| Deferred policy acquisition costs The following tables present a roll-forward of deferred policy acquisition costs on long-duration contracts included in the Life Insurance segment:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2026 | | | | | | | | (in millions of U.S. dollars) | Term Life | | Universal Life | | Whole Life | | A&H | | Other | | | | Total | | Balance – beginning of period | $ | 567 | | | $ | 746 | | | $ | 1,296 | | | $ | 2,136 | | | $ | 392 | | | | | $ | 5,137 | | | Capitalizations | 187 | | | 80 | | | 364 | | | 589 | | | 138 | | | | | 1,358 | | | Amortization expense | (123) | | | (64) | | | (56) | | | (217) | | | (27) | | | | | (487) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Other (including foreign exchange) | 3 | | | 7 | | | 28 | | | 118 | | | 7 | | | | | 163 | | | Balance – end of Period | $ | 634 | | | $ | 769 | | | $ | 1,632 | | | $ | 2,626 | | | $ | 510 | | | | | $ | 6,171 | | | Overseas General Insurance segment excluded from table | | | | | | | | | | | | | 787 | | | Total deferred policy acquisition costs on long-duration contracts | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 6,958 | | | Deferred policy acquisition costs on short-duration contracts | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4,464 | | | Total deferred policy acquisition costs | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 11,422 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 | | | | | | (in millions of U.S. dollars) | Term Life | | Universal Life | | Whole Life | | A&H | | Other | | Total | | Balance – beginning of period | $ | 469 | | | $ | 722 | | | $ | 870 | | | $ | 1,681 | | | $ | 324 | | | $ | 4,066 | | | Capitalizations | 175 | | | 90 | | | 347 | | | 521 | | | 78 | | | 1,211 | | | Amortization expense | (111) | | | (62) | | | (39) | | | (172) | | | (23) | | | (407) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Other (including foreign exchange) | 8 | | | 5 | | | 21 | | | 33 | | | 12 | | | 79 | | | Balance – end of period | $ | 541 | | | $ | 755 | | | $ | 1,199 | | | $ | 2,063 | | | $ | 391 | | | $ | 4,949 | | | Overseas General Insurance segment excluded from table | | | | | | | | | | | 663 | | | Total deferred policy acquisition costs on long-duration contracts | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 5,612 | | | Deferred policy acquisition costs on short-duration contracts | | | | | | | | | | | 4,197 | | | Total deferred policy acquisition costs | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 9,809 | |
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