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989
Assets* ----------------------- 48,380.4 39,547.3 34,013.1 27,597.3 25,070.1
Long-term obligations --------- 335.1 423.0 252.6 378.5 378.8
Shareholders' equity* --------- 4,072.3 2,826.9 2,655.8 2,279.5 2,292.4
Market value of Common Stock* - $43.500 $37.000 $27.375 $21.500 $30.438
<FN>
*Income before cumulative effect of accounting change and net income for 1993
includes two changes in estimate which essentially offset each other (see
note 2 to the consolidated financial statements on page 38). Other factors
affecting the comparability of net income for the 1989-1993 period are
shown below (see "Supplemental Data"). Prior year data (1989-1992) has been
restated for the adoption of FAS 109 (see note 2 to the consolidated
financial statements on page 38). Shareholders' equity as of December 31,
1993 includes the effect of the adoption of FAS 115 (see note 2 to the
consolidated financial statements on page 39). Per share amounts were
affected by the 1993 two-for-one split of LNC's Common Stock (see note 9 to
consolidated financial statements on page 52) and the issuance in July 1990,
May 1991 and February 1993 of 2,201,443 shares of Series E Preferred Stock,
2,216,454 shares of Series F Preferred Stock and 9,200,000 shares of Common
Stock, respectively.
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Supplemental Data
Year Ended December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989
Income from operations* -------------- $343.5 $240.6 $177.7 $213.8 $195.6
Realized gain (loss) on investments,
net of related amortization
and taxes -------------------------- 170.3 118.6 113.3 (64.9) 60.5
Realized gain (loss) on sale of
subsidiaries, net of taxes --------- (98.5) -- (89.1) 27.7 --
Cumulative effect of accounting
change (postretirement
benefits), net of taxes ------------ (96.4) -- -- -- --
Net Income ---------------------- $318.9 $359.2 $201.9 $176.6 $256.1
<FN>
*Income from operations is defined as "Net Income" less gain (loss) on
investments, gain (loss) on sale of subsidiaries and cumulative effect of
accounting change, all net of taxes.
</FN>
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations
The pages to follow review LNC's results of operations and financial condi-
tion. Historical financial information is presented and analyzed. Where
appropriate, factors that may affect future financial performance are
identified and discussed.
On pages 9 through 22, the financial results of our business segments,
investments and other operations are presented and discussed. Within these
business segment discussions reference is made to "Income from Operations"
(see definition in item 6 above). Pages 23 through 28 discuss factors that
have affected specific elements of the consolidated financial statements as
well as information pertaining to LNC as a whole.
This "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations" should be read in conjunction with the audited financial
statements, including the notes thereto, presented on pages 30 through 54.
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Review of Operations: Property-Casualty
Year Ended December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989
Financial Results by Source
Underwriting Income (Loss):
Personal Insurance -------------- $(18.4) $(31.8) $(56.7) $(78.7) $(66.2)
Commercial Insurance ------------ (63.3) (133.3) (102.1) (49.7) (29.7)
Reinsurance --------------------- -- -- (12.8) (7.1) (19.0)
Investment Income ----------------- 217.0 242.4 229.6 221.2 244.5
Other ----------------------------- (1.4) .3 1.2 4.6 4.6
Income from Operations ------ 133.9 77.6 59.2 90.3 134.2
Realized Gain on Investments*------ 91.8 -- -- -- --
Net Income ------------------ $225.7 $ 77.6 $ 59.2 $ 90.3 $134.2
Catastrophe Losses $ 58.3 $106.9 $ 61.8 $ 70.6 $118.6
Combined Loss and Expense Ratios**
Personal Insurance ---------------- 103.0% 105.5% 111.8% 116.3% 113.4%
Commercial Insurance -------------- 110.3% 116.5% 111.0% 105.1% 103.1%
Reinsurance ----------------------- -- -- 124.3% 114.8% 109.2%
Consolidated Combined Ratio ------- 107.5% 112.7% 111.9% 109.2% 106.7%
Consolidated Combined Ratio
Excluding Catastrophe Losses ---- 104.3% 107.6% 109.1% 106.1% 101.6%
<FN>
*Prior to 1993, all realized gain (loss) on investments was included in
Other Operations (see note 8 to the consolidated financial statements on
page 51).
**The combined loss and expense ratio is the ratio of losses and loss expenses
to earned premiums plus the ratio of underwriting expense to premiums
written.
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In 1993, the Property-Casualty segment, primarily American States Insurance
Companies, produced its second consecutive year of improving profitability
and its best results in four years. Income from operations increased
substantially to $133.9 million from $77.6 million a year ago. The combined
loss and expense ratio improved 5.2 points to 107.5% from the segment's 1992
experience of 112.7%. More than half of this improvement is attributed to
the ongoing recovery in underwriting results. The programs implemented in
recent years to counteract the uncertainties of a changing market have firmly
taken hold. Fewer catastrophe losses during the year for American States
account for the remainder of the combined ratio improvement.
American States' favorable financial performance in 1993 resulted from a
combination of being able to sustain strong results on its preferred book of
personal lines business while making significant progress to improve results
on its high quality book of small commercial business. The company is
focused on specializing in these areas and continues to provide significant
value for customers, shareholders and agents.
Return to Profitability
In the last few years, industry observers have watched for traditional signs
marking the beginning of a cycle upturn. American States' management decided
several years ago it would no longer wait for a general industry recovery and
took purposeful measures, counter to the industry, to bring its business back
to profitability. The company began a process of focusing underwriting
efforts on those geographies and product lines which have historically
provided better than average returns while de-emphasizing those lines and
areas of less profitable experience. As a result of these activities,
American States' profitability has returned to levels superior to the general
property-casualty industry.
The aggressive restructuring of the book of business did result in a moderate
reduction in premium volume. For 1993, direct written premiums decreased 12%.
While we're currently continuing to see a reduction in the commercial lines
premium volume, we have relative stability in premium volume in the personal
lines business. We anticipate there will be an aggregate positive change in
premium volume in the latter part of 1994.
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Restructuring
In 1993, LNC divested two minor operations in an effort to streamline and
focus its resources on those businesses that have the greatest potential for
profitable growth. The business of the American Union, a small property-
casualty reinsurance affiliate, was unable to contribute to earnings in a
significant manner because the company lacked substantial size. K&K
Insurance Group, Inc., a specialty risk insurer, did not strategically fit
LNC's underwriting approach nor its definition of "main street" business
risks.
Personal Lines
American States' personal lines business continued to show strong improvement
in 1993. The combined ratio improved to 103.0% from 105.5% a year ago.
Approximately 40% of the company's total net written premiums are from the
personal lines business. The preferred private passenger automobile and
homeowners markets represent 86% of the personal lines business.
Over the last five years, the company worked to improve private passenger
automobile pricing and profitability by writing all new business in the
preferred sector. This strategy has been successful, returning this line to
a position of profitability.
In the homeowners line, American States also continues to emphasize the
preferred sector of the market. While standard homeowners business is still
written, an increasing percentage of new premium written in 1993 was in the
preferred sector. Homeowners has been a troubled line for the industry
because of the mismatch between coverage purchased and actual replacement
costs. American States undertook an aggressive program to improve the
profitability of this business line over the last two years. Each homeowners
policy has been evaluated to ensure that the amount of insurance purchased
does indeed correlate to the current property value.
Commercial Lines
In the commercial lines, American States is focused on serving those markets
where it can deliver to its customer base the greatest service levels and
efficiencies its automated systems can provide. American States defines this
market as small-to-medium-sized commercial "main street" business risks.
Selected larger accounts with low-hazard risk characteristics are also among
American States' current and potential client base.
The commercial lines combined ratio improved to 110.3% in 1993 from 116.5% in
1992. The 6.2 points of total improvement is the result of 4.6 points of
basic underlying improvement with the remainder attributable to fewer
catastrophic losses. Management anticipates more selective underwriting,
geographic repositioning of exposures and a continuation of overall pricing
increases will result in greater profitability and a slowing and subsequent
reversal of the decline in premium levels.
Product Distribution
American States distributes its products through a unique network of 22
semi-autonomous division offices across the United States which maintain
relationships with approximately 5,000 independent local agencies. This
"multi-regional" structure allows each division office to function as an
independent operation with broad authority for underwriting, agency
contracting, marketing and claims settlement. Nearly all of the agencies are
electronically interfaced with the division offices. American States
continues to realize one of the lowest internal expense ratios in the
industry while at the same time providing distinctive levels of underwriting
and claims service.
Investment Income
Paralleling the decline in investment income throughout the property-casualty
industry, American States' net investment income after taxes fell to $217.0
million in 1993 versus $242.4 million in 1992. As premium levels declined,
the amount of funds available for new investment also decreased. In addition,
the general decline in interest rates during 1993 has resulted in lower
investment yields.
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Outlook
In early 1994, the property-casualty industry experienced two significant
catastrophic events: the Southern California earthquake and the Eastern and
Midwestern winter freeze. Based on information currently available,
American States estimates it will pay approximately $15 million, pre-tax, for
claims on the earthquake, while the freeze will result in claims of about $18
million, pre-tax. The industry currently estimates property-casualty claims
from both catastrophes may reach more than $3 billion.
American States is optimistic that its methodology for operating in a
changing environment will continue to yield stronger profitability and
opportunities for growth. Absent further unusually severe catastrophic
losses, we expect that 1994 will be our third consecutive year of increased
property-casualty earnings.
Review of Operations: Life Insurance and Annuities
Year Ended December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989
Financial Results by Source
Lincoln National Life (Annuities) --- $ 79.2 $ 61.3 $ 40.6 $ 38.8 $ 30.3
Lincoln National Life (Pensions) ---- 30.6 15.5 12.8 15.8 14.0
Lincoln National Life (Life-Health) - 31.4 22.0 24.5 23.9 27.0
Security-Connecticut (Life) --------- 16.6 21.4 16.7 7.9 12.1
American States Life (Life) --------- 12.1 11.1 10.2 10.6 6.3
First Penn-Pacific (Life) ----------- 9.9 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.7
First Penn-Pacific (Annuities) ------ 17.3 12.6 4.9 .6 -
Lincoln National (U.K.) PLC --------- 11.8 9.2 14.3 13.3 10.5
Other ------------------------------- (33.6) (7.4) (11.4) (6.9) (1.6)
Income from Operations* ------- 175.3 150.9 118.0 109.5 104.3
Realized Gain on Investments**------- 59.3 -- -- -- --
Net Income*-------------------- $234.6 $150.9 $118.0 $109.5 $104.3
December 31 (in billions) 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989
Annuity and Pension Assets
Under Management
Lincoln National Life (Annuities) -- $18.400 $14.467 $11.209 $ 8.420 $ 6.648
Lincoln National Life (Pensions) --- 6.832 6.192 5.455 4.897 4.220
First Penn-Pacific (Annuities) ----- 1.833 1.653 1.153 .156 .027
Total Annuity and Pension
Assets Under Management ----- $27.065 $22.312 $17.817 $13.473 $10.895
Universal Life Account Values
Lincoln National Life(Life-Health) - $1.586 $1.419 $1.308 $1.184 $1.057
Security-Connecticut (Life) -------- .667 .620 .583 .534 .474
First Penn-Pacific (Life) ---------- .592 .523 .449 .362 .296
American States Life (Life) -------- .174 .153 .133 .112 .092
Total Universal Life
Account Values ------------- $3.019 $2.715 $2.473 $2.192 $1.919
Unit-linked Assets
Lincoln National (U.K.) PLC -------- $1.235 $ .652 $ .669 $ .588 $ .569
<FN>
*Income from operations and net income of the annuities and pensions sub-
segments for 1993 include the impact of a change in estimate of net
investment income (see note 2 to the consolidated financial statements on
page 39).
**Prior to 1993, all realized gain (loss) on investments was included in
Other Operations (see note 8 to the consolidated financial statements on
page 51).
</FN>
The Life Insurance and Annuities segment produced an all time high income
from operations of $175.3 million, a 16% increase over 1992. This reflects
record results in the majority of operations that comprise the business
segment. Earnings were affected by an unusually large charge of $20.5
million, after-tax, for guaranty fund assessments. This is $16.3 million
greater than the previous year's assessment. In addition, there was an
unusually large $23.2 million, after-tax, credit arising from an accelerated
amortization of discount on mortgage-backed securities caused by interest
rate declines.
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Our strategy with respect to mortgage-backed securities has included the
purchase of securities with lower underlying interest rates, at a discount.
The accounting for such securities provides that the discount is to be
amortized over the expected life of the investment to produce an estimated
constant effective yield. However, even on the lower interest rate
securities, repayments generally increase and the expected duration of the
investment shortens. This releases additional discount and increases
investment income. The significant change in interest rates in 1993 coupled
with the implementation of new investment computer software in the fourth
quarter released the $23.2 million of additional discount into investment
income. The new software allows us to calculate more accurately the
estimated constant effective yields on these securities.
Lincoln Life Progress
The Life Insurance and Annuities segment made substantial progress in 1993
toward its goal of comprehensively streamlining and integrating the various
units selling products under the Lincoln Life banner. These actions are
aimed at transforming an already substantial operation with a wide range of
asset accumulation and income protection products into one with sustainable
profitability, well above-average growth potential, and benchmark product and
service capabilities.
During the year, Lincoln Life, our flagship life insurance company, completed
a progressive analytical effort. The goal of this self-analysis was to
re-examine all tasks and functions and to determine the value each function
adds to customer service and sales efforts. This analysis resulted in a
clearer vision of Lincoln Life's strengths and capabilities and a reinforced
commitment to increase the market visibility of the Lincoln Life brand name.
Security-Connecticut Divested
In early 1993, LNC announced that as part of the restructuring of the Lincoln
Life operations, it would consider divesting Security-Connecticut
Corporation, an affiliate specializing in sales of universal life and term
life insurance through independent insurance brokers. With the decision to
rebuild the visibility of the Lincoln Life brand name, Security-Connecticut's
distribution system no longer fit with Lincoln Life's distribution strategy.
In October, LNC filed a registration statement for an initial public offering
of 8.5 million shares of Security-Connecticut common stock, representing 100%
of Lincoln Life's interest in this affiliate. The offering was completed at
$22 per share on February 2, 1994. Please refer to "Other Operations" on page
32 for more detail on how the sale affected LNC's net income.
Going forward, the proceeds from the sale will be reinvested in Lincoln Life
to support growth of its life insurance and annuities operations. Lincoln
Life agents will have the ability to continue selling Security-Connecticut
term life insurance products for at least two years.
Lincoln National UK Positioned for Growth
In another restructuring move, LNC completed its first strategic acquisition
in six years. Cannon-Lincoln, its life insurance affiliate in the United
Kingdom, consolidated with Citibank Life UK following LNC's acquisition of
that company to form Lincoln National (UK) PLC. This acquisition effectively
doubled the size of LNC's United Kingdom operations. The acquisition is part
of LNC's corporate strategy to grow its UK operations to ensure that it
continues to be a significant player in the UK life and pension markets.
Lincoln National, is the 16th largest writer of unit-linked new business
premiums in the UK as measured in 1992. (Money Management Survey-New
Business Trends, published June 1993).
Distribution
Lincoln Life's core strengths are the variety of markets it serves and the
expansive portfolio of products it offers. Unlike many of its single-
product, single-channel competitors, Lincoln Life offers a portfolio of
insurance and retirement planning products through multiple distributors. It
sells life insurance through approximately 1,900 career agents and 13,000
independent agents and wholesalers. It sells annuities, not just through
these channels, but also through 42,000 stockbrokers, financial planners and
a wide range of financial institutions. In general, Lincoln Life's products
and services are engineered to meet the financial security needs of middle-
to-upper income professionals and small-business owners.
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Lincoln Life Annuities
Lincoln Life's annuities operation produced another year of record earnings.
Income from operations increased 29% to $79.2 million and annuity assets
under management grew 27% to $18.4 billion. Maintaining excellent services
for contractholders and delivering attractive investment returns in an
environment of lower interest rates played an important part in this
performance. Measured by individual annuity deposits in 1992, Lincoln Life
was recognized as being the leading seller of individual annuities in the
United States (Best's Review, Life-Health Edition, November 1993).
Another of Lincoln Life's unique marketing advantages is its ability and
commitment to continually improve the service it provides to the distributors
and owners of its annuities. In 1993, the company established electronic
interfaces to transmit applications to and from many of the broker/dealers,
simplifying and increasing the speed of the application process.
In 1994, the operation will enhance its annuity products with additional fund
alternatives and options, including a wider selection of outside investment
managers. New product development remains active in order to meet the
changing needs of the marketplace.
Lincoln Life Pensions
Lincoln Life's pension operations had a banner year, earning a record $30.6
million and increasing assets under management by 10% to $6.8 billion. Among
the pension products the company sells, the 401(k) product continues to be in
great demand among employers who wish to provide their employees the option of
a contributory retirement savings benefit in addition to or in place of a
defined benefit upon retirement. Lincoln Life introduced a new version of the
401(k) product in 1993 with new fund options to meet the needs of this growing
employer market.
Opportunistic sales in Guaranteed Interest Contracts (GICs) continue as a
steady source of pension earnings. Low acquisition costs and an integrated
investment strategy give the GIC unit the flexibility to bid on contracts
selectively, when adequate profit margins are available.
Lincoln Life -- Life/Health
Lincoln Life's life/health operations sell a wide range of life insurance
products including universal life, variable universal life, disability income
and long-term care products. Income from operations increased to $31.4
million in 1993. Variable universal life sales increased by 75% in 1993.
The variable universal life product has been increasingly attractive to
individuals seeking returns greater than those generally available in the
current low interest rate environment. Universal life account values,
including both the variable and fixed products, increased more than 11% to
$1.6 billion during 1993.
In recent years, disability income claim experience had been deteriorating.
By 1992, it had become clear that additional reserves were needed to avoid
future losses from this product, and such reserving action was taken at that
time. In addition, new management with disability income experience was
brought into the product line. Other corrective actions included modifying
the design of the product's basic underwriting and benefit structure,
strengthening claims administration and tracking procedures, and increasing
rates. These actions were completed while maintaining the marketplace
competitiveness of the product. As a result of these changes, the disability
income product returned to profitability in 1993.
American States Life Insurance Company
American States Life contributed a record $12.1 million to 1993 income from
operations. This affiliate sells universal life, term life insurance and
annuity products, distributing them through the American States property-
casualty independent agency network. Sales remained level in 1993 and in-
force business grew by 5% despite actions related to our property-casualty
operations which reduced the number of independent agents distributing the
product.
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First Penn-Pacific
First Penn-Pacific posted a sizeable increase in income from operations as
increased investment income contributed to record earnings in both the life
insurance and annuities units. Earnings from the life insurance unit also
benefitted from improved mortality as income from operations nearly doubled
to $9.9 million. Annuity earnings increased 37% to $17.3 million as annuity
assets, after coinsurance, grew to $1.8 billion. First Penn underwrites and
distributes universal life through independent marketing companies and
administers and distributes annuities, including Lincoln National Life
annuities, through financial institutions.
Lincoln National UK PLC
Lincoln National (UK) PLC, formerly Cannon-Lincoln, produced earnings of
$11.8 million in 1993, a 28% increase in income from operations. These
results primarily reflect the successful consolidation with the Citibank Life
operations. Lincoln National UK markets life and pension products, similar to
variable universal life policies, through more than 1,700 career agents across
the United Kingdom.
FAS 115
Effective December 31, 1993, LNC adopted Financial Accounting Standard 115
(FAS 115), which results in the inclusion in Shareholders' Equity of the
unrealized gain or loss on fixed-income securities, subject to certain
adjustments. The December 31, 1993 book value of $39.39 per share includes
$8.85 of unrealized gains on securities.
Gains, whether realized or unrealized, on securities that support long-term
life insurance and annuity contracts are expected to be used to support life
insurance and annuity benefits. If there are losses, those losses would
generally be recovered from reduced future insurance and annuity payments.
Net Income and Shareholders' Equity now include realized and unrealized,
respectively, gains and losses on securities, part of which will be needed to
support insurance and annuity benefits.
Current accounting standards do not require or permit adjustment of insurance
and annuity reserves to recognize the full effect of these realized and
unrealized gains and losses on future benefit payments, unless there is a
contractual obligation which requires the attribution of these gains or losses
to policyholders.
We believe that an appropriate adjustment for these future benefits as of
December 31, 1993 would increase policy reserves and reduce Shareholders'
Equity by $665.3 million, net of taxes, or $6.45 per share. If Shareholders'
Equity were calculated on this adjusted basis, it would be $32.94 per share.
These adjustments reflect the reversal of interest related fixed income
unrealized gains and the deferral and amortization of such realized gains from
portfolios supporting life and annuity products.
Outlook
In 1994, efforts will continue to streamline and bring greater focus to the
identity of Lincoln Life and its nationwide network of agencies. One
strategy that will be implemented during the year will involve gathering our
life insurance agency offices under a common banner. They will all be
members of the Lincoln Financial Group.
Lincoln Life will continue to find opportunities to apply its knowledge of
the retirement marketplace and the investment markets to continue growing its
life insurance and annuities operations. In 1994, Lincoln Life's agency
system will be the primary distributor for LNC's new family of mutual funds,
the Lincoln Advisor Funds.
We are encouraged by the growth in sales of Lincoln Life's life insurance
products. It appears that this growth is continuing into 1994. We
anticipate that annuity assets will continue to grow near the high rate of
recent years.
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Review of Operations: Life-Health Reinsurance
Year Ended December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989
Income from Operations* ------------ $18.9 $58.3 $33.0 $52.2 $48.5
Realized Loss on Investments** ----- $(1.6) -- -- -- --
Net Income* ---------------- $17.3 $58.3 $33.0 $52.2 $48.5
Individual Life Sales (in billions) $17.3 $14.0 $17.0 $19.1 $25.0
December 31 (in billions) 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989
Life Insurance In-Force ------------ $118.0 $113.6 $102.2 $101.4 $98.7
<FN>
*Income from operations and net income for 1993 include the impact of a
change in estimate of the reserve level needed for LNC's reinsurance
disability income business (see note 2 to the consolidated financial
statements on page 39).
**Prior to 1993, all realized gain (loss) on investments was included in
Other Operations (see note 8 to the consolidated financial statements on
page 51).
</FN>
The Life-Health Reinsurance segment, comprised of Lincoln National
Reinsurance Cos. (LNRC), reported 1993 income from operations of $18.9
million. This included a loss of $51.0 million from disability income
reinsurance, largely from reserve strengthening. Reinsurance products other
than disability income produced earnings of $69.9 million. Thus, strong
performances in the individual life, group and international lines of
business were overshadowed by the poor results in the disability income
reinsurance area. In 1992, the segment earnings of $58.3 million included a
loss from disability income of $8.7 million.
Customer Focus
LNRC provides a full range of risk management products and consulting
services to four primary customer groups: insurance companies in the United
States and selected international markets, health maintenance organizations
(HMOs), self-funded employer groups with risk management needs, and other
primary risk-accepting organizations. An exclusive network of account
executives and sales specialists distributes products with a consultative
client approach. Based upon LNRC's competitive analysis of premium volume for
the year ended December 31, 1992, it is clear that the long-term business
relationships and the value added in providing unique client solutions
continue to position LNRC as the leading life-health reinsurer in the United
States.
Disability Income
The reinsurance industry's profitability in the disability income business has
been adversely affected by several external factors. These included
consolidation among the direct disability income writers, lower interest
rates, and the white-collar recession's effect on the professional market.
The key competitive factors in the marketplace became large amounts of monthly
income replacement and liberal benefit definitions for non-cancelable policies
which do not provide any means to correct underpricing.
In 1990, LNRC, then the largest reinsurer of disability income, began to
perceive problems developing in the market. The company took action to apply
its risk management skills to those aspects of the business it could
positively affect. This included increasing rates and tightening underwriting
standards. One consequence of these actions was a reduction in new business
by 67% since 1990.
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Because of the inability to correct pricing on existing in-force business,
and in order to manage its exposure, LNRC expanded its aggressive program to
help client companies with claims management and claims closure. In the
fourth quarter of 1993, we recognized that despite our efforts, our
experience was not improving. This led to further strengthening reserves to
recognize expected future losses. The adequacy of disability income reserves
is dependent on future morbidity experience and other factors which are
subject to substantial variability. Accordingly, we cannot be assured future
losses will not emerge.
Individual Life
One of the primary reasons for LNRC's strong earnings of the last two years
was favorable mortality on Individual Life reinsurance. Individual life
sales increased 24% in 1993.
Group Markets
Group Reinsurance has experienced favorable morbidity in the last two years,
contributing to the strong earnings reported. Competition has intensified in
the HMO market, one of LNRC's primary group market customers. As HMO's move
to a broader spectrum of products, LNRC is prepared to provide market
knowledge and ancillary products such as short-term disability, accidental
death and dismemberment, and group life.
There are still many uncertainties surrounding national health care reform.
Whatever the outcome, LNRC is well positioned to follow the risk to design and
provide products and services to meet risk management needs.
Life Underwriting System
The essence of the partnership and integration between an insurer and
reinsurer is moving to new, more sophisticated levels. Today, strategic
relationships are developed around the flow of information. Companies are
migrating to electronic commerce where billing, underwriting and other risk
management functions are increasingly shared with their reinsurer in a direct
electronic interface. LNRC's Life Underwriting System (LUS), a patented
state-of-the-art risk management tool, provides decision support to the
underwriter, improving service and reducing insurers' expenses. In addition to
the LUS, a new risk management product, Datalliance, has been delivered to
the marketplace. Both products were developed by LNRC. Datalliance provides
an electronic interchange of information between parties sharing in the risk
management process. These products provide the foundation for insurance
companies to re-engineer their internal processes and interactions with their
risk management partners.
Outlook
LNRC will continue to closely monitor the disability income situation and, as
always, take necessary actions to protect the fundamental earnings strength in
our other reinsurance operations. The company expects 1994 reinsurance
earnings to recover and believes over the long-term LNRC will continue to
contribute a steady and significant stream of earnings to LNC.
LNRC's ongoing strategy will be to make the best use of its unique
competencies to design customer focused, custom-made, total risk management
solutions for its clients. LNRC will expand the range of products and
services offered to maintain its position as the premier life-health
reinsurer in the United States.
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Review of Operations: Employee Life-Health Benefits
Year Ended December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989
Financial Results by Source
Employers Health Insurance Company $54.3 $40.8 $39.5 $34.2 $5.2
Managed Health Care -------------- -- -- 4.0 19.0 (.6)
Income from Operations ----- 54.3 40.8 43.5 53.2 4.6
Realized Gain on Investments*----- 1.0 -- -- -- --
Net Income ----------------- $55.3 $40.8 $43.5 $53.2 $4.6
Other Information
Premiums ----------------------- $1,228.6 $1,184.0 $2,436.9 $2,260.3 $2,076.4
Equivalents -------------------- 217.3 195.5 841.3 707.6 648.5
December 31 (in thousands of lives) 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989
Health-Individual Enrollees
Employers Health Insurance Company - 1,030 926 996 879 811
Managed Health Care ---------------- -- -- 2,679 2,865 2,834
Total Enrollees -------------- 1,030 926 3,675 3,744 3,645
<FN>
*Prior to 1993, all realized gain (loss) on investments was included in Other
Operations (see note 8 to the consolidated financial statements on page 51).
</FN>
Employers Health Insurance Company produced record income from operations of
$54.3 million in 1993 versus $40.8 million in 1992. A reduction in medical
cost trends contributed to this earnings improvement.
For the year, the company's health insurance premium reached $1.2 billion.
Employers Health is ranked as the 12th largest U.S. group health insurer
based on 1992 annual statutory premiums (The National Underwriter, June
1993). In 1993, in-force members grew by 11% over the previous year,
bringing total members to more than 1 million.
Employers Health is a single source provider of a broad line of managed care
products and employee benefit products for small businesses. The company has
focused primarily on employer groups of 2 to 150 lives and also offers
administrative services for larger groups in selected markets.
Employers Health distributes managed care medical insurance products, as well
as non-medical specialty products and administrative services through more
than 40,000 independent agents. While it writes business in 40 states, the
company has managed care geographic concentration, with more than 75% of its
medical membership concentrated in 10 states. Employers Health offers
Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) and Health Maintenance Organizations
(HMOs) services through wholly or partially owned plans and through alliances
and contractual relationships with other managed care organizations.
In July 1993, Employers Health began providing all of the marketing and
administrative services for the Health Insurance Plan of California, the
nation's first state sponsored purchasing pool. A purchasing pool enables
employers to group together for combined purchasing power and administrative
efficiencies.
Outlook
In December 1993, LNC, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Lincoln National
Life Insurance Company, announced it would sell, through a public offering,
approximately 60% or 10.5 million shares of EMPHESYS Financial Group, Inc.
EMPHESYS is a holding company created by Lincoln Life which owns the stock of
Employers Health. Depending on market demand, Lincoln Life may sell more
than 60% of the company.
LNC has decided to divest a majority interest of Employers Health in order to
devote more of its resources to its primary businesses and further reduce its
investment in the group health business. LNC intends to use the proceeds from
the sale for further growth. At the time of this writing, LNC anticipates the
sale will close in March 1994.
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Discussion and Analysis of Investments
December 31 (in billions) 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989
Total Invested Assets*----------- $29.7 $25.5 $23.0 $19.1 $17.8
Year Ended December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989
Net Investment Income**---------- $2,146.5 $1,987.3 $1,799.3 $1,653.4 $1,580.2
Net Realized Gain (Loss)
on Investments ---------------- 268.4 176.9 163.1 (103.0) 86.7
<FN>
*Effective December 31, 1993, with the adoption of FAS 115, all fixed
maturity securities are carried at fair values.
**Net investment income for 1993 includes a change in estimate of income from
mortgage-backed bonds (see note 2 to the consolidated financial statements
on page 39).
</FN>
Net realized gain (loss) on investments in 1993 and 1992 was $268.4 million
($170.3 million after taxes) and $176.9 million ($118.6 million after taxes),
respectively. These gains were the result of the sale of investments, less
write-downs and allowances for losses. The write-downs of fixed maturity and
equity securities were recorded when the securities were deemed to have
declines in market value that were other than temporary. With the exception
of interest only mortgage-backed securities, the fixed maturity securities to
which these write-downs apply were generally of investment grade quality at
the time of purchase, but were classified as "below investment grade" at the
time of the write-downs. Provision for losses were established for mortgage
loans on real estate and real estate where the underlying value of the
property was deemed to be less than the carrying value. The provision for
losses in 1993 includes $64.1 million for the adoption of FAS 114 (see note 2
to the consolidated financial statements on page 38). The amount of these
write-downs and provisions for losses is disclosed within the notes to the
accompanying financial statements (see note 3 to the consolidated financial
statements on page 40).
Net investment income increased 8% in 1993 as the result of a 12% increase in
mean invested assets (cost basis) being partially offset by a decrease in the
yield on investments from 8.24% to 7.93%. Lower net investment income for
1993 in the Property-Casualty segment, due to lower volumes of business, were
more than offset by increases in the other business segments. Net investment
income increased 10% in 1992 as the result of a 13% increase in invested
assets being partially offset by a decrease in the yield from 8.38% to 8.24%.
The investment portfolio, excluding cash and invested cash, is comprised of
fixed maturity securities; equities; mortgage loans on real estate; real
estate, either wholly owned or joint ventures; and other long-term
investments. LNC purchases investments which have yield, duration and other
characteristics which take into account the liabilities of the products being
supported. The dominant investment held is fixed maturity securities which
represents 81% of the investment portfolio. A $3.6 billion increase in the
fixed maturity portfolio, including increases related to the adoption of FAS
115, accounted for most of the $4.2 billion increase in the investment
portfolio in 1993.
Fixed Maturity Securities
In 1993, LNC's fixed maturity portfolio produced a return of 12.7% compared to
an industry recognized index (Lehman Brothers, Government/Corporate Bond
Index) which produced 11.0%
LNC maintains a high-quality fixed maturity securities portfolio. As of
December 31, 1993, $11.8 billion or 53% of the securities in the portfolio
were rated AA or better and $956.9 million or 4.3% of the portfolio was
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invested in below investment grade (BB or less) securities (see note 3 to the
consolidated financial statements on page 41). The below investment grade
securities represent 3.2% of the total investment portfolio. The interest
rates available on these below investment grade securities are significantly
higher than are available on other corporate debt securities. Also, the risk
of loss due to default by the borrower is significantly greater with respect
to such below investment grade securities because these securities are
generally unsecured, often subordinated to other creditors of the issuer and
issued by companies that usually have high levels of indebtedness. LNC
attempts to minimize the risks associated with these below investment grade
securities by limiting the exposure to any one issuer and by closely
monitoring the credit worthiness of such issuers. For the year ended December
31, 1993, the aggregate cost of such investments purchased was $391.4 million.
Aggregate proceeds from such investments sold were $283.2 million, resulting
in a realized pre-tax gain at the time of sale of $17.4 million.
As of December 31, 1993, LNC adopted FAS 115 and reclassified its entire fixed
maturity securities portfolio as "available-for-sale." With such
reclassification, the fixed maturity securities are carried at current fair
value and changes in fair values, net of related deferred acquisition costs,
amounts required to satisfy policyholder commitments and taxes, are charged or
credited directly to shareholders' equity (see note 2 to the consolidated
financial statements on page 39). As of December 31, 1993, LNC's fixed
maturity securities were comprised of securities with gross unrealized gains
of $1,925.0 million and gross unrealized losses of $179.9 million.
LNC's fixed maturity securities available-for-sale includes mortgage-backed
bonds. The mortgage-backed bonds are subject to risks associated with
variable prepayments. This may result in these securities having a different
actual maturity than planned at the time of purchase. Securities that have an
amortized cost greater than par which are backed by mortgages that prepay
faster than expected will incur a reduction in yield or a loss. Those
securities that have an amortized cost lower than par that prepay faster than
expected will generate an increase in yield or a gain. The degree to which a
security is susceptible to either gains or losses is influenced by the
difference between its amortized cost and par, the relative sensitivity of the
underlying mortgages backing the assets to prepayment in a changing interest
rate environment and the repayment priority of the securities in the overall
securitization structure.
LNC limits the extent of these risks by generally avoiding securities whose
cost significantly exceeds par, by purchasing securities which are backed by
stable collateral, and by concentrating on securities with enhanced priority
in their trust structure. Such securities with reduced risk typically have a
lower yield (but higher liquidity) than higher-risk mortgage-backed bonds. At
selected times, higher-risk securities may be purchased if they do not
compromise the safety of the general portfolio. At December 31, 1993, LNC did
not have a significant amount of higher-risk mortgage-backed bonds. There are
negligible default risks in the mortgage-backed bond portfolio as a whole as
the vast majority of the assets are either guaranteed by U.S. government-
sponsored entities or are supported in the securitization structure by junior
securities enabling the assets to achieve high investment grade status.
At December 31, 1993, the current par, amortized cost and estimated fair value
of investments in mortgage-backed bonds summarized by interest rates of the
underlying collateral are as follows:
Current Fair
December 31 (in millions) Par Cost Value
Below 7% ------------------------------- $ 269.1 $ 271.7 $ 272.2
7% - 8% -------------------------------- 1,296.5 1,271.2 1,298.0
8% - 9% -------------------------------- 1,378.6 1,319.8 1,427.0
Above 9% ------------------------------- 2,933.8 2,823.0 3,064.8
Total $5,878.0 $5,685.7 $6,062.0
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Equities
The equity securities portion of the investment portfolio produced a realized
pre-tax gain of $156.7 million in 1993 as compared with $83.5 million in 1992.
This continued strong performance reflects the success of LNC's two affiliates
(Lynch & Mayer and Vantage Global Advisors, Inc). These advisors manage
equity funds for Lincoln National. While the stock market, as measured by the
S&P 500, had an investment return of 10.1% for the year, the combined return
on assets managed by Lynch & Mayer and Vantage Global Advisors, Inc. was
14.6%.
Total Return
While many insurance companies invest to maximize current income, we follow a
total return strategy that focuses the change in market value of our assets in
addition to current income. This approach permits us to be more effective in
our asset liability management efforts, since decisions can be made based upon
the true economic value of assets and true economic costs of liabilities.
Total return requires that we evaluate the risk and expected return of each
asset.
Mortgage Loans and Real Estate
Mortgage loans on real estate represented 11.1% of the total investment
portfolio as of December 31, 1993, while real estate owned represented 2.1%.
In January 1994, LNC announced its intention to sell approximately $300
million in performing and non-performing mortgage loans and real estate
holdings through a sealed bid process. If the transaction is consummated, the
selling price is expected to approximate the carrying value. As of December
31, 1993, the underlying properties supporting the mortgage loans on real
estate consisted of 29% in commercial office buildings, 27% in retail stores,
19% in apartments, 12% in industrial buildings, 3% in hotels/motels and 10% in
other. In addition to the dispersion by type of property, the mortgage loan
portfolio is distributed regionally throughout the United States.
Mortgage loans on real estate are actively monitored to identify problem
loans. LNC classifies mortgage loans as problem loans if they are non-accrual
loans (i.e., principal and interest are 60 days past due), restructured loans
(i.e., the terms of the original loan have been modified) or all other loans
not in the first two categories that are considered impaired. LNC considers a
mortgage loan impaired when, based on current information and events, it is
probable that LNC will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the
contractual terms of the loan agreement. In addition, LNC also classifies
loans as potential problem loans when available information causes management
to be concerned about the borrowers' ability to comply with the present loan
terms, including the repayment of outstanding interest and principal.
When LNC determines that a loan is impaired as defined above, a provision for
loss is established for the difference between the carrying value of the
mortgage loan and the estimated value. Estimated value is based on either the
present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan's effective
interest rate, the loan's observable market price or the fair value of the
collateral. Additional amounts were added to the mortgage loan provision for
losses during 1993 due to the adoption of FAS 114 (see note 2 to the
consolidated financial statements on page 38). When a mortgage loan becomes
60 days past due, all existing accruals for interest due are reversed and
interest is recorded on a cash basis until the mortgage loan is brought
current.
The commercial mortgage loan market deteriorated throughout the nation in 1992
and 1993. Lincoln National, like many other insurers, did not escape an
increase in impaired loans. We continued to strengthen our provision for
losses throughout 1992 and 1993, increasing the reserve level and the ratio of
reserves to impaired mortgages. Net impaired loans as of December 31, 1993,
totaled $554.7 million, as compared with $421.7 million as of December 31,
1992. Net impaired loans were only 1.9% of total investments at December 31,
1993.
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A summary of LNC's problem mortgage loans on real estate and supplemental
information with respect to such loans is as follows:
December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992
Problem Loans:
Non-accrual loans -------------------------------- $276.3 $338.2
Restructured loans ------------------------------- 59.8 90.2
Other problem loans ------------------------------ 445.2 127.8
Total Problem Loans ------------------------ $781.3 $556.2
Potential problem loans -------------------------- $ 92.1 $ 69.3
Total problem loans as of December 31, 1993 and 1992 of $781,300,000 and
$556,200,000, respectively, include $684,500,000 and $356,300,000,
respectively, of impaired loans and, accordingly, a provision for losses of
$226,600,000 and $134,500,000 for 1993 and 1992, respectively, have been
provided for such loans.
Year Ended December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992
Interest Income from Problem Loans:
Amount that would have been
recorded under original terms ------------------ $76.5 $54.6
Interest income recorded during the period ------- 52.3 33.8
LNC has a commitment to lend $132,000 on a restructured loan. No other future
commitments have been made on non-accrual or restructured loans.
Outlook
Entering 1994, the market consensus was for slightly higher inflation than
last year and moderate improvement in the economy.
The current consensus view and market focus are on much stronger economic
growth and increasing inflationary pressures. Much of this focus could be
attributed to the unusually high fourth quarter Gross Domestic Product report
and potential inflationary findings in the Purchasing Manager's Report. This
has resulted in further declines in bond and stock prices.
We are not as concerned with inflation versus the market at this time. While
interest rates may be expected to continue to rise in the short term, we
believe they are likely to fall in the second half of this year.
We made a strong commitment to the international equity market last year and
continue to pursue this strategy. The returns for both domestic fixed-income
and equity instruments will not approach that of the decade of the 1980's but
should result in real returns closer to historical averages.
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Review of Other Operations:
Year Ended December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989
Financial Results by Source
Investment Management -------------- $ 9.7 $ 9.2 $ 4.6 $ 2.9 $ 1.9
LNC Financing ---------------------- (26.7) (33.8) (34.2) (37.2) (41.7)
LNC Operations --------------------- (22.3) (18.2) (16.3) (19.5) (21.3)
Other Corporate* ------------------- .4 (7.6) 9.5 5.5 (1.8)
Corporate Equity Investments -- (36.6) (39.6) (43.1) (33.1)
Income (Loss) from Operations (38.9) (87.0) (76.0) (91.4) (96.0)
Realized Gain(Loss)on Investments**- 19.8 118.6 113.3 (64.9) 60.5
Gain(Loss)on Sale of Subsidiaries -- (98.5) -- (89.1) 27.7 --
Cumulative Effect of Accounting
Change (Postretirement Benefits)*** (96.4) -- -- -- --
Net Income (Loss) ------------ $(214.0) $ 31.6 $(51.8) $(128.6) $(35.5)
<FN>
*Prior year data (1989-1992) has been restated for the adoption of FAS 109
(see note 2 to the consolidated financial statements on page 38).
**Prior to 1993, all realized gain (loss) on investments was included in
Other Operations (see note 8 to consolidated financial statements on page
51).
***This accounting change relates to the adoption of FAS 106 (see note 2 to
the consolidated financial statements on page 38).
</FN>
The income (loss) from operations shown above for "Other Operations"
represents unallocated revenues and expenses including LNC's investment
management companies, corporate investment income, interest expense on short-
term and long-term borrowings, corporate overhead expenses and certain other
operations that are not directly related to the four business segments.
The Investment Management operations reported above include Lincoln National
Investment Management Company, Lynch & Mayer and Vantage Global Advisors, Inc.
These investment advisors provide investment advisory services and asset
management services to LNC's annuity, pension and insurance customers as well
as for LNC's corporate portfolios. In addition to managing these accounts,
their services are provided to outside, institutional clients and high net
worth individuals.
Corporate interest expense included within the LNC financing line above was
less for 1993 than 1992 due to the use of proceeds from a Common Stock
offering (see note 9 to the consolidated financial statements on page 52) to
pay down corporate debt.
Net income shown above for "Other Operations" includes the items described
above under income from operations plus the cumulative effect of the
accounting change for the consolidated group of companies related to
postretirement benefits, the gain (loss) on sale of subsidiaries (see note 10
to the consolidated financial statements on page 53) and certain realized gain
(loss) on sale of investments.
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REVIEW OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
Summary Information
Increase
(Decrease)
Year Ended December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1991 1993 1992
Insurance premiums:
Property-casualty ------------ $1,841.4 $2,083.0 $2,242.0 (12%) (7%)
Health ----------------------- 1,927.0 1,857.7 3,106.3 4% (40%)
Life and annuity ------------- 1,588.4 1,358.2 1,381.8 17% (2%)
Insurance fees ----------------- 470.4 409.5 357.5 15% 15%
Net investment income ---------- 2,146.5 1,987.3 1,799.3 8% 10%
Realized gain on investments --- 268.4 176.9 163.1 52% 8%
Loss on sale of subsidiaries --- (98.5) -- (135.0)
Other revenue ------------------ 146.1 161.5 254.0 (10%) (36%)
Insurance benefits and expenses:
Property-casualty ------------- 1,406.8 1,717.6 1,844.9 (18%) (7%)
Health ------------------------ 1,478.6 1,428.6 2,396.5 4% (40%)
Life and annuity -------------- 2,742.9 2,554.2 2,645.4 7% (3%)
Expenses:
Operating expenses ------------ 2,029.3 1,855.2 2,012.2 9% (8%)
Interest ---------------------- 44.3 53.8 71.2 (18%) (24%)
Federal income taxes (credits)* - 172.5 65.5 (3.1)
<FN>
*Prior year data (1992-1991) has been restated for the adoption of FAS 109
(see note 2 to the consolidated financial statements on page 38).
</FN>
REVIEW OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS
Consolidated operations are reviewed below except for Net Investment Income
and Realized Gain on Investments which are reviewed in the preceding
Discussion and Analysis of Investments section. Revenue and expenses
associated with the portion of the Employee Life-Health Benefits segment
which was sold have been excluded from the 1993 and 1992 operating results as
the estimated cost of the run-off of such operations was included in the loss
on sale of subsidiaries recorded in the fourth quarter of 1991.
Insurance Premiums
Property-casualty premiums decreased 12% in 1993 and 7% in 1992. The decrease
in 1993 and 1992 is primarily the result of implementing a more stringent
underwriting policy to improve loss experience. The volume of premium that
this segment will produce in 1994 is dependent upon whether the pricing within
the property-casualty insurance market place allows price increases that are
necessary to maintain and improve profitability.
Health premiums increased $69.3 million or 4% in 1993 as the result of
increased volumes of business and rate increases implemented over the past
year. Health premiums decreased $1.2 billion in 1992. Excluding the 1991
impact of the portion of the Employee Life-Health Benefits segment which was
sold in 1992, health premiums decreased $22.2 million or 1%. This decrease
was due to premium rate increases on business retained being more than offset
by lower volumes of business. The premium rate increases and the lower volume
resulted from holding healthcare trend factors at a high level for new and
renewal business quotes. If LNC consummates the sale of its primary direct
writer of health coverages (see note 10 to the consolidated financial
statements on page 53) health premiums will be approximately 50% lower in
1994.
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Life and annuity premiums increased 17% in 1993. This increase resulted from
increases in the volume of transactions by the Life Insurance and Annuities
and Life-Health Reinsurance segments. Life and annuity premiums decreased 2%
in 1992. Excluding the 1991 impact of the portion of the Employee Life-Health
Benefits segment which was sold in 1992, life and annuity premiums increased
4% primarily as the result of an increase in the volume of transactions in the
Life-Health Reinsurance segment. Barring the passage of unfavorable tax
legislation that would eliminate the tax-advantages for some of LNC's life and
annuity products, LNC expects life and annuity premium growth in 1994 similar
to the growth for 1993.
Insurance Fees
Insurance fees from universal life and other interest-sensitive life insurance
contracts increased 15% in 1993 and 1992. The growth in fees from this
business is expected to continue in 1994.
Loss on Sale of Subsidiaries
In December 1993, LNC recorded a provision for loss on the sale of its
Security-Connecticut subsidiary (see note 10 to the consolidated financial
statements on page 56). In December 1991, LNC recorded a loss on the
anticipated sale of a portion of the Employee Life-Health Benefits segment
(see note 10 to the consolidated financial statements on page 53).
Other Revenue
Other revenue decreased 10% in 1993 as a result of a decrease in the Property-
Casualty segment due to the sale of an agency company that specialized in the
sports and entertainment market. Excluding the 1991 impact of a portion of
the Employee Life-Health Benefits segment which was sold in 1992, other
revenue increased 20% in 1992. This increase is the result of increased
revenues from fees in the Life Insurance and Annuities segment.
Insurance Benefits and Expenses
Property-casualty benefits decreased by 18% compared with 1992. This decrease
was the result of reduced volumes of insurance as indicated by the reduction
in insurance premiums and a decrease in weather-related claims. Property-
casualty benefits decreased by 7% as compared with 1991. This decrease was
the net result of reduced volumes of insurance in-force and an increase in
weather-related claims. The 1991-1993 period had above average catastrophe
and storm losses. Assuming an average catastrophe and storm loss year in
1994, the property-casualty benefits will likely parallel the change in
property-casualty premiums.
Health benefits increased 4% in 1993 compared to 1992. This increase was the
result of higher volumes of business and the impact of a change in estimate of
the reserve level needed for the Life-Health Reinsurance segments disability
income business (see note 2 to the consolidated financial statements on page
42) being partially offset by moderating claims in the Employee Life-Health
Benefits segment. Health benefits, excluding the 1991 impact of the portion
of the Employee Life-Health Benefits segment which was sold in 1992, were
$12.6 million or 7% more in 1992 than in 1991. This is the net result of
lower volumes of business and inflation in the cost of providing health care
in the Life-Health Reinsurance and Employee Life-Health Benefits segments. As
noted within the insurance premium section, if LNC consummates the partial
sale of its primary direct writer of health coverages (see note 10 to the
consolidated financial statements on page 53) the volume of health business
will decrease by about 50% in 1994. Health benefits are also expected to
decrease by approximately 50%.
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Life and annuity benefits and settlement expenses increased 7% in 1993
compared to 1992. This increase was the result of increased volumes of
business in the Life Insurance and Annuities and Life-Health Reinsurance
segments. Life and Annuity benefits and settlement expenses, excluding the
1991 impact of the portion of the Employee Life-Health Benefits segment which
was sold in 1992, increased by 9%, primarily as a result of increased business
in 1992 in the Life-Health Reinsurance segment and more favorable mortality
than in 1991. The increase in life and annuity benefits expense in 1994 is
expected to parallel the growth in life and annuity premiums.
Expenses
Underwriting, Acquisition, Insurance and Other expenses increased 9% in 1993
compared to 1992. This increase was the result of inflation, higher volumes
of insurance and higher costs for postretirement benefits. Excluding the 1991
impact of the portion of the Employee Life-Health Benefits segment which was
sold in 1992, underwriting, acquisition, insurance and other expenses
increased $232.9 million or 14% in 1992. This increase was the result of
inflation and an increase in the volume of insurance except in the
Property-Casualty segment. In 1994, LNC's segments will continue to adjust
staff levels as appropriate to match business volumes.
Interest expense decreased $9.5 million or 18% in 1993 compared to 1992 as a
result of decreases in the average debt outstanding. The average debt was
lower due to the use of the proceeds of the February 1993 Common Stock
offering to pay down debt (see note 9 to the consolidated financial statements
on page 52). Interest expense decreased $17.4 million in 1992 as the result
of decreases in the average debt outstanding, decreases in short-term interest
rates and changes in the composition of debt outstanding. The average debt
level for 1994 is expected to be lower than 1993 due to cash available at the
holding company from subsidiary dividends being used to reduce debt
outstanding. In addition, the 8% notes due in 1997 were called in March 1994.
Federal Income Taxes (Credits)
Federal income taxes increased $107.0 million in 1993 compared to 1992. This
increase is primarily the result of increased pre-tax earnings and the lack of
any tax benefit on the loss on sale of subsidiary (due to federal income tax
regulations) being partially offset by an increase in tax-exempt investment
income. The increase in the prevailing Corporate federal income tax rate from
34% to 35% during 1993 increased 1993 current taxes by approximately $5
million. However, this increase was offset by a one-time increase to LNC's
deferred tax recoverable (see note 4 to the consolidated financial statements
on page 42). As restated for the effect of FAS 109 (see note 2 to the
consolidated financial statements on page 38), federal income taxes increased
from the tax credit of $3.1 million in 1991 to a tax charge of $65.5 million
in 1992. This increase resulted primarily from an increase in pre-tax
earnings.
Summary
Net income for 1993 was $318.9 million compared with $359.2 million in 1992.
The 1992 amount has been restated for the effect of FAS 109 (see note 2 to the
consolidated financial statements on page 38). Excluding realized gain on
investments, loss on sale of subsidiary and the cumulative effect of
implementing FAS 106, all net of tax, LNC earned $343.5 million for 1993
compared to $240.6 million in 1992. All the business segments except for
Life-Health Reinsurance contributed to this increase. Net income for 1993
includes two changes in estimates which essentially offset each other (see
note 2 to the consolidated financial statements on pages 39). As restated,
net income for 1992 was $359.2 million compared with $201.9 million in 1991.
Excluding net realized gains on investments net of taxes and the 1991 impact
of the $89.1 million after-tax ($135.0 million pre-tax) loss on sale of
subsidiaries, LNC earned $240.6 million in 1992 compared to $177.7 million in
1991. All the business segments contributed to this increase.
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REVIEW OF CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL CONDITION
Consolidated financial condition is reviewed below except for Investments
which are reviewed in the preceding Discussion and Analysis of Investments
section.
Cash and Invested Cash
Cash and invested cash decreased by $306.2 million in 1993 as the result of
moving invested cash to longer term investments.
Variable Life and Annuity and Segregated Pension Funds
This asset account as well as the corresponding liability account increased
by $4.1 billion, reflecting a continued increase in funds under management.
Federal Income Taxes
Federal Income Taxes increased $261.3 million in 1993 and on a restated basis
(see note 2 to the consolidated financial statements on page 38) increased
$149.3 million in 1992. These increases resulted from the net effect of
increases in discounting of insurance reserves, deferred acquisition costs and
investment reserve additions; and in 1993 due to the effect of implementing
FAS 115 (see note 2 to the consolidated financial statements on page 39).
Amount Recoverable from Reinsurers
This balance sheet account was added in 1993 as the result of the adoption of
FAS 113 (see note 2 to the consolidated financial statements on page 38).
These amounts were previously netted against policy liabilities and accruals.
Other Assets
The decrease in other assets relates to a decrease in expected proceeds from
sales of security investments in the last few days of 1993 versus a higher
volume of such transactions late in 1992.
Total Liabilities
Total liabilities increased by $7.6 billion in 1993. This increase reflects
1)an increase in business activity as evidenced by an increase of $2.1
billion in contractholder funds, an increase of $4.1 billion in the liability
for variable life and annuity and segregated pension funds and an increase in
the policy liabilities and accruals of $1.4 billion; 2)a decrease in debt of
$169.9 million; and 3)an increase in all other liabilities of $.2 million.
The increase in the policy liabilities and accruals includes $900 million
related to the adoption of FAS 113 (see note 2 to the consolidated financial
statements on page 38). Policy liabilities for both December 31, 1993 and
December 31, 1992 included a liability for environmental losses of
approximately $204.0 million. The increase in other liabilities relates to an
increase in the expected payouts for security investments purchased in the
last few days of 1993 versus a lower volume of such transactions late in
1992.
Shareholders' Equity
The increase in Shareholders' Equity of $1.2 billion compared to the restated
December 31, 1992 balance (see note 2 to the consolidated financial statements
on page 38), was the result of increases of $316.1 million from the public
stock offering (see note 9 to the consolidated financial statements on page
52), $318.9 million of net income, $26.2 million from the issuance of Common
Stock related to benefit plans and $768.4 million related to the cumulative
effect of accounting change for debt and equity securities (see note 2 to the
consolidated financial statements on page 39) being partially offset by $162.8
million in dividends to stockholders, $16.5 million related to the change in
net unrealized gain (loss) on trading and equity securities and a $4.8 million
reduction in the accumulated foreign exchange gain.
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Capital adequacy is a primary measurement used by insurance regulators to
determine the financial stability of an insurance company. New risk-based
capital guidelines developed by the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners became effective in 1993 for life insurance companies. The
risk-based capital formula is designed to analytically determine,based on the
level of insurance and investment risks of individual companies,the amount of
capital that represents minimum acceptable operating amounts related to these
risks. Regulatory action is triggered when an insurer's statutory-basis
capital falls below the formula-produced capital level. Similar guidelines
for property-casualty insurance companies were adopted for 1994. At December
31, 1993, statutory-basis capital for each of LNC's life and property casualty
insurance subsidiaries was substantially in excess of regulatory action levels
of risk-based capital (using the 1994 formula for property-casualty).
LIQUIDITY AND CASH FLOW
In the insurance industry, liquidity generally refers to the ability of an
enterprise to generate adequate amounts of cash from its normal operations,
including activities in its investment portfolio, to meet its financial
commitments. LNC manages its operations, including prudent investment
portfolio structuring, to provide for appropriate liquidity levels. The
portfolio structuring involves segregating LNC's investments by segment,
sub-segment or type of product. The investments selected for each segregated
portfolio are based on LNC's desire to match the characteristics (e.g.
duration and yield) of the underlying liabilities.
The Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows on page 38 indicate that operating
activities provided cash of $1.0 billion, $870 million and $1.3 billion in
1993, 1992 and 1991, respectively. This statement also classifies the other
sources and uses of cash by investing activities and financing activities and
discloses the amount of cash available at the end of the year to meet LNC's
obligations.
Although LNC generates adequate cash flow to meet the needs of its normal
operations, periodically LNC may issue debt or equity securities to fund
internal expansion, acquisitions, investment opportunities and the retirement
of LNC's debt and equity. Additional cash funds are available from LNC's
revolving credit agreements which provides for borrowing up to $550 million
(see note 5 to the consolidated financial statements on page 45).
Transactions such as those described in the preceding paragraph that occurred
during 1993 included a public stock offering which netted $316.1 million after
expenses (see note 9 to the consolidated financial statements on page 52).
The proceeds from this offering were used to paydown short-term debt pending
application for general corporate purposes, which may include further
investment in existing insurance businesses or to finance acquisitions. In
March 1994, LNC redeemed its $100 million of 8% notes payable due in 1997.
The redemption was funded with additional short-term debt.
In order to maximize the use of available cash, the holding company (Lincoln
National Corporation) maintains a facility where subsidiaries can borrow from
the holding company to meet their short-term needs and can invest their
short-term funds with the holding company. Depending on the overall cash
availability or need, the holding company invests excess cash in short-term
investments or borrows funds in the external financial markets. In addition
to facilitating the management of cash, the holding company receives dividends
from its subsidiaries, invests in operating companies, maintains an investment
portfolio and pays shareholder dividends and certain corporate expenses.
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Holding Company Cash Flow
Year Ended December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1991
Dividends from subsidiaries:
Lincoln National Life -------------------------- $ 12.0 $ -- $ 15.0
American States Insurance ---------------------- 60.0 64.0 --
Other ------------------------------------------ 4.0 12.3 18.5
Net investment income ---------------------------- 4.3 8.0 7.8
Operating expenses ------------------------------- (19.5) (34.9) (30.9)
Interest ----------------------------------------- (39.0) (43.2) (62.9)
Net sales (purchases) of investments ------------- 31.6 86.5 (5.4)
Increase (decrease) in cash collateral on
loaned securities ------------------------------ 9.5 (31.7) 54.8
Sale of subsidiaries ----------------------------- -- 145.3 --
Pre-closing dividend from subsidiaries sold ------ -- 40.9 --
Additional investment in existing subsidiaries --- (105.8) (103.1) (154.6)
Net increase (decrease) in debt ------------------ (207.2) (59.1) 195.8
Decrease (increase) in receivables from
subsidiaries ----------------------------------- (14.2) 40.7 (9.8)
Increase (decrease) in loans from subsidiaries --- (127.6) 113.4 (108.8)
Decrease (increase) in loans to subsidiaries ----- 34.7 50.1 (64.1)
Federal income taxes paid ------------------------ (270.0) (171.1) (108.8)
Net tax receipts from subsidiaries --------------- 319.8 204.9 119.0
Dividends paid to shareholders ------------------- (156.2) (139.2) (126.0)
Issuance of Series F Preferred Stock ------------- -- -- 158.7
Public offering of Common Stock ------------------ 316.1 -- --
Other -------------------------------------------- (2.8) (24.2) 6.7
Cash and invested cash - December 31 ------------- $ 271.7 $ 422.0 $ 262.4
Other investments - December 31 ------------------ 43.9 58.4 72.0
Debt - December 31 ------------------------------- 939.8 1,274.6 1,220.2
The table above shows the cash flow activity for the holding company from
1991 through 1993. The line, "net tax receipts from subsidiaries", recognizes
that the holding company receives tax payments from subsidiaries, pays the
consolidated tax liability and reimburses subsidiaries for the tax effect of
any taxable operating or capital loss.
LNC's insurance subsidiaries are subject to assessments by state guaranty
funds to cover losses to policyholders of insolvent or rehabilitated companies
(see note 7 to the consolidated financial statements on page 51). LNC
believes that it is unlikely that any such payments required to be made in
1994 could have a material negative effect on LNC's liquidity and cash flows.
As of December 31, 1993, $2.3 billion of consolidated shareholders' equity
represents net assets of the consolidated insurance subsidiaries that is
limited as to transfer in the form of dividends, loans or advances to the
holding company (see note 7 to the consolidated financial statements on page
48). However, this restriction poses no short-term liquidity concerns for the
holding company. The financial strength and stability of the subsidiaries
permit ready access to short-term or long-term credit sources for the holding
company.
Effect of Inflation
As indicated earlier in this review of consolidated operations, inflation
affects LNC's revenues and expenses. LNC's insurance affiliates, as well as
other companies in the insurance industry, attempt to minimize the effect of
inflation by anticipating inflationary trends in the pricing of their
products. Inflation does not have a significant effect on LNC's balance
sheet due to the minimal amount of dollars invested in property, plant and
equipment and the absence of inventories.
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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Operating Results by Quarter
(in millions, except per share) 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
1993 Data
Premiums and other considerations --- $1,417.8 $1,332.4 $1,644.0 $1,579.1
Net investment income --------------- 511.8 523.6 521.6 589.5
Realized gain on investments -------- 9.4 45.9 161.8 51.3
Loss on sale of subsidiary ---------- -- -- -- (98.5)
Income before cumulative effect
of accounting change -------------- 69.0 127.2 187.5 31.6
Net income (loss) ------------------- (27.4) 127.2 187.5 31.6
Income before cumulative effect of
accounting change per share ------- $.69 $1.23 $1.82 $.31
Net income (loss) per share --------- (.28) 1.23 1.82 .31
1992 Data
Premiums and other considerations --- $1,392.8 $1,431.0 $1,537.1 $1,509.0
Net investment income --------------- 472.7 483.8 513.0 517.8
Realized gain on investments -------- 59.4 28.7 87.4 1.4
Net income -------------------------- 100.4 68.9 113.7 76.2
Net income per share ---------------- $1.08 $.74 $1.22 $.82
Applicable 1992 data has been restated for the adoption of FAS 109 (see note 2
to the consolidated financial statements on page 38) and the 1993 two-for-one
split of LNC's Common Stock (see note 9 to the consolidated financial
statements on page 52). Operating results in the first quarter of 1993 were
affected by the adoption of FAS 106 and FAS 114 (see note 2 to the
consolidated financial statements on page 38) and in the fourth quarter of
1993 by a provision for the loss on sale of Security-Connecticut Corporation
which was completed in February 1994 (see note 10 to the consolidated
financial statements on page 53). Income before cumulative effect of
accounting change and net income for the fourth quarter of 1993 include two
changes in estimate which essentially offset each other (see note 2 to the
consolidated financial statements on page 39). Per share amounts were
affected by the February 1993 issuance of 9,200,000 shares of Common Stock
(see note 9 to the consolidated financial statements on page 52).
Consolidated Financial Statements
The consolidated financial statements of Lincoln National Corporation and
Subsidiaries follow on pages 30 through 54.
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LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
December 31 (000'S omitted) 1993 1992
(Restated)
ASSETS
Investments:
Securities available-for-sale, at fair value:
Fixed maturity (cost: 1993-$22,219,285;
1992-$1,951,277) ------------------------- $23,964,335 $ 1,978,845
Equity (cost: 1993-$896,477; 1992
$706,939) -------------------------------- 1,080,301 923,419
Fixed maturity securities held for
investment, at amortized cost
(fair value: 1992-$19,482,614) ------------- -- 18,352,318
Mortgage loans on real estate ---------------- 3,300,951 3,135,075
Real estate ---------------------------------- 633,103 400,687
Policy loans --------------------------------- 595,085 563,532
Other investments ---------------------------- 158,170 171,037
Total Investments ---------------------- 29,731,945 25,524,913
Cash and invested cash ------------------------- 709,664 1,015,850
Property and equipment ------------------------- 233,467 192,744
Deferred acquisition costs --------------------- 2,011,131 2,117,896
Premiums and fees receivable ------------------- 601,883 791,582
Accrued investment income ---------------------- 413,144 436,286
Variable life and annuity
and segregated pension funds ----------------- 12,430,577 8,368,108
Federal income taxes --------------------------- -- 110,324
Amounts recoverable from reinsurers ------------ 1,460,038 --
Goodwill --------------------------------------- 228,530 261,894
Other assets ----------------------------------- 559,982 727,698
Total Assets --------------------------- $48,380,361 $39,547,295
See notes to consolidated financial statements on pages 36 - 53.
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LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
-CONTINUED-
December 31 (000's omitted) 1993 1992
(Restated)
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Liabilities:
Policy liabilities and accruals:
Future policy benefits and
losses, claims and loss expenses ---------- $12,652,036 $11,124,560
Unearned premiums --------------------------- 858,805 980,497
Total Policy Liabilities
and Accruals ------------------------- 13,510,841 12,105,057
Contractholder funds -------------------------- 14,872,141 12,849,280
Variable life and annuity
and segregated pension funds ---------------- 12,430,577 8,368,108
Federal income taxes -------------------------- 150,951 --
Short-term debt ------------------------------- 351,418 433,407
Long-term debt -------------------------------- 335,097 423,034
Other liabilities ----------------------------- 2,657,015 2,541,538
Total Liabilities ---------------------- 44,308,040 36,720,424
Shareholders' Equity:
Series A Preferred Stock
(1993 liquidation value - $3,783) ----------- 1,553 1,896
Series E Preferred Stock
(1993 liquidation value - $151,569) --------- 151,206 151,206
Series F Preferred Stock
(1993 liquidation value - $158,707) --------- 158,707 158,707
Common Stock ---------------------------------- 543,659 200,986
Earned surplus -------------------------------- 2,303,731 2,147,691
Foreign currency translation adjustment ------- (1,214) 3,643
Net unrealized gain on
securities available-for-sale --------------- 914,679 162,742
Total Shareholders' Equity ------------- 4,072,321 2,826,871
Total Liabilities and
and Shareholders' Equity ------------- $48,380,361 $39,547,295
See notes to consolidated financial statements on pages 36 - 53.
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LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
Year Ended December 31 (000's omitted) 1993 1992 1991
(Restated) (Restated)
Revenue:
Insurance premiums ------------------ $5,356,797 $5,298,892 $6,730,157
Insurance fees ---------------------- 470,395 409,474 357,485
Net investment income --------------- 2,146,519 1,987,296 1,799,348
Realized gain on investments -------- 268,422 176,948 163,119
Loss on sale of subsidiaries -------- (98,500) -- (135,000)
Other ------------------------------- 146,124 161,493 253,938
Total Revenue ------------------- 8,289,757 8,034,103 9,169,047
Benefits and Expenses:
Benefits and settlement expenses ---- 5,628,279 5,700,443 6,886,818
Underwriting, acquisition,
insurance and other expenses ------ 2,029,348 1,855,167 2,012,257
Interest expense -------------------- 44,301 53,794 71,202
Total Benefits and Expenses ----- 7,701,928 7,609,404 8,970,277
Income before Federal Income
Taxes and Cumulative Effect
of Accounting Change ---------- 587,829 424,699 198,770
Federal income taxes (credits) -------- 172,546 65,528 (3,190)
Income before Cumulative Effect
of Accounting Change ---------- 415,283 359,171 201,960
Cumulative effect of accounting
change (postretirement benefits) ---- (96,431) -- --
Net Income ---------------------- $ 318,852 $ 359,171 $ 201,960
Earnings Per Share:
Income before cumulative
effect of accounting change --------- $4.06 $3.86 $2.23
Cumulative effect of accounting
change (postretirement benefits) ---- (.94) -- --
Net Income ---------------------- $3.12 $3.86 $2.23
See notes to consolidated financial statements on pages 36 - 53.
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LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Year Ended December 31 (000's omitted) 1993 1992 1991
(Restated) (Restated)
Preferred Stock:
Series A Preferred Stock:
Balance at beginning of year ---------- $ 1,896 $ 2,208 $ 2,490
Conversion into Common Stock ---------- (343) (312) (282)
Balance at End of Year ------------- 1,553 1,896 2,208
Series E Preferred Stock:
Balance at beginning
and end of year --------------------- 151,206 151,206 151,206
Series F Preferred Stock:
Balance at beginning of year ---------- 158,707 158,707 --
Issuance of shares -------------------- -- -- 158,707
Balance at End of Year ------------- 158,707 158,707 158,707
Common Stock:
Balance at beginning of year ------------ 200,986 179,656 177,306
Conversion of series A Preferred Stock -- 343 312 282
Public offering of Common Stock --------- 316,100 -- --
Issued for benefit plans ---------------- 26,930 22,095 2,571
Shares forfeited under benefit plans ---- (700) (1,077) (503)
Balance at End of Year ------------- 543,659 200,986 179,656
Earned Surplus:
Balance at beginning of year
as previously reported ---------------- 2,272,055 2,049,937 1,969,645
Retroactive adjustment for the
new method of accounting for
income taxes -------------------------- (124,364) (120,674) (114,226)
Balance at Beginning of
Year, as Restated ---------------- 2,147,691 1,929,263 1,855,419
Net income ------------------------------ 318,852 359,171 201,960
Dividends declared:
Series A Preferred Stock -------------- (146) (181) (211)
Series E Preferred Stock -------------- (8,336) (8,336) (8,336)
Series F Preferred Stock -------------- (8,729) (8,729) (4,486)
Common Stock -------------------------- (145,601) (123,497) (115,083)
Balance at End of Year ------------- 2,303,731 2,147,691 1,929,263
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment:
Accumulated adjustment at
beginning of year --------------------- 3,643 24,710 26,660
Change during the year ------------------ (4,857) (21,067) (1,950)
Balance at End of Year ------------- (1,214) 3,643 24,710
Net Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Securities
Available-for-sale:
Balance at beginning of year ------------ 162,742 210,082 66,346
Cumulative effect of accounting change -- 768,419 -- --
Other change during the year ------------ (16,482) (47,340) 143,736
Balance at End of Year ------------- 914,679 162,742 210,082
Total Shareholders' Equity
at End of Year ------------------- $4,072,321 $2,826,871 $2,655,832
See notes to consolidated financial statements on pages 36 - 53.
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LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY - continued
Year Ended December 31 (Number of Shares) 1993 1992 1991
Preferred Stock:
(10,000,000 shares authorized)
Series A Preferred Stock:
Balance at beginning of year -------- 57,716 67,208 75,801
Conversion into Common Stock -------- (10,427) (9,492) (8,593)
Balance Issued and Outstanding
at End of Year ------------------ 47,289 57,716 67,208
Series E Preferred Stock:
Balance issued and outstanding
at beginning and end of year ------- 2,201,443 2,201,443 2,201,443
Series F Preferred Stock:
Balance at beginning of year -------- 2,216,454 2,216,454 --
Issuance of shares ------------------ -- -- 2,216,454
Balance Issued and Outstanding
at End of Year ------------------ 2,216,454 2,216,454 2,216,454
Common Stock:
(400,000,000 shares authorized)
Balance at beginning of year ---------- 84,142,458 83,174,370 82,991,938
Conversion of series A Preferred Stock- 83,416 75,936 68,744
Public offering of Common Stock ------- 9,200,000 -- --
Issued for benefit plans -------------- 786,192 896,350 129,736
Shares forfeited under benefit plans -- (28,876) (4,198) (16,048)
Balance Issued and Outstanding
at End of Year ------------------ 94,183,190 84,142,458 83,174,370
Common Stock (assuming conversion of
Series A, E and F Preferred Stock):
End of Year ---------------------- 103,397,296 93,439,980 92,547,828
Average for the Year ------------- 102,307,356 92,977,312 90,658,726
Dividends Per Share:
Series A Preferred Stock -------------- $ 3.00 $ 3.00 $ 3.00
Series E Preferred Stock -------------- 3.79 3.79 3.79
Series F Preferred Stock -------------- 3.94 3.94 2.02
Common Stock -------------------------- 1.550 1.475 1.385
See notes to consolidated financial statements on pages 36 - 53.
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LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Year Ended December 31 (000's omitted) 1993 1992 1991
(Restated) (Restated)
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income ----------------------------- $ 318,852 $ 359,171 $ 201,960
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net
cash provided by operating activities:
Deferred acquisition costs --------- (203,661) (146,010) (378,118)
Premiums and fees receivable ------- 189,699 134,033 82,391
Accrued investment income ---------- 23,141 (5,734) (79,622)
Policy liabilities and accruals ---- 361,397 256,237 909,927
Contractholder funds --------------- 1,177,229 636,088 688,916
Amounts recoverable from reinsurers- (710,038) -- --
Federal income taxes --------------- (96,469) (128,074) (148,901)
Provisions for depreciation -------- 58,893 60,142 60,944
Realized gain on investments ------- (292,153) (176,948) (163,119)
Loss on sale of subsidiaries ------- 98,500 -- 135,000
Cumulative effect of accounting
change --------------------------- 96,431 -- --
Other ------------------------------ (8,725) (118,406) 40,124
Net Adjustments ------------------ 694,244 511,328 1,147,542
Net Cash Provided by
Operating Activities ----------- 1,013,096 870,499 1,349,502
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Securities available-for-sale:
Purchases ---------------------------- (9,158,159) (8,553,010) (803,882)
Sales -------------------------------- 8,834,823 8,472,278 736,549
Maturities --------------------------- 45,937 17,645 --
Fixed maturity securities held for investment:
Purchases ---------------------------- (6,626,937) (7,773,996)(14,826,510)
Sales -------------------------------- 3,205,203 4,245,048 10,709,786
Maturities --------------------------- 1,858,044 1,446,902 732,106
Purchase of other investments ---------- (1,362,579) (1,181,106) (773,634)
Sale or maturity of other investments -- 733,585 916,652 744,806
Sale of subsidiaries ------------------- -- 145,270 --
Increase in cash collateral on
loaned securities -------------------- 30,906 275,614 59,894
Other ---------------------------------- 145,343 (159,964) 72,248
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities- (2,293,834) (2,148,667) (3,348,637)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Principal payments on long-term debt --- (2,805) (32,855) (11,283)
Issuance of long-term debt ------------- 14,819 204,042 375
Net increase (decrease) in
short-term debt ---------------------- (181,989) (243,899) 190,922
Universal life and investment
contract deposits -------------------- 2,467,540 3,162,277 2,658,161
Universal life and investment
contract withdrawals ----------------- (1,509,108) (1,218,461) (1,124,020)
Public offering of Common Stock -------- 316,100 -- --
Issuance of Series F Preferred Stock --- -- -- 158,707
Common Stock issued for benefit plans -- 26,230 21,018 2,068
Dividends paid to shareholders --------- (156,235) (139,151) (125,956)
Net Cash Provided by Financing
Activities ------------------------- 974,552 1,752,971 1,748,974
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash ------ (306,186) 474,803 (250,161)
Cash at Beginning of Year -------------- 1,015,850 541,047 791,208
Cash at End of Year ------------------ $ 709,664 $1,015,850 $ 541,047
See notes to consolidated financial statements on pages 36 - 53.
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LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation. The accompanying consolidated financial statements of
Lincoln National Corporation ("LNC") and its majority owned subsidiaries have
been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
Investments. As of December 31, 1993, fixed maturity securities are
classified based on management's current intent as available-for-sale and,
accordingly, are carried at fair value (see note 2 on page 42). The cost of
fixed maturity securities are adjusted for amortization of premiums and
discounts. Equity securities (common and non-redeemable preferred stocks) are
carried at fair value. Securities designated as fixed maturity-trading
account and equity as of December 31, 1992, have been reclassified for the
1993 balance sheet as securities available-for-sale since their accounting
treatment is the same as the securities designated as such as of December 31,
1993. Prior to December 31, 1993, LNC classified fixed maturity securities in
accordance with existing accounting standards and, accordingly, selected those
fixed maturity securities that were not intended to be held to maturity and
designated them as a trading account. These securities were carried at fair
value. Other fixed maturity securities were carried at cost, adjusted for
amortization of premium or discount, since LNC had both the ability and intent
to hold such securities until maturity.
For the mortgage-backed bond portion of the fixed maturity securities
portfolio, LNC recognizes income using a constant effective yield based on
anticipated prepayments and the estimated economic life of the securities.
When actual prepayments differ significantly from anticipated prepayments, the
effective yield is recalculated to reflect actual payments to date and
anticipated future payments. The net investment in the securities is adjusted
to the amount that would have existed had the new effective yield been applied
since the acquisition of the securities. This adjustment is reflected in net
investment income.
Mortgage loans on real estate are carried at the outstanding principal
balances less unaccrued discounts. Investment real estate and property and
equipment owned for company use are carried at cost less allowances for
depreciation. Policy loans are carried at the aggregate unpaid balances. All
such investments are carried net of reserves for declines in value that are
other than temporary. The change in these reserves is reported as realized
gain (loss) on investments.
Cash and invested cash are carried at cost and include all highly liquid debt
instruments purchased with a maturity of three months or less and carrying
value approximates fair value.
Realized gain (loss) on investments are recognized in net income, net of
related amortization of deferred acquisition costs, using the specific
identification method. Changes in the fair values of securities carried at
fair value are reflected directly in shareholders' equity after deductions for
related adjustments for deferred acquisition costs and amounts required to
satisfy policyholder commitments that would have been recorded if these
securities would have sold at their fair value and after deferred tax effects.
Premiums and Fees. Property-casualty and group health gross premiums are
prorated over the contract term of the policies. Revenue for universal life
and other interest-sensitive life insurance policies consist of policy charges
for the cost of insurance, policy initiation and administration, and surrender
charges that have been assessed. Traditional individual life-health and
annuity premiums are recognized as revenue over the premium-paying period of
the policies.
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Deferred Acquisition Costs. Commissions and other costs of acquiring
property-casualty insurance, group health insurance, universal life and other
interest-sensitive life insurance, and traditional life insurance and
annuities, which vary with and are primarily related to the production of new
business, have been deferred. Deferred acquisition costs for property-
casualty policies are amortized over the contract term of the policies;
property-casualty acquisition costs that are not recoverable from future
premiums and related investment income are expensed. Acquisition costs for
universal life and other interest-sensitive life insurance policies are being
amortized over the lives of the policies in relation to the incidence of
estimated gross profits from surrender charges and investment, mortality, and
expense margins, and actual realized gain (loss) on investments. The
traditional life-health and annuity acquisition costs are being amortized over
the premium-paying period of the related policies using assumptions consistent
with those used in computing policy reserves.
Expenses. Expenses for universal life and other interest-sensitive life
insurance policies include interest credited to policy account balances and
benefit claims incurred during the period in excess of policy account
balances. Interest crediting rates for these products during 1991 through
1993 ranged from 6.25% to 9.10%.
Intangible Assets. The present value of acquired insurance in-force, which is
classified with other assets on the balance sheet, is amortized over the
premium recognition period of the policies acquired. The costs of acquired
subsidiaries in excess of the fair value of net assets (goodwill) are
amortized using the straight-line method over a 20 to 40 year period.
Policy Liabilities and Accruals. The liability for unpaid property-casualty
claims is based on estimates of payments to be made for individual claims
reported and unreported losses, reduced by estimated recoveries from salvage
and subrogation. These estimates are continually reviewed and, as experience
develops and new information becomes known, the liability is adjusted as
necessary; such adjustments are included in current operations. The
liabilities for future policy benefits and expenses for universal life and
other interest-sensitive life insurance policies consist of policy account
balances that accrue to the benefit of the policyholders, excluding surrender
charges. The liabilities for future policy benefits and expenses for
traditional life-health policies and annuities are computed using a net level
premium method and assumptions for investment yields, mortality, morbidity,
and withdrawals based principally on company experience projected at the time
of policy issue, with provision for possible adverse deviations. Interest
assumptions range from a 2.25% level to a 14.5% level graded to 5.7% after 30
years depending on time of policy issue.
Depreciation. Provisions for depreciation of investment real estate and
property and equipment owned for company use are computed principally on the
straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets.
Postretirement Medical and Life Insurance Benefits. Effective January 1,
1993, LNC changed its method of accounting for its postretirement medical and
life insurance benefits to the full accrual method (see note 2 on page 38).
Prior to January 1, 1993, LNC accounted for such benefits on a pay-as-you-go
method.
Foreign Exchange. LNC's foreign subsidiaries' balance sheet accounts and
income statement items are translated at the current exchange and average
exchange rates for the year, respectively. Resulting translation adjustments
are reported as a component of shareholders' equity. Other translation
adjustments for foreign currency transactions that affect cash flows are
reported in earnings.
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2. Changes in Accounting Principles and Changes in Estimates
Postretirement Benefits Other than Pensions. Effective January 1, 1993, LNC
changed its method of accounting for postretirement medical and life insurance
benefits for its eligible employees and agents from a pay-as-you-go method to
a full accrual method in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards
Board statement entitled "Employers' Accounting for Postretirement Benefits
Other Than Pensions" ("FAS 106"). This full accrual method recognizes the
estimated obligation for retired employees and agents and active employees and
agents that are expected to retire in the future. The effect of the change
for 1993 was to increase net periodic postretirement benefit cost by
$9,200,000 and decrease income before cumulative effect of accounting change
by $6,000,000 ($.06 per share). The implementation of FAS 106 resulted in a
one-time charge to first quarter 1993 net income of $96,400,000 ($146,100,000
pre-tax) or $.94 per share for the cumulative effect of the accounting change.
Prior year data has not been restated for the accounting change. See note 6
on page 47 for further postretirement benefits other than pensions
disclosures.
Accounting for Income Taxes. Effective January 1, 1993, LNC changed its
method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with the Financial
Accounting Standards Board statement entitled "Accounting for Income Taxes"
("FAS 109"). Under FAS 109, the liability method is used in accounting for
income taxes. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are
determined based on differences between financial reporting and tax bases of
assets and liabilities and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws.
Prior to the adoption of FAS 109, income tax expense was determined using the
deferred method. Deferred tax expense was based on items of income and
expense that were reported in different years in the financial statements and
tax returns and were measured at the tax rate in effect in the year the
differences originated.
The implementation of FAS 109 resulted in the restatement of the 1992 and 1991
financial statements. Net income for the years ended December 31, 1992 and
1991 decreased by $3,700,000 ($.04 per share) and $6,500,000 ($.07 per share),
respectively. The cumulative effect of adopting FAS 109 as of December 31,
1990, decreased 1991's beginning earned surplus by $114,200,000. See note 4
on page 45 for further income tax disclosures.
Accounting and Reporting for Reinsurance of Short-Duration and Long-Duration
Contracts. Effective January 1, 1993, LNC adopted the Financial Accounting
Standards Board statement entitled "Accounting and Reporting for Reinsurance
of Short-Duration and Long-Duration Contracts" ("FAS 113"). Under FAS 113,
all assets and liabilities related to reinsurance ceded contracts are reported
on a gross basis rather than the previous practice of reporting such assets
and liabilities net of reinsurance. The effect of adopting FAS 113 was to
increase both assets and liabilities by $900,000,000. All amounts recoverable
from reinsurers are now classified separately on the balance sheet. As
permitted under the new rules, the prior year's balance sheet has not been
restated to the gross basis.
Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan. Financial Accounting
Standards Board statement entitled "Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of
a Loan" ("FAS 114") issued in May 1993, was adopted by LNC during the second
quarter of 1993. LNC adopted this statement with an effective date of January
1, 1993 by restating its first quarter 1993 financial statements. FAS 114
requires that an impaired mortgage loan's fair value be measured based either
on the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan's
effective interest rate, at the loan's observable market price or the fair
value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent. If the fair
value of the mortgage loan as described above is less than the recorded
investment in the loan, the difference is recorded in the mortgage loan
allowance for losses account. The change in the mortgage loan allowance for
losses account is reported with realized gain (loss) on investments. The
adoption of FAS 114 resulted in additions to the mortgage loan allowance for
losses account and reduced first quarter 1993 income before cumulative effect
of accounting change and net income by $42,300,000 or $.41 per share
($64,100,000 pre-tax). See note 3 on page 41 for further mortgage loan
disclosures. Most of the effect of this change in accounting was within the
Life Insurance and Annuities segment.
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Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities. Financial
Accounting Standards Board statement entitled "Accounting for Certain Invest-
ments in Debt and Equity Securities" ("FAS 115") issued in May 1993, was
adopted by LNC as of December 31, 1993. In accordance with the new rules, the
prior year financial statements have not been restated to reflect the change
in accounting principle. Under FAS 115, securities can be classified as
available-for-sale, trading or held-to-maturity according to the holders
intent. LNC classified its entire fixed maturity securities portfolio as
"available-for-sale." Securities classified as available-for-sale are carried
at fair value and unrealized gains and losses on such securities are carried
as a separate component of shareholders' equity. The ending balance of
shareholders' equity was increased by $768,400,000 (net of $384,600,000 of
related adjustments to deferred acquisition costs, $62,900,000 of policyholder
commitments and $412,400,000 in deferred income taxes, all of which would have
been recognized if those securities would have been sold at their fair value,
net of amounts applicable to Security-Connecticut Corporation) to reflect the
net unrealized gain on fixed maturity securities classified as available-for-
sale previously carried at amortized cost. Prior to the adoption of FAS 115,
LNC carried a portion of its fixed maturity securities at fair value with
unrealized gains and losses carried as a separate component of stockholders'
equity. The remainder of such securities were carried at amortized cost.
Change in Estimate for Net Investment Income Related to Mortgage-backed Bonds.
At December 31, 1993, LNC had $6,062,000,000 invested in mortgage-backed
bonds. As indicated in note 1 on page 36, LNC recognizes income on these
securities using a constant effective yield based on anticipated prepayments.
With the implementation of new investment software in December 1993, LNC was
able to significantly refine its estimate of the effective yield on such
securities to better reflect actual prepayments and estimates of future
prepayments. This resulted in an increase in the amortization of purchase
discount on these securities of $58,600,000 and, after related amortization of
deferred acquisition costs ($18,500,000) and income taxes ($14,100,000),
increased 1993's income before cumulative effect of accounting change and net
income by $26,000,000 or $0.25 per share. Most of the effect of this change
in estimate was within the Life Insurance and Annuities business segment.
Change in Estimate for Reinsurance Disability Income Reserves. During
December 1993, income before cumulative effect of accounting change and net
income decreased by $32,800,000 or $0.32 per share as the result of
strengthening reinsurance disability income reserves by $50,500,000. The need
for this reserve increase within the Life-Health Reinsurance segment was
identified as the result of management's assessment of current expectations
for morbidity trends and the impact of lower investment income due to lower
interest rates.
3. Investments
The major categories of net investment income are as follows:
Year Ended December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1991
Fixed maturity securities --------------------- $1,757.6 $1,608.6 $1,374.5
Equity securities ----------------------------- 28.9 25.6 29.3
Mortgage loans on real estate ----------------- 297.2 296.6 304.6
Real estate ----------------------------------- 82.3 54.1 38.5
Policy loans ---------------------------------- 37.3 35.2 33.0
Invested cash --------------------------------- 39.6 31.1 61.9
Other investments ----------------------------- 33.4 60.0 73.5
Investment revenue -------------------------- 2,276.3 2,111.2 1,915.3
Investment expense ---------------------------- 129.8 123.9 116.0
Net investment income ----------------------- $2,146.5 $1,987.3 $1,799.3
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The realized gain (loss) on investments is as follows:
Year Ended December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1991
Fixed maturity securities available-for-sale:
Gross gain ------------------------------------ $142.3 $111.2 $ --
Gross loss ------------------------------------ (13.3) (45.4) --
Equity securities available-for-sale:
Gross gain ------------------------------------ 225.8 136.2 176.2
Gross loss ------------------------------------ (69.1) (52.7) (26.8)
Fixed maturity securities held for investment:
Gross gain ------------------------------------ 248.9 210.7 209.0
Gross loss ------------------------------------ (75.8) (37.5) (92.4)
Other investments------------------------------ (166.7) (145.6) (102.9)
Related amortization of deferred
acquisition costs --------------------------- (23.7) -- --
Total ---------------------------------- $268.4 $176.9 $163.1
Provisions for write-downs and allowances for losses, which are included in
the realized gain (loss) on investments shown above, are as follows:
Year Ended December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1991
Fixed maturity securities (interest only
mortgage-backed bonds) ---------------------- $ 40.6 $ -- $ --
Fixed maturity securities (other) ------------- 19.4 19.4 14.7
Equity securities ----------------------------- 1.6 3.8 1.0
Mortgage loans on real estate ----------------- 140.6 91.9 49.1
Real estate ----------------------------------- 33.4 36.1 34.4
Other long-term investments ------------------- 4.3 20.3 16.8
Guarantees ------------------------------------ 1.4 6.9 15.9
Total ----------------------------------- $241.3 $178.4 $131.9
The change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments in fixed
maturity and equity securities is as follows:
Year Ended December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1991
Fixed maturity securities available-for-sale - $1,717.5 $ (72.0) $ 99.5
Equity securities available-for-sale --------- (32.7) (6.7) 124.3
Fixed maturity securities held for investment (1,130.3) (99.5) 1,166.1
Total -------------------------------------- $ 554.5 $(178.2) $1,389.9
The cost, gross unrealized gain and loss, and fair value of securities
available-for-sale and securities held for investment are as follows:
Fair
December 31 (in millions) Cost Gain Loss Value
Securities available-for-sale 1993:
Corporate bonds ------------------- $11,688.8 $1,129.5 $ 73.5 $12,744.8
U.S. Government bonds ------------- 1,657.3 48.3 14.3 1,691.3
Foreign governments bonds --------- 493.7 61.9 4.0 551.6
Mortgage-backed bonds ------------- 5,685.7 453.0 76.7 6,062.0
State and municipal bonds --------- 2,558.2 214.3 .8 2,771.7
Redeemable preferred stocks ------- 135.6 18.0 10.6 143.0
Total fixed maturity securities - 22,219.3 1,925.0 179.9 23,964.4
Equity securities ----------------- 896.5 201.1 17.3 1,080.3
Total --------------------------- $23,115.8 $2,126.1 $197.2 $25,044.7
Securities available-for-sale 1992:
U.S. government bonds ------------- $1,544.8 $ 29.3 $ 3.2 $1,570.9
Mortgage-backed bonds ------------- 406.5 2.7 1.2 408.0
Total fixed maturity securities - 1,951.3 32.0 4.4 1,978.9
Equity securities ----------------- 706.9 233.9 17.4 923.4
Total --------------------------- $2,658.2 $265.9 $21.8 $2,902.3
Securities held for investment 1992:
Corporate bonds ------------------- $ 9,466.2 $ 653.5 $ 57.2 $10,062.5
U.S. Government bonds ------------- 41.2 6.3 -- 47.5
Foreign governments bonds --------- 574.4 30.9 12.9 592.4
Mortgage-backed bonds ------------- 5,684.4 435.9 38.7 6,081.6
State and municipal bonds --------- 2,346.4 111.6 5.7 2,452.3
Redeemable preferred stocks ------- 239.7 10.9 4.3 246.3
Total --------------------------- $18,352.3 $1,249.1 $118.8 $19,482.6
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Fair values for fixed maturity securities are based on quoted market prices,
where available. For fixed maturity securities not actively traded, fair
values are estimated using values obtained from independent pricing services
or, in the case of private placements, are estimated by discounting expected
future cash flows using a current market rate applicable to the coupon rate,
credit quality, and maturity of the investments. The fair values for equity
securities are based on quoted market prices.
Future maturities of fixed maturity securities available-for-sale are as
follows:
1993
Fair
December 31 (in millions) Cost Value
Due in one year or less ------------------------------ $ 286.4 $ 294.7
Due after one year through five years ---------------- 2,561.2 2,725.6
Due after five years through ten years --------------- 6,327.0 6,819.4
Due after ten years ---------------------------------- 7,359.0 8,062.7
Subtotal ------------------------------------------- 16,533.6 17,902.4
Mortgage-backed bonds -------------------------------- 5,685.7 6,062.0
Total ---------------------------------------------- $22,219.3 $23,964.4
The foregoing data is based on stated maturities. Actual maturities will
differ in some cases because borrowers may have the right to call or pre-pay
obligations.
The fixed maturity securities available-for-sale quality ratings are as
follows:
December 31 1993
Treasuries and AAA ----------------------------------- 39.2%
AA --------------------------------------------------- 14.0
A ---------------------------------------------------- 24.5
BBB -------------------------------------------------- 18.0
BB --------------------------------------------------- 2.5
Less than BB ----------------------------------------- 1.8
100.0%
Fixed maturity securities available-for-sale, mortgage loans on real estate
and real estate with a combined carrying value of $147,300,000 were non-income
producing for the year ended December 31, 1993.
The cost information for fixed maturity securities available-for-sale, held
for investment, equity securities, mortgage loans on real estate, real estate
and other long-term investments are net of writedowns and provisions for
losses. The balance sheet account for other liabilities includes a reserve for
guarantees of third-party debt. The amount of provisions and reserves for
such items is as follows:
December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992
Fixed maturity securities:
Available-for-sale------------------------------ $ 60.5 $ --
Held for investment ---------------------------- -- 47.7
Equity securities -------------------------------- 6.0 4.8
Mortgage loans on real estate -------------------- 226.6 134.5
Real estate -------------------------------------- 121.4 131.1
Other long-term investments ---------------------- 27.2 40.3
Guarantees --------------------------------------- 18.5 30.0
LNC has estimated the fair value of its investment in mortgage loans on real
estate to be $3,466,700,000 at December 31, 1993 and $3,252,400,000 at
December 31, 1992. These estimates were established using a discounted cash
flow method based on rating, maturity and future income when compared to the
expected yield for mortgages having similar characteristics. The rating for
mortgages in good standing are based on property type, location, market
conditions, occupancy, debt service coverage, loan to value, caliber of
tenancy, borrower and payment record. Impaired mortgage loan's fair values
are measured based either on the present value of expected future cash flows
discounted at the loan's effective interest rate, at the loan's observable
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market price or the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral
dependent. If the fair value of the mortgage loan as described above is less
than the recorded investment in the loan, the difference is recorded in the
mortgage loan provision for losses account. The change in the mortgage loan
provision for losses account is reported with realized gain (loss) on invest-
ments.
LNC's recorded investment in impaired mortgage loans was $584,500,000 and
$365,300,000 for December 31, 1993 and December 31, 1992, respectively. A
reconciliation of the mortgage loan provision for losses for these impaired
mortgage loans is as follows:
Year Ended December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1991
Balance at beginning of year -------------------- $134.5 $ 72.0 $31.8
Provisions for losses --------------------------- 76.5 91.9 49.1
Provision for adoption of FAS 114 --------------- 64.1 -- --
Releases due to sales --------------------------- (12.4) (7.0) (4.9)
Releases due to foreclosures -------------------- (36.1) (22.4) (4.0)
Balance at End of Year ----------------------- $226.6 $134.5 $72.0
LNC has estimated the fair value of its investments in policy loans to be
$626,400,000 at December 31, 1993 and $582,200,000 at December 31, 1992. This
estimate was calculated on a composite discounted cash flow basis using
Treasury interest rates consistent with the maturity durations assumed. These
durations were based on historical experience.
The carrying value for assets classified as other investments in the
accompanying balance sheet approximates their fair value.
As of December 31, 1993, LNC's commitments to make investments in fixed
maturity securities (primarily private placements), mortgage loans on real
estate and real estate were $256,700,000. At December 31 1993, the $2,400,000
net fair value of the liability for these commitments, was based on the
difference between the value of the committed investments as of this date and
the commitment date, which would take into account changes in interest rates,
the counterparties' credit standing and the remaining terms of the commit-
ments.
4. Federal Income Taxes
The federal income tax expense (credit) before cumulative effect of accounting
change is as follows:
Year Ended December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1991
Current -------------------------------------- $308.2 $222.9 $112.5
Deferred ------------------------------------- (135.7) (157.4) (115.6)
Total -------------------------------------- $172.5 $ 65.5 $ (3.1)
Cash paid for federal income taxes in 1993, 1992 and 1991 was $279,700,000,
$195,300,000, and $123,400,000 respectively.
The Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1993 ("1993 Act") changed LNC's prevailing
corporate federal income tax rate from 34% to 35% effective January 1, 1993.
The application of this new tax rate to the December 31, 1992 deferred tax
recoverable balance resulted in a decrease in federal income taxes of $4.9
million for 1993.
The effective tax rate on pre-tax income before cumulative effect of
accounting change is lower than the prevailing corporate federal income tax
rate. A reconciliation of this difference is as follows:
Year Ended December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1991
Tax rate times pre-tax income ----------------- $205.7 $144.4 $67.6
Effect of:
Tax-exempt investment income ------------------ (75.8) (59.2) (57.1)
Loss on sale of subsidiary -------------------- 34.5 -- --
Other items ----------------------------------- 8.1 (19.7) (13.6)
Provision for income taxes (credits) -------- $172.5 $ 65.5 $(3.1)
Effective tax rate -------------------------- 29% 15% (2%)
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The federal income tax liability (recoverable) is as follows:
December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992
Current ----------------------------------------------- $ 83.0 $ 57.5
Deferred ---------------------------------------------- 68.0 (167.8)
Total ----------------------------------------------- $151.0 $(110.3)
Significant components of LNC's net deferred tax asset (liability) are as
follows:
December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992
Deferred tax assets:
Policy liabilities and accruals and
contractholder funds -------------------------------- $ 772.3 $629.4
Net operating loss ------------------------------------ 109.3 148.6
Loss on investments ----------------------------------- 149.0 132.0
Sale of subsidiaries ---------------------------------- 20.1 25.0
Postretirement benefits other than pensions ----------- 54.8 --
Other ------------------------------------------------- 68.0 83.2
Total deferred tax assets --------------------------- 1,173.5 1,018.2
Deferred tax liabilities:
Deferred acquisition costs ---------------------------- 680.1 721.0
Premiums and fees receivable -------------------------- 32.7 3.7
Net unrealized gain on securities available-for-sale--- 496.6 81.3
Tax over book depreciation ---------------------------- 13.2 11.2
Other ------------------------------------------------- 18.9 33.2
Total deferred tax liabilities ---------------------- 1,241.5 850.4
Net deferred tax (liability) asset ------------------ $ (68.0) $167.8
At December 31, 1993, LNC had net operating loss carryforwards of $312,100,000
for income tax purposes related to its foreign life reinsurance companies that
expire in years 1999 through 2008.
LNC is required to establish a "valuation allowance" for any portion of the
deferred tax asset that management believes will not be realized. In the
opinion of management it is more likely than not that LNC will realize the
benefit of the deferred tax asset and therefore no valuation allowance has
been established. Of the total deferred tax asset, $548,800,000 is realizable
as a carryback to prior years income. The remaining amounts will be realized
as they reverse against future income over the fifteen year carryforward
period. Based on LNC's historical taxable income record, future income should
be more than sufficient to absorb the reversal of the deferred tax asset.
Prior to 1984, a portion of the life companies' current income was not subject
to current income tax, but was accumulated for income tax purposes in a
memorandum account designated as "policyholders' surplus." The total of the
life companies' balances in their respective "policyholders' surplus" accounts
at December 31, 1983 of $222,400,000 was "frozen" by the Tax Reform Act of
1984 and, accordingly, there have been no additions to the accounts after that
date. That portion of current income on which income taxes have been paid
will continue to be accumulated in a memorandum account designated as
"shareholders' surplus," and is available for dividends to shareholders
without additional payment of tax. The December 31, 1993 total of the life
companies' account balances for their respective "shareholders' surplus" was
$1,560,500,000. Should dividends to shareholders for each life company exceed
its respective "shareholders' surplus," amounts would need to be transferred
from its respective "policyholders' surplus" and would be subject to federal
income tax at that time. In connection with the sale of Security-Connecticut
(see note 10 on page 53) $8,800,000 was transferred from policyholders'
surplus to shareholders' surplus and current income tax of $3,100,000 was
paid. Under existing or foreseeable circumstances, LNC neither expects nor
intends that distributions will be made from the remaining balance in
"policyholders' surplus" of $213,600,000 that will result in any such tax.
Accordingly, no provision for deferred income taxes has been provided by LNC
on its "policyholders' surplus" account. In the event that such excess
distributions were made, it is estimated that income taxes of approximately
$74,800,000 would be due.
Undistributed earnings of LNC's foreign subsidiaries that are considered to be
indefinitely reinvested amounted to approximately $135,000,000 at December 31,
1993. Accordingly, no provisions for U.S. income taxes have been provided
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thereon. Upon distribution of those earnings in the form of dividends or
otherwise, LNC would be subject to both U.S. income taxes (subject to adjust-
ments for foreign tax credits) and withholding taxes payable to the applicable
foreign countries. Determination of the amount of unrecognized deferred U.S.
income tax liability is not practicable because of the complexities associated
with its hypothetical calculations.
5. Supplemental Financial Data
The balance sheet captions, "Real Estate" and "Property and Equipment" are
shown net of allowances for depreciation as follows:
December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992
Real estate ----------------------------------------- $ 37.1 $ 31.6
Property and equipment ------------------------------ 252.4 168.0
Prior to January 1, 1993, the balance sheet caption, "Other Assets," includes
amounts recoverable from other insurers for claims paid by LNC's insurance
subsidiaries and the balance sheet caption, "Policy Liabilities and Accruals,"
has been reduced for reinsurance ceded as follows (see note 2 on page 46):
December 31 (in millions) 1992
Amounts recoverable from other insurers ------------- $ 48.8
Reinsurance ceded ----------------------------------- 599.3
Details underlying the balance sheet caption, "Contractholder Funds," are as
follows:
December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992
Premium deposit funds ------------------------------- $14,546.8 $12,530.9
Undistributed earnings on participating business ---- 88.0 68.5
Other ----------------------------------------------- 237.3 249.9
Total --------------------------------------------- $14,872.1 $12,849.3
The balance sheet captions, "Future Policy Benefits and Losses, Claims and
Loss Expense" and "Contractholder Funds," include investment type insurance
contracts (i.e. deposit contracts and guaranteed interest contracts). As of
December 31, 1993 and 1992, the deposit contracts, which do not have defined
maturities, have a carrying value of $10,756,100,000 and $8,919,200,000,
respectively, (net of deferred acquisition costs of $636,700,000 and
$552,000,000, respectively) and a corresponding fair value of $10,557,000,000
and $8,782,800,000, respectively. The fair values for the deposit contracts
are based on their approximate surrender values. As of December 31, 1993 and
1992, guaranteed interest and similar contracts have a carrying value of
$3,824,400,000 and $3,506,900,000, respectively (net of deferred acquisition
costs of $17,300,000 and $30,900,000, respectively), and a corresponding fair
value of $3,967,700,000 and $3,696,600,000, respectively. The fair values for
the guaranteed interest and similar contracts are estimated using principally
discounted cash flow calculations based on interest rates currently being
offered on similar contracts with maturities consistent with those remaining
for the contracts being valued. The carrying value of the investment type
insurance contracts is stated net of deferred acquisition costs in order that
they be comparable with the fair value basis.
The remainder of the balance sheet captions, "Future Policy Benefits and
Losses, Claims and Loss Expense" and "Contractholder Funds," that do not fit
the definition of "investment type insurance contracts" are considered
insurance contracts. Fair value disclosures are not required for these
insurance contracts and have not been determined by LNC. It is LNC's position
that the disclosure of the fair value of these insurance contracts is
important in that readers of these financial statements could draw
inappropriate conclusions about the LNC's shareholders' equity determined on a
fair value basis if only the fair value of assets and liabilities defined as
financial instruments are disclosed. LNC and other companies in the insurance
industry are monitoring the related actions of the various rule-making bodies
and attempting to determine an appropriate methodology for estimating and
disclosing the "fair value" of their insurance contract liabilities.
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Details underlying the balance sheet captions, "Short-term and Long-term
Debt," are as follows:
Carrying Fair Carrying Fair
Value Value Value Value
December 31 (in millions) 1993 1993 1992 1992
Short-term debt:
Commercial paper ---------------------- $212.7 $212.7 $416.4 $416.4
Other short-term notes ---------------- 37.2 37.2 11.3 11.3
Current portion of long-term debt ----- 101.5 101.5 5.7 5.7
Total short-term debt --------------- $351.4 $351.4 $433.4 $433.4
Long-term debt less current portion:
9 3/4% notes payable, due 1995 -------- $100.3 $108.4 $100.5 $110.1
8% notes payable, due 1997 ------------ -- -- 100.0 103.8
7 1/8% notes payable, due 1999 -------- 99.1 105.2 98.9 98.8
7 5/8% notes payable, due 2002 -------- 98.9 107.6 98.8 99.8
Mortgages and other notes payable ----- 36.8 39.4 24.8 27.3
Total long-term debt ---------------- $335.1 $360.6 $423.0 $439.8
The 8% notes were called in March 1994 and, therefore, are classified as
"current portion of long-term debt."
Future maturities of long-term debt are as follows (in millions):
1994 - $101.5 1996 - $1.6 1998 - $ 1.6
1995 - 101.6 1997 - 1.5 Thereafter - 228.8
Fair values for long-term debt are estimated using discounted cash flow
analysis based on LNC's current incremental borrowing rate for similar types
of borrowing arrangements. For short-term debt, the carrying value approxi-
mates fair value.
LNC has a revolving credit agreement with a group of domestic and foreign
banks in the aggregate amount of $500,000,000. This agreement, which expires
in July 1995, provides for interest on borrowings on various bases, including
prime rates and certificate of deposit rates. Under the terms of this
agreement, LNC must maintain a prescribed level of tangible net worth and debt
levels below 50% of tangible net worth, and is restricted in its ability to
place additional liens against Corporate assets. LNC has an additional
$50,000,000 revolving credit agreement with a bank. At December 31, 1993, LNC
had no outstanding borrowings under these agreements. During 1993, 1992 and
1991, fees paid under these agreements amounting to $1,300,000, $1,700,000,
and $518,000, respectively. At December 31, 1993 and 1992, the $250,000 and
$1,100,000 fair value, respectively, for these unexercised revolving credit
agreements are based on fees LNC has paid to enter into these agreements or
will pay prior to maturity after taking into account the remaining term of the
agreements and LNC's credit standing.
Cash paid for interest for 1993, 1992 and 1991 was $44,200,000, $48,500,000,
and $73,300,000, respectively.
Reinsurance transactions included in the income statement caption, "Insurance
Premiums," are as follows:
Year Ended December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1991
Reinsurance assumed ------------------------- $1,895.5 $1,960.2 $2,048.2
Reinsurance ceded --------------------------- 291.1 286.2 442.1
Net reinsurance premiums ------------------ $1,604.4 $1,674.0 $1,606.1
The income statement caption, "Benefits and Settlement Expenses," is net of
reinsurance recoveries of $274,000,000, $218,200,000 and $348,400,000 for
the years ended December 31, 1993, 1992 and 1991, respectively
The income statement caption, "Underwriting, Acquisition, Insurance and Other
Expenses," includes amortization of deferred acquisition costs of
$571,800,000, $563,700,000 and $588,200,000 for the years ended December
31, 1993, 1992 and 1991, respectively. An additional $23,700,000 of deferred
acquisition costs was amortized and netted against "Realized Gain on
Investments" for the year ended December 31, 1993.
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6. Employee Benefit Plans
Pensions Plans. Eligible employees and full-time agents of LNC and its
principal subsidiaries are covered by tax-qualified defined benefit pension
plans. The benefits for employees are based on total years of service and the
highest 60 months of compensation during the last 10 years of employment. The
benefits for agents are based on a percentage of each agents' yearly earnings.
The plans are funded by contributions to tax-exempt trusts. LNC's funding
policy is consistent with the funding requirements of federal law and
regulations. Contributions are intended to provide not only the benefits
attributed to service to date, but also those expected to be earned in the
future. Plan assets consist principally of listed equity securities and
corporate obligations and U.S. Government bonds.
LNC also sponsors three types of unfunded, nonqualified, defined benefit
plans. A supplemental retirement plan provides employees and agents defined
benefit pension benefits in excess of limits imposed by federal tax law. A
salary continuation plan provides certain officers of LNC defined pension
benefits based on years of service and final monthly salary upon death or
retirement. A retirement plan for directors provides benefits based on years
of service and the amount of the retainer paid during the last year of
service.
The status of the funded defined benefit pension plans and the amounts
recognized on the balance sheets are as follows:
December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992
Actuarial present value of benefit obligation:
Vested benefits --------------------------------------- $(310.5) $(250.9)
Nonvested benefits ------------------------------------ (14.7) (15.7)
Accumulated benefit obligation ---------------------- (325.2) (266.6)
Effect of projected future compensation increases ----- (82.7) (81.5)
Projected benefit obligation ------------------------ (407.9) (348.1)
Plan assets at fair value ----------------------------- 372.3 339.3
Projected benefit obligations in
excess of plan assets ------------------------------ (35.6) (8.8)
Unrecognized transition asset ------------------------- (7.6) (15.1)
Unrecognized net loss --------------------------------- 26.1 13.7
Unrecognized prior service cost ----------------------- 8.5 21.0
Prepaid pension asset (accrued pension cost)
included in other assets and
other liabilities, respectively -------------------- $ (8.6) $ 10.8
The status of the unfunded defined benefit pension plans and the amounts
recognized on the balance sheets are as follows:
December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992
Actuarial present value of benefit obligation:
Vested benefits --------------------------------------- $(18.7) $(14.3)
Nonvested benefits ------------------------------------ (3.8) (2.7)
Accumulated benefit obligation ---------------------- (22.5) (17.0)
Effect of projected future compensation increases ----- (5.0) (6.8)
Projected benefit obligation ------------------------ (27.5) (23.8)
Unrecognized transition obligation -------------------- .7 1.2
Unrecognized net loss --------------------------------- 5.6 5.8
Unrecognized prior service cost (reduction in benefits) (3.5) (4.0)
Accrued pension cost included in other liabilities -- $(24.7) $(20.8)
Determination of the projected benefit obligation for the defined benefit
plans was based on an assumed discount rate of 7.0% and 7.5% for December 31,
1993 and 1992, respectively. The assumed long-term rate of increase in
compensation was 5.0% and 5.5% (6.0% and 6.5% for the salary continuation
plan) for December 31, 1993 and 1992, respectively. The assumed long-term
rate of return on plan assets was 9.0% for 1993, 1992 and 1991.
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The components of net pension cost for the defined benefit pension plans are
as follows:
Year Ended December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1991
Service cost-benefits earned during the year ------- $20.3 $20.6 $17.1
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation ------ 27.9 24.3 20.9
Actual return on plan assets ----------------------- (42.1) (13.9) (61.3)
Net amortization (deferral)------------------------- 11.8 (15.1) 34.5
Net pension cost --------------------------------- $17.9 $15.9 $11.2
401k Plan. LNC and its subsidiaries also sponsor contributory defined
contribution plans for eligible employees and agents. LNC's contributions to
the plans are equal to a participant's pre-tax contribution, not to exceed 6%
of base pay, multiplied by a percentage, ranging from 25% to 150%, which
varies according to the certain incentive criteria as determined by LNC's
Board of Directors. Expense for these plans amounted to $26,300,000,
$15,200,000 and $7,000,000 in 1993, 1992 and 1991, respectively.
Postretirement Medical and Life Insurance Benefit Plans. LNC sponsors unfunded
defined benefit plans that provide postretirement medical and life insurance
benefits to full-time employees and agents who, depending on the plan, have
worked for LNC 10 to 15 years and attained age 55 to 60. Medical benefits are
also available to spouses and other dependents of employees and agents. For
medical benefits, limited contributions are required from individuals retired
prior to November 1, 1988; contributions for later retirees, which can be
adjusted annually, are based on such items as years of service at retirement
and age at retirement. The life insurance benefits are noncontributory,
although participants can elect supplemental contributory benefits.
The status of the postretirement medical and life insurance benefit plans and
the amount recognized on the balance sheet is as follows:
December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992
Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation:
Retirees -------------------------------------------- $ 91.3 $ 87.4
Fully eligible active plan participants ------------- 25.1 19.2
Other active plan participants ---------------------- 48.2 39.5
Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation------ 164.6 146.1
Unrecognized net loss ------------------------------- (8.1) --
Unrecognized transition obligation ------------------ -- (146.1)
Accrued plan cost included in other liabilities --- $156.5 $ --
The components of periodic postretirement benefit cost are as follows:
Year Ended December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1991
Service cost ------------------------------------------- $ 5.0
Interest cost ------------------------------------------ 10.7
Net periodic postretirement benefit cost ------------- $15.7 $6.5 $5.6
The costs for postretirement benefits for years ended December 31, 1992 and
1991 shown above are prior to the adoption of FAS 106 (see note 2 on page 41)
and, therefore, represent the total amount of claims and premiums actually
paid.
The calculation of the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation assumes a
weighted-average annual rate of increase in the per capita cost of covered
benefits (i.e. health care cost trend rate) of 13.5% for 1994 gradually
decreasing to 5.5% by 2004 and remaining at that level thereafter. The health
care cost trend rate assumption has a significant affect on the amounts
reported. For example, increasing the assumed health care cost trend rates by
one percentage point each year would increase the accumulated postretirement
benefit obligation as of December, 1993 and 1992 by $13,600,000 and
$13,000,000, respectively, and the aggregate of the estimated service and
interest cost components of net periodic postretirement benefit cost for the
year ended December 31, 1993 by $1,500,000. The calculation assumes a
long-term rate of increase in compensation of 5.0% and 5.5% for December 31,
1993 and 1992, respectively. The weighted-average discount rate used in
determining the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation was 7.0% and
7.5% for December 31, 1993 and 1992, respectively.
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Stock Option Plan. LNC has a stock option incentive plan for key employees
of LNC and its subsidiaries which provides for the issuance of stock options,
stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards and stock incentive awards.
Stock options granted under the plan are at the market value at the date of
grant and, subject to termination of employment, expire ten years from the
date of grant. Such options are not transferable other than on death and are
exercisable one year from date of grant for options issued prior to 1992.
Options issued subsequent to 1991 are exercisable in 25% increments on the
option issuance anniversary in the four years following issuance.
Information with respect to the stock option plan is as follows:
Shares Options Outstanding
Available Average
for Grant Shares Option Price
Balance at January 1, 1991 2,996,846 2,412,588 $23.28
Granted ------------------------ (554,700) 554,700 24.99
Exercised ---------------------- -- (159,582) 19.32
Expired ------------------------ 107,400 (150,400)
Restricted stock awarded ------- (9,600) --
Balance at December 31, 1991 - 2,539,946 2,657,306 $23.77
Granted ------------------------ (528,500) 528,500 $27.74
Exercised ---------------------- -- (996,632) 22.55
Expired ------------------------ 27,540 (38,340)
Restricted stock awarded ------- (50,336) --
Balance at December 31, 1992 - 1,988,650 2,150,834 $25.29
Granted ------------------------ (570,600) 570,600 $39.75
Exercised ---------------------- -- (260,756) 24.21
Expired ------------------------ 17,826 (18,826)
Restricted stock awarded ------- (144,154) --
Balance at December 31, 1993 - 1,291,722 2,441,852 $28.75
Shares under options that were exercisable at December 31, 1993 totaled
1,497,502.
7. Restrictions, Commitments and Contingencies
Generally, the net assets of LNC's insurance subsidiaries available for
transfer to the parent company are limited to the amounts that the insurance
subsidiaries' net assets, as determined in accordance with statutory
accounting practices, exceed minimum statutory capital requirements; however,
payments of such amounts as dividends may be subject to approval by regulatory
authorities. As of December 31, 1993, $2,300,000,000 of consolidated
shareholders' equity represents net assets of the LNC's insurance subsidiaries
that cannot be transferred in the form of dividends, loans or advances to the
parent company without prior approval of such regulatory authorities.
Net income as determined in accordance with statutory accounting practices for
LNC's insurance subsidiaries was as follows:
Year Ended December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1991
Life-health insurance --------------------- $229.7 $163.7 $240.8
Property-casualty insurance --------------- 247.6 84.1 54.4
Life-health insurance statutory net income for 1993, 1992 and 1991, excluding
LNC's foreign life reinsurance companies, was $267,200,000, $202,600,000 and
$259,600,000, respectively.
Shareholders' equity as determined in accordance with statutory accounting
practices for LNC's insurance subsidiaries was as follows:
December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992
Life-health insurance --------------------- $1,626.7 $1,474.6
Property-casualty insurance --------------- 1,061.7 1,040.8
Certain of LNC's subsidiaries lease their home office properties through
sale-leaseback agreements. The agreements provide for a 25 year lease period
with options to renew for six additional terms of five years each. The
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agreements also provide LNC with the right of first refusal to purchase the
properties during the term of the lease, including renewal periods, at a price
as defined in the agreements. In addition, LNC has the option to purchase the
leased properties at fair market value as defined in the agreements on the
last day of the initial 25 year lease period ending in 2009 or the last day of
any of the renewal periods.
Total rental expense on operating leases in 1993, 1992 and 1991 was
$55,900,000, $62,300,000 and $78,700,000, respectively. Future minimum rental
commitments are as follows (in millions):
1994 - $51.8 1996 - $42.8 1998 - $ 33.4
1995 - 47.1 1997 - 37.8 Thereafter - 378.6
Rental expense excludes amounts previously reserved for as part of the sale of
a portion of the Employee Life-Health Benefit segment (see note to 10 on page
53); future minimum rental commitments include amounts applicable to such
businesses.
LNC has financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risks. These include
guarantees whose contractual amounts represent credit exposure and derivatives
whose notional or contract amounts exceed the credit exposure. LNC has
entered into derivative transactions to reduce its exposure to fluctuations in
interest and foreign exchange risks. Outstanding financial instruments with
off-balance-sheet risks, shown in notional or contract amounts along with
their carrying value and estimated fair values, are as follows:
Assets (Liabilities)
Notional or Carrying Fair Carrying Fair
Contract Amounts Value Value Value Value
December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1993 1993 1992 1992
Guarantees:
Industrial revenue bonds ------ $ 130.2 $ 134.3 $ (16.3)$(12.5)$(17.2) $(21.9)
Real estate partnerships ------ 43.8 66.5 (2.2) (3.8) (12.8) (18.5)
Mortgage loan pass-through
certificates ----------------- 96.0 131.8 -- -- -- --
Derivatives:
Foreign currency exchange
contracts -------------------- 101.3 43.8 .8 .8 7.9 7.9
Financial futures contracts --- 33.1 78.5 -- -- -- (.5)
Interest rate swaps ----------- 57.0 46.8 -- (1.2) -- (1.9)
United Kingdom forward swaps -- 20.0 20.0 -- .4 -- (.1)
Interest rate cap agreements -- 3,800.0 1,200.0 24.4 18.5 13.3 8.1
Spread-lock agreements -------- 1,700.0 600.0 -- (5.6) -- (.1)
Mortgage-backed securities
total return swaps ----------- 47.6 -- -- .9 -- --
Certain subsidiaries of LNC have invested in real estate partnerships which
use industrial revenue bonds to finance their projects. LNC has guaranteed
the repayment of principal and interest on these bonds. Certain subsidiaries
of LNC are also involved in other real estate partnerships that use
conventional mortgage loans. In some cases, the terms of these arrangements
involve guarantees by each of the partners to indemnify the mortgagor in the
event a partner is unable to pay its principal and interest payments. In
addition, certain subsidiaries of LNC have sold commercial mortgage loans
through grantor trusts which issued pass-through certificates. These
subsidiaries have agreed to repurchase any mortgage loans which remain
delinquent for 90 days at a repurchase price substantially equal to the
outstanding principal balance plus accrued interest thereon to the date of
repurchase. It is management's opinion that the value of the properties
underlying these commitments is sufficient that in the event of default the
impact would not be material to LNC. Based on historical performance where
repurchases have been negligible and the current status, which indicates none
of the loans are delinquent, the fair value liability for the guarantees
related to the mortgage loan pass-through certificates is insignificant. Fair
values for all other guarantees are based on fees that would be charged
currently to enter into similar agreements, taking into consideration the
remaining terms of the agreements and the counterparties' credit standing.
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LNC has entered into foreign currency exchange contracts to sell foreign
currencies at future dates and at specific prices. LNC has also entered into
interest rate swaps, United Kingdom forward swaps, interest rate cap
agreements, spread-lock agreements, mortgage-backed securities total return
swaps and purchased financial future contracts. LNC is subject to the risk
that the counterparties to these contracts will fail to perform and the risks
associated with changes in the value of underlying securities; however, such
changes in the value generally are offset by changes in the value of the items
being hedged by such contracts. Fair values for these contracts are based on
current settlement values. The current settlement values are based on quoted
market prices for the foreign currency exchange contracts and financial future
contracts, and on brokerage quotes, which utilized pricing models or formulas
using current assumptions, for all other swaps and agreements.
A reconciliation of the notional or contract amounts for the interest rate cap
and spread lock agreements is as follows:
Interest Rate Caps Spread Locks
December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1993 1992
Balance at beginning of year ------- $1,200.0 $ -- $ 600.0 $ --
New contracts ---------------------- 2,600.0 1,200.0 2,000.0 900.0
Terminated contracts --------------- -- -- (900.0) (300.0)
Balance at End of Year ----------- $3,800.0 $1,200.0 $1,700.0 $ 600.0
The spread-lock agreements expire in 1994 and 1995 and the interest rate cap
agreements expire in 1997 through 2003. No realized gains or losses from
these agreements have been deferred. Expense for these agreements amounted to
$3,600,000 and $1,200,000 in 1993 and 1992, respectively.
At December 31, 1993, LNC did not have a material concentration of financial
instruments in a single investee, industry or geographic location.
LNC's insurance companies both cede and assume reinsurance from other
companies. That portion of risks exceeding each company's retention limit is
reinsured with other insurers. During 1993, catastrophe reinsurance
arrangements for property-casualty coverages provided for a recovery of an
average of approximately 85% of losses in excess of $30,000,000 up to
$180,000,000 per occurrence. The same limits are in effect for 1994 with
average recovery of 93% of losses. Also, LNC seeks reinsurance coverage
within the business segments that sell life insurance that limits its
liabilities on an individual insured to $3,000,000. To cover products other
than property-casualty and life insurance, LNC acquires other reinsurance
coverages with retentions and limits which management believes are appropriate
for the circumstances. The accompanying financial statements reflect
premiums, benefits and settlement expenses and deferred acquisition costs, net
of reinsurance ceded (see note 5 on page 48). Prior to January 1, 1993,
policy liabilities and accruals were also net of reinsurance ceded (see note 2
on page 38). LNC's insurance companies remain liable if their reinsurers are
unable to meet their contractual obligations under the applicable reinsurance
agreements.
For financial reinsurance assumed, reserve charges are netted against premiums
and substantially all assets and liabilities are netted due to a right of
offset. At December 31, 1993, LNC's insurance companies have granted
$767,000,000 of statutory surplus to other insurance companies under these
transactions. Generally, such amounts are offset by corresponding receivables
from the ceding company, which are secured by future profits on the reinsured
business. However, LNC's insurance companies are subject to the risk that the
ceding company may become insolvent and the right of offset would not be
permitted.
Associated with these transactions, LNC's foreign reinsurance companies have
obtained letters of credit in favor of various unaffiliated insurance
companies from which LNC assumes business. This allows the ceding companies
to take statutory reserve credit. The letters of credit issued by the banks
represent a guarantee of performance under the financial reinsurance agree-
ments. At December 31, 1993, there were $928,800,000 of outstanding bank
letters of credit. In exchange for the letters of credits, LNC paid the banks
$2,255,000 in fees. Since substantially all the fees were based on rates
effective December 31, 1993, such fees approximate the fair value of LNC's
asset for the letters of credit as of December 31, 1993.
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LNC and its subsidiaries are involved in various pending or threatened legal
proceedings arising from the conduct of their business. In some instances,
these proceedings include claims for punitive damages and similar types of
relief in unspecified or substantial amounts, in addition to amounts for
alleged contractual liability or requests for equitable relief. After
consultation with counsel and a review of available facts, it is management's
opinion that these proceedings ultimately will be resolved without materially
affecting the consolidated financial statements of LNC.
The increase in the number of insurance companies that are under regulatory
supervision has resulted and is expected to continue to result in an increase
in assessments by state guaranty funds to cover losses to policyholders of
insolvent or rehabilitated companies. Mandatory assessments may be partially
recovered through a reduction in future premium taxes in some states. LNC has
accrued for these assessments net of estimated future premium tax deductions.
8. Segment Information
LNC has four major business segments: Property-Casualty, Life Insurance and
Annuities, Life-Health Reinsurance and Employee Life-Health Benefits. The
Property-Casualty segment writes both commercial and personal coverages
through a network of independent agents. The Life Insurance and Annuities
segment offers universal life, pension products and other individual coverages
through a network of career agents, independent general agencies, and
insurance agencies located within a variety of financial institutions.
Life-Health Reinsurance sells reinsurance products and services to insurance
companies, HMOs, self-funded employers and other primary risk accepting
organizations in the U.S. and economically attractive international markets.
The Employee Life-Health Benefits segment distributes group life and health
insurance, managed health care and other related coverages through career
agents and independent general agencies. Activity which is not included in
the four major business segments is shown as "Other Operations."
"Other Operations" includes unallocated corporate items, including corporate
investment income, interest expense on corporate debt and unallocated overhead
expenses. Prior to 1993, all realized gain (loss) on investments were
included in Other Operations and corporate investment income was net of
amounts allocated to the business segments in lieu of realized gain (loss) on
investments.
The revenue, pre-tax income and assets by segment for 1991 through 1993 are as
follows:
Year Ended December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1991
Revenue:
Property-Casualty ---------------------- $2,240.6 $2,408.7 $2,558.9
Life Insurance and Annuities ----------- 2,858.3 2,438.7 2,233.4
Life-Health Reinsurance ---------------- 1,930.5 1,781.8 1,710.4
Employee Life-Health Benefits ---------- 1,297.3 1,241.6 2,646.3
Other Operations ----------------------- (36.9) 163.3 20.0
Total Revenue ------------------------ $8,289.8 $8,034.1 $9,169.0
Income (loss) before income taxes and
cumulative effect of accounting change:
Property-Casualty ---------------------- $257.6 $ 22.1 $ 26.3
Life Insurance and Annuities ----------- 344.3 197.0 155.1
Life-Health Reinsurance ---------------- 27.5 84.3 48.7
Employee Life-Health Benefits ---------- 86.0 62.9 66.8
Other Operations ----------------------- (127.6) 58.4 (98.1)
Total Income Before Income Taxes
and Cumulative Effect of
Accounting Change ------------------- $587.8 $424.7 $198.8
December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992 1991
Assets:
Property-Casualty ---------------------- $ 5,550.5 $ 5,101.3 $ 5,035.1
Life Insurance and Annuities ----------- 38,711.7 30,519.6 24,728.0
Life-Health Reinsurance ---------------- 3,227.2 2,402.9 2,160.4
Employee Life-Health Benefits ---------- 679.7 558.1 1,298.0
Other Operations ----------------------- 211.3 965.4 791.6
Total Assets ------------------------- $48,380.4 $39,547.3 $34,013.1
Provisions for depreciation and capital additions were not material.
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9. Shareholders' Equity
LNC's common and preferred stock is without par value.
All of the issued and outstanding Series A Preferred Stock is $3 Cumulative
Convertible and is convertible at any time into shares of Common Stock at a
conversion rate of eight shares of Common Stock for each share of Series A
Preferred Stock, subject to adjustment for certain events. The Series A
Preferred Stock is redeemable at the option of the Corporation at $80 per
share plus accrued and unpaid dividends.
Each share of the Series E and F Preferred Stock is 5 1/2% Cumulative
Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock and is convertible into two shares of
LNC's Common Stock. The Series E and Series F (issued during May 1991)
Preferred Stock issued at $68.85 and $71.604 per share, respectively, are
owned by Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company.
The Series A, E and F Preferred Stock have full voting rights, subject to
adjustment if LNC is in default as to the payment of dividends. If LNC is
liquidated or dissolved, holders of Series A, E and F Preferred Stock will be
entitled to payments of $80.00, $68.85 and $71.604 per share, respectively.
The difference between the aggregate preference on liquidation value and the
financial statement balance for the Series A and E Preferred Stock was
$2,200,000 and $400,000, respectively, at December 31, 1993. Series A, E and
F Preferred Stock have parity with respect to liquidating distributions.
LNC has outstanding one Common Share Purchase Right ("Rights") on each
outstanding share of LNC's Common Stock. A Right will also be issued with
each share of LNC's Common Stock that becomes outstanding prior to the time
the Rights become exercisable or expire. If a person or group acquires
beneficial ownership of 20% or more or announces an offer that would result in
beneficial ownership of 30% or more of LNC's outstanding Common Stock, the
Rights become exercisable and each Right will entitle its holder to purchase
one share of LNC's Common Stock for $75. If LNC is acquired in a business
combination transaction, each Right will entitle its holder to purchase, for
$75, common shares of the acquiring company having a market value of $150.
Alternatively, if a 20% holder were to acquire LNC by means of a reverse
merger in which LNC and its stock survive or were to engage in certain
"self-dealing" transactions, each Right not owned by the 20% holder would
entitle its holder to purchase, for $75, Common Stock of LNC having a market
value of $150. LNC can redeem each Right for one cent at any time prior to
its becoming exercisable. The Rights expire in November 1996. As of December
31, 1993, there were 94,183,190 Rights outstanding.
During February 1993, LNC issued 9,200,000 shares of Common Stock. The
proceeds from this offering, net of issuance and distribution costs, were
$316,100,000.
During May 1993, LNC's Board of Directors approved a two-for-one stock split
for its Common Stock. The record date for the stock split was June 4, 1993
and the additional shares were distributed to shareholders on June 25, 1993.
Following this Common Stock split the conversion rate of LNC's Preferred Stock
Series A changed from four shares of Common Stock to eight shares of Common
Stock for each Series A Preferred Stock. The conversion rate of LNC's
Preferred Stock Series E and F changed from one share of Common Stock to two
shares of Common Stock for each share of Series E and F Preferred Stock. The
consolidated financial statements have been adjusted to reflect the effects of
the common stock split for all periods presented.
Earnings per share are computed based on the average number of common shares
outstanding during each year (1993 - 102,307,356; 1992 - 92,977,312; 1991 -
90,658,726) after assuming conversion of the Series A, E and F Preferred Stock
and the retroactive effect of the 1993 two-for-one stock split. The effect of
stock options is not dilutive in the computation of earnings per share.
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Details underlying the balance sheet caption "Net Unrealized Gain on
Securities Available-for-Sale," are as follows:
December 31 (in millions) 1993 1992
Fair value of securities available-for-sale ------------- $25,044.7 $2,902.3
Cost of securities available-for-sale ------------------- (23,115.8) (2,658.2)
Unrealized gain --------------------------------------- 1,928.9 244.1
Adjustments to deferred acquisition costs --------------- (429.2) --
Amounts required to satisfy policyholder commitments ---- (58.3) (.1)
Amounts related to disposal of subsidiary included in
other liabilities -------------------------------------- (30.1) --
Deferred income taxes ----------------------------------- (496.6) (81.3)
Net unrealized gain on securities
available-for-sale ----------------------------------- $ 914.7 $ 162.7
Adjustments to deferred acquisition costs and amounts required to satisfy
policyholder commitments are netted against the Deferred Acquisition Costs
asset account and included with the Future Policy Benefits and Losses, Claims
and Loss Expenses liability account on the balance sheet, respectively.
10. Sale of Subsidiaries
LNC decided to substantially exit certain businesses that made up its Employee
Life-Health Benefits segment by selling the third party administrator
operations and the health maintenance organizations along with certain related
group life and health policies, and to allow the remaining group life and
health operations conducted within the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
to run off, except for certain small group business, which was to be
transferred to a subsidiary. In December 1991, the estimated pre-tax loss
from these planned transactions of $135,000,000 ($89,100,000, after-tax) was
charged to loss on sale of subsidiaries. This loss, which affected "Other
Operations", included the estimated cost of operating these entities to the
date of sale in May 1992, and the estimated cost of the run-off of the group
life and health operations and downsizing LNC's related management staff and
service operation, less the estimated gain from the sale of the business
described above. During 1992, LNC completed the sale and received cash of
$145,300,000. The 1992 gain from the sale and the disposal expenses have not
differed materially from the 1991 estimate. The after-tax income from
operations for these businesses for the year ended December 31, 1991 was
$200,000. The revenues for these businesses for the year ended December 31,
1991 was $1,461,000,000.
In December 1993, LNC recorded a provision for loss of $98,500,000 (also
$98,500,000 after-tax) in the "Other Operations" segment for the sale of
Security-Connecticut Corporation ("Security-Connecticut"). The sale was
completed on February 2, 1994 through an initial public offering and LNC
received cash and notes, net of related expenses, totaling $237,700,000. For
the years ended December 31, 1993, 1992 and 1991, Security-Connecticut, which
operated in the Life Insurance and Annuities segment, had revenues of
$274,500,000, $252,400,000 and $243,600,000, respectively, and net income of
$24,000,000, $26,200,000 and $29,400,000, respectively. As of December 31,
1993, Security-Connecticut had assets of $1,830,600,000 and liabilities of
$1,504,900,000.
LNC filed a registration statement in December 1993 with the Securities
Exchange Commission involving an initial public offering of stock of its
subsidiary Employers Health Insurance Company ("Employers Health"), which
comprises the Employee Life-Health Benefits segment. Should the initial
public offering be consummated, it is anticipated that LNC will retain a less
than 50% equity ownership interest in Employers Health and that a gain on sale
will be recognized in 1994. The amount of gain cannot be determined until the
pricing of the offering has been completed. For the years ended December 31,
1993, 1992 and 1991, Employers Health had revenues of $1,304,700,000,
$1,247,600,000 and $1,184,100,000, respectively, and net income of
$55,300,000, $43,900,000 and $43,700,000, respectively. As of December 31,
1993, Employers Health had assets of $793,700,000 and liabilities of
$453,400,000.
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Report of Ernst and Young, Independent Auditors
Board of Directors
Lincoln National Corporation
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Lincoln
National Corporation as of December 31, 1993 and 1992, and the related
consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for
each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1993. Our audits
also included the financial statement schedules listed in the Index at Item
14(a). These financial statements and schedules are the responsibility of the
Corporation's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
these financial statements and schedules based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Lincoln National
Corporation at December 31, 1993 and 1992, and the consolidated results of its
operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 1993, in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedules,
when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a
whole, present fairly in all material respects the information set forth
therein.
As discussed in note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, in 1993 the
Corporation changed its method of accounting for postretirement benefits other
than pensions, accounting for income taxes, accounting for impairment of
loans, and accounting for certain investments in debt and equity securities.
Ernst & Young
Fort Wayne, Indiana
February 10, 1994
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and
Financial Disclosure
There have been no disagreements with LNC's independent auditors which are
reportable pursuant to Item 304 of Regulation S-K.
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PART III
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant
Information for this item relating to directors of LNC is incorporated by
reference to the sections captioned "NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR" and "DIRECTORS
CONTINUING IN OFFICE" of LNC's Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting
scheduled for May 12, 1994.
Executive Officers of the Registrant as of December 31, 1993 were as follows:
Name Position with LNC and Business Experience
(Age) During the Past Five Years
Robert A. Anker President, Chief Operating Officer and Director,
(52) LNC since 1992. President and Chief Executive
Officer, American States* (1990-1991). President
and Chief Operating Officer, American States*
(1985-1990).
Jon A. Boscia Executive Vice President, LNC since 1991.
(42) President, Lincoln National Investment
Management Company* since 1991. Senior Vice
President, LNL* (1985-1991).
George E. Davis Senior Vice President, LNC since March 1993.
(51) Vice President, Eastman Kodak Co. (1985-March 1993).
P. Kenneth Dunsire Executive Vice President, LNC since 1986.
(62)
Jack D. Hunter Executive Vice President, LNC since 1986. General
(57) Counsel since 1971.
William J. Lawson President and Chief Executive, Officer, Employers
(54) Health* since 1988. Senior Vice President, LNL*
(1984-1988).
F. Cedric McCurley President and Chief Executive Officer, American
(59) States* since 1992. Executive Vice President,
American States* (1986-1991).
H. Thomas McMeekin, III Senior Vice President, LNC since 1992.
(40) Executive Vice President, Lincoln National
Investment Management Company* (1987-1992).
Richard S. Robertson Executive Vice President, LNC since 1986.
(51)
Ian M. Rolland Chairman and Director, LNC since 1992.
(60) President and Director, LNC (1975-1991). Chief
Executive Officer, LNC since 1977.
Richard C. Vaughan Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer,
(44) LNC since 1992. Senior Vice President, LNL* since
1990. Vice President, EQUICOR, Inc. (1988-1990).
Donald L. Van Wyngarden Second Vice President and Controller, LNC since
(54) 1975.
Thomas M. West Executive Vice President, LNL* since 1981.
(53)
*Denotes a subsidiary of LNC
There is no family relationship between any of the foregoing executive
officers, all of whom are elected annually.
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Item 11. Executive Compensation
Information for this item is incorporated by reference to the section cap-
tioned "EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION" of LNC's Proxy Statement for the Annual
Meeting scheduled for May 12, 1994.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
Information for this item is incorporated by reference to the sections
captioned "SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS" and
"SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF DIRECTORS, NOMINEES AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS"
of LNC's
Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting scheduled for May 12, 1994.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
Information for this item is incorporated by reference to the section cap-
tioned "TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT ARRANGEMENTS" of LNC's
Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting scheduled for May 12, 1994.
PART IV
Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K
Item 14(a)(1) Financial Statements
The following consolidated financial statements of Lincoln National Corpora-
tion and subsidiaries are included in Item 8:
Consolidated Balance Sheets - December 31, 1993 and 1992
Consolidated Statements of Income - Years ended December 31, 1993, 1992
and 1991
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity - Years ended December 31,
1993, 1992 and 1991
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Years ended December 31, 1993,
1992 and 1991
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Report of Independent Auditors
Item 14(a)(2) Financial Statement Schedules
The following consolidated financial statement schedules of Lincoln National
Corporation and subsidiaries are included in Item 14(d):
I - Summary of Investments - Other than Investments in Related Parties
III - Condensed Financial Information of Registrant
V - Supplementary Insurance Information
VI - Reinsurance
VII - Guarantees of Securities of Other Issuers
VIII - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
IX - Short-term Borrowings
X - Supplementary Information Concerning Property-Casualty Insurance
Operations
All other schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting
regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission are not required under
the related instructions, are inapplicable, or the required information is
included in the consolidated financial statements, and therefore have been
omitted.
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Item 14(a)(3) Listing of Exhibits
The following exhibits of Lincoln National Corporation and subsidiaries are
included in Item 14(c) - (Note: The numbers preceding the exhibits correspond
to the specific numbers within Item 601 of Regulation S-K.):
3(a) The Articles of Incorporation of LNC as last amended May 24,
1991 are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a) of LNC's Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1991 filed with the
Commission on March 27, 1992.
3(b) The Bylaws of LNC as last amended January 1, 1992 are
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(b) of LNC's Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1991 filed with the Commission on
March 27, 1992.
4(a) Indenture for 8% Notes of LNC due March 15, 1997 and the
specimen Notes is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(b) of
LNC's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1991, filed with
the Commission on March 27, 1992.
4(b) First Supplemental Indenture and Specimen Notes for LNC's 7 1/8%
Notes due July 15, 1999 are incorporated by reference to Annex B
and Annex C of LNC's Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July
7, 1992.
4(c) First Supplemental Indenture and Specimen Notes for LNC's 7 5/8%
Notes due July 15, 2002 are incorporated by reference to Annex B
and Annex D of LNC's Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July
7, 1992.
4(d) Fiscal Agency Agreement related to sale of $100,000,000
aggregate principal amount of 9 3/4% Notes of LNC due October 20,
1995 and the specimen of 9 3/4% Notes.
10(a)* The Lincoln National Corporation 1986 Stock Option Incentive
Plan as last amended May 13, 1993.
10(b)* The Lincoln National Corporation 1982 Stock Option Incentive
Plan as last amended May 7, 1987.
10(c)* The Lincoln National Corporation Executives' Salary Continuation
Plan as last amended January 1, 1992 is incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10(c) of LNC's Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1992, filed with the Commission on March 30, 1993.
10(d)* The Lincoln National Corporation Executive Value Sharing Plan is
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(d) of LNC's Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 1992, filed with the Commission
on March 30, 1993.
10(e)* The Lincoln National Corporation Management Incentive Plan II as
last amended August 1, 1989, is incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(e) of LNC's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1989, filed with the Commission on March 29, 1990.
10(f)* Lincoln National Corporation Executives' Severance Benefit Plan
as last amended January 10, 1990, is incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10(f) of LNC's Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1990, filed with the Commission on March 28, 1991.
10(g)* The Lincoln National Corporation Outside Directors Retirement
Plan as last amended March 15, 1990, is incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10(g) of LNC's Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1990, filed with the Commission on March 28, 1991.
10(h)* The Lincoln National Corporation Outside Directors Benefits Plan
is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(h) of LNC's Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 1992, filed with the Commission
on March 30, 1993.
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10(i) Lease and Agreement dated August 1, 1984, with respect to the
American States' home office property, is incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(i) of LNC's Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1990, filed with the Commission on March 28, 1991.
10(j) Lease and Agreement dated August 1, 1984, with respect to LNL's
home office property, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10(j) of LNC's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1990,
filed with the Commission on March 28, 1991.
10(k) Lease and Agreement dated August 1, 1984, with respect to
Lincoln National Pension Insurance Company's ("LNP") home office
property, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(k) of LNC's
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1990, filed with the
Commission on March 28, 1991. [LNP was merged into its parent,
LNL, effective January 1, 1989.]
10(l) Lease dated March 1, 1984, with respect to Security-
Connecticut's home office property, is incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10(l) of LNC's Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1990, filed with the Commission on March 28, 1991.
10(m)* Descriptions of compensation arrangements with Executive
Officers.
10(n)* The Lincoln National Corporation Executives' Supplemental
Pension Benefit Plan is incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10(n) of LNC's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1992,
filed with the Commission on March 30, 1993.
10(o)* Lincoln National Corporation Executive Savings and Profit
Sharing Plan as amended as of January 1, 1992 is incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(o) of LNC's Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1992, filed with the Commission on March 30, 1993.
10(p) Lease dated February 14, 1991, with respect to property occupied
by select Fort Wayne operations of the Registrant is incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10(q) of LNC's Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1991 filed with the Commission on March 27,
1992.
10(q)* Lincoln National Corporation 1993 Stock Plan for Non-Employee
Directors.
10(r)* Lincoln National Corporation Executives' Excess Compensation
Benefit Plan.
*This exhibit is a management contract or compensatory plan or
arrangement required to be filed as an exhibit to this form
pursuant to Item 14(c) of this report.
11 Computation of Per Share Earnings
21 The List of Subsidiaries of LNC.
23 Consent of Independent Auditors.
28 Information from Reports Furnished to State Insurance
Regulatory Authorities.
Item 14(b) - During the fourth quarter of the year ended December 31, 1993,
no reports on Form 8-K were filed with the Commission.
Item 14(c) - The exhibits of Lincoln National Corporation and subsidiaries
are listed in Item 14(a)(3) above.
Item 14(d) - The financial schedules for Lincoln National Corporation and
subsidiaries follow on pages 59 through 68.
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LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE I - SUMMARY OF INVESTMENTS - OTHER THAN INVESTMENTS IN
RELATED
PARTIES
December 31, 1993 (000's omitted)
Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
Amount at
Which Shown
in the
Type of Investment Cost Value Balance Sheet
Fixed maturity securities
available-for-sale:
Bonds:
United States Government
and government agencies
and authorities ------------ $ 1,657,255 $ 1,691,261 $ 1,691,261
States, municipalities and
political subdivisions ----- 2,558,205 2,771,654 2,771,654
Mortgage-backed bonds -------- 5,685,674 6,061,996 6,061,996
Foreign governments ---------- 493,716 551,567 551,567
Public utilities ------------- 3,167,517 3,421,002 3,421,002
Convertibles and bonds
with warrants attached ----- 143,869 158,199 158,199
All other corporate bonds ---- 8,377,453 9,165,616 9,165,616
Redeemable preferred stocks ---- 135,596 143,040 143,040
Total -------------------- 22,219,285 23,964,335 23,964,335
Equity securities available-for-sale:
Common stocks:
Public utilities ------------- 23,139 31,686 31,686
Banks, trusts and
insurance companies -------- 94,228 159,284 159,284
Industrial, miscellaneous
and all other -------------- 559,142 648,639 648,639
Nonredeemable preferred stocks - 219,968 240,692 240,692
Total Equity Securities -- 896,477 1,080,301 1,080,301
Mortgage loans on real estate ---- 3,527,590 3,300,951(A)
Real estate:
Investment properties ---------- 469,913 469,913
Acquired in
satisfaction of debt ---------- 284,617 163,190(A)
Policy loans --------------------- 595,085 595,085
Other investments ---------------- 185,366 158,170(A)
Total Investments -------- $28,178,333 $29,731,945
(A) Investments which are deemed to have declines in value that are
other than temporary are written down or reserved for to reduce their
carrying value to their estimated realizable value.
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LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE III - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT
BALANCE SHEETS
Lincoln National Corporation (Parent Company Only)
December 31 (000's omitted) 1993 1992
(Restated)
Assets:
Investments in subsidiaries* ------------------ $4,870,705 $3,833,654
Investments ----------------------------------- 43,868 58,361
Cash and invested cash ------------------------ 271,721 421,974
Property and equipment ------------------------ 5,941 1,419
Accrued investment income --------------------- 16 65
Receivable from subsidiaries* ----------------- 62,835 48,600
Loans to subsidiaries* ------------------------ 16,025 50,750
Dividends receivable from subsidiaries* ------- 80,000 --
Goodwill -------------------------------------- 10,008 11,015
Other assets ---------------------------------- 116,215 17,638
Total Assets -------------------- $5,477,334 $4,443,476
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Liabilities:
Cash collateral on loaned securities ---------- $ 189,256 $ 179,709
Dividends payable ----------------------------- 38,591 32,014
Short-term debt ------------------------------- 312,867 420,232
Long-term debt -------------------------------- 298,422 398,288
Loans from subsidiaries* ---------------------- 328,467 456,069
Federal income taxes payable (receivable) ----- 30,717 (4,907)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities -------- 206,693 135,200
Total Liabilities --------------- $1,405,013 $1,616,605
Shareholders' Equity:
Series A Preferred Stock --------------------- 1,553 1,896
Series E Preferred Stock --------------------- 151,206 151,206
Series F Preferred Stock --------------------- 158,707 158,707
Common Stock --------------------------------- 543,659 200,986
Earned surplus ------------------------------- 2,303,731 2,147,691
Foreign currency translation adjustment ------ (1,214) 3,643
Net unrealized gain on investment
securities available-for-sale [including
unrealized gain of subsidiaries:
1993 - $891,997,000, 1992 - $133,945,000] -- 914,679 162,742
Total Shareholders' Equity ----- 4,072,321 2,826,871
Total Liabilities and
Shareholders' Equity ---------- $5,477,334 $4,443,476
<FN>
*Eliminated in consolidation.
</FN>
These condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the
consolidated financial statements and accompanying footnotes of Lincoln
National Corporation and subsidiaries (see pages 30 through 54).
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LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE III - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT
(Continued)
STATEMENTS OF INCOME
Lincoln National Corporation (Parent Company Only)
Year Ended December 31 (000's omitted) 1993 1992 1991
(Restated)(Restated)
Revenue:
Dividends from subsidiaries* --------------- $155,980 $ 60,324 $ 49,524
Interest from subsidiaries* ---------------- 1,730 1,799 2,743
Pre-closing dividend from subsidiaries sold- -- 40,917 --
Net investment income ---------------------- 14,634 22,610 37,834
Realized gain (loss) on investments -------- 27,106 49,807 (2,753)
Loss on sale of subsidiaries --------------- -- -- (90,274)
Other -------------------------------------- (61) 1,235 1,063
Total Revenue -------------------------- 199,389 176,692 (1,863)
Expenses:
Operating and administrative --------------- 21,682 32,078 31,811
Interest-subsidiaries* --------------------- 13,811 18,246 36,436
Interest-other ----------------------------- 41,136 51,861 62,033
Total Expenses ------------------------- 76,629 102,185 130,280
Income before Federal Income Tax (Credits),
Equity in Undistributed Net Income of
Subsidiaries and Cumulative Effect
of Accounting Change ------------------ 122,760 74,507 (132,143)
Federal income tax expense (credits) --------- (6,032) (7,521) (65,966)
Income (Loss) Before Equity in
Undistributed Net Income of
Subsidiaries and Cumulative
Effect of Accounting Change ----------- 128,792 82,028 (66,177)
Equity in undistributed net income of
subsidiaries -------------------------------- 286,491 277,143 268,137
Income Before Cumulative Accounting
Change -------------------------------- 415,283 359,171 201,960
Cumulative effect of accounting change:
Parent company ------------------------------- (8,006) -- --
Subsidiaries --------------------------------- (88,425) -- --
Total Accounting Change ---------------- (96,431) -- --
Net Income ----------------------------- $318,852 $359,171 $201,960
<FN>
*Eliminated in consolidation.
</FN>
These condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the
consolidated financial statements and accompanying footnotes of Lincoln
National Corporation and subsidiaries (see pages 30 through 54).
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LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE III - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT
(Continued)
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Lincoln National Corporation (Parent Company Only)
Year Ended December 31 (000's omitted) 1993 1992 1991
(Restated)(Restated)
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net Income ----------------------------------- $318,852 $359,171 $201,960
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net
cash provided by operating activities:
Equity in undistributed net income
of subsidiaries * ------------------------ (278,065) (264,833) (290,585)
Realized (gain) loss on investments ------- (27,106) (49,807) 2,753
Loss on sale of subsidiaries -------------- -- -- 90,274
Cumulative effect of accounting change ---- 8,006 -- --
Other ------------------------------------- 23,375 10,088 (49,259)
Net Adjustments ------------------------- (273,790) (304,552) (246,817)
Net Cash Provided by (Used in)
Operating Activities ------------------- 45,062 54,619 (44,857)
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Purchase of investments ---------------------- (414) (6,915) (14,250)
Sale or maturity of investments -------------- 32,062 93,363 8,865
Cash collateral on loaned securities --------- 9,547 (31,746) 54,799
Net investment in consolidated subsidiaries* - (105,846) (103,149) (154,593)
Sale of subsidiaries ------------------------- -- 145,270 --
Net (purchase) sale of property and equipment- (5,563) 5,141 (1,002)
Other ---------------------------------------- 3,147 (24,079) 8,258
Net Cash Provided by (Used in)
Investing Activities ------------------- (67,067) 77,885 (97,923)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Principal payments on long-term debt --------- -- (31,283) (10,585)
Issuance of long-term debt ------------------- -- 197,737 --
Net increase (decrease) in short-term debt --- (207,231) (225,503) 206,396
Issuance of Series F Preferred Stock --------- -- -- 158,707
Increase (decrease) in loans from
subsidiaries* ------------------------------- (127,602) 113,436 (108,848)
Decrease (increase) in loans to subsidiaries*- 34,725 50,091 (64,146)
Decrease (increase) in receivables from
subsidiaries* ------------------------------- (14,235) 40,735 (9,835)
Public offering of Common Stock -------------- 316,100 -- --
Common Stock issued for benefit plans -------- 26,230 21,018 2,068
Dividends paid to shareholders --------------- (156,235) (139,151) (125,956)
Net Cash Provided by
Financing Activities ------------------- (128,248) 27,080 47,801
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash --------- (150,253) 159,584 (94,979)
Cash at beginning of year -------------------- 421,974 262,390 357,369
Cash at End of Year --------------------- $271,721 $421,974 $262,390
<FN>
*Eliminated in consolidation.
</FN>
These condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the
consolidated financial statements and accompanying footnotes of Lincoln
National Corporation and subsidiaries (see pages 30 through 54).
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LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE V - SUPPLEMENTARY INSURANCE INFORMATION
Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F Column G
Future Policy Other
Benefits, Policy
Deferred Losses, Claims Claims and Net
Acquisition and Loss Unearned Benefits Premium Investment
Segment Costs Expenses Premiums Payable Revenue (B) Income(A)
--------------------------------(000's Omitted)---------------------------------
Year Ended December 31, 1993
Property-Casualty ------------ $ 153,073 $ 2,810,037 $777,011 $ $1,841,363 $ 250,633
Life Insurance and Annuities - 1,176,852 7,305,262 6,527 969,579 1,717,503
Life-Health Reinsurance ------ 681,206 2,340,654 76,606 1,787,644 124,856
Employee Life-Health Benefits- 320,189 1,228,606 42,931
Other (incl. consol. adj's.) - (124,107) (1,339) 10,596
Total ------------- $2,011,131 $12,652,035 $858,805 $ -- $5,827,192 $2,146,519
Year Ended December 31, 1992
Property-Casualty ------------ $ 172,378 $ 2,672,503 $840,349 $ $2,082,953 $ 287,224
Life Insurance and Annuities - 1,430,790 6,617,403 4,587 789,796 1,572,744
Life-Health Reinsurance ------ 509,453 1,497,314 135,543 1,651,166 108,713
Employee Life-Health Benefits- 269,044 13 1,184,183 37,775
Other (incl. consol. adj's.) - 5,275 68,296 5 268 (19,160)
Total ------------- $2,117,896 $11,124,560 $980,497 $ -- $5,708,366 $1,987,296
Year Ended December 31, 1991
Property-Casualty ------------ $ 194,242 $ 2,502,421 $919,007 $ $2,242,009 $ 276,992
Life Insurance and Annuities - 1,278,993 6,078,897 2,809 805,426 1,378,980
Life-Health Reinsurance ------ 483,756 1,393,569 41,089 1,600,730 94,204
Employee Life-Health Benefits- 14,895 500,739 6,945 2,436,929 72,263
Other (incl. consol. adj's.) - (17,816) 2,548 (23,091)
Total ------------- $1,971,886 $10,457,810 $969,850 $ -- $7,087,642 $1,799,348
Column A Column H Column I Column J Column K
Amortiza-
Benefits, tion of
Claims, Deferred
Lossess and Policy Ac- Other
Settlement quisition Operating Premiums
Segment Expenses Costs Expenses (A) Written
----------------------(000's Omitted)-----------------
Year Ended December 31, 1993
Property-Casualty ------------ $1,406,781 $384,185 $ 187,654 $1,766,649
Life Insurance and Annuities - 1,883,656 139,824 371,756
Life-Health Reinsurance ------ 1,421,329 42,549 561,790
Employee Life-Health Benefits- 916,513 294,810
Other (incl. consol. adj's.) - 5,274 85,807
Total ------------- $5,628,279 $571,832 $1,501,817
Year Ended December 31, 1992
Property-Casualty ------------ $1,721,802 $435,353 $ 229,426 $2,003,534
Life Insurance and Annuities - 1,723,165 122,652 395,874
Life-Health Reinsurance ------ 1,349,444 (3,955) 352,025
Employee Life-Health Benefits- 902,096 276,616
Other (incl. consol. adj's.) - 3,936 9,621 91,349
Total ------------- $5,700,443 $563,671 $1,345,290
Year Ended December 31, 1991
Property-Casualty ------------ $1,844,892 $456,706 $ 229,557 $2,242,692
Life Insurance and Annuities - 1,655,770 102,040 318,933
Life-Health Reinsurance ------ 1,465,148 26,013 170,447
Employee Life-Health Benefits- 1,919,470 3,481 654,438
Other (incl. consol. adj's.) - 1,538 53,653
Total ------------- $6,886,818 $588,240 $1,427,028
<FN>
(A) The allocation of expenses between investments and other operations are
based on number of assumptions and estimates.
Results would change if different methods were applied.
(B) Includes insurance fees on universal life and other interest sensitive products.
</FN>
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LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE VI - REINSURANCE (A)
Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F
Ceded Assumed Percentage of
Gross to Other from Other Net Amount Assumed
Amount Companies Companies Amount to Net
-------------------------(000's Omitted)-----------------------
Year Ended December 31, 1993
Life insurance in force ------------ $144,054,000 $46,255,000 $89,712,000 $187,511,000 47.8%
Premiums:
Property-casualty insurance ----- $1,760,560 $ 71,472 $ 152,275 $ 1,841,363 8.3%
Health insurance ---------------- 1,376,038 80,731 613,951 1,909,258 32.2
Life insurance (B) -------------- 1,086,349 139,013 1,129,235 2,076,571 54.4
Total ----------------- $4,222,947 $291,216 $1,895,461 $5,827,192
Year Ended December 31, 1992
Life insurance in force ------------ $131,104,000 $46,938,000 $86,881,000 $171,047,000 50.8%
Premiums:
Property-casualty insurance ----- $1,954,569 $ 99,858 $ 228,242 $2,082,953 11.0%
Health insurance ---------------- 1,184,817 34,391 707,365 1,857,791 38.1
Life insurance (B) -------------- 895,004 151,975 1,024,593 1,767,622 58.0
Total ----------------- $4,034,390 $286,224 $1,960,200 $5,708,366
Year Ended December 31, 1991
Life insurance in force ------------ $158,185,000 $48,580,000 $ 97,372,000 $206,977,000 47.0%
Premiums:
Property-casualty insurance ----- $2,078,083 $ 88,970 $ 252,896 $2,242,009 11.3%
Health insurance ---------------- 2,419,096 52,683 739,914 3,106,327 23.8
Life insurance (B) -------------- 984,384 300,415 1,055,337 1,739,306 60.7
Total ----------------- $5,481,563 $442,068 $2,048,147 $7,087,642
<FN>
(A) Special-purpose bulk reinsurance transactions have been excluded.
(B) Includes insurance fees on universal life and other interest sensitive products.
</FN>
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LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE VII - GUARANTEES OF SECURITIES OF OTHER ISSUERS
December 31, 1993
Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F Column G
Amount Amount
Title of Guaranteed Amount in
Name of Issuer of Securities Issue and Owned Treasury Nature of Nature of
Guaranteed Guaranteed Outstanding by LNC of Issuer Guarantee Default
Industrial Revenue Bonds:
Econ. Devel. Corp of the Var. Rev. Bonds $ 6,050,000 Principal/Int. None
City of Troy
City of Waterloo, Iowa IRB Floating Rate 8,000,000 Principal/Int. None
Monthly Demand Note
St. Louis City - IRB Var. Rev. Bond 7,800,000 Principal/Int. None
LA Public Facilities Auth. 3.25% Tax Exempt Bds 9,400,000 Principal/Int. None
Oakland Cty, MI. Econ. Devel. Corp. 6.00% Tax Exempt 1,505,000 Principal/Int. None
Bonds
City of Clayton, MO IRB Var. 1st Mort.IRB 8,600,000 Principal/Int. None
Charter Township of Pittsfield 6.4% Rev. Bonds 6,500,000 Principal/Int. None
Chester City. PA Econ. Devel. Floating Rate 5,200,000 Principal/Int. None
Corp. Monthly Demand Note
City of Oak Ridge, TN Indus. Variable Rate 2,650,000 Principal/Int. None
Devel. Board Rev. Bonds
Fulton Cty, GA Housing Auth. Var. Flexible 18,000,000 Principal/Int. None
Demand Multi-Family
Housing Rev. Bds
Village of Schaumburg, IL Var. Multi-Family 9,500,000 Principal/Int. None
Housing Rev. Bds
LA Public Facilities 5.25% Rev. Bonds 8,000,000 Principal/Int. None
FL State Housing Auth. Var. Tax Exempt 9,350,000 Principal/Int. None
Housing Auth. Bd
City of Plymouth, MN 6.75% Multi-Family 9,500,000 Principal/Int. None
Housing Rev. Bds
FL State Housing Finance Var. Rate Multi- 9,500,000 Principal/Int. None
Agency Family Housing
Rev. Bonds
City of Fort Wayne, IN Floating Rate 10,700,000 Principal/Int. None
Rev. Bond
Rounding (55,000)
Total Industrial Revenue
Bond Guarantees 130,200,000
Other Real Estate Guarantees:
National Westminster Constr. Loan 2,339,430 Principal/Int. None
Constr. Loan 4,290,111 Principal/Int. None
Constr. Loan 4,027,545 Principal/Int. None
Constr. Loan 5,127,516 Principal/Int. None
Var. Rate Loan 3,275,000 Principal/Int. None
National Westminster PLC Adj. Rate Loan 5,000,000 Principal/Int. None
Adj. Rate Loan 5,200,000 Principal/Int. None
Citizens & Peoples
National Bank Line of Credit 200,000 Principal/Int. None
Chase Manhattan Bank Var. Mortgage Loan 6,200,000 Principal/Int. None
LaSalle National Bank Var. Rate Loan 570,000 Principal/Int. None
Banc Boston Mortgage Corporation Var. Rate Mortgage 7,578,060 Principal/Int. None
Rounding (7,662)
Total Other Real Estate
Guarantees 43,800,000
Total Guarantees $174,000,000
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LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE VIII - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D Col. E
Additions
Balance at (1) (2) Balance at
Beginning Charged to Charged to Other Deductions- End of
Description of Period Costs & Expenses Accounts-Describe(A) Describe(B) Period
(000's Omitted)
Year Ended December 31, 1993
Deducted from Asset Accounts:
Reserve for Mortgage Loans
on Real Estate -------------------- $134,476 $140,568 $(48,405) $226,639
Reserve for Real Estate ------------ 131,060 33,389 (43,022) 121,427
Reserve for Other Long-term
Investments ----------------------- 40,307 4,321 (17,432) 27,196
Included in Other Liabilities:
Investment Guarantees -------------- 30,033 1,427 (12,925) 18,535
Year Ended December 31, 1992
Deducted from Asset Accounts:
Reserve for Mortgage Loans
on Real Estate -------------------- $ 72,094 $ 91,909 $(22,540) $(6,987) $134,476
Reserve for Real Estate ------------ 92,000 36,034 22,540 (19,514) 131,060
Reserve for Other Long-term
Investments ----------------------- 23,220 20,341 (3,254) 40,307
Included in Other Liabilities:
Investment Guarantees -------------- 24,950 6,883 (1,800) 30,033
Year Ended December 31, 1991
Deducted from Asset Accounts:
Reserve for Mortgage Loans
on Real Estate -------------------- $ 31,814 $ 49,078 $ (3,928) (4,870) $ 72,094
Reserve for Real Estate ------------ 59,065 34,429 3,928 (5,422) 92,000
Reserve for Other Long-term
Investments ----------------------- 9,092 16,762 (2,000) (634) 23,220
Included in Other Liabilities:
Investment Guarantees -------------- 13,290 15,860 2,000 (6,200) 24,950
<FN>
(A) Transfer between investment classifications.
(B) Deductions reflect sales or foreclosures of the underlying holdings.
</FN>
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LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE IX - SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS
Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D Col. E Col. F
Maximum Average Weighted
Weighted Amount Amount Average
Balance Average Outstanding Outstanding Interest Rate
Category of Aggregate at End Interest During the During the During the
Short-Term Borrowings of Period Rate Period Period (C) Period (D)
(000's Omitted) ----------- -(000's Omitted)-----------------
Year Ended December 31, 1993
Commercial paper (A) ---------------- $212,700 3.35% $416,430 $184,945 2.75%
Notes payable (B) ------------------- 37,255 6.27% 110,865 64,822 4.31%
Current portion of long-term debt --- 101,463
Total ----------------------------- $351,418
Year Ended December 31, 1992
Commercial paper (A) ---------------- $416,430 3.58% $494,621 $316,280 4.11%
Notes payable (B) ------------------- 11,320 6.59% 100,362 41,887 6.27%
Current portion of long-term debt --- 5,657
Total ----------------------------- $433,407
Year Ended December 31, 1991
Commercial paper (A) ---------------- $494,621 5.09% $613,180 $471,967 5.83%
Notes payable (B) ------------------- 67,607 6.50% 127,637 51,655 8.08%
Current portion of long-term debt --- 115,078
Total ---------------------------- $677,306
<FN>
Notes: (A) Commercial paper matures generally within three months from date of
issue with no provision for the
extension of its maturity.
(B) Notes payable represents unsecured term loans having a fixed maturity of
one year or less with no
provision for renewal.
(C) The average amount outstanding during the period was computed by
averaging the total of month-end
outstanding principal balances.
(D) The weighted average interest rate during the period was computed by
dividing the actual interest
expense by the average amount outstanding as computed in (C).
</FN>
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LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE X - SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION CONCERNING PROPERTY-CASUALTY INSURANCE OPERATIONS
Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F Column G
Reserves for
Deferred Unpaid Claims Discount,
Affiliation Policy and Claim if any Net
with Acquisition Adjustment Deducted in Unearned Earned Investment
Registrant Costs Expenses Column C Premiums Premium Income
----------------------------(000's Omitted)----
- -------------------------------
Consolidated subsidiaries:
Year Ended December 31, 1993 $153,073 $2,810,037 $ -- $777,011 $1,841,363 $250,633
Year Ended December 31, 1992 $172,378 $2,672,503 $ -- $840,349 $2,082,953 $287,224
Year Ended December 31, 1991 $194,242 $2,502,421 $ -- $919,007 $2,242,009 $276,992
Column A Column H Column I Column J Column K
Claims and Claim
Adj Expenses(Credits) Amortization Paid
Incurred Related to of Deferred Claims
Affiliation (1) (2) Policy and Claim
with Current Prior Acquisition Adjustment Premium
Registrant Year Years Costs
Expenses Written
----------------------(000's omitted)--------------------------
Consolidated subsidiaries:
Year Ended December 31, 1993 $1,433,270 $(26,489) $384,185 $1,494,764 $1,766,649
Year Ended December 31, 1992 $1,670,603 $ 46,965 $435,353 $1,547,486 $2,003,534
Year Ended December 31, 1991 $1,824,662 $ 12,266 $456,706 $1,580,911 $2,242,692
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LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
EXHIBIT INDEX FOR THE ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
For the Year Ended December 31, 1993
Exhibit
Number Page
3(a) Articles of Incorporation of LNC as last amended
May 24, 1991.
3(b) Bylaws of LNC as last amended January 1, 1992.
4(a) Indenture for 8% Notes due March 15, 1997 and
Specimen Notes.
4(b) Indenture for 7 1/8% due July 15, 1999 and
Specimen Notes.*
4(c) Indenture for 7 5/8% Notes due July 15, 2002 and
Specimen Notes.*
4(d) Fiscal Agency Agreement for 9 3/4% Notes due
October 30, 1995, and Specimen Notes. 71
10(a) Lincoln National Corporation 1986 Stock Option
Incentive Plan. 101
10(b) Lincoln National Corporation 1982 Stock Option
Incentive Plan. 110
10(c) The Lincoln National Corporation Executives'
Salary Continuation Plan.*
10(d) The Lincoln National Corporation Executive Value
Sharing Plan.*
10(e) The Lincoln National Corporation Management Incentive
Plan II.*
10(f) Lincoln National Corporation Executives' Severance
Benefit Plan as last amended January 10, 1990.*
10(g) The Lincoln National Corporation Outside Directors
Retirement Plan.*
10(h) The Lincoln National Corporation Outside Directors
Benefits Plan.*
10(i) Lease and Agreement dated August 1, 1984, with respect
to the American States' home office property.*
10(j) Lease and Agreement dated August 1, 1984, with respect
to LNL's home office property.*
10(k) Lease and Agreement dated August 1, 1984, with respect
to LNP's home office property.*
10(l) Lease dated March 1, 1984, with respect to the
Security-Connecticut's home office property.*
10(m) Descriptions of Compensation Arrangements with
Executive Officers. 118
10(n) The Lincoln National Corporation Executives'
Supplemental Pension Benefit Plan.*
10(o) The Lincoln National Corporation Executive Savings and
Profit Sharing Plan as last amended January 1, 1992.*
10(p) Lease dated February 14, 1991, with respect to select
Fort Wayne business operation's office space.*
10(q) Lincoln National Corporation 1993 Stock Plan for Non-
Employee Directors. 120
10(r) Lincoln National Corporation Executives' Excess
Compensation Benefit Plan. 125
11 Computation of Per Share Earnings. 128
21 List of Subsidiaries of LNC. 129
23 Consent of Independent Auditors. 135
28 Information from Reports Furnished to State Insurance
Regulatory Authorities. P 136
*Incorporated by Reference
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Signature Page
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION
Pursuant to the requirements
of Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act By /s/ Ian M. Rolland March 10, 1994
of 1934, LNC has duly caused Ian M. Rolland,
this report to be signed on (Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
behalf by the under- Director)
signed, thereunto duly
authorized. By /s/ Robert A. Anker March 10, 1994
Robert A. Anker,
(President, Chief Operating Officer and
Director)
By /s/ Richard C. Vaughan March 10, 1994
Richard C. Vaughan,
(Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer)
By /s/ Donald L. Van Wyngarden March 10, 1994
Donald L. Van Wyngarden
(Second Vice President and Controller)
Pursuant to the requirements By /s/ J. Patrick Barrett March 10, 1994
of the Securities Exchange J. Patrick Barrett
Act of 1934, this report
has been signed below by By /s/ Thomas D. Bell, Jr. March 10, 1994
the following Directors Thomas D. Bell, Jr
of LNC on the date indicated.
By /s/ Daniel R. Efroymson March 10, 1994
Daniel R. Efroymson
By /s/ Harry L. Kavetas March 10, 1994
Harry L. Kavetas
By /s/ M. Leanne Lachman March 10, 1994
M. Leanne Lachman
By /s/ Leo J. McKernan March 10, 1994
Leo J. McKernan
By /s/ Earl L. Neal March 10, 1994
Earl L. Neal
By /s/ John M. Pietruski March 10, 1994
John M. Pietruski
By /s/ Jill S. Ruckelshaus March 10, 1994
Jill S. Ruckelshaus
By /s/ Gordon A. Walker March 10, 1994
Gordon A. Walker
By /s/ Gilbert R. Whitaker,Jr. March 10, 1994
Gilbert R. Whitaker,Jr.