Statutory Accounting Practices (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

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Combined Statutory Capital and Surplus and Net Income

Combined statutory capital and surplus and statutory net income for the Combined Continental Casualty Companies are presented in the table below, determined in accordance with accounting practices prescribed or permitted by insurance and/or other regulatory authorities.

	Statutory Capital and Surplus				Statutory Net Income
	December 31				Year Ended December 31
	2017(a)		2016		2017(a)		2016		2015
(In millions)
Combined Continental Casualty Companies		$  10,726		$  10,748		$  1,029		$  1,033		$  1,148

(a) Information derived from the statutory-basis financial statements to be filed with insurance regulators.