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Amount, after effects of policies assumed or ceded, of expense related to the provision for policy benefits and costs incurred net of remeasurement gains (losses).

No definition available.

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Provision for benefits, claims and claims settlement expenses incurred before adjustments during the period net of the effects of contracts assumed and ceded.

No definition available.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

No definition available.

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Amount of remeasurement gain (loss) on liability for future policy benefit from application of revised benefit ratio as of contract issue. Includes, but is not limited to, remeasurement gain (loss) for annuitization insurance benefit, death and other insurance benefits, and traditional and limited-payment contracts.

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Amount of policy benefits and costs incurred for policies assumed.

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