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The maximum amount retained insurance coverage per individual life.

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The known and estimated amount recoverable as of the balance sheet date from reinsurers for claims paid or incurred by the ceding insurer and associated claims settlement expenses, including estimated amounts for claims incurred but not reported, and policy benefits, net of any related valuation allowance.

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Statutory financial reinsurance, as measured by pre-tax statutory surplus, provided to other insurance companies under financial reinsurance transactions to assist ceding companies in meeting applicable regulatory requirements.

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The amount of statutory reserves related to reinsurance treaties that provide the ceding company the right to request the reinsurer to place assets in trust for their benefit to support their reserve credits, in the event of a downgrade of the reinsurer's ratings to specified levels, generally non-investment grade levels, or if minimum levels of financial condition are not maintained.

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The total amount of cash and securities held by third party trustees pursuant to terms of debt instruments or other agreements as of the date of each statement of financial position presented, which can be used by the trustee only to pay the noncurrent portion of specified obligations.

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Description of ceding entity's credit risk concentration associated with reinsurance recoverable and prepaid reinsurance premium. Includes, but is not limited to, concentration of activity, region, or economic characteristic.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount, after valuation allowance, recoverable under reinsurance contracts including premium paid under reinsurance contracts. Examples include, but are not limited to, settled and unsettled claims, incurred but not reported losses, loss adjustment expense, premium paid, policy benefits and policy reserves.

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