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Divestitures, Held-For-Sale Businesses and Discontinued Operations
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]  
Divestitures, Held-For-Sale Business and Discontinued Operations 5. DIVESTITURES, HELD-FOR-SALE BUSINESSES AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Policy Benefits for Life Contracts held by Alpha Insurance
On May 31, 2019, we completed the transfer of our remaining life assurance policies written by our wholly-owned subsidiary Alpha Insurance SA to a subsidiary of Monument Insurance Group Limited ("Monument"). Our life and annuities operations do not qualify for inclusion in our reportable segments and are therefore included within other activities. The related assets, as well as the results from these operations, were not significant to our consolidated operations and therefore were not classified as a discontinued operation. In addition, our transfer of these life assurance polices to Monument was not classified as a held-for-sale business transaction since the underlying contracts did not meet the definition of a business. We have an equity method investment in Monument, as described further in Note 21 - "Related Party Transactions".
Life assurance polices subjected us to mortality, longevity and morbidity risks and were accounted for as life and annuity premiums earned. Life benefit reserves were established using assumptions for investment yields, mortality, morbidity, lapse and expenses, including a provision for adverse deviation. We established and reviewed our life reserves regularly based upon cash flow projections. We established and maintained our life reinsurance reserves at a level that we estimated would, when taken together with future premium payments and investment income expected to be earned on associated premiums, be sufficient to support all future cash flow benefit obligations and third-party servicing obligations as they become payable. Policy benefits for life contracts as of December 31, 2018 were $105.1 million.
Pavonia
On December 29, 2017, we completed the sale of our subsidiary, Pavonia Holdings (US), Inc. (“Pavonia”), to Southland National Holdings, Inc. (“Southland”), a Delaware corporation and a subsidiary of Global Bankers Insurance Group, LLC. The aggregate purchase price was $120.0 million. We used the proceeds to make repayments under our revolving credit facility. Pavonia was a substantial portion of our previously reported Life and Annuities segment. Pavonia was classified as held-for-sale prior to its sale during 2017.
The Pavonia business qualified as a discontinued operation. Net earnings from discontinued operations from Pavonia recorded in the consolidated statement of earnings were $11.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The change in cash of businesses held for sale on the consolidated cash flow statement from Pavonia was $118.3 million whilst under our ownership for the year ended December 31, 2017. The cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash carried on the balance sheet of Pavonia on December 29, 2017, the date of disposal, were $135.1 million.
A sale of one subsidiary, Pavonia Life Insurance Company of New York ("PLIC NY"), has not yet been agreed or completed. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, included within other assets and other liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet were amounts of $20.6 million and $11.7 million, and $24.0 million and $11.3 million, respectively, relating to PLIC NY.
Laguna
On August 29, 2017, we closed the previously-announced sale of our wholly-owned subsidiary Laguna Life DAC (“Laguna”) to a subsidiary of Monument, for a total consideration of €25.6 million (approximately $30.8 million). We have an equity method investment in Monument, as described further in Note 21 - "Related Party Transactions". Laguna was classified as held-for-sale during 2017 prior to its sale.
Following the closing of the sale of Laguna, we recorded a loss on sale of $16.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2017, which was included in earnings from continuing operations before income taxes in our consolidated statement of earnings. This loss included a cumulative currency translation adjustment balance of $6.3 million, which was reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income and included in earnings as a component of the loss on sale of Laguna during the year ended December 31, 2017, following the closing of the sale. Excluding the loss on sale, the net losses relating to Laguna for the year ended December 31, 2017 were $1.2 million. These amounts were not significant to our consolidated operations and therefore Laguna was not classified as a discontinued operation.