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Short-duration Insurance Contracts, Liability for Unpaid Claims and Claim Adjustment Expense, Aggregate Reconciling Items Less Foreign Exchange Rate Movements

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Amount of aggregate reconciling items for the reconciliation of the liability in the disclosure of claims development (in excess of) less than the liability for unpaid claims and claims adjustment expense for short-duration insurance contracts.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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The rate at which the discount was computed for each business segment reported.

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