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Reserve for Future Policy Benefits
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Insurance Loss Reserves [Abstract]  
Reserve for Future Policy Benefits 9. RESERVE FOR UNPAID LOSSES AND LOSS ADJUSTMENT EXPENSES
|PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE PRODUCT RESERVES, NET OF REINSURANCE
Rollforward of Liabilities for Unpaid Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses
 For the three months ended March 31,
 20232022
Beginning liabilities for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, gross
$33,083 $31,449 
Reinsurance and other recoverables6,465 6,081 
Beginning liabilities for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, net
26,618 25,368 
Provision for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses
  
Current accident year2,270 1,931 
Prior accident year development— (36)
Total provision for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses
2,270 1,895 
Payments
  
Current accident year(321)(281)
Prior accident years(1,646)(1,525)
Total payments
(1,967)(1,806)
Foreign currency adjustment(5)
Ending liabilities for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, net
26,929 25,452 
Reinsurance and other recoverables6,469 6,165 
Ending liabilities for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, gross
$33,398 $31,617 
Unfavorable (Favorable) Prior Accident Year Development
For the three months ended March 31,
20232022
Workers’ compensation$(61)$(45)
Workers’ compensation discount accretion11 
General liability12 12 
Marine— 
Package business(5)(11)
Commercial property(15)
Professional liability— — 
Bond— — 
Assumed reinsurance12 
Automobile liability - Commercial Lines— — 
Automobile liability - Personal Lines— (5)
Homeowners(1)— 
Net asbestos and environmental reserves— — 
Catastrophes— (3)
Uncollectible reinsurance— 
Other reserve re-estimates, net 28 10 
Total prior accident year development$ $(36)
Re-estimates of prior accident year reserves for the three months ended March 31, 2023
Workers’ compensation reserves were decreased within the 2014 to 2019 accident years primarily in small commercial, driven by lower than previously estimated claim severity. In addition, the 2020 accident year reflects a $20 reduction of COVID-19 related reserves.
General liability reserves were increased in middle and large commercial, driven by an increase in the frequency and estimated cost to settle large individual claims for the 2016 to 2021 accident years.
Package business reserves decreased primarily due to lower than previously estimated property severity for accident year 2021. Package liability is flat overall with improvement in accident year 2020 due to favorable claim count emergence offset by reserve increases in accident years 2019 and prior related to higher severity.
Commercial property reserves were increased due to unfavorable development for accident year 2022 in middle & large commercial.
Automobile liability reserves - Personal Lines were flat as decreases due to lower estimated severity, within accident years 2019 to 2021 were offset by increases in accident year 2022 due to higher estimated severity and increasing attorney representation rates.
Uncollectible reinsurance was increased primarily in Commercial Lines related to a captive reinsurer, and to a lesser extent in P&C Other Operations related to one larger reinsurer entering liquidation proceedings.
Other reserve re-estimates, net, were increased primarily due to an increase in accident year 2022 Personal Lines automobile physical damage severity.
Re-estimates of prior accident year reserves for the three months ended March 31, 2022
Workers’ compensation reserves were decreased for the 2014 through 2018 accident years, predominately within small commercial, driven by lower than previously estimated claim severity.
General liability reserves were increased, driven by an increase in the estimated cost to settle large individual claims in middle and large commercial for the 2016 to 2019 accident years.
Package business reserves decreased largely due to lower estimated loss adjustment expenses for accident years 2015 to 2018 and a reduction in property reserves for the 2020 accident year.
Commercial property reserves were decreased primarily due to favorable development for the 2020 accident year in middle & large commercial related to COVID-19 claims and a reduction in property reserves for the 2021 accident year.
Assumed reinsurance reserves were increased primarily due to higher reserve estimates for syndicate property claims, including higher expected COVID-19 property losses in the 2020 accident year and increased reserves for international agriculture related to drought claims.
Automobile liability reserves were decreased in Personal Lines principally due to lower estimated severity on AARP Direct claims, primarily within accident years 2016 to 2020.
Other reserve re-estimates, net, were increased primarily due to unfavorable development from participation in involuntary market pools.
Settlement Agreement with Boy Scouts of America
On September 14, 2021, the Company announced that it entered into a new agreement-in-principle with the Boy Scouts of America ("BSA"), related to sexual molestation and sexual abuse claims associated with liability policies issued by various Hartford writing companies in the 1970s and early 1980s, with the agreement in-principle including the BSA, its local councils and the representatives of a majority of the sexual abuse claimants. As part of the agreement-in-principle, The Hartford will pay $787, before tax, for claims associated with these policies. In exchange for The Hartford’s payment, the BSA and its local councils will fully release The Hartford from any obligation under policies The Hartford issued to the BSA and its local councils. In addition, the representatives for the claimants joining this agreement-in-principle will support a plan of reorganization which incorporates the settlement.
The agreement-in-principle was reached in connection with the BSA’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy and a written settlement agreement (the "Settlement") was executed on February 14, 2022. On September 8, 2022 the bankruptcy court approved the BSA's plan of reorganization, including the Settlement. On
March 28, 2023, the civil district court affirmed the bankruptcy court’s ruling. The civil district court’s ruling is now final, all conditions precedent to Settlement have been satisfied and on April 20, 2023, The Hartford paid the Settlement amount of $787. Certain objecting parties have indicated that they will appeal the civil district court’s ruling. If the court approvals for the BSA’s plan of reorganization are not affirmed on appeal, it is possible that adverse outcomes, if any, could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s operating results.
Rollforward of Liabilities for Unpaid Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses
For the three months ended March 31,
20232022
Beginning liabilities for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, gross$8,160 $8,210 
Reinsurance recoverables245 245 
Beginning liabilities for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, net7,915 7,965 
Provision for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses
Current incurral year1,325 1,324 
Prior year's discount accretion53 53 
Prior incurral year development [1](133)(119)
Total provision for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses [2]1,245 1,258 
Payments
Current incurral year(335)(354)
Prior incurral years(889)(974)
Total payments(1,224)(1,328)
Ending liabilities for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, net7,936 7,895 
Reinsurance recoverables248 247 
Ending liabilities for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, gross$8,184 $8,142 
[1]Prior incurral year development represents the change in estimated ultimate incurred losses and loss adjustment expenses for prior incurral years on a discounted basis.
[2]Includes unallocated loss adjustment expenses ("ULAE") of $45 and $46 for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, that are recorded in insurance operating costs and other expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Re-estimates of prior incurral years reserves for the three months ended March 31, 2023
Group disability- Prior period reserve estimates decreased by approximately $120 largely driven by group long-term disability claim incidence lower than prior assumptions and strong recoveries on prior incurral year claims.
Group life and accident (including group life premium waiver)- Prior period reserve estimates decreased by approximately $8 largely driven by continued low incidence in group life premium waiver.
Supplemental accident and health- Prior period reserve estimates decreased by approximately $5 driven by lower than previously expected claim incidence.
Re-estimates of prior incurral years reserves for the three months ended March 31, 2022
Group disability- Prior period reserve estimates decreased by approximately $80 largely driven by group long-term disability claim incidence lower than prior assumptions together with strong recoveries on prior incurral year claims.
Group life and accident (including group life premium waiver)- Prior period reserve estimates decreased by approximately $35 largely driven by a reduction in estimated mortality group term life losses incurred in fourth quarter 2021, as well as continued low incidence in group life premium waiver.

. RESERVE FOR FUTURE POLICY BENEFITS
Rollforward of Reserve for Future Policy Benefits
For the three months ended March 31,
20232022
Payout AnnuitiesLife ConversionsPaid-up LifePayout AnnuitiesLife ConversionsPaid-up Life
Present Value of Expected Net Premiums
Balance, beginning of the period$47 $58 
Balance, ending of the period $46 $52 
Present Value of Expected Future Policy Benefits
Beginning balance at single-A rate$140 $112 $192 $188 $152 $262 
Beginning adjustment for changes in single-A rate(14)(39)47 19 14 
Beginning balance at original discount rate136 126 231 141 133 248 
Effect of actual variances from expected experience— — — 
Adjusted beginning balance136 128 231 142 134 248 
Interest accrual
Benefit Payments(3)(7)(6)(3)(7)(5)
Ending balance at original discount rate135 125 227 141 131 245 
Ending adjustment for changes in single-A rate(12)(35)28 (11)
Ending balance at single-A rate$143 $113 $192 $169 $136 $234 
Net reserve for future policy benefits$143 $67 $192 $169 $84 $234 
Weighted-average duration of the reserve for future policy benefits (years)9.112.36.59.214.17.5
 Net Reserve for Future Policy Benefits
As of March 31,
20232022
Payout Annuities$143 $169 
Life Conversions67 84 
Paid-up Life192 234 
DPL19 20 
Other87 85 
Total$508 $592 
Undiscounted Expected Future Gross Premiums and Benefit Payments
As of March 31,
20232022
Payout Annuities [1]
Expected future benefit payments$269 $281 
Life Conversions
Expected future gross premiums$118 $126 
Expected future benefit payments$208 $221 
Paid-up Life [1]
Expected future benefit payments$295 $319 
[1]Payout Annuities and Paid-up Life have no expected future gross premiums.
Weighted-Average Interest Rates
For the three months ended March 31,
20232022
Payout Annuities
Interest accretion rate5.6 %5.6 %
Current discount rate5.0 %3.7 %
Life Conversions
Interest accretion rate4.2 %4.1 %
Current discount rate5.1 %3.8 %
Paid-up Life
Interest accretion rate2.9 %2.9 %
Current discount rate5.0 %3.3 %
Gross premiums and interest accretion recognized on long-duration insurance policies for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 were immaterial.