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Reserve for Unpaid Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Liability for Unpaid Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense, Activity in Liability [Abstract]  
Reserve for Unpaid Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses
Property and Casualty Insurance Products
Rollforward of Liabilities for Unpaid Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses

 
For the years ended December 31,
 202020192018
Beginning liabilities for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, gross
$28,261 $24,584 $23,775 
Reinsurance and other recoverables5,275 4,232 3,957 
Beginning liabilities for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, net
22,986 20,352 19,818 
Navigators Group acquisition— 2,001 — 
Provision for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses
   
Current accident year7,794 7,463 7,107 
Prior accident year development [1](136)(65)(167)
Total provision for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses
7,658 7,398 6,940 
Change in deferred gain on retroactive reinsurance included in other liabilities [1](312)(16)— 
Payments
   
Current accident year(2,214)(2,374)(2,452)
Prior accident years(4,190)(4,374)(3,954)
Total payments
(6,404)(6,748)(6,406)
Net reserves transferred to liabilities held for sale(45)— — 
Foreign currency adjustment14 (1)— 
Ending liabilities for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, net
23,897 22,986 20,352 
Reinsurance and other recoverables5,725 5,275 4,232 
Ending liabilities for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, gross
$29,622 $28,261 $24,584 
[1]Prior accident year development does not include the benefit of a portion of losses ceded under the Navigators and A&E ADC which, under retroactive reinsurance accounting, is deferred and is recognized over the period the ceded losses are recovered in cash from NICO. For additional information regarding the two adverse development cover reinsurance agreements, refer to Adverse Development Covers discussion below.
Property and Casualty Insurance Products Reserves, Net of Reinsurance, that are Discounted
For the years ended December 31,
202020192018
Liability for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, at undiscounted amounts$1,334 $1,331 $1,331 
Amount of discount367 388 388 
Carrying value of liability for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses$967 $943 $943 
Discount accretion included in losses and loss adjustment expenses$36 $33 $40 
Weighted average discount rate2.68 %2.91 %2.98 %
Range of discount rates0.83 %-14.03 %1.76 %-14.03 %1.77 %-14.15 %
Reserves are discounted at rates in effect at the time claims were incurred, ranging from 0.83% for accident year 2020 to 14.03% for accident year 1981.
The reserves recorded for the Company’s property and casualty insurance products at December 31, 2020 represent the Company’s best estimate of its ultimate liability for losses and loss adjustment expenses related to losses covered by policies written by the Company. However, because of the significant uncertainties surrounding reserves it is possible that management’s estimate of the ultimate liabilities for these claims
may change and that the required adjustment to recorded reserves could exceed the currently recorded reserves by an amount that could be material to the Company’s results of operations or cash flows.
Losses and loss adjustment expenses are also impacted by trends including frequency and severity as well as changes in the legislative and regulatory environment. In the case of the reserves for asbestos exposures, factors contributing to the high degree of uncertainty in the ultimate settlement of the liabilities gross of reinsurance include inadequate loss development
patterns, plaintiffs’ expanding theories of liability, the risks inherent in major litigation, and inconsistent emerging legal doctrines. In the case of the reserves for environmental exposures before reinsurance, factors contributing to the high degree of uncertainty in gross reserves include expanding theories of liabilities and damages, the risks inherent in major litigation, inconsistent decisions concerning the existence and scope of coverage for environmental claims, and uncertainty as to the monetary amount being sought by the claimant from the insured.
(Favorable) Unfavorable Prior Accident Year Development
For the years ended December 31,
202020192018
Workers’ compensation$(110)$(120)$(164)
Workers’ compensation discount accretion35 33 40 
General liability237 61 52 
Marine— 
Package business(58)(47)(26)
Commercial property(4)(11)(12)
Professional liability(14)29 (12)
Bond(19)(3)
Assumed reinsurance(6)— 
Automobile liability - Commercial Lines27 27 (15)
Automobile liability - Personal Lines(61)(38)(18)
Homeowners(25)
Net asbestos reserves (2)— — 
Net environmental reserves — — — 
Catastrophes(529)(42)(49)
Uncollectible reinsurance(8)(30)22 
Other reserve re-estimates, net 54 46 38 
Prior accident year development, including full benefit for the ADC cession
(448)(81)(167)
Change in deferred gain on retroactive reinsurance included in other liabilities [1]312 16 — 
Total prior accident year development$(136)$(65)$(167)
[1] The change in deferred gain for the year ended December 31, 2020 included $210 of adverse development on A&E reserves in excess of ceded premium paid and included $102 of adverse development on Navigators 2018 and prior accident year reserves, within professional liability, marine, general liability, prior accident year catastrophes, and assumed reinsurance.
2020 re-estimates of prior accident year reserves
Workers’ compensation reserves were reduced on national account business within middle & large commercial, driven by lower than previously estimated claim severity for the 2015 and prior accident years, including on captives business, and were reduced in small commercial due to lower than expected claim severity for the 2013 to 2018 accident years.
General liability reserves were increased primarily due to a $254 increase in reserves for sexual molestation and sexual
abuse claims related to cases brought against religious and other organizations that were insureds of the Company, partly offset by a decrease in reserves for other mass torts and extra contractual liability claims. The sexual molestation and sexual abuse exposures may involve potentially long latency periods and may implicate coverage in multiple policy periods, which can raise complex coverage issues with significant effects on the ultimate scope of coverage. This increase in reserves reflects an increase in claim incidence largely due to reviver statutes, which is legislation passed in a number of states that provides an opportunity for claimants to file claims for a period of time despite the fact that the original statute of limitations had expired. The reserve increase in 2020 was principally from claims asserted against the Boy Scouts of America (“Boy Scouts”). The reserve increase for Boy Scouts was partially driven by the impact of claim filings on and around the November 16, 2020 deadline to file claims in the Boy Scouts’ Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Various subsidiaries of the Company issued primary, umbrella and excess general liability policies to the Boy Scouts for various policies periods between 1971 and 1983, including seven years of primary coverage from 1971 through 1977. However, it is the Company’s position that the 1976 and 1977 primary policy years were fully released and all the Company’s obligations extinguished by virtue of a prior settlement agreement with Boy Scouts. Further, the Company disputes the extent of its obligations to Boy Scouts and the validity of certain claims filed against Boy Scouts in the bankruptcy. As such, there are significant uncertainties regarding the ultimate number and severity of the claims against Boy Scouts, the potential for additional reviver activity, and the inherent risks associated with legal determinations to be made by the bankruptcy court and in coverage litigation.
In addition, general liability reserve increases on construction account business were largely offset by decreases in ULAE reserves. Reserves were increased for guaranteed cost construction business for accident years 2014 to 2019 as incurred losses are developing higher than previously expected for premises and operations claims and product liability claims, partly due to a change in industry mix and a heavier concentration of losses in California than initially assumed, as well as increased reserves for middle market and complex liability claims for accident year 2018 largely due to higher than expected severity. Also contributing were increases in reserves on primary layer construction account business within global specialty, mainly related to accident years 2015 to 2017, which is included as a component of the change in deferred gain under retroactive reinsurance in the above table.
Marine reserves were increased principally due to an increase in domestic marine liability, mostly in accident years 2017 and 2018 due to a higher number of large losses. The increase in marine reserves is included as a component of the change in deferred gain under retroactive reinsurance in the above table.
Package business reserves decreased for accident years 2014 to 2017 largely due to lower estimates of allocated loss adjustment expenses.
Commercial property reserves were decreased for accident year 2019 due to favorable developments on marine and middle market property claims.
Professional liability reserves were decreased primarily due to lower estimated severity on non-security class action D&O claims and fewer than expected E&O claims with financial institutions for the 2011 to 2018 accident years, partially offset by an increase in D&O reserves for the 2019 accident year driven by higher frequency of class action lawsuits and an increase in large Syndicate D&O losses for the 2016 and 2017 accident years. These Syndicate reserve increases within global specialty are included as a component of the change in deferred gain under retroactive reinsurance in the above table.
Bond reserves were reduced within contract surety driven by both favorable loss development on the 2015 to 2017 accident years and higher than expected loss recoveries on older accident years
Assumed reinsurance reserves were increased for accident year 2018 mostly due to higher accident and health reserve estimates for medical professionals on assumed casualty business. These reserve increases are included as a component of the change in deferred gain under retroactive reinsurance in the above table.
Automobile liability reserves were decreased in Personal Lines principally due to lower than previously expected AARP Direct automobile liability claim severity for the 2017 to 2019 accident years. Automobile liability reserves were increased in Commercial Lines primarily due to higher than expected large losses within middle & large commercial, predominantly within the 2015 to 2019 accident years.
Catastrophes reserves were reduced, primarily due to a reduction in estimated reserves for 2017 and 2018 California wildfires and a reduction in estimated catastrophes for wind and hail events in the 2017 to 2019 accident years, partially offset by an increase in reserves for 2019 typhoons Hagibis and Faxai in Asia. The reduction in reserves for the 2017 and 2018 wildfires was largely due to recognizing a $289 subrogation benefit in the second quarter of 2020 from PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (together, “PG&E”) as well as a reduction in gross estimated losses on those wildfires.
In December, 2019, the judge overseeing the bankruptcy of PG&E approved an $11 billion settlement of insurance subrogation claims to resolve all such claims arising from the 2017 Northern California wildfires and 2018 Camp wildfire. That settlement was contingent upon, among other things, the judge entering an order confirming PG&E’s chapter 11 bankruptcy plan (“PG&E Plan”) incorporating the settlement agreement. On June 20, 2020, the bankruptcy court judge approved the PG&E Plan and PG&E subsequently transferred the $11 billion settlement amount to a trust designed to allocate and distribute the settlement among subrogation holders, including certain of the Company’s insurance subsidiaries. In the second quarter of 2020, the Company recorded an estimated $289 subrogation benefit though the ultimate amount it collects will depend on how the Company’s ultimate paid claims subject to subrogation compare to other insurers’ ultimate paid claims subject to subrogation.
Uncollectible reinsurance reserves were reduced due to higher than expected recoveries from reinsurers in older accident years.
Asbestos and environmental reserves were reviewed in fourth quarter 2020 resulting in a $218 increase in reserves before ADC reinsurance, including $127 for asbestos and $91 for environmental. Of the $218 increase in A&E reserves, the Company ceded $220 to the A&E ADC resulting in a net reserve release of $2. Of the $220 of adverse development ceded to the A&E ADC, the Company recognized a $210 deferred gain on retroactive reinsurance, representing the amount of losses ceded to the ADC in excess of ceded premium paid. For additional information related to the adverse development cover with NICO, see the Adverse Development Covers section below and Note 15 - Commitments and Contingencies.
Other reserve re-estimates, net, primarily represents an increase in unallocated loss adjustment expense ('ULAE") reserves in Property & Casualty Other Operations that was largely driven by an increase in gross asbestos and environmental reserves.
2019 re-estimates of prior accident year reserves
Workers’ compensation reserves were reduced, principally in small commercial driven by lower than previously estimated claim severity for the 2014 through 2017 accident years and, to a lesser extent, in national accounts due to lower estimated claim severity, primarily for accident years 2013 and prior.
General liability reserves were increased, primarily due to reserve increases in small commercial for accident years 2017 and 2018 due to higher frequency of high-severity bodily injury claims, reserve increases in middle & large commercial for accident years 2015 to 2018 due to higher estimated severity, as well as increased estimated severity on the acquired Navigators Group book of business related to U.S. construction, premises liability, products liability and excess casualty, mostly related to accident years 2014 to 2017. In addition, an increase in reserves for mass torts for 2009 and prior accident years was offset by a decrease in reserves for extra contractual liability claims for more recent accident years, including the 2018 accident year.
Marine reserves were increased, principally related to pollution exposure from the 1980s and 1990s related to the Navigators Group book of business.
Package business reserves were decreased, primarily due to favorable emergence on property claims related to accident years 2016 through 2018 and due to favorable development of loss adjustment expenses on general liability claims for 2017 and prior accident years.
Commercial property reserves were decreased, principally due to favorable emergence of reported losses, including on the acquired Navigators Group book of business, related to offshore energy in accident years 2017 to 2018 and construction engineering across accident years 2015 to 2018.
Professional liability reserves were increased, primarily due to increased securities litigation and large loss activity, including wrongful termination and discrimination claims, related to accident years 2017 and 2018 and increased estimated frequency and severity of directors’ and officers’ reserves on the Navigators Group book of business, principally
for the 2014 to 2018 accident years. Partially offsetting the increase was a decrease in average severity on public company directors’ and officers’ claim reserves and errors and omissions claim reserves for accident years 2014 and prior.
Automobile liability reserves were decreased in Personal Lines and increased in Commercial Lines. The decrease in Personal Lines was due to the emergence of lower estimated severity in automobile liability for accident year 2017. The increase in Commercial Lines was due to higher estimated severity on national accounts, principally in accident years 2017 and 2018, and higher estimated severity for accident year 2018 in small commercial and middle market, partially offset by lower estimated severity for 2017 and prior accident years in small commercial and middle market.
Catastrophes reserves were reduced, primarily as a result of lower estimated net losses from 2017 hurricanes Harvey and Irma and the 2017 California wildfires. While gross loss reserve estimates for the 2018 California wildfires were also reduced, this was largely offset by a reduction in reinsurance recoverables resulting in very little change to estimated net losses from those wildfires.
Uncollectible reinsurance reserves were reduced due to higher than expected recoveries from reinsurers in older accident years.
Other reserve re-estimates, net, primarily represents an increase in unallocated loss adjustment expense ('ULAE") reserves in Property & Casualty Other Operations that was driven by an increase in gross asbestos and environmental reserves, as well as higher than anticipated ULAE costs in recent years, prompting an increase in the projected ULAE run rate.
2018 re-estimates of prior accident year reserves
Workers’ compensation reserves were reduced in small commercial and middle market, primarily for accident years 2014 and 2015, as claim severity has emerged favorably compared to previous reserve estimates. Also contributing was a reduction in estimated reserves for ULAE.
General liability reserves were increased, primarily due to an increase in reserves for higher hazard general liability exposures in middle market for accident years 2009 to 2017, partially offset by a decrease in reserves for other lines within middle market, including premises and operations, umbrella and products liability, principally for accident years 2015 and prior. Contributing to the increase in reserves for higher hazard general liability exposures was an increase in average claim severity, including from large losses and, in more recent accident years, an increase in claim frequency. Contributing to the reduction in reserves for other middle market lines were more favorable outcomes due to initiatives to reduce legal expenses. In addition, reserve increases for claims with lead paint exposure were offset by reserve decreases for other mass torts and extra-contractual liability claims.
Package business reserves were reduced, primarily due to lower reserve estimates for both liability and property for accident years 2010 and prior, including a recovery of loss adjustment expenses for the 2005 accident year.
Commercial property reserves were reduced, driven by an increase in estimated reinsurance recoverables on middle market property losses from the 2017 accident year.
Professional liability reserves were reduced, principally for accident years 2014 and prior, for directors and officers liability claims principally due to a number of older claims closing with limited or no payment.
Automobile liability reserves were reduced, primarily driven by reduced estimates of loss adjustment expenses in small commercial for recent accident years and favorable development in personal automobile liability for accident years 2014 to 2017, principally due to lower severity, including with uninsured and underinsured motorist claims.
Homeowners reserves were reduced, primarily in accident years 2013 to 2017, driven by lower than expected severity across multiple perils.
Asbestos and environmental reserves were unchanged as $238 of adverse development arising from the fourth quarter 2018 comprehensive annual review was offset by a $238 recoverable from NICO. For additional information related to the adverse development cover with NICO, see the Adverse Development Covers section below and Note 15 - Commitments and Contingencies.
Catastrophe reserves were reduced, primarily as a result of lower estimated net losses from 2017 catastrophes, principally related to hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Before reinsurance, estimated losses for 2017 catastrophe events decreased by $133, resulting in a decrease in reinsurance recoverables of $90 as the Company no longer expects to recover under the 2017 Property Aggregate reinsurance treaty as aggregate ultimate losses for 2017 catastrophe events are now projected to be less than $850.
Uncollectible reinsurance reserves were increased due to lower anticipated recoveries related to older accident years.
Other reserve re-estimates, net, primarily represents an increase in ULAE reserves in Property & Casualty Other Operations that was principally driven by an increase in expected claim handling costs associated with asbestos and environmental and mass tort claims.
Adverse Development Covers
The Company has an adverse development cover reinsurance agreement with NICO, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., to reinsure loss development after 2016 on substantially all of the Company’s asbestos and environmental reserves (the “A&E ADC”). Under the A&E ADC, the Company paid a reinsurance premium of $650 for NICO to assume adverse net loss reserve development up to $1.5 billion above the Company’s existing net A&E reserves as of December 31, 2016 of approximately $1.7 billion including reserves for A&E exposure for accident years prior to 1986 that are reported in Property & Casualty Other Operations ("Run-off A&E") and reserves for A&E exposure for accident years 1986 and subsequent from policies underwritten prior to 2016 that are reported in ongoing Commercial Lines and Personal Lines. The $650 reinsurance premium was placed into a collateral trust account as security for NICO’s claim payment obligations to the Company. The Company has retained the risk of collection on amounts due from other third-party reinsurers and continues to be responsible for claims handling and other administrative services, subject to certain conditions. The A&E ADC covers substantially all the Company’s A&E reserve development up to the reinsurance limit.
Under retroactive reinsurance accounting, net adverse A&E reserve development after December 31, 2016 will result in an offsetting reinsurance recoverable up to the $1.5 billion limit. Cumulative ceded losses up to the $650 reinsurance premium paid have been recognized as a dollar-for-dollar offset to direct losses incurred. Cumulative ceded losses exceeding the $650 reinsurance premium paid result in a deferred gain. As of December 31, 2020, the Company has incurred $860 in cumulative adverse development on asbestos and environmental reserves that have been ceded under the A&E ADC treaty with NICO with $640 of available limit remaining under the A&E ADC. As a result, the Company has recorded a $210 deferred gain
within other liabilities, representing the difference between the reinsurance recoverable of $860 and ceded premium paid of $650. The deferred gain is recognized over the claim settlement period in the proportion of the amount of cumulative ceded losses collected from the reinsurer to the estimated ultimate reinsurance recoveries. Consequently, until periods when the deferred gain is recognized as a benefit to earnings, cumulative adverse development of asbestos and environmental claims will result in charges against earnings, which may be significant. Immediately after closing on the acquisition of Navigators Group, effective May 23, 2019, the Company purchased the Navigators ADC, an aggregate excess of loss reinsurance agreement covering adverse reserve development, from NICO on behalf of Navigators Insurers. Under the Navigators ADC, the Navigators Insurers paid NICO a reinsurance premium of $91 in exchange for reinsurance coverage of $300 of adverse net loss reserve development that attaches $100 above the Navigators Insurers' existing net loss and allocated loss adjustment reserves as of December 31, 2018 subject to the treaty of $1.816 billion for accidents and losses prior to December 31, 2018.
As of December 31, 2020, the Company has recorded a reinsurance recoverable under the Navigators ADC of $209 as estimated cumulative loss development on the 2018 and prior accident year reserves of $309 exceed the $100 deductible. While the reinsurance recoverable is $209, the Company has also recorded a $118 cumulative deferred gain within other liabilities since, under retroactive reinsurance accounting, ceded losses in excess of the $91 of ceded premium paid must be recognized as a deferred gain. Of the $118 of cumulative ceded losses in excess of ceded premium paid, $102 was recognized as a deferred gain in 2020 and $16 was recognized as a deferred gain in 2019. As the Company has ceded $209 of the $300 available limit, there is $91 of remaining limit available as of December 31, 2020.
Reconciliation of Loss Development to Liability for Unpaid Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses As of December 31, 2020
Losses and Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of ReinsuranceSubtotal
Reserve LineCumulative Incurred for Accident Years Displayed in TrianglesCumulative Paid for Accident Years Displayed in TrianglesUnpaid for Accident Years not Displayed in TrianglesUnpaid Unallocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of ReinsuranceDiscountUnpaid Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of ReinsuranceReinsurance and Other RecoverablesLiability for Unpaid Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses
Workers' compensation$18,864 $(10,633)$2,671 $336 $(352)$10,886 $1,970 $12,856 
General liability6,201 (2,946)713 137 — 4,105 740 4,845 
Marine1,379 (1,128)18 10 — 279 216 495 
Package business6,940 (5,248)66 94 — 1,852 17 1,869 
Commercial property3,365 (2,936)28 18 — 475 221 696 
Commercial automobile liability3,804 (2,775)16 21 — 1,066 78 1,144 
Commercial automobile physical damage176 (167)— — 13 (1)12 
Professional liability2,164 (1,080)65 35 — 1,184 689 1,873 
Bond635 (310)28 28 — 381 13 394 
Assumed Reinsurance1,198 (986)— 218 41 259 
Personal automobile liability11,463 (10,153)29 60 — 1,399 28 1,427 
Personal automobile physical damage1,279 (1,262)— 25 — 25 
Homeowners6,770 (6,435)31 — 372 375 
Other ongoing business208 (2)(15)191 294 485 
Asbestos and environmental [1]938 — — 938 1,429 2,367 
Other operations [1]349 164 — 513 (13)500 
Total P&C$64,238 $(46,059)$5,147 $938 $(367)$23,897 $5,725 $29,622 
[1]Asbestos and environmental and other operations include asbestos, environmental and other latent exposures not foreseen when coverages were written, including, but not limited to, potential liability for pharmaceutical products, silica, talcum powder, head injuries, lead paint, construction defects, sexual molestation and sexual abuse and other long-tail liabilities. These reserve lines do not have significant paid or incurred loss development for the most recent ten accident years and therefore do not have loss development displayed in triangles.
The reserve lines in the above table and the loss triangles that follow represent the significant lines of business for which the Company regularly reviews the appropriateness of reserve levels. These reserve lines differ from the reserve lines reported on a statutory basis, as prescribed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners ("NAIC"). The cumulative incurred losses displayed in the above table include the full reinsurance benefit of ceding $209 of losses to the Navigators ADC even though $118 of that benefit has been recorded as a deferred gain within other liabilities and recognized as a charge to earnings within incurred loss and loss adjustment expenses included in the consolidated statement of operations. The $209 of Navigators Insurers losses ceded to the Navigators ADC included in the following triangles $53 for general liability, $53 for professional liability, $24 for assumed reinsurance, $12 for commercial automobile, $38 for marine and $5 for commercial property and included $24 for older accident years and lines of business that are not in the following triangles.
The following loss triangles present historical loss development for incurred and paid claims by accident year, including loss development on Navigators Insurers reserves prior to and after the May 23, 2019 acquisition date. Because the loss triangles include pre-acquisition date changes in ultimate incurred loss
estimates for Navigators Insurers’ reserves, changes in reserve development evident in the incurred loss triangles may differ from prior accident year development recorded by the Company as shown in the (Favorable) Unfavorable Prior Accident Year Development table above as that only includes changes in Navigators Insurers’ reserves post acquisition. In addition, the incurred loss triangles include reserve development on both catastrophe and non-catastrophe claims whereas the (Favorable) Unfavorable Prior Accident Year Development table above shows the total amount of catastrophe reserve development across all lines of business on a single line.
Triangles are limited to the number of years for which claims incurred typically remain outstanding, not exceeding ten years. Short-tail lines, which represent claims generally expected to be paid within a few years, have three years of claim development displayed. For marine, commercial property, professional liability and assumed reinsurance lines, the Company has provided nine years of claims development as data for earlier periods was not available for the Lloyds syndicate. IBNR reserves shown in loss triangles include reserve for incurred but not reported claims as well as reserves for expected development on reported claims. Incurred and cumulative paid losses in currencies other than the
U.S. dollar have been converted into U.S. dollars using the exchange rates as of December 31, 2020.
Workers' Compensation
Incurred Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Accident Year
2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
IBNR
Reserves
Claims
Reported
2011$2,013 $2,099 $2,204 $2,206 $2,221 $2,224 $2,232 $2,242 $2,239 $2,235 $291 177,961 
20122,185 2,207 2,207 2,181 2,168 2,169 2,154 2,146 2,135 325 171,494 
20132,020 1,981 1,920 1,883 1,861 1,861 1,850 1,831 378 151,422 
20141,869 1,838 1,789 1,761 1,713 1,692 1,679 437 126,217 
20151,873 1,835 1,801 1,724 1,714 1,699 477 113,966 
20161,772 1,772 1,780 1,767 1,748 574 112,058 
20171,862 1,869 1,840 1,822 753 111,510 
20181,916 1,917 1,915 854 117,999 
20191,937 1,935 1,033 117,698 
20201,865 1,412 84,062 
Total$18,864 



Cumulative Paid Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Accident Year2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
2011$371 $841 $1,156 $1,368 $1,518 $1,622 $1,690 $1,746 $1,786 $1,811 
2012359 809 1,106 1,313 1,436 1,529 1,587 1,644 1,678 
2013304 675 917 1,071 1,175 1,260 1,304 1,339 
2014275 598 811 960 1,041 1,099 1,137 
2015261 576 778 909 1,004 1,068 
2016255 579 779 908 1,003 
2017261 575 778 900 
2018283 624 837 
2019291 637 
2020223 
Total$10,633 
General Liability
Incurred Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Accident Year2011201220132014201520162017201820192020IBNR
Reserves
Claims
Reported
2011$431 $420 $408 $405 $404 $416 $417 $426 $420 $416 $40 22,394 
2012423 402 399 392 410 408 421 413 407 50 16,597 
2013455 442 456 484 488 502 505 508 62 13,867 
2014506 475 481 494 513 522 515 78 14,722 
2015556 560 554 594 633 647 110 15,382 
2016613 583 607 633 632 176 16,479 
2017626 614 613 616 258 15,943 
2018692 669 697 395 16,881 
2019821 826 638 15,191 
2020937 850 9,265 
Total$6,201 

Cumulative Paid Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Accident Year2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
2011$15 $61 $123 $200 $255 $303 $330 $348 $362 $368 
201213 55 101 170 233 280 305 323 332 
201313 53 141 233 320 372 398 422 
201415 42 130 214 304 358 402 
201510 55 156 278 409 477 
201612 52 131 283 368 
201715 67 156 255 
201821 83 177 
201929 100 
202045 
Total$2,946 
Marine
Incurred Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Accident Year201220132014201520162017201820192020IBNR
Reserves [1]
Claims
Reported
2012$195 $220 $180 $169 $163 $164 $168 $164 $164 $6,782 
2013149 152 134 136 140 135 138 140 (3)6,623 
2014163 160 158 165 164 169 167 (3)7,122 
2015158 146 146 148 133 138 (5)10,114 
2016140 143 138 148 150 (7)13,112 
2017160 187 175 174 (12)15,498 
2018144 161 154 (12)13,808 
2019144 142 20 7,989 
2020150 76 3,451 
Total$1,379 
[1]IBNR reserves are negative for some accident years as all losses ceded to the Navigators ADC are ceded as IBNR even though the gross losses being ceded include both reported losses and IBNR components. In addition, the collection of subrogation lags payment of the losses.

Cumulative Paid Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Accident Year201220132014201520162017201820192020
2012$51 $101 $125 $139 $148 $152 $155 $159 $158 
201342 82 100 112 119 121 126 133 
201441 81 116 131 151 156 159 
201540 85 116 126 134 139 
201635 80 106 122 132 
201748 111 142 154 
201837 104 138 
201936 83 
202032 
Total$1,128 
Package Business
Incurred Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Accident Year2011201220132014201520162017201820192020IBNR
Reserves
Claims
Reported
2011$810 $792 $790 $800 $808 $814 $813 $812 $807 $807 $24 61,097 
2012736 725 728 731 736 735 739 732 732 30 59,871 
2013579 565 573 585 586 592 586 587 29 43,620 
2014566 578 601 602 603 603 593 44 43,207 
2015582 588 585 583 588 581 56 42,121 
2016655 638 632 625 611 78 43,922 
2017695 702 692 657 114 46,366 
2018719 724 688 169 44,273 
2019813 769 256 41,800 
2020915 412 56,548 
Total$6,940 

Cumulative Paid Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Accident Year2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
2011$377 $555 $621 $684 $727 $748 $762 $772 $774 $776 
2012286 486 560 616 652 673 687 694 697 
2013225 339 414 467 504 522 541 549 
2014226 345 416 468 507 525 535 
2015212 332 383 445 486 505 
2016225 353 410 465 500 
2017235 372 447 496 
2018237 402 451 
2019254 413 
2020326 
Total$5,248 
Commercial Property
Incurred Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Accident Year201220132014201520162017201820192020IBNR
Reserves
Claims
Reported
2012$369 $333 $334 $335 $337 $335 $334 $333 $332 $— 26,860 
2013268 252 254 252 249 248 247 247 — 21,610 
2014293 281 282 280 279 280 280 — 21,025 
2015299 301 302 301 305 304 21,020 
2016406 420 399 406 408 23,758 
2017577 516 455 438 24,332 
2018450 437 424 26 21,630 
2019476 437 21 20,791 
2020495 162 18,628 
Total$3,365 

Cumulative Paid Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Accident Year201220132014201520162017201820192020
2012$182 $296 $317 $326 $331 $331 $331 $330 $330 
2013161 223 238 243 242 244 245 245 
2014170 250 270 279 279 279 280 
2015179 257 285 296 302 303 
2016215 342 378 396 401 
2017229 379 412 428 
2018188 344 379 
2019214 349 
2020221 
Total$2,936 
Commercial Automobile Liability
Incurred Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Accident Year2011201220132014201520162017201820192020IBNR
Reserves
Claims
Reported
2011$272 $310 $356 $356 $366 $365 $363 $362 $363 $363 $39,302 
2012311 377 391 402 395 389 387 388 388 36,052 
2013311 318 334 341 340 339 335 334 32,239 
2014309 317 331 337 341 334 333 29,609 
2015308 358 372 356 356 359 12 28,541 
2016385 393 390 391 392 25 29,145 
2017372 383 379 383 37 26,279 
2018349 396 405 86 24,402 
2019417 431 194 24,604 
2020416 321 14,930 
Total$3,804 

Cumulative Paid Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expense, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31
(Unaudited)
Accident Year2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
2011$63 $133 $211 $274 $316 $339 $348 $353 $354 $355 
201265 143 234 307 346 359 372 376 378 
201362 130 202 259 295 311 321 323 
201459 131 197 252 299 309 318 
201562 142 207 267 314 335 
201665 147 232 303 339 
201760 134 211 285 
201862 153 239 
201963 153 
202050 
Total$2,775 
Commercial Automobile Physical Damage
Incurred Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Accident Year201820192020IBNR
Reserves
Claims
Reported
2018$62 $62 $61 $20,561 
201963 64 19,828 
202051 13,796 
Total$176 

Cumulative Paid Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Accident Year201820192020
2018$54 $60 $60 
201956 62 
202045 
Total$167 
Professional Liability
Incurred Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Claims Made Year201220132014201520162017201820192020IBNR
Reserves
Claims
Reported
2012$242 $238 $238 $218 $221 $221 $219 $225 $217 $11 7,036 
2013207 195 187 174 174 173 171 171 22 5,972 
2014187 183 181 178 179 182 183 26 6,717 
2015164 174 179 190 214 207 40 7,215 
2016183 176 203 197 196 53 8,345 
2017205 203 232 226 63 9,362 
2018248 281 277 101 9,913 
2019298 317 196 9,297 
2020370 325 6,236 
Total$2,164 

Cumulative Paid Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Claims Made Year201220132014201520162017201820192020
2012$17 $67 $100 $139 $155 $168 $172 $175 $175 
201310 44 67 88 116 131 137 143 
201438 74 108 131 135 146 
201540 85 107 125 141 
201651 88 112 125 
201711 48 88 123 
201815 73 130 
201921 78 
202019 
Total$1,080 
Bond
Incurred Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Accident Year2011201220132014201520162017201820192020IBNR
Reserves
Claims
Reported
2011$74 $78 $78 $76 $71 $71 $71 $71 $72 $71 $2,135 
201271 70 61 55 49 49 45 48 48 13 1,728 
201364 58 55 48 49 39 35 34 14 1,463 
201471 67 66 67 59 59 60 13 1,386 
201567 67 63 60 54 48 17 1,394 
201661 61 61 56 52 29 1,335 
201763 90 101 94 34 1,682 
201868 68 72 37 1,573 
201972 73 60 1,514 
202083 77 1,505 
Total$635 

Cumulative Paid Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Accident Year2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
2011$12 $40 $52 $57 $58 $60 $60 $60 $61 $62 
201212 25 26 24 26 26 34 35 35 
201317 19 19 19 20 20 
201418 31 40 43 43 45 46 
201520 24 31 34 32 
201612 15 20 22 
201746 55 53 
201816 23 
201913 
2020
Total$310 
Assumed Reinsurance
Incurred Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Accident Year201220132014201520162017201820192020IBNR
Reserves
Claims
Reported
2012$107 $99 $93 $88 $115 $120 $119 $120 $120 $— 1,441 
2013115 119 103 105 102 102 103 104 — 1,647 
2014119 142 122 118 115 116 116 — 1,760 
2015102 92 94 94 95 96 — 1,497 
201689 91 98 100 102 (1)1,626 
2017129 153 162 157 — 1,966 
2018129 128 130 (14)1,960 
2019181 190 38 2,025 
2020183 110 833 
Total$1,198 

Cumulative Paid Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Accident Year201220132014201520162017201820192020
2012$38 $77 $83 $85 $112 $118 $118 $119 $119 
201353 83 91 98 100 101 103 103 
201466 119 106 109 112 113 114 
201542 65 77 83 91 94 
201636 66 84 90 95 
201744 116 135 145 
201825 112 134 
201962 132 
202050 
Total$986 
Personal Automobile Liability
Incurred Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Accident Year2011201220132014201520162017201820192020IBNR
Reserves
Claims
Reported
2011$1,181 $1,170 $1,180 $1,173 $1,166 $1,154 $1,154 $1,153 $1,153 $1,153 $221,891 
20121,141 1,149 1,146 1,142 1,133 1,130 1,130 1,130 1,129 210,757 
20131,131 1,145 1,144 1,153 1,152 1,153 1,157 1,156 205,480 
20141,146 1,153 1,198 1,200 1,199 1,202 1,201 209,013 
20151,195 1,340 1,338 1,330 1,331 1,328 15 216,871 
20161,407 1,402 1,393 1,397 1,395 28 215,797 
20171,277 1,275 1,228 1,214 50 187,408 
20181,108 1,104 1,072 105 155,821 
20191,018 1,010 220 138,430 
2020805 400 90,933 
Total$11,463 

Cumulative Paid Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Accident Year2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
2011$447 $826 $1,006 $1,088 $1,126 $1,140 $1,145 $1,146 $1,146 $1,148 
2012441 818 986 1,067 1,104 1,114 1,120 1,122 1,123 
2013442 816 1,002 1,091 1,121 1,135 1,142 1,144 
2014430 843 1,032 1,125 1,165 1,182 1,186 
2015475 935 1,142 1,243 1,292 1,304 
2016505 968 1,188 1,308 1,345 
2017441 836 1,033 1,123 
2018359 710 888 
2019323 654 
2020238 
Total$10,153 
Personal Automobile Physical Damage
Incurred Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Accident Year201820192020IBNR
Reserves
Claims
Reported
2018$509 $498 $488 $305,389 
2019445 442 — 276,688 
2020349 (6)199,623 
Total$1,279 

Cumulative Paid Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Accident Year201820192020
2018$474 $491 $488 
2019427 441 
2020333 
Total$1,262 
Homeowners
Incurred Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Accident Year2011201220132014201520162017201820192020IBNR
Reserves
Claims
Reported
2011$955 $920 $919 $916 $914 $911 $908 $907 $907 $907 $— 179,405 
2012774 741 741 741 739 738 738 738 737 — 142,855 
2013673 638 637 634 632 630 629 630 113,546 
2014710 707 702 700 698 698 698 — 121,914 
2015690 703 690 684 684 684 119,981 
2016669 673 663 658 658 119,742 
2017866 889 884 783 124,581 
2018903 910 673 (11)102,603 
2019501 475 27 83,915 
2020525 89 82,246 
Total$6,770 

Cumulative Paid Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Accident Year2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
2011$709 $871 $891 $899 $903 $905 $908 $907 $908 $907 
2012547 696 719 727 731 734 735 736 736 
2013467 590 611 622 626 627 628 628 
2014526 663 684 691 695 697 697 
2015487 645 665 674 680 681 
2016481 621 640 649 653 
2017538 747 795 757 
2018484 712 616 
2019318 425 
2020335 
Total$6,435 
Property and casualty reserves, including IBNR reserves
The Company estimates ultimate losses and allocated loss adjustment expenses by accident year. IBNR represents the excess of estimated ultimate loss reserves over case reserves. The process to estimate ultimate losses and loss adjustment expenses is an integral part of the Company's reserve setting. Reserves for allocated and unallocated loss adjustment expenses are generally established separate from the reserves for losses.
Reserves for losses are set by line of business within the reporting segments. Case reserves are established by a claims handler on each individual claim and are adjusted as new information becomes known during the course of handling the claim. Lines of business for which reported losses emerge over a long period of
time are referred to as long-tail lines of business. Lines of business for which reported losses emerge more quickly are referred to as short-tail lines of business. The Company’s shortest tail lines of business are homeowners, commercial property and automobile physical damage. The longest tail lines of business include workers’ compensation, general liability and professional liability. For short-tail lines of business, emergence of paid loss and case reserves is credible and likely indicative of ultimate losses. For long-tail lines of business, emergence of paid losses and case reserves is less credible in the early periods after a given accident year and, accordingly, may not be indicative of ultimate losses.
The Company’s reserving actuaries regularly review reserves for both current and prior accident years using the most current claim data. A variety of actuarial methods and judgments are used for most lines of business to arrive at selections of estimated
ultimate losses and loss adjustment expenses. The reserve selections incorporate input, as appropriate, from claims personnel, pricing actuaries and operating management about reported loss cost trends and other factors that could affect the reserve estimates.
For both short-tail and long-tail lines of business, an expected loss ratio is used to record initial reserves. This expected loss ratio is determined by starting with the average loss ratio of recent prior accident years and adjusting that ratio for the effect of expected changes to earned pricing, loss frequency and severity, mix of business, ceded reinsurance and other factors. For short-tail lines, IBNR for the current accident year is initially recorded as the product of the expected loss ratio for the period, earned premium for the period and the proportion of losses expected to be reported in future calendar periods for the current accident period. For long-tailed lines, IBNR reserves for the current accident year are initially recorded as the product of the expected loss ratio for the period and the earned premium for the period, less reported losses for the period. For certain short-tailed lines of business, IBNR amounts in the above loss development triangles are negative due to anticipated salvage and subrogation recoveries on paid losses.
As losses for a given accident year emerge or develop in subsequent periods, reserving actuaries use other methods to estimate ultimate unpaid losses in addition to the expected loss ratio method. These primarily include paid and reported loss development methods, frequency/severity techniques and the Bornhuetter-Ferguson method (a combination of the expected loss ratio and paid development or reported development method). Within any one line of business, the methods that are given more weight vary based primarily on the maturity of the accident year, the mix of business and the particular internal and external influences impacting the claims experience or the methods. The output of the reserve reviews are reserve estimates that are referred to as actuarial indications.
Paid development and reported development techniques are used for most lines of business though more weight is given to the reported development method for some of the long-tailed lines like general liability. In addition, for long-tailed lines of business, the Company relies on the expected loss ratio method for immature accident years. Frequency/severity techniques are used predominantly for professional liability and are also used for
automobile liability. The Berquist-Sherman technique is also used for automobile liability, marine and assumed reinsurance. For most lines, reserves for allocated loss adjustment expenses ("ALAE", or those expenses related to specific claims) are analyzed using paid development techniques and an analysis of the relationship between ALAE and loss payments. For most of the lines acquired through the Navigators Group book of business, loss and ALAE are reviewed on a combined basis. Reserves for ULAE are determined using the expected cost per claim year and the anticipated claim closure pattern as well as the ratio of paid ULAE to paid losses.
In the final step of the reserve review process, senior reserving actuaries and senior management apply their judgment to determine the appropriate level of reserves considering the actuarial indications and other factors not contemplated in the actuarial indications. Those factors include, but are not limited to, the assessed reliability of key loss trends and assumptions used in the current actuarial indications, the maturity of the accident year, pertinent trends observed over the recent past, the level of volatility within a particular line of business, and the improvement or deterioration of actuarial indications. The Company also considers the magnitude of the difference between the actuarial indication and the recorded reserves.
Cumulative number of reported claims
For most property and casualty lines, claim counts represent the number of claim features on a reported claim where a claim feature is each separate coverage for each claimant affected by the claim event. For example, one car accident that results in two bodily injury claims and one automobile damage liability claim would be counted as three claims within the personal automobile liability triangle. Similarly, a fire that impacts one commercial building may result in multiple claim features due to the potential for claims related to business interruption, structural damage, and loss of the physical contents of the building. Claim features that result in no paid losses are included in the reported claim counts. For some property and casualty lines, such as marine and assumed reinsurance, a claim count represents each reported claim regardless of the number of features. For assumed bordereau business and business written on binders, one claim count is posted for each bordereau received, which could account for multiple claims.
Average Annual Percentage Payout of Incurred Claims by Age, Net of Reinsurance
(Unaudited)
Reserve Line1st Year2nd Year3rd Year4th Year5th Year6th Year7th Year8th Year9th Year10th Year
Workers' compensation15.2 %19.1 %12.4 %8.3 %5.7 %4.2 %2.6 %2.3 %1.7 %1.1 %
General liability2.9 %8.2 %14.6 %18.4 %16.2 %10.9 %6.6 %4.5 %2.8 %1.5 %
Marine26.1 %32.4 %18.4 %8.4 %7.0 %2.8 %2.2 %3.9 %(0.5 %)
Package business37.5 %21.7 %10.0 %8.6 %6.0 %2.9 %2.1 %1.2 %0.3 %0.3 %
Commercial property53.6 %30.9 %7.6 %3.2 %0.9 %0.3 %0.2 %(0.1 %)(0.1 %)
Commercial automobile liability16.2 %20.8 %20.9 %17.7 %11.4 %4.9 %2.7 %1.1 %0.5 %0.2 %
Commercial automobile physical damage88.2 %10.1 %(0.5 %)
Professional liability5.4 %19.0 %18.2 %14.5 %10.4 %6.3 %3.9 %2.0 %— %
Bond12.7 %24.3 %11.7 %4.9 %2.4 %0.1 %5.3 %1.2 %0.1 %2.1 %
Assumed Reinsurance36.3 %38.7 %8.8 %4.9 %8.0 %2.5 %1.0 %0.3 %(0.1 %)
Personal automobile liability35.5 %33.2 %15.8 %7.6 %3.1 %1.1 %0.5 %0.1 %0.1 %0.1 %
Personal automobile physical damage96.5 %3.2 %(0.7 %)
Homeowners71.8 %22.7 %1.2 %0.4 %0.6 %0.3 %0.1 %0.1 %— %— %
Group Life, Disability and Accident Products
Rollforward of Liabilities for Unpaid Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses
For the years ended December 31,
202020192018
Beginning liabilities for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, gross
$8,256 $8,445 $8,512 
Reinsurance recoverables [1]247 239 209 
Beginning liabilities for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, net
8,009 8,206 8,303 
Aetna U.S. group life and disability business acquisition [2]— — 42 
Provision for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses
Current incurral year4,511 4,385 4,470 
Prior year's discount accretion209 219 227 
Prior incurral year development [3](445)(410)(324)
Total provision for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses [4]
4,275 4,194 4,373 
Payments
Current incurral year(2,288)(2,277)(2,377)
Prior incurral years(2,000)(2,114)(2,135)
Total payments
(4,288)(4,391)(4,512)
Ending liabilities for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, net
7,996 8,009 8,206 
Reinsurance recoverables237 247 239 
Ending liabilities for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, gross
$8,233 $8,256 $8,445 
[1] Includes a cumulative effect adjustment of $(1) representing an adjustment to the ACL recorded on adoption of accounting guidance for credit losses on January 1, 2020. See Note 1 - Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies.
[2]Amount recognized in 2018 represents an adjustment to Aetna U.S. group life and disability business reserves, net of reinsurance as of the acquisition date, upon finalization of the opening balance sheet.
[3]Prior incurral year development represents the change in estimated ultimate incurred losses and loss adjustment expenses for prior incurral years on a discounted basis.
[4]Includes unallocated loss adjustment expenses of $178, $178 and $194 for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively, that are recorded in insurance operating costs and other expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Group Life, Disability and Accident Products Reserves, Net of Reinsurance, that are Discounted
For the years ended December 31,
202020192018
Liability for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, at undiscounted amounts$8,380 $8,636 $8,957 
Amount of discount(1,353)(1,401)(1,505)
Carrying value of liability for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses$7,027 $7,235 $7,452 
Weighted average discount rate3.4 %3.4 %3.4 %
Range of discount rate2.1 %-8.0 %2.1 %-8.0 %2.1 %-8.0 %
Reserves are discounted at rates in effect at the time claims were incurred, ranging from 2.1% for life and disability reserves acquired from Aetna based on interest rates in effect at the acquisition date of November 1, 2017, to 8.0% for the Company’s pre-acquisition reserves for incurral year 1990, and vary by product. Prior year's discount accretion has been calculated as the average reserve balance for the year times the weighted average discount rate.
2020 re-estimates of prior incurral year reserves
Group disability- Prior period reserve estimates decreased by approximately $365 largely driven by group long-term disability lower claim incidence and higher recoveries on prior incurral year claims, and a refund on the New York Paid Family Leave program.
Group life and accident (including group life premium waiver)- Prior period reserve estimates decreased by approximately $65 largely driven by lower-than-previously expected claim incidence in group life premium waiver.
Supplemental Accident & Health- Prior period reserve estimates decreased by approximately $15 driven by lower-than-expected emergence of prior year claims, especially for voluntary critical Illness and voluntary accident products.
2019 re-estimates of prior incurral year reserves
Group disability- Prior period reserve estimates decreased by approximately $340 largely driven by group long-term disability claim incidence lower than prior assumptions and strong recoveries on prior incurral year claims, including the impact of updating long-term disability ("LTD") recovery probabilities to be based on more recent experience. New York Paid Family Leave also experienced favorable claim emergence including an experience refund.
Group life and accident (including group life premium waiver)- Prior period reserve estimates decreased by approximately $60 largely driven by lower-than-previously expected claim incidence in group life premium waiver.
2018 re-estimates of prior incurral year reserves
Group disability- Prior period reserve estimates decreased by approximately $230 largely driven by group long-term disability claim recoveries higher than prior reserve assumptions and, primarily for the 2017 incurral year, claim incidence lower than prior assumptions. Short-term disability also experienced favorable claim recoveries.
Group life and accident (including group life premium waiver)- Prior period reserve estimates decreased by approximately $90 largely driven by lower-than-previously expected claim incidence inclusive of group life, group life premium waiver, and group accidental death & dismemberment, principally for the 2017 incurral year.
Reconciliation of Loss Development to Liability for Unpaid Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses as of December 31, 2020
Losses and Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of ReinsuranceSubtotal
Reserve LineCumulative Incurred for Incurral Years Displayed in TrianglesCumulative Paid for Incurral Years Displayed in TrianglesUnpaid for Incurral Years not Displayed in TrianglesUnpaid Unallocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of ReinsuranceDiscountUnpaid Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of ReinsuranceReinsurance and Other RecoverablesLiability for Unpaid Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses
Group long-term disability$14,411 $(8,420)$1,554 $182 $(1,233)$6,494 $227 $6,721 
Group life and accident, excluding premium waiver5,888 (5,283)163 (17)755 758 
Group short-term disability117 — 121 — 121 
Group life premium waiver688 10 (103)595 597 
Group supplemental health31 — — 31 36 
Total Group Benefits$20,299 $(13,703)$2,553 $200 $(1,353)$7,996 $237 $8,233 
The following loss triangles present historical loss development for incurred and paid claims by the year the insured claim occurred, referred to as the incurral year. Triangles are limited to the number of years for which claims incurred typically remain
outstanding, not exceeding ten years. Short-tail lines, which represent claims generally expected to be paid within a few years, have three years of claim development displayed.
Group Long-Term Disability
Undiscounted Incurred Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Incurral
Year
2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
IBNR
Reserves
Claims
Reported
2011$1,917 $1,761 $1,660 $1,659 $1,669 $1,660 $1,649 $1,638 $1,631 $1,615 $— 37,347 
20121,829 1,605 1,539 1,532 1,530 1,515 1,504 1,486 1,479 — 35,626 
20131,660 1,479 1,429 1,429 1,416 1,413 1,399 1,385 — 30,611 
20141,636 1,473 1,430 1,431 1,431 1,408 1,395 — 31,756 
20151,595 1,442 1,422 1,420 1,401 1,385 — 32,527 
20161,651 1,481 1,468 1,437 1,417 33,244 
20171,597 1,413 1,358 1,316 30,883 
20181,647 1,387 1,309 28,364 
20191,650 1,424 38 27,136 
20201,686 885 15,861 
Total$14,411 
Cumulative Paid Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Incurral Year2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
2011$118 $508 $743 $886 $996 $1,087 $1,167 $1,231 $1,286 $1,324 
2012108 483 708 835 933 1,014 1,080 1,138 1,185 
2013102 443 664 791 881 954 1,016 1,067 
2014103 448 675 801 884 960 1,025 
2015108 460 687 806 891 962 
2016112 479 705 819 907 
2017109 452 658 757 
2018105 447 639 
2019101 454 
2020100 
Total$8,420 
Group Life and Accident, excluding Premium Waiver
Undiscounted Incurred Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Incurral Year201820192020IBNR ReservesClaims Reported
2018$1,952 $1,940 $1,950 $10 52,500 
20191,902 1,866 19 57,109 
20202,072 401 46,597 
Total$5,888 

Cumulative Paid Losses & Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the years ended December 31,
(Unaudited)
Incurral Year201820192020
2018$1,532 $1,916 $1,929 
20191,471 1,830 
20201,524 
Total$5,283 
Group life, disability and accident reserves, including IBNR
The majority of Group Benefits’ reserves are for LTD claimants who are known to be disabled and are currently receiving benefits. A Disabled Life Reserve ("DLR") is calculated for each
LTD claim. The DLR for each claim is the expected present value of all estimated future benefit payments and includes estimates of claim recovery, investment yield, and offsets from other income, including offsets from Social Security benefits and workers’ compensation. Estimated future benefit payments represent the monthly income benefit that is paid until recovery, death or expiration of benefits. Claim recoveries are estimated based on claim characteristics such as age and diagnosis and represent an estimate of benefits that will terminate, generally as a result of the claimant returning to work or being deemed able to return to work. The DLR also includes a liability for payments to claimants who have not yet been approved for LTD either because they have not yet satisfied the waiting (or elimination) period or because the approval or denial decision has not yet been made. In these cases, the present value of future benefits is reduced for the likelihood of claim denial based on Company experience. For claims recently closed due to recovery, a portion of the DLR is retained for the possibility that the claim reopens upon further evidence of disability. In addition, a reserve for estimated unpaid claim expenses is included in the DLR.
For incurral years with IBNR claims, estimates of ultimate losses are made by applying completion factors to the dollar amount of claims reported or expected depending on the market segment. IBNR represents estimated ultimate losses less both DLR and cumulative paid amounts for all reported claims. Completion factors are derived using standard actuarial techniques using triangles that display historical claim count emergence by incurral month. These estimates are reviewed for reasonableness and are adjusted for current trends and other factors expected to cause a change in claim emergence. The IBNR includes an estimate of unpaid claim expenses, including a provision for the cost of initial set-up of the claim once reported.
For all products, including LTD, there is a period generally ranging from two to twelve months, depending on the product and market segment, where emerged claim information for an incurral year is not yet credible enough to be a basis for an IBNR projection. In these cases, the ultimate losses and allocated loss adjustment expenses are estimated using earned premium multiplied by an expected loss ratio.
The Company also records reserves for future death benefits under group term life policies that provide for premiums to be waived in the event the insured is unable to work due to disability and has satisfied an elimination period, which is typically nine months (premium waiver reserves). The death benefit reserve for these group life premium waiver claims is estimated for a known disabled claimant equal to the present value of expected future cash outflows (typically a lump sum face amount payable at death plus claim expenses) with separate estimates for claimant recovery (when no death benefit is payable) and for death before recovery or benefit expiry (when death benefit is payable). The IBNR for premium waiver death benefits is estimated with standard actuarial development methods.
In addition, the Company also records reserves for group term life, accidental death & dismemberment, short term disability, and other group products that have short claim payout periods. For these products, reserves are determined using paid or reported actuarial development methods. The resulting claim triangles produce a completion pattern and estimate of ultimate loss. IBNR for these lines of business equals the estimated ultimate losses and loss adjustment expenses less the amount of paid or reported claims depending on whether the paid or reported development method was used. Estimates are reviewed for reasonableness and are adjusted for current trends or other factors that affect the development pattern.
Cumulative number of reported claims
For group life, disability and accident coverages, claim counts include claims that are approved, pending approval and terminated and exclude denied claims. Due to the nature of the claims, one claimant represents one event.
Average Annual Percentage Payout of Incurred Claims by Age, Net of Reinsurance
(Unaudited)
1st Year2nd Year3rd Year4th Year5th Year6th Year7th Year8th Year9th Year10th Year
Group long-term disability7.4 %25.2 %15.6 %8.5 %6.4 %5.4 %4.6 %3.9 %3.3 %2.3 %
Group life and accident, excluding premium waiver77.0 %19.5 %0.7 %
13. RESERVE FOR FUTURE POLICY BENEFITS
Changes in Reserves for Future Policy Benefits [1]
Liability balance, as of January 1, 2020$635 
Incurred85 
Paid(85)
Change in unrealized investment gains and losses
Liability balance, as of December 31, 2020$638 
Reinsurance recoverable asset, as of January 1, 2020$31 
Incurred (2)
Paid(1)
Reinsurance recoverable asset, as of December 31, 2020$28 
Liability balance, as of January 1, 2019$642 
Incurred 86 
Paid(102)
Change in unrealized investment gains and losses
Liability balance, as of December 31, 2019$635 
Reinsurance recoverable asset, as of January 1, 2019$27 
Incurred
Paid— 
Reinsurance recoverable asset, as of December 31, 2019$31 
[1]Reserves for future policy benefits includes paid-up life insurance and whole-life policies resulting from conversion from group life policies included within the Group Benefits segment and reserves for run-off structured settlement and terminal funding agreement liabilities which are in the Corporate category.