v3.20.4
Debt Securities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
Securities mortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses, and estimated fair value of debt securities held to maturity and debt securities available for sale are as follows:
 December 31, 2020
Recognized in OCI (1)
Not recognized in OCI
 Amortized
Cost
Gross Unrealized GainsGross Unrealized LossesCarrying ValueGross
Unrealized
Gains
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Estimated
Fair
Value
 (In millions)
Debt securities held to maturity:
Mortgage-backed securities:
Residential agency$554 $— $(19)$535 $34 $— $569 
Commercial agency589 — (2)587 59 — 646 
$1,143 $— $(21)$1,122 $93 $— $1,215 
Debt securities available for sale:
U.S. Treasury securities$178 $$— $183 $183 
Federal agency securities102 — 105 105 
Mortgage-backed securities:
Residential agency18,455 625 (4)19,076 19,076 
Residential non-agency— — 
Commercial agency5,659 346 (6)5,999 5,999 
Commercial non-agency571 15 — 586 586 
Corporate and other debt securities1,126 78 — 1,204 1,204 
$26,092 $1,072 $(10)$27,154 $27,154 
 
 December 31, 2019
Recognized in OCI (1)
Not recognized in OCI
 Amortized
Cost
Gross Unrealized GainsGross Unrealized LossesCarrying ValueGross
Unrealized
Gains
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Estimated
Fair
Value
 (In millions)
Debt securities held to maturity:
Mortgage-backed securities:
Residential agency$736 $— $(26)$710 $22 $— $732 
Commercial agency625 — (3)622 20 (2)640 
$1,361 $— $(29)$1,332 $42 $(2)$1,372 
Debt securities available for sale:
U.S. Treasury securities$180 $$— $182 $182 
Federal agency securities42 — 43 43 
Mortgage-backed securities:
Residential agency15,336 218 (38)15,516 15,516 
Residential non-agency— — 
Commercial agency4,720 77 (31)4,766 4,766 
Commercial non-agency639 — 647 647 
Corporate and other debt securities1,414 38 (1)1,451 1,451 
$22,332 $344 $(70)$22,606 $22,606 
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(1)The gross unrealized losses recognized in OCI on securities held to maturity resulted from a transfer of securities available for sale to held to maturity in the second quarter of 2013.
Debt securities with carrying values of $10.3 billion and $8.3 billion at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, were pledged to secure public funds, trust deposits and certain borrowing arrangements. Included within total pledged securities is approximately $24 million of encumbered U.S. Treasury securities at both December 31, 2020 and 2019.
The amortized cost and estimated fair value of debt securities held to maturity and debt securities available for sale at December 31, 2020, by contractual maturity, are shown below. Expected maturities will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.
Amortized
Cost
Estimated
Fair Value
 (In millions)
Debt securities held to maturity:
Mortgage-backed securities:
Residential agency$554 $569 
Commercial agency589 646 
$1,143 $1,215 
Debt securities available for sale:
Due in one year or less$200 $202 
Due after one year through five years828 873 
Due after five years through ten years267 299 
Due after ten years111 118 
Mortgage-backed securities:
Residential agency18,455 19,076 
Residential non-agency
Commercial agency5,659 5,999 
Commercial non-agency571 586 
$26,092 $27,154 
The following tables present gross unrealized losses and the related estimated fair value of debt securities held to maturity and debt securities available for sale at December 31, 2020 and 2019. For debt securities transferred to held to maturity from available for sale, the analysis in the tables below is comparing the securities' original amortized cost to its current estimated fair value. These securities are segregated between investments that have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for less than twelve months and for twelve months or more.
 December 31, 2020
 Less Than Twelve MonthsTwelve Months or MoreTotal
 Estimated
Fair
Value
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Estimated
Fair
Value
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Estimated
Fair
Value
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 (In millions)
Debt securities available for sale:
Mortgage-backed securities:
Residential agency$914 $(4)$101 $— $1,015 $(4)
Commercial agency819 (6)— — 819 (6)
$1,733 $(10)$101 $— $1,834 $(10)
 
 December 31, 2019
 Less Than Twelve MonthsTwelve Months or MoreTotal
 Estimated
Fair
Value
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Estimated
Fair
Value
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Estimated
Fair
Value
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 (In millions)
Debt securities held to maturity:
Mortgage-backed securities:
Residential agency$82 $— $501 $(5)$583 $(5)
Commercial agency— — 127 (5)127 (5)
$82 $— $628 $(10)$710 $(10)
Debt securities available for sale:
Mortgage-backed securities:
Residential agency$2,402 $(11)$2,505 $(27)$4,907 $(38)
Commercial agency1,449 (31)73 — 1,522 (31)
Corporate and other debt securities19 — 32 (1)51 (1)
$3,870 $(42)$2,610 $(28)$6,480 $(70)
The number of individual debt positions in an unrealized loss position in the tables above decreased from 500 at December 31, 2019 to 129 at December 31, 2020. The decrease in the number of securities and the total amount of gross unrealized losses was primarily due to changes in market interest rates. In instances where an unrealized loss existed, there was no indication of an adverse change in credit on the underlying positions in the tables above. As it relates to these positions, management believes no individual unrealized loss, other than those discussed below, represented credit impairment as of those dates. The Company does not intend to sell, and it is not more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell, the positions before the recovery of their amortized cost basis, which may be at maturity.
Gross realized gains and gross realized losses on sales of debt securities available for sale are shown in the table below. The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method. As part of the Company's normal process for evaluating impairment, management did identify a limited number of positions where impairment was believed to exist in certain periods, as shown in the table below.
 202020192018
 (In millions)
Gross realized gains$$16 $
Gross realized losses(1)(43)(1)
Impairment— (1)(2)
Securities gains (losses), net$$(28)$