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Claim and Claim Adjustment Expense Reserves and Future Policy Benefit Reserves (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2022
Short-duration Insurance Contracts, Net Incurred Claim and Claim Adjustment Expenses [Line Items] |
Schedule of liability for unpaid claims and claims adjustment expense | The following table presents a reconciliation between beginning and ending claim and claim adjustment expense reserves, including claim and claim adjustment expense reserves of the Life & Group segment.
For the nine months ended September 30 |  |  |
(In millions) | 2022 |  | 2021
Reserves, beginning of year: |  |  |
Gross | $ | 24,174 |  |  | $ | 22,706 |
Ceded | 4,969 |  |  | 4,005 |
Net reserves, beginning of year | 19,205 |  |  | 18,701 |
Reduction of net reserves due to Excess Workers' Compensation Loss Portfolio Transfer | — |  |  | (632) |
Net incurred claim and claim adjustment expenses: |  |  |
Provision for insured events of current year | 4,638 |  |  | 4,474 |
Increase (decrease) in provision for insured events of prior years | (144) |  |  | (130) |
Amortization of discount | 131 |  |  | 137 |
Total net incurred (1) | 4,625 |  |  | 4,481 |
Net payments attributable to: |  |  |
Current year events | (523) |  |  | (629) |
Prior year events | (3,371) |  |  | (2,874) |
Total net payments | (3,894) |  |  | (3,503) |
Foreign currency translation adjustment and other | (383) |  |  | (51) |
Net reserves, end of period | 19,553 |  |  | 18,996 |
Ceded reserves, end of period | 5,147 |  |  | 4,836 |
Gross reserves, end of period | $ | 24,700 |  |  | $ | 23,832 |
(1) Total net incurred above does not agree to Insurance claims and policyholders' benefits as reflected on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations due to amounts related to retroactive reinsurance deferred gain accounting, the loss on the Excess Workers' Compensation Loss Portfolio Transfer, uncollectible reinsurance and benefit expenses related to future policy benefits, which are not reflected in the table above.
Net prior year development | The following table presents development recorded for the Specialty, Commercial, International and Corporate & Other segments.
Periods ended September 30 | Three Months |  | Nine Months
(In millions) | 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Pretax (favorable) unfavorable development: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Specialty | $ | (15) |  |  | $ | (15) |  |  | $ | (35) |  |  | $ | (40) |
Commercial | (2) |  |  | 2 |  |  | (26) |  |  | 2 |
International | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | (5) |  |  | 2 |
Corporate & Other | — |  |  | — |  |  | 64 |  |  | 40 |
Total pretax (favorable) unfavorable development | $ | (17) |  |  | $ | (10) |  |  | $ | (2) |  |  | $ | 4 |
Net prior year claim and allocated claim adjustment expense reserve development | The following table presents further detail of the development recorded for the International segment.
Periods ended September 30 | Three Months |  | Nine Months
(In millions) | 2022 |  | 2021 (1) |  | 2022 |  | 2021 (1)
Pretax (favorable) unfavorable development: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Commercial | $ | — |  |  | $ | (21) |  |  | $ | (4) |  |  | $ | (24) |
Specialty | — |  |  | 23 |  |  | (1) |  |  | 25 |
Other | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |
Total pretax (favorable) unfavorable development | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | (5) |  |  | $ | 2 |
(1) Effective December 31, 2021 the International lines of business were consolidated to align with domestic operations. Prior period information has been conformed to the new line of business presentation.
Specialty |
Short-duration Insurance Contracts, Net Incurred Claim and Claim Adjustment Expenses [Line Items] |
Net prior year claim and allocated claim adjustment expense reserve development | The following table presents further detail of the development recorded for the Specialty segment.
Periods ended September 30 | Three Months |  | Nine Months
(In millions) | 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Pretax (favorable) unfavorable development: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Medical Professional Liability | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | 16 |
Other Professional Liability and Management Liability | 9 |  |  | — |  |  | 22 |  |  | 10 |
Surety | (20) |  |  | (15) |  |  | (48) |  |  | (53) |
Warranty | (13) |  |  | (6) |  |  | (22) |  |  | (14) |
Other | 1 |  |  | (2) |  |  | (4) |  |  | 1 |
Total pretax (favorable) unfavorable development | $ | (15) |  |  | $ | (15) |  |  | $ | (35) |  |  | $ | (40) |
Commercial |
Short-duration Insurance Contracts, Net Incurred Claim and Claim Adjustment Expenses [Line Items] |
Net prior year claim and allocated claim adjustment expense reserve development | The following table presents further detail of the development recorded for the Commercial segment.
Periods ended September 30 | Three Months |  | Nine Months
(In millions) | 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Pretax (favorable) unfavorable development: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Commercial Auto | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 21 |  |  | $ | 30 |
General Liability | — |  |  | — |  |  | 41 |  |  | — |
Workers' Compensation | (2) |  |  | 2 |  |  | (86) |  |  | (40) |
Property and Other | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2) |  |  | 12 |
Total pretax (favorable) unfavorable development | $ | (2) |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | (26) |  |  | $ | 2 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the activity in the reserve for settling insured claims and expenses incurred in the claims settlement process for the period. The estimated liability includes the amount of money that will be required for future payments of (a) claims that have been reported to the insurer, (b) claims related to insured events that have occurred but that have not been reported to the insurer as of the date the liability is estimated, and (c) claim adjustment expenses. Claim adjustment expenses include costs incurred in the claim settlement process such as legal fees; outside adjuster fees; and costs to record, process, and adjust claims. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 40 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=116884095&loc=d3e14764-158437 + Details
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