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Life, Accident and Health Reserves | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Insurance [Abstract] |
Life, Accident and Health Reserves | 14. Life, Accident and Health Reserves Life, accident and health reserves consist of the following (in thousands):
|  | December 31,
|  | 2016 |  | 2015
Long-term care insurance reserves |  | $ | 1,407,848 |  |  | $ | 1,354,151 |
Traditional life insurance reserves |  | 102,077 |  |  | 104,450 |
Other accident and health insurance reserves |  | 138,640 |  |  | 133,336 |
Total life, accident and health reserves |  | $ | 1,648,565 |  |  | $ | 1,591,937 |
The following table sets forth changes in the liability for claims for the portion of our long-term care insurance reserves in scope of the ASU 2015-09 disclosure requirements (in thousands):
|  |  |  | 2016
Beginning balance as of January 1, |  |  |  | $ | 208,150 |
Less: recoverable from reinsurers |  |  |  | (94,041 | )
Net balance as of January 1, |  |  |  | 114,109 |
Incurred related to insured events of: |  |  |  |
Current year |  |  |  | 54,521 |
Prior year |  |  |  | 631 |
Total incurred |  |  |  | 55,152 |
Paid related to insured events of: |  |  |  |
Current year |  |  |  | (8,097 | )
Prior year |  |  |  | (36,457 | )
Total paid |  |  |  | (44,554 | )
Interest on liability for policy and contract claims |  |  |  | 4,405 |
Net balance as of December 31, |  |  |  | 129,112 |
Add: recoverable from reinsurers |  |  |  | 97,858 |
Ending balance as of December 31, |  |  |  | $ | 226,970 |
For the year ended December 31, 2016, we incurred $0.6 million of costs related to insured events of prior years as the result of normal variance in the development of claim termination rates and care transition settings.

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