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Insurance (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Insurance [Abstract] |
Reconciliation of beginning and ending liability for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses | The following table provides an analysis of changes in the liability for losses and loss adjustment expenses during the first nine months of 2017 and 2016 (in millions):
| Nine months ended September 30,
| 2017 |  | 2016
Balance at beginning of year | $ | 8,563 |  |  | $ | 8,127 |
Less reinsurance recoverables, net of allowance | 2,302 |  |  | 2,201 |
Net liability at beginning of year | 6,261 |  |  | 5,926 |
Provision for losses and LAE occurring in the current period | 2,237 |  |  | 2,011 |
Net increase (decrease) in the provision for claims of prior years: |  |  |
Special A&E charges | 89 |  |  | 36 |
Neon exited lines charge | — |  |  | 57 |
Other | (87 | ) |  | (71 | )
Total losses and LAE incurred | 2,239 |  |  | 2,033 |
Payments for losses and LAE of: |  |  |
Current year | (530 | ) |  | (463 | )
Prior years | (1,272 | ) |  | (1,206 | )
Total payments | (1,802 | ) |  | (1,669 | )
Foreign currency translation and other | 32 |  |  | (3 | )
Net liability at end of period | 6,730 |  |  | 6,287 |
Add back reinsurance recoverables, net of allowance | 2,833 |  |  | 2,374 |
Gross unpaid losses and LAE included in the balance sheet at end of period | $ | 9,563 |  |  | $ | 8,661 |
Reinsurance retention policy | The following table presents (by type of coverage) the amount of each loss above the specified retention covered by treaty reinsurance programs in AFG’s property and casualty insurance operations (in millions) as of October 1, 2017:
|  |  |  | Reinsurance Coverage |  | AFG
|  | Primary |  | Coverage |  | AFG Participation (a) |  | Maximum
|  | Retention |  | Amount |  | % |  | $ |  | Loss (b)
U.S.-based operations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
California Workers’ Compensation |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 148 |  |  | 1 | % |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 3 |
Other Workers’ Compensation |  | 3 |  |  | 37 |  |  | — | % |  | — |  |  | 3 |
Commercial Umbrella |  | 1 |  |  | 49 |  |  | 13 | % |  | 6 |  |  | 7 |
Property — General |  | 5 |  |  | 45 |  |  | — | % |  | — |  |  | 5 |
Property — Catastrophe |  | 15 |  |  | 85 |  |  | 5 | % |  | 4 |  |  | 19 |
Neon Lloyd’s Syndicate |  | 15 |  |  | 210 |  |  | — | % |  | — |  |  | 15 |
Riverfront Re Ltd. catastrophe bond (c) |  | 100 |  |  | 200 |  |  | 5 | % |  | 10 |  |  | N/A |
(a) | Includes the participation of AFG’s internal reinsurance program.
(b) | Maximum loss for claims up to reinsurance coverage limit.
(c) | Includes aggregate coverage. See description below.

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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://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 40 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65670824&loc=d3e14764-158437 + Details
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