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Company Restructuring | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Company Restructuring |
Note 11 | Company Restructuring
The Company undertakes various programs to reduce expenses. These programs generally involve a reduction in staffing levels, and in certain cases, office closures. Restructuring and related charges primarily include employee severance and relocation benefits, and post-exit rent expenses in connection with these programs, and non-cash charges resulting from pension benefit payments made to agents and certain legal expenses and settlements incurred in connection with the 1999 reorganization of Allstate’s multiple agency programs to a single exclusive agency program. The expenses related to these activities are included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as restructuring and related charges, and totaled $16 million and $14 million during the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and $65 million and $77 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Restructuring expenses in 2018 primarily related to realignment of certain employees to centralized talent centers as well as legal settlements and expenses.
Restructuring activity during the period
($ in millions) |  | Employee costs |  | Exit costs |  | Total liability
Restructuring liability as of December 31, 2017 |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | 45 |
Expense incurred |  | 41 |  |  | 26 |  |  | 67 |
Adjustments to liability |  | — |  |  | (2 | ) |  | (2 | )
Payments and non-cash pension settlements |  | (20 | ) |  | (38 | ) |  | (58 | )
Restructuring liability as of September 30, 2018 |  | $ | 36 |  |  | $ | 16 |  |  | $ | 52 |
The payments applied against the liability for employee costs primarily reflect severance costs and the payments for exit costs generally consist of post-exit rent expenses and contract termination penalties. As of September 30, 2018, the cumulative amount incurred to date for active programs totaled $130 million for employee costs and $110 million for exit costs.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2175745 + Details
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