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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Loss Contingency | The following table summarizes information concerning our recorded liabilities for environmental costs:
December 31, 2018 | $ | 755 |
Accruals for environmental matters deemed probable and reasonably estimable | 169 |
Environmental liability payments | (135 | )
Other | (4 | )
September 30, 2019 | $ | 785 |
Environmental liabilities are included in the following balance sheet accounts: | Environmental liabilities are included in the following balance sheet accounts:
| September 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Accrued liabilities | $ | 184 |  |  | $ | 175 |
Other liabilities | 601 |  |  | 580 |
| $ | 785 |  |  | $ | 755 |
Asbestos Related Liabilities |
Asbestos-Related Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
| Bendix |  | NARCO |  | Total
December 31, 2018 | $ | 1,623 |  |  | $ | 891 |  |  | $ | 2,514 |
Accrual for update to estimated liability | 48 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 65 |
Asbestos related liability payments | (126 | ) |  | (13 | ) |  | (139 | )
September 30, 2019 | $ | 1,545 |  |  | $ | 895 |  |  | $ | 2,440 |
Insurance Recoveries for Asbestos Related Liabilities |
Insurance Recoveries for Asbestos-Related Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Bendix |  | NARCO |  | Total
December 31, 2018 | $ | 170 |  |  | $ | 307 |  |  | $ | 477 |
Insurance receipts for asbestos related liabilities | (34 | ) |  | (13 | ) |  | (47 | )
Insurance receivables settlements | 18 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 22 |
September 30, 2019 | $ | 154 |  |  | $ | 298 |  |  | $ | 452 |
NARCO and Bendix asbestos related balances are included in the following balance sheet accounts | NARCO and Bendix asbestos related balances are included in the following balance sheet accounts:
| September 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Other current assets | $ | 40 |  |  | $ | 40 |
Insurance recoveries for asbestos-related liabilities | 412 |  |  | 437 |
| $ | 452 |  |  | $ | 477 |
Accrued liabilities | $ | 245 |  |  | $ | 245 |
Asbestos-related liabilities | 2,195 |  |  | 2,269 |
| $ | 2,440 |  |  | $ | 2,514 |
The following tables present information regarding Bendix related asbestos claims activity |
| Nine Months Ended September 30, |  | Years Ended December 31,
Claims Activity | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Claims unresolved at the beginning of period | 6,209 |  |  | 6,280 |  |  | 7,724 |
Claims filed | 1,996 |  |  | 2,430 |  |  | 2,645 |
Claims resolved | (1,744 | ) |  | (2,501 | ) |  | (4,089 | )
Claims unresolved at the end of period | 6,461 |  |  | 6,209 |  |  | 6,280 |
Disease distribution of claims |
Disease Distribution of Unresolved Claims | September 30, |  | December 31,
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Mesothelioma and other cancer claims | 3,323 |  |  | 2,949 |  |  | 3,062 |
Nonmalignant claims | 3,138 |  |  | 3,260 |  |  | 3,218 |
Total claims | 6,461 |  |  | 6,209 |  |  | 6,280 |
Average resolution values per asbestos claim | Honeywell has experienced average resolution values per claim excluding legal costs as follows:
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
| (in whole dollars)
Malignant claims | $ | 55,300 |  |  | $ | 56,000 |  |  | $ | 44,000 |  |  | $ | 44,000 |  |  | $ | 53,500 |
Nonmalignant claims | $ | 4,700 |  |  | $ | 2,800 |  |  | $ | 4,485 |  |  | $ | 100 |  |  | $ | 120 |

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