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Segment Information
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Information
The Company currently conducts business principally in five reporting segments, as well as a Corporate category. The Company's revenues from continuing operations are generated primarily in the United States ("U.S."). Any foreign sourced revenue in continuing operations is immaterial.
The Company’s reporting segments, as well as the Corporate category, are as follows:
Commercial Lines
Commercial Lines provides workers’ compensation, property, automobile, marine, livestock, liability and umbrella coverages primarily throughout the U.S., along with a variety of customized insurance products and risk management services including professional liability, bond, surety, and specialty casualty coverages.
Personal Lines
Personal Lines provides standard automobile, homeowners and personal umbrella coverages to individuals across the U.S., including a special program designed exclusively for members of AARP.
Property & Casualty Other Operations
Property & Casualty Other Operations includes certain property and casualty operations, managed by the Company, that have discontinued writing new business and includes substantially all of the Company’s asbestos and environmental exposures.
Group Benefits
Group Benefits provides employers, associations and financial institutions with group life, accident and disability coverage, along with other products and services, including voluntary benefits, and group retiree health.
Mutual Funds
Mutual Funds offers investment products for retail and retirement accounts as well as ETPs and provides investment management and administrative services such as product design, implementation and oversight. This business also includes a portion of the mutual funds which support the variable annuity products within the Company's life and annuity run-off business held for sale.
Corporate
The Company includes in the Corporate category discontinued operations of the Company's life and annuity run-off business accounted for as held for sale, reserves for structured settlement and terminal funding agreement liabilities retained, capital raising activities (including debt financing and related interest expense), purchase accounting adjustments related to goodwill and other expenses not allocated to the reporting segments.
Financial Measures and Other Segment Information
Certain transactions between segments occur during the year that primarily relate to tax settlements, insurance coverage, expense reimbursements, services provided, investment transfers and capital contributions. In addition, certain inter-segment transactions occur that relate to interest income on allocated surplus. Consolidated net investment income is unaffected by such transactions.
Revenues
 
For the years ended December 31,
 
2017
2016
2015
Earned premiums and fee income:
 
 
 
Commercial Lines
 
 
 
Workers’ compensation
$
3,287

$
3,187

$
3,065

Liability
604

585

568

Package business
1,301

1,249

1,223

Property
604

577

638

Professional liability
246

231

222

Bond
230

218

218

Automobile
630

643

617

Total Commercial Lines [1]
6,902

6,690

6,551

Personal Lines
 

 

 

Automobile
2,617

2,749

2,698

Homeowners
1,117

1,188

1,212

Total Personal Lines [1] [2]
3,734

3,937

3,910

Property & Casualty Other Operations


32

Group Benefits
 

 

 

Group disability
1,718

1,506

1,479

Group life
1,745

1,512

1,477

Other
214

205

180

Total Group Benefits
3,677

3,223

3,136

Mutual Funds
 
 
 
Mutual Fund
706

601

607

Life and annuity run-off business held for sale
98

100

116

Total Mutual Funds
804

701

723

Corporate [3]
4

3

9

Total earned premiums and fee income
15,121

14,554

14,361

Total net investment income
1,603

1,577

1,561

Net realized capital gains (loss)
165

(110
)
(12
)
Other revenues
85

86

87

Total revenues
$
16,974

$
16,107

$
15,997


[1]
Commercial Lines includes installment fees of $37, $39 and $40, for 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Personal Lines includes installment fees of $44, $39, and $37, for 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
[2]
For 2017, 2016 and 2015, AARP members accounted for earned premiums of $3.2 billion, $3.3 billion and $3.2 billion, respectively.
[3]
Includes revenues and expenses not allocated to remaining reporting segments.
Net (Loss) Income
 
For the years ended December 31,
 
2017
2016
2015
Commercial Lines [1]
$
865

$
994

$
991

Personal Lines [1]
(9
)
(9
)
199

Property & Casualty Other Operations
69

(529
)
(53
)
Group Benefits
294

230

187

Mutual Funds
106

78

86

Corporate
(4,456
)
132

272

Net (loss) income
$
(3,131
)
$
896

$
1,682


[1]
For 2016 and 2015, there was a segment change which resulted in a movement from Commercial Lines to Personal Lines of $13 and $12 of net servicing income associated with our participation in the National Flood Insurance Program.
Net investment income
 
For the years ended December 31,
 
2017
2016
2015
Commercial Lines
$
949

$
917

$
910

Personal Lines
141

135

128

Property & Casualty Other Operations
106

127

133

Group Benefits
381

366

371

Mutual Funds
3

1

1

Corporate
23

31

18

Net investment income
$
1,603

$
1,577

$
1,561

Amortization of Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs
 
For the years ended December 31,
 
2017
2016
2015
Commercial Lines
$
1,009

$
973

$
951

Personal Lines
309

348

359

Group Benefits
33

31

31

Mutual Funds
21

24

22

Corporate [1]

1

1

Total amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs
$
1,372

$
1,377

$
1,364


[1]
Certain retained expenses of the Company's life and annuity run-off business have been reclassified to Corporate for the prior periods.
Amortization of Other Intangible Assets
 
For the years ended December 31,
 
2017
2016
2015
Commercial Lines
$
1

$

$

Personal Lines
4

4

4

Group Benefits
9



Total amortization of other intangible assets
$
14

$
4

$
4

Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
 
For the years ended December 31,
 
2017
2016
2015
Commercial Lines
$
377

415

403

Personal Lines
26

(23
)
88

Property & Casualty Other Operations
24

(355
)
(47
)
Group Benefits
38

83

63

Mutual Funds
63

43

48

Corporate
457

(329
)
(266
)
Total income tax expense (benefit)
$
985

$
(166
)
$
289


Assets
 
As of December 31,
 
2017
2016
Commercial Lines [1] [2]
$
31,281

$
29,845

Personal Lines [1]
6,251

6,091

Property & Casualty Other Operations
3,568

4,732

Group Benefits [3]
14,478

8,825

Mutual Funds
547

480

Corporate
169,135

174,603

Total assets
$
225,260

$
224,576


[1]
For 2016, there was a segment change which resulted in a movement from Commercial Lines to Personal Lines of $8 of total assets associated with our participation in the National Flood Insurance Program.
[2]
2017 and 2016 reflect the addition of $688 and $712, respectively, of gross reserves and reinsurance recoverables for structured settlements reserves and recoverables due from the Company's life and annuity business now classified as held for sale. These amounts were previously eliminated in consolidation.
[3]
Certain retained assets of the Company's life and annuity run-off business have been reclassified to Corporate for the prior period.