Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Right-of-use assets and lease liabilities related to operating leases under ASC Topic 842 are recorded when we are party to a contract, which conveys the right for us to control an asset for a specified period of time. Substantially all of our operating lease arrangements relate to rented office space and real estate for our title operations. We generally are not a party to any material contracts considered finance leases. Right-of-use assets and lease liabilities under ASC Topic 842 are recorded as Lease assets and Lease liabilities, respectively, on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2021.

Our operating leases range in term from one to ten years. As of December 31, 2021, the weighted-average remaining lease term of our operating leases was 4.0 years.

Our lease agreements do not contain material variable lease payments, buyout options, residual value guarantees or restrictive covenants.

Most of our leases include one or more options to renew, with renewal terms that can extend the lease term by varying amounts. The exercise of lease renewal options is at our sole discretion. We do not include options to renew in our measurement of lease assets and lease liabilities as they are not considered reasonably assured of exercise.

Our operating lease liability is determined by discounting future lease payments using a discount rate based on our incremental borrowing rate for similar collateralized borrowing. The discount rate is calculated as an average of the current yield on our unsecured notes payable and 140 basis points in excess of the current five year LIBOR swap rate. As of December 31, 2021 the weighted-average discount rate used to determine our operating lease liability was 3.4%.

We do not separate lease components from non-lease components for any of our right-of-use assets.

Our lease costs are included in Other operating expenses on the Consolidated Statements of Earnings and was $139 million, $150 million and $146 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. We do not have any material short term lease costs, variable lease costs, or sublease income.

Future payments under operating lease arrangements accounted for under ASC Topic 842 as of December 31, 2021 are as follows (in millions):


2022	$	145
2023	116
2024	83
2025	44
2026	26
Thereafter	27
Total operating lease payments, undiscounted	$	441
Less: present value discount	27
Lease liability, at present value	$	414

See Note K. Supplementary Cash Flow Information for certain information on noncash investing and financing activities related to our operating lease arrangements.