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Deferred Acquisition Costs and Deferred Sales Inducement Costs | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
Deferred Charges, Insurers [Abstract] |
Deferred acquisition costs and deferred sales inducement costs [Text Block] | Deferred Acquisition Costs and Deferred Sales Inducement Costs The balances of and changes in DAC were as follows:
| 2019 |  | 2018
(in millions)
Balance at January 1 | $ | 2,776 |  |  | $ | 2,676 |
Capitalization of acquisition costs | 150 |  |  | 164 |
Amortization | (74 | ) |  | (155 | )
Impact of change in net unrealized (gains) losses on securities | (123 | ) |  | 83 |
Reclassified to assets held for sale (1) | (16 | ) |  | — |
Balance at June 30 | $ | 2,713 |  |  | $ | 2,768 |
(1) See Note 15 for additional information on held for sale classification. The balances of and changes in DSIC, which is included in other assets, were as follows:
| 2019 |  | 2018
(in millions)
Balance at January 1 | $ | 251 |  |  | $ | 276 |
Capitalization of sales inducement costs | 1 |  |  | 1 |
Amortization | (6 | ) |  | (20 | )
Impact of change in net unrealized (gains) losses on securities | (19 | ) |  | 14 |
Balance at June 30 | $ | 227 |  |  | $ | 271 |

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