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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-Q
 
 
ý Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2017.2018.
Commission File Number: 001-35028
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United Financial Bancorp, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Connecticut 27-3577029
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
   
45 Glastonbury Boulevard, Glastonbury,225 Asylum Street, Hartford, Connecticut 0603306103
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(860) 291-3600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    ý  Yes    ¨  No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter prior that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ý    No  ¨
Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer.filer, a smaller reporting company or emerging growth company. See definitionthe definitions of “large accelerated filer,”filer”, “accelerated filer”, “non-accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company”, and “smaller reporting“emerging growth company” in Rule 12B-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer¨
ý

Accelerated filerý¨
    
Non-accelerated filer
¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company¨
    
  Emerging growth company
¨


If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12B-2 of the Act).    Yes  ¨    No  ý
As of July 31, 2017,2018, there were 50,791,94351,124,712 shares of Registrant’s no par value common stock outstanding.

 

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Item 1A.
   
Item 2.
   
Item 3.
   
Item 4.
   
Item 5.
   
Item 6.
  
  
Exhibits 


Part 1 - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1 - Interim Financial Statements
United Financial Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Condition
(Unaudited)
June 30,
2017
 December 31,
2016
June 30,
2018
 December 31,
2017
(In thousands, except share data)(In thousands, except share data)
ASSETS      
Cash and due from banks$57,137
 $47,248
$62,188
 $56,661
Short-term investments17,714
 43,696
46,987
 32,007
Total cash and cash equivalents74,851
 90,944
109,175
 88,668
Available-for-sale securities - at fair value1,073,384
 1,043,411
1,006,135
 1,050,787
Held-to-maturity securities - at amortized cost13,792
 14,038

 13,598
Loans held for sale157,487
 62,517
85,458
 114,073
Loans receivable (net of allowance for loan losses of $45,062
at June 30, 2017 and $42,798 at December 31, 2016)
5,024,532
 4,870,552
Loans receivable (net of allowance for loan losses of $49,163
at June 30, 2018 and $47,099 at December 31, 2017)
5,441,766
 5,307,678
Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston stock54,760
 53,476
46,734
 50,194
Accrued interest receivable19,751
 18,771
23,209
 22,332
Deferred tax asset, net27,034
 39,962
30,190
 25,656
Premises and equipment, net54,480
 51,757
67,614
 67,508
Goodwill115,281
 115,281
115,281
 115,281
Core deposit intangible5,164
 5,902
3,849
 4,491
Cash surrender value of bank-owned life insurance170,144
 167,823
180,490
 148,300
Other assets85,503
 65,086
98,695
 105,593
Total assets$6,876,163
 $6,599,520
$7,208,596
 $7,114,159
      
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY      
Liabilities:      
Deposits:      
Non-interest-bearing$721,917
 $708,050
$770,982
 $778,576
Interest-bearing4,271,562
 4,003,122
4,622,394
 4,419,645
Total deposits4,993,479
 4,711,172
5,393,376
 5,198,221
Mortgagors’ and investors’ escrow accounts15,045
 13,354
14,526
 7,545
Advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank990,206
 1,046,712
925,413
 1,046,458
Other borrowings148,611
 122,907
116,483
 118,596
Accrued expenses and other liabilities49,358
 49,509
56,921
 50,011
Total liabilities6,196,699
 5,943,654
6,506,719
 6,420,831

 

 
Stockholders’ equity:      
Preferred stock (no par value; 2,000,000 authorized; no shares issued)
 

 
Common stock (no par value; authorized 120,000,000 shares; 50,768,032 and 50,786,671 shares issued and outstanding, at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively)
531,918
 531,848
Common stock (no par value; authorized 120,000,000 shares; 51,117,349 and 51,044,752 shares issued and outstanding, at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively)
539,006
 537,576
Additional paid-in capital7,990
 7,227
4,559
 4,713
Unearned compensation - ESOP(5,580) (5,694)(5,352) (5,466)
Retained earnings155,580
 137,838
190,304
 168,345
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax(10,444) (15,353)(26,640) (11,840)
Total stockholders’ equity679,464
 655,866
701,877
 693,328
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity$6,876,163
 $6,599,520
$7,208,596
 $7,114,159

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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United Financial Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Net Income
(Unaudited)
For the Three Months 
 Ended June 30,
 For the Six Months 
 Ended June 30,
For the Three Months 
 Ended June 30,
 For the Six Months 
 Ended June 30,
2017 2016 2017 20162018 2017 2018 2017
(In thousands, except share and per share data)(In thousands, except share and per share data)
Interest and dividend income:          
Loans$49,674
 $43,556
 $96,167
 $89,028
$57,958
 $49,674
 $112,738
 $96,167
Securities - taxable interest5,793
 4,926
 11,303
 10,022
5,969
 5,793
 11,467
 11,303
Securities - non-taxable interest2,355
 2,051
 4,609
 4,061
2,354
 2,355
 4,783
 4,609
Securities - dividends689
 1,021
 1,497
 1,944
736
 689
 1,373
 1,497
Interest-bearing deposits51
 67
 152
 140
113
 51
 263
 152
Total interest and dividend income58,562
 51,621
 113,728
 105,195
67,130
 58,562
 130,624
 113,728
Interest expense:              
Deposits7,603
 6,382
 14,422
 12,648
12,864
 7,603
 23,891
 14,422
Borrowed funds4,631
 3,743
 8,681
 7,649
6,085
 4,631
 12,009
 8,681
Total interest expense12,234
 10,125
 23,103
 20,297
18,949
 12,234
 35,900
 23,103
Net interest income46,328
 41,496
 90,625
 84,898
48,181
 46,328
 94,724
 90,625
Provision for loan losses2,292
 3,624
 4,580
 6,312
2,350
 2,292
 4,289
 4,580
Net interest income after provision for loan losses44,036
 37,872
 86,045
 78,586
45,831
 44,036
 90,435
 86,045
Non-interest income:              
Service charges and fees6,834
 4,359
 12,252
 8,953
6,542
 7,184
 12,701
 12,829
Gain on sales of securities, net95
 367
 552
 1,819
62
 95
 178
 552
Income from mortgage banking activities1,830
 2,331
 3,151
 3,191
846
 1,830
 2,575
 3,151
Bank-owned life insurance income1,149
 814
 2,356
 1,632
1,671
 1,149
 3,317
 2,356
Net loss on limited partnership investments(638) (1,504) (718) (2,440)(960) (638) (1,550) (718)
Other income206
 165
 388
 104
199
 206
 428
 388
Total non-interest income9,476
 6,532
 17,981
 13,259
8,360
 9,826
 17,649
 18,558
Non-interest expense:              
Salaries and employee benefits19,574
 20,013
 39,304
 37,804
22,113
 19,574
 43,311
 39,304
Service bureau fees1,943
 2,230
 4,046
 4,259
2,165
 2,293
 4,383
 4,623
Occupancy and equipment3,657
 3,850
 8,126
 7,750
4,668
 3,657
 9,617
 8,126
Professional fees952
 887
 2,261
 1,768
1,105
 952
 2,269
 2,261
Marketing and promotions1,237
 1,023
 1,949
 1,615
1,189
 1,237
 1,874
 1,949
FDIC insurance assessments796
 1,042
 1,475
 1,981
735
 796
 1,474
 1,475
Core deposit intangible amortization353
 401
 738
 834
305
 353
 642
 738
FHLBB prepayment penalties
 
 
 1,454
Other6,467
 5,235
 11,775
 10,979
6,090
 6,467
 11,536
 11,775
Total non-interest expense34,979
 34,681
 69,674
 68,444
38,370
 35,329
 75,106
 70,251
Income before income taxes18,533
 9,723
 34,352
 23,401
15,821
 18,533
 32,978
 34,352
Provision for income taxes2,333
 665
 4,426
 2,449
175
 2,333
 1,545
 4,426
Net income$16,200
 $9,058
 $29,926
 $20,952
$15,646
 $16,200
 $31,433
 $29,926
              
Net income per share:              
Basic$0.32
 $0.18
 $0.60
 $0.42
$0.31
 $0.32
 $0.62
 $0.60
Diluted$0.32
 $0.18
 $0.59
 $0.42
$0.31
 $0.32
 $0.62
 $0.59
Weighted-average shares outstanding:              
Basic50,217,212
 49,623,472
 50,237,406
 49,523,345
50,504,273
 50,217,212
 50,489,689
 50,237,406
Diluted50,839,091
 49,946,639
 50,887,124
 49,802,679
50,974,283
 50,839,091
 50,985,520
 50,887,124

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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United Financial Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(Unaudited)
For the Three Months 
 Ended June 30,
 For the Six Months 
 Ended June 30,
For the Three Months 
 Ended June 30,
 For the Six Months 
 Ended June 30,
2017 2016 2017 20162018 2017 2018 2017
(In thousands)(In thousands)
Net income$16,200
 $9,058
 $29,926
 $20,952
$15,646
 $16,200
 $31,433
 $29,926
Other comprehensive income:       
Securities available for sale:       
Unrealized holding gains5,082
 12,955
 9,062
 23,524
Other comprehensive (loss) income:       
Securities available-for-sale:       
Unrealized holding (losses) gains(6,033) 5,082
 (23,023) 9,062
Reclassification adjustment for gains realized in operations (1)(95) (367) (552) (1,819)(62) (95) (178) (552)
Net unrealized gains4,987
 12,588
 8,510
 21,705
Tax effect - expense(1,792) (4,524) (3,057) (7,808)
Net-of-tax amount - securities available for sale3,195
 8,064
 5,453
 13,897
Net unrealized (losses) gains(6,095) 4,987
 (23,201) 8,510
Tax effect - benefit (expense)1,340
 (1,792) 5,273
 (3,057)
Net-of-tax amount - securities available-for-sale(4,755) 3,195
 (17,928) 5,453
Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges:              
Unrealized losses(2,100) (3,139) (1,942) (11,436)
Reclassification adjustment for expense (benefit) recognized in interest expense (2)
363
 (561) 803
 (1,180)
Net unrealized losses(1,737) (3,700) (1,139) (12,616)
Tax effect - benefit625
 1,333
 410
 4,545
Unrealized gains (losses)2,451
 (2,100) 6,883
 (1,942)
Reclassification adjustment for losses recognized in interest expense (2)
84
 363
 429
 803
Net unrealized gains (losses)2,535
 (1,737) 7,312
 (1,139)
Tax effect - (expense) benefit(560) 625
 (1,612) 410
Net-of-tax amount - interest rate swaps(1,112) (2,367) (729) (8,071)1,975
 (1,112) 5,700
 (729)
Pension and Post-retirement plans:              
Reclassification adjustment for prior service costs recognized in net periodic benefit cost1
 3
 3
 3
2
 1
 4
 3
Reclassification adjustment for losses recognized in net periodic benefit cost (3)143
 123
 286
 248
123
 143
 246
 286
Net change in losses and prior service costs144
 126
 289
 251
Net change in gains and prior service costs125
 144
 250
 289
Tax effect - expense(52) (45) (104) (90)(28) (52) (55) (104)
Net-of-tax amount - pension and post-retirement plans92
 81
 185
 161
97
 92
 195
 185
Total other comprehensive income2,175
 5,778
 4,909
 5,987
Total other comprehensive (loss) income(2,683) 2,175
 (12,033) 4,909
Comprehensive income$18,375
 $14,836
 $34,835
 $26,939
$12,963
 $18,375
 $19,400
 $34,835
 
(1)Amounts are included in gain on sales of securities, net in the unaudited Consolidated Statements of Net Income. Income tax expense associated with the reclassification adjustment was $34$14 and $132$34 for the three months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, respectively. Income tax expense associated with the reclassification adjustment was $199$39 and $655$199 for the six months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, respectively.
(2)Amounts are included in borrowed funds interest expense in the unaudited Consolidated Statements of Net Income. Income tax expense (benefit)benefit associated with the reclassification adjustment for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 was $19 and 2016 was $(131) and $202,$131, respectively. Income tax expense (benefit)benefit associated with the reclassification adjustment for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 was $95 and 2016 was $(289) and $425,$289, respectively.
(3)Amounts are included in salaries and employee benefits expense in the unaudited Consolidated Statements of Net Income. Income tax benefit associated with the reclassification adjustment for losses recognized in the net periodic benefit cost for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 was $27 and 2016 was $52, and $44 , respectively. Income tax benefit associated with the reclassification adjustment for losses recognized in the net periodic benefit cost for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 was $54 and 2016 was $103, and $89, respectively.

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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United Financial Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
(Unaudited)
Common Stock 
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
 
Unearned
Compensation
 - ESOP
 
Retained
Earnings
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
 
Total
Stockholders’
Equity
Common Stock 
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
 
Unearned
Compensation
 - ESOP
 
Retained
Earnings
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
 
Total
Stockholders’
Equity
Shares Amount Shares Amount 
(In thousands, except share data)
Balance at December 31, 201751,044,752
 $537,576
 $4,713
 $(5,466) $168,345
 $(11,840) $693,328
Adoption of ASU No. 2016-01 (see Note 3)

 
 
 
 177
 (177) 
Adoption of ASU No. 2018-02 (see Note 10)
 
 
 
 2,590
 (2,590) 
Comprehensive income
 
 
 
 31,433
 (12,033) 19,400
Common stock repurchased(94,900) (1,551) 
 
 
 
 (1,551)
Stock-based compensation expense
 
 1,417
 
 
 
 1,417
ESOP shares released or committed to be released
 
 77
 114
 
 
 191
Shares issued for stock options exercised172,794
 2,973
 (1,538) 
 
 
 1,435
Shares issued for restricted stock grants8,763
 147
 (147) 
 
 
 
Shares cancelled for restricted stock forfeitures(8,340) (139) 139
 
 
 
 
Cancellation of shares for tax withholding(5,720) 
 (102) 
 
 
 (102)
Dividends paid ($0.24 per common share)
 
 
 
 (12,241) 
 (12,241)
Balance at June 30, 201851,117,349
 $539,006
 $4,559
 $(5,352) $190,304
 $(26,640) $701,877
(In thousands, except share data)             
Balance at December 31, 201650,786,671
 $531,848
 $7,227
 $(5,694) $137,838
 $(15,353) $655,866
50,786,671
 $531,848
 $7,227
 $(5,694) $137,838
 $(15,353) $655,866
Comprehensive income
 
 
 
 29,926
 4,909
 34,835

 
 
 
 29,926
 4,909
 34,835
Common stock repurchased(80,000) (1,312) 
 
 
 
 (1,312)(80,000) (1,312) 
 
 
 
 (1,312)
Stock-based compensation expense
 
 1,486
 
 
 
 1,486

 
 1,486
 
 
 
 1,486
ESOP shares released or committed to be released
 
 83
 114
 
 
 197

 
 83
 114
 
 
 197
Shares issued for stock options exercised74,522
 1,337
 (564) 
 
 
 773
Shares issued for stock options exercised and SARs74,522
 1,337
 (564) 
 
 
 773
Shares issued for restricted stock grants1,098
 45
 (45) 
 
 
 
1,098
 45
 (45) 
 
 
 
Cancellation of shares for tax withholding(14,259) 
 (197) 
 
 
 (197)(14,259) 
 (197) 
 
 
 (197)
Dividends paid ($0.24 per common share)
 
 
 
 (12,184) 
 (12,184)
 
 
 
 (12,184) 
 (12,184)
Balance at June 30, 201750,768,032
 $531,918
 $7,990
 $(5,580) $155,580
 $(10,444) $679,464
50,768,032
 $531,918
 $7,990
 $(5,580) $155,580
 $(10,444) $679,464
             
Balance at December 31, 201549,941,428
 $519,587
 $10,722
 $(5,922) $112,013
 $(10,879) $625,521
Comprehensive income
 
 
 
 20,952
 5,987
 26,939
Stock-based compensation expense
 
 1,023
 
 
 
 1,023
ESOP shares released or committed to be released
 
 26
 114
 
 
 140
Shares issued for stock options exercised and SARs296,525
 3,752
 (1,224) 
 
 
 2,528
Shares issued for restricted stock grants39,328
 460
 (460) 
 
 
 
Cancellation of shares for tax withholding(6,700) 
 (48) 
 
 
 (48)
Tax benefit from stock-based awards
 
 106
 
 
 
 106
Dividends paid ($0.24 per common share)
 
 
 
 (12,016) 
 (12,016)
Balance at June 30, 201650,270,581
 $523,799
 $10,145
 $(5,808) $120,949
 $(4,892) $644,193

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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United Financial Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
United Financial Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
United Financial Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
For the Six Months 
 Ended June 30,
For the Six Months 
 Ended June 30,
2017 20162018 2017
(In thousands)(In thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities:      
Net income$29,926
 $20,952
$31,433
 $29,926
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:   
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:   
Amortization of premiums and discounts on investments, net2,053
 2,756
2,157
 2,053
Amortization (accretion) of intangible assets and purchase accounting marks, net654
 (1,015)
Amortization of intangible assets and purchase accounting marks, net681
 654
Amortization of subordinated debt issuance costs63
 63
63
 63
Stock-based compensation expense1,486
 1,023
1,417
 1,486
ESOP expense197
 140
191
 197
Loss on extinguishment of debt
 1,454
Tax benefit from stock-based awards
 (106)
Provision for loan losses4,580
 6,312
4,289
 4,580
Gain on sales of securities, net(552) (1,819)
Gains on sales of securities, net(178) (552)
Net unrealized loss on marketable equity securities1
 
Loans originated for sale(208,158) (203,547)(170,922) (208,158)
Principal balance of loans sold113,188
 183,125
199,537
 113,188
(Increase) decrease in mortgage servicing asset(68) 485
Increase in mortgage servicing asset(1,946) (68)
Gain on sales of other real estate owned(107) (134)(78) (107)
Net gain in mortgage banking fair value adjustments(3,139) (756)
Gain on disposal of equipment(42) (16)
Net change in mortgage banking fair value adjustments1,144
 (3,139)
(Gain) loss on disposal of equipment68
 (42)
Write-downs of other real estate owned231
 4
218
 231
Depreciation and amortization2,792
 2,705
Depreciation and amortization of premises and equipment3,769
 2,792
Net loss on limited partnership investments718
 2,440
1,550
 718
Deferred income tax expense (benefit)10,177
 (1,654)
Deferred income tax (benefit) expense(928) 10,177
Increase in cash surrender value of bank-owned life insurance(2,348) (1,632)(2,882) (2,348)
Income recognized from death benefit on BOLI(8) 
Income recognized from death benefits on bank-owned life insurance(435) (8)
Net change in:      
Deferred loan fees and premiums(3,777) (2,385)(708) (3,777)
Accrued interest receivable(980) (895)(877) (980)
Other assets(23,086) (47,356)(11,700) (23,086)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities144
 26,345
7,165
 144
Net cash used in operating activities(76,056) (13,511)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities63,029
 (76,056)
Cash flows from investing activities:      
Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities184,484
 201,636
58,652
 184,484
Proceeds from calls and maturities of available-for-sale securities64,840
 7,328
26,065
 64,840
Principal payments on available-for-sale securities35,325
 38,946
33,669
 35,325
Principal payments on held-to-maturity securities228
 261

 228
Purchases of available-for-sale securities(308,423) (241,196)(85,557) (308,423)
Redemption of FHLBB and other restricted stock2,512
 
6,940
 2,512
Purchase of FHLBB stock(2,179) (4,793)(3,480) (2,179)
Proceeds from sale of other real estate owned761
 1,236
1,635
 761
Purchases of loans(72,035) (64,727)(144,913) (72,035)
Loan originations, net of principal repayments(81,360) (54,536)4,315
 (81,360)
Proceeds from bank-owned life insurance death benefits1,082
 
Purchases of bank-owned life insurance(30,000) 
Proceeds from redemption of bank-owned life insurance26,292
 
Purchases of premises and equipment(6,208) (963)(3,977) (6,208)
Proceeds from sale of equipment707
 1
Proceeds from sales of equipment
 707
Net cash used in investing activities(181,348) (116,807)(109,277) (181,348)

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United Financial Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Concluded
(Unaudited)
United Financial Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Concluded
(Unaudited)
United Financial Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Concluded
(Unaudited)
For the Six Months 
 Ended June 30,
For the Six Months 
 Ended June 30,
2017 20162018 2017
(In thousands)(In thousands)
Cash flows from financing activities:      
Net increase in non-interest-bearing deposits13,867
 15,906
Net increase (decrease) in non-interest-bearing deposits(7,594) 13,867
Net increase in interest-bearing deposits268,829
 3,081
202,871
 268,829
Net increase in mortgagors’ and investors’ escrow accounts1,691
 514
6,981
 1,691
Net decrease in short-term FHLBB advances(105,000) 85,000
(91,000) (105,000)
Repayments of long-term FHLBB advances(757) (1,934)(775) (757)
Repayments of called FHLBB advances(45,000) 
(30,000) (45,000)
Prepayments of long-term FHLBB borrowings and penalty
 (37,796)
Proceeds from long-term FHLBB advances95,000
 105,000
950
 95,000
Net change in other borrowings25,601
 (27,758)(2,219) 25,601
Proceeds from exercise of stock options773
 2,528
1,435
 773
Common stock repurchased(1,312) 
(1,551) (1,312)
Cancellation of shares for tax withholding(197) (48)(102) (197)
Tax benefit from stock-based awards
 106
Cash dividend paid on common stock(12,184) (12,016)(12,241) (12,184)
Net cash provided by financing activities241,311
 132,583
66,755
 241,311
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents(16,093) 2,265
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents20,507
 (16,093)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period90,944
 95,176
88,668
 90,944
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period$74,851
 $97,441
$109,175
 $74,851
      
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:      
Cash paid during the year for:      
Interest$23,802
 $21,681
$34,989
 $23,802
Income taxes, net3,003
 2,300
1,135
 3,003
Transfer of loans to other real estate owned765
 1,074
1,476
 765
Decrease in due to broker, investment purchases(6) 
Change in due to broker, investment purchases
 (6)

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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United Financial Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 1.Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Nature of Operations
United Financial Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company” or “United”) is headquartered in Glastonbury,Hartford, Connecticut, and through United Bank (the “Bank”) and various subsidiaries, delivers financial services to individuals, families and businesses primarily throughout Connecticut and Massachusetts through 5354 banking offices, its commercial loan production offices, its mortgage loan production offices, 6566 ATMs, telephone banking, mobile banking and online banking (www.bankatunited.com).
Basis of Presentation
The consolidated interim financial statements and the accompanying notes presented in this report include the accounts of the Company, the Bank and the Bank’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, United Bank Mortgage Company, United Bank Investment Corp., Inc., United Bank Commercial Properties, Inc., United Bank Residential Properties, Inc., United Northeast Financial Advisors,Wealth Management, Inc., United Bank Investment Sub, Inc., UCB Securities, Inc. II, UB Properties, LLC, United Financial Realty HC, Inc. and United Financial Business Trust I.
The consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and pursuant to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included in the interim unaudited consolidated financial statements. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 20172018 or any future period. These unaudited interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s 20162017 audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in United Financial Bancorp, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K as of and for the year ended December 31, 2016.2017.
Common Share Repurchases
The Company is chartered in the state of Connecticut. Connecticut law does not provide for treasury shares, rather shares repurchased by the Company constitute authorized, but unissued shares. GAAP states that accounting for treasury stock shall conform to state law. Therefore, the cost of shares repurchased by the Company has been allocated to common stock balances.
Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications have been made in prior periods’ consolidated financial statements to conform to the 20172018 presentation. These reclassifications had no impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or net change in cash equivalents.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses. Actual results in the future could vary from the amounts derived from management’s estimates and assumptions. Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change in the near term relate to the determination of the allowance for loan losses, the realizability of deferred tax assets, the evaluation of securities for other-than-temporary impairment, the valuation of derivative instruments and hedging activities, and goodwill impairment valuations.
Note 2.Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Recently Adopted Accounting Standards Issued but Not Yet AdoptedPrinciples Previously Disclosed
TheEffective January 1, 2018, the following list identifies Account Standards Updates (“ASUs”) applicable toadopted by the Company that have been issued but are not yet effective:Company:
Compensation
In May 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2017-092014-09, Compensation, Stock CompensationRevenue From Contracts with Customers (Topic 718)606)
ASU No. 2016-01, Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-210): ScopeRecognition and Measurement of Modified AccountingFinancial Assets and Financial Liabilities
ASU No. 2016-15, . This update amendsStatement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments
ASU No. 2016-16, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory
ASU No. 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash
ASU No. 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the scopeDefinition of modification accounting for share-based payment arrangements and provides guidance on the types of changes to the terms or conditions of share-based payment awards to which an entity would be required to apply modification accounting under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 718. Specifically, an entity would not apply modification accounting if the fair value, vesting conditions and classification of the awardsa Business


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are the same immediately before and after the modification. This ASU is effective for all entities for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted for entities whose financial statements have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. This ASU is not expected to have an impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-07, Compensation-Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost.Cost
ASU No. 2017-09, UnderCompensation, Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modified Accounting
ASU No. 2017-12, Derivatives & Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities
ASU No. 2018-02, Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
The adoption of these accounting standards did not have a material impact on the new guidance, employers will presentCompany’s financial statements.
Accounting Standards Issued but Not Yet Adopted
The following list identifies ASUs applicable to the service cost component of the net periodic benefit cost in the same income statement line item as other employee compensation costs arising from services rendered during the period. Employers are required to include all other components of net benefit cost in a separate line item from the service cost. Employers willCompany that have to disclose the line used to present the other components of net periodic benefit cost, if the componentsbeen issued but are not presented separately inyet effective:
Compensation
In June 2018, the income statement.Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2017-07No. 2018-07 Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting as a part of its Simplification Initiative. Under this guidance, the inclusion of share-based payments for nonemployees as payment for goods or services will be added under the scope of Topic 718. Recognition for costs of issuance of share-based payments to nonemployees is expected to be similar to how companies recognize these same costs for employees. This ASU is effective for public companiesbusiness entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2017.2018. Early adoption is permitted, inbut no earlier than the first financial statements issued for a fiscal year, provided all provisionsCompany’s adoption of the ASU are adopted.Topic 606. This ASU is not expected to have a significant impact onto the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
Receivables
In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-08 Receivables-Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic 310-20): Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities. Under the new guidance, the premium on bonds purchased at a premium will be amortized to the bond’s earliest call date rather than the date of maturity to more closely align interest income recorded on bonds held at a premium or a discount with the economics of the underlying instrument. This ASU is effective for public business entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. If an entity early adopts the amendments in an interim period, any adjustments should be reflected as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes that interim period. As of June 30, 2017,2018, this ASU is expected to have an impact of reducing premiums on callable debt securities by approximately $6.9$9.5 million of premiums to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements,(pre-tax), with the offset being a reduction in retained earnings upon initial adoption.
Intangibles
In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04 Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. The guidance removes Step 2 of the Goodwill Impairment Test, which requires hypothetical purchase price allocation. A goodwill impairment will now be the amount by which a reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value, not to exceed the carrying amount of goodwill. The new guidance will simplify financial reporting since it eliminates that need to determine the fair value of individual assets and liabilities of a reporting unit to measure the goodwill impairment. Currently, failing Step 1 of the goodwill impairment test did not necessarily result in impairment. However, under the new guidance, failing Step 1 will always result in impairment. This ASU will be applied prospectively, and is effective for public business entities that are U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filers for its annual or any interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted for any impairment test performed after January 1, 2017. This ASU is not expected to have an impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
Income Taxes
In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-16 Income Taxes (Topic 740): Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory as a part of the Board’s simplification initiative. Currently, the tax effects of intra-entity asset transfers (intercompany sales) are deferred until the transferred asset is sold to third party or otherwise recovered through use. Under the new ASU, the selling (transferring) entity is required to recognize a current tax expense or benefit upon transfer of the asset. Similarly, the purchasing (receiving) entity is required to recognize a deferred tax asset (DTA) or deferred tax liability (DTL), as well as the related deferred tax benefit or expense, upon receipt of the asset. The new guidance does not apply to intra-entity transfers of inventory. The new guidance will be effective for public business entities in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those years (i.e., in the first quarter of 2018 for calendar year-end companies). Early adoption is permitted. The modified retrospective approach will be required for transition to the new guidance, with a cumulative-effect adjustment recorded in retained earnings as of the beginning of the period of adoption. The cumulative-effect adjustment would consist of the net impact from (1) the write-off of any unamortized tax expense previously deferred and (2) recognition of any previously unrecognized deferred tax assets, net of any necessary valuation allowance. This ASU is expected to have an impact on the Company’s deferred tax recognition due to transfers between separate companies in the consolidated group however it is not expected to have a material financial statement impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
Statement of Cash Flows
In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15 Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments as part of the consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force. The new guidance is intended to reduce diversity in practice in how certain transactions are classified in the statement of cash flows. This ASU clarifies whether the following items should be categorized as operating, investing or financing on the statement of cash flows; 1) debt prepayments and extinguishment costs, 2) settlement of zero-coupon debt, 3) settlement of contingent consideration. 4) insurance proceeds, 5)


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settlement of corporate-owned like insurance (COLI) and bank-owned life insurance (BOLI) policies, 6) distributions from equity method investees, 7) beneficial interests in securitization transactions, and 8) receipts and payments with aspects of more than one class of cash flows. ASU 2016-15 is effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. If an entity early adopts the amendments in an interim period, any adjustment should be reflected as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes that interim period. An entity that elects early adoption must adopt all of the amendments in the same period. This ASU is expected to have an impact on the disclosures in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.
Financial Instruments
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13 Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments which amends the Board’s guidance on the impairment of financial instruments. The ASU adds to US GAAP an impairment model (known as the current expected credit loss (CECL)(“CECL”) model) that is based on expected losses rather than incurred losses. Under the new guidance, an entity recognizes as an allowance its estimate of expected credit losses, which the FASB believes will result in more timely recognition of such losses. The ASU is also intended to reduce the complexity of US GAAP by decreasing the number of credit impairment models that entities use to account for debt instruments. For public business entities that are USU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filers, this ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The amendments in this Update may be adopted earlier as of the fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is evaluating the provisions of ASU 2016-13 and will closely monitor developments and additional guidance to determine the potential impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. The Company expects the change in loss methodologies from an incurred loss model to an expected loss model to result in changes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The expected credit loss model will require a financial asset to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected. The impact on adoption is a one-time adjustment to retained earnings.  The Company is evaluating the provisions of ASU No. 2016-13 and will closely monitor developments and additional guidance to determine the potential impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements which is expected to increase loan loss reserves, the amount of which is uncertain at this time. The Company has implemented a committee led by the Bank’s Chief Credit Officer, which includes the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Risk Officer, to assist in identifying, implementing and evaluating the processimpact of identifying and implementingthe required changes to loan loss estimation models and processesprocesses. Additionally, the committee has identified and evaluatingis in the impactprocess of thistesting a third-party software solution and has engaged outside consultants to aide in education and process development for estimating expected losses under the new accounting guidance, which at the date of adoption will impact retained earnings through a one-time adjustment.guidance.
Leases
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02 Leases (Topic 842), . This ASU consists of three sections: Section A- Leases: Amendments to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification; Section B - Conforming Amendments Related to Leases: Amendments to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification; and Section C - Background Information and Basis for Conclusions. This ASUwhich introduces a lessee model that bringsrequires most leases to be recognized on the balance sheet and aligns many of the underlying principles of the new lessor model with those in the new revenue recognition standard, ASC 606, Revenue From Contracts with Customers. The new leases standard represents a whole-salewholesale change to lease accounting and will most likely result in significant implementation challenges during the transition period and beyond. Classification will be based on criteria that are largely similar to those applied in current lease accounting, but without explicit bright lines. The new guidance will be effective for public business entities for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018, (i.e. calendar periods beginning on January 1, 2019), and interim periods therein. Early adoption will be permitted for all entities. It is required that toentities recognize


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and measure leases at the beginning of the earliest period presented using a modified retrospective approach. The modified retrospective approach includes a number of optional practical expedients that entities may elect to apply. As of June 30, 2017,2018, the Company’s future minimum lease commitments totaled $43.1$66.8 million. The Company has established a working group which includes the Director of Accounting, Director of Tax and Accounting Policy and the Controller in order to assess the impact of the requirements of the new guidance, however, the Company does not expect the present value of the future lease payments to have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
Revenue Recognition
In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09 Revenue From Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). This ASU consists of three sections: Section A-Summary and Amendments That Create Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) and Other Assets and Deferred Costs-Contracts with Customers (Subtopic 340-40); Section B-Conforming Amendments to Other Topics and Subtopics in the Codification and Status Tables; and Section C-Background Information and Basis for Conclusions. This ASU provides a revenue recognition framework for entities that either enter into a contract with customers to transfer goods or services or enter into a contract for the transfer of non-financial assets (unless the contracts are outside the scope of the standard). The standard permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. Many amendments were made to help clarify the intention and scope of this ASU. This ASU is currently effective for periods after December 15, 2017, and interim and annual reporting periods thereafter. Since many of the Company’s revenue streams are scoped out of this revenue standard, the Company does not expect a material impact on its Consolidated Financial Statements. This ASU will continue to be evaluated as more issues relevant to the Banking Industry are addressed.


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Note 3.Securities
The amortized cost, gross unrealized gains, gross unrealized losses and fair value of investment securities classified as available-for-sale and held-to-maturity at June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 20162017 are as follows:
 Amortized
Cost
 Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 Fair
Value
 (In thousands)
June 30, 2018       
Available-for-sale:       
Debt securities:       
Government-sponsored residential mortgage-backed securities$222,145
 $75
 $(6,260) $215,960
Government-sponsored residential collateralized debt obligations182,352
 11
 (3,296) 179,067
Government-sponsored commercial mortgage-backed securities33,262
 4
 (1,478) 31,788
Government-sponsored commercial collateralized debt obligations159,173
 
 (7,652) 151,521
Asset-backed securities105,361
 426
 (749) 105,038
Corporate debt securities83,510
 69
 (3,554) 80,025
Obligations of states and political subdivisions252,429
 560
 (10,253) 242,736
Total available-for-sale debt securities$1,038,232
 $1,145
 $(33,242) $1,006,135
Amortized
Cost
 Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 Fair
Value
(In thousands)
June 30, 2017       
Available for sale:       
December 31, 2017       
Available-for-sale:       
Debt securities:              
Government-sponsored residential mortgage-backed securities$223,169
 $773
 $(1,080) $222,862
$235,646
 $779
 $(946) $235,479
Government-sponsored residential collateralized debt obligations188,610
 808
 (515) 188,903
134,652
 16
 (1,556) 133,112
Government-sponsored commercial mortgage-backed securities25,663
 37
 (132) 25,568
33,449
 7
 (201) 33,255
Government-sponsored commercial collateralized debt obligations155,798
 239
 (2,420) 153,617
151,035
 
 (3,793) 147,242
Asset-backed securities149,883
 1,984
 (271) 151,596
166,559
 1,253
 (673) 167,139
Corporate debt securities85,198
 988
 (1,620) 84,566
88,571
 1,104
 (539) 89,136
Obligations of states and political subdivisions239,735
 1,084
 (5,593) 235,226
249,531
 1,436
 (5,960) 245,007
Total debt securities1,068,056
 5,913
 (11,631) 1,062,338
1,059,443
 4,595
 (13,668) 1,050,370
Marketable equity securities, by sector:              
Banks9,422
 1,260
 
 10,682
Industrial109
 70
 
 179
109
 100
 
 209
Oil and gas132
 53
 
 185
131
 77
 
 208
Total marketable equity securities9,663
 1,383
 
 11,046
240
 177
 
 417
Total available-for-sale securities$1,077,719
 $7,296
 $(11,631) $1,073,384
$1,059,683
 $4,772
 $(13,668) $1,050,787
Held to maturity:       
Held-to-maturity:       
Debt securities:              
Obligations of states and political subdivisions$12,301
 $867
 $(45) $13,123
$12,280
 $679
 $(88) $12,871
Government-sponsored residential mortgage-backed securities1,491
 139
 
 1,630
1,318
 111
 
 1,429
Total held-to-maturity securities$13,792
 $1,006
 $(45) $14,753
$13,598
 $790
 $(88) $14,300



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 Amortized
Cost
 Gross
Unrealized
Gains
 Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 Fair
Value
 (In thousands)
December 31, 2016       
Available for sale:       
Debt securities:       
Government-sponsored residential mortgage-backed securities$181,419
 $365
 $(2,236) $179,548
Government-sponsored residential collateralized debt obligations184,185
 438
 (1,363) 183,260
Government-sponsored commercial mortgage-backed securities26,949
 23
 (442) 26,530
Government-sponsored commercial collateralized debt obligations164,433
 296
 (1,802) 162,927
Asset-backed securities166,336
 1,619
 (988) 166,967
Corporate debt securities76,787
 533
 (2,305) 75,015
Obligations of states and political subdivisions223,733
 127
 (7,484) 216,376
Total debt securities1,023,842
 3,401
 (16,620) 1,010,623
Marketable equity securities, by sector:       
Banks32,174
 482
 (243) 32,413
Industrial109
 58
 
 167
Oil and gas131
 77
 
 208
Total marketable equity securities32,414
 617
 (243) 32,788
Total available-for-sale securities$1,056,256
 $4,018
 $(16,863) $1,043,411
Held to maturity:       
Debt securities:       
Obligations of states and political subdivisions$12,321
 $654
 $(35) $12,940
Government-sponsored residential mortgage-backed securities1,717
 172
 
 1,889
Total held-to-maturity securities$14,038
 $826
 $(35) $14,829
At June 30, 2017,2018, the net unrealized loss on securities available for saleavailable-for-sale of $4.3$32.1 million, net of an income tax benefit of $1.5$7.1 million, or $2.8$25.0 million, was included in accumulated other comprehensive loss inon the unaudited Consolidated Statement of Condition.
Effective January 1, 2018, the Company adopted ASU No. 2017-12, Derivatives & Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities, which improves and simplifies the accounting rules around hedge accounting. As allowed by the ASU, upon adoption, the Company transferred its held-to-maturity portfolio to its available-for-sale portfolio.
The amortized cost and fair value of debt securities at June 30, 20172018 by contractual maturities are presented below. Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because some securities may be called or repaid without any penalties. Also, because mortgage-backed securities require periodic principal paydowns, they are not included in the maturity categories in the following maturity summary.


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 Available-for-Sale
 Amortized
Cost
 Fair
Value
 (In thousands)
Maturity:   
Within 1 year$
 $
After 1 year through 5 years13,836
 13,612
After 5 years through 10 years83,658
 79,651
After 10 years238,445
 229,498
 335,939
 322,761
Government-sponsored residential mortgage-backed securities222,145
 215,960
Government-sponsored residential collateralized debt obligations182,352
 179,067
Government-sponsored commercial mortgage-backed securities33,262
 31,788
Government-sponsored commercial collateralized debt obligations159,173
 151,521
Asset-backed securities105,361
 105,038
Total available-for-sale debt securities$1,038,232
 $1,006,135

 Available for Sale Held to Maturity
 Amortized
Cost
 Fair
Value
 Amortized
Cost
 Fair
Value
 (In thousands)
Maturity:       
Within 1 year$
 $
 $
 $
After 1 year through 5 years8,924
 9,098
 1,175
 1,195
After 5 years through 10 years82,258
 82,376
 1,100
 1,055
After 10 years233,751
 228,318
 10,026
 10,873
 324,933
 319,792
 12,301
 13,123
Government-sponsored residential mortgage-backed securities223,169
 222,862
 1,491
 1,630
Government-sponsored residential collateralized debt obligations188,610
 188,903
 
 
Government-sponsored commercial mortgage-backed securities25,663
 25,568
 
 
Government-sponsored commercial collateralized debt obligations155,798
 153,617
 
 
Asset-backed securities149,883
 151,596
 
 
Total debt securities$1,068,056
 $1,062,338
 $13,792
 $14,753
Effective January 1, 2018, the Company adopted FASB ASU No. 2016-01, Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, which required the Company to recognize the changes in fair value of marketable equity securities to be recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Net Income. The cumulative-effect adjustment resulting from the adoption of this new standard was a one time adjustment that increased retained earnings and decreased accumulated other comprehensive income as of January 1, 2018 by $177,000. For the three and six month ended June 30, 2018, there were $24,000 and $1,000, respectively, in unrealized losses recognized in other income in the Consolidated Statement of Net Income on marketable equity securities. At June 30, 2018, the fair value of marketable equity securities was $417,000, which includes gross unrealized gains of $176,000, and is included in other assets on the Consolidated Statement of Condition.
At June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Company had securities with a fair value of $515.6$467.6 million pledged as derivative collateral, collateral for reverse repurchase borrowings, collateral for municipal deposit exposure, and collateral for Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (“FHLBB”) borrowing capacity. At December 31, 2016, the Company had securities with a fair value of $510.0$469.4 million, respectively, pledged as derivative collateral, collateral for reverse repurchase borrowings, collateral for municipal deposit exposure, and collateral for FHLBB borrowing capacity.
For the three months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, gross gains of $521,000$71,000 and $630,000$521,000 were realized on the sales of available-for-sale securities, respectively. There were gross losses of $426,000 and $263,000 realized on the sales of available-for-sale securities for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. For both the six months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, gross gains of $418,000 and $2.3 million, respectively, were realized on the sales of available-for-sale securities. There were gross losses of $9,000 and $426,000 realized on the sale of available-for-sale securities for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. There were gross losses of $240,000 and $1.7 million and $466,000 realized on the sale of available-for-sale securities for the six months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, respectively.
As of June 30, 2017,2018, the Company did not have any exposure to private-label mortgage-backed securities. The Company also did not own any single security with an aggregate book value in excess of 10% of the Company’s stockholders’ equity.
As of June 30, 2017,2018, the fair value of the obligations of states and political subdivisions portfolio was $248.3$242.7 million, with no significant geographic or issuer exposure concentrations. Of the total state and political obligations of $248.3$242.7 million, $107.8$104.4 million were representative of general obligation bonds, for which $64.8$58.0 million are general obligations of political subdivisions of the respective state, rather than general obligations of the state itself.














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The following table summarizes gross unrealized losses and fair value, aggregated by category and length of time the securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, as of June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016:2017:
 Less Than 12 Months 12 Months or More Total
 Fair
Value
 Unrealized
Loss
 Fair
Value
 Unrealized
Loss
 Fair
Value
 Unrealized
Loss
 (In thousands)
June 30, 2017           
Available for sale:           
Debt securities:           
Government-sponsored residential mortgage-backed securities$138,389
 $(1,080) $
 $
 $138,389
 $(1,080)
Government-sponsored residential collateralized debt obligations71,192
 (489) 3,137
 (26) 74,329
 (515)
Government-sponsored commercial mortgage-backed securities18,818
 (132) 
 
 18,818
 (132)
Government-sponsored commercial collateralized debt obligations119,622
 (2,247) 6,802
 (173) 126,424
 (2,420)
Asset-backed securities33,231
 (174) 2,326
 (97) 35,557
 (271)
Corporate debt securities31,343
 (483) 1,584
 (1,137) 32,927
 (1,620)
Obligations of states and political subdivisions104,850
 (3,233) 46,607
 (2,360) 151,457
 (5,593)
Total available-for-sale securities$517,445
 $(7,838) $60,456
 $(3,793) $577,901
 $(11,631)
            
Held to Maturity:           
Debt securities:           
Obligations of states and political subdivisions$
 $
 $1,055
 $(45) $1,055
 $(45)
Total held to maturity securities$
 $
 $1,055
 $(45) $1,055
 $(45)
            
December 31, 2016           
Available for sale:           
Debt securities:           
Government-sponsored residential mortgage-backed securities$156,000
 $(2,236) $
 $
 $156,000
 $(2,236)
Government-sponsored residential collateralized debt obligations109,468
 (1,082) 6,691
 (281) 116,159
 (1,363)
Government-sponsored commercial mortgage-backed securities23,808
 (442) 
 
 23,808
 (442)
Government-sponsored commercial collateralized debt obligations128,238
 (1,802) 
 
 128,238
 (1,802)
Asset-backed securities23,415
 (163) 20,326
 (825) 43,741
 (988)
Corporate debt securities43,990
 (885) 3,335
 (1,420) 47,325
 (2,305)
Obligations of states and political subdivisions156,891
 (5,620) 41,136
 (1,864) 198,027
 (7,484)
Total debt securities641,810
 (12,230) 71,488
 (4,390) 713,298
 (16,620)
Marketable equity securities19,002
 (243) 
 
 19,002
 (243)
Total available-for-sale securities$660,812
 $(12,473) $71,488
 $(4,390) $732,300
 $(16,863)
            
Held to Maturity:           
Debt securities:           
Obligations of states and political subdivisions$
 $
 $1,070
 $(35) $1,070
 $(35)
Total held to maturity securities$
 $
 $1,070
 $(35) $1,070
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 Less Than 12 Months 12 Months or More Total
 Fair
Value
 Unrealized
Loss
 Fair
Value
 Unrealized
Loss
 Fair
Value
 Unrealized
Loss
 (In thousands)
June 30, 2018           
Available-for-sale:           
Debt securities:           
Government-sponsored residential mortgage-backed securities$138,454
 $(3,463) $76,253
 $(2,797) $214,707
 $(6,260)
Government-sponsored residential collateralized debt obligations121,891
 (1,782) 46,849
 (1,514) 168,740
 (3,296)
Government-sponsored commercial mortgage-backed securities17,075
 (869) 13,583
 (609) 30,658
 (1,478)
Government-sponsored commercial collateralized debt obligations39,753
 (1,168) 111,768
 (6,484) 151,521
 (7,652)
Asset-backed securities55,883
 (722) 2,506
 (27) 58,389
 (749)
Corporate debt securities59,486
 (2,595) 12,953
 (959) 72,439
 (3,554)
Obligations of states and political subdivisions109,591
 (2,441) 114,843
 (7,812) 224,434
 (10,253)
Total available-for-sale debt securities$542,133
 $(13,040) $378,755
 $(20,202) $920,888
 $(33,242)
            
December 31, 2017           
Available-for-sale:           
Debt securities:           
Government-sponsored residential mortgage-backed securities$41,961
 $(203) $83,545
 $(743) $125,506
 $(946)
Government-sponsored residential collateralized debt obligations82,758
 (740) 43,359
 (816) 126,117
 (1,556)
Government-sponsored commercial mortgage-backed securities21,196
 (74) 10,895
 (127) 32,091
 (201)
Government-sponsored commercial collateralized debt obligations27,965
 (291) 119,277
 (3,502) 147,242
 (3,793)
Asset-backed securities64,259
 (602) 4,756
 (71) 69,015
 (673)
Corporate debt securities25,403
 (257) 10,764
 (282) 36,167
 (539)
Obligations of states and political subdivisions26,341
 (312) 116,624
 (5,648) 142,965
 (5,960)
Total available-for-sale securities$289,883
 $(2,479) $389,220
 $(11,189) $679,103
 $(13,668)
            
Held-to-Maturity:           
Debt securities:           
Obligations of states and political subdivisions$2,130
 $(24) $1,032
 $(64) $3,162
 $(88)
Total held-to-maturity securities$2,130
 $(24) $1,032
 $(64) $3,162
 $(88)
Of the available-for-sale securities summarized above as of June 30, 2017, 129 issues2018, 138 securities had unrealized losses equaling 1.5%2.3% of the amortized cost basis for less than twelve months and 26 issues104 securities had unrealized losses of 5.9%5.1% of the amortized cost basis for twelve months or more. As of December 31, 2017, of the available-for sale securities, 75 securities had unrealized losses of less than 1.0% of the amortized cost basis for less than twelve months and 100 securities had unrealized losses equaling 2.8% of the amortized cost basis for twelve months or more. There was one unrealized loss of $45,000$88,000 on a debt security held to maturityheld-to-maturity at June 30, 2017. As of December 31, 2016, 170 issues had unrealized losses equaling 1.9% of the cost basis for less than twelve months and 31 issues had unrealized losses equaling 5.8% of the amortized cost basis for twelve months or more.2017.
Based on its detailed quarterly review of the securities portfolio, management believes that no individual unrealized loss as of June 30, 20172018 represents an other-than-temporary impairment. Among other things, the other-than-temporary impairment review of the investment securities portfolio focuses on the combined factors of percentage and length of time by which an issue is below


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book value as well as consideration of issuer specific information (present value of cash flows expected to be collected, issuer rating changes and trends, credit worthiness and review of underlying collateral), broad market details and the Company’s intent to sell the security or if it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the debt security before recovering its cost. The Company also considers whether the depreciation is due to interest rates, market changes, or credit risk.
The following paragraphs outline the Company’s position related to unrealized losses in its investment securities portfolio at June 30, 2017.2018.
Government-sponsored residential mortgage backed securities, residential collateralized debt obligations, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and commercial collateralized debt obligations.  The unrealized losses on certain securities within the Company’s government-sponsored mortgage-backed and collateralized debt obligation portfolios were caused by the continued increase in prepayment speeds relative to the prepayment expectationsoverall interest rates at the time of purchase. The Company monitors this risk, and therefore, strives to minimize premiums within this security class. The Company does not expect these securities to settle at a price less than the par value of the securities.
Asset-backed securitiesThe unrealized losses on certain securities within the Company’s asset-backed securities portfolio were largely driven by slight increasesdecreases in the spreadsweighted average lives of certain managers over comparable securities’ managers relative toa number of these securities. Given this, the time of purchase.Company, when possible, avoids high premiums on this asset class. Based on the credit profiles and asset qualities of the individual securities, management does not believe that the securities have suffered from any credit related losses at this time. The Company does not expect these securities to settle at a price less than the par value of the securities.
Corporate debt securities. The unrealized losses on corporate debt securities is primarily relatedrelates to one pooled trust preferred security, Preferred Term Security XXVIII, Ltd (“PRETSL XXVIII”).securities with no company specific concentration. The unrealized loss on this security is caused by the low interest rate environment; the security reprices quarterly at the 3-month LIBOR rate and the security’s spread is low, as comparedwas due to market spreads on similar newly issued securities that have increased. No loss of principal is projected. Based on the existing credit profile, management does not believe that this security has suffered from any credit related losses. The unrealized loss on the remainder of the corporate credit portfolio has been driven primarily by an upward shift in interest rates that resulted in a negative impact to the respective bonds’ pricing, relative to the time of purchase.
Obligations of states and political subdivisions. The unrealized loss on obligations of states and political subdivisions relates to 69several securities, with no geographic concentration. The unrealized loss was largely due to an upward shift in the rates relative to the time of purchase of certain securities.
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Note 4.Loans Receivable and Allowance for Loan Losses
A summary of the Company’s loan portfolio is as follows:
June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016June 30, 2018 December 31, 2017
Amount Percent Amount PercentAmount Percent Amount Percent
(Dollars in thousands)(Dollars in thousands)
Commercial real estate loans:              
Owner-occupied$429,848
 8.5% $416,718
 8.5%$418,338
 7.6% $445,820
 8.3%
Investor non-owner occupied1,761,940
 34.9
 1,705,319
 34.8
1,927,960
 35.2
 1,854,459
 34.7
Construction74,980
 1.5
 98,794
 2.0
82,883
 1.5
 78,083
 1.5
Total commercial real estate loans2,266,768
 44.9
 2,220,831
 45.3
2,429,181
 44.3
 2,378,362
 44.5
              
Commercial business loans792,918
 15.7
 724,557
 14.8
841,142
 15.4
 840,312
 15.7
              
Consumer loans:              
Residential real estate1,172,540
 23.2
 1,156,227
 23.6
1,252,001
 22.9
 1,204,401
 22.6
Home equity538,130
 10.6
 536,772
 11.0
588,638
 10.7
 583,180
 10.9
Residential construction46,117
 0.9
 53,934
 1.1
32,063
 0.6
 40,947
 0.8
Other consumer237,708
 4.7
 209,393
 4.2
332,402
 6.1
 292,781
 5.5
Total consumer loans1,994,495
 39.4
 1,956,326
 39.9
2,205,104
 40.3
 2,121,309
 39.8
Total loans5,054,181
 100.0% 4,901,714
 100.0%5,475,427
 100.0% 5,339,983
 100.0%
Net deferred loan costs and premiums15,413
   11,636
  15,502
   14,794
  
Allowance for loan losses(45,062)   (42,798)  (49,163)   (47,099)  
Loans - net$5,024,532
   $4,870,552
  $5,441,766
   $5,307,678
  


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Allowance for Loan Losses
Management has established a methodology to determine the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses (“ALL”) that assesses the risks and losses inherent in the loan portfolio. The ALL is established as embedded losses are estimated to have occurred through the provisions for losses charged against operations and is maintained at a level that management considers adequate to absorb losses in the loan portfolio. Management’s judgment in determining the adequacy of the allowance is inherently subjective and is based on past loan loss experience, known and inherent losses and size of the loan portfolios, an assessment of current economic and real estate market conditions, estimates of the current value of underlying collateral, review of regulatory authority examination reports and other relevant factors. An allowance is maintained for impaired loans to reflect the difference, if any, between the carrying value of the loan and the present value of the projected cash flows, observable fair value or collateral value. Loans are charged-off against the ALL when management believes that the uncollectibility of principal is confirmed. Any subsequent recoveries are credited to the ALL when received. In connection with the determination of the ALL, management obtains independent appraisals for significant properties, when considered necessary.
The ALL is maintained at a level estimated by management to provide for probable losses inherent within the loan portfolio. Probable losses are estimated based upon a quarterly review of the loan portfolio, which includes historic default and loss experience, specific problem loans, risk rating profile, economic conditions and other pertinent factors which, in management’s judgment, warrant current recognition in the loss estimation process.
The adequacy of the ALL is subject to considerable assumptions and judgment used in its determination. Therefore, actual losses could differ materially from management’s estimate if actual conditions differ significantly from the assumptions utilized. These conditions include economic factors in the Company’s market and nationally, industry trends and concentrations, real estate values and trends, and the financial condition and performance of individual borrowers.
The Company’s general practice is to identify problem credits early and recognize full or partial charge-offs as promptly as practicable when it is determined that the collection of loan principal is unlikely. The Company recognizes full or partial charge-offs on collateral dependent impaired loans when the collateral is deemed to be insufficient to support the carrying value of the loan. The Company does not recognize a recovery when an updated appraisal indicates a subsequent increase in value.
At June 30, 2017,2018, the Company had aan allowance for loan loss allowancelosses of $45.1$49.2 million, or 0.89%0.90%, of total loans as compared to aan allowance for loan loss allowancelosses of $42.8$47.1 million, or 0.87%0.88%, of total loans at December 31, 2016.2017. Management believes that the allowance for loan


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losses is adequate and consistent with asset quality indicators and that it represents the best estimate of probable losses inherent in the loan portfolio.
There are three components for the allowance for loan loss calculation:
General component

The general component of the allowance for loan losses is based on historical loss experience adjusted for qualitative factors stratified by the following loan segments: owner-occupied and investor non-owner occupied commercial real estate, commercial and residential construction, commercial business, residential real estate, home equity, and other consumer. Management uses a rolling average of historical losses based on a three-year12-quarter loss history to capture relevant loss data for each loan segment. This historical loss factor is adjusted for the following qualitative factors: levels and trends in delinquencies; level and trend of charge-offs and recoveries; trends in volume and types of loans; effects of changes in risk selection and underwriting standards; experience and depth of lending; changes in weighted average risk ratings; and national and local economic trends and conditions. The general component of the allowance for loan losses also includes a reserve based upon historical loss experience for loans which were acquired and have subsequently evidenced measured credit deterioration following initial acquisition. Our acquired loan portfolio is comprised of purchased loans that show no evidence of deterioration subsequent to acquisition and therefore are not covered by the allowance for loan losses. Acquired impaired loans are loans with evidence of deterioration subsequent to acquisition and are considered in establishing the allowance for loan losses. There were no changes in the Company’s methodology pertaining to the general component of the allowance for loan losses during 2017.2018.
The qualitative factors are determined based on the various risk characteristics of each loan segment. Risk characteristics relevant to each portfolio segment are as follows:
Residential real estate and home equity loans – The BankCompany establishes maximum loan-to-value and debt-to-income ratios and minimum credit scores as an integral component of the underwriting criteria. Loans in these segments are collateralized by owner-occupied residential real estate and repayment is dependent on the income and credit quality of the individual borrower. Within the qualitative allowance factors, national and local economic trends including unemployment rates and potential declines in property value, are key elements reviewed as a component of establishing the appropriate allocation. Overall economic conditions, unemployment rates and housing price trends will influence the underlying credit quality of these segments.


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Owner-occupied and investor non-owner occupied commercial real estate (“Owner-occupied CRE” and “Investor CRE”) – Loans in these segments are primarily income-producing properties throughout Connecticut, western Massachusetts, and other select markets in the Northeast. The underlying cash flows generated by the properties could be adversely impacted by a downturn in the economy as evidenced by increased vacancy rates, which in turn, will have an effect on the credit quality in this segment. Management obtains rent rolls annually, continually monitors the cash flows of these loans and performs stress testing.
Commercial and residential construction loans – Loans in this segment primarily include commercial real estate development and residential subdivision loans for which payment is derived from the sale of the property. Credit risk is affected by cost overruns, time to sell at an adequate price, and market conditions.
Commercial business loans – Loans in this segment are made to businesses and are generally secured by assets of the business. Repayment is expected from the cash flows of the business. A weakened economy and its effect on business profitability and cash flow could have an effect on the credit quality in this segment.
Other Consumerconsumer – Loans in this segment generally consist of loans on high-end retail boats and small yachts, new and used automobiles, home improvement loans, loans collateralized by deposit accounts and unsecured personal loans. These loans are secured or unsecured and repayment is dependent on the credit quality of the individual borrower. A significant portion of these loans are secured by boats.

For acquired loans accounted for under ASC 310-30, our accretable discount is estimated based upon our expected cash flows for these loans. To the extent that we experience a deterioration in borrower credit quality resulting in a decrease in our expected cash flows subsequent to the acquisition of the loans, an allowance for loan losses would be established through a provision based on our estimate of future credit losses over the remaining life of the loans.
Allocated component

The allocated component relates to loans that are classified as impaired. Impairment is measured on a loan by loan basis for commercial, commercial real estate and construction loans by either the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan's effective interest rate or the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent. An allowance is established when the discounted cash flows (or collateral value) of the impaired loan is lower than the carrying value of that loan. Updated property evaluations are obtained at the time of impairment and serve as the basis for the loss allocation if foreclosure is probable or the loan is collateral dependent.



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A loan is considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect the scheduled payments of principal or interest when due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Loans which are placed on non-accrual status, or deemed troubled debt restructures, are considered impaired by the Company and subject to impairment testing for possible partial or full charge-off when loss can be reasonably determined. Generally, when all contractual payments on a loan are not expected to be collected, or the loan has failed to make contractual payments for a period of 90 days or more, a loan is placed on non-accrual status. In accordance with the Company's loan policy, losses on open and closed end consumer loans are recognized within a period of 120 days past due. For commercial loans, there is no threshold in terms of days past due for losses to be recognized as a result of the complexity in reasonably determining losses within a set time frame. Factors considered by management in determining impairment include payment status, collateral value and the probability of collecting scheduled principal and interest payments when due.

When a loan is determined to be impaired, the Company makes a determination if the repayment of the obligation is collateral dependent. As a majority of impaired loans are collateralized by real estate, appraisals on the underlying value of the property securing the obligation are utilized in determining the specific impairment amount that is allocated to the loan as a component of the allowance calculation. If the loan is collateral dependent, an updated appraisal is obtained within a short period of time from the date the loan is determined to be impaired; typically no longer than 30 days for a residential property and 90 days for a commercial real estate property. The appraisal and the appraised value are reviewed for adequacy and then further discounted for estimated disposition costs and the period of time until resolution, in order to determine the impairment amount. The Company updates the appraised value at least annually and on a more frequent basis if current market factors indicate a potential change in valuation.

The majority of the Company’s loans are collateralized by real estate located in central and eastern Connecticut and western Massachusetts in addition to a portion of the commercial real estate loan portfolio located in the Northeast region of the United States. Accordingly, the collateral value of a substantial portion of the Company’s loan portfolio and real estate acquired through foreclosure is susceptible to changes in market conditions in these areas.


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Unallocated component
An unallocated component is maintained to cover uncertainties that could affect management’s estimate of probable losses. The unallocated component of the allowance reflects the margin of imprecision inherent in the underlying assumptions used in the methodologies for estimating allocated and general reserves in the portfolio.
Credit Quality Information
The Company utilizes a nine-grade internal loan rating system for residential and commercial real estate, construction, commercial and other consumer loans as follows:
Loans rated 1 – 5: Loans in these categories are considered “pass” rated loans with low to average risk.
Loans rated 6: Loans in this category are considered “special mention.” These loans reflect signs of potential weakness and are being closely monitored by management.
Loans rated 7: Loans in this category are considered “substandard.” Generally, a loan is considered substandard if it is inadequately protected by the current net worth and paying capacity of the obligor and there is a distinct possibility that the Company will sustain some loss if the weakness is not corrected.
Loans rated 8: Loans in this category are considered “doubtful.” Loans classified as doubtful have all the weaknesses inherent in those classified as substandard, with the added characteristic that the weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full, on the basis of currently existing facts, highly questionable and improbable.
Loans rated 9: Loans in this category are considered uncollectible (“loss���loss”) and of such little value that their continuance as loans is not warranted.
At the time of loan origination, a risk rating based on this nine point grading system is assigned to each loan based on the loan officer’s assessment of risk. For residential real estate and other consumer loans, the Company considers factors such as updated FICO scores, employment status, home prices, loan to value and geography. Residential real estate and other consumer loans are pass rated unless their payment history reveals signs of deterioration, which may result in modifications to the original contractual terms. In situations which require modification to the loan terms, the internal loan grade will typically be reduced to substandard. More complex loans, such as commercial business loans and commercial real estate loans require that our internal credit areadepartment further evaluate the risk rating of the individual loan, with the credit areadepartment and Chief Credit Officer having final determination of the appropriate risk rating. These more complex loans and relationships receive an in-depth analysis and periodic review to assess the appropriate risk rating on a post-closing basis with changes made to the risk rating as the borrower’s and economic conditions warrant. The credit quality of the Company’s loan portfolio is reviewed by a third-party risk assessment firm throughout the year


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and by the Company’s internal credit management function. The internal and external analysis of the loan portfolio is utilized to identify and quantify loans with higher than normal risk. Loans having a higher risk profile are assigned a risk rating corresponding to the level of weakness identified in the loan. All loans risk rated Special Mention, Substandard or Doubtful are reviewed by management not less than on a quarterly basis to assess the level of risk and to ensure that appropriate actions are being taken to minimize potential loss exposure. Loans identified as being loss are normally fully charged off.


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The following table presents the Company’s loans by risk rating at June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016:2017:
Owner-Occupied CRE Investor CRE Construction Commercial Business Residential Real Estate Home Equity Other ConsumerOwner-Occupied CRE Investor CRE Construction Commercial Business Residential Real Estate Home Equity Other Consumer
(In thousands)(In thousands)
June 30, 2017             
June 30, 2018             
Loans rated 1-5$405,894
 $1,723,572
 $119,345
 $769,539
 $1,156,057
 $531,565
 $236,790
$391,166
 $1,900,513
 $109,853
 $806,890
 $1,234,870
 $582,329
 $330,875
Loans rated 62,800
 10,004
 1,465
 3,117
 942
 
 
9,492
 11,691
 4,129
 22,939
 2,460
 102
 
Loans rated 721,154
 28,364
 287
 20,262
 15,541
 6,565
 918
17,680
 15,756
 964
 11,313
 14,671
 6,207
 1,527
Loans rated 8
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Loans rated 9
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
$429,848
 $1,761,940
 $121,097
 $792,918
 $1,172,540
 $538,130
 $237,708
$418,338
 $1,927,960
 $114,946
 $841,142
 $1,252,001
 $588,638
 $332,402
                          
December 31, 2016             
December 31, 2017             
Loans rated 1-5$388,389
 $1,656,256
 $150,411
 $698,458
 $1,139,662
 $531,359
 $207,193
$423,720
 $1,829,762
 $117,583
 $811,604
 $1,186,753
 $576,592
 $292,386
Loans rated 67,139
 18,040
 204
 7,466
 1,267
 
 
4,854
 10,965
 49
 15,816
 1,948
 89
 
Loans rated 721,190
 31,023
 2,113
 18,633
 15,298
 5,413
 2,200
17,246
 13,732
 1,398
 12,892
 15,700
 6,499
 395
Loans rated 8
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Loans rated 9
 
 
 
 
 
 

��
 
 
 
 
 
$416,718
 $1,705,319
 $152,728
 $724,557
 $1,156,227
 $536,772
 $209,393
$445,820
 $1,854,459
 $119,030
 $840,312
 $1,204,401
 $583,180
 $292,781


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Activity in the allowance for loan losses for the periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 and 2016 werewas as follows:
Owner-Occupied CRE Investor CRE Construction Commercial
Business
 Residential Real Estate Home Equity Other Consumer Unallocated TotalOwner-Occupied CRE Investor CRE Construction Commercial
Business
 Residential Real Estate Home Equity Other Consumer Unallocated Total
(In thousands)
Three Months Ended June 30, 2018Three Months Ended June 30, 2018              
Balance, beginning of period$3,927
 $15,983
 $1,633
 $10,981
 $7,785
 $3,217
 $2,544
 $1,845
 $47,915
Provision (credit) for loan losses(76) 1,238
 (135) 104
 219
 35
 880
 85
 2,350
Loans charged off
 (16) 
 (582) (69) (75) (597) 
 (1,339)
Recoveries of loans previously charged off
 16
 
 23
 21
 69
 108
 
 237
Balance, end of period$3,851
 $17,221
 $1,498
 $10,526
 $7,956
 $3,246
 $2,935
 $1,930
 $49,163
(In thousands)                 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2017Three Months Ended June 30, 2017              Three Months Ended June 30, 2017              
Balance, beginning of period$3,818
 $14,715
 $1,857
 $9,151
 $7,629
 $2,910
 $1,788
 $1,436
 $43,304
$3,818
 $14,715
 $1,857
 $9,151
 $7,629
 $2,910
 $1,788
 $1,436
 $43,304
Provision (credit) for loan losses(33) 907
 (125) 651
 336
 142
 314
 100
 2,292
(33) 907
 (125) 651
 336
 142
 314
 100
 2,292
Loans charged off(99) (175) (30) (250) (177) (59) (252) 
 (1,042)(99) (175) (30) (250) (177) (59) (252) 
 (1,042)
Recoveries of loans previously charged off
 90
 
 307
 40
 13
 58
 
 508

 90
 
 307
 40
 13
 58
 
 508
Balance, end of period$3,686
 $15,537
 $1,702
 $9,859
 $7,828
 $3,006
 $1,908
 $1,536
 $45,062
$3,686
 $15,537
 $1,702
 $9,859
 $7,828
 $3,006
 $1,908
 $1,536
 $45,062
                                  
Three Months Ended June 30, 2016              
Six Months Ended June 30, 2018Six Months Ended June 30, 2018              
Balance, beginning of period$2,841
 $13,257
 $1,838
 $6,374
 $7,773
 $2,413
 $179
 $825
 $35,500
$3,754
 $15,916
 $1,601
 $10,608
 $7,694
 $3,258
 $2,523
 $1,745
 $47,099
Provision for loan losses426
 569
 176
 647
 471
 270
 881
 184
 3,624
Provision (credit) for loan losses97
 1,332
 (82) 900
 422
 287
 1,148
 185
 4,289
Loans charged off(56) (254) 
 (335) (337) (166) (417) 
 (1,565)
 (80) (21) (1,235) (250) (424) (1,022) 
 (3,032)
Recoveries of loans previously charged off56
 74
 
 208
 
 15
 49
 
 402

 53
 
 253
 90
 125
 286
 
 807
Balance, end of period$3,267
 $13,646
 $2,014
 $6,894
 $7,907
 $2,532
 $692
 $1,009
 $37,961
$3,851
 $17,221
 $1,498
 $10,526
 $7,956
 $3,246
 $2,935
 $1,930
 $49,163
                                  
Six Months Ended June 30, 2017Six Months Ended June 30, 2017              Six Months Ended June 30, 2017              
Balance, beginning of period$3,765
 $14,869
 $1,913
 $8,730
 $7,854
 $2,858
 $1,353
 $1,456
 $42,798
$3,765
 $14,869
 $1,913
 $8,730
 $7,854
 $2,858
 $1,353
 $1,456
 $42,798
Provision (credit) for loan losses20
 986
 (49) 1,692
 302
 398
 1,151
 80
 4,580
20
 986
 (49) 1,692
 302
 398
 1,151
 80
 4,580
Loans charged off(99) (417) (162) (953) (368) (278) (739) 
 (3,016)(99) (417) (162) (953) (368) (278) (739) 
 (3,016)
Recoveries of loans previously charged off
 99
 
 390
 40
 28
 143
 
 700

 99
 
 390
 40
 28
 143
 
 700
Balance, end of period$3,686
 $15,537
 $1,702
 $9,859
 $7,828
 $3,006
 $1,908
 $1,536
 $45,062
$3,686
 $15,537
 $1,702
 $9,859
 $7,828
 $3,006
 $1,908
 $1,536
 $45,062
                 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2016              
Balance, beginning of period$2,174
 $12,859
 $1,895
 $5,827
 $7,801
 $2,391
 $146
 $794
 $33,887
Provision for loan losses1,175
 1,505
 119
 1,287
 570
 447
 994
 215
 6,312
Loans charged off(138) (796) 
 (556) (517) (357) (539) 
 (2,903)
Recoveries of loans previously charged off56
 78
 
 336
 53
 51
 91
 
 665
Balance, end of period$3,267
 $13,646
 $2,014
 $6,894
 $7,907
 $2,532
 $692
 $1,009
 $37,961


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Further information pertaining to the allowance for loan losses and impaired loans at June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 20162017 follows:
Owner-Occupied CRE Investor CRE Construction Commercial
Business
 Residential Real Estate Home Equity Other Consumer Unallocated TotalOwner-Occupied CRE Investor CRE Construction Commercial
Business
 Residential Real Estate Home Equity Other Consumer Unallocated Total
(In thousands)(In thousands)
June 30, 2017                 
June 30, 2018                 
Allowance related to loans individually evaluated and deemed impaired$
 $
 $
 $511
 $123
 $1
 $
 $
 $635
$
 $
 $
 $200
 $52
 $
 $
 $
 $252
Allowance related to loans collectively evaluated and not deemed impaired3,686
 15,537
 1,702
 9,125
 7,705
 3,005
 1,908
 1,536
 44,204
3,851
 17,221
 1,498
 10,326
 7,904
 3,246
 2,935
 1,930
 48,911
Allowance related to loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality
 
 
 223
 
 
 
 
 223
Total allowance for loan losses$3,686
 $15,537
 $1,702
 $9,859
 $7,828
 $3,006
 $1,908
 $1,536
 $45,062
$3,851
 $17,221
 $1,498
 $10,526
 $7,956
 $3,246
 $2,935
 $1,930
 $49,163
                                  
Loans deemed impaired$2,847
 $11,066
 $1,206
 $8,249
 $17,338
 $8,347
 $1,130
 $
 $50,183
$2,784
 $8,817
 $1,520
 $3,969
 $17,636
 $8,170
 $533
 $
 $43,429
Loans not deemed impaired427,001
 1,750,617
 119,891
 783,360
 1,155,202
 529,783
 234,789
 
 5,000,643
415,554
 1,918,939
 113,426
 837,173
 1,233,117
 580,468
 330,798
 
 5,429,475
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality
 257
 
 1,309
 
 
 1,789
 
 3,355

 204
 
 
 1,248
 
 1,071
 
 2,523
Total loans$429,848
 $1,761,940
 $121,097
 $792,918
 $1,172,540
 $538,130
 $237,708
 $
 $5,054,181
$418,338
 $1,927,960
 $114,946
 $841,142
 $1,252,001
 $588,638
 $332,402
 $
 $5,475,427
                                  
December 31, 2016                 
December 31, 2017                 
Allowance related to loans individually evaluated and deemed impaired$
 $
 $
 $646
 $68
 $
 $
 $
 $714
$60
 $
 $
 $400
 $60
 $
 $
 $
 $520
Allowance related to loans collectively evaluated and not deemed impaired3,765
 14,869
 1,913
 7,862
 7,786
 2,858
 1,353
 1,456
 41,862
3,694
 15,916
 1,601
 10,208
 7,634
 3,258
 2,523
 1,745
 46,579
Allowance related to loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality
 
 
 222
 
 
 
 
 222
Total allowance for loan losses$3,765
 $14,869
 $1,913
 $8,730
 $7,854
 $2,858
 $1,353
 $1,456
 $42,798
$3,754
 $15,916
 $1,601
 $10,608
 $7,694
 $3,258
 $2,523
 $1,745
 $47,099
                                  
Loans deemed impaired$3,331
 $9,949
 $3,325
 $7,812
 $16,563
 $6,910
 $2,220
 $
 $50,110
$2,300
 $8,414
 $2,273
 $5,681
 $18,301
 $8,547
 $395
 $
 $45,911
Loans not deemed impaired413,387
 1,694,190
 149,403
 715,436
 1,139,664
 529,862
 205,136
 
 4,847,078
443,520
 1,845,815
 116,757
 834,631
 1,186,100
 574,633
 290,898
 
 5,292,354
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality
 1,180
 
 1,309
 
 
 2,037
 
 4,526

 230
 
 
 
 
 1,488
 
 1,718
Total loans$416,718
 $1,705,319
 $152,728
 $724,557
 $1,156,227
 $536,772
 $209,393
 $
 $4,901,714
$445,820
 $1,854,459
 $119,030
 $840,312
 $1,204,401
 $583,180
 $292,781
 $
 $5,339,983
Management has established the allowance for loan loss in accordance with GAAP at June 30, 20172018 based on the current risk assessment and level of loss that is believed to exist within the portfolio. This level of reserve is deemed an appropriate estimate of probable loan losses inherent in the loan portfolio as of June 30, 20172018 based upon the analysis conducted and given the portfolio composition, delinquencies, charge offs and risk rating changes experienced during the first six months of 20172018 and the three-year evaluation period utilized in the analysis. Based on the qualitative assessment of the portfolio and in thorough consideration of non-performing loans, management believes that the allowance for loan losses properly supports the level of associated loss and risk.


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The following is a summary of past due and non-accrual loans at June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, including purchased credit impaired loans:
30-59 Days Past Due 60-89 Days Past Due Past Due 90
Days or More
 Total Past Due Past Due
90 Days or
More and
Still Accruing
 Loans on
Non-accrual
30-59 Days Past Due 60-89 Days Past Due Past Due 90
Days or More
 Total Past Due Past Due
90 Days or
More and
Still Accruing
 Loans on
Non-accrual
(In thousands)(In thousands)
June 30, 2017           
June 30, 2018           
Owner-occupied CRE$705
 $282
 $1,513
 $2,500
 $
 $2,265
$1,491
 $
 $1,104
 $2,595
 $
 $2,236
Investor CRE1,143
 539
 2,665
 4,347
 
 4,422
610
 458
 1,272
 2,340
 271
 2,400
Construction
 
 287
 287
 
 287

 
 964
 964
 
 964
Commercial business loans1,132
 1,909
 3,862
 6,903
 1,831
 3,542
2,335
 658
 2,234
 5,227
 2
 3,346
Residential real estate28
 1,549
 6,094
 7,671
 
 14,559
3,247
 1,607
 6,646
 11,500
 1,248
 13,838
Home equity2,500
 380
 3,451
 6,331
 
 6,529
877
 1,003
 3,105
 4,985
 
 6,177
Other consumer1,238
 120
 1,158
 2,516
 241
 919
443
 94
 557
 1,094
 101
 456
Total$6,746
 $4,779
 $19,030
 $30,555
 $2,072
 $32,523
$9,003
 $3,820
 $15,882
 $28,705
 $1,622
 $29,417
                      
December 31, 2016           
December 31, 2017           
Owner-occupied CRE$482
 $15
 $1,667
 $2,164
 $
 $2,733
$1,195
 $455
 $1,297
 $2,947
 $
 $1,735
Investor CRE2,184
 697
 3,260
 6,141
 
 4,858
849
 92
 1,212
 2,153
 206
 1,821
Construction709
 
 1,933
 2,642
 
 2,138

 
 1,398
 1,398
 
 1,398
Commercial business loans3,289
 41
 2,373
 5,703
 38
 2,409
1,069
 3,465
 1,219
 5,753
 650
 4,987
Residential real estate2,826
 22
 7,863
 10,711
 308
 14,393
3,187
 2,297
 5,633
 11,117
 
 14,860
Home equity2,232
 722
 2,797
 5,751
 56
 5,330
1,319
 498
 3,281
 5,098
 
 6,466
Other consumer838
 379
 1,095
 2,312
 348
 2,202
947
 241
 491
 1,679
 97
 395
Total$12,560
 $1,876
 $20,988
 $35,424
 $750
 $34,063
$8,566
 $7,048
 $14,531
 $30,145
 $953
 $31,662
Loans reported as past due 90 days or more and still accruing represent loans that were evaluated by management and maintained on accrual status based on an evaluation of the borrower. At June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, loans reported as past due 90 days or more and still accruing represent loans which carry a U.S. Government guarantee and therefore, all contractual amounts have been determined to be collectible in full.


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The following is a summary of impaired loans with and without a valuation allowance as of June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016:2017:
June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016June 30, 2018 December 31, 2017
Recorded
Investment
 Unpaid
Principal
Balance
 Related
Allowance
 Recorded
Investment
 Unpaid
Principal
Balance
 Related
Allowance
Recorded
Investment
 Unpaid
Principal
Balance
 Related
Allowance
 Recorded
Investment
 Unpaid
Principal
Balance
 Related
Allowance
(In thousands)(In thousands)
Impaired loans without a valuation allowance:                      
Owner-occupied CRE$2,847
 $3,621
 $
 $3,331
 $4,107
 $
$2,784
 $3,565
 $
 $2,183
 $2,891
 $
Investor CRE11,066
 11,531
 
 9,949
 10,601
 
8,817
 9,081
 
 8,414
 8,577
 
Construction1,206
 1,247
 
 3,325
 5,051
 
1,520
 2,776
 
 2,273
 2,658
 
Commercial business loans6,249
 7,701
 
 3,742
 4,856
 
1,995
 2,502
 
 2,446
 3,317
 
Residential real estate15,715
 18,998
 
 15,312
 18,440
 
16,001
 17,695
 
 16,645
 17,929
 
Home equity8,095
 9,084
 
 6,910
 7,864
 
8,170
 9,431
 
 8,547
 9,583
 
Other consumer1,130
 1,866
 
 2,220
 2,220
 
533
 533
 
 395
 398
 
Total46,308
 54,048
 
 44,789
 53,139
 
39,820
 45,583
 
 40,903
 45,353
 
                      
Impaired loans with a valuation allowance:                      
Owner-occupied CRE$
 $
 $
 $117
 $117
 $60
Commercial business loans2,000
 2,000
 511
 4,070
 4,168
 646
1,974
 3,585
 200
 3,235
 3,767
 400
Residential real estate1,623
 1,657
 123
 1,251
 1,267
 68
1,635
 1,690
 52
 1,656
 1,711
 60
Home equity252
 256
 1
 
 
 
Total3,875
 3,913
 635
 5,321
 5,435
 714
3,609
 5,275
 252
 5,008
 5,595
 520
Total impaired loans$50,183
 $57,961
 $635
 $50,110
 $58,574
 $714
$43,429
 $50,858
 $252
 $45,911
 $50,948
 $520


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The following is a summary of average recorded investment in impaired loans and interest income recognized on those loans for the periods indicated:
 For the Three Months 
 Ended June 30, 2017
 For the Three Months 
 Ended June 30, 2016
 Average
Recorded
Investment
 Interest
Income
Recognized
 Average
Recorded
Investment
 Interest
Income
Recognized
 (In thousands)
Owner-occupied CRE$2,919
 $29
 $4,358
 $77
Investor CRE10,370
 118
 11,598
 160
Construction1,950
 10
 4,737
 54
Commercial business loans8,276
 90
 14,085
 221
Residential real estate17,707
 184
 16,799
 261
Home equity7,893
 59
 5,291
 55
Other consumer1,229
 
 767
 1
Total$50,344
 $490
 $57,635
 $829


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For the Six Months 
 Ended June 30, 2017
 For the Six Months 
 Ended June 30, 2016
For the Three Months 
 Ended June 30, 2018
 For the Three Months 
 Ended June 30, 2017
Average
Recorded
Investment
 Interest
Income
Recognized
 Average
Recorded
Investment
 Interest
Income
Recognized
Average
Recorded
Investment
 Interest
Income
Recognized
 Average
Recorded
Investment
 Interest
Income
Recognized
(In thousands)(In thousands)
Owner-occupied CRE$3,056
 $60
 $4,251
 $241
$2,866
 $41
 $2,919
 $29
Investor CRE10,230
 206
 12,373
 107
9,060
 93
 10,370
 118
Construction2,408
 22
 4,711
 74
1,497
 5
 1,950
 10
Commercial business loans8,121
 234
 13,735
 337
4,338
 26
 8,276
 90
Residential real estate17,326
 396
 16,310
 371
18,918
 164
 17,707
 184
Home equity7,565
 117
 5,280
 85
8,239
 59
 7,893
 59
Other consumer1,559
 
 514
 1
459
 
 1,229
 
Total$50,265
 $1,035
 $57,174
 $1,216
$45,377
 $388
 $50,344
 $490
       
For the Six Months 
 Ended June 30, 2018
 For the Six Months 
 Ended June 30, 2017
Average
Recorded
Investment
 Interest
Income
Recognized
 Average
Recorded
Investment
 Interest
Income
Recognized
       
Owner-occupied CRE$2,677
 $73
 $3,056
 $60
Investor CRE8,845
 202
 10,230
 206
Construction1,756
 15
 2,408
 22
Commercial business loans4,786
 78
 8,121
 234
Residential real estate18,712
 371
 17,326
 396
Home equity8,341
 137
 7,565
 117
Other consumer438
 
 1,559
 
$45,555
 $876
 $50,265
 $1,035
Troubled Debt Restructurings
The restructuring of a loan is considered a troubled debt restructuring (“TDR”) if both (i) the restructuring constitutes a concession by the creditor and (ii) the debtor is experiencing financial difficulties. A TDR may include (i) a transfer from the debtor to the creditor of receivables from third parties, real estate, or other assets to satisfy fully or partially a debt, (ii) issuance or other granting of an equity interest to the creditor by the debtor to satisfy fully or partially a debt unless the equity interest is granted pursuant to existing terms for converting debt into an equity interest, and (iii) modifications of terms of a debt.
The following table provides detail of TDR balances for the periods presented:
At June 30,
2017
 At December 31,
2016
At June 30,
2018
 At December 31,
2017
(In thousands)(In thousands)
Recorded investment in TDRs:      
Accrual status$17,660
 $16,048
$14,012
 $14,249
Non-accrual status7,475
 7,304
7,330
 8,475
Total recorded investment in TDRs$25,135
 $23,352
$21,342
 $22,724
      
Accruing TDRs performing under modified terms more than one year$7,266
 $10,020
$13,123
 $7,783
Specific reserves for TDRs included in the balance of allowance for loan losses$635
 $714
$252
 $520
Additional funds committed to borrowers in TDR status$
 $3
$14
 $29


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Loans restructured as TDRs during the three and six months ended June 30, 20172018 and 20162017 are set forth in the following table:
Three Months Ended Six Months EndedThree Months Ended Six Months Ended
Number
of Contracts
 Pre-Modification
Outstanding
Recorded Investment
 Post-Modification
Outstanding
Recorded Investment
 Number
of Contracts
 Pre-Modification
Outstanding
Recorded Investment
 Post-Modification
Outstanding
Recorded Investment
Number
of Contracts
 Pre-Modification
Outstanding
Recorded Investment
 Post-Modification
Outstanding
Recorded Investment
 Number
of Contracts
 Pre-Modification
Outstanding
Recorded Investment
 Post-Modification
Outstanding
Recorded Investment
(Dollars in thousands)
June 30, 2018           
Construction
 $
 $
 1
 $965
 $965
Residential real estate1
 29
 29
 5
 2,890
 2,890
Home equity2
 109
 123
 6
 429
 443
Total TDRs3
 $138
 $152
 12
 $4,284
 $4,298
(Dollars in thousands)           
June 30, 2017                      
Investor CRE1
 $5,038
 $5,038
 1
 $5,038
 $5,038
1
 $5,038
 $5,038
 1
 $5,038
 $5,038
Commercial business1
 
 
 3
 247
 247
1
 
 
 3
 $247
 $247
Residential real estate3
 522
 522
 3
 522
 522
3
 522
 522
 3
 522
 522
Home equity4
 176
 176
 14
 1,472
 1,479
4
 176
 176
 14
 1,472
 1,479
Total TDRs9
 $5,736
 $5,736
 21
 $7,279
 $7,286
9
 $5,736
 $5,736
 21
 $7,279
 $7,286
           
June 30, 2016           
Owner-occupied CRE
 $
 $
 5
 $654
 $666
Construction
 
 
 2
 67
 67
Commercial business2
 93
 82
 5
 2,584
 2,573
Residential real estate5
 549
 550
 9
 943
 944
Home equity1
 46
 46
 9
 452
 454
Total TDRs8
 $688
 $678
 30
 $4,700
 $4,704
The following table provides information on loan balances modified as TDRs during the period:
 Three Months Ended June 30,
 2018 2017
 Extended Maturity Adjusted Rate and Extended Maturity Payment Deferral Extended Maturity Adjusted Rate and Extended Maturity Payment Deferral Other
 (In thousands)
Investor CRE$
 $
 $
 $
 $
 $
 $5,308
Residential real estate
 
 29
 155
 220
 147
 
Home equity
 109
 
 
 149
 27
 
Total$
 $109
 $29
 $155
 $369
 $174
 $5,308
              
 Six Months Ended June 30,
 2018 2017
 Extended
Maturity
 Adjusted Rate and Extended Maturity Payment Deferral Extended
Maturity
 Adjusted Rate and Extended Maturity Payment Deferral Other
 (In thousands)
Investor CRE$
 $
 $
 $
 $
 $
 $5,038
Construction965
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commercial business
 
 
 
 
 
 247
Residential real estate
 
 2,890
 155
 220
 147
 
Home equity61
 368
 
 312
 446
 714
 
 $1,026
 $368
 $2,890
 $467
 $666
 $861
 $5,285


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The following table provides information on loan balances modified as TDRs during the period:
 Three Months Ended June 30,
 2017 2016
 Extended Maturity Adjusted Rate and Extended Maturity Payment Deferral Other Extended Maturity Adjusted Rate and Extended Maturity Payment Deferral Other
 (In thousands)
Investor CRE$
 $
 $
 $5,038
 $
 $
 $46
 $
Commercial business
 
 
 
 
 
 
 93
Residential real estate155
 220
 147
 
 
 361
 188
 
Home equity
 149
 27
 
 
 
 
 
Total$155
 $369
 $174
 $5,038
 $
 $361
 $234
 $93
                
 Six Months Ended June 30,
 2017 2016
 Extended
Maturity
 Adjusted Rate and Extended Maturity Payment Deferral Other Extended
Maturity
 Adjusted Rate and Extended Maturity Payment Deferral Other
 (In thousands)
Owner-occupied CRE$
 $
 $
 $
 $510
 $86
 $
 $58
Investor CRE
 
 
 5,038
 
 
 
 
Construction
 
 
 
 23
 44
 
 
Commercial business
 
 
 247
 2,000
 143
 348
 93
Residential real estate155
 220
 147
 
 
 382
 561
 
Home equity312
 446
 714
 
 
 336
 116
 
 $467
 $666
 $861
 $5,285
 $2,533
 $991
 $1,025
 $151
The following table provides information on loans modified as TDRs within the previous 12 months and for which there was a payment default during the periods presented:
June 30, 2017 June 30, 2016June 30, 2018 June 30, 2017
Number of
Loans
 Recorded
Investment
 Number of
Loans
 Recorded
Investment
Number of
Loans
 Recorded
Investment
 Number of
Loans
 Recorded
Investment
(In thousands)(In thousands)
Commercial business
 $
 1
 $442
Investor CRE1
 $204
 
 $
Residential real estate
 
 2
 437
1
 399
 
 
Home equity1
 63
 
 
2
 560
 1
 63
Total1
 $63
 3
 $879
4
 $1,163
 1
 $63
The majority of restructured loans were on accrual status as of June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016.2017. Typically, residential loans are restructured with a modification and extension of the loan amortization and maturity at substantially the same interest rate as contained in the original credit extension. As part of the TDR process, the current value of the property is compared to the general ledger loan balanceCompany’s carrying value and if not fully supported, a charge-off is processed through the allowance for loan losses. Commercial real estate loans, commercial construction loans and commercial business loans also contain payment modification agreements and a like assessment of the underlying collateral value if the borrower’s cash flow may be inadequate to service the entire obligation.
Loan Servicing
The Company services certain loans for third parties. The aggregate balance of loans serviced for others was $1.10$1.35 billion and $1.05$1.25 billion as of June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, respectively. The balances of these loans are not included on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Condition.


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$679,000 and $1.4 million, compared to $534,000 and $1.1 million for the same periods in 2017. This income is included in income from mortgage banking activities in the Consolidated Statements of Net Income.
The risks inherent in mortgage servicing rights relate primarily to changes in prepayments that result from shifts in mortgage interest rates. The fair value of mortgage servicing rights at June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 20162017 was determined using pretax internal rates of return ranging from 9.4%11.7% to 11.5%13.7% and 9.7% to 11.7%, for the respective periods, and the Public Securities Association Standard Prepayment model to estimate prepayments on the portfolio with an average prepayment speed of 175142 and 166,180, respectively. The fair value of mortgage servicing rights is obtained from a third party provider.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company received servicing income of $534,000 and $1.1 million, compared to $437,000 and $877,000, for the same periods in 2016, respectively. This income is included in income from mortgage banking activities in the Consolidated Statements of Net Income.
Mortgage servicing rights are included in other assets on the Consolidated Statements of Condition. Changes in the fair value of mortgage servicing rights are included in income from mortgage banking activities in the Consolidated Statements of Net Income. The following table summarizes mortgage servicing rights activity for the three and six months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016.2017.
For the Three Months 
 Ended June 30,
 For the Six Months 
 Ended June 30,
For the Three Months 
 Ended June 30,
 For the Six Months 
 Ended June 30,
2017 2016 2017 20162018 2017 2018 2017
(In thousands)(In thousands)
Mortgage servicing rights:              
Balance at beginning of period$10,284
 $6,271
 $10,104
 $7,074
$13,333
 $10,284
 $11,733
 $10,104
Change in fair value recognized in net income(670) (371) (930) (1,686)(609) (670) 210
 (930)
Issuances558
 689
 998
 1,201
955
 558
 1,736
 998
Fair value of mortgage servicing rights at end of period$10,172
 $6,589
 $10,172
 $6,589
$13,679
 $10,172
 $13,679
 $10,172


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Note 5.Goodwill and Core Deposit Intangibles
The carrying value of goodwill was $115.3 million at both June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017. The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill and core deposit intangible assets are summarized as follows:
 Goodwill Core Deposit Intangibles Core Deposit Intangibles
 (In thousands)(In thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2015 $115,281
 $7,506
Amortization expense 
 (1,604)
Balance at December 31, 2016 $115,281
 $5,902
 $5,902
Amortization expense 
 (738) (1,411)
Balance at June 30, 2017 $115,281
 $5,164
Balance at December 31, 2017 $4,491
Amortization expense (642)
Balance at June 30, 2018 $3,849
      
Estimated amortization expense for the years ending December 31,      
2017 (remaining six months)   $673
2018   1,219
2018 (remaining six months) $577
2019   1,026
 1,026
2020   834
 834
2021   642
 642
2022 and thereafter   770
2022 449
2023 and thereafter 321
Total remaining   $5,164
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On April 30, 2014, Rockville Financial, Inc. completed its merger with United Financial Bancorp, Inc. (“Legacy United”). Discussions throughout this report related to the merger with Legacy United are referred to as the “Merger”. The goodwill associated with the Merger is not tax deductible. In accordance with ASC 350, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other, goodwill is not amortized, but will be subject to an annual review of qualitative factors to determine if an impairment test is required. The amortizing intangible asset associated with the acquisition consists of the core deposit intangible. The core deposit intangible is being amortized using the sum of the years’ digits method over its estimated life of 10 years. Amortization expense of the core deposit intangible was $353,000$305,000 and $401,000$353,000 for the three months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, respectively, and was $738,000$642,000 and $834,000$738,000 for the six months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, respectively.
Note 6.Borrowings
Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (“FHLBB”) Advances
The Company is a member of the FHLBB.Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (“FHLBB”). Contractual maturities and weighted-average rates of outstanding advances from the FHLBB as of June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 20162017 are summarized below:
June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016June 30, 2018 December 31, 2017
Amount Weighted-
Average
Rate
 Amount Weighted-
Average
Rate
Amount Weighted-
Average
Rate
 Amount Weighted-
Average
Rate
(Dollars in thousands)(Dollars in thousands)
2017$678,000
 1.28% $803,000
 0.94%
2018199,285
 1.44
 139,792
 1.48
$837,759
 2.10% $929,274
 1.56%
201945,000
 1.57
 20,000
 1.45
75,000
 1.76
 75,000
 1.76
202033,000
 1.79
 33,000
 0.86
8,000
 2.33
 8,000
 2.33
2021
 
 30,000
 0.59

 
 
 
2022
 
 
 
Thereafter33,933
 1.15
 19,182
 0.89
4,370
 2.54
 33,680
 1.14
$989,218
 1.34% $1,044,974
 1.01%$925,129
 2.07% $1,045,954
 1.57%
The total carrying value of FHLBB advances at June 30, 20172018 was $990.2$925.4 million, which includes a remaining fair value adjustment of $989,000$284,000 on acquired advances. At December 31, 2016,2017, the total carrying value of FHLBB advances was $1.05 billion, with a remaining fair value adjustment of $1.7 million.$504,000.
At June 30, 2017, five advances2018, one advance totaling $73.0$5.0 million with an interest rates ranging from 0.99% to 4.39%rate of 3.75%, which areis scheduled to mature between 2017 and 2032, arein 2018, is callable by the FHLBB. AdvancesAll advances are collateralized by first and second mortgage loans, as well as investment securities with an estimated eligible collateral value of $1.52$1.65 billion and $1.41$2.28 billion at June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, respectively.


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In addition to the outstanding advances, the Company has access to an unused line of credit with the FHLBB amounting to $10.0 million at June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016.2017. In accordance with an agreement with the FHLBB, the qualified collateral must be free and clear of liens, pledges and have a discounted value equal to the aggregate amount of the line of credit and outstanding advances. At June 30, 2017,2018, the Company could borrow immediately an additional $445.3$441.2 million from the FHLBB, inclusive of the line of credit.
Other Borrowings
The following table presents other borrowings by category as of the dates indicated:
June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016June 30, 2018 December 31, 2017
(In thousands)(In thousands)
Subordinated debentures$79,835
 $79,716
$80,079
 $79,956
Wholesale repurchase agreements50,000
 20,000
20,000
 20,000
Customer repurchase agreements14,603
 18,897
12,482
 14,591
Other4,173
 4,294
3,922
 4,049
Total other borrowings$148,611
 $122,907
$116,483
 $118,596
Subordinated Debentures
On September 23, 2014, the Company closed its public offering of $75.0 million of its 5.75% Subordinated Notes due October 1, 2024 (the “Notes”). The Notes were offered to the public at par. Interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on


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April 1 and October 1 of each year, commencing on April 1, 2015. Issuance costs totaled $1.3 million and are being amortized over the life of the Notes as a component of interest expense. The carrying value, net of issuance costs, totaled $74.2 million and $74.1 million at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.
In connection with the Merger, theThe Company has assumed junior subordinated debt in the form of trust preferred securities issued through a private placement offering with a face amount of $7.7 million.million in a merger in 2014. The Company recorded a fair value acquisition discount of $2.3 million on May 1, 2014. The remaining unamortized discount was $2.0$1.9 million at June 30, 2017.2018. This issue has a maturity date of March 15, 2036 and bears a floating rate of interest that reprices quarterly at the 3-month LIBOR rate plus 1.85%. A special redemption provision allows the Company to redeem this issue at par on March 15, June 15, September 15, or December 15 of any year subsequent to March 15, 2011.
Repurchase Agreements
The following table presents the Company’s outstanding borrowings under repurchase agreements as of June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016:2017:
 Remaining Contractual Maturity of the Agreements Remaining Contractual Maturity of the Agreements
 Overnight Up to 1 Year 1 - 3 Years Greater than 3 Years Total Overnight Up to 1 Year 1 - 3 Years Greater than 3 Years Total
 (In thousands) (In thousands)
June 30, 2017          
June 30, 2018          
Repurchase Agreements                    
U.S. Agency Securities $14,603
 $30,000
 $20,000
 $
 $64,603
 $12,482
 $20,000
 $
 $
 $32,482
                    
December 31, 2016          
December 31, 2017          
Repurchase Agreements                    
U.S. Agency Securities $18,897
 $
 $20,000
 $
 $38,897
 $14,591
 $10,000
 $10,000
 $
 $34,591
As ofAt both June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, advances outstanding under wholesale reverse repurchase agreements totaled $50.0 million and $20.0 million, respectively.million. The outstanding advances at June 30, 2017 consisted of three individual borrowings with remaining terms of two years or less and a weighted average cost of 1.86%. The outstanding advances at December 31, 20162018 consisted of two individual borrowings with remaining terms of threeone year or less and a weighted average cost of 2.59%. The outstanding advances at December 31, 2017 consisted of two individual borrowings with remaining terms of two years or less and had a weighted average cost of 2.59%. The Company pledged investment securities with a market value of $54.4$23.1 million and $23.8$23.0 million as collateral for these borrowings at June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, respectively.


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Retail repurchase agreements primarily consist of transactions with commercial and municipal customers, are for a term of one day and are backed by the purchasers’ interest in certain U.S. Government Agency securities or government-sponsored securities. As of June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, retail repurchase agreements totaled $14.6$12.5 million and $18.9$14.6 million, respectively. The Company pledged investment securities with a market value of $30.0$26.7 million and $28.5$28.8 million as collateral for these borrowings at June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, respectively.
Given that the repurchase agreements are secured by investment securities valued at market value, the collateral position is susceptible to change based upon variation in the market value of the securities that can arise due to fluctuations in interest rates, among other things. In the event that the interest rate changes result in a decrease in the value of the pledged securities, additional securities will be required to be pledged in order to secure the borrowings. Due to the short term nature of the majority of the repurchase agreements, Management believes the risk of further encumbered securities pose a minimal impact to the Company’s liquidity position.
Other
At June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 20162017, other borrowings consist of capital lease obligations. Theobligations the Company has capital lease obligations for three of its leased banking branches. At June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the balance of capital lease obligations totaled $3.9 million and $4.0 million, respectively.
Other Sources of Wholesale Funding
The Company has relationships with brokered sweep deposit providers by which funds are deposited by the counterparties at the Company’s request. Amounts outstanding under these agreements are reported as interest-bearing deposits and totaled $361.4$426.3 million at a cost of 1.06%1.99% at June 30, 20172018 and $367.4$389.1 million at a cost of 0.58%1.32% at December 31, 2016.2017. The Company maintains open dialogue with the brokered sweep providers and has the ability to increase the deposit balances upon request, up to certain limits based upon internal policy requirements.


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Additionally, the Company has unused federal funds lines of credit with four counterparties totaling $115.0 million and $107.5 million at June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016.2017, respectively.
Note 7.Derivatives and Hedging Activities
Risk Management Objective of Using Derivatives
The Company is exposed to certain risks arising from both its business operations and economic conditions. The Company principally manages its exposure to a wide variety of business and operational risks through management of its core business activities. The Company manages economic risks, including interest rate, liquidity, and credit risk primarily by managing the amount, sources, and duration of its debt funding and the use of derivative financial instruments. Specifically, the Company enters into derivative financial instruments to manage exposures that arise from business activities that result in the receipt or payment of future known and uncertain cash amounts, the value of which are determined by interest rates. The Company’s derivative financial instruments are used to manage differences in the amount, timing, and duration of the Company’s known or expected cash receipts and its known or expected cash payments principally related to the Company’s investments and borrowings. The Company also has interest rate derivatives that result from a service provided to certain qualifying customers. The Company manages a matched book with respect to these derivative instruments in order to minimize its net risk exposure resulting from such transactions.


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Information about interest rate swap agreements and non-hedging derivative assets and liabilities as of June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 20162017 is as follows:
Notional Amount Weighted-Average Remaining Maturity Weighted-Average Rate Estimated Fair Value, Net Asset (Liability)Notional Amount Weighted-Average Remaining Maturity Weighted-Average Rate Estimated Fair Value, Net Asset (Liability)
 Received Paid  Received Paid 
(In thousands) (In years)     (In thousands)(In thousands) (In years)     (In thousands)
June 30, 2017       
June 30, 2018       
Cash flow hedges:       
Forward starting interest rate swaps on future borrowings$100,000
 7.30 TBD
(1)2.62% $1,624
Interest rate swaps295,000
 3.58 2.32% 2.47% 3,660
Non-hedging derivatives:       
Forward loan sale commitments126,024
 0.00     (230)
Derivative loan commitments42,265
 0.00     579
Interest rate swap7,500
 8.04 

 

 (871)
Loan level swaps - dealer(3)655,670
 7.13 3.86% 4.08% 13,620
Loan level swaps - borrowers(3)655,670
 7.13 4.08% 3.86% (13,625)
Forward starting loan level swaps - dealer(3)8,000
 9.20 TBD
(4)5.11% (114)
Forward starting loan level swaps - borrower(3)8,000
 9.20 5.11% TBD
(4)114
Total$1,898,129
     $4,757
       
December 31, 2017       
Cash flow hedges:              
Forward starting interest rate swaps on future borrowings$100,000
 6.86 TBD
(1) 2.43% $(1,517)$50,000
 7.88 TBD
(1)2.45% $(292)
Interest rate swaps215,000
 3.08 1.20% 1.83% (2,824)175,000
 4.57 1.35% 2.41% (1,736)
Fair value hedges:              
Interest rate swaps20,000
 0.52 1.10% 1.27%(2) (38)10,000
 0.47 1.00% 1.51%(2)(28)
Non-hedging derivatives:              
Forward loan sale commitments198,156
 0.00     199
137,670
 0.00     (92)
Derivative loan commitments45,122
 0.00     656
24,430
 0.00     530
Interest rate swap7,500
 9.04 

 

 (574)7,500
 8.54     (615)
Loan level swaps - dealer(3)562,009
 6.65 2.54% 3.38% (7,902)603,447
 7.31 3.25% 3.99% (3,183)
Loan level swaps - borrowers(3)562,009
 6.65 3.38% 2.54% 7,883
603,447
 7.31 3.99% 3.25% 3,174
Forward starting loan level swaps - dealer(3)8,000
 9.70 TBD
(4)5.11% 105
Forward starting loan level swaps - borrower(3)8,000
 9.70 5.11% TBD
(4)(105)
Total$1,709,796
     $(4,117)$1,627,494
     $(2,242)
       
December 31, 2016       
Cash flow hedges:       
Forward starting interest rate swaps on future borrowings$100,000
 7.36 TBD
(1) 2.43% $(483)
Interest rate swaps240,000
 3.24 0.91% 1.74% (2,719)
Fair value hedges:       
Interest rate swaps35,000
 0.72 1.04% 0.82%(2) 1
Non-hedging derivatives:       
Forward loan sale commitments61,991
 0.00     153
Derivative loan commitments30,239
 0.00     421
Interest rate swap7,500
 9.54     (660)
Loan level swaps - dealer(3)468,417
 7.75 2.42% 3.84% (4,888)
Loan level swaps - borrowers(3)468,417
 7.75 3.84% 2.42% 4,869
Total$1,411,564
     $(3,306)
(1)The receiver leg of the cash flow hedges is floating rate and indexed to the 3-month USD-LIBOR-BBA, as determined two London banking days prior to the first day of each calendar quarter, commencing with the earliest effective trade. The earliest effective trade date for these forward starting cash flow hedges is October 16, 2017.September 13, 2018.
(2)The paying leg is one month LIBOR plus a fixed spread; above rate in effect as of the date indicated.
(3)The Company offers a loan level hedging product to qualifying commercial borrowers that seek to mitigate risk to rising interest rates. As such, the Company enters into equal and offsetting trades with dealer counterparties.
(4)The Company may also enter into risk participation agreements with counterparties related to credit enhancements providedfloating leg of the forward starting loan level hedge is indexed to the borrowers.one month USD-LIBOR-BBA, as determined one London banking day prior to the tenth day of each calendar month, commencing with the effective trade date on September 10, 2020.


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Cash Flow Hedges of Interest Rate Risk
The Company’s objectives in using interest rate derivatives are to add stability to interest expense and to manage its exposure to interest rate movements. To accomplish this objective, the Company primarily uses interest rate swaps as part of its interest rate risk management strategy. Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the Company making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount.


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The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated and that qualify as cash flow hedges is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income and is subsequently reclassified into earnings in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. The ineffective portion of the change in fair value of the derivatives is recognized directly in earnings. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company did not record any hedge ineffectiveness.
Amounts reported in accumulated other comprehensive incomeloss related to derivatives will be reclassified to interest expense as interest payments are made on the Company’s variable-rate debt. The Company expects to reclassify $1.4 million$287,000 from accumulated other comprehensive loss to interest expense during the next 12 months.
The Company is hedging its exposure to the variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions over a period of approximately 60 months (excluding forecasted transactions related to the payment of variable interest on existing financial instruments).
As of June 30, 2017,2018, the Company had eightten outstanding interest rate derivatives with a notional value of $315.0$395.0 million that were designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk.
Fair Value Hedges of Interest Rate Risk
The Company is exposed to changes in the fair value of certain of its fixed rate obligations due to changes in benchmark interest rates. The Company uses interest rate swaps to manage its exposure to changes in fair value on these instruments attributable to changes in the benchmark interest rate. Interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges involve the receipt of fixed-rate amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the Company making variable rate payments over the life of the agreements without the exchange of the underlying notional amount.
For derivatives designated and that qualify as fair value hedges, the gain or loss on the derivative as well as the offsetting gain or loss on the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk are recognized in earnings. The Company includes the gain or loss on the hedged items in the same line item as the offsetting gain or loss on the related derivatives. For the three and six months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, the Company recognized a negligible net reductionimpact to interest expense.
As of June 30, 2017,2018, the Company had twono outstanding interest rate derivatives with a notional amount of $20.0 million that were designated as a fair value hedge of interest rate risk.
Non-Designated Hedges
Loan Level Interest Rate Swaps
Qualifying derivatives not designated as hedges are not speculative and result from a service the Company provides to certain customers. The Company executes interest rate derivatives with commercial banking customers to facilitate their respective risk management strategies. Those interest rate derivatives are simultaneously hedged by offsetting derivatives that the Company executes with a third party, such that the Company minimizes its net risk exposure resulting from such transactions. As the interest rate derivatives associated with this program do not meet the strict hedge accounting requirements, changes in the fair value of both the customer derivatives and the offsetting derivatives are recognized directly in earnings.
As of June 30, 2017,2018, the Company had eighty-one90 borrower-facing interest rate derivatives with an aggregate notional amount of $562.0$655.7 million and eighty-one90 broker derivatives with an aggregate notional value amount of $562.0$655.7 million related to this program.
As of June 30, 2017,2018, the Company had foursix risk participation agreements with three counterparties related to a loan level interest rate swap with foursix of its commercial banking customers. Of these agreements, three were entered into in conjunction with credit enhancements provided to the borrowers by the counterparties; therefore, if the borrowers default, the counterparties are responsible for a percentage of the exposure. One agreement hasThree agreements were entered into in conjunction with credit enhancements provided to the borrower by the Company, whereby the Company is responsible for a percentage of the exposure to the counterparty. At June 30, 2017,2018, the notional amount of thisthese risk participation agreementagreements was $6.0$20.7 million, reflecting the counterparty participation of 33.1%36.3%. The risk participation agreements are a guarantee of performance on a derivative and accordingly, are recorded at fair value on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Condition. At June 30, 2017,2018, the notional amount of the remaining three risk participation agreements was $25.0$24.5 million, reflecting the counterparty participation level of 36.52%36.7%.


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Forward Starting Loan Level Swaps
As of June 30, 2018, the Company had one borrower-facing forward starting loan level swap with a notional amount of $8.0 million, and one broker derivative with a notional amount of $8.0 million related to this program. These swaps are related to the permanent financing of projects that are currently in the construction phase.

Mortgage Servicing Rights Interest Rate Swap
As of June 30, 2017,2018, the Company had one receive-fixed interest rate derivative with a notional amount of $7.5 million and a maturity date in July 2026. The derivative was executed to protect against a portion of the devaluation of the Company’s mortgage servicing right asset that occurs in a falling rate environment. The instrument is marked to market through the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Net Income.


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Derivative Loan Commitments
Additionally, the Company enters into mortgage loan commitments that are also referred to as derivative loan commitments if the loan that will result from exercise of the commitment will be held for sale upon funding. The Company enters into commitments to fund residential mortgage loans at specified rates and times in the future, with the intention that these loans will subsequently be sold in the secondary market.
Outstanding derivative loan commitments expose the Company to the risk that the price of the loans arising from exercise of the loan commitment might decline from inception of the rate lock to funding of the loan due to increases in mortgage interest rates. If interest rates increase, the value of these loan commitments decreases. Conversely, if interest rates decrease, the value of these loan commitments increases.
Forward Loan Sale Commitments
To protect against the price risk inherent in derivative loan commitments, the Company utilizes To Be Announced (“TBA”) as well as cash (“mandatory delivery” and “best efforts”) forward loan sale commitments to mitigate the risk of potential decreases in the values of loans that would result from the exercise of the derivative loan commitments.
With TBA and mandatory cash contracts, the Company commits to deliver a certain principal amount of mortgage loans to an investor/counterparty at a specified price on or before a specified date. If the market improves (rate decline) and the Company fails to deliver the amount of mortgages necessary to fulfill the commitment by the specified date, it is obligated to pay a “pair-off” fee, based on then-current market prices, to the investor/counterparty to compensate the investor for the shortfall. Conversely, if the market declines (rates worsen) the investor/counterparty is obligated to pay a “pair-off” fee to the Company based on then-current market prices. The Company expects that these forward loan sale commitments, TBA and mandatory, will experience changes in fair value opposite to the change in fair value of derivative loan commitments.
With best effort cash contracts, the Company commits to deliver an individual mortgage loan of a specified principal amount and quality to an investor if the loan to the underlying borrower closes. Generally best efforts cash contracts have no pair off risk regardless of market movement. The price the investor will pay the seller for an individual loan is specified prior to the loan being funded (e.g., on the same day the lender commits to lend funds to a potential borrower). The Company expects that these forward loan sale commitments, best efforts, will experience a net neutral shift in fair value of derivative loan commitments.
Fair Values of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Condition
The table below presents the fair value of the Company’s derivative financial instruments as well as their classification on the Consolidated Statements of Condition as of June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016:
 Derivative Assets Derivative Liabilities
   Fair Value   Fair Value
 Balance Sheet Location Jun 30, 2017 Dec 31,
2016
 Balance Sheet Location Jun 30, 2017 Dec 31,
2016
 (In thousands)
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:           
Interest rate swap - cash flow hedgeOther Assets $118
 $246
 Other Liabilities $4,459
 $3,448
Interest rate swap - fair value hedgeOther Assets 
 18
 Other Liabilities 38
 17
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments  $118
 $264
   $4,497
 $3,465
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:           
Forward loan sale commitmentsOther Assets $310
 $204
 Other Liabilities $111
 $51
Derivative loan commitmentsOther Assets 656
 421
   
 
Interest rate swap
 
 
 Other Liabilities 574
 660
Interest rate swap - with customersOther Assets 10,582
 7,864
 Other Liabilities 2,699
 2,995
Interest rate swap - with counterpartiesOther Assets 2,686
 2,981
 Other Liabilities 10,588
 7,869
Total derivatives not designated as hedging  $14,234
 $11,470
   $13,972
 $11,575



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 Derivative Assets Derivative Liabilities
   Fair Value   Fair Value
 Balance Sheet Location Jun 30, 2018 Dec 31, 2017 Balance Sheet Location Jun 30, 2018 Dec 31, 2017
 (In thousands)
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:           
Interest rate swap - cash flow hedgeOther Assets $5,284
 $36
 Other Liabilities $
 $2,064
Interest rate swap - fair value hedgeOther Assets 
 
 Other Liabilities 
 28
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments  $5,284
 $36
   $
 $2,092
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:           
Forward loan sale commitmentsOther Assets $41
 $12
 Other Liabilities $271
 $104
Derivative loan commitmentsOther Assets 579
 530
 Other Liabilities 
 
Interest rate swapOther Assets 
 
 Other Liabilities 871
 615
Interest rate swap - with customersOther Assets 1,767
 7,117
 Other Liabilities 15,392
 3,943
Interest rate swap - with counterpartiesOther Assets 15,389
 3,941
 Other Liabilities 1,769
 7,124
Forward starting loan level swapOther Assets 114
 105
 Other Liabilities 114
 105
Total derivatives not designated as hedging  $17,890
 $11,705
   $18,417
 $11,891
Effect of Derivative Instruments in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Net Income and Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
The tables below presents the effect of derivative instruments in the Company’s Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity designated as hedging instruments for the three and six months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016:2017:

Cash Flow Hedges              
Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCI  (Effective Portion)Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCI  (Effective Portion)
Derivatives Designated as Cash Flow Hedging InstrumentsThree Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
2017 2016 2017 20162018 2017 2018 2017
(In thousands)(In thousands)
Interest rate swaps$(2,100) $(3,139) $(1,942) $(11,436)$2,451
 $(2,100) $6,883
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Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income (Effective Portion) Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income (Effective Portion)Amount of Losses Reclassified from AOCI into Expense (Effective Portion)��Amount of Losses Reclassified from AOCI into Expense (Effective Portion)
Derivatives Designated as Cash Flow Hedging InstrumentsThree Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
2017 2016 2017 20162018 2017 2018 2017
(In thousands)(In thousands)
Interest rate swaps$(363) $561
 $(803) $1,180
$84
 $363
 $429
 $803

The tables below present information pertaining to the Company’s derivatives in the Consolidated Statements of Net Income designated as hedging instruments for the three and six months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016:2017:
Fair Value Hedges                  
  Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income from Derivatives  Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income from Derivatives
Derivatives Designated as Fair Value
Hedging Instruments
Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
2017 2016 2017 2016 2018 2017 2018 2017
  (In thousands)  (In thousands)
Interest Rate SwapsInterest income $(3) $24
 $(39) $173
Interest rate swapsInterest income $20
 $(3) $28
 $(39)
                
  Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income from Hedged Items  Amount of Gain Recognized in Income from Hedged Items
  Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,  Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
  2017 2016 2017 2016  2018 2017 2018 2017
 (In thousands) (In thousands)
Interest Rate SwapsInterest income $
 $(24) $37
 $(173)
Interest rate swapsInterest income $20
 $
 $29
 $37

The table below presents information pertaining to the Company’s derivatives not designated as hedging instruments in the Consolidated Statements of Net Income as of June 30, 20172018 and 2016:2017:
 Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income
 Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
 2017 2016 2017 2016
 (In thousands)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:       
Derivative loan commitments$(102) $637
 $236
 $1,316
Mortgage servicing rights derivative94
 
 86
 
Forward loan sale commitments884
 (332) 46
 (601)
Interest rate swaps(2) (8) 
 40
 $874
 $297
 $368
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 Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income
 Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
 2018 2017 2018 2017
 (In thousands)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:       
Derivative loan commitments$75
 $(102) $49
 $236
Interest rate swap(62) 94
 (256) 86
Forward loan sale commitments(133) 884
 (138) 46
Loan level swaps(1) (2) 4
 
 $(121) $874
 $(341) $368
Credit-risk-related Contingent Features
The Company has agreements with each of its derivative counterparties that contain a provision where if the counterparty defaults on any of its indebtedness or fails to maintain a well-capitalized rating, then the counterparty could also be declared in default on its derivative obligations and could be required to terminate its derivative positions with the counterparty.
As of June 30, 2017,2018, the fair value of derivatives in a net liabilityasset position, which includes accrued interest but excludes any adjustment for nonperformance risk, related to these agreements was $16.2$4.3 million. As of June 30, 2017,2018, the Company has minimumhad no securities pledged as collateral posting thresholds with certain of its derivative counterparties and has posted collateral of $198.1 million against its obligations under these agreements. A degree of netting occurs on occasions where the Company has exposure to a counterparty and the counterparty has exposure to the Company. If the Company had breached any of these provisions at June 30, 2017,2018, it could have been required to settle its obligations under the agreements at the termination value and would have been required to pay any additional amounts due in excess of amounts previously posted as collateral with the respective counterparty.
Note 8.Stock-Based Compensation Plans
The Company maintains and operates several stock incentive award plans to attract, retain and reward performance of qualified employees and directors who contribute to the success of the Company. These plans include those assumed by the Company in 2014 as a result of merger activity. ActiveCurrent active plans asare:


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Rockville Financial, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Award Plan (the “2006 Plan”);
Rockville Financial, Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2012 Plan”);
United Financial Bancorp, Inc. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan; and
2015 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”).
The 2015 Plan became effective on October 29, 2015 upon approval by the Company’s Shareholders. As of the effective date of the 2015 Plan, no other awards may be granted from the previously approved or assumed plans. The 2015 Plan allows the Company to use stock options, stock awards, and performance awards to attract, retain and reward performance of qualified employees and directors who contribute to the success of the Company. The 2015 Plan reserves a total of up to 4,050,000 shares (the “Cap”) of Company common stock for issuance upon the grant or exercise of awards made pursuant to the 2015 Plan. Of these shares, the Company may grant shares in the form of restricted stock, performance shares and other share-based awards and may grant stock options. However, the number of shares issuable will be adjusted by a “fungible ratio” of 2.35. This means that for each share award other than a stock option share or a stock appreciation right share, each 1 share awarded shall be deemed to be 2.35 shares awarded. As of June 30, 2017,2018, there were 2,910,1442,874,029 shares available for future grants under the 2015 Plan.
For the six-month period ended June 30, 2018, total employee and Director stock-based compensation expense recognized for stock options and restricted stock was $8,000 with a related tax benefit of $2,000 and $1.4 million with a related tax benefit of $311,000, respectively. Of the total expense amount for the six-month period, the amount for Director stock-based compensation expense recognized (in the Consolidated Statements of Net Income as other non-interest expense) was $119,000, and the amount for officer stock-based compensation expense recognized (in the Consolidated Statements of Net Income as salaries and employee benefit expense) was $1.3 million. For the six-month period ended June 30, 2017, total employee and Director stock-based compensation expense recognized for stock options and restricted stock was $71,000 with a related tax benefit of $26,000 and $1.4 million with a related tax benefit of $510,000, respectively.
For the three months ended June 30, 2018, total employee and Director stock-based compensation expense recognized for stock options and restricted stock was $3,000 with a related tax benefit of $1,000 and $696,000 with a related tax benefit of $153,000, respectively. Of the total expense amount for the six-monththree-month period, the amount for Director stock-based compensation expense recognized (in the Consolidated Statements of Net Income as other non-interest expense) was $279,000,$60,000, and the amount for officer stock-based compensation expense recognized (in the Consolidated Statements of Net Income as salaries and employee benefit expense) was $1.2 million.$639,000. For the six-month period ended June 30, 2016, total employee and Director stock-based compensation expense recognized for stock options and restricted stock was $59,000 with a related tax benefit of $21,000 and $964,000 with a related tax benefit of $347,000, respectively.
For the three-month periodthree months ended June 30, 2017, total employee and Director stock-based compensation expense recognized for stock options and restricted stock was $34,000 with a related tax benefit of $12,000 and $754,000 with a related tax benefit of $272,000, respectively. Of the total expense amount for the three-month period ended June 30, 2017, the amount of Director stock-based compensation expense recognized (in the Consolidated Statements of Net Income as other non-interest expense) was $176,000, and the amount for officer stock-based compensation expense recognized ( in the Consolidated Statement of Net Income as salaries and employee benefit expense) was $613,000. For the three-month period ended June 30, 2016, total employee and Director stock-based compensation expense recognized for stock options and restricted stock was $28,000 with a related tax benefit of $10,000 and $495,000 with a related tax benefit of $178,000, respectively.
The fair values of stock option and restricted stock awards, measured at grant date, are amortized to compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the vesting period.
Stock Options
The following table presents the activity related to stock options outstanding, including options that have stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), under the Plans for the six months ended June 30, 2017:2018:
Number of
Stock
Options
 Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
 Weighted-Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
(in years)
 Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
(in millions)
Number of
Stock
Options
 Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
 Weighted-Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
(in years)
 Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
(in millions)
Outstanding at December 31, 20161,936,453
 $11.21
  
Outstanding at December 31, 20171,694,995
 $11.34
 
 
Granted
 
  
 
  
Exercised(74,522) 10.38
 $0.6
(200,796) 9.53
 
Forfeited or expired
 
  (29,453) 8.98
  
Outstanding at June 30, 20171,861,931
 $11.24
 4.7 $10.1
Stock options vested and exercisable at June 30, 20171,841,828
 $11.22
 4.7 $10.1
Outstanding at June 30, 20181,464,746
 $11.64
 4.3 $8.6
Stock options vested and exercisable at June 30, 20181,456,022
 $11.63
 4.3 $8.6
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There were no stock options granted during the six months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016.2017.
Options exercised may include awards that were originally granted as tandem SARs. Therefore, if the SAR component is exercised, it will not equate to the number of shares issued due to the conversion of the SAR option value to the actual share value at exercise date. There were no55,234 options with a SAR component included in total options exercised during the six months ended June 30, 2017.2018.
Restricted Stock
Restricted stock provides grantees with rights to shares of common stock upon completion of a service period.period and in certain cases obtaining a performance metric. During the restriction period, all shares are considered outstanding and dividends are paid on the restricted stock. During the six months ended June 30, 2017,2018, the Company issued 2,5178,763 shares of restricted stock from shares available under the Company’s 2015 Plan to certain employees. During the six months ended June 30, 2017,2018, the weighted-average grant date fair value was $17.86$16.77 per share and the restricted stock awards vest in equal annual installments on the anniversary date over a 3 year period. The following table presents the activity for restricted stock for the six months ended June 30, 2017:2018:
Number
of Shares
 Weighted-Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
Number
of Shares
 Weighted-Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
Unvested as of December 31, 2016438,806
 $14.23
Unvested as of December 31, 2017425,000
 $15.55
Granted2,517
 17.86
8,763
 16.77
Vested(35,744) 13.29
(15,485) 12.49
Forfeited(1,419) 13.22
(8,340) 16.72
Unvested as of June 30, 2017404,160
 $14.34
Unvested as of June 30, 2018409,938
 $15.67
As of June 30, 2017,2018, there was $3.4$3.6 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted stock, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.21.9 years.
Employee Stock Ownership Plan
As part of the second-step conversion and stock offering completed in 2011, the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)borrowed an additional $7.1 million from the Company to purchase 684,395 shares of common stock during the initial public offering and in the open market. The outstanding loan balance of $6.2$6.0 million at June 30, 20172018 will be repaid principally from the Bank’s discretionary contributions to the ESOP over a remaining period of 2423 years. The loan bears an interest rate of prime plus one percent. The unallocated ESOP shares are pledged as collateral on the loans. As the loans are repaid to the Company, shares will be released from collateral and will be allocated to the accounts of the participants. For the three months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, ESOP compensation expense was $96,000 and $97,000, and $74,000.respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, ESOP compensation expense was $197,000$191,000 and $140,000,$197,000, respectively.
The Company accounts for its ESOP in accordance with FASB ASC 718-40, Compensation – Stock Compensation. Under this guidance, unearned ESOP shares are not considered outstanding and are shown as a reduction of stockholders’ equity as unearned compensation. The Company will recognize compensation cost equal to the fair value of the ESOP shares during the periods in which they are committed to be allocated. To the extent that the fair value of the Company’s ESOP shares differs from the cost of such shares, this difference will be credited or debited to equity. As the loan is internally leveraged, the loan receivable


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from the ESOP to the Company is not reported as an asset nor is the debt of the ESOP shown as a liability in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Dividends on unallocated shares are used to pay the ESOP debt.
The ESOP shares as of the period indicated below were as follows:
June 30, 2017June 30, 2018
Allocated shares1,198,052
1,220,865
Shares allocated for release11,407
11,407
Unreleased shares536,109
513,296
Total ESOP shares1,745,568
1,745,568
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Note 9.Regulatory Matters

Minimum regulatory capital requirements
The Company (on a consolidated basis) and the Bank are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by the federal banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory, and possibly additional discretionary actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Company’s and the Bank’s consolidated financial statements. Under capital adequacy guidelines and the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action, the Company and the Bank must meet specific capital guidelines that involve qualitative measures of their assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance sheet items as calculated under regulatory accounting practices. The capital amounts and classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators about components, risk weightings, and other factors. Prompt corrective action provisions are not applicable to bank holding companies.
Federal banking regulators includeregulations require a minimum ratio of common equity Tier 1 capital ratios as displayed in the following table.to risk-weighted assets of 4.5%, a minimum ratio of Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets of 6.0% and a minimum leverage ratio of 4.0% for all banking organizations. Additionally, community banking institutions must maintain a capital conservation buffer of common equity Tier I1 capital in an amount greater than 2.5% of total risk-weighted assets to avoid being subject to limitations on capital distributions and discretionary bonuses. The capital conservation buffer is being phased in over three years, beginning on January 1, 2016, with an initial phase-in of 0.625%. Also,and certain deductions from and adjustments to regulatory capital and risk-weighted assets are being phased in over several years. The required minimum conservation buffer was 1.25% as of December 31, 2017 and increased to 1.875% on January 1, 2018. The required minimum conservation buffer will increase to 2.5% on January 1, 2019. Management believes that the CompanyCompany’s capital levels will remain characterized as “well capitalized”“well-capitalized” throughout the phase inphase-in periods.
As of June 30, 2017,2018, the most recent notification from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation categorized the Bank as well capitalized under the regulatory framework from prompt corrective action. To be categorized as well capitalized, an institution must maintain minimum ratios as set forth in the following tables. There are no conditions or events since the notification that management believes have changed the Bank’s category. Management believes, as of June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, that the Company and the Bank meet all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject. The Company’s and the Bank’s actual capital amounts and ratios as of June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 20162017 are also presented in the following table:


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Actual Minimum For
Capital
Adequacy
Purposes
 Minimum To Be
Well-Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective
Action Provisions
Actual Minimum For
Capital
Adequacy
Purposes
 Minimum To Be
Well-Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective
Action Provisions
Amount Ratio Amount Ratio Amount RatioAmount Ratio Amount Ratio Amount Ratio
(Dollars in thousands)(Dollars in thousands)
United Bank                      
June 30, 2017           
June 30, 2018           
Total capital to risk weighted assets$638,997
 12.0% $425,998
 8.0% $532,498
 10.0%$664,584
 11.7% $454,416
 8.0% $568,021
 10.0%
Common equity tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets592,155
 11.1
 240,063
 4.5
 346,757
 6.5
613,564
 10.8
 255,652
 4.5
 369,275
 6.5
Tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets592,155
 11.1
 320,084
 6.0
 426,778
 8.0
613,564
 10.8
 340,869
 6.0
 454,492
 8.0
Tier 1 capital to total average assets592,155
 8.9
 266,137
 4.0
 332,671
 5.0
613,564
 8.8
 278,893
 4.0
 348,616
 5.0
December 31, 2016           
December 31, 2017           
Total capital to risk weighted assets$619,020
 12.1% $409,269
 8.0% $511,587
 10.0%$642,179
 11.6% $442,882
 8.0% $553,603
 10.0%
Common equity tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets574,632
 11.2
 230,879
 4.5
 333,492
 6.5
593,155
 10.7
 249,458
 4.5
 360,328
 6.5
Tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets574,632
 11.2
 307,839
 6.0
 410,451
 8.0
593,155
 10.7
 332,610
 6.0
 443,480
 8.0
Tier 1 capital to total average assets574,632
 9.0
 255,392
 4.0
 319,240
 5.0
593,155
 8.7
 272,715
 4.0
 340,894
 5.0
                      
United Financial Bancorp, Inc.                      
June 30, 2017           
June 30, 2018           
Total capital to risk weighted assets$691,222
 12.9% $428,665
 8.0% N/A
 N/A
$726,670
 12.8% $454,169
 8.0% N/A
 N/A
Common equity tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets569,380
 10.6
 241,718
 4.5
 N/A
 N/A
600,650
 10.6
 254,993
 4.5
 N/A
 N/A
Tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets569,380
 10.6
 322,291
 6.0
 N/A
 N/A
600,650
 10.6
 339,991
 6.0
 N/A
 N/A
Tier 1 capital to total average assets569,380
 8.5
 267,944
 4.0
 N/A
 N/A
600,650
 8.5
 282,659
 4.0
 N/A
 N/A
December 31, 2016           
December 31, 2017           
Total capital to risk weighted assets$668,816
 13.0% $411,579
 8.0% N/A
 N/A
$701,794
 12.6% $445,583
 8.0% N/A
 N/A
Common equity tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets549,428
 10.7
 231,068
 4.5
 N/A
 N/A
577,770
 10.4
 249,997
 4.5
 N/A
 N/A
Tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets549,428
 10.7
 308,090
 6.0
 N/A
 N/A
577,770
 10.4
 333,329
 6.0
 N/A
 N/A
Tier 1 capital to total average assets549,428
 8.6
 255,548
 4.0
 N/A
 N/A
577,770
 8.4
 275,129
 4.0
 N/A
 N/A

Our ability to pay dividends to our stockholders is substantially dependent upon the Bank’s ability to pay dividends to the Company. The Federal Reserve guidance sets forth the supervisory expectation that bank holding companies will inform and consult with Federal Reserve staff in advance of issuing a dividend that exceeds earnings for the quarter and should not pay dividends in a rolling four quarter period in an amount that exceeds net income for that period. Federal law also prohibits the Bank from paying dividends that would be greater than its undivided profits after deducting statutory bad debt in excess of its allowance for loan losses. The FDIC may limit a savings bank’s ability to pay dividends. No dividends may be paid to the Company’s shareholder if such dividends would reduce stockholders’ equity below the amount of the liquidation account required by the Connecticut conversion regulations. Connecticut law restricts the amount of dividends that the Bank can pay based on net income included in retained earnings for the current year and the preceding two years. As of June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016, $96.82017, $102.7 million and $79.8$108.3 million, respectively, was available for the payment of dividends. Connecticut banking laws grant banks broad lending authority. With certain limited exceptions, any one obligor under this statutory authority may not exceed 10% and 15%, respectively, of a bank’s capital and allowance for loan losses.


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Note 10.Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss, included in stockholders’ equity, are as follows:
 June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016 June 30, 2018 December 31, 2017
 (In thousands) (In thousands)
Benefit plans:        
Unrecognized net actuarial loss $(7,647) $(7,936) $(7,328) $(7,578)
Tax effect 2,755
 2,859
 1,614
 2,730
Net-of-tax amount (4,892) (5,077)
Securities available for sale:    
Benefit plans, net (5,714) (4,848)
    
Securities available-for-sale:    
Net unrealized loss (4,335) (12,845) (32,097) (8,896)
Tax effect 1,560
 4,617
 7,051
 3,201
Net-of-tax amount (2,775) (8,228)
Securities available-for-sale, net (25,046) (5,695)
    
Interest rate swaps:        
Net unrealized loss (4,341) (3,202)
Net unrealized gain (loss) 5,284
 (2,028)
Tax effect 1,564
 1,154
 (1,164) 731
Net-of-tax amount (2,777) (2,048)
Interest rate swaps, net 4,120
 (1,297)
 $(10,444) $(15,353) $(26,640) $(11,840)
On January 1, 2018, the Company adopted ASU No. 2018-02: Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, which addressed the impact of the federal rate tax reduction on deferred taxes that were originally recorded through accumulated other comprehensive income. Through the adoption of this ASU, the Company reclassed the “dangling” difference due to the tax rate differential caused by the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on December 22, 2017. As a result, a one time reclassification of $2.6 million was made from accumulated other comprehensive loss to retained earnings.
Note 11.Net Income Per Share
The following table sets forth the calculation of basic and diluted net income per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016:2017:
For the Three Months 
 Ended June 30,
 For the Six Months 
 Ended June 30,
For the Three Months 
 Ended June 30,
 For the Six Months 
 Ended June 30,
2017 2016 2017 20162018 2017 2018 2017
(In thousands, except share data)(In thousands, except share data)
Net income available to common stockholders$16,200
 $9,058
 $29,926
 $20,952
$15,646
 $16,200
 $31,433
 $29,926
Weighted-average common shares outstanding50,757,061
 50,186,134
 50,780,091
 50,088,859
51,021,309
 50,757,061
 51,009,560
 50,780,091
Less: average number of unallocated ESOP award shares(539,849) (562,662) (542,685) (565,514)(517,036) (539,849) (519,871) (542,685)
Weighted-average basic shares outstanding50,217,212
 49,623,472
 50,237,406
 49,523,345
50,504,273
 50,217,212
 50,489,689
 50,237,406
Dilutive effect of stock options621,879
 323,167
 649,718
 279,334
470,010
 621,879
 495,831
 649,718
Weighted-average diluted shares50,839,091
 49,946,639
 50,887,124
 49,802,679
50,974,283
 50,839,091
 50,985,520
 50,887,124
Net income per share:              
Basic$0.32
 $0.18
 $0.60
 $0.42
$0.31
 $0.32
 $0.62
 $0.60
Diluted$0.32
 $0.18
 $0.59
 $0.42
$0.31
 $0.32
 $0.62
 $0.59
There were no anti-dilutive stock options during the three months and six months ended June 30, 2017. For the three2018 and six months ended June 30, 2016, the weighted-average number of anti-dilutive stock options excluded from diluted net income per share were 625,273 and 684,796,2017, respectively. Stock options were anti-dilutive because the strike price is greater than the average fair value of the Company’s common stock for the periods presented.
Note 12.Fair Value Measurements
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hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:
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Level 2:Pricing inputs are observable for assets and liabilities, either directly or indirectly, but are not the same as those used in Level 1. Fair value is determined through the use of models or other valuation methodologies.
Level 3:Pricing inputs are unobservable for assets and liabilities and include situations where there is little, if any, market activity and the determination of fair value requires significant judgment or estimation.
The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such instances, the determination of which category within the fair value hierarchy is appropriate for any given asset and liability is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value of the asset and liability.
When available, quoted market prices are used. In other cases, fair values are based on estimates using present value or other valuation techniques. These techniques involve uncertainties and are significantly affected by the assumptions used and judgments made regarding risk characteristics of various financial instruments, discount rates, estimates of future cash flows, future expected loss experience and other factors. Changes in assumptions could significantly affect these estimates and could be material. Derived fair value estimates may not be substantiated by comparison to independent markets and, in certain cases, could not be realized in an immediate sale of the instrument.
Fair value estimates for financial instrument fair value disclosures are based on existing financial instruments without attempting to estimate the value of anticipated future business and the value of assets and liabilities that are not financial instruments. Accordingly, the aggregate fair value amounts presented do not purport to represent the underlying market value of the Company.
Loans Held for Sale
The Company has elected the fair value option for its portfolio of residential real estate and government mortgage loans held for sale to reduce certain timing differences and better match changes in fair value of the loans with changes in the fair value of the derivative loan sale contracts used to economically hedge them.
The aggregate principal amount of the residential real estate and government mortgage loans held for sale was $152.7$83.8 million and $61.9$113.2 million at June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, respectively. The aggregate fair value of these loans as of the same dates was $157.5$85.5 million and $62.5$114.1 million, respectively.
There were no residential real estate mortgage loans held for sale 90 days or more past due at June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016.2017.
The following table presents the gains (losses) in fair value related to mortgage loans held for sale for the periods indicated. Changes in the fair value of mortgage loans held for sale are reported as a component of income from mortgage banking activities in the Consolidated Statements of Net Income.
  Three Months Ended 
 June 30,
 Six Months Ended 
 June 30,
  2017 2016 2017 2016
  (In thousands)
Mortgage loans held for sale $1,639
 $10
 $2,776
 $40
  Three Months Ended 
 June 30,
 Six Months Ended 
 June 30,
  2018 2017 2018 2017
  (In thousands)
Mortgage loans held for sale $475
 $1,639
 $(782) $2,776
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
The following tables detail the assets and liabilities carried at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 20162017 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques utilized by the Company to determine the fair value. There were no transfers in and out of Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 measurements during the six months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016.2017.


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Total
Fair
Value
 Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
 Other
Observable
Inputs
 Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Total
Fair
Value
 Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
 Other
Observable
Inputs
 Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
 (Level 1) (Level 2) (Level 3) (Level 1) (Level 2) (Level 3)
(In thousands)(In thousands)
June 30, 2017       
June 30, 2018       
Available-for-Sale Securities:              
Government-sponsored residential mortgage-backed securities$222,862
 $
 $222,862
 $
$215,960
 $
 $215,960
 $
Government-sponsored residential collateralized debt obligations188,903
 
 188,903
 
179,067
 
 179,067
 
Government-sponsored commercial mortgage-backed securities25,568
 
 25,568
 
31,788
 
 31,788
 
Government-sponsored commercial collateralized debt obligations153,617
 
 153,617
 
151,521
 
 151,521
 
Asset-backed securities151,596
 
 
 151,596
105,038
 
 
 105,038
Corporate debt securities84,566
 
 82,982
 1,584
80,025
 
 80,025
 
Obligations of states and political subdivisions235,226
 
 235,226
 
242,736
 
 242,736
 
Marketable equity securities11,046
 364
 10,682
 
Total available-for-sale securities$1,073,384
 $364
 $919,840
 $153,180
Total available-for-sale debt securities$1,006,135
 $
 $901,097
 $105,038
              
Mortgage loan derivative assets$966
 $
 $966
 $
$620
 $
 $620
 $
Mortgage loan derivative liabilities111
 
 111
 
271
 
 271
 
Loans held for sale157,487
 
 157,487
 
85,458
 
 85,458
 
Marketable equity securities417
 417
 
 
Mortgage servicing rights10,172
 
 
 10,172
13,679
 
 
 13,679
Interest rate swap assets13,386
 
 13,386
 
22,554
 
 22,554
 
Interest rate swap liabilities18,358
 
 18,358
 
18,146
 
 18,146
 
              
December 31, 2016       
December 31, 2017       
Available-for-Sale Securities:              
Government-sponsored residential mortgage-backed securities$179,548
 $
 $179,548
 $
$235,479
 $
 $235,479
 $
Government-sponsored residential collateralized-debt obligations183,260
 
 183,260
 
133,112
 
 133,112
 
Government-sponsored commercial mortgage-backed securities26,530
 
 26,530
 
33,255
 
 33,255
 
Government-sponsored commercial collateralized-debt obligations162,927
 
 162,927
 
147,242
 
 147,242
 
Asset-backed securities166,967
 
 13,087
 153,880
167,139
 
 
 167,139
Corporate debt securities75,015
 
 73,423
 1,592
89,136
 
 89,136
 
Obligations of states and political subdivisions216,376
 
 216,376
 
245,007
 
 245,007
 
Marketable equity securities32,788
 375
 32,413
 
417
 417
 
 
Total available-for-sale securities$1,043,411
 $375
 $887,564
 $155,472
$1,050,787
 $417
 $883,231
 $167,139
              
Mortgage loan derivative assets$625
 $
 $625
 $
$542
 $
 $542
 $
Mortgage loan derivative liabilities51
 
 51
 
104
 
 104
 
Loans held for sale62,517
 
 62,517
 
114,073
 
 114,073
 
Mortgage servicing rights10,104
 
 
 10,104
11,733
 
 
 11,733
Interest rate swap assets11,109
 
 11,109
 
11,199
 
 11,199
 
Interest rate swap liabilities14,989
 
 14,989
 
13,879
 
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The following table presents additional information about assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis for which the Company utilized Level 3 inputs to determine fair value:
Three Months Ended 
 June 30,
 Six Months Ended 
 June 30,
Three Months Ended 
 June 30,
 Six Months Ended 
 June 30,
2017 2016 2017 20162018 2017 2018 2017
(In thousands)(In thousands)
Balance of available-for-sale securities, at beginning of period$152,479
 $144,206
 $155,472
 $146,070
$111,189
 $152,479
 $167,139
 $155,472
Purchases (sales)3,550
 (1,000) (251) (1,000)(5,376) 3,550
 (61,082) (251)
Principal payments and net accretion(2,641) (163) (2,780) (478)(40) (2,641) (117) (2,780)
Total realized gains (losses) included in earnings338
 (150) 497
 (150)67
 338
 (82) 497
Total unrealized gains (losses) included in other comprehensive income/loss(546) 2,241
 242
 692
(802) (546) (820) 242
Balance at end of period$153,180
 $145,134
 $153,180
 $145,134
$105,038
 $153,180
 $105,038
 $153,180

              
Balance of mortgage servicing rights, at beginning of period$10,284
 $6,271
 $10,104
 $7,074
$13,333
 $10,284
 $11,733
 $10,104
Issuances558
 689
 998
 1,201
955
 558
 1,736
 998
Change in fair value recognized in net income(670) (371) (930) (1,686)(609) (670) 210
 (930)
Balance at end of period$10,172
 $6,589
 $10,172
 $6,589
$13,679
 $10,172
 $13,679
 $10,172
The following valuation methodologies are used for certain assets that are recorded at fair value on a recurring basis.
Available-for-Sale and Marketable Equity Securities: Securities available for saleavailable-for-sale and marketable equity securities are recorded at fair value on a recurring basis. Fair value measurement is based upon quoted prices, if available. If quoted prices are not available, fair values are measured using an independent pricing service. Level 1 securities are those traded on active markets for identical securities including U.S. treasury securities, equity securities and mutual funds. Level 2 securities include U.S. Government agency obligations, U.S. Government-sponsored enterprises, mortgage-backed securities, obligations of states and political subdivisions, corporate and other debt securities. Level 3 securities include private placement securities and thinly traded equity securities. All fair value measurements are obtained from a third party pricing service and are not adjusted by management.
Matrix pricing is used for pricing most obligations of states and political subdivisions, which is a mathematical technique widely used in the industry to value debt securities without relying exclusively on quoted prices for specific securities but rather by relying on securities relationships to other benchmark quoted securities. The grouping of securities is completed according to insurer, credit support, state of issuance and rating to incorporate additional spreads and municipal bond yield curves.
The valuation of the Company’s asset-backed securities is obtained from a third party pricing provider and is determined utilizing an approach that combines advanced analytics with structural and fundamental cash flow analysis based upon observed market based yields. The third party provider’s model analyzes each instrument’s underlying collateral given observable collateral characteristics and credit statistics to extrapolate future performance and project cash flows, by incorporating expectations of default probabilities, recovery rates, prepayment speeds, loss severities and a derived discount rate. The Company has determined that due to the liquidity and significance of unobservable inputs, that asset-backed securities are classified in Level 3 of the valuation hierarchy.
The Company holds one pooled trust preferred security. The security’s fair value is based on unobservable issuer-provided financial information and discounted cash flow models derived from the underlying structured pool and therefore is classified as Level 3.
Loans Held for Sale: The fair value of residential and government mortgage loans held for sale is estimated using quoted market prices for loans with similar characteristics provided by government-sponsored entities. Any changes in the valuation of mortgage loans held for sale is based upon the change in market interest rates between closing the loan and the measurement date and an immaterial portion attributable to changes in instrument-specific credit risk. The Company has determined that loans held for sale are classified in Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.
Mortgage Servicing Rights: A mortgage servicing right (“MSR”) asset represents the amount by which the present value of the estimated future net cash flows to be received from servicing loans are expected to more than adequately compensate the Company for performing the servicing. The fair value of servicing rights is provided by a third party and is estimated using a present value cash flow model. The most important assumptions used in the valuation model are the anticipated rate of the loan prepayments and discount rates. Adjustments are recorded monthly as the cash flows derived from the valuation model change


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the fair value of the asset. Although some assumptions in determining fair value are based on standards used by market participants, some are based on unobservable inputs and therefore are classified in Level 3 of the valuation hierarchy. See Note 4, “Loans Receivable and Allowance for Loan Losses” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements contained elsewhere in this report.


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Derivatives: Derivative instruments related to commitments for loans to be sold are carried at fair value. Fair value is determined through quotes obtained from actively traded mortgage markets. Any change in fair value for rate lock commitments to the borrower is based upon the change in market interest rates between making the rate lock commitment and the measurement date and, for forward loan sale commitments to the investor, is based upon the change in market interest rates from entering into the forward loan sales contract and the measurement date. Both the rate lock commitments to the borrowers and the forward loan sale commitments to investors are derivatives pursuant to the requirements of FASB ASC 815-10; however, the Company has not designated them as hedging instruments. Accordingly, they are marked to fair value through earnings.
The Company’s intention is to sell the majority of its fixed rate mortgage loans with original terms of 30 years on a servicing retained basis as well as certain 10, 15 and 20 year loans. The servicing value has been included in the pricing of the rate lock commitments. The Company estimates a fallout rate of approximately 18.5%17.0% based upon historical averages in determining the fair value of rate lock commitments. Although the use of historical averages is based upon unobservable data, the Company believes that this input is insignificant to the valuation and, therefore, has concluded that the fair value measurements meet the Level 2 criteria. The Company continually reassesses the significance of the fallout rate on the fair value measurement and updates the fallout rate accordingly.
Hedging derivatives include interest rate swaps as part of management’s strategy to manage interest rate risk. The valuation of the Company’s interest rate swaps is obtained from a third-party pricing service and is determined using a discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each derivative. The pricing analysis is based on observable inputs for the contractual terms of the derivatives, including the period to maturity and interest rate curves. The Company has determined that the majority of the inputs used to value its interest rate derivatives fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
The following table presents additional quantitative information about assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis for which the Company utilized Level 3 inputs to determine fair value at June 30, 2017:2018:
(Dollars in thousands)      
 
Fair
Value
 Valuation Technique Unobservable Inputs 
Range
(Weighted Average)
 
Fair
Value
 Valuation Technique Unobservable Inputs 
Range
(Weighted Average)
Asset-backed securities $151,596
 Discounted Cash Flow Discount Rates 2.9% - 4.1% (4.13%) $105,038
 Discounted Cash Flow Discount Rates 3.1% - 5.7% (4.26%)
   Cumulative Default % 4.8% - 9.5% (9.10%)   Cumulative Default % 0.2% - 14.7% (8.05%)
   Loss Given Default 1.4% - 3.0% (2.86%)   Loss Given Default 0.0% - 4.3% (2.47%)
      
Corporate debt - pooled trust $1,584
 Discounted Cash Flow Discount Rate 7.0% (7.0%)
preferred security   Cumulative Default % 2.7% - 41.3% (12.54%)
   Loss Given Default 85% - 100% (93.9%)
   Cure Given Default 75% - 75% (75.0%)
   
Mortgage servicing rights $10,172
 Discounted Cash Flow Discount Rate 9.0% - 18.0% (10.4%) $13,679
 Discounted Cash Flow Discount Rate 11.0% - 15.5% (12.66%)
   Cost to Service $50 - $110 ($62.91)   Cost to Service $75 - $135 ($87.30)
   Float Earnings Rate 0.25% (0.25%)   Float Earnings Rate 1.5% (1.5%)
Asset-backed securities: Given the level of market activity for the asset backed securities in the portfolio, the discount rates utilized in the fair value measurement were derived by analyzing current market yields for comparable securities and research reports issued by brokers and dealers in the financial services industry. Adjustments were then made for credit and structural differences between these types of securities. There is an inverse correlation between the discount rate and the fair value measurement. When the discount rate increases, the fair value decreases.
Other significant unobservable inputs to the fair value measurement of the asset backed securities in the portfolio included prospective defaults and recoveries.  The cumulative default percentage represents the lifetime defaults assumed. The loss given default percentage represents the percentage of current and projected defaults assumed to be lost. There is an inverse correlation between the default percentages and the fair value measurement. When default percentages increase, the fair value decreases. 
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of individual name issuers in the financial services industry. Adjustments were then made for credit and structural differences between these types of securities. There is an inverse correlation between the discount rate and the fair value measurement. When the discount rate increases, the fair value decreases.
Other significant unobservable inputs to the fair value measurement of the collateralized debt obligations included prospective defaults and recoveries. The cumulative default percentage represents the lifetime defaults assumed, excluding currently defaulted collateral and including all performing and currently deferring collateral.  As a result, the cumulative default percentage also reflects assumptions of the possibility of currently deferring collateral curing and becoming current.  The loss given default percentage represents the percentage of current and projected defaults assumed to be lost. There is an inverse correlation between the cumulative default and loss given default percentages and the fair value measurement. When default percentages increase, the fair value decreases. 
Mortgage servicing rights: Given the low level of market activity in the MSR market and the general difficulty in price discovery, even when activity is at historic norms, the discount rate utilized in the fair value measurement was derived by analyzing recent and historical pricing for MSRs. Adjustments were then made for various loan and investor types underlying these


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MSRs. There is an inverse correlation between the discount rate and the fair value measurement. When the discount rate increases, the fair value decreases.
Other significant unobservable inputs to the fair value measurement of MSR’s include cost to service, an input that is not as simple as taking total costs and dividing by a number of loans. It is a figure informed by marginal cost and pricing for MSRs by competing firms, taking other assumptions into consideration. It is different for different loan types. There is an inverse correlation between the cost to service and the fair value measurement. When the cost assumption increase, the fair value decreases.
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Non-Recurring Basis
The Company may also be required, from time to time, to measure certain other assets at fair value on a non-recurring basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; that is, the instruments are not measured at fair value on an ongoing basis but are subject to fair value adjustments in certain circumstances. These adjustments to fair value usually result from application of lower-of-cost-or-market accounting or write-downs of individual assets. The following tables detail the assets carried at fair value on a non-recurring basis at June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 20162017 and indicate the fair value hierarchy of the valuation technique utilized by the Company to determine fair value. There were no liabilities measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis at June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016.2017.
 Total
Fair Value
 Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
 Other
Observable
Inputs
 Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
 Total
Fair Value
 Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
 Other
Observable
Inputs
 Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
 (Level 1) (Level 2) (Level 3) (Level 1) (Level 2) (Level 3)
 (In thousands) (In thousands)
June 30, 2017        
June 30, 2018        
Impaired loans $3,611
 $
 $
 $3,611
 $4,071
 $
 $
 $4,071
Other real estate owned 1,770
 
 
 1,770
 1,855
 
 
 1,855
Total $5,381
 $
 $
 $5,381
 $5,926
 $
 $
 $5,926
December 31, 2016        
December 31, 2017        
Impaired loans $5,100
 $
 $
 $5,100
 $4,488
 $
 $
 $4,488
Other real estate owned 1,890
 
 
 1,890
 2,154
 
 
 2,154
Total $6,990
 $
 $
 $6,990
 $6,642
 $
 $
 $6,642
The following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for certain assets that are recorded at fair value on a non-recurring basis.
Other Real Estate Owned: The Company classifies property acquired through foreclosure or acceptance of deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, as other real estate owned (“OREO”) in its financial statements. Upon foreclosure, the property securing the loan is recorded at fair value as determined by real estate appraisals less the estimated selling expense. Appraisals are based upon observable market data such as comparable sales within the real estate market. Assumptions are also made based on management’s judgment of the appraisals and current real estate market conditions and therefore these assets are classified as non-recurring Level 3 assets in the fair value hierarchy.
Impaired Loans: Accounting standards require that a creditor recognize the impairment of a loan if the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate (or, alternatively, the observable market price of the loan or the fair value of the collateral) is less than the recorded investment in the impaired loan. Non-recurring fair value adjustments to collateral dependent loans are recorded, when necessary, to reflect partial write-downs and the specific reserve allocations based


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upon observable market price or current appraised value of the collateral less selling costs and discounts based on management’s judgment of current conditions. Based on the significance of management’s judgment, the Company records collateral dependent impaired loans as non-recurring Level 3 fair value measurements.
LossesGains (losses) on assets recorded at fair value on a non-recurring basis for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 are as follows:
 Three Months Ended 
 June 30,
 Six Months Ended 
 June 30,
 2017 2016 2017 2016
 (In thousands)
Impaired loans$(55) $(282) $(778) $(467)
Other real estate owned(138) (4) (171) (4)
Total$(193) $(286) $(949) $(471)
Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments:
The following methods and assumptions were used by management to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments not recorded at fair value for which it is practicable to estimate that value.
Cash and Cash Equivalents: Carrying value is assumed to represent fair value for cash and due from banks and short-term investments, which have original maturities of 90 days or less.
Loans Receivable – net: The fair value of the net loan portfolio is determined by discounting the estimated future cash flows using the prevailing interest rates and appropriate credit and prepayment risk adjustments as of period-end at which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings and for the same remaining maturities. The fair value of non-performing loans is estimated using the Bank’s prior credit experience.
FHLBB stock: FHLBB stock is a non-marketable equity security which is assumed to have a fair value equal to its carrying value due to the fact that it can only be redeemed by the FHLBB at par value.
Accrued Interest Receivable: Carrying value is assumed to represent fair value.
Deposits and Mortgagors’ and Investors’ Escrow Accounts: The fair value of demand, non-interest- bearing checking, savings and certain money market deposits is determined as the amount payable on demand at the reporting date. The fair value of time deposits is estimated by discounting the estimated future cash flows using rates offered for deposits of similar remaining maturities as of period-end.
FHLBB Advances and Other Borrowings: The fair value of borrowed funds is estimated by discounting the future cash flows using market rates for similar borrowings.

 Three Months Ended 
 June 30,
 Six Months Ended 
 June 30,
 2018 2017 2018 2017
 (In thousands)
Impaired loans$308
 $(55) $208
 $(778)
Other real estate owned(117) (138) (167) (171)
Total$191
 $(193) $41
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Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments:
As of June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, the carrying value and estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments are as described below:
Carrying
Value
 Fair ValueCarrying
Value
 Fair Value
 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
(In thousands)(In thousands)
June 30, 2017         
June 30, 2018         
Financial assets:         
Cash and cash equivalents$109,175
 $109,175
 $
 $
 $109,175
Available-for-sale securities1,006,135
 
 901,097
 105,038
 1,006,135
Loans held for sale85,458
 
 85,458
 
 85,458
Loans receivable-net5,441,766
 
 
 5,376,955
 5,376,955
FHLBB stock46,734
 
 
 46,734
 46,734
Accrued interest receivable23,209
 
 
 23,209
 23,209
Derivative assets23,174
 
 23,174
 
 23,174
Mortgage servicing rights13,679
 
 
 13,679
 13,679
Marketable equity securities417
 417
 
 
 417
Financial liabilities:         
Deposits5,393,376
 
 
 5,376,935
 5,376,935
Mortgagors’ and investors’ escrow accounts14,526
 
 
 14,526
 14,526
FHLBB advances and other borrowings1,041,896
 
 1,040,840
 
 1,040,840
Derivative liabilities18,417
 
 18,417
 
 18,417
         
December 31, 2017         
Financial assets:                  
Cash and cash equivalents$74,851
 $74,851
 $
 $
 $74,851
$88,668
 $88,668
 $
 $
 $88,668
Available-for-sale securities1,073,384
 364
 919,840
 153,180
 1,073,384
1,050,787
 417
 883,231
 167,139
 1,050,787
Held-to-maturity securities13,792
 
 14,753
 
 14,753
13,598
 
 14,300
 
 14,300
Loans held for sale157,487
 
 157,487
 
 157,487
114,073
 
 114,073
 
 114,073
Loans receivable-net5,024,532
 
 
 5,016,315
 5,016,315
5,307,678
 
 
 5,297,381
 5,297,381
FHLBB stock54,760
 
 
 54,760
 54,760
50,194
 
 
 50,194
 50,194
Accrued interest receivable19,751
 
 
 19,751
 19,751
22,332
 
 
 22,332
 22,332
Derivative assets14,352
 
 14,352
 
 14,352
11,741
 
 11,741
 
 11,741
Mortgage servicing rights10,172
 
 
 10,172
 10,172
11,733
 
 
 11,733
 11,733
Financial liabilities:                  
Deposits4,993,479
 
 
 4,992,375
 4,992,375
5,198,221
 
 
 5,191,159
 5,191,159
Mortgagors’ and investors’ escrow accounts15,045
 
 
 15,045
 15,045
7,545
 
 
 7,545
 7,545
FHLBB advances and other borrowings990,206
 
 1,140,409
 
 1,140,409
1,165,054
 
 1,164,431
 
 1,164,431
Derivative liabilities18,469
 
 18,469
 
 18,469
13,983
 
 13,983
 
 13,983
         
December 31, 2016         
Financial assets:         
Cash and cash equivalents$90,944
 $90,944
 $
 $
 $90,944
Available-for-sale securities1,043,411
 375
 887,564
 155,472
 1,043,411
Held-to-maturity securities14,038
 
 14,829
 
 14,829
Loans held for sale62,517
 
 62,517
 
 62,517
Loans receivable-net4,870,552
 
 
 4,895,638
 4,895,638
FHLBB stock53,476
 
 
 53,476
 53,476
Accrued interest receivable18,771
 
 
 18,771
 18,771
Derivative assets11,734
 
 11,734
 
 11,734
Mortgage servicing rights10,104
 
 
 10,104
 10,104
Financial liabilities:         
Deposits4,711,172
 
 
 4,711,774
 4,711,774
Mortgagors’ and investors’ escrow accounts13,354
 
 
 13,354
 13,354
FHLBB advances and other borrowings1,169,619
 
 1,167,066
 
 1,167,066
Derivative liabilities15,040
 
 15,040
 
 15,040
Certain financial instruments and all nonfinancial investments are exempt from disclosure requirements. Accordingly, the aggregate fair value of amounts presented above may not necessarily represent the underlying fair value of the Company.
Note 13.Commitments and Contingencies
Financial Instruments With Off-Balance Sheet Risk
In the normal course of business, the Company is a party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk to meet the financing needs of its customers. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit through issuing standby letters of credit and undisbursed portions of construction loans and involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk


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The contractual amounts of commitments to extend credit represent the amounts of potential accounting loss should the contract be fully drawn upon, the customer defaults and the value of any existing collateral obligations is deemed worthless. The Company uses the same credit policies in making commitments as it does for on-balance sheet instruments. Off-balance sheet financial instruments whose contract amounts represent credit risk are as follows at June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016:2017:
June 30,
2017
 December 31,
2016
June 30,
2018
 December 31,
2017
(In thousands)(In thousands)
Commitments to extend credit:      
Commitment to grant loans$239,545
 $197,070
$94,573
 $110,664
Undisbursed construction loans138,667
 90,149
132,555
 136,149
Undisbursed home equity lines of credit389,821
 364,421
436,890
 412,484
Undisbursed commercial lines of credit397,251
 382,018
442,186
 412,547
Standby letters of credit15,144
 13,588
13,380
 14,680
Unused credit card lines14,505
 12,327
18,114
 16,084
Unused checking overdraft lines of credit1,527
 1,465
1,644
 1,544
Total$1,196,460
 $1,061,038
$1,139,342
 $1,104,152
Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. Standby letters of credit are conditional commitments issued by the Company to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. Since these commitments could expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. The Company evaluates each customer’s creditworthiness on a case-by-case basis. The amount of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary by the Company upon extension of credit, is based on management’s credit evaluation of the counterparty. Collateral held varies but may include residential and commercial property, accounts receivable, inventory, property, plant and equipment, deposits, and securities.
Other Commitments
The Company invests in partnerships, including low income housing tax credit, new markets housing tax credit, and alternative energy tax credit partnerships. The net carrying balance of these investments totaled $34.3$40.1 million at June 30, 20172018 and is included in other assets in the consolidated statementConsolidated Statement of condition.Condition. At June 30, 2017,2018, the Company was contractually committed under these limited partnership agreements to make additional capital contributions of $18.4$12.3 million, which constitutes our maximum potential obligation to these partnerships.
Legal Matters
The Company is involved in various legal proceedings that have arisen in the normal course of business. The Company is not involved in any legal proceedings deemed to be material as of June 30, 2017.2018.
Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this document that are not historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (referred to as the Securities Act), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (referred to as the Securities Exchange Act), and are intended to be covered by the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify these statements from the use of the words “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “plan,” “potential,” “estimate,” “project,” “believe,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “target” and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks, assumptions and uncertainties, including among other things, changes in general economic and business conditions, increased competitive pressures, changes in the interest rate environment, legislative and regulatory change, changes in the financial markets, and other risks and uncertainties disclosed from time to time in documents that United Financial Bancorp, Inc. files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 20162017 and the Risk Factors in Item 1A of this report. Because of these and other uncertainties, United’s actual results, performance or achievements, or industry results, may be materially different from the results indicated by these forward-looking statements. In addition, United’s past results


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management undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date on which such statements were made.
The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) is intended to help the reader understand the Company’s operations and present business environment. Management believes accuracy, transparency and clarity are the primary goals of successful financial reporting. Management remains committed to transparency in the Company’s financial reporting, providing the Company’s stockholders with informative financial disclosures and presenting an accurate view of the Company’s financial disclosures, financial position and operating results.
The MD&A is provided as a supplement to—and should be read in conjunction with—the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and the accompanying notes thereto contained in Part I, Item 1, of this report as well as the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.2017. The following sections are included in the MD&A:
Business – a general description of the Company’s business, objectives and regulatory considerations.
Critical Accounting Estimates – a discussion of accounting estimates that require critical judgments and estimates.
Operating Results – an analysis of the Company’s consolidated results of operations for the periods presented in the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.
Comparison of Financial Liquidity and Capital Resources – an overview of financial condition and market interest rate risk.
Business
General
United Financial Bancorp, Inc., a publicly-owned registered financial holding company, is headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut and is a Connecticut corporation. United Financial Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for United Bank. United’s common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Stock Exchange under the symbol “UBNK.” The Company’s principal asset at June 30, 2018 is the outstanding capital stock of United Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
By assets, United Financial Bancorp, Inc. is the third largest publicly traded banking institution headquartered in Connecticut with consolidated assets of $6.88$7.21 billion and stockholders’ equity of $679.5$701.9 million at June 30, 2017.2018.
The Company is a commercially-focused financial institution delivering financial services primarily to small- to mid-sized businesses and individuals throughout Connecticut and Massachusetts through 5354 banking offices, commercial loan production offices, mortgage loan production offices, 6566 ATMs, telephone banking, mobile banking, and online banking (www.bankatunited.com). In the second quarter of 2018, the Company entered into an agreement with Webster Bank, N.A. to purchase and assume the personal and business banking deposits at six branches located in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. The deal is expected to close in the fall of 2018, pending regulatory approval, at which time three current United Bank branches will consolidate into the closest, respective Webster branch.
The Company’s vision is to pursue excellence in all things with respect to its customers, employees, shareholders and communities. This pursuit of excellence has helped the Company fulfill the financial needs of its customers while delivering an exceptional banking experience in the market areas that it has served since 1858. The structure of United Bank supports the vision with community banking teams in each market that provide traditional banking products and services to business organizations and individuals, including commercial business loans, commercial and residential real estate loans, consumer loans, financial advisory services and a variety of deposit products.
Our business philosophy is to remain a community-oriented franchise and continue to focus on organic growth supplemented through acquisitions and provide superior customer service to meet the financial needs of the communities in which we operate.
The Company’s results of operations depend primarily on net interest income, which is the difference between the income earned on its loan and securities portfolios and its cost of funds, consisting of the interest paid on deposits and borrowings. Results of operations are also affected by the Company’s provision for loan losses, gains and losses from sales of loans and securities, and non-interest income and expenses. Non-interest income primarily consists of fee income from depositors, mortgage banking activities, loan swap fees and increases in cash surrender value of bank-owned life insurance (“BOLI”). Non-interest expenses consist principally of salaries and employee benefits, occupancy, service bureau fees, core deposit intangible amortization, marketing, professional fees, FDIC insurance assessments, and other operating expenses.


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Results of operations are also significantly affected by general economic and competitive conditions and changes in interest rates as well as government policies and actions of regulatory authorities. Future changes in applicable laws, regulations or government policies may materially affect the Company.
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Our Objectives
The Company seeks to grow organically and through strategic mergers/acquisitions as well as to continually deliver superior value to its customers, stockholders, employees and communities through achievement of its core operating objectives which are to:
Align earning asset growth with organic capital and low cost core deposit generation to maintain strong capital and liquidity;
Re-mix cash flows into better yielding risk adjusted return on assets with lower funding costs relative to peers;
Invest in people, systems, and technology to grow revenue and improve customer experience while maintaining an attractive cost structure;
Grow operating revenue, maximize operating earnings, grow tangible book value, and pay dividends. Achieve more revenue into non-interest income and core fee income.
Significant factors management reviews to evaluate achievement of the Company’s operating objectives and its operating results and financial condition include, but are not limited to: net income and earnings per share, return on tangible common equity and assets, net interest margin, non-interest income, operating expenses related to total average assets and efficiency ratio, asset quality, loan and deposit growth, capital management, liquidity and interest rate sensitivity levels, customer service standards, market share and peer comparisons.
Regulatory Considerations
The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to numerous examinations by federal and state banking regulators, as well as the Securities and Exchange Commission. Please refer to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20162017 for additional disclosures with respect to laws and regulations affecting the Company’s businesses.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The accounting policies followed by the Company and its subsidiaries conform with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and with general practices within the banking industry. Critical accounting policies are defined as those that are reflective of significant judgments and uncertainties, and could potentially result in materially different results under different assumptions and conditions. The Company bases its assumptions, estimates and judgments on historical experience, current trends and other factors that management believes to be relevant at the time the Consolidated Financial Statements are prepared. On a regular basis, management reviews the accounting policies, assumptions, estimates and judgments to ensure that the consolidated financial statementsConsolidated Financial Statements are presented fairly and in accordance with GAAP.
Management believes that the most critical accounting policies, which involve the most complex subjective decisions or assessments, relate to the allowance for loan losses, other-than-temporary impairment of investment securities, derivative instruments and hedging activities, goodwill, and income taxes. Management has reviewed these critical accounting estimates and related disclosures with the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. Additional accounting policies are more fully described in Note 1 in the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” presented in our 20162017 Annual Report on Form 10-K. A brief description of the Company’s current policies involving significant judgment follows:
Allowance for Loan Losses
The allowance for loan losses is maintained at a level that management considers adequate to absorb losses in the loan portfolio. Management’s judgment in determining the adequacy of the allowance is inherently subjective and is based on past loan loss experience, known and inherent losses and size of the loan portfolios, an assessment of current economic and real estate market conditions, estimates of the current value of underlying collateral, review of regulatory authority examination reports and other relevant factors.
The general component of the allowance for loan losses is based on historical loss experience adjusted for qualitative factors stratified by the following loan segments: owner-occupied and investor non-owner occupied commercial real estate, commercial and residential construction, commercial business, residential real estate, home equity, and other consumer. The general component of the allowance for loan losses also includes a reserve based upon historical loss experience for loans which were acquired and have subsequently evidenced measured credit deterioration following initial acquisition. Our acquired loan portfolio is comprised of purchased loans that show no evidence of deterioration subsequent to acquisition and are therefore not part of the covered portfolio. Acquired impaired loans are loans with evidence of deterioration subsequent to acquisition and are considered in the covered portfolio in establishing the allowance for loan losses.


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Other-than-Temporary Impairment of Securities
The Company maintains a securities portfolio that is classified into two major categories: available-for-sale and held-to-maturity.as available-for-sale. Securities available-for-sale are recorded at estimated fair value with unrealized gains and losses excluded from earnings and reported in other comprehensive income. Held-to-maturity securities are recorded at amortized cost. Management determines the classifications of a security at the time of purchase.
Quarterly, securities with unrealized losses are reviewed as deemed appropriate to assess whether the decline in fair value is temporary or other-than-temporary. The assessment is to determine whether the decline in value is from company-specific events, industry developments, general economic conditions, credit losses on debt or other reasons. Declines in the fair value of available-for-sale securities or held-to-maturity securities below their cost or amortized cost that are deemed to be other-than-temporary are reflected in earnings for equity securities and for debt securities that have an identifiedupon the identification of credit loss. Unrealized losses on debt securities with no identified credit loss component are reflected in other comprehensive income.
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
The Company uses derivatives to manage a variety of risks, including risks related to interest rates. Accounting for derivatives as hedges requires that, at inception and over the term of the arrangement, the hedged item and related derivative meet the requirements for hedge accounting. The rules and interpretations related to derivatives accounting are complex. Failure to apply this complex guidance correctly will result in the changes in the fair value of the derivative being reported in earnings.
The Company uses interest rate swaps to manage its interest rate risk. The valuation of these instruments is determined using widely accepted valuation techniques including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each derivative. The fair values of interest rate swaps are determined using the standard methodology of netting the discounted future fixed cash receipts (or payment) and the expected variable cash payments (or receipts). The variable cash payment (or receipts) are based on an expectation of future interest rates (forward curves) derived from observable market interest rates curves.
At June 30, 2017,2018, derivative assets and liabilities were $14.4$23.2 million and $18.5$18.4 million, respectively. Further information about our use of derivatives is provided in Note 7, “Derivatives and Hedging Activities” in Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements in this report.
Goodwill
The Company is required to record certain assets and liabilities it has acquired in a business combination, including identifiable intangible assets such as core deposit intangibles, at fair value, which may involve making estimates based on third-party valuations, such as appraisals or internal valuations based on discounted cash flow analyses or other valuation techniques. The resulting goodwill is evaluated for impairment annually or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value of the goodwill may be impaired.
When goodwill is evaluated for impairment, qualitative factors considered include, but are not limited to, industry and market conditions, overall financial performance, and events affecting the reporting unit. If there are no qualitative factors that indicate goodwill may be impaired, the quantitative analysis is not required. For a quantitative analysis, if the carrying amount exceeds the implied fair value, an impairment charge is recorded to income. The fair value is based on observable market prices, when practicable. Other valuation techniques may be used when market prices are unavailable, including estimated discounted cash flows and market multiples analyses. These types of analyses contain uncertainties because they require management to make assumptions and to apply judgment to estimate industry economic factors and the profitability of future business strategies. In the event of future changes in fair value, the Company may be exposed to an impairment charge that could be material.
The carrying value of goodwill at June 30, 20172018 was $115.3 million. For further discussion on goodwill see Note 5, “Goodwill and Core Deposit Intangibles” in Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements in this report.
Income Taxes
The Company recognizes income taxes under the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases.
Significant management judgment is required in determining income tax expense and deferred tax assets and liabilities. Some judgments are subjective and involve estimates and assumptions about matters that are inherently uncertain. In determining the valuation allowance, we use forecasted future operating results, based upon approved business plans, including a review of the eligible carry forward periods, tax planning opportunities and other relevant considerations. Management believes that the accounting estimate related to the valuation allowance is a critical accounting estimate because the underlying assumptions can


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The reserve for tax contingencies contains uncertainties because management is required to make assumptions and to apply judgment to estimate the exposures associated with our various tax positions. The effective income tax rate is also affected by changes in tax law, entry into new tax jurisdictions, the level of earnings and the results of tax audits.

Operating Results
Executive Overview
Net income of $16.2$15.6 million, or $0.32$0.31 per diluted share, was recorded for the three months ended June 30, 2017,2018, compared to net income of $9.1$16.2 million, or $0.18$0.32 per diluted share, for the same period in 2016.2017. Net income for the six months ended June 30, 20172018 was $29.9$31.4 million, or $0.59$0.62 per diluted share, compared to $21.0$29.9 million, or $0.42$0.59 per diluted share, for the same period in 2016.2017.
Net interest income increased $4.8$1.9 million and $5.7$4.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 20172018, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 20162017 due to balance sheet growth which was mostly comprised of strong loan originations and to a lesser extent, loan portfolio purchases. The Company intendsIt is the Company’s strategy in the future to increase the relative level of owner-occupied commercial real estate loans while selectively originatingdecreasing the relative level of investor non-owner occupied commercial real estate loans to generate more favorable risk-adjusted returns and protect thewhen management is able to identify production that can enhance net interest margin in a flat yield curve interest rate environment. Loans held for sale grew due to increased originations in the spring market coupled with the Company’s strategy to hold loans longer before sale in the secondary market. Balance sheet growth was also attributed to the increase in investment securities as the Company began to reinvest security cash flows focused on extending portfolio duration, primarily in mortgage-backed securities and collateralized loan obligation securities.margin. Total interest and dividend income increased $6.9$8.6 million and $8.5$16.9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 20172018 compared to the same periods in 2016. These2017. The increases were partially offset by increases in interest expense of $2.1$6.7 million and $2.8$12.8 million compared to the same periods in 2016.2017. The Company’s tax-equivalent net interest margin for the three and six months ended June 30, 20172018 was 3.04%2.97% and 3.03%2.94%, respectively, an increasea decrease of 13seven and nine basis points compared to the prior periods in 2017, respectively.
Non-interest income decreased $1.5 million and five basis points, respectively, over$909,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, as compared to the same periods in 2016.2017. The most significant factors in the decline were decreases in income from mortgage banking activities, service charges and fees, and net gain on sales of securities. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the decrease in income from mortgage banking activities was primarily due to the decrease in the gain on sale of loans. Additionally, there were higher losses on limited partnership investments as the Company experienced higher levels of impairment as compared to the respective prior year periods. Furthermore, there were decreases in the gain on sale of securities, as the Company strategically sold securities with shortened average lives and lower yields and reinvested into more capital-efficient investments as compared to the same periods in 2017. These changes were partially offset by increases in bank-owned life insurance income as the Company purchased additional BOLI in late December 2017 and early 2018, in addition to income related to death benefits during the three and six month periods of 2018.
Non-interest expense increased $3.0 million to $38.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018. Non-interest expense increased $4.9 million to $75.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018, compared to $70.3 million for the same period in 2017. The largest increases were recorded in salaries and employee benefits and occupancy and equipment, offset primarily by decreases in service bureau fees and other expenses, as compared to the prior periods in 2017. Salaries and employee benefits increased primarily due to an increase in salaries as a result of a greater number of employees, reflecting the Company’s hiring of additional staff for targeted growth, and the increase in occupancy and equipment as compared to the prior period was mainly driven by the move of the corporate headquarters to Hartford, CT. These increases were offset in part by lower service bureau fees due to several efficiency and risk mitigation projects related to the Company’s core banking system that occurred in the previous comparable period.
The provision for income increased $2.9taxes decreased $2.2 million and $4.7 million to $9.5 million and $18.0$2.9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively, compared2018 from the prior year periods, primarily due to the same periodsTax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was enacted into law on December 22, 2017. This resulted in, 2016. The increasesamongst other tax reform items, a reduction in both periods were due primarilythe Company’s applicable U.S. Federal Corporate tax rate to 21% from 35% beginning in the tax year 2018. Additionally, there was an increase in service charges and fees as a result of increased loan swap fee income, as well as increased revenue generated from the Company’s investment advisory subsidiary. The increases, to a lesser extent, were alsoprojected tax credit benefits for 2018 due to the Company recording lower impairment charges on its partnership investments.
Non-interest expense increased $298,000 to $35.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2017, compared to $34.7 million for the same period in 2016. The largest increase in non-interest expense for the three months ended June 30, 2017 was in other expenses, due to increased expenses related to computer software and maintenance as a resultclosing of technologytwo tax credit investments increased loan swap fees as the Company entered into more swaps in the three months ended June 30, 2017 versus the same period in 2016, and an increase in the provision for off balance sheet items due to an increase in total loan commitments. These increases were offset by decreases in salaries and employee benefits due to severance payments made in the prior year period and decreased commissions and incentives on product sales, decreases in service bureau fees due to the implementationsecond quarter of chip-enabled cards in the prior year period, and decreases in FDIC insurance assessments as a result of decreases in the assessment rate. Non-interest expense increased $1.2 million to $69.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017, compared to $68.4 million for the same period in 2016. The biggest driver of the increase in the six month period of 2017 was salaries and benefits as a result of increased bonus expense driven by the Company’s financial results and reaching certain corporate goals, as well as higher restricted stock expense related to awards granted in November 2016. The increases in non-interest expense were offset primarily by a decrease in FHLBB prepayment penalties, as the Company did not record any penalties in the six months ended June 30, 2017 compared to the previous year period as a result of the Company’s implementation of the investment portfolio optimization strategy.2018.
The asset quality of our loan portfolio has remained strong. At June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, the allowance for loan losses to total loans ratio was 0.89%were 0.90% and 0.87%0.88%, respectively, and the allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans ratio was 138.55%167.12% and 125.64%148.76%, respectively. The ratio of non-performing loans to total loans was 0.64%were 0.54% and 0.69%0.59% at June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, respectively. A provision for loan losses of $2.3$2.4 million and $4.6$4.3 million waswere recorded for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017,2018, compared to $3.6$2.3 million and $6.3$4.6 million for the same prior year periods, reflecting the ongoing assessment of asset quality measures including the estimated exposure on impaired loans and organic loan growth.


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The following table presents selected financial data and ratios:
Selected Financial DataAt or For the Three Months 
 Ended June 30,
 At or For the Six Months 
 Ended June 30,
At or For the Three Months 
 Ended June 30,
 At or For the Six Months 
 Ended June 30,
2017 2016 2017 20162018 2017 2018 2017
(Dollars in thousands, except share data)(Dollars in thousands, except share data)
Share Data:              
Basic net income per share$0.32
 $0.18
 $0.60
 $0.42
$0.31
 $0.32
 $0.62
 $0.60
Diluted net income per share0.32
 0.18
 0.59
 0.42
0.31
 0.32
 0.62
 0.59
Dividends declared per share0.12
 0.12
 0.24
 0.24
0.12
 0.12
 0.24
 0.24
Key Statistics:              
Total revenue$55,804
 $48,028
 $108,606
 $98,157
$56,541
 $56,154
 $112,373
 $109,183
Total expense34,979
 34,681
 69,674
 68,444
38,370
 35,329
 75,106
 70,251
Key Ratios (annualized):              
Return on average assets0.96% 0.57% 0.90% 0.66%0.88% 0.96% 0.89% 0.90%
Return on average equity9.66% 5.71% 9.01% 6.64%9.00% 9.66% 9.07% 9.01%
Tax-equivalent net interest margin3.04% 2.91% 3.03% 2.98%2.97% 3.04% 2.94% 3.03%
Non-interest expense to average assets2.06% 2.19% 2.09% 2.17%2.16% 2.08% 2.12% 2.10%
Cost of interest-bearing deposits0.73% 0.66% 0.70% 0.66%1.14% 0.73% 1.07% 0.70%
Non-performing Assets:              
Total non-accrual loans, excluding troubled debt restructures$25,048
 $32,310
 $25,048
 $32,310
$22,087
 $25,048
 $22,087
 $25,048
Troubled debt restructures - non-accruing7,475
 6,713
 7,475
 6,713
7,330
 7,475
 7,330
 7,475
Total non-performing loans32,523
 39,023
 32,523
 39,023
29,417
 32,523
 29,417
 32,523
Other real estate owned1,770
 702
 1,770
 702
1,855
 1,770
 1,855
 1,770
Total non-performing assets$34,293
 $39,725
 $34,293
 $39,725
$31,272
 $34,293
 $31,272
 $34,293
Asset Quality Ratios:              
Non-performing loans to total loans0.64% 0.82% 0.64% 0.82%0.54% 0.64% 0.54% 0.64%
Non-performing assets to total assets0.50% 0.62% 0.50% 0.62%0.43% 0.50% 0.43% 0.50%
Allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans138.55% 97.28% 138.55% 97.28%167.12% 138.55% 167.12% 138.55%
Allowance for loan losses to total loans0.89% 0.80% 0.89% 0.80%0.90% 0.89% 0.90% 0.89%
Non-GAAP Ratio:              
Efficiency ratio (1)59.49% 65.41% 61.64% 64.23%65.18% 59.75% 64.58% 61.83%
(1)Calculations for this non-GAAP metric are provided in the following Non-GAAP Financial Measures section
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to evaluating the Company’s results of operations in accordance with GAAP, management periodically supplements this evaluation with an analysis of certain non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP measures are intended to provide the reader with additional perspectives on operating results, financial condition, and performance trends, while facilitating comparisons with the performance of other financial institutions. Non-GAAP financial measures are not a substitute for GAAP measures, rather, they should be read and used in conjunction with the Company’s GAAP financial information.
The efficiency ratio is used as a common measure by banks as a comparable metric to understand the Company’s expense structure relative to its total revenue; in other words, for every dollar of total revenue we recognize, how much of that dollar is expended. In order to improve the comparability of the ratio to our peers, we remove non-core items. To improve transparency, and acknowledging that banks are not consistent in their definition of the efficiency ratio, we include our calculation of this non-GAAP measure.


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The following is a calculation of our efficiency ratio for the three and six months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016:2017:
 For the Three Months 
 Ended June 30,
 For the Six Months 
 Ended June 30,
 2017 2016 2017 2016
Efficiency Ratio:       
Non-Interest Expense (GAAP)$34,979
 $34,681
 $69,674
 $68,444
Non-GAAP adjustments:       
Other real estate owned expense(305) (63) (396) (98)
Effect of position eliminations
 (1,403) 
 (1,403)
FHLBB prepayment penalties
 
 
 (1,454)
Non-Interest Expense for Efficiency Ratio (non-GAAP)$34,674
 $33,215
 $69,278
 $65,489
        
Net Interest Income (GAAP)$46,328
 $41,496
 $90,625
 $84,898
Non-GAAP adjustments:       
Tax equivalent adjustment for tax-exempt loans and investment securities1,943
 1,616
 3,636
 3,181
        
Non-Interest Income (GAAP)9,476
 6,532
 17,981
 13,259
Non-GAAP adjustments:       
Net gain on sales of securities(95) (367) (552) (1,819)
Net loss on limited partnership investments638
 1,504
 718
 2,440
BOLI claim benefit
 
 (8) 
Total Revenue for Efficiency Ratio (non-GAAP)$58,290
 $50,781
 $112,400
 $101,959
        
Efficiency Ratio (Non-Interest Expense for Efficiency Ratio (non-GAAP)/Total Revenue for Efficiency Ratio (non-GAAP))59.49% 65.41% 61.64% 64.23%
 For the Three Months 
 Ended June 30,
 For the Six Months 
 Ended June 30,
 2018 2017 2018 2017
Efficiency Ratio:       
Non-Interest Expense (GAAP)$38,370
 $35,329
 $75,106
 $70,251
Non-GAAP adjustments:       
Other real estate owned expense(163) (293) (330) (396)
Lease exit/ disposal cost obligation(215) 
 (215) 
Non-Interest Expense for Efficiency Ratio (non-GAAP)$37,992
 $35,036
 $74,561
 $69,855
        
Net Interest Income (GAAP)$48,181
 $46,328
 $94,724
 $90,625
Non-GAAP adjustments:       
Tax equivalent adjustment for tax-exempt loans and investment securities1,059
 1,943
 2,142
 3,636
        
Non-Interest Income (GAAP)8,360
 9,826
 17,649
 18,558
Non-GAAP adjustments:       
Net gain on sales of securities(62) (95) (178) (552)
Net loss on limited partnership investments960
 638
 1,550
 718
BOLI claim benefit(209) 
 (435) (8)
Total Revenue for Efficiency Ratio (non-GAAP)$58,289
 $58,640
 $115,452
 $112,977
        
Efficiency Ratio (Non-Interest Expense for Efficiency Ratio (non-GAAP)/Total Revenue for Efficiency Ratio (non-GAAP))65.18% 59.75% 64.58% 61.83%
Average Balances, Interest, Average Yields\Cost and Rate\Volume Analysis
The tables below sets forth average balance sheets, average yields and costs, and certain other information for the periods indicated. A tax-equivalent yield adjustment was made for the three and six months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016.2017. All average balances are daily average balances. Loans held for sale and non-accrual loans are included in the computation of interest-earning average balances, with non-accrual loans carrying a zero yield. The yields set forth below include the effect of deferred costs, discounts and premiums that are amortized or accreted to interest income or expense.







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Average Balance Sheets for the Three Months Endedthree months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016:2017:
Three Months Ended June 30,Three Months Ended June 30,
2017 20162018 2017
 Average Balance Interest and Dividends Annualized Yield/Cost  Average Balance Interest and Dividends Annualized Yield/Cost
(Dollars in thousands)
(Dollars in thousands) Average Balance Interest and Dividends Annualized Yield/Cost  Average Balance Interest and Dividends Annualized Yield/Cost
Interest-earning assets:                      
Residential real estate loans$1,297,558
 $10,839
 3.34% $1,199,406
 $9,725
 3.24%$1,338,021
 $12,020
 3.60% $1,297,558
 $10,839
 3.34%
Commercial real estate loans2,153,938
 21,837
 4.01
 2,028,659
 20,910
 4.08
2,306,896
 24,762
 4.25
 2,153,938
 21,837
 4.01
Construction loans128,730
 1,396
 4.29
 164,716
 1,647
 3.96
114,987
 1,331
 4.58
 128,730
 1,396
 4.29
Commercial business loans780,553
 7,628
 3.87
 636,986
 5,533
 3.44
816,102
 9,139
 4.43
 780,553
 7,628
 3.87
Home equity loans541,017
 5,737
 4.25
 445,391
 3,588
 3.24
588,080
 7,058
 4.81
 541,017
 5,737
 4.25
Other consumer loans230,419
 2,907
 5.06
 218,348
 2,671
 4.92
322,103
 4,062
 5.06
 230,419
 2,907
 5.06
Total loans (1)5,132,215
 50,344
 3.90
 4,693,506
 44,074
 3.73
5,486,189
 58,372
 4.23
 5,132,215
 50,344
 3.90
Investment securities1,099,011
 9,577
 3.48
 1,095,937
 8,617
 3.14
1,019,491
 8,998
 3.53
 1,099,011
 9,577
 3.48
Federal Home Loan Bank stock54,151
 534
 3.95
 55,989
 479
 3.43
49,136
 703
 5.72
 54,151
 534
 3.95
Other earning assets19,472
 50
 1.03
 42,327
 67
 0.64
30,122
 116
 1.55
 19,472
 50
 1.03
Total interest-earning assets6,304,849
 60,505
 3.82
 5,887,759
 53,237
 3.60
6,584,938
 68,189
 4.12
 6,304,849
 60,505
 3.82
Allowance for loan losses(44,888)     (36,357)    (48,624)     (44,888)    
Non-interest-earning assets520,375
     474,943
    555,407
     520,375
    
Total assets$6,780,336
     $6,326,345
    $7,091,721
     $6,780,336
    
Interest-bearing liabilities:                   
  
NOW and money market accounts$1,929,917
 2,808
 0.58
 $1,541,058
 1,666
 0.43
2,256,323
 6,163
 1.10% 1,929,917
 2,808
 0.58%
Saving deposits (2)541,867
 80
 0.06
 537,276
 79
 0.06
517,910
 77
 0.06
 541,867
 80
 0.06
Time deposits1,715,436
 4,715
 1.10
 1,783,687
 4,637
 1.05
1,749,097
 6,624
 1.52
 1,715,436
 4,715
 1.10
Total interest-bearing deposits4,187,220
 7,603
 0.73
 3,862,021
 6,382
 0.66
4,523,330
 12,864
 1.14
 4,187,220
 7,603
 0.73
Advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank1,028,835
 3,152
 1.21
 985,424
 2,369
 0.95
959,248
 4,692
 1.94
 1,028,835
 3,152
 1.21
Other borrowings154,780
 1,479
 3.78
 121,587
 1,374
 4.47
112,112
 1,393
 4.91
 154,780
 1,479
 3.78
Total interest-bearing liabilities5,370,835
 12,234
 0.91% 4,969,032
 10,125
 0.81%5,594,690
 18,949
 1.35
 5,370,835
 12,234
 0.91
Non-interest-bearing deposits670,244
     641,107
    738,484
     670,244
    
Other liabilities68,731
     81,839
    63,246
     68,731
    
Total liabilities6,109,810
     5,691,978
    6,396,420
     6,109,810
    
Stockholders’ equity670,526
     634,367
    695,301
     670,526
    
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity$6,780,336
     $6,326,345
    $7,091,721
     $6,780,336
    
Net interest-earning assets (3)$934,014
     $918,727
    $990,248
     $934,014
    
Tax-equivalent net interest income  48,271
     43,112
    49,240
     48,271
  
Tax-equivalent net interest rate spread (4)    2.91%     2.79%    2.77%     2.91%
Tax-equivalent net interest margin (5)    3.04%     2.91%    2.97%     3.04%
Average interest-earning assets to average interest-bearing liabilities    117.39%     118.49%    117.70%     117.39%
Less tax-equivalent adjustment  1,943
     1,616
    1,059
     1,943
  
  $46,328
     $41,496
  
Net interest income  $48,181
     $46,328
  
(1)Total loans includes loans held for sale and nonperforming loans.
(2)Includes mortgagors’ and investors’ escrow accounts.
(3)Tax-equivalent netNet interest-earning assets represent total interest-earning assets less total interest-bearing liabilities.
(4)NetTax-equivalent net interest rate spread represents the difference between yield on average interest-earning assets and the cost of average interest-bearing liabilities.
(5)Tax-equivalent net interest rate margin represents tax-equivalent net interest income divided by average interest-earning assets.


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Average Balance Sheets for the Six Months Ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016:2017:
Six Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2017 20162018 2017
 Average Balance Interest and Dividends Annualized Yield/Cost  Average Balance Interest and Dividends Annualized Yield/Cost Average Balance Interest and Dividends Annualized Yield/Cost  Average Balance Interest and Dividends Annualized Yield/Cost
(Dollars in thousands)(Dollars in thousands)
Interest-earning assets:                      
Residential real estate loans$1,266,484
 $21,062
 3.33% $1,203,206
 $19,781
 3.29%$1,326,185
 $23,526
 3.56% $1,266,484
 $21,062
 3.33%
Commercial real estate loans2,126,358
 42,563
 3.98
 2,019,627
 41,953
 4.11
2,294,451
 48,419
 4.20
 2,126,358
 42,563
 3.98
Construction loans137,062
 2,960
 4.29
 167,993
 3,668
 4.32
117,199
 2,656
 4.51
 137,062
 2,960
 4.29
Commercial business loans755,637
 14,347
 3.78
 622,159
 11,663
 3.71
829,382
 17,521
 4.20
 755,637
 14,347
 3.78
Home equity loans532,225
 10,959
 4.15
 438,675
 7,299
 3.34
583,454
 13,585
 4.69
 532,225
 10,959
 4.15
Other consumer loans221,401
 5,518
 5.03
 223,626
 5,647
 5.08
311,032
 7,862
 5.10
 221,401
 5,518
 5.03
Total loans (1)5,039,167
 97,409
 3.86
 4,675,286
 90,011
 3.83
5,461,703
 113,569
 4.15
 5,039,167
 97,409
 3.86
Investment securities1,084,548
 18,745
 3.45
 1,089,131
 17,367
 3.18
1,030,404
 17,618
 3.42
 1,084,548
 18,745
 3.45
Federal Home Loan Bank stock53,658
 1,058
 3.94
 54,193
 858
 3.17
50,291
 1,309
 5.21
 53,658
 1,058
 3.94
Other earning assets32,263
 152
 0.95
 50,032
 140
 0.56
34,202
 270
 1.59
 32,263
 152
 0.95
Total interest-earning assets6,209,636
 117,364
 3.77
 5,868,642
 108,376
 3.67
6,576,600
 132,766
 4.03
 6,209,636
 117,364
 3.77
Allowance for loan losses(44,260)     (35,693)    (48,205)     (44,260)    
Non-interest-earning assets517,403
     473,624
    554,873
     517,403
    
Total assets$6,682,779
     $6,306,573
    $7,083,268
     $6,682,779
    
Interest-bearing liabilities:                      
NOW and money market accounts$1,886,926
 5,004
 0.53
 $1,557,318
 3,449
 0.45
$2,201,937
 11,055
 1.01% $1,886,926
 5,004
 0.53%
Saving deposits (2)535,299
 158
 0.06
 528,270
 153
 0.06
514,426
 150
 0.06
 535,299
 158
 0.06
Time deposits1,714,256
 9,260
 1.09
 1,765,671
 9,046
 1.03
1,772,754
 12,686
 1.44
 1,714,256
 9,260
 1.09
Total interest-bearing deposits4,136,481
 14,422
 0.70
 3,851,259
 12,648
 0.66
4,489,117
 23,891
 1.07
 4,136,481
 14,422
 0.70
Advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank1,004,813
 5,822
 1.15
 971,121
 4,850
 0.99
996,360
 9,238
 1.84
 1,004,813
 5,822
 1.15
Other borrowings140,470
 2,859
 4.05
 135,987
 2,799
 4.07
115,043
 2,771
 4.79
 140,470
 2,859
 4.05
Total interest-bearing liabilities5,281,764
 23,103
 0.88% 4,958,367
 20,297
 0.82%5,600,520
 35,900
 1.29
 5,281,764
 23,103
 0.88
Non-interest-bearing deposits669,537
     638,317
    725,993
     669,537
    
Other liabilities67,302
     79,171
    63,919
     67,302
    
Total liabilities6,018,603
     5,675,855
    6,390,432
     6,018,603
    
Stockholders’ equity664,176
     630,718
    692,836
     664,176
    
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity$6,682,779
     $6,306,573
    $7,083,268
     $6,682,779
    
Net interest-earning assets (2)(3)$927,872
     $910,275
    $976,080
     $927,872
    
Tax-equivalent net interest income  94,261
     88,079
    96,866
     94,261
  
Tax-equivalent net interest rate spread (3)(4)    2.89%     2.85%    2.74%     2.89%
Tax-equivalent net interest margin (4)(5)    3.03%     2.98%    2.94%     3.03%
Average interest-earning assets to average interest-bearing liabilities    117.57%     118.36%    117.43%     117.57%
Less tax-equivalent adjustment  3,636
     3,181
    2,142
     3,636
  
Net interest income  $90,625
     $84,898
    $94,724
     $90,625
  
(1)Total loans includes loans held for sale and nonperforming loans.
(2)Includes mortgagors’ and investors’ escrow accounts.
(3)Tax-equivalent netNet interest-earning assets represent total interest-earning assets less total interest-bearing liabilities.
(4)NetTax-equivalent net interest rate spread represents the difference between yield on average interest-earning assets and the cost of average interest-bearing liabilities.
(5)Tax-equivalent net interest rate margin represents tax-equivalent net interest income divided by average interest-earning assets.


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Rate\Volume Analysis
The following table presents the effects of changing rates and volumes on our net interest income for the periods indicated. The rate column shows the effects attributable to changes in rate (changes in rate multiplied by prior volume). The volume column shows the effects attributable to changes in volume (changes in volume multiplied by prior rate). The net column represents the sum of the prior columns. For purposes of this table, changes attributable to changes in both rate and volume that cannot be segregated have been allocated proportionately based on the changes due to rate and the changes due to volume.
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2017 Compared to
June 30, 2016
 Six Months Ended
June 30, 2017 compared to
June 30, 2016
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2018 Compared to
June 30, 2017
 Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018 Compared to
June 30, 2017
Increase (Decrease)
Due to
   Increase (Decrease)
Due to
  Increase (Decrease)
Due to
   Increase (Decrease)
Due to
  
Volume Rate Net Volume Rate NetVolume Rate Net Volume Rate Net
(In thousands)(In thousands)
Interest and dividend income:                      
Loans receivable$4,044
 $2,226
 $6,270
 $6,715
 $683
 $7,398
$3,813
 $4,215
 $8,028
 $8,865
 $7,295
 $16,160
Securities (1)8
 1,007
 1,015
 (82) 1,660
 1,578
(752) 342
 (410) (997) 121
 (876)
Other earning assets(47) 30
 (17) (62) 74
 12
35
 31
 66
 10
 108
 118
Total earning assets4,005
 3,263
 7,268
 6,571
 2,417
 8,988
3,096
 4,588
 7,684
 7,878
 7,524
 15,402
Interest expense:                      
NOW and money market accounts483
 659
 1,142
 805
 750
 1,555
542
 2,813
 3,355
 953
 5,098
 6,051
Savings accounts1
 
 1
 2
 3
 5
(4) 1
 (3) (6) (2) (8)
Time deposits(182) 260
 78
 (269) 483
 214
94
 1,815
 1,909
 326
 3,100
 3,426
Total interest-bearing deposits302
 919
 1,221
 538
 1,236
 1,774
632
 4,629
 5,261
 1,273
 8,196
 9,469
FHLBB advances107
 676
 783
 170
 802
 972
(223) 1,763
 1,540
 (49) 3,465
 3,416
Other borrowings334
 (229) 105
 90
 (30) 60
(460) 374
 (86) (557) 469
 (88)
Total interest-bearing liabilities743
 1,366
 2,109
 798
 2,008
 2,806
(51) 6,766
 6,715
 667
 12,130
 12,797
Change in tax-equivalent net interest income$3,262
 $1,897
 $5,159
 $5,773
 $409
 $6,182
$3,147
 $(2,178) $969
 $7,211
 $(4,606) $2,605
(1)Includes FHLBB stock
Comparison of Operating Results for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 20172018 and 20162017
The following discussion provides a summary and comparison of the Company’s operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016.2017.


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Net Interest Income
Net interest income is the amount that interest and fees on earning assets (loans and investments) exceeds the cost of funds, interest paid to the Company’s depositors and interest on external borrowings. Net interest margin is the difference between the income on earning assets and the cost of interest-bearing funds as a percentage of average earning assets. Growth in net interest income has resulted from the growth in interest-earning assets andoutpacing the growth in interest-bearing liabilities, primarily reflecting organic loan growth and portfolio purchases.
For the three months ended June 30, 2017, tax equivalent2018, tax-equivalent net interest income increased $5.2 million$969,000 from the comparative 20162017 period. This was mainly due to thean increase in average earning assets of $417.1$280.1 million, offset by an increase of $401.8$223.9 million in interest-bearing liabilities, due to loan growth which was primarily funded by borrowings and deposits. The increase in interest and dividendsdividend income of $7.3$7.7 million was partially offset by the increase in interest expense of $2.1$6.7 million. The net interest margin increased 13decreased seven basis points, the yield on interest-earningaverage earning assets increased 2230 basis points, and the cost of interest-bearing liabilities increased ten44 basis points from the same period in 2016.2017.
For the six months ended June 30, 2017,2018, tax-equivalent net interest income increased $6.2$2.6 million from the comparative 20162017 period. This was mainly due to the increase in average earning assets of $341.0$367.0 million outpacing the increase of $323.4$318.8 million in interest-bearing liabilities, with the remainder funded by an increase in non-interest bearing deposits of $31.2$56.5 million. The increase in interest and dividend income of $9.0$15.4 million was partially offset by the increase in interest expense of $2.8$12.8 million. The net interest margin increased fivedecreased nine basis points, the yield on average earnings assets increased ten26 basis points, and the cost of interest-bearing liabilities increased six41 basis points from the same period in 2016.2017.
The increase in the average balances of loans primarily reflects loan growth and portfolio purchases. The average balance of total loans for the three and six months ended June 30, 20172018 was $5.13$5.49 billion and $5.04$5.46 billion, and had an average yield of 3.90%4.23% and 3.86%4.15%, respectively. The largest increasesIncreases in the average balances for loans were recorded in commercial business loans, home equityall categories except construction loans, and commercial real estate loans.increased $354.0 million and $422.5 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2017. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2017,2018, the average balance of commercial real estate loans, commercial business loans, other consumer loans, residential real estate loans, and home equity loans and commercial real estate loans increased $143.6$153.0 million and $133.5$168.1 million, $95.6$35.5 million and $93.6$73.7 million, $91.7 million and $125.3$89.6 million, $40.5 million and $106.7$59.7 million, and $47.1 million and $51.2 million, respectively, from the respective prior periodsperiod in 2016.2017. The loan portfolio has responded favorably to the increase in the Fed Funds rates, LIBOR and Prime rate indices, as 27%30% of the portfolio is priced off of the LIBOR index, and 15%14% of the portfolio is priced off of the Prime rate index.
The average balance of investment securities increased $3.1 million, and the average yield earned on these securities increased 34 basis points for the three months ended June 30, 2017,2018 decreased $79.5 million when compared to the same period in 2016,2017, while the average yield increased by five basis points. The average balance of investment securities decreased $4.6$54.1 million, and the average yield increased 27decreased three basis points for the six months ended June 30, 20172018 compared to the same period in 2016.2017. The improvementdecline in the portfolio yield during the six months ended June 30, 2018 was due to a slight duration extension withinlargely driven by the portfolio, coupled by increases innegative impact that tax reform has on the 3-month LIBOR index.yield of tax-exempt municipal bonds.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 20172018 compared to the same periods in 2016,2017, the average balance of total interest-bearing deposits increased $325.2$336.1 million and $285.2$352.6 million, while the average cost was limited to a seven and four basis point increase, respectively. These increases were primarily due to deposit growth in all categories except for time deposits andsavings, as well as the Company’s continued focus to grow low cost deposits. FHLBB advances increased $43.4 milliondeposits and $33.7 million while the continued success in new account acquisition strategies. The average cost of total interest-bearing deposits increased 2641 and 1637 basis points for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017,2018, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2016,2017. FHLBB advances decreased $69.6 million and $8.5 million, while the average cost increased 73 and 69 basis points for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively, compared to help fund new loan growth and portfolio purchases.the same periods in 2017, as the Company utilized excess funds to pay down maturing advances. The Company focused oncontinued to utilize shorter duration advances to align maturities with new accounts, however, overnightthe Company executed cash flow hedges of interest rate risk to extend the duration of the portfolio. Overnight advance and short term rates were elevated due to recentcontinued Federal Open Market Committee (“FOMC”) rate increases.increases and a flattening yield curve.
Net interest income is affected by changes in interest rates, loan and deposit pricing strategies, competitive conditions, the volume and mix of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities as well as the level of non-performing assets. The Company manages the risk of changes in interest rates on its net interest income through an Asset/Liability Management Committee and through related interest rate risk monitoring and management policies.
Provision for Loan Losses
The provision for loan losses is a charge to earnings in an amount sufficient to maintain the allowance for loan losses at a level deemed adequate by the Company. The level of the allowance is a critical accounting estimate, which is subject to uncertainty. Acquired loans are recorded at fair value at the time of acquisition, with no carryover of the allowance for loan losses, which includes adjustments for market interest rates and expected credit losses. Included within the ALL at June 30, 20172018 are reserves for acquired loans in accordance with Bank policies.


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Management evaluates the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses on a quarterly basis. The adequacy of the loan loss allowance is based on such interrelated factors as the composition of the loan portfolio and its inherent risk characteristics, the level of non-performing loans and charge-offs, both current and historic, local economic and credit conditions, the direction of real estate values, and regulatory guidelines. The provision is charged against earnings in order to maintain an allowance for loan losses that reflects management’s best estimate of probable losses inherent in the loan portfolio at the balance sheet date.


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Management recorded a provision for loan losses of $2.3$2.4 million and $4.6$4.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017,2018, respectively, compared to $3.6$2.3 million and $6.3$4.6 million for the same periods of 2016.2017. The primary factors that influenced management’s decision to record the provision waswere organic growth during the period, migration to covered loans, the on-going assessment of estimated exposure on impaired loans, level of delinquencies, and general economic conditions. Impaired loans totaled $50.2$43.4 million at June 30, 2017,2018, compared to $50.1$45.9 million at December 31, 2016, an increase2017, a decrease of $73,000,$2.5 million, or 0.1%5.4%, reflecting increasesdecreases of $1.7 million in commercial business impaired loans, $753,000 in construction impaired loans, $665,000 in residential real estate impaired loans, and $377,000 in home equity impaired loans, offset by increases of $484,000 in owner-occupied commercial real estate impaired loans, $403,000 in investor non-owner occupied commercial real estate residential real estate, and commercial business impaired loans, of $1.4 million, $1.1 million, $775,000, and $437,000, respectively; offset by decreases$138,000 in construction, other consumer and owner-occupied commercial real estate impaired loans of $2.1 million. $1.1 million, and $484,000, respectively.loans. Troubled debt restructured (“TDR”) loans totaled $25.1$21.3 million at June 30, 2017,2018, compared to $23.3$22.7 million at December 31, 2016, an increase2017, a decrease of $1.8$1.4 million. At June 30, 2017,2018, the allowance for loan losses totaled $45.1$49.2 million, representing 0.89%0.90% of total loans and 138.55%167.12% of non-performing loans compared to an allowance for loan losses of $42.8$47.1 million, which represented 0.87%0.88% of total loans and 125.64%148.76% of non-performing loans as of December 31, 2016. As loans move from the acquired loan portfolio to the covered loan portfolio, the ALL is anticipated to increase as a percentage of total loans.2017. There is no carryover of the allowance for loan losses on acquired loans. The repayment of impaired loans is largely dependent upon the sale and value of collateral that may be impacted by current real estate conditions.
Non-Interest Income
Total non-interest income was $9.5$8.4 million and $18.0$17.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, with non-interest income representing 14.8% and 15.7% of total revenues, respectively. Total non-interest income was $9.8 million and $18.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, with non-interest income representing 17.0%17.5% and 16.6% of total revenues, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2016, total non-interest income was $6.5 million and $13.3 million, with non-interest income representing 13.6% and 13.5%17.0% of total revenues, respectively. The following is a summary of non-interest income by major category for the three and six months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016:2017:
For the Three Months Ended June 30, For the Six Months Ended June 30,For the Three Months Ended June 30, For the Six Months Ended June 30,
2017 2016 $ Change % Change 2017 2016 $ Change % Change2018 2017 $ Change % Change 2018 2017 $ Change % Change
(Dollars in thousands)(Dollars in thousands)
Service charges and fees$6,834
 $4,359
 $2,475
 56.8 % $12,252
 $8,953
 $3,299
 36.8 %$6,542
 $7,184
 $(642) (8.9)% $12,701
 $12,829
 $(128) (1.0)%
Gain on sale of securities, net95
 367
 (272) (74.1) 552
 1,819
 (1,267) (69.7)62
 95
 (33) (34.7) 178
 552
 (374) (67.8)
Income from mortgage banking activities1,830
 2,331
 (501) (21.5) 3,151
 3,191
 (40) (1.3)846
 1,830
 (984) (53.8) 2,575
 3,151
 (576) (18.3)
Bank-owned life insurance income1,149
 814
 335
 41.2
 2,356
 1,632
 724
 44.4
1,671
 1,149
 522
 45.4
 3,317
 2,356
 961
 40.8
Net loss on limited partnership investments(638) (1,504) 866
 (57.6) (718) (2,440) 1,722
 (70.6)(960) (638) (322) 50.5
 (1,550) (718) (832) 115.9
Other income206
 165
 41
 24.8
 388
 104
 284
 (273.1)199
 206
 (7) (3.4) 428
 388
 40
 10.3
Total non-interest income$9,476
 $6,532
 $2,944
 45.1 % $17,981
 $13,259
 $4,722
 35.6 %$8,360
 $9,826
 $(1,466) (14.9)% $17,649
 $18,558
 $(909) (4.9)%
Service Charges and Fees: Service charges and fees were $6.8$6.5 million and $12.3$12.7 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, an increase2018, a decrease of $2.5 million$642,000 and $3.3 million$128,000 from the comparable 2016 periods, respectively. 2017 periods.
The most significant increasesdecreases were recorded in revenue generated by (a) loan swap fee income, (b) the Company’s investment advisory subsidiary, United Northeast Financial Advisors, Inc. (“UNFA”), and (c) deposit and service charges for various customer products.
income. Revenue generated from loan swap fee income increaseddecreased as a direct result of higherlower transactional volume. Loan swap fee income is generated as part of the Company’s loan level hedge program that is offered to certain commercial banking customers to facilitate their respective risk management strategies.
The decrease in loan swap fee income was partially offset by increases generated by the Company’s investment subsidiary, United Wealth Management (“UWM”), and deposit and service charges for various products. The increase in revenue generated by UNFAUWM is due to several factors largely associated with enhancements to the business model. The Company continues to successfully acquireCompany’s expansion of the financial advisory program that has continued the strategy of acquiring proven talent with deep local relationships as well as installing Series 6 representatives in select branches whichto work alongside our retail employees to ensure a cohesivecoordinated sales approach to meeting the financial needs of our customers. Additionally, beginningThe increase in the first quarterdeposit and service charges for various customer products is linked to an increase in transactional volume and a modification of 2016 the Company shifted its focus to assets under management (“AUM”) for ongoing revenue versus a transactional approach; the result has been more recurring fee revenue driven by increasing AUM versus one-time fees generated by transactions. The deposit fee increases are related to a project undertaken by the Company focused on increasing profitability by implementing a deposit fee structure as well as a payment from MasterCard that is more in line with our competition based on a detailed study. The Company recorded revenue increases in the areas of service charges and fees targeted by the project began in July 2016, therefore, the 2016 comparative periods are not impacted by this initiative. There was also increased revenue from NSF fees, primarily due to a higher volume of related transactions.
Gains on Sales of Securities, Net: For the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company recorded $95,000 and $552,000 in net gains on security sales compared to $367,000 and $1.8 million in net gains inthan the prior year periods, respectively.payment.


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Gains on Sales of Securities, Net: For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company recorded $62,000 and $178,000 in net gains on security sales compared to $95,000 and $552,000 in net gains in the prior year periods.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company pursued a strategy to sell various securities with shortened average lives and lower yields, which were then reinvested into more capital-efficient investments.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company recorded lower transactional volume with theCompany’s investment activity was mainly driven by the sale of shorter-term securities, adding longer duration investments in the portfolio to optimize income as well as improving portfolio efficiency from a credit and regulatory capital perspective.
The gains recorded in the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 were a result of an optimization strategy of our investment portfolio in which we took advantage of the shape of the yield curve and sold shorter-term securities and added longer duration investments in the portfolio to optimize income and reduce higher-cost borrowings. The Company then also incurred approximately $1.5 million in prepayment penalty expense from the extinguishment of FHLBB debt as part of the optimization strategy which is recorded as a separate line item in non-interest expense.
Income From Mortgage Banking Activities: The Company recorded decreasesa decrease of $501,000$984,000 and $40,000$576,000 in income from mortgage banking activities for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017,2018, compared to the same periods in 2016.2017.
The $501,000 decrease for the three and six months ended June 30, 20172018 was primarily driven by decreasesdue to the decrease in mortgage pair off fees/costs, gaingains on sale of loans reflecting the change in the fair value adjustment on loans held for sale and losses on derivative loan commitments due to market conditions. These decreases were partially offset by the increase in the value of forward loan sales contracts due to market interest rate changes.
The change in mortgage banking activities for the six months ended June 30, 2017 as compared to the prior year period was flat as the Company recorded a decrease of $40,000 period over period. The decrease was primarily due to decreases in gain on sale of loans as fewer loans were sold in the current period and a decrease in derivative loan commitments due to market conditions. These decreases were partially offset by an(a) the increase in mortgage pair off fees, (b) the increase in the fair value recognized in net income for mortgage servicing rights in relation to the prior year due to an increase on long-term rates and (c) to a lesser extent, an increase in loan servicing income as a result of an increase in the valueportfolio of forward loan sales contracts.loans serviced for others as compared to the prior year periods.
Bank-Owned Life Insurance (BOLI)(“BOLI”) Income: For the three and six months ended June 30, 2017,2018, the Company recorded BOLI income of $1.7 million and $3.3 million compared to $1.1 million and $2.4 million compared to $814,000 and $1.6 million infor the same periodperiods in 2016,2017, an increase of $335,000$522,000 and $724,000,$961,000, respectively. The increase for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 is2018 was mainly due to purchases of higher yielding BOLI policies in late December 2017 and early January 2018. Additionally, for the purchasethree and six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company also benefited from recording death benefit proceeds of $40.0 million of BOLI late in December 2016.$209,000 and $435,000, respectively.
Net Loss on Limited Partnership Investments: The Company has investments in low income housing, new markets housing and alternative energy tax credit partnerships. In March 2017 and March 2016,June 2018, the Company invested an additional $3.6$2.5 million and $12.7 million in two alternative energy tax credit partnerships, respectively.partnerships.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2017,2018, the Company recorded net losses of $638,000$960,000 and $718,000$1.6 million on limited partnership investments, compared to net losses of $1.5 million$638,000 and $2.4 million$718,000 for the corresponding prior periods as the Company experienced fewer impairmentshigher levels of impairment on its partnership investments in the current period. In conjunction with the losses realized on the tax credit partnerships, the Company recorded benefits of $2.1 million and $3.7 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 as reflected in the provision for income taxes. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company recorded an offsetting benefit of $2.4 million and $4.8 million, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 as reflected in the tax provision. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2016, the Company recorded an offsetting benefit of $2.6 million and $5.2 million.
Other Income: The Company recorded an increase in other income of $41,000 and $284,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 compared to the prior year periods.
For both the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, the increases in other income were primarily due to an increase in the credit value adjustments on borrower facing loan level hedges further augmented by an increase in miscellaneous income related to mortgage insurance claims and an increase on the gain on sale of fixed assets. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in gains on the sale of other real estate owned properties.respectively.
Non-Interest Expense
Non-interest expense increased $298,000$3.0 million to $35.0$38.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 20172018 and $1.2$4.9 million to $69.7$75.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017.


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2018.
For the three months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, annualized non-interest expense represented 2.06%2.16% and 2.19%2.08% of average assets, while annualized non-interest expense represented 2.09%2.12% and 2.17% of average assets2.10% for the six months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, respectively. The following table summarizes non-interest expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016:2017:
 For the Three Months Ended June 30, For the Six Months Ended June 30,
 2017 2016 $ Change % Change 2017 2016 $ Change % Change
 (Dollars in thousands)
Salaries and employee benefits$19,574
 $20,013
 $(439) (2.2)% $39,304
 $37,804
 $1,500
 4.0 %
Service bureau fees1,943
 2,230
 (287) (12.9) 4,046
 4,259
 (213) (5.0)
Occupancy and equipment3,657
 3,850
 (193) (5.0) 8,126
 7,750
 376
 4.9
Professional fees952
 887
 65
 7.3
 2,261
 1,768
 493
 27.9
Marketing and promotions1,237
 1,023
 214
 20.9
 1,949
 1,615
 334
 20.7
FDIC insurance assessments796
 1,042
 (246) (23.6) 1,475
 1,981
 (506) (25.5)
Core deposit intangible amortization353
 401
 (48) (12.0) 738
 834
 (96) (11.5)
FHLBB prepayment penalties
 
 
 
 
 1,454
 (1,454) (100.0)
Other6,467
 5,235
 1,232
 23.5
 11,775
 10,979
 796
 7.3
Total non-interest expense$34,979
 $34,681
 $298
 0.9 % $69,674
 $68,444
 $1,230
 1.8 %
Salaries and Employee Benefits: Salaries and employee benefits was $19.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2017, a decrease of $439,000 from the comparable 2016 period. Salaries and employee benefits was $39.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017, an increase of $1.5 million from the comparable 2016 period.
The changes for both the three and and six months ended June 30, 2017 were primarily due to (a) a decrease in salaries due to severance payments made in the second quarter of 2016 of $1.4 million resulting from an organizational realignment to improve operational efficiency; (b) a decrease on commissions and incentives on product sales; and (c) an increase in deferred expenses from originating loans. These decreases were partially offset by increases in (a) bonus expense driven by the Company’s financial results and reaching corporate goals; (b) restricted stock expense related to stock awards granted in November 2016, increasing the number of unvested shares being expensed; and (c) a greater number of employees mainly reflecting the robust investment in information technology staffing and project management.
Service Bureau Fees: Service bureau fees decreased $287,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2017, and $213,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2017, compared to the same periods in 2016. The decreases for both the three and six months were largely driven by additional expense incurred in the second quarter of 2016 related to implementation of Europay and Mastercard (“EMV”) chip-enabled cards to mitigate potential fraud exposure to the Company’s credit and debit card users. Additionally, during the three months ended June 30, 2017, the Company experienced a decrease in custom work expenses from the Company’s core operating service provider than in the prior year period.
Occupancy and Equipment: For the three months ended June 30, 2017, the Company recorded $3.7 million in occupancy and equipment expense, a decrease of $193,000 from the prior year period primarily driven by a change in the estimate for deferred rent and from the Company’s efforts to control expenses over the branch network, as well as lower expenses related to maintenance contracts related to the upkeep of branch facilities.
For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the $376,000 increase in occupancy and equipment expense was impacted by the outsourcing of property management services which began in July 2016, high snow removal costs incurred in the first quarter of 2017, and depreciation on leasehold improvements, partially offset by the deferred rent change discussed above.
Professional Fees: Professional fees increased $65,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2017, compared to the same period in 2016. No significant variances in any category were noted between the periods.
Professional fees increased $493,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2017, compared to the same period in 2016. The increases were largely driven by the expenses related to the engagement of consulting services assisting in a project targeted to maximize non-interest income revenue streams and legal services related to tax matters regarding a new partnership investment.
Marketing and Promotions: For the three months ended June 30, 2017, marketing and promotions increased $214,000 to $1.2 million from the same period last year. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, marketing and promotions increased $334,000 to $1.9 million from the same period in the prior year. These increases were primarily attributable to expenses related to digital advertising and marketing as the Company increased its utilization of online marketing channels. Those increases were partially offset by a decrease in television and radio advertising expenses.
 For the Three Months Ended June 30, For the Six Months Ended June 30,
 2018 2017 $ Change % Change 2018 2017 $ Change % Change
 (Dollars in thousands)
Salaries and employee benefits$22,113
 $19,574
 $2,539
 13.0 % $43,311
 $39,304
 $4,007
 10.2 %
Service bureau fees2,165
 2,293
 (128) (5.6) 4,383
 4,623
 (240) (5.2)
Occupancy and equipment4,668
 3,657
 1,011
 27.6
 9,617
 8,126
 1,491
 18.3
Professional fees1,105
 952
 153
 16.1
 2,269
 2,261
 8
 0.4
Marketing and promotions1,189
 1,237
 (48) (3.9) 1,874
 1,949
 (75) (3.8)
FDIC insurance assessments735
 796
 (61) (7.7) 1,474
 1,475
 (1) (0.1)
Core deposit intangible amortization305
 353
 (48) (13.6) 642
 738
 (96) (13.0)
Other6,090
 6,467
 (377) (5.8) 11,536
 11,775
 (239) (2.0)
Total non-interest expense$38,370
 $35,329
 $3,041
 8.6 % $75,106
 $70,251
 $4,855
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FDIC Insurance Assessments:Salaries and Employee Benefits The expense for FDIC insurance assessments decreased $246,000 to $796,000: Salaries and employee benefits were $22.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018, an increase of $2.5 million from the comparable 2017 compared to the 2016 period while the expenses decreased $506,000 to $1.5period. Salaries and employee benefits were $43.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018, an increase of $4.0 million from the comparable 2017 period.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the increases in salaries and benefits of $2.5 million and $4.0 million were attributable to (a) an increase in salaries and FICA with a greater number of employees, mainly reflecting the hiring of additional staff targeted for growth, (b) a decrease in deferred expenses from fewer loan originations, (c) an increase in executive restricted stock expense as a result of stock awards granted in the second half of 2017, increasing the number of unvested shares being expensed, and (d) employee parking related expenses associated with the move to our new corporate headquarters in Hartford, Connecticut. These increases were partially offset by decreases in bonuses and commissions on product sales, health insurance costs, pension expense due to changes in certain actuarial assumptions, and temporary help due to project work.
Service Bureau Fees: Service bureau fees decreased $128,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and $240,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2018, compared to the same periods in 2017. The decreases were largely driven by an investment in several efficiency and risk mitigation projects related to the core banking system and other projects undertaken in the prior year period.
Occupancy and Equipment: For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the$1.0 million and $1.5 million increases in occupancy and equipment expense were driven by the move of the Company’s corporate headquarters to Hartford, Connecticut which resulted in an increase in rent expense and depreciation on leasehold improvements, computer hardware and various software programs. These increases were partially offset by an increase in rental income on properties that are subleased and a year-to-date decrease in expenses related to snow removal.
Professional Fees: For the three months ended June 30, 2018, professional fees increased $153,000 compared to the same period in the prior year. The decreases are primarily attributableyear driven by legal fees, consulting fees, and internal audit expenses.
Professional fees remained relatively flat, increasing $8,000, for the six months ended June 30, 2018, compared to a decreasethe same period in the assessment rate and the FDIC’s Deposit Insurance Fund reserve ratio exceeding established benchmarks which became effective in the third quarter of 2016.2017.
Core Deposit Intangible Amortization: The $48,000 and $96,000 decreasedecreases in core deposit intangible amortization for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively, is2018, were directly attributable to the amortization method used by the Company. The Company is amortizing its $10.6 million core deposit intangible established in 2014 over 10ten years using the sum-of-the-years-digits method.
FHLBB Prepayment Penalties: The Company did not record any FHLBB prepayment penalties during the three and six months ended June 30, 2017. As part of the Company’s investment portfolio optimization strategy implemented in the first quarter of 2016, the Company sold investment securities and recorded gains of $1.5 million and prepaid FHLBB advances with prepayment penalties amounting to $1.5 million.
Other Expenses: For the three and six months ended June 30, 2017,2018, other expenses recorded by the Company were $6.5$6.1 million and $11.8$11.5 million, an increasewhich represents decreases of $1.2 million$377,000 and $796,000$239,000 from the comparable 20162017 periods. The increasesdecreases for the three and six months ended June 30, 20172018 were driven by increased expenses related to (a) computer software and maintenance expenses due to technology investments; (b)decreased loan swap fees as the Company entered into morefewer swaps in the three and six months ended June 30, 2017; (c) other bank service charges2018, (b) lower expenses related to promotions on credit cards;director restricted stock, and (d) an increase(c) a decrease in the off-balance sheet provision for off balance sheet items due to the increase in total loan commitments, particularly oncredit losses which had lower provisions for residential and commercial products.lines of credit. The increasesdecreases were partially offset by lowerincreased expenses in computer software and maintenance related to (a) sales and use taxes associated with a state tax audit; and (b) mortgage appraisal and credit reports.technology investments.
Income Tax Provision
The provision for income taxes was $175,000 and $2.3 million and $665,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, and 2016,$1.5 million and $4.4 million and $2.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016,2017, respectively. The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 was 1.1% and 2016 was 12.6% and 6.8%, respectively. The Company’s effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 was 4.7% and 2016 was 12.9% and 10.5%, respectively. The effective tax rate is lower than the statutory rate due to favorable permanent differences such as tax exempt income from municipal securities and BOLI, as well as tax credit benefits. The increasedecrease in the tax expense over the prior year periods is primarily due to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act which was enacted into law at the end of 2017. This resulted in a higher pre-taxreduction of the corporate income as comparedtax rate from 35% to 21% for tax years 2018 and forward. As such, overall provision for income taxes was less than reflected in the prior year periods.year. The Company anticipates the potential for increased periodic volatility in future effective tax rates due to the impact of FASB’s ASU No. 2016-09: Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting Standards Update 2016-09, which applies the tax effect of restricted stock vestings and stock option exercises through the tax rate as discrete items in the period in which the tax event occurs. The Company’s year-to-date impact on tax expense related to the tax benefit of stock compensation is approximately $236,000.
The Company continually monitors and evaluates the potential impact of current events and circumstances on the estimates used in the analysis of its income tax positions, and accordingly, the Company’s effective tax rate may fluctuate in the future. The Company evaluates its income tax positions based on tax laws and appropriate regulations and financial reporting considerations, and records adjustments as appropriate. This evaluation takes into consideration the status of current taxing authorities’ examinations of the Company’s tax returns and recent positions taken by the taxing authorities on similar transactions, if any. Accordingly, the results of these examinations may alter the timing or amount of taxable income or deductions taken by the Company.


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Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources
Summary
The Company had total assets of $6.88$7.21 billion at June 30, 20172018 and $6.60$7.11 billion at December 31, 2016,2017, an increase of $276.6$94.4 million, or 4.2%1.3%, primarily due to the increaseincreases in net loans of $154.0$134.1 million, an increase$32.2 million in available-for-salethe cash surrender value of bank-owned life insurance, and $20.5 million in cash and cash equivalents. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in the total investment securities portfolio of $30.0$58.3 million, an increaseand a decrease in loans held for sale of $95.0$28.6 million, and an increaseas the Company delivered a significant level of loans held for sale to third party investors in otherthe first half of 2018. Other assets of $20.4also decreased by $6.9 million. The Company utilized deposit growth to fund the growth in loans and securities.
Total net loans of $5.02$5.44 billion, with an allowance for loan losses of $45.1$49.2 million at June 30, 2017,2018, increased $154.0$134.1 million, or 3.2%2.5%, when compared to total net loans of $4.87$5.31 billion, with an allowance for loan losses of $42.8$47.1 million at December 31, 2016.2017. The increase in loans iswas due primarily to organic loan growth, as well as the purchased loan portfolios. Net loans increased primarily due to growth in all categories except owner-occupied commercial businessreal estate loans investor non-owner occupied commercial loans, and other consumer loans, partially offset by decreases in both commercial and residential construction loans balances.


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loans.
Total deposits of $4.99$5.39 billion at June 30, 20172018 increased $282.3$195.2 million, or 6.0%3.8%, when compared to total deposits of $4.71$5.20 billion at December 31, 2016.2017. The increase in deposits iswas mainly due to growth in money market deposits and NOW accounts, offset by a decrease in certificates of deposit,demand deposits, which is reflective of the Company’s strategy to emphasize growth in transactional accounts to drive low-cost core deposit growth. The Company’s gross loan-to-deposit ratio was 101.2%101.5% at June 30, 2017,2018, compared to 104.0%102.7% at December 31, 2016.2017.
At June 30, 2017,2018, total equity of $679.5$701.9 million increased $23.6$8.5 million when compared to total equity of $655.9$693.3 million at December 31, 2016.2017. The change in equity for the period ended June 30, 2017 consisted2018 was primarily of yeardue to dateyear-to-date net income, partially offset by dividends paid to common shareholders, as well as an increase due to the change in market value on available-for-sale securities.shareholders. At June 30, 2017,2018, the tangible common equity ratio was 8.27%8.22%, compared to 8.25%8.20% at December 31, 2016.2017.
See Note 9, “Regulatory Matters” in Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this report for information on the Bank and the Company’s regulatory capital levels and ratios.
Securities
The Company maintains a securities portfolio that is primarily structured to generate interest income, manage interest-rate sensitivity, and provide a source of liquidity for operating needs. The securities portfolio is managed in accordance with regulatory guidelines and established internal corporate investment policies.
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Securities
June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016June 30, 2018 December 31, 2017
Amortized
Cost
 Fair
Value
 Amortized
Cost
 Fair
Value
Amortized
Cost
 Fair
Value
 Amortized
Cost
 Fair
Value
(In thousands)(In thousands)
Available for sale:       
Available-for-sale:       
Debt securities:              
Government-sponsored residential mortgage-backed securities$223,169
 $222,862
 $181,419
 $179,548
$222,145
 $215,960
 $235,646
 $235,479
Government-sponsored residential collateralized debt obligations188,610
 188,903
 184,185
 183,260
182,352
 179,067
 134,652
 133,112
Government-sponsored commercial mortgage-backed securities25,663
 25,568
 26,949
 26,530
33,262
 31,788
 33,449
 33,255
Government-sponsored commercial collateralized debt obligations155,798
 153,617
 164,433
 162,927
159,173
 151,521
 151,035
 147,242
Asset-backed securities149,883
 151,596
 166,336
 166,967
105,361
 105,038
 166,559
 167,139
Corporate debt securities85,198
 84,566
 76,787
 75,015
83,510
 80,025
 88,571
 89,136
Obligations of states and political subdivisions239,735
 235,226
 223,733
 216,376
252,429
 242,736
 249,531
 245,007
Total debt securities1,068,056
 1,062,338
 1,023,842
 1,010,623
1,038,232
 1,006,135
 1,059,443
 1,050,370
Marketable equity securities, by sector:              
Banks9,422
 10,682
 32,174
 32,413
Industrial109
 179
 109
 167

 
 109
 209
Oil and gas132
 185
 131
 208

 
 131
 208
Total marketable equity securities9,663
 11,046
 32,414
 32,788

 
 240
 417
Total available-for-sale securities$1,077,719
 $1,073,384
 $1,056,256
 $1,043,411
$1,038,232
 $1,006,135
 $1,059,683
 $1,050,787
Held to maturity:       
Held-to-maturity:       
Debt securities:              
Obligations of states and political subdivisions$12,301
 $13,123
 $12,321
 $12,940
$
 $
 $12,280
 $12,871
Government-sponsored residential mortgage-backed securities1,491
 1,630
 1,717
 1,889

 
 1,318
 1,429
Total held to maturity securities$13,792
 $14,753
 $14,038
 $14,829
Total held-to-maturity securities$
 $
 $13,598
 $14,300
During the six months ended June 30, 2017,2018, the available-for-sale securities portfolio increased $30.0decreased $44.7 million to $1.07$1.01 billion, representing 15.6%14.0% of total assets at June 30, 2017,2018, from $1.04$1.05 billion and 15.8%14.8% of total assets at December 31, 2016.2017. The increasedecrease is largely reflective of continued maintenancepartially due to mark-to-market unrealized losses in the portfolio as a result of the Company’sincrease in the general level of interest rates over the first six months of 2018, as well as a reduction of reinvestment of principal and interest payments that had been generated by the portfolio. The Company continues to maintain its barbell portfolio management strategy, with bondany purchases focusedmade focusing on maintaining investmentthe portfolio duration and ensuring credit diversification. Portfolio activity duringwas marked by low transactional volume over the quarter. There were multiple securities called throughout the first halfsix months of 2018, and any reinvestment was done with the year primarily stemmed from a bond repositioning into slightly longer agency mortgage securities in ordergoal of maintaining portfolio duration, credit quality, and capital efficiency, while attempting to obtain better duration adjusted returns, some repositioning between security classes in order to obtain more efficient risk weighting andtake advantage of relatively higher yields along certain repositioning for better credit risk adjusted returns in the corporate and municipal sleeves.tenors.
Accounting guidance requires the Company to designate its securities as held to maturity, available for sale,held-to-maturity, available-for-sale, or trading depending on the Company’s intent regarding its investments at the time of purchase. The Company does not currently maintain a portfolio of held-to-maturity or trading securities. Given the Company’s early adoption of FASB’s ASU No. 2017-12: Derivatives & Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities, all securities that were previously classified as held-to-maturity at December 31, 2017 were considered pre-payable and were transferred over to the available-for-sale classification as of January 1, 2018. As of June 30, 2017, $1.07 billion, or 98.7%2018, all of the portfolio, wasCompany’s debt securities were classified as available for sale, and $13.8 million of the portfolio was classified as held to maturity.available-for-sale.
The Company held $577.9$920.9 million in securities that arewere in an unrealized loss position at June 30, 2017; $517.42018; $542.1 million of this total had been in an unrealized loss position for less than twelve months with the remaining $60.5$378.8 million in an unrealized loss position for twelve months or longer. These securities were evaluated by management and were determined not to be other-than-temporarily impaired. The Company does not have the intent to sell these securities, and it is more-likely-than-not that it will not have to sell the securities before the recovery of their cost basis. To the extent that changes in interest rates, credit spread movements and other factors that influence the fair value of securities continue, the Company may be required to record additional impairment charges for other-than-temporary impairment in future periods. For additional information on the securities portfolio, see Note 3, “Securities” in the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contained elsewhere in this report.


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The Company monitors investment exposures continually, performs credit assessments based on market data available at the time of purchase, and performs ongoing credit due diligence for all collateralized loan obligations, corporate exposures, and municipal securities. The Company’s investment portfolio is regularly monitored for performance enhancements and interest rate risk profiles, with dynamic strategies implemented accordingly.


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The Company has the ability to use the investment portfolio, as well as interest-rate financial instruments within internal policy guidelines, to hedge and manage interest-rate risk as part of its asset/liability strategy. See Note 7, “Derivatives and Hedging Activities,” in the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contained elsewhere in this report for additional information concerning derivative financial instruments.
Lending Activities
The Company’s wholesale lending team includes bankers, cash management specialists and originations, underwriting and servicing staff allayed againstin each of our disciplines in wholesale lending which includes commercial real estate, commercial business, business banking, cash management, and a shared national credits desk. Our consumer lending team includes the following disciplines which in nearly all channels drive lending activities: retail branches and retail lending, customer contact center which includes outbound calling, direct sales, correspondent lending, LH-Finance, and United Northeast Financial AdvisorsWealth Management (“UNFA”UWM”).
The Company’s lending activities have historically been conducted principally in Connecticut and Massachusetts; however, as we seek to enhance shareholder value through favorable risk adjusted returns, we often will lend throughout the Northeast and to a lesser extent certain Mid-Atlantic states and other select states. The Company’s experience in our geographic areas we lend in allowallows us to look at a wide variety of commercial, mortgage, and consumer loans. Opportunities are initially reviewed to determine if they meet the Company’s credit underwriting guidelines. After successfully passing an initial credit review, we then utilize the Company’s risk adjusted return on capital model to determine pricing and structure that supports, or is accretive to, the Company’s return goals. Our systematic approach is intended to create better risk adjusted returns on capital. Through the Company’s Loan and Funds Management Policies, both approved by the Board of Directors, we set limits on loan size, relationship size, and product concentration for both loans and deposits. Creating diversified and granular loan and deposit portfolios is how we diversify risk and create improved return on risk adjusted capital.
The Company can originate, purchase, and sell commercial loans, commercial real estate loans, residential and commercial construction loans, residential real estate loans collateralized by one-to-four family residences, home equity lines of credit and fixed rate loans, marine floor plan loans and other consumer loans.
The Company’s approach to lending is influenced in large part by its risk adjusted return models. With the high level of competition for high quality earning assets, pricing is often at levels that are not accretive to the Company’s aspirational equity return metrics. The Company utilizes a web-based risk adjusted return model that includes inputs such as internal risk ratings, the marginal cost of funding the origination, contractual loan characteristics such as interest rate and term, and origination and servicing costs. This model allows the Company to understand the life-of-loan impact of the origination, leading to proactive and informed decision making that results in the origination of loans that support the Company’s aspirational return metrics. We seek to acquire, develop, and preserve high quality relationships with customers, prospects, and centers of influence that support our return goals and compensate our commercial bankers and branch management for improving returns on equity for their respective areas of responsibility.
Periodically, theThe Company will purchasepurchases loans to enhance geographical diversification, enhance returns, and gain exposure to loan types that we are unwilling to make infrastructure investments in to originate ourselves. Loans purchased by the Company are underwritten by us, are generally serviced by others (“SBO”), and undergo a robust due diligence process. Management performs a vigorous due diligence exercise on the originator, and visits and observes first hand the servicer and its operational process and controls to ensure that the originator and servicer both meet the standards of the Company. Financial modeling includes reviewing prospective yields, costs associated with purchasing loans, including servicing fees and assumed loss rates to ensure that risk adjusted returns of the target portfolio are accretive to our return goals. The Company has set portfolio and capital limits on each of its purchased portfolios and has hired staff to oversee ongoing monitoring of the respective servicer and performance to ensure the portfolio performance is meeting our initial and ongoing expectations. In the event that our expectations are not met, the Company has many remedies at its disposal, including replacing the servicer, ending its relationship with the originator, and selling the entire target portfolio. Contractually, the Company has the ability to cross sell dissimilar products to customers in its purchased portfolios allowing us to develop a relationship using our existing online and mobile channels that support servicing and acquisition of our current and prospective clients without the need for a brick and mortar branch.
The table below displays the balances of the Company’s loan portfolio as of June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016:2017:


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Loan Portfolio Analysis
June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016June 30, 2018 December 31, 2017
Amount Percent Amount PercentAmount Percent Amount Percent
(Dollars in thousands)(Dollars in thousands)
Commercial real estate loans:              
Owner-occupied$429,848
 8.5% $416,718
 8.5%$418,338
 7.6% $445,820
 8.3%
Investor non-owner occupied1,761,940
 34.9
 1,705,319
 34.8
1,927,960
 35.2
 1,854,459
 34.7
Construction74,980
 1.5
 98,794
 2.0
82,883
 1.5
 78,083
 1.5
Total commercial real estate loans2,266,768
 44.9
 2,220,831
 45.3
2,429,181
 44.3
 2,378,362
 44.5
              
Commercial business loans792,918
 15.7
 724,557
 14.8
841,142
 15.4
 840,312
 15.7
              
Consumer loans:              
Residential real estate1,172,540
 23.2
 1,156,227
 23.6
1,252,001
 22.9
 1,204,401
 22.6
Home equity538,130
 10.6
 536,772
 11.0
588,638
 10.7
 583,180
 10.9
Residential construction46,117
 0.9
 53,934
 1.1
32,063
 0.6
 40,947
 0.8
Other consumer237,708
 4.7
 209,393
 4.2
332,402
 6.1
 292,781
 5.5
Total consumer loans1,994,495
 39.4
 1,956,326
 39.9
2,205,104
 40.3
 2,121,309
 39.8
Total loans5,054,181
 100.0% 4,901,714
 100.0%5,475,427
 100.0% 5,339,983
 100.0%
Net deferred loan costs and premiums15,413
   11,636
  15,502
   14,794
  
Allowance for loan losses(45,062)   (42,798)  (49,163)   (47,099)  
Loans - net$5,024,532
   $4,870,552
  $5,441,766
   $5,307,678
  
As shown above, gross loans were $5.05$5.48 billion, an increase of $152.5$135.4 million, or 3.1%2.5%, at June 30, 20172018 from December 31, 2016.2017.
Total commercial real estate loans represent the largest segment of our loan portfolio at 44.9%44.3% of total loans and increased $45.9$50.8 million, or 2.1%, to $2.27$2.43 billion from December 31, 2016.2017. The commercial real estate loan portfolio is comprised of owner-occupied commercial real estate (“OOCRE”) and investor non-owner occupied commercial real estate (“Investor CRE”), and to a lesser extent, commercial construction. Investor CRE represents the largest segment of the Company’s loan portfolio as of June 30, 2017,2018, comprising 34.9%35.2% of total loans and OOCRE represents 8.5%7.6% of the portfolio. The Company plans to continue to increase the relative level of OOCRE while decreasing the relative level of Investor CRE to generate more favorable risk-adjusted returns and enhance net interest margin. Commercial real estate construction loans are made for developing commercial real estate properties such as office complexes, apartment buildings and residential subdivisions. Commercial real estate construction loans totaled $75.0$82.9 million at June 30, 2017,2018, approximately $29.9$27.5 million of which is residential use and $45.1$55.4 million of which is commercial use, compared to total commercial real estate construction loans of $98.8$78.1 million at December 31, 2016, $35.42017, $25.9 million of which was residential use and $63.4$52.2 million of which was commercial use.
Commercial business loans increased $68.4 million$830,000 to $792.9$841.1 million at June 30, 20172018 from $724.6$840.3 million at December 31, 2016. The commercial division continues to experience momentum in origination activity and has a strong loan pipeline.2017. Mid-sized businesses continue to look to community banks for relationship banking and personalized lending services. Periodically, the Company participates in a shared national credit (“SNC”) program, which engages in the participation and purchase of credits with other “supervised” unaffiliated banks or financial institutions, specifically loan syndications and participations. These loans generate earning assets to increase profitability of the Company and diversify commercial loan portfolios by providing opportunities to participate in loans to borrowers in other regions or industries of which the Company might otherwise have no access. The Company offers both term and revolving commercial loans. Term loans have either fixed or adjustable rates of interest and, generally, terms of between three and seven years and amortize on the same basis. Additionally, two market segments the Company has focused on isare franchise and educational banking. The franchise lending practice lends to certain franchisees in support of their development, acquisition and expansion needs. The Company typically offers term loans with maturities between three toand eight years with amortization from seven to ten years. These loans generally are on a floating rate basis with spreads slightly higher than the standard commercial business loan spreads. Over the past ten quarters, the franchise lending portfolio has increased from $0 to over $56.0 million in loan commitments. The educational banking practice consists of K-12 schools and colleges/universities utilizing both taxable and tax-exempt loan products for campus improvements, expansions and working capital needs. Generally, educational term loans have longer dated maturities that amortize up to 30 years and typically offer the Company a full deposit and cash management relationship. OverBoth the past ten quarters, the Company has seen growth infranchise and educational commitments of $103.4 millionlending areas focus on opportunities across New England and certain Mid-Atlantic states.


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and deposit increases of over $32.7 million. Both the franchise and educational lending areas focus on opportunities across New England and certain Mid-Atlantic states.
Residential real estate loans continue to represent a major segment of the Company’s loan portfolio as of June 30, 2017,2018, comprising 23.2%22.9% of total loans, an increase of $16.3increasing $47.6 million from December 31, 2016.2017. The Company had originations of both adjustable and fixed rate mortgages of $320.2$234.8 million during the first six months of 2017,2018, reflecting both refinancing activity and loans for new home purchases. The Company currently sells the majority of all originated fixed rate residential real estate loans with terms of 30 years, but will also sell 10, 15, and 20 year loans depending on the circumstances. The mortgage origination activity resulted from low market interest rates and competitive pricing.
The Company also offers home equity loans and home equity lines of credit (“HELOCs”), both of which are secured by owner-occupied one-to-four family residences. Home equity loans are offered with fixed rates of interest and with terms up to 15 years. At June 30, 2017,2018, the home equity portfolio totaled $538.1$588.6 million compared to $536.8$583.2 million at December 31, 2016.2017. During the six months ended June 30, 2017,2018, the Company purchased atwo HELOC portfolioportfolios totaling $35.0$47.1 million, compared to portfolios totaling $148.3$105.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2016.2017. The total principal balance of the HELOC purchased portfolios outstanding at June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 20162017 was $212.4$255.4 million and $208.8$246.5 million, respectively. These loans are not serviced by the Company. The purchased HELOC portfolios are secured by second liens. The Company may continue purchasing HELOCs throughout 20172018 to maintain its existing exposure.
Residential real estate construction loans are made to individuals for home construction whereby the borrower owns the parcel of land and the funds are advanced in stages until completion. Residential real estate construction loans totaled $46.1$32.1 million at June 30, 2017,2018, compared to $53.9$40.9 million at December 31, 2016.2017.
Other consumer loans totaled $237.7$332.4 million, or 4.7%6.1%, of the total loan portfolio at June 30, 2017.2018. Other consumer loans generally consist of loans on retail high-end boats and small yachts, home improvement loans, new and used automobiles, loans collateralized by deposit accounts and unsecured personal loans. During December 2015, the Company purchased two consumer loan portfolios totaling $229.2 million which consisted of marine retail loans and home improvement loans. At June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016, $150.62017, $110.6 million and $168.7$130.9 million of these loans were outstanding, respectively. The marine retail loans are collateralized by premium brand boats. The home improvement loans are 90% backed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and consist of loans to install energy efficient upgrades to the borrowers’ one-to-four family residences. The Company’s plan seeks to marginally increase the level of consumer loans throughout 2017,2018, given these loan types have favorable rate characteristics that will positively impact the net interest margin along with significant granularity and credit metrics that fit within the superior credit quality of its existing portfolio.
LH-Finance,LH-finance, the Company’s marine lending unit, includeincludes purchased and originated retail loans and dealer floorplan loans. The Company’s relationships are limited to well established dealers of global premium brand manufacturers. The Company’s top three manufacturer customers have been in business between 30 and 100 years. The Company has generally secured agreements with premium manufacturers to support dealer floor plan loans which may reduce the Company’s credit exposure to the dealer, despite our underwriting of each respective dealer. We have developed incentive retail pricing programs with the dealers to drive retail dealer flow. Retail loans are generally limited to premium manufacturers with established relationships with the Company which have a vested interest in the secondary market pricing of their respective brand due to the limited inventory available for resale. Consequently, while not contractually committed, manufacturers will often support secondary resale values which can have the effect of reducing losses from non-performing retail marine loans. Retail borrowers generally have very high credit scores, substantial down payments, substantial net worth, personal liquidity, and excess cash flow. Retail loans have an average life of four years and key markets include Florida, California, and New England.
The Company has employed specific parameters taking into account: geographical considerations; exposure hold levels; qualifying financial partners; and most importantly sound credit quality with strong metrics. A thorough independent analysis of the credit quality of each borrower is made for every transaction whether it is an assignment or participation.
Asset Quality
The Company’s lending strategy focuses on direct relationship lending within its primary market area as the quality of assets underwritten is an important factor in the successful operation of a financial institution. Non-performing assets, loan delinquency and credit loss levels are considered to be key measures of asset quality. Management strives to maintain asset quality through its underwriting standards, servicing of loans and management of non-performing assets since asset quality is a key factor in the determination of the level of the allowance for loan losses. See Note 4, “Loans Receivable and Allowance for Loan Losses” contained elsewhere in this report for further information concerning the Allowance for Loan Losses.


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The following table details asset quality ratios for the following periods:
Asset Quality Ratios
At June 30, 2017 At December 31, 2016At June 30, 2018 At December 31, 2017
Non-performing loans as a percentage of total loans0.64% 0.69%0.54% 0.59%
Non-performing assets as a percentage of total assets0.50% 0.54%0.43% 0.48%
Net charge-offs as a percentage of average loans (1)0.09% 0.10%0.08%
(1) 
0.10%
Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of total loans0.89% 0.87%0.90% 0.88%
Allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans138.55% 125.64%167.12% 148.76%
(1)
Calculated based on year to date net charge-offs annualized
Non-performing Assets
Generally, loans are placed on non-accrual if collection of principal or interest in full is in doubt, if the loan has been restructured as part of a TDR, or if any payment of principal or interest is past due 90 days or more. A loan may be returned to accrual status if it has demonstrated sustained contractual performance for six continuous months or if all principal and interest amounts contractually due are reasonably assured of repayment within a reasonable period. There are, on occasion, circumstances that cause commercial loans to be placed in the 90 days delinquent and accruing category, for example, loans that are considered to be well secured and in the process of collection or renewal. As of June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, loans totaling $2.1$1.6 million and $750,000,$953,000, respectively, were greater than 90 days past due and accruing. The loans reported as past due 90 days or more and still accruing represent loans that were evaluated by management and maintained on accrual status based on an evaluation of the borrower. At June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, loans reported as past due 90 days or more and still accruing represent loans which carry a U.S. Government guarantee and therefore, all contractual amounts have been determined to be collectible in full.
The following table details non-performing assets for the periods presented:
At June 30, 2017 At December 31, 2016At June 30, 2018 At December 31, 2017
Amount % Amount %Amount % Amount %
(Dollars in thousands)(Dollars in thousands)
Non-accrual loans:              
Owner-occupied commercial real estate$2,184
 6.4% $2,642
 7.3%$2,176
 7.0% $1,664
 4.9%
Investor commercial real estate3,512
 10.2
 4,016
 11.2
2,400
 7.7
 1,821
 5.4
Construction287
 0.8
 1,701
 4.7
250
 0.8
 1,398
 4.1
Commercial business2,624
 7.7
 2,000
 5.6
1,196
 3.8
 1,477
 4.4
Residential real estate11,190
 32.6
 11,357
 31.6
11,221
 35.9
 11,824
 35.0
Home equity5,211
 15.2
 4,043
 11.2
4,607
 14.7
 4,968
 14.7
Other consumer loans40
 0.1
 1,000
 2.8
237
 0.8
 35
 0.1
Total non-accrual loans, excluding troubled debt restructured loans25,048
 73.0% 26,759
 74.4%22,087
 70.7% 23,187
 68.6%
Troubled debt restructurings - non-accruing7,475
 21.8
 7,304
 20.3
7,330
 23.4
 8,475
 25.0
Total non-performing loans32,523
 94.8
 34,063
 94.7
29,417
 94.1
 31,662
 93.6
Other real estate owned1,770
 5.2
 1,890
 5.3
1,855
 5.9
 2,154
 6.4
Total non-performing assets$34,293
 100.0% $35,953
 100.0%$31,272
 100.0% $33,816
 100.0%
As displayed in the table above, non-performing assets at June 30, 20172018 decreased to $34.3$31.3 million compared to $36.0$33.8 million at December 31, 2016.2017.
Non-accruing TDR loans increaseddecreased by $171,000$1.1 million since December 31, 2016,2017, due primarily due to an increasedecreases of $364,000 for$1.4 million in commercial business non-accruing TDR loans and $420,000 in residential real estate and home equitynon-accruing TDR loans, offset primarily by an increase in commercial business TDRs of $509,000, and an increase in investor commercial real estateconstruction a non-accruing TDR loans of $68,000, partially offset by a$715,000. The decrease in commercial business non-accruing TDRs is the result of $437,000 in construction TDRcharge offs and paydowns on loans and a decrease of $322,000 in other consumer non-accruing TDR loans.as compared to December 31, 2017. The increase in construction non-accruing TDR loans is the residential real estate and home equity categories reflects, in part, an increase in the numberresult of home equity line of credit loans that have reached maturity and converted from interest only to principal and interest payments. Difficulty making these larger payments, combined with a decline in home valuesone commercial relationship related to these loans, isconstruction for a driver of this increase. Additionally, homeresidential subdivision, which was previously reported as non-accrual and was modified during the year.
Home equity non-accrual loans increased $1.2 milliondecreased $361,000 to $5.2$4.6 million at June 30, 2017 due to2018, as a result of slower movement of HELOCs into non-accrual status during the increasing numberfirst half of maturing home equity lines of credit.the year.


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Residential real estate non-accrual loans decreased $167,000$603,000 to $11.2 million at June 30, 2017.2018. The Company continues to originate loans with strong credit characteristics and routinely updates non-performing loans in terms of FICO scores and LTV ratios. Through continued heightened account monitoring, collections and workout efforts, the BankCompany is committed to mortgage solution programs designed to assist homeowners to remain in their homes. As has been itsConsistent with historical practice, historically, the Company does not originate subprime loans.
Other consumer non-accrual loans decreased to $40,000 at June 30, 2017. This decrease represents a decrease in non-accruing marine loans reported at June 30, 2017. The current balance represents one marine loan and two consumer loans which evidenced payments due in excess of 90 days and resulted in the loans being classified as non-accrual.
At June 30, 2017,2018, commercial real estate non-accrual loans (including owner-occupied and investor non-owner occupied commercial real estate loans) decreased $962,000increased $1.1 million and commercial business non-accrual loans increased $624,000.decreased $281,000. The movements in these categories waswere the result of several smallerlarger loans which impacted the totals within the categories.
Non-accrual construction loans decreased $1.4$1.1 million, primarily reflectingand consists of one commercial relationshipsrelationship at June 30, 2018 totaling $287,000, of$250,000, which relates to construction for a residential subdivisions.subdivision. At December 31, 2016, nonaccrual2017, non-accrual construction loans consisted of 11two commercial relationships and totaled $1.7$1.4 million.
Troubled Debt Restructuring
Loans are considered restructured in a troubled debt restructuring when the Company has granted concessions to a borrower due to the borrower’s financial condition that it otherwise would not have considered. These concessions include modifications of the terms of the debt such as reduction of the stated interest rate other than normal market rate adjustments, extension of maturity dates, or reduction of principal balance or accrued interest. The decision to restructure a loan, versus aggressively enforcing the collection of the loan, may benefit the Company by increasing the ultimate probability of collection.
TDR loans are classified as accruing or non-accruing based on management’s assessment of the collectability of the loan. Loans which are already on non-accrual status at the time of the restructuring generally remain on non-accrual status for a minimum of six months before management considers such loans for return to accruing TDR status. Accruing restructured loans are placed into non-accrual status if and when the borrower fails to comply with the restructured terms and management deems it unlikely that the borrower will return to a status of compliance in the near term. Once a loan is classified as a TDR it retains that classification for the life of the loan; however, some TDRs may demonstrate acceptable performance allowing the TDR loan to be placed on accruing TDR status. The increase in TDRs is primarily attributable to the addition of larger commercial loans along with increases in residential and home equity TDRs during the period ended June 30, 2017.2018.
The following table provides detail of TDR balances for the periods presented:
  At June 30,
2017
 At December 31,
2016
  (In thousands)
Recorded investment in TDRs:    
Accrual status $17,660
 $16,048
Non-accrual status 7,475
 7,304
Total recorded investment $25,135
 $23,352
     
Accruing TDRs performing under modified terms for more than one year $7,266
 $10,020
TDR allocated reserves included in the balance of allowance for loan losses 635
 714
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  At June 30,
2018
 At December 31,
2017
  (In thousands)
Recorded investment in TDRs:    
Accrual status $14,012
 $14,249
Non-accrual status 7,330
 8,475
Total recorded investment $21,342
 $22,724
     
Accruing TDRs performing under modified terms for more than one year $13,123
 $7,783
TDR allocated reserves included in the balance of allowance for loan losses 252
 520
Additional funds committed to borrowers in TDR status 14
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The following table provides detail of TDR activity for the periods presented:
Three Months Ended 
 June 30,
 Six Months Ended 
 June 30,
Three Months Ended 
 June 30,
 Six Months Ended 
 June 30,
2017 2016 2017 20162018 2017 2018 2017
(In thousands)(In thousands)
TDRs, beginning of period$24,125
 $27,359
 $23,352
 $24,064
$23,888
 $24,125
 $22,724
 $23,352
New TDR status5,736
 605
 7,279
 3,476
138
 5,736
 4,284
 7,279
Paydowns/draws on existing TDRs, net(4,586) (1,579) (5,285) (1,149)(2,237) (4,586) (4,561) (5,285)
Charge-offs post modification(140) (71) (211) (77)(447) (140) (1,105) (211)
TDRs, end of period$25,135
 $26,314
 $25,135
 $26,314
$21,342
 $25,135
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Allowance for Loan Losses
The allowance for loan losses and the reserve for unfunded credit commitments are maintained at a level estimated by management to provide for probable losses inherent within the loan portfolio. Probable losses are estimated based upon a quarterly review of the loan portfolio, which includes historic default and loss experience, specific problem loans, risk rating profile, economic conditions and other pertinent factors which, in management’s judgment, warrant current recognition in the loss estimation process. The Company’s Risk Management Committee meets quarterly to review and conclude on the adequacy of the reserves and to present their recommendation to executive management and the Board of Directors.
Management considers the adequacy of the ALL a critical accounting estimate. The adequacy of the ALL is subject to considerable assumptions and judgment used in its determination. Therefore, actual losses could differ materially from management’s estimate if actual conditions differ significantly from the assumptions utilized. These conditions include economic factors in the Company’s market and nationally, industry trends and concentrations, real estate values and trends, and the financial condition and performance of individual borrowers. While management believes the ALL is adequate as of June 30, 2017,2018, actual results may prove different and the differences could be significant.
The Company’s general practice is to identify problem credits early and recognize full or partial charge-offs as promptly as practicable when it is determined that the collection of loan principal is unlikely. The Company recognized full or partial charge-offs on collateral dependent impaired loans when the collateral is deemed to be insufficient to support the carrying value of the loan. The Company does not recognize a recovery when an updated appraisal indicates a subsequent increase in value.
The Company had an allowance for loan losses of $45.1$49.2 million, or 0.89%,0.90% of total loans, at June 30, 20172018 as compared to an allowance for loan losses of $42.8$47.1 million, or 0.87%,0.88% of total loans, at December 31, 2016.2017. Management believes that the allowance for loan losses is adequate and consistent with asset quality indicators and that it represents the best estimate of probable losses inherent in the loan portfolio.
The unallocated portion of the ALL represents general valuation allowances that are not allocated to a specific loan portfolio. The unallocated component is maintained to cover uncertainties that could affect management’s estimate of probable losses and reflects the margin of imprecision inherent in the underlying assumptions used in the methodologies for estimating allocated and general reserves in the portfolio. The unallocated portion of the ALL at June 30, 20172018 increased $80,000$185,000 to $1.5$1.9 million compared to December 31, 2016.2017. See Note 4, “Loans Receivable and Allowance for Loan Losses” in the Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this report for a table providing the activity in the Company’s allowance for loan losses for the three and six months ended June 30, 20172018 and 2016.2017.
In addition to the ALL, the Company maintains a reserve for unfunded credit commitments in other liabilities on the Consolidated Statements of Condition. The allowance for credit losses analysis includes consideration of the risks associated with unfunded loan commitments. The reserve calculation includes factors that are consistent with ALL methodology for funded loans. The combination of ALL and unfunded reserves is calculated in a manner to capture the entirety of the underlying business relationship of the customer. The amounts of unfunded commitments and the associated reserves may be subject to fluctuations due to originations, the timing and volume of loan funding, as well as changes in risk ratings. At both June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, the reserve for unfunded credit commitments was $1.6 million and $1.4 million, respectively.$1.7 million.
Sources of Funds
The primary source of the Company’s cash flows, for use in lending and meeting its general operational needs, is deposits. Additional sources of funds are from FHLBB advances, reverse repurchase agreements, federal funds lines, loan and mortgage-backed securities repayments, securities sales proceeds and maturities, subordinated debt, and earnings. While scheduled loan and securities repayments are a relatively stable source of funds, loan and investment security prepayments and deposit inflows are influenced by prevailing interest rates and local economic conditions and are inherently uncertain.


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Deposits
The Company offers a wide variety of deposit products to consumer, business and municipal customers. Deposit customers can access their accounts in a variety of ways including branch banking, ATM’s, online banking, mobile banking and telephone banking. Effective advertising, direct mail, well-designed product offerings, customer service and competitive pricing policies have been successful in attracting and retaining deposits. A key strategic objective is to grow the base of checking customers by retaining existing relationships while attracting new customers.
Deposits provide an important source of funding for the Bank as well as an ongoing stream of fee revenue. The Company attempts to control the flow of funds in its deposit accounts according to its need for funds and the cost of alternative sources of funding. A Retail Pricing Committee meets weekly and a Management ALCO meets monthly, to determine pricing and marketing initiatives. Actions of these committees influence the flow of funds primarily by the pricing of deposits, which is affected to a large extent by competitive factors in its market area and asset/liability management strategies.
The following table presents deposits by category as of the dates indicated:
June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016June 30, 2018 December 31, 2017
(In thousands)(In thousands)
Demand deposits$721,917
 $708,050
$770,982
 $778,576
NOW accounts634,358
 498,672
839,936
 794,828
Regular savings and club accounts530,518
 518,820
500,123
 504,115
Money market accounts1,354,381
 1,222,952
1,599,806
 1,325,754
Total core deposits3,241,174
 2,948,494
3,710,847
 3,403,273
Time deposits1,752,305
 1,762,678
1,682,529
 1,794,948
Total deposits$4,993,479
 $4,711,172
$5,393,376
 $5,198,221
Deposits totaled $4.99$5.39 billion at June 30, 2017,2018, an increase of $282.3$195.2 million compared to December 31, 2016.2017. Core deposits increased $292.7$307.6 million, or 9.9%9.0%, from year endDecember 31, 2017 due to the Company’s continued strategy to focus on obtaining low cost core deposits.
Time deposits included brokered certificate of deposits of $273.6$212.0 million and $215.7$259.1 million at June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, respectively. The Company utilizes brokered time deposits as part of its overall funding program along with other sources. Excluding out-of-market brokered certificates of deposits, in-market time deposits totaled $1.48$1.47 billion and $1.55$1.54 billion at June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, respectively.


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Borrowings
The Company also uses various types of short-term and long-term borrowings in meeting funding needs. While customer deposits remain the primary source for funding loan originations, management uses short-term and long-term borrowings as a supplementary funding source for loan growth and other liquidity needs when the cost of these funds are favorable compared to alternative funding, including deposits.
The following table presents borrowings by category as of the dates indicated:
June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016June 30, 2018 December 31, 2017
(In thousands)(In thousands)
FHLBB advances (1)$990,206
 $1,046,712
$925,413
 $1,046,458
Subordinated debt (2)79,835
 79,716
80,079
 79,956
Wholesale repurchase agreements50,000
 20,000
20,000
 20,000
Customer repurchase agreements14,603
 18,897
12,482
 14,591
Other4,173
 4,294
3,922
 4,049
Total borrowings$1,138,817
 $1,169,619
$1,041,896
 $1,165,054
(1)FHLBB advances include $989,000$284,000 and $1.7 million$504,000 of purchase accounting discounts at June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, respectively.
(2)Subordinated debt includes $7.7 million of acquired junior subordinated debt, net of mark to market discounts of $2.0
$1.9 million at both June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, and $75.0 million of Subordinated Notes, net of associated deferred costs of $917,000$790,000 and $980,000$853,000 at June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, respectively.
United Bank is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank System, which consists of twelve district Federal Home Loan Banks, each subject to the supervision and regulation of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Members are required to own capital stock in the FHLBB in order for the Bank to access advances and borrowings which are collateralized by certain home mortgages or securities of the U.S. Government and its agencies. The capital stock investment is restricted in that there is no market for it, and it can only be redeemed by the FHLBB.
Total FHLBB advances decreased $55.8$120.8 million to $989.2$925.1 million at June 30, 2017,2018, exclusive of the purchase accounting mark adjustment on the advances, compared to $1.04$1.05 billion at December 31, 2016.2017. At June 30, 2017, $889.22018, $800.1 million of the Company’s $989.2$925.1 million outstanding FHLBB advances were at fixed coupons ranging from 0.87%1.36% to 4.39%3.75%, with a weighted average cost of 1.34%2.01%. Additionally, the Company has threefour advances with the FHLBB totaling $100.0$125.0 million that are underlying hedge instruments; the interest is based on the three 3-month LIBOR and adjusts quarterly. The Company also has one Flipper advance with the FHLBB totaling $25.0 million, effective March 18, 2016, with an initial interest rate of 0.05% per annum. The advance repriced to 3-month LIBOR minus 60 basis points on a quarterly basis until March 2017, at which point the advance converted to a fixed rate of 1.62% and is callable at the option of the FHLBB on a quarterly basis. The average cost of funds including these adjustable advances is 1.34%2.07%. FHLBB borrowings represented 14.4%12.8% and 15.8%14.7% of assets at June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, respectively.
Borrowings under reverse purchase agreements totaled $50.0$20.0 million at both June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017. The outstanding borrowings at June 30, 2017, an increase2018 consisted of $30.0 million from December 31, 2016.two individual agreements with remaining terms of one year or less and a weighted-average cost of 2.59%. The outstanding borrowings at December 31, 2017 consisted of threetwo individual agreements with remaining terms of two years or less and a weighted-average cost of 1.86%2.59%. Retail repurchase agreements, which have a term of one day and are backed by the purchasers’ interest in certain U.S. Government or government-sponsored securities, totaled $14.6$12.5 million and $18.9$14.6 million at June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 2016,2017, respectively.
Subordinated debentures totaled $79.8$80.1 million and $80.0 million at June 30, 20172018 and $79.7 million at December 31, 2016.2017, respectively.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity is the ability to meet cash needs at all times with available cash or by conversion of other assets to cash at a reasonable price and in a timely manner. The Company maintains liquid assets at levels the Company considers adequate to meet its liquidity needs. The Company adjusts its liquidity levels to fund loan commitments, repay its borrowings, fund deposit outflows, pay escrow obligations on all items in the loan portfolio and to fund operations. The Company also adjusts liquidity as appropriate to meet asset and liability management objectives.
The Company’s primary sources of liquidity are deposits, amortization and prepayment of loans, the sale in the secondary market of loans held for sale, maturities and sales of investment securities and other short-term investments, periodic pay downs of mortgage-backed securities, and earnings and funds provided from operations. While scheduled principal repayments on loans are a relatively predictable source of funds, deposit flows and loan prepayments are greatly influenced by market interest rates, economic conditions, and rates offered by our competition. The Company sets the interest rates on our deposits to maintain a desired level of total deposits. In addition, the Company invests excess funds in short-term interest-earning assets, which provide liquidity to meet lending requirements.
A portion of the Company’s liquidity consists of cash and cash equivalents, which are a product of our operating, investing and financing activities. At June 30, 2017, $74.92018, $109.2 million of the Company’s assets were held in cash and cash equivalents compared to $90.9$88.7 million at December 31, 2016.2017. The Company’s primary sources of cash are principal repayments on loans, proceeds from the calls and maturities of investment securities, increases in deposit accounts, proceeds from residential loan sales and advances from the FHLBB.
Liquidity management is both a daily and longer-term function of business management. If the Company requires funds beyond its ability to generate them internally, borrowing agreements exist with the FHLBB, which provide an additional source of funds. At June 30, 2017,2018, the Company had $989.2$925.1 million in advances from the FHLBB and an additional available borrowing limit of $445.3$441.2 million based on collateral requirements of the FHLBB inclusive of the line of credit. In addition, the Bank has relationships with brokered sweep deposit providers with outstanding balances of $361.4$426.3 million at June 30, 2017.2018. Internal policies limit wholesale borrowings to 40% of total assets, or $2.75$2.88 billion, at June 30, 2017.2018. In addition, the Company has uncommitted federal funds lines of credit with four counterparties totaling $107.5$115.0 million at June 30, 2017.2018. No federal funds purchased were outstanding at June 30, 2017.2018.
The Company has established access to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s discount window through a borrower in custody agreement. As of June 30, 2017,2018, the Bank had pledged 2724 commercial loans, with outstanding balances totaling $192.3$172.6 million. Based on the amount of pledged collateral, the Bank had available liquidity of $143.9$132.8 million.
At June 30, 2017,2018, the Company had outstanding commitments to originate loans of $239.5$94.6 million and unfunded commitments under construction loans, lines of credit, stand-by letters of credit, unused checking overdraft lines of credit, and unused credit card lines of $956.9 million.$1.04 billion. At June 30, 2017,2018, time deposits scheduled to mature in less than one year totaled $1.27 billion.$982.0 million. Based
on prior experience, management believes that a significant portion of such deposits will remain with the Company, although there can be no assurance that this will be the case. In the event a significant portion of its deposits are not retained by the Company, it will have to utilize other funding sources, such as FHLBB advances in order to maintain its level of assets. Alternatively, we would


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reduce our level of liquid assets, such as our cash and cash equivalents in order to meet funding needs. In addition, the cost of such deposits may be significantly higher if market interest rates are higher or there is an increased amount of competition for deposits in our market area at the time of renewal.
The main sources of liquidity at the parent company level are dividends from United Bank and the ability to obtain funding through capital market issuances, as evidenced by the Company’s issuance of $75.0 million of subordinated notes in September 2014. The main uses of liquidity are payments of dividends to common stockholders, repurchase of United Financial’s common stock, payment of subordinated note interest, and corporate operating expenses. There are certain restrictions on the payment of dividends. See Note 18,17, “Regulatory Matters” in the Company’s 20162017 Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20162017 for further information on dividend restrictions.
The Company and the Bank are subject to various regulatory capital requirements. As of June 30, 2017, the Company and2018, the Bank areis categorized as “well-capitalized” under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. See Note 9, “Regulatory Matters” in the Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contained elsewhere in this report for discussion of capital requirements.
The liquidity position of the Company is continuously monitored and adjustments are made to balance between sources and uses of funds as deemed appropriate. Management is not aware of any events that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s liquidity, capital resources or operations. In addition, management is not aware of any regulatory recommendations regarding liquidity, which if implemented would have a material adverse effect on the Company. The Company has a detailed liquidity contingency plan which is designed to respond to liquidity concerns in a prompt and comprehensive manner. It is designed to provide early detection of potential problems and details specific actions required to address liquidity stress scenarios.
Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
General: The majority of our assets and liabilities are monetary in nature. Consequently, our most significant form of market risk is interest rate risk. Our assets, consisting primarily of mortgage loans, in general have longer contractual maturities than our liabilities, consisting primarily of deposits. As a result, a principal part of our business strategy is to manage interest rate risk and reduce the exposure of our net interest income to changes in market interest rates. Accordingly, our Board of Directors has established a Risk Committee which is responsible for evaluating the interest rate risk inherent in our assets and liabilities, for determining the level of risk that is appropriate given our business strategy, operating environment, capital, liquidity and performance objectives, and for managing this risk consistent with the guidelines approved by the Board of Directors. Management monitors the level of interest rate risk on a regular basis and the Risk Committee meets at least quarterly to review our asset/liability policies and interest rate risk position.
We have sought to manage our interest rate risk in order to minimize the exposure of our earnings and capital to changes in interest rates. During the low interest rate environment that has existed in recent years, we have implemented the following strategies to manage our interest rate risk: (i) emphasizing adjustable rate loans including, adjustable rate one-to-four family, commercial and consumer loans, (ii) selling longer-term 1-4 family fixed rate mortgage loans in the secondary market, (iii) reducing and shortening the expected average life of the investment portfolio, (iv) a forward starting hedge strategy for future dated wholesale funding and (v) a loan level hedging program. These measures should serve to reduce the volatility of our future net interest income in different interest rate environments.
Quantitative Analysis
Income Simulation: Simulation analysis is used to estimate our interest rate risk exposure at a particular point in time. The Company models a static balance sheet when measuring interest rate risk, in which a stable balance sheet is projected throughout the modeling horizon. Under a static approach both the size and mix of the balance sheet remains constant, with maturing loan and deposit balances replaced as “new volumes” within the same loan and deposit category, repricing at the respective scenario’s market rate. This adoption was made in a continued effort to align with regulatory best practices and to highlight the current level of risk in the Company’s positions without the effects of growth assumptions. We utilize the income simulation method to analyze our interest rate sensitivity position to manage the risk associated with interest rate movements. At least quarterly, our Risk Committee of the Board of Directors reviews the potential effect changes in interest rates could have on the repayment or repricing of rate sensitive assets and funding requirements of rate sensitive liabilities. Our most recent simulation uses projected repricing of assets and liabilities at June 30, 20172018 and December 31, 20162017 on the basis of contractual maturities, anticipated repayments and scheduled rate adjustments. Prepayment rate assumptions as well as deposit characterization assumptions can have a significant


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impact on interest income simulation results. Because of the large percentage of loans and mortgage-backed assets we hold, rising or falling interest rates may have a significant impact on the actual prepayment speeds of our mortgage related assets that may in turn effect our interest rate sensitivity position. When interest rates rise, prepayment speeds slow and the average expected life of our assets would tend to lengthen more than the expected average life of our liabilities and therefore would most likely result in


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a decrease to our asset sensitive position. As a measure of potential market risk arising from a parallel shock of magnitude to the Company’s net interest income, Management includes a 300 basis point parallel increase in rates in the quarterly simulation results. In order to observe the impact of a slower and gradual rate increase over the respective 12 and 24-month periods, Management includes a 150 basis point ramp simulation; the simulation assumes that interest rates increase by 25 basis points every other month, totaling a 150 basis point increase by month 12 and a 300 basis point increase by month 24. To highlight the net interest income of a falling rate environment, Management includes a 50 basis point parallel decrease in rates.
Percentage Decrease in Estimated
Net Interest Income
Percentage (Decrease) Increase in Estimated
Net Interest Income
Over 12 Months Over 12 -24 MonthsOver 12 Months Over 12 -24 Months
At June 30, 2018   
300 basis point increase in rates(0.79)% (6.58)%0.16 % (2.39)%
150 basis point ramp in rates5.47 % 4.05 %5.07 % 5.38 %
50 basis point decrease in rates(3.92)% (5.67)%(3.84)% (5.41)%
   
At December 31, 2017   
300 basis point increase in rates(0.01)% (6.52)%
150 basis point ramp in rates5.06 % 4.31 %
50 basis point decrease in rates(4.09)% (5.33)%
The Company’s Asset/Liability policy currently limits projected changes in net interest income based on a matrix of projected total risk-based capital relative to the interest rate change for each twelve month period measured compared to the flat rate scenario. As a result, the higher a level of projected risk-based capital, the higher the limit of projected net interest income volatility the Company will accept. As the level of projected risk-based capital is reduced, the policy requires that net interest income volatility also is reduced, making the limit dynamic relative to the capital level needed to support it. These policy limits are re-evaluated on a periodic basis (not less than annually) and may be modified, as appropriate. Because of the asset-sensitivity of our balance sheet, income is projected to increase if interest rates rise on a slow, gradual basis as is expected to occur with Federal Open Market Committee rate increases. Also included in the decreasing rate scenario is the assumption that further declines are reflective of a deeper recession as well as narrower credit spreads from Federal Open Market Committee actions. At June 30, 2017,2018, income at risk (i.e., the change in net interest income) decreased 0.79%increased 0.16% and decreased 3.92%3.84% based on a 300 basis point averageinstantaneous increase or a 50 basis point averageinstantaneous decrease, respectively. When considering the impact of the 150 basis point ramp simulation, income at risk increased 5.47%5.07% over the 12-month simulation horizon. The change in sensitivities, as compared to December 31, 2017, has improved due to the Company’s action to extend the duration of the borrowing base through the execution of additional interest rate swaps in the form of cash flow hedges. While we believe the assumptions used are reasonable, there can be no assurance that assumed prepayment rates will approximate actual future mortgage-backed security and loan repayment activity.
Item 4.Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures: Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information the Company must disclose in its reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported on a timely basis. Our management has evaluated, with the participation and under the supervision of our chief executive officer (“CEO”) and chief financial officer (“CFO”), the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation, our CEO and CFO have concluded that, as of such date, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, required to be disclosed in reports that it files under the Exchange Act is (1) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and (2) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our CEO and CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Changes in Internal Controls: During the quarter under report, there was no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Part II.OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.Legal Proceedings
The Company is involved in various legal proceedings that have arisen in the normal course of business. The Company is not involved in any legal proceedings deemed to be material as of June 30, 2017.2018.
Item 1A.Risk Factors
There have been no material changes in the Risk Factors previously disclosed in Item 1A of the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2016.2017.


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Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
The following table provides information with respect to net purchases made by United Financial Bancorp’s, Inc. of its common stock during the period ended June 30, 2017:2018:
Period Total number
of shares
purchased
 Average(1)
price paid
per share
 Total number
of shares
purchased as
part of publicly
announced
plans or programs
 Maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under the plan
April 1 - 30, 2017 
 $
 5,121,915
 1,168,536
May 1 - 31, 2017 
 
 5,121,915
 1,168,536
June 1 - 30, 2017 
 
 5,121,915
 1,168,536
Total 
 $
 5,121,915
 1,168,536
Period Total number
of shares
purchased
 
Average(1)
price paid
per share
 Total number
of shares
purchased as
part of publicly
announced
plans or programs
 Maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under the plan
April 1 - 30, 2018 
 
 5,216,815
 1,073,636
May 1 - 31, 2018 
 
 5,216,815
 1,073,636
June 1 - 30, 2018 
 
 5,216,815
 1,073,636
Total 
 $
 5,216,815
 1,073,636
(1) Includes dealer commission expense to purchase the securities.
On January 26, 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a fourth share repurchase plan authorizing the Company to repurchase up to 2.5% of outstanding shares, or 1,248,536 shares. As of June 30, 2017,2018, there were 1,168,5361,073,636 maximum shares that may yet be purchased under this publicly announced plan.
Item 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures
None.
Item 5.Other Information
None.
Item 6.Exhibits

2.1
2.2
3.1
3.1.1
3.2
3.2.110.5Amendment to Bylaws
10.510.6
10.610.9
10.9United Bank Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan as amended and restated effective December 31, 2007 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed for Rockville Financial, Inc. (now United Financial Bancorp, Inc.) filed on December 18, 2007)


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10.10
10.11.2
10.11.4
10.12
10.12.1
10.14Rockville
10.17
10.18
10.19
10.20
10.21
10.22
14.0
21.0
31.1
31.2
32.0
101.Interactive data files pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T: (i) the Consolidated Statements of Condition, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Net Income, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity, (v) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (vi) the Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements filed herewith


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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
United Financial Bancorp, Inc.
By: /s/ Eric R. Newell
  Eric R. Newell
  EVP, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Date: August 8, 20172, 2018


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