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Income from reinsurance ceded | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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Income from reinsurance ceded | 9 Income from reinsurance ceded
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Recovered claims and benefits |  |  | 3,367 |  |  |  | 3,127 |  |  |  | 3,669 |
Change in technical provisions |  |  | (53 | ) |  |  | 372 |  |  |  | 497 |
Commissions |  |  | 218 |  |  |  | 241 |  |  |  | 122 |
Total |  |  | 3,532 |  |  |  | 3,740 |  |  |  | 4,288 |
The decrease in income from reinsurance ceded in 2018 reflects the completion of the BlackRock Part VII transfer on July 1, 2018, in the UK. Refer to note 48 Business combinations for more details on these transactions.

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