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Amount of benefits, claims and expenses that are related to an insurance entity's segregated group of participating or dividend-paying policies and contracts along with the assets allocated to them (known as a closed block). Includes, but is not limited to, death benefits, matured endowments, participating dividends, general expenses and deferred acquisition costs related to the closed block.

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The amount of income tax expense or benefit allocated to the operations of the closed block for the period.

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Income for the period from the investments allocated to an insurance entity's segregated group of participating or dividend-paying policies and contracts (known as a closed block), net of investment expenses, which are typically reported in a table of closed block operations.

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Amount of net income (loss) from operations of the closed block.

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Amount of expense classified as other allocated to the closed block.

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For the segregated group of participating or dividend-paying policies and contracts along with the assets allocated to them (known as a closed block), revenue for the period from insurance policy premiums; typically included in a table of closed block operations.

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Gains and losses realized for the period from the investments allocated to an insurance entity's segregated group of participating or dividend-paying policies and contracts (known as a closed block).

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The revenues less expenses from operations of the closed block during the period, before income taxes allocated thereto.

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Total revenues from an insurance company's segregated group of participating or dividend-paying policies and contracts along with the assets allocated to them (known as a closed block).

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