Schedule IV - Reinsurance

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Lincoln Benefit Life Company

(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of LBL HoldCo II, Inc.)

Schedule IV – Reinsurance


($ in thousands)	Gross Amount		Ceded to Other Companies			Assumed from Other Companies		Net Amount		Percentage of Amount Assumed to Net
Year Ended December 31, 2017
Life insurance in force	$	343,103,636		338,144,016		$	4,049,125	$	9,008,745		44.9	%

Premiums and contract charges:
Life and annuities	$	1,236,410	$	(895,505	)	$	4,768	$	345,673		1.4	%
Accident and health insurance		58,052		(54,389	)		—		3,663		0.0	%

	$	1,294,462	$	(949,894	)	$	4,768	$	349,336		1.4	%

Year Ended December 31, 2016
Life insurance in force	$	365,008,309	$	359,316,014		$	4,180,222	$	9,872,516		42.3	%

Premiums and contract charges:
Life and annuities	$	1,270,770	$	(918,414	)	$	4,749	$	357,105		1.3	%
Accident and health insurance		58,147		(52,633	)		—		5,514		0.0	%

	$	1,328,917	$	(971,047	)	$	4,749	$	362,619		1.3	%

Year Ended December 31, 2015
Life insurance in force	$	390,226,197	$	384,704,438		$	4,601,282	$	10,123,041		45.5	%

Premiums and contract charges:
Life and annuities	$	1,405,005	$	(1,056,276	)	$	5,939	$	354,668		1.7	%
Accident and health insurance		58,467		(50,362	)		—		8,105		0.0	%

	$	1,463,472	$	(1,106,638	)	$	5,939	$	362,773		1.6	%

No reinsurance or coinsurance income was netted against premiums ceded in the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015.