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    <link:label id="lab_cik0000914748_BaltimoreBridgeCollapseMember_label_en-US" xlink:label="lab_cik0000914748_BaltimoreBridgeCollapseMember" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:type="resource" xml:lang="en-US">Baltimore Bridge Collapse [Member]</link:label>
    <link:label id="lab_cik0000914748_BaltimoreBridgeCollapseMember_documentation_en-US" xlink:label="lab_cik0000914748_BaltimoreBridgeCollapseMember" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:type="resource" xml:lang="en-US">Baltimore Bridge Collapse</link:label>
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    <link:label id="lab_cik0000914748_SeniorNotes35Member_documentation_en-US" xlink:label="lab_cik0000914748_SeniorNotes35Member" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:type="resource" xml:lang="en-US">Senior Notes 3.50% [Member]</link:label>
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    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_Liabilities" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_Liabilities"/>
    <link:labelArc xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_Liabilities" xlink:to="lab_us-gaap_Liabilities" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:label id="lab_us-gaap_ConsolidationVariableInterestEntityPolicy_019ecbd3-ed4f-7136-9a0b-cb44fe44fc4d_terseLabel_en-US" xlink:label="lab_us-gaap_ConsolidationVariableInterestEntityPolicy" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:type="resource" xml:lang="en-US">Voting and Variable Interest Entities</link:label>
    <link:label id="lab_us-gaap_ConsolidationVariableInterestEntityPolicy_label_en-US" xlink:label="lab_us-gaap_ConsolidationVariableInterestEntityPolicy" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:type="resource" xml:lang="en-US">Consolidation, Variable Interest Entity, Policy [Policy Text Block]</link:label>
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    <link:label id="lab_cik0000914748_FederalHomeLoanBankAdvancesGeneralDebtObligationsDisclosuresAdmittedAssets_documentation_en-US" xlink:label="lab_cik0000914748_FederalHomeLoanBankAdvancesGeneralDebtObligationsDisclosuresAdmittedAssets" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:type="resource" xml:lang="en-US">Federal Home Loan Bank Advances General Debt Obligations Disclosures Admitted Assets</link:label>
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    <link:label id="lab_us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleExcludingAccruedInterest_019ecbd3-ecc0-7764-a4c0-87f5a534afcb_terseLabel_en-US" xlink:label="lab_us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleExcludingAccruedInterest" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:type="resource" xml:lang="en-US">Fair Value</link:label>
    <link:label id="lab_us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleExcludingAccruedInterest_019ecbd3-ecc0-79dd-9cc6-03b33e7fd5bf_netLabel_en-US" xlink:label="lab_us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleExcludingAccruedInterest" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/netLabel" xlink:type="resource" xml:lang="en-US">Fair value</link:label>
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