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Policyholder claims and benefits (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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Summary of Policyholder Claims and Benefits |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Benefits and claims paid life |  |  | 18,824 |  |  |  | 19,673 |  |  |  | 23,634 |
Benefits and claims paid non-life |  |  | 1,635 |  |  |  | 1,658 |  |  |  | 1,903 |
Change in valuation of liabilities for insurance contracts |  |  | 30,620 |  |  |  | (2,639 | ) |  |  | 22,741 |
Change in valuation of liabilities for investment contracts |  |  | 5,768 |  |  |  | (8,143 | ) |  |  | (2,644 | )
Other |  |  | (50 | ) |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | (34 | )
Total |  |  | 56,797 |  |  |  | 10,557 |  |  |  | 45,599 |

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