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Amount of the cumulative effect on retained earnings net of related income tax effect.

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This item represents a discussion, by major security type, of the methodology used to determine the amount of the other than temporary impairment (OTTI) related to credit loss of a debt security categorized as available-for-sale when only the amount related to a credit loss was recognized in earnings.

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Amount of each individual error being corrected in the correcting adjustment.

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