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Debt | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Debt | Debt The Company’s outstanding debt is as follows:
December 31, |  |  |
(In millions) | 2020 |  | 2019
Short-term: |  |  |
Current portion of long-term debt | $ | 517 |  |  | $ | 1,215 |
| 517 |  |  | 1,215 |
Long-term: |  |  |
Senior notes – 2.35% due 2020 | — |  |  | 500 |
Senior notes – 3.50% due 2020 | — |  |  | 698 |
Senior notes – 4.80% due 2021 | 500 |  |  | 499 |
Senior notes – Floating rate due 2021 | — |  |  | 298 |
Senior notes – 2.75% due 2022 | 499 |  |  | 498 |
Senior notes – 3.30% due 2023 | 349 |  |  | 349 |
Senior notes – 4.05% due 2023 | 249 |  |  | 249 |
Senior notes – 3.50% due 2024 | 598 |  |  | 597 |
Senior notes – 3.875% due 2024 | 995 |  |  | 994 |
Senior notes – 3.50% due 2025 | 498 |  |  | 497 |
Senior notes – 1.349% due 2026 | 677 |  |  | 609 |
Senior notes – 3.75% due 2026 | 597 |  |  | 597 |
Senior notes – 4.375% due 2029 | 1,499 |  |  | 1,499 |
Senior notes – 1.979% due 2030 | 664 |  |  | 607 |
Senior notes – 2.25% due 2030 | 737 |  |  | — |
Senior notes – 5.875% due 2033 | 298 |  |  | 298 |
Senior notes – 4.75% due 2039 | 495 |  |  | 494 |
Senior notes – 4.35% due 2047 | 493 |  |  | 492 |
Senior notes – 4.20% due 2048 | 592 |  |  | 592 |
Senior notes – 4.90% due 2049 | 1,237 |  |  | 1,237 |
Mortgage – 5.70% due 2035 | 331 |  |  | 345 |
Other | 5 |  |  | 7 |
| 11,313 |  |  | 11,956 |
Less current portion | 517 |  |  | 1,215 |
| $ | 10,796 |  |  | $ | 10,741 |
The senior notes in the table above are registered by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and are not guaranteed. The Company has established a short-term debt financing program of up to $1.5 billion through the issuance of commercial paper. The proceeds from the issuance of commercial paper are used for general corporate purposes. The Company had no com mercial paper outstanding at December 31, 2020. Senior Notes In December 2020, the Company repaid $700 million of maturing Senior Notes. The Company also prepaid $300 million of floating rate notes with an original maturity of December 2021. In May 2020, the Company issued $750 million of 2.250% Senior Notes due 2030. The Company used the net proceeds from this offering to pay outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility discussed above. In March 2020, the Company repaid $500 million of maturing Senior Notes. In September 2019, the Company repaid $300 million of maturing senior notes. During 2019, the Company issued approximately $6.5 billion of Senior Notes to primarily fund the acquisition of JLT, including the payment of related fees and expenses, and to repay certain JLT indebtedness, as well as for general corporate purposes. In connection with the closing of the JLT Transaction, the Company assumed approximately $1 billion of historical JLT indebtedness, which it repaid during 2019. The Company incurred debt extinguishment costs of $32 million in regard to the repayment of this debt. Other Credit Facilities In January 2020, the Company closed on $500 million one-year and $500 million two-year term loan facilities. In the first quarter of 2020 the Company borrowed $1 billion against these facilities. During the third quarter of 2020, the Company repaid $500 million of borrowings from its one-year facility. In December 2020, the Company repaid $500 million of borrowings from the two year facility. These two facilities were terminated as of December 31, 2020 after repayment of the initial draw down. In October 2018, the Company and certain of its foreign subsidiaries increased its multi-currency five-year unsecured revolving credit facility from $1.5 billion to $1.8 billion. The interest rate on this facility is based on LIBOR plus a fixed margin which varies with the Company's credit ratings. This facility expires in October 2023 and requires the Company to maintain certain coverage and leverage ratios which are tested quarterly. There were no borrowin gs outstanding under this facility at December 31, 2020. The facility includes a provision for determining a LIBOR successor rate in the event LIBOR reference rates are no longer available. In such case, the rate would be determined using an alternate reference rate that has been broadly accepted by the syndicated loan market in the United States in lieu of LIBOR (the “LIBOR successor rate”). If no LIBOR successor rate has been determined, the rate will be based on the higher of the rate announced publicly by Citibank, New York, NY, as its base rate or the fed funds rate plus a fixed margin. In April 2020, the Company entered into a new 364 day $1 billion unsecured revolving credit facility with a term out option after one year. The facility has similar coverage and leverage ratios as the multi-currency five-year unsecured revolving credit facility. The Company had no borrowings outstanding under these facilities at December 31, 2020. Additional credit facilities, guarantees and letters of credit are maintained with various banks, primarily related to operations located outside the United States, aggregating $573 million at December 31, 2020 and $598 million at December 31, 2019. There were no outstanding borrowings under these facilities at December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019. Scheduled repayments of long-term debt in 2021 and in the four succeeding years are $517 million, $516 million, $619 million, $1.6 billion and $518 million, respectively. Fair value of Short-term and Long-term Debt The estimated fair value of the Company’s short-term and long-term debt is provided below. Certain estimates and judgments were required to develop the fair value amounts. The fair value amounts shown below are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that the Company would realize upon disposition, nor do they indicate the Company’s intent or need to dispose of the financial instrument.
| December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
(In millions of dollars) | Carrying Amount |  | Fair Value |  | Carrying Amount |  | Fair Value
Short-term debt | $ | 517 |  |  | $ | 523 |  |  | $ | 1,215 |  |  | $ | 1,229 |
Long-term debt | $ | 10,796 |  |  | $ | 12,858 |  |  | $ | 10,741 |  |  | $ | 11,953 |
The fair value of the Company’s short-term debt consists primarily of term debt maturing within the next year and its fair value approximates its carrying value. The estimated fair value of a primary portion of the Company's long-term debt is based on discounted future cash flows using current interest rates available for debt with similar terms and remaining maturities. Short- and long-term debt would be classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

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