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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Loss Contingency
The following table summarizes information concerning our recorded liabilities for environmental costs:
December 31, 2019
$
709

Accruals for environmental matters deemed probable and reasonably estimable
42

Environmental liability payments
(34
)
Other
(2
)
March 31, 2020
$
715
Environmental liabilities are included in the following balance sheet accounts:
Environmental liabilities are included in the following balance sheet accounts: 
 
March 31, 2020
 
December 31, 2019
Accrued liabilities
$
222

 
$
222

Other liabilities
493

 
487

 
$
715

 
$
709
Asbestos Related Liabilities
Asbestos-Related Liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bendix
 
NARCO
 
Total
December 31, 2019
$
1,499

 
$
858

 
$
2,357

Accrual for update to estimated liability
16

 
5

 
21

Asbestos related liability payments
(50
)
 
(19
)
 
(69
)
March 31, 2020
$
1,465

 
$
844

 
$
2,309
Insurance Recoveries for Asbestos Related Liabilities
Insurance Recoveries for Asbestos-Related Liabilities
 

 
 

 
 

 
Bendix
 
NARCO
 
Total
December 31, 2019
$
153

 
$
281

 
$
434

Insurance receipts for asbestos-related liabilities
(3
)
 
(6
)
 
(9
)
Insurance receivables settlements
—

 
—

 
—

March 31, 2020
$
150

 
$
275

 
$
425
NARCO and Bendix asbestos related balances are included in the following balance sheet accounts
NARCO and Bendix asbestos-related balances are included in the following balance sheet accounts:
 
March 31, 2020
 
December 31, 2019
Other current assets
$
42

 
$
42

Insurance recoveries for asbestos-related liabilities
383

 
392

 
$
425

 
$
434

Accrued liabilities
$
361

 
$
361

Asbestos-related liabilities
1,948

 
1,996

 
$
2,309

 
$
2,357
The following tables present information regarding Bendix related asbestos claims activity
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
Years Ended
December 31,
Claims Activity
2020
 
2019
 
2018
Claims unresolved at the beginning of period
6,480

 
6,209

 
6,280

Claims filed
509

 
2,659

 
2,430

Claims resolved
(708
)
 
(2,388
)
 
(2,501
)
Claims unresolved at the end of period
6,281

 
6,480

 
6,209
Disease distribution of claims
Disease Distribution of Unresolved Claims
March 31,
 
December 31,
 
2020
 
2019
 
2018
Mesothelioma and other cancer claims
3,221

 
3,399

 
2,949

Nonmalignant claims
3,060

 
3,081

 
3,260

Total claims
6,281

 
6,480

 
6,209
Average resolution values per asbestos claim
Honeywell has experienced average resolution values per claim excluding legal costs as follows:

 
Years Ended December 31,
 
2019
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
 
(in whole dollars)
Malignant claims
$
50,200

 
$
55,300

 
$
56,000

 
$
44,000

 
$
44,000

Nonmalignant claims
$
3,900

 
$
4,700

 
$
2,800

 
$
4,485

 
$
100