The MONY Group, Inc.
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-Q

 


 

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

 

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2003

 

OR

 

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

 

For the transition period from              to             

 

Commission file number: 1-14603

 


 

THE MONY GROUP INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   13-3976138

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

1740 Broadway

New York, New York 10019

(212) 708-2000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,

of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 


 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  x    No  ¨

 

As of August 7, 2003 there were 46,961,194 shares of the Registrant’s common stock, par value $0.01, outstanding.

 



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THE MONY GROUP INC.

 

FORM 10-Q

 

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PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION

    

Item 1:

  

Financial Statements

   2
     Unaudited interim condensed consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002    2
     Unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002    3
     Unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002    4
     Unaudited interim condensed consolidated statement of changes in shareholders’ equity for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003    5
     Unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003 and 2002    6
    

Notes to unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements

   7

Item 2:

  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

   28

Item 3:

  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

   78

Item 4:

  

Controls and Procedures

   78

PART II OTHER INFORMATION

    

Item 1:

  

Legal Proceedings

   78

Item 4:

  

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

   79

Item 5:

  

Other Information

   79

Item 6:

  

Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

   80

SIGNATURES

   S-1

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

The Company’s management has made in this report, and from time to time may make in its public filings and press releases as well as in oral presentations and discussions, forward-looking statements concerning the Company’s operations, economic performance, prospects and financial condition. Forward-looking statements include, among other things, discussions concerning the Company’s potential exposure to market risks, as well as statements expressing management’s expectations, beliefs, estimates, forecasts, projections and assumptions. The Company claims the protection afforded by the safe harbor for forward-looking statements as set forth in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are subject to many risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated by forward-looking statements due to a number of important factors including the following: the Company could have further venture capital losses; the Company could be subjected to further downgrades by rating agencies of the Company’s senior debt ratings and the claims-paying and financial-strength ratings of the Company’s insurance subsidiaries; the Company could be required to take a goodwill impairment charge relating to its investment in The Advest Group, Inc. if the market deteriorates further; the Company could have to accelerate amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs if market conditions continue to deteriorate; the Company may be required to recognize in its earnings “other than temporary impairment” charges on its investments in fixed maturity and equity securities held by it; the Company could have to write off investments in certain securities if the issuers’ financial condition deteriorates; actual death-claim experience could differ from the Company’s mortality assumptions; the Company could have liability from as-yet-unknown litigation and claims; larger settlements or judgments than the Company anticipates could result in pending cases due to unforeseen developments; and changes in laws, including tax laws, could affect the demand for the Company’s products. The Company does not undertake to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

 

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PART I

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1:    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

THE MONY GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

As of June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002

 

     June 30,
2003


    December 31,
2002


 
     ($ in millions)  

ASSETS

                

Investments:

                

Fixed maturity securities available-for-sale, at fair value

   $ 8,385.3     $ 7,909.4  

Trading account securities, at fair value

     824.7       726.7  

Equity securities available-for-sale, at fair value

     271.3       249.0  

Mortgage loans on real estate

     1,824.6       1,877.4  

Policy loans

     1,197.1       1,212.5  

Real estate to be disposed of

     0.5       26.8  

Real estate held for investment

     180.5       180.2  

Other invested assets

     120.7       110.8  
    


 


       12,804.7       12,292.8  
    


 


Cash and cash equivalents

     392.3       378.5  

Accrued investment income

     206.6       207.5  

Debt service coverage account (Note 1):

                

Sub-account OB

     66.5       64.7  

Sub-account CBB

     1.9       9.4  

Amounts due from reinsurers

     603.9       695.2  

Premiums receivable

     8.4       7.3  

Deferred policy acquisition costs

     1,226.3       1,226.4  

Other assets

     877.1       854.0  

Separate account assets

     4,414.8       4,140.6  
    


 


Total assets

   $ 20,602.5     $ 19,876.4  
    


 


LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

                

Future policy benefits

   $ 7,983.2     $ 7,949.9  

Policyholders’ account balances

     2,988.3       2,779.7  

Other policyholders’ liabilities

     274.6       289.2  

Amounts due to reinsurers

     76.3       67.7  

Securities sold, not yet purchased, at fair value

     709.4       586.8  

Accounts payable and other liabilities

     929.3       875.3  

Short term debt

     7.0       7.0  

Long term debt

     876.3       876.3  

Current federal income taxes payable

     46.3       95.5  

Deferred federal income taxes

     265.0       212.9  

Separate account liabilities

     4,411.8       4,137.6  
    


 


Total liabilities

     18,567.5       17,877.9  
    


 


Commitments and contingencies (Note 5)

                

Common stock, $0.01 par value; 400 million shares authorized; 51.3 and 51.2 million shares issued at June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002, respectively; 47.0 and 46.9 million shares outstanding at June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002, respectively

     0.5       0.5  

Capital in excess of par

     1,769.1       1,761.5  

Treasury stock at cost: 4.3 million shares at June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002

     (137.7 )     (137.7 )

Retained earnings

     343.2       314.9  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     66.4       59.9  

Unamortized restricted stock compensation

     (6.5 )     (0.6 )
    


 


Total shareholders’ equity

     2,035.0       1,998.5  
    


 


Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 20,602.5     $ 19,876.4  
    


 


 

See accompanying notes to unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

For the Three-month Periods Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002

 

     2003

   2002

 
    

($ in millions, except share data

and per share amounts)

 

Revenues:

               

Premiums

   $ 173.8    $ 169.9  

Universal life and investment-type product policy fees

     54.5      52.5  

Net investment income

     201.1      178.8  

Net realized gains/(losses) on investments

     15.0      (25.5 )

Group Pension Profits (Note 4)

     —        7.5  

Retail brokerage and investment banking revenues

     108.9      100.7  

Other income

     51.2      29.3  
    

  


       604.5      513.2  
    

  


Benefits and Expenses:

               

Benefits to policyholders

     211.2      199.5  

Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances

     34.0      27.9  

Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs

     28.8      38.0  

Dividends to policyholders

     60.4      56.8  

Other operating costs and expenses

     243.0      207.1  
    

  


       577.4      529.3  
    

  


Income/(loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

     27.1      (16.1 )

Income tax expense/(benefit)

     8.1      (5.1 )
    

  


Income/(loss) from continuing operations

     19.0      (11.0 )

Discontinued operations: Income from real estate to be disposed of, net of income tax expense of $0.9 million

     1.7      —    
    

  


Net income/(loss)

     20.7      (11.0 )
    

  


Other comprehensive income, net

     10.4      62.2  
    

  


Comprehensive income

   $ 31.1    $ 51.2  
    

  


Per Share Data:

               

Basic income/(loss) per share from continuing operations

   $ 0.40    $ (0.23 )
    

  


Basic income per share from discontinued operations

   $ 0.04    $ —    
    

  


Basic net income/(loss) per share

   $ 0.43    $ (0.23 )
    

  


Diluted income/(loss) per share from continuing operations

   $ 0.40    $ (0.23 )
    

  


Diluted income per share from discontinued operations

   $ 0.04    $ —    
    

  


Diluted net income/(loss) per share

   $ 0.43    $ (0.23 )
    

  


Share Data:

               

Weighted-average shares used in basic per share calculation

     46,961,194      47,994,628  

Plus: incremental shares from assumed conversion of dilutive securities

     405,988      —    
    

  


Weighted-average shares used in diluted per share calculations

     47,367,182      47,994,628  
    

  


 

See accompanying notes to unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

For the Six-month Periods Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002

 

     2003

   2002

 
     ($ in millions, except share data
and per share amounts)
 

Revenues:

               

Premiums

   $ 340.6    $ 334.3  

Universal life and investment-type product policy fees

     107.5      101.5  

Net investment income

     376.2      366.2  

Net realized gains/(losses) on investments

     31.6      (27.9 )

Group Pension Profits (Note 4)

     —        15.2  

Retail brokerage and investment banking revenues

     203.5      193.8  

Other income

     88.2      67.5  
    

  


       1,147.6      1,050.6  
    

  


Benefits and Expenses:

               

Benefits to policyholders

     407.5      390.2  

Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances

     67.9      55.8  

Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs

     59.8      70.8  

Dividends to policyholders

     122.3      118.3  

Other operating costs and expenses

     456.2      410.5  
    

  


       1,113.7      1,045.6  
    

  


Income from continuing operations before income taxes

     33.9      5.0  

Income tax expense

     9.6      1.7  
    

  


Income from continuing operations

     24.3      3.3  

Discontinued operations: Income from real estate to be disposed of, net of income tax expense of $2.1 million

     4.0      —    
    

  


Net income

     28.3      3.3  
    

  


Other comprehensive income, net

     6.5      45.9  
    

  


Comprehensive income

   $ 34.8    $ 49.2  
    

  


Per Share Data:

               

Basic income per share from continuing operations

   $ 0.52    $ 0.07  
    

  


Basic income per share from discontinued operations

   $ 0.09    $ —    
    

  


Basic net income per share

   $ 0.60    $ 0.07  
    

  


Diluted income per share from continuing operations

   $ 0.52    $ 0.07  
    

  


Diluted income per share from discontinued operations

   $ 0.09    $ —    
    

  


Diluted net income per share

   $ 0.60    $ 0.07  
    

  


Share Data:

               

Weighted-average shares used in basic per share calculation

     46,961,194      48,003,420  

Plus: incremental shares from assumed conversion of dilutive securities

     76,787      1,667,333  
    

  


Weighted-average shares used in diluted per share calculations

     47,037,981      49,670,753  
    

  


 

See accompanying notes to unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT

OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

For the Six-month Period Ended June 30, 2003

 

    Common
Stock


 

Capital

In Excess

Of Par


 

Treasury

Stock


    Retained
Earnings


  Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income


  Unamortized
Restricted
 Stock
Compensation


    Total
Shareholders’
Equity


    ($ in millions)

Balance December 31, 2002

  $ 0.5   $ 1,761.5   $ (137.7 )   $ 314.9   $ 59.9   $ (0.6 )   $ 1,998.5

Unamortized restricted stock compensation

          7.6                         (5.9 )     1.7

Comprehensive income:

                                             

Net Income

                        28.3                   28.3

Other comprehensive income(1)

                              6.5             6.5
                                           

Comprehensive income

                                            34.8
   

 

 


 

 

 


 

Balance June 30, 2003

  $ 0.5   $ 1,769.1   $ (137.7 )   $ 343.2   $ 66.4   $ (6.5 )   $ 2,035.0
   

 

 


 

 

 


 


(1)   Represents net unrealized gains/(losses) on investments net of the effect of unrealized gains on deferred policy acquisition cost, reclassification adjustments, and changes in minimum pension liability and taxes.

 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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THE MONY GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

For the Six-month Periods Ended June 30, 2003 and 2002

 

     2003

    2002

 
     ($ in millions)  

Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities

   $ 20.2     $ (23.3 )

Cash flows from investing activities:

                

Sales, maturities or repayments of:

                

Fixed maturity securities

     1,081.1       550.1  

Equity securities

     29.1       9.8  

Mortgage loans on real estate

     252.9       141.1  

Policy loans, net

     15.5       17.0  

Other invested assets

     63.4       7.9  

Acquisitions of investments:

                

Fixed maturity securities

     (1,387.8 )     (893.8 )

Equity securities

     (35.6 )     (14.0 )

Mortgage loans on real estate

     (187.5 )     (101.9 )

Property, plant and equipment, net

     (14.3 )     (9.2 )

Other, net

     (35.7 )     (13.0 )

Acquisition of subsidiaries, net of cash acquired

     —         (7.1 )
    


 


Net cash used in investing activities

     (218.9 )     (313.1 )
    


 


Cash flows from financing activities:

                

Issuance of debt

     —         300.0  

Funding of debt service coverage account-OB

     6.3       —    

Debt issuance costs

     (0.4 )     —    

Receipts from annuity and universal life policies credited to policyholders’ account balances(1)

     562.0       511.2  

Return of policyholder account balances on annuity and universal life policies(1)

     (355.4 )     (414.9 )

Issuance of common stock

     —         1.1  

Purchase of treasury stock

     —         (7.7 )
    


 


Net cash provided by financing activities

     212.5       389.7  
    


 


Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     13.8       53.3  

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     378.5       441.0  
    


 


Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 392.3     $ 494.3  
    


 



(1)   Includes exchanges to a new Flexible Premium Variable Annuity product series.

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1.    Organization and Description of Business:

 

The MONY Group Inc. (the “MONY Group”), through its subsidiaries (MONY Group and its subsidiaries are collectively referred to herein as the “Company”), provides life insurance, annuities, corporate-owned and bank-owned life insurance (COLI and BOLI), mutual funds, securities brokerage, securities trading, asset management, business and estate planning, trust, and investment banking products and services. The Company distributes its products and services through Retail and Wholesale distribution channels. The Company’s Retail distribution channels are comprised of (i) the career agency sales force operated by its principal life insurance operating subsidiary, and (ii) financial advisors and account executives of its securities broker dealer subsidiaries. The Company’s Wholesale channel is comprised of (i) MONY Partners, a division of MONY Life Insurance Company, (ii) independent third party insurance brokerage general agencies and securities broker dealers and (iii) its corporate marketing team which markets COLI and BOLI products. For the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, Retail distribution accounted for approximately 19.2%, and 42.6% of sales of protection and accumulation products, respectively, and 100.0% of retail brokerage and investment banking revenues, while Wholesale distribution accounted for 80.8% and 57.4% of sales of protection and accumulation products, respectively. The Company principally sells its products in all 50 of the United States, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and currently insures or provides other financial services to more than one million individuals.

 

MONY Group’s principal operating subsidiaries are MONY Life Insurance Company (“MONY Life”), formerly known as The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, and The Advest Group, Inc. (“Advest”). MONY Life’s principal wholly owned direct and indirect operating subsidiaries include: (i) MONY Life Insurance Company of America (“MLOA”), an Arizona domiciled life insurance company, (ii) Enterprise Capital Management (“Enterprise”), a distributor of both proprietary and non-proprietary mutual funds, (iii) U.S. Financial Life Insurance Company (“USFL”), an Ohio domiciled insurer underwriting specialty risk life insurance business, (iv) MONY Securities Corporation (“MSC”), a registered securities broker-dealer and investment advisor whose products and services are distributed through MONY Life’s career agency sales force, (v) Trusted Securities Advisors Corp., which distributes investment products and services through a network of accounting professionals, (vi) MONY Brokerage, Inc., a licensed insurance broker, which principally provides MONY Life’s career agency sales force with access to life, annuity, small group health, and specialty insurance products written by other insurance companies so they can more fully meet the insurance and investment needs of their customers, (vii) MONY Consultoria e Corretagem de Seguros Ltda., a Brazilian domiciled insurance brokerage subsidiary, which principally provides insurance brokerage services to unaffiliated third party insurance companies in Brazil, (viii) MONY Bank & Trust Company of the Americas, Ltd., a Cayman Islands bank and trust company, which provides investment and trust services to nationals of certain Latin American countries, and (ix) MONY Life Insurance Company of the Americas, Ltd., a Cayman Islands based insurance company, which provides life insurance and annuity products to nationals of certain Latin American countries. Advest, through its principal operating subsidiaries, Advest, Inc., a securities broker-dealer, Advest Bank and Trust Company, a federal savings bank, and Boston Advisors, Inc., a registered investment advisory firm, provides diversified financial services including securities brokerage, securities trading, investment banking, trust, and asset management services.

 

On February 27, 2002, MONY Group formed MONY Holdings, LLC (“MONY Holdings”) as a downstream, wholly owned, holding company of MONY Group. MONY Group formed MONY Holdings for the purpose of issuing debt tied to the performance of the Closed Block Business (“CBB”) (see Note 7) within MONY Life. On April 30, 2002, the date MONY Holdings commenced its operations, MONY Holdings, through a structured financing tied to the performance of the CBB within MONY Life, issued $300.0 million of floating

rate insured debt securities (the “Insured Notes”) in a private placement and MONY Group, pursuant to the terms

 

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

of the structured financing, transferred all of its ownership interest in MONY Life to MONY Holdings. Other than activities related to servicing the Insured Notes in accordance with the indenture and its ownership interest in MONY Life, MONY Holdings has no operations and engages in no other activities.

 

Proceeds to MONY Holdings from the issuance of the Insured Notes, after all offering and other related expenses, were approximately $292.6 million. Of this amount, $60.0 million was deposited in a debt service coverage account (the “DSCA”), pursuant to the terms of the note indenture, to provide collateral for the payment of interest and principal on the Insured Notes and the balance of approximately $232.6 million was distributed to MONY Group in the form of a dividend. The Insured Notes mature on January 21, 2017. The Insured Notes pay interest only through January 21, 2008 at which time principal payments will begin to be made pursuant to an amortization schedule. Interest on the Insured Notes is payable quarterly at an annual rate equal to three month LIBOR plus 0.55%. Concurrent with the issuance of the Insured Notes, MONY Holdings entered into an interest rate swap contract (the “Swap”), which locked in a fixed rate of interest on this indebtedness at 6.44%. Including debt issuance costs of $7.4 million and the cost of the insurance policy (75 basis points per annum) (the “Insurance Policy”), which guarantees the scheduled principal and interest payments on the Insured Notes, the all-in cost of the indebtedness is 7.36%. See Note 8 for further information regarding the Insured Notes.

 

MONY Group is a holding company and is a legal entity separate and distinct from its subsidiaries. The rights of MONY Group to participate in any distribution of assets of any subsidiary, including upon its liquidation or reorganization, are subject to the prior claims of creditors of that subsidiary, except to the extent that MONY Group may itself be a creditor of that subsidiary and its claims are recognized. MONY Holdings and its subsidiary have entered into covenants and arrangements with third parties in connection with the issuance of the Insured Notes which are intended to conform their separate, “bankruptcy-remote” status, by assuring that the assets of MONY Holdings and its subsidiary are not available to creditors of MONY Group or its other subsidiaries, except and to the extent that MONY Group and its other subsidiaries are, as shareholders or creditors of MONY Holdings and its subsidiary, or would be, entitled to those assets.

 

2.    Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates. The most significant estimates made in conjunction with the preparation of the Company’s financial statements include those used in determining: (i) deferred policy acquisition costs, (ii) the liability for future policy benefits, (iii) valuation allowances for mortgage loans and charges for the impairment of invested assets, (iv) pension costs, (v) costs associated with contingencies, (vi) litigation contingencies and restructuring charges and (vii) income taxes. Certain reclassifications have been made in the amounts presented for prior periods to conform those periods to the current presentation.

 

The interim financial data as of June 30, 2003 and for the six-months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002 is unaudited; however, in the opinion of the Company, the interim data includes all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair statement of results for the interim periods.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In December 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 148 Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation—Transition and Disclosure and amendment of FASB Statement No. 123. This Statement amends FASB Statement No. 123,

 

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation (“SFAS 123”), to provide alternative methods of transition for an entity that voluntarily changes to the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation. It also amends the disclosure provisions of that Statement to require prominent disclosure about the effects on reported net income of an entity’s accounting policy decisions with respect to stock-based employee compensation. Finally, this Statement amends APB Opinion No. 28, Interim Financial Reporting, to require disclosure about those effects in interim financial information. The disclosure provisions for this Statement are effective for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2002. The transition provisions of this statement are effective for financial statements for fiscal years ending after December 31, 2002. As of June 30, 2003, the Company has not adopted the fair value based method of accounting for stock based compensation.

 

In April 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 149 Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (“SFAS 149”). SFAS 149 amends and clarifies financial accounting and reporting for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, and for hedging activities under SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (“SFAS 133”). SFAS 149 is generally effective for contracts entered into or modified after June 30, 2003. The adoption of SFAS 149 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations and financial position.

 

In April 2003, the FASB issued SFAS 133 Implementation Issue B36, Embedded Derivatives: Modified Coinsurance Arrangements and Debt Instruments That Incorporate Credit Risk Exposures That Are Unrelated or Only Partially Related to the Creditworthiness of the Obligor under Those Instruments (“DIG B36”). DIG B36 addresses the need to separately account for an embedded derivative within a reinsurer’s receivable and ceding company’s payable arising from modified coinsurance or similar arrangements. Paragraph 12(a) of SFAS 133 indicates that an embedded derivative must be separated from the host contract (“bifurcated”) if the economic characteristics and risks of the embedded derivative instrument are not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics and risks of the host contract. DIG B36 concludes that bifurcation is necessary in a modified coinsurance arrangement because the yield on the receivable and payable is based on a specified proportion of the ceding company’s return on either its general account assets or a specified block of those assets, rather than the overall creditworthiness of the ceding company. The effective date of implementation is the first day of the first fiscal quarter beginning after September 15, 2003, with earlier application as of the beginning of a fiscal quarter permitted. The adoption of DIG B36 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations and financial position.

 

In May 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 150 Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Both Liabilities and Equity (“SFAS 150”). SFAS 150 changes the accounting for certain financial instruments that, under previous guidance, could be classified as equity or “mezzanine” equity, by now requiring those instruments to be classified as liabilities (or assets in some circumstances) in the statement of financial position. Further, SFAS 150 requires disclosure regarding the terms of those instruments and settlement alternatives. SFAS 150 affects an entity’s classification of the following free-standing instruments: (i) mandatory redeemable instruments, (ii) financial instruments to repurchase an entity’s own equity instruments, and (iii) financial instruments embodying obligations that the issuer must or could choose to settle by issuing a variable number of its shares or other equity instruments based solely on (a) a fixed monetary amount known at inception or (b) something other than changes in its own equity instruments. SFAS 150 does not apply to features embedded in a financial instrument that is not a derivative in its entirety. The guidance in SFAS 150 is generally effective for all financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003, and is otherwise effective at the beginning of the first interim period beginning after June 15, 2003. The adoption of SFAS 150 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations and financial position.

 

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In July 2003 the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants issued Statement of Position 03-1 Accounting and Reporting by Insurance Enterprises for Certain Non-Traditional Long-Duration Contracts and for Separate Accounts (“SOP 03-1”). SOP 03-1 provides guidance relating to (i) separate account presentation, (ii) accounting for an insurance enterprise’s interest in separate accounts, (iii) gains and losses on the transfer of assets from the general account, (iv) liability valuation, (v) return based on a contractually referenced pool of assets or index, (vi) determining the significance of mortality and morbidity risk and classification of contracts that contain death or other insurance benefit features, (vii) accounting for contracts that contain death or other insurance benefit features, (viii) accounting for reinsurance and other similar contracts, (ix) accounting for annuitization benefits, (x) sales inducements to contract holders, and (xi) disclosures in the financial statements of an insurance enterprise regarding (a) separate account assets and liabilities, (b) the insurance enterprise’s accounting policy for sales inducements, and (c) the nature of the liabilities and methods and assumptions used in estimating any contract benefits recognized in excess of the account balance. SOP 03-1 is effective for financial statements for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2003, with earlier adoption encouraged. The adoption of SOP 03-1 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations and financial position.

 

3.    Segment Information:

 

The Company’s business activities consist of the following: protection product operations, accumulation product operations, mutual fund operations, securities broker-dealer operations, investment banking operations, investment management operations, insurance brokerage operations, and certain insurance lines of business no longer written by the Company (the “run-off businesses”). These business activities represent the Company’s operating segments. Except as discussed below, these segments are managed separately because they either provide different products or services, are subject to different regulation, require different strategies, or have different technology requirements.

 

Management considers the Company’s mutual fund operations to be an integral part of the products offered by the Company’s accumulation products segment. Accordingly, for management purposes (including performance assessment and making decisions regarding the allocation of resources), the Company aggregates its mutual fund operations with its accumulation products segment. The securities broker-dealer and investment banking operations are aggregated into the Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking segment because they have similar economic characteristics.

 

Of the aforementioned segments, only the Protection Products segment, the Accumulation Products segment and the Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking segment qualify as reportable segments in accordance with SFAS Statement No. 131. All of the Company’s other segments are combined and reported in the Other Products segment.

 

Products comprising the Protection Products segment primarily include a wide range of individual life insurance products, including: whole life, term life, universal life, variable universal life, corporate-owned life, last survivor whole life, last survivor universal life, last survivor variable universal life, group universal life and special-risk products. In addition, included in the Protection Products segment are: (i) the assets and liabilities transferred pursuant to the Group Pension Transaction (which ceased as of December 31, 2002—see Note 4), as well as the Group Pension Profits derived therefrom, (ii) the Closed Block assets and liabilities, as well as all the related revenues and expenses relating thereto (see Note 6) and (iii) disability income insurance products (which are 100% reinsured and no longer offered by the Company).

 

The Accumulation Products segment primarily includes flexible premium variable annuities, single and flexible premium deferred annuities, single premium immediate annuities, proprietary mutual funds, investment management services, and certain other financial services products.

 

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The Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking segment is comprised of the operations of Advest, MSC, Matrix Capital Markets Group, Inc. and Matrix Private Equities, Inc. (together “Matrix”). Advest provides diversified financial services including securities brokerage, trading, investment banking, trust, and asset management services. Matrix is a middle market investment bank specializing in merger and acquisition services for a middle market client base. MSC is a securities broker dealer that transacts customer trades primarily in securities and mutual funds. In addition to selling the Company’s protection and accumulation products, MSC provides the Company’s career agency distribution system access to other non-proprietary investment products (including stocks, bonds, limited partnership interests, tax-exempt unit investment trusts and other investment securities).

 

The Company’s Other Products segment primarily consists of an insurance brokerage operation and the run-off businesses. The insurance brokerage operation provides the Company’s career agency sales force with access to variable life, annuity, small group health and specialty insurance products written by other carriers to more fully meet the insurance and investment needs of its customers. The run-off businesses primarily consist of group life and health business as well as group pension business that was not included in the Group Pension Transaction (see Note 4).

 

Set forth in the table below is certain financial information with respect to the Company’s operating segments as of June 30, 2003 and December 31 2002 and for each of the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, as well as amounts not allocated to the segments. Except for various allocations discussed below, the accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies in the audited financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002. The Company evaluates the performance of each operating segment based on profit or loss from operations before income taxes and nonrecurring items (e.g. items of an unusual or infrequent nature). The Company does not allocate nonrecurring items to the segments. In addition, all segment revenues are from external customers.

 

Assets have been allocated to the segments in amounts sufficient to support the associated liabilities of each segment and maintain a separately calculated regulatory risk-based capital (“RBC”) level for each segment equal to that of the Company’s RBC level. Allocations of the net investment income and net realized gains on investments were based on the amount of assets allocated to each segment. Other costs and operating expenses were allocated to each of the segments based on: (i) a review of the nature of such costs, (ii) time studies analyzing the amount of employee compensation costs incurred by each segment, and (iii) cost estimates included in the Company’s product pricing. Substantially all non-cash transactions and impaired real estate (including real estate acquired in satisfaction of debt) have been allocated to the Protection Products segment.

 

Amounts reported as “reconciling amounts” in the table below primarily relate to: (i) contracts issued by MONY Life relating to its employee benefit plans, (ii) revenues and expenses of the MONY Group and MONY Holdings, and (iii) a charge of $1.1 million in 2003 associated with the merging of some of the Company’s asset management operations.

 

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Segment Summary Financial Information

 

    

For the Three-month
Periods Ended

June 30,


   

For the Six-month
Periods Ended

June 30,


 
     2003

    2002

    2003

    2002

 
     ($ in millions)     ($ in millions)  

Premiums:

                                

Protection Products

   $ 164.7     $ 164.5     $ 325.5     $ 324.9  

Accumulation Products

     7.2       3.3       10.9       4.8  

Other Products

     1.9       2.1       4.2       4.6  
    


 


 


 


     $ 173.8     $ 169.9     $ 340.6     $ 334.3  
    


 


 


 


Universal life and investment-type product policy fees:

                                

Protection Products

   $ 44.0     $ 39.8     $ 86.4     $ 75.5  

Accumulation Products

     10.6       12.6       20.5       24.7  

Other Products

     (0.1 )     0.1       0.6       1.3  
    


 


 


 


     $ 54.5     $ 52.5     $ 107.5     $ 101.5  
    


 


 


 


Net investment income and net realized gains (losses) on investments(4):

                                

Protection Products

   $ 175.2     $ 128.8     $ 328.6     $ 280.5  

Accumulation Products

     29.7       13.5       54.7       34.5  

Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking

     0.1       —         0.1       —    

Other Products

     7.2       4.5       12.2       11.0  

Reconciling amounts

     6.5       6.5       18.3       12.3  
    


 


 


 


     $ 218.7     $ 153.3     $ 413.9     $ 338.3  
    


 


 


 


Other income:

                                

Protection Products(1)

   $ 17.3     $ 4.9     $ 20.4     $ 18.4  

Accumulation Products

     26.6       25.8       48.7       51.6  

Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking(2)

     108.9       101.7       207.5       194.8  

Other Products

     6.3       3.8       12.3       8.8  

Reconciling amounts

     1.0       1.3       2.8       2.9  
    


 


 


 


     $ 160.1     $ 137.5     $ 291.7     $ 276.5  
    


 


 


 


Benefits to policyholders and interest credited to policyholders’ account balances:

                                

Protection Products

   $ 213.1     $ 198.5     $ 410.8     $ 389.9  

Accumulation Products

     26.4       23.2       51.5       39.8  

Other Products

     4.7       3.8       10.5       12.1  

Reconciling amounts

     1.0       1.9       2.6       4.2  
    


 


 


 


     $ 245.2     $ 227.4     $ 475.4     $ 446.0  
    


 


 


 


Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs:

                                

Protection Products

   $ 28.0     $ 30.2     $ 55.6     $ 57.1  

Accumulation Products

     0.8       7.8       4.2       13.7  
    


 


 


 


     $ 28.8     $ 38.0     $ 59.8     $ 70.8  
    


 


 


 


Income/(loss) before income taxes(4):

                                

Protection Products

   $ 23.7     $ (0.2 )   $ 40.2     $ 25.3  

Accumulation Products

     15.1       (6.4 )     19.0       2.1  

Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking

     2.9       0.7       1.8       (0.1 )

Other Products

     1.5       (2.6 )     (0.6 )     (7.2 )

Reconciling amounts

     (13.5 )     (7.6 )     (20.4 )     (15.1 )
    


 


 


 


     $ 29.7     $ (16.1 )   $ 40.0     $ 5.0  
    


 


 


 


 

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As of

June 30, 2003


   As of
December 31, 2002


     ($ in millions)

Assets(3):

             

Protection Products

   $ 12,576.7    $ 12,291.7

Accumulation Products

     4,832.7      4,521.8

Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking

     949.7      1,036.0

Other Products

     1,081.7      936.5

Reconciling amounts

     1,161.7      1,090.4
    

  

     $ 20,602.5    $ 19,876.4
    

  

Deferred policy acquisition costs:

             

Protection Products

   $ 1,083.3    $ 1,093.3

Accumulation Products

     143.0      133.1
    

  

     $ 1,226.3    $ 1,226.4
    

  

Future policy benefits:

             

Protection Products

   $ 7,575.5    $ 7,543.3

Accumulation Products

     197.1      188.6

Other Products

     195.8      203.1

Reconciling amounts

     14.8      14.9
    

  

     $ 7,983.2    $ 7,949.9
    

  

Unearned premiums:

             

Protection Products

   $ 53.7    $ 54.7

Accumulation Products

     —        —  

Other Products

     2.5      2.6

Reconciling amounts

     —        —  
    

  

     $ 56.2    $ 57.3
    

  

Policyholders’ balances and other policyholders’ liabilities:

             

Protection Products

   $ 1,694.1    $ 1,629.8

Accumulation Products

     1,363.4      1,225.5

Other Products

     148.9      155.7

Reconciling amounts

     0.3      0.6
    

  

     $ 3,206.7    $ 3,011.6
    

  

Separate account liabilities(3):

             

Protection Products

   $ 709.3    $ 604.6

Accumulation Products

     2,853.0      2,699.0

Other Products

     320.4      298.1

Reconciling amounts

     529.1      535.9
    

  

     $ 4,411.8    $ 4,137.6
    

  


(1)   Includes Group Pension Profits in 2002.
(2)   Includes retail brokerage and investment banking revenues and other income.
(3)   Each segment includes separate account assets in an amount not less than the corresponding liability reported.
(4)   Amounts reported in 2003 include pre-tax gains from discontinued operations of $2.6 million and $6.1 million for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2003, respectively, of which $2.2 million and $5.2 million, $0.2 million and $0.6 million, and $0.2 million and $0.3 million has been allocated to the Protection Products, Accumulation Products and Other Products segments, respectively, for each of the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002.

 

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The following is a summary of premiums and universal life and investment-type product policy fees by product for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002.

 

    

Three-month

Periods Ended

June 30,


  

Six-month

Periods Ended
June 30


     2003

    2002

   2003

   2002

     ($ in millions)    ($ in millions)

Premiums:

                            

Individual life

   $ 164.7     $ 164.5    $ 325.3    $ 324.9

Group insurance

     1.9       2.1      4.2      4.6

Disability income insurance

     0.1       0.1      0.2      0.2

Other

     7.1       3.2      10.9      4.6
    


 

  

  

Total

   $ 173.8     $ 169.9    $ 340.6    $ 334.3
    


 

  

  

Universal life and investment-type product policy fees:

                            

Universal life

     21.4     $ 14.5    $ 39.6    $ 32.8

Variable universal life

     20.1       23.2      42.0      38.2

Group universal life

     2.5       2.2      4.8      4.6

Individual variable annuities

     10.6       12.6      20.5      24.7

Individual fixed annuities

     (0.1 )     0.0      0.6      1.2
    


 

  

  

Total

   $ 54.5     $ 52.5    $ 107.5    $ 101.5
    


 

  

  

 

4.    The Group Pension Transaction:

 

The following sets forth certain summarized financial information regarding the components of revenue and expense comprising the Group Pension Profits relating to the Group Pension Transaction for the periods indicated.

 

    

For the

Three-month
Periods Ended
June 30,


  

For the

Six-month
Periods Ended
June 30,


     2003

   2002

   2003

   2002

     ($ in millions)    ($ in millions)

Revenues:

                           

Product policy fees

   $ —      $ 4.6    $ —      $ 9.3

Net investment income

     —        22.6      —        45.8

Net realized gains on investments

     —        0.3      —        0.1
    

  

  

  

Total Revenues

     —        27.5      —        55.2
    

  

  

  

Benefits and Expenses:

                           

Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances

     —        16.6      —        32.4

Other operating costs and expenses

     —        3.4      —        7.6
    

  

  

  

Total benefits and expenses

     —        20.0      —        40.0
    

  

  

  

Group Pension Profits

   $ —      $ 7.5    $ —      $ 15.2
    

  

  

  

 

As explained in the notes to the financial statements included in MONY Group’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, in accordance with GAAP, the Group Pension Transaction did

 

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not constitute a sale because the Company retained substantially all the risks and rewards associated with the business transferred to Aegon. Accordingly, over the life of the transaction the Company was required to reflect the transferred assets and liabilities on its balance sheet under separate captions entitled “Assets transferred in Group Pension Transaction” and “Liabilities transferred in Group Pension Transaction”. As a result of the expiration of the transaction at December 31, 2002 and the recognition of earnings from the Final Value Payment from Aegon, the Company has no further interest in the transferred assets and liabilities and, accordingly, such assets and liabilities are no longer reflected on its balance sheet. Refer to the notes to MONY Group’s consolidated financial statements included in MONY Group’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 for further information.

 

5.    Commitments and Contingencies:

 

(i)    Since late 1995 a number of purported class actions have been commenced in various state and federal courts against MONY Life and MLOA alleging that they engaged in deceptive sales practices in connection with the sale of whole and universal life insurance policies from the early 1980s through the mid 1990s. Although the claims asserted in each case are not identical, they seek substantially the same relief under essentially the same theories of recovery (i.e., breach of contract, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, negligent supervision and training, breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment and violation of state insurance and/or deceptive business practice laws). Plaintiffs in these cases seek primarily equitable relief (e.g., reformation, specific performance, mandatory injunctive relief prohibiting MONY Life and MLOA from canceling policies for failure to make required premium payments, imposition of a constructive trust and creation of a claims resolution facility to adjudicate any individual issues remaining after resolution of all class-wide issues) as opposed to compensatory damages, although they also seek compensatory damages in unspecified amounts. MONY Life and MLOA have answered the complaints in each action (except for one being voluntarily held in abeyance). MONY Life and MLOA have denied any wrongdoing and have asserted numerous affirmative defenses.

 

On June 7, 1996, the New York State Supreme Court certified one of those cases, Goshen v. The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York and MONY Life Insurance Company of America (now known as DeFilippo, et al v. The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York and MONY Life Insurance Company of America), the first of the class actions filed, as a nationwide class consisting of all persons or entities who have, or at the time of the policy’s termination had, an ownership interest in a whole or universal life insurance policy issued by MONY Life and MLOA and sold on an alleged “vanishing premium” basis during the period January 1, 1982 to December 31, 1995. On March 27, 1997, MONY Life and MLOA filed a motion to dismiss or, alternatively, for summary judgment on all counts of the complaint. All of the other putative class actions have been consolidated and transferred by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. While most of the cases before the District Court have been held in abeyance pending the outcome in Goshen, in June 2003, the Court granted plaintiffs in two of the constituent cases (the McLean and Snipes cases) leave to amend their complaints to delete all class action claims and allegations other than those predicated on alleged violations of the Massachusetts and Illinois consumer protection statutes. MONY Life and MLOA have been granted leave to file a dispositive motion dismissing these claims, brought on behalf of putative state-wide classes comprised of Massachusetts and Illinois purchasers only.

 

On October 21, 1997, the New York State Supreme Court granted MONY Life’s and MLOA’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed all claims filed in the Goshen case against MONY Life and MLOA. On December 20, 1999, the New York State Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of all but one of the claims in the Goshen case (a claim under New York’s General Business Law), which has been remanded back to the New York State Supreme Court for further proceedings consistent with the opinion. The New York State Supreme Court subsequently reaffirmed that, for purposes of the remaining New York General Business Law claim, the

 

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class is now limited to New York purchasers only. On July 2, 2002, the New York Court of Appeals affirmed the New York State Supreme Court’s decision limiting the class to New York purchasers. In addition, the New York State Supreme Court has further held that the New York General Business Law claims of all class members whose claims accrued prior to November 29, 1992 are barred by the applicable statute of limitations.

 

MONY Life and MLOA intend to defend themselves vigorously against these claims. There can be no assurance, however, that the present litigation relating to sales practices will not have a material adverse effect on them.

 

(ii)    In July 2002, pursuant to a jury verdict, the Company was found liable and ordered to pay a former joint venture partner some of the proceeds distributed to the Company from the disposition of a real estate asset in 1999, which was formerly owned by the joint venture. As a result of the verdict, which the Company appealed, the Company recorded a charge aggregating $13.7 million pre-tax in its results of operations for the quarter ended June 30, 2002. Approximately, $6.8 million of this charge was reflected in the income statement caption entitled “net realized gains/(losses) on investments” because it represented the return of proceeds originally included in the determination of the realized gain recognized by the Company in 1999 upon receipt of the aforementioned distribution. The balance of the charge, which was reflected in the income statement caption entitled “other operating costs and expenses” represented management’s best estimate of the interest that the court would have required the Company to pay its former joint venture partner, as well as legal costs. In the first quarter of 2003, the Company settled the litigation for approximately $4.3 million less than the provision previously recorded. Accordingly, during the first quarter of 2003, the Company reversed such over-accrual to income, approximately $3.0 million of which was recorded as realized gains and $1.0 million as a reduction to other expenses. The Company’s appeal was subsequently withdrawn.

 

(iii)    In December 2002 the Securities and Exchange Commission and self-regulatory organizations (National Association of Securities Dealers) directed all broker-dealers, including the Company, to evaluate their procedures with respect to mutual fund sales charge breakpoints. Management does not believe that the outcome of its evaluation, including any determination it may make with respect to sales charges paid by its customers, will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial position.

 

(iv)    It is possible that the results of operations or the cash flow of the Company in a particular quarterly or annual period could be materially affected as a result of the settlement, or re-evaluation of, the matters discussed above. Management believes, however, that the ultimate payments in connection with such matters should not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial statements. In addition to the matters discussed above, the Company is involved in various other legal actions and proceedings (some of which involve demands for unspecified damages) in connection with its business. In the opinion of management of the Company, resolution of contingent liabilities, income taxes and other matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.

 

(v)    At June 30, 2003, the Company had commitments to fund the following: $106.0 million of equity partnership investments, $49.5 million private fixed maturity securities with interest rates ranging from 4.3% to 6.6%, $17.2 million of fixed rate agricultural loans with periodic interest rate reset dates with initial rates ranging from 5.1% to 6.4%, $129.5 million fixed and floating rate commercial mortgages with interest rates ranging from 3.4% to 8.0% and $15.2 million of mezzanine financing with pay rates ranging from 10.0% to 13.0%.

 

(vi)    MONY Group maintains a syndicated credit facility with banks aggregating $150.0 million. This facility was renewed in July 2003 with a renewal date in July 2004. The purpose of this facility is to provide additional liquidity for any unanticipated short-term cash needs that MONY Group might experience and also to serve as support for MONY Group’s $150.0 million commercial paper program. In accordance with specified covenants of the facility, MONY Life is required to maintain a tangible net worth determined in accordance with Statutory Accounting Practices of at least $900.0 million and MONY Group is required to maintain a debt to

 

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capitalization ratio not to exceed 40% and cash and cash equivalents on a separate company basis equal to the greater of $75.0 million or one and one half years of debt service. As of June 30, 2003, MONY Group was in compliance with each of the covenants as follows: (i) MONY Life’s tangible net worth determined in accordance with Statutory Accounting Practices totaled $1,103.2 million, (ii) MONY Group’s debt to total capitalization ratio (including comprehensive income and short-term debt) for purposes of the credit facility was 30.3%, and (iii) MONY Group had cash and cash equivalents of $152.6 million. For purposes of the facility, cash and cash equivalents is defined to include only commercial paper rated at least A1/P1 and U.S. Treasuries. MONY Group has not borrowed against the facility since its inception, and did not have any commercial paper outstanding as of June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002. The facility was amended at the consummation of the offering of the Insured Notes to permit the offering of the Insured Notes.

 

6.    Closed Block:

 

On November 16, 1998, MONY Life, pursuant to the New York Insurance Law, established a closed block (the “Closed Block”) of certain participating insurance policies (the “Closed Block in force business”) as defined in its plan of demutualization. In conjunction therewith, MONY Life allocated assets to the Closed Block that are expected to produce cash flows which, together with anticipated revenues from the Closed Block in force business, are expected to be sufficient to support the Closed Block in force business, including but not limited to the payment of claims and surrender benefits, certain expenses and taxes, and for the continuation of dividend scales in effect at the date of MONY Life’s demutualization (assuming the experience underlying such dividend scales continues), and for appropriate adjustments in such scales if the experience changes. To determine the amount of assets to allocate to the Closed Block in order to provide sufficient funding for the aforementioned payments, MONY Life forecasted the expected cash flows from the Closed Block in force business and mathematically determined the cash flows that would need to be provided from assets allocated to the Closed Block to fully fund the aforementioned payments. Assets were then allocated to the Closed Block accordingly. The aforementioned forecast consists of a cash flow projection for each year over the estimated life of the policies in the Closed Block. The earnings from such expected cash flows from the Closed Block in force business and the assets allocated to the Closed Block are referred to as the “glide path earnings”.

 

The cash flows from the assets allocated to the Closed Block and the revenues generated in the Closed Block inure solely to the benefit of the owners of policies included in the Closed Block. The assets and liabilities allocated to the Closed Block are recorded in the Company’s financial statements at their historical carrying values. The carrying value of the assets allocated to the Closed Block are less than the carrying value of the Closed Block liabilities at the effective date of MONY Life’s demutualization. The excess of the Closed Block liabilities over the Closed Block assets at the effective date of MONY Life’s demutualization represents the total estimated future post-tax contribution expected to emerge from the operation of the Closed Block, which will be recognized in MONY Life’s income over the period the policies and the contracts in the Closed Block remain in force.

 

To the extent that the actual cash flows, subsequent to the effective date of MONY Life’s demutualization, from the assets allocated to the Closed Block and the Closed Block in force business are, in the aggregate, more favorable than assumed in establishing the Closed Block, total dividends paid to the Closed Block policyholders in future years will be greater than the total dividends that would have been paid to such policyholders if dividend scales used to determine Closed Block cash flows had been continued. Conversely, to the extent that the actual cash flows, subsequent to the effective date of MONY Life’s demutualization, from the assets allocated to the Closed Block and the Closed Block in force business are, in the aggregate, less favorable than assumed in establishing the Closed Block, total dividends paid to the Closed Block policyholders in future years will be less than the total dividends that would have been paid to such policyholders if dividend scales used to determine Closed Block cash flows had been continued. Accordingly, the recognition of the estimated ultimate aggregate future post-tax contribution expected to emerge from the operation of the Closed Block is not affected by the ultimate aggregate

 

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actual experience of the Closed Block assets and the Closed Block in force business subsequent to the effective date of MONY Life’s demutualization, except in the event that the actual experience of the Closed Block assets and the Closed Block in force business subsequent to the effective date of the demutualization is not sufficient to pay the guaranteed benefits on the policies in the Closed Block, in which case MONY Life will be required to fund any such deficiency from its general account assets outside of the Closed Block.

 

However, because the decision to increase or decrease dividend scales is based on revised estimates as to the ultimate profitability of the business, such actions will not necessarily coincide with periodic reports of the results of the Closed Block. Accordingly, actual earnings that emerge from the Closed Block may either be more or less than the expected Closed Block earnings (or glide path earnings). In accordance with Statement of Position 00-3 “Accounting by Insurance Enterprises for Demutualizations and Formations of Mutual Insurance Holding Companies and for Certain Long-Duration Participating Contracts”, actual Closed Block earnings in excess of expected Closed Block earnings (or the glide path earnings) in any period are recorded as an additional liability to Closed Block policyholders (referred to as the “deferred dividend liability”) because such excess earnings inure solely to the benefit of the policyholders in the Closed Block. If actual Closed Block earnings are less than expected Closed Block earnings (or the glide path earnings) in any period, the difference is charged against the balance of any existing deferred dividend liability. If the deferred dividend liability is not sufficient to absorb the difference, it remains in earnings for the period and an adjustment will be made to get back on the glide path when earnings emerge in future periods that are sufficient to offset such remaining accumulated difference or through a subsequent reduction in dividend scales.

 

Since the Closed Block has been funded to provide for payment of guaranteed benefits and the continuation of current payable dividends on the policies included therein, it will not be necessary to use general funds to pay guaranteed benefits unless the in force business in the Closed Block experiences very substantial ongoing adverse experience in investment, mortality, persistency or other experience factors. MONY Life regularly (at least quarterly) monitors the experience from the Closed Block and may make changes to the dividend scale, when appropriate, to ensure that the profits are distributed to the Closed Block policyholders in a fair and equitable manner. In addition, periodically the New York Insurance Department requires the filing of an independent auditor’s report on the operations of the Closed Block.

 

The following tables set forth certain summarized financial information relating to the Closed Block, as of and for the periods indicated:

 

     As of
June 30,
2003


   As of
December 31,
2002


     ($ in millions)

Assets:

             

Fixed Maturity Securities:

             

Available for sale, at estimated fair value (amortized cost; $3,988.4 and $3,873.2 respectively)

   $ 4,370.7    $ 4,160.9

Mortgage loans on real estate

     601.7      633.6

Real estate to be held for investment

     10.4      8.3

Policy loans

     1,100.1      1,119.0

Cash and cash equivalents

     38.4      59.2

Other invested assets

     10.0      0.9

Premiums receivable

     7.8      11.1

Deferred policy acquisition costs

     382.9      430.5

Other assets

     209.3      210.5
    

  

Total Closed Block assets

   $ 6,731.3    $ 6,634.0
    

  

 

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     As of
June 30,
2003


   As of
December 31,
2002


     ($ in millions)

Liabilities:

             

Future policy benefits

   $ 6,905.7    $ 6,901.4

Policyholders’ account balances

     290.1      291.6

Other policyholders’ liabilities

     142.0      159.1

Other liabilities

     444.9      328.0
    

  

Total Closed Block liabilities

   $ 7,782.7    $ 7,680.1
    

  

 

    

For the

Three-month
Periods Ended
June 30,


   

For the

Six-month

Periods Ended
June 30,


 
     2003

   2002

    2003

   2002

 
     ($ in millions)     ($ in millions)  

Revenues:

                              

Premiums

   $ 119.4    $ 127.6     $ 232.6    $ 248.0  

Net investment income

     104.1      98.5       203.0      196.7  

Net realized gains/(losses) on investments

     1.0      (1.8 )     6.6      (2.9 )

Other income

     0.3      0.5       0.7      0.9  
    

  


 

  


Total revenues

     224.8      224.8       442.9      442.7  
    

  


 

  


Benefits and Expenses:

                              

Benefits to policyholders

     140.0      142.7       271.6      274.8  

Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances

     2.1      2.1       4.5      4.2  

Amortization of deferred policy acquisition cost

     12.0      12.5       20.8      24.2  

Dividends to policyholders

     59.3      56.0       120.0      116.2  

Other operating costs and expenses

     1.3      2.0       2.7      3.1  
    

  


 

  


Total benefits and expenses

     214.7      215.3       419.6      422.5  
    

  


 

  


Contribution from the Closed Block

   $ 10.1    $ 9.5     $ 23.3    $ 20.2  
    

  


 

  


 

For the three-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, there were $5.6 million and $6.1 million, respectively, in charges for other than temporary impairments on fixed maturity securities in the Closed Block with no net effect on the operations of the Company. For the six-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, there were $8.1 million and $6.1 million, respectively, in charges for other than temporary impairments on fixed maturity securities in the Closed Block with no net effect on the operations of the Company.

 

7.    The Closed Block Business:

 

The CBB is comprised of certain amounts within MONY Holdings and MONY Life. Within MONY Holdings, the CBB includes: (i) the Insured Notes, (ii) the capitalized costs of issuing the Insured Notes, (iii) the DSCA Sub-account CBB (see Note 8), (iv) the Swap, and (v) the Insurance Policy (see Note 1). Within MONY Life, the CBB includes: (i) the Closed Block discussed in Note 6 and (ii) an amount of capital (hereafter referred to as “Surplus and Related Assets”) outside the Closed Block, but within MONY Life, that when aggregated with the assets and liabilities in the Closed Block results in an aggregate carrying value of assets in the CBB within

 

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MONY Life in excess of the carrying value of the liabilities in the CBB within MONY Life. The amount by which the assets in the CBB within MONY Life exceed the liabilities in the CBB within MONY Life represents a sufficient amount of capital based on regulatory standards to support the CBB within MONY Life. All business of MONY Holdings and its subsidiary, MONY Life, consolidated, other than the CBB, is defined in the note indenture as the Ongoing Business (“OB”). The determination of the amount of Surplus and Related Assets was based on Statutory Accounting Practices as required by the note indenture. As the Closed Block’s results of operations emerge, an equal amount of the Surplus and Related Assets is intended to become available to the OB. The investment of the Surplus and Related Assets is restricted to permitted investments and subject to certain concentration limitations as outlined in the note indenture (see Note 8).

 

The following tables set forth certain summarized financial information attributable to the OB and the CBB of MONY Holdings and its subsidiary, MONY Life, on a consolidated basis as of June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002 and for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002:

 

     As of June 30, 2003

     Ongoing
Business


   Closed Block
Business


   Total

     ($ in millions)

Assets:

                    

Fixed maturity securities available for sale, at fair value

   $ 2,483.2    $ 5,825.9    $ 8,309.1

Equity securities available for sale, at fair value

     257.4      —        257.4

Mortgage loans on real restate

     914.2      910.4      1,824.6

Real estate to be disposed of

     0.5      —        0.5

Real estate held for investment

     170.0      10.5      180.5

Other invested assets

     88.9      26.5      115.4

Policy loans

     97.0      1,100.1      1,197.1

Debt service coverage account—OB

     66.5      —        66.5

Debt service coverage account—CBB

     —        1.9      1.9

Cash and cash equivalents

     173.7      66.3      240.0

Accrued investment income

     54.7      150.7      205.4

Amounts due from reinsurers

     515.0      88.9      603.9

Deferred policy acquisition costs

     843.4      382.9      1,226.3

Other assets

     529.3      15.3      544.6

Separate account assets

     4,414.8      —        4,414.8
    

  

  

Total assets

   $ 10,608.6    $ 8,579.4    $ 19,188.0
    

  

  

Liabilities:

                    

Future policy benefits

   $ 1,077.5    $ 6,905.7    $ 7,983.2

Policyholders’ account balances

     2,698.3      290.0      2,988.3

Other policyholders’ liabilities

     132.6      142.0      274.6

Other liabilities

     740.0      515.6      1,255.6

Long term debt

     216.9      300.0      516.9

Separate account liabilities

     4,411.8      —        4,411.8
    

  

  

Total liabilities

   $ 9,277.1    $ 8,153.3    $ 17,430.4
    

  

  

 

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     As of December 31, 2002

     Ongoing
Business


   Closed Block
Business


   Total

     ($ in millions)

Assets:

                    

Fixed maturity securities available for sale, at fair value

   $ 2,248.4    $ 5,579.8    $ 7,828.2

Equity securities available for sale, at fair value

     247.7      —        247.7

Mortgage loans on real restate

     927.0      950.4      1,877.4

Real estate to be disposed of

     26.8      —        26.8

Real estate held for investment

     171.9      8.3      180.2

Other invested assets

     82.9      14.4      97.3

Policy loans

     93.5      1,119.0      1,212.5

Debt service coverage account—OB

     64.7      —        64.7

Debt service coverage account—CBB

     —        9.4      9.4

Cash and cash equivalents

     128.7      95.0      223.7

Accrued investment income

     54.3      149.7      204.0

Amounts due from reinsurers

     602.5      92.7      695.2

Deferred policy acquisition costs

     795.9      430.5      1,226.4

Other assets

     526.1      17.7      543.8

Separate account assets

     4,140.6      —        4,140.6
    

  

  

Total assets

   $ 10,111.0    $ 8,466.9    $ 18,577.9
    

  

  

Liabilities:

                    

Future policy benefits

   $ 1,048.5    $ 6,901.4    $ 7,949.9

Policyholders’ account balances

     2,488.1      291.6      2,779.7

Other policyholders’ liabilities

     130.1      159.1      289.2

Other liabilities

     761.5      421.2      1,182.7

Long term debt

     216.9      300.0      516.9

Separate account liabilities

     4,137.6      —        4,137.6
    

  

  

Total liabilities.

   $ 8,782.7    $ 8,073.3    $ 16,856.0
    

  

  

 

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For the Three-month

Period Ended

June 30, 2003


 
     Ongoing
Business


    Closed Block
Business(1)


    Total

 
     ($ in millions)  

Revenues:

                        

Premiums

   $ 54.4     $ 119.4     $ 173.8  

Universal life and investment-type product policy fees

     54.5       —         54.5  

Net investment income

     68.2       129.6       197.8  

Net realized gains on investments

     11.5       3.5       15.0  

Other income

     60.7       0.3       61.0  
    


 


 


Total revenues

     249.3       252.8       502.1  
    


 


 


Benefits and Expenses:

                        

Benefits to policyholders

     71.1       140.1       211.2  

Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances

     31.9       2.1       34.0  

Amortization of deferred policy acquisition cost

     16.8       12.0       28.8  

Dividends to policyholders

     1.1       59.3       60.4  

Other operating costs and expenses

     111.9       28.6       140.5  
    


 


 


Total benefits and expenses

     232.8       242.1       474.9  
    


 


 


Net income from continuing operations before income taxes

   $ 16.5     $ 10.7     $ 27.2  
    


 


 


    

For the Three-month

Period Ended

June 30, 2002


 
     Ongoing
Business


    Closed Block
Business(2)


    Total

 
     ($ in millions)  

Revenues:

                        

Premiums

   $ 42.2     $ 127.7     $ 169.9  

Universal life and investment-type product policy fees

     52.5       —         52.5  

Net investment income

     47.0       128.9       175.9  

Net realized losses on investments

     (10.9 )     (14.6 )     (25.5 )

Group Pension Profits

     7.5       —         7.5  

Other income

     39.1       0.6       39.7  
    


 


 


Total revenues

     177.4       242.6       420.0  
    


 


 


Benefits and Expenses:

                        

Benefits to policyholders

     56.7       142.8       199.5  

Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances

     25.8       2.1       27.9  

Amortization of deferred policy acquisition cost

     25.5       12.5       38.0  

Dividends to policyholders

     0.9       55.9       56.8  

Other operating costs and expenses

     106.3       6.1       112.4  
    


 


 


Total benefits and expenses

     215.2       219.4       434.6  
    


 


 


Net (loss)/income from continuing operations before income taxes

   $ (37.8 )   $ 23.2     $ (14.6 )
    


 


 


 

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For the Six-month

Period Ended

June 30, 2003


 
     Ongoing
Business


    Closed Block
Business(1)


    Total

 
     ($ in millions)  

Revenues:

                        

Premiums

   $ 108.0     $ 232.6     $ 340.6  

Universal life and investment-type product policy fees

     107.5       —         107.5  

Net investment income

     114.7       255.2       369.9  

Net realized gains on investments

     16.6       10.2       26.8  

Other income

     100.0       0.7       100.7  
    


 


 


Total revenues

     446.8       498.7       945.5  
    


 


 


Benefits and Expenses:

                        

Benefits to policyholders

     135.9       271.6       407.5  

Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances

     63.3       4.6       67.9  

Amortization of deferred policy acquisition cost

     39.0       20.8       59.8  

Dividends to policyholders

     2.3       120.0       122.3  

Other operating costs and expenses

     199.4       57.4       256.8  
    


 


 


Total benefits and expenses

     439.9       474.4       914.3  
    


 


 


Net income from continuing operations before income taxes

   $ 6.9     $ 24.3     $ 31.2  
    


 


 


    

For the Six-month

Period Ended

June 30, 2002


 
     Ongoing
Business


    Closed Block
Business(2)


    Total

 
     ($ in millions)  

Revenues:

                        

Premiums

   $ 86.3     $ 248.0     $ 334.3  

Universal life and investment-type product policy fees

     101.5       —         101.5  

Net investment income

     136.8       227.1       363.9  

Net realized losses on investments

     (12.3 )     (15.6 )     (27.9 )

Group Pension Profits

     15.2       —         15.2  

Other income

     85.5       0.9       86.4  
    


 


 


Total revenues

     413.0       460.4       873.4  
    


 


 


Benefits and Expenses:

                        

Benefits to policyholders

     115.4       274.8       390.2  

Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances

     51.6       4.2       55.8  

Amortization of deferred policy acquisition cost

     46.6       24.2       70.8  

Dividends to policyholders

     2.1       116.2       118.3  

Other operating costs and expenses

     218.9       7.2       226.1  
    


 


 


Total benefits and expenses

     434.6       426.6       861.2  
    


 


 


Net (loss)/income from continuing operations before income taxes

   $ (21.6 )   $ 33.8     $ 12.2  
    


 


 



(1)   Includes:  (i) revenues and expenses associated with the DSCA, the Insured Notes, and the Swap, (ii) the net contribution to income from the Surplus and Related Assets, and (iii) the results of operations from the Closed Block.

 

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(2)   Includes: (i) revenues and expenses associated with the DSCA, the Insured Notes, and the Swap for the period from April 30, 2002 (the date of MONY Holdings’ commencement of operations), (ii) the net contribution to income from the Surplus and Related Assets from April 30, 2002 (the date of MONY Holdings’ commencement of operations), and (iii) the results of operations from the Closed Block from January 1, 2002.

 

The statutory surplus of MONY Life as of June 30, 2003 was $871.7 million, of which $386.5 million was attributable to the OB and $485.2 million was attributable to the CBB. The statutory net gain from operations of MONY Life for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2003, was $19.1 million and $37.8 million, of which $(1.3) million and $(11.8) million was attributable to the OB and $20.4 million and $49.6 million was attributable to the CBB. The net gain from operations attributable to the CBB includes: (i) the net contribution to income from the Surplus and Related Assets, and (ii) the results of operations from the Closed Block.

 

8.    The Insured Notes:

 

Dividends from MONY Life are the principal source of cash inflow that will enable MONY Holdings to meet its obligations under the Insured Notes. The ability of MONY Life to declare and pay MONY Holdings a dividend is governed by the Insurance Law of the State of New York. The Insurance Law of the State of New York permits a stock life insurance company to pay dividends each calendar year, without the prior approval of the superintendent of the insurance department, in an amount equal to the lesser of (a) ten percent of its “policyholders’ surplus” as of the end of the preceding calendar year or, (b) the company’s “net gain from operations” for the preceding calendar year (not including realized capital gains), as determined in accordance with Statutory Accounting Practices prescribed or permitted by the Insurance Department of the State of New York (hereafter referred to as the “NY Dividend Statute”). The maximum allowable dividend from MONY Life to MONY Holdings in 2003 without regulatory approval is $90.6 million.

 

In addition, pursuant to the note indenture, dividends to MONY Holdings from MONY Life are required to be allocated between the OB and the CBB. This allocation, while principally based on separately applying the NY Dividend Statute to the “policyholders’ surplus” and “net gain from operations” attributable to the OB and the CBB, is subject to certain adjustments described in the note indenture. The amount of the dividend attributable to the CBB is required to be deposited in the DSCA—Sub-account CBB. As described in the note indenture, the amount of the dividend deposited in the DSCA—Sub-account CBB will not generally be available for dividend to the MONY Group until all the obligations to pay principal, interest and other amounts on the Insured Notes are fully extinguished. Under limited circumstances, if the fair value of the DSCA exceeds amounts set forth in the note indenture, such excess can become available for dividend to the MONY Group. The amount of such dividend attributable to the OB will generally be available to MONY Holdings to pay dividends to the MONY Group. Accordingly, where applicable, financial information presented herein has been segregated between amounts attributable to the OB and to the CBB to assist readers of the financial statements in evaluating the relative contributions to MONY Life’s dividend from the OB and the CBB, respectively. See Notes 1 and 7 for additional information regarding the Insured Notes.

 

9.    Stock-Based Compensation:

 

Stock Incentive Plans

 

1998 Stock Incentive Plan and 2002 Stock Option Plan

 

In November 1998, upon approval of the New York Insurance Department, MONY Group adopted the 1998 Stock Incentive Plan (the “1998 SIP”) for employees of the Company and certain of its career financial

 

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professionals. As a condition for its approval of the 1998 SIP, the New York Insurance Department restricted options under the plan to no more than 5 percent of the shares of MONY Group’s common stock outstanding as of the date of its initial public offering (2,361,908 shares). Options granted under the 1998 SIP may be Incentive Stock Options (“ISOs”) qualifying under Section 422(a) of the Internal Revenue Code or Non-Qualified Stock Options (“NQSOs”).

 

Pursuant to the 1998 SIP, options may be granted at a price not less than 100% of the fair value of the Company’s common stock as determined on the date of grant. In addition, one-third of each option granted pursuant to the 1998 SIP shall become exercisable on each of the first three anniversaries following the date such option is granted and will remain exercisable for a period not to exceed 10 years from the date of grant. As of June 30, 2003, options to acquire 2,353,993 million common shares of the MONY Group had been issued under the 1998 SIP. Options to acquire 1,953,006 common shares remained outstanding as of June 30, 2003.

 

In May 2002, MONY Group’s shareholders approved the 2002 Stock Option Plan (the “2002 SOP”) and the allocation of 5,000,000 shares of MONY Group common stock for grants under that 2002 SOP Plan. Options granted under the plan may not be exercised, transferred or otherwise disposed of by the grantee prior to December 24, 2003, even if vested. Options granted under the 2002 SOP are NQSO’s. Options may be granted at a price not less than 100% of the fair value of the Company’s common stock as determined on the date of grant, and vesting provisions are determined at the discretion of the board of directors. As of June 30, 2003, options to acquire 2,455,725 common shares of the MONY Group had been issued and 2,432,325 options were outstanding under the 2002 SOP. All options granted through June 30, 2003 under the 2002 SOP vest one-third ratably on the December 31st after each of the first three anniversaries following the date such option was granted, and will remain exercisable for a period not to exceed 10 years from the date of grant.

 

SFAS 123, issued in October 1995, prescribes accounting and reporting standards for employee stock-based compensation plans, as well as transactions in which an entity issues equity instruments to acquire goods or services from non-employees. However, for employee stock based compensation plans, SFAS 123 permits companies, at their election, to continue to apply the accounting prescribed by Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (APB 25), which was issued and effective since 1972. SFAS 123 provides no similar election with respect to transactions in which an entity issues equity instruments to acquire goods or services from non-employees. For companies electing to apply the accounting prescribed by APB 25 to their employee stock-based compensation plans, SFAS 123 requires that pro forma disclosure be made of net income and earnings per share as if the fair value accounting prescribed by SFAS 123 had been adopted. Based on the definition of an “employee” prescribed in the Internal Revenue Code, the Company’s career financial professionals do not qualify as employees.

 

At the effective date of the initial grants of options pursuant to the 1998 SIP, the Company elected to apply the accounting prescribed by APB 25 to option grants to employees and, accordingly, make the aforementioned pro forma disclosures. Pursuant to the requirements of APB 25, the options granted by the Company under the 1998 SIP to employees qualify as non-compensatory. Accordingly, the Company is not required to recognize any compensation expense with respect to such option grants. With respect to grants of options under the SIP to career financial professionals, the Company adopted the accounting provisions of SFAS 123. Pursuant to the guidance in SFAS 123 and related interpretations, vesting provisions attached to stock based compensation issued to non-employees constitute a performance based condition which requires variable plan accounting. Under variable plan accounting, the fair value of the option grant must be re-measured at the end of each accounting period, until the options are 100 percent vested. Accordingly, the compensation cost charged to

 

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THE MONY GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

expense during any particular accounting period represents the difference between the vested percentage of the fair value of the options at the end of the accounting period and the cumulative compensation cost charged to expense in prior periods. Compensation cost is determined based on the fair value of such options using a Black-Scholes option pricing model (see below for further discussion regarding how fair value is determined). Such compensation cost is required to be recognized over the vesting period. Compensation expense recognized in the statement of income and comprehensive income related to options granted to career financial professionals which were outstanding at June 30, 2003 and 2002 were $0.0 million and $(0.2) million for the three-month periods ending June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively, and $0.1 and $0.0 million for the six-month periods ending June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

 

The following table presents the net income and net income per share of the Company on a pro forma basis as if the fair value accounting prescribed by SFAS 123 had been applied to the options granted to employees under the 1998 SIP and outstanding at June 30, 2003 and 2002.

 

     Three-month Period
Ending


    Six-month Period
Ending


     June 30,
2003


   June 30,
2002


    June 30,
2003


   June 30,
2002


     ($ in millions except per share amounts)

Net income

   $ 20.9    $ (11.8 )   $ 26.4    $ 1.9

Net income per share:

                            

Basic

   $ 0.45    $ (0.25 )   $ 0.56    $ 0.04

Diluted

   $ 0.44    $ (0.25 )   $ 0.56    $ 0.04

 

The fair value of each option outstanding is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions: exercise prices ranging from $21.10 to $43.44, dividend yields ranging from 1.04% to 1.65%, expected volatility ranging from 23.5% to 44.4%, range of interest rates from 3.4% to 6.7%. The fair value of options determined using the Black-Scholes pricing model ranged from $6.30 to $18.92 per share at June 30, 2003.

 

The Black-Scholes option valuation model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options which have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable. In addition, option valuation models require the input of highly subjective assumptions including the expected stock price volatility. Because the Company’s employee and career financial professionals options have characteristics different than those of traded options, and because changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate, in management’s opinion, the existing models do not necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of its stock options.

 

Restricted Stock Ownership Plan

 

In May 2001, MONY Group shareholders approved The MONY Group Inc. Restricted Stock Ownership Plan (the “Plan”). Pursuant to the terms of the Plan, management has the authority to grant up to 1,000,000 restricted shares of MONY Group common stock to eligible employees, as defined in the Plan, and to establish vesting and forfeiture conditions relating thereto. During 2002 and 2001, MONY Group granted 97,143 and 352,050 restricted shares, respectively to certain members of management pursuant to the Plan. The 2002 and 2001 awards made under the Plan are conditioned on: (i) the expiration of a vesting period and (ii) an increase in the average per share price of MONY Group common stock above specified targets. In accordance with APB No. 25, compensation expense is recognized on the awards proportionally over the vesting period of the award provided that the condition

 

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THE MONY GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

with respect to the average price of MONY Group common stock is satisfied at the end of any period. In March 2003, MONY Group granted 334,050 restricted shares to certain members of management under the Plan. The 2003 awards made under the Plan are conditioned only on the expiration of a vesting period.

 

In addition to the Plan, MONY Group issued approximately 111,987 shares of restricted stock in connection with the acquisition of Advest, of which approximately 33,497 shares remained restricted at June 30, 2003. These restricted shares are conditioned only on the expiration of a vesting period.

 

Furthermore, MONY Group has issued 20,913 shares of restricted stock to members of its board of directors. These restricted shares are conditioned only on the expiration of a vesting period. At June 30, 2003, 9,677 shares of such restricted stock remained restricted at June 30, 2003.

 

10.    Reorganization and Other Charges:

 

During the fourth quarter of 2002 and 2001, the Company recorded “Reorganization and Other” charges aggregating approximately $7.7 million and $146.1 million, respectively. Of these charges, $7.7 million and $19.0 million, respectively, met the definition of “restructure charges” as defined by Emerging Issues Task Force Consensus 94-3, “Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring)”. The 2002 restructure charge consisted of severance and related benefits resulting from headcount reductions of 161 and 26, respectively, in the Company’s home office and career agency system, as well as losses from abandonment of certain leased offices and equipment. The 2001 restructure charge consisted of severance and related benefits of $10.3 million resulting from headcount reductions of 117 and 240, in the Company’s home office and career agency system, respectively, and $8.7 million of other miscellaneous items. The balance of the charge in 2001, $127.0 million, was unrelated to the Company’s restructure activities and consisted of: (i) impairments of certain invested assets and valuation related write-downs of private equity securities held in the Company’s equity method venture capital portfolio, (ii) the write-off of deferred sales charges in the Company’s mutual fund business to reflect revised estimates of recoverability which are principally due to the decline in the value of the Company’s internet funds, (iii) write-downs of certain information technology assets, and (iv) other miscellaneous items.

 

During the second quarter of 2003, the Company recorded a charge of $1.1 million consisting of severance and related benefits incurred in connection with the merger of MONY Asset Management, Inc.’s operations into Boston Advisors, a subsidiary of Advest, and the resulting termination of certain employees.

 

Set forth below is certain information regarding the liability recorded in connection with the Company’s restructuring actions, as well as the changes therein. Such liability is reflected in Accounts Payable and Other Liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

 

     As of
December 31,
2002


   Charges

   Cash
Payments


   Change in
Reserve
Estimates


    As of
June 30,
2003


     ($ in millions)

Restructuring Charges Liability:

                                   

Severance benefits

   $ 8.3    $ 1.1    $ 6.2    $ (0.7 )   $ 2.5

Other reorganization charges

     4.4      —        1.8      0.7       3.3
    

  

  

  


 

Total Restructuring Charges Liability

   $ 12.7    $ 1.1    $ 8.0    $ —       $ 5.8
    

  

  

  


 

 

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

 

The following discussion addresses the financial condition and results of operations of the Company for the periods indicated. The discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations presented below should be read in conjunction with the Company’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere herein, as well as MONY Group’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 (“MONY Group’s 2002 Annual Report”) not included herein.

 

Organization and Business

 

The MONY Group Inc. (the “MONY Group”), through its subsidiaries (MONY Group and its subsidiaries are collectively referred to herein as the “Company”), provides life insurance, annuities, corporate-owned and bank-owned life insurance (“COLI and BOLI”), mutual funds, securities brokerage, securities trading, asset management, business and estate planning, trust, and investment banking products and services. The Company distributes its products and services through Retail and Wholesale distribution channels. The Company’s Retail distribution channels are comprised of (i) the career agency sales force operated by its principal life insurance operating subsidiary, and (ii) financial advisors and account executives of its securities broker dealer subsidiaries. The Company’s Wholesale channel is comprised of (i) MONY Partners, a division of MONY Life Insurance Company, (ii) independent third party insurance brokerage general agencies and securities broker dealers and (iii) its corporate marketing team which markets COLI and BOLI products. For the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, Proprietary Distribution accounted for approximately 19.2%, and 42.6% of sales of protection and accumulation products, respectively, and 100.0% of retail brokerage and investment banking revenues, while Wholesale Distribution accounted for 80.8% and 57.4% of sales of Protection and Accumulation products, respectively. The Company principally sells its products in all 50 of the United States, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and currently insures or provides other financial products and services to more than one million individuals.

 

MONY Group’s principal operating subsidiaries are MONY Life Insurance Company (“MONY Life”), formerly known as The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, and The Advest Group, Inc. (“Advest”). MONY Life’s principal wholly owned direct and indirect operating subsidiaries include: (i) MONY Life Insurance Company of America (“MLOA”), an Arizona domiciled life insurance company, (ii) Enterprise Capital Management (“Enterprise”), a distributor of both proprietary and non-proprietary mutual funds, (iii) U.S. Financial Life Insurance Company (“USFL”), an Ohio domiciled insurer underwriting specialty risk life insurance business, (iv) MONY Securities Corporation (“MSC”), a registered securities broker-dealer and investment advisor whose products and services are distributed through MONY Life’s career agency sales force, (v) Trusted Securities Advisors Corp., which distributes investment products and services through a network of accounting professionals, (vi) MONY Brokerage, Inc., a licensed insurance broker, which principally provides MONY Life’s career agency sales force with access to life, annuity, small group health, and specialty insurance products written by other insurance companies so they can meet the insurance and investment needs of their customers, (vii) MONY Consultoria e Corretagem de Seguros Ltda., a Brazilian domiciled insurance brokerage subsidiary, which principally provides insurance brokerage services to unaffiliated third party insurance companies in Brazil, (viii) MONY Bank & Trust Company of the Americas, Ltd., a Cayman Islands bank and trust company, which provides investment and trust services to nationals of certain Latin American countries, and (ix) MONY Life Insurance Company of the Americas, Ltd., a Cayman Islands based insurance company, which provides life insurance and annuity products to nationals of certain Latin American countries. Advest, through its principal operating subsidiaries, Advest, Inc., a securities broker-dealer, Advest Bank and Trust Company, a federal savings bank, and Boston Advisors, Inc., a registered investment advisory firm, provides diversified financial services including securities brokerage, securities trading, investment banking, trust, and asset management services.

 

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See Note 1 to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding the Company’s organization and business.

 

General Discussion of Factors Affecting Profitability

 

The Company derives its revenues principally from: (i) premiums on individual life insurance, (ii) insurance, administrative and surrender charges on universal life and annuity products, (iii) asset management fees from separate account and mutual fund products, (iv) net investment income on general account assets, (v) the Group Pension Profits (which ceased as of December 31, 2002—see Note 4 to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements), and (vi) commissions from securities and insurance brokerage operations. The Company’s expenses consist of insurance benefits provided to policyholders, interest credited on policyholders’ account balances, dividends to policyholders, the cost of selling and servicing the various products sold by the Company, including commissions to sales representatives (net of any deferrals) and general business expenses.

 

The Company’s profitability depends in large part upon (i) price movements and trends in the securities markets, (ii) the amount of its assets and its third-party assets under management, (iii) the adequacy of its product pricing (which is primarily a function of competitive conditions, management’s ability to assess and manage trends in mortality and morbidity experience as compared to the level of benefit payments, and its ability to maintain expenses within pricing assumptions), (iv) supply and demand for the kinds of products and services offered by the Company (see Note 3 to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included herein for the principal products and services offered by the Company), (v) the maintenance of the Company’s target spreads between credited rates on policyholders’ account balances and the rate of earnings on its investments, (vi) the amount of time purchasers of the Company’s insurance and annuity products hold and renew their contracts with the Company (referred to as “persistency”), which affects the Company’s ability to recover the costs incurred to sell such policies and contracts, (vii) the ability to manage the market and credit risks associated with its invested assets, (viii) returns on venture capital investments, (ix) the investment performance of its mutual fund and variable product offerings, and (x) commission and fee revenue from securities brokerage and investment banking operations which fluctuate with trading volume. External factors, such as general economic conditions and the securities markets, as well as legislation and regulation of the insurance marketplace and products, may also affect the Company’s profitability. In addition, downgrades of the claims paying ability ratings of the Company’s insurance subsidiaries by Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations may affect the Company’s ability to compete in the marketplace for its products and services. Similarly, downgrades of MONY Group’s credit ratings may affect the Company’s ability to access the debt markets to raise additional capital, which could affect the Company’s liquidity and ability to support the capital of its insurance subsidiaries.

 

Potential Forward Looking Risks Affecting Profitability

 

The results of operations of the Company’s businesses, particularly the businesses comprising its Accumulation Products segment and the businesses comprising its Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking segment, are highly sensitive to general economic and securities market conditions. Such conditions include the level of valuations in the securities markets, the level of interest rates, consumer sentiment, the level of retail securities trading volume, and the consensus economic and securities market outlook. Set forth below is a discussion of certain matters that may adversely impact the Company’s results of operations in the event of a continuation or worsening of current economic and securities market conditions, as well as other matters that could adversely affect its future earnings.

 

Further Declines in Securities Market Prices Could Reduce the Value of Certain Intangible Assets on the Company’s Balance Sheet

 

   

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costs represent costs that vary with and primarily relate to the production of business, such as commissions paid to financial professionals and brokers) are amortized on a basis consistent with how earnings emerge from the underlying products that gave rise to such DPAC. Such amortization is calculated based on the actual amount of earnings that have emerged to date relative to management’s best estimate of the total amount of such earnings expected to emerge over the life of such business. This calculation requires the Company to make assumptions about future investment yields, contract charges, interest crediting rates, mortality rates, lapse rates, expense levels, policyholder dividends and policy duration. In addition, to the extent that the present value of estimated future earnings expected to emerge over the remaining life of the business is not sufficient to recover the remaining DPAC balance, GAAP requires that such excess DPAC amount be immediately charged to earnings. Accordingly, changes in the Company’s assumptions underlying DPAC or actual results that differ significantly from management’s prior estimates may materially affect the rate at which the Company amortizes or writes-off DPAC, which may materially affect its financial position and results of operations. Also, to the extent that circumstances lead management to conclude that the business, after writing off all DPAC, will not ultimately be profitable, the Company would be required to record its best estimate of the loss in the period such determination was made. While management believes such a scenario is unlikely, a sustained deterioration in the securities markets will significantly impact such determination and may require the Company to recognize a loss that could materially affect its financial position and results of operations.

 

At June 30, 2003 the carrying value of the Company’s DPAC was $1.2 billion. Approximately $143.1 million of this amount pertains to the Company’s annuity in force business. The profit margins from this business, over which the related DPAC is amortized, are particularly sensitive to changes in assumed investment returns and asset valuations. With respect to the investment return assumptions which underlie the amortization of the Company’s variable annuity DPAC, the accounting policy applied, which is referred to as the “reversion to the mean” method, assumes a rate of return over the life of the business of 8.0%. In applying this method, the future assumed rate of return assumption is adjusted based on actual returns to date so that the ultimate rate of return over the expected life of the business is always 8.0%. However, the Company’s policy is to never exceed a future rate of return assumption in excess of 10.0%. Accordingly, the ultimate rate of return over the life of such business may be less than 8.0%. In addition, in applying the “reversion to the mean” method the Company’s policy does not provide for a floor on the assumed future rate of return. Accordingly, actual returns to date sufficiently in excess of the ultimate assumed rate of return of 8.0% may result in a future rate of return assumption that could actually be negative.

 

While the Company’s current best estimate for the ultimate investment return underlying this business is 8.0%, a sustained or continuing deterioration in the securities markets (whether with regard to investment returns or asset valuations) could require the Company to revise its estimate of the ultimate profitability of this business. This could result in accelerated amortization and/or a charge to earnings to reflect the amount of DPAC which may not be recoverable from the estimated present value of future profits expected to emerge from this business. Such an event, should it occur, may materially affect the Company’s financial position and results of operations.

 

During the second quarter of 2003, the Company revised its estimate of the ultimate amount of gross profits to be earned from its variable annuity in force block of business. This revision reflects the increase in variable annuity in force account values during the year due largely to the appreciation of the equity securities markets, and an increase in profitability due to increased margins resulting from higher service fee revenues on underlying funds.

 

The Company’s calculation of variable annuity product DPAC asset balances as of December 31, 2002 incorporated an assumption of 10% returns in 2003 and later for all funds underlying variable annuity products. This assumption is consistent with the “reversion to the mean” method described above. The assumption of future returns impacts the Company’s expectation of both future fee income and future expenses, including the cost of the guaranteed minimum death benefits. The Company’s anticipated earnings for 2003, which were disclosed at its Investment Community Meeting on January 16, 2003,

 

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were predicated on a 7.0% return, which built in $3.0 million of variable annuity DPAC unlocking. Within a fairly wide range, any deviation from 7.0% will change earnings by approximately $1.0 million per 1% change in return. For example, a return of 8% would lead to a $1 million gain relative to plan, and a return of 6% would lead to a $1 million loss. However, if the funds were to lose 10% or more of their value, the Company may need to take additional “loss recognition” writeoffs. These writeoffs have a larger immediate impact than DPAC unlocking, in that the entire amount of DPAC deemed non-recoverable must be written off at once, rather than over the life of the product. Every additional drop of 1% in this range would decrease earnings by approximately $2.0 million. For example, 2003 returns of 0% would decrease pre-tax earnings by approximately $11.0 million.

 

    The Company Might Have to Write-Off Some Goodwill.    The carrying value of goodwill in the Company’s Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking segment was $191.4 million at June 30, 2003. Such goodwill was tested for impairment in the fourth quarter of 2002 in accordance with FASB Statement No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”, and found to not be impaired. However, if securities market conditions worsen or if there is a prolonged downturn in retail securities trading volumes, the Company might conclude, in the future, that all or a portion of such goodwill is impaired and must be written off.

 

The Company May Be Required to Recognize in its Earnings “Other Than Temporary Impairment” Charges on its Investments in Fixed Maturity and Equity Securities, as Well as Mark to Market Losses on Certain of its Venture Capital Investments

 

Management’s assessment of whether an investment in a debt or equity security is other than temporarily impaired is based primarily on the following factors:

 

    Management’s analysis of the issuer’s financial condition and trends therein;

 

    the value of any collateral or guaranty;

 

    the investment’s position in the issuer’s capital structure;

 

    Management’s analysis of industry fundamentals;

 

    Management’s assessment of the macro economic outlook; and

 

    the consideration of other factors, including: any actions by rating agencies affecting the issuer, the period of time the fair value of a security has been at less than its cost, the Company’s expectations regarding the period of time required for a recovery of any current unrealized loss, and other relevant facts regarding the issuer.

 

Changes in the factors discussed above (particularly, a sustained or continuing decline in the prices of securities or a deterioration in the credit quality of issuers or a deterioration in industry or issuer fundamentals or in the macro economic outlook) may significantly affect the Company’s determination of whether a security is “other than temporarily impaired”, which may require the Company to recognize an “other than temporary impairment” charge that could be material to its financial position and results of operations. See—Investments—Other Than Temporary Impairment Charges On Investments in Fixed Maturity Securities and Common Stocks.

 

The Company makes investments in partnerships specializing in venture capital investing. The Company’s investments are in the form of limited partnership interests. The Company generally limits these investments to no more than 2.0% to 3.0% of its total invested assets. In accordance with GAAP, certain of the Company’s investments in these partnerships are accounted for under the equity method of accounting, while the balance of the portfolio is accounted for at estimated fair value with changes in fair value recorded in other comprehensive income. Generally, substantially all the Company’s partnership investments acquired before May 1995 are accounted for at fair value, while those acquired on or after May 1995 are accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Because the underlying partnerships are required under GAAP to mark their investment portfolios to market and report changes in such market value through their earnings, the Company’s earnings will reflect

 

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the pro rata share of such mark to market adjustment if the Company accounts for the partnership investment under the equity method. With respect to partnerships accounted for at fair value, there will be no impact on the Company’s earnings until: (i) the underlying investments held by the partnership are distributed to the Company by the partnership, or (ii) the underlying investments held by the partnership are sold by the partnership and the proceeds distributed to the Company, or (iii) an impairment of the Company’s investment in the partnership is determined to exist. Historically, venture capital investments have had a significant impact on the Company’s earnings. The Company’s future earnings from venture capital investments could be adversely affected when market valuations deteriorate, which could materially affect the Company’s results of operations and financial position. At June 30, 2003, the carrying value of the Company’s venture capital investments was $190.9 million, of which $92.6 million was accounted for under the equity method and $98.3 million was accounted for at fair value.

 

Further Declines in Securities Market Prices Could Increase the Company’s Liabilities and Expenses

 

    Certain of the Company’s annuity products have contractual provisions which guarantee minimum death benefits. These provisions require the Company to pay the beneficiary any excess of the guaranteed minimum benefit over the fund value of the annuity contract in addition to the payment of the fund value. It is the Company’s practice to establish reserves for the payment of any guaranteed minimum death benefit claims on the basis of its outlook for mortality experience and the amount at risk on the annuity contracts. At June 30, 2003, the Company’s net amount at risk (or the aggregate amount by which the guaranteed values exceeded the cash values of the Company’s in force annuity contracts) totaled approximately $602.0 million. At June 30, 2003, the Company carried a reserve of approximately $5.4 million with respect to such claims. However, additional reserves for such claims may need to be established, particularly if there is a sustained or continuing deterioration in the securities markets. In addition, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) is deliberating the issuance of guidance concerning the establishment of such reserves. This guidance may require the Company to change its methodology for determining the amount of reserves that should be established for such claims. Accordingly, upon the adoption of any new guidance issued by the AICPA, the Company might then have to establish additional reserves.

 

Further Declines in Securities Market Prices Could Decrease Our Revenues

 

    As discussed above under the caption “General Discussion of Factors Affecting Profitability, revenues from the Company’s separate account and mutual fund products depend, in large part, upon the amount of assets it has under management. Accordingly, a continuing or sustained deterioration in the securities markets can adversely affect the Company’s revenues which could be material to its results of operations and financial position.

 

Continuing Weakness in the Securities Markets Could Result in Increased Pension Costs

 

   

As required under GAAP, both the rate of return assumption for 2002 on assets funding the Company’s pension liabilities and the discount rate used to determine those liabilities were established at the end of December 31, 2001. The Company made these assumptions on the basis of historical returns on such assets, its outlook for future returns, the long-term outlook for such returns in the marketplace, and yields available on high-quality corporate bonds. However, due to deteriorating economic conditions, the decline in securities market valuations and interest rates, the Company lowered both its assumed rate of return assumption from 10.0% to 8.0% and the discount rate assumption from 7.3% to 6.6%, which will cause an increase in the Company’s net periodic pension expense in 2003 and thereafter. In addition, the deterioration of the securities markets during 2002 resulted in a decline in the fair value of the assets funding the Company’s pension obligations. As a result, the Company’s net periodic pension expense will increase in 2003 and thereafter due to the requirement under GAAP to amortize unrealized gains and losses through net periodic pension costs over a period of time. The Company expects that the effect of changing the assumed rate of return on assets funding the Company’s pension liabilities and

 

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the decline in the fair value of such assets, as well as changing the discount rate, will result in lower earnings in 2003 of approximately $23.0 million before tax, as compared to those reported in 2002. In addition, a continuing deterioration in the securities markets may require further changes in the assumed rate of return on assets funding the Company’s pension liabilities and the discount rate, which may have a material adverse affect on the Company’s results of operations and financial position.

 

    While the market value of assets funding the Company’s tax-qualified defined benefit pension liabilities (RISPE) exceeded the Company’s tax-qualified defined benefit Accumulated Benefit Obligation (ABO) at December 31, 2002, any unfunded ABO at December 31, 2003 will either cause the Company to contribute assets to the pension plan in an amount sufficient to eliminate any unfunded ABO or, as required by GAAP, the Company will be required to charge to comprehensive income the full amount of any prepaid benefit cost at such date. At June 30, 2003, prepaid benefit costs aggregated $141.9 million. While management expects that, in the event of an underfunded position, it would make a contribution to the Company’s pension plan to avoid such a charge to comprehensive income, this will ultimately depend upon the total amount of any such underfunding, which largely is dependent upon the market values of assets backing the pension plan, and the ABO, at December 31, 2003. It should be noted that, in the event a company is required to charge its prepaid benefit cost asset to comprehensive income due to an underfunded position, in accordance with GAAP, a company may reestablish that asset if the market value of assets supporting the pension plan increases, the ABO decreases, and/or subsequent contributions increase plan assets to the level of the ABO.

 

The Company’s Expenses May Increase if it Chooses or Becomes Required to Adopt the Fair Value Recognition Provisions of SFAS No. 123 Accounting for Stock Based Compensation (“SFAS 123”) and Recognize Expense for the Issuance of Certain Employee Stock Based Compensation

 

    Presently there is a significant debate within industry, the accounting profession and among securities analysts and regulators as to the propriety of the current generally accepted accounting practice provided in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“Opinion No. 25”), which provides for the application of the intrinsic value based method of accounting. For certain stock based compensation plans (including certain stock option plans), the guidance provided in Opinion No. 25 does not require companies to recognize compensation expense. Recently, certain companies, in response to this debate, have announced their intention to adopt the generally accepted accounting guidance prescribed under SFAS 123, which provides for the application of the fair value based method of accounting. In accordance with this method, all forms of employee stock-based compensation are measured at fair value at the date of grant and expensed over the requisite service or vesting period. If the Company chooses to adopt these provisions of SFAS No. 123 or if it becomes required to adopt such provisions as a result of action by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the adoption will result in additional expense recognition in an amount that may be material to the Company’s results of operations.

 

Segments

 

The Company’s business is organized in three principal reportable segments: the “Protection Products” segment, the “Accumulation Products” segment, and the “Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking” segment. Substantially all of the Company’s other business activities are combined and reported in the “Other Products” segment. Certain amounts, which are not allocated to the segments, are reported as reconciling items. Reconciling items are principally comprised of: (i) revenues and expenses associated with contracts issued by MONY Life relating to its employee benefit plans, (ii) revenues and expenses of the MONY Group, (iii) revenues and expenses of MONY Holdings, since its formation and commencement of operations in 2002—see Note 1 to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, and (iv) certain charges associated with the Company’s reorganization activities—see Note 10 to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Critical Accounting Policies

 

Preparation of the Company’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires the application of accounting policies that often involve significant use of judgment. Differences between estimated and actual results and changes in facts and circumstances that cause management to revise its estimates may materially affect the Company’s results of operations and financial position.

 

The interim financial data as of June 30, 2003 and for the six-months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002 is unaudited; however, in the opinion of the Company, the interim data includes all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair statement of results for the interim periods.

 

The following is a discussion of the critical accounting policies that, in the Company’s view, require significant use of judgment. See Note 3 of the Consolidated Financial Statement included in the MONY Group’s 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K for a complete description of the Company’s significant accounting policies.

 

Investments—

 

The Company records investments in fixed maturity securities and equity securities available for sale, trading account securities and certain investments in venture capital partnerships at fair value in its consolidated balance sheet. In most cases, the Company determines fair values using quoted market prices. However, the valuation of certain investments, such as private placement fixed maturity securities, requires the use of assumptions and estimates related to interest rates, default rates, and the timing of cash flows because quoted market prices are not available. At June 30, 2003, the carrying value of private placement fixed maturity securities was $3,105.1 million.

 

The Company records changes in the fair values of investments in fixed maturity and equity securities available for sale that are not considered to be “other than temporarily impaired” in other comprehensive income. The Company reports changes in the value of venture capital investments accounted for using the equity method, and trading securities in the consolidated statement of operations. For investments the Company considers to be “other than temporarily impaired”, the Company records an impairment loss, which is reflected in realized gains and (losses) on investments. See—Investments—Other Than Temporary Impairment Charges On Investments in Fixed Maturity Securities and Common Stocks. Determining whether a security is “other than temporarily impaired” requires the use of estimates and significant judgment. The Company’s financial position and results of operations are therefore affected by changes in circumstances that affect the value of these investments and the Company’s determination as to whether the investments are “other than temporarily impaired”.

 

The Company records mortgage loans on real estate at their unpaid principal balances, net of valuation allowances. Valuation allowances are established for the excess of the carrying value of a mortgage loan over its estimated fair value when the loan is considered to be impaired. Mortgage loans are considered to be impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Estimated fair value is based on either the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s original effective interest rate, or the loan’s observable market price (if considered to be a practical expedient), or the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent and if foreclosure of the loan is considered probable. In addition, the Company records an estimate for incurred but not reported defaults. The Company bases its estimate for incurred but not reported defaults on historical default rates and the current mortgage portfolio composition. The Company’s financial position and operating results are therefore sensitive to: (i) changes in the estimated cash flows from mortgages, (ii) the value of the collateral, and (iii) changes in the economic environment in general. At June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002, the valuation allowance on these mortgage loans was $2.1 million and $14.7 million, respectively.

 

Deferred policy acquisition costs and insurance reserves—

 

The Company values DPAC and insurance reserves in accordance with the relevant GAAP pronouncements: generally Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) 60 for term and whole life

 

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insurance products, SFAS 97 for universal life and investment-type contracts, and SFAS 120 for traditional participating life insurance contracts. The valuation of DPAC and insurance reserves requires management to assume future investment yields, mortality rates, lapse rates, expense levels, policyholder dividends and policy duration. For many of the Company’s products, amortization of DPAC varies with profit margins of the policies and contracts supporting the DPAC balances. The Company must periodically evaluate the recoverability of DPAC and the adequacy of its reserves based on historical and projected future results. Changes in management’s assumptions or actual results that differ significantly from management’s estimates may materially affect the Company’s financial position and results of operations. See—Potential Forward Looking Risks Affecting Profitability.

 

Goodwill and intangible assets—

 

The Company’s assets include goodwill and intangible assets, which are primarily related to its 2001 acquisition of Advest. In accordance with SFAS 142, the Company must reevaluate the valuation of the goodwill and intangible assets at least annually by comparing the fair value and carrying value of the reporting unit to which the goodwill and intangible assets relate. If the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, the Company must recognize an impairment loss for the excess of carrying value over fair value. The estimate of a reporting unit’s fair value considers various valuation methodologies and in certain cases, requires the use of assumptions and estimates regarding the reporting unit’s future cash flows and discount rates. Changes in the business supporting the goodwill and intangible assets may affect management’s assessment of the recoverability of goodwill and intangible assets. See—Potential Forward Looking Risks Affecting Profitability.

 

Litigation, contingencies and restructuring charges—

 

Accounting for litigation, contingencies and restructuring charges requires the Company to estimate the expected costs of events which have already occurred but which the Company has not completely resolved. As discussed in Note 5 to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company is party to various legal actions and proceedings in connection with its businesses. To the extent the losses are probable and reasonably estimable, the Company records liabilities related to these matters in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 5 and Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation 14. Judgments or settlements exceeding established loss reserves or changes in the circumstances requiring management to update its loss estimate may materially affect the Company’s financial position and results of operations.

 

As discussed in Note 10 to the MONY Group’s Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, in both 2002 and 2001 the Company established reserves related to the reorganization of certain of its businesses. These reserves are primarily related to the estimated costs of employee terminations and benefits, lease abandonments and other costs directly related to the Company’s reorganization plans and incremental to the Company’s normal operating costs. Although management does not expect significant changes to its reorganization plans, the actual costs related to these plans may differ from management’s estimates.

 

Other Significant Estimates—

 

In addition to the items discussed above, the application of GAAP requires management to make other estimates and assumptions. For example, accounting for pension and other post-retirement and post-employment benefits requires estimates of future returns on plan assets, expected increases in compensation levels and trends in health care costs. See—Potential Forward Looking Risks Affecting Profitability. Another example is the recognition of deferred tax assets, which depends upon management’s assumptions with respect to the Company’s ability to realize the deferred tax benefit.

 

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Summary of Financial Results

 

The following tables present the Company’s consolidated and segmented results of operations for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002. The discussion following these tables discusses the Company’s consolidated and segmented results of operations.

 

     For the Three-month Period Ended June 30, 2003

     Protection

   Accumulation

   Retail
Brokerage and
Investment
Banking


   Other

    Reconciling

    Consolidated

     ($ in millions)

Revenues:

                                           

Premiums

   $ 164.7    $ 7.2    $ —      $ 1.9     $ —       $ 173.8

Universal life and investment-type product policy fees

     44.0      10.6      —        (0.1 )     —         54.5

Net investment income

     162.3      26.2      0.1      5.9       6.6       201.1

Net realized gains/(losses) on investments

     10.7      3.3      —        1.1       (0.1 )     15.0

Group Pension Profits

     —        —        —        —         —         —  

Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking revenues

     —        —        108.9      —         —         108.9

Other income

     17.3      26.6      —        6.3       1.0       51.2
    

  

  

  


 


 

       399.0      73.9      109.0      15.1       7.5       604.5
    

  

  

  


 


 

Benefits and Expenses:

                                           

Benefits to policyholders

     195.2      12.4      —        2.6       1.0       211.2

Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances

     17.9      14.0      —        2.1       —         34.0

Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs

     28.0      0.8      —        —         —         28.8

Dividends to policyholders

     59.7      0.3      —        0.4       —         60.4

Other operating costs and expenses

     76.7      31.5      106.1      8.7       20.0       243.0
    

  

  

  


 


 

       377.5      59.0      106.1      13.8       21.0       577.4
    

  

  

  


 


 

Income/(loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

   $ 21.5    $ 14.9    $ 2.9    $ 1.3     $ (13.5 )     27.1
    

  

  

  


 


     

Income tax expense

                                          8.1
                                         

Net income from continuing operations

                                          19.0
                                         

Discontinued operations: Income from real estate to be disposed of, net of income tax expense of $0.9 million

                                          1.7
                                         

Net Income

                                        $ 20.7
                                         

 

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     For the Three-month Period Ended June 30, 2002

 
     Protection

    Accumulation

    Retail
Brokerage and
Investment
Banking


   Other

    Reconciling

    Consolidated

 
     ($ in millions)  

Revenues:

                                               

Premiums

   $ 164.5     $ 3.3     $ —      $ 2.1     $ —       $ 169.9  

Universal life and investment-type product policy fees

     39.8       12.6       —        0.1       —         52.5  

Net investment income

     145.4       20.5              6.5       6.4       178.8  

Net realized gains/(losses) on investments

     (16.6 )     (7.0 )     —        (2.0 )     0.1       (25.5 )

Group Pension Profits

     7.5       —         —        —         —         7.5  

Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking revenues

     —         —         100.7      —         —         100.7  

Other income

     (2.6 )     25.8       1.0      3.8       1.3       29.3  
    


 


 

  


 


 


       338.0       55.2       101.7      10.5       7.8       513.2  
    


 


 

  


 


 


Benefits and Expenses:

                                               

Benefits to policyholders

     183.5       12.4       —        1.7       1.9       199.5  

Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances

     15.0       10.8       —        2.1       —         27.9  

Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs

     30.2       7.8       —        —         —         38.0  

Dividends to policyholders

     56.2       0.3       —        0.3       —         56.8  

Other operating costs and expenses

     53.3       30.3       101.0      9.0       13.5       207.1  
    


 


 

  


 


 


       338.2       61.6       101.0      13.1       15.4       529.3  
    


 


 

  


 


 


(Loss)/income before income taxes

   $ (0.2 )   $ (6.4 )   $ 0.7    $ (2.6 )   $ (7.6 )     (16.1 )
    


 


 

  


 


       

Income tax (benefit)

                                            (5.1 )
                                           


Net loss

                                          $ (11.0 )
                                           


 

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     For the Six-month Period Ended June 30, 2003

     Protection

   Accumulation

   Retail
Brokerage and
Investment
Banking


   Other

    Reconciling

    Consolidated

     ($ in millions)

Revenues:

                                           

Premiums

   $ 325.5    $ 10.9    $ —      $ 4.2     $ —       $ 340.6

Universal life and investment-type product policy fees

     86.4      20.5      —        0.6       —         107.5

Net investment income

     305.2      47.5      0.1      9.8       13.6       376.2

Net realized gains on investments

     18.2      6.6      —        2.1       4.7       31.6

Group Pension Profits

     —        —        —        —         —         —  

Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking revenues

     —        —        203.5      —         —         203.5

Other income

     20.4      48.7      4.0      12.3       2.8       88.2
    

  

  

  


 


 

       755.7      134.2      207.6      29.0       21.1       1,147.6
    

  

  

  


 


 

Benefits and Expenses:

                                           

Benefits to policyholders

     374.7      24.2      —        6.0       2.6       407.5

Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances

     36.1      27.3      —        4.5       —         67.9

Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs

     55.6      4.2      —        —         —         59.8

Dividends to policyholders

     121.2      0.6      —        0.5       —         122.3

Other operating costs and expenses

     133.1      59.5      205.8      18.9       38.9       456.2
    

  

  

  


 


 

       720.7      115.8      205.8      29.9       41.5       1,113.7
    

  

  

  


 


 

Income/(loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

   $ 35.0    $ 18.4    $ 1.8    $ (0.9 )   $ (20.4 )     33.9
    

  

  

  


 


     

Income tax expense

                                          9.6
                                         

Net income from continuing operations

                                          24.3
                                         

Discontinued operations: Income from real estate to be disposed of, net of income tax expense of $2.1 million

                                          4.0
                                         

Net income

                                        $ 28.3
                                         

 

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     For the Six-month Period Ended June 30, 2002

 
     Protection

    Accumulation

    Retail
Brokerage and
Investment
Banking


    Other

    Reconciling

    Consolidated

 
     ($ in millions)  

Revenues:

                                                

Premiums

   $ 324.9     $ 4.8     $ —       $ 4.6     $ —       $ 334.3  

Universal life and investment-type product policy fees

     75.5       24.7       —         1.3       —         101.5  

Net investment income

     299.1       41.7       —         13.2       12.2       366.2  

Net realized gains/(losses) on investments

     (18.6 )     (7.2 )     —         (2.2 )     0.1       (27.9 )

Group Pension Profits

     15.2       —         —         —         —         15.2  

Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking revenues

     —         —         193.8       —         —         193.8  

Other income

     3.2       51.6       1.0       8.8       2.9       67.5  
    


 


 


 


 


 


       699.3       115.6       194.8       25.7       15.2       1,050.6  
    


 


 


 


 


 


Benefits and Expenses:

                                                

Benefits to policyholders

     359.5       18.6       —         7.8       4.3       390.2  

Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances

     30.4       21.2       —         4.3       (0.1 )     55.8  

Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs

     57.1       13.7       —         —         —         70.8  

Dividends to policyholders

     117.1       0.6       —         0.6       —         118.3  

Other operating costs and expenses

     109.9       59.4       194.9       20.2       26.1       410.5  
    


 


 


 


 


 


       674.0       113.5       194.9       32.9       30.3       1,045.6  
    


 


 


 


 


 


Income/(loss) before income taxes

   $ 25.3     $ 2.1     $ (0.1 )   $ (7.2 )   $ (15.1 )     5.0  
    


 


 


 


 


       

Income tax expense

                                             1.7  
                                            


Net income

                                           $ 3.3  
                                            


 

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Three-month Period Ended June 30, 2003 Compared to the Three-month Period Ended June 30, 2002

 

Premiums—

 

Premium revenue was $173.8 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $3.9 million, or 2.3%, from $169.9 million reported for the comparable prior year period. The increase was primarily the result of increased premiums in the Accumulation Products segments. Premium revenue in the Protection Products and Other Products segments remained relatively flat over the comparable prior year period. The following table summarizes the components of premium revenue recorded in each of the Company’s segments for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively,

 

     For the Three-month
Periods Ended
June,


 
     2003

    2002

 
     ($ in millions)  

Protection Products segment:

                

Single premiums

   $ 31.8     $ 32.4  

New premiums

     5.4       4.2  

Renewal premiums

     113.3       117.8  

Premiums ceded

     (11.5 )     (9.8 )
    


 


Total premiums, excluding USFL

     139.0       144.6  

USFL

     25.7       19.9  
    


 


Other

     —         —    

Total Protection Products segment

     164.7       164.5  
    


 


Accumulation Products segment

     7.2       3.3  

Other Products segment

     1.9       2.1  
    


 


Total Premiums

   $ 173.8     $ 169.9  
    


 


 

Premium revenue in the Protection Products segment, excluding USFL, decreased by $5.6 million from the comparable prior year period, primarily due to a decrease in single and renewal premiums on individual life of $0.7 million and $4.5 million, respectively, attributable mostly to the run-off of the Closed Block business. The decrease in single and renewal premiums in the Closed Block was partially offset by an increase in new premiums on Level Term and Whole Life business of $1.2 million.

 

USFL’s premiums were $25.7 million and $19.9 million for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The increase in USFL’s premiums was primarily due to an increase in renewal premiums attributable to the growth of its in-force block of business. Higher new premiums on special risk insurance products attributable to the increased penetration of the broker market into more states also contributed to the increase in USFL’s premiums.

 

The increase in premiums in the Accumulation Products segment from $3.3 million to $7.2 million was primarily due to an increase in life contingent immediate annuity sales. The life contingent immediate annuity product is very competitively priced, which has helped improve sales of the product.

 

Universal life and investment-type product policy fees—

 

Universal life and investment-type product policy fees were $54.5 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $2.0 million, or 3.8% from $52.5 million reported for the comparable prior year period. The increase was primarily a result of higher fees in the Protection Products segment of $4.2 million, partially offset by lower fees in the Accumulation Products and Other Products segments of $2.0 million and $0.2 million, respectively. The increase in the Protection Products segment was primarily due to an increase in Universal Life (“UL”) fees of $7.2 million, partially offset by decreases in Corporate Sponsored Variable

 

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Universal Life (“CSVUL”) and Variable Universal Life (“VUL”) fees of $2.1 million and $0.9 million, respectively, net of reinsurance. The increase in the UL in-force block and upgraded product features resulted in increased Cost of Insurance (“COI”), loading and surrender charges of $1.6 million, $0.4 million, and $0.4 million, respectively. A reduction of $4.8 million in reinsurance reserves and amounts ceded also contributed to the increase in UL fees. The decreases in CSVUL and VUL were primarily attributable to a decrease in the amount of unearned revenue that was recognized of $2.5 million and $0.8 million, respectively. Partially offsetting the decrease in unearned revenue on the CSVUL product was an increase in COI charges of $0.4 million.

 

The decrease in the Accumulation Products segment was primarily due to lower Flexible Premium Variable Annuity (“FPVA”) mortality and expense charges of $1.6 million due primarily to lower average separate account fund balances and a $0.4 million decrease in other FPVA charges. Annuity assets under management in the separate accounts were $2.9 billion at June 30, 2003 compared to $3.0 billion at June 30, 2002. The decrease in the Other Products segment was due to lower fees earned on administrative charges, attributable to a reduction of the in-force block.

 

Net investment income and realized gains/(losses) on investments—

 

Net investment income was $201.1 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $22.3 million, or 12.5%, from $178.8 million reported for the corresponding prior year period. The increase in net investment income consisted primarily of: (i) a $15.1 million increase in income from investments in venture capital partnerships to income of $10.4 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, from a loss of $4.7 million for the comparable prior year period and (ii) a net increase of $8.0 million attributable to a substantially higher average asset balance in fixed maturity securities offset by a decline in interest rates. The annualized yield on the Company’s invested assets, including limited partnership interests, before and after realized gains/(losses) on invested assets was 6.9% and 7.4%, respectively, for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, as compared to 6.4% and 5.5%, respectively, for the comparable prior year period. See—Investments.

 

As of June 30, 2003, the Company had approximately $11.7 million of additional pre-tax gains related to venture capital limited partnership investments that may be recognized in earnings in the future subject to market fluctuation.

 

Net realized gains were $15.0 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $40.5 million, from losses of $25.5 million reported for the comparable prior year period. The following table sets forth the components of net realized gains and (losses) by investment category for the periods presented.

 

     For the
Three-month
Periods Ended
June 30,


 
     2003

    2002

 
     ($ in millions)  

Real estate

   $ (0.4 )   $ (6.8 )

Equity securities

     0.6       (4.4 )

Fixed maturity securities

     9.8       (16.5 )

Mortgage loans

     9.6       0.9  

Other

     (4.6 )     1.3  
    


 


     $ 15.0     $ (25.5 )
    


 


 

Group Pension Profits—

 

The Group Pension Transaction and the related Group Pension Profits ceased as of December 31, 2002. Refer to Note 4 of the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included herein for

 

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information regarding the Group Pension Transaction, the Group Pension Profits and the Final Value Payment, along with certain summary financial information relating thereto.

 

Group Pension Profits for the three-month period ended June 30, 2002 were $7.5 million.

 

Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking revenues—

 

Retail brokerage and investment banking revenues were $108.9 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $8.2 million, or 8.1%, from $100.7 million reported for the comparable prior year period. The market upturn and an improved retail investing environment in the three-month period ended June 30, 2003 contributed to the increase in retail brokerage and investment banking revenues. Advest had revenues of $95.4 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $7.0 million or 7.9% from $88.4 million reported for the comparable prior year period. The increase was primarily due to higher revenues earned from principal transactions, primarily fixed income commissions and trading profits, and investment banking revenues, partially offset by lower asset management fees and commissions from transactions where Advest acts as agent. Revenues from MSC increased to $12.8 million from $11.8 million in the comparable prior year period due to higher commission fee income, while Matrix revenues increased to $0.7 million from $0.5 million in the comparable prior year period due to higher mergers and acquisition related fees.

 

The following table presents the components of retail brokerage and investment banking revenues for the periods presented.

 

     For the
Three-month
Periods Ended
June 30,


     2003

   2002

     ($ in millions)

Commissions

   $ 43.5    $ 43.0

Interest

     7.5      9.4

Principal transactions(1)

     33.1      24.6

Asset management and administration

     12.7      13.1

Investment banking

     11.4      8.8

Other

     0.7      1.8
    

  

Total retail brokerage and investment banking revenues

   $ 108.9    $ 100.7
    

  


(1)   Includes commissions and trading profits from trading securities where Advest acts as principal.

 

Other income—

 

Other income (which consists primarily of fees earned by the Company’s mutual fund management and insurance brokerage operations, as well as certain asset management fees, and other miscellaneous revenues) was $51.2 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $21.9 million, or 74.7%, from $29.3 million reported for the comparable prior year period. The increase was primarily due to higher income in the Protection Products, Accumulation Products and Other Products segments of $19.9 million, $0.8 million and $2.5 million, respectively, partially offset by decreased income in the Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking segment of $1.0 million.

 

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The following table summarizes the components of other income recorded in each of the Company’s segments for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

 

     For the
Three-month
Periods Ended
June 30,


 
     2003

   2002

 
     ($ in millions)  

Corporate Owned Life Insurance (“COLI”)

   $ 7.9    $ (4.5 )

Reinsurance allowances

     2.7      1.9  

Other miscellaneous

     6.7      —    
    

  


Total Protection Products segment

   $ 17.3    $ (2.6 )
    

  


Accumulation Products segment

     26.6      25.8  

Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking Products segment

     —        1.0  

Other Products segment

     6.3      3.8  

Reconciling amounts

     1.0      1.3  
    

  


Total Other Income

   $ 51.2    $ 29.3  
    

  


 

The Company purchased a COLI contract to provide a funding mechanism for its non-qualified deferred compensation liabilities. The investments in the COLI contract are structured to substantially hedge the changes in the Company’s non-qualified deferred compensation liabilities. The change in such liabilities is reflected in the statement of income and comprehensive income caption entitled “other operating costs and expenses.” In the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, the change in the cash surrender value of the COLI contract allocated to the Protection Products segment was $7.9 million compared to $(4.5) million in the comparable prior year period. Increased investment management fees and higher reinsurance allowances also contributed to the increase in other income in the Protection Products segment.

 

The increase in the Accumulation Products segment was primarily due to an increase of $1.4 million in supplementary contract sales and a $0.7 million increase in the change in the cash surrender value of the COLI contract allocated to the Accumulation Products segment (for management reporting purposes, the results of the COLI contract are allocated among the segments). Partially offsetting these increases was a $0.8 million decrease in other miscellaneous income. The increase in the Other Products segment was primarily due to increased revenues from the Company’s insurance brokerage subsidiary, while the decrease in the Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking segment was due to non-recurring revenue related to an insurance settlement from the events of September 11th of $1.0 million received in 2002.

 

Benefits to policyholders—

 

Benefits to policyholders were $211.2 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $11.7 million, or 5.9%, from $199.5 million reported for the comparable prior year period. The increase consisted primarily of higher benefits in the Protection Products and Other Products segments of $11.7 million and $0.9 million, respectively, offset by lower reconciling amounts of $0.9 million. The increase of $11.7 million in the Protection Products segment was primarily attributable to (i) a $7.4 million increase in death claims in USFL, which experienced an unusually high level of death claims in the second quarter of 2003, (ii) increased death benefits on CSVUL and individual life products of $3.1 million and $1.8 million, respectively, and (iii) increased surrenders of $4.4 million on individual life. These increases were offset by a decrease of $5.0 million in the change in reserves on individual life, primarily as a result of the run-off of the Closed Block’s in-force block of business. The increased benefits in the Other Products segment were attributable to higher payments of $0.8 million relating to a reinsurance contract, and higher Association Health Ltd. benefits of $0.5 million pursuant to a claim settlement.

 

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Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances—

 

Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances was $34.0 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $6.1 million, or 21.9%, from $27.9 million reported for the comparable prior year period. The increase was primarily attributable to higher interest crediting in the Protection Products and Accumulation Products segments of $2.9 million and $3.2 million, respectively. The increase in the Protection Products segment was primarily related to higher interest crediting on CSVUL and UL business of $2.1 million and $0.6 million, respectively, due to growth in the BOLI and UL blocks of business. The increase in the Accumulation Products segment was primarily attributable to higher interest crediting of $0.9 million and $5.3 million on the FPVA and Fixed Premium Deferred Annuity (“FPDA”) products, respectively, offset by lower interest crediting of $2.7 million on SPDA products. The higher interest crediting on the FPVA and FPDA products is attributable to higher general account fund values primarily for the FPDA product, which was introduced in the second quarter of 2002.

 

Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs—

 

Amortization of DPAC was $28.8 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, a decrease of $9.2 million, or 24.2%, from $38.0 million reported for the comparable prior year period. The decrease was due to lower amortization in the Protection Products and Accumulation Products segments of $2.2 million and $7.0 million, respectively. The decrease in the Protection Products segment is primarily attributable to lower amortization of $5.6 million on CSVUL products due to higher death claims, partially offset by increased amortization of $3.7 million on the term product lines as these blocks of business continue to grow. The decrease in the Accumulation Products segment was due primarily to increased margins as a result of higher service revenue from underlying funds and an increase in future profitability due to improved market returns.

 

Dividends to policyholders—

 

Dividends to policyholders (all but a deminimus amount of which are recorded in the Protection Products segment) were $60.4 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $3.6 million, or 6.3%, from $56.8 million reported for the comparable prior year period. Dividends to policyholders can be broken down into two components, namely policyholder dividends payable in the current year and the change in the deferred dividend liability. The $3.6 million increase in dividends to policyholders was due to a period over period increase of $4.0 million in the deferred dividend liability expense, offset by a period over period decrease of $0.4 million in dividends paid to policyholders.

 

As required under GAAP, actual Closed Block earnings in excess of expected Closed Block earnings inure solely to the benefit of policyholders in the Closed Block and, accordingly, are recorded as an additional liability to Closed Block policyholders. Expected cash flows from the in force policies in the Closed Block were forecasted for each year over the estimated life of the policies in the Closed Block in order to determine the amount of assets to allocate to the Closed Block in order to provide sufficient funding for payment of policyholder liabilities and dividends in the Closed Block, as well as certain expenses, as more fully discussed in Note 6 to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included herein. The expected emergence of earnings from such cash flows is referred to as the “glide path earnings”. The aforementioned additional liability (which represents the actual Closed Block earnings in excess of expected Closed Block glide path earnings) is referred to as the deferred dividend liability. The deferred dividend liability was $66.5 million at June 30, 2003.

 

Other operating costs and expenses—

 

Other operating costs and expenses were $243.0 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $35.9 million, or 17.3%, from $207.1 million reported for the corresponding prior year period. The increase was primarily attributable to increases in the Protection Products, Accumulation Products, and Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking segments of $23.4 million, $1.2 million, and $5.1 million, respectively, as well as an increase in reconciling amounts of $6.5 million. The increase in the Protection Products segment was primarily attributable to higher costs related to the Company’s employee benefit plans of $17.9 million and

 

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higher commission and other general expenses of $5.6 million. The increase in the Accumulation Products segment was primarily attributable to higher costs related to the Company’s employee benefit plans of $2.8 million, partially offset by a decrease in miscellaneous expenses of $1.6 million. Non-qualified deferred compensation is a significant component of the Company’s employee benefit plans. The Company purchased a COLI contract to provide a funding mechanism for the non-qualified deferred compensation liabilities. The investments in the COLI contract are structured to substantially hedge the changes in the Company’s non-qualified deferred compensation liabilities. The cash surrender value of the COLI contract is reflected in the statement of income and comprehensive income caption entitled “other income.” The increase in the Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking segment was primarily attributable to increases in employee compensation and other benefit expenses of $5.8 million and higher miscellaneous expenses of $2.6 million, partially offset by lower interest expense of $3.3 million. The increase in reconciling amounts relates primarily to an increase in interest expense of $3.0 million, a severance charge of $1.1 million and an increase in other expenses of $2.5 million. The increased interest expense relates primarily to the issuance of the Insured Notes on April 30, 2002 (see Notes 7 and 8 to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements), and the severance charge relates to the merging of MONY Asset Management, Inc.’s operations into Boston Advisors (see Note 10 to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements).

 

The Company recorded a federal income tax expense of $9.0 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003 compared to a benefit of $5.1 million in the comparable prior year period. The Company’s effective rate for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003 decreased to 30.4% from 31.7% in the comparable prior year period due to changes in estimates of permanent tax differences, which include changes in the value of the Company’s COLI contract and the dividends received deduction.

 

Six-month Period Ended June 30, 2003 Compared to the Six-month Period Ended June 30, 2002

 

Premiums—

 

Premium revenue was $340.6 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $6.3 million, or 1.9%, from $334.3 million reported for the comparable prior year period. The increase was primarily the result of increased premiums in the Protection Products and Accumulation Products segments of $0.6 million and $6.1 million, respectively, partially offset by a decrease in the Other Products segment of $0.4 million. The following table summarizes the components of premium revenue recorded in each of the Company’s segments for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively,

 

     For the Six-month
Periods Ended
June 30,


 
     2003

    2002

 
     ($ in millions)  

Protection Products segment:

                

Single premiums

   $ 61.2     $ 61.9  

New premiums

     10.9       8.1  

Renewal premiums

     224.1       232.3  

Premiums ceded

     (21.3 )     (17.0 )
    


 


Total premiums, excluding USFL and other

     274.9       285.3  

USFL

     50.6       39.5  
    


 


Other

     —         0.1  
    


 


Total Protection Products segment

     325.5       324.9  
    


 


Accumulation Products segment

     10.9       4.8  

Other Products segment

     4.2       4.6  
    


 


Total Premiums

   $ 340.6     $ 334.3  
    


 


 

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Premium revenue in the Protection Products segment, excluding USFL, decreased $10.4 million, primarily due to a reduction in single and renewal premiums on individual life of $0.7 million and $8.2 million, respectively, attributable mostly to the run-off of the Closed Block business. The decrease in single and renewal premiums was partially offset by an increase in new premiums on Level Term and Whole Life business of $2.8 million.

 

USFL’s premiums were $50.6 million and $39.5 million for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The increase in USFL’s premiums was primarily due to an increase in renewal premiums attributable to the growth of the in-force block of business. Higher new premiums on special risk insurance products attributable to the increased penetration of the broker market into more states also contributed to the increase in USFL’s premiums.

 

The increase in premiums in the Accumulation Products segment from $4.8 million to $10.9 million was primarily due to an increase in life contingent immediate annuity sales. The life contingent immediate annuity product is very competitively priced, which has helped improve sales of the product.

 

Universal life and investment-type product policy fees—

 

Universal life and investment-type product policy fees were $107.5 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $6.0 million, or 5.9% from $101.5 million reported for the comparable prior year period. The increase was primarily a result of higher fees in the Protection Products segment of $10.9 million, partially offset by lower fees in the Accumulation Products and Other Products segments of $4.2 million and $0.7 million, respectively. The increase in the Protection Products segment was primarily due to increases in UL, VUL and CSVUL fees of $8.7 million, $3.5 million, and $0.4 million, respectively, net of reinsurance. The increase in UL fees was primarily due to higher COI and loading charges, partially offset by lower reinsurance charges, while the increases in CSVUL and VUL fees were primarily attributable to an increase in COI charges and an increase in the amount of unearned revenue that was recognized. These increases were partially offset by an increase of $2.1 million relating to certain reinsurance attributable to protection products.

 

The decrease in the Accumulation Products segment was primarily due to lower FPVA mortality and expense charges of $4.2 million due to lower average separate account fund balances. Annuity assets under management in the separate accounts were $2.9 billion at June 30, 2003 compared to $3.0 billion at June 30, 2002. The decrease in the Other Products segment was due to lower fees earned on administrative charges, attributable to a reduction of the in-force block.

 

Net investment income and realized gains/(losses) on investments—

 

Net investment income was $376.2 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $10.0 million, or 2.7%, from $366.2 million reported for the corresponding prior year period. The increase in net investment income consisted primarily of an $11.8 million increase in income from investments in fixed maturity securities, and a $2.8 million increase in income from mortgage loans on real estate. Partially offsetting these increases was a $4.7 million decrease in income relating to real estate investments. The annualized yield on the Company’s invested assets, including limited partnership interests, before and after realized gains/(losses) on invested assets was 6.5% and 7.0%, respectively, for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, as compared to 6.6% and 6.1%, respectively, for the comparable prior year period. See—Investments.

 

As of June 30, 2003, the Company had approximately $11.7 million of additional pre-tax gains related to venture capital limited partnership investments that may be recognized in earnings in the future subject to market fluctuation.

 

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Net realized gains were $31.6 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $59.5 million, from losses of $27.9 million reported for the comparable prior year period. The following table sets forth the components of net realized gains and (losses) by investment category for the periods presented.

 

     For the
Six-month
Periods Ended
June 30,


 
     2003

    2002

 
     ($ in millions)  

Real estate

   $ 2.2     $ (10.4 )

Equity securities

     (2.9 )     (5.5 )

Fixed maturity securities

     26.2       (11.7 )

Mortgage loans

     11.0       (1.6 )

Other

     (4.9 )     1.3  
    


 


     $ 31.6     $ (27.9 )
    


 


 

Group Pension Profits—

 

The Group Pension Transaction and the related Group Pension Profits ceased as of December 31, 2002. Refer to Note 4 of the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included herein for information regarding the Group Pension Transaction, the Group Pension Profits and the Final Value Payment, along with certain summary financial information relating thereto.

 

Group Pension Profits for the six-month period ended June 30, 2002 were $15.2 million.

 

Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking Revenues—

 

Retail brokerage and investment banking revenues were $203.5 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $9.7 million, or 5.0%, from $193.8 million reported for the comparable prior year period. The increase was attributable to increased revenues from Advest and Matrix, partially offset by a slight decrease in revenues from MSC. Advest had revenues of $179.6 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003 compared to $170.4 million reported for the comparable prior year period, an increase of $9.2 million or 5.4%. The increase was primarily due to higher institutional corporate bond sales and investment banking revenues, offset by lower asset management fees and commissions from transactions where Advest acts as agent. Matrix revenues increased to $1.6 million from $0.8 million in the six-month period ended June 30, 2002 due to higher mergers and acquisition related fees attributable to growth in Matrix’s business. Revenues from MSC decreased slightly to $22.2 million from $22.6 million in the comparable prior year period.

 

The following table presents the components of retail brokerage and investment banking revenues for the periods presented.

 

     For the
Six-month
Periods Ended
June 30,


     2003

   2002

     ($ in millions)

Commissions

   $ 77.8    $ 85.4

Interest

     14.6      18.1

Principal transactions

     65.1      47.3

Asset management and administration(1)

     25.6      26.1

Investment banking

     18.5      14.0

Other

     1.9      2.9
    

  

Total retail brokerage and investment banking revenues

   $ 203.5    $ 193.8
    

  


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Other income—

 

Other income (which consists primarily of fees earned by the Company’s mutual fund management and insurance brokerage operations, as well as certain asset management fees, and other miscellaneous revenues) was $88.2 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $20.7 million, or 30.7%, from $67.5 million reported for the comparable prior year period. The increase was due primarily to higher income in the Protection Products, Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking, and Other Products segments of $17.2 million, $3.0 million and $3.5 million, respectively, partially offset by decreased income in the Accumulation Products segment of $2.9 million. The following table summarizes the components of other income recorded in each of the Company’s segment for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

 

     For the
Six-month
Periods Ended
June 30,


 
     2003

   2002

 
     ($ in millions)  

Corporate Owned Life Insurance (“COLI”)

   $ 5.8    $ (3.3 )

Reinsurance allowances

     6.3      5.2  

Other miscellaneous

     8.3      1.3  
    

  


Total Protection Products segment

   $ 20.4    $ 3.2  
    

  


Accumulation Products segment

     48.7      51.6  

Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking Products segment

     4.0      1.0  

Other Products segment

     12.3      8.8  

Reconciling amounts

     2.8      2.9  
    

  


Total Other Income

   $ 88.2    $ 67.5  
    

  


 

The Company purchased a COLI contract to provide a funding mechanism for its non-qualified deferred compensation liabilities. The investments in the COLI contract are structured to substantially hedge the changes in the Company’s non-qualified deferred compensation liabilities. The change in such liabilities is reflected in the statement of income and comprehensive income caption entitled “other operating costs and expenses.” In the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, the change in the cash surrender value of the COLI contract allocated to the Protection Products segment was $5.8 million compared to $(3.3) million in the comparable prior year period. This decrease was partially offset by an increase in investment management fees and reinsurance allowances.

 

The decrease in the Accumulation Products segment is due primarily to a $7.5 million decrease in commission revenue earned by Enterprise, offset by higher supplementary contract sales of $2.9 million and higher miscellaneous income of $1.3 million. There was also a $0.3 million increase in the change in the cash surrender value of the COLI contract allocated to the Accumulation Products segment. For management reporting purposes, the results of the COLI contract are allocated among the segments. The increase in the Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking segment was due to non-recurring revenue related to an insurance settlement from the events of September 11th received in the first quarter of 2003, while the increase in the Other Products segment was primarily due to increased revenues from the Company’s insurance brokerage subsidiary.

 

Benefits to policyholders—

 

Benefits to policyholders were $407.5 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $17.3 million, or 4.4%, from $390.2 million reported for the comparable prior year period. The increase consisted primarily of higher benefits in the Protection Products and Accumulation Products segments of $15.2 million and $5.6 million, respectively, offset by lower benefits in the Other Products segment of $1.8 million. A decrease in reconciling amounts of $1.7 million also offset the increases in the Protection Products and Accumulation Products segments. The increase of $15.2 million in the Protection Products segment was

 

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primarily attributable to a $15.3 million increase in death claims in USFL, attributable to an unusually high level of claims in the first six months of 2003 compared to an unusually low level of claims in the comparable prior year period. There was also an $8.0 million increase in death benefits in the Closed Block, net of reinsurance, which was more than fully offset by a lower increase in reserves due to the run-off of the Closed Block’s in-force block of business. The increase in the Accumulation Products segment is primarily due to higher individual annuity and supplemental contract reserves of $5.8 million and $0.3 million, respectively, offset by lower benefit reserves of $0.4 million on the Company’s FPVA product as compared to the comparable prior year period. The increased reserves on individual annuities and supplemental contracts were attributable to higher sales of accumulation products, while the lower reserves for guaranteed minimum death benefits on the Company’s FPVA products were due to improving market conditions and the increase in assets under management. The decreased benefits in the Other Products segment were primarily attributable to lower payments of $0.9 million relating to a reinsurance pool, and a decrease in death and annuity benefits of $1.5 million, partially offset by higher benefits of $0.5 million.

 

Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances—

 

Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances was $67.9 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $12.1 million, or 21.7%, from $55.8 million reported for the comparable prior year period. The increase was primarily attributable to higher interest crediting in the Protection Products, Accumulation Products and Other Products segments of $5.7 million, $6.1 million, and $0.2 million, respectively. The increase in the Protection Products segment was primarily due to higher interest crediting on CSVUL and UL of $4.0 million and $1.1 million, respectively, due to higher fund balances on those products. Higher interest crediting on individual life and VUL products made up the remaining increase in the Protection Products segment. The increase in the Accumulation Products segment was primarily attributable to higher interest crediting on the FPDA and FPVA products of $5.3 million and $1.9 million, respectively, partially offset by decreased interest crediting on Single Premium Deferred Annuity (“SPDA”) business, supplemental contracts and other annuity contract business of $0.7 million, $0.2 million, and $0.1 million, respectively. The increase in interest crediting on FPDA and FPVA business was related to higher general account fund balances. The decrease in interest crediting on other annuity contract business was due to the continued run-off of this line of business, while the decrease on SPDA and supplemental contracts was due to lower average interest rates.

 

Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs—

 

Amortization of DPAC was $59.8 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, a decrease of $11.0 million, or 15.5%, from $70.8 million reported for the comparable prior year period. The decrease was due to lower amortization in the Protection Products and Accumulation Products segments of $1.5 million and $9.5 million, respectively. The decrease in the Protection Products segment was primarily attributable to: (i) lower amortization of $6.0 million and $0.8 million on the CSVUL and UL product lines, respectively, due to higher net death claims and (ii) lower amortization of approximately $3.4 million resulting from a reduction of maintenance expenses which reflects cost reductions measures instituted over the past few years in the Closed Block. These decreases were offset by increased amortization of $5.0 million and $4.0 million on term and VUL product lines, respectively, as these blocks of business continue to grow. The decrease in the Accumulation Products segment was due primarily to increased margins as a result of higher service revenue from underlying funds and an increase in future profitability due to improved market returns.

 

Dividends to policyholders—

 

Dividends to policyholders (all but a deminimus amount of which are recorded in the Protection Products segment) were $122.3 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $4.0 million, or 3.4%, from $118.3 million reported for the comparable prior year period. Dividends to policyholders can be broken down into two components, namely policyholder dividends payable in the current year and the change in the deferred dividend liability. The $4.0 million increase in dividends to policyholders was due to a period over period increase of $5.0 million in the deferred dividend liability expense, offset by a period over period decrease of $1.0 million in dividends paid to policyholders.

 

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As required under GAAP, actual Closed Block earnings in excess of expected Closed Block earnings inure solely to the benefit of policyholders in the Closed Block and, accordingly, are recorded as an additional liability to Closed Block policyholders. Expected cash flows from the in force policies in the Closed Block were forecasted for each year over the estimated life of the policies in the Closed Block in order to determine the amount of assets to allocate to the Closed Block in order to provide sufficient funding for payment of policyholder liabilities and dividends in the Closed Block, as well as certain expenses, as more fully discussed in Note 6 to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included herein. The expected emergence of earnings from such cash flows is referred to as the “glide path earnings”. The aforementioned additional liability (which represents the actual Closed Block earnings in excess of expected Closed Block glide path earnings) is referred to as the deferred dividend liability. The deferred dividend liability was $66.5 million at June 30, 2003.

 

Other operating costs and expenses—

 

Other operating costs and expenses were $456.2 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $45.7 million, or 11.1%, from $410.5 million reported for the comparable prior year period. The increase was primarily attributable to increases in the Protection Products and the Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking segments of $23.2 million and $10.9 million, respectively, as well as an increase in reconciling amounts of $12.8 million. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in the Other Products segment of $1.3 million. The increase in the Protection Products segment was primarily attributable to higher costs related to the Company’s employee benefit plans of $24.1 million and higher interest expense of $1.1 million, partially offset by a decrease in other general expenses of $1.6 million. Non-qualified deferred compensation is a significant component of the Company’s employee benefit plans. The Company purchased a COLI contract to provide a funding mechanism for the non-qualified deferred compensation liabilities. The investments in the COLI contract are structured to substantially hedge the changes in the Company’s non-qualified deferred compensation liabilities. The cash surrender value of the COLI contract is reflected in the statement of income and comprehensive income caption entitled “other income.” The increase in the Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking segment was primarily attributable to higher employee compensation and other benefit expenses of $9.4 million and increased other general expenses of $6.0 million, partially offset by lower interest expense of $4.5 million. The increase in reconciling amounts relates primarily to higher interest expense of $7.0 million, a severance charge of $1.1 million and an increase in other expenses of $4.7 million. The increased interest expense relates primarily to the issuance of the Insured Notes on April 30, 2002 (see Notes 7 and 8 to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements), and the severance charge relates to the merging of MONY Asset Management, Inc.’s operations into Boston Advisors (see Note 10 to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements).

 

The Company recorded a federal income tax expense of $11.7 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003 compared to $1.7 million in the comparable prior year period. The Company’s effective rate for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003 decreased to 29.3% from 34.6% in the comparable prior year period due to changes in estimates of permanent tax differences, which include changes in the value of the Company’s COLI contract and the dividends received deduction.

 

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Results of Operations of the Closed Block

 

Set forth below is a discussion and analysis of the results of operation of the Closed Block for the periods indicated.

 

     For the
Three-month
Periods Ended
June 30,


    For the
Six-month
Periods Ended
June 30,


 
     2003

   2002

    2003

   2002

 
     ($ in millions)     ($ in millions)  

Revenues:

                              

Premiums

   $ 119.4    $ 127.6       232.6    $ 248.0  

Net investment income

     104.1      98.5       203.0      196.7  

Net realized gains/(losses) on investments

     1.0      (1.8 )     6.6      (2.9 )

Other income

     0.3      0.5       0.7      0.9  
    

  


 

  


Total revenues

     224.8      224.8       442.9      442.7  
    

  


 

  


Benefits and Expenses:

                              

Benefits to policyholders

     140.0      142.7       271.6      274.8  

Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances

     2.1      2.1       4.5      4.2  

Amortization of deferred policy acquisition cost

     12.0      12.5       20.8      24.2  

Dividends to policyholders

     59.3      56.0       120.0      116.2  

Other operating costs and expenses

     1.3      2.0       2.7      3.1  
    

  


 

  


Total benefits and expenses

     214.7      215.3       419.6      422.5  
    

  


 

  


Contribution from the Closed Block

   $ 10.1    $ 9.5     $ 23.3    $ 20.2  
    

  


 

  


 

No new policies have been added, or will be added, to the Closed Block subsequent to MONY Life’s demutualization. Therefore, the Company expects the revenues and benefits related to the Closed Block to decrease over time as the in force business declines. This is consistent with the “glide path” established in connection with MONY Life’s plan of demutualization.

 

Three Months Ended June, 30 2003 compared to the Three Months Ended June 30, 2002

 

Premiums—

 

Premiums were $119.4 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, a decrease of $8.2 million from $127.6 million reported in the comparable prior year period. The decrease is due to the continued run-off of the Closed Block’s in-force business.

 

Net investment income and net realized gains/(losses) on investments—

 

Net investment income was $104.1 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $5.6 million, from $98.5 million reported in the comparable prior year period. Net realized capital gains were $1.0 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $2.8 million, from losses of $1.8 million reported in the comparable prior year period. The increase in net investment income is primarily attributable to a higher average asset balance.

 

Benefits to policyholders—

 

Benefits to policyholders were $140.0 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, a decrease of $2.7 million, from $142.7 million reported in the comparable prior year period. The decrease principally resulted from: (i) a $7.8 million decrease in the change in reserves ( changes in reserves were $9.9 million and $17.7 million for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively), (ii) a $0.6 million decrease in

 

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annuity benefits, disability benefits and mature endowments, (iii) higher death benefits of $2.3 million (death benefits were $42.6 million and $40.3 million for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively), and (iv) an increase in surrender benefits of $3.5 million (surrender benefits were $85.6 million and $82.1 million for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively).

 

Interest Credited to policyholders’ account balances—

 

Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances of $2.1 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003 held steady over the comparable prior year period.

 

Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs—

 

Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs was $12.0 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, a decrease of $0.5 million, as compared to $12.5 million reported in the comparable prior year period. The $0.5 million decrease in amortization is due to the run-off of the closed block in-force business.

 

Dividends to policyholders—

 

Dividends to policyholders were $59.3 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $3.3 million, as compared to $56.0 million reported in the comparable prior year period. Dividends to policyholders can be broken down into two components, namely policyholder dividends payable in the current year and the change in the deferred dividend liability. The $3.3 million increase in dividends to policyholders was due to a period over period increase of $4.0 million in the deferred dividend liability expense, offset by a period over period decrease of $0.7 million in dividends paid to policyholders.

 

As required under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, actual Closed Block earnings in excess of expected Closed Block earnings inure solely to the benefit of policyholders in the Closed Block and, accordingly, are recorded as an additional liability to Closed Block policyholders, referred to as deferred dividend liability. Expected Closed Block earnings were forecasted for each year over the estimated life of the policies in the Closed Block in order to determine the amount of assets to allocate to the Closed Block in order to provide sufficient funding for payment of policyholder liabilities and dividends in the Closed Block in connection with the demutualization of MONY Life (see Note 6). For the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, the deferred dividend liability increased by $11.6 million.

 

Other operating costs and expenses—

 

Other operating costs and expenses were $1.3 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, a decrease of $0.7 million from $2.0 million reported for the comparable prior year period. The decrease is primarily attributable to a decrease in premium taxes as a result of the run-off of the Closed Block in-force business.

 

Six Months Ended June, 30 2003 compared to the Six Months Ended June 30, 2002

 

Premiums—

 

Premiums were $232.6 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, a decrease of $15.4 million from $248.0 million reported in the comparable prior year period. The decrease is due to the continued run-off of the Closed Block’s in-force business.

 

Net investment income and net realized gains/(losses) on investments—

 

Net investment income was $203.0 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $6.3 million, from $196.7 million reported in the comparable prior year period. Net realized capital gains were

 

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$6.6 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $9.5 million, from losses of $2.9 million reported in the comparable prior year period. The increase in net investment income is primarily due to higher income earned on fixed maturity securities and mortgage loans on real estate as a result of higher average asset balances.

 

Benefits to policyholders—

 

Benefits to policyholders were $271.6 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, a decrease of $3.2 million, from $274.8 million reported in the comparable prior year period. The decrease principally resulted from: (i) a $10.8 million decrease in the change in reserves (change in reserves were $9.1 million and $19.9 million for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively), and (ii) a decrease in surrender benefits of $0.9 million, as a result of improved persistency experience (surrender benefits were $161.7 million and $162.6 million for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively), offset by (iii) a $0.2 million increase in annuity benefits, disability benefits and mature endowments, and (iv) higher death benefits of $8.3 million (death benefits were $95.9 million and $87.6 million for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively).

 

Interest Credited to policyholders’ account balances—

 

Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances was $4.5 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003 an increase of $0.3 million from $4.2 million reported in the comparable prior year period. The increase in interest crediting is primarily due to interest payable on overdue policy claims.

 

Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs—

 

Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs was $20.8 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, a decrease of $3.4 million, as compared to $24.2 million reported in the comparable prior year period. The $3.4 million decrease in amortization is due to the run-off of the Closed Block in-force business and reduction in maintenance expenses which reflects cost reductions instituted over the past few years in the Closed Block.

 

Dividends to policyholders—

 

Dividends to policyholders were $120.0 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, an increase of $3.8 million, as compared to $116.2 million reported in the comparable prior year period. Dividends to policyholders can be broken down into two components, namely policyholder dividends payable in the current year and the change in the deferred dividend liability. The $3.8 million increase in dividends to policyholders was due to a period over period increase of $5.0 million in the deferred dividend liability expense, offset by a period over period decrease of $1.2 million in dividends paid to policyholders.

 

As required under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, actual Closed Block earnings in excess of expected Closed Block earnings inure solely to the benefit of policyholders in the Closed Block and, accordingly, are recorded as an additional liability to Closed Block policyholders, referred to as the deferred dividend liability. Expected Closed Block earnings were forecasted for each year over the estimated life of the policies in the Closed Block in order to determine the amount of assets to allocate to the Closed Block in order to provide sufficient funding for payment of policyholder liabilities and dividends in the Closed Block in connection with the demutualization of MONY Life (see Note 6). For the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, the deferred dividend liability increased by $24.5 million.

 

Other operating costs and expenses—

 

Other operating costs and expenses were $2.7 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, a decrease of $0.4 million from $3.1 million reported for the comparable prior year period. The decrease is primarily attributable to a decrease in premium taxes as a result of the run-off of the Closed Block in-force business.

 

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New Business Information

 

The table below and the discussion that follows present certain information with respect to the Company’s sales of protection, accumulation, and retail brokerage and investment banking products and services during the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002 by source of distribution. Management uses this information to measure the Company’s sales production from period to period by source of distribution. The amounts presented with respect to life insurance sales represent annualized statutory-basis premiums. Annualized premiums in the Protection Products segment represent the total premium scheduled to be collected on a policy or contract over a twelve-month period. Pursuant to the terms of certain of the policies and contracts issued by the Company, premiums and deposits may be paid or deposited on a monthly, quarterly, or semi-annual basis. Annualized premium does not apply to single premium paying business. All premiums received during the periods presented on COLI and BOLI business and single premium paying policies are included. Statutory basis premiums are used in lieu of GAAP basis premiums because, in accordance with statutory accounting practices, revenues from all classes of long-duration contracts are measured on the same basis, whereas GAAP provides different revenue recognition rules for different classes of long-duration contracts as defined by the requirements of SFAS No. 60, Accounting and Reporting by Insurance Enterprises, SFAS No. 97, Accounting and Reporting by Insurance Enterprises for Certain Long Duration Contracts and for Realized Gains and Losses from the Sale of Investments, and SOP 95-1, Accounting for Certain Insurance Activities of Mutual Life Insurance Enterprises. The amounts presented with respect to annuity and mutual fund sales represent deposits made by customers during the periods presented The amounts presented with respect to the Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking segment represent fees earned by Advest, Matrix Private Equity, Inc. and Matrix Capital Markets, Inc. (together “Matrix”) and MSC primarily from securities brokerage, investment banking and asset management services.

 

The information presented should not be viewed as a substitute for revenues determined in accordance with GAAP. Revenues in accordance with GAAP related to product sales are generated from both current and prior period sales that are in-force during the reporting period. For protection products, GAAP recognizes premium revenue when due from a policyholder. For accumulation products, GAAP revenues are a function of fee based charges applied to a contractholder’s account balance. Because of how revenues are recognized in accordance with GAAP, management does not believe GAAP revenues are meaningful in assessing the periodic sales production of a life insurance company and, accordingly, reconciliation to GAAP revenues would not be meaningful.

 

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New Business and Revenues By Source

 

     For the
Three-month
Periods Ended
June 30,


   For the
Six-month
Periods Ended
June 30,


     2003

   2002

   2003

   2002

     ($ in millions)    ($ in millions)

Protection Products

                           

Career Agency System

   $ 13.9    $ 18.4    $ 26.2    $ 34.0

U. S. Financial Life Insurance Company

     15.7      14.8      31.1      26.9

MONY Partners Brokerage and Other

     10.3      0.2      16.6      3.0

COLI and BOLI

     27.9      27.9      61.3      46.1
    

  

  

  

Total New Annualized Life Insurance Premiums

   $ 67.8    $ 61.3    $ 135.2    $ 110.0
    

  

  

  

Accumulation Products

                           

Career Agency System—Variable Annuities(1)

   $ 97.0    $ 132.0    $ 189.0    $ 232.0

Fixed Annuities

     44.0      —        98.0      —  

Career Agency System—Mutual Funds

     57.0      65.0      99.0      139.0

Third Party Distribution—Mutual Funds

     273.0      270.0      520.0      540.0
    

  

  

  

Total Accumulation Sales

   $ 471.0    $ 467.0    $ 906.0    $ 911.0
    

  

  

  

Retail Brokerage & Investment Banking Revenues

                           

Advest

   $ 95.4    $ 88.4    $ 179.6    $ 170.4

MONY Securities Corp.

     12.8      11.8      22.2      22.6

Matrix Capital Markets

     0.7      0.5      1.6      0.8
    

  

  

  

Total Retail Brokerage & Investment Banking Revenues

   $ 108.9    $ 100.7    $ 203.4    $ 193.8
    

  

  

  


(1)   Excludes sales associated with an exchange program offered by the Company wherein contract holders surrendered old FPVA contracts and reinvested the proceeds therefrom in a new enhanced FPVA product offered by the Company.

 

Protection Products Segment

 

Protection Products Segment—New Business Information for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003 compared to the three-month period ended June 30, 2002

 

Total new annualized and single life insurance premiums were $67.8 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, compared with $61.3 million during the comparable prior year period. The increase was primarily due to new life insurance premiums sold through the wholesale channel which generated $10.3 million in new annualized life insurance premiums compared to $0.2 million for the comparable prior year period.

 

New life insurance premiums (first-year and single premiums) through the career network decreased to $13.9 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003 compared to $18.4 million for the comparable prior year period. The decrease is primarily due to a reduction in the career network’s sales force as the Company continues to enhance its focus on high performing financial professionals.

 

USFL sales were $15.7 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, compared to $14.8 million during the comparable 2002 period due to increased penetration into the brokerage market.

 

Protection Products Segment—New Business Information for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003 compared to the six-month period ended June 30, 2002

 

Total new annualized and single life insurance premiums were $135.2 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, compared with $110.0 million during the comparable prior year period. The increase was

 

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primarily due to increased sales of COLI and BOLI which were $61.3 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003 compared to $46.1 million for the comparable prior year period, and new life insurance premiums sold through the wholesale channel. The Wholesale channel generated $16.6 million in new annualized life insurance premiums for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003 compared to $3.0 million for the comparable prior year period. Corporate sales, approximately 99% of which are from the Company’s Wholesale distribution channel, are large-premium cases, which typically generate revenues that can fluctuate considerably from quarter-to-quarter.

 

New life insurance premiums (first-year and single premiums) through the career network decreased to $26.2 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003 compared to $34.0 million for the comparable prior year period. The decrease is primarily due to a reduction in the career network’s sales force as the Company continues to enhance its focus on high performing financial professionals.

 

USFL sales were $31.1 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, compared to $26.9 million during the comparable prior year period due to increased penetration into the brokerage market.

 

Accumulation Products Segment

 

The following tables set forth accumulation assets under management as of June 30, 2003 and June 30, 2002, and changes in the primary components of accumulation assets under management for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002:

 

     As of
June 30,
2003


   As of
June 30,
2002


     ($ in billions)

Assets under management:

             

Individual variable annuities

   $ 3.5    $ 3.5

Individual fixed annuities

     0.9      0.7

Proprietary retail mutual funds

     4.3      4.0
    

  

     $ 8.7    $ 8.2
    

  

 

     For the
Three-month
Periods Ended
June 30,


    For the
Six-month
Periods Ended
June 30,


 
     2003

    2002

    2003

    2002

 
     ($ in billions)  

Individual Variable Annuities:

                                

Beginning account value

   $ 3.2     $ 3.9     $ 3.2     $ 3.9  

Sales(1)

     0.1       0.1       0.2       0.2  

Market appreciation

     0.3       (0.3 )     0.3       (0.3 )

Surrenders and withdrawals(1)

     (0.1 )     (0.2 )     (0.2 )     (0.3 )
    


 


 


 


Ending account value

   $ 3.5     $ 3.5     $ 3.5     $ 3.5  
    


 


 


 


Proprietary Retail Mutual Funds:

                                

Beginning account value

   $ 3.9     $ 4.5     $ 3.7     $ 4.4  

Sales (2)

     0.3       0.3       0.8       0.7  

Market appreciation

     0.4       (0.5 )     0.3       (0.5 )

Redemptions

     (0.3 )     (0.3 )     (0.5 )     (0.6 )
    


 


 


 


Ending account value

   $ 4.3     $ 4.0     $ 4.3     $ 4.0  
    


 


 


 



(1)   Excludes sales and surrenders associated with an exchange program offered by the Company wherein contractholders surrendered old FPVA contracts and reinvested the proceeds therefrom in a new enhanced FPVA product offered by the Company.

 

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(2)   Includes in 2003, the assumed management of $0.2 billion of money market funds previously managed by a third party.

 

Accumulation Products Segment—New Business Information for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003 compared to the three-month period ended June 30, 2002.

 

Accumulation sales were $471.0 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003 compared to $467.0 million in the comparable prior year period. Enterprise had sales of $330.0 million, $273.0 million of which were sold through third-party broker-dealers and $57.0 million of which were sold through the Company’s career network. Comparably, second quarter 2002 sales for Enterprise were $335.0 million, $270.0 million of which were from third-party broker dealers and $65.0 million of which were from the career network. The Company’s Accumulation products segment experienced net inflows of $20.0 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2003. Annuity sales, net of exchanges, were $141.0 million during the three-month period ended June 30, 2003 compared to $132.0 million during the three-month period ended June 30, 2002, due primarily to $44.0 million in sales for MONY Life’s new fixed annuity product, $27.0 million of which were sold through Retail channels and $17.0 million of which were sold through the wholesale channel.

 

Accumulation Products Segment—New Business Information for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003 compared to the six-month period ended June 30, 2002.

 

Accumulation sales were $906.0 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003 compared to $911.0 million in the comparable prior year period. Enterprise had sales of $619.0 million, $520.0 million of which were sold through third-party broker-dealers and $99.0 million of which were sold through the Company’s career network. Comparably, second quarter 2002 sales for Enterprise were $679.0 million, $540.0 million of which were from third-party broker dealers and $139.0 million of which were from the career network. The Company’s Accumulation segment experienced net inflows of $100.0 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2003. Annuity sales, net of exchanges, were $287 million during the six-month period ended June 30, 2003 compared to $232 million during the six-month period ended June 30, 2002, due primarily to $98 million in sales for MONY Life’s new fixed annuity product, $59 million of which were sold through Retail channels and $39 million of which were sold through the wholesale channel.

 

Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking Segment—Revenue Information for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003 compared to the three-month period ended June 30, 2002

 

Retail brokerage and investment banking revenues increased to $108.9 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003 compared with $100.7 million during the comparable 2002 period. Advest’s revenues were $95.4 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, compared to $88.4 million for the comparable prior year period. The increase in revenues was driven primarily by higher fixed income commissions and investment banking revenues offset by a decrease in asset management fees and commissions from transactions where Advest acts as agent. Revenues from Advest’s private client group remained relatively steady at $56.3 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003 compared to $55.4 million for the comparable prior year period. Advest’s private client group includes the retail sale of equities, asset management products, fixed income products and annuities to individual investors through Advest financial advisors.

 

For the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, MSC, a registered securities broker-dealer for MONY’s career network, posted revenues of $12.8 million, compared with $11.8 million during the comparable prior year period.

 

Retail Brokerage and Investment Banking Segment—Revenue Information for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003 compared to the six-month period ended June 30, 2002

 

Retail brokerage and investment banking revenues increased to $203.5 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003 compared with $193.8 reported for the comparable prior year period. Advest’s revenues were $179.6

 

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million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, compared to $170.4 million for the comparable prior year period. The increase in revenues was driven primarily by higher institutional corporate bond sales and investment banking revenues offset by a decrease in asset management fees and commissions from transactions where Advest acts as agent. Revenues from Advest’s private client group were $108.0 million for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002. Advest’s private client group includes the retail sale of equities, asset management products, fixed income products and annuities to individual investors through Advest financial advisors.

 

For the six-month period ended June 30, 2003, MSC, a registered securities broker-dealer for MONY’s career network, posted revenues of $22.2 million, compared with $22.6 million during the comparable prior year period.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

MONY Group

 

Formation of MONY Holdings and MONY Holdings’ Structured Debt Issuance

 

On February 27, 2002, MONY Group formed a downstream holding company, MONY Holdings, LLC (“MONY Holdings”). On April 30, 2002, MONY Group transferred all of its ownership interests in MONY Life to MONY Holdings, and MONY Holdings, through a structured financing tied to the performance of the Closed Block Business within MONY Life (see Notes 1 and 8 to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements contained herein), issued $300.0 million of floating rate insured debt securities (the “Insured Notes”) in a private placement. Other than activities related to servicing the Insured Notes in accordance with the Insured Notes indenture and its ownership interest in MONY Life, MONY Holdings has no operations and engages in no other activities.

 

Proceeds to MONY Holdings from the issuance of the Insured Notes, after all offering and other related expenses, were approximately $292.6 million. Of this amount, $60.0 million was deposited in a debt service coverage account, pursuant to the terms of the note indenture, to provide liquidity and collateral for the payment of interest and principal on the Insured Notes. These funds will ultimately revert back to the Company, provided that the cash flows from the Closed Block Business are sufficient to satisfy MONY Holdings’ obligations under the Insured Notes. The balance of the proceeds aggregating $232.6 million was paid in the form of a dividend by MONY Holdings to MONY Group.

 

The Insured Notes mature on January 21, 2017. The Insured Notes pay interest only through January 21, 2008 at which time principal payments will begin to be made pursuant to an amortization schedule. Interest on the Insured Notes is payable quarterly at an annual rate equal to three month LIBOR plus 0.55%. Concurrent with the issuance of the Insured Notes, MONY Holdings entered into an interest rate swap contract, which effectively locked in a fixed rate of interest on the Insured Notes at 6.44%. Including debt issuance costs of $7.4 million and the cost of the insurance policy (75 basis points per annum) (the “Insurance Policy”), which guarantees the payment of scheduled principal and interest on the Insured Notes, the annual cost of the Insured Notes is 7.36%. Pursuant to the terms of this structured financing, MONY Holdings can, subject to certain conditions, issue an additional $150.0 million of this floating rate insured debt through December 31, 2004. During 2002 MONY Holdings commenced activities to register the Insured Notes with the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as provided for under the note indenture. On February 14, 2003, the SEC declared such registration effective.

 

This transaction effectively securitized a portion of the future profits from MONY Life’s Closed Block Business. The source of cash flows and the collateral for the payment of principal and interest on the Insured Notes is limited to: (i) the amount of dividends that can be paid by MONY Life which are attributable to the Closed Block Business, (ii) net tax payments paid to MONY Holdings pursuant to certain tax sharing agreements, (iii) net payments made to MONY Holdings under the interest rate swap, and (iv) amounts on

 

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deposit in the debt service coverage account (and the earnings thereon). In addition to the cash flows and collateral, investors in the Insured Notes have limited recourse to MONY Holdings in the event of any default under the Insured Notes. The amount of dividends attributable to the Closed Block Business is determined by applying the New York dividend regulation to the surplus and net gain from operations of MONY Life which is attributable to the Closed Block Business, subject to certain adjustments described in the Insured Notes indenture (see Note 8 to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements).

 

If an event of default occurs (and is not waived) with regard to compliance with the terms of the Indenture under which the Insured Notes were issued or if MONY Group’s senior debt rating is downgraded to BB+ or below by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services or to Ba2 or below by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., the insurer of the Insured Notes, at its option, may (a) declare all future premiums payable pursuant to the Insurance Agreement among it, MONY Holdings, MONY Group and MONY Life, to be immediately due and payable, (b) cause all assets held in the debt service coverage account in excess of an amount equal to the debt service payable on the next scheduled payment date on the Insured Notes to be applied to prepay all or a portion of the principal or accrued interest on the Insured Notes, or (c) do both (a) and (b).

 

Cash Inflows and Outflows

 

MONY Group’s cash inflows principally consist of investment income from its invested assets (including principal and interest payments on inter-company surplus notes of MONY Life, principal and interest payments on intercompany demand notes due from certain of its subsidiaries, and dividends from MONY Holdings and MONY Group’s other principal subsidiary, Advest, if declared and paid). MONY Group’s cash outflows principally consist of expenses incurred in connection with the administration of MONY Group’s affairs and interest expense on its outstanding indebtedness. The amount of dividends from MONY Holdings available to MONY Group is largely dependent upon the amount of dividends available to MONY Holdings from MONY Life in excess of that attributable to the Closed Block Business, as discussed above. As a holding company, MONY Group’s ability to meet its cash requirements, pay interest expense on its outstanding indebtedness, and pay dividends on its common stock substantially depends upon payments from its subsidiaries, including the receipt of: (i) dividends, (ii) principal and interest income on the intercompany surplus and demand notes, and (iii) other payments. The payment of dividends by MONY Life to MONY Holdings is regulated under state insurance law. In addition, payments of principal and interest on the intercompany surplus notes can only be made with the prior approval of the New York Superintendent whenever, in his judgment, the financial condition of such insurer warrants. Such payments may be made only out of surplus funds which are available for such payments under the New York Insurance Law. Under the New York Sate Insurance Law, the maximum allowable dividend from MONY Life to MONY Holdings in 2003 without regulatory approval is $90.6 million. As of June 30, 2003, MONY Group and MONY Holdings had cash and cash equivalents (including all commercial paper and U.S. Treasury investments) aggregating approximately $239.3 million.

 

Credit Facility

 

MONY Group maintains a syndicated credit facility with banks aggregating $150.0 million. This facility was renewed in July 2003 with a renewal date in July 2004. The purpose of this facility is to provide additional liquidity for any unanticipated short-term cash needs that MONY Group might experience and also to serve as support for MONY Group’s $150.0 million commercial paper program. In accordance with specified covenants of the facility, MONY Life and its insurance subsidiaries are required to maintain total tangible net worth determined in accordance with Statutory Accounting Practices of at least $900.0 million and MONY Group is required to maintain (a) a debt to capitalization ratio not to exceed 40% and (b) cash and cash equivalents on a separate company basis equal to the greater of $75.0 million or one and one half years of debt service. As of June 30, 2003, MONY Group was in compliance with each of the covenants as follows: (i) total tangible net worth determined in accordance with Statutory Accounting Practices equaled $1,103.2 million, (ii) MONY Group’s debt to total capitalization ratio (including accumulated comprehensive income and short-term debt) for purposes of the credit facility was 30.3%, and (iii) MONY Group had cash and cash equivalents of $152.6 million.

 

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For purposes of the facility, cash and cash equivalents are defined to include only commercial paper rated at least A1/P1, institutional money market funds rated AAA or Aaa and U.S. Treasury investments. MONY Group has not borrowed against the facility since its inception, and did not have any commercial paper outstanding as of June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002.

 

Shelf Registration and Issuances Thereunder

 

On January 12, 2000, the MONY Group filed a registration statement with the SEC to register certain securities. This registration, known as a “Shelf Registration”, provides the MONY Group with a vehicle to offer various securities to the public, when it deems appropriate, to raise proceeds up to an amount not to exceed $1.0 billion in the aggregate for all issuances of securities thereunder. Through June 30, 2003 the MONY Group issued $575.0 million of par value securities in the form of senior indebtedness pursuant to the Shelf Registration which remain outstanding as of June 30, 2003.

 

Consolidated Capitalization

 

The Company’s total capitalization, excluding accumulated comprehensive income, increased to $2,911.3 million at June 30, 2003, as compared to $2,874.7 million at December 31, 2002. The increase was primarily due to net income of $28.3 million and other comprehensive income of $6.5 million. The Company’s debt to equity ratio (excluding accumulated comprehensive income and short term debt) and debt to total capitalization ratio (excluding accumulated comprehensive income and short term debt) remained unchanged at 45.0% and 31.0%, respectively at June 30, 2003 from December 31, 2002.

 

Common Stock Repurchase Program

 

On January 11, 2000, the Board of Directors of the MONY Group approved a common share repurchase program which authorized the repurchase of up to 5% of its outstanding common shares. On May 16, 2001, the majority of the repurchases under the program having been completed, the Board of Directors of the MONY Group approved a second common share repurchase program to take effect upon completion of the original program. The second program authorized the repurchase of up to 5% of the then outstanding common shares. On November 20, 2002, with nearly all of the repurchases under the second program having been completed, the Board of Directors of the MONY Group approved a third common share repurchase program to take effect upon completion of the second program. This program also authorized the repurchase of up to 5% of the then outstanding common shares. There have not been any repurchases under the third program. Under the programs, the MONY Group may repurchase such shares from time to time, as market conditions and other factors warrant. The programs may be discontinued at any time. During the first two quarters of 2003 there were no repurchases of outstanding shares. As of December 31, 2002, 4.8 million shares had been repurchased at an aggregate cost of approximately $154.4 million, of which 1.1 million shares, 2.5 million shares, and 1.2 million shares were repurchased in 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively, for consideration of $33.0 million, $88.4 million, and $33.0 million, respectively.

 

MONY Life—

 

Cash Inflows and Outflows

 

MONY Life’s cash inflows are provided mainly from life insurance premiums, annuity considerations and deposit funds, investment income, and maturities and dispositions of invested assets. Cash outflows primarily relate to the liabilities associated with its various life insurance and annuity products, dividends to policyholders, dividends to MONY Holdings (if declared and paid), operating expenses, income taxes, and principal and interest payments on its intercompany surplus notes and demand notes outstanding. The life insurance and annuity liabilities relate to the Company’s obligation to make benefit payments under its insurance and annuity contracts, as well as the need to make payments in connection with policy surrenders, withdrawals and loans. The Company

 

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develops an annual cash flow projection which shows expected asset and liability cash flows on a monthly basis. At the end of each quarter actual cash flows are compared to projections, projections for the balance of the year are adjusted in light of the actual results, if appropriate, and investment strategies are also changed, if appropriate. The quarterly cash flow reports contain relevant information on all the following: new product sales and deposits versus projections, existing liability cash flow versus projections and asset portfolio cash flow versus projections. An interest rate projection is a part of the internal cash flow projections for both assets and liabilities. Actual changes in interest rates during the year and, to a lesser extent, changes in rate expectations will impact the changes in projected asset and liability cash flows during the course of the year. When the Company is formulating its cash flow projections, it considers, among other things, its expectations about sales of the Company’s products, its expectations concerning customer behavior in light of current and expected economic conditions, its expectations concerning competitors and the general outlook for the economy and interest rates. See Investments” . In 2002, MONY Life paid a dividend to MONY Holdings in the amount of $90.0 million, of which $15.6 million was retained by MONY Holdings in its DSCA Sub-account CBB (see Note 8 to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statement) and $74.4 million was paid by MONY Holdings in the form of a dividend to MONY Group. Also in 2002, MONY Group contributed $125.0 million to MONY Holdings, which in turn contributed such amount to MONY Life to support its capital and surplus. In July 2003, MONY Life paid a dividend to MONY Holdings in the amount of $25.0 million, of which $13.8 million was retained by MONY Holdings in it DSCA Sub-account CBB (see Note 8 to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements) and $11.2 million was paid by MONY Holdings in the form of a dividend to MONY Group.

 

The events most likely to cause an adjustment in the Company’s investment policies are: (i) a significant change in its product mix, (ii) a significant change in the outlook for either the economy in general or for interest rates in particular and (iii) a significant reevaluation of the prospective risks and returns of various asset classes. See “—Investments.”

 

The following table sets forth the withdrawal characteristics and the surrender and withdrawal experience of MONY Life’s total annuity reserves and deposit liabilities at June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002.

 

Withdrawal Characteristics of

Annuity Reserves and Deposit Liabilities

 

     Amount at
June 30, 2003


   Percent
Of Total


    Amount at
December 31, 2002


   Percent
Of Total


 
     ($ in millions)  

Not subject to discretionary withdrawal provisions

   $ 1,083.2    18.7 %   $ 1,054.6    19.1 %

Subject to discretionary withdrawal with market value adjustment or at carrying value less surrender charge

     3,625.1    62.5       3,369.8    61.2  
    

  

 

  

Subtotal

     4,708.3    81.2       4,424.4    80.3  

Subject to discretionary withdrawal—without adjustment at carrying value

     1,095.7    18.8       1,085.5    19.7  
    

  

 

  

Total annuity reserves and deposit liabilities (gross)

     5,804.0    100.0 %     5,509.9    100.0 %

Less reinsurance

     67.5            68.6       
    

        

      

Total annuity reserves and deposit liabilities (net)

   $ 5,736.5          $ 5,441.3       
    

        

      

 

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The following table sets forth by product line the actual surrenders and withdrawals for the periods indicated.

 

     For the
Three-month
Periods Ended
June 30,


   For the
Six-month
Periods Ended
June 30,


     2003

   2002

   2003

   2002

Product Line:

                           

Traditional life

   $ 86.7    $ 82.9    $ 164.2    $ 164.6

Variable and universal life

     17.7      11.6      30.6      29.4

Annuities(1)

     97.4      118.2      202.2      219.6

Pensions(2)

     33.4      16.6      65.2      31.0
    

  

  

  

Total

   $ 235.2    $ 229.3    $ 462.2    $ 444.6
    

  

  

  


(1)   Excludes approximately $8.9 million and $16.4 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2003, respectively and $16.1 million and $33.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively, relating to surrenders associated with an exchange program offered by MONY Life wherein contract holders surrendered old FPVA contracts and reinvested the proceeds in a new enhanced FPVA product offered by MONY Life.
(2)   Excludes transfers between funds within the MONY Life benefit plans.

 

The Company’s principal sources of liquidity to meet cash flow needs are its portfolio of liquid assets and its net operating cash flow. During the six-month period ended June 30, 2003 the net cash inflow from operations was $20.2 million, a $43.5 million increase from net cash outflows of $23.3 million in the corresponding prior year period. The Company’s liquid assets include substantial U.S. Treasury holdings, short-term money market investments and marketable long-term fixed maturity securities. Management believes that the Company’s sources of liquidity are adequate to meet its anticipated needs.

 

As of June 30, 2003, the Company had fixed maturity securities with a carrying value of $8,447.6 million (including fixed maturities in the Closed Block), of which $5,342.5 million were publicly traded securities and $3,105.1 million were private (or non-publicly traded) fixed maturity securities (see—Investments—Fixed Maturity Securities for further information). At that date, approximately 89.2% of the Company’s fixed maturity securities were designated in The Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) rating categories 1 and 2 (considered investment grade, with a rating of “Baa” or higher by Moody’s or “BBB” or higher by S&P). In addition, at June 30, 2003 the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $397.6 million (including cash and cash equivalents in the Closed Block).

 

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INVESTMENTS

 

The following discussion includes the Debt Service Coverage Account (“DSCA”) sub-account Ongoing Business (“OB”) and sub-account Closed Block Business (“CBB”) but excludes invested assets transferred in the Group Pension Transaction and the trading securities of Advest. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the summary financial information regarding assets transferred in the Group Pension Transaction presented in Note 4 to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statement included herein.

 

The following table sets forth the results of the major categories of the Company’s general account invested assets.

 

     As of June 30,
2003(1)


    As of December 31,
2002(2)


 
     Carrying
Value


   % of
Total


    Carrying
Value


   % of
Total


 
     ($ in millions)  

Invested Assets

                          

Fixed Maturities, available-for-sale, at fair value

   $ 8,447.6    67.9 %   $ 7,971.2    66.3 %

Equity Securities, available-for-sale, at fair value

     271.3    2.2       249.0    2.1  

Mortgage loans on real estate

     1,824.6    14.7       1,877.4    15.6  

Policy loans

     1,197.1    9.6       1,212.5    10.1  

Real Estate—to be disposed of

     0.5          26.8    0.2  

Real Estate—held for investment

     180.5    1.4       180.2    1.5  

Other invested assets

     120.7    1.0       110.8    0.9  

Cash and cash equivalents

     397.6    3.2       390.0    3.3  
    

  

 

  

Invested assets, excluding trading securities

   $ 12,439.9    100.0 %   $ 12,017.9    100.0 %
    

  

 

  


(1)   Includes $62.3 million in fixed maturity securities and $3.4 million in cash and cash equivalents in the DSCA sub-account OB and $1.9 million in cash and cash equivalents included in the DSCA sub-account CBB.
(2)   Includes $61.8 million in fixed maturities and $2.1 million in cash and cash equivalents in the DSCA sub-account OB and $9.4 million in cash and cash equivalents included in the DSCA sub-account CBB.

 

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The following table illustrates the annualized net investment income yields on average assets for each of the components of the Company’s investment portfolio, excluding net realized gains and losses as of the indicated dates. The yields are based on quarterly average carrying values (excluding unrealized gains and losses in the fixed maturity asset category). Equity real estate income is shown net of operating expenses, depreciation and minority interest. Total investment income includes non-cash income from amortization, payment-in-kind distributions and undistributed equity earnings. Investment expenses include mortgage servicing fees and other miscellaneous fees.

 

Investment Yields by Asset Category

 

     For the
Three-month
Periods Ended
June 30,


    For the
Six-month
Periods Ended
June 30,


 
     2003

    2002

    2003

    2002

 

Fixed maturity securities

   7.0 %   7.1 %   6.9 %   7.1 %

Equity securities

   16.4     (6.2 )   2.1     0.9  

Mortgage loans on real estate

   8.1     8.0     7.8     7.8  

Policy loans

   6.6     7.0     6.6     7.0  

Real estate—to be disposed of(1)

   11.2     —       5.2     —    

Real estate—held for investment

   4.6     6.2     6.8     9.3  

Cash and cash equivalents

   1.2     2.0     1.4     2.0  

Other invested assets

   13.2     18.4     10.6     14.9  

Total invested assets before investment expenses

   7.1 %   6.8 %   6.7 %   7.0 %

Investment expenses

   (0.2 )   (0.4 )   (0.3 )   (0.4 )
    

 

 

 

Total invested assets after investment expenses

   6.9 %   6.4 %   6.5 %   6.6 %
    

 

 

 


(1)   For the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2003, income from real estate to be disposed of is classified as part of Discontinued Operations on the Company’s consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.

 

The annualized yield on general account invested assets (including net realized gains and losses on investments) was 7.4% and 5.5% for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively and was 7.0% and 6.1% for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

 

Fixed Maturity Securities

 

Fixed maturity securities consist of publicly traded debt securities, privately placed debt securities and small amounts of redeemable preferred stock, and represented 67.9% and 66.3% of total invested assets, excluding the trading securities of Advest, at June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002, respectively.

 

The Securities Valuation Office of the NAIC evaluates the bond investments of insurers for regulatory reporting purposes and assigns securities to one of six investment categories called “NAIC Designations”. The NAIC Designations closely mirror the Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations’ (“NRSRO”) credit ratings for marketable bonds. NAIC Designations 1 and 2 include bonds considered investment grade (“Baa” or higher by Moody’s, or “BBB” or higher by S&P) by such rating organizations. NAIC Designations 3 through 6 are referred to as below investment grade (“Ba” or lower by Moody’s, or “BB” or lower by S&P).

 

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The following table presents the Company’s fixed maturities by NAIC Designation and the equivalent ratings of the NRSRO as of the dates indicated, as well as the percentage, based on fair value, that each designation comprises.

 

Total Fixed Maturity Securities by Credit Quality

 

          As of June 30, 2003(1)

   As of December 31, 2002(2)

NAIC
Rating


  

Rating Agency Equivalent Designation


   Amortized
Cost


   % of
Total


    Estimated
Fair Value


   Amortized
Cost


   % of
Total


    Estimated
Fair Value


          ($ in millions)

1

  

Aaa/Aa/A

   $ 4,471.6    57.7 %   $ 4,870.6    $ 4,220.7    57.2 %   $ 4,558.7

2

  

Baa

     2,421.5    31.3       2,642.5      2,320.7    31.3       2,496.2

3

  

Ba

     617.2    7.6       644.9      604.1    7.7       610.5

4

  

B

     119.0    1.5       129.7      176.4    2.2       172.0

5

  

Caa and lower

     64.1    0.9       72.9      48.8    0.6       47.4

6

  

In or near default

     30.5    0.4       35.0      35.6    0.4       35.9
         

  

 

  

  

 

    

Subtotal

     7,723.9    99.4       8,395.6      7,406.3    99.4       7,920.7
    

Redeemable preferred stock

     47.0    0.6       52.0      47.0    0.6       50.5
         

  

 

  

  

 

    

Total Fixed Maturities

   $ 7,770.9    100.0 %   $ 8,447.6    $ 7,453.3    100.0 %   $ 7,971.2
         

  

 

  

  

 


(1)   Amounts in 2003 include fixed maturities of $58.3 million at amortized cost and $62.3 million at estimated fair value included in the DSCA sub-account OB.
(2)   Amounts in 2002 include fixed maturities of $58.3 million at amortized cost and $61.8 million at estimated fair value included in the DSCA sub-account OB.

 

Of the Company’s total portfolio of fixed maturity securities at June 30, 2003, 89.2% were investment grade and 10.8% were below-investment grade, based on designations assigned by the Securities Valuation Office of the NAIC.

 

The Company reviews all fixed maturity securities at least once each quarter and identifies investments that management concludes require additional monitoring. Among the criteria are: (i) violation of financial covenants, (ii) public securities trading at a substantial discount as a result of specific credit concerns, and (iii) other subjective factors relating to the issuer.

 

The Company defines problem securities in the fixed maturity category as securities (i) as to which principal and/or interest payments are in default or are to be restructured pursuant to commenced negotiations or (ii) issued by a company that went into bankruptcy subsequent to the acquisition of such securities or (iii) are deemed to have other than temporary impairments in value.

 

The Company defines potential problem securities in the fixed maturity category as securities that are deemed to be experiencing significant operating problems or difficult industry conditions. Typically these credits are experiencing or anticipating liquidity constraints, having difficulty meeting projections/budgets and would most likely be considered a below investment grade risk.

 

The Company defines restructured securities in the fixed maturity category as securities where a concession has been granted to the borrower related to the borrower’s financial difficulties that the Company would not have otherwise considered. The Company restructures certain securities in instances where a determination was made that greater economic value will be realized under the new terms than through liquidation or other disposition. The terms of the restructure generally involve some or all of the following characteristics: a reduction in the interest rate, an extension of the maturity date and a partial forgiveness of principal and/or interest. There were no restructured fixed maturities at June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002. As of June 30, 2003 the fair value of

 

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the Company’s problem, potential problem and restructured fixed maturity securities were $284.9 million, $5.9 million and $0.0 million, respectively, which, in the aggregate, represented approximately 3.4% of total fixed maturities. As of December 31, 2002, the fair value of the Company’s problem, potential problem and restructured fixed maturity securities were $274.7 million, $8.5 million and $0.0 million, respectively, which, in the aggregate, represented approximately 3.6% of total fixed maturities.

 

The amortized cost and estimated fair value of fixed maturity securities, by contractual maturity dates, (excluding scheduled sinking funds), as of June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002 are as follows:

 

Fixed Maturity Securities by Contractual Maturity Dates

 

     As of June 30, 2003(1)

   As of December 31, 2002(2)

     Amortized
Cost


   Estimated
Fair Value


   Amortized
Cost


   Estimated
Fair Value


     ($ in millions)

Due in one year or less

   $ 287.9    $ 300.0    $ 498.9    $ 507.7

Due after one year through five years

     2,166.8      2,364.6      2,082.4      2,227.1

Due after five years through ten years

     2,702.8      2,992.9      2,851.6      3,099.2

Due after ten years

     1,444.4      1,569.7      1,052.0      1,121.1
    

  

  

  

Subtotal

     6,601.9      7,227.2      6,484.9      6,955.1

Mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities

     1,169.0      1,220.4      968.4      1,016.1
    

  

  

  

Total

   $ 7,770.9    $ 8,447.6    $ 7,453.3    $ 7,971.2
    

  

  

  


(1)   Amounts in 2003 include fixed maturities of $58.3 million at amortized cost and $62.3 million at estimated fair value in the DSCA sub-account OB.
(2)   Amounts in 2002 include fixed maturities of $58.3 million at amortized cost and $61.8 million at estimated fair value included in the DSCA sub-account OB.

 

At June 30, 2003, the Company’s largest unaffiliated single concentration of fixed maturities was $708.1 million of U.S. Treasury fixed maturities which represents 5.7% of total invested assets. The largest non-government issuer consists of $48.3 million of Bear Stearns mortgage backed securities and senior notes, which represent approximately 0.4% of total invested assets at June 30, 2003. No other individual non-government issuer represents more than 0.3% of total invested assets.

 

The Company held approximately $1,220.4 million and $1,016.1 million of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities as of June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002, respectively. Of such amounts, $576.0 million and $307.8 million, or 47.2% and 30.3%, respectively, represented agency-issued pass-through and collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”) secured by Federal National Mortgage Association, FHLMC, Government National Mortgage Association and Canadian Housing Authority collateral. The balance of such amounts was comprised of other types of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities. The Company believes that its active monitoring of its portfolio of mortgage-backed securities and the limited extent of its holdings of more volatile types of mortgage-backed securities mitigate the Company’s exposure to losses from prepayment risk associated with interest rate fluctuations for this portfolio. At June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002, 89.7% and 87.1%, respectively, of the Company’s mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities were assigned an NAIC Designation of 1 at such dates.

 

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The following table presents the types of mortgage-backed securities (“MBSs”), as well as other asset-backed securities, held by the Company as of the dates indicated.

 

Mortgage and Asset-backed Securities

 

     As of
June 30, 2003


  As of
December 31, 2002


     ($ in millions)

CMOs

   $ 158.0   $ 276.2

Pass-through securities

     461.7     135.5

Commercial MBSs

     161.8     159.1

Asset-backed securities

     438.9     445.3
    

 

Total MBSs and asset-backed securities

   $ 1,220.4   $ 1,016.1
    

 

 

Mortgage Loans

 

Mortgage loans, consisting of commercial, agricultural and residential loans, comprised 14.7% and 15.6% of total invested assets at June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002, respectively. As of June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002, commercial mortgage loans comprised $1,492.9 million and $1,570.5 million or 81.8% and 83.7% of total mortgage loan investments, respectively. Agricultural loans comprised $331.2 million and $306.2 million or 18.2% and 16.3% of total mortgage loans, respectively, and residential mortgages comprised $0.5 million and $0.7 million or 0.0% and 0.0% of total mortgage loan investments at June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002, respectively.

 

Commercial Mortgage Loans

 

For commercial mortgages, the carrying value of the largest amount loaned on any one single property aggregated $40.4 million and represented less than 0.3% of general account invested assets as of June 30, 2003. Amounts loaned on 21 properties were $20.0 million or greater, representing in the aggregate 37.2% of the total carrying value of the commercial loan portfolio at the same date. Total mortgage loans to the five largest borrowers accounted in the aggregate for approximately 14.0% of the total carrying value of the commercial loan portfolio and less than 2.0% of the total invested assets at June 30, 2003.

 

Problem, Potential Problem and Restructured Commercial Mortgages

 

Commercial mortgage loans are stated at their unpaid principal balances, net of valuation allowances and writedowns for impairment. The Company provides valuation allowances for commercial mortgage loans considered to be impaired. Mortgage loans are considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the applicable loan agreement. When the Company determines that a loan is impaired, a valuation allowance for loss is established for the excess of the carrying value of the mortgage loan over its estimated fair value. Estimated fair value is based on the fair value of the collateral. The provision for loss is reported as a realized loss on investment.

 

The Company reviews its mortgage loan portfolio and analyzes the need for a valuation allowance for any loan which is delinquent for 60 days or more, in process of foreclosure, restructured, on “watchlist”, or which currently has a valuation allowance. Loans which are delinquent and loans in process of foreclosure are categorized by the Company as “problem” loans. Loans with valuation allowances, but which are not currently delinquent, and loans which are on watchlist are categorized by the Company as “potential problem” loans. Loans for which the original terms of the mortgages have been modified or for which interest or principal payments have been deferred are categorized by the Company as “restructured” loans.

 

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The carrying value of commercial mortgage loans at June 30, 2003 was $1,492.9 million, which amount is net of valuation allowances aggregating $19.6 million, representing management’s best estimate of cumulative impairments at such date. However, there can be no assurance that increases in valuation allowances will not be necessary. Any such increases may have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position and results of operations.

 

As of June 30, 2003 the carrying value of potential problem loans aggregated $42.9 million net of $0.0 million in valuation allowances and the carrying value of restructured loans aggregated $9.1 million net of $2.1 million in valuation allowances. The Company had no problem loans as of June 30, 2003.

 

In addition to valuation allowances and impairment writedowns recorded on specific commercial mortgage loans classified as problem, potential problem, and restructured mortgage loans, the Company records a non-specific estimate of expected losses on all other such mortgage loans based on its historical loss experience for such investments. As of June 30, 2003, such reserves were $17.5 million.

 

Agricultural Mortgage Loans

 

The carrying value of the Company’s agricultural mortgage loans at June 30, 2003 was $331.2 million, which amount is net of valuation allowances of $1.8 million, representing management’s best estimate of cumulative impairments at such date. The agricultural mortgage portfolio is diversified both geographically and by type of product. The security for these loans includes row crops, permanent plantings, dairies, ranches and timber tracts.

 

The Company defines problem, potential problem and restructured agricultural mortgages in the same manner as it does for commercial mortgages. Total problem, potential problem and restructured agricultural mortgages as of June 30, 2003 were $20.3 million.

 

In addition to valuation allowances and impairment writedowns recorded on specific commercial mortgage loans classified as problem, potential problem, and restructured mortgage loans, the Company records a non-specific estimate of expected losses on all other such mortgage loans based on its historical loss experience for such investments. As of June 30, 2003, such reserves were $1.6 million.

 

Other Invested Assets

 

Other invested assets as of June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002 are as follows:

 

    

June 30,

2003


   December 31,
2002


     ($ in millions)

Mezzanine real estate loans

   $ 27.4    $ 20.4

Partnership equities

     52.2      36.2

Receivables

     12.2      11.8

Other

     28.9      42.4
    

  

Total other invested assets

   $ 120.7    $ 110.8
    

  

 

Equity Securities

 

Common Stocks—

 

The Company’s investments in common stocks represented 2.2% and 2.1%, respectively, of invested assets as of June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002. The Company’s investments in common stocks are classified as available-for-sale and are reported at estimated fair value. Unrealized gains and losses on the Company’s common stocks are reported as a separate component of other comprehensive income, net of deferred income taxes, and an adjustment for the effect on deferred policy acquisition costs that would have occurred if such gains and losses had been realized.

 

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Limited partnership interests—

 

The Company’s investments in limited partnership interests were $190.9 million and $186.2 million at June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002, respectively. In accordance with GAAP, investment partnerships report their investments at fair value and changes in the fair value of such investments are reflected in the income of such partnerships. Accordingly, a significant portion of the income reported by the Company from partnerships accounted for under the equity method results from unrealized appreciation or depreciation in the fair value of the investments of the partnerships. See “—Critical Accounting Policies—Investments.”

 

The limited partnerships in which the Company has invested are investment partnerships which invest in the equity of private companies (generally in the form of common stock). These partnerships will generally hold such equity until the underlying company issues its securities to the public through an initial public offering. At that time or thereafter, at the general partners’ discretion, the partnership will generally distribute the underlying common stock to its partners. Accordingly, certain of the common stocks owned by the Company at June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002 were acquired through distributions from the Company’s investments in limited partnership interests. However, it has been the Company’s practice to sell such positions shortly after such distributions.

 

At June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002, the industry sectors underlying the investments in equity limited partnerships comprised 51.1% and 52.5% in information technology, 20.7% and 19.8% in domestic LBO, and 28.2% and 27.7% in other industry sectors none of which exceeded 9.3% of total equity limited partnerships, respectively.

 

The following table sets forth the carrying value of the Company’s investments in limited partnership interests sorted by the basis upon which the Company accounts for such investments as well as the amount of such investments attributable to the partnerships’ ownership of public and private common stock at June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002:

 

     Carrying Value

     As of
June 30, 2003


   As of
December 31, 2002


     ($ in millions)

Equity Method

             

Public common stock

   $ 28.6    $ 27.7

Private common stock

     64.0      64.3
    

  

Subtotal

     92.6      92.0
    

  

Fair Value Method

             

Public common stock

     22.1      15.2

Private common stock

     76.2      79.0
    

  

Subtotal

     98.3      94.2
    

  

Total

   $ 190.9    $ 186.2
    

  

 

 

At June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002, the Company had investments in approximately 54 limited partnerships, which represented 1.5% and 1.6%, respectively, of the Company’s general account invested assets as of both dates. Investment results for the portfolio are dependent upon, among other things, general market conditions for initial and secondary offerings of common stock. For the six-month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, investment income (loss) from equity partnership interests (which is comprised primarily of the Company’s pro rata share of income reported by partnership investments accounted for under the equity method and income recognized upon distribution for partnership investments accounted for under the fair value method) was approximately $2.5 million and $1.2 million, respectively.

 

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Other than Temporary Impairment Charges on Investments in Fixed Maturity Securities and Common Stocks

 

Management’s assessment of whether an investment by the Company in a debt or equity security is other than temporarily impaired is primarily based on the following factors:

 

    management’s analysis of the issuer’s financial condition and trends therein;

 

    the value of any collateral or guaranty;

 

    the investment’s position in the issuer’s capital structure;

 

    management’s analysis of industry fundamentals;

 

    management’s assessment of the macro economic outlook; and

 

    the consideration of other factors, including: any actions by rating agencies affecting the issuer, the period of time the fair value of a security has been at less than its cost, management’s expectations regarding the period of time required for a recovery of any current unrealized loss, and other relevant facts regarding the issuer.

 

The Company’s accounting policy provides that the Company, at the end of each reporting period, review all securities where the fair value thereof has declined below 80% of its current cost basis to determine whether such securities are “other than temporarily impaired”. In addition, pursuant to this policy, management reviews securities that have experienced lesser percentage declines in value on a more selective basis using many of the previously discussed factors that the Company considers in making a determination that a security is other than temporarily impaired.

 

Once management determines that a security is “other than temporarily impaired” the impairment charge is measured based on the difference between the carrying value of the security and its fair value at the date the determination of impairment is made.

 

The following table presents certain information with respect to realized investment losses from “other than temporary impairment” charges for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003 and the year ended December 31, 2002. These impairment charges were determined based on the Company’s assessment of the factors referred to above, as they pertain to the individual securities determined to be other than temporarily impaired. Excluded are amounts relating to certain invested assets held pursuant to a reinsurance arrangement whereby all the experience from such assets is passed to the reinsurer.

 

    

As of

June 30, 2003


  As of
December 31, 2002


     ($ in millions)

Realized investment losses from other than temporary impairment charges:

            

Fixed maturity securities

   $ 15.9   $ 115.5

Number of positions

     15     69

Common stocks

   $ 0.7   $ 12.2

Number of positions

     13     16

 

The Company’s portfolio of fixed maturity securities is comprised of public and private securities. The Company’s portfolio of common stocks is comprised of all public securities. Public securities are those that are registered with the SEC. Private securities are issued under an exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. It is generally recognized that publicly traded securities are more liquid than privately traded securities. The Company classifies all of its investments in fixed maturity securities and common stocks as “available for sale”. Accordingly, the carrying value of such securities reflects their fair value at the balance sheet date. Fair value for public securities is based on sales prices or bid-and-asked quotations currently available

 

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on a securities exchange registered with the Commission or in the over-the-counter market, provided that those prices or quotations for the over-the-counter market are publicly reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system “NASDAQ”. Fair value for private securities is generally determined by discounting their prospective cash flows at a discount rate. The discount rate for each issue is the sum of two rates. The first component is the yield to maturity of a U.S. Treasury security with a maturity comparable to the average life of the issue being priced. The second component is a credit spread assigned from a matrix based on credit rating and average life. This matrix is created monthly based on data from two major broker dealers. The quality ratings on the issues being priced are reviewed and updated quarterly.

 

At June 30, 2003 the carrying values of the public and private fixed maturity securities comprising the Company’s fixed maturity security portfolio were $5,342.5 million and $3,105.1 million, respectively, and the carrying value of the Company’s common stock portfolio was $80.4 million. At December 31, 2002, the carrying values of the public and private fixed maturity securities comprising the Company’s fixed maturity security portfolio were $4,798.1 million and $3,173.1 million, respectively, and the carrying value of the Company’s common stock portfolio was $62.8 million.

 

At June 30, 2003, gross unrealized losses on the Company’s fixed maturity security portfolio aggregated $18.8 million, of which $12.3 million and $6.5 million related to public and private fixed maturity securities, respectively, and gross unrealized losses on the Company’s portfolio of common stocks were $0.4 million. At December 31, 2002, gross unrealized losses on the Company’s fixed maturity security portfolio aggregated $43.2 million, of which $22.4 million and $20.8 million related to public and private fixed maturity securities, respectively, and gross unrealized losses on the Company’s portfolio of common stocks were $2.3 million.

 

In determining that the securities giving rise to the aforementioned unrealized losses were not “other than temporarily impaired”, the Company evaluated the factors cited above, which it considers when assessing whether a security is other than temporarily impaired. In making these evaluations, the Company must exercise considerable judgment. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ from the Company’s judgments and that such differences may require the future recognition of “other than temporary impairment charges” that could have a material effect on its financial position and results of operations. In addition, the value of, and the realization of any loss on, a fixed maturity security or common stock is subject to numerous risks, including interest rate risk, market risk, credit risk and liquidity risk. The magnitude of any loss incurred by the Company may be affected by the relative concentration of its investments in any one issuer or industry. The Company has established specific policies limiting the concentration of its investments in any single issuer and industry and believes its investment portfolio is prudently diversified. At June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002, no single issuer constituted more than $1.8 million and $5.0 million of the Company’s gross unrealized losses, respectively. See “—Investments—Fixed Maturity Securities—Total Fixed Maturities by Credit Quality” for information regarding the ratings by Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations of securities comprising the Company’s fixed maturity security portfolio. Also, see “—Investments—Fixed Maturity Securities—Total Fixed Maturities by Credit Quality” for information concerning the industry concentration of the Company’s fixed maturity securities.

 

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The following tables present certain information by type of investment with respect to the Company’s gross unrealized losses on fixed maturity securities outside of the Closed Block, in the Closed Block, and in total, at December 31, 2002 and 2001, including the number of individual security positions comprising such unrealized losses, the aggregate carrying value and market value of such positions, the amount of such unrealized losses, information as to the amount of time securities have been in an unrealized loss position, and the respective credit quality of such securities. Management segregated the information in the following tables between that applicable to the Closed Block and that applicable to outside the Closed Block because, other than a difference in classification within the Company’s income statement, management believes it is unlikely that there could be any impact to the net income reported by the Company for any period presented due to the sufficiency of the deferred dividend liability in the Closed Block as of the end of all periods presented. See Note 6 to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Excluded are amounts relating to certain invested assets held pursuant to a reinsurance arrangement whereby all the experience from such assets is passed to the reinsurer.

 

Gross Unrealized Losses on Fixed Maturity Securities As of June 30, 2003

Outside the Closed Block

By Investment Category, Credit Quality, and By Length of Time Unrealized

 

    Investment Grade

    Non-Investment Grade

    Grand
Total


 
    0-6
Months


    >6-12
Months


    >12-24
Months


    >24-36
Months


    >36+
Months


    Total

    0-6
Months


    >6-12
Months


    >12-24
Months


  >24-36
Months


  >36+
Months


  Total

   
    ($ in millions)  

Public Fixed Maturity Securities:

                                                                       

Number of positions

  22     10     3     —       5     40     22     6     —     —     —     28     68  

Total Market Value

  99.4     57.2     11.9     —       1.4     169.9     20.5     5.7     —     —     —     26.2     196.1  

Total Amortized Cost

  100.5     62.7     12.0     —       1.5     176.7     21.2     5.8     —     —     —     27.0     203.7  

Gross Unrealized loss

  (1.1 )   (5.5 )   (0.1 )   —       (0.1 )   (6.8 )   (0.7 )   (0.1 )   —     —     —     (0.8 )   (7.6 )

Private Fixed Maturity Securities:

                                                                       

Number of positions

  6     4     —       1     —       11     3     8     —     —     —     11     22  

Total Market Value

  45.6     7.7     —       8.8     —       62.1     27.2     43.6     —     —     —     70.8     132.9  

Total Amortized Cost

  48.0     7.9     —       9.0     —       64.9     28.3     45.3     —     —     —     73.6     138.5  

Gross Unrealized loss

  (2.4 )   (0.2 )   —       (0.2 )   —       (2.8 )   (1.1 )   (1.7 )   —     —     —     (2.8 )   (5.6 )

Total Fixed Maturity Securities:

                                                                       

Number of positions

  28     14     3     1     5     51     25     14     —     —     —     39     90  

Total Market Value

  145.0     64.9     11.9     8.8     1.4     232.0     47.7     49.3     —     —     —     97.0     329.0  

Total Amortized Cost

  148.5     70.6     12.0     9.0     1.5     241.6     49.5     51.1     —     —     —     100.6     342.2  

Gross Unrealized loss

  (3.5 )   (5.7 )   (0.1 )   (0.2 )   (0.1 )   (9.6 )   (1.8 )   (1.8 )   —     —     —     (3.6 )   (13.2 )

 

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Gross Unrealized Losses on Fixed Maturity Securities As of June 30, 2003

Closed Block

By Investment Category, Credit Quality, and By Length of Time Unrealized

 

    Investment Grade

    Non-Investment Grade

    Grand
Total


 
    0-6
Months


    >6-12
Months


    >12-24
Months


    >24-36
Months


  >36+
Months


  Total

    0-6
Months


    >6-12
Months


    >12-24
Months


  >24-36
Months


  >36+
Months


  Total

   
    ($ in millions)  

Public Fixed Maturity Securities:

                                                                   

Number of positions

  11     2     1     —     —     14           3     —     —     —     3     17  

Total Market Value

  69.0     9.7     9.9     —     —     88.6           27.6     —     —     —     27.6     116.2  

Total Amortized Cost

  69.8     10.3     10.0     —     —     90.1           30.6     —     —     —     30.6     120.7  

Gross Unrealized loss

  (0.8 )   (0.6 )   (0.1 )   —     —     (1.5 )         (3.0 )   —     —     —     (3.0 )   (4.5 )

Private Fixed Maturity Securities:

                                                                   

Number of positions

  3     2     1     —     —     6     1     9     —     —     —     10     16  

Total Market Value

  23.8     7.2     15.0     —     —     46.0     1.5     13.0     —     —     —     14.5     60.5  

Total Amortized Cost

  24.0     7.7     15.1     —     —     46.8     1.6     13.2     —     —     —     14.8     61.6  

Gross Unrealized loss

  (0.2 )   (0.5 )   (0.1 )   —     —     (0.8 )   (0.1 )   (0.2 )   —     —     —     (0.3 )   (1.1 )

Total Fixed Maturity Securities:

                                                                   

Number of positions

  14     4     2     —     —     20     1     12     —     —     —     13     33  

Total Market Value

  92.8     16.9     24.9     —     —     134.6     1.5     40.6     —     —     —     42.1     176.7  

Total Amortized Cost

  93.8     18.0     25.1     —     —     136.9     1.6     43.8     —     —     —     45.4     182.3  

Gross Unrealized loss

  (1.0 )   (1.1 )   (0.2 )   —     —     (2.3 )   (0.1 )   (3.2 )   —     —     —     (3.3 )   (5.6 )

 

Total Gross Unrealized Losses on Fixed Maturity Securities As of June 30, 2003

By Investment Category, Credit Quality, and By Length of Time Unrealized

 

    Investment Grade

    Non-Investment Grade

    Grand
Total


 
    0-6
Months


    >6-12
Months


    >12-24
Months


    >24-36
Months


    >36+
Months


    Total

    0-6
Months


    >6-12
Months


    >12-24
Months


  >24-36
Months


  >36+
Months


  Total

   
    ($ in millions)  

Public Fixed Maturity Securities:

                                                                       

Number of positions

  33     12     4     —       5     54     22     9     —     —     —     31     85  

Total Market Value

  168.4     66.9     21.8     —       1.4     258.5     20.5     33.3     —     —     —     53.8     312.3  

Total Amortized Cost

  170.3     73.0     22.0     —       1.5     266.8     21.2     36.4     —     —     —     57.6     324.4  

Gross Unrealized loss

  (1.9 )   (6.1 )   (0.2 )   —       (0.1 )   (8.3 )   (0.7 )   (3.1 )   —     —     —     (3.8 )   (12.1 )

Private Fixed Maturity Securities:

                                                                       

Number of positions

  9     6     1     1     —       17     4     17     —     —     —     21     38  

Total Market Value

  69.4     14.9     15.0     8.8     —       108.1     28.7     56.6     —     —     —     85.3     193.4  

Total Amortized Cost

  72.0     15.6     15.1     9.0     —       111.7     29.9     58.5     —     —     —     88.4     200.1  

Gross Unrealized loss

  (2.6 )   (0.7 )   (0.1 )   (0.2 )   —       (3.6 )   (1.2 )   (1.9 )   —     —     —     (3.1 )   (6.7 )

Total Fixed Maturity Securities:

                                                                       

Number of positions

  42     18     5     1     5     71     26     26     —     —     —     52     123  

Total Market Value

  237.8     81.8     36.8     8.8     1.4     366.6     49.2     89.9     —     —     —     139.1     505.7  

Total Amortized Cost

  242.3     88.6     37.1     9.0     1.5     378.5     51.1     94.9     —     —     —     146.0     524.5  

Gross Unrealized loss

  (4.5 )   (6.8 )   (0.3 )   (0.2 )   (0.1 )   (11.9 )   (1.9 )   (5.0 )   —     —     —     (6.9 )   (18.8 )

 

As indicated in the above tables, there were 11 investment grade fixed maturity security positions that have been in an unrealized loss position for more than 12 months as of June 30, 2003. The aggregate gross pre-tax unrealized loss relating to these positions was $0.6 million ($0.2 million after-tax) as of such date. These positions were not considered “other than temporarily impaired” because management is of the opinion that the unrealized loss position was primarily attributable to temporary market conditions affecting the related industry sectors, as well as the fact that management’s analysis of the issuer’s financial strength supported the conclusion that the security was not “other than temporarily impaired”.

 

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The following table presents certain information by type of investments with respect to the Company’s gross unrealized losses on common stock investments at June 30, 2003 including the number of individual security positions comprising such unrealized losses, the aggregate carrying value and market value of such positions, the amount of such unrealized losses and information as to the amount of time securities have been in an unrealized loss position.

 

    

0-6

Months


    

>6-12

Months


    

>12

Months


   Total

 
     ($ in millions)  

Common Stock

                         

Number of positions

   8      6      —      14  

Total Market Value

   2.2      3.7      —      5.9  

Total Amortized Cost

   2.4      3.9      —      6.3  

Gross Unrealized loss

   (0.2 )    (0.2 )    —      (0.4 )

 

Gross Unrealized Losses on Fixed Maturity Securities As of December 31, 2002

Outside the Closed Block

By Investment Category, Credit Quality, and By Length of Time Unrealized

 

    Investment Grade

    Non-Investment Grade

   

Grand
Total


 
   

0-6

Months


    >6-12
Months


    >12-24
Months


    >24-36
Months


  >36+
Months


    Total

   

0-6

Months


    >6-12
Months


    >12-24
Months


  >24-36
Months


  >36+
Months


  Total

   
    ($ in millions)  

Public Fixed Maturity Securities:

                                                                     

Number of positions

  24     9     2     —     5     40     14     1     —     —     —     15     55  

Total Market Value

  117.4     17.1     0.5     —     1.4     136.4     49.4     0.1     —     —     —     49.5     185.9  

Total Amortized Cost

  126.1     17.3     0.5     —     1.7     145.6     52.5     0.1     —     —     —     52.6     198.2  

Gross Unrealized loss

  (8.7 )   (0.2 )   —       —     (0.3 )   (9.2 )   (3.1 )   —       —     —     —     (3.1 )   (12.3 )

Private Fixed Maturity Securities:

                                                                     

Number of positions

  12     —       1     —     —       13     11     1     —     —     —     12     25  

Total Market Value

  63.5     —       8.8     —     —       72.3     45.2     1.0     —     —     —     46.2     118.5  

Total Amortized Cost

  68.5     —       9.0     —     —       77.5     51.4     1.3     —     —     —     52.7     130.2  

Gross Unrealized loss

  (5.0 )   —       (0.2 )   —     —       (5.2 )   (6.2 )   (0.3 )   —     —     —     (6.5 )   (11.7 )

Total Fixed Maturity Securities:

                                                                     

Number of positions

  36     9     3     —     5     53     25     2     —     —     —     27     80  

Total Market Value

  180.9     17.1     9.3     —     1.4     208.7     94.6     1.1     —     —     —     95.7     304.4  

Total Amortized Cost

  194.6     17.3     9.5     —     1.7     223.1     103.9     1.4     —     —     —     105.3     328.4  

Gross Unrealized loss

  (13.7 )   (0.2 )   (0.2 )   —     (0.3 )   (14.4 )   (9.3 )   (0.3 )   —     —     —     (9.6 )   (24.0 )

 

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Gross Unrealized Losses on Fixed Maturity Securities As of December 31, 2002

Closed Block

By Investment Category, Credit Quality, and By Length of Time Unrealized

 

    Investment Grade

    Non-Investment Grade

    Grand
Total


 
   

0-6

Months


    >6-12
Months


    >12-24
Months


    >24-36
Months


  >36+
Months


    Total

   

0-6

Months


    >6-12
Months


    >12-24
Months


  >24-36
Months


  >36+
Months


  Total

   
    ($ in millions)  

Public Fixed Maturity Securities:

                                                                     

Number of positions

  9     5     3     —     1     18     5     2     —     —     —     7     25  

Total Market Value

  48.0     9.5     17.0     —     9.3     83.8     29.0     15.0     —     —     —     44.0     127.8  

Total Amortized Cost

  50.2     10.5     18.5     —     10.0     89.2     33.2     15.5     —     —     —     48.7     137.9  

Gross Unrealized loss

  2.2     (1.0 )   (1.5 )   —     (0.7 )   (5.4 )   (4.2 )   (0.5 )   —     —     —     (4.7 )   (10.1 )

Private Fixed Maturity Securities:

                                                                     

Number of positions

  3     —       —       —     1     4     13     3     —     —     —     16     20  

Total Market Value

  21.8     —       —       —     15.0     36.8     31.5     23.0     —     —     —     54.5     91.3  

Total Amortized Cost

  22.5     —       —       —     15.2     37.7     33.3     29.4     —     —     —     62.7     100.4  

Gross Unrealized loss

  (0.7 )   —       —       —     (0.2 )   (0.9 )   (1.8 )   (6.4 )   —     —     —     (8.2 )   (9.1 )

Total Fixed Maturity Securities:

                                                                     

Number of positions

  12     5     3     —     2     22     18     5     —     —     —     23     45  

Total Market Value

  69.8     9.5     17.0     —     24.3     120.6     60.5     38.0     —     —     —     98.5     219.1  

Total Amortized Cost

  72.7     10.5     18.5     —     25.2     126.9     66.5     44.9     —     —     —     111.4     238.3  

Gross Unrealized loss

  (2.9 )   (1.0 )   (1.5 )   —     (0.9 )   (6.3 )   (6.0 )   (6.9 )   —     —     —     (12.9 )   (19.2 )

 

Total Gross Unrealized Losses on Fixed Maturity Securities As of December 31, 2002

By Investment Category, Credit Quality, and By Length of Time Unrealized

 

    Investment Grade

    Non-Investment Grade

    Grand
Total


 
   

0-6

Months


    >6-12
Months


    >12-24
Months


    >24-36
Months


  >36+
Months


    Total

    0-6
Months


    >6-12
Months


    >12-24
Months


  >24-36
Months


  >36+
Months


  Total

   
    ($ in millions)  

Public Fixed Maturity Securities:

                                                                     

Number of positions

  33     14     5     —     6     58     19     3     —     —     —     22     80  

Total Market Value

  165.4     26.6     17.5     —     10.7     220.2     78.4     15.1     —     —     —     93.5     313.7  

Total Amortized Cost

  176.3     27.8     19.0     —     11.7     234.8     85.7     15.6     —     —     —     101.3     336.1  

Gross Unrealized loss

  (10.9 )   (1.2 )   (1.5 )   —     (1.0 )   (14.6 )   (7.3 )   (0.5 )   —     —     —     (7.8 )   (22.4 )

Private Fixed Maturity Securities:

                                                                     

Number of positions

  15     —       1     —     1     17     24     4     —     —     —     28     45  

Total Market Value

  85.3     —       8.8     —     15.0     109.1     76.7     24.0     —     —     —     100.7     209.8  

Total Amortized Cost

  91.0     —       9.0     —     15.2     115.2     84.7     30.7     —     —     —     115.4     230.6  

Gross Unrealized loss

  (5.7 )   —       (0.2 )   —     (0.2 )   (6.1 )   (8.0 )   (6.7 )   —     —     —     (14.7 )   (20.8 )

Total Fixed Maturity Securities:

                                                                     

Number of positions

  48     14     6     —     7     75     43     7     —     —     —     50     125  

Total Market Value

  250.7     26.6     26.3     —     25.7     329.3     155.1     39.1     —     —     —     194.2     523.5  

Total Amortized Cost

  267.3     27.8     28.0     —     26.9     350.0     170.4     46.3     —     —     —     216.7     566.7  

Gross Unrealized loss

  (16.6 )   (1.2 )   (1.7 )   —     (1.2 )   (20.7 )   (15.3 )   (7.2 )   —     —     —     (22.5 )   (43.2 )

 

As indicated in the above tables, there were 13 investment grade fixed maturity security positions that have been in an unrealized loss position for more than 12 months as of December 31, 2002. The aggregate gross pre-tax unrealized loss relating to these positions was $2.9 million ($1.9 million after-tax) as of such date. Of these positions: (i) two comprising approximately $0.5 million ($0.3 million after-tax) of the aforementioned aggregate unrealized loss, were not considered “other than temporarily impaired” principally because of the issuer’s financial strength as indicated by the fact that all such securities were rated “A” or better, (ii) eight comprising approximately $2.4 million ($1.6 million after-tax) of the aforementioned unrealized loss was not considered “other than temporarily impaired” because management is of the opinion that the unrealized loss position was primarily attributable to temporary market conditions affecting the related industry sectors, as well as the fact

 

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that management’s analysis of the issuer’s financial strength supported the conclusion that the security was not “other than temporarily impaired”, and (iii) three positions with negligible unrealized losses were U.S. Government securities.

 

The following table presents certain information by type of investments with respect to our gross unrealized losses on common stock investments at December 31, 2002 including the number of individual security positions comprising such unrealized losses, the aggregate carrying value and market value of such positions, the amount of such unrealized losses and information as to the amount of time securities have been in an unrealized loss position.

 

    

0-6

Months


   

>6-12

Months


   

>12

Months


    Total

 
     ($ in millions)  

Common Stock

                        

Number of positions

   20     21     0     41  

Total Market Value

   4.8     7.1     0     11.9  

Total Amortized Cost

   5.5     8.7     0     14.2  

Unrealized loss

   (0.7 )   (1.6 )   (0 )   (2.3 )

 

The following table presents certain information by type of investment with respect to securities sold which resulted in a loss for the six-month period ended June 30, 2003 and the year ended December 31, 2002, including: (i) the number of positions sold that comprise the aggregate gross realized loss for the period; (ii) the aggregate fair value of such securities at the date of their sale, (iii) the aggregate carrying value of such securities at the date of sale; (iv) the aggregate gross amount of the realized loss recorded from the sale of such securities during the period; and (v) the gross realized losses reported for each period sorted in descending order by percentage of sales price to carrying value at the date of sale. Excluded are amounts relating to certain invested assets held pursuant to a reinsurance arrangement whereby all the experience from such assets is passed to the reinsurer.

 

    

For the

Three-month

Period Ended
June 30,
2003


   

For the

Six-month

Period Ended
June 30,
2003


   

For the

Year Ended
December 31,
2002


 
     ($ in millions)  

Fixed Maturity Securities:

                        

Number of positions

     4       12       64  

Fair value at date of sale

   $ 2.6     $ 4.2     $ 18.0  

Carrying value at date of sale

   $ 2.6     $ 4.3     $ 22.9  

Gross realized losses

   $ (0.0 )   $ (0.1 )   $ (4.9 )

Gross realized losses by the % of sales price to carrying value:

                        

•    100 to 95 percent

   $ (0.0 )   $ (0.1 )   $ (0.1 )

•    <95 to 90

   $ (0.0 )   $ (0.0 )   $ (0.1 )

•    <90

   $ (0.0 )   $ (0.0 )   $ (4.7 )

Common Stock Securities:

                        

Number of positions

     7       20       27  

Fair value at date of sale

   $ 3.6     $ 4.5     $ 4.7  

Carrying value at date of sale

   $ 3.7     $ 5.0     $ 7.3  

Gross realized losses

   $ (0.1 )   $ (0.5 )   $ (2.6 )

 

With respect to fixed maturity securities sold which resulted in a loss for the quarter and six-month period ended June 30, 2003 respectively and the year ended December 31, 2002, the following table presents certain information as to the amount of time such securities have been in an unrealized loss position. The information in this table is sorted by % of sales price to carrying value.

 

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     For the Quarter Ended June 30, 2003

    

0-6

Months


  

>6-12

Months


  

>12

Months


   Total

The number of positions sold at a loss sorted by the period of time they were in an unrealized loss position and by % of the securities’ sales price to carrying value:

                   

•    100to 95 percent

   2    1    0    3

•    <95to 90

   0    1    0    1

•    <90

   0    0    0    0
     For the Six Month Period 
Ended June 30, 2003


    

0-6

Months


  

>6-12

Months


  

>12

Months


   Total

The number of positions sold at a loss sorted by the period of time they were in an unrealized loss position and by % of the securities’ sales price to carrying value:

                   

•    100to 95 percent

   7    1    0    8

•    <95to 90

   1    1    0    2

•    <90

   2    0    0    2
     For the Year Ended December 31, 2002

    

0-6

Months


  

>6-12

Months


  

>12

Months


   Total

The number of positions sold at a loss sorted by the period of time they were in an unrealized loss position and by % of the securities’ sales price to carrying value:

                   

•    100to 95 percent

   12    3    2    17

•    <95to 90

   8    1    2    11

•    <90

   16    3    17    36

 

Based on management’s analysis of the underlying issuers’ fundamentals, management concluded that, with few exceptions, losses incurred on sales of fixed maturity securities at or above prices of 90% of carrying value are not attributable to the creditworthiness of the issuer. In certain instances losses incurred on sales of fixed maturity securities at or above prices of 90% of carrying value were at least in part due to the creditworthiness of the issuer. Management made sales of securities at or above prices of 90% of carrying value in response to portfolio management decisions made in the period of sale, and such sales were not previously contemplated in prior periods. For the quarter ended June 30, 2003 and the year ended December 31, 2002 the Company incurred losses on sales of fixed maturity securities at prices below 90% of carrying value aggregating $0.0 million and $4.7 million, respectively. For all sales of securities at prices less than 90% of carrying value management’s evaluation of the underlying issuers’ fundamentals up to the period of sale concluded that both the principal and interest would be collected as scheduled. In the period in which management changed its view as to the likelihood that the Company would collect the scheduled principal and interest the Company either recognized an “other than temporary impairment” or sold the securities.

 

Of the loss recorded for the year ended December 31, 2002 on sales of fixed maturity securities sold at prices below 90%, $3.4 million resulted from sales of 16 securities that were in an unrealized loss position less than 6 months, $0.5 million resulted from sales of three securities that were in an unrealized loss position between 6-12 months, and $0.8 million resulted from sales of 17 securities that were in an unrealized loss position for more than 12 months.

 

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With respect to common stock sold which resulted in a loss for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 and the year ended December 31, 2002, the following table presents certain information as to the amount of time such securities have been in an unrealized loss position.

 

     For the Three-month period Ended June 30, 2003

    

0-6

Months


  

>6-12

Months


  

>12

Months


   Total

The number of positions sold at a loss sorted by the period of time they were in an unrealized loss position

   7    0    0    7
     For the Six-month period Ended June 30, 2003

    

0-6

Months


  

>6-12

Months


  

>12

Months


   Total

The number of positions sold at a loss sorted by the period of time they were in an unrealized loss position

   20    0    0    20
     For the Year Ended December 31, 2002

    

0-6

Months


  

>6-12

Months


  

>12

Months


   Total

The number of positions sold at a loss sorted by the period of time they were in an unrealized loss position

   10    17    0    27

 

ITEM 3.   QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Quantitative and qualitative disclosure regarding the Company’s exposures to market risk, as well as the Company’s objectives, policies and strategies relating to the management of such risks, is set forth in the MONY Group’s 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Company’s relative sensitivity to changes in fair value from interest rates and equity prices at June 30, 2003 is not materially different from that presented in MONY Group’s 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

ITEM 4.   CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

An evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of MONY Group’s management, including MONY Group’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of MONY Group’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d 15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of June 30, 2003. Based upon this evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that these disclosure controls and procedures were effective. No change in MONY Group’s internal control over financial reporting was identified in connection with this evaluation that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, MONY Group’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

PART II

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1.    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

See Note 5 of the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I of this Report. Except as disclosed in Note 5, there have been no new material legal proceedings and no new material developments in matters previously reported in MONY Group’s 2002 Annual Report. In addition to the matters

 

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discussed therein, in the ordinary course of its business the Company is involved in various other legal actions and proceedings (some of which may involve demands for unspecified damages), none of which is expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company.

 

ITEM 4.    SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

 

The Board of Directors of the Company consists of three classes of directors, with the members of each class holding office until their successors are duly elected and qualified. At each Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company, the successors to the class of directors whose term expires at such meeting are elected to hold office for a term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held in the third year following the year of election. At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company held on May 14, 2003, the five nominees listed under (a) below were elected as directors to hold office for terms ending May 2006 or until their respective successors shall have been elected or qualified. The following directors, constituting the members of the two classes of directors whose terms did not expire at such annual meeting, continued to serve as directors of the Company after such meeting: G. Robert Durham, Robert Holland, Jr., James L. Johnson, Frederick W. Kanner, Robert R. Kiley, Kenneth M. Levine, Michael I. Roth, Thomas C. Theobald and David M. Thomas. In addition, at such annual meeting, the Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent accountants and did not approve two shareholder proposals. The number of votes cast for and against and abstentions as to each of these matters was as follows:

 

(a)   Election of Directors:

 

Name of Director


   Votes For

   Votes Against

Robert H. Barrett

   20,277,679    6,143,786

David L. Call

   21,144,974    5,276,491

Margaret M. Foran

   21,167,567    5,253,898

Samuel J. Foti

   21,166,324    5,255,144

Jane C. Pfeiffer

   21,130,794    5,290,671

 

(b)   Ratification of Appointment of Independent Accountants:

 

Votes For


 

Votes Against


 

Abstentions


24,044,270

  2,180,553   196,642

 

(c)   Shareholder Proposal 1—Reporting on charitable donations program:

 

Votes For


 

Votes Against


 

Abstentions


4,948,076

  15,399,292   1,369,528

 

(d)   Shareholder Proposal 2—Executive Compensation:

 

Votes For


 

Votes Against


 

Abstentions


7,466,867

  12,166,006   2,084,024

 

ITEM 5.   OTHER INFORMATION.

 

Since 1991, MONY Life has had change of control employment agreements with its senior executives. These agreements provide for the payment of compensation and benefits to the executives if their employment with MONY Life is terminated under certain circumstances following a “change in control” (as defined in the agreements). The principal terms of the agreements, as they pertain to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and the next four most highly compensated executive officers, are described in the proxy statement for MONY

 

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Group’s 2003 annual meeting of shareholders. A total of 15 senior executives of MONY Life or its subsidiaries (the “Covered Executives”) were parties to change in control agreements prior to July 31, 2003.

 

To bring MONY Life’s change in control contracts in line with current best practices, effective July 31, 2003, MONY Life and each of the Covered Executives have entered into new change of control agreements (the “New Agreements”) to replace the previous agreements. The New Agreements, among other things, remove the long-term incentive plan payment from the calculation of the change in control severance payment, modify the calculation of the long-term incentive plan payments for uncompleted cycles so that payments for any uncompleted plan cycles will be made on a pro rata basis and reduce the multiplier used in the severance calculation from three times the severance base for the top eleven executives and two times the severance base for the other four executives to two and one-half times the severance base for the four most highly compensated executives and two times the severance base for the other eleven executives. The amounts that could become payable under the New Agreements in the event of terminations of employment following a change in control will vary depending upon a number of factors, including the timing of the events and the value of the MONY Group common stock in a change in control transaction.

 

ITEM 6.   EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

 

  (a)   Exhibits

 

10.1    Form of Employment Agreement applicable to Richard E. Connors, Steven G. Orluck, Evelyn L. Peos, Bart Schwartz, Michael Slipowitz, Lee M. Smith and Kimberly Windrow
10.2    Employment Agreement applicable to Grant W. Kurtz.
10.3    Change of Control Agreement applicable to Michael I. Roth.
10.4    Change of Control Agreement applicable to Kenneth M. Levine.
10.5    Change of Control Agreement applicable to Samuel J. Foti.
10.6    Change of Control Agreement applicable to Richard Daddario.
10.7    Change of Control Agreement applicable to Victor Ugolyn.
10.8    Change of Control Agreement applicable to Grant W. Kurtz.
10.9    Form of Change of Control Agreement applicable to Richard E. Connors, Steven G. Orluck, Evelyn L. Peos, Bart Schwartz, Michael Slipowitz, Lee M. Smith and Kimberly Windrow.
31.1    Certification of Michael I. Roth pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2    Certification of Richard Daddario pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1    Certification of Michael I. Roth pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2    Certification of Richard Daddario pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

  (b)   Reports on Form 8-K

 

(1)    Current Report on Form 8-K filed with SEC on May 8, 2003 (responding to Items 5, 7, and 9 of Form 8-K), as amended by Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC May 20, 2003.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

THE MONY GROUP INC.

By:

  /s/    RICHARD DADDARIO        
 
   

Richard Daddario

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

(Authorized Signatory and

Principal Financial Officer)

 

Date:  August 14, 2003

 

By:

  /s/    ARNOLD B. BROUSELL        
 
   

Arnold Brousell

Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer

and Controller

(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

Date:  August 14, 2003

 

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