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Policyholders' account balances | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2023
Policyholder Account Balance [Abstract] |
Liability for policyholders' account balance | Policyholders' account balances The following tables present a roll-forward of policyholders' account balances:
| Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023
(in millions of U.S. dollars) | Universal Life |  | Other |  | Total
Balance – beginning of period | $ | 1,719 |  |  | $ | 1,421 |  |  | $ | 3,140 |
Consolidation of Huatai Group | 602 |  |  | 3,412 |  |  | 4,014 |
Premiums received | 275 |  |  | 228 |  |  | 503 |
Policy charges (1) | (135) |  |  | (8) |  |  | (143) |
Surrenders and withdrawals | (69) |  |  | (113) |  |  | (182) |
Benefit payments | (6) |  |  | (81) |  |  | (87) |
Interest credited | 39 |  |  | 43 |  |  | 82 |
Other (including foreign exchange) | (42) |  |  | (107) |  |  | (149) |
Balance, end of period | $ | 2,383 |  |  | $ | 4,795 |  |  | $ | 7,178 |
| Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022
(in millions of U.S. dollars) | Universal Life |  | Other |  | Total
Balance – beginning of period | $ | 1,612 |  |  | $ | 1,154 |  |  | $ | 2,766 |
Acquisition of Cigna | 10 |  |  | 345 |  |  | 355 |
Premiums received | 292 |  |  | 55 |  |  | 347 |
Policy charges (1) | (141) |  |  | (8) |  |  | (149) |
Surrenders and withdrawals | (55) |  |  | (39) |  |  | (94) |
Benefit payments | (3) |  |  | (15) |  |  | (18) |
Interest credited | 30 |  |  | 25 |  |  | 55 |
Other (including foreign exchange) | (69) |  |  | (185) |  |  | (254) |
Balance, end of period | $ | 1,676 |  |  | $ | 1,332 |  |  | $ | 3,008 |
(1)Contracts included in the policyholder account balances are generally charged a premium and/or monthly assessments on the basis of the account balance.
| September 30
| 2023 |  | 2022
(in millions of U.S. dollars, except for percentages) | Universal Life |  | Other |  | Universal Life |  | Other
Weighted-average crediting rate | 3.8 | % |  | 2.1 | % |  | 3.7 | % |  | 2.6 | %
Net amount at risk (1) | $ | 10,493 |  |  | $ | 1,675 |  |  | $ | 10,116 |  |  | $ | 1,503 |
Cash Surrender Value | $ | 1,596 |  |  | $ | 3,655 |  |  | $ | 934 |  |  | $ | 1,280 |
(1)For those guarantees of benefits that are payable in the event of death, the net amount at risk is defined as the current guaranteed minimum death benefit in excess of the current account balance at the balance sheet date. The following tables present the balance of account values by range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates and the related range of difference, in basis points, between rates being credited to policyholders and the respective guaranteed minimum: Universal Life
| September 30, 2023
(in millions of U.S. dollars) | At Guaranteed Minimum |  | 1 Basis Point - 50 Basis Points Above |  | 51 Basis Points - 150 Basis Points Above |  | Greater Than 150 Basis Points Above |  | Total
Guaranteed minimum crediting rates |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Up to 2.00% | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 56 |  |  | $ | 563 |  |  | $ | 622 |
2.01% – 4.00% | 472 |  |  | 377 |  |  | 558 |  |  | 333 |  |  | 1,740 |
Greater than 4.00% | 21 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 21 |
Total | $ | 496 |  |  | $ | 377 |  |  | $ | 614 |  |  | $ | 896 |  |  | $ | 2,383 |
| September 30, 2022
(in millions of U.S. dollars) | At Guaranteed Minimum |  | 1 Basis Point - 50 Basis Points Above |  | 51 Basis Points - 150 Basis Points Above |  | Greater Than 150 Basis Points Above |  | Total
Guaranteed minimum crediting rates |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Up to 2.00% | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 59 |  |  | $ | 505 |  |  | $ | 567 |
2.01% – 4.00% | 456 |  |  | 394 |  |  | 228 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,078 |
Greater than 4.00% | 31 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 31 |
Total | $ | 490 |  |  | $ | 394 |  |  | $ | 287 |  |  | $ | 505 |  |  | $ | 1,676 |
Other policyholders' account balances
| September 30, 2023
(in millions of U.S. dollars) | At Guaranteed Minimum |  | 1 Basis Point - 50 Basis Points Above |  | 51 Basis Points - 150 Basis Points Above |  | Greater Than 150 Basis Points Above |  | Total
Guaranteed minimum crediting rates |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Up to 2.00% | $ | 1,328 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,719 |  |  | $ | 799 |  |  | $ | 3,846 |
2.01% – 4.00% | 112 |  |  | 487 |  |  | 27 |  |  | — |  |  | 626 |
Greater than 4.00% | 323 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 323 |
Total | $ | 1,763 |  |  | $ | 487 |  |  | $ | 1,746 |  |  | $ | 799 |  |  | $ | 4,795 |
| September 30, 2022
(in millions of U.S. dollars) | At Guaranteed Minimum |  | 1 Basis Point - 50 Basis Points Above |  | 51 Basis Points - 150 Basis Points Above |  | Greater Than 150 Basis Points Above |  | Total
Guaranteed minimum crediting rates |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Up to 2.00% | $ | 411 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 191 |  |  | $ | 424 |  |  | $ | 1,026 |
2.01% – 4.00% | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Greater than 4.00% | 306 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 306 |
Total | $ | 717 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 191 |  |  | $ | 424 |  |  | $ | 1,332 |

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