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Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2025
Insurance [Abstract] |
Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses | Note 13. Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses Reconciliations of the changes in unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses (“claim liabilities”), excluding liabilities under retroactive reinsurance contracts (see Note 14) follow (in millions).
| 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Balance at the beginning of the year: |  |  |  |  |
Gross liabilities | $ | 115,151 |  |  | $ | 111,082 |
Reinsurance recoverable on unpaid losses |  | (4,593 | ) |  |  | (4,893 | )
Net liabilities |  | 110,558 |  |  |  | 106,189 |
Losses and loss adjustment expenses incurred: |  |  |  |  |
Current accident year |  | 14,638 |  |  |  | 13,854 |
Prior accident years |  | (163 | ) |  |  | (634 | )
Total |  | 14,475 |  |  |  | 13,220 |
Losses and loss adjustment expenses paid: |  |  |  |  |
Current accident year |  | (3,788 | ) |  |  | (3,663 | )
Prior accident years |  | (9,105 | ) |  |  | (8,979 | )
Total |  | (12,893 | ) |  |  | (12,642 | )
Foreign currency effect |  | 198 |  |  |  | (76 | )
Balance at March 31: |  |  |  |  |
Net liabilities |  | 112,338 |  |  |  | 106,691 |
Reinsurance recoverable on unpaid losses |  | 4,785 |  |  |  | 4,791 |
Gross liabilities | $ | 117,123 |  |  | $ | 111,482 |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Note 13. Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses Our claim liabilities under property and casualty insurance and reinsurance contracts are based upon estimates of the ultimate claim costs associated with claim events that have occurred as of the balance sheet date and include estimates for incurred-but-not-reported (“IBNR”) claims. Losses and loss adjustment expenses incurred in the preceding table related to events occurring in the current year (“current accident year”) and events occurring in all prior years (“prior accident years”). Losses and loss adjustment expenses incurred and paid are net of reinsurance recoveries. Current accident year incurred losses from significant catastrophe events (losses exceeding $150 million per event) in the first quarter of 2025 were $1.1 billion from the Southern California wildfires. There were no significant catastrophe events in the first quarter of 2024. We recorded net reductions of estimated ultimate liabilities for prior accident years’ claims of $163 million in the first quarter of 2025 and $634 million in the first quarter of 2024, which reduced losses and loss adjustment expenses incurred in those periods. These reductions, as percentages of the net liabilities at the beginning of each year, were 0.1% in 2025 and 0.6% in 2024. Our primary insurance businesses recorded net increases in prior accident years’ estimated ultimate claim liabilities of $167 million in the first quarter of 2025, primarily attributable to increased loss estimates for casualty exposures, partly offset by lower loss estimates for property coverages. Our primary insurance businesses reduced estimated losses for prior accident years in the first quarter of 2024 by $248 million, which derived primarily from lower estimates for medical professional liability and property coverages. Our reinsurance businesses recorded net reductions of estimated ultimate liabilities for prior accident years in the first quarter of $330 million in 2025 and $386 million in 2024. These reductions were primarily attributable to lower estimates for property coverages.

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