Financing Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Originated, More than Five Years before Current Fiscal Year

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Financing Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Year Five, Originated, Four Years before Current Fiscal Year

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Financing Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Year Four, Originated, Three Years before Current Fiscal Year

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Financing Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Year One, Originated, Current Fiscal Year

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Financing Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Year Three, Originated, Two Years before Current Fiscal Year

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Financing Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Year Two, Originated, Fiscal Year before Current Fiscal Year

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Financing Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Losses

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Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss

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Financing Receivable, Allowance For Loans And Lease Losses, Originated, More than Five Years before Current Fiscal Year

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Financing Receivable, Allowance For Loans And Lease Losses, Year Five, Originated, Four Years before Current Fiscal Year

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Financing Receivable, Allowance For Loans And Lease Losses, Year Four, Originated, Three Years before Current Fiscal Year

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Financing Receivable, Allowance For Loans And Lease Losses, Year One, Originated, Current Fiscal Year

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Financing Receivable, Allowance For Loans And Lease Losses, Year Three, Originated, Two Years before Current Fiscal Year

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Financing Receivable, Allowance For Loans And Lease Losses, Year Two, Originated, Fiscal Year before Current Fiscal Year

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Financing Receivable, Amortized Cost

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The reserve to cover probable credit losses related to specifically identified fixed maturity real estate loans as well as probable credit losses inherent in the remainder of that loan portfolio.

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COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE LOANS - Schedule of Commercial Mortgage Loans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Allowance for Credit Loss
Allowance for credit losses	$ (175,050)	$ (173,186)	$ (4,884)
Total Commercial Loans
Total commercial mortgage loans	9,765,312		$ 9,379,401
Commercial Mortgage Loans
Amortized Cost
2020	937,464
2019	2,528,592
2018	1,606,876
2017	1,361,092
2016	956,593
Prior	2,549,745
Amortized cost	9,940,362
Allowance for Credit Loss
2020	(11,139)
2019	(39,465)
2018	(43,172)
2017	(30,722)
2016	(15,789)
Prior	(34,763)
Allowance for credit losses	(175,050)
Total Commercial Loans
2020	926,325
2019	2,489,127
2018	1,563,704
2017	1,330,370
2016	940,804
Prior	2,514,982
Total commercial mortgage loans	9,765,312
Commercial Mortgage Loans \| Debt Service Coverage Ratio, Less than 1.20x
Amortized Cost
2020	900,073
2019	2,073,671
2018	1,202,174
2017	1,059,070
2016	725,071
Prior	1,943,864
Amortized cost	7,903,923
Commercial Mortgage Loans \| Debt Service Coverage Ratio, 1.00x to 1.20x
Amortized Cost
2020	37,391
2019	354,960
2018	330,495
2017	237,527
2016	143,886
Prior	360,784
Amortized cost	1,465,043
Commercial Mortgage Loans \| Debt Service Coverage Ratio, Less than 1.00x
Amortized Cost
2020	0
2019	99,961
2018	74,207
2017	64,495
2016	87,636
Prior	245,097
Amortized cost	571,396
Commercial Mortgage Loans \| Loan-to-Value Ratio, Less than 75%
Amortized Cost
2020	37,291
2019	105,608
2018	104,885
2017	51,973
2016	6,605
Prior	6,122
Amortized cost	312,484
Commercial Mortgage Loans \| Loan-to-Value Ratio, 50% to 75%
Amortized Cost
2020	688,487
2019	1,589,323
2018	1,017,753
2017	1,027,418
2016	778,876
Prior	1,368,660
Amortized cost	6,470,517
Commercial Mortgage Loans \| Loan-to-Value Ratio, Less Than 50%
Amortized Cost
2020	211,686
2019	833,661
2018	484,238
2017	281,701
2016	171,112
Prior	1,174,963
Amortized cost	3,157,361
Performing \| Commercial Mortgage Loans
Amortized Cost
2020	937,464
2019	2,528,592
2018	1,606,876
2017	1,361,092
2016	956,593
Prior	2,549,745
Amortized cost	9,940,362
Non-performing \| Commercial Mortgage Loans
Amortized Cost
2020	0
2019	0
2018	0
2017	0
2016	0
Prior	0
Amortized cost	$ 0