Number of Additional States Greater Than Specified Percentage of Total Collected Premiums

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- Definition

Number of States With Largest Share of Collected Premiums

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- Definition

Specified Percentage of Total Collected Premiums That A State Must Exceed To Be Identified

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- Definition

States the assumed long-term market interest rate used in the determination of the present value of future profits on long-duration contracts acquired in a business combination.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 20
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27015749&loc=d3e569990-122904

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Estimated percentage of the ending balance of the present value of the future insurance profits asset acquired in the purchase of an insurance entity to be amortized in the fifth year after the balance sheet date.

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