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Policy Claims and Other Benefits Payable | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Liability For Future Policy Benefits And Unpaid Claims And Claims Adjustment Expense [Abstract] |
Policy Claims and Other Benefits Payable | (9) Policy Claims and Other Benefits Payable Changes in policy claims and other benefits payable were as follows:
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Policy claims and other benefits payable, beginning of period |  | $ | 307,401 |  |  | $ | 268,136 |  |  | $ | 238,157 |
Less reinsured policy claims and other benefits payable |  |  | 322,137 |  |  |  | 323,195 |  |  |  | 263,003 |
Net balance, beginning of period |  |  | (14,736 | ) |  |  | (55,059 | ) |  |  | (24,846 | )
Incurred related to current year |  |  | 176,854 |  |  |  | 162,256 |  |  |  | 143,518 |
Incurred related to prior years (1) |  |  | (1,355 | ) |  |  | 2,230 |  |  |  | (522 | )
Total incurred |  |  | 175,499 |  |  |  | 164,486 |  |  |  | 142,996 |
Claims paid related to current year, net of reinsured policy claims received |  |  | (187,453 | ) |  |  | (181,670 | ) |  |  | (203,015 | )
Reinsured policy claims received related to prior years, net of claims paid |  |  | 22,426 |  |  |  | 57,192 |  |  |  | 29,546 |
Total paid |  |  | (165,027 | ) |  |  | (124,478 | ) |  |  | (173,469 | )
Foreign currency translation |  |  | (527 | ) |  |  | 315 |  |  |  | 260 |
Net balance, end of period |  |  | (4,791 | ) |  |  | (14,736 | ) |  |  | (55,059 | )
Add reinsured policy claims and other benefits payable |  |  | 318,653 |  |  |  | 322,137 |  |  |  | 323,195 |
Balance, end of period |  | $ | 313,862 |  |  | $ | 307,401 |  |  | $ | 268,136 |
(1) Includes the difference between our estimate of claims incurred but not yet reported at year end and the actual incurred claims reported after year end. See Note 1 (Description of Business, Basis of Presentation, and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies) for details regarding the accounting for policyholder liabilities.

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