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Reinsurance (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Retrocession Arrangements And Reinsurance Ceded Receivables [Abstract]

Ceded Credit Risk [Table Text Block]

The following table presents information for the Company’s reinsurance ceded receivable assets, including the respective amount and A.M. Best rating for each reinsurer representing in excess of five percent of the total as of March 31, 2021 or December 31, 2020 (dollars in millions):

												March 31, 2021												December 31, 2020
Reinsurer						A.M. Best Rating						Amount						% of Total						Amount						% of Total
Reinsurer A						A+						$	463					42.5		%				$	420					42.7		%
Reinsurer B						A+						222						20.4						216						22.0
Reinsurer C						A						78						7.2						64						6.5
Reinsurer D						A++						66						6.1						55						5.6
Reinsurer E						A+						49						4.5						46						4.7
Other reinsurers												211						19.3						182						18.5
Total												$	1,089					100.0		%				$	983					100.0		%

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of reinsurer or group of reinsurers for whom the entity has a concentration of credit risk.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 825
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1B
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123600520&loc=SL75241803-196195

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