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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) and Non-Controlling Interests | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Analysis Of Other Comprehensive Income By Item [Abstract] |
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) and Non-Controlling Interests | Changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes, are as follows:
| 2018 | 2017
For the years ended December 31, | Balance, beginning of period |  | Other comprehensive income (loss) |  | Balance, end of period |  | Balance, beginning of period |  | Other comprehensive income (loss) |  | Other |  | Balance, end of period |
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses), net of hedging activities | $ | 1,012 |  |  | $ | 911 |  |  | $ | 1,923 |  |  | $ | 1,749 |  |  | $ | (737 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,012 |
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale assets | 346 |  |  | (402 | ) |  | (56 | ) |  | 211 |  |  | 135 |  |  | — |  |  | 346 |
Unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges | (11 | ) |  | (10 | ) |  | (21 | ) |  | (6 | ) |  | (5 | ) |  | — |  |  | (11 | )
Share of other comprehensive income (loss) in joint ventures and associates | (31 | ) |  | 7 |  |  | (24 | ) |  | — |  |  | (31 | ) |  | — |  |  | (31 | )
Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Remeasurement of defined benefit plans | (347 | ) |  | 84 |  |  | (263 | ) |  | (291 | ) |  | (69 | ) |  | 13 |  | (1 | ) | (347 | )
Revaluation surplus on transfers to investment properties | 145 |  |  | — |  |  | 145 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 139 |  |  | — |  |  | 145 |
Total | $ | 1,114 |  |  | $ | 590 |  |  | $ | 1,704 |  |  | $ | 1,669 |  |  | $ | (568 | ) |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 1,114 |
Total attributable to: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Participating policyholders | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 16 |  |  | $ | (7 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 9 |
Shareholders | 1,105 |  |  | 585 |  |  | 1,690 |  |  | 1,653 |  |  | (561 | ) |  | 13 |  |  | 1,105 |
Total | $ | 1,114 |  |  | $ | 590 |  |  | $ | 1,704 |  |  | $ | 1,669 |  |  | $ | (568 | ) |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 1,114 |
(1) | During 2017, the Company transferred cumulative remeasurement losses of $13 from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to retained earnings as a result of the termination and complete settlement of the defined benefit pension plan of a U.S. subsidiary within the SLF Asset Management segment.

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