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Postretirement Health Care and Life Insurance Benefits (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Components of net periodic postretirement cost
Net periodic postretirement benefit credit included the following components:
 Year Ended December 31,
 202320222021
 (Dollars in millions)
Service cost for benefits earned$0.5 $0.8 $1.0 
Interest cost on accumulated postretirement benefit obligation10.2 7.0 10.5 
Expected return on plan assets(0.5)(0.8)(1.0)
Amortization of prior service credit(53.8)(53.8)(46.4)
Net actuarial gain(2.6)(51.2)(54.5)
Net periodic postretirement benefit credit$(46.2)$(98.0)$(90.4)
Net periodic pension cost included the following components:
 Year Ended December 31,
 202320222021
 (Dollars in millions)
Service cost for benefits earned$0.1 $0.1 $0.2 
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation20.1 21.4 20.4 
Expected return on plan assets(17.6)(23.8)(22.9)
Settlement(2.2)— — 
Net actuarial loss— 20.6 12.7 
Net periodic pension cost$0.4 $18.3 $10.4 
Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss
The following includes pretax amounts recorded in “Accumulated other comprehensive income”:
 Year Ended December 31,
 202320222021
 (Dollars in millions)
Prior service credit arising during year$— $— $(139.5)
Amortization: 
Prior service credit53.8 53.8 46.4 
Total recorded in “Accumulated other comprehensive income”
$53.8 $53.8 $(93.1)
Reconciled amount of plan's funded status
The following table sets forth the plans’ funded status reconciled with the amounts shown in the consolidated balance sheets:
 December 31,
 20232022
 (Dollars in millions)
Change in benefit obligation:
Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation at beginning of period$189.9 $258.7 
Service cost0.5 0.8 
Interest cost10.2 7.0 
Benefits paid and administrative fees (net of Medicare Part D reimbursements)(20.9)(21.2)
Actuarial gain(1.7)(55.4)
Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation at end of period178.0 189.9 
Change in plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of period17.4 26.1 
Actual return on plan assets1.5 (3.4)
Employer contributions16.3 15.9 
Benefits paid and administrative fees (net of Medicare Part D reimbursements)(20.9)(21.2)
Fair value of plan assets at end of period14.3 17.4 
Funded status at end of period(163.7)(172.5)
Less: Current portion (included in “Accounts payable and accrued expenses”)15.3 16.0 
Noncurrent obligation (included in “Accrued postretirement benefit costs”)$(148.4)$(156.5)
The following summarizes the change in benefit obligation, change in plan assets and funded status of the Pension Plans:
 December 31,
 20232022
 (Dollars in millions)
Change in benefit obligation:
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of period$580.9 $751.7 
Service cost0.1 0.1 
Interest cost20.1 21.4 
Benefits paid(36.1)(55.1)
Actuarial loss (gain)3.4 (137.2)
Settlement(443.2)— 
Projected benefit obligation at end of period125.2 580.9 
Change in plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of period583.3 772.4 
Actual return on plan assets23.1 (134.0)
Employer contributions(11.1)— 
Benefits paid(36.1)(55.1)
Settlement(443.2)— 
Fair value of plan assets at end of period116.0 583.3 
Funded status at end of period$(9.2)$2.4 
Amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets:
Noncurrent asset (included in “Investments and other assets”)$— $9.9 
Noncurrent obligation (included in “Other noncurrent liabilities”)(9.2)(7.5)
Net amount recognized$(9.2)$2.4 
Weighted-average assumptions used to determine the benefit obligations
The weighted-average assumptions used to determine the benefit obligations for the plans as of the end of each year were as follows:
December 31,
 20232022
Discount rate5.44 %5.70 %
Measurement dateDecember 31, 2023December 31, 2022
The weighted-average assumptions used to determine net periodic postretirement benefit credit for the plans during each period were as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
 202320222021
Discount rate5.70 %2.84 %2.55 %
Expected long-term return on plan assets (pretax)5.75 %5.75 %5.75 %
Measurement dateDecember 31, 2022December 31, 2021December 31, 2020
The weighted-average assumptions used to determine the benefit obligations as of the end of each year were as follows:
December 31,
 20232022
Discount rate5.40 %5.44 %
Measurement dateDecember 31, 2023December 31, 2022
The weighted-average assumptions used to determine net periodic pension cost (credit) during each period were as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
202320222021
Discount rate5.44 %2.95 %2.60 %
Expected long-term return on plan assets4.85 %3.20 %2.80 %
Measurement dateDecember 31, 2022December 31, 2021December 31, 2020
Assumed health care cost trend rate
The following presents information about the assumed health care cost trend rate:
Year Ended December 31,
 20232022
Pre-Medicare:
Health care cost trend rate assumed for next year6.75 %7.00 %
Rate to which the cost trend is assumed to decline (the ultimate trend rate)4.75 %4.75 %
Year that the rate reaches the ultimate trend rate20322032
Post-Medicare:
Health care cost trend rate assumed for next year (1)
9.45 %6.75 %
Rate to which the cost trend is assumed to decline (the ultimate trend rate)4.75 %4.75 %
Year that the rate reaches the ultimate trend rate20322032
(1)    An additional one-time increase of 3% is applied to claims in 2024 to reflect potential reductions in payments from Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services related to the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in August 2022.
Schedule of Changes in Fair Value of Plan Assets
The following tables present the fair value of assets in the Non-Represented Trust by asset category and by fair value hierarchy:
December 31, 2023
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
 (Dollars in millions)
U.S. equity securities$3.0 $— $— $3.0 
International equity securities0.9 — — 0.9 
Corporate bonds— 5.2 — 5.2 
U.S. government securities1.8 2.8 — 4.6 
Cash funds0.6 — — 0.6 
Total assets at fair value$6.3 $8.0 $— $14.3 
December 31, 2022
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
 (Dollars in millions)
U.S. equity securities$3.7 $— $— $3.7 
International equity securities1.1 — — 1.1 
Corporate bonds— 7.1 — 7.1 
U.S. government securities2.0 3.0 — 5.0 
Cash funds0.5 — — 0.5 
Total assets at fair value$7.3 $10.1 $— $17.4 
Summary of estimated future benefit payments
The following benefit payments (net of retiree contributions and Medicare Part D reimbursements), which reflect expected future service, as appropriate, are expected to be paid by the Company or satisfied from Non-Represented Trust assets:
 Postretirement
Benefits
 (Dollars in millions)
2024$21.3 
202520.6 
202619.5 
202718.4 
202817.4 
Years 2029-203369.4 
The following benefit payments, which reflect expected future service, as appropriate, are expected to be paid in connection with the Company’s benefit obligation:
 Pension Benefits
 (Dollars in millions)
2024
$11.0 
2025
10.9 
2026
10.8 
2027
10.6 
2028
10.5 
Years 2029-2033
48.6