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Leases
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Leases [Abstract]  
Leases

Note 9. Leases

Leases cover office facilities, machinery and computer equipment. The Company’s hotels in some instances are constructed on leased land. Rent expense amounted to $85 million, $94 million and $83 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013. The table below presents the future minimum lease payments to be made under non-cancelable operating leases along with lease and sublease minimum receipts to be received on owned and leased properties.

 

         Future Minimum Lease    
Year Ended December 31    Payments        Receipts    

 

(In millions)                        

2016

   $     59            $ 5        

2017

     53              5        

2018

     51              5        

2019

     46              5        

2020

     43              4        

Thereafter

     242              23        

 

Total

   $     494            $       47        

 

In connection with the planned relocation of CNA’s global headquarters, on February 12, 2016, CNA agreed to sell the current principal executive offices of CNA. Concurrently, CNA agreed to lease back the current office space until the relocation of the global headquarters under a separate lease agreement, which is expected to occur in 2018. These anticipated lease agreements include expected future minimum lease payments of $9 million in 2016, $10 million in 2017, $4 million in 2018, $0 in 2019, $5 million in 2020 and $138 million thereafter through the remainder of the seventeen year lease term on the new office space.