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Intangible Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block] | 6. Goodwill and Other intangible assets At December 31, 2017 and 2016, Goodwill was $15.5 billion and $15.3 billion, respectively, and Other intangible assets were $6.5 billion and $6.8 billion, respectively. a) Goodwill The following table presents a roll-forward of Goodwill by segment:
(in millions of U.S. dollars) | North America Commercial P&C Insurance |  |  | North America Personal P&C Insurance |  |  | North America Agricultural Insurance |  |  | Overseas General Insurance |  |  | Global Reinsurance |  |  | Life Insurance |  |  | Chubb Consolidated |
Balance at December 31, 2015 | $ | 1,203 |  |  | $ | 196 |  |  | $ | 134 |  |  | $ | 2,078 |  |  | $ | 365 |  |  | $ | 820 |  |  | $ | 4,796 |
Acquisition of Chubb Corp | 5,714 |  |  | 2,025 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,775 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 10,514 |
Foreign exchange revaluation and other | 44 |  |  | 14 |  |  | — |  |  | (36 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 22 |
Balance at December 31, 2016 | $ | 6,961 |  |  | $ | 2,235 |  |  | $ | 134 |  |  | $ | 4,817 |  |  | $ | 365 |  |  | $ | 820 |  |  | $ | 15,332 |
Foreign exchange revaluation and other | 15 |  |  | 5 |  |  | — |  |  | 187 |  |  | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | 209 |
Balance at December 31, 2017 | $ | 6,976 |  |  | $ | 2,240 |  |  | $ | 134 |  |  | $ | 5,004 |  |  | $ | 365 |  |  | $ | 822 |  |  | $ | 15,541 |
b) Other intangible assets The majority of the Other intangible assets balance at December 31, 2017 relates to the Chubb Corp acquisition and comprised of $3.5 billion that are subject to amortization, principally Agency distribution relationships and renewal rights, and $3.0 billion that are not subject to amortization, principally trademarks. This compares to $3.8 billion and $3.0 billion at December 31, 2016, respectively. Amortization of purchased intangibles Amortization expense related to purchased intangibles amounted to $260 million, $19 million, and $171 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively. The increase in amortization expense of purchased intangibles primarily reflects higher intangible amortization expense related to agency distribution relationships and renewal rights and lower amortization benefit from the fair value adjustment on Unpaid losses and loss expenses, both related to the Chubb Corp acquisition. The following table presents, as of December 31, 2017, the expected estimated pre-tax amortization expense (benefit) of purchased intangibles, at current foreign currency exchange rates, for the next five years:
| Associated with the Chubb Corp Acquisition |  |  |  |  |
For the Year Ending December 31 (in millions of U.S. dollars) | Agency distribution relationships and renewal rights |  |  | Internally developed technology |  |  | Fair value adjustment on Unpaid losses and loss expense (1) |  |  | Total |  |  | Other intangible assets |  |  | Total Amortization of purchased intangibles |
2018 | $ | 325 |  |  | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | (102 | ) |  | $ | 255 |  |  | $ | 83 |  |  | $ | 338 |
2019 | 282 |  |  | — |  |  | (63 | ) |  | 219 |  |  | 75 |  |  | 294 |
2020 | 241 |  |  | — |  |  | (36 | ) |  | 205 |  |  | 67 |  |  | 272 |
2021 | 218 |  |  | — |  |  | (20 | ) |  | 198 |  |  | 61 |  |  | 259 |
2022 | 198 |  |  | — |  |  | (14 | ) |  | 184 |  |  | 57 |  |  | 241 |
Total | $ | 1,264 |  |  | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | (235 | ) |  | $ | 1,061 |  |  | $ | 343 |  |  | $ | 1,404 |
(1) | In connection with the Chubb Corp acquisition, we recorded an increase to Unpaid losses and loss expenses acquired to adjust the carrying value of Chubb Corp's historical unpaid losses and loss expenses to fair value as of the acquisition date. This fair value adjustment amortizes through Amortization of purchased intangibles on the Consolidated statements of operations over a range of 5 to 17 years. The balance of the fair value adjustment on Unpaid losses and loss expense at December 31, 2017 was $309 million. Refer to Note 1(h) for additional information.
c) VOBA The following table presents a roll-forward of VOBA:
(in millions of U.S. dollars) | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Balance, beginning of year | $ | 355 |  |  | $ | 395 |  |  | $ | 466 |
Amortization of VOBA (1) | (35 | ) |  | (41 | ) |  | (42 | )
Foreign exchange revaluation | 6 |  |  | 1 |  |  | (29 | )
Balance, end of year | $ | 326 |  |  | $ | 355 |  |  | $ | 395 |
(1) | Recognized in Policy acquisition costs in the Consolidated statements of operations.
The following table presents, as of December 31, 2017, the expected estimated pre-tax amortization expense related to VOBA for the next five years:
For the Year Ending December 31 | VOBA |
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
2018 | $ | 32 |
2019 | 27 |
2020 | 25 |
2021 | 22 |
2022 | 20 |
Total | $ | 126 |

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