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Policy Claims and Benefits | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Insurance [Abstract] |
Short-Duration Insurance and Deposit Contracts [Text Block] | Liabilities for Unpaid Claims and Claim Expense The Company uses several actuarial methods to compute incurred-but-not reported liabilities. These methods use historical claim reporting patterns to develop a triangle of reported claim amounts. The claim triangle is then used to develop the ultimate claims amount and the incurred-but-not reported liabilities. Expected claim methods use exposure data such as premiums to develop the ultimate claim amount. The final method blends the estimates from the development and the expected claim methods. There were no significant changes in methodologies during 2018. The following tables provide information on incurred and paid claims development, net of retrocession, for short-duration reinsurance contracts for the Company’s U.S. and Latin America and Asia Pacific Traditional segments, which primarily relate to group life and health (including disability) business. The short-duration business for the Company’s other segments is immaterial. Liabilities for claims and claims adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance equals total incurred claims less cumulative paid claims plus outstanding liabilities prior to 2012. The Company provides reinsurance on large quota share transactions. It is common industry practice for cedants to provide loss information on a bulk basis without comprehensive claim details. Additionally, a claim under aggregate stop loss coverage may be the result of thousands of claims, but the Company only pays the excess amount. Therefore, it is impractical to provide meaningful claim count detail by accident year in the tables shown below.
U.S. and Latin America |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | As of
(in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | December 31, 2018
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustments, Net of Reinsurance (1) |  | Total of Incurred-but-Not-Reported Liabilities Plus Expected Development on Reported Claims
Accident Year |  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
| 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |
2012 |  | $ | 322,579 |  |  | $ | 309,119 |  |  | $ | 297,037 |  |  | $ | 298,262 |  |  | $ | 299,098 |  |  | $ | 297,688 |  |  | $ | 296,717 |  |  | $ | — |
2013 |  |  |  | 349,262 |  |  | 332,907 |  |  | 338,977 |  |  | 336,552 |  |  | 336,436 |  |  | 336,323 |  |  | 24 |
2014 |  |  |  |  |  | 407,953 |  |  | 411,373 |  |  | 396,383 |  |  | 397,151 |  |  | 396,010 |  |  | 272 |
2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 459,524 |  |  | 460,917 |  |  | 465,167 |  |  | 461,947 |  |  | 1,505 |
2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 500,843 |  |  | 499,785 |  |  | 500,725 |  |  | 4,885 |
2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 485,442 |  |  | 513,722 |  |  | 27,190 |
2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 538,456 |  |  | 234,548 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Total |  |  | $ | 3,043,900 |  |  |
Cumulative Paid Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net of Reinsurance (1) |  |
Accident Year |  | For the Years Ended December 31, |  |
| 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  |
2012 |  | $ | 109,323 |  |  | $ | 222,139 |  |  | $ | 243,890 |  |  | $ | 252,018 |  |  | $ | 258,297 |  |  | $ | 263,565 |  |  | $ | 268,073 |  |  |
2013 |  |  |  | 114,457 |  |  | 248,828 |  |  | 277,130 |  |  | 285,817 |  |  | 292,067 |  |  | 297,126 |  |  |
2014 |  |  |  |  |  | 128,813 |  |  | 304,578 |  |  | 337,081 |  |  | 349,078 |  |  | 356,026 |  |  |
2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 146,196 |  |  | 360,658 |  |  | 407,282 |  |  | 422,102 |  |  |
2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 184,940 |  |  | 392,517 |  |  | 436,892 |  |  |
2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 189,853 |  |  | 402,759 |  |  |
2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 182,560 |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Total |  |  | $ | 2,365,538 |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  | All outstanding claims prior to 2012, net of reinsurance |  |  | 178,024 |  |  |
|  | Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expense, net of reinsurance |  |  | $ | 856,386 |  |  |
(1) | 2012-2017 Unaudited.
Asia Pacific |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | As of
(in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | December 31, 2018
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustments, Net of Reinsurance (1) |  | Total of Incurred-but-Not-Reported Liabilities Plus Expected Development on Reported Claims
Accident Year |  | For the Years Ended December 31, |  |  |
| 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |
2012 |  | $ | 207,882 |  |  | $ | 279,008 |  |  | $ | 283,316 |  |  | $ | 286,632 |  |  | $ | 294,265 |  |  | $ | 303,340 |  |  | $ | 309,287 |  |  | $ | 10,352 |
2013 |  |  |  | 292,769 |  |  | 313,126 |  |  | 303,779 |  |  | 301,168 |  |  | 314,283 |  |  | 328,017 |  |  | 16,728 |
2014 |  |  |  |  |  | 277,049 |  |  | 300,336 |  |  | 265,431 |  |  | 272,247 |  |  | 284,237 |  |  | 21,339 |
2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 278,491 |  |  | 257,146 |  |  | 251,650 |  |  | 267,292 |  |  | 32,392 |
2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 227,653 |  |  | 211,425 |  |  | 212,722 |  |  | 40,376 |
2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 216,499 |  |  | 214,707 |  |  | 63,383 |
2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 253,691 |  |  | 156,761 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Total |  |  | $ | 1,869,953 |  |  |
Cumulative Paid Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net of Reinsurance (1) |  |
Accident Year |  | For the Years Ended December 31, |  |
| 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  |
2012 |  | $ | 49,321 |  |  | $ | 135,322 |  |  | $ | 185,322 |  |  | $ | 222,987 |  |  | $ | 243,549 |  |  | $ | 259,917 |  |  | $ | 274,830 |  |  |
2013 |  |  |  | 49,805 |  |  | 144,247 |  |  | 209,347 |  |  | 235,923 |  |  | 261,299 |  |  | 282,961 |  |  |
2014 |  |  |  |  |  | 34,519 |  |  | 135,668 |  |  | 177,439 |  |  | 206,176 |  |  | 228,873 |  |  |
2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 48,962 |  |  | 118,579 |  |  | 167,350 |  |  | 202,273 |  |  |
2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 38,310 |  |  | 97,769 |  |  | 133,091 |  |  |
2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 35,442 |  |  | 87,037 |  |  |
2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 31,871 |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Total |  |  | $ | 1,240,936 |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  | All outstanding claims prior to 2012, net of reinsurance |  |  | 112,373 |  |  |
|  |  |  | Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expense, net of reinsurance |  |  | $ | 741,390 |  |  |
(1) | 2012-2017 Unaudited.
The following is unaudited supplementary information about average historical claims duration as of December 31, 2018:
Average Annual Payout of Incurred Claims by Age, Net of Reinsurance
Years |  | 1 |  | 2 |  | 3 |  | 4 |  | 5 |  | 6 |  | 7
U.S. and Latin America |  | 34.7 | % |  | 41.9 | % |  | 8.6 | % |  | 2.9 | % |  | 1.9 | % |  | 1.6 | % |  | 1.5 | %
Asia Pacific |  | 15.5 | % |  | 28.4 | % |  | 17.1 | % |  | 10.9 | % |  | 7.5 | % |  | 5.9 | % |  | 4.8 | %
Reconciliation of the Disclosure of Incurred and Paid Claims Development to the Liability for Unpaid Claims and Claims Adjustment Expenses The reconciliation of the net incurred and paid claims development tables to the liability for claims and claim adjustment expense in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2018 is as follows (dollars in thousands):
| 2018
Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expense, net of reinsurance: |
U.S. and Latin America | $ | 856,386 |
Asia Pacific | 741,390 |
Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expense, net of reinsurance | 1,597,776 |
Adjustments to reconcile to total policy claims and future policy benefits: |
Reinsurance recoverable | 16,121 |
Effect of discounting | (141,689 | )
Unallocated claims adjustment expense | 5,907 |
Total adjustments | (119,661 | )
Other short-duration contracts: |
Canada | 128,831 |
Europe, Middle East and Africa | 383,936 |
Other | 177,416 |
Liability for unpaid claims and claim adjustment expense - short-duration | 2,168,298 |
Liability for unpaid claims and claim adjustment expense - long-duration | 4,416,370 |
Total liability for unpaid claims and claim adjustment expense (included in future policy benefits and other policy-related balances) | $ | 6,584,668 |
Rollforward of Claims and Claim Adjustment Expenses The liability for unpaid claims is reported in future policy benefits and other policy-related balances within the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. Activity associated with unpaid claims is summarized below (dollars in thousands):
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Balance at beginning of year |  | $ | 5,896,469 |  |  | $ | 5,180,802 |  |  | $ | 4,977,836 |
Less: reinsurance recoverable |  | (455,547 | ) |  | (394,821 | ) |  | (405,583 | )
Net balance at beginning of year |  | 5,440,922 |  |  | 4,785,981 |  |  | 4,572,253 |
Incurred: |  |  |  |  |  |
Current year |  | 10,048,866 |  |  | 8,911,640 |  |  | 8,562,036 |
Prior years |  | 131,181 |  |  | 14,364 |  |  | (134,765 | )
Total incurred |  | 10,180,047 |  |  | 8,926,004 |  |  | 8,427,271 |
Payments: |  |  |  |  |  |
Current year |  | (4,602,535 | ) |  | (4,513,606 | ) |  | (4,385,839 | )
Prior years |  | (4,691,722 | ) |  | (4,004,038 | ) |  | (3,777,137 | )
Total payments |  | (9,294,257 | ) |  | (8,517,644 | ) |  | (8,162,976 | )
Other changes: |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest accretion |  | 24,802 |  |  | 19,443 |  |  | 18,151 |
Foreign exchange adjustments |  | (199,428 | ) |  | 227,138 |  |  | (68,718 | )
Total other changes |  | (174,626 | ) |  | 246,581 |  |  | (50,567 | )
Net balance at end of year |  | 6,152,086 |  |  | 5,440,922 |  |  | 4,785,981 |
Plus: reinsurance recoverable |  | 432,582 |  |  | 455,547 |  |  | 394,821 |
Balance at end of year |  | $ | 6,584,668 |  |  | $ | 5,896,469 |  |  | $ | 5,180,802 |
Incurred claims related to prior years reflected in the table above, resulted in part from developed claims for prior years being different than were anticipated when the liabilities for unpaid claims were originally estimated. These trends have been considered in establishing the current year liability for unpaid claims.

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