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Reserve for Known and Incurred but Not Reported Claims | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2022
Insurance Loss Reserves [Abstract] |
Reserve for Known and Incurred but Not Reported Claims | Note 8 – Reserve for Known and Incurred But Not Reported Claims Activity in the reserve for known and incurred but not reported claims is summarized as follows:
|  | Six Months Ended June 30, |
(in millions) |  | 2022 |  |  | 2021 |
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 1,284 |  |  | $ | 1,178 |
Provision related to: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current year |  |  | 240 |  |  |  | 267 |
Prior years |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | 23 |
|  |  | 249 |  |  |  | 290 |
Payments, net of recoveries, related to: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current year |  |  | 94 |  |  |  | 107 |
Prior years |  |  | 129 |  |  |  | 124 |
|  |  | 223 |  |  |  | 231 |
Other |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | 6 |
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 1,308 |  |  | $ | 1,243 |
The provision for title insurance losses, expressed as a percentage of title insurance premiums and escrow fees, was 4.0% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021. The 4.0% loss rate reflects the ultimate loss rate for both the 2022 and 2021 policy years and no change in the loss reserve estimates for prior policy years. A summary of the Company’s loss reserves is as follows:
(dollars in millions) |  | June 30, 2022 |  |  | December 31, 2021 |
Known title claims |  | $ | 65 |  |  |  | 5.0 | % |  | $ | 67 |  |  |  | 5.2 | %
Incurred but not reported claims |  |  | 1,178 |  |  |  | 90.0 | % |  |  | 1,143 |  |  |  | 89.0 | %
Total title claims |  |  | 1,243 |  |  |  | 95.0 | % |  |  | 1,210 |  |  |  | 94.2 | %
Non-title claims |  |  | 65 |  |  |  | 5.0 | % |  |  | 74 |  |  |  | 5.8 | %
Total loss reserves |  | $ | 1,308 |  |  |  | 100.0 | % |  | $ | 1,284 |  |  |  | 100.0 | %

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