Form 11-K
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 11-K

 

 

(Mark One)

 

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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010

OR

 

¨

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

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission file number 000-19289

 

A.

Full title of the plan and address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company

Amended and Restated

Incentive Deferred Compensation Plan

 

B.

Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

State Auto Financial Corporation

518 East Broad Street

Columbus, Ohio 43215-3976


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REQUIRED INFORMATION

See the accompanying financial statements for the State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company Amended and Restated Incentive Deferred Compensation Plan as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company
Amended and Restated Incentive Deferred

Compensation Plan

By:

 

/s/ Steven E. English

 

Steven E. English

 

Chief Financial Officer of State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company

By:

 

/s/ James A. Yano

 

James A. Yano

 

Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company

Date: March 30, 2011


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INDEX

 

     Page  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     1   

Audited Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

     2   

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

     3   

Notes to Financial Statements

     4 – 17  


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Board of Directors

State Auto Financial Corporation

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company Amended and Restated Incentive Deferred Compensation Plan (the Plan), as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. An audit includes consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

/s/ Clark, Schaefer, Hackett & Co.

March 30, 2011

Columbus, Ohio

 

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STATE AUTO PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

AMENDED AND RESTATED INCENTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

 

 

 

     December 31  
     2010      2009  

Assets

     

Investments, at fair value:

     

Shares of registered investment companies (cost $2,209,213 and $2,120,165, respectively)

   $ 2,374,475         2,344,114   

Interest-bearing cash

     659,936         577,575   

Affiliated Stock (cost $92,809)

     96,909         —     
                 

Total investments

     3,131,320         2,921,689   
                 

Total Assets

     3,131,320         2,921,689   

Liabilities

     

Assets payable

     61,150         61,150   
                 

Total Liabilities

     61,150         61,150   

Net assets available for benefits

   $ 3,070,170         2,860,539   
                 

See accompanying notes.

 

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STATE AUTO PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

AMENDED AND RESTATED INCENTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

 

 

 

     Year Ended December 31  
     2010     2009     2008  

Investment income (loss):

      

Dividends

   $ 71,590        53,086        72,436   

Unrealized (loss) gain

     (54,587     782,438        (800,095

Realized gain (loss)

     258,909        (341,209     (46,632
                        

Total investment income (loss)

     275,912        494,315        (774,291

Contributions:

      

Employee

     420,308        454,559        575,103   

Employer

     29,929        8,687        28,941   
                        

Total contributions

     450,237        463,246        604,044   

Deductions:

      

Benefit payments

     516,518        355,412        340,093   
                        

Total deductions

     516,518        355,412        340,093   

Net increase (decrease)

     209,631        602,149        (510,340

Net assets available for benefits:

      

Beginning of year

     2,860,539        2,258,390        2,768,730   
                        

End of year

   $ 3,070,170        2,860,539        2,258,390   
                        

See accompanying notes.

 

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STATE AUTO PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

AMENDED AND RESTATED INCENTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements

December 31, 2010

 

 

1. Description of the Plan

Organization

The State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company Amended and Restated Incentive Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) became effective on August 1, 1995. The Plan was amended and restated in its entirety effective as of March 1, 2010, to incorporate amendments made to the Plan subsequent to the Plan’s prior restatement effective as of March 1, 2001, and to add as an investment option a fund comprised solely of shares of the State Auto Financial Corporation common stock (“Affiliated Stock”).

Eligible executives include high income or key management employees designated by the President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer on an annual basis. Plan participation is voluntary. The Plan provides to those eligible executives the benefits they would otherwise earn under the State Auto Insurance Companies Retirement Savings Plan (fka the State Auto Insurance Companies Capital Accumulation Plan) (the “Qualified Plan”) if certain federal law restrictions did not apply, and the opportunity to defer designated amounts of their salary and bonuses.

Effective as of July 1, 2010, the Plan was amended to include, among other things, the following changes:

 

 

 

The Company will be required to contribute any excess portion of any nonelective contributions not eligible to be contributed to the Qualified Plan.

 

 

 

Participants will become vested in the Company nonelective contributions after three years of service or upon retirement, death or total disability prior to retirement or other termination of service.

The benefits provided to participants under the Plan are paid from the general assets of State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company (the “Company”). The Plan is intended to be an unfunded Plan for purposes of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) and is, therefore, exempt from certain ERISA requirements. Each participant’s right to benefits under the Plan is equivalent to the rights of any unsecured creditor of the Company.

Newly eligible executives who wish to participate in the Plan must enroll within 30 days after becoming eligible to participate and defer income from the current calendar year. For subsequent years, participants must enroll prior to the beginning of each new Plan year.

Contributions

Participants are permitted to defer on a pretax basis (a) from 1% to 100% of the participant’s eligible base salary received in the Plan year and/or (b) from 1% to 100% of each eligible participant’s bonus. In addition, the Company matches eligible base salary deferrals at the same rate and in the same manner that it is generally matching 401(k) deferrals under the Qualified Plan. Any limitations on the match under the Qualified Plan also apply to the Plan, with the match under the Plan being offset by the match to the Qualified Plan to the extent duplicative. For example, at the present time under the Qualified Plan, the Company matches up to 6% of compensation at the rate of 100% on the first 1% of contributions plus 50% on contributions in excess of 1%, up to a maximum of 6%. Under the Plan, the Company similarly matches up to 6% of eligible base salary, as defined above, less amounts matched under the Qualified Plan. Effective July 1, 2010, the Company is required to make nonelective contributions that are not eligible to be contributed to the Qualified Plan.

Vesting

Each participant is fully vested in base salary, bonus deferrals, and any associated earnings. After five years of service or upon attainment of age 55, retirement, death, or total disability prior to age 55 or other termination of service, each participant is fully vested in matching contributions. After three years of service or upon attainment of age 55, retirement, death, or total disability prior to age 55 or other termination of service, each participant is fully vested in nonelective contributions.

 

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STATE AUTO PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

AMENDED AND RESTATED INCENTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2010

 

 

 

Participant Accounts

Investment funds available under the Plan are merely devices used to calculate gains and losses on the amounts deferred by Plan participants. No participant has any rights or interests in any particular funds, securities or property of the Company or the trust described in Note 6, or in any investment vehicle in which deferrals are deemed to be invested, by virtue of any investment election. Each deferral account, however, is credited or charged in accordance with the Plan with gains and losses as if the participant in fact had made a corresponding actual investment.

Payment of Benefits

The balance of each deferral account is distributed in cash to the participant based on the participant’s distribution election upon a specified date certain or the later of age 55 or termination of service. If no distribution election is made, payments are made in monthly installments over a five-year period.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accounting records of the Plan are maintained in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Valuation of Investments and Related Investment Income

The investments of the Plan consisted of shares of registered investment companies, interest-bearing cash, and Affiliated Stock. The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. See Note 3 for discussion on fair value measurements.

Investment income, including appreciation and depreciation in fair value of investments, is allocated to participant accounts daily based upon the ratio of each participant’s account to the total fund balance. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Realized gains and losses on the sale of securities are determined on the average cost method.

Benefit Payments

Benefit payments are recognized when paid.

Administrative Expenses

All administrative expenses are paid by the Company.

Risks and Uncertainties

The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the Plan’s statements of net assets available for benefits.

 

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STATE AUTO PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

AMENDED AND RESTATED INCENTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2010

 

 

 

Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements

Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements

In January 2010, the FASB issued guidance to improve the disclosures related to fair value measurements. The new guidance requires expanded fair value disclosures, including the reasons for significant transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 and the amount of significant transfers into each level disclosed separately from transfers out of each level. For Level 3 fair value measurements, information in the reconciliation of recurring Level 3 measurements about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements shall be presented separately on a gross basis, rather than as one net number. In addition, clarification is provided about existing disclosure requirements, such as presenting fair value measurement disclosures for each class of assets and liabilities that are determined based on their nature and risk characteristics and their placement in the fair value hierarchy (that is, Level 1, 2, or 3), as opposed to each major category of assets and liabilities, as required in the previous guidance. Disclosures about the valuation techniques and inputs used to measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements are required for fair value measurement that fall in either Level 2 or Level 3. The Company adopted this new guidance effective January 1, 2010, except for the gross presentation of purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the Level 3 reconciliation, which is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2010. The adoption of the new guidance effective January 1, 2010 had no effect on the Plan’s financial statements.

3. Fair Value Measurements

Below is the fair value hierarchy that categorizes into three levels the inputs to valuation techniques that are used to measure fair value:

 

 

 

Level 1 includes observable inputs which reflect quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets at the measurement date.

 

 

 

Level 2 includes observable inputs for assets or liabilities other than quoted prices included in Level 1, and it includes valuation techniques which use prices for similar assets and liabilities.

 

 

 

Level 3 includes unobservable inputs which reflect the reporting entity’s estimates of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability (including assumptions about risk).

The following is a description of the valuation methods used for assets measured at fair value.

 

 

 

Registered investment companies: Registered investment companies are public investment vehicles valued using net asset value (“NAV”) provided by the administrator of the mutual fund. The NAV is an unadjusted quoted price on an active market and classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

 

 

Interest-bearing cash: The carrying value approximates fair value and is classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

 

 

Affiliated Stock: The fair value is based on the unadjusted closing price reported on the active market on which the security is traded and is classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED INCENTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2010

 

 

 

The following tables reflect the Plan’s investments within the fair value hierarchy at December 31, 2010 and 2009:

 

2010

   Total      Quoted prices in
active markets for
identical assets
(Level 1)
     Significant
other observable
inputs

(Level 2)
     Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
 

Registered investment companies:

           

Large cap equity investments

   $ 939,928         939,928         —           —     

Mid cap equity investments

     164,732         164,732         —           —     

Small cap equity investments

     19,309         19,309         —           —     

International equity investments

     217,924         217,924         —           —     

Blended fund investments

     453,615         453,615         —           —     

Income bond investments

     578,967         578,967         —           —     
                                   

Total registered investment companies

     2,374,475         2,374,475         —           —     

Interest-bearing cash

     659,936         659,936         —           —     

Affiliated Stock

     96,909         96,909         —           —     
                                   

Total investments

   $ 3,131,320         3,131,320         —           —     
                                   

2009

   Total      Quoted prices in
active markets for
identical assets
(Level 1)
     Significant
other  observable
inputs

(Level 2)
     Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
 

Registered investment companies:

           

Large cap equity investments

   $ 955,521         955,521         —           —     

Mid cap equity investments

     106,637         106,637         —           —     

Small cap equity investments

     24,655         24,655         —           —     

International equity investments

     273,359         273,359         —           —     

Blended fund investments

     410,719         410,719         —           —     

Income bond investments

     573,223         573,223         —           —     
                                   

Total registered investment companies

     2,344,114         2,344,114         —           —     

Interest-bearing cash

     577,575         577,575         —           —     
                                   

Total investments

   $ 2,921,689         2,921,689         —           —     
                                   

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED INCENTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2010

 

 

 

4. Participant Accounts

Participant balances for all funds are maintained in shares. Share values are determined on a periodic basis. At December 31, 2010 and 2009, there were 54 and 50 participants in the Plan, respectively, with contributions in one or more of the following funds. The total number of participants in the Plan is less than the sum of the number of participants set forth in the following table because each participant may make contributions to more than one fund. The total number of shares and share values, and number of participants as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, by fund, were as follows:

2010

Investment Options

 

     Total Number
of Shares
     Net Asset
Share Value
     Number of
Participants
 

Registered Investment Company

        

ABF Sm Cap Val

     995         19.41         6   

Baron Growth

     1,009         51.23         10   

Calamos Growth A

     2,655         53.38         16   

FID Contrafund K

     7,845         67.70         25   

FID Diversified Intl K

     4,299         30.12         17   

FID Freedom K 2010

     702         12.68         2   

FID Freedom K 2015

     13,004         12.72         5   

FID Freedom K 2020

     5,798         13.19         6   

FID Freedom K 2025

     375         13.40         2   

FID Freedom K 2030

     7,378         13.60         7   

FID Freedom K 2035

     371         13.78         1   

FID Freedom K 2040

     3         13.86         1   

FID Freedom K 2045

     236         13.96         1   

FID Freedom K 2050

     1,685         14.02         1   

FID Freedom K Income

     663         11.43         2   

FID Intermed Bond

     8,940         10.55         9   

FID Puritan K

     3,230         17.91         10   

Harbor Intl Inst

     1,461         60.55         12   

JPM Mid Cap Value A

     2,726         23.13         8   

MFS Value Fund A

     5,667         22.81         13   

PIM Total RT Inst

     44,668         10.85         17   

Spartan US EQ Index

     3,098         44.48         11   

VANG Mid Cap IDX

     2,461         20.31         6   
              

Total Registered Investment Companies

     119,269         

Interest Bearing Cash

        

Fidelity US Govt Bond

     659,936         1.00         20   
              

Total Interest Bearing Cash

     659,936         

Affiliated Stock

        

State Auto Financial Corporation

     5,563         17.42         4   
              

Total Affiliated Stock

     5,563         
              

Total Investments

     784,768         
              

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED INCENTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2010

 

 

 

2009

Investment Options

 

     Total Number
of Shares
     Net Asset
Share Value
     Number of
Participants
 

Registered Investment Company

        

ABF SM Cap Value PA

     1,591         15.50         5   

Baron Growth

     1,163         41.31         8   

Calamos Growth A

     2,843         44.46         14   

FID Contrafund

     9,442         58.28         25   

FID Diversified Intl

     8,945         28.00         19   

FID Freedom 2010

     1,647         12.51         2   

FID Freedom 2015

     15,637         10.42         6   

FID Freedom 2020

     3,982         12.55         7   

FID Freedom 2025

     913         10.39         3   

FID Freedom 2030

     6,062         12.39         6   

FID Freedom 2035

     27         10.26         1   

FID Freedom 2050

     2,463         8.35         1   

FID Freedom Income

     966         10.74         3   

FID Intermed Bond

     9,252         10.15         7   

FID Puritan

     3,822         16.06         11   

Harbor Intl Inst

     418         54.87         4   

JPM Mid Cap Value A

     2,740         18.98         7   

MFS Value Fund A

     7,086         20.77         12   

PIM Total RT Inst

     44,381         10.80         14   

Spartan US EQ Index

     3,340         39.43         10   

VANG Mid Cap IDX INV

     402         16.36         2   
              

Total Registered Investment Companies

     127,122         

Interest Bearing Cash

        

Fidelity US Govt Bond

     577,575         1.00         17   
              

Total Interest Bearing Cash

     577,575         
              

Total Investments

     704,697         
              

 

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STATE AUTO PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

AMENDED AND RESTATED INCENTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2010

 

 

 

5. Investments: The Plan’s investments and related changes at December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, and for the years then ended were as follows:

 

2010

  Number
of
Shares
    Fair Value     Dividends     Realized Gain
(loss)
    Unrealized Gain
(loss)
    Contributions     Benefit
Payments
 

Registered Investment Companies

             

ABF Sm Cap Val

    995      $ 19,309      $ 68      $ (4,159   $ 6,307      $ 2,899      $ —     

Baron Growth

    1,009        51,706        —          (3,593     12,301        4,323        (76

Calamos Growth A

    2,655        141,742        —          5,430        14,761        7,092        (19,319

FID Contrafund

    —          —          679        131,557        (74,768     20,813        (50,132

FID Contrafund K

    7,845        531,117        3,092        199        14,890        (150     (10,648

FID Diversified Intl

    —          —          —          21,896        (19,326     9,332        (14,367

FID Diversified Intl K

    4,299        129,486        2,577        (789     415        862        (2,501

FID Freedom 2010

    —          —          51        3,042        (2,641     —          (18,007

FID Freedom 2015

    —          —          888        32,674        (17,544     35,398        —     

FID Freedom 2020

    —          —          382        11,286        (5,630     15,199        —     

FID Freedom 2025

    —          —          28        1,868        (1,568     678        —     

FID Freedom 2030

    —          —          535        21,027        (13,262     11,860        (92

FID Freedom 2035

    —          —          12        335        1        3,614        —     

FID Freedom 2045

    —          —          —          245        —          2,361        —     

FID Freedom 2050

    —          —          123        5,905        (4,067     —          —     

FID Freedom Income

    —          —          99        986        (504     14,574        —     

FID Freedom K 2010

    702        8,898        166        —          35        —          —     

FID Freedom K 2015

    13,004        165,414        3,171        (348     725        (6,934     —     

FID Freedom K 2020

    5,798        76,479        1,422        2        823        3,197        —     

FID Freedom K 2025

    375        5,019        96        —          81        —          —     

FID Freedom K 2030

    7,378        100,335        1,862        2        1,864        1,507        (81

FID Freedom K 2035

    371        5,108        87        —          116        670        —     

FID Freedom K 2040

    3        38        —          —          —          38        —     

FID Freedom K 2045

    236        3,289        53        —          85        545        —     

FID Freedom K 2050

    1,685        23,622        362        —          731        —          —     

FID Freedom K Income

    663        7,573        104        —          (65     —          —     

FID Intermed Bond

    8,940        94,321        4,103        2,713        2,129        18,341        (32,289

FID Puritan

    —          —          1,062        8,703        (4,177     4,011        (11,625

FID Puritan K

    3,230        57,842        288        74        1,856        585        (2,524

Harbor Intl Inst

    1,461        88,438        1,255        (2,241     6,086        20,594        (2,032

JPM Mid Cap Value A

    2,726        63,046        485        (2,878     11,920        1,661        (10

MFS Value Fund A

    5,667        129,258        1,659        6,226        3,364        11,411        (10,427

PIM Total RT Inst

    44,668        484,646        42,240        11,479        (6,749     143,603        (92,239

Spartan US EQ Index

    3,098        137,809        2,374        5,423        10,041        10,103        (12,174

VANG Mid Cap IDX

    2,461        49,980        522        1,493        3,083        5,581        (756
                                                       

Total Registered Investment
Companies

    119,269        2,374,475        69,845        258,557        (58,687     343,768        (279,299

Interest Bearing Cash

             

Fidelity US Gov Bond

    659,936        659,936        149        —          —          107,381        (235,152
                                                       

Total Interest Bearing Cash

    659,936        659,936        149        —          —          107,381        (235,152

Affiliated Stock

             

State Auto Financial Corporation

    5,563        96,909        1,596        352        4,100        (912     (2,067
                                                       

Total Affiliated Stock

    5,563        96,909        1,596        352        4,100        (912     (2,067
                                                       

Total Assets Held For Investment

    784,768      $ 3,131,320      $ 71,590      $ 258,909      $ (54,587   $ 450,237      $ (516,518
                                                       

 

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STATE AUTO PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

AMENDED AND RESTATED INCENTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2010

 

 

 

2009

   Number
of
Shares
     Fair Value      Dividends      Realized
Gain (loss)
    Unrealized
Gain (loss)
    Contributions      Benefit
Payments
 

Registered Investment Companies

                  

ABF SM Cap Val. PA

     1,591       $ 24,655       $ 72       $ (3,215   $ 9,818      $ 3,430       $ (217

Baron Growth

     1,163         48,048         46         (2,769     16,331        10,529         (51

Calamos Growth A

     2,843         126,395         —           (22,145     66,513        17,760         (13,653

FID Contrafund

     9,442         550,255         1,877         (73,279     202,706        35,964         (49,533

FID Diversified Intl

     8,945         250,448         3,086         (59,909     122,275        48,109         (16,280

FID Equity Income

     —           —           1,065         (78,766     87,277        12,391         (7,527

FID Freedom 2010

     1,647         20,599         656         1,454        3,085        13,586         —     

FID Freedom 2015

     15,637         162,934         4,749         (18,916     42,684        40,822         —     

FID Freedom 2020

     3,982         49,977         1,487         (7,828     17,751        9,240         (400

FID Freedom 2025

     913         9,489         337         6,351        2,854        20,649         —     

FID Freedom 2030

     6,062         75,111         2,023         (380     16,607        23,491         (24

FID Freedom 2035

     27         274         3         —          (1     272         —     

FID Freedom 2050

     2,463         20,569         494         (6,057     10,805        2,634         —     

FID Freedom Income

     966         10,379         235         420        504        7,035         —     

FID Intermed Bond

     9,252         93,911         4,338         (1,478     11,741        19,529         (16,385

FID Puritan

     3,822         61,387         1,910         (18,248     32,048        2,493         (15,101

Harbor Intl Inst

     418         22,911         287         (2,813     8,308        2,381         (270

JPM Mid Cap Val. A

     2,740         52,010         695         (13,063     23,540        9,931         —     

MFS Value Fund A

     7,086         147,181         1,728         (3,650     21,537        4,875         (1,375

PIM Total RT Inst

     44,381         479,311         22,143         6,364        15,399        91,674         (58,197

Spartan US EQ Index

     3,340         131,691         2,702         (43,174     69,343        9,107         (12,560

VANG Mid Cap IDX

     402         6,579         68         (108     1,313        2,373         —     
                                                            

Total Registered Investment Companies

     127,122         2,344,114         50,001         (341,209     782,438        388,275         (191,573

Interest Bearing Cash

                  

Fidelity US Gov Bond

     577,575         577,575         3,085         —          —          74,971         (163,839
                                                            

Total Interest Bearing Cash

     577,575         577,575         3,085         —          —          74,971         (163,839
                                                            

Total Assets Held For Investment

     704,697       $ 2,921,689       $ 53,086       $ (341,209   $ 782,438      $ 463,246       $ (355,412
                                                            

 

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STATE AUTO PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

AMENDED AND RESTATED INCENTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2010

 

 

 

2008

   Number
of Shares
     Fair Value      Dividends      Realized
Gain (loss)
    Unrealized
Gain (loss)
    Contributions      Benefit
Payments
 

Registered Investment Companies

                  

ABF SM Cap Val. PA

     1,496       $ 17,231       $ 233       $ (91   $ (7,810   $ 2,520       $ (373

Baron Growth

     820         25,265         10         (284     (14,533     9,083         (432

Calamos Growth A

     2,050         59,767         —           (7,400     (56,289     22,752         (32,589

FID Contrafund

     9,570         433,142         6,600         18,930        (251,209     54,752         (39,301

FID Diversified Intl

     9,001         193,618         2,718         (29,125     (182,916     51,912         (27,271

FID Equity Income

     4,022         124,150         8,291         (9,142     (96,898     19,468         (30,247

FID Freedom 2010

     175         1,818         86         —          (444     2,176         —     

FID Freedom 2015

     8,577         73,417         4,148         (212     (25,251     36,259         —     

FID Freedom 2020

     2,958         29,726         2,120         —          (14,550     11,435         —     

FID Freedom 2025

     342         2,813         178         —          (1,275     2,527         —     

FID Freedom 2030

     782         7,636         455         (455     (3,564     8,715         —     

FID Freedom 2050

     1,965         12,693         737         —          (6,738     16,537         —     

FID Freedom Income

     2         19         2,067         (8,698     2,684        67,235         (6,803

FID Intermed Bond

     9,529         86,622         9,666         (10,639     (9,275     12,492         (3,383

FID Puritan

     5,064         66,140         2,609         (2,713     (28,541     12,811         (18,733

Harbor Intl Inst

     404         16,216         309         (152     (7,670     170         (437

JPM Mid Cap Val. A

     2,068         31,729         1,479         (15     (15,731     10,041         (28

PIM Total RT Inst

     11,307         114,656         7,019         (82     (4,108     436         (2,554

Spartan US EQ Index

     3,778         120,514         3,532         3,446        (75,977     39,925         (49,172
                                                            

Total Registered Investment Companies

     73,910         1,417,172         52,257         (46,632     (800,095     381,246         (211,323

Interest Bearing Cash

                  

Fidelity US Gov Bond

     898,317         898,317         20,179         —          —          222,798         (128,770
                                                            

Total Interest Bearing Cash

     898,317         898,317         20,179         —          —          222,798         (128,770
                                                            

Total Assets Held For Investment

     972,227       $ 2,315,489       $ 72,436       $ (46,632   $ (800,095   $ 604,044       $ (340,093
                                                            

 

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STATE AUTO PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

AMENDED AND RESTATED INCENTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2010

 

 

 

The Plan’s unrealized appreciation (depreciation) at December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008 were as follows:

 

           Unrealized Gain (loss)        
     Beginning Balance     During Period     Ending Balance  

2008

   $ 241,606        (800,095     (558,489

2009

     (558,489     782,438        223,949   

2010

     223,949        (54,587     169,362   

The Plan’s assets payable at December 31, 2010 and 2009 were as follows:

 

     2010 Payable      2009 Payable  

FID Contrafund

   $ —         $ 3,898   

FID Contrafund K

     4,507         —     

FID Freedom 2015

     —           15,556   

FID Freedom K 2015

     14,687         —     

Fidelity US Gov Bond

     30,575         30,575   

PIM Total RT Inst

     7,255         6,649   

Spartan US EQ Index

     2,757         4,472   

State Auto Financial Corporation

     1,369         —     
                 
   $ 61,150       $ 61,150   
                 

 

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STATE AUTO PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

AMENDED AND RESTATED INCENTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2010

 

 

 

The Plan’s net realized gains and losses were as follows for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008:

 

2010

   Aggregate
Proceeds
     Cost      Net Realized
Gains (Losses)
 

Investment Options

        

ABF Sm Cap Val

   $ 34,462         38,621         (4,159

Baron Growth

     29,568         33,161         (3,593

Calamos Growth A

     66,240         60,810         5,430   

FID Contrafund

     691,087         559,530         131,557   

FID Contrafund K

     18,999         18,800         199   

FID Diversified Intl

     344,515         322,619         21,896   

FID Diversified Intl K

     28,911         29,700         (789

FID Freedom 2010

     26,704         23,662         3,042   

FID Freedom 2015

     221,850         189,176         32,674   

FID Freedom 2020

     71,214         59,928         11,286   

FID Freedom 2025

     10,495         8,627         1,868   

FID Freedom 2030

     95,272         74,245         21,027   

FID Freedom 2035

     4,236         3,901         335   

FID Freedom 2045

     2,606         2,361         245   

FID Freedom 2050

     22,530         16,625         5,905   

FID Freedom Income

     25,534         24,548         986   

FID Freedom K 2015

     30,847         31,195         (348

FID Freedom K 2020

     178         176         2   

FID Freedom K 2030

     81         79         2   

FID Intermed Bond

     75,566         72,853         2,713   

FID Puritan

     70,986         62,283         8,703   

FID Puritan K

     4,320         4,246         74   

Fidelity US Govt Bond

     543,949         543,949         —     

Harbor Intl Inst

     26,510         28,751         (2,241

JPM Mid Cap Value A

     13,883         16,761         (2,878

MFS Value Fund A

     49,305         43,079         6,226   

PIM Total RT Inst

     204,307         192,828         11,479   

Spartan US EQ Index

     70,071         64,648         5,423   

State Auto Financial Corporation

     2,067         1,715         352   

VANG Mid Cap IDX

     40,346         38,853         1,493   
                          

Total

   $ 2,826,639         2,567,730         258,909   
                          

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED INCENTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2010

 

 

 

2009

   Aggregate
Proceeds
     Cost      Net Realized
Gains (Losses)
 

Investment Options

        

ABF SM Cap Value PA

   $ 10,722         13,937         (3,215

Baron Growth

     39,178         41,947         (2,769

Calamos Growth A

     94,061         116,206         (22,145

FID Contrafund

     429,534         502,813         (73,279

FID Diversified Intl

     328,478         388,387         (59,909

FID Equity Income

     155,659         234,425         (78,766

FID Freedom 2010

     18,691         17,237         1,454   

FID Freedom 2015

     386,196         405,112         (18,916

FID Freedom 2020

     188,381         196,209         (7,828

FID Freedom 2025

     95,328         88,977         6,351   

FID Freedom 2030

     67,620         68,000         (380

FID Freedom 2050

     18,212         24,269         (6,057

FID Freedom Income

     11,905         11,485         420   

FID Intermed Bond

     116,245         117,723         (1,478

FID Puritan

     130,821         149,069         (18,248

Fidelity US Govt Bond

     3,960,357         3,960,357         —     

Harbor Intl Inst

     25,715         28,528         (2,813

JPM Mid Cap Value A

     30,424         43,487         (13,063

MFS Value Fund A

     60,355         64,005         (3,650

PIM Total RT Inst

     375,173         368,809         6,364   

Spartan US EQ Index

     249,750         292,924         (43,174

VANG Mid Cap IDX INV

     15,720         15,828         (108
                          

Total

   $ 6,808,525         7,149,734         (341,209
                          

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED INCENTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2010

 

 

 

2008

   Aggregate
Proceeds
     Cost      Net Realized
Gains (Losses)
 

Investment Options

        

ABF SM Cap Value PA

   $ 373         464         (91

Baron Growth

     3,316         3,600         (284

Calamos Growth A

     32,589         39,989         (7,400

FID Contrafund

     147,229         128,299         18,930   

FID Diversified Intl

     163,255         192,380         (29,125

FID Equity Income

     62,586         71,728         (9,142

FID Freedom 2015

     11,805         12,017         (212

FID Freedom 2030

     7,461         7,916         (455

FID Freedom Income

     216,161         224,859         (8,698

FID Intermed Bond

     162,656         173,295         (10,639

FID Puritan

     18,733         21,446         (2,713

Fidelity US Govt Bond

     190,453         190,453         —     

Harbor Intl Inst

     442         594         (152

JPM Mid Cap Value A

     932         947         (15

PIM Total RT Inst

     2,554         2,636         (82

Spartan US EQ Index

     64,705         61,259         3,446   
                          

Total

   $ 1,085,250         1,131,882         (46,632
                          

 

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December 31, 2010

 

 

 

6. Trust

The Company maintains a trust to provide a source of funds to assist the Company in meeting its obligations under the Plan. The rights of participants and their beneficiaries under the Plan are merely unsecured contractual rights against the Company and its participating subsidiaries. Participants and beneficiaries have no preferred claim on, or any beneficial ownership interest in, any assets of the trust. All assets of the trust are subject to the claims of the general creditors of the Company and its participating subsidiaries under Federal and state law, should the Company and its participating subsidiaries become unable to pay their debts as they become due or become subject to Federal bankruptcy proceedings.

7. Related Party

The Plan invests in shares of registered investment companies managed by Fidelity Management Trust Company, custodian of the Plan. Beginning in 2010, participants may also invest in Affiliated Stock.

8. Tax Status

The Plan is not, and is not intended to be, qualified under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Consequently, an application for a favorable determination has not been filed with the Internal Revenue Service. The Plan does not have a tax filing requirement with the Internal Revenue Service, and therefore, no liability (or asset) or disclosure is included in the Plan’s financial statements.

Deferred amounts are subject to FICA and Medicare taxes and most local income taxes at the time of the deferral. Deferred amounts (and the earnings thereon) are not subject to Federal and most state income taxes until distributed from the Plan. Such distributions and the related taxes are the responsibility of the participants.

9. Right to Terminate

The Company may terminate the Plan at any time and for any reason. Following termination of the Plan, no additional deferrals may be made, but all existing participant accounts will continue to be administered in accordance with the Plan, unless the Company elects to accelerate distribution of all Plan accounts in accordance with Section 409A of the Code.

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

EXHIBIT NO.

  

DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT

1   

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm