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INCOME TAXES
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
12)    INCOME TAXES
Income tax expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 was computed using an estimated annual effective tax rate (“ETR”), with discrete items recognized in the period in which they occur. The estimated ETR is revised, as necessary, at the end of successive interim reporting periods.
In 2022, the Company established a valuation allowance against its deferred tax asset related to unrealized capital losses in the available for sale securities portfolio. In 2023, management took actions to increase its available liquidity so that the Company has the ability and intent to hold the majority of securities in its available for sale portfolio to recovery. For liquidity and other purposes, the Company maintains a smaller pool of securities that it does not intend to hold to recovery. The Company maintains a valuation allowance against the deferred tax asset on available for sale securities that will not be held to recovery. Adjustments to the valuation allowance due to changes in the portfolio’s unrealized capital loss are recorded in OCI. Adjustments to the valuation allowance due to new facts or evidence are recorded in net income.
In the third quarter of 2025, the Company realized losses from the liquidity pool primarily due to the RGA reinsurance transaction, resulting in a deferred tax asset for realized capital losses. The valuation allowance against unrealized losses in OCI was reduced and a valuation allowance against the realized losses was established through net income.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company recorded decreases to the valuation allowance of $232 million and $190 million, respectively, in OCI. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company recorded increases to the valuation allowance of $180 million and $180 million, respectively, in net income. A valuation allowance of $206 million and $217 million as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, remains against deferred tax assets that are not more-likely-than-not to be realized.
The Company uses the aggregate portfolio approach related to the stranded or disproportionate income tax effects in accumulated other comprehensive income related to available for sale securities. Under this approach, the disproportionate tax effect remains intact as long as the investment portfolio remains.