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Percentage of transfers into assets measured at fair value that have taken place during the period.

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Amount of transfer of financial instrument classified as an asset into level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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Amount of transfers of financial instrument classified as an asset out of level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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Fair value portion of investment securities, including, but not limited to, marketable securities, derivative financial instruments, and investments accounted for under the equity method.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in contract or contract feature in long-duration contract issued by insurance entity that both protects contract holder from other-than-nominal capital market risk and exposes insurance entity to other-than-nominal capital market risk from change in assumption, classified as other.

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