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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2021
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Loss Contingency | The following table summarizes information concerning our recorded liabilities for environmental costs:
Balance at December 31, 2020 | $ | 660 |
Accruals for environmental matters deemed probable and reasonably estimable | 41 |
Environmental liability payments | (79) |
Other | 1 |
Balance at March 31, 2021 | $ | 623 |
Environmental liabilities are included in the following balance sheet accounts: | Environmental liabilities are included in the following balance sheet accounts:
| March 31, 2021 |  | December 31, 2020
Accrued liabilities | $ | 225 |  |  | $ | 225 |
Other liabilities | 398 |  |  | 435 |
| $ | 623 |  |  | $ | 660 |
Asbestos Related Liabilities |
| Bendix |  | NARCO |  | Total
December 31, 2020 | $ | 1,441 |  |  | $ | 779 |  |  | $ | 2,220 |
Accrual for update to estimated liability | 10 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 18 |
Asbestos-related liability payments | (35) |  |  | (30) |  |  | (65) |
March 31, 2021 | $ | 1,416 |  |  | $ | 757 |  |  | $ | 2,173 |
Insurance Recoveries for Asbestos Related Liabilities |
| Bendix |  | NARCO |  | Total
December 31, 2020 | $ | 148 |  |  | $ | 254 |  |  | $ | 402 |
Probable insurance recoveries related to estimated liability | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Insurance receipts for asbestos-related liabilities | (5) |  |  | (14) |  |  | (19) |
Insurance receivables settlements | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
March 31, 2021 | $ | 143 |  |  | $ | 240 |  |  | $ | 383 |
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:
| March 31, 2021 |  | December 31, 2020
Other current assets | $ | 36 |  |  | $ | 36 |
Insurance recoveries for asbestos related liabilities | 347 |  |  | 366 |
| $ | 383 |  |  | $ | 402 |
Accrued liabilities | $ | 300 |  |  | $ | 300 |
Asbestos-related liabilities | 1,873 |  |  | 1,920 |
| $ | 2,173 |  |  | $ | 2,220 |
The following tables present information regarding Bendix related asbestos claims activity |
| Three Months Ended March 31, |  | Years Ended December 31,
Claims Activity | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Claims unresolved at the beginning of period | 6,242 |  |  | 6,480 |  |  | 6,209 |
Claims filed | 617 |  |  | 2,233 |  |  | 2,659 |
Claims resolved | (486) |  |  | (2,471) |  |  | (2,388) |
Claims unresolved at the end of period | 6,373 |  |  | 6,242 |  |  | 6,480 |
Disease distribution of claims |
| March 31, |  | December 31,
Disease Distribution of Unresolved Claims | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Mesothelioma and other cancer claims | 3,566 |  |  | 3,422 |  |  | 3,399 |
Nonmalignant claims | 2,807 |  |  | 2,820 |  |  | 3,081 |
Total claims | 6,373 |  |  | 6,242 |  |  | 6,480 |
Average resolution values per asbestos claim | Honeywell has experienced average resolution values per claim excluding legal costs as follows:
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
| (in whole dollars)
Malignant claims | $ | 61,500 |  |  | $ | 50,200 |  |  | $ | 55,300 |  |  | $ | 56,000 |  |  | $ | 44,000 |
Nonmalignant claims | $ | 550 |  |  | $ | 3,900 |  |  | $ | 4,700 |  |  | $ | 2,800 |  |  | $ | 4,485 |

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