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BENEFITS PAYABLE (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
Insurance [Abstract] |
Activity in Benefits Payable | Activity in benefits payable for our Retail segment was as follows for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016:
|  | For the six months ended June 30,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  | (in millions)
Balances, beginning of period |  | $ | 3,507 |  |  | $ | 3,600 |
Less: Reinsurance recoverables |  | (76 | ) |  | (85 | )
Balances, beginning of period, net |  | 3,431 |  |  | 3,515 |
Incurred related to: |  |  |  |
Current year |  | 20,010 |  |  | 19,259 |
Prior years |  | (287 | ) |  | (299 | )
Total incurred |  | 19,723 |  |  | 18,960 |
Paid related to: |  |  |  |
Current year |  | (16,385 | ) |  | (15,766 | )
Prior years |  | (2,707 | ) |  | (2,946 | )
Total paid |  | (19,092 | ) |  | (18,712 | )
Reinsurance recoverable |  | 78 |  |  | 75 |
Balances, end of period |  | $ | 4,140 |  |  | $ | 3,838 |
Activity in benefits payable for our Individual Commercial segment was as follows for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016:
|  | For the six months ended June 30,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  | (in millions)
Balances, beginning of period |  | $ | 454 |  |  | $ | 740 |
Less: Premium deficiency reserve |  | — |  |  | (176 | )
Balances, beginning of period, net |  | 454 |  |  | 564 |
Incurred related to: |  |  |  |
Current year |  | 304 |  |  | 1,816 |
Prior years |  | (26 | ) |  | (97 | )
Total incurred |  | 278 |  |  | 1,719 |
Paid related to: |  |  |  |
Current year |  | (223 | ) |  | (1,396 | )
Prior years |  | (378 | ) |  | (417 | )
Total paid |  | (601 | ) |  | (1,813 | )
Premium deficiency reserve |  | — |  |  | 337 |
Balance, end of period |  | $ | 131 |  |  | $ | 807 |
Activity in benefits payable for our Group and Specialty segment, excluding military services, was as follows for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016:
|  | For the six months ended June 30,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  | (in millions)
Balances, beginning of period |  | $ | 578 |  |  | $ | 616 |
Incurred related to: |  |  |  |
Current year |  | 2,629 |  |  | 2,556 |
Prior years |  | (31 | ) |  | (38 | )
Total incurred |  | 2,598 |  |  | 2,518 |
Paid related to: |  |  |  |
Current year |  | (2,117 | ) |  | (2,000 | )
Prior years |  | (518 | ) |  | (543 | )
Total paid |  | (2,635 | ) |  | (2,543 | )
Balances, end of period |  | $ | 541 |  |  | $ | 591 |
On a consolidated basis, activity in benefits payable, excluding military services, was as follows for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016:
|  | For the six months ended June 30,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  | (in millions)
Balances, beginning of period |  | $ | 4,563 |  |  | $ | 4,976 |
Less: Premium deficiency reserve |  | — |  |  | (176 | )
Less: Reinsurance recoverables |  | (76 | ) |  | (85 | )
Balances, beginning of period, net |  | 4,487 |  |  | 4,715 |
Incurred related to: |  |  |  |
Current year |  | 22,576 |  |  | 23,211 |
Prior years |  | (345 | ) |  | (435 | )
Total incurred |  | 22,231 |  |  | 22,776 |
Paid related to: |  |  |  |
Current year |  | (18,332 | ) |  | (18,720 | )
Prior years |  | (3,626 | ) |  | (3,925 | )
Total paid |  | (21,958 | ) |  | (22,645 | )
Premium deficiency reserve |  | — |  |  | 337 |
Reinsurance recoverable |  | 78 |  |  | 75 |
Balances, end of period |  | $ | 4,838 |  |  | $ | 5,258 |
Benefit Expenses Excluded From Activity in Benefits Payable | Benefits expense excluded from the previous table was as follows for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016.
|  | For the six months ended June 30,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  | (in millions)
Premium deficiency reserve - Individual Commercial |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 161 |
Military services |  | — |  |  | 6 |
Future policy benefits: |  |  |  |
Individual Commercial |  | (36 | ) |  | (62 | )
Other Businesses |  | 20 |  |  | 25 |
Total future policy benefits |  | (16 | ) |  | (37 | )
Total |  | $ | (16 | ) |  | $ | 130 |
Schedule Of Benefits Expense | The reconciliation of the net incurred and paid claims development tables to benefits payable in the consolidated statement of financial position is as follows:
| Reconciliation of the Disclosure of Incurred and Paid Claims Development to Benefits Payable, net of reinsurance
|  | June 30,
|  | 2017
| Net outstanding liabilities |
| Retail | $ | 4,062 |
| Group and Specialty | 541 |
| Individual Commercial | 131 |
| Other Businesses | 26 |
| Benefits payable, net of reinsurance | 4,760 |
| Reinsurance recoverable on unpaid claims |
| Retail | 78 |
| Total reinsurance recoverable on unpaid claims | 78 |
| Total benefits payable, gross | $ | 4,838 |

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