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Employee Benefits (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
Retirement Benefits [Abstract] |
Components of net periodic benefit cost for the pension plans | The following table provides the components of the net periodic (benefit) cost recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for Aon’s significant U.K., U.S., and other international pension plans. Service cost is reported in Compensation and benefits and all other components are reported in Other income (expense) as follows (in millions):
| Three Months Ended June 30
| U.K. |  | U.S. |  | Other
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Service cost | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Interest cost | 27 |  |  | 29 |  |  | 27 |  |  | 25 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 7 |
Expected return on plan assets, net of administration expenses | (48 | ) |  | (50 | ) |  | (34 | ) |  | (36 | ) |  | (10 | ) |  | (11 | )
Amortization of prior-service cost | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Amortization of net actuarial loss | 8 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 3 |
Net periodic (benefit) cost | (13 | ) |  | (14 | ) |  | 7 |  |  | 5 |  |  | — |  |  | (1 | )
Loss on pension settlement | — |  |  | 16 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total net periodic (benefit) cost | $ | (13 | ) |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1 | )
| Six Months Ended June 30
| U.K. |  | U.S. |  | Other
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Service cost | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Interest cost | 55 |  |  | 58 |  |  | 54 |  |  | 50 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 14 |
Expected return on plan assets, net of administration expenses | (97 | ) |  | (101 | ) |  | (68 | ) |  | (72 | ) |  | (20 | ) |  | (23 | )
Amortization of prior-service cost | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Amortization of net actuarial loss | 15 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 27 |  |  | 30 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 6 |
Net periodic (benefit) cost | (26 | ) |  | (28 | ) |  | 14 |  |  | 9 |  |  | — |  |  | (3 | )
Loss on pension settlement | — |  |  | 23 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total net periodic (benefit) cost | $ | (26 | ) |  | $ | (5 | ) |  | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (3 | )

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans including service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) recognized due to settlements or curtailments. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (h) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118255775&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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