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Other Assets and Other Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Other Assets and Other Liabilities |
Schedule of Components of Other Assets and Other Liabilities | The following table summarizes the components of Other assets and Other liabilities (in millions):
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |
Other assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives |  | $ | 247.7 |  |  | $ | 453.3 |
Other investments (Note 5) |  |  | 166.3 |  |  |  | 7.7 |
ROU assets |  |  | 164.5 |  |  |  | 189.1 |
Amounts advanced to agents |  |  | 146.9 |  |  |  | 135.9 |
Prepaid expenses |  |  | 85.5 |  |  |  | 81.0 |
Equity method investments |  |  | 38.4 |  |  |  | 34.5 |
Prepaid pension costs (Note 12) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 39.9 |
Other |  |  | 148.9 |  |  |  | 83.3 |
Total other assets (a) |  | $ | 998.2 |  |  | $ | 1,024.7 |
Other liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating lease liabilities |  | $ | 203.0 |  |  | $ | 234.9 |
Derivatives |  |  | 183.8 |  |  |  | 430.3 |
Accrued agent contract costs (b) |  |  | 5.4 |  |  |  | 77.1 |
Other |  |  | 71.5 |  |  |  | 60.1 |
Total other liabilities (a) |  | $ | 463.7 |  |  | $ | 802.4 |
(a) As of December 31, 2021, Other assets include $260.5 million classified as Assets held for sale, and Other liabilities include $194.3 million classified as Liabilities associated with assets held for sale (see Note 5). (b) Represents accrued and unpaid contract costs for new and renewed agent contracts. The majority of the balance as of December 31, 2020 was paid in January 2021.

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