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Percentage of average annual payout, after reinsurance, in the eighth year after a claim is incurred, beginning with the earliest accident year disclosed for short-duration insurance contracts.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 40
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4G
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=99384497&loc=SL65671329-158438

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Percentage of average annual payout, after reinsurance, in the fifth year after a claim is incurred, beginning with the earliest accident year disclosed for short-duration insurance contracts.

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Percentage of average annual payout, after reinsurance, in the fourth year after a claim is incurred, beginning with the earliest accident year disclosed for short-duration insurance contracts.

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Percentage of average annual payout, after reinsurance, in the first year after a claim is incurred, beginning with the earliest accident year disclosed for short-duration insurance contracts.

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Percentage of average annual payout, after reinsurance, in the seventh year after a claim is incurred, beginning with the earliest accident year disclosed for short-duration insurance contracts.

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Percentage of average annual payout, after reinsurance, in the sixth year after a claim is incurred, beginning with the earliest accident year disclosed for short-duration insurance contracts.

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Percentage of average annual payout, after reinsurance, in the third year after a claim is incurred, beginning with the earliest accident year disclosed for short-duration insurance contracts.

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Percentage of average annual payout, after reinsurance, in the second year after a claim is incurred, beginning with the earliest accident year disclosed for short-duration insurance contracts.

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