þ | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
o | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
Pennsylvania | 25-0466020 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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100 Erie Insurance Place, Erie, Pennsylvania | 16530 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
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Reserves for Unpaid Losses and Loss Expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gross liability for unpaid losses
and loss expenses (LAE) |
$ | 2,348 | $ | 2,940 | $ | 3,401 | $ | 3,629 | $ | 3,779 | $ | 3,830 | $ | 3,684 | $ | 3,586 | $ | 3,598 | $ | 3,584 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Gross liability re-estimated as of: |
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One year later |
2,677 | 2,986 | 3,360 | 3,592 | 3,651 | 3,559 | 3,487 | 3,502 | 3,336 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Two years later |
2,731 | 3,021 | 3,423 | 3,583 | 3,508 | 3,467 | 3,409 | 3,320 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Three years later |
2,789 | 3,117 | 3,482 | 3,558 | 3,464 | 3,412 | 3,307 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Four years later |
2,895 | 3,190 | 3,497 | 3,516 | 3,437 | 3,358 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Five years later |
2,979 | 3,223 | 3,466 | 3,494 | 3,404 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Six years later |
3,027 | 3,173 | 3,440 | 3,485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seven years later |
2,977 | 3,186 | 3,430 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eight years later |
2,980 | 3,189 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nine years later |
2,964 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cumulative (deficiency) redundancy |
$ | (616 | ) | $ | (249 | ) | $ | (29 | ) | $ | 144 | $ | 375 | $ | 472 | $ | 377 | $ | 266 | $ | 262 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
Cumulative amount of gross
liability paid through: |
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One year later |
$ | 859 | $ | 933 | $ | 1,055 | $ | 1,066 | $ | 1,067 | $ | 1,019 | $ | 1,042 | $ | 1,033 | $ | 955 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Two years later |
1,339 | 1,477 | 1,638 | 1,699 | 1,630 | 1,621 | 1,573 | 1,538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Three years later |
1,658 | 1,819 | 2,034 | 2,056 | 2,016 | 1,962 | 1,889 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Four years later |
1,858 | 2,044 | 2,245 | 2,294 | 2,235 | 2,147 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Five years later |
1,990 | 2,161 | 2,394 | 2,431 | 2,342 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Six years later |
2,061 | 2,256 | 2,484 | 2,509 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seven years later |
2,131 | 2,316 | 2,541 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eight years later |
2,172 | 2,357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nine years later |
$ | 2,201 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Interest rate risk the risk of adverse changes in the value of fixed-income securities as a result of increases in market interest rates. | ||
| Investment credit risk the risk that the value of certain investments may decrease due to the deterioration in financial condition of, or the liquidity available to, one or more issuers of those securities or, in the case of asset-backed securities, due to the deterioration of the loans or other assets that underlie the securities, which, in each case, also includes the risk of permanent loss. | ||
| Concentration risk the risk that the portfolio may be too heavily concentrated in the securities of one or more issuers, sectors, or industries, which could result in a significant decrease in the value of the portfolio in the event of a deterioration of the financial condition, performance, or outlook of those issuers, sectors, or industries. | ||
| Liquidity risk the risk that Indemnity will not be able to convert investment securities into cash on favorable terms and on a timely basis, or that Indemnity will not be able to sell them at all, when desired. Disruptions in the financial markets, or a lack of buyers for the specific securities that Indemnity is trying to sell, could prevent it from liquidating securities or cause a reduction in prices to levels that are not acceptable to Indemnity. |
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| Interest rate risk the risk of adverse changes in the value of fixed-income securities as a result of increases in market interest rates. | ||
| Investment credit risk the risk that the value of certain investments may decrease due to the deterioration in financial condition of, or the liquidity available to, one or more issuers of those securities or, in the case of asset-backed securities, due to the deterioration of the loans or other assets that underlie the securities, which, in each case, also includes the risk of permanent loss. | ||
| Concentration risk the risk that the portfolio may be too heavily concentrated in the securities of one or more issuers, sectors, or industries, which could result in a significant decrease in the value of the portfolio in the event of a deterioration of the financial condition, performance, or outlook of those issuers, sectors, or industries. | ||
| Liquidity risk the risk that the Exchange will not be able to convert investment securities into cash on favorable terms and on a timely basis, or that the Exchange will not be able to sell them at all, when desired. Disruptions in the financial markets, or a lack of buyers for the specific securities that the Exchange is trying to sell, could prevent it from liquidating securities or cause a reduction in prices to levels that are not acceptable to the Exchange. |
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Cash Dividend | Cash Dividend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sales Price | Declared | Sales Price | Declared | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Quarter ended | High | Low | Class A | Class B | High | Low | Class A | Class B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 31 |
$ | 43.13 | $ | 38.03 | $ | 0.480 | $ | 72.00 | $ | 38.67 | $ | 28.57 | $ | 0.45 | $ | 67.50 | ||||||||||||||||
June 30 |
46.89 | 42.59 | 0.480 | 72.00 | 36.47 | 32.72 | 0.45 | 67.50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 30 |
56.20 | 44.38 | 0.480 | 72.00 | 38.67 | 35.01 | 0.45 | 67.50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
December 31 |
65.47 | 55.41 | 0.515 | 77.25 | 40.18 | 35.21 | 0.48 | 72.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total |
$ | 1.955 | $ | 293.25 | $ | 1.83 | $ | 274.50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
Erie Indemnity Company Class A common stock |
$ | 100 | * | $ | 112 | $ | 103 | $ | 79 | $ | 86 | $ | 147 | |||||||||||
Standard & Poors 500 Stock Index |
100 | * | 113 | 98 | 69 | 78 | 85 | |||||||||||||||||
Standard & Poors Property-Casualty
Insurance Index |
110 | * | 116 | 122 | 77 | 97 | 112 | |||||||||||||||||
* | Assumes $100 invested at the close of trading on the last trading day preceding the first day of the fifth preceding fiscal year in our Class A common stock, Standard & Poors 500 Stock Index and Standard & Poors Property-Casualty Insurance Index. |
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Approximate Dollar | ||||||||||||||||
Total Number of | Value of Shares | |||||||||||||||
Shares Purchased as | that May Yet be | |||||||||||||||
(dollars in millions, except per share data) | Total Number of | Average Price Paid | Part of Publicly | Purchased Under the | ||||||||||||
Period | Shares Purchased | Per Share | Announced Plan | Plan | ||||||||||||
October 1 31, 2010 |
122,464 | $ | 56.65 | 122,464 | ||||||||||||
November 1 30, 2010 |
11,202 | 58.77 | 11,202 | |||||||||||||
December 1 31, 2010 |
64,700 | 64.66 | 64,700 | |||||||||||||
Total |
198,366 | 198,366 | $ | 146 | ||||||||||||
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Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
(dollars in millions, except share data) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | |||||||||||||||
Operating data: |
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Premiums earned |
$ | 3,987 | $ | 3,869 | $ | 3,834 | $ | 3,832 | $ | 3,943 | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
433 | 433 | 438 | 451 | 432 | |||||||||||||||
Realized gains (losses) on investments |
307 | 286 | (1,597 | ) | (5 | ) | 188 | |||||||||||||
Equity in earnings (losses) of limited partnerships |
128 | (369 | ) | (58 | ) | 352 | 235 | |||||||||||||
Other income |
35 | 36 | 34 | 31 | 30 | |||||||||||||||
Total revenues |
4,890 | 4,255 | 2,651 | 4,661 | 4,828 | |||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
660 | 446 | (616 | ) | 919 | 852 | ||||||||||||||
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to
noncontrolling interest in consolidated entity
Exchange |
498 | 338 | (685 | ) | 706 | 648 | ||||||||||||||
Net Income attributable to Indemnity |
162 | 108 | 69 | 213 | 204 | |||||||||||||||
Per share data attributable to Indemnity: |
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Net income per Class A share diluted |
$ | 2.85 | $ | 1.89 | $ | 1.19 | $ | 3.43 | $ | 3.13 | ||||||||||
Book value per share Class A common and
equivalent B shares |
16.24 | 15.74 | 13.79 | 17.68 | 18.17 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Dividends declared per Class A share |
1.955 | 1.83 | 1.77 | 1.64 | 1.48 | |||||||||||||||
Dividends declared per Class B share |
293.25 | 274.50 | 265.50 | 246.00 | 222.00 | |||||||||||||||
Financial position data: |
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Total assets |
$ | 14,344 | $ | 13,287 | $ | 12,505 | $ | 14,104 | $ | 13,157 | ||||||||||
Less: Total assets attributable to
noncontrolling interest in consolidated entity
Exchange (1) |
13,369 | 11,876 | 11,101 | 12,477 | 11,431 | |||||||||||||||
Total assets attributable to Indemnity (1) |
975 | 1,411 | 1,404 | 1,627 | 1,726 | |||||||||||||||
Total equity |
6,334 | 5,725 | (2) | 4,759 | 6,024 | 5,481 | ||||||||||||||
Less: Noncontrolling interest in consolidated entity
Exchange |
5,422 | 4,823 | (2) | 3,967 | 4,973 | 4,319 | ||||||||||||||
Total equity attributable to Indemnity |
912 | 902 | (2) | 792 | (3) | 1,051 | 1,162 | (5) | ||||||||||||
Treasury stock attributable to Indemnity |
872 | 814 | 811 | 709 | 472 | |||||||||||||||
Cumulative number of shares repurchased and held
in treasury at December 31, attributable to
Indemnity |
18,235,094 | 17,086,127 | 16,994,707 | 14,938,663 | (4) | 10,448,471 |
(1) | The total assets attributable to the Exchange, or noncontrolling interest, and the total assets attributable to the Indemnity shareholder interest are presented with intercompany payables/receivables eliminated. | |
(2) | On April 1, 2009, we adopted the accounting guidance related to non-credit other-than-temporary impairments for our debt security portfolio. The net impact of the cumulative effect adjustment on April 1, 2009 increased retained earnings and reduced other comprehensive income by $6 million, net of tax, related to the Indemnity shareholder interest and by $95 million, net of tax, related to the Exchange, or noncontrolling interest, resulting in no effect on shareholders equity. | |
(3) | On January 1, 2008, we adopted the fair value option for our common stock portfolio. The net impact of the cumulative effect adjustment increased retained earnings and reduced other comprehensive income by $11 million, net of tax, related to the Indemnity shareholder interest resulting in no effect on shareholders equity. | |
(4) | Includes 1.9 million shares of our Class A non-voting common stock from the F. William Hirt Estate separate from our stock repurchase program. | |
(5) | On December 31, 2006, shareholders equity decreased by $21 million, net of taxes, related to the Indemnity shareholder interest as a result of initially applying the recognition provisions for employers accounting for defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans. |
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Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking information |
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Recent accounting pronouncements |
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Recent events |
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Operating overview |
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Critical accounting estimates |
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Results of operations |
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Management operations |
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Property and casualty insurance operations |
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Life insurance operations |
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Investment operations |
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Financial condition |
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Investments |
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Liabilities |
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Shareholders equity |
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Impact of inflation |
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Liquidity and capital resources |
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Transactions/agreements between Indemnity and noncontrolling interest (Exchange) |
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| dependence on Indemnitys relationship with the Exchange and the management fee under the agreement with the subscribers at the Exchange; | ||
| costs of providing services to the Exchange under the subscribers agreement; | ||
| ability to attract and retain talented management and employees; | ||
| ability to maintain the uninterrupted operations of our business, including our information technology systems; | ||
| factors affecting the quality and liquidity of our investment portfolio; | ||
| credit risk from the Exchange; | ||
| ability to meet liquidity needs and access capital; and | ||
| outcome of pending and potential litigations against us. |
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| general business and economic conditions; | ||
| dependence on the independent agency system; | ||
| ability to maintain our reputation for superior customer service; | ||
| factors affecting price competition; | ||
| government regulation of the insurance industry, including approval of rate increases and rating factors such as credit and prior experience, and required processes related to underwriting and claims handling; | ||
| the uncertain role of the Federal Government, and the ongoing role of the States, in regulating the property/casualty or life insurance industries; | ||
| premium rates and reserves must be established from forecasts of ultimate costs; | ||
| emerging claims, coverage issues in the industry, and changes in reserve estimates related to the property and casualty business; | ||
| changes in reserve estimates related to the life business; | ||
| severe weather conditions or other catastrophic losses, including terrorism; | ||
| ability to acquire reinsurance coverage and collectability from reinsurers; | ||
| factors affecting the quality and liquidity of our investment portfolio; | ||
| ability to meet liquidity needs and access capital; | ||
| ability to maintain acceptable financial strength rating; | ||
| outcome of pending and potential litigation against us; and | ||
| dependency on service provided by Indemnity. |
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| a management fee of up to 25% of all property and casualty insurance premiums written or assumed by the Exchange, less the costs associated with the sales, underwriting and issuance of these policies; | ||
| a 5.5% interest in the net underwriting results of the property and casualty insurance operations through December 31, 2010(1); | ||
| a 21.6% equity interest in the net earnings of EFL through March 31, 2011(2); | ||
| net investment income and results on investments that belong to Indemnity(1); and | ||
| other income and expenses, including income taxes, that are the responsibility of Indemnity. |
| a 94.5% interest in the net underwriting results of the property and casualty insurance operations through December 31, 2010 (1); | ||
| a 78.4% equity interest in the net earnings of EFL through March 31, 2011(2); | ||
| net investment income and results on investments that belong to the Exchange and its subsidiaries, which include the Exchange and Flagship through December 31, 2010(1) and EFL; and | ||
| other income and expenses, including income taxes, that are the responsibility of the Exchange and its subsidiaries. |
(1) | Prior to and through December 31, 2010, the underwriting results retained by EIC and ENY and the investment results of EIC, ENY and EPC accrued to the benefit of the Indemnity shareholder interest. Due to the sale of Indemnitys property and casualty subsidiaries to the Exchange on December 31, 2010, all property and casualty underwriting results and all investment results for these companies accrue to the benefit of the subscribers (policyholders) of the Exchange, or noncontrolling interest, after December 31, 2010. (See Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data Note 1, Nature of Operations, of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained within this report and the previous Recent Events section.) | |
(2) | As a result of the pending sale of Indemnitys 21.6% ownership interest in EFL to the Exchange which is scheduled to close by March 31, 2011, all earnings of EFL will accrue to the benefit of the subscribers (policyholders) of the Exchange, or noncontrolling interest, after March 31, 2011. (See Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data Note 1, Nature of Operations, of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained within this report and the previous Recent Events section.) |
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Management operations |
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Management fee revenue, net |
100.0 | % | $ | 1,009 | $ | 965 | $ | 950 | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | (1,009 | ) | $ | (965 | ) | $ | (950 | ) | $ | | $ | | $ | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Service agreement revenue |
100.0 | % | 34 | 35 | 33 | | | | | | | 34 | 35 | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total revenue from management
operations |
1,043 | 1,000 | 983 | | | | (1,009 | ) | (965 | ) | (950 | ) | 34 | 35 | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of management operations |
100.0 | % | 841 | 813 | 810 | | | | (841 | ) | (813 | ) | (810 | ) | | | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income from management operations
before taxes |
202 | 187 | 173 | | | | (168 | ) | (152 | ) | (140 | ) | 34 | 35 | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Property and casualty insurance
operations |
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Net premiums earned |
5.5 | %(2) | 216 | 209 | 207 | 94.5 | %(2) | 3,709 | 3,599 | 3,564 | | | | 3,925 | 3,808 | 3,771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Losses and loss expenses |
5.5 | %(2) | 155 | 145 | 137 | 94.5 | %(2) | 2,660 | 2,499 | 2,357 | (5 | ) | (5 | ) | (5 | ) | 2,810 | 2,639 | 2,489 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Policy acquisition and other
underwriting expenses |
5.5 | %(2) | 61 | 63 | 57 | 94.5 | %(2) | 1,052 | 1,072 | 978 | (174 | ) | (158 | ) | (146 | ) | 939 | 977 | 889 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from property and
casualty insurance operations
before taxes |
0 | 1 | 13 | (3 | ) | 28 | 229 | 179 | 163 | 151 | 176 | 192 | 393 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Life insurance operations(1) |
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Total revenue |
21.6 | %(3) | 37 | 27 | 13 | 78.4 | %(3) | 135 | 100 | 47 | (2 | ) | (2 | ) | (2 | ) | 170 | 125 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total benefits and expenses |
21.6 | %(3) | 26 | 25 | 25 | 78.4 | %(3) | 96 | 92 | 89 | (2 | ) | (2 | ) | (2 | ) | 120 | 115 | 112 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from life insurance
operations before taxes |
11 | 2 | (12 | ) | 39 | 8 | (42 | ) | | | | 50 | 10 | (54 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment operations |
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Net investment income(2) |
37 | 42 | 44 | 312 | 311 | 318 | (11 | ) | (11 | ) | (11 | ) | 338 | 342 | 351 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net realized (losses) gains on
investments(2) |
(1 | ) | 10 | (43 | ) | 301 | 397 | (973 | ) | | | | 300 | 407 | (1,016 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net impairment losses recognized in
earnings(2) |
(1 | ) | (12 | ) | (70 | ) | (3 | ) | (91 | ) | (418 | ) | | | | (4 | ) | (103 | ) | (488 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Equity in earnings (losses) of
limited partnerships |
21 | (76 | ) | 6 | 106 | (283 | ) | (64 | ) | | | | 127 | (359 | ) | (58 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goodwill Impairment |
| | | (22 | ) | | | | | | (22 | ) | | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment
operations before
taxes(2) |
56 | (36 | ) | (63 | ) | 694 | 334 | (1,137 | ) | (11 | ) | (11 | ) | (11 | ) | 739 | 287 | (1,211 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from operations before
income taxes and noncontrolling
interest |
269 | 154 | 111 | 730 | 370 | (950 | ) | | | | 999 | 524 | (839 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes |
107 | 46 | 42 | 232 | 32 | (265 | ) | | | | 339 | 78 | (223 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ | 162 | $ | 108 | $ | 69 | $ | 498 | $ | 338 | $ | (685 | ) | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | 660 | $ | 446 | $ | (616 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) | Earnings on life insurance related invested assets are integral to the evaluation of the life insurance operations because of the long duration of life products. On that basis, for presentation purposes, the life insurance operations in the table above include life insurance related investment results. However, the life insurance investment results are included in the investment operations segment discussion as part of the Exchanges investment results. | |
(2) | Prior to and through December 31, 2010, the underwriting results retained by EIC and ENY and the investment results of EIC, ENY and EPC accrued to the benefit of the Indemnity shareholder interest. Due to the sale of Indemnitys property and casualty subsidiaries to the Exchange on December 31, 2010, all property and casualty underwriting results and all investment results for these companies accrue to the benefit of the subscribers (policyholders) of the Exchange, or noncontrolling interest, after December 31, 2010. (See Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data Note 1, Nature of Operations, of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained within this report and the previous Recent Events section.) | |
(3) | As a result of the pending sale of Indemnitys 21.6% ownership interest in EFL to the Exchange which is scheduled to close by March 31, 2011, all earnings of EFL will accrue to the benefit of the subscribers (policyholders) of the Exchange, or noncontrolling interest, after March 31, 2011. (See Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data Note 1, Nature of Operations, of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained within this report and the previous Recent Events section.) |
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Indemnity shareholder interest | ||||||||||||
(in millions, except per share data) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
Operating income attributable to Indemnity |
$ | 163 | $ | 109 | $ | 142 | ||||||
Net realized losses and impairments on investments |
(2 | ) | (2 | ) | (113 | ) | ||||||
Income tax benefit |
1 | 1 | 40 | |||||||||
Realized losses and impairments, net of income taxes |
(1 | ) | (1 | ) | (73 | ) | ||||||
Net income attributable to Indemnity |
$ | 162 | $ | 108 | $ | 69 | ||||||
Per Indemnity Class A common share-diluted: |
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Operating income attributable to Indemnity |
$ | 2.88 | $ | 1.91 | $ | 2.46 | ||||||
Net realized losses and impairments on investments |
(0.04 | ) | (0.03 | ) | (1.95 | ) | ||||||
Income tax benefit |
0.01 | 0.01 | 0.68 | |||||||||
Realized losses and impairments, net of income taxes |
(0.03 | ) | (0.02 | ) | (1.27 | ) | ||||||
Net income attributable to Indemnity |
$ | 2.85 | $ | 1.89 | $ | 1.19 | ||||||
(1) | Prior to and through December 31, 2010, the underwriting results retained by EIC and ENY and the investment results of EIC, ENY and EPC accrued to the benefit of the Indemnity shareholder interest. Due to the sale of Indemnitys property and casualty subsidiaries to the Exchange on December 31, 2010, all property and casualty underwriting results and all investment results for these companies accrue to the benefit of the subscribers (policyholders) of the Exchange, or noncontrolling interest, after December 31, 2010. (See Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data Note 1, Nature of Operations, of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained within this report and the previous Recent Events section.) |
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Personal auto liability (such as bodily injury and uninsured/underinsured motorist) For auto liability, and bodily injury in particular, we review the results of a greater number of techniques than for physical damage. We use the Bornhuetter-Ferguson method for the first four to eight accident quarters and paid and incurred development methods for the older accident periods. | |||
Workers compensation and long tailed liability (such as commercial liability) We generally rely on the expected loss ratio, Bornhuetter-Ferguson and incurred development techniques. These techniques are generally weighted together, relying more heavily on the Bornhuetter-Ferguson method at early ages of development and more on the incurred development method as an accident year matures. |
Defense and cost containment expenses (D&CC) D&CC is analyzed using paid development techniques and an analysis of the relationship between D&CC payments and loss payments. | |||
Adjusting and other expenses (A&O) A&O reserves are projected based on an expected cost per claim year, the anticipated claim closure pattern, and the ratio of paid A&O to paid loss. |
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| Our medical inflation rate assumption in setting this reserve for 2010 and 2009 is an 8% annual increase grading down 0.5% per year to an ultimate rate of 5%. Our medical inflation rate assumption in setting this reserve for 2008 was a 9% annual increase grading down 1% after the first year, then grading down 0.5% per year to an ultimate rate of 5%. | ||
| The mortality rate assumption in 2010 and 2009 is based on the disabled pensioner mortality table by gender. In 2008, our mortality rate assumption gave 75% weighting to our own mortality experience and 25% weighting to the male-female combined disabled pensioner mortality table. | ||
| Loss reserves are set at full expected cost, except for workers compensation loss reserves, which are discounted on a nontabular basis using an interest rate of 2.5% and our historical workers compensation payout patterns. In 2009, we changed our workers compensation discounting method to segregate the workers compensation massive injury claims that have longer payout patterns from the non-massive injury workers compensation claims, and continue to use this methodology in 2010. |
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| An active market is one in which transactions for the assets being valued occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide reliable pricing information. | ||
| An inactive (illiquid) market is one in which there are few and infrequent transactions, where the prices are not current, price quotations vary substantially, and/or there is little information publicly available for the asset being valued. |
| Level 1 Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets not subject to adjustments or discounts. | ||
| Level 2 Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations whose inputs are observable or whose significant value drivers are observable. | ||
| Level 3 Instruments whose significant value drivers are unobservable and reflect managements estimate of fair value based on assumptions used by market participants in an orderly transaction as of the valuation date. |
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| the extent and duration for which fair value is less than cost; | ||
| historical operating performance and financial condition of the issuer; | ||
| short- and long-term prospects of the issuer and its industry based on analysts recommendations; | ||
| specific events that occurred affecting the issuer, including rating downgrades; | ||
| our intent to sell or more likely than not be required to sell (debt securities); and | ||
| our ability and intent to retain the investment for a period of time sufficient to allow for a recovery in value (equity securities). |
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Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
(dollars in millions) | 2010 | % Change | 2009 | % Change | 2008 | |||||||||||||||
Management fee revenue |
$ | 1,009 | 4.6 | % | $ | 965 | 1.6 | % | $ | 950 | ||||||||||
Service agreement revenue |
34 | (1.8 | ) | 35 | 7.7 | 33 | ||||||||||||||
Total revenue from management operations |
1,043 | 4.3 | 1,000 | 1.8 | 983 | |||||||||||||||
Cost of management operations |
841 | 3.4 | 813 | 0.5 | 810 | |||||||||||||||
Income from management operations-Indemnity (1) |
$ | 202 | 8.5 | % | $ | 187 | 8.1 | % | $ | 173 | ||||||||||
Gross margin |
19.4 | % | 0.7 | pts. | 18.7 | % | 1.1 | pts. | 17.6 | % | ||||||||||
(1) | Indemnity retains 100% of the income from management operations. |
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years ended December 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
(dollars in millions) | 2010 | % Change | 2009 | % Change | 2008 | |||||||||||||||
Property and Casualty Group direct written
premiums |
$ | 4,035 | 4.5 | % | $ | 3,861 | 1.6 | % | $ | 3,800 | ||||||||||
Management fee rate |
25 | % | 25 | % | 25 | % | ||||||||||||||
Management fee revenue, gross (1) |
$ | 1,009 | 4.5 | % | $ | 965 | 1.6 | % | $ | 950 | ||||||||||
NM = not meaningful | ||
(1) | Gross management fee revenue is adjusted by an estimated allowance that Indemnity records for management fees returned on mid-term policy cancellations resulting in management fee revenue, net of allowance. Management fees are returned to the Exchange when policies are cancelled mid-term and unearned premiums are refunded. The change in the allowance for management fees returned on cancelled policies was not significant for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008. |
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Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
% | % | |||||||||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | Change | 2009 | Change | 2008 | |||||||||||||||
Commissions |
$ | 564 | 2.1 | % | $ | 552 | (0.3 | )% | $ | 554 | ||||||||||
Non-commission expense |
277 | 6.0 | 261 | 2.1 | 256 | |||||||||||||||
Total cost of management operations |
$ | 841 | 3.4 | % | $ | 813 | 0.5 | % | $ | 810 | ||||||||||
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Property and Casualty Group | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
(dollars in millions) | 2010 | % Change | 2009 | % Change | 2008 | |||||||||||||||
Direct written premium |
$ | 4,035 | 4.5 | % | $ | 3,861 | 1.6 | % | $ | 3,800 | ||||||||||
Reinsurance assumed and ceded |
(16 | ) | NM | 0 | NM | (12 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net written premium |
4,019 | 4.1 | 3,861 | 1.9 | 3,788 | |||||||||||||||
Change in unearned premium |
94 | 78.1 | 53 | NM | 17 | |||||||||||||||
Net premiums earned |
3,925 | 3.1 | 3,808 | 1.0 | 3,771 | |||||||||||||||
Losses and loss expenses |
2,815 | 6.4 | 2,644 | 6.0 | 2,494 | |||||||||||||||
Policy acquisition and other underwriting expenses |
1,113 | (1.7 | ) | 1,135 | 9.5 | 1,035 | ||||||||||||||
Total losses and expenses |
3,928 | 4.0 | 3,779 | 7.1 | 3,529 | |||||||||||||||
Underwriting income Erie Insurance Group |
$ | (3 | ) | NM | $ | 29 | (87.3 | )% | $ | 242 | ||||||||||
Underwriting income Indemnity (1) |
$ | 0 | $ | 1 | $ | 13 | ||||||||||||||
Underwriting income Exchange (1) |
$ | (3 | ) | $ | 28 | $ | 229 | |||||||||||||
Loss and loss expense ratio |
71.7 | % | 2.3 | pts. | 69.4 | % | 3.3 | pts. | 66.1 | % | ||||||||||
Policy acquisition and other underwriting expense
ratio |
28.4 | (1.4 | ) | 29.8 | 2.3 | 27.5 | ||||||||||||||
Combined ratio |
100.1 | % | 0.9 | pts. | 99.2 | % | 5.6 | pts. | 93.6 | % | ||||||||||
NM = not meaningful | ||
(1) | Prior to and through December 31, 2010, the underwriting results retained by EIC and ENY accrued to the benefit of the Indemnity shareholder interest. Due to the sale of Indemnitys property and casualty subsidiaries to the Exchange on December 31, 2010, all property and casualty underwriting results accrue to the benefit of the subscribers (policyholders) of the Exchange, or noncontrolling interest, after December 31, 2010. (See Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data Note 1, Nature of Operations, of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained within this report and the previous Recent Events section.) |
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| Private passenger auto new business premiums written increased 1.8% in 2010, compared to 8.2% in 2009. New business policies in force for private passenger auto decreased 0.9% in 2010, compared to an increase of 8.7% in 2009, while the new business year-over-year average premium per policy for private passenger auto increased 2.7% in 2010, compared to a decrease of 0.4% in 2009. | ||
| Homeowners new business premiums written increased 1.9% in 2010, compared to 11.6% in 2009. New business policies in force for homeowners decreased 0.1% in 2010 compared to an increase of 8.8% in 2009. The new business year-over-year average premium per policy for homeowners increased 2.0% in 2010, compared to 2.6% in 2009. |
| Private passenger auto renewal premiums written increased 5.0% in 2010, compared to 1.6% in 2009. The year-over-year average premium per policy on private passenger auto renewal business increased 2.2% in 2010, compared to a decrease of 0.6% in 2009. The private passenger auto year-over-year policy retention ratio was 91.8% at December 31, 2010, compared to 91.9% at December 31, 2009 and 91.8% at December 31, 2008. | ||
| Homeowners renewal premiums written increased 8.4% in 2010, compared to 6.1% in 2009. The year-over-year average premium per policy on homeowners renewal business increased 4.5% in 2010, compared to 3.0% in 2009. The homeowners year-over-year policyholder retention ratio was 91.2% at December 31, 2010 and 2009, and 91.1% at December 31, 2008. |
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Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||
Years ended December 31, | ||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
Direct business including
salvage and subrogation |
$ | (188 | ) | $ | (30 | ) | $ | (124 | ) | |||
Assumed reinsurance business |
(51 | ) | (38 | ) | (65 | ) | ||||||
Ceded reinsurance business |
(5 | ) | (25 | ) | 3 | |||||||
Total prior year loss development |
$ | (244 | ) | $ | (93 | ) | $ | (186 | ) | |||
Negative amounts represent a redundancy (decrease in reserves), while positive amounts represent a deficiency (increase in reserves). |
Years ended December 31, | ||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
2009 |
$ | (60 | ) | $ | | $ | | |||||
2008 |
(47 | ) | 4 | | ||||||||
2007 |
(39 | ) | (11 | ) | (59 | ) | ||||||
2006 |
(17 | ) | (18 | ) | (33 | ) | ||||||
2005 |
(17 | ) | (4 | ) | (1 | ) | ||||||
2004 |
0 | 10 | (9 | ) | ||||||||
2003 |
(9 | ) | (60 | ) | 14 | |||||||
2002 |
15 | 16 | (1 | ) | ||||||||
2001 |
0 | (2 | ) | (2 | ) | |||||||
2000 and prior |
(14 | ) | 35 | (33 | ) | |||||||
Total |
$ | (188 | ) | $ | (30 | ) | $ | (124 | ) | |||
Negative amounts represent a redundancy (decrease in reserves), while positive amounts represent a deficiency (increase in reserves). |
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| Favorable development of $64 million related to the commercial multi-peril line of business and resulted primarily from improvements in severity trends on both property and liability lines, which impacted various recent accident years. | ||
| Favorable development of $60 million related to the personal auto line of business and primarily resulted from better than expected severity trends on automobile bodily injury and uninsured/underinsured motorist bodily injury, which impacted the more recent accident years. An additional $8 million of favorable development stems from the settlement of three pre-1986 automobile massive injury claims. | ||
| Favorable development of $45 million related to the workers compensation line of business and resulted primarily from improvements in severity trends and the settlement of four workers compensation massive injury claims, which impacted the more recent accident years. | ||
| Adverse development of $39 million was experienced in 2010 as a result of reserve strengthening on commercial liability claims that impacted the 2002 accident year. Of this amount, $9 million related to the commercial multi-peril line of business and $30 million related to other commercial lines. |
| Favorable development of $138 million related to the workers compensation line of business. This favorable development was a function of 1) the settlement of several massive injury workers compensation claims of $56 million, 2) changes to mortality assumptions of $14 million and 3) a change in the payout patterns used in the calculation to discount workers compensation reserves of $45 million. The settlement of the massive injury workers compensation claims impacted several accident years. The changes in assumptions and the discount calculation impacted all accident years. | ||
| Adverse development of $77 million related to the personal auto line of business primarily in the pre-1986 automobile massive injury claims. The mortality assumptions used for these claims were changed to a 100% weighting of the disabled pensioner mortality table and gender specific mortality tables were used, resulting in an increase to reserves of $44 million. The remaining adverse development resulted primarily from personal auto bodily injury claims as greater than expected frequency and severity trends were experienced related to accident years 2007 and 2008. | ||
| Adverse development of $67 million related to the commercial multi-peril lines of business impacting various accident years. The majority of the adverse development stems from liability claims on accident years 2007 and 2008 as greater than expected severity trends were experienced. Adverse development on accident years prior to 2007 resulted mainly from the outcome of certain court decisions. |
| Favorable development of $78 million related to the personal auto line of business and $18 million related to the commercial auto line of business primarily impacting the 2007, 2006 and 2000 and prior accident years. We experienced improvements in frequency trends and slight improvements in severity trends on automobile bodily injury and uninsured/underinsured motorist bodily injury. We believe this improvement was impacted by the employment of specialty claims units in Pennsylvania to improve claims handling and control severity. We also made revisions to anticipated attendant care costs on automobile massive injury claims related to accident years prior to 1986. Pennsylvanias auto no-fault law provided for unlimited medical benefits prior to 1986. | ||
| Favorable development of $24 million related to the commercial multi-peril line of business and $17 million related to the homeowners line of business primarily impacting the 2007 accident year. This favorable development was the result of lower than expected frequency trends as improvements in claims handling procedures, changes in growth rates, and shifts in the mix of business caused changes in loss development patterns over the more recent accident years. |
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Erie Family Life Insurance Company | |||||||||||||||||||||
Years ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||
% | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | Change | 2009 | Change | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
Individual life premiums |
$ | 61 | 1.5 | % | $ | 60 | (2.8 | )% | $ | 62 | |||||||||||
Group life and other premiums |
3 | (3.2 | ) | 3 | (5.8 | ) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Other revenue |
1 | (3.0 | ) | 1 | (0.6 | ) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Total net policy revenue |
65 | 1.3 | 64 | (2.8 | ) | 66 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
94 | 1.6 | 93 | 6.2 | 87 | ||||||||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments |
14 | NM | 3 | NM | (10 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Impairment losses recognized in earnings |
(2 | ) | 91.6 | (23 | ) | 72.5 | (83 | ) | |||||||||||||
Equity in earnings (losses) of limited partnerships |
1 | NM | (10 | ) | NM | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Total revenues |
172 | 35.0 | 127 | NM | 60 | ||||||||||||||||
Benefits and other changes in policy reserves |
90 | 1.4 | 89 | (4.8 | ) | 94 | |||||||||||||||
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs |
17 | 33.3 | 13 | NM | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Other operating expenses |
15 | (2.4 | ) | 15 | (11.1 | ) | 17 | ||||||||||||||
Total benefits and expenses |
122 | 4.3 | 117 | 2.7 | 114 | ||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes |
50 | NM | 10 | NM | (54 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Income (loss) before taxes Indemnity (1) |
$ | 11 | NM | $ | 2 | NM | $ | (12 | ) | ||||||||||||
Income (loss) before taxes Exchange (1) |
$ | 39 | NM | $ | 8 | NM | $ | (42 | ) | ||||||||||||
NM = not meaningful | ||
(1) | Indemnity has a 21.6% ownership interest in EFL and the Exchange has a 78.4% ownership interest in EFL. As a result of the pending sale of Indemnitys 21.6% ownership interest in EFL to the Exchange which is scheduled to close by March 31, 201l, all earnings of EFL will accrue to the benefit of the subscribers (policyholders) of the Exchange, or noncontrolling interest, after March 31, 2011. (See Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data Note 1, Nature of Operations, of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained within this report and the previous Recent Events section.) |
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Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
% | % | |||||||||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | Change | 2009 | Change | 2008 | |||||||||||||||
Indemnity |
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Net investment income |
$ | 37 | (11.9) | % | $ | 42 | (4.6 | )% | $ | 44 | ||||||||||
Net realized
(losses) gains on investments |
(1 | ) | NM | 10 | NM | (43 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings |
(1 | ) | NM | (12 | ) | NM | (70 | ) | ||||||||||||
Equity in
earnings (losses) of limited partnerships |
21 | NM | (76 | ) | NM | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Net revenue (loss) from investment operations
Indemnity(1) |
$ | 56 | NM | $ | (36 | ) | NM | $ | (63 | ) | ||||||||||
Exchange |
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Net investment income |
$ | 407 | 1.2 | % | $ | 402 | (0.7 | )% | $ | 405 | ||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments |
314 | NM | 402 | NM | (983 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings |
(5 | ) | NM | (114 | ) | NM | (501 | ) | ||||||||||||
Equity in earnings (losses) of limited partnerships |
107 | NM | (293 | ) | NM | (64 | ) | |||||||||||||
Goodwill impairment |
(22 | ) | NM | | NM | | ||||||||||||||
Net revenue (loss) from investment operations
Exchange(1) (2) |
$ | 801 | NM | $ | 397 | NM | $ | (1,143 | ) | |||||||||||
NM = not meaningful | ||
(1) | As a result of the sale of Indemnitys property and casualty insurance subsidiaries, EIC, ENY and EPC, to the Exchange on December 31, 2010, future investment revenue and losses generated from these entities will no longer accrue to the benefit of the Indemnity shareholder interest. Investment revenue from these entities totaled $29 million in 2010 and $21 million in 2009, compared to losses of $9 million in 2008. These components of investment income will accrue to the benefit of the subscribers (policyholders) of the Exchange, or noncontrolling interest, in 2011 and thereafter. (See Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data Note 1, Nature of Operations, of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained within this report and the previous Recent Events section.) | |
(2) | The Exchanges results include net revenues of EFL operations of $107 million and $63 million in 2010 and 2009, respectively and net losses of $6 million in 2008. |
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Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||
Years ended December 31, | ||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
Indemnity |
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Securities sold: |
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Fixed maturities |
$ | 5 | $ | 1 | $ | (2 | ) | |||||
Preferred stock equity securities |
1 | 1 | (5 | ) | ||||||||
Common stock equity securities |
5 | (3 | ) | (16 | ) | |||||||
Common stock valuation adjustments |
0 | 11 | (22 | ) | ||||||||
Limited partnerships |
(12 | ) | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
Total net realized (losses) gains Indemnity (1) |
$ | (1 | ) | $ | 10 | $ | (43 | ) | ||||
Exchange |
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Securities sold: |
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Fixed maturities |
$ | 25 | $ | (15 | ) | $ | (40 | ) | ||||
Preferred stock equity securities |
11 | 13 | (35 | ) | ||||||||
Common stock equity securities |
70 | (60 | ) | (499 | ) | |||||||
Common stock valuation adjustments |
254 | 464 | (416 | ) | ||||||||
Limited partnerships |
(46 | ) | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
Total net realized gains (losses) Exchange (1) (2) |
$ | 314 | $ | 402 | $ | (983 | ) | |||||
(1) | See Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data Note 7, Investments, of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained within this report for additional disclosures regarding net realized gains (losses) on investments. | |
(2) | The Exchange net realized gains (losses) include net realized gains from EFL operations of $14 million in 2010 and $3 million in 2009 and net realized losses of $10 million in 2008. |
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Years ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | % Change | 2009 | % Change | 2008 | |||||||||||||||
Indemnity |
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Private equity |
$ | 14 | NM | $ | (12 | ) | NM | $ | 5 | |||||||||||
Real estate |
0 | NM | (58 | ) | NM | (4 | ) | |||||||||||||
Mezzanine debt |
7 | NM | (6 | ) | NM | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Total equity in earnings
(losses) of limited
partnerships
Indemnity |
$ | 21 | NM | $ | (76 | ) | NM | $ | 6 | |||||||||||
Exchange |
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Private equity |
$ | 77 | NM | $ | (34 | ) | 19.0 | % | $ | (42 | ) | |||||||||
Real estate |
3 | NM | (257 | ) | NM | (47 | ) | |||||||||||||
Mezzanine debt |
27 | NM | (2 | ) | NM | 25 | ||||||||||||||
Total equity in earnings
(losses) of limited
partnerships
Exchange(1) |
$ | 107 | NM | $ | (293 | ) | NM | $ | (64 | ) | ||||||||||
NM = not meaningful | ||
(1) | Total equity in earnings (losses) of limited partnerships include earnings from EFL operations of $0.5 million in 2010 and losses of $10 million in 2009 and $0.1 million in 2008. |
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Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||||||
Carrying value at December 31, | ||||||||||||||||
% to | % to | |||||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | total | 2009 | total | ||||||||||||
Indemnity |
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Fixed maturities |
$ | 264 | 50 | % | $ | 664 | 68 | % | ||||||||
Equity securities: |
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Preferred stock |
24 | 4 | 38 | 4 | ||||||||||||
Common stock |
28 | 5 | 42 | 4 | ||||||||||||
Limited partnerships: |
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Real estate |
83 | 16 | 99 | 10 | ||||||||||||
Private equity |
86 | 16 | 85 | 9 | ||||||||||||
Mezzanine debt |
47 | 9 | 51 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Real estate mortgage loans |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Total investments Indemnity |
$ | 533 | 100 | % | $ | 980 | 100 | % | ||||||||
Exchange |
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Fixed maturities |
$ | 7,279 | 65 | % | $ | 6,517 | 66 | % | ||||||||
Equity securities: |
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Preferred stock |
570 | 5 | 472 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Common stock |
2,306 | 20 | 1,835 | 18 | ||||||||||||
Limited partnerships: |
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Real estate |
339 | 3 | 397 | 4 | ||||||||||||
Private equity |
555 | 5 | 503 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Mezzanine debt |
214 | 2 | 216 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Policy loans |
15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Real estate mortgage loans |
4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Total investments Exchange |
$ | 11,282 | 100 | % | $ | 9,960 | 100 | % | ||||||||
Total investments Erie Insurance
Group |
$ | 11,815 | $ | 10,940 | ||||||||||||
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(in millions) | Non-investment | Fair | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Industry Sector | AAA | AA | A | BBB | grade | value | ||||||||||||||||||
Indemnity |
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Structured securities(1) |
$ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 4 | $ | 4 | ||||||||||||
Financial |
0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
Government municipal |
63 | 95 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 197 | ||||||||||||||||||
Industrial |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
U.S. treasury |
25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
Utilities |
0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total
Indemnity |
$ | 88 | $ | 97 | $ | 49 | $ | 24 | $ | 6 | $ | 264 | ||||||||||||
Exchange |
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Structured securities(1) |
$ | 327 | $ | 42 | $ | 9 | $ | 23 | $ | 36 | $ | 437 | ||||||||||||
Basic materials |
0 | 0 | 37 | 157 | 5 | 199 | ||||||||||||||||||
Communications |
0 | 0 | 150 | 328 | 21 | 499 | ||||||||||||||||||
Consumer |
0 | 27 | 195 | 415 | 67 | 704 | ||||||||||||||||||
Diversified |
0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
Energy |
17 | 11 | 107 | 331 | 31 | 497 | ||||||||||||||||||
Financial |
27 | 317 | 1,154 | 637 | 144 | 2,279 | ||||||||||||||||||
Funds |
0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Government municipal |
422 | 795 | 228 | 24 | 2 | 1,471 | ||||||||||||||||||
Industrial |
0 | 5 | 93 | 220 | 26 | 344 | ||||||||||||||||||
U.S. treasury |
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Government sponsored entity |
73 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
Government other countries |
0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
Technology |
0 | 0 | 41 | 72 | 0 | 113 | ||||||||||||||||||
Utilities |
0 | 3 | 88 | 435 | 75 | 601 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total
Exchange |
$ | 878 | $ | 1,200 | $ | 2,141 | $ | 2,653 | $ | 407 | $ | 7,279 | ||||||||||||
(1) | Structured securities include asset-backed securities, collateral, lease and debt obligations, commercial mortgage-backed securities and residential mortgage-backed securities. |
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Fair Value at December 31, | ||||||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | ||||||||||||||
Industry sector | Preferred stock | Common stock | Preferred stock | Common stock | ||||||||||||
Indemnity |
||||||||||||||||
Basic materials |
$ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 2 | ||||||||
Communications |
1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Consumer |
0 | 14 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||||
Diversified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Energy |
0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
Financial |
11 | 6 | 27 | 9 | ||||||||||||
Funds |
0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
Industrial |
2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
Technology |
3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Utilities |
7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Total
Indemnity |
$ | 24 | $ | 28 | $ | 38 | $ | 42 | ||||||||
Exchange |
||||||||||||||||
Basic materials |
$ | 0 | $ | 124 | $ | 0 | $ | 95 | ||||||||
Communications |
9 | 174 | 8 | 170 | ||||||||||||
Consumer |
5 | 564 | 0 | 457 | ||||||||||||
Diversified |
0 | 12 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||||
Energy |
0 | 185 | 0 | 157 | ||||||||||||
Financial |
428 | 292 | 348 | 231 | ||||||||||||
Funds |
0 | 309 | 0 | 298 | ||||||||||||
Government |
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Industrial |
5 | 324 | 5 | 207 | ||||||||||||
Technology |
14 | 295 | 12 | 190 | ||||||||||||
Utilities |
109 | 27 | 96 | 22 | ||||||||||||
Total
Exchange |
$ | 570 | $ | 2,306 | $ | 472 | $ | 1,835 | ||||||||
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At December 31, | ||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | ||||||
Indemnity |
||||||||
Private equity |
$ | 86 | $ | 85 | ||||
Real estate |
83 | 99 | ||||||
Mezzanine debt |
47 | 51 | ||||||
Total limited partnerships Indemnity |
$ | 216 | $ | 235 | ||||
Exchange |
||||||||
Private equity |
$ | 555 | $ | 503 | ||||
Real estate |
339 | 397 | ||||||
Mezzanine debt |
214 | 216 | ||||||
Total limited partnerships Exchange |
$ | 1,108 | $ | 1,116 | ||||
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||
At December 31, | ||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | ||||||
Indemnity |
||||||||
Gross reserve liability: |
||||||||
Personal auto |
$ | 0 | $ | 221 | ||||
Automobile massive injury |
0 | 147 | ||||||
Homeowners |
0 | 22 | ||||||
Workers compensation |
0 | 169 | ||||||
Workers compensation massive injury |
0 | 12 | ||||||
Commercial auto |
0 | 56 | ||||||
Commercial multi-peril |
0 | 68 | ||||||
All other lines of business |
0 | 57 | ||||||
Gross reserves |
0 | 752 | ||||||
Reinsurance recoverable |
0 | 1 | ||||||
Net reserve liability Indemnity |
$ | 0 | $ | 751 | ||||
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At December 31, | ||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | ||||||
Exchange |
||||||||
Gross reserve liability: |
||||||||
Personal auto |
$ | 1,105 | $ | 887 | ||||
Automobile massive injury |
440 | 316 | ||||||
Homeowners |
240 | 178 | ||||||
Workers compensation |
481 | 342 | ||||||
Workers compensation massive injury |
154 | 132 | ||||||
Commercial auto |
286 | 226 | ||||||
Commercial multi-peril |
566 | 475 | ||||||
All other lines of business |
312 | 290 | ||||||
Gross reserves |
3,584 | 2,846 | ||||||
Reinsurance recoverable |
188 | 199 | ||||||
Net reserve liability Exchange |
$ | 3,396 | $ | 2,647 | ||||
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(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
$ | 721 | $ | 889 | $ | 720 | ||||||
Net cash used in investing activities |
(405 | ) | (890 | ) | (425 | ) | ||||||
Net cash used in financing activities |
(120 | ) | (42 | ) | (141 | ) | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash |
$ | 196 | $ | (43 | ) | $ | 154 | |||||
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Indemnity | ||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
$ | 193 | $ | 180 | $ | 151 | ||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing
activities |
196 | (69 | ) | 73 | ||||||||
Net cash used in financing activities |
(155 | ) | (96 | ) | (194 | ) | ||||||
Net increase in cash |
$ | 234 | $ | 15 | $ | 30 | ||||||
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Payments due by period | ||||||||||||||||||||
2016 and | ||||||||||||||||||||
(in millions) | Total | 2011 | 2012-2013 | 2014-2015 | thereafter | |||||||||||||||
Fixed obligations: |
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Indemnity: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Limited partnership commitments (1) |
$ | 50 | $ | 47 | $ | 3 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||||||||
Pension contribution (2) |
15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Other commitments (3) |
38 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Operating leasesvehicles |
16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Operating leasesreal estate (4) |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Operating leasescomputers |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Total fixed contractual obligations Indemnity |
128 | 93 | 29 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Noncontrolling interest: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Limited partnership commitments (1) |
402 | 273 | 77 | 52 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Total fixed contractual obligations Exchange |
402 | 273 | 77 | 52 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Total fixed contractual obligations Erie Insurance Group |
530 | 366 | 106 | 58 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Gross property and casualty loss and loss expense reserves
Exchange (5) |
3,584 | 1,075 | 968 | 394 | 1,147 | |||||||||||||||
Life gross long-term liabilities (6) |
4,025 | 188 | 379 | 406 | 3,052 | |||||||||||||||
Gross contractual obligations Erie Insurance Group (7) |
$ | 8,139 | $ | 1,629 | $ | 1,453 | $ | 858 | $ | 4,199 | ||||||||||
Payments due by period | ||||||||||||||||||||
2016 and | ||||||||||||||||||||
(in millions) | Total | 2011 | 2012-2013 | 2014-2015 | thereafter | |||||||||||||||
Gross
contractual obligations Erie Insurance Group (7) |
$ | 8,139 | $ | 1,629 | $ | 1,453 | $ | 858 | $ | 4,199 | ||||||||||
Estimated reinsurance recoverables property and casualty |
188 | 56 | 51 | 21 | 60 | |||||||||||||||
Estimated reinsurance recoverables life (8) |
447 | 21 | 40 | 41 | 345 | |||||||||||||||
Net contractual obligations Erie Insurance Group |
$ | 7,504 | $ | 1,552 | $ | 1,362 | $ | 796 | $ | 3,794 | ||||||||||
(1) | Limited partnership commitments will be funded as required for capital contributions at any time prior to the agreement expiration date. The commitment amounts are presented using the expiration date as the factor by which to age when the amounts are due. At December 31, 2010, Indemnitys total commitment to fund limited partnerships that invest in private equity securities is $21 million, real estate activities $17 million and mezzanine debt of $12 million. At December 31, 2010, the Exchanges total commitment to fund limited partnerships that invest in private equity securities is $177 million, real estate activities $143 million and mezzanine debt of $82 million. | |
(2) | The pension contribution for 2011 was estimated in accordance with the Pension Protection Act of 2006. Contributions anticipated in future years are expected to be an amount at least equal to the IRS minimum required contribution in accordance with this Act. | |
(3) | Other commitments include various agreements for service, including such things as computer software, telephones and maintenance. | |
(4) | Operating leasesreal estate are for 16 of our 24 field offices that are operated in the states in which the Property and Casualty Group does business and three operating leases are for warehousing facilities leased from unaffiliated parties. | |
(5) | Due to the sale of Indemnitys property and casualty insurance subsidiaries to the Exchange on December 31, 2010, all property and casualty loss and loss expense reserves accrue to the benefit of the subscribers (policyholders) of the Exchange, or noncontrolling interest, after December 31, 2010. (See Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data Note 1, Nature of Operations, of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained within this report and the previous Recent Events section.) | |
(6) | Contractual obligations on gross long-term liabilities represent estimated benefit payments from insurance policies and annuity contracts including claims currently payable. Actual obligations in any single year will vary based on actual mortality, morbidity, lapse and withdrawal experience. The sum of these obligations exceeds the liability on the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position of $1.6 billion due to expected future premiums and investment income that, along with invested assets backing the liabilities, will be used to fund these obligations. | |
(7) | Gross contractual obligations do not include the obligations for our unfunded benefit plans, including the Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan (SERP) for our executive and senior management and the directors retirement plan. The recorded accumulated benefit obligations for these plans at December 31, 2010, are $5 million. We expect to have sufficient cash flows from operations to meet the future benefit payments as they become due. | |
(8) | Reinsurance recoverables on life business includes estimated amounts from reinsurers on long-term liabilities that are subject to the credit worthiness of the reinsurer. |
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Erie Insurance Exchange | A+ | |||
Erie Insurance Company | A+ | |||
Erie Insurance Property and Casualty Company | A+ | |||
Erie Insurance Company of New York | A+ | |||
Flagship City Insurance Company | A+ | |||
Erie Family Life Insurance Company | A |
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| setting the management fee rate paid by the Exchange to Indemnity; | ||
| ratifying any other significant intercompany activity. |
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Percent of | Percent of | Percent of | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Indemnity | Indemnity | Indemnity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | total assets | 2009 | total assets | 2008 | total assets | ||||||||||||||||||
Reinsurance recoverable from and ceded
unearned
premiums to the Exchange |
$ | 0 | 0.0 | % | $ | 902 | 33.8 | % | $ | 887 | 34.0 | % | ||||||||||||
Other receivables from the Exchange and
affiliates
(management fees, costs and reimbursements) |
232 | 17.7 | 213 | 8.0 | 218 | 8.3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Note receivable from EFL |
25 | 1.9 | 25 | 0.9 | 25 | 0.9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total intercompany receivables |
$ | 257 | 19.6 | % | $ | 1,140 | 42.7 | % | $ | 1,130 | 43.2 | % | ||||||||||||
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At December 31, | ||||||||
(dollars in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | ||||||
Indemnity |
||||||||
Fair value of fixed income portfolio |
$ | 264 | $ | 664 | ||||
Fair value assuming 100-basis point rise in interest rates |
$ | 255 | $ | 635 | ||||
Modified duration Indemnity |
3.93 | 4.35 | ||||||
Exchange |
||||||||
Fair value of fixed income portfolio |
$ | 7,279 | $ | 6,517 | ||||
Fair value assuming 100-basis point rise in interest rates |
$ | 6,954 | $ | 6,249 | ||||
Modified duration Exchange |
4.87 | 4.58 | ||||||
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December 31, 2010 | ||||||||
(in millions) | Indemnity | Exchange | ||||||
Fixed maturities: |
||||||||
2011 |
$ | 64 | $ | 309 | ||||
2012 |
22 | 553 | ||||||
2013 |
21 | 719 | ||||||
2014 |
18 | 564 | ||||||
2015 |
25 | 681 | ||||||
Thereafter |
100 | 4,030 | ||||||
Total (1) |
$ | 250 | $ | 6,856 | ||||
Fair value |
$ | 264 | $ | 7,279 | ||||
(1) | These amounts exclude Indemnitys $25 million surplus note due from EFL and the Exchanges $20 million surplus note due from EFL. |
December 31, 2009 | ||||||||
(in millions) | Indemnity | Exchange | ||||||
Fixed maturities: |
||||||||
2010 |
$ | 39 | $ | 364 | ||||
2011 |
34 | 388 | ||||||
2012 |
70 | 626 | ||||||
2013 |
81 | 774 | ||||||
2014 |
64 | 596 | ||||||
Thereafter |
357 | 3,641 | ||||||
Total (1) |
$ | 645 | $ | 6,389 | ||||
Fair value |
$ | 664 | $ | 6,517 | ||||
(1) | These amounts exclude Indemnitys $25 million surplus note due from EFL and the Exchanges $20 million surplus note due from EFL. |
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(in millions) | Amortized cost | Fair value | Percent of total | |||||||||
Indemnity |
||||||||||||
Comparable S&P Rating |
||||||||||||
AAA, AA, A |
$ | 229 | $ | 234 | 88.5 | % | ||||||
BBB |
24 | 24 | 9.2 | |||||||||
Total investment grade |
253 | 258 | 97.7 | |||||||||
BB |
0 | 2 | 0.8 | |||||||||
B |
4 | 4 | 1.5 | |||||||||
CCC, CC, C |
0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
Total non-investment grade |
4 | 6 | 2.3 | |||||||||
Total Indemnity |
$ | 257 | $ | 264 | 100.0 | % | ||||||
Exchange |
||||||||||||
Comparable S&P Rating |
||||||||||||
AAA, AA, A |
$ | 4,012 | $ | 4,219 | 58.0 | % | ||||||
BBB |
2,485 | 2,653 | 36.4 | |||||||||
Total investment grade |
6,497 | 6,872 | 94.4 | |||||||||
BB |
284 | 314 | 4.3 | |||||||||
B |
70 | 77 | 1.1 | |||||||||
CCC, CC, C |
12 | 16 | 0.2 | |||||||||
Total non-investment grade |
366 | 407 | 5.6 | |||||||||
Total Exchange |
$ | 6,863 | $ | 7,279 | 100.0 | % | ||||||
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2010 | 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||
Revenues |
||||||||||||
Premiums earned |
$ | 3,987 | $ | 3,869 | $ | 3,834 | ||||||
Net investment income |
433 | 433 | 438 | |||||||||
Net realized investment gains (losses) |
313 | 412 | (1,026 | ) | ||||||||
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings |
(6 | ) | (126 | ) | (571 | ) | ||||||
Equity in earnings (losses) of limited partnerships |
128 | (369 | ) | (58 | ) | |||||||
Other income |
35 | 36 | 34 | |||||||||
Total revenues |
4,890 | 4,255 | 2,651 | |||||||||
Benefits and expenses |
||||||||||||
Insurance losses and loss expenses |
2,900 | 2,728 | 2,582 | |||||||||
Policy acquisition and underwriting expenses |
969 | 1,003 | 908 | |||||||||
Goodwill impairment |
22 | | | |||||||||
Total benefits and expenses |
3,891 | 3,731 | 3,490 | |||||||||
Income (loss) from operations before income taxes
and noncontrolling interests |
999 | 524 | (839 | ) | ||||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes |
339 | 78 | (223 | ) | ||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ | 660 | $ | 446 | $ | (616 | ) | |||||
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling
interest in consolidated entity Exchange |
498 | 338 | (685 | ) | ||||||||
Net income attributable to Indemnity |
$ | 162 | $ | 108 | $ | 69 | ||||||
Earnings Per Share |
||||||||||||
Net income attributable to Indemnity per share |
||||||||||||
Class A common stock basic |
$ | 3.18 | $ | 2.10 | $ | 1.34 | ||||||
Class A common stock diluted |
$ | 2.85 | $ | 1.89 | $ | 1.19 | ||||||
Class B common stock basic and diluted |
$ | 462.83 | $ | 312.45 | $ | 204.20 | ||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding attributable to
Indemnity Basic |
||||||||||||
Class A common stock |
50,705,607 | 51,250,606 | 51,824,649 | |||||||||
Class B common stock |
2,546 | 2,549 | 2,551 | |||||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding attributable to
Indemnity Diluted |
||||||||||||
Class A common stock |
56,884,894 | 57,428,999 | 58,003,976 | |||||||||
Class B common stock |
2,546 | 2,549 | 2,551 | |||||||||
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2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Assets |
||||||||
Investments-Indemnity |
||||||||
Available-for-sale securities, at fair value: |
||||||||
Fixed maturities (amortized cost of $257 and $642, respectively) (See Note 1) |
$ | 264 | $ | 664 | ||||
Equity securities (cost of $20 and $35, respectively) (See Note 1) |
24 | 38 | ||||||
Trading securities, at fair value (cost of $21 and $36, respectively) |
28 | 42 | ||||||
Limited partnerships (cost of $202 and $281, respectively) |
216 | 235 | ||||||
Other invested assets |
1 | 1 | ||||||
Investments-Exchange |
||||||||
Available-for-sale securities, at fair value: |
||||||||
Fixed maturities (amortized cost of $6,863 and $6,277, respectively) (See Note 1) |
7,279 | 6,517 | ||||||
Equity securities (cost of $503 and $425, respectively) (See Note 1) |
570 | 472 | ||||||
Trading securities, at fair value (cost of $1,773 and $1,556, respectively) |
2,306 | 1,835 | ||||||
Limited partnerships (cost of $1,083 and $1,392, respectively) |
1,108 | 1,116 | ||||||
Other invested assets |
19 | 20 | ||||||
Total investments |
11,815 | 10,940 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents (Exchange portion of $120 and $158, respectively) |
430 | 234 | ||||||
Premiums receivable from policyholders (Exchange portion of $942 and $715, respectively) (See
Note 1) |
942 | 906 | ||||||
Reinsurance recoverable (Exchange portion of $201 and $212, respectively) (See Note 1) |
201 | 215 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes (Exchange portion of $0 and $75, respectively) |
0 | 116 | ||||||
Deferred acquisition costs (Exchange portion of $467 and $416, respectively) (See Note 1) |
467 | 467 | ||||||
Other assets (Exchange portion of $357 and $306, respectively) |
489 | 409 | ||||||
Total assets |
$ | 14,344 | $ | 13,287 | ||||
Liabilities and shareholders equity |
||||||||
Liabilities |
||||||||
Indemnity liabilities |
||||||||
Losses and loss expense reserves (See Note 1) |
$ | | $ | 752 | ||||
Unearned premiums (See Note 1) |
| 325 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes |
26 | 0 | ||||||
Other liabilities |
382 | 387 | ||||||
Exchange liabilities |
||||||||
Losses and loss expense reserves (See Note 1) |
3,584 | 2,846 | ||||||
Life policy and deposit contract reserves |
1,603 | 1,540 | ||||||
Unearned premiums (See Note 1) |
2,082 | 1,656 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes |
257 | 0 | ||||||
Other liabilities |
76 | 56 | ||||||
Total liabilities |
8,010 | 7,562 | ||||||
Indemnitys shareholders equity |
||||||||
Class A common stock,
stated value $0.0292 per share; authorized 74,996,930 shares; issued
68,289,600
shares, 50,054,506 and 51,203,473 shares outstanding, respectively |
2 | 2 | ||||||
Class B common stock, convertible at a rate of 2,400 Class A shares for one Class B
share, stated value $70 per share; 2,546 shares authorized, issued and outstanding,
respectively |
0 | 0 | ||||||
Additional paid-in-capital |
8 | 8 | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
(53 | ) | (43 | ) | ||||
Retained earnings, before cumulative effect adjustment |
1,827 | 1,743 | ||||||
Cumulative effect of accounting changes, net of tax |
| 6 | ||||||
Retained earnings, after cumulative effect adjustment |
1,827 | 1,749 | ||||||
Total contributed capital and retained earnings |
1,784 | 1,716 | ||||||
Treasury stock, at cost, 18,235,094 and 17,086,127 shares, respectively |
(872 | ) | (814 | ) | ||||
Total Indemnity shareholders equity |
912 | 902 | ||||||
Noncontrolling interest in consolidated entity Exchange |
5,422 | 4,823 | ||||||
Total equity |
6,334 | 5,725 | ||||||
Total liabilities, shareholders equity and noncontrolling interest |
$ | 14,344 | $ | 13,287 | ||||
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Common stock |
||||||||||||
Class A |
$ | 2 | $ | 2 | $ | 2 | ||||||
Class B |
0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Total common stock |
2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Additional paid-in capital |
8 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
||||||||||||
Balance, beginning of year |
(43 | ) | (136 | ) | 10 | |||||||
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, net
of tax (Note 2) |
| (6 | ) | (11 | ) | |||||||
Unrealized gains (losses), net of tax (Note 20) |
9 | 75 | (44 | ) | ||||||||
Reclassification of unrealized gain on sale of P&C
affiliated subsidiaries, net of tax |
(15 | ) | | | ||||||||
Postretirement plans, net of tax (Note 20) |
(4 | ) | 24 | (91 | ) | |||||||
Balance, end of year |
(53 | ) | (43 | ) | (136 | ) | ||||||
Retained earnings |
||||||||||||
Balance, beginning of year |
1,749 | 1,729 | 1,740 | |||||||||
Net income |
162 | 108 | 69 | |||||||||
Dividends declared Class A ($1.955, $1.83 and $1.77
per share, respectively) |
(99 | ) | (94 | ) | (91 | ) | ||||||
Dividends declared Class B ($293.25, $274.50 and
$265.50 per share, respectively) |
0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Reclassification of unrealized gain on sale of P&C
affiliated subsidiaries, net of tax |
15 | | | |||||||||
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, net
of tax (Note 2) |
| 6 | 11 | |||||||||
Balance, end of year |
1,827 | 1,749 | 1,729 | |||||||||
Treasury stock |
||||||||||||
Balance, beginning of year |
(814 | ) | (811 | ) | (709 | ) | ||||||
Purchase of treasury stock |
(58 | ) | (3 | ) | (102 | ) | ||||||
Balance, end of year |
(872 | ) | (814 | ) | (811 | ) | ||||||
Total Indemnity shareholders equity |
912 | 902 | 792 | |||||||||
Noncontrolling interest in consolidated entity Exchange |
||||||||||||
Balance, beginning of year |
4,823 | 3,967 | 4,918 | |||||||||
Comprehensive income (loss) |
599 | 856 | (951 | ) | ||||||||
Balance, end of year |
5,422 | 4,823 | 3,967 | |||||||||
Total equity |
$ | 6,334 | $ | 5,725 | $ | 4,759 | ||||||
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2010 | 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities |
||||||||||||
Premiums collected |
$ | 4,055 | $ | 3,964 | $ | 3,843 | ||||||
Net investment income received |
445 | 421 | 453 | |||||||||
Limited partnership distributions |
122 | 81 | 315 | |||||||||
Service agreement fee received |
34 | 35 | 32 | |||||||||
Commissions and bonuses paid to agents |
(532 | ) | (535 | ) | (534 | ) | ||||||
Losses paid |
(2,398 | ) | (2,241 | ) | (2,201 | ) | ||||||
Loss expenses paid |
(419 | ) | (405 | ) | (384 | ) | ||||||
Other underwriting and acquisition costs paid |
(517 | ) | (552 | ) | (530 | ) | ||||||
Interest paid on bank line of credit |
0 | 0 | (1 | ) | ||||||||
Income taxes (paid) recovered |
(69 | ) | 121 | (273 | ) | |||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
721 | 889 | 720 | |||||||||
Cash flows from investing activities |
||||||||||||
Purchase of investments: |
||||||||||||
Fixed maturities |
(1,760 | ) | (1,938 | ) | (1,784 | ) | ||||||
Preferred stock |
(179 | ) | (176 | ) | (244 | ) | ||||||
Common stock |
(1,495 | ) | (1,450 | ) | (2,232 | ) | ||||||
Limited partnerships |
(165 | ) | (174 | ) | (396 | ) | ||||||
Sales/maturities of investments: |
||||||||||||
Fixed maturity sales |
562 | 510 | 790 | |||||||||
Fixed maturity calls/maturities |
1,009 | 734 | 1,002 | |||||||||
Preferred stock |
135 | 210 | 263 | |||||||||
Common stock |
1,376 | 1,394 | 2,151 | |||||||||
Net collections (distributions) on policy loans |
0 | 1 | (2 | ) | ||||||||
Sale of and returns on limited partnerships |
142 | 15 | 40 | |||||||||
Purchase of property and equipment |
(33 | ) | (14 | ) | (9 | ) | ||||||
Net distributions on agent loans |
3 | (2 | ) | (4 | ) | |||||||
Net cash used in investing activities |
(405 | ) | (890 | ) | (425 | ) | ||||||
Cash flows from financing activities |
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Annuity and supplementary contract deposits and interest |
111 | 183 | 191 | |||||||||
Annuity and supplementary contract surrenders and withdrawals |
(79 | ) | (129 | ) | (147 | ) | ||||||
Universal life deposits and interest |
38 | 39 | 21 | |||||||||
Universal life surrenders |
(35 | ) | (39 | ) | (12 | ) | ||||||
Purchase of treasury stock |
(57 | ) | (3 | ) | (102 | ) | ||||||
Dividends paid to shareholders |
(98 | ) | (93 | ) | (92 | ) | ||||||
Decrease in collateral from securities lending |
0 | (285 | ) | (361 | ) | |||||||
Redemption of securities lending collateral |
0 | 285 | 361 | |||||||||
Proceeds from bank line of credit |
0 | 0 | 75 | |||||||||
Payments on bank line of credit |
0 | 0 | (75 | ) | ||||||||
Net cash used in financing activities |
(120 | ) | (42 | ) | (141 | ) | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
196 | (43 | ) | 154 | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year |
234 | 277 | 123 | |||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year |
$ | 430 | $ | 234 | $ | 277 | ||||||
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| the extent and duration to which fair value is less than cost; | ||
| historical operating performance and financial condition of the issuer; | ||
| short and long-term prospects of the issuer and its industry based on analysts recommendations; | ||
| specific events that occurred affecting the issuer, including a ratings downgrade; | ||
| near term liquidity position of the issuer; and | ||
| compliance with financial covenants. |
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Indemnity Earnings Per Share Calculation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
For the years ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Allocated | Weighted | Per- | Allocated | Weighted | Per- | Allocated | Weighted | Per- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(dollars in millions, | net income | shares | share | net income | shares | share | net income | shares | share | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
except per share data) | (numerator) | (denominator) | amount | (numerator) | (denominator) | amount | (numerator) | (denominator) | amount | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A Basic EPS: |
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Income available to
Class A stockholders |
$ | 161 | 50,705,607 | $ | 3.18 | $ | 107 | 51,250,606 | $ | 2.10 | $ | 68 | 51,824,649 | $ | 1.34 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Dilutive effect of
stock awards |
0 | 68,887 | | 0 | 60,793 | | 0 | 56,927 | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed conversion of
Class B shares |
1 | 6,110,400 | | 1 | 6,117,600 | | 1 | 6,122,400 | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A Diluted
EPS: |
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Income available to
Class A stockholders
on Class A
equivalent shares |
$ | 162 | 56,884,894 | $ | 2.85 | $ | 108 | 57,428,999 | $ | 1.89 | $ | 69 | 58,003,976 | $ | 1.19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Class B Basic and
diluted EPS: |
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Income available to
Class B stockholders |
$ | 1 | 2,546 | $ | 462.83 | $ | 1 | 2,549 | $ | 312.45 | $ | 1 | 2,551 | $ | 204.20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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For the year ended December 31, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Property | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
casualty | Life | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Management | insurance | insurance | Investment | |||||||||||||||||||||
(in millions) | operations | operations | operations | operations | Eliminations | Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||||
Premiums earned/life policy revenue |
$ | 3,925 | $ | 64 | $ | (2 | ) | $ | 3,987 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
$ | 444 | (11 | ) | 433 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net realized investment gains |
313 | 313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net impairment losses recognized in
earnings |
(6 | ) | (6 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Equity in earnings of limited
partnerships |
128 | 128 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Management fee revenue |
$ | 1,009 | (1,009 | ) | | |||||||||||||||||||
Service agreement and other revenue |
34 | 1 | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total revenues |
1,043 | 3,925 | 65 | 879 | (1,022 | ) | 4,890 | |||||||||||||||||
Cost of management operations |
841 | (841 | ) | | ||||||||||||||||||||
Insurance losses and loss expenses |
2,815 | 90 | (5 | ) | 2,900 | |||||||||||||||||||
Policy acquisition and underwriting
expense |
1,113 | 32 | (176 | ) | 969 | |||||||||||||||||||
Goodwill impairment |
22 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total benefits and expenses |
841 | 3,928 | 122 | 22 | (1,022 | ) | 3,891 | |||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes |
202 | (3 | ) | (57 | ) | 857 | | 999 | ||||||||||||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes |
71 | (1 | ) | (20 | ) | 289 | | 339 | ||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ | 131 | $ | (2 | ) | $ | (37 | ) | $ | 568 | $ | | $ | 660 | ||||||||||
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Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
For the year ended December 31, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Property | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
and | Life | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Management | casualty | insurance | Investment | |||||||||||||||||||||
(in millions) | operations | operations | Operations | operations | Eliminations | Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||||
Premiums earned/life policy revenue |
$ | 3,808 | $ | 63 | $ | (2 | ) | $ | 3,869 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
$ | 444 | (11 | ) | 433 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net realized investment gains |
412 | 412 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net impairment losses recognized in
earnings |
(126 | ) | (126 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Equity in losses of limited partnerships |
(369 | ) | (369 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Management fee revenue |
$ | 965 | (965 | ) | | |||||||||||||||||||
Service agreement and other revenue |
35 | 1 | 36 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total revenues |
1,000 | 3,808 | 64 | 361 | (978 | ) | 4,255 | |||||||||||||||||
Cost of management operations |
813 | (813 | ) | | ||||||||||||||||||||
Insurance losses and loss expenses |
2,644 | 89 | (5 | ) | 2,728 | |||||||||||||||||||
Policy acquisition and underwriting
expense |
1,135 | 28 | (160 | ) | 1,003 | |||||||||||||||||||
Total benefits and expenses |
813 | 3,779 | 117 | | (978 | ) | 3,731 | |||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes |
187 | 29 | (53 | ) | 361 | | 524 | |||||||||||||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes |
60 | 10 | (19 | ) | 27 | | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ | 127 | $ | 19 | $ | (34 | ) | $ | 334 | $ | | $ | 446 | |||||||||||
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
For the year ended December 31, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Property | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
and | Life | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Management | casualty | insurance | Investment | |||||||||||||||||||||
(in millions) | operations | operations | operations | operations(1) | Eliminations | Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||||
Premiums earned/life policy revenue |
$ | 3,771 | $ | 65 | $ | (2 | ) | $ | 3,834 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
$ | 449 | (11 | ) | 438 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net realized investment losses |
(1,026 | ) | (1,026 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net impairment losses recognized in
earnings |
(571 | ) | (571 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Equity in losses of limited partnerships |
(58 | ) | (58 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Management fee revenue |
$ | 950 | (950 | ) | | |||||||||||||||||||
Service agreement and other revenue |
33 | 1 | 34 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total revenues (losses) |
983 | 3,771 | 66 | (1,206 | ) | (963 | ) | 2,651 | ||||||||||||||||
Cost of management operations |
810 | (810 | ) | | ||||||||||||||||||||
Insurance losses and loss expenses |
2,494 | 93 | (5 | ) | 2,582 | |||||||||||||||||||
Policy acquisition and underwriting
expense |
1,035 | 21 | (148 | ) | 908 | |||||||||||||||||||
Total benefits and expenses |
810 | 3,529 | 114 | | (963 | ) | 3,490 | |||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes |
173 | 242 | (48 | ) | (1,206 | ) | | (839 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes |
56 | 84 | (17 | ) | (346 | ) | | (223 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ | 117 | $ | 158 | $ | (31 | ) | $ | (860 | ) | $ | | $ | (616 | ) | |||||||||
(1) | The more significant realized losses, impairment charges and market value adjustments on limited partnership investments were impacted by the significant disruption in the financial markets, primarily in the third and fourth quarters of 2008. |
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Level 1
|
Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets not subject to adjustments or discounts | |
Level 2
|
Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations whose inputs are observable or whose significant value drivers are observable. | |
Level 3
|
Instruments whose significant value drivers are unobservable and reflect managements estimate of fair value based on assumptions used by market participants in an orderly transaction as of the valuation date. |
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||||||
Fair value measurements using: | ||||||||||||||||
Quoted prices in | Significant | |||||||||||||||
active markets for | Significant | unobservable | ||||||||||||||
identical assets | observable inputs | inputs | ||||||||||||||
(in millions) | Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | ||||||||||||
Indemnity |
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Available-for-sale securities: |
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Fixed maturities: |
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U.S. treasuries and government agencies |
$ | 25 | $ | 25 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||||||
Municipal securities |
197 | 0 | 197 | 0 | ||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt non-financial |
12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt financial |
26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Structured securities: |
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Collateralized debt obligations |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
Total fixed maturities |
$ | 264 | $ | 25 | $ | 235 | $ | 4 | ||||||||
Equity securities: |
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U.S. nonredeemable preferred securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Financial |
$ | 11 | $ | 5 | $ | 6 | $ | 0 | ||||||||
Non-financial |
12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Foreign nonredeemable preferred securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Non-financial |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Total equity securities |
$ | 24 | $ | 11 | $ | 13 | $ | 0 | ||||||||
Total available-for-sale securities |
$ | 288 | $ | 36 | $ | 248 | $ | 4 | ||||||||
Trading securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Common stock |
$ | 28 | $ | 28 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||||||
Total trading securities |
$ | 28 | $ | 28 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||||||
Total Indemnity |
$ | 316 | $ | 64 | $ | 248 | $ | 4 | ||||||||
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Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||||||
Fair value measurements using: | ||||||||||||||||
Quoted prices in | Significant | |||||||||||||||
active markets for | Significant | unobservable | ||||||||||||||
identical assets | observable inputs | inputs | ||||||||||||||
(in millions) | Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | ||||||||||||
Exchange |
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Available-for-sale securities: |
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Fixed maturities: |
||||||||||||||||
U.S. treasuries and government agencies |
$ | 12 | $ | 12 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||||||
U.S. government sponsored enterprises |
75 | 0 | 75 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Foreign government |
21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Municipal securities |
1,471 | 0 | 1,467 | 4 | ||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt non-financial |
2,535 | 6 | 2,520 | 9 | ||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt financial |
1,897 | 6 | 1,889 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Foreign corporate debt non-financial |
449 | 0 | 449 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Foreign corporate debt financial |
382 | 0 | 382 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Structured securities: |
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Asset-backed securities auto loans |
38 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Asset-backed securities other |
19 | 0 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
70 | 0 | 40 | 30 | ||||||||||||
Commercial mortgage-backed |
86 | 0 | 86 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Residential mortgage-backed: |
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Government sponsored enterprises |
205 | 0 | 205 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Non-government sponsored enterprises |
19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Total fixed maturities |
$ | 7,279 | $ | 24 | $ | 7,200 | $ | 55 | ||||||||
Equity securities: |
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U.S. nonredeemable preferred securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Financial |
$ | 373 | $ | 102 | $ | 264 | $ | 7 | ||||||||
Non-financial |
133 | 48 | 85 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Government sponsored enterprises |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Foreign nonredeemable preferred securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Financial |
55 | 16 | 39 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Non-financial |
9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Total equity securities |
$ | 570 | $ | 166 | $ | 397 | $ | 7 | ||||||||
Total
available-for-sale securities |
$ | 7,849 | $ | 190 | $ | 7,597 | $ | 62 | ||||||||
Trading securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Common stock |
$ | 2,306 | $ | 2,294 | $ | 0 | $ | 12 | ||||||||
Total trading securities |
$ | 2,306 | $ | 2,294 | $ | 0 | $ | 12 | ||||||||
Total Exchange |
$ | 10,155 | $ | 2,484 | $ | 7,597 | $ | 74 | ||||||||
Total Erie Insurance Group |
$ | 10,471 | $ | 2,548 | $ | 7,845 | $ | 78 | ||||||||
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Beginning | Ending | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
balance at | Included in other | Purchases, | Transfer(s) in | balance at | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 30, | Transfer(s) in | Included in | comprehensive | sales and | and (out) of | December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | and (out) (1) | earnings (2) | income | adjustments | Level 3 (3) | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Indemnity |
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Available-for-sale securities: |
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Fixed maturities: |
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U.S. corporate debt financial |
$ | 2 | $ | (2 | ) | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
7 | (4 | ) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total fixed maturities |
9 | (6 | ) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Preferred stock: |
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U.S. nonredeemable financial |
2 | (1 | ) | 0 | 0 | (1 | ) | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Total preferred stock |
2 | (1 | ) | 0 | 0 | (1 | ) | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Total Level 3 assets Indemnity |
$ | 11 | $ | (7 | ) | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | (1 | ) | $ | 1 | $ | 4 | ||||||||||||
Exchange |
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Available-for-sale securities: |
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Fixed maturities: |
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Municipal securities |
$ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 4 | $ | 4 | ||||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt
non-financial |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt financial |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Asset-backed securities other |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
42 | 4 | (1 | ) | 1 | (16 | ) | 0 | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||
Total fixed maturities |
56 | 6 | (1 | ) | 1 | (16 | ) | 9 | 55 | |||||||||||||||||||
Preferred stock: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. nonredeemable financial |
5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total preferred stock |
5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Trading securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common stock |
11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total trading securities | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total Level 3 assets Exchange |
$ | 72 | $ | 7 | $ | 0 | $ | 2 | $ | (16 | ) | $ | 9 | $ | 74 | |||||||||||||
Total Level 3 assets Erie
Insurance Group |
$ | 83 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 2 | $ | (17 | ) | $ | 10 | $ | 78 | |||||||||||||
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Beginning | Ending | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
balance at | Included in other | Purchases, | Transfer(s) in | balance at | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
December 31, | Transfer(s) in | Included in | comprehensive | sales and | and (out) of | December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2009 | and (out) (1) | earnings (2) | income | adjustments | Level 3 (3) | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Indemnity |
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Available-for-sale securities: |
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Fixed maturities: |
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U.S. corporate debt financial |
$ | 2 | $ | (2 | ) | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | |||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
8 | (4 | ) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total fixed maturities |
10 | (6 | ) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Preferred stock: |
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U.S. nonredeemable financial |
1 | (1 | ) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total preferred stock |
1 | (1 | ) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total Level 3 assets Indemnity |
$ | 11 | $ | (7 | ) | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 4 | |||||||||||||
Exchange |
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Available-for-sale securities: |
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Fixed maturities: |
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Municipal securities |
$ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 4 | $ | 4 | ||||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt
non-financial |
17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (8 | ) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt financial |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Asset-backed securities other |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
49 | 4 | (1 | ) | 5 | (19 | ) | (8 | ) | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total fixed maturities |
71 | 6 | (1 | ) | 5 | (19 | ) | (7 | ) | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||
Preferred stock: |
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U.S. nonredeemable financial |
4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total preferred stock |
4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Trading securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common stock |
9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total
trading securities |
9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total Level 3 assets Exchange |
$ | 84 | $ | 7 | $ | 2 | $ | 7 | $ | (19 | ) | $ | (7 | ) | $ | 74 | ||||||||||||
Total Level 3 assets Erie
Insurance Group |
$ | 95 | $ | 0 | $ | 2 | $ | 7 | $ | (19 | ) | $ | (7 | ) | $ | 78 | ||||||||||||
(1) | Transfers in and out are attributable to the sale of Indemnitys wholly owned property and casualty insurance subsidiaries Erie Insurance Company, Erie Insurance Company of New York and Erie Insurance Property and Casualty Company, to the Exchange. Level 3 securities previously held by the Indemnity are shown as transfer (out) while transfers to the Exchange are shown as transfer in. | |
(2) | Includes losses as a result of other-than-temporary impairments and accrual of discount and amortization of premium. These amounts are reported in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. There were no unrealized gains or losses included in earnings for the three or twelve months ended December 31, 2010 on Level 3 securities. | |
(3) | Transfers in and out of Level 3 are attributable to changes in the availability of market observable information for individual securities within the respective categories. There were no significant transfers in and out of Level 3. Transfers in and out of levels are recognized at the end of the period. There were no significant transfers between Levels 1 and 2 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2010. |
88
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||||||
At December 31, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
Fair value measurements using: | ||||||||||||||||
Quoted prices in | Significant | Significant | ||||||||||||||
active markets for | observable | unobservable | ||||||||||||||
identical assets | inputs | inputs | ||||||||||||||
(in millions) | Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | ||||||||||||
Indemnity |
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Available-for-sale securities: |
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Fixed maturities: |
||||||||||||||||
U.S. treasuries and government agencies |
$ | 3 | $ | 3 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||||||
U.S. government sponsored enterprises |
14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Foreign government |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Municipal securities |
244 | 0 | 244 | 0 | ||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt non-financial |
181 | 3 | 178 | 0 | ||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt financial |
138 | 0 | 136 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Foreign corporate debt non-financial |
28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Foreign corporate debt financial |
20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Structured securities: |
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Asset-backed securities auto loans |
4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||||
Commercial mortgage-backed |
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Residential mortgage-backed: |
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Government sponsored enterprises |
14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Non-government sponsored enterprises |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Total fixed maturities |
$ | 664 | $ | 6 | $ | 648 | $ | 10 | ||||||||
Equity securities: |
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U.S. nonredeemable preferred securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Financial |
$ | 22 | $ | 6 | $ | 15 | $ | 1 | ||||||||
Non-financial |
10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Foreign nonredeemable preferred securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Financial |
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Non-financial |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Total equity securities |
$ | 38 | $ | 9 | $ | 28 | $ | 1 | ||||||||
Total available-for-sale securities |
$ | 702 | $ | 15 | $ | 676 | $ | 11 | ||||||||
Trading securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Common stock |
$ | 42 | $ | 42 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||||||
Total trading securities |
$ | 42 | $ | 42 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||||||
Total Indemnity |
$ | 744 | $ | 57 | $ | 676 | $ | 11 | ||||||||
89
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||||||
At December 31, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
Fair value measurements using: | ||||||||||||||||
Quoted prices in | Significant | Significant | ||||||||||||||
active markets for | observable | unobservable | ||||||||||||||
identical assets | inputs | inputs | ||||||||||||||
(in millions) | Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | ||||||||||||
Exchange |
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Available-for-sale securities: |
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Fixed maturities: |
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U.S. treasuries and government agencies |
$ | 5 | $ | 5 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||||||
U.S. government sponsored enterprises |
77 | 0 | 77 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Foreign government |
11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Municipal securities |
1,441 | 0 | 1,441 | 0 | ||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt non-financial |
2,193 | 22 | 2,154 | 17 | ||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt financial |
1,552 | 4 | 1,548 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Foreign corporate debt non-financial |
395 | 0 | 395 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Foreign corporate debt financial |
299 | 0 | 299 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Structured securities: |
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Asset-backed securities auto loans |
51 | 0 | 51 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Asset-backed securities credit cards |
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Asset-backed securities other |
33 | 0 | 28 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
77 | 0 | 28 | 49 | ||||||||||||
Commercial mortgage-backed |
127 | 0 | 127 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Residential mortgage-backed: |
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Government sponsored enterprises |
198 | 0 | 198 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Non-government sponsored enterprises |
53 | 0 | 53 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Total fixed maturities |
$ | 6,517 | $ | 31 | $ | 6,415 | $ | 71 | ||||||||
Equity securities: |
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U.S. nonredeemable preferred securities: |
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Financial |
$ | 301 | $ | 96 | $ | 201 | $ | 4 | ||||||||
Non-financial |
113 | 47 | 66 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Government sponsored enterprises |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Foreign nonredeemable preferred securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Financial |
47 | 12 | 35 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Non-financial |
8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Total equity securities |
$ | 472 | $ | 157 | $ | 311 | $ | 4 | ||||||||
Total available-for-sale securities |
$ | 6,989 | $ | 188 | $ | 6,726 | $ | 75 | ||||||||
Trading securities: |
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Common stock |
$ | 1,835 | $ | 1,826 | $ | 0 | $ | 9 | ||||||||
Total trading securities |
$ | 1,835 | $ | 1,826 | $ | 0 | $ | 9 | ||||||||
Total Exchange |
$ | 8,824 | $ | 2,014 | $ | 6,726 | $ | 84 | ||||||||
Total Erie Insurance Group |
$ | 9,568 | $ | 2,071 | $ | 7,402 | $ | 95 | ||||||||
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Beginning | Ending | |||||||||||||||||||||||
balance at | Included in other | Transfers in and | balance at | |||||||||||||||||||||
September 30, | Included in | comprehensive | Purchases, sales | (out) of | December 31, | |||||||||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2009 | earnings(1) | income | and adjustments | Level 3(2) | 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||
Indemnity |
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Available-for-sale securities: |
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Fixed maturities: |
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U.S. corporate debt financial |
$ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 2 | $ | 0 | $ | 2 | ||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (1 | ) | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
Total fixed maturities |
9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | (1 | ) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
Preferred stock: |
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U.S. nonredeemable financial |
4 | 0 | 0 | (3 | ) | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Total preferred stock |
4 | 0 | 0 | (3 | ) | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Total Level 3 assets Indemnity |
$ | 13 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | (1 | ) | $ | (1 | ) | $ | 11 | ||||||||||
Exchange |
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Available-for-sale securities: |
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Fixed maturities: |
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U.S. corporate debt non-financial |
$ | 17 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 17 | ||||||||||||
Foreign corporate debt non-financial |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (1 | ) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Asset-backed securities other |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
77 | (4 | ) | 0 | 0 | (24 | ) | 49 | ||||||||||||||||
Total fixed maturities |
100 | (4 | ) | 0 | 0 | (25 | ) | 71 | ||||||||||||||||
Preferred stock: |
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U.S. nonredeemable financial |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (5 | ) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
U.S. nonredeemable non-financial |
5 | 0 | 0 | (5 | ) | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Total preferred stock |
14 | 0 | 0 | (5 | ) | (5 | ) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Trading securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common stock |
1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total trading securities |
1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Level 3 assets Exchange |
$ | 115 | $ | (2 | ) | $ | 0 | $ | 1 | $ | (30 | ) | $ | 84 | ||||||||||
Total Level 3 assets Erie Insurance Group |
$ | 128 | $ | (2 | ) | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | (31 | ) | $ | 95 | ||||||||||
91
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning | Ending | |||||||||||||||||||||||
balance at | Included in other | Transfers in and | balance at | |||||||||||||||||||||
December 31, | Included in | comprehensive | Purchases, sales | (out) of | December 31, | |||||||||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2008 | earnings(1) | income | and adjustments | Level 3(2) | 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||
Indemnity |
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Available-for-sale securities: |
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Fixed maturities: |
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U.S. corporate debt financial |
$ | 5 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | (2 | ) | $ | (1 | ) | $ | 2 | ||||||||||
Commercial mortgage-backed |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (2 | ) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
7 | (1 | ) | 2 | 1 | (1 | ) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
Total fixed maturities |
14 | (1 | ) | 2 | (1 | ) | (4 | ) | 10 | |||||||||||||||
Preferred stock: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. nonredeemable financial |
7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | (7 | ) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
U.S. nonredeemable non-financial |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (4 | ) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Total preferred stock |
11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | (11 | ) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Total Level 3 assets Indemnity |
$ | 25 | $ | (1 | ) | $ | 2 | $ | 0 | $ | (15 | ) | $ | 11 | ||||||||||
Exchange |
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Available-for-sale securities: |
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Fixed maturities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt financial |
$ | 36 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | (16 | ) | $ | (20 | ) | $ | 0 | ||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt non-financial |
21 | 0 | 0 | (2 | ) | (2 | ) | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
Foreign corporate debt financial |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (1 | ) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Foreign corporate debt non-financial |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (2 | ) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Asset-backed securities other |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
36 | (7 | ) | 10 | 8 | 2 | 49 | |||||||||||||||||
Commercial mortgage-backed |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (7 | ) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Total fixed maturities |
108 | (7 | ) | 10 | (10 | ) | (30 | ) | 71 | |||||||||||||||
Preferred stock: |
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U.S. nonredeemable financial |
24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (22 | ) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
U.S. nonredeemable non-financial |
22 | 0 | 0 | (5 | ) | (17 | ) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Total preferred stock |
46 | 0 | 2 | (5 | ) | (39 | ) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Trading securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common stock |
0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total trading securities |
0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Level 3 assets Exchange |
$ | 154 | $ | (4 | ) | $ | 12 | $ | (9 | ) | $ | (69 | ) | $ | 84 | |||||||||
Total Level 3 assets Erie Insurance Group |
$ | 179 | $ | (5 | ) | $ | 14 | $ | (9 | ) | $ | (84 | ) | $ | 95 | |||||||||
(1) | Includes losses as a result of other-than-temporary impairments and accrual of discount and amortization of premium. These amounts are reported in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. There were no unrealized gains or losses included in earnings for the three or twelve months ended December 31, 2009 on Level 3 securities. | |
(2) | Transfers in and out of Level 3 are attributable to changes in the availability of market observable information for individual securities within the respective categories. Transfers in and out of levels are recorded at the end of the period. |
92
Value of securities | ||||||||||||
Value of securities | used in the | |||||||||||
Number of | using pricing | financial | ||||||||||
(dollars in millions) | holdings | service | statements | |||||||||
Exchange |
2 | $ | 0.4 | $ | 1.2 | |||||||
Total Erie Insurance Group |
$ | 0.4 | $ | 1.2 | ||||||||
93
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||||||
December 31, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
(in millions) | Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | ||||||||||||
Indemnity |
||||||||||||||||
Fixed maturity securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Priced via pricing services |
$ | 260 | $ | 25 | $ | 235 | $ | 0 | ||||||||
Priced via market comparables/non-binding broker quote(1) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Priced via internal modeling (2) |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
Total fixed maturity securities |
264 | 25 | 235 | 4 | ||||||||||||
Preferred stock securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Priced via pricing services |
22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Priced via market comparables/non-binding broker quote (1) |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Priced via internal modeling (2) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Total preferred stock securities |
24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Common stock securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Priced via pricing services |
28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Priced via market comparables/non-binding broker quote (1) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Priced via internal modeling (2) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Total common stock securities |
28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Total available-for-sale/trading securities Indemnity |
$ | 316 | $ | 64 | $ | 248 | $ | 4 | ||||||||
Exchange |
||||||||||||||||
Fixed maturity securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Priced via pricing services |
$ | 7,138 | $ | 24 | $ | 7,114 | $ | 0 | ||||||||
Priced via market comparables/non-binding broker quote (1) |
86 | 0 | 86 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Priced via internal modeling (2) |
55 | 0 | 0 | 55 | ||||||||||||
Total fixed maturity securities |
7,279 | 24 | 7,200 | 55 | ||||||||||||
Preferred stock securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Priced via pricing services |
533 | 166 | 367 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Priced via market comparables/non-binding broker quote (1) |
37 | 0 | 30 | 7 | ||||||||||||
Priced via internal modeling (2) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Total preferred stock securities |
570 | 166 | 397 | 7 | ||||||||||||
Common stock securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Priced via pricing services |
2,294 | 2,294 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Priced via market comparables/non-binding broker quote (1) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Priced via
internal
modeling (2) |
12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||||
Total common stock securities |
2,306 | 2,294 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||||
Total available-for-sale/trading securities Exchange |
$ | 10,155 | $ | 2,484 | $ | 7,597 | $ | 74 | ||||||||
Total available-for-sale/trading securities Erie Insurance Group |
$ | 10,471 | $ | 2,548 | $ | 7,845 | $ | 78 | ||||||||
(1) | All broker quotes obtained for securities were non-binding. When a non-binding broker quote was the only price available, the security was classified as Level 3. | |
(2) | Internal modeling using a discounted cash flow model was performed on 12 fixed maturities representing less than 0.5% of the total available-for-sale portfolio of the Erie Insurance Group. |
94
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||||||
December 31, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
(in millions) | Amortized | Gross unrealized | Gross unrealized | Estimated | ||||||||||||
Available-for-sale securities | cost | gains | losses | fair value | ||||||||||||
Indemnity |
||||||||||||||||
Fixed maturities: |
||||||||||||||||
U.S. treasuries and government agencies |
$ | 25 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 25 | ||||||||
U.S. government sponsored enterprises |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Municipal securities |
193 | 6 | 2 | 197 | ||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt non-financial |
12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt financial |
24 | 2 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||||
Structured securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
Total fixed maturities |
$ | 257 | $ | 9 | $ | 2 | $ | 264 | ||||||||
Equity securities: |
||||||||||||||||
U.S. nonredeemable preferred securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Financial |
$ | 8 | $ | 3 | $ | 0 | $ | 11 | ||||||||
Non-financial |
11 | 1 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||||
Foreign nonredeemable preferred securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Non-financial |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Total equity securities |
$ | 20 | $ | 4 | $ | 0 | $ | 24 | ||||||||
Total available-for-sale securities Indemnity |
$ | 277 | $ | 13 | $ | 2 | $ | 288 | ||||||||
Exchange |
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Fixed maturities: |
||||||||||||||||
U.S. treasuries and government agencies |
$ | 11 | $ | 1 | $ | 0 | $ | 12 | ||||||||
U.S. government sponsored enterprises |
74 | 1 | 0 | 75 | ||||||||||||
Foreign government |
20 | 1 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||||
Municipal securities |
1,437 | 43 | 9 | 1,471 | ||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt non-financial |
2,354 | 186 | 5 | 2,535 | ||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt financial |
1,767 | 137 | 7 | 1,897 | ||||||||||||
Foreign corporate debt non-financial |
415 | 34 | 0 | 449 | ||||||||||||
Foreign corporate debt financial |
364 | 20 | 2 | 382 | ||||||||||||
Structured securities: |
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Asset-backed securities auto loans |
36 | 2 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||||
Asset-backed securities other |
18 | 1 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
69 | 6 | 5 | 70 | ||||||||||||
Commercial mortgage-backed |
82 | 5 | 1 | 86 | ||||||||||||
Residential mortgage-backed: |
||||||||||||||||
Government sponsored enterprises |
196 | 9 | 0 | 205 | ||||||||||||
Non-government sponsored enterprises |
20 | 0 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||||
Total fixed maturities |
$ | 6,863 | $ | 446 | $ | 30 | $ | 7,279 | ||||||||
Equity securities: |
||||||||||||||||
U.S. nonredeemable preferred securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Financial |
$ | 317 | $ | 58 | $ | 2 | $ | 373 | ||||||||
Non-financial |
126 | 9 | 2 | 133 | ||||||||||||
Government sponsored enterprises |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Foreign nonredeemable preferred securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Financial |
52 | 6 | 3 | 55 | ||||||||||||
Non-financial |
8 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||
Total equity securities |
$ | 503 | $ | 74 | $ | 7 | $ | 570 | ||||||||
Total
available-for-sale securities Exchange |
$ | 7,366 | $ | 520 | $ | 37 | $ | 7,849 | ||||||||
Total available-for-sale securities Erie Insurance Group |
$ | 7,643 | $ | 533 | $ | 39 | $ | 8,137 | ||||||||
95
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||||||
At December 31, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
(in millions) | Amortized | Gross unrealized | Gross unrealized | Estimated | ||||||||||||
Available-for-sale securities | cost | gains | losses | fair value | ||||||||||||
Indemnity |
||||||||||||||||
Fixed maturities: |
||||||||||||||||
U.S. treasuries and government agencies |
$ | 3 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 3 | ||||||||
U.S. government sponsored enterprises |
14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||||
Foreign government |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Municipal securities |
235 | 9 | 0 | 244 | ||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt non-financial |
172 | 10 | 1 | 181 | ||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt financial |
135 | 7 | 4 | 138 | ||||||||||||
Foreign corporate debt non-financial |
26 | 2 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||||
Foreign corporate debt financial |
19 | 2 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||||
Structured securities: |
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Asset-backed securities auto loans |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||
Commercial mortgage-backed |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Residential mortgage-backed: |
||||||||||||||||
Government sponsored enterprises |
14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||||
Non-government sponsored enterprises |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
Total fixed maturities |
$ | 642 | $ | 30 | $ | 8 | $ | 664 | ||||||||
Equity securities: |
||||||||||||||||
U.S. nonredeemable preferred securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Financial |
$ | 20 | $ | 3 | $ | 1 | $ | 22 | ||||||||
Non-financial |
9 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||||
Government sponsored enterprises |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Foreign nonredeemable preferred securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Financial |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Non-financial |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Total equity securities |
$ | 35 | $ | 4 | $ | 1 | $ | 38 | ||||||||
Total available-for-sale securities Indemnity |
$ | 677 | $ | 34 | $ | 9 | $ | 702 | ||||||||
Exchange |
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Fixed maturities: |
||||||||||||||||
U.S. treasuries and government agencies |
$ | 5 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 5 | ||||||||
U.S. government sponsored enterprises |
76 | 1 | 0 | 77 | ||||||||||||
Foreign government |
10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||||
Municipal securities |
1,389 | 55 | 3 | 1,441 | ||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt non-financial |
2,078 | 125 | 10 | 2,193 | ||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt financial |
1,498 | 82 | 28 | 1,552 | ||||||||||||
Foreign corporate debt non-financial |
375 | 22 | 2 | 395 | ||||||||||||
Foreign corporate debt financial |
292 | 11 | 4 | 299 | ||||||||||||
Structured securities: |
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Asset-backed securities auto loans |
48 | 3 | 0 | 51 | ||||||||||||
Asset-backed securities credit cards |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Asset-backed securities other |
35 | 0 | 2 | 33 | ||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
88 | 5 | 16 | 77 | ||||||||||||
Commercial mortgage-backed |
127 | 5 | 5 | 127 | ||||||||||||
Residential mortgage-backed: |
||||||||||||||||
Government sponsored enterprises |
192 | 6 | 0 | 198 | ||||||||||||
Non-government sponsored enterprises |
59 | 0 | 6 | 53 | ||||||||||||
Total fixed maturities |
$ | 6,277 | $ | 316 | $ | 76 | $ | 6,517 | ||||||||
Equity securities: |
||||||||||||||||
U.S. nonredeemable preferred securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Financial |
$ | 259 | $ | 53 | $ | 11 | $ | 301 | ||||||||
Non-financial |
111 | 4 | 2 | 113 | ||||||||||||
Government sponsored enterprises |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
Foreign nonredeemable preferred securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Financial |
46 | 4 | 3 | 47 | ||||||||||||
Non-financial |
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||||
Total equity securities |
$ | 425 | $ | 63 | $ | 16 | $ | 472 | ||||||||
Total available-for-sale securities Exchange |
$ | 6,702 | $ | 379 | $ | 92 | $ | 6,989 | ||||||||
Total available-for-sale securities Erie Insurance Group |
$ | 7,379 | $ | 413 | $ | 101 | $ | 7,691 | ||||||||
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Amortized | Estimated | |||||||
(in millions) | cost | fair value | ||||||
Indemnity |
||||||||
Due in one year or less |
$ | 64 | $ | 66 | ||||
Due after one year through five years |
88 | 92 | ||||||
Due after five years through ten years |
59 | 61 | ||||||
Due after ten years |
46 | 45 | ||||||
Total fixed maturities Indemnity |
$ | 257 | $ | 264 | ||||
Exchange |
||||||||
Due in one year or less |
$ | 318 | $ | 335 | ||||
Due after one year through five years |
2,492 | 2,646 | ||||||
Due after five years through ten years |
2,724 | 2,920 | ||||||
Due after ten years |
1,329 | 1,378 | ||||||
Total fixed maturities Exchange |
$ | 6,863 | $ | 7,279 | ||||
Total fixed maturities Erie Insurance Group |
$ | 7,120 | $ | 7,543 | ||||
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less than 12 months | 12 months or longer | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fair | Unrealized | Fair | Unrealized | Fair | Unrealized | No. of | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(dollars in millions) | value | losses | value | losses | value | losses | holdings | |||||||||||||||||||||
Indemnity |
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Fixed maturities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. government sponsored enterprises |
$ | 25 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 25 | $ | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Municipal securities |
39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt non-financial |
11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt financial |
20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total fixed maturities Indemnity |
$ | 95 | $ | 2 | $ | 1 | $ | 0 | $ | 96 | $ | 2 | 24 | |||||||||||||||
Equity securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. nonredeemable preferred securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-financial |
$ | 3 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 3 | $ | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Total equity securities Indemnity |
$ | 3 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 3 | $ | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Less than 12 months | 12 months or longer | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fair | Unrealized | Fair | Unrealized | Fair | Unrealized | No. of | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(dollars in millions) | Value | losses | value | losses | value | losses | holdings | |||||||||||||||||||||
Indemnity |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment grade |
$ | 95 | $ | 2 | $ | 1 | $ | 0 | $ | 96 | $ | 2 | 24 | |||||||||||||||
Non-investment grade |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total fixed maturities Indemnity |
$ | 95 | $ | 2 | $ | 1 | $ | 0 | $ | 96 | $ | 2 | 24 | |||||||||||||||
97
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less than 12 months | 12 months or longer | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fair | Unrealized | Fair | Unrealized | Fair | Unrealized | No. of | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(dollars in millions) | value | losses | value | losses | value | losses | holdings | |||||||||||||||||||||
Exchange |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fixed maturities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. treasuries and government agencies |
$ | 2 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 2 | $ | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
U.S. government sponsored enterprises |
20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign government |
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Municipal securities |
299 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 304 | 9 | 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt non-financial |
217 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 253 | 5 | 43 | |||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt financial |
141 | 2 | 85 | 5 | 226 | 7 | 47 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign corporate debt non-financial |
8 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign corporate debt financial |
32 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Structured securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
1 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 34 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Commercial mortgage-backed |
0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Residential mortgage-backed: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Government sponsored enterprises |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Non-government sponsored enterprises |
0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total fixed maturities Exchange |
$ | 736 | $ | 16 | $ | 201 | $ | 14 | $ | 937 | $ | 30 | 176 | |||||||||||||||
Equity securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. nonredeemable preferred securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial |
$ | 25 | $ | 0 | $ | 24 | $ | 2 | $ | 49 | $ | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
Non-financial |
14 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign nonredeemable preferred
securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial |
6 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total equity securities Exchange |
$ | 45 | $ | 2 | $ | 59 | $ | 5 | $ | 104 | $ | 7 | 15 | |||||||||||||||
Less than 12 months | 12 months or longer | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fair | Unrealized | Fair | Unrealized | Fair | Unrealized | No. of | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(dollars in millions) | value | losses | value | losses | value | losses | holdings | |||||||||||||||||||||
Exchange |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment grade |
$ | 703 | $ | 16 | $ | 155 | $ | 11 | $ | 858 | $ | 27 | 154 | |||||||||||||||
Non-investment grade |
33 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 79 | 3 | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total fixed maturities Exchange |
$ | 736 | $ | 16 | $ | 201 | $ | 14 | $ | 937 | $ | 30 | 176 | |||||||||||||||
98
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less than 12 months | 12 months or longer | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fair | Unrealized | Fair | Unrealized | Fair | Unrealized | No. of | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(dollars in millions) | value | losses | value | losses | Value | losses | holdings | |||||||||||||||||||||
Indemnity |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fixed maturities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. government sponsored enterprises |
$ | 8 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 8 | $ | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Municipal securities |
18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt non-financial |
19 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt financial |
16 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 56 | 4 | 42 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign corporate debt non-financial |
0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign corporate debt financial |
2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Structured securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Commercial mortgage-backed |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Residential mortgage-backed: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Government sponsored enterprises |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Non-government sponsored enterprises |
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total fixed maturities Indemnity |
$ | 69 | $ | 1 | $ | 67 | $ | 7 | $ | 136 | $ | 8 | 90 | |||||||||||||||
Equity securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. nonredeemable preferred securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial |
$ | 5 | $ | 0 | $ | 5 | $ | 1 | $ | 10 | $ | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
Non-financial |
3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign nonredeemable preferred
securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total equity securities Indemnity |
$ | 8 | $ | 0 | $ | 10 | $ | 1 | $ | 18 | $ | 1 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
Less than 12 months | 12 months or longer | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fair | Unrealized | Fair | Unrealized | Fair | Unrealized | No. of | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(dollars in millions) | value | losses | value | losses | value | losses | holdings | |||||||||||||||||||||
Indemnity
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment grade |
$ | 69 | $ | 1 | $ | 49 | $ | 4 | $ | 118 | $ | 5 | 71 | |||||||||||||||
Non-investment grade |
0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total fixed maturities Indemnity |
$ | 69 | $ | 1 | $ | 67 | $ | 7 | $ | 136 | $ | 8 | 90 | |||||||||||||||
99
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less than 12 months | 12 months or longer | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fair | Unrealized | Fair | Unrealized | Fair | Unrealized | No. of | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(dollars in millions) | value | losses | value | losses | value | losses | holdings | |||||||||||||||||||||
Exchange |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fixed maturities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. government sponsored enterprises |
$ | 50 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 50 | $ | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
Municipal securities |
105 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 131 | 3 | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt non-financial |
128 | 3 | 129 | 7 | 257 | 10 | 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. corporate debt financial |
159 | 2 | 318 | 26 | 477 | 28 | 98 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign corporate debt non-financial |
12 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 48 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign corporate debt financial |
17 | 0 | 68 | 4 | 85 | 4 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Structured securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asset backed credit cards |
0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Asset backed other |
0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
8 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 36 | 16 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Commercial mortgage-backed |
1 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 35 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Residential mortgage-backed: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Government sponsored enterprises |
28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Non-government sponsored enterprises |
0 | 0 | 45 | 6 | 45 | 6 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total fixed maturities Exchange |
$ | 508 | $ | 8 | $ | 707 | $ | 68 | $ | 1,215 | $ | 76 | 248 | |||||||||||||||
Equity securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. nonredeemable preferred securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial |
$ | 36 | $ | 2 | $ | 72 | $ | 9 | $ | 108 | $ | 11 | 20 | |||||||||||||||
Non-financial |
14 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 57 | 2 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign nonredeemable preferred
securities: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial |
0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total equity securities Exchange |
$ | 50 | $ | 2 | $ | 133 | $ | 14 | $ | 183 | $ | 16 | 34 | |||||||||||||||
Less than 12 months | 12 months or longer | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fair | Unrealized | Fair | Unrealized | Fair | Unrealized | No. of | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(dollars in millions) | value | losses | value | losses | value | losses | holdings | |||||||||||||||||||||
Exchange |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment grade |
$ | 494 | $ | 8 | $ | 522 | $ | 50 | $ | 1,016 | $ | 58 | 191 | |||||||||||||||
Non-investment grade |
14 | 0 | 185 | 18 | 199 | 18 | 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total fixed maturities Exchange |
$ | 508 | $ | 8 | $ | 707 | $ | 68 | $ | 1,215 | $ | 76 | 248 | |||||||||||||||
100
Erie Insurance Group | |||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||
Indemnity |
|||||||||||||
Fixed maturities |
$ | 33 | $ | 36 | $ | 36 | |||||||
Equity securities |
4 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||
Cash equivalents and other |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
Total investment income |
38 | 42 | 47 | ||||||||||
Less: investment expenses |
1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
Investment income, net of expenses Indemnity |
$ | 37 | $ | 42 | 44 | ||||||||
Exchange |
|||||||||||||
Fixed maturities |
$ | 350 | $ | 343 | $ | 319 | |||||||
Equity securities |
72 | 68 | 88 | ||||||||||
Cash equivalents and other |
2 | 4 | 13 | ||||||||||
Total investment income |
424 | 415 | 420 | ||||||||||
Less: investment expenses |
28 | 24 | 26 | ||||||||||
Investment income, net of expenses Exchange |
$ | 396 | $ | 391 | $ | 394 | |||||||
Total consolidated investment income, net of expenses
Erie Insurance Group |
$ | 433 | $ | 433 | $ | 438 | |||||||
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||
Years ended December 31, | ||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
Indemnity |
||||||||||||
Available-for-sale securities: |
||||||||||||
Fixed maturities |
||||||||||||
Gross realized gains |
$ | 6 | $ | 5 | $ | 3 | ||||||
Gross realized losses |
(1 | ) | (4 | ) | (5 | ) | ||||||
Net realized gains (losses) |
5 | 1 | (2 | ) | ||||||||
Equity securities |
||||||||||||
Gross realized gains |
1 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
Gross realized losses |
0 | (7 | ) | (13 | ) | |||||||
Net realized gains (losses) |
1 | 1 | (5 | ) | ||||||||
Trading securities: |
||||||||||||
Common stock |
||||||||||||
Gross realized gains |
6 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
Gross realized losses |
(1 | ) | (5 | ) | (28 | ) | ||||||
Valuation adjustments |
0 | 11 | (22 | ) | ||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) |
5 | 8 | (38 | ) | ||||||||
Limited partnerships: |
||||||||||||
Gross realized gains |
0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
Gross realized losses |
(12 | ) | 0 | (2 | ) | |||||||
Net realized (losses) gains |
(12 | ) | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
Net realized (losses) gains on investments Indemnity |
$ | (1 | ) | $ | 10 | $ | (43 | ) | ||||
101
Years ended December 31, | ||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
Exchange |
||||||||||||
Available-for-sale securities: |
||||||||||||
Fixed maturities |
||||||||||||
Gross realized gains |
$ | 49 | $ | 22 | $ | 13 | ||||||
Gross realized losses |
(24 | ) | (37 | ) | (53 | ) | ||||||
Net realized gains (losses) |
25 | (15 | ) | (40 | ) | |||||||
Equity securities |
||||||||||||
Gross realized gains |
14 | 39 | 33 | |||||||||
Gross realized losses |
(3 | ) | (26 | ) | (68 | ) | ||||||
Net realized gains (losses) |
11 | 13 | (35 | ) | ||||||||
Trading securities: |
||||||||||||
Common stock |
||||||||||||
Gross realized gains |
205 | 143 | 155 | |||||||||
Gross realized losses |
(135 | ) | (203 | ) | (654 | ) | ||||||
Valuation adjustments |
254 | 464 | (416 | ) | ||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) |
324 | 404 | (915 | ) | ||||||||
Limited partnerships: |
||||||||||||
Gross realized gains |
0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||
Gross realized losses |
(46 | ) | 0 | (8 | ) | |||||||
Net realized (losses) gains |
(46 | ) | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments Exchange |
$ | 314 | $ | 402 | $ | (983 | ) | |||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments Erie
Insurance Group |
$ | 313 | $ | 412 | $ | (1,026 | ) | |||||
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||
Years ended December 31 | ||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
Indemnity |
||||||||||||
Fixed maturities |
$ | (1 | ) | $ | (7 | ) | $ | (36 | ) | |||
Equity securities |
0 | (5 | ) | (34 | ) | |||||||
Total |
(1 | ) | (12 | ) | (70 | ) | ||||||
Portion recognized in other comprehensive income |
0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings Indemnity |
$ | (1 | ) | $ | (12 | ) | $ | (70 | ) | |||
Exchange |
||||||||||||
Fixed maturities |
$ | (4 | ) | $ | (54 | ) | $ | (306 | ) | |||
Equity securities |
(1 | ) | (60 | ) | (195 | ) | ||||||
Total |
(5 | ) | (114 | ) | (501 | ) | ||||||
Portion recognized in other comprehensive income |
0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings Exchange |
$ | (5 | ) | $ | (114 | ) | $ | (501 | ) | |||
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings Erie
Insurance Group |
$ | (6 | ) | $ | (126 | ) | $ | (571 | ) | |||
102
103
(dollars in millions) | As of and for the year ended December 31, 2010 | |||||||||||||||
Income (loss) | ||||||||||||||||
recognized | ||||||||||||||||
due to valuation | ||||||||||||||||
Investment percentage in partnership | Number of | adjustments | Income (loss) | |||||||||||||
for Erie Insurance Group | partnerships | Asset recorded | by the partnerships | recorded | ||||||||||||
Indemnity |
||||||||||||||||
Private equity: |
||||||||||||||||
Less than 10% |
26 | $ | 78 | $ | 4 | $ | 7 | |||||||||
Greater than or equal to 10% but less than 50% |
3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Greater than 50% |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Total private equity |
29 | 86 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||
Mezzanine debt: |
||||||||||||||||
Less than 10% |
11 | 30 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
Greater than or equal to 10% but less than 50% |
3 | 15 | 2 | (2 | ) | |||||||||||
Greater than 50% |
1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Total mezzanine debt |
15 | 47 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Real
estate: |
||||||||||||||||
Less than 10% |
12 | 59 | 30 | (31 | ) | |||||||||||
Greater than or equal to 10% but less than 50% |
4 | 14 | 10 | (10 | ) | |||||||||||
Greater than 50% |
4 | 10 | 4 | (3 | ) | |||||||||||
Total real estate |
20 | 83 | 44 | (44 | ) | |||||||||||
Total limited partnerships Indemnity |
64 | $ | 216 | $ | 57 | $ | (36 | ) | ||||||||
Exchange |
||||||||||||||||
Private equity: |
||||||||||||||||
Less than 10% |
41 | $ | 517 | $ | 28 | $ | 40 | |||||||||
Greater than or equal to 10% but less than 50% |
3 | 38 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Greater than 50% |
0 | 0 | 0 | (1 | ) | |||||||||||
Total private equity |
44 | 555 | 38 | 39 | ||||||||||||
Mezzanine debt: |
||||||||||||||||
Less than 10% |
14 | 142 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||
Greater than or equal to 10% but less than 50% |
3 | 41 | 2 | (2 | ) | |||||||||||
Greater than 50% |
3 | 31 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Total mezzanine debt |
20 | 214 | 14 | 13 | ||||||||||||
Real estate: |
||||||||||||||||
Less than 10% |
25 | 250 | (11 | ) | 10 | |||||||||||
Greater than or equal to 10% but less than 50% |
6 | 52 | 7 | (7 | ) | |||||||||||
Greater than 50% |
4 | 37 | 15 | (11 | ) | |||||||||||
Total real estate |
35 | 339 | 11 | (8 | ) | |||||||||||
Total limited partnerships Exchange |
99 | $ | 1,108 | $ | 63 | $ | 44 | |||||||||
Total limited partnerships Erie Insurance Group |
$ | 1,324 | $ | 120 | $ | 8 | ||||||||||
104
(dollars in millions) | As of and for the year ended December 31, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
(Loss) income | |||||||||||||||||
recognized | |||||||||||||||||
due to valuation | |||||||||||||||||
Investment percentage in partnership | Number of | adjustments | (Loss) income | ||||||||||||||
for Erie Insurance Group | partnerships | Asset recorded | by the partnerships | recorded | |||||||||||||
Indemnity |
|||||||||||||||||
Private equity: |
|||||||||||||||||
Less than 10% |
26 | $ | 76 | $ | (11 | ) | $ | (1 | ) | ||||||||
Greater than or equal to 10% but less than 50% |
3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Greater than 50% |
1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Total private equity |
30 | 85 | (11 | ) | (1 | ) | |||||||||||
Mezzanine debt: |
|||||||||||||||||
Less than 10% |
12 | 30 | (4 | ) | (1 | ) | |||||||||||
Greater than or equal to 10% but less than 50% |
3 | 18 | (2 | ) | 2 | ||||||||||||
Greater than 50% |
1 | 3 | (1 | ) | 0 | ||||||||||||
Total mezzanine debt |
16 | 51 | (7 | ) | 1 | ||||||||||||
Real estate: |
|||||||||||||||||
Less than 10% |
19 | 65 | (31 | ) | 1 | ||||||||||||
Greater than or equal to 10% but less than 50% |
5 | 17 | (6 | ) | 1 | ||||||||||||
Greater than 50% |
4 | 17 | (21 | ) | (2 | ) | |||||||||||
Total real estate |
28 | 99 | (58 | ) | 0 | ||||||||||||
Total limited partnerships Indemnity |
74 | $ | 235 | $ | (76 | ) | $ | 0 | |||||||||
Exchange |
|||||||||||||||||
Private
equity: |
|||||||||||||||||
Less than 10% |
41 | $ | 466 | $ | (46 | ) | $ | 14 | |||||||||
Greater than or equal to 10% but less than 50% |
3 | 31 | 1 | (1 | ) | ||||||||||||
Greater than 50% |
1 | 6 | (1 | ) | (1 | ) | |||||||||||
Total private equity |
45 | 503 | (46 | ) | 12 | ||||||||||||
Mezzanine debt: |
|||||||||||||||||
Less than 10% |
14 | 138 | (11 | ) | 4 | ||||||||||||
Greater than or equal to 10% but less than 50% |
4 | 48 | (4 | ) | 9 | ||||||||||||
Greater than 50% |
3 | 30 | (2 | ) | 2 | ||||||||||||
Total mezzanine debt |
21 | 216 | (17 | ) | 15 | ||||||||||||
Real estate: |
|||||||||||||||||
Less than 10% |
32 | 302 | (164 | ) | (8 | ) | |||||||||||
Greater than or equal to 10% but less than 50% |
7 | 61 | (40 | ) | (1 | ) | |||||||||||
Greater than 50% |
4 | 34 | (48 | ) | 4 | ||||||||||||
Total real estate |
43 | 397 | (252 | ) | (5 | ) | |||||||||||
Total limited partnerships Exchange |
109 | $ | 1,116 | $ | (315 | ) | $ | 22 | |||||||||
Total limited partnerships Erie Insurance Group |
$ | 1,351 | $ | (391 | ) | $ | 22 | ||||||||||
105
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | ||||||
| | | | |||||||
Capitalized software development costs subject to amortization: |
||||||||
Balance January 1, |
$ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||
Capitalized software projects put into use during the year |
16 | 0 | ||||||
Accumulated amortization |
(1 | ) | 0 | |||||
Balance December 31, net of amortization |
$ | 15 | $ | 0 | ||||
Amortization expense |
$ | 1 | $ | 0 | ||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | ||||||
Capitalized software development costs in process: |
||||||||
Balance January 1, |
$ | 10 | $ | 0 | ||||
Capitalized software project costs |
22 | 10 | ||||||
Capitalized software projects put into use |
(16 | ) | 0 | |||||
Balance December 31, |
$ | 16 | $ | 10 | ||||
106
(in millions) | |||||
Year ending | |||||
December 31, |
Amortization expense | ||||
2011 |
$4 | ||||
2012 |
4 | ||||
2013 |
4 | ||||
2014 |
4 | ||||
2015 |
4 |
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
Indemnity |
||||||||||||
Current income taxes |
$ | 37 | $ | 56 | $ | 63 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes |
67 | (7 | ) | (23 | ) | |||||||
Total provision for income taxes Indemnity |
104 | 49 | 40 | |||||||||
Exchange |
||||||||||||
Current income taxes |
(43 | ) | 7 | (40 | ) | |||||||
Deferred income taxes |
278 | 22 | (223 | ) | ||||||||
Total provision (benefit) for income taxes Exchange |
235 | 29 | (263 | ) | ||||||||
Total provision (benefit) for income taxes Erie
Insurance Group |
$ | 339 | $ | 78 | $ | (223 | ) | |||||
107
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
| | | | | |||||||||||
Indemnity |
||||||||||||
Income tax at statutory rates |
$ | 93 | $ | 53 | $ | 43 | ||||||
Tax-exempt interest |
(3 | ) | (3 | ) | (3 | ) | ||||||
Dividends received deduction |
(1 | ) | (1 | ) | (2 | ) | ||||||
Deferred tax valuation allowance |
(2 | ) | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
Erie Family Life earnings (1) |
15 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Other, net |
2 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
Provision for income taxes Indemnity |
104 | 49 | 40 | |||||||||
Exchange |
||||||||||||
Income tax at statutory rates |
259 | 130 | (337 | ) | ||||||||
Tax-exempt interest |
(16 | ) | (17 | ) | (17 | ) | ||||||
Dividends received deduction |
(11 | ) | (11 | ) | (14 | ) | ||||||
Deferred tax valuation allowance |
(4 | ) | (71 | ) | 110 | |||||||
Goodwill Impairments |
8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Other, net |
(1 | ) | (2 | ) | (5 | ) | ||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes Exchange |
235 | 29 | (263 | ) | ||||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes Erie
Insurance Group |
$ | 339 | $ | 78 | $ | (223 | ) | |||||
(1) | Indemnitys tax rate on its share of EFL earnings was adjusted from 7% to 35% due to Indemnitys decision to sell its 21.6% ownership interest in EFL to the Exchange, which is scheduled to close by March 31, 2011, rather than receiving its share of EFLs earnings in the form of future dividends, which would have been eligible for an 80% dividend received deduction. |
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | ||||||
Indemnity |
||||||||
Deferred tax assets: |
||||||||
Loss reserve discount |
$ | 0 | $ | 5 | ||||
Unearned premiums |
0 | 7 | ||||||
Net allowance for service fees and premium cancellations |
3 | 3 | ||||||
Other employee benefits |
8 | 6 | ||||||
Pension and other postretirement benefits |
21 | 19 | ||||||
Write-downs of impaired securities |
2 | 10 | ||||||
Capital loss carryover |
7 | 4 | ||||||
Limited partnerships |
0 | 18 | ||||||
Other |
1 | 3 | ||||||
Total deferred tax assets |
42 | 75 | ||||||
Deferred tax liabilities: |
||||||||
Deferred policy acquisition costs |
0 | 6 | ||||||
Unrealized gains on investments |
7 | 12 | ||||||
Equity interest in EFL |
22 | 4 | ||||||
Limited partnerships |
20 | 0 | ||||||
Depreciation |
7 | 1 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses |
5 | 4 | ||||||
Capitalized internally developed software |
5 | 3 | ||||||
Other |
2 | 2 | ||||||
Total deferred tax liabilities |
68 | 32 | ||||||
Valuation allowance |
0 | (2 | ) | |||||
Net deferred income tax (liability) asset Indemnity |
$ | (26 | ) | $ | 41 | |||
108
Erie Insurance Group (continued) | ||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | ||||||
Exchange |
||||||||
Deferred tax assets: |
||||||||
Loss reserve discount |
$ | 83 | $ | 80 | ||||
Liability for future life and annuity policy benefits |
13 | 12 | ||||||
Unearned premiums |
156 | 140 | ||||||
Limited partnerships |
0 | 102 | ||||||
Write-downs of impaired securities |
42 | 114 | ||||||
Wash sales |
8 | 11 | ||||||
Capital loss carryover |
9 | 10 | ||||||
Other |
8 | 4 | ||||||
Total deferred tax assets |
319 | 473 | ||||||
Deferred tax liabilities: |
||||||||
Deferred policy acquisition costs |
153 | 148 | ||||||
Unrealized gains on investments |
356 | 232 | ||||||
Limited partnerships |
49 | 0 | ||||||
Net allowance for service fees and premium cancellations |
3 | 3 | ||||||
Other |
15 | 11 | ||||||
Total deferred tax liabilities |
576 | 394 | ||||||
Valuation allowance |
0 | (4 | ) | |||||
Net deferred income tax (liability) asset Exchange |
$ | (257 | ) | $ | 75 | |||
Net deferred income tax (liability) asset Erie
Insurance Group |
$ | (283 | ) | $ | 116 | |||
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Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | ||||||
Property and Casualty Group | ||||||||
Deferred policy acquisition costs asset at beginning of year |
$ | 313 | $ | 301 | ||||
Capitalized deferred policy acquisition costs |
649 | 623 | ||||||
Amortized deferred policy acquisition costs |
(635 | ) | (611 | ) | ||||
Deferred policy acquisition costs asset at end of year
Property and Casualty Group |
$ | 327 | $ | 313 | ||||
Erie Family Life Insurance Company |
||||||||
Deferred policy acquisition costs asset at beginning of year |
$ | 154 | $ | 201 | ||||
Capitalized deferred policy acquisition costs |
17 | 19 | ||||||
Amortized deferred policy acquisition costs |
(16 | ) | (13 | ) | ||||
Amortized shadow deferred policy acquisition costs |
(15 | ) | (53 | ) | ||||
Deferred policy acquisition costs asset at end of year EFL |
$ | 140 | $ | 154 | ||||
Deferred policy acquisition costs asset Erie Insurance Group |
$ | 467 | $ | 467 | ||||
Property and Casualty Group | ||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
Total gross unpaid losses and loss expenses at January 1, |
$ | 3,598 | $ | 3,586 | $ | 3,684 | ||||||
Less reinsurance recoverable |
200 | 187 | 190 | |||||||||
Net liability at January 1, |
3,398 | 3,399 | 3,494 | |||||||||
Incurred losses and loss expenses related to: |
||||||||||||
Current accident year |
3,053 | 2,732 | 2,675 | |||||||||
Prior accident years |
(244 | ) | (93 | ) | (186 | ) | ||||||
Total incurred losses and loss expenses |
2,809 | 2,639 | 2,489 | |||||||||
Paid losses and loss expenses related to: |
||||||||||||
Current accident year |
1,855 | 1,608 | 1,546 | |||||||||
Prior accident years |
956 | 1,032 | 1,038 | |||||||||
Total paid losses and loss expenses |
2,811 | 2,640 | 2,584 | |||||||||
Total net liability at December 31, |
3,396 | 3,398 | 3,399 | |||||||||
Plus reinsurance recoverables |
188 | 200 | 187 | |||||||||
Total gross unpaid losses and loss expenses at December
31, |
$ | 3,584 | $ | 3,598 | $ | 3,586 | ||||||
110
(in millions) | Erie Insurance Group | |||||||||||||||
Intercompany | ||||||||||||||||
Gross liability at | pooling | Reinsurance | Net liability at | |||||||||||||
At December 31, 2010: | December 31, 2010 | eliminations | recoverables | December 31, 2010 | ||||||||||||
Indemnity losses and loss expense
reserves(1) |
$ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||||||
Exchange losses and loss expense reserves |
3,584 | 0 | (188 | ) | 3,396 | |||||||||||
Losses and loss expense reserves |
$ | 3,584 | $ | | $ | (188 | ) | $ | 3,396 | |||||||
(in millions) | Erie Insurance Group | |||||||||||||||
Intercompany | ||||||||||||||||
Gross liability at | pooling | Reinsurance | Net liability at | |||||||||||||
At December 31, 2009: | December 31, 2009 | eliminations | recoverables | December 31, 2009 | ||||||||||||
Indemnity losses and loss expense
reserves(1) |
$ | 752 | $ | (554 | ) | $ | (11 | ) | $ | 187 | ||||||
Exchange losses and loss expense reserves |
2,846 | 554 | (189 | ) | 3,211 | |||||||||||
Losses and loss expense reserves |
$ | 3,598 | $ | | $ | (200 | ) | $ | 3,398 | |||||||
(1) | Prior to December 31, 2010, all property and casualty insurance underwriting liabilities recorded by EIC, ENY and EPC were the responsibility of the Indemnity shareholder interest. Due to the sale of Indemnitys property and casualty subsidiaries to the Exchange on December 31, 2010, all property and casualty underwriting liabilities are the responsibility of the subscribers (policyholders) of the Exchange, or noncontrolling interest, (See Note 1,Nature of Operations.) |
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
| | | | | |||||||||||
Deferred annuities |
$ | 1,117 | $ | 1,076 | $ | 1,017 | ||||||
Ordinary/traditional life |
254 | 229 | 207 | |||||||||
Universal life |
214 | 211 | 209 | |||||||||
Other |
18 | 24 | 16 | |||||||||
Life policy and deposit contract reserves |
$ | 1,603 | $ | 1,540 | $ | 1,449 | ||||||
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(in millions) | Erie Insurance Group | |||||||||||
Intercompany | Net unearned | |||||||||||
Balance at December | pooling | premiums at | ||||||||||
At December 31, 2010: | 31, 2010 | transactions | December 31, 2010 | |||||||||
Indemnity unearned premiums (1) |
$ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||||
Exchange unearned premiums |
2,082 | 0 | 2,082 | |||||||||
Unearned premiums |
$ | 2,082 | $ | 0 | $ | 2,082 | ||||||
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||
Intercompany | Net unearned | |||||||||||
Balance at December | pooling | premiums at | ||||||||||
At December 31, 2009: | 31, 2009 | transactions | December 31, 2009 | |||||||||
| | | | | |||||||||||
Indemnity unearned premiums (1) |
$ | 325 | $ | (216 | ) | $ | 109 | |||||
Exchange unearned premiums |
1,656 | 216 | 1,872 | |||||||||
Unearned premiums |
$ | 1,981 | $ | | $ | 1,981 | ||||||
(1) | Prior to December 31, 2010, all property and casualty insurance underwriting liabilities recorded by EIC, ENY and EPC were the responsibility of the Indemnity shareholder interest. Due to the sale of Indemnitys property and casualty subsidiaries to the Exchange on December 31, 2010, all property and casualty underwriting liabilities are the responsibility of the subscribers (policyholders) of the Exchange, or noncontrolling interest. (See Note 1, Nature of Operations.) |
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(in millions) | Erie Insurance Group | |||||||||||
Property and casualty insurance | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
Premiums written: |
||||||||||||
Direct |
$ | 4,035 | $ | 3,861 | $ | 3,800 | ||||||
Assumed |
19 | 30 | 37 | |||||||||
Ceded |
(35 | ) | (30 | ) | (49 | ) | ||||||
Premiums written, net |
$ | 4,019 | 3,861 | $ | 3,788 | |||||||
Premiums earned: |
||||||||||||
Direct |
$ | 3,939 | $ | 3,806 | $ | 3,784 | ||||||
Assumed |
20 | 42 | 35 | |||||||||
Ceded |
(34 | ) | (40 | ) | (48 | ) | ||||||
Premiums earned, net |
3,925 | 3,808 | 3,771 | |||||||||
Insurance losses and loss expenses: |
||||||||||||
Direct |
2,834 | 2,655 | 2,507 | |||||||||
Assumed |
(15 | ) | 12 | (11 | ) | |||||||
Ceded |
(9 | ) | (28 | ) | (7 | ) | ||||||
Insurance losses and loss expenses, net |
$ | 2,810 | $ | 2,639 | $ | 2,489 | ||||||
(in millions) | Erie Insurance Group | |||||||||||
Life insurance | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
Premiums earned: |
||||||||||||
Direct |
$ | 104 | $ | 100 | $ | 98 | ||||||
Ceded |
(42 | ) | (39 | ) | (35 | ) | ||||||
Premiums earned, net |
62 | 61 | 63 | |||||||||
Insurance losses and loss expenses: |
||||||||||||
Direct |
102 | 114 | 106 | |||||||||
Ceded |
(12 | ) | (25 | ) | (13 | ) | ||||||
Insurance losses and loss expenses, net |
$ | 90 | $ | 89 | $ | 93 | ||||||
(in millions) | Erie Insurance Group | |||||||||||
Total | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
Premiums earned: |
||||||||||||
Property and casualty |
$ | 3,925 | $ | 3,808 | $ | 3,771 | ||||||
Life |
62 | 61 | 63 | |||||||||
Premiums earned, net |
3,987 | 3,869 | 3,834 | |||||||||
Insurance losses and loss expenses: |
||||||||||||
Property and casualty |
2,810 | 2,639 | 2,489 | |||||||||
Life |
90 | 89 | 93 | |||||||||
Insurance losses and loss expenses, net |
$ | 2,900 | $ | 2,728 | $ | 2,582 | ||||||
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2010 | 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||
Employee pension plan: |
||||||||||||
Discount rate |
5.69 | % | 6.11 | % | 6.06 | % | ||||||
Expected return on plan assets |
8.00 | 8.25 | 8.25 | |||||||||
Rate of compensation increase (1) |
4.15 | 4.15 | 4.25 | |||||||||
SERP: |
||||||||||||
Discount rate (2) |
5.69/5.19 | 6.11/5.00 | 6.06/5.00 | |||||||||
Rate of compensation increase |
6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
2010 | 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||
Employee pension plan: |
||||||||||||
Discount rate |
6.11 | % | 6.06 | % | 6.62 | % | ||||||
Expected return on plan assets |
8.00 | 8.25 | 8.25 | |||||||||
Rate of compensation increase (1) |
4.15 | 4.15 | 4.25 | |||||||||
SERP: |
||||||||||||
Discount rate (2) |
6.11/5.00 | 6.06/5.00 | 6.62/5.00 | |||||||||
Rate of compensation increase |
6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
(1) | Rate of compensation increase is age-graded. An equivalent single compensation increase rate of 4.15% in 2010 and 2009 and 4.25% in 2008 would produce similar results. | |
(2) | Pre-retirement/post-retirement |
114
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
Change in benefit obligation |
||||||||||||
Benefit obligation at beginning of period |
$ | 344 | $ | 326 | $ | 276 | ||||||
Service cost |
15 | 15 | 13 | |||||||||
Interest cost |
21 | 19 | 18 | |||||||||
Amendments |
1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
Actuarial loss (gain) |
25 | (12 | ) | 34 | ||||||||
Benefits paid |
(6 | ) | (4 | ) | (4 | ) | ||||||
Impact due to settlement |
0 | (3 | )(1) | (11 | )(1) | |||||||
Impact due to termination benefits |
0 | 0 | 0 | (1) | ||||||||
Benefit obligation at end of period |
$ | 400 | $ | 344 | $ | 326 | ||||||
Change in plan assets |
||||||||||||
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of period |
$ | 279 | $ | 218 | $ | 288 | ||||||
Actual return (loss) on plan assets |
41 | 51 | (82 | ) | ||||||||
Employer contributions |
13 | 14 | 15 | |||||||||
Benefits paid |
(5 | ) | (4 | ) | (3 | ) | ||||||
Fair value of plan assets at end of period |
$ | 328 | $ | 279 | $ | 218 | ||||||
Funded status at end of period |
$ | (72 | ) | $ | (65 | ) | $ | (108 | ) | |||
Accumulated benefit obligation, December 31 |
$ | 297 | $ | 252 | $ | 238 | ||||||
Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income,
before tax |
||||||||||||
Net actuarial loss |
$ | 110 | $ | 104 | $ | 145 | ||||||
Prior service cost |
5 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||
Net amount recognized |
$ | 115 | $ | 109 | $ | 148 | ||||||
Amounts recognized in Consolidated Statements of Financial Position |
||||||||||||
Accrued benefit liability |
(72 | ) | (65 | ) | (108 | ) | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax |
75 | 71 | 96 | |||||||||
Net amount recognized |
$ | 3 | $ | 6 | $ | (12 | ) | |||||
Components of net periodic benefit cost |
||||||||||||
Service cost |
$ | 15 | $ | 15 | $ | 12 | ||||||
Interest cost |
21 | 19 | 18 | |||||||||
Expected return on plan assets (2) |
(25 | ) | (24 | ) | (24 | ) | ||||||
Amortization of prior service cost |
1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Recognized net actuarial loss |
3 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
Settlement gain |
0 | (1 | )(1) | 0 | (1) | |||||||
Termination charge |
0 | 0 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||
Net periodic benefit expense before allocation to affiliates |
$ | 15 | $ | 12 | $ | 7 | ||||||
(1) | In December 2007, employment agreements for certain members of executive management were signed which incorporated a payment in full of accrued SERP benefits as of December 2008 in a lump sum payment, after which time no additional SERP benefits would accrue. This resulted in the curtailment in 2007 and the subsequent settlement gains in 2008 and 2009. The 2008 termination charge relates to two of these members of executive management whose SERP payouts were to occur, and did occur, in 2009. | |
(2) | The market-related value of plan assets is used to determine the expected return component of pension benefit cost. We use a four year averaging method to determine the market-related value, under which asset gains or losses that result from returns that differ from our long-term rate of return assumption are recognized in the market-related value of assets on a level basis over a four year period. Once factored into the market-related asset value, these experience losses will be amortized over a period of 15 years, which is the average remaining service period of the employee group in the plan. |
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Pension plans | ||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | ||||||
Amortization of net actuarial loss |
$ | (4 | ) | $ | (3 | ) | ||
Amortization of prior service cost |
0 | 0 | ||||||
Net actuarial loss (gain) arising
during the year |
9 | (38 | ) | |||||
Amendments |
1 | (1) | 3 | (2) | ||||
Impact due to settlement/termination |
0 | 1 | (3) | |||||
Total recognized in other
comprehensive income |
$ | 6 | $ | (37 | ) | |||
(1) | The charges recognized as amendments were the result of factoring in the prior service cost for four new plan participants in 2010. | |
(2) | The charges recognized as amendments were the result of factoring in the prior service cost for six new plan participants in 2009. | |
(3) | Settlement charges relate to SERP payouts for certain executives. |
( in millions) | Expected future cash flows |
|||
Year ending December 31, |
||||
2011 |
$ | 7 | ||
2012 |
8 | |||
2013 |
10 | |||
2014 |
11 | |||
2015 |
13 | |||
2016-2020 |
98 |
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | ||||||
Information for pension plans with an accumulated
benefit obligation in excess of plan assets |
||||||||
Projected benefit obligation |
$ | 10 | $ | 8 | ||||
Accumulated benefit obligation |
5 | 4 |
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Target asset allocation | ||||
Return seeking assets: |
||||
US equity index |
17 | % | ||
US large capitalization core equity |
16 | |||
International risk-controlled equity |
15 | |||
US small capitalization core equity |
8 | |||
International small capitalization risk-controlled equity |
2 | |||
Emerging markets equity |
2 | |||
60 | % | |||
Liability matching assets: |
||||
Long duration fixed income |
16 | |||
Broad market fixed income |
15 | |||
Long duration corporate fixed income |
8 | |||
Money market |
1 | |||
40 | % | |||
100 | % | |||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Pension plan asset allocations (employee pension plan) |
||||||||
Equity securities |
59.9 | % | 61.0 | % | ||||
Debt securities: |
||||||||
Due in one year |
1.0 | 0.4 | ||||||
Due beyond one year |
39.1 | 38.6 | ||||||
Total debt securities |
40.1 | 39.0 | ||||||
Total plan assets |
100.0 | % | 100.0 | % | ||||
At December 31, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
Fair value measurements using: | ||||||||||||||||
Quoted prices in | Significant | Significant | ||||||||||||||
active markets for | observable | unobservable | ||||||||||||||
identical assets | inputs | inputs | ||||||||||||||
(in millions) | Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | ||||||||||||
Institutional money market fund |
$ | 3 | $ | 3 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||||||
Return seeking assets: |
||||||||||||||||
US equity index(1) |
55 | 0 | 55 | 0 | ||||||||||||
US large capitalization core equity(2) |
51 | 0 | 51 | 0 | ||||||||||||
International risk-controlled equity(3) |
50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | ||||||||||||
US small capitalization core equity(4) |
26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||||||||||||
International small capitalization
risk-controlled equity(5) |
8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Emerging markets equity(6) |
7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Liability matching assets: |
||||||||||||||||
Long duration fixed income(7) |
51 | 0 | 51 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Broad market fixed income(8) |
49 | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Long duration corporate fixed income(9) |
28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Total |
$ | 328 | $ | 3 | $ | 325 | $ | 0 | ||||||||
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At December 31, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
Fair value measurements using: | ||||||||||||||||
Quoted prices in | ||||||||||||||||
active markets for | Significant | Significant | ||||||||||||||
identical assets | observable inputs | unobservable inputs | ||||||||||||||
(in millions) | Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | ||||||||||||
Institutional money market fund |
$ | 2 | $ | 2 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||||||
Return seeking assets: |
||||||||||||||||
US equity index(1) |
48 | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||||||||||||
US large capitalization core equity(2) |
45 | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||||||||||||
International risk-controlled equity(3) |
43 | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||||||||||||
US small capitalization core equity(4) |
21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||||||||||||
International small capitalization
risk-controlled equity(5) |
6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Emerging markets equity(6) |
7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Liability matching assets: |
||||||||||||||||
Long duration fixed income(7) |
42 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Broad market fixed income(8) |
42 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Long duration corporate fixed income(9) |
23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Total |
$ | 279 | $ | 2 | $ | 277 | $ | 0 | ||||||||
(1) | This category comprises equity index funds not actively managed that track the S&P 500. | |
(2) | This category includes equity securities that seek to achieve excess returns relative to the S&P 500 while maintaining portfolio risk characteristics similar to the index. | |
(3) | This category seeks long-term capital growth with an emphasis on controlling return volatility relative to an international market index. | |
(4) | This category includes equity securities that seek to achieve excess returns relative to the Russell 2000 Index while maintaining portfolio risk characteristics similar to the index. | |
(5) | This category seeks to provide excess returns relative to an international small cap index, while maintaining regional weights similar to the index. | |
(6) | This category seeks long-term capital growth in securities of companies that have their principal business activities in countries in the Morgan Stanley Capital International Emerging Markets Free Index. | |
(7) | This category seeks to generate returns that exceed the Barclays Capital Long Government/Credit Index through investment-grade fixed income securities. | |
(8) | This category seeks to generate returns that exceed the Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index through investment-grade fixed income securities. | |
(9) | This category seeks to generate returns that exceed the Barclays Capital US Long Corporate Bond A or Better Index investing in US Corporate Bonds with an emphasis on long duration bonds rated A or better. |
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119
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
Plan awards, employer match and hypothetical earnings |
||||||||||||
Long-term incentive plan awards |
$ | 7 | $ | 4 | $ | 4 | ||||||
Annual incentive plan awards |
4 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
Deferred compensation plan, employer match
and hypothetical earnings (losses) |
2 | 1 | (4 | ) | ||||||||
Total plan awards and earnings |
13 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||
Total plan awards paid |
6 | 8 | 11 | |||||||||
Compensation deferred under the plans |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Distributions from the deferred compensation plans |
(1 | ) | (1 | ) | (2 | ) | ||||||
Gross incentive plan and deferred compensation liabilities |
$ | 22 | $ | 15 | $ | 15 | ||||||
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121
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
Indemnity |
||||||||||||
Cumulative effect of accounting changes, net of tax |
$ | | $ | (6 | ) | $ | (11 | ) | ||||
Unrealized
(loss) gain on securities: |
||||||||||||
Gross unrealized holding gains (losses) on investments arising during period |
18 | 105 | (145 | ) | ||||||||
Unrealized gains transferred to the noncontrolling interest (1) |
(23 | ) | | | ||||||||
Reclassification adjustment for gross (gains) losses included in net income |
(5 | ) | 10 | 77 | ||||||||
Unrealized holding (losses) gains on investments |
(10 | ) | 115 | (68 | ) | |||||||
Income tax benefit (expense) related to unrealized (losses) gains |
4 | (40 | ) | 24 | ||||||||
Net unrealized holding (losses) gains on investments arising during year |
(6 | ) | 75 | (44 | ) | |||||||
Postretirement
plans: |
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Amortization of prior service cost |
0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Amortization of actuarial loss |
4 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
Net actuarial (loss) gain during year |
(9 | ) | 38 | (139 | ) | |||||||
Losses due to plan changes during year |
(1 | ) | (3 | ) | 0 | |||||||
Curtailment/settlement loss arising during year |
0 | (1 | ) | 0 | ||||||||
Postretirement benefits, gross |
(6 | ) | 37 | (139 | ) | |||||||
Income tax benefit (expense) related to postretirement benefits |
2 | (13 | ) | 48 | ||||||||
Postretirement plans, net |
(4 | ) | 24 | (91 | ) | |||||||
Change in other comprehensive (loss) income , net of tax Indemnity |
(10 | ) | 93 | (146 | ) | |||||||
Change in other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax Exchange |
101 | 423 | (266 | ) | ||||||||
Change in other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax Erie
Insurance Group |
$ | 91 | $ | 516 | $ | (412 | ) | |||||
(1) | This represents unrealized gains moved from Indemnity shareholder interest to the noncontrolling interest as a result of the December 31, 2010 sale of the P&C subsidiaries. |
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
Indemnity |
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Accumulated net appreciation (depreciation) of investments |
$ | 22 | $ | 28 | $ | (40 | ) | |||||
Accumulated net losses associated with post-retirement benefits |
(75 | ) | (71 | ) | (96 | ) | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss Indemnity |
(53 | ) | (43 | ) | (136 | ) | ||||||
Exchange |
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Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) Exchange |
$ | 277 | $ | 176 | $ | (247 | ) | |||||
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
Net income (loss) Erie Insurance Group |
$ | 660 | $ | 446 | $ | (616 | ) | |||||
Change in other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax Erie
Insurance Group |
91 | 516 | (412 | ) | ||||||||
Less: Cumulative effect of accounting changes, net of tax |
| (101 | ) | (11 | ) | |||||||
Less: Unrealized gains transferred to the noncontrolling
interest, net of tax (1) |
(15 | ) | | | ||||||||
Total comprehensive income (loss) Erie Insurance Group |
766 | 1,063 | (1,017 | ) | ||||||||
Less: Noncontrolling interest in consolidated entity Exchange |
599 | 856 | (951 | ) | ||||||||
Total comprehensive income (loss) Indemnity |
$ | 167 | $ | 207 | $ | (66 | ) | |||||
(1) | This represents unrealized gains moved from Indemnity shareholder interest to the noncontrolling interest as a result of the December 31, 2010 sale of the P&C subsidiaries. |
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Indirect method of cash flows | ||||||||||||
Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities: |
||||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ | 660 | $ | 446 | $ | (616 | ) | |||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash
provided by operating activities: |
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Depreciation |
12 | 9 | 7 | |||||||||
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs |
652 | 624 | 602 | |||||||||
Impairment of goodwill |
22 | | | |||||||||
Deferred income tax expense (benefit) |
342 | 15 | (246 | ) | ||||||||
Realized (gains) losses and impairments on investments |
(307 | ) | (285 | ) | 1,597 | |||||||
Equity in (earnings) losses of limited partnerships |
(128 | ) | 369 | 58 | ||||||||
Net amortization of bond premium (discount) |
9 | (12 | ) | 6 | ||||||||
Increase (decrease) in deferred compensation |
7 | 0 | (10 | ) | ||||||||
Limited partnership distributions |
122 | 81 | 315 | |||||||||
(Increase) decrease in receivables, reinsurance
recoverables and reserve credits |
(158 | ) | 209 | (222 | ) | |||||||
Increase in prepaid expenses |
10 | (9 | ) | 0 | ||||||||
Increase in deferred policy acquisition costs |
(667 | ) | (642 | ) | (626 | ) | ||||||
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued expenses |
25 | (4 | ) | (13 | ) | |||||||
Decrease in accrued agent bonuses |
(6 | ) | (12 | ) | (17 | ) | ||||||
(Decrease) increase in loss reserves |
(11 | ) | 12 | (155 | ) | |||||||
Increase in future life policy benefits and claims reserves |
21 | 37 | 19 | |||||||||
Increase in unearned premiums |
116 | 51 | 21 | |||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
$ | 721 | $ | 889 | $ | 720 | ||||||
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SAP Net Income (Loss) | Capital and Surplus | |||||||||||||||||||
Years ended December 31, | At December 31, | |||||||||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||||
Erie Insurance Company |
$ | 21 | $ | 16 | $ | (10 | ) | $ | 251 | $ | 232 | |||||||||
Erie Insurance Company of New York |
2 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 22 | |||||||||||||||
Erie Insurance Property & Casualty Company |
0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
Erie Insurance Exchange |
531 | (56 | ) | (363 | ) | 5,070 | 4,518 | |||||||||||||
Flagship City Insurance Company |
0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
Erie Family Life Insurance Company |
38 | 3 | (66 | ) | 208 | 174 |
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Consolidating Statement of Financial Position | ||||||||||||||||
Indemnity | Exchange | Reclassifications | Erie | |||||||||||||
December 31, 2010 | shareholder | noncontrolling | and | Insurance | ||||||||||||
(in millions) | interest | interest | eliminations | Group | ||||||||||||
Assets |
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Investments |
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Available-for-sale securities, at fair value: |
||||||||||||||||
Fixed maturities |
$ | 264 | $ | 7,279 | $ | | $ | 7,543 | ||||||||
Equity securities |
24 | 570 | | 594 | ||||||||||||
Trading securities, at fair value |
28 | 2,306 | | 2,334 | ||||||||||||
Limited partnerships |
216 | 1,108 | | 1,324 | ||||||||||||
Other invested assets |
1 | 19 | | 20 | ||||||||||||
Total investments |
533 | 11,282 | | 11,815 | ||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
310 | 120 | | 430 | ||||||||||||
Premiums receivable from policyholders(1) |
| 942 | | 942 | ||||||||||||
Reinsurance recoverable(1) |
| 201 | | 201 | ||||||||||||
Deferred acquisition costs(1) |
| 467 | | 467 | ||||||||||||
Other assets |
132 | 357 | | 489 | ||||||||||||
Receivables from Exchange and other affiliates(1) |
232 | | (232 | ) | | |||||||||||
Note receivable from EFL |
25 | | (25 | ) | | |||||||||||
Equity in EFL |
80 | | (80 | ) | | |||||||||||
Total assets |
$ | 1,312 | $ | 13,369 | $ | (337 | ) | $ | 14,344 | |||||||
Liabilities |
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Losses and loss expense reserves(1) |
$ | | $ | 3,584 | $ | | $ | 3,584 | ||||||||
Life policy and deposit contract reserves |
| 1,603 | | 1,603 | ||||||||||||
Unearned premiums(1) |
| 2,082 | | 2,082 | ||||||||||||
Deferred income taxes |
26 | 257 | | 283 | ||||||||||||
Other liabilities |
374 | 341 | (257 | ) | 458 | |||||||||||
Total liabilities |
400 | 7,867 | (257 | ) | 8,010 | |||||||||||
Shareholders equity and noncontrolling interest |
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Total Indemnity shareholders equity |
912 | | | 912 | ||||||||||||
Noncontrolling interest for the benefit of
policyholders Exchange |
| 5,502 | (80 | ) | 5,422 | |||||||||||
Total equity |
912 | 5,502 | (80 | ) | 6,334 | |||||||||||
Total liabilities, shareholders equity and
noncontrolling interest |
$ | 1,312 | $ | 13,369 | $ | (337 | ) | $ | 14,344 | |||||||
(1) | Prior to December 31, 2010, the underwriting assets and liabilities retained by EIC and ENY were the responsibility of the Indemnity shareholder interest. Due to the sale of Indemnitys property and casualty subsidiaries to the Exchange on December 31, 2010, all property and casualty underwriting assets and liabilities are the responsibility of the subscribers (policyholders) of the Exchange, or noncontrolling interest. (See Note 1, Nature of Operations.) |
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Consolidating Statement of Financial Position | ||||||||||||||||
Indemnity | Exchange | Reclassifications | Erie | |||||||||||||
December 31, 2009 | shareholder | noncontrolling | and | Insurance | ||||||||||||
(in millions) | interest | interest | eliminations | Group | ||||||||||||
Assets |
||||||||||||||||
Investments |
||||||||||||||||
Available-for-sale securities, at fair value: |
||||||||||||||||
Fixed maturities |
$ | 664 | $ | 6,517 | $ | | $ | 7,181 | ||||||||
Equity securities |
38 | 472 | | 510 | ||||||||||||
Trading securities, at fair value |
42 | 1,835 | | 1,877 | ||||||||||||
Limited partnerships |
235 | 1,116 | | 1,351 | ||||||||||||
Other invested assets |
1 | 20 | | 21 | ||||||||||||
Total investments |
980 | 9,960 | | 10,940 | ||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
76 | 158 | | 234 | ||||||||||||
Premiums receivable from policyholders(1) |
237 | 872 | (203 | ) | 906 | |||||||||||
Reinsurance recoverable(1) |
2 | 213 | | 215 | ||||||||||||
Deferred income taxes |
41 | 75 | | 116 | ||||||||||||
Deferred acquisition costs(1) |
17 | 450 | | 467 | ||||||||||||
Other assets |
102 | 308 | (1 | ) | 409 | |||||||||||
Reinsurance recoverables and receivables from
Exchange and other affiliates(1) |
1,115 | | (1,115 | ) | | |||||||||||
Note receivable from EFL |
25 | | (25 | ) | | |||||||||||
Equity in EFL |
72 | | (72 | ) | | |||||||||||
Total assets |
$ | 2,667 | $ | 12,036 | $ | (1,416 | ) | $ | 13,287 | |||||||
Liabilities |
||||||||||||||||
Losses and loss expense reserves(1) |
$ | 965 | $ | 3,424 | $ | (791 | ) | $ | 3,598 | |||||||
Life policy and deposit contract reserves |
| 1,540 | | 1,540 | ||||||||||||
Unearned premiums(1) |
434 | 1,872 | (325 | ) | 1,981 | |||||||||||
Other liabilities |
366 | 305 | (228 | ) | 443 | |||||||||||
Total liabilities |
1,765 | 7,141 | (1,344 | ) | 7,562 | |||||||||||
Shareholders equity and noncontrolling interest |
||||||||||||||||
Total Indemnity shareholders equity |
902 | | | 902 | ||||||||||||
Noncontrolling interest for the benefit of
policyholders Exchange |
| 4,895 | (72 | ) | 4,823 | |||||||||||
Total equity |
902 | 4,895 | (72 | ) | 5,725 | |||||||||||
Total liabilities, shareholders equity
and noncontrolling interest |
$ | 2,667 | $ | 12,036 | $ | (1,416 | ) | $ | 13,287 | |||||||
(1) | Indemnitys insurance related accounts in this table include its wholly owned property and casualty insurance subsidiaries direct business in addition to their share of the pooling transactions, which represents 5.5% of the total Property and Casualty Group business. The Consolidated Statements of Financial Position include direct business only as the 5.5% of activity assumed in accordance with the intercompany pooling arrangement has been eliminated in the consolidated presentation. |
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Indemnity shareholder interest | ||||||||||||||||
Years ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||
(in millions) | Percent | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||||
Management operations |
||||||||||||||||
Management fee revenue, net |
100.0 | % | $ | 1,009 | $ | 965 | $ | 950 | ||||||||
Service agreement revenue |
100.0 | % | 34 | 35 | 33 | |||||||||||
Total revenue from management operations |
1,043 | 1,000 | 983 | |||||||||||||
Cost of management operations |
100.0 | % | 841 | 813 | 810 | |||||||||||
Income from management operations before taxes |
202 | 187 | 173 | |||||||||||||
Property and casualty insurance operations |
||||||||||||||||
Net premiums earned |
5.5 | %(2) | 216 | 209 | 207 | |||||||||||
Losses and loss expenses |
5.5 | %(2) | 155 | 145 | 137 | |||||||||||
Policy acquisition and other underwriting expenses |
5.5 | %(2) | 61 | 63 | 57 | |||||||||||
Income from property and casualty insurance operations before taxes |
0 | 1 | 13 | |||||||||||||
Life insurance operations (1) |
||||||||||||||||
Total revenue |
21.6 | %(3) | 37 | 27 | 13 | |||||||||||
Total benefits and expenses |
21.6 | %(3) | 26 | 25 | 25 | |||||||||||
Income (loss) from life insurance operations before taxes |
11 | 2 | (12 | ) | ||||||||||||
Investment operations |
||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (2) |
37 | 42 | 44 | |||||||||||||
Net realized (losses) gains on investments (2) |
(1 | ) | 10 | (43 | ) | |||||||||||
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings (2) |
(1 | ) | (12 | ) | (70 | ) | ||||||||||
Equity in earnings (losses) of limited partnerships |
21 | (76 | ) | 6 | ||||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations before taxes (2) |
56 | (36 | ) | (63 | ) | |||||||||||
Income from operations before income taxes and noncontrolling interest |
269 | 154 | 111 | |||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes |
107 | 46 | 42 | |||||||||||||
Net income |
$ | 162 | $ | 108 | $ | 69 | ||||||||||
(1) | Earnings on life insurance related invested assets are integral to the evaluation of the life insurance operations because of the long duration of life products. On that basis, for presentation purposes, the life insurance operations in the table above include life insurance related investment results. However, the life insurance investment results are included in the investment operations segment discussion in Note 5, Segment Information. | |
(2) | Prior to and through December 31, 2010, the underwriting results retained by EIC and ENY and the investment results of EIC, ENY and EPC accrued to the benefit of the Indemnity shareholder interest. Due to the sale of Indemnitys property and casualty subsidiaries to the Exchange on December 31, 2010, all property and casualty underwriting results and all investment results for these companies accrue to the benefit of the subscribers (policyholders) of the Exchange, or noncontrolling interest, after December 31, 2010. (See Note 1, Nature of Operations.) | |
(3) | As a result of the pending sale of Indemnitys 21.6% ownership interest in EFL to the Exchange which is scheduled to close by March 31, 2011, all earnings of EFL will accrue to the benefit of the subscribers (policyholders) of the Exchange, or noncontrolling interest, after March 31, 2011. (See Note 1, Nature of Operations.) |
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Indemnity | ||||||||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
Management fee received |
$ | 947 | $ | 912 | $ | 898 | ||||||
Service agreement fee received |
34 | 35 | 32 | |||||||||
Premiums collected |
220 | 214 | 208 | |||||||||
Net investment income received |
45 | 45 | 52 | |||||||||
Limited partnership distributions |
21 | 13 | 29 | |||||||||
(Decrease) increase in reimbursements collected from affiliates |
(15 | ) | 3 | (8 | ) | |||||||
Commissions and bonuses paid to agents |
(532 | ) | (535 | ) | (534 | ) | ||||||
Salaries and wages paid |
(106 | ) | (110 | ) | (111 | ) | ||||||
Pension contribution and employee benefits paid |
(33 | ) | (32 | ) | (48 | ) | ||||||
Losses paid |
(132 | ) | (123 | ) | (121 | ) | ||||||
Loss expenses paid |
(23 | ) | (22 | ) | (21 | ) | ||||||
Other underwriting and acquisition costs paid |
(53 | ) | (54 | ) | (52 | ) | ||||||
General operating expenses paid |
(119 | ) | (104 | ) | (104 | ) | ||||||
Interest paid on bank line of credit |
0 | 0 | (1 | ) | ||||||||
Income taxes paid |
(61 | ) | (62 | ) | (68 | ) | ||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
193 | 180 | 151 | |||||||||
Net cash provided (used in) by investing activities |
196 | (69 | ) | 73 | ||||||||
Net cash used in financing activities |
(155 | ) | (96 | ) | (194 | ) | ||||||
Net increase in cash |
234 | 15 | 30 | |||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year |
76 | 61 | 31 | |||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year |
$ | 310 | $ | 76 | $ | 61 | ||||||
(in millions) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||
Policy and other revenues |
$ | 65 | $ | 64 | $ | 66 | ||||||
Net investment income (expense) |
107 | 63 | (6 | ) | ||||||||
Benefits and expenses |
122 | 117 | 114 | |||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes |
50 | 10 | (54 | ) | ||||||||
Income tax expense (benefit) |
14 | (16 | ) | 14 | ||||||||
Net income (loss) |
36 | 26 | (68 | ) | ||||||||
Comprehensive income (loss) |
60 | 142 | (138 | ) |
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As of December 31, | ||||||||
(in millions, except per share data) | 2010 | 2009 | ||||||
Investments |
$ | 1,777 | $ | 1,639 | ||||
Total assets |
2,077 | 1,941 | ||||||
Liabilities |
1,685 | 1,609 | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
42 | 18 | ||||||
Cumulative effect adjustment |
| 27 | ||||||
Total shareholders equity |
393 | 333 | ||||||
Book value per share |
$ | 41.54 | $ | 35.19 |
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(in millions, except per share data) | First quarter | Second quarter | Third quarter | Fourth quarter | Year ended | |||||||||||||||
2010 |
||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues |
$ | 1,216 | $ | 916 | $ | 1,357 | $ | 1,401 | $ | 4,890 | ||||||||||
Benefits and expenses |
988 | 967 | 952 | 984 | 3,891 | |||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from operations before income
taxes and noncontrolling interest |
228 | (51 | ) | 405 | 417 | 999 | ||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
162 | (31 | ) | 275 | 254 | 660 | ||||||||||||||
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to
noncontrolling interest in consolidated
entity Exchange |
115 | (80 | ) | 221 | 242 | 498 | ||||||||||||||
Net income attributable to Indemnity |
$ | 47 | $ | 49 | $ | 54 | $ | 12 | $ | 162 | ||||||||||
Earnings per
share(1) |
||||||||||||||||||||
Net income attributable to Indemnity per share |
||||||||||||||||||||
Class A common stock basic |
$ | 0.92 | $ | 0.96 | $ | 1.05 | $ | 0.25 | $ | 3.18 | ||||||||||
Class A common stock diluted |
$ | 0.82 | $ | 0.86 | $ | 0.94 | $ | 0.22 | $ | 2.85 | ||||||||||
Class B common stock basic and diluted |
$ | 132.83 | $ | 138.21 | $ | 150.87 | $ | 40.93 | $ | 462.83 |
First quarter | Second quarter | Third quarter | Fourth quarter | Year ended | ||||||||||||||||
2009 |
||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues |
$ | 695 | $ | 1,149 | $ | 1,286 | $ | 1,125 | $ | 4,255 | ||||||||||
Benefits and expenses |
1,035 | 891 | 930 | 875 | 3,731 | |||||||||||||||
(Loss) income from operations before income
taxes and noncontrolling interest |
(340 | ) | 258 | 356 | 250 | 524 | ||||||||||||||
Net (loss) income |
(251 | ) | 271 | 252 | 174 | 446 | ||||||||||||||
Less: Net (loss) income attributable to
noncontrolling interest in consolidated
entity Exchange |
(262 | ) | 238 | 212 | 150 | 338 | ||||||||||||||
Net income attributable to Indemnity |
$ | 11 | $ | 33 | $ | 40 | $ | 24 | $ | 108 | ||||||||||
Earnings per
share(1) |
||||||||||||||||||||
Net income attributable to Indemnity per share |
||||||||||||||||||||
Class A common stock basic |
$ | 0.22 | $ | 0.63 | $ | 0.77 | $ | 0.48 | $ | 2.10 | ||||||||||
Class A common stock diluted |
$ | 0.19 | $ | 0.57 | $ | 0.69 | $ | 0.43 | $ | 1.89 | ||||||||||
Class B common stock basic and diluted |
$ | 34.78 | $ | 93.19 | $ | 112.06 | $ | 72.49 | $ | 312.45 |
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/s/ Terrence W. Cavanaugh
|
/s/ Marcia A. Dall | /s/ Gregory J. Gutting | ||
Terrence W. Cavanaugh
|
Marcia A. Dall | Gregory J. Gutting | ||
President and
|
Executive Vice President and | Senior Vice President and | ||
Chief Executive Officer
|
Chief Financial Officer | Controller | ||
February 24, 2011
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February 24, 2011 | February 24, 2011 |
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Age as of | Principal Occupation for Past Five Years and Positions with | |||||
Name | 12/31/10 | Erie Insurance Group | ||||
President
& Chief Executive Officer: |
||||||
Terrence W. Cavanaugh
|
57 | President and Chief Executive Officer of Erie Indemnity Company since July 29, 2008; Senior Vice President, Chubb & Son/Federal Insurance, for more than five years prior thereto; Chief Operating Officer, Chubb Surety, for more than five years prior thereto; Director, Erie Indemnity Company, EFL, EIC, Flagship, ENY and EPC. | ||||
Executive Vice Presidents: |
||||||
Marcia A. Dall
|
47 | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since March 30, 2009; Chief Financial Officer Healthcare, Cigna Corporation, January 2008 through March 2009; Chief Financial Officer International & U.S. Mortgage Insurance, Genworth Financial, September 2006 through January 2008; Chief Financial Officer International & U.S. Mortgage Insurance, GE Mortgage Insurance, for more than five years prior thereto; Director, EFL, EIC, Flagship, ENY and EPC. | ||||
James J. Tanous
|
63 | Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel since April 30, 2007; Partner and Chairman of Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP (law firm headquartered in Buffalo, NY) for more than five years prior thereto; Director, EFL, EIC, Flagship, ENY and EPC. | ||||
Michael S. Zavasky
|
58 | Executive Vice PresidentInsurance Operations since March 7, 2008; Senior Vice PresidentStrategy Management, January 2006 through March 2008; Senior Vice PresidentCommercial Lines Underwriting, June 2001 through January 2006; Director, EFL, EIC, Flagship, ENY and EPC. | ||||
George D. Dufala
|
39 | Executive Vice President Services since September 1, 2010; Senior Vice President, Erie Family Life Insurance Company, October 2008 through August 2010; Senior Vice President, Customer Service, January 2005 through September 2008. |
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Age as of | Principal Occupation for Past Five Years and Positions with | |||||
Name | 12/31/10 | Erie Insurance Group | ||||
Executive Vice Presidents (continued): |
||||||
John F. Kearns
|
51 | Executive Vice President Sales & Marketing since September 1, 2010; Senior Vice President, Commercial Lines Division, February 2007 through August 2010; Sabbatical, February 2005 through January 2007; President Financial & Professional Services, St. Paul Travelers, November 2000 through January 2005. | ||||
Senior Vice President: |
||||||
Douglas F. Ziegler
|
60 | Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer since 1993; Director, EFL, EIC, Flagship, ENY, and EPC. |
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(a) | The following documents are filed as part of this report: |
1. | Consolidated Financial Statements | ||
Included in Item 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data contained in this report. |
Erie Indemnity Company: |
| Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on the Effectiveness of Internal Control over Financial Reporting | ||
| Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on the Consolidated Financial Statements | ||
| Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 | ||
| Consolidated Statements of Financial Position as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 | ||
| Consolidated Statements of Shareholders Equity for the three years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 | ||
| Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 | ||
| Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
2. | Financial Statement Schedules |
Page | ||||||
Erie Indemnity Company:
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Schedule I.
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Summary of Investments Other than Investments
in Related Parties |
136 | ||||
Schedule III.
|
Supplementary Insurance Information | 137 | ||||
Schedule IV.
|
Reinsurance | 138 | ||||
Schedule VI.
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Supplemental Information Concerning Property Casualty Insurance Operations | 139 |
All other schedules have been omitted since they are not required, not applicable or the information is included in the financial statements or notes thereto. |
3. | Exhibit Index | 140 |
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February 24, 2011 | ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY (Registrant) |
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/s/ Terrence W. Cavanaugh | ||||
Terrence W. Cavanaugh, President and CEO | ||||
(Principal Executive Officer) | ||||
/s/ Marcia A. Dall | ||||
Marcia A. Dall, Executive Vice President & CFO | ||||
(Principal Financial Officer) | ||||
/s/ Gregory J. Gutting | ||||
Gregory J. Gutting, Senior Vice President & Controller | ||||
(Principal Accounting Officer) | ||||
/s/ J. Ralph Borneman, Jr.
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/s/ Lucian L. Morrison | |
J. Ralph Borneman, Jr.
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Lucian L. Morrison | |
/s/ Terrence W. Cavanaugh
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/s/ Thomas W. Palmer | |
Terrence W.
Cavanaugh
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Thomas W. Palmer | |
/s/ Jonathan Hirt Hagen
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/s/ Martin P. Sheffield | |
Jonathan Hirt Hagen
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Martin P. Sheffield | |
/s/ Susan Hirt Hagen
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/s/ Richard L. Stover | |
Susan Hirt
Hagen
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Richard L. Stover | |
/s/ Thomas B. Hagen
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/s/ Elizabeth A. Vorsheck | |
Thomas B.
Hagen
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Elizabeth A. Vorsheck | |
/s/ C. Scott Hartz
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/s/ Robert C. Wilburn | |
C. Scott Hartz
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Robert C. Wilburn | |
/s/ Claude C. Lilly, III
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Claude C. Lilly, III
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Erie Insurance Group | ||||||||||||
December 31, 2010 | ||||||||||||
Amortized | Estimated | Amount at which | ||||||||||
(in millions) | cost | fair value | shown in the balance sheet | |||||||||
Indemnity |
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Fixed maturities: |
||||||||||||
U.S. treasuries and government agencies |
$ | 25 | $ | 25 | $ | 25 | ||||||
U.S. government sponsored enterprises |
0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Municipal securities |
193 | 197 | 197 | |||||||||
U.S. corporate debt non-financial |
12 | 12 | 12 | |||||||||
U.S. corporate debt financial |
24 | 26 | 26 | |||||||||
Structured securities: |
||||||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
3 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
Total fixed maturities-Indemnity |
$ | 257 | $ | 264 | $ | 264 | ||||||
Equity securities: |
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U.S. nonredeemable preferred securities: |
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Financial |
$ | 8 | $ | 11 | $ | 11 | ||||||
Non-financial |
11 | 12 | 12 | |||||||||
Foreign nonredeemable preferred securities: |
||||||||||||
Non-financial |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Total equity securities Indemnity |
$ | 20 | $ | 24 | $ | 24 | ||||||
Trading securities |
$ | 21 | $ | 28 | $ | 28 | ||||||
Limited partnerships |
$ | 202 | $ | 216 | $ | 216 | ||||||
Real estate mortgage loans |
$ | 1 | $ | 1 | $ | 1 | ||||||
Total Investments Indemnity |
$ | 501 | $ | 533 | $ | 533 | ||||||
Exchange |
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Fixed maturities: |
||||||||||||
U.S. treasuries and government agencies |
$ | 11 | $ | 12 | $ | 12 | ||||||
U.S. government sponsored enterprises |
74 | 75 | 75 | |||||||||
Foreign government |
20 | 21 | 21 | |||||||||
Municipal securities |
1,437 | 1,471 | 1,471 | |||||||||
U.S. corporate debt non-financial |
2,354 | 2,535 | 2,535 | |||||||||
U.S. corporate debt financial |
1,767 | 1,897 | 1,897 | |||||||||
Foreign corporate debt non-financial |
415 | 449 | 449 | |||||||||
Foreign corporate debt financial |
364 | 382 | 382 | |||||||||
Structured securities: |
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Asset-backed securities auto loans |
36 | 38 | 38 | |||||||||
Asset-backed securities other |
18 | 19 | 19 | |||||||||
Collateralized debt obligations |
69 | 70 | 70 | |||||||||
Commercial mortgage-backed |
82 | 86 | 86 | |||||||||
Residential mortgage-backed: |
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Government sponsored enterprises |
196 | 205 | 205 | |||||||||
Non-government sponsored enterprises |
20 | 19 | 19 | |||||||||
Total fixed maturities Exchange |
$ | 6,863 | $ | 7,279 | $ | 7,279 | ||||||
Equity securities: |
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U.S. nonredeemable preferred securities: |
||||||||||||
Financial |
$ | 317 | $ | 373 | $ | 373 | ||||||
Non-financial |
126 | 133 | 133 | |||||||||
Government sponsored enterprises |
0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Foreign nonredeemable preferred securities: |
||||||||||||
Financial |
52 | 55 | 55 | |||||||||
Non-financial |
8 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
Total equity securities Exchange |
$ | 503 | $ | 570 | $ | 570 | ||||||
Trading securities |
$ | 1,773 | $ | 2,306 | $ | 2,306 | ||||||
Limited partnerships |
$ | 1,083 | $ | 1,108 | $ | 1,108 | ||||||
Life policy loans |
$ | 14 | $ | 14 | $ | 14 | ||||||
Real estate mortgage loans |
$ | 5 | $ | 5 | $ | 5 | ||||||
Total Investments Exchange |
$ | 10,241 | $ | 11,282 | $ | 11,282 | ||||||
Total Investments Erie Insurance Group |
$ | 10,742 | $ | 11,815 | $ | 11,815 | ||||||
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Benefits, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reserves for | claims, | Amortization | Net | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred | losses, loss | losses, | of deferred | premiums | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
policy | expenses, | Net | and | policy | Other | written | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
acquisition | life policy | Unearned | Premiums | investment | settlement | acquisition | operating | (excluding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(in millions) | costs | deposit contracts | premiums | earned | income* | expenses | costs | expenses* | life) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
December 31, 2010: |
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Property and casualty
insurance operations |
$ | 327 | $ | 3,584 | $ | 2,082 | $ | 3,925 | $ | 325 | $ | 2,810 | $ | 635 | $ | 303 | $ | 4,019 | ||||||||||||||||||
Life insurance
operations |
140 | 1,603 | 0 | 62 | 96 | 90 | 16 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Management operations |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total |
$ | 467 | $ | 5,187 | $ | 2,082 | $ | 3,987 | $ | 433 | $ | 2,900 | $ | 651 | $ | 318 | $ | 4,019 | ||||||||||||||||||
December 31, 2009: |
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Property and casualty
insurance operations |
$ | 313 | $ | 3,598 | $ | 1,981 | $ | 3,808 | $ | 326 | $ | 2,639 | $ | 611 | $ | 364 | $ | 3,861 | ||||||||||||||||||
Life insurance
operations |
154 | 1,540 | 0 | 61 | 93 | 89 | 13 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Management operations |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total |
$ | 467 | $ | 5,138 | $ | 1,981 | $ | 3,869 | $ | 433 | $ | 2,728 | $ | 624 | $ | 379 | $ | 3,861 | ||||||||||||||||||
December 31, 2008: |
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Property and casualty
insurance operations |
$ | 301 | $ | 3,586 | $ | 1,936 | $ | 3,771 | $ | 332 | $ | 2,489 | $ | 599 | $ | 289 | $ | 3,788 | ||||||||||||||||||
Life insurance
operations |
201 | 1,449 | 0 | 63 | 87 | 93 | 3 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Management operations |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total |
$ | 502 | $ | 5,035 | $ | 1,936 | $ | 3,834 | $ | 438 | $ | 2,582 | $ | 602 | $ | 306 | $ | 3,788 | ||||||||||||||||||
* | Net investment income and other operating expenses are charged directly to the respective entities, therefore an allocation basis is not required. |
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Percentage | ||||||||||||||||||||
Gross | Ceded to | Assumed | of amount | |||||||||||||||||
amount | other | from other | Net | assumed | ||||||||||||||||
(in millions) | (direct) | companies | companies | amount | to net | |||||||||||||||
December 31, 2010: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Life insurance in force |
$ | 40,431 | $ | 22,303 | $ | 0 | $ | 18,128 | 0.0 | % | ||||||||||
Premiums for the year: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Life insurance |
$ | 104 | $ | 42 | $ | 0 | $ | 62 | 0.0 | % | ||||||||||
Property and liability insurance |
3,939 | 34 | 20 | 3,925 | 0.5 | % | ||||||||||||||
Total premiums |
$ | 4,043 | $ | 76 | $ | 20 | $ | 3,987 | 0.5 | % | ||||||||||
December 31, 2009: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Life insurance in force |
$ | 38,961 | $ | 20,858 | $ | 0 | $ | 18,103 | 0.0 | % | ||||||||||
Premiums for the year: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Life insurance |
$ | 100 | $ | 39 | $ | 0 | $ | 61 | 0.0 | % | ||||||||||
Property and liability insurance |
3,806 | 40 | 42 | 3,808 | 1.1 | % | ||||||||||||||
Total premiums |
$ | 3,906 | $ | 79 | $ | 42 | $ | 3,869 | 1.1 | % | ||||||||||
December 31, 2008: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Life insurance in force |
$ | 37,697 | $ | 19,404 | $ | 0 | $ | 18,293 | 0.0 | % | ||||||||||
Premiums for the year: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Life insurance |
$ | 98 | $ | 35 | $ | 0 | $ | 63 | 0.0 | % | ||||||||||
Property and liability insurance |
3,784 | 48 | 35 | 3,771 | 0.9 | % | ||||||||||||||
Total premiums |
$ | 3,882 | $ | 83 | $ | 35 | $ | 3,834 | 0.9 | % | ||||||||||
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Discount, if | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred | Reserve for | any, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
policy | unpaid | deducted | Net | |||||||||||||||||||||
acquisition | losses and loss | from | Unearned | Earned | investment | |||||||||||||||||||
(in millions) | costs | expenses | reserves* | premiums | premiums | income | ||||||||||||||||||
December 31, 2010: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated P&C Entities |
$ | 327 | $ | 3,584 | $ | 127 | $ | 2,082 | $ | 3,925 | $ | 325 | ||||||||||||
Unconsolidated P&C Entities |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Proportionate share of
registrant & subsidiaries |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total |
$ | 327 | $ | 3,584 | $ | 127 | $ | 2,082 | $ | 3,925 | $ | 325 | ||||||||||||
December 31, 2009: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated P&C Entities |
$ | 313 | $ | 3,598 | $ | 136 | $ | 1,981 | $ | 3,808 | $ | 326 | ||||||||||||
Unconsolidated P&C Entities |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Proportionate share of
registrant & subsidiaries |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total |
$ | 313 | $ | 3,598 | $ | 136 | $ | 1,981 | $ | 3,808 | $ | 326 | ||||||||||||
December 31, 2008: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated P&C Entities |
$ | 301 | $ | 3,586 | $ | 98 | $ | 1,936 | $ | 3,771 | $ | 332 | ||||||||||||
Unconsolidated P&C Entities |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Proportionate share of
registrant & subsidiaries |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total |
$ | 301 | $ | 3,586 | $ | 98 | $ | 1,936 | $ | 3,771 | $ | 332 | ||||||||||||
* | Workers compensation case and incurred but not reported loss reserves were discounted at 2.5% for all years presented. |
Losses and loss expenses | Amortization | |||||||||||||||||||
incurred related to | of deferred | Net losses | ||||||||||||||||||
(1) | (2) | policy | and loss | Net | ||||||||||||||||
Current | Prior | acquisition | expenses | premiums | ||||||||||||||||
(in millions) | year | years | costs | paid | written | |||||||||||||||
December 31, 2010: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated P&C Entities |
$ | 3,053 | $ | (244 | ) | $ | 635 | $ | 2,811 | $ | 4,019 | |||||||||
Unconsolidated P&C Entities |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Proportionate share of
registrant & subsidiaries |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Total |
$ | 3,053 | $ | (244 | ) | $ | 635 | $ | 2,811 | $ | 4,019 | |||||||||
December 31, 2009: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated P&C Entities |
$ | 2,732 | $ | (93 | ) | $ | 611 | $ | 2,640 | $ | 3,861 | |||||||||
Unconsolidated P&C Entities |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Proportionate share of
registrant & subsidiaries |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Total |
$ | 2,732 | $ | (93 | ) | $ | 611 | $ | 2,640 | $ | 3,861 | |||||||||
December 31, 2008: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated P&C Entities |
$ | 2,675 | $ | (186 | ) | $ | 599 | $ | 2,584 | $ | 3,788 | |||||||||
Unconsolidated P&C Entities |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Proportionate share of
registrant & subsidiaries |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Total |
$ | 2,675 | $ | (186 | ) | $ | 599 | $ | 2,584 | $ | 3,788 | |||||||||
139
Sequentially | ||||
Exhibit | Numbered | |||
Number | Description of Exhibit | Page | ||
3.1
|
Articles of Incorporation of Registrant. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like numbered exhibit in the Registrants Form 10 Registration Statement Number 0-24000 filed with the Commission on May 2, 1994. | |||
3.1A
|
Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Registrant effective May 2, 1996. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like numbered exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-Q that was filed with the Commission on July 29, 2010. | |||
3.1B
|
Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Registrant effective May 4, 2001. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like numbered exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-Q that was filed with the Commission on July 29, 2010. | |||
3.1C
|
Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Registrant effective May 10, 2007. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like numbered exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-Q that was filed with the Commission on July 29, 2010. | |||
3.7
|
Erie Indemnity Company Amended and Restated Bylaws effective May 5, 2009. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 8-K that was filed with the Commission on May 11, 2009. | |||
10.12
|
Form of Subscribers Agreement whereby policyholders of Erie Insurance Exchange appoint Registrant as their Attorney-in-Fact. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled but renumbered exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-Q that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2002. | |||
10.97
|
Severance Agreement dated February 28, 2008, by and between Erie Indemnity Company and Thomas B. Morgan. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 8-K that was filed with the Commission on March 3, 2008. | |||
10.98
|
Separation Agreement between Erie Indemnity Company and Michael J. Krahe dated June 25, 2008. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 8-K that was filed with the Commission on June 26, 2008. | |||
10.99
|
Executive Retention Agreement between Erie Indemnity Company and Philip A. Garcia dated June 25, 2008. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 8-K that was filed with the Commission on June 26, 2008. | |||
10.100
|
Employment Agreement dated July 14, 2008, between Erie Indemnity Company and Terrence W. Cavanaugh. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 8-K that was filed with the Commission on July 18, 2008. |
140
Sequentially | ||||
Exhibit | Numbered | |||
Number | Description of Exhibit | Page | ||
10.101
|
Amendment of Erie Insurance Group Retirement Plan for Employees (As Amended and Restated Effective December 31, 2005) dated December 29, 2008. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-K annual report that was filed with the Commission on February 26, 2009. | |||
10.102
|
Amendment of Erie Insurance Group Employee Savings Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2006) dated December 29, 2008. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-K annual report that was filed with the Commission on February 26, 2009. | |||
10.103
|
Supplemental Retirement Plan for Certain Members of the Erie Insurance Group Retirement Plan for Employees (Amended and Restated as of January 1, 2009). Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-K annual report that was filed with the Commission on February 26, 2009. | |||
10.104
|
Deferred Compensation Plan of Erie Indemnity Company (As Amended and Restated as of January 1, 2009). Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-K annual report that was filed with the Commission on February 26, 2009. | |||
10.105
|
Erie Indemnity Company Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors (As Amended and Restated as of January 1, 2009). Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-K annual report that was filed with the Commission on February 26, 2009. | |||
10.106
|
Erie Indemnity Company Long-Term Incentive Plan (Restated Effective January 1, 2009). Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-K annual report that was filed with the Commission on February 26, 2009. | |||
10.107
|
Erie Indemnity Company Annual Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2009). Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-K annual report that was filed with the Commission on February 26, 2009. | |||
10.108
|
Form of Indemnification Agreement that Registrant has entered into on November 14, 2008 with Terrence W. Cavanaugh (Director and Officer); J. Ralph Borneman, Jr., Patricia Garrison-Corbin, Jonathan Hirt Hagen, Susan Hirt Hagen, Thomas B. Hagen, C. Scott Hartz, Claude C. Lilly, III, Lucian L. Morrison, Thomas W. Palmer, Elizabeth A. Vorsheck, Robert C. Wilburn (Directors); James J. Tanous, Michael S. Zavasky and George R. Lucore (Officers). Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-K annual report that was filed with the Commission on February 26, 2009. |
141
Sequentially | ||||
Exhibit | Numbered | |||
Number | Description of Exhibit | Page | ||
10.109
|
Loan Agreement between Erie Indemnity Company and PNC Bank, National Association dated January 30, 2008, Amendment to Loan Documents dated February 27, 2008, Reimbursement Agreement for Standby Letter(s) of Credit dated February 27, 2008, Sixth Amendment to Loan Documents dated December 29, 2008, Eighth Amendment to Loan Documents dated April 21, 2009, and Ninth Amendment to Loan Documents dated June 29, 2009. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-Q that was filed with the Commission on August 5, 2009. | |||
10.110
|
Committed Line of Credit Note between Erie Indemnity Company and PNC Bank, National Association dated January 30, 2008, and Third Amended and Restated Committed Line of Credit Note dated December 29, 2008. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-Q that was filed with the Commission on August 5, 2009. | |||
10.111
|
Notification and Control Agreement between Erie Indemnity Company and PNC Bank, National Association dated January 30, 2008. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-Q that was filed with the Commission on August 5, 2009. | |||
10.112
|
Pledge Agreement between Erie Indemnity Company and PNC Bank, National Association dated January 30, 2008. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-Q that was filed with the Commission on August 5, 2009. | |||
10.113
|
$200,000,000.00 Revolving Credit Facility Credit Agreement between Erie Insurance Exchange acting by and through Erie Indemnity Company, its Attorney-in-Fact, and PNC Bank, National Association, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., and PNC Capital Markets LLC dated September 30, 2009. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-Q that was filed with the Commission on October 29, 2009. | |||
10.114
|
Form of Revolving Credit Note that Erie Insurance Exchange has entered into by and through the Registrant, as its Attorney-in-Fact, on September 30, 2009 with Bank of America, N.A. ($35 million), The Bank of New York Mellon ($25 million), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ($35 million), PNC Bank, National Association ($55 million), U.S. Bank National Association ($25 million), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association ($25 million). Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-Q that was filed with the Commission on October 29, 2009. | |||
10.115
|
Swing Note between Erie Insurance Exchange acting by and through Erie Indemnity Company, its Attorney-in-Fact, and PNC Bank, National Association dated September 30, 2009. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-Q that was filed with the Commission on October 29, 2009. |
142
Sequentially | ||||
Exhibit | Numbered | |||
Number | Description of Exhibit | Page | ||
10.116
|
Notification and Control Agreement between Erie Indemnity Company as Attorney-in-Fact for Erie Insurance Exchange and The Bank of New York Mellon and PNC Bank, National Association dated September 30, 2009. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-Q that was filed with the Commission on October 29, 2009. | |||
10.117
|
Pledge Agreement between Erie Indemnity Company as Attorney-in-Fact for Erie Insurance Exchange and PNC Bank, National Association dated September 30, 2009. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-Q that was filed with the Commission on October 29, 2009. | |||
10.118
|
Tenth Amendment to Loan Documents between Erie Indemnity Company and PNC Bank, National Association dated December 10, 2009. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 8-K that was filed with the Commission on December 10, 2009. | |||
10.119
|
Indemnification Agreement that Registrant has entered into on February 23, 2010 with Marcia A. Dall (Executive Vice President & CFO). Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-K that was filed with the Commission on February 25, 2010. | |||
10.120
|
First Amendment to Erie Indemnity Company Annual Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2009) effective January 1, 2010. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-Q that was filed with the Commission on May 6, 2010. | |||
10.121
|
Second Amendment to Erie Indemnity Company Annual Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2009) effective January 1, 2010. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-Q that was filed with the Commission on November 4, 2010. | |||
10.122
|
Stock Purchase Agreement between Erie Indemnity Company and Erie Insurance Exchange Relating to the Capital Stock of Erie Insurance Company, Erie Insurance Company of New York and Erie Property and Casualty Company dated November 4, 2010. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 8-K that was filed with the Commission on November 4, 2010. | |||
10.123
|
Stock Purchase Agreement between Erie Indemnity Company and Erie Insurance Exchange Relating to the Capital Stock of Erie Family Life Insurance Company dated November 4, 2010. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 8-K that was filed with the Commission on November 4, 2010. | |||
10.124*
|
Erie Insurance Group Retirement Plan for Employees (As Amended and Restated Effective December 31, 2009) dated December 23, 2010. | |||
10.125*
|
Erie Insurance Group Employee Savings Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective as of January 1, 2010) dated December 23, 2010. |
143
Sequentially | ||||
Exhibit | Numbered | |||
Number | Description of Exhibit | Page | ||
10.126*
|
Agreement dated January 13, 2010, by and between Erie Indemnity Company and George R. Lucore. | |||
10.127*
|
Eleventh Amendment to Loan Documents between Erie Indemnity Company and PNC Bank, National Association dated July 20, 2010. | |||
10.128*
|
Amendment to Loan Documents between Erie Indemnity Company and PNC Bank, National Association dated December 22, 2010. | |||
10.129*
|
Lease Agreement between Erie Insurance Exchange and Erie Indemnity Company dated January 1, 2011. | |||
14
|
Code of Conduct. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 10-K annual report for the year ended December 31, 2003 that was filed with the Commission on March 8, 2004. | |||
23*
|
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | |||
31.1*
|
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the SarbanesOxley Act of 2002 | |||
31.2*
|
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the SarbanesOxley Act of 2002 | |||
32*
|
Certifications pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the SarbanesOxley Act of 2002 | |||
99.1
|
Audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying footnote disclosures of Erie Indemnity Company for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 conformed to reflect the amended guidance in ASC 810 Consolidation, which became effective January 1, 2010. Also included is the independent auditors report dual dated as of February 25, 2010 and May 6, 2010. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 conformed to reflect these changes and the Controls and Procedures item. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 8-K that was filed with the Commission on May 6, 2010. | |||
99.2
|
Consent of Ernst &Young LLP. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference to the like titled exhibit in the Registrants Form 8-K that was filed with the Commission on May 6, 2010. | |||
101.INS*
|
XBRL Instance Document | |||
101.SCH*
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |||
101.CAL*
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | |||
101.LAB*
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document | |||
101.PRE*
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101.DEF*
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ARTICLE I
INTRODUCTION |
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ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS |
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2.1 Accrued Pension |
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2.2 Actuary |
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2.3 Administrator |
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2.4 Affiliate |
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2.5 Anniversary Date |
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2.6 Annuity Starting Date |
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2.7 Beneficiary |
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2.8 Board of Directors or Board |
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2.9 Code |
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2.10 Company |
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2.11 Compensation |
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2.12 Covered Employee |
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2.13 Credited Service |
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2.14 Date of Hire |
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2.15 Date of Severance |
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2.16 Earliest Retirement Age |
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2.17 Effective Date |
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2.18 Employee |
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2.19 Employer(s) |
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2.20 ERISA |
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2.21 Final Average Earnings |
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2.22 Highly Compensated |
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2.23 Hour of Service |
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2.24 Leased Employee |
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2.25 Maternity or Paternity Absence |
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2.26 Normal Retirement Age |
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2.27 Normal Retirement Date |
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2.28 Participant |
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2.29 Period of Severance |
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2.30 Plan or Pension Plan |
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2.31 Plan Year |
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2.32 Service |
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2.33 Social Security Covered Compensation |
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2.34 Spouse |
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2.35 Test Compensation |
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2.36 Total and Permanent Disability |
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2.37 Trust Agreement |
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2.38 Trustee |
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2.39 Trust Fund or Fund |
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ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN |
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3.1 Pension Administrator |
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3.2 Powers |
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3.3 Delegation of Duties |
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3.4 Administrator as Named Fiduciary |
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3.5 Conclusiveness of Various Documents |
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3.6 Actions to be Uniform |
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3.7 Liability and Indemnification |
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3.8 Claims Review Procedure |
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3.9 Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies |
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3.10 Deadline to File Civil Action |
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3.11 Waiver of Participation |
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ARTICLE IV
SERVICE PROVISIONS |
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4.1 Service |
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4.2 Credited Service |
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4.3 Loss and Reinstatement of Service |
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4.4 Transfer To Other Employment |
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4.5 Transfer From Other Employment |
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ARTICLE V
ELIGIBILITY FOR PENSIONS |
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5.1 Normal Retirement |
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5.2 Early Retirement |
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5.3 Disability Retirement |
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5.4 Vesting |
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ARTICLE VI
AMOUNT OF PENSIONS |
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6.1 Normal Retirement Pension |
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6.2 Early Retirement Pension |
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6.3 Disability Retirement Pension |
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6.4 Deferred Pension Upon Termination of Service |
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6.5 Increase in Pension for Certain Retired Participants |
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6.6 Offset of Accruals by Plan Distributions |
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6.7 Non-Duplication of Benefits |
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ARTICLE VII
COMMENCEMENT AND DURATION OF PENSIONS |
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7.1 Normal and Early Retirement Pensions |
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7.2 Disability Retirement Pension |
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7.3 Deferred Vested Pension |
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7.4 Reemployment of a Retired Participant |
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7.5 Automatic Surviving Spouses Pension |
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7.6 Requirement for Spouse Consent |
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7.7 Optional Forms of Pensions |
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7.8 Payment of Small Pension |
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7.9 Repayment of Cashout on Reemployment |
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7.10 Delay in Commencement of Pension Payments |
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7.11 Direct Rollover of Eligible Rollover Distributions |
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7.12 Change to Pension Payments in Connection with Qualifying Event |
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ARTICLE VIII
DEATH BENEFITS |
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8.1 Death Prior to Retirement or Severance |
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8.2 Death Prior to Commencement of Early or Disability Pensions |
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8.3 Death Prior to Commencement of Vested Pensions |
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8.4 Effect of Valid Joint and Survivor Election |
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8.5 Death on or After Annuity Starting Date |
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8.6 Death Benefit for Vested Participants Who Terminated After September 1, 1974
and Prior to August 23, 1984 |
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ARTICLE IX
TRUST FUND AND THE TRUSTEE |
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9.1 Trust Fund |
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9.2 Irrevocability |
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9.3 Contributions by the Company |
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9.4 Contributions By Participants |
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9.5 Benefits Payable Only From Trust Fund |
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9.6 Plan Expenses |
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ARTICLE X
BENEFIT LIMITATIONS |
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10.1 Maximum Limitation Under Section 415(b) of the Code (Effective January 1, 2008) |
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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11.1 Plan
Non-Contractual |
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11.2 Non-Alienation of Retirement Rights or Benefits |
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11.3 Payment of Pension to Others |
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11.4 Prohibition Against Reversion |
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11.5 Merger, Transfer of Assets or Liabilities |
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11.6 Actuarial Equivalence |
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11.7 Change of Vesting Schedule |
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11.8 Controlled Group |
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11.9 Severability |
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11.10 Employer Records |
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11.11 Application of Plan Provisions |
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11.12 Missing Participants and Beneficiaries |
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11.13 IRC 414(u) Compliance Provision |
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ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION |
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12.1 Amendment and Termination of the Plan |
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12.2 Administration of the Plan in Case of Termination |
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12.3 Internal Revenue Service Limitations |
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ARTICLE XIII
TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS |
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13.1 General |
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13.2
Definitions Relating to Top-Heavy Provisions |
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13.3 Top-Heavy Plan Vesting Requirements |
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13.4 Top-Heavy Plan Minimum Benefit Requirements |
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13.5 Limited Application of this Article |
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ARTICLE XIV
JURISDICTION |
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14.1 Jurisdiction |
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2.1 | Accrued Pension shall mean a pension amount determined with respect to a Participant in accordance with Section 6.2(a) of the Plan using the date of determination for the date of early retirement. | |
2.2 | Actuary shall mean the actuary or firm of actuaries chosen by, but independent of the Company, who is, or in the case of a firm one or more of whose members is, an enrolled actuary under the provisions of Section 3042 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. | |
2.3 | Administrator shall mean the administrative committee described in Article III of the Plan. | |
2.4 | Affiliate means any other employer which, together with the Company, is a member of a controlled group of corporations or of a commonly controlled trade or business (as defined in Code Sections 414(b) and (c) and as modified, where appropriate, by Code Section 415(h)) or of an affiliated service group (as defined in Code Section 414(m)) or other organization described in Code Section 414(o). Each such Affiliate shall be treated as an Affiliate only during such period as it is or was an Affiliate as defined above. | |
2.5 | Anniversary Date shall mean any December 31 occurring after the Effective Date. | |
2.6 | Annuity Starting Date shall mean the first day of the first period for which an amount is received as an annuity (whether by reason of retirement or other termination of employment) or, in the case of a benefit not payable as an annuity, the first day on which all events have occurred which entitle the Participant, or other distributee, to such benefit. A Participant whose benefit is suspended under any provision of the Plan shall not be deemed to have reached a new Annuity Starting Date when such benefit again |
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becomes payable. The Annuity Starting Date for benefits accrued after an earlier Annuity Starting Date shall be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations. The Annuity Starting Date for a benefit payable under Section 7.10 shall be the applicable date described therein. | ||
2.7 | Beneficiary shall mean any person who, by reason of a designation made by a Participant under Plan procedures or by operation of the Plan, is or will be entitled to receive any amount or benefit hereunder upon the death of the Participant. Any attempt to designate a person as Beneficiary hereunder by means other than that permitted under the Plan shall be void and have no effect. | |
2.8 | Board of Directors or Board shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company. | |
2.9 | Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. | |
2.10 | Company shall mean Erie Indemnity Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Pennsylvania. | |
2.11 | Compensation for any period shall mean the rate of base salary of a Covered Employee from the Employers during the period. For this purpose, base salary shall exclude Form W-2 income in the form of overtime compensation, bonuses, commissions, deferred compensation plan payments or severance pay under any severance benefit plan, but shall include Form W-2 income paid as a lump sum in lieu of merit increase and compensation excluded from Form W-2 income because of salary reduction agreements in connection with plans described in Section 125, 132(f)(4) or 401(k) of the Code, or resulting from deferred compensation contracts for the period in question. Compensation shall exclude any differential wage payments made on behalf of a Covered Employee who is on military leave. Effective for each Plan Year beginning on and after December 31, 1989, in no event shall the amount of Compensation taken into account under the Plan exceed the adjusted annual limitation permitted under Section 401(a)(17) of the Code for such Plan Year. Such adjusted annual limitation shall be, for each Plan Year beginning on and after December 31, 2001, $200,000 (as adjusted for cost-of-living increases in accordance with Section 401(a)(17)(B) of the Code). For purposes of determining benefit accruals in any given Plan Year beginning after December 31, 2001, the annual compensation limitation for |
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any determination period after December 31, 1993 and before December 31, 2001, shall be $200,000. | ||
2.12 | Covered Employee shall mean any Employee of an Employer, excluding: |
(a) | any such Employee whose employment is governed by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement under which retirement benefits were the subject of good faith bargaining, | ||
(b) | any such Employee who has voluntarily waived participation in the Plan, and | ||
(c) | any such Employee who is compensated on an hourly basis. |
2.13 | Credited Service shall mean a Participants service determined in accordance with Article IV hereof for the purpose of calculating the amount of benefit earned under the Plan. | |
2.14 | Date of Hire shall mean the date on which an Employee first commences employment or reemployment and works at least one Hour of Service for an Employer or an Affiliate. | |
2.15 | Date of Severance shall mean the earliest to occur of the following dates: |
(a) | date of retirement, | ||
(b) | date of voluntary employment termination, | ||
(c) | date of discharge by an Employer unless he is subsequently reemployed and given pay back to the date of discharge, | ||
(d) | date of death, | ||
(e) | the first anniversary of a date of absence from active employment for any other reason; provided, however, that a later Date of Severance shall apply with respect to a leave of absence which, under Employer policy, provides for a later |
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Date of Severance and, provided further, that the second anniversary of a date of absence from active employment shall be used for an Employee who is absent by reason of a Maternity or Paternity Absence which commenced on or after December 31, 1985, or who is absent by reason of Total and Permanent Disability. |
2.16 | Earliest Retirement Age shall mean the earliest date on which, under the Plan, the Participant could elect to receive retirement benefits in accordance with Section 5.1 or 5.2 hereof. | |
2.17 | Effective Date shall mean December 31, 1946. | |
2.18 | Employee shall mean any common-law employee of an Employer or an Affiliate; provided, however, that for purposes of Section 2.22; Employee shall include any self-employed individual performing services for an Employer or Affiliate who is treated as an employee under Section 401(c)(1) of the Code. | |
2.19 | Employer(s) shall mean the Company, Erie Family Life Insurance Company, Erie Insurance Exchange, Erie Insurance Company, EI Holding Corp., EI Service Corp., Erie Insurance Company of New York, Erie Insurance Property & Casualty Company, Flagship City Insurance Company and any other Affiliate which may adopt this Plan. | |
2.20 | ERISA shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. | |
2.21 | Final Average Earnings shall mean 1/36th of the Participants aggregate Compensation during the thirty-six consecutive calendar months as a Covered Employee which produces the greatest aggregate Compensation out of the one hundred twenty calendar month period as a Covered Employee ending on the earlier of the date on which the Participant retires or terminates employment with the Employers or the date on which the Participant is no longer considered a Covered Employee. In the event a Participant does not have thirty-six consecutive calendar months of Compensation as a Covered Employee (i) months in which the Participant is not a Covered Employee and months in which the Participant has no Compensation will be excluded for purposes of |
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determining consecutive months for the thirty-six and one hundred twenty month periods and (ii) with respect to a Participant with fewer than thirty-six total calendar months of Compensation as a Covered Employee, Final Average Earnings will be determined as the average monthly Compensation over the Participants entire period of employment as a Covered Employee. | ||
2.22 | Highly Compensated shall mean any Employee who is a more than five percent (5%) owner of an Employer or earned $110,000 or more in Test Compensation from the Employer in the calendar year that begins in the twelve month period that precedes the current Plan Year (the lookback year); provided, however, that such $110,000 figure shall be adjusted for cost of living at the same time and in the same manner as determined under Code Section 415(d). | |
2.23 | Hour of Service shall include the following: |
(a) | each hour for which an Employee is directly or indirectly paid or entitled to payment from an Employer or an Affiliate as an Employee for the performance of duties during an applicable computation period (these hours must be credited to the Employee in the computation period during which the duties were performed and not when paid, if different); and | ||
(b) | each hour for which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages, has been awarded or agreed to by an Employer or an Affiliate (these hours must be credited in the computation period or periods to which the award or agreement pertains rather than that in which the payment, award or agreement was made); and | ||
(c) | each hour for which an Employee is directly or indirectly paid or entitled to payment from an Employer or an Affiliate for reasons, such as vacation, sickness or disability, other than for the performance of duties (these hours shall be calculated and credited pursuant to Section 2530.200b-2 of the Department of Labor regulations which are incorporated herein by reference). |
2.24 | Leased Employee shall mean any person (other than an Employee of an Employer) who pursuant to an agreement between the Employer and any other person (leasing organization) has performed services for the Employer (or for the Employer and related persons determined in accordance with Section 414(n)(6) of the Code) on a substantially full-time basis for a period of at least one year and such services are performed under primary direction or control by the recipient. Except as provided |
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below, any person satisfying the foregoing criteria shall be treated as an Employee. Contributions or benefits provided a Leased Employee by the leasing organization which are attributable to services performed for the Employer shall be treated as provided by the Employer. | ||
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Leased Employee shall not be considered an Employee of an Employer if: (i) such Leased Employee is covered by a money purchase pension plan providing: (1) a nonintegrated employer contribution rate of at least 10 percent of compensation, (2) immediate participation, and (3) full and immediate vesting; and (ii) Leased Employees do not constitute more than 20 percent of the Employers non-Highly Compensated workforce. | ||
2.25 | Maternity or Paternity Absence shall mean an absence from work by an Employee for any period: |
(a) | by reason of pregnancy of the Employee, | ||
(b) | by reason of the birth of a child of the Employee, | ||
(c) | by reason of the placement of a child with the Employee in connection with the adoption of such child by such Employee, or | ||
(d) | for purposes of caring for such child for a period immediately following such birth or placement. |
2.26 | Normal Retirement Age of a Participant shall be age 65. | |
2.27 | Normal Retirement Date of a Participant shall be the first day of the month next following the month in which his sixty-fifth birthday occurs. | |
2.28 | Participant shall mean any Covered Employee and any former Covered Employee who is entitled to, or who is receiving, a retirement benefit or deferred vested pension under the Plan. |
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2.29 | Period of Severance shall mean the period of time between an Employees Date of Severance and the date as of which he performs his first Hour of Service following reemployment. | |
2.30 | Plan or Pension Plan shall mean this Erie Insurance Group Retirement Plan for Employees as herein set forth with all amendments, modifications, appendices, and supplements hereafter made. | |
2.31 | Plan Year shall mean any period of 12 consecutive calendar months next preceding an Anniversary Date of the Plan. | |
2.32 | Service shall mean an Employees service determined in accordance with Article IV hereof for the purposes of meeting the eligibility requirements for a benefit under the Plan. | |
2.33 | Social Security Covered Compensation shall mean, for any Plan Year, the average (without indexing) of the Social Security taxable wage bases in effect for each calendar year during the 35-year period ending with the last day of the calendar year in which the Participant attains (or will attain) Social Security Retirement Age (as such term is defined in Section 10.1(a)(iv) hereof). In determining a Participants Social Security Covered Compensation for a Plan Year, the Social Security taxable wage base for the current Plan Year and any subsequent Plan Year shall be assumed to be the same as in effect for the Plan Year for which the determination is being made. A Participants Social Security Covered Compensation shall be automatically adjusted for each Plan Year in accordance with these provisions, up to and including the Plan Year in which the Participant attains Social Security Retirement Age. | |
2.34 | Spouse shall mean, with respect to any Participant, an individual who is the Participants spouse as defined under 1 U.S.C. Section 7 or other applicable Federal law. | |
2.35 | Test Compensation shall mean, for any Plan Year, an Employees compensation, reported under Sections 6041 and 6051 of the Code on Form W-2, as paid by the Company or other Employer for the calendar year ending with or within such Plan Year, including any amounts contributed pursuant to a salary reduction election on behalf of a Covered Employee to a plan described in Sections 125, 132(f), 402(e)(3), |
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402(h)(1)(B), 403(b), or 457(b) of the Code for the period in question. Effective January 1, 2009, Test Compensation shall include any differential wage payments, as defined in Section 3401(h) of the Code, that are paid by an Employer during a period of qualified military service as defined in Section 414(u) of the Code. Test Compensation in any given year shall not exceed the adjusted annual limitation in effect for such year (as set forth in Section 2.11), provided that such limitation shall not be applied in determining the status of an Employee as a Highly Compensated Employee or Key Employee. To the extent permitted under regulations and other guidance promulgated by the Internal Revenue Service, the Company may elect to determine Test Compensation on a basis other than that provided above. | ||
2.36 | Total and Permanent Disability shall mean permanent incapacity resulting in the Participant being unable to engage in any gainful employment or occupation by reason of any medically demonstrable physical or mental condition, excluding, however, (a) incapacity contracted, suffered or incurred while the Participant was engaged in or which resulted from having engaged in a felonious enterprise; and (b) incapacity contracted, suffered or incurred in the employment of other than an Employer, including self-employment. | |
2.37 | Trust Agreement shall mean the trust agreement between the Company and a Trustee as provided in Section 9.1, together with all amendments, modifications and supplements, thereto. | |
2.38 | Trustee shall mean the Trustee or Trustees designated under a Trust Agreement including any successor or successors. | |
2.39 | Trust Fund or Fund shall mean the retirement plan trust fund established by the Company in accordance with Article IX. |
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3.1 | Pension Administrator | |
The Plan shall be administered by a committee that shall act as Plan Administrator. The initial members of the administrative committee have been appointed by the Board, effective January 1, 2008; provided, however, that such initial members, and any subsequent members of the administrative committee, shall serve at the pleasure of the Executive Council of the Company. Any individual who is a member of the administrative committee may resign by delivering his written resignation to the Executive Council of the Company. In the event of the death, resignation or removal of a member of the administrative committee, such Executive Council shall fill the vacancy. In making the appointment, the Executive Council shall not be limited to any particular person or group, and nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent any Participant, director, officer, employee or shareholder of the Employers from service as a member of the administrative committee. Members of the administrative committee will not be compensated from the Trust Fund for services performed in such capacity, but the Company will reimburse such individuals for expenses reasonably and necessarily incurred by them in such capacity. | ||
Initial appointment by the Board is evidenced by a resolution of the Board. Appointment by the Executive Council of the Company shall be evidenced in a writing executed on behalf of the Executive Council. Copies of such writings shall be delivered to the Trustee and to such other persons as may require notice of such appointments. | ||
Appointment by the Board shall be evidenced by a certified copy of the resolution of the Board making such appointment, and copies of such certified resolution shall be delivered to the Trustee and to such other persons as may require such notice. | ||
3.2 | Powers | |
The Administrator will have full power to administer the Plan in all of its details, subject, however, to the requirements of ERISA. This power shall include having the sole and absolute discretion to interpret and apply the provisions of the Plan to determine the rights and status hereunder of any individual, to decide disputes arising under the Plan, and to make any determinations and findings of fact with respect to benefits payable hereunder and the persons entitled thereto as may be required for any purpose under the Plan. Without limiting the generality of the above, the Administrator |
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is granted the following authority which it shall discharge in its sole and absolute discretion in accordance with Plan provisions as interpreted by the Administrator: |
(a) | To make and enforce such rules and regulations as it deems necessary or proper for the efficient administration of the Plan, including the modification of the claims procedure under Section 3.8 in accordance with any regulations issued under Section 503 of ERISA. | ||
(b) | To interpret the Plan. | ||
(c) | To decide all questions concerning the Plan and the eligibility of any person to participate in the Plan, his period of participation and/or service under the Plan, his date of birth, his eligibility to accrue a benefit under the Plan and to receive a distribution from the Plan. | ||
(d) | To compute the amount of benefits which will be payable to any Participant or other person in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, and to determine the identity of the person or persons to whom such benefits will be paid. | ||
(e) | To authorize the payment of Plan benefits and to direct cessation of benefit payments. | ||
(f) | To appoint one or more investment managers to manage the investment and reinvestment of the Fund and to enter into management contracts on behalf of the Company with respect to such appointments. Unless and until the Administrator appoints an investment manager with respect to all or a specific portion of the Fund, the Trustee shall have exclusive authority to manage and control all or such portion of the Fund. | ||
(g) | To appoint, employ or engage such other agents, counsel accountants, consultants and actuaries as may be required to assist in administering the Plan. | ||
(h) | To establish procedures to determine whether a domestic relations order is a qualified domestic relations order within the meaning of Section 414(p) of the Code, to determine under such procedures whether a domestic relations order is a qualified domestic relations order and whether a putative alternate payee otherwise qualifies for benefits hereunder, to inform the parties to the order as to the effect of the order, and to direct the Trustee to hold in escrow or pay any amounts so directed to be held or paid by the order. | ||
(i) | To determine whether the Plan has incurred a partial termination. | ||
(j) | To obtain from the Employers, Employees, Participants, Spouses and Beneficiaries such information as shall be necessary for the proper administration of the Plan. |
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(k) | To perform all reporting and disclosure requirements imposed upon the Plan by ERISA, the Code or any other lawful authority. | ||
(l) | To take such steps as it, in its discretion, considers necessary and/or appropriate to remedy any inequity under the Plan that results from incorrect information received or communicated or as the consequence of administrative error including, but not limited to, recouping benefit overpayments. | ||
(m) | To correct any defect, reconcile any inconsistency or supply any omission under the Plan. | ||
(n) | To delegate its powers and duties to others in accordance with Section 3.3. | ||
(o) | To exercise such other authority and responsibility as is specifically assigned to it under the terms of the Plan or the provisions of the Administrators charter and to perform any other acts necessary to the performance of its powers and duties. | ||
The Administrator at its discretion may either request the Company or direct the Fund to pay for any or all services rendered by the Trustee and by persons appointed, employed or engaged under Section 3.2(f) or (g) or under the terms of the Trust Agreement. |
The Administrators interpretations, decisions, computations and determinations under this Section 3.2 which are made in good faith will be final and conclusive upon the Employers, all Participants and all other persons concerned. Any action taken by the Administrator with respect to the rights or benefits of any person under the Plan shall be revocable by the Administrator as to payments or distributions not theretofore made, pursuant to such action, from the Trust Fund; and appropriate adjustments may be made in future payments or distributions to a Participant, Spouse or Beneficiary to offset any excess payment or underpayment previously made to such Participant, Spouse or Beneficiary from the Trust Fund. No ruling or decision of the Administrator in any one case shall create a basis for a retroactive adjustment in any other case prior to the date of written filing of each specific claim. | ||
3.3 | Delegation of Duties | |
The Administrator may, from time to time, designate any individual to carry out any of the responsibilities of the Administrator other than the appointment of an investment manager(s). The individual so designated will have full authority or such limited |
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authority as the Administrator may specify, to take such actions as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the responsibilities assigned by the Administrator. | ||
3.4 | Administrator as Named Fiduciary | |
The Administrator will be a named fiduciary for purposes of section 402(a)(1) of ERISA with authority to control and manage the operation and administration of the Plan. | ||
3.5 | Conclusiveness of Various Documents | |
The Administrator and the Company and its directors and officers will be entitled to rely upon all tables, valuations, certificates and reports furnished by any actuary, accountant, counsel or other expert appointed, employed or engaged by the Administrator or the Company. | ||
3.6 | Actions to be Uniform | |
Any discretionary actions to be taken under the Plan by the Administrator will be nondiscriminatory and uniform with respect to all persons similarly situated. | ||
3.7 | Liability and Indemnification | |
To the full extent allowed by law, the Administrator shall not incur any liability to any Participant or Beneficiary, or to any other person, by reason of any act or failure to act on the part of the Administrator if such act or omission is not the result of the Administrators gross negligence, willful misconduct or exercise of bad faith. To the full extent allowed by law, the Company agrees to indemnify the Administrator against all liability and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and other reasonable expenses) occasioned by any act or omission to act if such act or omission is not the result of the Administrators gross negligence, willful misconduct or exercise of bad faith. Neither this Section 3.7 nor any other provision of this Plan shall be applied to invalidate, modify, or limit in any respect any contract, agreement, or arrangement for indemnifying or insuring the Administrator against, or otherwise limiting, such liability or expense, or for settlement of such liability, to the extent such contract, agreement, or arrangement is not precluded by the terms of Section 410 of ERISA. |
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3.8 | Claims Review Procedure | |
The Administrator shall be responsible for the claims procedure under the Plan. An application for a retirement benefit or other benefit under the Plan shall be considered a claim for purposes of this Section 3.8. |
(a) | Original Claim. In the event a claim of any Participant, Beneficiary, alternate payee, or other person (hereinafter referred to in this Section as the Claimant) for a benefit is partially or completely denied, the Administrator shall give, within ninety (90) days after receipt of the claim (or if special circumstances, made known to the Claimant, require an extension of time for processing the claim, within one hundred eighty (180) days after receipt of the claim), written notice of such denial to the Claimant. Such notice shall set forth, in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant, the specific reason or reasons for the denial (with reference to pertinent Plan provisions upon which the denial is based); an explanation of additional material or information, if any, necessary for the Claimant to perfect the claim; a statement of why the material or information is necessary; on and after January 1, 2002, a statement of the Claimants right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA; and an explanation of the Plans claims review procedure, including the time limits applicable to such procedure. | ||
(b) | Review of Denied Claim. |
(i) | A Claimant whose claim is partially or completely denied shall have the right to request a full and fair review of the denial by a written request delivered to the Administrator within sixty (60) days of receipt of the written notice of claim denial, or within such longer time as the Administrator, under uniform rules, determines. In such review, the Claimant or his duly authorized representative shall have the right to review, upon request and free of charge, all documents, records or other information relevant to the claim and to submit any written comments, documents, or records relating to the claim to the Administrator. | ||
(ii) | The Administrator, within sixty (60) days after the request for review, or in special circumstances, such as where the Administrator in its sole discretion holds a hearing, within one hundred twenty (120) days of the request for review, will submit its decision in writing. Such decision shall |
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take into account all comments, documents, records and other information properly submitted by the Claimant, whether or not such information was considered in the original claim determination. The decision on review will be binding on all parties, will be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant, will contain specific reasons for the decision and specific references to the pertinent Plan provisions upon which the decision is based, will indicate that the Claimant may review, upon request and free of charge, all documents, records or other information relevant to the claim and on and after January 1, 2002, will contain a statement of the Claimants right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA. | |||
(iii) | If a Claimant fails to file a claim or request for review in the manner and in accordance with the time limitations specified herein, such claim or request for review shall be waived, and the Claimant shall thereafter be barred from again asserting such claim. |
(c) | Determination by the Administrator Conclusive. The Administrators determination of factual matter relating to Participants, Beneficiaries and alternate payees including, without limitation, a Participants Credited Service, Service and any other factual matters, shall be conclusive. The Administrator and the Company and its respective officers and directors shall be entitled to rely upon all tables, valuations, certificates and reports furnished by an actuary, any accountant for the Plan, the Trustee or any investment managers and upon opinions given by any legal counsel for the Plan insofar as such reliance is consistent with ERISA. The actuary, the Trustee and other service providers may act and rely upon all information reported to them by the Administrator and/or the Company and need not inquire into the accuracy thereof nor shall be charged with any notice to the contrary. |
3.9 | Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies. | |
The exhaustion of the claims review procedure is mandatory for resolving every claim and dispute arising under the Plan. As to such claims and disputes: |
(a) | No claimant shall be permitted to commence any civil action to recover Plan benefits or to enforce or clarify rights under the Plan under Section 502 or Section 510 of ERISA or under any other provision of law, whether or not |
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statutory, until the claims review procedure set forth herein has been exhausted in its entirety; and | |||
(b) | In any such civil action all explicit and all implicit determinations by the Administrator (including, but not limited to, determinations as to whether the claim, or a request for a review of a denied claim, was timely filed) shall be afforded the maximum deference permitted by law. |
3.10 | Deadline to File Civil Action. | |
No civil action to recover Plan benefits or to enforce or clarify rights under the Plan under Section 502 or Section 510 of ERISA or under any other provision of law, whether or not statutory, may be brought by any claimant on any matter pertaining to the Plan unless the civil action is commenced in the proper forum before the earlier of: |
(a) | Thirty months after the claimant knew or reasonably should have known of the principal facts on which the claim is based; or | ||
(b) | Eighteen months after the claimant has exhausted the claims review procedure. |
3.11 | Waiver of Participation | |
It is the purpose of this Plan to provide for the accrual of retirement benefits for all Covered Employees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Covered Employee may waive participation in this Plan by executing a Waiver of Participation on a form provided by the Administrator for such purpose. Any Waiver of Participation shall be effective for the Plan Year in which it is executed and shall be irrevocable. During any Plan Year for which a Waiver of Participation is in effect, no Service, Credited Service or Compensation shall be recognized under the Plan for the Employee and the Employee shall be considered as other than a Covered Employee.. |
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4.1 | Service | |
Service shall be used to determine a Participants vested rights under the Plan. An Employee shall receive Service for the period of time between his Date of Hire and his Date of Severance, provided that no Service shall be received for the period of continued absence between the first and second anniversary of the date of first absence from work by reason of a Maternity or Paternity Absence. Service shall be counted for full years only. Service shall include any prior periods of Service that are reinstated in accordance with Section 4.3 below. Service shall include any Period of Severance which has continued for less than one year. | ||
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Service (but not Credited Service) shall include periods of absence granted under The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, to the extent of the minimum service credit required by said Act. | ||
4.2 | Credited Service | |
Credited Service shall be used to compute the amount of a Participants benefit and to determine a Participants eligibility for an early retirement and a disability retirement under the Plan. Credited Service shall be based on Service but shall not include (i) any period of Service in which a Participant is not a Covered Employee, and (ii) any Period of Severance; provided, however, that a Participants Credited Service shall include that Credited Service accumulated during the period in which the Participant is eligible for a disability retirement pension (as determined under Sections 5.3, 6.3 and 7.2 hereof). Solely for purposes of computing the amount of a Participants benefit under Section 6.1 and subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, Credited Service shall include a year of credit for any fraction of a year of Service. | ||
4.3 | Loss and Reinstatement of Service | |
In the event a Participant incurs a Date of Severance prior to his becoming eligible for a retirement benefit or deferred vested pension under the Plan, he shall be deemed to receive a distribution equal to the actuarial equivalent value of the entire vested pension earned through his Date of Severance. In such a case, the Participant shall lose his Service and Credited Service and his Accrued Pension shall be forfeited as of such date of deemed distribution. If such individual is subsequently reemployed as a Covered Employee, the individual, after again completing one year of Service, shall be |
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considered a Plan Participant retroactively as of such date of reemployment and have his forfeited Service, Credited Service and Accrued Pension reinstated if his last Period of Severance is less than the greater of: |
(a) | five years, or | ||
(b) | the Participants forfeited Service (including any periods of Service previously reinstated under the provisions of this Section 4.3 or its predecessor). |
4.4 | Transfer To Other Employment | |
Upon the transfer of a Participant covered by the Plan to other employment with an Employer or Affiliate whereby he ceases to be a Covered Employee hereunder, his Accrued Pension based on his Credited Service and Final Average Earnings as of the transfer date shall be frozen and Credited Service shall cease to accrue for purposes of the Plan. In the event such Participant remains in the employment of an Employer until such time as, except for such transfer, he would have met the age, service and/or other eligibility requirements for any pension under the Plan, such frozen Accrued Pension shall become payable in accordance with the appropriate provisions of the Plan as in effect on the date of transfer. | ||
4.5 | Transfer From Other Employment | |
Upon transfer or retransfer of an individual from other employment with an Employer or Affiliate such that the individual becomes a Covered Employee hereunder, his years of Service as otherwise computed under this Article IV will include the period of his employment with an Employer or Affiliate prior to such transfer or retransfer for the purpose of meeting the vesting requirements under this Plan; provided, however, that only years of Credited Service acquired while employed as a Covered Employee covered under this Plan shall be used to compute the amount of any pension under this Plan. |
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5.1 | Normal Retirement | |
A Participant whose employment with an Employer and all Affiliates is terminated when or after he attains Normal Retirement Age shall be eligible for a normal retirement pension in the amount as provided in Section 6.1 hereof. A Participants right to his normal retirement pension shall be nonforfeitable upon the attainment of his Normal Retirement Age provided he is an Employee on such date. A Participant continuing in employment with an Employer after his Normal Retirement Date in a capacity such that he completes 40 or more Hours of Service per month will be provided with a notice incorporating the substance of the notification described in Section 2530.203-3(b)(4) of the Code of Federal Regulations. Such notice shall include a statement that the Participants pension will be suspended and permanently withheld for months in which he completes 40 or more Hours of Service. Any benefit accrual earned by a Participant for any given Plan Year ending on or after the date on which the Participant attains Normal Retirement Age shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount of any actuarial adjustment which may be required in connection with a delay in payment of a Participants normal retirement benefit or the suspension of benefits otherwise payable after the Participant attains Normal Retirement Age. | ||
5.2 | Early Retirement | |
A Participant with 15 or more years of Credited Service whose employment with an Employer and all Affiliates is terminated when or after he reaches the age of 55 but prior to the attainment of his Normal Retirement Age, shall be eligible for an early retirement pension in the amount as provided in Section 6.2 hereof. | ||
5.3 | Disability Retirement | |
A Participant whose status as a Covered Employee is terminated due to his Total and Permanent Disability after 15 or more years of Credited Service and who is eligible for and receiving disability benefits under the Erie Insurance Group Long Term Disability Income Benefits Program shall be eligible for a disability retirement pension in an amount as provided in Section 6.3 hereof beginning at his Normal Retirement Date or later disability retirement date providing he remains subject to a Total and Permanent Disability and receives said disability income benefits continuously through his Normal Retirement Age or later disability retirement date. |
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5.4 | Vesting | |
A Participant with 5 years or more of Service and whose employment with an Employer and all Affiliates is terminated at a time when he is ineligible for any retirement pension under the Plan shall be eligible for a deferred vested pension as computed under Section 6.4. | ||
If a Participant is reemployed as a Covered Employee by an Employer after having qualified for a deferred vested pension in accordance with this Section 5.4, such Participant shall retain his right to receive such deferred vested pension and he shall be reinstated with the Service and Credited Service to which he was entitled at the time of his prior termination of employment. Any benefits to which the Participant may be entitled upon his subsequent retirement or termination of employment shall be reduced actuarially, as provided in Section 7.4, to reflect any deferred vested pension benefits paid prior to reemployment. |
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6.1 | Normal Retirement Pension | |
Subject to the provisions of Articles VII and X, the monthly pension of a Participant who is eligible for a normal retirement pension under the provisions of Section 5.1 (as stated in the form of a life annuity) shall be one-twelfth (1/12) of the result obtained by multiplying the sum of (a) and (b) by (c), where: |
(a) | equals 1.0% of the Participants Final Average Earnings not in excess of Social Security Covered Compensation; | ||
(b) | equals 1.5% of the Participants Final Average Earnings in excess of Social Security Covered Compensation; and | ||
(c) | equals the Participants Credited Service not in excess of 30 years. |
In no event shall the overall permitted disparity limits of Section 1.401(l)-5 of the Income Tax Regulations be exceeded. | ||
6.2 | Early Retirement Pension | |
Subject to the provisions of Articles VII and X, the monthly early retirement pension of a Participant eligible for an early retirement pension under the provisions of Section 5.2 shall be, at the option of the Participant, either (a) or (b) as set forth below: |
(a) | A deferred pension, commencing as of the Participants Normal Retirement Date, equal to the amount of pension, determined under Section 6.1, to which he is entitled based upon his Credited Service and Final Average Earnings as of his date of early retirement and the level of Social Security Covered Compensation in effect on such date. | ||
(b) | An immediate pension, commencing as of any month following the month in which such Participant retires early, determined as provided in (a) above, but reduced by 1/4 of 1 percent for each complete calendar month up to 60 such months and by 3/8ths of 1 percent for each complete calendar month in excess of 60 months, by which his early retirement pension commencement date precedes his Normal Retirement Date. |
6.3 | Disability Retirement Pension | |
Subject to the provisions of Articles VII and X, a Participant eligible for disability benefits under the provisions of Section 5.3 shall receive a disability retirement pension beginning as of his Normal Retirement Date. Such disability retirement pension shall be in an amount determined in accordance with Section 6.1 assuming that: |
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(a) | Service and Credited Service are granted for each calendar year (and part thereof) during which he continues to be subject to a Total and Permanent Disability, and | ||
(b) | his Compensation continues unchanged from the calendar year including his date of disability to the calendar year including his Normal Retirement Age, and | ||
(c) | his Social Security Covered Compensation is based on the level in effect at the time he becomes disabled. |
6.4 | Deferred Pension Upon Termination of Service | |
Subject to the provisions of Articles VII and X, the monthly pension, commencing as of Normal Retirement Date, of a former Covered Employee whose employment with an Employer and Affiliates has terminated after he has become eligible for a deferred vested pension in accordance with Section 5.4, shall be equal to the pension such Participant would have been entitled to under Section 6.2(a) as of his termination of employment, multiplied by a vesting percentage determined in accordance with the table immediately below: |
Years of Service | Vesting Percentage | |||
Less than 5 |
0 | % | ||
5 or more |
100 | % |
Except as otherwise provided under Section 8.1, any Participant having less than five years of Service at the time of his death or other termination of employment with the Employers or an Affiliate shall have no vested rights under this Plan and neither he nor his Spouse or Beneficiary shall be entitled to any benefits under this Plan. | ||
A former Covered Employee who is eligible for a deferred vested pension and who is credited with 15 or more years of Credited Service may elect (by written application) to commence his deferred vested pension in a reduced amount at any time between the ages of 55 and 65, in which case the monthly pension amount as determined above shall be reduced in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of Section 6.2 based on the number of months that his Annuity Starting Date precedes his Normal Retirement Date. |
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6.5 | Increase in Pension for Certain Retired Participants |
(a) | Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article VI and effective for Plan payments made on or after January 1, 1996, the monthly pension payable to a Qualified Pensioner (or to the Beneficiary of a Qualified Pensioner) shall be increased by the greater of five percent (5%) or twenty dollars ($20.00). For purposes of this subsection (a), a Qualified Pensioner means a Participant who retired under the normal retirement, early retirement, or disability retirement provisions of the Plan prior to January 1, 1994. | ||
(b) | Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article VI and effective for Plan payments made on or after January 1, 1999, the monthly pension payable to a Qualified Pensioner (or to the Beneficiary of a Qualified Pensioner) shall be increased by the greater of four percent (4%) or fifteen dollars ($15.00). For purposes of this subsection (b), a Qualified Pensioner means a Participant who retired under the normal retirement, early retirement, or disability retirement provisions of the Plan and commenced Plan payment prior to January 1, 1997. |
6.6 | Offset of Accruals by Plan Distributions | |
In the event distribution of benefits commence to an employed Participant pursuant to Section 7.10 or for any other reason after the employed Participant has attained his Normal Retirement Age, any increase in the Participants monthly benefit which accrues in any Plan Year in which such distribution is made shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the Actuarial Equivalent of total Plan benefit distributions made to such Participant by the close of such Plan Year. | ||
6.7 | Non-Duplication of Benefits |
(a) | There shall be no duplication of any retirement benefit or deferred vested pension benefit payable under this Plan, and any pension or retirement benefit payable under any other qualified defined benefit pension, retirement, or similar plan to which an Employer or predecessor Employer of the particular Participant has contributed, based upon the same period of service. Unless such other benefits are clearly intended to be in addition to benefits under this Plan, the Administrator shall make or cause to be made appropriate adjustments in the retirement benefit or deferred vested pension benefit payable under this Plan in respect to any Participant to carry out the provisions of this paragraph. |
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(b) | No benefit shall be payable to any Participant under more than one Section of the Plan for the same period of time. No retirement benefit or deferred vested pension benefit shall be paid to any Participant while he is receiving benefits under a long-term disability benefit contract or plan to which an Employer or Affiliate has contributed. |
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7.1 | Normal and Early Retirement Pensions |
(a) | Any normal or early retirement pension shall be payable to a retired Participant who has applied therefor in accordance with the rules established by the Administrator, commencing as of the later of the Participants Normal Retirement Date or the first day of the month next following the date as of which the Participant makes proper application to commence retirement payments. A Participant who is eligible for an early retirement pension may elect payment prior to Normal Retirement Date and receive a reduced pension under the provisions of Section 6.2. Subject to Sections 7.10(b) and 11.12, a Participant who fails to elect such payment as provided in this Section 7.1 will be deemed to have made an election to defer distribution. | ||
(b) | Subject to Sections 7.8 and 7.10, a normal or early retirement pension shall be payable monthly for the remaining life of such retired Participant. The last payment to the retired Participant under this form shall be for the month in which the death of such retired Participant occurs. However, if the retired Participant duly accepted the Automatic Surviving Spouses Pension as set forth in Section 7.5 or elected an optional form of pension in Section 7.7 and is receiving his retirement pension pursuant to such election, then any pension payments to him and his surviving Spouse or Beneficiary shall be as set forth in Section 7.5 or 7.7, whichever applicable. |
7.2 | Disability Retirement Pension | |
A disability retirement pension shall be payable to a disabled Participant who has applied therefor in accordance with the rules established by the Administrator, commencing as of the Participants Normal Retirement Date or later disability retirement date (or, if later, commencing as of the first day of the month next following the date as of which application for the disability retirement pension was made), provided the Participant has remained continuously disabled (within the meaning of Section 5.3) up to his Normal Retirement Date or later disability retirement date. | ||
To ascertain whether a Participant retains his eligibility for a disability retirement pension, the Participant may be required by the Administrator to submit to a medical examination at any time prior to his Normal Retirement Age, but not more often than semi-annually. If it is determined by the Administrator that the Participant is no longer |
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disabled (within the meaning of Section 5.3) on the basis of such an examination, or that he has engaged or is engaging in gainful employment (except for purposes of rehabilitation approved by the Administrator), or that prior to his Normal Retirement Age he ceases to be eligible for disability benefits under the Social Security Act, then his eligibility for a disability retirement pension will end and, his Credited Service accumulated to that time shall be reinstated, whether or not the Participant returns to employment as a Covered Employee. Such Participant shall be eligible for a retirement or deferred vested pension, based on such Credited Service, under the provisions of Section 5.1, 5.2, or 5.4. | ||
If a participant who is disabled (within the meaning of Section 5.3) chooses to begin a retirement or deferred vested pension prior to his Normal Retirement Date and prior to a determination by the Administration that he is no longer disabled, the retirement or deferred vested pension shall be based on the Participants Credited Service as of his termination of employment due to disability. | ||
In the event a Participant who is otherwise eligible for a disability retirement pension refuses to submit to a medical examination as required by the Administrator, all his rights to a disability retirement pension hereunder shall cease until he submits to such examination. | ||
Subject to Section 7.8, a disability pension shall be payable monthly for the remaining life of such retired Participant. The last payment to the retired Participant under this form shall be for the month in which the death of such retired Participant occurs. However, if the Participant duly accepted the Automatic Surviving Spouses Pension as set forth in Section 7.5 or elected an optional form of pension in Section 7.7 and is receiving his retirement pension pursuant to such election, then any pension payments to him and his surviving Spouse or Beneficiary shall be as set forth in Section 7.5 or 7.7, whichever applicable. |
7.3 | Deferred Vested Pension | |
A deferred vested pension shall be payable to a Participant who has met the criteria provided in Section 5.4 and who has applied therefore in accordance with rules established by the Administrator, commencing as of the later of the Participants Normal Retirement Date, or the first day of the month next following the date as of which the Participant makes proper application to commence payment. A Participant |
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who has at least 15 years of Credited Service as of his termination of employment may elect to commence payment as of the first day of any month between the age of 55 and his Normal Retirement Date in accordance with an eligible Participants election to receive a reduced amount under the provisions of Section 6.4. Subject to Sections 7.10(b) and 11.12, a Participant who fails to elect payment as provided in this Section 7.3 will be deemed to have made an election to defer distribution. Subject to Section 7.8, a deferred vested pension shall be payable monthly for the remaining life of the Participant. The last payment to the Participant under this form shall be for the month in which the death of such Participant occurs. However, if the Participant duly elected the Automatic Surviving Spouses Pension as set forth in Section 7.5 or elected an optional form of pension in Section 7.7 and is receiving his deferred vested pension pursuant to such election, then any pension payments to him and his surviving Spouse or Beneficiary shall be as set forth in Section 7.5 or 7.7, whichever applicable. | ||
7.4 | Reemployment of a Retired Participant | |
The pension payable to any Participant receiving retirement benefits or deferred vested pension benefits shall cease and be permanently withheld if and when such Participant is reemployed by an Employer; provided, however, that no pension shall be withheld by the Plan pursuant to this Section 7.4 for any month during which such reemployed Participant has been employed in a classification which is not covered under the Plan or during which such Participant fails to complete 40 or more Hours of Service. In addition, no payment shall be withheld by the Plan pursuant to this Section 7.4 unless the Plan notifies the reemployed Participant that his benefits are suspended by personal delivery or first class mail before or during the first calendar month in which the Plan withholds payments. Such notification shall contain a description of the specific reasons why benefit payments are being suspended, a general description of the Plan provisions relating to the suspension of payments, a copy of such provisions, and a statement to the effect that applicable Department of Labor regulations may be found in Section 2530.203-3 of the Code of Federal Regulations. In addition, the suspension notification shall inform the reemployed Participant of the Companys procedure for affording a review of the suspension of benefits. | ||
The retirement or deferred vested pension shall resume with the month following subsequent retirement or termination of employment. Any retirement or deferred vested pension payable upon such subsequent retirement or termination shall be determined as provided in Article VI on the basis of the Participants Credited Service, Final Average |
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Earnings and Social Security Covered Compensationat the time of his subsequent retirement or termination; provided, however, that such retirement or deferred vested pension shall be reduced by the actuarial equivalent of the retirement or deferred vested pension benefits, if any, that the Participant received prior to the suspension of payment as provided hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall a Participants retirement or deferred vested pension payable following his subsequent retirement or termination be less than that retirement or deferred vested pension payable to the Participant prior to his reemployment. In the determination of the Final Average Earnings of a Participant who is reemployed and who again becomes an active Participant, the thirty-six month period to be considered shall be the number of months in such period of reemployment prior to his subsequent date of retirement or termination, plus such number of months immediately prior to his earlier retirement or termination as shall total thirty-six months. | ||
7.5 | Automatic Surviving Spouses Pension | |
A married Participant who is eligible to commence payments pursuant to the normal, early or disability retirement provisions of the Plan or pursuant to the deferred vested pension provisions of the Plan and whose benefit may not be paid under the provisions of Section 7.8 shall automatically be deemed to have elected, at the commencement dates otherwise specified herein, an immediate monthly pension during his lifetime with the provision that, following his death, a monthly survivors pension equal to 50 percent of his reduced pension shall be payable to his surviving Spouse during the further lifetime of the Spouse (the Automatic Surviving Spouses Pension). Such pension shall be actuarially equivalent to an immediate single life annuity. The automatic election provided in this Section 7.5 shall become effective as of the Participants Annuity Starting Date. | ||
An unmarried Participant who retires pursuant to the normal, early or disability retirement provisions of the Plan or pursuant to the deferred vested pension provisions of the Plan and whose benefit may not be paid under the provisions of Section 7.8 shall automatically be deemed to have elected a monthly pension payable for his lifetime as a single life annuity. | ||
A Participant may prevent the automatic election provided in this Section 7.5 at any time within the applicable election period (as hereafter defined) by executing a specific written rejection of such an election on a form approved by the Administrator |
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and filing it with the Administrator; provided that such rejection shall not take effect unless the Participants Spouse, if applicable, consents to such rejection in accordance with Section 7.6 of the Plan. Any election to revoke the Automatic Surviving Spouses Pension and any Spouses consent thereto must specify the particular optional form of benefit elected by the Participant and, if applicable, must state the specific non-Spouse Beneficiary or Beneficiaries (including any class of Beneficiaries or any contingent Beneficiaries) who may be entitled to any benefits upon the Participants death. Any subsequent change in optional form of benefit or in a non-Spouse Beneficiary selected shall be valid only if accompanied by the written and witnessed consent of the Participants Spouse in the manner described in Section 7.6. | ||
During the period beginning no more than 180 days and ending no less than 30 days prior to the Participants Annuity Starting Date, the Administrator shall furnish to the Participant a written general description of the automatic election provided in this Section 7.5. The general description shall include a written explanation of the Participants and Spouses rights under the Automatic Surviving Spouses Pension, including the availability and effect of the election to reject the Automatic Surviving Spouses Pension. Such description shall also provide information as to the material features of the optional forms of benefit as well as a brief explanation of their relative values as compared to the Automatic Surviving Spouses Pension. In addition, in the event the Participants Annuity Starting Date is prior to his attainment of Normal Retirement Age, such description shall inform the Participant of his right to defer commencement of the Plan distribution (including, for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 2006, a description of the consequences of failing to defer commencement). A Participant may make and revoke his written rejection of an Automatic Surviving Spouses Option at any time and any number of times within the applicable election period. The applicable election period shall commence 180 days prior to the Participants Annuity Starting Date and shall end on the Participants Annuity Starting Date. Distribution to the Participant may commence after seven days have elapsed from the date the Administrator provides the written description provided that the Participant has received information that clearly indicates his right to at least 30 days to consider the contents of the description, the Participant affirmatively elects distribution and any required spousal consent is satisfied. | ||
A Participant who retires pursuant to the normal, early or disability retirement provisions of the Plan or pursuant to the deferred vested pension provisions of the Plan |
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and who is entitled, under such provisions, to a pension with a lump sum actuarial equivalent value not in excess of $5,000 shall receive his pension in accordance with Section 7.8 hereof. |
7.6 | Requirement for Spouse Consent | |
Any election of a married Participant under Sections 7.5 and 7.7 (other than an election to revoke a rejection of the Automatic Surviving Spouses Pension under Section 7.5) shall require the consent of the Participants Spouse unless it is established to the satisfaction of the Administrator that the consent required under this Section 7.6 may not be obtained: |
(a) | because there is no Spouse or because the Spouse cannot be located, | ||
(b) | because the Participant is legally separated from the Spouse, | ||
(c) | because the Participant has been abandoned by his Spouse (within the meaning of local law) and such Participant has a court order to that effect, or | ||
(d) | because of such other circumstances as the Secretary of the Treasury may by regulations prescribe. |
Any consent by a Spouse shall be in writing acknowledging the effect of such election or revocation and witnessed by a notary public or such Plan representatives as may be designated for this purpose by the Administrator. Any Spouses consent (or establishment that the Spouses consent may not be obtained) shall be effective only with respect to such Spouse. |
7.7 | Optional Forms of Pensions | |
In lieu of a benefit in the form of payment determined in Section 7.5, a Participant may, with the consent of his Spouse as described in Section 7.6, elect an actuarially equivalent benefit described below. This election is effective as of a Participants Annuity Starting Date. |
(a) | Option A: 10-Year Certain and Life Option A reduced monthly retirement income is payable to the Participant during his remaining lifetime, and upon his death prior to receiving payment for a period equivalent to 120 months, monthly payments of the same reduced amount will be made to his Beneficiary until the number of monthly payments made to the Beneficiary, when added to the number of monthly payments made to the Participant, is equivalent to 120 monthly payments. | ||
(b) | Option B: 15-year Certain and Life Option A reduced monthly retirement income is payable to the Participant during his remaining lifetime, and upon his |
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death prior to receiving payment for a period equivalent to 180 months, monthly payments of the same reduced amount will be made to his Beneficiary until the number of monthly payments made to the Beneficiary, when added to the number of monthly payments made to the Participant, is equivalent to 180 monthly payments. | |||
(c) | Option C: 50% Joint and Survivor Option a reduced monthly retirement income is payable to the Participant for his remaining lifetime, and upon his death, monthly income of 50% of such reduced monthly income previously paid to the Participant shall be paid to his Beneficiary for as long thereafter as that person shall live. | ||
(d) | Option D: 75% Joint and Survivor Option effective for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 2007, a reduced monthly retirement income is payable to the Participant for his remaining lifetime, and upon his death, monthly income of 75% of such reduced monthly income previously paid to the Participant shall be paid to his Beneficiary for as long thereafter as that person shall live. | ||
(e) | Option E: 100% Joint and Survivor Option a reduced monthly retirement income is payable to the Participant for his remaining lifetime, and upon his death, monthly income of 100% of such reduced monthly income previously paid to the Participant shall be paid to his Beneficiary for as long thereafter as that person shall live. | ||
(f) | Option F: Joint and Survivor Pop-Up Option a reduced monthly retirement income is payable to the Participant for his remaining lifetime, and upon his death, monthly income of either 50% or 100% (as elected by the Participant) of such reduced monthly income previously paid to the Participant shall be paid to the Participants Spouse for as long thereafter as such Spouse shall live; provided, however, that in the event the Spouse of the Participant predeceases the Participant and such Spouses death occurs within 60 months of the Participants Annuity Starting Date, the provisions of Section 7.12 shall apply. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary (i) the Joint and Survivor Pop-Up Option shall be available only with respect to a Participant who has retired under the normal retirement provisions of Section 5.1 or the early retirement provisions of Section 5.2, and (ii) actuarial equivalence of a benefit payable under the Joint and Survivor Pop-Up Option shall be determined under Section 11.6; provided, however, that in the event an annuity contract is purchased from an insurance company with respect to such benefit, actuarial equivalence shall thereafter be determined by reference to the specific annuity |
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contract which will be purchased by the Plan to provide the monthly retirement income payable under this form of payment. |
Election of these options must be made during the applicable election period described in Section 7.5. Except to the extent otherwise provided under Section 8.4, if either the Participant or his Beneficiary dies after the election of an option is made but before the Annuity Starting Date such option will not become effective. If the Beneficiary shall die after commencement of the joint and survivor pension, but before the death of the retired Participant, the Participant shall continue to receive the reduced pension payable in accordance with such option. An option may be cancelled by the Participant prior to the Annuity Starting Date. The effect of such cancellation shall be to reinstate the life annuity specified in Section 7.1, 7.2 or 7.3, whichever applicable, or, if the Participant is married, the Automatic Surviving Spouses Pension under Section 7.5 (in which case any subsequent option election must satisfy the requirements of Section 7.5). Except to the extent expressly permitted under the Plan, no election regarding an optional form of payment may be made by a Participant following the Participants Annuity Starting Date. If the Beneficiary designated by a Participant in connection with the election of an optional form of benefit is not the Spouse of the Participant, then the election shall be effective only if the minimum distribution incidental benefit requirements of Section 1.401(a)(9)-6 of the Income Tax Regulations are satisfied with respect to such distribution. |
7.8 | Payment of Small Pension |
(a) | Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, if the actuarial equivalent present value of any retirement benefit, deferred vested pension or survivor benefit does not exceed $5,000 such benefit shall be paid as soon as practicable in a lump sum equal to such present value. No lump sum payments shall be made if the actuarial equivalent present value of the benefit is in excess of this threshold. | ||
(b) | Effective for any distribution to a Participant under this Section 7.8 on and after March 28, 2005, the lump sum payment described above shall be made on the conditions that the Participant is alive as of the applicable Annuity Starting Date and, except as otherwise provided in this subsection (b), that the Participant affirmatively elects payment in cash or as a Direct Rollover (as defined in Section 7.11). No further election or consent shall be required or permitted with respect to such distribution. Effective for any distribution to a Participant under this Section 7.8 on and after February 1, 2006, if the Participant fails to affirmatively |
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elect payment in cash or as a Direct Rollover within the 60-day period following the Administrators distribution of the Direct Rollover explanation and election, as applicable to a benefit with an actuarial equivalent present value in excess of $1,000, the Administrator shall direct distribution of the lump sum payment in the form of a Direct Rollover to an individual retirement plan or annuity selected by the Administrator. If the actuarial equivalent present value of the retirement benefit or deferred vested pension does not exceed $1,000 as of the applicable Annuity Starting Date and the Participant fails to make a cash/Direct Rollover election within such 60-day period, the Plan shall pay such benefit in the form of an actuarial equivalent cash lump sum as soon as practicable following the expiration of such 60-day period. | |||
(c) | The actuarial equivalent present value of a retirement benefit, deferred vested pension or survivor benefit shall be calculated and paid on the basis of the applicable mortality table, as defined in Section 417(e)(3)(B) of the Code, and the applicable interest rate, as defined in Section 417(e)(3)(C) of the Code, for the second calendar month preceding the month in which the distribution is payable (and, for Plan Years beginning before December 31, 2012, reflecting the phase-in applicable under Section 417(e)(3)(D) of the Code); provided, however, that in the event the Alternative Present Value (as hereinafter defined) of the applicable benefit is a larger amount, such larger amount shall be paid (provided such Alternative Present Value calculation does not exceed $5,000). For purposes of this Section 7.8, the Alternative Present Value of a retirement benefit, deferred vested pension or survivor benefit shall be based on the Accrued Pension earned by the Participant at the earlier of his termination of employment, or December 30, 1995, determined by using the UP-1984 mortality table (reflecting a one-year setback for Participants and a two-year setback for Beneficiaries) and a 6% interest rate. | ||
(d) | The provisions of this Section 7.8 shall likewise apply to any Participant who terminates his employment with an Employer and all Affiliates prior to his completion of such period of Service as is required for a deferred vested pension under the Plan. In such case the terminated Participant shall be deemed to receive a lump sum distribution of the actuarial equivalent present value of his entire vested pension as of his date of termination of employment. Subject to Section 7.9 hereof, a Participant who receives a distribution (or deemed distribution) under this Section 7.8 shall lose his Credited Service (and Service, in the case of a deemed distribution) under the Plan, shall forfeit his nonvested Accrued Pension |
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and shall no longer be considered a Participant hereunder after such date of distribution (or deemed distribution). |
7.9 | Repayment of Cashout on Reemployment | |
Notwithstanding any provision of Section 7.8 to the contrary, in the event a Participant described in Section 7.8 receives a distribution described thereunder and is subsequently reemployed by an Employer as a Covered Employee, such Participants Credited Service and Accrued Pension earned before his termination of employment shall be reinstated for all purposes of the Plan if the Participant repays to the Plan the full amount of his distribution with interest, compounded annually from the date of distribution to December 30, 1988 at the rate of five percent (5%) per annum and from December 31, 1988 to the date of repayment at the rate determined for each Plan Year within such period under Section 411(c)(2)(C) of the Code. With respect to a former Participant who has been deemed to receive a distribution of his entire vested pension upon his termination of employment in accordance with Section 7.8(d), such individual shall be deemed to have repaid such distribution, with interest, as of his date of rehire and such Participants Service, Credited Service and Accrued Pension earned before his termination of employment shall be reinstated as of such date. For purposes of the foregoing, the period in which the Participants repayment or deemed repayment must occur shall end on the earlier of the fifth anniversary of the Participants reemployment or the date on which the Participants Period of Severance extends to five consecutive years. | ||
7.10 | Delay in Commencement of Pension Payments |
(a) | Unless the Participant otherwise elects, payment of any pension under the provisions of this Article VII shall commence as of a date that is no later than 60 days after the later of the close of the Plan Year during which a Participant: (i) attains his Normal Retirement Age or, (ii) terminates his employment with an Employer and Affiliates. A Participant who has terminated employment with an Employer and Affiliates may not affirmatively elect to defer payment of any retirement or deferred vested benefit beyond the Participants Normal Retirement Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing and subject to Sections 7.10(b) and 11.12, the failure of a Participant, surviving Spouse or Beneficiary to properly complete and file the required application materials shall be deemed to be an election to defer commencement of payment. No payment under the Plan will be increased on account of any delay in payment due to a Participants or Beneficiarys failure |
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to properly file the required application forms or to otherwise accept such payment. No payment to an alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order may be made before the affected Participants earliest retirement age under the Code. |
(b) | Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of the Plan and effective January 1, 2003, all distributions under the Plan shall be made in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(9), including the incidental death benefit requirement of Code Section 401(a)(9)(G), and Sections 1.401(a)(9)-1 through 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Income Tax Regulations. Specifically, distribution of the Participants interest shall: |
(i) | be completed no later than the Required Beginning Date; or | ||
(ii) | commence not later than the Required Beginning Date with distribution to the Participant made over the life of the Participant or joint lives of the Participant and a designated Beneficiary or a period not longer than the life of the Participant or joint lives of the Participant and a designated Beneficiary. |
For purposes of this Section 7.10, Required Beginning Date shall mean April 1 of the calendar year following the later of the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 701/2 or the calendar year in which the Participant terminates employment or retires; provided, however, if the Participant is a five-percent owner (as defined in Section 416 of the Code), the Required Beginning Date shall be April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 701/2, regardless of the date that the five-percent owner terminates employment or retires. In the case of a Participant who terminates employment or retires in a calendar year after the calendar year in which he attains age 701/2 and who has not commenced payments as of the first day of such later calendar year, the Plan benefit accrued by the Participant shall be actuarially increased, to the extent required by regulations, to take into account the period (commencing on the April 1st of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 701/2 and ending on the date payment commences) during which the Participant did not receive any benefits under the Plan; provided, however, that such actuarial increase, to the extent permitted by regulations, shall reduce the benefit accrual otherwise occurring during such period. |
(c) | In the event that a Participant dies prior to the date that distribution commences: |
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(i) | any portion of the Participants interest that is not payable to a designated Beneficiary shall be distributed not later than the end of the calendar year which includes the fifth anniversary of the date of the Participants death; and | ||
(ii) | any portion of the Participants interest that is payable to a designated Beneficiary shall be distributed in accordance with subsection (i) above or over the life of the designated Beneficiary (or over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of the Beneficiary), commencing not later than the end of the calendar year following the calendar year of the Participants death or, if the Beneficiary is the Participants surviving Spouse, commencing not later than the last day of the later of the calendar year in which the Participant would have attained age 701/2 or the calendar year following the calendar year which includes the date of the Participants death. |
(d) | In the event that a Participant dies after distribution of his interest has begun, but prior to distribution of his entire interest, the remaining portion of such interest shall be distributed in a method that is at least a rapid as the method in effect at the date of the Participants death. |
7.11 | Direct Rollover of Eligible Rollover Distributions. |
Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, a Distributee may elect, subject to provisions adopted by the Administrator which shall be consistent with income tax regulations, to have any portion of an Eligible Rollover Distribution paid directly to an Eligible Retirement Plan specified by the Distributee in a Direct Rollover to such plan. The Administrator shall notify a Distributee of his right to elect a Direct Rollover. Such notice shall be provided to the Distributee between 30 days and 180 days prior to the Distributees Annuity Starting Date. A Distributees affirmative election to make or not make a Direct Rollover may be implemented by the Administrator less than 30 days after the Distributee receives such notice of his Direct Rollover rights, but only if the Administrator notifies the Distributee that he has the right to consider the decision of whether or not to elect a Direct Rollover for up to 30 days. For purposes of this Section: |
(a) | The term Distributee shall mean an Employee or former Employee. In addition, such an individuals surviving Spouse or such an individuals Spouse or former Spouse who is an alternate payee within the meaning of Section 414(p)(8) of the Code are Distributees with respect to the interest of the Spouse or former Spouse. |
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With respect to distributions made on or after December 31, 2009, a Distributee shall also include an Employees or former Employees Beneficiary who is not the Employees or former Employees Spouse. | |||
(b) | The term Eligible Rollover Distribution shall mean any distribution of all or any portion of the balance to the credit of the Distributee other than: (i) any distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal periodic payments made for the life (or life expectancy) of the Distributee or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of the Distributee and his Beneficiary, or for a specified period of ten years or more; (ii) any distribution to the extent such distribution is required under Section 401(a)(9) of the Code; and, (iii) any portion of a hardship withdrawal. In addition, a portion of a distribution shall not fail to be an Eligible Rollover Distribution merely because the portion consists of after-tax employee contributions which are not includible in gross income. However, such portion may be paid only to an individual retirement account or annuity described in Section 408(a) or (b) of the Code, respectively, or (for distributions on and after January 1, 2008) to a Roth IRA described in Section 408A of the Code, to a qualified trust defined in Section 401(a) of the Code, or to an annuity contract described in Section 403(b) of the Code provided such account, annuity, IRA, trust or annuity contract agrees to separately account for amounts so transferred, including separately accounting for the portion of such distribution which is includible in gross income and the portion of such distribution which is not so includible. | ||
An Eligible Rollover Distribution with respect to a Distributee who is not the Employees or former Employees Spouse must be made by a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer. | |||
(c) | The term Eligible Retirement Plan shall mean an individual retirement account described in Section 408(a) of the Code, an individual retirement annuity described in Section 408(b) of the Code, an annuity described in Section 403(a) of the Code, an annuity described in Section 403(b) of the Code, an eligible plan under Section 457(b) of the Code which is maintained by a state or a political subdivision of a state and which agrees to separately account for amounts transferred, a qualified trust described in Section 401(a) of the Code, and for periods on and after January 1, 2008, a Roth IRA under Section 408A of the Code, that accepts the Distributees Eligible Rollover Distribution. However, in the case of an Eligible Rollover Distribution: (i) that includes after-tax employee contributions, an Eligible Retirement Plan is an individual retirement account or |
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annuity described in Section 408(a) or (b) of the Code, or a qualified defined contribution plan or annuity described in Section 401(a) or 403(a) of the Code that agrees to separately account for such Eligible Rollover Distributions, including separately accounting for the portion of such distribution which is includible in gross income and the portion of such distribution which is not so includible, (ii) that includes a Designated Roth Account, an Eligible Retirement Plan is an individual retirement plan described in Section 408A of the Code or a qualified defined contribution plan described in Section 401(a) of the Code that agrees to separately account for such Eligible Rollover Distribution, including separately accounting for the portion of such distribution which is includible in gross income and the potion of such distribution which is not so includible, and (iii) that is made on behalf of a Distributee who is not the Employees or former Employees Spouse, an Eligible Retirement Plan shall mean an individual retirement account described in Section 408(a) of the Code or an individual retirement annuity described in Section 408(b) of the Code established for the purpose of receiving a distribution on behalf of a Beneficiary, which will be treated as an inherited IRA pursuant to Section 402(c)(11) of the Code. | |||
(d) | The term Direct Rollover shall mean a payment by the Plan to the Eligible Retirement Plan specified by the Distributee. |
7.12 | Change to Pension Payments in Connection with Qualifying Event. |
(a) | In the event an Eligible Retiree (as hereinafter defined) experiences a Qualifying Event (as hereinafter defined), the provisions of this Section 7.12 shall apply, provided that the Eligible Retiree furnishes the Administrator with reasonable notice of the Qualifying Event within 120 days of the Qualifying Event and provides such further information applicable hereunder as the Administrator may reasonably require. For purposes of this Section: |
(i) | Eligible Retiree shall mean a Participant who has retired under the normal retirement provisions of Section 5.1 or the early retirement provisions of Section 5.2 and who, as of his Annuity Starting Date, was either: |
(A) | legally married and commencing receipt of his retirement income in the form of an Automatic Surviving Spouses Pension (as defined in Section 7.5), under the 100% Joint and Survivor Option (with |
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his Spouse as Beneficiary thereunder) or under the Joint and Survivor Pop-Up Option; or | |||
(B) | unmarried and commencing receipt of his retirement income in the normal form of benefit provided under Section 7.1 (a life annuity). |
(ii) | Qualifying Event shall mean an event described in (A), (B) or (C) below: |
(A) | The Spouse of an Eligible Retiree who is receiving retirement income under the Joint and Survivor Pop-Up Option under Section 7.7(e) predeceases the Eligible Retiree and such Spouses death occurs within 60 months of the Eligible Retirees Annuity Starting Date; | ||
(B) | The marital status of an Eligible Retiree who is receiving retirement income under any of the forms of payment described in subparagraph (a)(i)(A) of this Section 7.12 changes within 120 months of his Annuity Starting Date due to the Eligible Retirees divorce, marital dissolution, or legal separation; or | ||
(C) | The marital status of an Eligible Retiree who is described under subparagraph (a)(i)(B) of this Section 7.12 changes and within 120 months of his Annuity Starting Date due to the Eligible Retirees marriage. |
(iii) | Qualifying Event Election Period shall mean the 90-day period beginning on the date on which the Eligible Retiree timely notifies the Administrator of a Qualifying Event, as provided in Section 7.12(a) above. | ||
(iv) | The determination of an Eligible Retirees marital status and the determination of whether a divorce, marital dissolution or legal separation has occurred shall be made on the basis of the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania unless preempted by federal law. |
(b) | In the event of the occurrence of a Qualifying Event described in subparagraphs (a)(ii)(A) or (a)(ii)(B) of this Section 7.12, and contingent upon the Eligible Retirees timely notification to the Administrator, the retirement income payable |
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to the affected Eligible Retiree shall revert to the normal form of benefit provided under Section 7.1 (a life annuity) as of the first day of the month following the expiration of the Qualifying Event Election Period; provided, however, that: |
(i) | The amount of such monthly life annuity shall be the actuarial equivalent of the Eligible Retirees benefit, determined as of the time of calculation hereunder, under the form of payment in effect as of his Annuity Starting Date; provided, however, that such monthly amount shall not exceed the amount of the monthly life annuity which the Eligible Retiree was entitled to as of his Annuity Starting Date; and | ||
(ii) | In the case of a Qualifying Event described in subparagraph (a)(ii)(B) of this Section 7.12, the Spouse or ex-Spouse of the Eligible Retiree, as part of the division of marital property (or other determination which is not subject to modification under state law), expressly waives all interest in the Eligible Retirees pension under the Plan and such waiver is incorporated into a document which satisfies the formal requirements of a Qualified Domestic Relations Order as defined in Section 414(p) of the Code; and | ||
(iii) | In the case of a Qualifying Event described in subparagraph (a)(ii)(B) of this Section 7.12, the Spouse or ex-Spouse of the Eligible Retiree shall secure such proof of insurability as the Administrator may require, in its discretion. |
(c) | In the case of any Qualifying Event described in subparagraph (a)(ii)(C) of this Section 7.12 and contingent upon the Eligible Retirees timely notification to the Administrator, the affected Eligible Retiree shall be permitted to elect, within the Qualifying Event Election Period, to receive his future retirement income from the Plan in one of the forms of payment described in paragraphs (c), (d), or (e) of Section 7.7 (a 50% or 100% Joint and Survivor Option or a 50% or 100% Joint and Survivor Pop-Up Option) with his Spouse as Beneficiary thereunder; provided, however, that: |
(i) | Payments under any elected form of payment shall commence as of the first day of the month next following the month in which the Eligible Retiree makes full and complete application to the Administrator in accordance with rules established by the Administrator (such |
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commencement date referred to herein as the Adjusted Commencement Date); and | |||
(ii) | Payments under any elected form of payment shall be the actuarial equivalent of the Eligible Retirees benefit, determined as of the time of calculation hereunder, under the form of payment in effect as of his Annuity Starting Date; provided, however, that such monthly amount shall not exceed the amount of the monthly benefit under the elected form of payment which the Eligible Retiree was entitled to as of his Annuity Starting Date; and | ||
(iii) | The Eligible Retiree shall secure such proof of insurability of the Eligible Retiree and/or the Eligible Retirees Spouse as the Administrator may require, in its discretion; and | ||
(iv) | The provisions of Sections 7.5 and 7.6 hereof shall apply with respect to any Eligible Retiree who is married as of the Adjusted Commencement Date and, for purposes of such Sections and Section 7.7, the Adjusted Commencement Date shall be deemed the Annuity Starting Date for the elected form of payment described in this Section 7.12(c); and | ||
(v) | In no event shall more than one election be made under this Section 7.12(c) by an Eligible Retiree with respect to any single Qualifying Event nor shall this Section 7.12 be applicable more than twice with respect to any Eligible Retiree, Section 7.12(c), irrespective of the number of Qualifying Events affecting such Eligible Retiree; and | ||
(vi) | A Participants status as an Eligible Retiree must be independently satisfied with respect to each Qualifying Event (substituting, where applicable, the Adjusted Commencement Date for the Annuity Starting Date under Section 7.12(a)(i)). |
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8.1 | Death Prior to Retirement or Severance | |
Upon the death of a Participant prior to his Date of Severance, his surviving Spouse, if any, shall receive a monthly surviving Spouses benefit under the assumption that the Participant had retired the day prior to his death with an Accrued Pension under the Plan as determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.2(a), and under the further assumption that the automatic election of a surviving Spouses benefit pursuant to subsection 7.5 was in effect at the time of death. Such surviving Spouse benefit shall commence as of the first day of the month following the Participants death, shall be unreduced for early commencement and shall be payable for the lifetime of the surviving Spouse. | ||
For purposes of Sections 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3, the interest that is payable to the Participants surviving Spouse shall be distributed over a period not in excess of the life expectancy of such surviving Spouse and shall commence no later than the December 31 of the calendar year in which the Participant would have attained age 65 (or the December 31 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year of the Participants death, if later). | ||
8.2 | Death Prior to Commencement of Early or Disability Pensions | |
Upon the death of a Participant after his Date of Severance, and prior to his Annuity Starting Date and while the Participant is awaiting the commencement of payment of either: (1) an early retirement pension pursuant to Section 6.2(a) above, or (2) a disability pension after attainment of age 55 but prior to the attainment of his Normal Retirement Date, his surviving Spouse, if any, shall receive a monthly surviving Spouses benefit under the assumption that the Participant had retired the day prior to his death with an Accrued Pension under the Plan as determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.2(a), and under the further assumption that the automatic election of a surviving Spouses benefit pursuant to subsection 7.5 was in effect at the time of death. Following proper application, such surviving Spouses benefit shall commence as of the first day of the month following the Participants death unless the surviving Spouse elects a later commencement date. Subject to Sections 7.10(c) and 11.12, a surviving Spouse who fails to make proper application for payment will be deemed to have made an election to defer distribution. Such surviving Spouses benefit |
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shall be reduced for early commencement in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.2(b) and shall be payable for the lifetime of the surviving Spouse. | ||
Upon the death of a disabled Participant who is awaiting commencement of his pension at his Normal Retirement Date and who has not incurred his Date of Severance at the time of his death, his surviving Spouse, if any, shall receive a monthly surviving Spouses benefit determined under the provisions of Section 8.1. | ||
If a Participant incurs his Date of Severance when eligible for a disability retirement pension under Section 5.3 and at a time during which he is receiving long term disability benefits under the Erie Insurance Group Long Term Disability Income Benefits Program, then service to date of death will be included for benefit purposes. | ||
8.3 | Death Prior to Commencement of Vested Pensions | |
If a vested former Participant who has at least one Hour of Service on or after December 31, 1976, and who has been married for at least one year on his date of death, dies on or after August 23, 1984 but prior to his Annuity Starting Date, then his surviving Spouse shall be provided with a preretirement survivor annuity determined as follows: |
(a) | in the case of a Participant who dies after the date on which the Participant attained his Earliest Retirement Age as though such Participant had retired on the day before the Participants date of death, with an immediate benefit determined under the provisions of Section 6.2(a) and payable under the Automatic Surviving Spouses Pension in Section 7.5 of the Plan, or | ||
(b) | in the case of a Participant who dies on or before the date on which the Participant would have attained his Earliest Retirement Age, as though such Participant had: |
(i) | separated from Service on his Date of Severance, | ||
(ii) | survived to his Earliest Retirement Age, | ||
(iii) | retired with an immediate benefit determined under the provisions of Section 6.4 and payable under the Automatic Surviving Spouses Option in Section 7.5 of the Plan at the Earliest Retirement Age, and | ||
(iv) | died on the day after the day on which such Participant would have attained the Earliest Retirement Age. |
Following proper application, a monthly surviving Spouses benefit shall commence under this Section 8.3 as of the first day of the month following the later of the month of |
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the Participants death or the month in which the Participant would have attained his Earliest Retirement Age under the Plan unless the surviving Spouse elects a later commencement date (which shall not be later than the Participants Normal Retirement Date. Subject to Section 7.10(a) and 11.12, a surviving Spouse who fails to make proper application for payment will be deemed to have made an election to defer distribution. Such surviving Spouses benefit shall be reduced for early commencement in accordance with Section 6.2(b) and shall be payable thereafter for the remainder of the surviving Spouses lifetime. | ||
8.4 | Effect of Valid Joint and Survivor Election | |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event a Participant described in Section 8.1, 8.2 or 8.3 above has made a valid election of either Option D or Option E under Section 7.7 and names his Spouse as Beneficiary thereunder, or a valid election of a 100% Joint and Survivor Pop-Up Option under Section 7.7, the amount of the surviving Spouses benefit under Section 8.1, 8.2 or 8.3 shall be based on the survivor percentage applicable to the Participants elected option. | ||
8.5 | Death on or After Annuity Starting Date | |
Upon the death of a Participant on or after his Annuity Starting Date, payments, if any, to a Beneficiary shall be made in accordance with the form of benefit in effect on the date of the Participants death. If the Beneficiary of the deceased Participant is entitled to receive the remaining certain period payments from the 10-Year or 15-Year Certain and Life forms of payment, the Administrator shall instruct the Trustee to pay to such Beneficiary the actuarial equivalent value of the monthly payments to which the Beneficiary is entitled in a single sum. Actuarial equivalence for this purpose shall be determined under the assumptions set forth in Section 7.8. If the Beneficiary under such form of payment is the surviving Spouse of the deceased Participant, then any amounts payable may be converted to an actuarially equivalent life annuity to such Spouse provided the Spouse requests payment in such form. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in all events the deceased Participants remaining interest in the Plan shall be distributed at least as rapidly as under the form of distribution in operation as of the date of the Participants death. |
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8.6 | Death Benefit for Vested Participants Who Terminated After September 1, 1974 and Prior to August 23, 1984 | |
Any vested former Participant who terminated after September 1, 1974 and prior to August 23, 1984 and whose benefits are not in pay status as of August 23, 1984 is to be provided with the right to elect to receive such benefits reduced and payable in the form of a qualified 50% joint and survivor annuity as defined by ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code as in effect prior to August 23, 1984, including the right to revoke such coverage without spousal consent if such former Participant: |
(a) | completed at least one Hour of Service under the Plan after September 1, 1974, and | ||
(b) | survives to his Annuity Starting Date. |
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9.1 | Trust Fund |
(a) | The Company has executed a Trust Agreement with a Trustee under the terms of which a Trust Fund will be established for the purpose of receiving and holding contributions made by the Company as well as interest and other income on investments of such funds, and for the purpose of paying the pensions and other benefits provided by the Plan and paying any expenses incident to the operation of the Plan or Trust Fund as otherwise provided herein. The Trustee is to manage and operate the Trust Fund and to receive, hold, invest and reinvest the funds of the Trust. | ||
(b) | The Company may modify the Trust Agreement as provided therein to accomplish the purpose of the Plan. The Administrator may remove any Trustee and may select any successor trustee. Pensions under the Plan may alternatively be provided through the purchase of annuity contracts issued by an insurance company. In lieu of a Trust Agreement and Trust Fund, the Company may utilize a contract or contracts of insurance for the purpose of receiving and holding contributions made by the Company and for the purpose of paying pensions and other benefits provided by the Plan, and in such event the references hereunder to Trust Agreement, Trustee and Trust Fund shall be deemed to be references to Insurance Contract, Insurance Carrier and Insured Fund respectively. | ||
(c) | The Administrator may select an independent investment manager to invest any portion of the Trust Fund in each of the various funds. Such investment manager shall be either registered as an investment manager under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, a bank, a mutual fund, or an insurance company, and as required by the Administrator, shall acknowledge in writing that he is a fiduciary with respect to the Plan. | ||
(d) | The Administrator shall perform such duties relating to the operation of the Trust Fund as it deems appropriate and shall perform the duties specified in this Section 9.1. | ||
The Administrator shall have the following responsibilities: |
(i) | to appoint and remove Trustees; | ||
(ii) | to appoint investment managers; | ||
(iii) | to select investment funds or other investments under the Plan; | ||
(iv) | to allocate the duties and procedures for the Trustee and investment managers; |
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(v) | to establish an investment philosophy and goals for each of the investment managers; | ||
(vi) | to monitor the Trustee with respect to servicing the Trust Fund in a fiduciary capacity; and | ||
(vii) | to monitor the investment managers including, without limitation, their investment philosophies, goals, and rates of return. |
The Administrator may, from time-to-time, designate another person to carry out any of the Administrators responsibilities under this Section 9.1. The person so designated will have full authority, or such limited authority as the Administrator may specify, to take such actions as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the duties delegated by the Administrator. |
9.2 | Irrevocability | |
The Trust Fund shall be used to pay pensions and other benefits as provided in the Plan and, as provided in Section 9.6, those reasonable expenses, taxes and fees incurred in the administration of the Plan and Trust Fund which are not paid directly by the Company. No part of the principal or income of the fund shall be used for or diverted to purposes other than those provided in the Plan and no part of the Trust Fund shall revert to the Company for the benefit of the Company, except as permitted under Sections 9.3, 11.4 and 12.2 hereof. | ||
9.3 | Contributions by the Company | |
The Company will pay to the Trustee, subject to all the other provisions of the Plan, such amounts as its Board determines, authorizes and directs; provided that as a minimum contribution, the Company intends to pay to the Trustee such amounts as may be necessary to meet the minimum funding standards established under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The Company also intends to pay all expenses incident to the operation of the Plan that are not paid directly from the Trust Fund. Any forfeitures arising from the severance of employment or death of a Participant, or for any other reason, shall be used to reduce the contributions of the Company under the Plan and shall not be applied to increase the pensions or benefits any Participant would otherwise receive under the Plan at any time prior to the termination of the Plan. | ||
Payments made to meet the minimum funding standards established under ERISA shall, to the maximum extent permitted by valid provisions of ERISA, be in complete |
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discharge of the financial obligation of the Company under this Plan. The pension benefits of the Plan shall, subject to valid provisions of ERISA, be only such as can be provided by the assets of the Trust and there shall be no further liability or obligation on any Employer to make any further contributions to the Trust for any reason. Except as prescribed by valid provisions of ERISA, the Company does not guarantee continuity of payment of any benefits under the Plan. The Company does not, in any event, guarantee that its contributions or the Trust Fund will be sufficient to provide the benefits hereunder. All rights of Participants and Beneficiaries, and of any person claiming under any Participant or Beneficiary, shall be enforceable only against the Trust Fund, except as ERISA may otherwise provide. | ||
Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan to the contrary, each contribution made by the Company shall be conditioned upon the deductibility of the contribution under Section 404 of the Code. If the deduction of all or part of the contribution is disallowed, the contribution shall, to the extent disallowed, be repaid to the Company within one year after the date of disallowance. A contribution also may be repaid to the Company, within one year after the date made, to the extent it exceeded the full funding limitation or otherwise was made in error because of a mistake in fact. Amounts returned under this Section 9.3 shall recognize any net losses attributable to the returned contribution but shall not include any net earnings thereon. | ||
9.4 | Contributions By Participants | |
No Participant shall be required or allowed to make any contribution to the Trust Fund established under the Plan. | ||
9.5 | Benefits Payable Only From Trust Fund | |
Payment of benefits under the Plan to Participants and Beneficiaries will be made only by the Trustee from the funds or securities held by the Trust and/or the annuity contract or contracts held by the Trust. Except as may be provided by law, no liability for the payment of benefits to Participants or their Beneficiaries hereunder shall be imposed upon the Company, any Employer or the officers or shareholders of the Company or any Employer, and there shall be no liability or obligation on the part of the Company or any Employer, to make any further contributions in the event of termination of the Plan. |
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9.6 | Plan Expenses | |
All reasonable expenses, taxes and fees of the Plan, the Administrator and the Trustee incurred in the administration of the Plan and Trust Fund shall be paid from the Trust Fund; provided, however, that the obligation of the Trust Fund to pay such expenses, taxes and fees shall cease to exist to the extent that the same are paid, at the discretion of the Company, by the Employers. |
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10.1 | Maximum Limitation Under Section 415(b) of the Code (Effective January 1, 2008) This Section 10.1 is intended to comply with Section 415(b) of the Code, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference and this Section shall be so construed. Any provisions of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, benefits accrued and benefits payable under the Plan shall be subject to the following limitations, effective for limitation years on or after July 1, 2007: |
(a) | In no event shall the annual benefit accrued, distributed or otherwise payable to any Participant exceed the Section 415 limit described in subsection (b). To the extent necessary to comply with Section 411(b) of the Code, if the benefit the Participant would otherwise accrue in a limitation year would produce an annual benefit in excess of the Section 415 limit described in subsection (b), the benefit will be limited (or the rate of accrual reduced) to a benefit that does not exceed such limit. |
(b) | The Section 415 limit is the lesser of (i) and (ii) below: |
(i) | The dollar limitation set forth in Section 415(b)(1)(A) of the Code, or | ||
(ii) | 100% of the Participants average annual Test Compenstion for the three consecutive calendar years (or, if his period of employment is less than three years, for his entire period of employment) as a Participant during which he received the greatest aggregate Test Compensation. |
(c) | In no event shall the limitations in subsection (b) be less than $10,000 if the Participant has not at any time participated in a defined contribution plan maintained by the Employer. | ||
(d) | For purposes of the maximum limitation of this Article, all qualified defined benefit plans (whether or not terminated) maintained by an Employer or any Affiliate shall be treated as a single plan. For purposes of applying the limitations of Section 415, the terms Employer and Affiliate shall be construed in light of Sections 414(b) and 414(c) of the Code, as modified by Section 415(h) of the Code. | ||
(e) | The dollar limitation described in paragraph (b)(i) above shall be increased by the cost of living adjustment factor prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury under Section 415(d) of the Code. Such adjustment factor shall be applied to Participants and to such items as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. | ||
(f) | If the benefit payable to a Participant commences prior to age 62, the dollar limitation specified under paragraph (b)(i) above as adjusted by subsection (e) |
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shall be the lesser of: (A) the dollar limitation specified under paragraph (b)(i) above as adjusted by subsection (e) multiplied by the ratio of the annual amount of the straight life annuity commencing at his Annuity Starting Date, over the annual amount of the straight life annuity commencing at age 62 (both determined without regard to the limitations of Section 415 of the Code), or (B) such limit, after the application of an actuarially equivalent reduction from age 62 to his age as of his Annuity Starting Date, using a 5% interest rate assumption and the applicable mortality table under Section 417(e)(3)(B) of the Code. No adjustment shall be made to reflect the probability of a Participants death after the Annuity Starting Date and before age 62. |
(g) | If the benefit payable to a Participant commences after age 65, the dollar limitation specified under paragraph (b)(i) above as adjusted by subsection (e) shall be the lesser of : (A) the dollar limitation specified under paragraph (b)(i) above as adjusted by subsection (e) multiplied by the ratio of the annual amount of the immediately commencing straight life annuity payable to the Participant (ignoring accruals after age 65) using the actuarial adjustments in Section 11.6 over the annual amount of the straight life annuity that would have been payable at age 65, or (B) the dollar limitation specified under paragraph (b)(i) above as adjusted by subsection (e) actuarially increased using a 5% interest rate assumption and the applicable mortality table under Section 417(e)(3)(B) of the Code. The probability of the Participant dying after age 65 and before the age at which the payment of benefits would commence shall not be taken into account in increasing the dollar limitation under this subsection (g). | ||
(h) | The annual benefit is a retirement benefit under the Plan which is payable annually in the form of a single life annuity. |
(i) | If the benefit payable to a Participant is not in the normal form of payment nor in the form of a qualified joint and survivor annuity, and it is not payable in a form to which Section 417(e)(3) of the Code applies, then the maximum annual amount determined under subsection (b) above shall be adjusted such that it is the greater of: |
(A) | the actuarially equivalent straight life annuity commencing at the same Annuity Starting Date as the form of benefit payable to the Participant using the Plans factors for determining actuarial equivalence, and | ||
(B) | the actuarially equivalent straight life annuity commencing at the same Annuity Starting Date as the form of benefit payable to the Participant using an interest rate of 5% and the applicable mortality table under Section 417(e)(3)(B) of the Code. |
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(ii) | If the benefit is payable in a form to which Code Section 417(e)(3) applies, the actuarially equivalent straight life annuity benefit shall be the greatest of: |
(A) | the annual amount of the straight life annuity commencing at the Annuity Starting Date that has the same actuarial present value as the particular form of benefit payable, computed using the Plans factors for determining actuarial equivalence; | ||
(B) | the annual amount of the straight life annuity commencing at the Annuity Starting Date that has the same actuarial present value as the particular form of benefit payable, computed using a 5.5% interest assumption and the applicable mortality table under Section 417(e)(3)(B) of the Code; or | ||
(C) | the annual amount of the straight life annuity commencing at the Annuity Starting Date that has the same actuarial present value as the particular form of benefit payable, computed using the applicable interest rate under Section 417(e)(3)(C) of the Code and the applicable mortality table specified in Revenue Ruling 2001-62, divided by 1.05. |
(iii) | Notwithstanding the foregoing, for a benefit that has an Annuity Starting Date in 2004 or 2005, the actuarially equivalent straight life annuity benefit shall be the greater of: |
(A) | the annual amount of the straight life annuity commencing at the Annuity Starting Date that has the same actuarial present value as the particular form of benefit payable, computed using the Plans actuarial equivalence factors; or | ||
(B) | the annual amount of the straight life annuity commencing at the Annuity Starting Date that has the same actuarial present value as the particular form of benefit payable, computed using a 5.5% interest assumption and the applicable mortality table for the distribution under Treasury Regulation Section 1.417(e)-1(d)(2). Benefits with an Annuity Starting Date in 2004 shall be calculated in accordance with the requirements of Notice 2004-78, the terms of which are hereby incorporated by reference. |
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(i) | If the Participant has completed less than 10 years of Plan participation, the dollar limitation determined under paragraph (b)(i) above shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Participants number of years of Plan participation (or parts thereof) and the denominator of which is 10. |
(j) | If the Participant has completed less than 10 years of Credited Service, the maximum amount determined under paragraph (b)(ii) and subsection (c) (without regard to paragraph (b)(i) above) shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Participants number of years of Credited Service (or parts thereof) and the denominator of which is 10. | ||
(k) | In no event shall the provisions of subsection (i) or subsection (j) above reduce the limitations in subsection (b) to an amount less than one tenth of such limitations, determined without regard to the provisions of subsection (i) and (j). | ||
(l) | For purposes of applying the benefit limitations set forth herein, the limitation year shall be the calendar year. |
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11.1 | Plan Non-Contractual | |
No Participant or Beneficiary shall have any right or interest under the Plan unless and until he becomes entitled thereto as provided in the Plan. The adoption and maintenance of the Plan shall not be deemed to constitute a contract between an Employer and any Employee. Inclusion in the Plan will not affect an Employers right to discharge or otherwise discipline Employees and membership in the Plan will not give any Employee the right to be retained in the service of an Employer nor any right or claim to a pension or other benefit unless such right is specifically granted under the terms of the Plan. |
11.2 | Non-Alienation of Retirement Rights or Benefits |
(a) | Except as provided in Section 11.2(b) or 11.2(c), no benefit payable under the Plan shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, security interest or charge, and any action by way of anticipating, alienating, selling, transferring, assigning, pledging, encumbering, charging or granting a security interest in the same shall be void and of no effect; nor shall any such benefit be in any manner liable for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts of the person entitled to such benefit. |
(b) | Section 11.2(a) shall not apply to the creation, assignment, or recognition of a right to any benefit payable pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as defined in Section 414(p) of the Code. The Administrator shall establish reasonable procedures to determine the status of domestic relations orders and to administer distributions under such orders which are deemed to be qualified domestic relations orders. Such procedures shall be in writing shall comply with the provisions of Section 414(p) of the Code and shall be incorporated into this plan document. To the extent that, because of a qualified domestic relations order, more than one individual is to be treated as a surviving Spouse, the total amount payable from the Plan as a result of the death of a Participant shall not exceed the amount that would be payable from the Plan if there were only one surviving Spouse. | ||
(c) | Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11.2(a), the Plan may offset any portion of the Accrued Pension of a Participant or the Participants Beneficiary against a claim of the Plan arising: |
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(i) | as a result of the Participants or Beneficiarys conviction of a crime involving the Plan; or | ||
(ii) | with regard to the Participants or Beneficiarys violation of ERISAs fiduciary provisions upon: |
(A) | the entry of any civil judgment, consent order, or decree against the Participant or Beneficiary; or | ||
(B) | the execution of any settlement agreement between the Participant or Beneficiary and the Department of Labor or Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. |
11.3 | Payment of Pension to Others | |
In the event that the Administrator shall find that any Participant or Beneficiary to whom a pension is payable, is unable to care for his affairs because of illness, accident or incapacity, any payment due (unless prior claim therefor shall have been made by a duly qualified guardian or other legal representative) may, in the discretion of the Administrator, be paid to the Spouse, parent, child, brother or sister of such Participant or Beneficiary or to any other person deemed by the Administrator to be maintaining or responsible for the maintenance of such Participant or Beneficiary. Any such payment shall be a payment for the account of the Participant or Beneficiary and shall be a complete discharge of any liability of the Plan and any Employer therefor. |
11.4 | Prohibition Against Reversion | |
Except as provided in Section 9.2 hereof, in no event shall any funds held in the Trust Fund revert to the Company or be diverted to purposes other than the exclusive benefit of Participants or their Beneficiaries prior to the satisfaction of all liabilities under the Plan; provided, however, that in the event the Plan is terminated, if, after all plan liabilities are satisfied, there remains a balance in the Fund as a result of actuarial error, such balance shall be returned to the Company. |
11.5 | Merger, Transfer of Assets or Liabilities | |
The Company may merge or consolidate the Plan with, transfer assets and liabilities of the Plan to, or receive a transfer of assets and liabilities from, any other plan without the consent of any other Employer or other person, if such transfer is effected in accordance with applicable law and if such other plan meets the requirements of Code Sections 401(a) and 501(a), permits such transfer or the receipt of such transfer and, with respect to liabilities to be transferred from this Plan to such other plan, satisfies the |
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requirements of Code Sections 411(d)(6) and 417. This Plan may not be merged or consolidated with any other plan, nor may any assets or liabilities of this Plan be transferred to any other plan, unless the terms of the merger, consolidation or transfer are such that each Participant in the Plan would, if the Plan were terminated immediately after such merger, consolidation or transfer, receive a pension having a value equal to or greater than the pension he would have been entitled to receive if this Plan had terminated immediately prior to the merger, consolidation or transfer. |
11.6 | Actuarial Equivalence | |
Any determination of actuarial equivalence required by the provisions of this Plan, when not otherwise specified in the Plan, shall be made on the basis of the mortality table referenced in IRS Revenue Ruling 2001-62, (GAR 94) with an annual interest rate of 6%. |
11.7 | Change of Vesting Schedule | |
If the Plans vesting schedule is amended or if the Plan is deemed amended by an automatic change to or from a Top-Heavy Plan vesting schedule (Section 13.3), each Participant with at least three years of Service with an Employer may elect, within a reasonable period after the adoption of the amendment or change, to have his nonforfeitable pension computed under the Plan without regard to such amendment or change. | ||
The period during which the election may be made shall commence at the date the amendment is adopted or deemed to be made and shall end on the latest of: |
(a) | 60 days after the amendment is adopted; | ||
(b) | 60 days after the amendment becomes effective; or |
(c) | 60 days after the Participant is issued written notice of the amendment by the Administrator. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.7, the vested interest of any Participant on the date such amendment is effective shall not be less than his vested interest under the Plan as in effect immediately prior to the effective date of such change. |
11.8 | Controlled Group | |
For purposes only of determining eligibility to participate in the Plan and eligibility for any pension (but not the amount thereof) under the Plan, all employment with an |
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Employer or an Affiliate shall be deemed to be employment with an Employer in computing Hours of Service and Service. | ||
11.9 | Severability | |
If any provision of this Plan is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the other provisions of this Plan. In such event, this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such provision had not been included herein. | ||
11.10 | Employer Records | |
The records of a Participants Employer shall be presumed to be conclusive of the facts concerning his employment or non-employment, Service, Credited Service and Compensation unless shown beyond a reasonable doubt to be incorrect. | ||
11.11 | Application of Plan Provisions | |
This Plan shall be binding on all Participants and their Spouses and Beneficiaries and upon heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns of all persons having an interest herein. The provisions of the Plan in no event shall be considered as giving any such person any legal or equitable right against the Company, an Employer or an Affiliate, any of its officers, employees, directors, or shareholders, or against the Trustee, except such rights as are specifically provided for in the Plan or hereafter created in accordance with the terms of the Plan. | ||
11.12 | Missing Participants and Beneficiaries. | |
Notwithstanding Section 7.10, if a Participant who has left employment with the Company and Affiliates (or a surviving Spouse or Beneficiary who is eligible for a death benefit or survivor benefit) has failed to file an application for benefits within 120 days after attainment of the Participants Normal Retirement Date, the Administrator shall treat the Participants retirement benefit and vested Accrued Pension (or the surviving Spouses or Beneficiarys death benefit or survivor benefit) as forfeited; provided, however, that such retirement benefit, Accrued Pension, death benefit or survivor benefit shall be reinstated retroactive to the commencement date set forth below upon the subsequent filing of a completed application with the Administrator and shall commence within ninety (90) days after such application is filed. For purposes of this Section 11.12, the commencement date shall be the later of: |
(a) | the Participants Normal Retirement Date; and |
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(b) | the date on which the Participant terminated employment with the Employer and Affiliates. |
No payment under the Plan will be increased on account of any delay in payment due to a Participants, surviving Spouses or Beneficiarys failure to properly file the required application forms furnished by the Administrator or to otherwise accept such payments. |
11.13 | IRC 414(u) Compliance Provision |
Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, contributions, benefits and service credit with respect to qualified military service shall be provided in accordance with Section 414(u) of the Code. |
(a) | As provided by Section 414(u) of the Code, qualified military service means service in the uniformed services (as defined in Chapter 54 of Title 38, United Stated Code) by an individual if the individual is qualified under such chapter to reemployment rights with the Company or an Affiliate following such military service. |
(b) | USERRA means the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 as amended. | ||
(c) | If an individual returns to employment with the Company or an Affiliate following a period of qualified military service under circumstances such that the individual has reemployment rights under USERRA, and the individual reports for said reemployment within the time frame required by USERRA, the following provisions shall apply: |
(i) | The qualified military service shall be recognized as Credited Service and Service to the same extent as it would have been if the individual had remained continuously employed with the Company or an Affiliate rather than leaving active employment to go into qualified military service. | ||
(ii) | Compensation shall be determined by the Company consistent with the requirements of USERRA, and shall reflect the Companys best estimate of the earnings the individual would have received but for the qualified military service. |
(d) | If a Participant fails to return to employment with the Company or an Affiliate on account of the Participants death in qualified military service on or after January 1, 2007, the surviving Spouse of such Participant shall be eligible to receive any death benefit provided under the Plan as if the Participant had returned to employment as a Covered Employee immediately prior to his death and then terminated employment on account of his death. |
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(e) | If a Participant fails to return to employment with the Company or an Affiliate on account of either the Participants incurring a disability in qualified military service or the Participants death in qualified military service, the Participant (or the surviving Spouse of the Participant, in the event of the Participants death) shall be eligible for a benefit under the Plan determined by using the Credited Service the Participant would have had hereunder had the Participant returned to employment as a Covered Employee immediately prior to his date of disability or death and then terminated employment on the date of his disability or death. | ||
(f) | The foregoing provisions are intended to provide the benefits required by USERRA and the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008, and are not intended to provide any other benefits. This section shall be construed consistently with said intent. |
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12.1 | Amendment and Termination of the Plan | |
The Company hopes and expects to continue the Plan, but expressly reserves the right at any time and from time to time, without the consent of Participants: |
(a) | to reduce or discontinue payments to the Plan; | ||
(b) | to terminate the Plan; | ||
(c) | to amend the Plan, retroactively or otherwise, in such manner as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to qualify the Plan and any trust established in conjunction therewith under the provisions of Sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Code, or any similar Code provisions from time to time in effect; | ||
(d) | to amend the Plan in any other respect, provided, however, that no such amendment shall forfeit or diminish the interest of any Participant in the Trust Fund to the extent that such interest has become vested in such Participant, except as may be permitted under the Code or ERISA. |
Any such amendment to or termination of this Plan shall be evidenced by a written instrument adopted by the Board; provided, however, that the Administrator may adopt such amendments as shall fall within the limited amendment authority contained in the Administrators charter. Any such written instrument shall recite at which time the amendments contained therein shall become effective. |
Promptly after an amendment of this Plan shall have become effective, the Company, or Administrator, as the case may be, shall cause a copy of such amendment to be filed with the Administrator and with the Trustee. The Administrator shall take such steps as it may deem appropriate and reasonable to communicate the amendment to Participants. |
12.2 | Administration of the Plan in Case of Termination | |
Upon termination of the Plan, as determined by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the assets of the Trust Fund shall be liquidated and distributed in accordance with Section 4044 of ERISA and applicable regulations issued thereunder. In the event of the termination of the Plan or a partial termination of the Plan, the rights of all affected Participants to Accrued Pensions determined as of the date of such termination or partial termination, to the extent funded, or as further adjusted by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation as of such date, shall be nonforfeitable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon Plan termination, the benefit of any Highly |
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Compensated Employee shall be limited to a benefit that is nondiscriminatory under Section 401(a)(4) of the Code. |
Upon termination of the Plan, after the satisfaction of all liabilities of the Plan to its Participants, Beneficiaries and surviving Spouses, the Company shall receive any remaining amount resulting from any variations between actual requirements and actuarially expected requirements. |
12.3 | Internal Revenue Service Limitations |
(a) | Except in such cases where the circumstances described in subsection (b) apply, the annual payments under the Plan to any one (1) of the twenty-five (25) highest paid Highly Compensated Employees (and Highly Compensated former Employees), ranked by Test Compensation, shall not exceed the sum of: |
(i) | those payments that would be made on behalf of such Employee under a single life annuity that is the Actuarial Equivalent of the sum of the Employees Accrued Pension and the Employees Other Benefits (as defined in subsection (c) below) under the Plan; and | ||
(ii) | those payments the Employee is entitled to receive under a social security supplement. |
(b) | The provisions of subsection (a) above shall not apply if: |
(i) | after payment of all such benefits to an Employee described in subsection (a), the value of Plan assets equals or exceeds 110% of the value of current liabilities (as defined in Code Section 412(l)(7) under the Plan; | ||
(ii) | the value of all such benefits to an Employee described in subsection (a) above is less than one percent of the value of current liabilities under the Plan prior to the payment of all such benefits to such Employee; or | ||
(iii) | the value of all such benefits to an Employee described in subsection (a) does not exceed $5,000 or such other amount as may be prescribed under Section 411(a)(11)(A) of the Code as the maximum amount that may be paid out without the Participants consent. |
(c) | For purposes of this Section 12.3, Other Benefits shall include any loan in excess of the amounts set forth in Code Section 72(p)(2)(A), any periodic income, any withdrawal values payable to a living Employee and any death benefits not provided for by insurance on the Employees life. Other Benefits for this purpose shall not include any social security supplements. |
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13.1 | General | |
Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, the provisions of this Article XIII shall apply with respect to any Plan Year provided the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan (as defined in Section 13.2(c) below) for such Plan Year. |
13.2 | Definitions Relating to Top-Heavy Provisions | |
For purposes of this Article XIII: |
(a) | Key Employee means any Employee (including any deceased Employee) who at any time during the Plan Year that includes the determination date was an officer of the Employer having annual Test Compensation greater than $130,000 (as adjusted under Section 416(i)(1) of the Code for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 2002), a five percent (5%) owner of the Employer, or a one percent (1%) owner of the Employer having annual Test Compensation of more than $150,000 (as adjusted under Section 416(i)(1) of the Code for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 2002). The determination of who is a key employee will be made in accordance with Section 416(i)(1) of the Code and the applicable regulations and other guidance of general applicability issued thereunder. | ||
(b) | Determination Date means, with respect to any Plan Year, the last day of the immediately preceding Plan Year. | ||
(c) | Top-Heavy Plan means a plan where, as of the Determination Date, the present value of the cumulative accrued benefits (including any part of any accrued benefit distributed in the five-year period ending on the Determination Date) under the Plan for Key Employees exceeds sixty percent (60%) of the present value of the cumulative accrued benefits (including any part of any accrued benefit distributed in the five-year period ending on the Determination Date) under the Plan for all Employees. The present values of accrued benefits and the amounts of account balances of an Employee as of the Determination Date shall be increased by the distributions made with respect to the Employee under the Plan and any plan aggregated with the Plan under Section 416(g)(2) of the Code during the one-year period ending on the Determination Date. The preceding sentence shall also apply to distributions under a terminated plan which, had it not been terminated, would have been aggregated with the Plan under Section 416(g)(2)(A)(i) of the Code. In the case of a distribution made for |
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a reason other than severance from employment, death or disability, this provisions shall be applied by substituting five-year period for one-year period. However, the accrued benefits of any individual who has not performed services for the Employer or any Affiliate during the one-year period ending on the Determination Date shall not be taken into account. |
(i) | If this Plan is in a Required Aggregation Group, each Plan of an Employer required to be in such group will be a Top-Heavy Plan if such group is a Top-Heavy Group. | ||
(ii) | If this Plan is in a Permissive Aggregation Group which is not a Top-Heavy Group, no Plan of an Employer in such group will be a Top-Heavy Plan. |
(d) | Required Aggregation Group means: |
(i) | each plan of an Employer in which a Key Employee is a participant (regardless of whether the plan has terminated), and | ||
(ii) | each other plan of an Employer which enables a plan in which a Key Employee is a participant to meet the requirements of Internal Revenue Code Sections 401(a)(4) or 410. |
(e) | Permissive Aggregation Group means any plan of an Employer which is not part of the Required Aggregation Group, but is treated as if it were at the option of the Company, provided such group continues to meet the requirements of Internal Revenue Code Sections 401(a)(4) and 410. | ||
(f) | Top-Heavy Group means any Required or Permissive Aggregation Group, if as of the Determination Date, the sum of the present value of cumulative accrued benefits for Key Employees under all defined benefit plans included in such Group and the aggregate of the accounts of Key Employees under all defined contribution plans included in such Group exceeds sixty percent (60%) of the similar sum determined for all Employees. |
(g) | Present Value of Accrued Benefits shall be determined as of the most recent valuation date within a twelve-month period ending on the Determination Date, but for the purposes of determining whether this Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan, shall not include: |
(i) | Any rollover contribution initiated by the Employee. | ||
(ii) | Any accrued benefit or account attributable to an Employee who is not a Key Employee, but who was a Key Employee in any prior Plan Year. To the extent that a Key Employee is deemed to be a Key Employee if he meets the definition of Key Employee within any of the four (4) |
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preceding Plan Years, this provision shall apply following the end of such period of time. |
(iii) | Any accrued benefit or account attributable to any individual who has not performed any services for an Employer at any time during the five-year period ending on the Determination Date. |
Solely for purposes of determining if the Plan is a Top Heavy Plan as described above, the Present Value of Accrued Benefits shall be determined by using the single accrual method which is used for all plans of the Company and of any Affiliate. If no such single method exists, benefits shall be determined as if they accrued not more rapidly than the lowest accrued rate permitted under Section 411(b)(1)(C) of the Code. |
(h) | Valuation Date means December 31. |
(i) | Non-Key Employee means any Employee who is not a Key Employee. |
13.3 | Top-Heavy Plan Vesting Requirements |
(a) | For any Plan Year in which the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan, the following vesting schedule will apply to benefits derived from Employer contributions. The nonforfeitable interest in a Participants accrued benefit will be determined as follows: |
Years of Service | Nonforfeitable Percentage of Accrued Benefit | |||
0 but less than 2 |
0 | % | ||
2 but less than 3 |
20 | % | ||
3 but less than 4 |
40 | % | ||
4 but less than 5 |
60 | % | ||
5 or more |
100 | % |
This Section 13.3 does not apply to any Participant who does not have an Hour of Service after the Plan becomes a Top-Heavy Plan. |
(b) | If the vesting schedule under the Plan shifts in or out of the above schedule due to determination of whether or not the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan, such shift shall be an amendment to the vesting schedule and Section 11.7 shall apply. |
13.4 | Top-Heavy Plan Minimum Benefit Requirements |
(a) | For any Plan Year in which the Plan is determined to be a Top-Heavy Plan, each Non-Key Employee Participant who has completed a year of service will accrue a minimum annual benefit (derived from Employer contributions and expressed |
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as a life annuity beginning at Normal Retirement Age and determined without regard to any Social Security contribution or benefit). |
(b) | Such accrual of a minimum annual benefit will be the lesser of: |
(i) | Two percent (2%) of the Participants highest average compensation for the five consecutive years during which the Participant had the greatest compensation from the Employer multiplied by the years of service as defined in (c) below, or |
(ii) | Twenty percent (20%) times the Participants highest average compensation for the five consecutive years during which the Participant had the greatest compensation from an Employer. |
(c) | (i) For the purpose of the accrual of minimum annual benefit, year of service shall mean a year of Credited Service as defined in Article IV, but will exclude years when the Plan was not a Top-Heavy Plan for any Plan Year ending during such year of Credited Service, as well as years of Credited Service in a Plan Year beginning before December 31, 1984. Notwithstanding the above, each Non-Key Employee Participant who has completed 1,000 Hours of Service in a year in which the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan shall be entitled to the minimum annual benefit regardless of the level of such Non-Key Employees compensation. |
(ii) | The compensation required to be taken into account for purposes of this Section 13.4 is Test Compensation; provided, however, that such compensation shall not exceed the adjusted annual limitation in effect for the given year (as set forth in Section 2.11) and compensation in years after the close of the last Plan Year in which the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan shall be disregarded. |
(d) | Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, an Employee shall be a Participant for the purposes of this Section 13.4, and a Participant shall be entitled to an accrual under this Section 13.4, even if he would not otherwise be entitled to receive an accrual or would have received a lesser accrual for the year because the Non-Key Employee Participant is not employed on a specified date. | ||
(e) | If the annual retirement pension payable under the Plan to a Participant who has accrued a minimum annual benefit under this Article XIII commences at a date other than at Normal Retirement Age, such Participant shall receive at least an amount that is the actuarial equivalent of the minimum annual benefit commencing at Normal Retirement Age as provided under this Section 13.4 using a five percent (5%) interest rate assumption for such determination. If the |
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annual retirement pension payable to a Participant who has accrued a minimum annual benefit under this Article XIII is in a form other than a single life annuity, such Participant shall receive an amount that is not less than the minimum annual benefit as otherwise provided in this Section 13.4 adjusted to be the actuarial equivalent of a single life annuity commencing at the same age using the provisions of Section 11.6 of the Plan for such determination. | |||
(f) | In the case of Employees covered under both this Plan and any other plan maintained by an Employer, this Plan will provide the top heavy minimum benefit which shall be offset by the benefit, if any, provided under such other plans. |
13.5 | Limited Application of this Article. | |
The sole purpose of this Article is to comply with Section 416 of the Code and the terms of this Article shall be interpreted, applied, and if and to the extent necessary, shall be deemed modified so as to satisfy solely the minimum requirements of Section 416 of the Code and the regulations promulgated with respect thereto. |
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14.1 | Jurisdiction | |
The provisions of the Plan shall be construed in accordance with ERISA, the Code, and, where not superseded by ERISA, the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. |
ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY |
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By: | /s/ Terrence W. Cavanaugh | |||
Title: | President & CEO | |||
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INTRODUCTION ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS |
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1.1 Administrator or Plan Administrator |
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1.2 Affiliate |
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1.3 Beneficiary |
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1.4 Board |
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1.5 Catch-Up Contribution |
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1.6 Code |
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1.7 Company |
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1.8 Compensation |
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1.9 Covered Employee |
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1.10 Elective Deferral |
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1.11 Eligible Applicant |
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1.12 Employee |
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1.13 Employer(s) |
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1.14 Erie Indemnity Stock |
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1.15 Erie Indemnity Stock Fund |
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1.16 ERISA |
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1.17 Highly Compensated |
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1.18 Hour of Service |
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1.29 Interactive Electronic Communication |
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1.20 Leased Employee |
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1.21 Normal Retirement Date |
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1.22 Notice |
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1.23 Participant |
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1.24 Plan |
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1.25 Plan Year |
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1.26 Qualified Domestic Relations Order or QDRO |
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1.27 Rollover Contribution |
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1.28 Roth Catch-Up Contribution |
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1.29 Roth Elective Deferral |
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1.30 Roth Rollover Contribution |
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1.31 Safe Harbor Matching Contribution |
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1.32 Spousal Consent |
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1.33 Spouse |
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1.34 Tax Deferred Catch-Up Contribution |
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1.35 Tax Deferred Contribution |
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1.36 Test Compensation |
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1.37 Total Account |
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1.38 Trust Agreement |
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1.39 Trust Fund |
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1.40 Trustee |
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1.41 Valuation Date |
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1.42 Year of Eligibility Service |
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ARTICLE TWO
PARTICIPATION |
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2.1 Participation |
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2.2 Rehired Employees |
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2.3 Employment Transfers |
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ARTICLE THREE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
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3.1 Elective Deferrals |
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3.2 Dollar Limitation on Elective Deferrals |
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3.3 Catch-Up Contribution |
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3.4 Safe Harbor Matching Contributions |
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3.5 Source of Employer Contributions |
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3.6 Investment of Employer Contributions |
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3.7 Recovery of Contributions |
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3.8 Other Provisions Relating to Employer Contributions |
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ARTICLE FOUR ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS
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4.1 Rollover Contributions |
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4.2 Vesting of Rollover Contributions |
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ARTICLE FIVE PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS AND VALUATION OF FUNDS
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5.1 Establishment of Participant Accounts |
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5.2 Valuation Date Adjustments |
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5.3 Investment Elections |
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5.4 Erie Indemnity Stock Fund |
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5.5 Temporary Suspension of Certain Administrative Activities |
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ARTICLE SIX VESTING & DISTRIBUTIONS
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6.1 Vesting |
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6.2 Distributions Upon Retirement, or Other Termination of Employment |
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6.3 Payment of Amounts Distributed |
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6.4 Direct Rollovers |
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ARTICLE SEVEN WITHDRAWALS AND LOANS
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7.1 Withdrawals Generally |
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7.2 Hardship Withdrawal |
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7.3 Safe Harbor Distribution |
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7.4 Hardship Withdrawal Priority |
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7.5 Modifications to Hardship Withdrawal Standards |
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7.6 In-Service Withdrawals for Reasons Other than Hardship |
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7.7 Availability of Loans |
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7.8 Terms and Conditions of Participant Loans |
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7.9 Loan Accounts |
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ARTICLE EIGHT THE TRUST FUND |
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8.1 Trust Agreement |
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8.2 Appointment of Independent Accountants |
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8.3 Appointment of Investment Manager |
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8.4 Role of Administrator in Operation of the Trust Fund |
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8.5 Voting of Erie Indemnity Stock |
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ARTICLE NINE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
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9.1 The Administrator |
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9.2 Powers of Administrator |
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9.3 Delegation of Duties |
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9.4 Conclusiveness of Various Documents |
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9.5 Actions to be Uniform |
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9.6 Liability and Indemnification |
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ARTICLE TEN CLAIMS PROCEDURE
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10.1 Claims Review Procedure |
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10.2 Original Claim |
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10.3 Review of Denied Claim |
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10.4 Determination by the Administrator Conclusive |
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10.5 Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies |
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10.6 Deadline to File Civil Action |
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ARTICLE ELEVEN MISCELLANEOUS
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11.1 Non-Alienation of Benefits |
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11.2 Risk to Participants and Source of Payments |
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11.3 Expenses |
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11.4 Rights of Participants |
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11.5 Statement of Accounts |
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11.6 Designation of Beneficiary |
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11.7 Payment to Incompetents |
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11.8 Authority to Determine Payee |
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11.9 Severability |
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11.10 Employer Records |
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11.11 Limitation on Contributions |
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11.12 IRC 414(u) Compliance Provision |
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ARTICLE TWELVE AMENDMENT, TERMINATION OR MERGER OF THE PLAN
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12.1 Right to Amend |
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12.2 Right to Terminate |
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12.3 Merger, Transfer of Assets or Liabilities |
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN TOP HEAVY PROVISIONS
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13.1 Top Heavy Provisions Inapplicable |
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1.1 | Administrator or Plan Administrator means the administrative committee described in Article Nine. |
1.2 | Affiliate means any other employer which, together with the Company, is a member of a controlled group of corporations or of a commonly controlled trade or business (as defined in Code Sections 414(b) and (c) and as modified, where appropriate, by Code Section 415(h)) or of an affiliated service group (as defined in Code Section 414(m)) or other organization described in Code Section 414(o). Each such Affiliate shall be treated as an Affiliate only during such period as it is or was an Affiliate as defined above. |
1.3 | Beneficiary means any person who, by reason of a designation made by a Participant under Plan procedures or by operation of the Plan, is or will be entitled to receive any amount or benefit hereunder upon the death of such Participant. Any attempt to designate a person as Beneficiary hereunder by means other than that permitted under the Plan shall be void and have no effect. |
1.4 | Board means the Board of Directors of the Company. |
1.5 | Catch-Up Contribution means, with respect to a given Participant, the total amount of the Participants Tax Deferred Catch-Up Contributions and the Participants Roth Catch-Up Contributions. |
1.6 | Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. |
1.7 | Company means Erie Indemnity Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Pennsylvania. |
1.8 | Compensation for any period means the rate of base salary or the wages paid by an Employer to an Employee during the period. For this purpose, the rate of base salary or the wages paid shall exclude Form W-2 income in the form of overtime compensation, bonuses, commissions, deferred compensation plan payments or severance pay under any severance benefit plan, but shall include Form W-2 income paid as a lump sum in lieu of merit increase and compensation excluded from Form W-2 income because of salary reduction agreements in connection with plans described in Sections 125, 132(f)(4) or 401(k) of the Code or resulting from deferred compensation contracts for the Plan Year in question. Compensation shall exclude any differential wage payments made on behalf of a Covered Employee who is on military leave. Effective for each Plan Year beginning on and after December 31, 1989, in no event shall the amount of Compensation taken into account under the Plan exceed the adjusted annual limitation permitted under Section 401(a)(17) of the Code for such Plan Year. Such adjusted annual |
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limitation shall be, for each Plan Year beginning on and after December 31, 2001, $200,000 (as adjusted for cost-of-living increases in accordance with Section 401(a)(17)(B) of the Code. However, for the sole purpose of computing Plan contributions that are based on an Employees percentage of Compensation election, such adjusted annual limitation may be ignored; provided, the Employee does not receive a higher allocation of any type of contribution than the Employee could have received under the Plan had the adjusted annual limitation been considered. | ||
1.9 | Covered Employee means any Employee of an Employer, excluding any such Employee whose employment is governed by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement under which retirement benefits were the subject of good faith bargaining. | |
Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, any individual who an Employer determines to be a contract employee, independent contractor, leased employee (including a Leased Employee as defined hereunder), leased owner, leased manager, shared employee or person working under a similar classification shall not become a Covered Employee hereunder, regardless of whether any such individual is ultimately determined to be a common law employee, unless and until the Employer shall otherwise determine. An Employee shall be considered a Covered Employee only during such period in which the individual satisfies the requirements defined above. | ||
1.10 | Elective Deferral means, with respect to a given Participant, the total amount of the Participants Tax Deferred Contributions and the Participants Roth Elective Deferrals. |
1.11 | Eligible Applicant means a Participant who is actively employed with the Company or an Affiliate; provided, however, that for purposes of Sections 7.1 through 7.6, an Eligible Applicant shall also include a Participant who is on a disability leave of absence. |
1.12 | Employee means any common-law employee of an Employer or an Affiliate; provided, however, that for purposes of Section 1.17 Employee shall include any self-employed individual performing services for an Employer or Affiliate who is treated as an employee under Section 401(c)(1) of the Code. |
1.13 | Employer(s) means the Company, Erie Family Life Insurance Company, Erie Insurance Exchange, Erie Insurance Company, EI Holding Corp., EI Service Corp., Erie Insurance Company of New York, Erie Insurance Property & Casualty Company, Flagship City Insurance Company and any other Affiliate which may adopt this Plan. |
1.14 | Erie Indemnity Stock means the Class A common stock of the Company which is a qualifying employer security within the meaning of Section 407(d)(5) of ERISA. |
1.15 | Erie Indemnity Stock Fund means the investment fund described in Section 5.4. |
1.16 | ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. |
1.17 | Highly Compensated means any Employee who is a more than five percent (5%) owner of an Employer or earned $110,000 or more in Test Compensation from the Employer in the lookback |
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year; provided, however, that such $110,000 figure shall be adjusted for cost of living at the same time and in the same manner as determined under Code Section 415(d). | ||
1.18 | Hour of Service shall include the following: |
(a) | Each hour for which an Employee is directly or indirectly paid or entitled to payment from an Employer or an Affiliate as an Employee for the performance of duties during an applicable computation period (these hours must be credited to the Employee in the computation period during which the duties were performed and not when paid, if different); and | ||
(b) | Each hour for which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages, has been awarded or agreed to by an Employer or an Affiliate (these hours must be credited in the computation period or periods to which the award or agreement pertains rather than that in which the payment, award or agreement was made); and | ||
(c) | Each hour for which an Employee is directly or indirectly paid or entitled to payment from an Employer or an Affiliate for reasons, such as vacation, sickness or disability, other than for the performance of duties (these hours shall be calculated and credited pursuant to Section 2530.200b-2 of the Department of Labor regulations which are incorporated herein by reference). |
1.19 | Interactive Electronic Communication means a communication between a Participant or Beneficiary and the person or entity designated by the Administrator to perform recordkeeping and other administrative services on behalf of the Plan pursuant to a system maintained by such person or entity and communicated to each Participant and Beneficiary whereby each such individual may make elections and exercise options as described herein with respect to all or a portion of his Total Account through the use of such system and a personal identification number. If a Participant or Beneficiary (i) consents to participate in Interactive Electronic Communication procedures adopted by the Administrator and (ii) acknowledges that actions taken by him through the use of his personal identification number pursuant to the Interactive Electronic Communication procedure constitute his signature for purposes of initiating transactions such as investment option changes, and increases, decreases, and suspensions of Elective Deferrals, the Participant or Beneficiary, as the case may be, will be deemed to have given his written consent and authorization to any such action resulting from the use of the Interactive Electronic Communication system by the Participant or Beneficiary. |
1.20 | Leased Employee means any person (other than an Employee of an Employer) who pursuant to an agreement between the Employer and any other person (leasing organization) has performed services for the Employer (or for the Employer and related persons determined in accordance with Section 414(n)(6) of the Code) on a substantially full-time basis for a period of at least one year and such services are performed under primary direction or control by the recipient. Except as provided below, any person satisfying the foregoing criteria shall be treated as an Employee. Contributions or benefits provided a Leased Employee by the leasing organization which are attributable to services performed for the Employer shall be treated as provided by the Employer. |
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Leased Employee shall not be considered an Employee of an Employer if: (i) such Leased Employee is covered by a money purchase pension plan providing: (1) a nonintegrated employer contribution rate of at least 10 percent of compensation, (2) immediate participation, and (3) full and immediate vesting; and (ii) Leased Employees do not constitute more than 20 percent of the Employers non-Highly Compensated workforce. | ||
1.21 | Normal Retirement Date means the first day of the month next following the month in which the Participant attains age 65 (his Normal Retirement Age). |
1.22 | Notice means, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, (i) written Notice on an appropriate form provided by the Administrator that is, in the discretion of the Administrator, properly completed and executed by the party giving such Notice and which is delivered by hand or by mail to the Administrator or to such party designated by the terms of the Plan or by the Administrator to receive the Notice, or (ii) Notice by Interactive Electronic Communication to the person or entity designated by the Administrator to perform recordkeeping and other administrative services on behalf of the Plan. The form of Notice satisfactory in any given circumstance under the Plan shall be determined by the Administrator, in its discretion, and shall be applied uniformly to all Participants and Beneficiaries. Notice to any party as provided herein shall be deemed to be given when it is actually received (either physically or by Interactive Electronic Communication, as the case may be) by the party to whom such Notice is given. |
1.23 | Participant means any Covered Employee who participates in the Plan as provided in Section 3.1 (an active Participant) or Section 4.1, and further, shall include any current or former Covered Employee who has suspended his Elective Deferrals or has terminated or retired if such individual has a vested Total Account balance maintained on his behalf under the Plan. |
1.24 | Plan means this Erie Insurance Group Employee Savings Plan as herein set forth with all amendments, modifications and supplements hereafter made. |
1.25 | Plan Year means the calendar year. |
1.26 | Qualified Domestic Relations Order or QDRO means any judgment, decree or order (including approval of a property settlement agreement) which is made pursuant to a State Domestic Relations Law (including a community property law) and which: |
(a) | relates to provision of child support, alimony payments, or marital property rights of a Spouse, former Spouse, child or other dependent of a Participant; |
(b) | recognizes or creates an alternate payees right to, or assigns to an alternate payee the right to receive all or a portion of the benefits payable with respect to a Participant under this Plan; and |
(c) | clearly specifies: |
(i) | name and last known address of the Participant and of each alternate payee; |
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(ii) | the amount, percentage, or manner in which such could be determined, of the Participants benefits to be paid to such alternate payee by the Plan; |
(iii) | the number of payments or time periods the QDRO covers; and |
(iv) | each plan to which the QDRO applies. |
A QDRO cannot require the Plan to provide a type or form of benefit, or any option not otherwise provided by the Plan, nor can it require the Plan to provide increased benefits. A QDRO cannot require payment to an alternate payee by virtue of a previous QDRO. | ||
A written procedure will be established to determine the qualified status of domestic relations orders and to administer distributions thereunder. | ||
1.27 | Rollover Contribution means the Rollover Contribution or Roth Rollover Contribution made by a Covered Employee pursuant to Section 4.1. |
1.28 | Roth Catch-Up Contribution means, effective with respect to pay periods ending on or after January 1, 2007, or such later date as the Administrator shall determine, that portion of the Employer contribution made pursuant to Section 3.3 that is, at the election of the Participant, includible in the Participants gross income at the time the contribution is made. |
1.29 | Roth Elective Deferral means, effective with respect to pay periods ending on or after January 1, 2007, or such later date as the Administrator shall determine, the Employer contribution made pursuant to a Participants election under Section 3.1(a) to contribute a stated percentage, from one percent (1%) to one hundred percent (100%) of his future Compensation in lieu of receiving such amount directly in cash and to have such amount contributed to a Designated Roth Account maintained on his behalf under the Plan. A Roth Elective Deferral shall be includible in the Participants gross income at the time of deferral and shall be irrevocably designated as a Roth Elective Deferral by the Participant in his election. |
1.30 | Roth Rollover Contribution means that portion of a Covered Employees Rollover Contribution that is attributable to a designated Roth account under an eligible retirement plan. |
1.31 | Safe Harbor Matching Contribution means the Employer contribution made pursuant to Section 3.4. |
1.32 | Spousal Consent means a written consent given by a Participants Spouse to a Participants designation of a specified Beneficiary or Beneficiaries (including the designation of any class of Beneficiaries or any contingent Beneficiaries) under Section 11.6(a). Any Spousal Consent shall be effective only with respect to such Spouse. Such consent shall be duly witnessed by a Plan representative or a notary public and shall acknowledge the effect on the Spouse of the Participants election. The Participant may revoke, without limitation, any such designation without the need for Spousal Consent. Any new designation will require a new Spousal Consent. The requirement for Spousal Consent may be waived by the Administrator if it is established that there is no Spouse, the Spouse cannot be located, the Participant has a court order evidencing a |
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legal separation from or abandonment by the Spouse, or for such other circumstances as shall be prescribed by applicable law. | ||
1.33 | Spouse means, with respect to any Participant, an individual who is the Participants spouse as defined under 1 U.S.C. Section 7 or other applicable federal law. |
1.34 | Tax Deferred Catch-Up Contribution means that portion of the Employer contribution made pursuant to Section 3.3 that is, at the election of the Participant, not includible in the Participants gross income at the time the contribution is made. |
1.35 | Tax Deferred Contribution means the Employer contribution made pursuant to a Participants election under Section 3.1(a) to reduce his future taxable Compensation by a stated percentage, from one percent (1%) to one hundred percent (100%), in lieu of receiving such amount directly in cash and to have such amount contributed to a Tax Deferred Account maintained on his behalf under the Plan. A Tax Deferred Contribution shall not be includable in the Participants gross income at the time of deferral. |
1.36 | Test Compensation means, for any Plan Year, an Employees compensation, reported under Sections 6041 and 6051 of the Code on Form W-2, as paid by an Employer or an Affiliate for the calendar year ending with or within such Plan Year, including any amounts contributed pursuant to a salary reduction election on behalf of a Covered Employee to a plan described in Sections 125, 132(f)(4), 402(e)(3), 402(h)(1)(B), 403(b), or 457(b) of the Code for the period in question. Effective January 1, 2009, Test Compensation shall include any differential wage payments, as defined in Section 3401(h) of the Code, that are paid by an Employer during a period of qualified military service as defined in Section 414(u) of the Code. Test Compensation in any given year shall not exceed the adjusted annual limitation in effect for such year (as set forth in Section 1.8), provided that such limitation shall not be applied in determining the status of an Employee as a Highly Compensated Employee. To the extent permitted under regulations and other guidance promulgated by the Internal Revenue Service, the Company may elect to determine Test Compensation on a basis other than that provided above. |
1.37 | Total Account means the total amounts held under the Plan for a Participant, consisting of the following accounts: |
(a) | Designated Roth Account the portion of the Participants Total Account consisting of Roth Elective Deferrals plus (minus) any investment earnings (losses) on such contributions and less any distributions or withdrawals made from this account in accordance with Articles Six and Seven, respectively. |
(b) | Employer Account the portion of the Participants Total Account consisting of employer matching contributions made under the Plan with respect to Plan Years beginning before January 1, 2001, plus (minus) any investment earnings (losses) on such contributions and less any distributions or withdrawals made from this account in accordance with Articles Six and Seven, respectively. |
(c) | Rollover Account the portion of the Participants Total Account consisting of Rollover Contributions other than that portion of any Rollover Contribution that is attributable to a |
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Roth Rollover Contribution plus (minus) any investment earnings (losses) on such contributions and less any distributions or withdrawals made from this account in accordance with Articles Six and Seven, respectively. | |||
(d) | Roth Catch-Up Account the portion of the Participants Total Account consisting of Roth Catch-Up Contributions plus (minus) any investment earnings (losses) on such contributions and less any distributions or withdrawals made from this account in accordance with Article Six and Seven, respectively. |
(e) | Roth Rollover Account the portion of the Participants Total Account consisting of Roth Rollover Contributions plus (minus) any investment earnings (losses) on such contributions and less any distributions or withdrawals made from this account in accordance with Article Six and Seven, respectively. |
(f) | Safe Harbor Matching Account the portion of the Participants Total Account consisting of Safe Harbor Matching Contributions, plus (minus) any investment earnings (losses) on such contributions and less any distributions made from this account in accordance with Article Six. |
(g) | Tax Deferred Account the portion of the Participants Total Account consisting of Tax Deferred Contributions plus (minus) any investment earnings (losses) on such contributions and less any distributions or withdrawals made from this account in accordance with Articles Six and Seven, respectively. |
(h) | Tax Deferred Catch-Up Account the portion of the Participants Total Account consisting of Tax Deferred Catch-Up Contributions plus (minus) any investment earnings (losses) on such contributions and less any distributions or withdrawals made from this account in accordance with Article Six and Seven, respectively |
1.38 | Trust Agreement means the Trust Agreement between the Company and a Trustee as provided in Section 8.1, together with all amendments, modifications and supplements thereto. |
1.39 | Trust Fund means the fund established under the terms of the Trust Agreement for the purpose of holding and investing the assets of the Plan. The Trust Fund shall consist of such investment funds or vehicles as the Administrator may, in its discretion, designate from time to time and may include such investments as may be selected by a Participant or Beneficiary under a self-directed open option arrangement authorized by the Administrator. | |
Nothing herein shall prohibit the Trust Fund from holding reasonable amounts of Plan assets in cash or cash equivalents in any fund or vehicle offered under the Plan. The portion of the Trust Fund to be invested in the various funds or vehicles shall be determined by Participant investment elections made pursuant to Article Five. The Administrator may, in its discretion, offer additional investment funds or vehicles to all Participants and may cease to offer any investment fund or vehicle at such time as it deems appropriate. | ||
For period prior to June 1, 2009 or such later date as the Administrator, in its discretion, shall provide, and except as otherwise indicated, the Trust Fund shall be deemed to include that portion |
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of a Total Account which a Participant and Beneficiary elects to invest in a group annuity contract provided by the Erie Family Life Insurance Company. | ||
1.40 | Trustee means the Trustee or Trustees acting as such under the Trust Agreement, including any successor or successors. |
1.41 | Valuation Date means the close of business as of each business day. |
1.42 | Year of Eligibility Service means an Eligibility Computation Period in which an Employee completes at least 1,000 Hours of Service. | |
The Eligibility Computation Period with respect to an Employee shall mean the 12 consecutive month period that begins on the first day on which the Employee is credited with an Hour of Service in the employment of an Employer or Affiliate (Employment Commencement Date) and ends on the first anniversary thereof, and each Plan Year thereafter beginning with the Plan Year that includes the first anniversary of the Employees Employment Commencement Date. In the event an Employee completes 1,000 Hours of Service during the Eligibility Computation Period that begins on his Employment Commencement Date and completes 1,000 Hours of Service during the Eligibility Computation Period that begins on the January 1 that next follows his Employment Commencement Date, such Employee shall be credited with two Years of Eligibility Service. |
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2.1 | Participation |
(a) | Any Employee shall be eligible to participate in the Plan on the first day of a pay period, provided he is a Covered Employee and is actively employed by an Employer on such date and, provided further, that he makes proper application for participation within a reasonable time prior to the start of such pay period by furnishing Notice in accordance with procedures established by the Administrator and communicated to Covered Employees. |
(b) | Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Covered Employee who is compensated on an hourly basis and who is classified by an Employer as other than a regular hourly employee shall be eligible to participate in the Plan on the January 1 or July 1 coincident with or next following such Employees completion of each of the following requirements, provided he remains a Covered Employee as of such January 1 or July 1: |
(i) | His attainment of age 21 years; and |
(ii) | His completion of one Year of Eligibility Service. |
If the Employee is not a Covered Employee on the date he otherwise would have become eligible to participate in the Plan, such Employee shall automatically become eligible to participate in the Plan upon his return to employment as a Covered Employee. |
2.2 | Rehired Employees | |
An Employee who had been an active Participant in the Plan, who terminates his employment and is subsequently re-employed may become eligible to participate in the Plan under Section 3.1 on the first day of any pay period following re-employment, provided he is a Covered Employee and is actively employed by an Employer on such date and, provided further, that he makes proper application for participation within a reasonable time prior to the start of such pay period by furnishing Notice in accordance with procedures established by the Administrator and communicated to Covered Employees. |
2.3 | Employment Transfers |
(a) | Upon the transfer of a Covered Employee to other employment with an Employer or Affiliate whereby he ceases to be a Covered Employee hereunder, such individuals ability to have Elective Deferrals made to the Plan on his behalf (and to receive Safe Harbor Matching Contributions) with respect to Compensation earned on and after this date of transfer shall cease and such Participant shall be considered an inactive Participant under the Plan. |
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(b) | Upon the transfer of an individual from other employment with an Employer or Affiliate such that the individual becomes a Covered Employee hereunder, such individual shall be eligible to participate in the Plan as provided in Section 2.1 hereof. |
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3.1 | Elective Deferrals |
(a) | Each Covered Employee who is eligible to participate in the Plan and who has elected to become a Participant (in accordance with Article Two) may, at the time of making application to become a Participant, elect to make Elective Deferrals in a fixed, whole percentage, from one percent (1%) to one hundred percent (100%) of Compensation otherwise payable to such Covered Employee in future pay periods. Such election shall be made in accordance with procedures adopted by the Administrator and communicated to Participants. In all events, a Participant will be permitted to (i) begin making Elective Deferrals, (ii) change an existing election to made Elective Deferrals, and (iii) cease making Elective Deferrals at least once each Plan Year. | ||
Subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 3.2 and 11.11, Elective Deferrals shall be made pursuant to the Participants election and shall be designated as either Tax Deferred Contributions or Roth Elective Deferrals in accordance with such election; providing however, that the Administrator, in its discretion may authorize at any time a suspension or reduction of Elective Deferrals, or any part thereof, with respect to any Participant. Elective Deferrals shall be withheld by the Participants Employer each pay period by regular payroll deduction in accordance with the Employers payroll withholding procedures and shall be credited to the Participants Tax Deferred Account or Designated Roth Account as of the date the contributions are received by the Trustee or otherwise deposited in the Trust Fund. Such contributions shall be deposited in the Trust Fund as soon as such amounts can reasonably be segregated from the Employers general assets. | |||
(b) | Elective Deferrals constitute Employer contributions under the Plan and are intended to qualify as elective contributions under Sections 401(k) and 402A of the Code. Elective Deferrals may be made only with respect to an amount which the Participant could otherwise elect to receive in cash and which is not currently available to the Participant as of the date an election specified in this Section 3.1 is made. In the event a Participant has no Compensation for any payroll period, no Elective Deferral may be made for such period. |
3.2 | Dollar Limitation on Elective Deferrals |
(a) | Any provision of this Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, no Employer shall be permitted, during any calendar year, to make, with respect to such calendar year, Elective Deferrals on behalf of a Participant under the Plan (when combined with the Participants elective deferrals under any other plans, contracts, or arrangements) that will exceed the limitation in affect for such year under Section 402(g)(1) of the Code, as adjusted in accordance with Section 402(g)(4) of the Code. Make-up contributions on account of qualified military service under Section 414(u) of the Code shall not be recognized as elective deferrals for purposes of this section. |
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(b) | In the event any amount of Elective Deferrals for a calendar year exceeds the limitation applicable under this Section 3.2 for such calendar year, such excess amount (hereafter described for purposes of this Section, as Excess Deferrals), as adjusted for any income or loss allocable thereto in accordance with regulations, shall to the extent possible be distributed to such Participant, as provided in subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) below: |
(i) | At a date not later than the March 1st of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year to which such Excess Deferrals are attributable, any Participant to whom this Section 3.2 applies may notify, in writing, the Administrator by submitting a form as may be provided by the Administrator which shall specify the amount of the Participants Excess Deferrals for the given calendar year and shall contain a certified statement by the Participant indicating that if such amount is not distributed, such Excess Deferrals will exceed the limit imposed on the Participant by Section 402(g) of the Code for the year in which the Elective Deferrals occurred. | ||
Notwithstanding the foregoing and solely for the purpose of facilitating a distribution of Excess Deferrals as required by regulation, in the event a Participant has Excess Deferrals in a given year calculated by taking into account his Elective Deferrals hereunder and his elective deferrals under any other plan, contract, or arrangement maintained by an Employer or Affiliate, the Participant will be deemed to have notified the Administrator in the manner provided in this subparagraph. | |||
(ii) | At a date not later than the April 15 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year to which such Excess Deferrals are attributable, the Plan may distribute to the Participant the amount of the Excess Deferrals allocated to the Plan as adjusted for any income or loss allocable to such excess. Any Excess Deferrals distributed pursuant to this subparagraph that have not previously been included in income are to be included in the gross income of the Participant for the year to which such Excess Deferrals relate. Any income that is allocable to Excess Deferrals (as determined in accordance with rules promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate) that is distributed pursuant to this subparagraph is to be included in the gross income of the Participant for the year in which such amount is distributed. In making a distribution as permitted under this Section, the Administrator shall first allocate the Excess Deferral to any Roth Elective Deferrals for such year and shall allocate the Excess Deferral to Tax Deferred Contributions only to the extent the Excess Deferral exceeds such Roth Elective Deferrals. The Administrator shall designate the distribution as that consisting of Excess Deferrals within the meaning of Section 402(g)(1) of the Code. Any distribution of less than the entire amount of Excess Deferrals plus income or loss attributable to such deferral contributions shall be treated as a pro rata distribution of such excess deferral contributions and income/loss. No corrective distribution under this Section shall be recognized for purposes of determining whether the minimum distribution requirements of Section 401(a)(9) of the Code are satisfied with respect to any Participant. |
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(iii) | Any distribution in accordance with this Section 3.2 shall be made without regard to any notice or consent otherwise required under Sections 411(a)(11) or 417 of the Code. |
3.3 | Catch-Up Contributions |
(a) | A Participant who is a Covered Employee and who is age 50 or older at any time during a given Plan Year shall be eligible to elect to make a Tax Deferred Catch-Up Contribution for such Plan Year or, for Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2007, a Roth Catch-Up Contribution for such Plan Year. Such election shall be made, and may be changed prospectively, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Administrator and communicated to Covered Employees. | ||
(b) | A Catch-Up Contribution is an Employer contribution that is actually made on behalf of a Participant described in Section 3.3(a) whose Elective Deferrals for the give Plan Year are otherwise limited as provided in Section 3.2. and that is in an amount that does not exceed the dollar limit under Section 414(v)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, as adjusted in accordance with Section 414(v)(2)(C) of the Code. A Catch-Up Contribution is not taken into account for purposes of the limitations provided in Sections 3.2 and 11.11 of the Plan and the Plan shall not be treated as failing the requirements identified in Section 414(v)(3) of the Code, as applicable, by reason of such Catch-Up Contributions. |
3.4 | Safe Harbor Matching Contributions |
(a) | The Employer shall contribute an amount to the Trust Fund equal to the sum of those amounts individually determined with respect to each Participant, as follows: |
(i) | One hundred percent (100%) of the Elective Deferrals made with respect to the Participant during such pay period which do not exceed three percent (3%) of the Participants Compensation during such pay period; and | ||
(ii) | Fifty percent (50%) of the Elective Deferrals made with respect to the Participant during such pay period which exceed three percent (3%), but do not exceed five percent (5%), of the Participants Compensation during such pay period. |
Such contributions shall be designated as Safe Harbor Matching Contributions and shall be 100% vested and nonforfeitable when made. The Employer shall make Safe Harbor Matching Contributions as soon as practicable following the end of the pay period to which they relate and such contributions shall be credited to Participants Safe Harbor Matching Accounts as of the date they are received by the Trustee or otherwise deposited in the Trust Fund. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, Catch-Up Contributions shall be treated as Elective Deferrals under this Section 3.4 solely to the extent a Participants Elective Deferrals (exclusive of Catch-Up Contributions) for a given Plan Year do not equal or exceed five percent (5%) of the Participants Compensation during the Plan Year and provided that any such inclusion of Catch-Up Contributions in Elective Deferrals will not cause the amount of Elective Deferrals that are recognized for purposes |
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of the Safe Harbor Matching Contribution formula to exceed five percent (5%) of the Participants Compensation during the Plan Year. The Safe Harbor Matching Contribution made on behalf of each Participant shall be adjusted as of the last day of a Plan Year to ensure that the actual Safe Harbor Matching Contribution made equals the appropriate percentages set forth in this Section 3.4(a), as determined on the Plan Year basis. |
(b) | Effective with respect to each Plan Year in which the provisions of Section 3.4 are applicable, the Administrator shall provide Notice during the Safe Harbor Notice Period (as hereinafter defined) to each Covered Employee who is eligible to participate in the Plan during such Plan Year. Such Notice shall describe the following: |
(i) | The formula used to determine the Safe Harbor Matching Contribution to be made on behalf of such Employee for such Plan Year; | ||
(ii) | Any requirements that such Employee must satisfy to become entitled to receive such contributions; | ||
(iii) | The type and amount of Compensation that may be deferred under the Plan as Elective Deferrals and Catch-Up Contributions; | ||
(iv) | The procedures for making or changing an election to make Elective Deferrals and Catch-Up Contributions, including the periods available for making or changing such elections; | ||
(v) | The withdrawal and vesting provisions applicable to contributions under the Plan; and | ||
(vi) | A means by which Covered Employees may easily obtain additional information about the Plan. |
For purposes hereof, the Safe Harbor Notice Period shall mean a period beginning 90 days before the first day of the applicable Plan Year and ending 30 days before the first day of the applicable Plan Year; provided, however, with respect to a Covered Employee who becomes eligible to participate in the Plan during a given Plan Year in which the provisions of Section 3.4 are applicable, the Safe Harbor Notice Period shall begin 90 days before the day such Employee may first participate in the Plan and shall end on the day such Employee may first participate in the Plan. | |||
(c) | The Employer elects to treat the Plan as automatically satisfying the nondiscrimination in amount of employer contribution requirements of Section 401(a)(4) of the Code. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 3.4 to the contrary, the Employer reserves the right to suspend future Safe Harbor Matching Contributions at any time provided that the procedures for implementing such suspension are consistent with Section 1.401(k)-3(g) of the Income Tax Regulations. |
3.5 | Source of Employer Contributions |
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(a) | The Employer shall make all contributions to the Plan without regard to current or accumulated net profits. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of Sections 401(a)(27) and 401(k) of the Code, the Plan shall continue to be considered a profit sharing plan. Effective January 1, 2007, this Plan is also intended to be a qualified Roth contribution program under Section 402A of the Code. All Employer contributions shall be made in cash and shall be conditioned on the deductibility of the contribution. | ||
(b) | Any provision of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, the total Employer contribution made with respect to any Plan Year, when added to any other contributions made by the Employer to a plan qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, shall not exceed such amount which is deductible for such Plan Year pursuant to Sections 404(a)(3) or 404(a)(7) of the Code. In any event, all contributions for a Plan Year shall be paid within the regular or extended time for filing the Employers federal income tax return for the fiscal year which includes the Plan Year end. |
3.6 | Investment of Employer Contributions | |
The Employer contributions made on behalf of a Participant shall be invested by the Trustee in accordance with the Participants election under Sections 5.3(a) and 5.4(a). | ||
3.7 | Recovery of Contributions | |
Except as provided in this Section 3.7, the assets of the Plan shall never inure to the benefit of an Employer or Affiliate and shall be held for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits under the Plan and defraying reasonable expenses of the Plan. However, no provision of this Plan shall: |
(a) | prohibit the return of a contribution to an Employer or a Participant within one year after payment if such contribution was made by a mistake of fact; or | ||
(b) | prohibit the return of a contribution that is determined to be nondeductible (to the extent disallowed as a deduction); |
provided, however, in the case of the return of a contribution which was made as a result of a mistake of fact, the amount which shall be returned is the excess of the amount contributed over the amount which would have been contributed had the mistake of fact not occurred. Further, in the case of the return of a contribution that is determined to be nondeductible, and in the case of a contribution made as the result of a mistake of fact, earnings attributable to the excess contribution may not be returned, but losses attributable thereto must reduce the amount to be returned. Further, in both such cases, if the withdrawal of the amount attributable to the mistaken or nondeductible contribution would cause the balance of the account of any Participant to be reduced to less than the balance which would have been in the account had the mistaken or nondeductible amount not been contributed, then the amount to be returned to the Employer will be limited so as to avoid such reduction. | ||
3.8 | Other Provisions Relating to Employer Contributions |
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(a) | Except as otherwise provided in accordance with procedures adopted by the Administrator and communicated to applicable Participants, a Participant may as of any time: |
(i) | suspend the Elective Deferrals and/or Catch-Up Contributions being made on his behalf; | ||
(ii) | increase or decrease the rate of Elective Deferrals and/or Catch-Up Contributions made on his behalf or have such contributions resumed after a period of suspension; | ||
(iii) | change the allocation of the Elective Deferrals made on his behalf from Tax Deferred Contributions to Roth Elective Deferrals, or vice versa; or | ||
(iv) | change the allocation of the Catch-Up Contributions made on his behalf from Tax Deferred Catch-Up Contributions to Roth Catch-Up Contributions, or vice versa. |
Such suspension or change in rate or allocation shall be effective as of the first day of the pay period next following the date the Participant delivers Notice of the same to the Administrator, provided such Notice is delivered to the Administrator in such time as to allow the Administrator a reasonable period within which to act on the election contained therein. | |||
During any period of suspension, regardless of the length of its duration, the Participants Account shall be maintained in accordance with the procedure set forth in Article Five. | |||
(b) | In the event Safe Harbor Matching Contributions have been made with respect to Elective Deferrals that are subsequently determined to fail to meet the annual dollar limitation specified in Section 3.2(a) (and if such Excess Deferrals are distributed pursuant to Section 3.2(b)), such Safe Harbor Matching Contributions (and any income or loss attributable thereto determined in accordance with regulations) shall be forfeited and applied to reduce future Safe Harbor Matching Contributions. |
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4.1 | Rollover Contributions |
(a) | Under such rules and procedures as the Administrator may establish, any Covered Employee may make a cash Rollover Contribution to this Plan of all or a portion of the amount received by the Covered Employee in the form of an eligible rollover distribution from an eligible retirement plan (as such terms are defined in Section 6.4); provided, however, that the Plan shall not accept (i) a rollover of after-tax employee contributions; (ii) a rollover from an individual retirement account or annuity that is other than a conduit IRA, as determined by the Administrator, or (iii) a rollover from such other source, and/or under such circumstances, as the Administrator, in its discretion, shall determine to be ineligible. Effective January 1, 2007, that portion of a Rollover Contribution that is attributable to a designated Roth account under an eligible retirement plan shall be accepted provided it meets the other requirements of this section and is made as a direct rollover to a Roth Rollover Account hereunder. Such Roth Rollover Contribution shall be subject to separate accounting, including accounting for the amount of such contribution not includable in income. Any portion of a Rollover Contribution that is not a Roth Rollover Contribution and that is accepted by the Administrator shall be allocated to a Rollover Account established on behalf of the Covered Employee. No Rollover Contribution may be made to the Plan unless the Covered Employee had demonstrated to the Administrators satisfaction that the contribution satisfies the conditions for tax-free rollover treatment under the applicable provisions of the Code. | ||
(b) | In the event the Administrator has reasonably concluded that an amount may be accepted by the Plan as a Rollover Contribution under Section 4.1(a) but later determines that all or a portion of such amount fails to satisfy the provisions of Section 4.1(a), the Administrator shall cause such ineligible amount and related investment earnings to be distributed to the Covered Employee (or, if applicable, Beneficiary) as soon as administratively feasible. |
4.2 | Vesting of Rollover Contributions |
Amounts contributed under Section 4.1 hereof shall at all times be 100% vested. |
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5.1 | Establishment of Participant Accounts |
(a) | There shall be established and maintained for each Participant a Total Account. A Total Account may consist of the following accounts: |
(i) | a Tax Deferred Account; | ||
(ii) | a Safe Harbor Matching Account; | ||
(iii) | an Employer Account; | ||
(iv) | a Rollover Account; | ||
(v) | a Tax Deferred Catch-Up Account; | ||
(vi) | for periods on and after January 1, 2007, a Designated Roth Account; | ||
(vii) | for periods on and after January 1, 2007, a Roth Catch-Up Account; and | ||
(viii) | for periods on and after January 1, 2007, a Roth Rollover Account. |
(b) | Within each of the accounts listed in Section 5.1(a) that are applicable to a given Participant, separate records shall be kept of the portion, if any, of each account invested in each investment fund or vehicle then offered under the Plan. The Administrator may adopt rules, consistent with income tax regulations, that designate certain accounts as constituting a separate contract for purposes of Section 72 of the Code. |
5.2 | Valuation Date Adjustments | |
As of each Valuation Date, each Participants balance in his various accounts shall be adjusted in accordance with the valuation procedure adopted by the Administrator. | ||
5.3 | Investment Elections |
(a) | When a Covered Employee submits his application to become a Participant, he shall give Notice regarding the investment of contributions to be made on his behalf under the Plan. Such Notice shall be provided to the Administrator or its designee within such time and in accordance with such means as are designated by the Administrator and communicated to Participants and Covered Employees. Subject to such procedural rules as may be established by the Administrator from time-to-time, such Notice shall specify, in 1% increments from 0% to 100%, the percentage of each applicable contribution source which is to be invested in each investment option then made available. |
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A Participant may change the investment elections made under this Section 5.3(a) at any time by giving Notice to the Administrator or its designee within such time and in accordance with such means as are designated by the Administrator and communicated to Participants and Covered Employees. Such Notice of change shall be subject to the procedural specifications set forth above (and, if applicable, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 5.4) and, except as may otherwise be provided in the Trust Agreement, shall be effective with respect to contributions received by the Trustee (or otherwise deposited into the Trust Fund) as of the Valuation Date on which the Notice is received or as of the next following Valuation Date, in accordance with procedures established by the Administrator, and communicated to Participants and Covered Employees. | |||
A Covered Employee making a Rollover Contribution shall give Notice regarding the investment of such contribution. Such Notice shall be delivered on or prior to the date the Rollover Contribution is effective and shall specify, in 1% increments from 0% to 100%, the percentage of the Rollover Contribution to be invested in each investment option which is then made available for the investment of Rollover Contributions. | |||
(b) | Each Participant and Beneficiary shall have the opportunity to change the manner in which the Total Account maintained on his behalf under the Plan is invested. Such opportunity shall be exercised by giving Notice to the Administrator or its designee within such time and in accordance with such means as are designated by the Administrator and communicated to Participants, Covered Employees and affected Beneficiaries. Subject to such procedural rules as may be established by the Administrator from time-to-time, such Notice shall specify, in a whole dollar amount or in 1% increments from 0% to 100%, the dollar amount, or percentage, of the Total Account maintained on behalf of the Participant or Beneficiary which is to be invested in each investment option then made available. Except as may otherwise be set forth in the Trust Agreement, such Notice shall be effective as of the Valuation Date on which the Notice is received by the Trustee or as of the next following Valuation Date, in accordance with procedures established by the Administrator and communicated to Participants, Covered Employees and affected Beneficiaries. Notwithstanding any provision of this paragraph (b) to the contrary, (i) the election under this Section 5.3(b) shall be subject to any contractual limitations imposed on the direct transfer of assets between given investment funds or such other reasonable limitation on exchanges as may be agreed to between the Administrator and the person or entity designated by the Administrator to perform administrative services on behalf of the Plan (ii) the election under this Section 5.3(b) shall be subject to any regulatory restrictions on transfers, as determined by the Administrator, in its discretion, (iii) prior to March 1, 2009 or such later date as the Administrator, in its discretion shall provide, in no event shall any portion of the Total Account maintained on behalf of a Participant or Beneficiary in the Erie Family Life Group Annuity Fund be transferred to any other investment fund and (iv) in no event shall any portion of the Total Account maintained on behalf of a Participant be transferred to the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund. | ||
(c) | Any investment elections or changes in elections under this Section 5.3 may be limited or delayed by the Administrator or Trustee, if, in the judgment of such party, giving |
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immediate effect to such elections would adversely affect the Total Account balances of a significant number of Participants. | |||
(d) | In the event a Participants, Covered Employees or Beneficiarys investment election under the Plan is incomplete, the Participant, Covered Employee or Beneficiary will be deemed to have chosen to invest in such default fund as is set forth in the Trust Agreement or as otherwise determined by the Administrator. | ||
(e) | Any investment election or deemed investment election under the Plan shall remain in effect until changed by an election under this Section. Notwithstanding any provision of this Article Five to the contrary, the Administrator, in its discretion, may offer such investment options to Participants and Beneficiaries as it deems appropriate and may cease to offer any such options as it deems appropriate. In the event the Administrator decides to discontinue offering an investment option under the Plan, those Participants on whose behalf Total Accounts are being maintained that are invested in the discontinued investment option may be required, at the discretion of the Administrator, to have affected amounts consolidated with (or mapped to) a replacement investment option selected by the Administrator or may be provided an opportunity to designate, from such selection of investment options as may be offered by the Administrator, an investment option or options as a replacement for the investment option being discontinued. Any such designation by a Participant shall be made in accordance with paragraph (b) above. If a Participant who is affected by the discontinuation of an investment option fails to make any replacement designation offered in this paragraph (e), the Participants interest in such discontinued fund, shall be consolidated with (or mapped to) such replacement investment option selected by the Administrator, in its discretion. Any changes under this paragraph (e) shall take effect as of such times and under such rules as shall be established by the Administrator. | ||
(f) | Each Participant, Covered Employee and Beneficiary is solely responsible for the selection of his investment option. The Trustee, the Administrator, the Employer, and the directors, officers, supervisors and other employees of the Employer are not empowered to advise a Participant, Covered Employee or Beneficiary as to the manner in which any portion of his Total Account shall be invested. The fact that an investment option is available under the Plan shall not be construed as a recommendation for investment in that investment option. |
5.4 | Erie Indemnity Stock Fund | |
The provisions of this Section shall become applicable to the extent to which Participants and Beneficiaries Employer Accounts and/or Safe Harbor Matching Accounts under the Plan are invested in the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund. |
(a) | The Administrator shall make available under the Plan an investment fund which shall consist exclusively of Erie Indemnity Stock; provided, however, that in the discretion of the Trustee, within guidelines set by the Administrator, a portion of such fund may be held in short-term interest-bearing investments or cash pending purchase of Erie Indemnity Stock and to provide sufficient liquidity for exchanges out of the fund, |
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withdrawals and loans. Such investment fund shall be referred to as the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 5.4, a Participant shall be permitted to invest all or a portion of the Safe Harbor Matching Contributions, made on his behalf in the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3. A Participant shall not be permitted to invest any portion of the Elective Deferrals or Catch-Up Contributions made on his behalf in the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund nor shall any Participant or Covered Employee be permitted to invest any portion of a Rollover Contribution in the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund. No Participant, Covered Employee or Beneficiary may transfer any portion of the Total Account maintained on his behalf to the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund. For purposes of implementing Participant investment elections under Section 5.3, or a Participants or Beneficiarys distribution election under Section 6.3, the Trustee may, in its discretion, purchase or sell Erie Indemnity Stock on the open market or by privately-negotiated transaction; provided however, that any such purchase or sale shall be made only in exchange for fair market value as determined by the Trustee and, provided further that, no commission shall be charged to or paid by the Plan with respect to any purchase or sale of Erie Indemnity Stock between the Plan and a party in interest (as defined in Section 3(14) of ERISA). Any distributions, dividends or other income received by the Trustee with respect to the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund shall be reinvested by the Trustee in the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund. | |||
(b) | The restrictions contained in this paragraph (b) shall apply to that portion of the Employer Accounts and/or Safe Harbor Matching Accounts maintained on behalf of Participants or Beneficiaries which are invested in the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund and, if and to the extent necessary, any election made by a Participant or Beneficiary under the Plan shall be deemed modified to be consistent with this paragraph (b). | ||
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.4 and Articles Seven and Fourteen: |
(i) | No Participant or Beneficiary shall, on the basis of material nonpublic information with respect to the Company or its affiliates, make an election permitted by that Section or those Articles if (1) such election would result in an exchange into or out of, loans from, withdrawals from, or an increase or decrease in the amount of contributions to the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund, and (2) the transaction resulting from such election is prohibited by Rule 10b-5. | ||
(ii) | No officer shall make an election permitted by that Section or those Articles if such election would result in a transaction involving the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund which is not an exempt transaction pursuant to Rule 16b-3. |
For purposes of this paragraph (b), the terms Rule 10b-5 and Rule 16b-3 shall mean the rules, as amended, having those designations promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the terms affiliate and officer shall have the meanings set forth in Rule 12b-2 and Rule 16a-1(f), respectively, both as so promulgated and amended. |
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(c) | Notwithstanding anything in this Article Five to the contrary, Participants and Beneficiaries shall have the right, and be notified of such right, to diversify the portions of their Total Account which are invested in the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund, as required under Section 401(a)(35) of the Code and Section 101(m) of ERISA. Any limitations established by the Administrator related to contributions and/or transfers into or out of the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund shall comply with the divestiture requirements of Section 401(a)(35) of the Code and related guidance. |
5.5 | Temporary Suspension of Certain Administrative Activities | |
In the event of a change in the investment options available under the Plan, a change in vendors providing services to the Plan, or a change in the Plans administrative procedures, the Administrator may establish procedures for temporarily suspending certain activities under the Plan, as the Administrator may determine are necessary or appropriate, in its discretion. Such temporary suspension shall be conditioned upon any notification to Participants required by law. The activities that may be suspended include, but are not limited to, changes in Elective Deferrals, Rollover Contributions, investment elections or transfers, distributions, in-service withdrawals and loans. |
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6.1 | Vesting | |
A Participant shall be fully vested in all contributions made and investment earnings credited under the provisions of the Plan. | ||
6.2 | Distributions Upon Retirement or Other Termination of Employment |
(a) | Subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) below, upon the termination of a Participants employment with the Company and Affiliates for any reason, the Participant (or, if the Participant is deceased, his Beneficiary) shall be paid the entire vested Total Account maintained on behalf of the Participant as provided in subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii) below: |
(i) | If the vested Total Account exceeds $3,500 as of the determination date chosen by the Administrator or its designee, the Participant (or Beneficiary) may elect, in such manner as provided by the Administrator or its designee, to either take or commence an immediate distribution of such vested Total Account in a form permitted under Section 6.3 or to defer receipt of the same until a later date, but not beyond the end of the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 70-1/2 and not beyond such other required commencement date under Section 401(a)(9) of the Code. The failure of any terminated Participant (or terminated Participants Beneficiary) to make an election with respect to a vested Total Account in excess of the $3,500 threshold shall be deemed an election by the Participant (or Beneficiary) to defer receipt of such vested Total Account. A Participant or Beneficiary who elects (or is deemed to have elected) to defer receipt of the vested Total Account may request a distribution of the vested Total Account in a form permitted under Section 6.3 at a subsequent date permitted under Section 401(a)(9) of the Code. Pending distribution of his Total Account, such Participant or Beneficiary shall be permitted to change the manner in which such Total Account is invested in accordance with Section 5.3(b). | ||
(ii) | If the vested Total Account does not exceed $3,500 as of the
determination date chosen by the Administrator or its designee and such
determination date precedes January 1, 2007, such vested Total Account shall be
paid in a lump sum to the Participant or Beneficiary. Such payment shall be made
as soon as practicable following the Participants (or Beneficiarys) election to
take payment in cash or as a direct rollover and shall be made in accordance with
such election. If a Participant fails to make an affirmative election to receive
cash or make a direct rollover within 60 days of being apprised of his
distribution options, distribution of the lump sum shall be made as a direct rollover to an individual retirement account selected by the Administrator unless the vested Total Account as of the determination date is $1,000 or less, in which case distribution of the lump sum shall be made to the Participant in cash. If a Beneficiary fails to make an affirmative election to receive cash or, if eligible, make a direct rollover within 60 days of being apprised of his distribution |
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options, distribution of the lump sum shall be made to the Beneficiary in cash. | |||
(iii) | If the vested Total Account does not exceed $3,500 as of the determination date chosen by the Administrator or its designee and such determination date is on or after January 1, 2007, such vested Total Account shall be paid in a lump sum to the Participant (or Beneficiary) on the conditions that the Participant (or Beneficiary) is alive as of the applicable payment date and, except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph (iii), that the Participant (or Beneficiary) affirmatively elects payment in cash or as a direct rollover. If the vested Total Account maintained on behalf of the Participant (or Beneficiary) does not exceed $1,000 as of the applicable determination date and the Participant (or Beneficiary) fails to make an affirmative election to receive cash or make a direct rollover within 60 days of being apprised of his distribution options, the Plan shall pay such vested Total Account to the Participant (or Beneficiary) as a lump sum in cash. | ||
(iv) | For purposes of this Section 6.2(a), the value of a vested Total Account shall be determined with regard to that portion, if any, that is attributable to a Rollover Contribution (and earnings allocated thereon). |
(b) | The Administrator or its designee shall notify a Participant or Beneficiary of his election right under Section 6.2(a) and, in the case of a Participant who may defer payment of the vested portion of his Total Account in accordance with Section 6.2(a), of his right to defer payment and, for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 2006, a description of the consequences of a failure to defer payment. Such notification shall be provided to the Participant or Beneficiary not less than 30 days and not more than 180 days before payment is made; provided, however, that a Participant or Beneficiary may affirmatively elect to be paid the vested Total Account being maintained on his behalf within 30 days after the Participant or Beneficiary received the notice described in this Section 6.2(b). | ||
(c) | A Participant who returns to employment with the Employer on a full or part-time basis prior to distribution of his vested Total Account under paragraph (a) shall be deemed to have cancelled his distribution election as of his date of reemployment. | ||
(d) | All payments made pursuant to this Article Six shall be based on the Participants vested Total Account balance on the Valuation Date as of which payment is made. Payment shall be made from the accounts comprising the Participants (or Beneficiarys) Total Account and from the investment funds in which such Total Account is invested in such order of priority as the Administrator, pursuant to a uniform and nondiscriminatory policy, shall direct. |
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6.3 | Payment of Amounts Distributed |
(a) | Distributions to a Participant or Beneficiary may be paid in the form of: |
(i) | a lump sum; | ||
(ii) | monthly, quarterly or annual installments that will provide a fixed amount per pay period; or | ||
(iii) | monthly, quarterly or annual installments that will provide substantially equal payments over a fixed period that is not in excess of the lesser of fifteen (15) years or the recipients life expectancy, as determined by the Administrator as of the date the payments begin. | ||
A Participant or Beneficiary who has elected payment in an installment form under Section 6.3(a)(ii) or (iii) may elect, at some future date, to have the balance of the vested Total Account maintained on his behalf paid in the form of a lump sum. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, a Participant or Beneficiary may not change his elected form of distribution following the date Plan payments begin. A Participant who returns to employment with the Employer on a full or part-time basis following commencement of an installment form of distribution shall be deemed to have cancelled his distribution election as of his date of reemployment. In no event may distributions from the Plan be made in the form of an annuity. |
(b) | A distributee who is receiving payment in the form of a lump sum shall elect to have that portion of his Employer Account and Safe Harbor Matching Account which is invested in the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund paid either (i) in whole units of Erie Indemnity Stock (with fractional units being distributed in cash) or (ii) in cash. The election of a Participant or Beneficiary under this Section 6.3(b) shall be made in connection with the Participants or Beneficiarys lumps sum election under Section 6.2. In the event distribution is made in the form of installments or is made in the form of a lump sum, but such lump sum is paid in the absence of a Participants or Beneficiarys distribution election, that portion of an Employer Account and Safe Harbor Matching Account which is invested in the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund at the time of distribution shall be paid in cash. | ||
(c) | Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of the Plan and effective January 1, 2003, all distributions under the Plan shall be made in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(9), including the incidental death benefit requirement of Code Section 401(a)(9)(G), and Treasury Regulations Sections 1.401(a)(9)-1 through 1.401(a)(9)-9. Specifically, distribution of the Participants interest shall: |
(i) | be completed no later than the required beginning date; or | ||
(ii) | commence not later than the required beginning date with distribution to the Participant made over the life of the Participant or joint lives of the Participant and a designated Beneficiary or a period not longer than the life of the Participant or joint lives of the Participant and a designated Beneficiary. |
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For purposes of this Section 6.3, required beginning date shall mean April 1 of the calendar year following the later of the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 701/2 or the calendar year in which the Participant terminates employment or retires; provided, however, if the Participant is a five-percent owner (as defined in Code Section 416), the required beginning date shall be April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 701/2, regardless of the date that the five-percent owner terminates employment or retires. | |||
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the Participant elects otherwise, distribution of benefits under Section 6.2 will begin no later than the 60th day after the latest of the close of the Plan Year in which: |
(i) | the Participant attains age 65; | ||
(ii) | occurs the fifth anniversary of the Plan Year in which the Participant commenced participant in the Plan; or | ||
(iii) | the Participant terminated employment with the Company and Affiliates. |
(d) | In the event that a Participant dies prior to the date that distribution commences: |
(i) | any portion of the Participants interest that is not payable to a designated Beneficiary shall be distributed not later than the end of the calendar year which includes the fifth anniversary of the date of the Participants death; and | ||
(ii) | any portion of the Participants interest that is payable to a designated Beneficiary shall be distributed in accordance with subparagraph (i) above or over the life of the designated Beneficiary (or over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of the Beneficiary), commencing not later than the end of the calendar year following the calendar year of the Participants death or, if the Beneficiary is the Participants surviving Spouse, commencing not later than the last day of the later of the calendar year in which the Participant would have attained age 701/2, or the calendar year following the calendar year which includes the date of the Participants death. |
(e) | In the event a Participant dies after distribution of his interest has begun, but prior to distribution of his entire interest, the remaining portion of such interest shall be distributed, at the election of the Participants Beneficiary, in a lump sum or in a method that is at least as rapid as the method being used at the date of the Participants death. | ||
(f) | Notwithstanding Sections 6.3(c), (d) or (e) of the Plan, a Participant or Beneficiary who would have been required to receive required minimum distributions for 2009 but for the enactment of Section 401(a)(9)(H) of the Code (2009 RMDs), and who would have satisfied that requirement by receiving distributions that are (i) equal to the 2009 RMDs or (ii) one or more payments in a series of substantially equal distributions (that include the 2009 RMDs) made at least annually and expected to last for the life (or life expectancy) of |
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the Participant, the joint lives (or life expectancy) of the Participant and the Participants Beneficiary, or for a period of at least 10 years (Extended 2009 RMDs), will receive those distributions for 2009 unless the Participant or Beneficiary chooses not to receive such distributions. Participants and Beneficiaries described in the preceding sentence will be given the opportunity to elect to stop receiving the distributions described in the preceding sentence. | |||
For purposes of Section 6.4 of the Plan, 2009 RMDs and Extended 2009 RMDs will also be treated as eligible rollover distributions in 2009. |
6.4 | Direct Rollovers |
(a) | A distributee may elect, subject to provisions adopted by the Administrator which shall be consistent with income tax regulations, to have any portion of an eligible rollover distribution paid directly to an eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee in a direct rollover. The Administrator shall notify a distributee of his right to elect a direct rollover; such notice shall be furnished to the distributee between 30 days and 180 days prior to the date as of which the distributee is to receive a distribution from the Plan, provided that the distributee may affirmatively elect a distribution or direct rollover to occur within 30 days after the furnishing of such notice. | ||
(b) | Definitions. |
(i) | Eligible Rollover Distribution: An eligible rollover distribution is any distribution of all or any portion of the balance to the credit of the distributee other than (A) any distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal periodic payments made for the life (or life expectancy) of the distributee or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of the distributee and his designated Beneficiary, or for a specified period of ten (10) years or more; (B) any distribution to the extent such distribution is required under Code Section 401(a)(9); and (C) any portion of a hardship withdrawal. In addition, a portion of a distribution shall not fail to be an eligible rollover distribution merely because the portion consists of after-tax employee contributions which are not includible in gross income. However, such portion may be paid only to an individual retirement account or annuity described in Code Sections 408(a) or (b), respectively, or (for distributions on and after January 1, 2008) to a Roth IRA described in Section 408A of the Code, to a qualified trust defined in Section 401(a) of the Code, or to an annuity contract described in Section 403(b) of the Code provided such account, annuity, IRA, trust or annuity contract agrees to separately account for amounts so transferred, including separately accounting for the portion of such distribution which is includible in gross income and the portion of such distribution which is not so includible. | ||
An eligible rollover distribution with respect to a distributee who is not the Employees or former Employees Spouse must be made by a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer. |
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(ii) | Eligible Retirement Plan: An eligible retirement plan is an individual retirement account described in Code Section 408(a), an individual retirement annuity described in Code Section 408(b), an annuity described in Code Section 403(a), an annuity contract described in Code Section 403(b), an eligible plan under Code Section 457(b) which is maintained by a state or a political subdivision of a state, and which agrees to separately account for amounts transferred, a qualified trust described in Code Section 401(a), and for periods on and after January 1, 2008, a Roth IRA under Code Section 408A, that accepts the distributees eligible rollover distribution. However, in the case of an eligible rollover distribution: (A) that includes after-tax employee contributions, an eligible retirement plan is an individual retirement account or annuity described in Code Section 408(a) or (b), or a qualified defined contribution plan described in Code Sections 401(a) or 403(a) that agrees to separately account for such eligible rollover distributions, including separately accounting for the portion of such distribution which is includible in gross income and the portion of such distribution which is not so includible, (B) that includes a Designated Roth Account, an eligible retirement plan is an individual retirement plan described in Code Section 408A or a qualified defined contribution plan described in Code Section 401(a) that agrees to separately account for such eligible rollover distribution, including separately accounting for the portion of such distribution which is includible in gross income and the portion of such distribution which is part not so includible, and (C) that is made on behalf of a distributee that is not the Employees or former Employees Spouse, an eligible retirement plan shall mean an individual retirement account described in Code Section 408(a) or an individual retirement annuity described in Code Section 408(b) established for the purpose of receiving a distribution on behalf of a Beneficiary, which will be treated as an inherited IRA pursuant to Code Section 402(c)(11). | ||
(iii) | Distributee: A distributee includes an Employee or former Employee. In addition, the Employees or former Employees surviving Spouse and the Employees or former Employees Spouse or former Spouse who is the alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in Code Section 414(p), are distributees with regard to the interest of the Spouse or former Spouse. With respect to distributions made on or after July 1, 2007, a distributee shall also include an Employees Beneficiary who is not the Employees Spouse. | ||
(iv) | Direct Rollover: A direct rollover is a payment by the Plan to the eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee. |
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7.1 | Withdrawals Generally |
An Eligible Applicant may make written application to the Administrator for withdrawal of a portion of his account balance without terminating his employment, but only in such amounts and under such conditions as specified in this Article Seven. All such applications for a withdrawal made by an Eligible Applicant shall be approved or denied by the Administrator in accordance with a uniform, non-discriminatory policy and such action by the Administrator shall be final. |
7.2 | Hardship Withdrawal |
Upon proper written application of an Eligible Applicant in such form as the Administrator may specify, the Administrator may permit the Eligible Applicant to withdraw in cash the portion of the balance of his Total Account representing his Rollover Account (if applicable), his Roth Rollover Account (if applicable), his Employer Account and his Elective Deferrals and Catch-Up Contributions without earnings thereon, provided that the reason for such withdrawal is to enable the Eligible Applicant to meet unusual or special situations in his financial affairs resulting in immediate and heavy financial needs of the Eligible Applicant and, provided further, that the Administrator must be satisfied that any withdrawal hereunder is not in excess of the amount necessary to meet the immediate and heavy financial need and that such need cannot be met from other resources of the Eligible Applicant. The amount available for withdrawal shall be based on the balances of the applicable accounts (and the Elective Deferrals made) as of the Valuation Date on which payment is made. Amounts required to meet the following items are deemed to be for immediate and heavy financial needs: |
(a) | payments necessary to prevent the eviction of the Eligible Applicant from, or foreclosure of the mortgage on, his principal residence; |
(b) | expenses for medical care described in Code Section 213(d) incurred by the Eligible Applicant, his Spouse, his children, or his dependents as defined in Code Section 152, or necessary for these persons to obtain medical care described in Section 213(d) of the Code; | ||
(c) | costs directly related to the purchase of an Eligible Applicants principal residence; | ||
(d) | payment of tuition, related educational fees and room and board expenses, for the next 12 months of post-secondary education for the Eligible Applicant, his Spouse, his children, or his dependents (as defined in Code Section 152 without regard to Code Sections 152(b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B)); or | ||
(e) | payments for burial or funeral expenses for the Eligible Applicants deceased parent, his Spouse, his children, or his dependents as defined in Code Section 152, without regard to |
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Code Section 152(d)(1)(B) of the Code; or | |||
(f) | expenses for the repair of damage to the Eligible Applicants principal residence that would qualify for a casualty deduction under Code Section 165 (determined without regard to whether the loss exceeds 10% of adjusted gross income). |
7.3 | Safe Harbor Distribution |
A distribution shall be deemed necessary to satisfy an immediate and heavy financial need of an Eligible Applicant if all of the following requirements are satisfied: | |||
(a) | the distribution is not in excess of the amount of the immediate and heavy financial need of the Eligible Applicant including any amounts necessary to pay any federal, state or local income taxes or penalties reasonably anticipated to result from such distribution; | ||
(b) | the Eligible Applicant has obtained all other forms of distribution and nontaxable loans currently available from all plans maintained by an Employer; and | ||
(c) | the Eligible Applicant is suspended from making Elective Deferrals to the Plan until the first day of the pay period occurring six full months after the effective date of the withdrawal. |
7.4 | Hardship Withdrawal Priority |
(a) | A hardship withdrawal pursuant to Section 7.2 shall be made from the Total Account maintained on behalf of an Eligible Applicant in the order of priority set forth in this Section 7.4. That portion of a Eligible Applicants Total Account which is of a lower priority shall be withdrawn only after those portions of the Total Account which are of higher priority have been completely withdrawn: |
(i) | Designated Roth Account (excluding earnings); | ||
(ii) | Roth Catch-Up Account (excluding earnings); | ||
(iii) | Roth Rollover Account; | ||
(iv) | Rollover Account; | ||
(v) | Employer Account; | ||
(vi) | Tax-Deferred Catch-Up Account (excluding earnings); and | ||
(vii) | Tax-Deferred Account (excluding earnings). |
In no event shall a hardship withdrawal be taken from the Safe Harbor Matching Account maintained on behalf of an Eligible Applicant. |
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(b) | Subsequent to the determination under paragraph (a), withdrawals shall be made out of those investment options in which the applicable account is invested according to the withdrawal hierarchy designated by the Administrator and communicated to Participants. |
7.5 | Modifications to Hardship Withdrawal Standards |
The Company shall have full discretionary authority to modify the provisions of Sections 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4 provided that any modifications shall be evidenced by a writing approved by the Plan Administrator, shall be consistently applied to all pending and future applications as of the date of the modification and shall not operate so as to reduce or eliminate any benefit protected under Section 411(d)(6) of the Code that has accrued as of the date of such modifications. |
7.6 | In-Service Withdrawals for Reasons Other than Hardship |
Upon proper written application of an Eligible Applicant in such form as the Administrator may specify, the Administrator shall permit the Eligible Applicant to withdraw all or a portion of the Total Account maintained on his behalf as provided in this Section 7.6. |
(a) | Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (c) through (f) below, an Eligible Applicant on whose behalf a Rollover Account is maintained may elect to withdraw all or a portion of such account without regard to whether the Eligible Applicant has attained a given age or completed a given period of service with the Company or other Employer. | ||
(b) | Subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) through (f) below, an Eligible Applicant who has attained age 59-1/2 may elect to withdraw all or a portion of the Total Account maintained on his behalf. | ||
(c) | A withdrawal under this Section 7.6 shall be effective as of the date set forth in the Eligible Applicants application for withdrawal, as approved by the Plan Administrator. The Administrator shall endeavor to cause the payment of the withdrawal to be made on, or as soon as practicable following, such effective date. |
(i) | The amount available for withdrawal will be based on the balance(s) of the Eligible Applicants applicable accounts or sub-accounts on the Valuation Date as of which the payment of the withdrawal is made. | ||
(ii) | Withdrawals shall be made from the applicable accounts and sub-accounts maintained under the Plan on behalf of the Eligible Applicant in such order as the Administrator, pursuant to a uniform and nondiscriminatory policy, shall direct and communicate to Eligible Applicants. | ||
(iii) | Withdrawals shall be made from the investment funds maintained under the Plan in such order as the Administrator, pursuant to a uniform and nondiscriminatory policy, shall direct and communicate to Eligible Applicants. | ||
(iv) | Withdrawals may be paid in the form of a cash payment and/or as a direct rollover at the election of the Eligible Applicant. However, to the extent all or a portion of |
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the applicable account(s) of an Eligible Applicant subject to the withdrawal election are invested in the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund, the Eligible Applicant may elect to receive the withdrawal either (A) in whole units of Erie Indemnity Stock (with fractional units distributed in cash) or (B) in cash. | |||
(v) | The minimum amount of withdrawal under this Section 7.6 shall be the lesser of (A) $500 and (B) the balance(s) of the applicable account(s) of the Eligible Applicant from which a withdrawal is requested under paragraphs (a) and/or (b) above. |
(d) | Notice shall be provided to an Eligible Applicant in connection with any withdrawal and such Notice shall be consistent with rules promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate. | ||
(e) | The Administrator, in its discretion, may provide that a reasonable administrative fee be charged to an Eligible Applicant who elects a withdrawal under this Section 7.6. Any such administrative fee shall be pursuant to a uniform and nondiscriminatory policy that is communicated to Eligible Applicants. | ||
(f) | The Company shall have full discretionary authority to modify the provisions of this Section 7.6 provided that any modification shall be evidenced by a writing approved by the Administrator, shall be consistently applied to all pending and future applications as of the date of the modification and shall not operate so as to reduce or eliminate any benefit protected under Section 411(d)(6) of the Code that has accrued as of the date of such modification. |
7.7 | Availability of Loans |
Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.7, 7.8 and 7.9, an Eligible Applicant may apply for a loan from the Plan. Any such application shall be approved or denied by the Administrator in accordance with a uniform, non-discriminatory policy and such action by the Administrator shall be final. All loans approved shall be effective as of the loan effective date (as hereinafter defined) provided the loan application was submitted to the Administrator within a reasonable time (as determined by the Administrator) prior to the loan effective date. All loans shall be made only in consideration of adequate security. For purposes hereof the term loan effective date shall mean the date, mutually agreed upon by the Participant and the Administrator, on which the loan shall be considered effective. |
The Administrator may establish rules governing the granting of loans, provided (i) that such rules are not inconsistent with the provisions of Sections 7.7, 7.8 and 7.9, (ii) that any such rules adopted by the Administrator shall be described in the documents supporting the loan transaction and (iii) that loans are made available to all Eligible Applicants on a reasonably equivalent basis and are not made available to Eligible Applicants who are Highly Compensated in an amount greater than the amount made available to other Eligible Applicants. |
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7.8 | Terms and Conditions of Participant Loans |
(a) | Amount of Loan. At the time the loan is made, the principal amount of the loan, when added to all other outstanding loans of the Participant from the Plan and any other qualified plan of an Employer and Affiliates, shall not exceed the lesser of: |
(i) | $50,000, as reduced by the excess, if any, of the Eligible Applicants highest outstanding loan balance from the Plan during the one-year period ending on the day before the date such new loan is secured over the outstanding balance of loans from the Plan on the date such loan is made; or |
(ii) | one-half of the current value of the Total Account maintained on behalf of the Eligible Applicant under the Plan. |
The current value of a Total Account shall be determined as of the Valuation Date on which the Eligible Applicant initiates the loan process by providing Notice to the Administrator or its designee. No loan shall be made in an amount less than $1,000. Any loan amount shall be made in accordance with Section 7.9. | |||
(b) | Application for Loan. The Eligible Applicant must give the Administrator adequate written notice, as determined by the Administrator, of the requested amount and desired time for receiving a loan. | ||
(c) | Length of Loan. The Eligible Applicant and the Administrator shall arrange for the repayment of a Plan loan. The period of repayment shall not exceed five years from the date the loan is made. All repayment schedules (whether by payroll withholding or otherwise) shall commence as of the next administratively feasible pay period following the disbursement of the loan and shall provide for substantially level amortization of principal and interest. An Eligible Applicant who is on a military leave of absence may elect to extend the term of the loan by the length of such absence. In all other cases, an Eligible Applicant who is on a leave of absence or who terminates employment with the Company and Affiliates must make principal and interest payments in the amount and on such dates as otherwise due. In the event such payments are not made the maturity of the loan shall be accelerated and the outstanding principal amount of the loan, together with all accrued interest, shall be deemed immediately due and distributable at such date or dates as the Administrator deems reasonable and as may be specified by applicable law and regulation. Except as otherwise permitted in Income Tax Regulations, in no event shall the date of deemed distribution extend beyond the end of the calendar quarter next following the calendar quarter in which the payment was not made. | ||
(d) | Prepayment. The Eligible Applicant shall be permitted to repay the loan in total as of any date prior to maturity without penalty. | ||
(e) | Note. The loan shall be evidenced by a promissory note executed by the Eligible Applicant and delivered to the Administrator. The Eligible Applicant will agree to execute any other documents (e.g., payroll withholding forms) that may be necessary or appropriate to effect the loan. |
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(f) | Interest. All loans shall be considered investments of the Trust and interest shall be charged on the loan at the rate set by the Administrator as of the loan effective date. Such rate, applicable to loans effective in a given calendar quarter, shall be the prime lending rate as determined by the Administrator as of the last business day of the previous calendar quarter, plus 100 basis points, provided that such interest rate may be limited in accordance with law during a period of qualifying military service. | ||
(g) | Security. Subject to the extent required under regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Labor or his delegate, a Plan loan shall be secured by an assignment of the Eligible Applicants right, title and interest in that portion of his Total Account under the Plan as shall adequately secure the loan, provided such security shall not exceed one-half of the current value of the Eligible Applicants vested Total Account. The Administrator may also require such additional collateral as may be deemed necessary to adequately secure repayment of the loan. | ||
(h) | Default. The Administrator shall take reasonable steps to secure repayment of any loan granted hereunder in accordance with its terms; however, when the Administrator declares a loan to an Eligible Applicant to be in default, the outstanding balance of the loan, together with unpaid, accrued interest, shall be deemed a lien against the Total Account maintained on behalf of the Eligible Applicant. The Administrator shall take such reasonable steps as it shall deem necessary or appropriate to eliminate the default before causing an offset distribution to be made with respect to the Eligible Applicant for the purpose of fully amortizing the loan outstanding; however, should the loan remain in default after these administrative procedures are taken, the Administrator will consider the entire amount of the loan outstanding (including all accrued interest to date) as a distribution as of the first date, on or following the administrative procedures, on which the Eligible Applicant has a distributable event and will process the Total Account of the Eligible Applicant accordingly. | ||
(j) | Other Terms and Conditions. The Administrator shall fix such other terms and conditions of the loan as it deems necessary to comply with legal requirements, to maintain the qualification of the Plan and Trust Fund under Code Section 401(a), to exempt the loan transaction from the prohibited transaction rules of under Code Section 4975, or to prevent the treatment of the loan for tax purposes as a distribution to the Eligible Participant. The Administrator may fix other terms and conditions of the loan, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article Fourteen. | ||
(k) | No Prohibited Transactions. No loan shall be made unless such loan is exempt from the tax imposed on prohibited transactions by Code Section 4975 or would be exempt from such tax (if the Eligible Participant were a disqualified person as defined in Section 4975(e)(2) of the Code) by reason of Code Section 4975(d)(1). |
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7.9 | Loan Accounts |
A loan made by the Plan to a Eligible Applicant in accordance with Sections 7.7 and 7.8 shall be from the Total Account maintained on behalf of such Eligible Applicant and from the investment funds in which such Total Account is invested in such order of priority as the Administrator, pursuant to a uniform and nondiscriminatory policy, shall direct. Payments of principal and interest on loans shall be paid over to the Trustee as soon as possible after each payroll deduction or other repayment and shall be credited to the Total Account of the Eligible Applicant as of the date the repayments are received by the Trustee. An Eligible Applicants loan repayments will be credited to such individuals Total Account in such manner as determined by the Administrator and communicated to Eligible Applicants. The Administrator shall have the authority to establish other reasonable rules, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, governing the establishment and maintenance of loan accounts. |
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8.1 | Trust Agreement |
The Company has entered into a Trust Agreement for the purpose of holding assets of the Trust Fund. The Trust Agreement provides, among other things, that all funds received by the Trustee thereunder shall be held, administered, invested and distributed by the Trustee, and that no part of the corpus or income of the Trust Fund held by the Trustee shall be used for, or diverted to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of Participants or their Beneficiaries. The Administrator may remove such Trustee or any successor Trustee, and any Trustee or any successor Trustee may resign. Upon removal or resignation of a Trustee, the Administrator shall appoint a successor Trustee. |
The Administrator shall have authority to direct that there shall be more than one Trustee under the Trust Agreement and to determine the portion of the assets under the Trust Agreement to be held by each such Trustee. If such action is taken, the Administrator shall designate the additional Trustee or Trustees, and each Trustee shall hold and invest and keep records with respect to the portion of such assets held by it. |
8.2 | Appointment of Independent Accountants |
The Company may select a firm of independent public accountants to examine and report on the financial position and the results of the operations of the Trust Fund created under the Plan, at such times as it deems proper and/or necessary. |
8.3 | Appointment of Investment Manager |
The Administrator may select an independent investment manager to invest the portion of the Trust Fund in each of the various funds. Such investment manager shall be either registered as an investment manager under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, a bank, a mutual fund or an insurance company, and as required by the Administrator, shall acknowledge in writing that he is a fiduciary with respect to the Plan. |
8.4 | Role of Administrator in Operation of the Trust Fund |
The Administrator shall perform such duties relating to the operation of the Trust Fund as it deems appropriate and shall perform the duties specified in this Section 8.4. |
The Administrator shall have the following responsibilities: |
(a) | to appoint and remove Trustees; | ||
(b) | to appoint investment and fund managers; |
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(c) | to allocate the duties and procedures for the Trustee and investment fund managers; | ||
(d) | to select investment funds or other investments to offer under the Plan; | ||
(e) | to establish an investment philosophy and goals for each of the investment and fund managers; | ||
(f) | to monitor the Trustee with respect to servicing the Trust Fund in a fiduciary capacity; and | ||
(g) | to monitor the investment and fund managers including, without limitation, their investment philosophies, goals, and rates of return. |
The Administrator may, from time-to-time, designate another person to carry out any of the Administrators responsibilities under this Section 8.4. The person so designated will have full authority, or such limited authority as the Administrator may specify, to take such actions as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the duties delegated by the Administrator |
8.5 | Voting of Erie Indemnity Stock |
(a) | Each Participant or Beneficiary who has an Employer Account or Safe Harbor Matching Account maintained under the Plan on his behalf with an investment in the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund shall have the powers and responsibilities set forth in this Section 8.5. | ||
(b) | Prior to each meeting of the Class A shareholders of the Company during which a vote of Class A shares is to be taken, the Company shall cause to be sent to each person described in Section 8.5(a), a copy of the proxy solicitation material for such meeting, together with a form requesting confidential voting instructions for the voting of Erie Indemnity Stock held in the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund in proportion to the number of shares or units of the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund held in such persons Employer Account. Upon receipt of such a persons instructions, the Trustee shall then vote in person, or by proxy, such Erie Indemnity Stock as so instructed. | ||
(c) | Instructions received from the persons described in Section 8.5(a) by the Trustee regarding the voting of Erie Indemnity Stock held in the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund shall be held in strictest confidence and shall not be divulged to any other person, including directors, officers or employees of the Company, or any Affiliate, except as otherwise required by law. | ||
(d) | Except as otherwise set forth in the Trust Agreement, the Trustee shall vote Erie Indemnity Stock which represents those shares or units of the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund for which the Trustee does not receive affirmative direction from Participants and Beneficiaries in the same proportion as the Trustee votes those shares of Erie Indemnity Stock held in the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund for which it has received voting instructions. |
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9.1 | The Administrator |
The Plan shall be administered by a committee that shall act as Plan Administrator. The initial members of the administrative committee have been appointed by the Board. However, such initial members, and any subsequent members of the administrative committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Executive Council of the Company. Any individual who is a member of the administrative committee may resign by delivering his written resignation to the Executive Council of the Company. In the event of the death, resignation or removal of a member of the administrative committee, such Executive Council shall fill the vacancy. In making the appointment, the Executive Council shall not be limited to any particular person or group, and nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent any Participant, director, officer, employee or shareholder of the Employers from serving as a member of the administrative committee. Members of the administrative committee will not be compensated from the Trust Fund for services performed in such capacity, but the Company will reimburse such individual for expenses reasonably incurred by them in such capacity. The Administrator shall be the named fiduciary for purposes of ERISA; provided, however, that Participants and Beneficiaries with Employer Accounts under the Plan shall be considered named fiduciaries solely to the extent of those fiduciary duties and responsibilities which are directly related to the exercise of voting rights with respect to Plan interests invested in the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund (and not to other aspects of Plan operation and/or administration). |
Appointment by the Executive Council of the Company shall be evidenced in writing executed on behalf of the Executive Council. Copies of such writings shall be delivered to the Trustee and to such other persons as may require such notice. |
9.2 | Powers of Administrator |
The Administrator will have full power to administer the Plan in all of its details, subject, however, to the requirements of ERISA. This power shall include having the sole and absolute discretion to interpret and apply the provisions of the Plan, to determine the rights and status hereunder of any individual, to decide disputes arising under the Plan, and to make any determinations and findings of fact with respect to benefits payable hereunder and the persons entitled thereto as may be required for any purpose under the Plan. Without limiting the generality of the above, the Administrator is hereby granted the following authority which it shall discharge in its sole and absolute discretion in accordance with Plan provisions as interpreted by the Administrator: |
(a) | To make and enforce such rules and regulations as it deems necessary or proper for the efficient administration of the Plan, including the modification of the claims procedure under Article Ten in accordance with any regulations issued under Section 503 of ERISA. | ||
(b) | To interpret the Plan. |
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(c) | To decide all questions concerning the Plan and the eligibility of any person to participate in the Plan, his period of participation and/or service under the Plan, his date of birth, the value of the Total Account, or any part thereof, maintained on behalf of the person and the rights of any person to receive a distribution from the Plan and the amount of such distribution. | ||
(d) | To determine the character and amount of Tax Deferred Contributions, Roth Elective Deferrals, Tax Deferred Catch-Up Contributions, Roth Catch-Up Contributions and Safe Harbor Matching Contributions to be made on behalf of any Participant in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. | ||
(e) | To identify the proper payee of any portion of a Total Account, to authorize the payment of Plan benefits and to direct cessation of benefit payments. | ||
(f) | To appoint, employ or engage such other agents, counsel, accountants, consultants and actuaries as may be required to assist in administering the Plan. | ||
(g) | To establish procedures to determine whether a domestic relations order is a qualified domestic relations order within the meaning of Section 414(p) of the Code, to determine under such procedures whether a domestic relations order is a qualified domestic relations order and whether a putative alternate payee otherwise qualifies for benefits hereunder, to inform the parties to the order as to the effect of the order, and to direct the Trustee to hold in escrow or pay any amounts so directed to be held or paid by the order. | ||
(h) | To obtain from the Employers, Employees, Participants, Spouses and Beneficiaries such information as shall be necessary for the proper administration of the Plan. | ||
(i) | To perform all reporting and disclosure requirements imposed upon the Plan by ERISA, the Code or any other lawful authority. | ||
(j) | To ensure that procedures are established which are sufficient to safeguard the confidentiality of information relating to the purchase, holding, and sale of Erie Indemnity Stock held in the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund and the exercise of shareholder rights with respect to Erie Indemnity Stock held in the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund and to ensure such procedures are being followed. | ||
(k) | To appoint and remove an independent fiduciary for the purpose of carrying out activities relating to any situations which the Administrator determines involves an unreasonable potential for undue Employer influence with regard to the direct or indirect exercise of shareholder rights with respect to Erie Indemnity Stock holdings in the Erie Indemnity Stock Fund. | ||
(l) | To take such steps as it, in its discretion, considers necessary and/or appropriate to remedy an inequity under the Plan that results from incorrect information received or communicated or as the consequence of administrative error including, but not limited to, recouping benefit overpayments. | ||
(m) | To correct any defect, reconcile any inconsistency or supply any omission under the Plan. |
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(n) | To delegate its powers and duties to others in accordance with Section 9.3. | ||
(o) | To exercise such other authority and responsibility as is specifically assigned to it under the terms of the Plan or the provisions of the Administrators charter and to perform any other acts necessary to the performance of its powers and duties. | ||
(p) | To determine if and when Participants and Beneficiaries must be notified of any temporary suspension, limitation or restriction of their ability to execute various transactions under the Plan (including any notice required by Section 101(i) of ERISA) and to determine the content and method of distribution of any such notification. |
The Administrator at its discretion may either request the Company or direct the Fund to pay for any or all services rendered by the Trustee, any investment manager, and by persons appointed, employed or engaged under Section 9.2(f) or under the terms of the Trust Agreement. |
The Administrators interpretations, decisions, computations and determinations under this Section 9.2 which are made in good faith will be final and conclusive upon the Employers, all Participants and all other persons concerned. Any action taken by the Administrator with respect to the rights or benefits of any person under the Plan shall be revocable by the Administrator as to payments or distributions not theretofore made, pursuant to such action, from the Trust Fund; and appropriate adjustments may be made in future payments or distributions to a Participant, Spouse or Beneficiary to offset any excess payment or underpayment previously made to such Participant, Spouse or Beneficiary from the Trust Fund. No ruling or decision of the Administrator in any one case shall create a basis for a retroactive adjustment in any other case prior to the date of a written filing of each specific claim. |
9.3 | Delegation of Duties |
The Administrator may, from time to time, designate any person to carry out any of the responsibilities of the Administrator. The person so designated will have full authority, or such limited authority as the Administrator may specify, to take such actions as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the duties delegated by the Administrator. |
9.4 | Conclusiveness of Various Documents |
The Administrator and the Company and its directors and officers will be entitled to rely upon all tables, valuations, certificates and reports furnished by any actuary, accountant, counsel or other expert appointed, employed or engaged by the Administrator or the Company. |
9.5 | Actions to be Uniform |
Any discretionary actions to be taken under the Plan by the Administrator will be nondiscriminatory and uniform with respect to all persons similarly situated. |
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9.6 | Liability and Indemnification |
To the full extent allowed by law, the Administrator shall not incur any liability to any Participant or Beneficiary, or to any other person, by reason of any act or failure to act on the part of the Administrator if such act or omission is not the result of the Administrators gross negligence, willful misconduct or exercise of bad faith. To the full extent allowed by law, the Company agrees to indemnify the Administrator against all liability and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and other reasonable expenses) occasioned by any act or omission to act if such act or omission is not the result of the Administrators gross negligence, willful misconduct or exercise of bad faith. Neither this Section 9.6 nor any other provision of this Plan shall be applied to invalidate, modify, or limit in any respect any contract, agreement, or arrangement for indemnifying or insuring the Administrator against, or otherwise limiting, such liability or expense, or for settlement of such liability, to the extent such contract, agreement, or arrangement is not precluded by the terms of Section 410 of ERISA. |
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10.1 | Claims Review Procedure |
The Administrator shall be responsible for the claims procedure under the Plan. An application for a distribution, withdrawal or loan under the Plan shall be considered a claim for purposes of this Article Ten. |
10.2 | Original Claim |
In the event a claim of any Participant, Beneficiary, alternate payee, or other person (hereinafter referred to in this Section as the Claimant) for a benefit is partially or completely denied, the Administrator shall give, within ninety (90) days after receipt of the claim (or if special circumstances, made known to the Claimant, require an extension of time for processing the claim, within one hundred eighty (180) days after receipt of the claim), written notice of such denial to the Claimant. Such notice shall set forth, in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant, the specific reason or reasons for the denial (with reference to pertinent Plan provisions upon which the denial is based); an explanation of additional material or information, if any, necessary for the Claimant to perfect the claim; a statement of why the material or information is necessary; a statement of the Claimants right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA; and an explanation of the Plans claims review procedure, including the time limits applicable to such procedure | ||
10.3 | Review of Denied Claim |
(a) | A Claimant whose claim is partially or completely denied shall have the right to request a full and fair review of the denial by a written request delivered to the Administrator within sixty (60) days of receipt of the written notice of claim denial, or within such longer time as the Administrator, under uniform rules, determines. In such review, the Claimant or his duly authorized representative shall have the right to review, upon request and free of charge, all documents, records or other information relevant to the claim and to submit any written comments, documents, or records relating to the claim to the Administrator. | ||
(b) | The Administrator, within sixty (60) days after the request for review, or in special circumstances, such as where the Administrator in its sole discretion holds a hearing, within one hundred twenty (120) days of the request for review, will submit its decision in writing. Such decision shall take into account all comments, documents, records and other information properly submitted by the Claimant, whether or not such information was considered in the original claim determination. The decision on review will be |
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binding on all parties, will be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant, will contain specific reasons for the decision and specific references to the pertinent Plan provisions upon which the decision is based, will indicate that the Claimant may review, upon request and free of charge, all documents, records or other information relevant to the claim and will contain a statement of the Claimants right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA. |
(c) | If a Claimant fails to file a claim or request for review in the manner and in accordance with the time limitations specified herein, such claim or request for review shall be waived, and the Claimant shall thereafter be barred from again asserting such claim. |
10.4 | Determination by the Administrator Conclusive | |
The Administrators determination of factual matters relating to Participants, Beneficiaries and alternate payees shall be conclusive. The Administrator and the Company and its respective officers and directors shall be entitled to rely upon all tables, valuations, certificates and reports furnished by any accountant for the Plan, the Trustee or any investment managers and upon opinions given by any legal counsel for the Plan insofar as such reliance is consistent with ERISA. The Trustee and other service providers may act and rely upon all information reported to them by the Administrator and/or the Company and need not inquire into the accuracy thereof nor shall be charged with any notice to the contrary. |
10.5 | Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies. | |
The exhaustion of the claims review procedure is mandatory for resolving every claim and dispute arising under the Plan. As to such claims and disputes: |
(a) | No claimant shall be permitted to commence any civil action to recover Plan benefits or to enforce or clarify rights under the Plan under Section 502 or Section 510 of ERISA or under any other provision of law, whether or not statutory, until the claims review procedure set forth herein has been exhausted in its entirety; and | ||
(b) | In any such civil action all explicit and all implicit determinations by the Administrator (including, but not limited to, determinations as to whether the claim, or a request for a review of a denied claim, was timely filed) shall be afforded the maximum deference permitted by law. |
10.6 | Deadline to File Civil Action. |
No civil action to recover Plan benefits or to enforce or clarify rights under the Plan under Section 502 or Section 510 of ERISA or under any other provision of law, whether or not |
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statutory, may be brought by any claimant on any matter pertaining to the Plan unless the civil action is commenced in the proper forum before the earlier of: |
(a) | Thirty months after the claimant knew or reasonably should have known of the principal facts on which the claim is based; or | ||
(b) | Eighteen months after the claimant has exhausted the claims review procedure. |
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11.1 | Non-Alienation of Benefits |
(a) | Except as provided in Section 11.1(b) or 11.1(c), no benefit payable under the Plan shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, security interest or charge, and any action by way of anticipating, alienating, selling, transferring, assigning, pledging, encumbering, charging or granting a security interest in the same shall be void and of no effect; nor shall any such benefit be in any manner liable for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts of the person entitled to such benefit. | ||
(b) | Section 11.1(a) shall not apply to the creation, assignment, or recognition of a right to any benefit payable pursuant to a Qualified Domestic Relations Order. The Administrator shall establish reasonable procedures to determine the status of domestic relations orders and to administer distributions under such orders which are deemed to be Qualified Domestic Relations Orders. Such procedures shall be in writing and shall comply with the provisions of Section 414(p) of the Code. To the extent that, because of a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, more than one individual is to be treated as a surviving Spouse, the total amount payable from the Plan as a result of the death of a Participant shall not exceed the amount that would be payable from the Plan if there were only one surviving Spouse. | ||
(c) | Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11.1(a), the Plan may offset any portion of the Total Account maintained on behalf of a Participant or Beneficiary against a claim of the Plan arising: |
(i) | as a result of the Participants or Beneficiarys conviction of a crime involving the Plan; or | ||
(ii) | with regard to the Participants or Beneficiarys violation of ERISAs fiduciary provisions upon: |
(A) | the entry of any civil judgment, consent order, or decree against the Participant or Beneficiary; or | ||
(B) | the execution of any settlement agreement between the Participant and the Department of Labor or Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. |
The provisions of this Section 11.1(c) shall apply only to orders, judgments, decrees and settlements issued or entered into which expressly provide for such offset. |
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11.2 | Risk to Participants and Source of Payments | |
Each Participant assumes all risk in connection with any decrease in the value of any investment fund in the Trust Fund, and the Trust Fund shall be the sole source of any payments to be made to Participants or their Beneficiaries as a result of any right specifically granted under the terms of the Plan. | ||
11.3 | Expenses | |
Subject to any restriction applicable under Section 5.4(a), brokerage fees, transfer taxes and other expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection with the purchase or sale of securities may be added to the cost of such securities or deducted from the proceeds thereof, as the case may be. Earnings credited to accounts invested in mutual funds shall be net of direct fund management expenses. Pursuant to a uniform and nondiscriminatory policy adopted by the Administrator in its discretion and communicated to eligible Participants and Beneficiaries, fees and other expenses associated with specific voluntary Plan transactions may be assessed directly against the Total Account maintained on behalf of the Participant or Beneficiary participating in such transaction. | ||
All other costs and expenses incurred in administering the Plan shall be paid by the Company or an Employer, unless the Administrator authorizes the payment of such expenses from the Trust Fund. | ||
11.4 | Rights of Participants | |
No Participant or Beneficiary shall have any right or interest under the Plan unless and until he becomes entitled thereto as provided in the Plan. The adoption and maintenance of the Plan shall not be deemed to constitute a contract between an Employer and any Employee or Participant. Inclusion in the Plan will not affect an Employers right to discharge or otherwise discipline Employees and membership in the Plan will not give any Employee the right to be retained in the service of an Employer nor any right or claim to a benefit unless such right is specifically granted under the terms of the Plan. | ||
The Plan shall be binding on all Participants and their Spouses and Beneficiaries and upon heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns of all persons having an interest herein. The provisions of the Plan in no event shall be considered as giving any such person any legal or equitable right against the Company, an Employer or an Affiliate, any of its officers, employees, directors, or shareholders, or against the Trustee, except such rights as are specifically provided for in the Plan or created in accordance with the terms of the Plan. | ||
11.5 | Statement of Accounts | |
As soon as practicable after the last day of March, June, September and December, or such other time or times as the Administrator shall designate, the Administrator shall cause to be sent to each current or former Participant a written statement of his account. |
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11.6 | Designation of Beneficiary |
(a) | Each Participant shall file with the Administrator, on such form as may be provided by the Administrator, a written designation of a Beneficiary or Beneficiaries who shall receive payment of the Participants interest under the Plan in the event of his death. If the Participant is married, the Participants Beneficiary must be his Spouse (in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(11)(B)(iii)) unless Spousal Consent requirements are satisfied. In the event a Participant dies and there is no properly designated Beneficiary then living, the interest of the Participant under the Plan shall be paid in a lump sum to his surviving Spouse, or, if there is no surviving Spouse, to his estate or other successor, all as the Administrator may determine. | ||
(b) | A Beneficiary entitled to a payment of all or a portion of a Participants Total Account due to the death of the Participant may disclaim his interest therein subject to the following requirements. To be eligible to disclaim, a Beneficiary must be a natural person, must not have received a distribution of all or any portion of said Total Account at the time such disclaimer is executed and delivered, and must have attained at least age twenty-one (21) years as of the date of the Participants death. Any disclaimer must be in writing and must be executed personally by the Beneficiary before a notary public. A disclaimer shall state that the Beneficiarys entire interest is disclaimed or shall specify what portion thereof is disclaimed. To be effective, an original executed copy of the disclaimer must be both executed and actually delivered to the Administrator after the date of the Participants death but not later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of the Participants death. A disclaimer shall be irrevocable when delivered to the Administrator. A disclaimer shall be considered to be delivered to the Administrator only when actually received by the Administrator. The Administrator shall be the sole judge of the content, interpretation and validity of a purported disclaimer. Upon the filing of a valid disclaimer, the Beneficiary shall be considered not to have survived the Participant as to the interest disclaimed. A disclaimer by a Beneficiary shall not be considered to be a transfer of an interest or an assignment or alienation of benefits in violation of Section 11.1 hereof. No other form of attempted disclaimer shall be recognized by the Administrator. |
11.7 | Payment to Incompetents | |
If any person entitled to receive any benefits hereunder is a minor, or is in the judgment of the Administrator, legally, physically, or mentally incapable of personally receiving and receipting for any distribution, the Administrator may instruct the Trustee to make distribution to such other person, persons or institutions who, in the judgment of the Administrator, are then maintaining or have custody of such distributee. As a condition to the issuance of such instruction for the distribution to such other person or institution, the Administrator may require such person or institution to exhibit or to secure an order, decree or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction with respect to the incapacity of the person who would otherwise be entitled to receive the benefits. | ||
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11.8 | Authority to Determine Payee | |
The determination of the Administrator as to the identity of the proper payee of any benefit under the Plan and the amount of such benefit properly payable shall be conclusive, and payment in accordance with such determination shall constitute a complete discharge of all obligations on account of such benefit. | ||
11.9 | Severability | |
If any provision of this Plan is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the other provisions of this Plan. In such event, this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such provision had not been included herein. | ||
11.10 | Employer Records | |
The records of a Participants Employer shall be presumed to be conclusive of the facts concerning his employment or non-employment, periods of service and Compensation unless shown beyond a reasonable doubt to be incorrect. | ||
11.11 | Limitation on Contributions |
(a) | In no event shall the total annual additions on behalf of a Participant under this Plan and under any other defined contribution plan or plans maintained by the Employer with respect to any limitation year exceed the lesser of $40,000 (or such dollar figure, as increased in accordance with Section 415(d) of the Code for years up to and including the given limitation year) or 100% of the Test Compensation, paid to the Participant by an Employer within such limitation year. All amounts contributed to any defined contribution plan maintained by an Employer or an Affiliate (taking into account Section 415(h) of the Code) other than any rollover contribution and any salary reduction contribution to a simplified employee pension shall be aggregated with contributions made by an Employer under this Plan in computing any Employees total annual additions limitation. For purposes hereof, the limitation year shall be the calendar year. | ||
For purposes of this section, total annual additions for any limitation year shall mean the sum of the following: |
(i) | Employer contributions under this Plan and under any other defined contribution plan maintained by an Employer or Affiliate; | ||
(ii) | Reallocated forfeitures under any defined contribution plan maintained by an Employer or Affiliate; | ||
(iii) | After-tax contributions under any other defined contribution plan maintained by an Employer or Affiliate; and | ||
(iv) | Amounts allocated to an individual medical account, as defined in Section 415(1)(2) of the Code, as part of a pension or annuity plan and amounts |
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derived from contributions paid or accrued which are attributable to post-retirement medical benefits described in Section 419A(d) of the Code, under a welfare benefit fund (as defined in Section 419(e) of the Code) maintained by an Employer or Affiliate. |
Catch-Up Contributions under Section 3.3, make-up contributions on account of qualified military service under Section 414(u) of the Code and loan repayments under Section 7.8 shall not be recognized as annual additions for purposes of this section. | |||
(b) | In the event that a Participants total annual additions for any limitation year exceed the limitations of Section 11.11(a) because of a reasonable error in estimating the Participants Compensation, a reasonable error in determining the amount of Elective Deferrals that a Participant may make within the limitations of paragraph (a) above or due to such other facts and circumstances as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue finds justifiable, the excess amount shall be eliminated and/or the error corrected in a manner prescribed under the IRS Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System. | ||
(c) | Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall Test Compensation, for purposes of this Section 11.11, include severance pay. However, the following types of remuneration, if includible for purposes of Test Compensation as described in paragraph (a) above, shall be taken into account only if paid by the later of the date that is 2-1/2 months after the date of severance from employment with an Employer or the end of the limitation year that includes the date of severance from employment with the Employer, if the amounts would have been included in compensation had they been paid before the severance from employment date: |
(i) | The payment for services rendered during the Participants regular working hours, or for services outside of the Participants regular working hours such as overtime or shift differential, commissions, bonuses or other similar payments that would have been paid had the Participant not incurred a severance from employment. | ||
(ii) | Payments of unused accrued bona fide sick, vacation or other leave provided the Participant would have been able to use the leave if employment had continued, or payments from a nonqualified unfunded deferred compensation plan, provided the payment would have been paid had the Participant not incurred a severance from employment and such payment would have been includible in gross income had such payment been made. | ||
(iii) | If the Employer continues to provide remuneration to a Participant due to the Participants disability or to a Participant who is not performing services because of qualified military service, as defined in Code Section 414(u), in an amount that is not in excess of that which would have been payable to the Participant as compensation had the Participant not entered qualified military service, such amounts will be included in Test Compensation for purposes of this Section. |
(d) | The sole purpose of this Section is to comply with the formal requirements of Section 415(c) of the Code and the terms of this Section shall be interpreted, applied and if and to |
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the extent necessary, shall be deemed modified so as to satisfy solely the minimum requirements of Section 415(c) of the Code and the regulations promulgated with respect thereto. |
11.12 | IRC 414(u) Compliance Provision | |
Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, contributions, benefits and service credit with respect to qualified military service (as hereinafter defined) shall be provided in accordance with Section 414(u) of the Code. |
(a) | As provided by Section 414(u) of the Code, qualified military service means service in the uniformed services (as defined in Chapter 43 of Title 38, United States Code) by an individual if he is qualified under such chapter to reemployment rights with the Company or an Affiliate following such military service. | ||
(b) | USERRA means the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, as amended. | ||
(c) | If an individual returns to employment with the Company or an Affiliate following a period of qualified military service under circumstances such that he has reemployment rights under USERRA, and the individual reports for said reemployment within the time frame required by USERRA, the following provisions apply: |
(i) | The Employee may elect to have make up Elective Deferrals made on his behalf following his period of qualified military service to the extent he could have made Elective Deferrals had he remained a Covered Employee under the Plan during his qualified military service. To the extent such make up Elective Deferrals are made by the Employee within such period as provided by law, such contributions shall be matched under this Plan according to the same conditions and at the same rate as the Elective Deferrals would have been matched had they actually been made during the period of qualified military service. | ||
(ii) | The period of qualified military service shall be recognized for purposes of determining Years of Eligibility Service under the Plan to the same extent it would have been had the Employee remained continuously employed with the Company or an Affiliate rather than leaving active employment to go into qualified military service. | ||
(iii) | Compensation and Test Compensation shall be determined for the individual during the period of qualified military service. The amount of Compensation and Test Compensation shall be determined by the Company consistent with the requirements of the USERRA, and shall reflect the Companys best estimate of the earnings the individual would have received but for the qualified military service. |
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(iv) | Notwithstanding the foregoing, investment earnings or losses applicable to any contributions hereunder shall be credited only with respect to periods following the actual deposit of such contributions. |
(d) | The Plan shall comply with the provisions of the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 (the HEART Act), which amended certain provisions of USERRA. |
(i) | If a Participant dies while performing qualified military service and such death occurs on or after January 1, 2007, the Participants Beneficiary shall receive the same benefits under the Plan as if the Participant had returned to employment as a Covered Employee immediately prior to his death and then terminated employment on account of his death. | ||
(ii) | A Participant performing qualified military service on or after March 1, 2009 for a period of at least 30 days and who has not incurred a severance from employment may elect to withdraw in cash all or a portion of his Tax Deferred Account. Such a Participant shall be suspended from making Elective Deferrals to the Plan until the first day of the pay period occurring six full months after the effective date of the withdrawal. | ||
(iii) | Effective March 1, 2011, a Participant who is called to qualified military service for a period in excess of 179 days, or for an indefinite period, and who has not incurred a severance from employment, may elect to withdraw in cash all or a portion of his Tax Deferred Account. | ||
(iv) | A withdrawal under this Section 11.12(d) must be effective during a Participants period of qualified military service and before the Participant has otherwise incurred a severance from employment with the Employer and Affiliates. | ||
(v) | The provisions of Sections 7.6(c) through 7.6(f) shall apply to the withdrawals under this Section 11.12(d), substituting Participant for Eligible Applicant thereunder. |
(e) | The foregoing provisions are intended to provide the benefits required by USERRA and the HEART Act, and are not intended to provide any other benefits. This Section shall be construed consistent with said intent. |
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12.1 | Right to Amend | |
The Company reserves the right at any time or times to modify or amend the Plan; provided, however, that no such modification or amendment shall be made which would: |
(a) | increase the duties or liabilities of the Trustee without its written consent; or | ||
(b) | impermissibly divest a Participant of any portion of his Total Account hereunder that has accrued to him prior to the effective date of such amendment; or | ||
(c) | cause or permit any portion of the Trust Fund to be converted to or become the property of the Company; or | ||
(d) | cause any portion of the Trust Fund to be used for purposes other than the exclusive benefit of the Participants or their Beneficiaries; |
unless such modification or amendment is necessary or appropriate to enable the Plan or Trust Fund to qualify under Section 401 of the Code, as amended from time to time, or to retain for the Plan or Trust Fund such qualified status. | ||
Any such modification or amendment to this Plan shall be evidenced by a written instrument adopted by the Board; provided, however, that the Administrator may adopt such amendments as shall fall within the limited amendment authority contained in the Administrators charter. Any such written instrument shall recite at which time the amendments contained therein shall become effective. | ||
Promptly after an amendment to this Plan shall have become effective, the Company, or Administrator, as the case may be, shall cause a copy of such amendment to be filed with the Administrator and with the Trustee. The Administrator shall take such steps as it may deem appropriate and reasonable to communicate the amendment to Participants. | ||
12.2 | Right to Terminate |
(a) | Although it is the expectation of the Company that it will continue the Plan as a permanent retirement program for the benefit of the Employees eligible hereunder, the Company reserves the right at any time, by action of its Board, at its sole discretion, to terminate the Plan in whole or in part. There shall be no liability or obligation on the part of an Employer to make any further contributions to the Trust Fund in the event of the termination of the Plan. | ||
(b) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Trustees fees and other expenses incident to the operation and management of the Plan incurred after the |
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termination of the Plan may, at the discretion of the Company, be paid from assets of the Trust Fund that are not part of any Participants Total Account. | |||
(c) | In the event of the termination of the Plan in whole or in part or in the event of the complete discontinuance of Employer contributions under the Plan, each affected Participants interest in the Trust Fund shall become 100% vested and shall be nonforfeitable. |
12.3 | Merger, Transfer of Assets or Liabilities | |
The Company may merge or consolidate the Plan with, transfer assets and liabilities of the Plan to, or receive a transfer of assets and liabilities from, any other plan without the consent of any other Employer or other person, if such transfer is effected in accordance with applicable law and if such other plan meets the requirements of Code Sections 401(a) and 501(a), permits such transfer or the receipt of such transfer and, with respect to liabilities to be transferred from this Plan to such other plan, satisfies the requirements of Code Sections 411(d)(6). This Plan may not be merged or consolidated with any other plan, nor may any assets or liabilities of this Plan be transferred to any other plan, unless the terms of the merger, consolidation or transfer are such that each Participant in the Plan would, if the Plan were terminated immediately after such merger, consolidation or transfer, receive a benefit equal to or greater than the benefit he would have been entitled to receive if this Plan had terminated immediately prior to the merger, consolidation or transfer. |
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13.1 | Top Heavy Provisions Inapplicable | |
The Plan is a cash or deferred arrangement described in Section 416(g)(4)(H) of the Code and, as a result, is deemed to not be a top heavy plan. |
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Executed at Erie, Pennsylvania, this 23 day of December, 2010. |
ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY |
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By: | /s/ Terrence W. Cavanaugh | |||
Title: President & CEO | ||||
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(A) | The parties will cooperate and use their best efforts to obtain an individual policy that provides the Employee (and his previously covered dependents, if any) substantially equivalent coverage, and the Company will pay the premiums on any such individual policy for the Covered Period, to the extent in excess of the required employee contribution paid at that time by comparably situated active employees. | ||
(B) | If an individual policy cannot be obtained despite the parties cooperative best efforts, the Company shall reimburse the Employee for any medical expense he and his previously covered dependents, if any, incur during the remainder of the Covered Period, provided that such expense would have been reimbursed by the Health Plan, and provided the Employee has paid to the Company an amount equal to the required employee contribution paid at that time by comparably situated active employees for such period. The Company shall pay such reimbursement within ninety (90) days after its receipt of reasonable documentation of the expense, but in no event later than the end of the calendar year following the year in which the expense was incurred. |
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GEORGE R. LUCORE | |||||
/s/ Jodi L. Cole
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/s/ George R. Lucore | |||||
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ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY | |||||
/s/ Brian W. Bolash
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By: | /s/ James J. Tanous | ||||
Brian W. Bolash Assistant Secretary |
James J. Tanous Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel |
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/s/ George R. Lucore
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Eleventh Amendment to Loan Documents |
WITNESS / ATTEST: | ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY | ||||||
By: | /s/ Robert W. McNutt | By: | /s/ Douglas F. Ziegler | (SEAL) | |||
Print Name: Robert W. McNutt | Print Name: Douglas F. Ziegler | ||||||
Title: | Assistant Treasurer | Title: | Sr. VP, Treasurer & Chief Investment Officer | ||||
(Include title only if an officer of entity signing to the right) | |||||||
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | |||||||
By: | /s/ James F. Stevenson | ||||||
James F. Stevenson | |||||||
Senior Vice President |
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A. | The Loan Documents that are the subject of this Amendment include the following (as any of the foregoing have previously been amended, modified or otherwise supplemented): |
1. | Loan Agreement, dated January 30, 2008, between the Borrower and the Bank (the Loan Agreement); and | ||
2. | All other documents, instruments, agreements, and certificates executed and delivered in connection with the Loan Documents listed in this Section A. |
B. | The Loan Agreement is amended as follows: |
1. | Section (1) as set forth in the Continuation of Addendum to the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: | ||
(1) Beginning with the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2010, the Borrower will maintain at all times a minimum consolidated net worth of $600,000,000.00, to be measured quarterly. |
C. | Conditions to Effectiveness of Amendment: The Banks willingness to agree to the amendments set forth in this Amendment is subject to the prior satisfaction of the following conditions: |
1. | Execution by all parties and delivery to the Bank of this Amendment. | ||
2. | Payment by the Borrower to the Bank of an amendment fee in the amount of $5,000.00, on or before the date of this Amendment. |
Amendment to Loan Documents |
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WITNESS: | Erie Indemnity Company | ||||||
By: | /s/ Robert W. McNutt | By: | /s/ Douglas F. Ziegler | (SEAL) | |||
Vice President Assistant Treasurer | Name: | Douglas F. Ziegler | |||||
Title: | SVP, Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer | ||||||
PNC Bank, National Association | |||||||
By: | /s/ James F. Stevenson | ||||||
Name: | James F. Stevenson | ||||||
Title: | Senior Vice President |
A. | The Loan Documents that are the subject of this Amendment include the following (as any of the foregoing have previously been amended, modified or otherwise supplemented): |
1. | Loan Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2008, by and between the Borrower and the Bank (Loan Agreement); and | ||
2. | All other documents, instruments, agreements, and certificates executed and delivered in connection with the Loan Documents listed in this Section A. |
B. | The Loan Agreement is amended as follows: |
1. | Section 3.6 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted as follows: |
3.6 Title to Assets. The Borrower has good and marketable title to the assets reflected on the most recent Financial Statements, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, except for (i) current taxes and assessments not yet due and payable, (ii) assets disposed of by the Borrower in the ordinary course of business since the date of the most recent Financial Statements, (iii) those liens or encumbrances in excess of Twenty Five Million and 00/100 Dollars ($25,000,000.00) per instance, if any, specified on the Addendum, (iv) those certain equity interests sold by the Borrower pursuant to the Property & Casualty Asset Sale (as hereinafter defined), and (v) those certain equity interests sold by the Borrower pursuant to the Life Insurance Asset Sale (as hereinafter defined). |
2. | Section 5.5 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted as follows: |
5.5 Merger or Transfer of Assets. Liquidate or dissolve, or merge or consolidate with or into any person, firm, corporation or other entity, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or any substantial part of its property, assets, operations or business, whether now owned or hereinafter acquired; except for (i) the sale of the equity interests in Erie Insurance Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, and Erie Insurance Property & Casualty Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, on or before December 31, 2010, to Erie Insurance Exchange, a reciprocal or inter-insurance exchange domiciled in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Exchange), whereby Exchange will purchase such equity interests for cash consideration equal to the adjusted book value of such entities (collectively, the Property & Casualty Asset Sale), and (ii) the |
sale of the equity interest in Erie Family Life Insurance Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, on or before March 31, 2011 to Exchange, whereby Exchange will purchase such equity interest for cash consideration equal to ninety-five percent (95%) of the adjusted book value of such entity (collectively, the Life Insurance Asset Sale) (the Property & Casualty Asset Sale and the Life Insurance Asset Sale are collectively, the Asset Sales). |
3. | Section 5.6 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted as follows: |
5.6 Change in Business, Management or Ownership. Make or permit any change in its form of organization or the nature of its business as carried on as of the date hereof other than the change in the nature of its business due to the sale of the business units sold in connection with the Property & Casualty Asset Sale and/or the Life Insurance Asset Sale. |
4. | Section (1) to the Continuation of Addendum to the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted as follows: |
(1) Beginning with the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2010, the Borrower will maintain at all times a minimum consolidated net worth of Six Hundred Million and 00/100 Dollars ($600,000,000.00), to be measured quarterly as of such date and as of each fiscal quarter ending thereafter; provided, however that (i) on and after the completion of the Property & Casualty Asset Sale, the Borrower will maintain at all times a minimum consolidated net worth of not less than Three Hundred Million and 00/100 Dollars ($300,000,000.00) as of the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2010 and each succeeding fiscal quarter end thereafter, and (ii) on and after the completion of the Asset Sales, the Borrower will maintain at all times a minimum consolidated net worth of not less than Two Hundred Million and 00/100 Dollars ($200,000,000.00) as of the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2011, and each succeeding fiscal quarter end thereafter. |
5. | All references in the Loan Documents to the Loan Agreement shall be deemed to mean, the Loan Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2008, by and between the Borrower and the Bank, as amended prior to December 22, 2010, and as further amended by this Amendment to Loan Documents dated December 22, 2010, by and between the Borrower and the Bank. |
C. | Conditions to Effectiveness of Amendment: The Banks willingness to agree to the amendments set forth in this Amendment are subject to the prior satisfaction of the following conditions: |
1. | Execution by all parties and delivery to the Bank of this Amendment, and those documents identified on the Preliminary Closing Checklist, attached hereto as Schedule A, and made part hereof. | ||
2. | Payment by the Borrower to the Bank of an amendment fee in the amount of Five Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($5,000.00), and the fees and expenses of the Banks outside counsel in connection with this Amendment. |
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2.01. | Commencing on the Effective Date and continuing through the termination of the Original Term, Tenant agrees to pay monthly as fixed minimum rent during the term of this Lease the sum of $863,921.00 per month. Such sum includes the estimated operational cost as defined in section 2.03. Payment shall be made in advance on the first day of each month and rent for any fractional month at the beginning or end of the Lease shall be prorated on a per diem basis. Tenant shall pay, as additional rent, all other sums due and payable under this Lease on the date set forth herein by which such payments are to be made. On an annual basis, Landlords accounting shall recalculate the Fixed Minimum Rent based on the average Treasury Bill rate or discount rate. Landlords accounting shall perform this 4 months in advance of the end of the calendar year for determining the Fixed Minimum Rent for the following year. The Fixed Minimum Rent for 2011 is $7.33 per square foot. |
2.02 | Tenant shall also pay as additional rent Tenants pro rata share of the operating expenses of the Landlord for the building and/or project of which the leased premises are a part. Each year, the Landlord will notify the Tenant of the anticipated operating expenses for the coming year. Notice shall include the cost per square foot and the total monthly operating expense for such. Tenant shall pay such monthly operating expense alone with their monthly rent. The operating expenses for 2011 is $11.22 per square foot. Within four (4) months of the close of each calendar year, Landlord shall provide Tenant an accounting showing in reasonable detail all computations of additional rent due under this section for said calendar year. In the event the accounting shows that the total of the monthly payments made by Tenant exceed the amount of additional rent due from Tenant under this section, the accounting shall be accompanied by refund. In the event the accounting shows that the total of the monthly payments made by Tenant is less then the amount of additional rent due from Tenant under this section, the accounting shall be accompanied by an invoice for the additional rent. |
2.03 | The term Operating Expenses includes all expenses incurred by Landlord with respect to the maintenance and operation of the building of which leased premises are a part, including, but not limited to, the following: maintenance, repair and replacement costs; electricity, fuel, water, sewer, gas, and other utility charges; security, window washing and janitorial services; trash and snow removal; landscaping and pest control, management fees, wages and benefits payable to employees of Tenant whose duties are directly connected with the operation and maintenance of the building; all services, supplies, repairs, replacements or other expenses for maintaining and operating the building including parking and common areas; cost, including interest, amortized over its useful life, of any capital improvement made to the building by Landlord after the date of this Lease which is required under any governmental law or regulation over its useful life, of installation of any devise or other equipment which improves the operating efficiency of any system within the leased premises and thereby reduces operating expenses; all other |
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expenses which would generally be regarded as operating and maintenance expenses which would reasonably be amortized over a period not to exceed five (5) years; all real property taxes and installments of special assessments; and all insurance premiums Landlord is required to pay or deems necessary to pay, including public liability insurance, with respect to the building. The term Operating Expenses does not include the following: repairs, restoration or other work occasioned by fire, wind, the elements or other casualty; income and income paid to any employee of Landlord above the grade of property manager; any depreciation allowance or expense; or operating expenses which are the responsibility of Tenant. |
3.01. | Tenant will use and manage the Leased Premises solely as a business office pursuing activities which are both lawful and in compliance with all relevant zoning and other municipal ordinances. |
4.02. | At the termination of this Lease, Tenant shall deliver the Leased Premises in as good a condition and state of repair as at the time Landlord delivered possession to Tenant, except for reasonable wear and tear and damage by fire, flood, or other casualty. If Tenant commits waste, Landlord shall have the right, but not the obligation, to cause repairs or corrections to be made, and any reasonable costs incurred for such repairs or corrections for which Tenant is responsible under this Paragraph shall be payable by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent on the next rent installment date. |
5.01. | Tenant shall not make any alterations, additions, or improvements to the Leased Premises without the prior written consent of Landlord, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. |
5.02. | All alterations, additions, or improvements made by Tenant shall become the property of Landlord at the termination of this Lease. However, if Tenant so elects at such termination, Tenant shall promptly remove all alterations, additions, and improvements, and any other property placed in or on the Premises by Tenant, and Tenant shall repair any damage caused by such removal. |
5.03. | Tenant has the right at all times to erect or install furniture and fixtures, provided that Tenant complies with all applicable governmental laws, ordinances, and regulations. Tenant shall remove such furniture and fixtures at the termination of this Lease. Prior to the termination of this Lease, Tenant must repair any damage caused by removal of any such furniture or fixtures. |
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5.04. | Maintenance and/or construction employees of Landlord, or Landlords contractors, shall make all alterations, additions, or improvements to the Leased Premises which have received the prior written consent of Landlord if Landlords bid for such work is equal to or less than any other reasonable arms-length bid which Tenant has obtained from any other contractor. If Landlords bid is not accepted by Tenant because it is not the lowest responsible bid, Tenant will see that its contractor makes all such alterations, additions, or improvements in a first-class and workmanlike manner which shall be in compliance with all relevant building and safety codes and all other local, state, and federal building requirements applicable to such alterations, additions, or improvements. |
5.05 | Landlord will, at its expense, install new carpeting and base, and one coat of paint on existing walls. |
6.01. | If the Leased Premises are totally destroyed by fire, flood, or other casualty not the fault of Tenant or any person in or about the Leased Premises with the express or implied consent of Tenant, or if the Premises should be so damaged by such a cause that rebuilding or repairs cannot be completed within 90 working days, this Lease shall terminate, and rent shall be abated for the unexpired portion of this Lease, effective as of the date of written notification as provided in Paragraph 8.01. |
6.02. | If the Leased Premises are damaged by fire, flood, or other casualty not the fault of Tenant or any person in or about the Leased Premises with the express or implied consent of Tenant, but not to such an extent that rebuilding or repairs cannot reasonably be completed within 45 working days from the date of the commencement of the rebuilding or repairs, this Lease shall not be terminated except as provided in Subparagraphs (a) and (b). |
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7.01. | If the whole of the Leased Premises shall be taken by any public or quasi-public authority under the power of eminent domain, condemnation, or expropriation or in the event of a conveyance in lieu thereof, then this Lease shall terminate on the date when Tenant is required to yield possession. Rent shall abate and Tenant shall have no claim against Landlord or the condemning authority for the value of the unexpired term of this Lease. |
7.02. | If any part of the Leased Premises shall be so taken or conveyed and if such partial taking or conveyance shall render the Leased Premises unsuitable for the business of the Tenant, then the term of this Lease shall cease and terminate as of the date on which possession of the Leased Premises is required to be surrendered to the condemning authority. Tenant shall have no claim against Landlord or the condemning authority for the value of any unexpired portion of this Lease. In the event such partial taking or conveyance is not extensive enough to render the Premises unsuitable for the business of Tenant, this Lease shall continue in full force and effect except that the rent shall be adjusted equitably during the unexpired portion of the Lease. |
7.03. | In the event of any condemnation or taking, whether whole or partial, the Tenant shall not be entitled to any part of the award. Tenant hereby expressly waives any right or claim to any part of such amount and assigns to Landlord any such right or claim to which Tenant might become entitled. |
7.04. | Although all damages in the event of any condemnation are to belong to the Landlord, Tenant shall have the right, to the extent that it shall not diminish the Landlords award, to claim and recover from the condemning authority, such compensation as may be separately awarded or recoverable by Tenant under the Eminent Domain Code in Tenants own right for or on account of, and limited solely to, any cost to which Tenant might be put in removing Tenants merchandise, furniture, fixtures, leasehold improvements, and equipment. |
8.01. | Tenant agrees to indemnify and hold Landlord harmless against any and all claims, demands, damages, costs, and expenses, including all attorneys fees and associated costs, arising from the conduct or management of Tenants business on the Leased Premises, Tenants use of the Leased Premises, Tenants presence in the Building or on the Property, or from any breach on the part of Tenant of any conditions of this Lease, or from any act or negligence of Tenant, its officers, agents, contractors, employees, sublessees, or invitees in or about the Leased Premises, Building, or Property. In case of any action or proceeding brought against Landlord by reason of any such claim, Tenant, on notice from Landlord, agrees to defend the action or proceeding. |
8.02 | Landlord shall at all times during the term of this Lease maintain a policy or policies of insurance insuring the Building against all risk of direct physical loss; provided, Landlord shall not be obligated in anyway or manner to insure any personal property (including, but not limited to, any furniture, fixtures, and equipment, |
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machinery, goods or supplies) of Tenant or which Tenant may have upon or within the Leased Premises or any fixtures installed by or paid for by Tenant upon or within the Leased Premises or any additional improvements which Tenant may construct on the Leased Premises. | ||
Tenant shall, at its expense, during the term hereof, maintain public liability and property damage insurance policies with respect to the Leased Premises. Such policies shall have limits of at least $1,000,000.00 for injury or death to any one person and $3,000,000.00 for any one accident, and $1,000,000.00 with respect to damage to property. |
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Landlord: Erie Insurance Exchange By its Attorney-in-Fact, Erie Indemnity Company |
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By: | /s/ Chip Dufala | |||
Chip Dufala, Executive Vice President | ||||
Erie Indemnity Company, as Attorney-in-Fact | ||||
Tenant: Erie Indemnity Company |
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By: | /s/ Cheryl Ferrie | |||
Cheryl Ferrie, Senior Vice President | ||||
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Paragraph 1. Leased Premises Description and Term |
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Paragraph 4. Maintenance and Surrender |
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Paragraph 5. Alterations, Additions, Improvements, and Fixtures |
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Paragraph 8. Indemnity and Personal Injury/ Property Insurance |
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Paragraph 9. Miscellaneous |
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1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Erie Indemnity Company for the year ended December 31, 2010; | |||||
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; | |||||
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; | |||||
4. | The registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
a. | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; | ||
b. | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; | ||
c. | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and | ||
d. | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants fourth fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board of directors: |
a. | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and | ||
b. | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
/s/ Terrence W. Cavanaugh | ||||
Terrence W. Cavanaugh | ||||
President & CEO |
1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Erie Indemnity Company for the year ended December 31, 2010; | ||||
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; | ||||
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; | ||||
4. | The registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
a. | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; | ||
b. | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; | ||
c. | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and | ||
d. | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants fourth fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board of directors: |
a. | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and | ||
b. | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
/s/ Marcia A. Dall | ||||
Marcia A. Dall | ||||
Executive Vice President & CFO |
(1) | The Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the annual period December 31, 2010 (the Report) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m); and | ||||
(2) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
/s/ Terrence W. Cavanaugh | ||||
Terrence W. Cavanaugh | ||||
President & CEO | ||||
/s/ Marcia A. Dall | ||||
Marcia A. Dall | ||||
Executive Vice President & CFO | ||||