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Intangible Assets (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2022
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense | Amortization expense is included in the Consolidated Statements of Total Comprehensive Income (Loss), as shown below.
Three Months Ended March 31, |  | 2022 |  | 2021 |  |  |  |
Insurance amortization expense |  | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 19 |  |  |  |  |
Other amortization expense |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |
Total |  | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 19 |  |  |  |  |
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense | The estimated future amortization expense for finite-lived intangible assets is as follows:
Amortization expense |  | Insurance Intangible Asset (1) |  | Other Intangible Assets (1) |  | Total
2022 (Nine months) |  | $ | 24 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 26 |
2023 |  | 30 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 32 |
2024 |  | 27 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 30 |
2025 |  | 25 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 27 |
2026 |  | 22 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 25 |
Thereafter |  | 176 |  |  | 20 |  |  | 196 |
(1)The weighted-average insurance intangible amortization and other intangible amortization periods are 7.3 years and 5.8 years, respectively.
Insurance Intangible Asset [Member] |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets | The insurance intangible asset and accumulated amortization are included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, as shown below.
|  | March 31, 2022 |  | December 31, 2021
Finite-lived Intangible Assets: |  |  |  |
Insurance intangible: |  |  |  |
Gross carrying value |  | $ | 1,264 |  |  | $ | 1,278 |
Accumulated amortization |  | 961 |  |  | 958 |
Net insurance intangible asset |  | 303 |  |  | 320 |
Other intangibles: |  |  |  |
Gross carrying value |  | $ | 36 |  |  | 36 |
Accumulated amortization |  | 3 |  |  | 3 |
Net other intangible assets |  | 32 |  |  | 33 |
Total finite-lived intangible assets |  | 336 |  |  | 353 |
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets: |  |  |  |
Insurance licenses |  | 14 |  |  | 9 |
Total intangible assets |  | $ | 350 |  |  | 362 |

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