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Future Policy Benefits and Other Policyholder Liabilities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Future Policy Benefits and Other Policyholder Liabilities
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Future Policy Benefits and Other Policyholder Liabilities

Life insurance liabilities include reserves for death benefits and other policy benefits. As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, future policy benefits and other policyholder liabilities consisted of the following:

 

     December 31, 2018      December 31, 2017  
($ in thousands)              

Traditional life insurance

   $ 1,612,347      $ 1,607,149  

Immediate fixed annuities

     411,410        466,723  

Accident and health insurance

     1,918,570        1,809,006  

Equity indexed annuities

     16,547        32,601  

Other

     1,501,239        1,594,571  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 5,460,113      $ 5,510,050  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Future policy benefits are generally equal to the present value of future benefit payments and related expenses, less the present value of future net premiums. Assumptions as to mortality, morbidity and persistency are based on the Company’s experience, industry data, and/or other factors, when the basis of the reserve is established. Interest rates used in the determination of present values range from 2.5% to 6.0% for setting reserves.

Accident and health insurance future policy benefit reserves include gross unpaid claim reserves of $288.2 million and $256.7 million as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. These amounts are fully reinsured as of December 31, 2018 and 2017.