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Reinsurance | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Reinsurance Disclosures [Abstract] |
Reinsurance | Reinsurance The Company utilizes reinsurance agreements primarily to: (a) reduce required capital and (b) facilitate the acquisition or disposition of certain insurance contracts. Ceded reinsurance agreements permit the Company to recover a portion of its losses from reinsurers, although they do not discharge the Company’s primary liability as the direct insurer of the risks reinsured. In January 2024, the Company entered into two four-year reinsurance agreements with an unrelated reinsurer that allow it to reduce required capital and provide collateralized excess of loss reinsurance coverage on a portion of the Health Care Benefits segment’s group Commercial Insured business. Reinsurance recoverables (recorded as other current assets or other assets on the consolidated balance sheets) at December 31, 2023 and 2022 were as follows:
In millions | 2023 |  | 2022
Reinsurer |  |  |
Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company | $ | 1,314 |  |  | $ | 1,549 |
Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York | 480 |  |  | 385 |
VOYA Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company | — |  |  | 159 |
Fresenius Medical Care Reinsurance Company (Cayman) Ltd. | 54 |  |  | 102 |
Resolution Life Group Holdings Ltd. | 35 |  |  | — |
All Other | 115 |  |  | 55 |
Total | $ | 1,998 |  |  | $ | 2,250 |
Direct, assumed and ceded premiums earned for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 were as follows:
In millions | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Direct | $ | 99,753 |  |  | $ | 85,670 |  |  | $ | 76,320 |
Assumed | 350 |  |  | 432 |  |  | 492 |
Ceded | (911) |  |  | (772) |  |  | (680) |
Net premiums | $ | 99,192 |  |  | $ | 85,330 |  |  | $ | 76,132 |
The impact of reinsurance on benefit costs for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 was as follows:
In millions | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Direct | $ | 86,738 |  |  | $ | 71,357 |  |  | $ | 64,339 |
Assumed | 223 |  |  | 379 |  |  | 398 |
Ceded | (714) |  |  | (663) |  |  | (549) |
Net benefit costs | $ | 86,247 |  |  | $ | 71,073 |  |  | $ | 64,188 |
There is not a material difference between premiums on a written basis versus an earned basis. The Company also has various agreements with unrelated reinsurers that do not qualify for reinsurance accounting under GAAP, and consequently are accounted for using deposit accounting. The Company entered into these contracts to reduce the risk of catastrophic loss which in turn reduces the Company’s capital and surplus requirements. Total deposit assets and liabilities related to reinsurance agreements that do not qualify for reinsurance accounting under GAAP were not material as of December 31, 2023 or 2022.

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