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Long-duration insurance contracts
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Insurance [Abstract]  
Long-duration insurance contracts

Note 15. Long-duration insurance contracts

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

 

June 30,

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Periodic payment annuity (“Annuities”)

$

10,305

 

 

$

10,457

 

Life and health

 

4,529

 

 

 

4,504

 

Other

 

2,904

 

 

 

2,904

 

 

$

17,738

 

 

$

17,865

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 15. Long-duration insurance contracts

Reconciliations of the liabilities for each of our principal product categories follows (in millions). This information reflects the changes in discounted present values of expected future policy benefits and expected future net premiums before reinsurance ceded. 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

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Expected future policy benefits:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at the beginning of the year

$

10,441

 

 

$

10,276

 

 

$

48,124

 

 

$

43,784

 

Balance at the beginning of the year - original discount rates

 

11,930

 

 

 

11,757

 

 

 

61,247

 

 

 

55,170

 

Effects of cash flow assumption changes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(283

)

 

 

(98

)

Effects of actual versus expected experience

 

3

 

 

 

(20

)

 

 

22

 

 

 

246

 

Change in benefits, net

 

(247

)

 

 

(240

)

 

 

(721

)

 

 

(887

)

Interest accrual

 

281

 

 

 

277

 

 

 

714

 

 

 

646

 

Foreign currency effect

 

(20

)

 

 

136

 

 

 

332

 

 

 

1,489

 

Balance at June 30 - original discount rates

 

11,947

 

 

 

11,910

 

 

 

61,311

 

 

 

56,566

 

Effects of changes in discount rate assumptions

 

(1,642

)

 

 

(1,453

)

 

 

(14,571

)

 

 

(12,232

)

Balance at June 30

$

10,305

 

 

$

10,457

 

 

$

46,740

 

 

$

44,334

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expected future net premiums:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at the beginning of the year

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

43,584

 

 

$

39,294

 

Balance at the beginning of the year - original discount rates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

55,359

 

 

 

49,500

 

Effects of cash flow assumption changes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(201

)

 

 

(66

)

Effects of actual versus expected experience

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7

)

 

 

204

 

Change in premiums, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(744

)

 

 

(884

)

Interest accrual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

646

 

 

 

579

 

Foreign currency effect

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

290

 

 

 

1,395

 

Balance at June 30 - original discount rates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

55,343

 

 

 

50,728

 

Effects of changes in discount rate assumptions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(13,132

)

 

 

(10,898

)

Balance at June 30

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

42,211

 

 

$

39,830

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities for future policy benefits:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at June 30

$

10,305

 

 

$

10,457

 

 

$

4,529

 

 

$

4,504

 

Reinsurance recoverables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(46

)

 

 

(51

)

Balance at June 30, net of reinsurance recoverables

$

10,305

 

 

$

10,457

 

 

$

4,483

 

 

$

4,453

 

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

 

Annuities

 

 

Life and health

 

 

June 30

 

 

June 30

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Undiscounted expected future gross premiums

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

114,003

 

 

$

103,580

 

Discounted expected future gross premiums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

67,028

 

 

 

60,951

 

Undiscounted expected future benefits

 

32,384

 

 

 

30,670

 

 

 

101,866

 

 

 

94,173

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average discount rate

 

5.9

%

 

 

5.7

%

 

 

5.4

%

 

 

5.2

%

Weighted average accretion rate

 

4.8

%

 

 

4.8

%

 

 

2.7

%

 

 

2.7

%

Weighted average duration

16 years

 

 

16 years

 

 

14 years

 

 

13 years

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 15. Long-duration insurance contracts

Gross premiums earned and interest expense before reinsurance ceded for the first six months of 2026 and 2025 were as follows (in millions).

 

Gross premiums

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Annuities

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

281

 

 

$

277

 

Life and health

 

2,185

 

 

 

1,961

 

 

 

68

 

 

 

67