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Accrued Insurance Claims (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jan. 27, 2018
Accrued Insurance Claims [Abstract] |
Accrued Insurance Disclosure | Amounts for total accrued insurance claims and insurance recoveries/receivables is as follows (dollars in millions):
| January 27, 2018 |  | July 29, 2017 |  | July 30, 2016
Accrued insurance claims - current | $ | 53,890 |  |  | $ | 39,909 |  |  | $ | 36,844 |
Accrued insurance claims - non-current | 59,385 |  |  | 62,007 |  |  | 52,835 |
Total accrued insurance claims | $ | 113,275 |  |  | $ | 101,916 |  |  | $ | 89,679 |
Insurance recoveries/receivables: |  |  |  |  |
Current (included in Other current assets) | $ | 13,701 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Non-current (included in Other assets) | 6,722 |  |  | 9,243 |  |  | 5,714 |
Total insurance recoveries/receivables | $ | 20,423 |  |  | $ | 9,243 |  |  | $ | 5,714 |

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