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Policy Claims and Benefits (Notes) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Liability for Unpaid Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense [Roll Forward] |
Liability for Future Policy Benefits and Unpaid Claims Disclosure [Text Block] | Policy Claims and Benefits 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):
|  | Nine months ended September 30,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018
Balance at beginning of year |  | $ | 6,584,668 |  |  | $ | 5,896,469 |
Less: reinsurance recoverable |  | (432,582 | ) |  | (455,547 | )
Net balance at beginning of year |  | 6,152,086 |  |  | 5,440,922 |
Incurred: |  |  |  |
Current year |  | 8,203,842 |  |  | 7,534,297 |
Prior years |  | 108,023 |  |  | 97,336 |
Total incurred |  | 8,311,865 |  |  | 7,631,633 |
Payments: |  |  |  |
Current year |  | (2,937,099 | ) |  | (2,748,547 | )
Prior years |  | (4,774,623 | ) |  | (4,222,550 | )
Total payments |  | (7,711,722 | ) |  | (6,971,097 | )
Other changes: |  |  |  |
Interest accretion |  | 19,887 |  |  | 18,550 |
Foreign exchange adjustments |  | (99,788 | ) |  | (153,247 | )
Total other changes |  | (79,901 | ) |  | (134,697 | )
Net balance at end the period |  | 6,672,328 |  |  | 5,966,761 |
Plus: reinsurance recoverable |  | 508,003 |  |  | 424,545 |
Balance at end of the period |  | $ | 7,180,331 |  |  | $ | 6,391,306 |
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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