LEASES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

The Company enters into lease agreements for real estate that is primarily used for office space in the ordinary course of business. These leases are accounted for as operating leases, whereby lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. Most leases include an option to extend or renew the lease term. The exercise of the renewal is at the Company’s discretion. The operating lease liability includes lease payments related to options to extend or renew the lease term if the Company is reasonably certain of exercise those options. The Company, in determining the present value of lease payments utilizes either the rate implicit in the lease if that rate is readily determinable or the Company’s incremental secured borrowing rate commensurate with terms of the underlying lease.

Supplemental information related to operating leases is as follows for the periods indicated:


	Year Ended December 31,
(Dollars in millions)	2023		2022
Lease expense incurred:
Operating lease cost	$	26	$	25


	At December 31,
(Dollars in millions)	2023		2022
Operating lease right of use assets (1)	$	111	$	121
Operating lease liabilities (1)	130		139

(1) Operating lease right of use assets and operating lease liabilities are included within other assets and other liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets, respectively.


	Year Ended December 31,
(Dollars in millions)	2023		2022
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	(19)	$	(18)


	At December 31,
	2023		2022
Weighted average remaining operating lease term	10.3 years		11.1 years
Weighted average discount rate on operating leases	4.03	%	4.00	%

Maturities of the existing lease liabilities are expected to occur as follows:


(Dollars in millions)
2024	$	20
2025	16
2026	15
2027	14
2028	12
Thereafter	78
Undiscounted lease payments	155
Less: present value adjustment	26
Total operating lease liability	$	130