v3.25.2
Long-duration insurance contracts (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Insurance [Abstract]  
Summary of life, annuity and health insurance benefits liabilities

A summary of our long-duration life, annuity and health insurance benefits liabilities disaggregated by our principal product categories follows (in millions).

 

June 30,

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Periodic payment annuity (“Annuities”)

$

10,457

 

 

$

10,378

 

Life and health

 

4,504

 

 

 

4,167

 

Other

 

2,904

 

 

 

2,955

 

 

$

17,865

 

 

$

17,500

 

 

Summary of changes in discounted present values of expected future policy benefits and expected future net premiums Net premiums represent the portion of expected gross premiums that are required to provide for future policy benefits and variable expenses.

 

Annuities

 

 

Life and health

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Expected future policy benefits:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at the beginning of the year

$

10,276

 

 

$

11,212

 

 

$

43,784

 

 

$

52,665

 

Balance at the beginning of the year - original discount rates

 

11,757

 

 

 

11,681

 

 

 

55,170

 

 

 

65,871

 

Effect of cash flow assumption changes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(98

)

 

 

(324

)

Effect of actual versus expected experience

 

(20

)

 

 

4

 

 

 

246

 

 

 

(12,836

)

Change in benefits, net

 

(240

)

 

 

(235

)

 

 

(887

)

 

 

(943

)

Interest accrual

 

277

 

 

 

273

 

 

 

646

 

 

 

575

 

Foreign currency effect

 

136

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

1,489

 

 

 

(459

)

Balance at June 30 - original discount rates

 

11,910

 

 

 

11,738

 

 

 

56,566

 

 

 

51,884

 

Effect of changes in discount rate assumptions

 

(1,453

)

 

 

(1,360

)

 

 

(12,232

)

 

 

(12,739

)

Balance at June 30

$

10,457

 

 

$

10,378

 

 

$

44,334

 

 

$

39,145

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expected future net premiums:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at the beginning of the year

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

39,294

 

 

$

46,916

 

Balance at the beginning of the year - original discount rates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

49,500

 

 

 

58,731

 

Effect of cash flow assumption changes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(66

)

 

 

(326

)

Effect of actual versus expected experience

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

204

 

 

 

(11,225

)

Change in premiums, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(884

)

 

 

(876

)

Interest accrual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

579

 

 

 

507

 

Foreign currency effect

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,395

 

 

 

(436

)

Balance at June 30 - original discount rates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50,728

 

 

 

46,375

 

Effect of changes in discount rate assumptions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(10,898

)

 

 

(11,397

)

Balance at June 30

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

39,830

 

 

$

34,978

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities for future policy benefits:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at June 30

$

10,457

 

 

$

10,378

 

 

$

4,504

 

 

$

4,167

 

Reinsurance recoverables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(51

)

 

 

(49

)

Balance at June 30, net of reinsurance recoverables

$

10,457

 

 

$

10,378

 

 

$

4,453

 

 

$

4,118

 

Summary of Other Information Relating to Long-Duration Insurance Liabilities

Other information relating to our long-duration insurance liabilities follows (dollars in millions).

 

Annuities

 

 

Life and health

 

 

June 30,

 

 

June 30,

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Undiscounted expected future gross premiums

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

103,580

 

 

$

94,942

 

Discounted expected future gross premiums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60,951

 

 

 

55,787

 

Undiscounted expected future benefits

 

30,670

 

 

 

30,867

 

 

 

94,173

 

 

 

86,253

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average discount rate

 

5.7

%

 

 

5.7

%

 

 

5.2

%

 

 

5.2

%

Weighted average accretion rate

 

4.8

%

 

 

4.8

%

 

 

2.7

%

 

 

2.7

%

Weighted average duration

16 years

 

 

16 years

 

 

13 years

 

 

13 years

 

 

Summary of gross premiums earned and net interest expense

Gross premiums earned and interest expense before reinsurance ceded for the first six months of 2025 and 2024 were as follows (in millions).

 

Gross premiums

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Annuities

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

277

 

 

$

273

 

Life and health

 

1,961

 

 

 

1,870

 

 

 

67

 

 

 

68