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Annual percent improvement in the mortality assumption percentage of the 1994 Group Annuity Mortality table.

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Contractually guaranteed floor for the claim interest rate used in the calculation for Guraranteed Minimum Income Benefits liability for a subset of the business.

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Factor applied to the 1994 Group Annuity Mortality table to determine the claim mortality assumptions. The claim mortaility assumption is the actuarially determined death rate of policyholders at the high end of the range of reasonable estimates, which is included in determining the amount of the specified guaranteed benefit obligation as of the balance sheet date.

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The estimated return on capital required by a hypothetical market participant used in the Company's risk and profit charge assumption for the valuation of assets and liabilities related to long-duration contracts.

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Percentage of mutual fund investments modeled based on other indices with insufficient market-observable data used in the calculation for the Guaranteed Minimum Income Benefits liability.

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Assumed probability percentage that an individual will annuitize a variable annuity contract immediately after waiting period expiration

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Interest rate for seven-year U.S. treasuries used to calculate reinsured income benefits upon annuitization.

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The time span, in years past, from which the GMIB volatility assumption is calculated for underlying mutual fund investments modeled using other indices with insufficient market-observable data. This assumption is based on the average historical level for each index over this time period.

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Weighted average of the assumed probability that an individual will annuitize a variable annuity contract

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Anticipated rate of future terminations of contracts in force as of the balance sheet date, which is included in determining the amount of the specified guaranteed benefit obligation as of the balance sheet date.

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