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American Equity Investment Life Holding Co – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/19 – ‘JSON’

On:  Thursday, 8/8/19, at 3:22pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/19   ·   Accession #:  1039828-19-56   ·   File #:  1-31911

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 8/08/19  American Equity Inv Life Hold… Co 10-Q        6/30/19   74:13M

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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                (Loss)                                                           
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                Stockholders' Equity                                             
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                Stockholders' Equity (Parentheticals)                            
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21: R10         Fair Values of Financial Instruments                HTML    250K 
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24: R13         Derivative Instruments                              HTML    180K 
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                Agreements                                                       
26: R15         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     28K 
27: R16         Earnings (Loss) Per Share                           HTML     60K 
28: R17         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML     87K 
29: R18         Fair Values of Financial Instruments (Tables)       HTML    228K 
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32: R21         Derivative Instruments (Tables)                     HTML    185K 
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36: R25         Fair Values of Financial Instruments (Narrative)    HTML     58K 
                (Details)                                                        
37: R26         Fair Values of Financial Instruments (Fair Values   HTML     79K 
                and Carrying Amounts of Financial Instruments)                   
                (Details)                                                        
38: R27         Fair Values of Financial Instruments (Assets and    HTML    123K 
                Liabilities Measured on a Recurring Basis by Fair                
                Value Hierarchy) (Details)                                       
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                (Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Balances                 
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                Securities) (Details)                                            
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                Contractual Maturity) (Details)                                  
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                Available for Sale Fixed Maturity Securities                     
                Reported as a Separate Component of Stockholders'                
                Equity) (Details)                                                
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                Security Portfolio by NAIC Designation) (Details)                
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                Investments, By Category and Length of Time)                     
                (Details)                                                        
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                Gains/Losses on Investments) (Details)                           
48: R37         Investments (Net Realized Gains (Losses) on         HTML     56K 
                Invesments, Excluding Other Than Temporary                       
                Impairments) (Details)                                           
49: R38         Investments (Other Than Temporary Impairments by    HTML     52K 
                Asset Type) (Details)                                            
50: R39         Investments (Cumulative Credit Loss Portion of      HTML     36K 
                Other Than Temporary Impairment Recognized in                    
                Operations) (Details)                                            
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                Than Temporary Impairment Recognized in Other                    
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                Since Other Than Temporary Impairment) (Details)                 
52: R41         Mortgage Loans on Real Estate (Narrative)           HTML     52K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R42         Mortgage Loans on Real Estate (Summary of Mortgage  HTML     34K 
                Loan Portfolio) (Details)                                        
54: R43         Mortgage Loans on Real Estate (Mortgage Loan        HTML     65K 
                Portfolio Summarized by Geographic Region and                    
                Property Type) (Details)                                         
55: R44         Mortgage Loans on Real Estate (Allowance for Loan   HTML     42K 
                Losses Rollforward) (Details)                                    
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                Loans on Real Estate By Basis of Impairment)                     
                (Details)                                                        
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61: R50         Derivative Instruments (Fair Value of Derivative    HTML     42K 
                Instruments as Presented in the Consolidated                     
                Balance Sheets) (Details)                                        
62: R51         Derivative Instruments (Change in Fair Value of     HTML     42K 
                Derivatives Included in the Consolidated Statement               
                of Operations) (Details)                                         
63: R52         Derivative Instruments (Derivative Call Options,    HTML     60K 
                Notional Amount and Fair Value, by Counterparty)                 
                (Details)                                                        
64: R53         Derivative Instruments (Interest Rate Swap)         HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details)                                                        
66: R55         Notes Payable and Amounts Due Under Repurchase      HTML     37K 
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68: R57         Notes Payable and Amounts Due Under Repurchase      HTML     29K 
                Agreements (Repurchase Agreements Narrative)                     
                (Details)                                                        
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70: R59         Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Schedule of Earnings     HTML     58K 
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