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Long-duration insurance contracts
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
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).

 

March 31,

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Periodic payment annuity (“Annuities”)

$

10,121

 

 

$

10,376

 

Life and health

 

4,492

 

 

 

4,485

 

Other

 

2,866

 

 

 

2,873

 

 

$

17,479

 

 

$

17,734

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(153

)

 

 

(75

)

Effects of actual versus expected experience

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

(196

)

 

 

218

 

Change in benefits, net

 

(125

)

 

 

(120

)

 

 

(394

)

 

 

(562

)

Interest accrual

 

140

 

 

 

138

 

 

 

354

 

 

 

318

 

Foreign currency effect

 

(16

)

 

 

49

 

 

 

155

 

 

 

263

 

Balance at March 31 - original discount rates

 

11,929

 

 

 

11,826

 

 

 

61,013

 

 

 

55,332

 

Effects of changes in discount rate assumptions

 

(1,808

)

 

 

(1,450

)

 

 

(13,922

)

 

 

(12,086

)

Balance at March 31

$

10,121

 

 

$

10,376

 

 

$

47,091

 

 

$

43,246

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(87

)

 

 

(66

)

Effects of actual versus expected experience

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(187

)

 

 

195

 

Change in premiums, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(386

)

 

 

(544

)

Interest accrual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

321

 

 

 

285

 

Foreign currency effect

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

121

 

 

 

234

 

Balance at March 31 - original discount rates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

55,141

 

 

 

49,604

 

Effects of changes in discount rate assumptions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(12,542

)

 

 

(10,843

)

Balance at March 31

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

42,599

 

 

$

38,761

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities for future policy benefits:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at March 31

$

10,121

 

 

$

10,376

 

 

$

4,492

 

 

$

4,485

 

Reinsurance recoverables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(49

)

 

 

(47

)

Balance at March 31, net of reinsurance recoverables

$

10,121

 

 

$

10,376

 

 

$

4,443

 

 

$

4,438

 

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

 

Annuities

 

 

Life and health

 

 

March 31

 

 

March 31

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Undiscounted expected future gross premiums

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

113,151

 

 

$

100,956

 

Discounted expected future gross premiums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

68,481

 

 

 

59,104

 

Undiscounted expected future benefits

 

32,395

 

 

 

30,603

 

 

 

101,046

 

 

 

92,018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average discount rate

 

6.0

%

 

 

5.7

%

 

 

5.2

%

 

 

5.2

%

Weighted average accretion rate

 

4.8

%

 

 

4.8

%

 

 

2.6

%

 

 

2.7

%

Weighted average duration

15 years

 

 

16 years

 

 

14 years

 

 

14 years

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 15. Long-duration insurance contracts

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

 

Gross premiums

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Annuities

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

140

 

 

$

138

 

Life and health

 

1,011

 

 

 

951

 

 

 

33

 

 

 

33