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Percentage Of Investment Composition

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Fair value of fixed maturities, available for sale transferred to fixed maturities, held to maturity during the period that was treated as a non-cash activity in the consolidated statement of cash flows.

No definition available.

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Amount, excluding accrued interest, of allowance for credit loss on investment in debt security measured at amortized cost (held-to-maturity).

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Amount excluding accrued interest, after allowance for credit loss, of investment in debt security measured at amortized cost (held-to-maturity).

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Amount, after allowance for credit loss, of investment in debt security measured at amortized cost (held-to-maturity) with single maturity date and allocated without single maturity date, maturing after tenth fiscal year following current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount, after allowance for credit loss, of investment in debt security measured at amortized cost (held-to-maturity) without single maturity date and not allocated over maturity grouping.

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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.

No definition available.