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Reserve for Loss and Loss Expense | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2021
Insurance Loss Reserves [Abstract] |
Reserve for Loss and Loss Expense | Reserve for Loss and Loss Expense The table below provides a roll forward of reserve for loss and loss expense balances:
|  | Six Months ended June 30,
($ in thousands) |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Gross reserve for loss and loss expense, at beginning of year |  | $ | 4,260,355 |  |  | 4,067,163 |
Less: reinsurance recoverable on unpaid loss and loss expense, at beginning of year 1 |  | 554,269 |  |  | 547,066 |
Net reserve for loss and loss expense, at beginning of year |  | 3,706,086 |  |  | 3,520,097 |
Incurred loss and loss expense for claims occurring in the: |  |  |  |
Current year |  | 886,801 |  |  | 825,201 |
Prior years |  | (51,777) |  |  | (20,928) |
Total incurred loss and loss expense |  | 835,024 |  |  | 804,273 |
Paid loss and loss expense for claims occurring in the: |  |  |  |
Current year |  | 227,505 |  |  | 221,422 |
Prior years |  | 455,919 |  |  | 479,736 |
Total paid loss and loss expense |  | 683,424 |  |  | 701,158 |
Net reserve for loss and loss expense, at end of period |  | 3,857,686 |  |  | 3,623,212 |
Add: Reinsurance recoverable on unpaid loss and loss expense, at end of period |  | 579,567 |  |  | 553,694 |
Gross reserve for loss and loss expense at end of period |  | $ | 4,437,253 |  |  | 4,176,906 |
1 Six Months 2020 includes an adjustment of $2.9 million related to our adoption of ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses. Prior year reserve development in Six Months 2021 was favorable by $51.8 million, which included $52.0 million of casualty reserve development. The favorable casualty reserve development included $25.0 million in our general liability line of business, $20.0 million in our workers compensation line of business, and $7.0 million in our Excess and Surplus ("E&S") casualty lines of business. Prior year reserve development in Six Months 2020 was favorable by $20.9 million, which included $25.0 million of casualty reserve development, partially offset by $4.1 million of unfavorable property reserve development. The favorable casualty reserve development included $25 million in our workers compensation line of business and $10 million in our general liability line of business, partially offset by $10.0 million of unfavorable reserve development in our commercial automobile line of business.

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