$afl 2018 Q4 10-K

Concept	2018 Q4	2018 Q3	2018 Q2
Revenue	$5.126B	$5.577B	$5.589B
YoY Change	-5.49%	1.29%	2.97%
Cost Of Revenue		$3.002B	$3.031B
YoY Change		-2.63%	-0.26%
Gross Profit		$2.575B	$2.558B
YoY Change		6.27%	7.07%
Gross Profit Margin		46.17%	45.77%
Selling, General & Admin		$730.0M	$732.0M
YoY Change		6.41%	10.08%
% of Gross Profit		28.35%	28.62%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$313.0M	$315.0M	$303.0M
YoY Change	-72.35%	16.24%	7.07%
% of Gross Profit		12.23%	11.85%
Operating Expenses	$4.346B	$730.0M	$732.0M
YoY Change	-0.46%	6.41%	10.08%
Operating Profit		$1.061B	$1.138B
YoY Change		4.64%	6.06%
Interest Expense	-$58.00M	$53.00M	$54.00M
YoY Change	-1.69%	-10.17%	-11.48%
% of Operating Profit		5.0%	4.75%
Other Income/Expense, Net		-$3.000M	-$42.00M
YoY Change		-70.0%	366.67%
Pretax Income	$722.0M	$1.146B	$1.131B
YoY Change	-27.73%	6.6%	8.23%
Income Tax	$197.0M	$301.0M	$299.0M
% Of Pretax Income	27.29%	26.27%	26.44%
Net Earnings	$525.0M	$845.0M	$832.0M
YoY Change	-79.67%	18.02%	16.69%
Net Earnings / Revenue	10.24%	15.15%	14.89%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$0.69	$1.10	$1.08
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$0.69	$1.09	$1.07
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	761.3M shares	767.0M shares	772.9M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		772.1M shares	777.8M shares

Concept	2018 Q4	2018 Q3	2018 Q2
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments
YoY Change
Cash & Equivalents	$4.337B	$3.429B	$3.847B
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets
YoY Change
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables
Other Receivables
Total Short-Term Assets
YoY Change
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$443.0M	$435.0M	$448.0M
YoY Change	2.07%	-0.91%	1.36%
Goodwill
YoY Change
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$121.9B	$120.8B	$124.1B
YoY Change	1.45%	2.74%	5.48%
Other Assets
YoY Change
Total Long-Term Assets
YoY Change
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets
Total Long-Term Assets
Total Assets	$140.4B	$137.9B	$142.0B
YoY Change	2.32%	1.37%	4.87%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable
YoY Change
Accrued Expenses
YoY Change
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$5.072B	$5.857B	$7.781B
YoY Change	-5.21%	-12.8%	15.79%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$5.778B	$5.279B	$5.315B
YoY Change	9.25%	0.59%	1.2%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$2.906B	$2.987B	$2.780B
YoY Change	2.61%	-12.86%	-19.68%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$8.684B	$8.266B	$8.095B
YoY Change	6.93%	-4.73%	-7.09%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$5.072B	$5.857B	$7.781B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$8.684B	$8.266B	$8.095B
Total Liabilities	$116.9B	$114.7B	$118.2B
YoY Change	3.84%	0.53%	3.77%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$31.79B	$31.46B	$30.81B
YoY Change	6.33%	14.45%	14.35%
Common Stock	$2.312B	$2.286B	$2.252B
YoY Change	5.72%	6.62%	6.48%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$12.79B	$12.42B	$12.11B
YoY Change	11.09%	11.04%	10.57%
Treasury Stock Shares	592.3M shares	584.3M shares	577.8M shares
Shareholders Equity	$23.46B	$23.23B	$23.80B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$140.4B	$137.9B	$142.0B
YoY Change	2.32%	1.37%	4.87%

Concept	2018 Q4	2018 Q3	2018 Q2
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$525.0M	$845.0M	$832.0M
YoY Change	-79.67%	18.02%	16.69%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$313.0M	$315.0M	$303.0M
YoY Change	-72.35%	16.24%	7.07%
Cash From Operating Activities	$1.355B	$1.852B	$1.569B
YoY Change	-11.55%	29.42%	11.43%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures
YoY Change
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$410.0M	-$1.729B	-$1.244B
YoY Change	-83.88%	367.3%	25.66%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$410.0M	-$1.729B	-$1.244B
YoY Change	-83.88%	367.3%	25.66%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-103.0M	-525.0M	-515.0M
YoY Change	-77.21%	37.43%	45.07%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	1.355B	1.852B	1.569B
Cash From Investing Activities	-410.0M	-1.729B	-1.244B
Cash From Financing Activities	-103.0M	-525.0M	-515.0M
Net Change In Cash	842.0M	-402.0M	-190.0M
YoY Change	-157.51%	-159.2%	-401.59%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$1.355B	$1.852B	$1.569B
Capital Expenditures
Free Cash Flow
YoY Change

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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Businesses Gross PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross	75000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Prior Period Reclassification Adjustment Description PriorPeriodReclassificationAdjustmentDescription	<div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#0094ff;font-weight:bold;">Reclassifications:</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Certain reclassifications have been made to prior-year amounts to conform to current-year reporting classifications. These reclassifications had no impact on net earnings or total shareholders' equity.</span></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div>
CY2019	us-gaap	Description Of New Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted DescriptionOfNewAccountingPronouncementsNotYetAdopted	<div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#0094ff;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;">Accounting Pronouncements Pending Adoption</span></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:99.62962962962963%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"/></tr><tr><td style="width:20%;"/><td style="width:53%;"/><td style="width:27%;"/></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:2px solid #000000;border-top:2px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Standard</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:2px solid #000000;border-top:2px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:2px solid #000000;border-right:2px solid #000000;border-top:2px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Effect on Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters</span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">ASU 2020-01 </span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Clarifying the interactions between Topic 321, Topic 323, and Topic 815</span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">In January 2020, the FASB issued amendments clarifying that an entity should consider observable transactions that require it to either apply or discontinue the equity method of accounting for the purposes of applying the measurement alternative in accordance with Topic 321 immediately before applying or upon discontinuing the equity method.</span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">In addition, the amendments clarify that for the purpose of applying certain derivative guidance in Topic 815, an entity should not consider whether, upon the settlement of the forward contract or exercise of the purchased option, individually or with existing investments, the underlying securities would be accounted for under the equity method in Topic 323 or the fair value option in accordance with the financial instruments guidance in Topic 825. An entity also would evaluate the remaining characteristics in Topic 815 to determine the accounting for those forward contracts and purchased options.</span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">The amendments are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted.</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations, or disclosures.</span></div></td></tr></table></div><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:99.62962962962963%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"/></tr><tr><td style="width:20%;"/><td style="width:53%;"/><td style="width:27%;"/></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:2px solid #000000;border-top:2px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Standard</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:2px solid #000000;border-top:2px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:2px solid #000000;border-right:2px solid #000000;border-top:2px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Effect on Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters</span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">ASU 2019-04 </span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses, Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and Topic 825, Financial Instruments<br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">In April 2019, the FASB issued Codification improvements to clarify and correct certain areas of guidance amended as part of ASU 2016-01, </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;">Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities; </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">ASU 2016-13</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;">, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments; and </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">ASU 2017-12</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;">, Derivative and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"> <br/><br/>The most significant of these improvements to the Company was related to the Codification improvement to ASU 2017-12 and the clarification that a one-time reclassification of assets that are eligible to be hedged under the last-of-layer method (i.e., certain pre-payable securities) from held-to-maturity to available-for-sale is allowed under the new hedge accounting guidance and would not impact the Company’s ability to continue to classify other bonds as held-to-maturity. This clarification is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2020, with early adoption permitted. If a reclassification is elected, it must be reflected as of the date of adoption of this update.<br/><br/>The other amendments related to ASU 2017-12 and 2016-01 are either not significant, or were previously implemented as part of the related ASU adoptions.<br/><br/>Applicable amendments related to ASU 2016-13 are discussed within the pending adoption of that update below. <br/><br/> <br/><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">The Company did not reclassify any assets from held-to-maturity to available-for-sale as part of its implementation of ASU 2017-12, and is therefore eligible to reclassify qualifying securities as a result of these clarifications. Effective on January 1, 2020, the Company anticipates the reclassification of approximately $6.9 billion (at amortized cost) of pre-payable fixed-maturity securities from the held-to-maturity to the available-for-sale category. This reclassification is expected to result in recording in accumulated other comprehensive income a net unrealized gain of approximately $800 million on an after-tax basis, based on the securities’ fair values on the reclassification date. The reclassification will impact the adoption of ASU 2016-13 which will be effective January 1, 2020 (see ASU 2016-13 below for additional details). </span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br/></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">ASU 2018-17</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"> Consolidation: Targeted Improvements to Related Party Guidance for Variable Interest Entities<br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">In October 2018, the FASB issued targeted improvements which provide that indirect interests held through related parties under common control should be considered on a proportional basis for determining whether fees paid to decision makers and service providers are variable interests. The amendments are effective for public business entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted.<br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or disclosures.<br/></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">ASU 2018-13<br/></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Fair Value Measurement, Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement<br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">In August 2018, the FASB issued amendments to the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements. The amendments remove, modify, and add certain disclosures. The amendments are effective for all entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. Further, an entity is permitted to early adopt any removed or modified disclosures upon issuance of this update and delay adoption of the additional disclosures until their effective date.</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or disclosures.</span></div></td></tr></table></div><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:99.62962962962963%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"/></tr><tr><td style="width:20%;"/><td style="width:53%;"/><td style="width:27%;"/></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:2px solid #000000;border-top:2px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Standard</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:2px solid #000000;border-top:2px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:2px solid #000000;border-right:2px solid #000000;border-top:2px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Effect on Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters</span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">ASU 2018-12<br/></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Financial Services - Insurance, Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts<br/></span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">as clarified and amended by:</span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">ASU No. 2019-09,</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;">Financial Services Insurance (Topic 944)- Effective Date</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">In August 2018, the FASB issued amendments that will significantly change how insurers account for long-duration contracts. The amendments will change existing recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure requirements. Issues addressed in the new guidance include: 1) a requirement to review and, if there is a change, update assumptions for the liability for future policy benefits at least annually, and to update the discount rate assumption quarterly, 2) accounting for market risk benefits at fair value, 3) simplified amortization for deferred acquisition costs, and 4) enhanced financial statement presentation and disclosures. </span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">In November 2019, the FASB issued an amendment extending the effective date for public business entities that meet the definition of an SEC filer, excluding entities eligible to be small reporting companies as defined by the SEC, by one year. The amendments are now effective for the Company for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2021. Early application of the amendments is permitted.<br/><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">The Company is thoroughly evaluating the impact of adoption and expects that the adoption will have a significant impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, and disclosures. The Company anticipates that the requirement to update assumptions for liability for future policy benefits will have a significant impact on its results of operations, systems, processes and controls while the requirement to update the discount rate will have a significant impact on its equity. The Company has no products with market risk benefits. The Company does not expect to early adopt the updated standard and has tentatively selected a modified retrospective transition method.</span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">ASU 2017-04 <br/></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Intangibles - Goodwill and Other: Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">In January 2017, the FASB issued amendments simplifying the subsequent measurement of goodwill. An entity, under this update, is no longer required to perform a hypothetical purchase price allocation to measure goodwill impairment. Instead, the entity should perform its annual or interim goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. The amendments are effective for public business entities that are SEC filers for annual or any interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted for any goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017.</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations, or disclosures.</span></div></td></tr></table></div><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:99.62962962962963%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"/></tr><tr><td style="width:20%;"/><td style="width:53%;"/><td style="width:27%;"/></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:2px solid #000000;border-top:2px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Standard</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:2px solid #000000;border-top:2px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:2px solid #000000;border-right:2px solid #000000;border-top:2px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Effect on Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters</span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">ASU 2016-13<br/></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Financial Instruments - Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments<br/><br/>as clarified and amended by:<br/></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">ASU 2019-04</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;">Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses, Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and Topic 825, Financial Instruments,<br/></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">ASU 2019-05</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;">Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326), Targeted Transition Relief</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br/>and</span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">ASU 2019-11, </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;">Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments- Credit Losses</span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">In June 2016, the FASB issued amendments that require a financial asset (or a group of financial assets) measured at amortized cost to be presented net of an allowance for credit losses (Credit Losses ASU) in order to reflect the amount expected to be collected on the financial asset(s). The measurement of expected credit losses is amended by replacing the incurred loss impairment methodology in current U.S. GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information. Credit losses on available-for-sale debt securities will be measured in a manner similar to current U.S. GAAP; however, the amendments require that credit losses be presented as an allowance rather than as a write-down. Other amendments include changes to the balance sheet presentation and interest income recognition of purchased financial assets with a more-than-insignificant credit deterioration since origination (PCD financial assets). <br/><br/>The Credit Losses ASU is effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Companies may early adopt this guidance as of the fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The amendments will be adopted following a modified-retrospective approach resulting in a cumulative effect adjustment in retained earnings as of the beginning of the year of adoption. Two exceptions to this adoption method are for PCD financial assets and debt securities for which other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI) will have been recognized before the effective date. Loans purchased with credit deterioration accounted for under current U.S. GAAP as "purchased credit impaired" (PCI) financial assets will be classified as PCD financial assets at transition and PCD guidance will be applied prospectively. Debt securities that have experienced OTTI before the effective date will follow a prospective adoption method which allows an entity to maintain the same amortized cost basis before and after the effective date.<br/><br/>In April 2019, the Credit Losses ASU was amended to allow entities to make a policy election about presentation and disclosure of accrued interest receivable and the related credit losses, whereby entities that write off uncollectible accrued interest receivable in a timely manner can make a policy election not to measure an allowance on the accrued interest receivable. 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Prior Period Reclassification Adjustment Description

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<div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#0094ff;font-weight:bold;">Reclassifications:</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Certain reclassifications have been made to prior-year amounts to conform to current-year reporting classifications. These reclassifications had no impact on net earnings or total shareholders' equity.</span></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div>

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Description Of New Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

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<div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#0094ff;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;">Accounting Pronouncements Pending Adoption</span></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:99.62962962962963%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"/></tr><tr><td style="width:20%;"/><td style="width:53%;"/><td style="width:27%;"/></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:2px solid #000000;border-top:2px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Standard</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:2px solid #000000;border-top:2px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:2px solid #000000;border-right:2px solid #000000;border-top:2px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Effect on Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters</span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">ASU 2020-01 </span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Clarifying the interactions between Topic 321, Topic 323, and Topic 815</span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">In January 2020, the FASB issued amendments clarifying that an entity should consider observable transactions that require it to either apply or discontinue the equity method of accounting for the purposes of applying the measurement alternative in accordance with Topic 321 immediately before applying or upon discontinuing the equity method.</span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">In addition, the amendments clarify that for the purpose of applying certain derivative guidance in Topic 815, an entity should not consider whether, upon the settlement of the forward contract or exercise of the purchased option, individually or with existing investments, the underlying securities would be accounted for under the equity method in Topic 323 or the fair value option in accordance with the financial instruments guidance in Topic 825. An entity also would evaluate the remaining characteristics in Topic 815 to determine the accounting for those forward contracts and purchased options.</span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">The amendments are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted.</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations, or disclosures.</span></div></td></tr></table></div><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:99.62962962962963%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"/></tr><tr><td style="width:20%;"/><td style="width:53%;"/><td style="width:27%;"/></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:2px solid #000000;border-top:2px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Standard</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:2px solid #000000;border-top:2px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:2px solid #000000;border-right:2px solid #000000;border-top:2px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Effect on Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters</span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">ASU 2019-04 </span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses, Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and Topic 825, Financial Instruments<br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">In April 2019, the FASB issued Codification improvements to clarify and correct certain areas of guidance amended as part of ASU 2016-01, </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;">Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities; </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">ASU 2016-13</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;">, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments; and </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">ASU 2017-12</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;">, Derivative and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"> <br/><br/>The most significant of these improvements to the Company was related to the Codification improvement to ASU 2017-12 and the clarification that a one-time reclassification of assets that are eligible to be hedged under the last-of-layer method (i.e., certain pre-payable securities) from held-to-maturity to available-for-sale is allowed under the new hedge accounting guidance and would not impact the Company’s ability to continue to classify other bonds as held-to-maturity. This clarification is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2020, with early adoption permitted. If a reclassification is elected, it must be reflected as of the date of adoption of this update.<br/><br/>The other amendments related to ASU 2017-12 and 2016-01 are either not significant, or were previously implemented as part of the related ASU adoptions.<br/><br/>Applicable amendments related to ASU 2016-13 are discussed within the pending adoption of that update below. <br/><br/> <br/><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">The Company did not reclassify any assets from held-to-maturity to available-for-sale as part of its implementation of ASU 2017-12, and is therefore eligible to reclassify qualifying securities as a result of these clarifications. Effective on January 1, 2020, the Company anticipates the reclassification of approximately $6.9 billion (at amortized cost) of pre-payable fixed-maturity securities from the held-to-maturity to the available-for-sale category. This reclassification is expected to result in recording in accumulated other comprehensive income a net unrealized gain of approximately $800 million on an after-tax basis, based on the securities’ fair values on the reclassification date. The reclassification will impact the adoption of ASU 2016-13 which will be effective January 1, 2020 (see ASU 2016-13 below for additional details). </span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br/></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">ASU 2018-17</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"> Consolidation: Targeted Improvements to Related Party Guidance for Variable Interest Entities<br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">In October 2018, the FASB issued targeted improvements which provide that indirect interests held through related parties under common control should be considered on a proportional basis for determining whether fees paid to decision makers and service providers are variable interests. The amendments are effective for public business entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted.<br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or disclosures.<br/></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">ASU 2018-13<br/></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Fair Value Measurement, Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement<br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">In August 2018, the FASB issued amendments to the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements. The amendments remove, modify, and add certain disclosures. The amendments are effective for all entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. Further, an entity is permitted to early adopt any removed or modified disclosures upon issuance of this update and delay adoption of the additional disclosures until their effective date.</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or disclosures.</span></div></td></tr></table></div><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:99.62962962962963%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"/></tr><tr><td style="width:20%;"/><td style="width:53%;"/><td style="width:27%;"/></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:2px solid #000000;border-top:2px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Standard</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:2px solid #000000;border-top:2px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:2px solid #000000;border-right:2px solid #000000;border-top:2px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Effect on Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters</span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">ASU 2018-12<br/></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Financial Services - Insurance, Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts<br/></span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">as clarified and amended by:</span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">ASU No. 2019-09,</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;">Financial Services Insurance (Topic 944)- Effective Date</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">In August 2018, the FASB issued amendments that will significantly change how insurers account for long-duration contracts. The amendments will change existing recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure requirements. Issues addressed in the new guidance include: 1) a requirement to review and, if there is a change, update assumptions for the liability for future policy benefits at least annually, and to update the discount rate assumption quarterly, 2) accounting for market risk benefits at fair value, 3) simplified amortization for deferred acquisition costs, and 4) enhanced financial statement presentation and disclosures. </span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">In November 2019, the FASB issued an amendment extending the effective date for public business entities that meet the definition of an SEC filer, excluding entities eligible to be small reporting companies as defined by the SEC, by one year. The amendments are now effective for the Company for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2021. Early application of the amendments is permitted.<br/><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">The Company is thoroughly evaluating the impact of adoption and expects that the adoption will have a significant impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, and disclosures. The Company anticipates that the requirement to update assumptions for liability for future policy benefits will have a significant impact on its results of operations, systems, processes and controls while the requirement to update the discount rate will have a significant impact on its equity. The Company has no products with market risk benefits. The Company does not expect to early adopt the updated standard and has tentatively selected a modified retrospective transition method.</span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">ASU 2017-04 <br/></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Intangibles - Goodwill and Other: Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">In January 2017, the FASB issued amendments simplifying the subsequent measurement of goodwill. An entity, under this update, is no longer required to perform a hypothetical purchase price allocation to measure goodwill impairment. Instead, the entity should perform its annual or interim goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. The amendments are effective for public business entities that are SEC filers for annual or any interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted for any goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017.</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations, or disclosures.</span></div></td></tr></table></div><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:99.62962962962963%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"/></tr><tr><td style="width:20%;"/><td style="width:53%;"/><td style="width:27%;"/></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:2px solid #000000;border-top:2px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Standard</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:2px solid #000000;border-top:2px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:2px solid #000000;border-right:2px solid #000000;border-top:2px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Effect on Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters</span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">ASU 2016-13<br/></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">Financial Instruments - Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments<br/><br/>as clarified and amended by:<br/></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">ASU 2019-04</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;">Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses, Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and Topic 825, Financial Instruments,<br/></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">ASU 2019-05</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;">Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326), Targeted Transition Relief</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br/>and</span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">ASU 2019-11, </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;">Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments- Credit Losses</span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">In June 2016, the FASB issued amendments that require a financial asset (or a group of financial assets) measured at amortized cost to be presented net of an allowance for credit losses (Credit Losses ASU) in order to reflect the amount expected to be collected on the financial asset(s). The measurement of expected credit losses is amended by replacing the incurred loss impairment methodology in current U.S. GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information. Credit losses on available-for-sale debt securities will be measured in a manner similar to current U.S. GAAP; however, the amendments require that credit losses be presented as an allowance rather than as a write-down. Other amendments include changes to the balance sheet presentation and interest income recognition of purchased financial assets with a more-than-insignificant credit deterioration since origination (PCD financial assets). <br/><br/>The Credit Losses ASU is effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Companies may early adopt this guidance as of the fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The amendments will be adopted following a modified-retrospective approach resulting in a cumulative effect adjustment in retained earnings as of the beginning of the year of adoption. Two exceptions to this adoption method are for PCD financial assets and debt securities for which other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI) will have been recognized before the effective date. Loans purchased with credit deterioration accounted for under current U.S. GAAP as "purchased credit impaired" (PCI) financial assets will be classified as PCD financial assets at transition and PCD guidance will be applied prospectively. Debt securities that have experienced OTTI before the effective date will follow a prospective adoption method which allows an entity to maintain the same amortized cost basis before and after the effective date.<br/><br/>In April 2019, the Credit Losses ASU was amended to allow entities to make a policy election about presentation and disclosure of accrued interest receivable and the related credit losses, whereby entities that write off uncollectible accrued interest receivable in a timely manner can make a policy election not to measure an allowance on the accrued interest receivable. Other amendments made within this Update clarify and address stakeholders’ specific issues about certain aspects of the Credit Losses ASU. <br/><br/>In May 2019, the FASB granted a targeted transition relief by allowing to irrevocably elect the fair value option for certain financial assets previously measured at amortized cost. <br/><br/>These amendments will be effective upon adoption of the Credit Losses ASU.</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-right:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">The Company has identified the following financial instruments in scope of the new guidance: certain fixed maturity securities, loans and loan receivables, reinsurance recoverable, as well as certain other receivable balances and off-balance sheet arrangements. </span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;"><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">The Company has concluded that of the held-to-maturity fixed maturity securities, Japanese government and agency securities and certain Japanese government-guaranteed mortgage backed securities meet the requirements for a zero-loss expectation and therefore will not be included in the current expected credit loss measurement process upon adoption of the new standard. </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">The Company has substantially completed the review and validation of credit models, methodologies and inputs for all asset classes. The Company performed parallel runs during the second, third and fourth quarters and refined its estimation process with additional parallel testing throughout 2019. The Company has estimated the adoption-date net after-tax impact at a $56 million decrease to retained earnings. As noted above relative to ASU 2019-04, the Company is planning a one-time reclassification as of January 1, 2020 of approximately $6.9 billion (amortized cost as of December 31, 2019) of its eligible fixed-maturity securities from held-to-maturity to available-for-sale category. The aforementioned reclassification has been reflected in the expected impact estimate from adoption of ASU 2016-13. The Company plans to adopt this ASU on January 1, 2020.</span></div></td></tr></table></div><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div>

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us-gaap

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CY2019Q4

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CY2019Q4

us-gaap

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CY2019Q4

us-gaap

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CY2019Q4

us-gaap

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CY2019Q4

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CY2019Q4

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CY2019Q4

us-gaap

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us-gaap

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us-gaap

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us-gaap

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us-gaap

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Held To Maturity Securities Debt Maturities Without Single Maturity Date Fair Value

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Debt Securities Available For Sale Unrealized Gain Loss

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CY2019Q4

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CY2018Q4

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Loans And Leases Receivable Allowance

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CY2019Q4

us-gaap

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CY2019Q4

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CY2018Q4

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CY2018Q4

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us-gaap

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us-gaap

Secured Borrowings Gross Difference Amount

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CY2019Q4

us-gaap

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CY2019Q4

us-gaap

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us-gaap

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us-gaap

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us-gaap

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us-gaap

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us-gaap

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us-gaap

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us-gaap

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us-gaap

Derivative Fair Value Hedge Included In Effectiveness Gain Loss

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us-gaap

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Derivative Instruments Gain Loss Reclassified From Accumulated Oci Into Income Effective Portion Net

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Gain Loss On Derivative Instruments Net Pretax

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Derivative Instruments Gain Loss Reclassified From Accumulated Oci Into Income Effective Portion Net

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us-gaap

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us-gaap

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CY2019Q4

us-gaap

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CY2019Q4

us-gaap

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CY2019Q4

us-gaap

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CY2019Q4

us-gaap

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CY2019Q4

us-gaap

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CY2019Q4

us-gaap

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CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Asset Not Subject To Master Netting Arrangement

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CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Asset Not Subject To Master Netting Arrangement

DerivativeAssetNotSubjectToMasterNettingArrangement

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CY2019Q4

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Derivative Asset Fair Value Amount Offset Against Collateral Not Subjectto Master Netting Agreement

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CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Asset Fair Value Gross Asset Including Not Subject To Master Netting Arrangement

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CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Asset Fair Value Gross Liability

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CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Assets

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CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Asset Not Offset Policy Election Deduction

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CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Collateral Obligation To Return Securities

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CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Collateral Obligation To Return Cash

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us-gaap

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CY2019Q4

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CY2019Q4

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CY2019Q4

afl

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CY2019Q4

afl

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CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset

DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset

234000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Asset Fair Value Gross Liability

DerivativeAssetFairValueGrossLiability

0

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset Amount Not Offset Against Collateral

DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAssetAmountNotOffsetAgainstCollateral

234000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Asset Not Offset Policy Election Deduction

DerivativeAssetNotOffsetPolicyElectionDeduction

152000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Collateral Obligation To Return Securities

DerivativeCollateralObligationToReturnSecurities

23000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Collateral Obligation To Return Cash

DerivativeCollateralObligationToReturnCash

58000000

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Derivative Asset Fair Value Amount Offset Against Collateral Subjectto Master Netting Agreement

DerivativeAssetFairValueAmountOffsetAgainstCollateralSubjecttoMasterNettingAgreement

1000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Asset Not Subject To Master Netting Arrangement

DerivativeAssetNotSubjectToMasterNettingArrangement

183000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Asset Not Subject To Master Netting Arrangement

DerivativeAssetNotSubjectToMasterNettingArrangement

183000000

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Derivative Asset Fair Value Amount Offset Against Collateral Not Subjectto Master Netting Agreement

DerivativeAssetFairValueAmountOffsetAgainstCollateralNotSubjecttoMasterNettingAgreement

183000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Asset Fair Value Gross Asset Including Not Subject To Master Netting Arrangement

DerivativeAssetFairValueGrossAssetIncludingNotSubjectToMasterNettingArrangement

417000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Asset Fair Value Gross Liability

DerivativeAssetFairValueGrossLiability

0

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Assets

DerivativeAssets

417000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Asset Not Offset Policy Election Deduction

DerivativeAssetNotOffsetPolicyElectionDeduction

152000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Collateral Obligation To Return Securities

DerivativeCollateralObligationToReturnSecurities

23000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Collateral Obligation To Return Cash

DerivativeCollateralObligationToReturnCash

58000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset Amount Offset Against Collateral

DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAssetAmountOffsetAgainstCollateral

184000000

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Gross Amountsof Recognized Financial Instruments Offsetting Assets

GrossAmountsofRecognizedFinancialInstrumentsOffsettingAssets

1446000000

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Gross Amounts Offsetin Statementof Financial Position Offsetting Assets

GrossAmountsOffsetinStatementofFinancialPositionOffsettingAssets

0

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Net Amountsof Financial Instruments Presentedin Balance Sheet Offsetting Assets

NetAmountsofFinancialInstrumentsPresentedinBalanceSheetOffsettingAssets

1446000000

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Carryingvalueoffinancialinstrumentsassetsnotoffsetinbalancesheet

152000000

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Securities Collateral Assets Not Offsetin Balance Sheet

SecuritiesCollateralAssetsNotOffsetinBalanceSheet

23000000

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Cash Collateral Assets Not Offsetin Balance Sheet

CashCollateralAssetsNotOffsetinBalanceSheet

1087000000

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Financialinstrumentsamountofassetsoffsetagainstcollateral

184000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability

DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability

460000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Liability Fair Value Gross Asset

DerivativeLiabilityFairValueGrossAsset

0

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability Amount Not Offset Against Collateral

DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiabilityAmountNotOffsetAgainstCollateral

460000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Liability Not Offset Policy Election Deduction

DerivativeLiabilityNotOffsetPolicyElectionDeduction

190000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Collateral Right To Reclaim Securities

DerivativeCollateralRightToReclaimSecurities

222000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Collateral Right To Reclaim Cash

DerivativeCollateralRightToReclaimCash

33000000

USD

CY2019Q4

afl

Derivative Liability Fair Value Amount Offset Against Collateral Subjectto Master Netting Agreement

DerivativeLiabilityFairValueAmountOffsetAgainstCollateralSubjecttoMasterNettingAgreement

15000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Liability Not Subject To Master Netting Arrangement

DerivativeLiabilityNotSubjectToMasterNettingArrangement

126000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Liability Not Subject To Master Netting Arrangement

DerivativeLiabilityNotSubjectToMasterNettingArrangement

126000000

USD

CY2019Q4

afl

Derivative Liability Fair Value Amount Offset Against Collateral Not Subjectto Master Netting Agreement

DerivativeLiabilityFairValueAmountOffsetAgainstCollateralNotSubjecttoMasterNettingAgreement

126000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Liability Fair Value Gross Liability Including Not Subject To Master Netting Arrangement

DerivativeLiabilityFairValueGrossLiabilityIncludingNotSubjectToMasterNettingArrangement

586000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Liability Fair Value Gross Asset

DerivativeLiabilityFairValueGrossAsset

0

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Liabilities

DerivativeLiabilities

586000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Liability Not Offset Policy Election Deduction

DerivativeLiabilityNotOffsetPolicyElectionDeduction

190000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Collateral Right To Reclaim Securities

DerivativeCollateralRightToReclaimSecurities

222000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Collateral Right To Reclaim Cash

DerivativeCollateralRightToReclaimCash

33000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability Amount Offset Against Collateral

DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiabilityAmountOffsetAgainstCollateral

141000000

USD

CY2019Q4

afl

Gross Amountsof Recognized Financial Instruments Offsetting Liabilities

GrossAmountsofRecognizedFinancialInstrumentsOffsettingLiabilities

2462000000

USD

CY2019Q4

afl

Gross Amounts Offsetin Statementof Financial Position Offsetting Liabilities

GrossAmountsOffsetinStatementofFinancialPositionOffsettingLiabilities

0

USD

CY2019Q4

afl

Net Amountsof Financial Instruments Presentedin Balance Sheet Offsetting Liabilities

NetAmountsofFinancialInstrumentsPresentedinBalanceSheetOffsettingLiabilities

2462000000

USD

CY2019Q4

afl

Carryingvalueoffinancialinstrumentsliabilitiesnotoffsetinbalancesheet

2050000000

USD

CY2019Q4

afl

Securities Collateral Liabilities Not Offsetin Balance Sheet

SecuritiesCollateralLiabilitiesNotOffsetinBalanceSheet

222000000

USD

CY2019Q4

afl

Cash Collateral Liabilities Not Offsetin Balance Sheet

CashCollateralLiabilitiesNotOffsetinBalanceSheet

33000000

USD

CY2019Q4

afl

Financialinstrumentsamountofliabilitiesoffsetagainstcollateral

157000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability

DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability

285000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Liability Fair Value Gross Asset

DerivativeLiabilityFairValueGrossAsset

0

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability Amount Not Offset Against Collateral

DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiabilityAmountNotOffsetAgainstCollateral

285000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Liability Not Offset Policy Election Deduction

DerivativeLiabilityNotOffsetPolicyElectionDeduction

152000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Collateral Right To Reclaim Securities

DerivativeCollateralRightToReclaimSecurities

37000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Collateral Right To Reclaim Cash

DerivativeCollateralRightToReclaimCash

68000000

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Derivative Liability Fair Value Amount Offset Against Collateral Subjectto Master Netting Agreement

DerivativeLiabilityFairValueAmountOffsetAgainstCollateralSubjecttoMasterNettingAgreement

28000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Liability Not Subject To Master Netting Arrangement

DerivativeLiabilityNotSubjectToMasterNettingArrangement

102000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Liability Not Subject To Master Netting Arrangement

DerivativeLiabilityNotSubjectToMasterNettingArrangement

102000000

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Derivative Liability Fair Value Amount Offset Against Collateral Not Subjectto Master Netting Agreement

DerivativeLiabilityFairValueAmountOffsetAgainstCollateralNotSubjecttoMasterNettingAgreement

102000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Liability Fair Value Gross Liability Including Not Subject To Master Netting Arrangement

DerivativeLiabilityFairValueGrossLiabilityIncludingNotSubjectToMasterNettingArrangement

387000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Liability Fair Value Gross Asset

DerivativeLiabilityFairValueGrossAsset

0

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Liabilities

DerivativeLiabilities

387000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Liability Not Offset Policy Election Deduction

DerivativeLiabilityNotOffsetPolicyElectionDeduction

152000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Collateral Right To Reclaim Securities

DerivativeCollateralRightToReclaimSecurities

37000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Collateral Right To Reclaim Cash

DerivativeCollateralRightToReclaimCash

68000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability Amount Offset Against Collateral

DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiabilityAmountOffsetAgainstCollateral

130000000

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Gross Amountsof Recognized Financial Instruments Offsetting Liabilities

GrossAmountsofRecognizedFinancialInstrumentsOffsettingLiabilities

1439000000

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Gross Amounts Offsetin Statementof Financial Position Offsetting Liabilities

GrossAmountsOffsetinStatementofFinancialPositionOffsettingLiabilities

0

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Net Amountsof Financial Instruments Presentedin Balance Sheet Offsetting Liabilities

NetAmountsofFinancialInstrumentsPresentedinBalanceSheetOffsettingLiabilities

1439000000

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Carryingvalueoffinancialinstrumentsliabilitiesnotoffsetinbalancesheet

1181000000

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Securities Collateral Liabilities Not Offsetin Balance Sheet

SecuritiesCollateralLiabilitiesNotOffsetinBalanceSheet

37000000

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Cash Collateral Liabilities Not Offsetin Balance Sheet

CashCollateralLiabilitiesNotOffsetinBalanceSheet

68000000

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Financialinstrumentsamountofliabilitiesoffsetagainstcollateral

153000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Available For Sale Securities Debt Securities

AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities

91262000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Equity Securities Fv Ni

EquitySecuritiesFvNi

802000000

USD

CY2019Q4

afl

Other Investments Carriedat Fair Value Fair Value Disclosure

OtherInvestmentsCarriedatFairValueFairValueDisclosure

628000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Cash And Cash Equivalents Fair Value Disclosure

CashAndCashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure

4896000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Assets

DerivativeAssets

482000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Assets Fair Value Disclosure

AssetsFairValueDisclosure

98070000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Liabilities Fair Value Disclosure

LiabilitiesFairValueDisclosure

586000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Available For Sale Securities Debt Securities

AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities

82895000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Equity Securities Fv Ni

EquitySecuritiesFvNi

987000000

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Other Investments Carriedat Fair Value Fair Value Disclosure

OtherInvestmentsCarriedatFairValueFairValueDisclosure

152000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Cash And Cash Equivalents Fair Value Disclosure

CashAndCashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure

4337000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Derivative Assets

DerivativeAssets

417000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Assets Fair Value Disclosure

AssetsFairValueDisclosure

88788000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Liabilities Fair Value Disclosure

LiabilitiesFairValueDisclosure

387000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Loans And Leases Receivable Net Reported Amount

LoansAndLeasesReceivableNetReportedAmount

9569000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Loans Receivable Fair Value Disclosure

LoansReceivableFairValueDisclosure

9648000000

USD

CY2019Q4

afl

Other Investments Carriedat Amortized Cost

OtherInvestmentsCarriedatAmortizedCost

30000000

USD

CY2019Q4

afl

Other Investments Carriedat Amortized Cost Fair Value Disclosure

OtherInvestmentsCarriedatAmortizedCostFairValueDisclosure

30000000

USD

CY2019Q4

afl

Total Financial Instrument Assets Not Carriedat Fair Value

TotalFinancialInstrumentAssetsNotCarriedatFairValue

39684000000

USD

CY2019Q4

afl

Assets Fair Value Disclosure Financial Instruments Carriedat Cost

AssetsFairValueDisclosureFinancialInstrumentsCarriedatCost

47272000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Other Policyholder Funds

OtherPolicyholderFunds

7317000000

USD

CY2019Q4

afl

Other Policyholders Funds Fair Value Disclosure

OtherPolicyholdersFundsFairValueDisclosure

7234000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Notes Payable

NotesPayable

6408000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Notes Payable Fair Value Disclosure

NotesPayableFairValueDisclosure

6935000000

USD

CY2019Q4

afl

Total Financial Instrument Liabilities Not Carried At Fair Value

TotalFinancialInstrumentLiabilitiesNotCarriedAtFairValue

13725000000

USD

CY2019Q4

afl

Liabilities Fair Value Disclosure Financial Instruments Carried At Cost

LiabilitiesFairValueDisclosureFinancialInstrumentsCarriedAtCost

14169000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Loans And Leases Receivable Net Reported Amount

LoansAndLeasesReceivableNetReportedAmount

6919000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Loans Receivable Fair Value Disclosure

LoansReceivableFairValueDisclosure

6893000000

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Other Investments Carriedat Amortized Cost

OtherInvestmentsCarriedatAmortizedCost

26000000

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Other Investments Carriedat Amortized Cost Fair Value Disclosure

OtherInvestmentsCarriedatAmortizedCostFairValueDisclosure

26000000

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Total Financial Instrument Assets Not Carriedat Fair Value

TotalFinancialInstrumentAssetsNotCarriedatFairValue

37263000000

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Assets Fair Value Disclosure Financial Instruments Carriedat Cost

AssetsFairValueDisclosureFinancialInstrumentsCarriedatCost

43641000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Other Policyholder Funds

OtherPolicyholderFunds

7146000000

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Other Policyholders Funds Fair Value Disclosure

OtherPolicyholdersFundsFairValueDisclosure

7067000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Notes Payable

NotesPayable

5765000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Notes Payable Fair Value Disclosure

NotesPayableFairValueDisclosure

5876000000

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Total Financial Instrument Liabilities Not Carried At Fair Value

TotalFinancialInstrumentLiabilitiesNotCarriedAtFairValue

12911000000

USD

CY2018Q4

afl

Liabilities Fair Value Disclosure Financial Instruments Carried At Cost

LiabilitiesFairValueDisclosureFinancialInstrumentsCarriedAtCost

12943000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Available For Sale Securities Debt Securities

AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities

91262000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Equity Securities Fv Ni

EquitySecuritiesFvNi

802000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Held To Maturity Securities Fair Value

HeldToMaturitySecuritiesFairValue

37594000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Available For Sale Securities Debt Securities

AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities

82895000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Equity Securities Fv Ni

EquitySecuritiesFvNi

987000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Held To Maturity Securities Fair Value

HeldToMaturitySecuritiesFairValue

36722000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Value

FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetValue

648000000

USD

CY2019

us-gaap

Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Gain Loss Included In Earnings1

FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetGainLossIncludedInEarnings1

-34000000

USD

CY2019

us-gaap

Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Gain Loss Included In Other Comprehensive Income Loss

FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetGainLossIncludedInOtherComprehensiveIncomeLoss

12000000

USD

CY2019

us-gaap

Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Purchases

FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetPurchases

247000000

USD

CY2019

us-gaap

Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Issues

FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetIssues

0

USD

CY2019

us-gaap

Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Sales

FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetSales

41000000

USD

CY2019

us-gaap

Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Settlements

FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetSettlements

6000000

USD

CY2019

us-gaap

Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Transfers Into Level3

FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetTransfersIntoLevel3

142000000

USD

CY2019

us-gaap

Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Transfers Out Of Level3

FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetTransfersOutOfLevel3

158000000

USD

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Value

FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetValue

810000000

USD

CY2019

us-gaap

Fair Value Assets Measured On Recurring Basis Change In Unrealized Gain Loss

FairValueAssetsMeasuredOnRecurringBasisChangeInUnrealizedGainLoss

-33000000

USD

CY2017Q4

us-gaap

Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Value

FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetValue

453000000

USD

CY2018

us-gaap

Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Gain Loss Included In Earnings1

FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetGainLossIncludedInEarnings1

52000000

USD

CY2018

us-gaap

Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Gain Loss Included In Other Comprehensive Income Loss

FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetGainLossIncludedInOtherComprehensiveIncomeLoss

6000000

USD

CY2018

us-gaap

Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Purchases

FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetPurchases

127000000

USD

CY2018

us-gaap

Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Issues

FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetIssues

0

USD

CY2018

us-gaap

Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Sales

FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetSales

0

USD

CY2018

us-gaap

Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Settlements

FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetSettlements

6000000

USD

CY2018

us-gaap

Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Transfers Into Level3

FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetTransfersIntoLevel3

16000000

USD

CY2018

us-gaap

Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Transfers Out Of Level3

FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetTransfersOutOfLevel3

0

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Asset Value

FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetValue

648000000

USD

CY2018

us-gaap

Fair Value Assets Measured On Recurring Basis Change In Unrealized Gain Loss

FairValueAssetsMeasuredOnRecurringBasisChangeInUnrealizedGainLoss

52000000

USD

CY2019

us-gaap

Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs Text Block1

DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsTextBlock1

DEFERRED POLICY ACQUISITION COSTS AND INSURANCE EXPENSES<div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:18px;text-align:justify;text-indent:21px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Consolidated policy acquisition costs deferred were </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>$1.5 billion</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> in </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">2019</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">2018</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> and </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">2017</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">. The following table presents a rollforward of deferred policy acquisition costs by segment for the years ended December 31.</span><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="24"/></tr><tr><td style="width:53%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:5%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:3%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:5%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:5%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:5%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:3%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:5%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="11" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">2019</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="11" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">2018</span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">(In millions)</span></div></td><td colspan="5" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Japan</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="5" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">U.S.</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="5" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Japan</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="5" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">U.S.</span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Deferred policy acquisition costs:</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:28px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Balance, beginning of year</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>6,384</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>3,491</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>6,150</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>3,355</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:28px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Capitalization</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>825</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>626</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>833</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>669</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:28px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Amortization</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>(709</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-right:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">)</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>(573</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-right:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">)</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>(710</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-right:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">)</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>(534</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-right:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">)</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:28px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Foreign currency translation and other</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>84</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>0</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>111</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>1</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:52px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Balance, end of year</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>6,584</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>3,544</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>6,384</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>3,491</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr></table></div><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Commissions deferred as a percentage of total acquisition costs deferred were </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>74%</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> in </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">2019</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">, compared with </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>72%</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> in both </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">2018</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> and </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">2017</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">.</span></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:20px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Personnel, compensation and benefit expenses as a percentage of insurance expenses were </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>57%</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> in </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">2019</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">, compared with </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>54%</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> in </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">2018</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> and </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>56%</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> in </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">2017</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">. Advertising expense, which is included in insurance expenses in the consolidated statements of earnings, was as follows for the years ended December 31:</span></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="18"/></tr><tr><td style="width:62%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:4%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:7%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:4%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:7%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:4%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">(In millions)</span></div></td><td colspan="5" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">2019</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="5" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">2018</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="5" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">2017</span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Advertising expense:</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:28px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Aflac Japan</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>101</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>108</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>100</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:28px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Aflac U.S.</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>118</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>110</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>110</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> Total advertising expense</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>219</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>218</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>210</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr></table></div><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:20px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Depreciation and other amortization expenses, which are included in insurance expenses in the consolidated statements of earnings, were as follows for the years ended December 31:</span></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="18"/></tr><tr><td style="width:62%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:4%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:7%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:4%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:7%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:4%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">(In millions)</span></div></td><td colspan="5" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">2019</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="5" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">2018</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="5" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">2017</span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Depreciation expense</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>40</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>48</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>50</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Other amortization expense</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>1</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>1</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>3</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> Total depreciation and other amortization expense</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>41</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>49</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>53</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr></table></div><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div>

CY2019

us-gaap

Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs Additions

DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsAdditions

1500000000

USD

CY2019

afl

Percentage Of Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs Attributable To Commissions Deferred

PercentageOfDeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsAttributableToCommissionsDeferred

0.74

CY2018

afl

Percentage Of Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs Attributable To Commissions Deferred

PercentageOfDeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsAttributableToCommissionsDeferred

0.72

CY2019

afl

Percentage Of Insurance Expenses Attributable To Personnel Compensation And Benefit Expenses

PercentageOfInsuranceExpensesAttributableToPersonnelCompensationAndBenefitExpenses

0.57

CY2018

afl

Percentage Of Insurance Expenses Attributable To Personnel Compensation And Benefit Expenses

PercentageOfInsuranceExpensesAttributableToPersonnelCompensationAndBenefitExpenses

0.54

CY2017

afl

Percentage Of Insurance Expenses Attributable To Personnel Compensation And Benefit Expenses

PercentageOfInsuranceExpensesAttributableToPersonnelCompensationAndBenefitExpenses

0.56

CY2019

us-gaap

Advertising Expense

AdvertisingExpense

219000000

USD

CY2018

us-gaap

Advertising Expense

AdvertisingExpense

218000000

USD

CY2017

us-gaap

Advertising Expense

AdvertisingExpense

210000000

USD

CY2019

us-gaap

Depreciation Nonproduction

DepreciationNonproduction

40000000

USD

CY2018

us-gaap

Depreciation Nonproduction

DepreciationNonproduction

48000000

USD

CY2017

us-gaap

Depreciation Nonproduction

DepreciationNonproduction

50000000

USD

CY2019

us-gaap

Other Amortization Of Deferred Charges

OtherAmortizationOfDeferredCharges

1000000

USD

CY2018

us-gaap

Other Amortization Of Deferred Charges

OtherAmortizationOfDeferredCharges

1000000

USD

CY2017

us-gaap

Other Amortization Of Deferred Charges

OtherAmortizationOfDeferredCharges

3000000

USD

CY2019

us-gaap

Depreciation And Amortization

DepreciationAndAmortization

41000000

USD

CY2018

us-gaap

Depreciation And Amortization

DepreciationAndAmortization

49000000

USD

CY2017

us-gaap

Depreciation And Amortization

DepreciationAndAmortization

53000000

USD

CY2019Q4

afl

Percentage Of Future Policy Benefits To Policy Liabilities

PercentageOfFuturePolicyBenefitsToPolicyLiabilities

0.85

CY2019Q4

afl

Percentage Of Unpaid Policy Claims To Policy Liabilities

PercentageOfUnpaidPolicyClaimsToPolicyLiabilities

0.04

CY2019Q4

afl

Percentage Of Unearned Premiums To Policy Liabilities

PercentageOfUnearnedPremiumsToPolicyLiabilities

0.04

CY2019Q4

afl

Percentage Of Other Policyholders Funds To Policy Liabilities

PercentageOfOtherPolicyholdersFundsToPolicyLiabilities

0.07

CY2019Q4

us-gaap

Liability For Future Policy Benefits

LiabilityForFuturePolicyBenefits

90335000000

USD

CY2018Q4

us-gaap

Liability For Future Policy Benefits

LiabilityForFuturePolicyBenefits

86368000000

USD

CY2019

us-gaap

Schedule Of Liability For Unpaid Claims And Claims Adjustment Expense

ScheduleOfLiabilityForUnpaidClaimsAndClaimsAdjustmentExpense

<div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:6px;text-align:left;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Changes in the liability for unpaid policy claims were as follows for the years ended December 31:</span></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="18"/></tr><tr><td style="width:59%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:5%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:7%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:5%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:7%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:5%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/><td style="width:1%;"/></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:9pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9pt;">(In millions)</span></div></td><td colspan="5" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">2019</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="5" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">2018</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="5" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">2017</span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Unpaid supplemental health claims, beginning of period</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>3,952</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>3,884</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>3,707</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Less reinsurance recoverables</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>27</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>30</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>27</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Net balance, beginning of period</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>3,925</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>3,854</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>3,680</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Add claims incurred during the period related to:</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:28px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Current year</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>7,216</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>7,101</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>6,979</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:28px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Prior years</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>(552</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-right:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">)</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>(563</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-right:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">)</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>(518</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-right:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">)</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:52px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Total incurred</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>6,664</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>6,538</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>6,461</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Less claims paid during the period on claims incurred during:</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:28px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Current year</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>4,715</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>4,612</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>4,530</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:28px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Prior years</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>1,965</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>1,898</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>1,822</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:52px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Total paid</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>6,680</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>6,510</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>6,352</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on unpaid claims</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>29</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>43</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>65</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Net balance, end of period</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>3,938</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>3,925</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>3,854</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Add reinsurance recoverables </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>30</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>27</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>30</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:28px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Unpaid supplemental health claims, end of period</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>3,968</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>3,952</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>3,884</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:28px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Unpaid life claims, end of period</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>691</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>632</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>508</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:52px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Total liability for unpaid policy claims</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"><span>4,659</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>4,584</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br/></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">$</span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span>4,392</span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span 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