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American National Insurance Co – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 8/6/19, at 2:26pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/19   ·   Accession #:  904163-19-10   ·   File #:  1-34280

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 8/06/19  American National Insurance Co    10-Q        6/30/19  103:19M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   2.67M 
 2: EX-10.10    Material Contract                                   HTML     39K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     36K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     36K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
12: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     84K 
13: R2          Consolidated Statements of Financial Position       HTML    170K 
14: R3          Consolidated Statements of Financial Position       HTML     53K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
15: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    151K 
16: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     63K 
                (Loss)                                                           
17: R6          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity        HTML     90K 
18: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    181K 
19: R8          Nature of Operations                                HTML     34K 
20: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and      HTML     35K 
                Practices                                                        
21: R10         Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements           HTML     50K 
22: R11         Investment in Securities                            HTML    351K 
23: R12         Mortgage Loans                                      HTML    187K 
24: R13         Real Estate and Other Investments                   HTML     98K 
25: R14         Derivative Instruments                              HTML    171K 
26: R15         Net Investment Income and Realized Investment       HTML     82K 
                Gains (Losses)                                                   
27: R16         Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML    382K 
28: R17         Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs                   HTML     59K 
29: R18         Liability for Unpaid Claims and Claim Adjustment    HTML     57K 
                Expenses                                                         
30: R19         Federal Income Taxes                                HTML    103K 
31: R20         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     84K 
32: R21         Stockholders' Equity and Noncontrolling Interests   HTML    153K 
33: R22         Segment Information                                 HTML    330K 
34: R23         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     44K 
35: R24         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     53K 
36: R25         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     34K 
37: R26         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and      HTML     44K 
                Practices (Policies)                                             
38: R27         Investment in Securities (Tables)                   HTML    358K 
39: R28         Mortgage Loans (Tables)                             HTML    188K 
40: R29         Real Estate and Other Investments (Tables)          HTML    102K 
41: R30         Derivative Instruments (Tables)                     HTML    177K 
42: R31         Net Investment Income and Realized Investment       HTML     86K 
                Gains (Losses) (Tables)                                          
43: R32         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML    368K 
44: R33         Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs (Tables)          HTML     60K 
45: R34         Liability for Unpaid Claims and Claim Adjustment    HTML     54K 
                Expenses (Tables)                                                
46: R35         Federal Income Taxes (Tables)                       HTML    100K 
47: R36         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     84K 
                (Tables)                                                         
48: R37         Stockholders' Equity and Noncontrolling Interests   HTML    156K 
                (Tables)                                                         
49: R38         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    326K 
50: R39         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     50K 
51: R40         Nature of Operations - Additional Information       HTML     32K 
                (Detail)                                                         
52: R41         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and      HTML     33K 
                Practices - Additional Information (Detail)                      
53: R42         Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements -         HTML     68K 
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
54: R43         Investment in Securities - Investments in           HTML     90K 
                Securities (Detail)                                              
55: R44         Investment in Securities - Maturities of            HTML     93K 
                Investments (Detail)                                             
56: R45         Investment in Securities - Proceeds from Available  HTML     38K 
                for Sale Securities and Realized Gain Loss                       
                (Detail)                                                         
57: R46         Investment in Securities - Additional Information   HTML     35K 
                (Detail)                                                         
58: R47         Investment in Securities - Change in Net            HTML     61K 
                Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Securities (Detail)                 
59: R48         Investment in Securities - Gross Unrealized Losses  HTML    105K 
                and Fair Value of Investment Securities (Detail)                 
60: R49         Investment in Securities - Bond by Credit Quality   HTML     55K 
                Rating Distribution (Detail)                                     
61: R50         Investment in Securities - Equity Securities by     HTML     51K 
                Market Sector Distribution (Detail)                              
62: R51         Mortgage Loans - Distribution Based on Carrying     HTML     52K 
                Amount of Mortgage Loans by Location (Detail)                    
63: R52         Mortgage Loans - Additional Information (Detail)    HTML     51K 
64: R53         Mortgage Loans - Age Analysis of Past Due Loans     HTML     80K 
                (Detail)                                                         
65: R54         Mortgage Loans - Change in Allowance for Credit     HTML     75K 
                Losses in Mortgage Loans (Detail)                                
66: R55         Mortgage Loans Mortgage Loans - Schedule of         HTML     47K 
                Troubled Debt Restructuring Mortgage Loan                        
                Information (Details)                                            
67: R56         Real Estate and Other Investments - Investment      HTML     63K 
                Real Estate by Property-Type and Geographic                      
                Distribution (Detail)                                            
68: R57         Real Estate and Other Investments - Assets and      HTML     61K 
                Liabilities Related to VIEs (Detail)                             
69: R58         Real Estate and Other Investments - Additional      HTML     36K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
70: R59         Real Estate and Other Investments - Schedule of     HTML     51K 
                Long-term Notes Payable of Consolidated VIEs                     
                (Detail)                                                         
71: R60         Real Estate and Other Investments - Carrying        HTML     44K 
                Amount and Maximum Exposure to Loss Related to                   
                VIEs (Detail)                                                    
72: R61         Derivative Instruments - Schedule of Derivative     HTML     54K 
                Instruments Reported in Financial Position                       
                (Detail)                                                         
73: R62         Derivative Instruments - Schedule of Derivative     HTML     41K 
                Instruments Reported in Statements of Operations                 
                (Detail)                                                         
74: R63         Derivative Instruments - Schedule of Information    HTML    104K 
                Regarding Company's Exposure to Credit Loss on the               
                Options Holds (Detail)                                           
75: R64         Net Investment Income and Realized Investment       HTML     48K 
                Gains (Losses) - Summary of Net Investment Income                
                (Detail)                                                         
76: R65         Net Investment Income and Realized Investment       HTML     45K 
                Gains (Losses) - Summary of Realized Investment                  
                Gains (Losses) (Detail)                                          
77: R66         Net Investment Income and Realized Investment       HTML     36K 
                Gains (Losses) - Summary of Other Than Temporary                 
                Impairment Losses (Details)                                      
78: R67         Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Carrying      HTML    104K 
                Amount and Fair Value of Financial Instruments                   
                (Detail)                                                         
79: R68         Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Additional    HTML     40K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
80: R69         Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Schedule of   HTML     52K 
                Significant Unobservable Inputs Used to Calculate                
                Level 3 Fair Value of Embedded Derivatives within                
                Policyholder Contract Deposits (Detail)                          
81: R70         Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Quantitative  HTML    190K 
                Disclosures Regarding Fair Value Hierarchy                       
                Measurements (Detail)                                            
82: R71         Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Financial     HTML     77K 
                Instruments Measured at Fair Value on Recurring                  
                Basis Using (Level 3) Inputs (Detail)                            
83: R72         Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs - Deferred        HTML     61K 
                Policy Acquisition Costs (Detail)                                
84: R73         Liability for Unpaid Claims and Claim Adjustment    HTML     65K 
                Expenses - Liability for Unpaid Claims and Claim                 
                Adjustment Expenses (Detail)                                     
85: R74         Liability for Unpaid Claims and Claim Adjustment    HTML     39K 
                Expenses - Additional Information (Detail)                       
86: R75         Federal Income Taxes - Effective Income Tax         HTML     92K 
                Reconciliation (Detail)                                          
87: R76         Federal Income Taxes - Additional Information       HTML     44K 
                (Detail)                                                         
88: R77         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) -     HTML     88K 
                Components of Other Comprehensive Income (Detail)                
89: R78         Stockholders' Equity and Noncontrolling Interests   HTML    107K 
                - Additional Information (Detail)                                
90: R79         Stockholders' Equity and Noncontrolling Interests   HTML     42K 
                - Common Stock, Amounts Outstanding (Detail)                     
91: R80         Stockholders' Equity and Noncontrolling Interests   HTML     82K 
                - Stock-Based Compensation Information (Detail)                  
92: R81         Stockholders' Equity and Noncontrolling Interests   HTML     57K 
                - Summary of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share                
                (Detail)                                                         
93: R82         Stockholders' Equity and Noncontrolling Interests   HTML     42K 
                - Statutory Capital and Surplus and Net Income of                
                Insurance Entities in Accordance with Statutory                  
                Accounting Practices (Detail)                                    
94: R83         Segment Information - Additional Information        HTML     33K 
                (Detail)                                                         
95: R84         Segment Information - Summary of Results of         HTML    113K 
                Operations Measured as Income Before Federal                     
                Income Taxes and Other Items by Operating Segments               
                (Detail)                                                         
96: R85         Commitments and Contingencies - Additional          HTML     56K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
97: R86         Related Party Transactions - Related Party          HTML     53K 
                Transactions (Detail)                                            
98: R87         Related Party Transactions - Additional             HTML     46K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
99: R88         Subsequent Events - Additional Information          HTML     39K 
                (Detail)                                                         
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