American Federated Life Insurance Company
MID Examination as of December 31, 2019 Page 7
Prospect is a publically-traded, closed-end investment company that has elected to be regulated
as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Prospect
invests primarily in first and second-lien senior loans and mezzanine debt and provides capital to
middle-market companies and private equity financial sponsors for refinancing, leveraged
buyouts, acquisitions, recapitalizations, later-stage growth investments and capital expenditures.
First Tower Holdings of Delaware, LLC (“FT Delaware”): FT Delaware is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Prospect. FT Delaware operates as a holding company which owns 80.0544 % of
First Tower Finance Company, LLC.
First Tower Finance Company, LLC (“FT Finance”): FT Finance is owned 80.0544% by FT
Delaware and 19.8887% by the Jack R. Lee and Mary Katherine Lee Gift Trusts. FT Delaware
and the Jack R. Lee and Katherine Lee Gift Trusts are Class A (voting) members with one Class
B (non-voting) member owning .0569%. FT Finance operates as a holding company which
wholly-owns First Tower, LLC.
First Tower, LLC (“FT”): FT is wholly-owned by FT Finance and is engaged in consumer
lending and related insurance activities through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Tower Loan of
Mississippi, LLC, Tower Loan of Illinois, LLC, First Tower Loan, LLC, Gulfco of Mississippi,
LLC, Gulfco of Alabama, LLC, Gulfco or Louisiana, LLC, Tower Loan of Missouri, LLC, and
Tower Auto Loan, LLC.
Tower Loan of Mississippi, LLC (“TL of MS”): TL of MS is wholly-owned by First Tower
and is engaged in consumer lending in the states of Mississippi and Louisiana. TL of MS
provides insurance services through its wholly-owned subsidiary, American Federated Holding
Company.
American Federated Holding Company (“AFHC”): AFHC is wholly-owned by TL of MS
and acts as an insurance holding company for two insurance subsidiaries, the Company and
American Federated Insurance Company (“AFIC”).
American Federated Insurance Company (“AFIC”): AFIC is wholly-owned by AFHC. AFIC
provides credit property insurance on consumer loans issued by consumer finance subsidiaries of
TL of MS.
Related Party Transactions:
Premiums: Premiums are collected for credit life and accident and health insurance at each of the
consumer finance branch offices and remitted by TL of MS to the Company on a monthly basis.
At December 31, 2019, the Company reported a receivable from parent, subsidiaries and
affiliates in the amount of $2,029,300 related to premiums owed for December.
Claims: Upon submission of appropriate claim documentation and proof of loss, the Company
pays claims to affiliated consumer finance branch offices to be applied to the insured’s
outstanding loan balances.