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Reinsurance

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Property-liability insurance premiums earned and life and annuity premiums and contract charges have been reduced by reinsurance ceded amounts shown in the following table.



($ in millions)	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
Property-liability insurance premiums earned	$	244	$	246	$	741	$	757
Life and annuity premiums and contract charges	78		82		230		252

Property-liability insurance claims and claims expense, life and annuity contract benefits and interest credited to contractholder funds have been reduced by the reinsurance ceded amounts shown in the following table.



($ in millions)	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
Property-liability insurance claims and claims expense	$	493	$	107	$	895	$	441
Life and annuity contract benefits	25		23		172		150
Interest credited to contractholder funds	7		6		18		19

- Definition

The entire disclosure pertaining to the existence, magnitude and information about insurance that has been ceded to or assumed from another insurance company, including the methodologies and assumptions used in determining recorded amounts.

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