Deferred Acquisition Costs (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Deferred Costs [Abstract]

Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs And Asset Reconciliation, Including the Amortized Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs

The table below shows the deferred policy acquisition costs and asset reconciliation.

(Dollars in millions)	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Property casualty:
Deferred policy acquisition costs asset, beginning of period	$	567	$	526	$	512	$	464
Capitalized deferred policy acquisition costs	258		256		830		790
Amortized deferred policy acquisition costs	(274)		(257)		(791)		(729)
Deferred policy acquisition costs asset, end of period	$	551	$	525	$	551	$	525
Life:
Deferred policy acquisition costs asset, beginning of period	$	267	$	260	$	262	$	274
Capitalized deferred policy acquisition costs	14		15		43		46
Amortized deferred policy acquisition costs	(12)		(13)		(36)		(38)
Shadow deferred policy acquisition costs	(3)		(4)		(3)		(24)
Deferred policy acquisition costs asset, end of period	$	266	$	258	$	266	$	258
Consolidated:
Deferred policy acquisition costs asset, beginning of period	$	834	$	786	$	774	$	738
Capitalized deferred policy acquisition costs	272		271		873		836
Amortized deferred policy acquisition costs	(286)		(270)		(827)		(767)
Shadow deferred policy acquisition costs	(3)		(4)		(3)		(24)
Deferred policy acquisition costs asset, end of period	$	817	$	783	$	817	$	783