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Reinsurance (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Reinsurance [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Reinsurance Activity | A summary of reinsurance activity is as follows:
(In millions) | For the Years Ended December 31,
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Net assumed written premiums | $ | 51.8 |  |  | $ | 55.8 |  |  | $ | 42.4 |
Net premiums earned | 51.0 |  |  | 46.6 |  |  | 41.1 |
Provision for claims | 30.1 |  |  | 26.0 |  |  | 22.7 |
Amortization of capitalized acquisition costs | 1.3 |  |  | 1.2 |  |  | 1.0 |
Schedule Of Trust Assets And Reinsurance Liabilities | The trust assets and related reinsurance liabilities are as follows:
(In millions) |  |  | As of December 31,
| Balance Sheet location |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Trust assets | Restricted cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 0.9 |  |  | $ | 0.3 |
Trust assets | Restricted securities available for sale |  | 59.3 |  |  | 58.6 |
Unearned premium | Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  | 44.1 |  |  | 43.3 |
Claims reserve (1) | Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  | 1.8 |  |  | 1.6 |
(1) The claims reserve represents our liability for incurred-but-not-reported claims and is estimated based on historical claims experience.
Cumulative Incurred Claims | The following tables present information about incurred and paid claims development for the five-year period ended December 31, 2019:
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Cumulative Incurred Claims |  | As of December 31, 2019
Incident Year |  | As of December 31, |  | Claims Reserve |  | Cumulative Number of Reported Claims
| 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |
2015 |  | $ | 33.1 |  |  | $ | 33.4 |  |  | $ | 33.4 |  |  | $ | 33.4 |  |  | $ | 33.4 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 32,909 |
2016 |  |  |  | 25.7 |  |  | 26.0 |  |  | 26.0 |  |  | 26.0 |  |  | — |  |  | 25,215 |
2017 |  |  |  |  |  | 22.3 |  |  | 22.5 |  |  | 22.6 |  |  | — |  |  | 20,461 |
2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 25.8 |  |  | 25.7 |  |  | — |  |  | 22,305 |
2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 30.1 |  |  | 1.8 |  |  | 23,480 |
Total |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 137.8 |  |  | $ | 1.8 |  |  | 124,370 |
Cumulative Paid Claims |
(In millions) |  | Cumulative Paid Claims
|  | As of December 31,
Incident Year |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2019
2015 |  | $ | 31.9 |  |  | $ | 33.4 |  |  | $ | 33.4 |  |  | $ | 33.4 |  |  | $ | 33.4 |
2016 |  |  |  | 24.7 |  |  | 26.0 |  |  | 26.0 |  |  | 26.0 |
2017 |  |  |  |  |  | 21.3 |  |  | 22.5 |  |  | 22.6 |
2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 24.2 |  |  | 25.7 |
2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 28.3 |
Total |  | $ | 136.0 |
Percentage Payout Of Incurred Claims |
Average Annual Percentage Payout of Incurred Claims by Age
Claim Age (Years) |  | 1 |  | 2 |  | 3 |  | 4 |  | 5
Payout Percentage |  | 94.7 | % |  | 5.2 | % |  | 0.1 | % |  | — | % |  | — | %

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