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Shareholders' Equity | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Equity [Abstract] |
Shareholders' Equity | 8. Shareholders’ Equity Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) The tables below present the changes in AOCI by component for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2017:
|  | OTTI Gains (Losses) |  | Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments |  | Cash Flow Hedges |  | Pension Liability |  | Foreign Currency Translation |  | Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(In millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance, July 1, 2016 |  | $ | 28 |  |  | $ | 838 |  |  | $ | (2 | ) |  | $ | (639 | ) |  | $ | (106 | ) |  | $ | 119 |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, after tax of $(4), $(32), $0, $0 and $0 |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | 69 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (24 | ) |  |  | 52 |
Reclassification of (gains) losses from accumulated other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
comprehensive income, after tax of $2, $13, $0, $(4) and $0 |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | (27 | ) |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (23 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 42 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | (24 | ) |  |  | 29 |
Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | (4 | )
Balance, September 30, 2016 |  | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | 876 |  |  | $ | (2 | ) |  | $ | (632 | ) |  | $ | (128 | ) |  | $ | 144 |
Balance, July 1, 2017 |  | $ | 23 |  |  | $ | 705 |  |  | $ | (2 | ) |  | $ | (632 | ) |  | $ | (130 | ) |  | $ | (36 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, after tax of $0, $(20), $0, $0 and $0 |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 35 |  |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 41 |  |  |  | 75 |
Reclassification of (gains) losses from accumulated other comprehensive income, after tax of $0, $4, $0, $(6) and $0 |  |  |  |  |  |  | (12 | ) |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 11 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |
Other comprehensive income |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 23 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 11 |  |  |  | 41 |  |  |  | 77 |
Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests |  |  |  |  |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | (9 | )
Balance, September 30, 2017 |  | $ | 24 |  |  | $ | 725 |  |  | $ | (2 | ) |  | $ | (622 | ) |  | $ | (93 | ) |  | $ | 32 |
|  | OTTI Gains (Losses) |  | Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments |  | Cash Flow Hedges |  | Pension Liability |  | Foreign Currency Translation |  | Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(In millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance, January 1, 2016 |  | $ | 24 |  |  | $ | 347 |  |  | $ | (3 | ) |  | $ | (649 | ) |  | $ | (76 | ) |  | $ | (357 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, after tax of $(5), $(304), $0, $0 and $0 |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | 608 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (58 | ) |  |  | 559 |
Reclassification of (gains) losses from accumulated other comprehensive income, after tax of $1, $12, $0, $(11) and $0 |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | (17 | ) |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 20 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |
Other comprehensive income (loss) |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | 591 |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 20 |  |  |  | (58 | ) |  |  | 562 |
Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (62 | ) |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | (61 | )
Balance, September 30, 2016 |  | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | 876 |  |  | $ | (2 | ) |  | $ | (632 | ) |  | $ | (128 | ) |  | $ | 144 |
Balance, January 1, 2017 |  | $ | 27 |  |  | $ | 576 |  |  | $ | (2 | ) |  | $ | (646 | ) |  | $ | (178 | ) |  | $ | (223 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, after tax of $0, $(130), $0, $0 and $0 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 228 |  |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 94 |  |  |  | 319 |
Reclassification of (gains) losses from accumulated other comprehensive income, after tax of $1, $28, $0, $(13) and $0 |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | (61 | ) |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | 26 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (34 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | 167 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 26 |  |  |  | 94 |  |  |  | 285 |
Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests |  |  |  |  |  |  | (18 | ) |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | (9 | ) |  |  | (30 | )
Balance, September 30, 2017 |  | $ | 24 |  |  | $ | 725 |  |  | $ | (2 | ) |  | $ | (622 | ) |  | $ | (93 | ) |  | $ | 32 |
Amounts reclassified from AOCI shown above are reported in Net income as follows:
Major Category of AOCI |  | Affected Line Item
OTTI gains (losses) |  | Investment gains (losses)
Unrealized gains (losses) on investments |  | Investment gains (losses)
Cash flow hedges |  | Other revenues, Interest expense and Contract drilling expenses
Pension liability |  | Other operating expenses
Treasury Stock The Company repurchased 0.1 million and 3.0 million shares of Loews common stock at aggregate costs of $6 million and $115 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016.

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