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Provisions for Loan Losses | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Provisions for Loan Losses |
Provisions for Loan Losses | 34. Provisions for Loan Losses: The changes in provisions for loan losses during 2016, 2017 and 2018 are the following:
|  | Loans and |  | Loans to customers as of December 31, 2016 |  |  |  | Provisions for |  |
|  | advance to |  | Commercial |  | Mortgage |  | Consumer |  |  |  | contingent |  |
|  | banks |  | loans |  | loans |  | loans |  | Total |  | loan risks |  | Total
|  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |  | MCh$
Provisions established: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Individual provisions |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | (5,944) |  | (5,944)
Group provisions |  | — |  | (45,462) |  | (6,932) |  | (261,838) |  | (314,232) |  | — |  | (314,232)
Provisions established net |  | — |  | (45,462) |  | (6,932) |  | (261,838) |  | (314,232) |  | (5,944) |  | (320,176)
Provisions released: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Individual provisions |  | 94 |  | 7,924 |  | — |  | — |  | 7,924 |  | 2,575 |  | 10,593
Group provisions |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 3,478 |  | 3,478
Provisions released net |  | 94 |  | 7,924 |  | — |  | — |  | 7,924 |  | 6,053 |  | 14,071
Recovery of written-off assets |  | — |  | 13,017 |  | 2,350 |  | 31,475 |  | 46,842 |  | — |  | 46,842
Provisions net allowances for credit risk |  | 94 |  | (24,521) |  | (4,582) |  | (230,363) |  | (259,466) |  | 109 |  | (259,263)
The detail of the amounts presented in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow is as follows:
|  | 2016
|  | MCh$
Allowances established of loans to customer and loans and advances to banks |  | (314,232)
Allowances released of loans to customer and loans and advances to banks |  | 8,018
Total allowances of loans to customer and loans and advances to banks |  | (306,214)
|  | Loans and |  | Loans to customers as of December 31, 2017 |  |  |  | Provisions for |  |
|  | advance to |  | Commercial |  | Mortgage |  | Consumer |  |  |  | contingent |  |
|  | banks |  | loans |  | loans |  | loans |  | Total |  | loan risks |  | Total
|  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |  | MCh$
Provisions established: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Individual provisions |  | (5) |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | (5)
Group provisions |  | — |  | (47,837) |  | (4,361) |  | (247,810) |  | (300,008) |  | (3,131) |  | (303,139)
Provisions established net |  | (5) |  | (47,837) |  | (4,361) |  | (247,810) |  | (300,008) |  | (3,131) |  | (303,144)
Provisions released: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Individual provisions |  | — |  | 28,571 |  | — |  | — |  | 28,571 |  | 3,841 |  | 32,412
Group provisions |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | —
Provisions released net |  | — |  | 28,571 |  | — |  | — |  | 28,571 |  | 3,841 |  | 32,412
Recovery of written-off assets |  | — |  | 13,750 |  | 3,246 |  | 32,481 |  | 49,477 |  | — |  | 49,477
Provisions net allowances for credit risk |  | (5) |  | (5,516) |  | (1,115) |  | (215,329) |  | (221,960) |  | 710 |  | (221,255)
The detail of the amounts presented in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow is as follows:
|  | 2017
|  | MCh$
Allowances established of loans to customer and loans and advances to banks |  | (300,013)
Allowances released of loans to customer and loans and advances to banks |  | 28,571
Total allowances of loans to customer and loans and advances to banks |  | (271,442)
|  |  |  | Loans to customers as of December 31, 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Loans and |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Provisions for |  |
|  | advance to |  | Commercial |  | Mortgage |  | Consumer |  |  |  | contingent |  |
|  | banks |  | loans |  | loans |  | loans |  | Total |  | loan risks |  | Total
|  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |  | MCh$
Provisions established: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Individual provisions |  | (240) |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | (2,368) |  | (2,608)
Group provisions |  | ― |  | (61,702) |  | (7,546) |  | (241,244) |  | (310,492) |  | ― |  | (310,492)
Provisions established net |  | (240) |  | (61,702) |  | (7,546) |  | (241,244) |  | (310,492) |  | (2,368) |  | (313,100)
Provisions released: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Individual provisions |  | — |  | 871 |  | — |  | — |  | 871 |  | — |  | 871
Group provisions |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 327 |  | 327
Provisions released net |  | — |  | 871 |  | — |  | — |  | 871 |  | 327 |  | 1,198
Recovery of written-off assets |  | — |  | 13,579 |  | 4,572 |  | 42,428 |  | 60,579 |  | — |  | 60,579
Provisions net allowances for credit risk |  | (240) |  | (47,252) |  | (2,974) |  | (198,816) |  | (249,042) |  | (2,041) |  | (251,323)
The detail of the amounts presented in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow is as follows:
|  | 2018
|  | MCh$
Allowances established of loans to customer and loans and advances to banks |  | (310,732)
Allowances released of loans to customer and loans and advances to banks |  | 871
Total allowances of loans to customer and loans and advances to banks |  | (309,861)

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