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Supplemental Cash Flow Information | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract] |
Supplemental Cash Flow Information |
Note 19 | Supplemental Cash Flow Information
Non-cash investing activities include $94 million, $106 million and $326 million related to mergers and exchanges completed with equity securities, fixed income securities and limited partnerships, and modifications of certain mortgage loans and other investments in 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Non-cash financing activities include $32 million, $43 million and $41 million related to the issuance of Allstate common shares for vested equity awards in 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Non-cash financing activities also included $90 million and $34 million related to debt acquired in conjunction with purchases of investments in 2017 and 2016, respectively. Liabilities for collateral received in conjunction with the Company’s securities lending program were $1.44 billion as of December 31, 2018, and $1.12 billion as of both December 31, 2017 and 2016, and are reported in other liabilities and accrued expenses. Obligations to return cash collateral for OTC and cleared derivatives were $21 million, $3 million and $5 million as of December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and are reported in other liabilities and accrued expenses or other investments. The accompanying cash flows are included in cash flows from operating activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows along with the activities resulting from management of the proceeds as follows:
|  | For the years ended December 31,
($ in millions) |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Net change in proceeds managed |  |  |  |  |  |
Net change in fixed income securities |  | $ | 234 |  |  | $ | 259 |  |  | $ | (584 | )
Net change in short-term investments |  | (568 | ) |  | (255 | ) |  | 295 |
Operating cash flow (used) provided |  | (334 | ) |  | 4 |  |  | (289 | )
Net change in cash |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |
Net change in proceeds managed |  | $ | (334 | ) |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | (289 | )
Cash flows from operating activities |  |  |  |  |  |
Net change in liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities for collateral, beginning of year |  | $ | (1,124 | ) |  | $ | (1,129 | ) |  | $ | (840 | )
Liabilities for collateral, end of year |  | (1,458 | ) |  | (1,124 | ) |  | (1,129 | )
Operating cash flow provided (used) |  | $ | 334 |  |  | $ | (5 | ) |  | $ | 289 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for supplemental cash flow activities, including cash, noncash, and part noncash transactions, for the period. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2134446 + Details
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