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Long term debt outstanding including the portion maturing within one year. This excludes capital lease debt.

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Interest rate and foreign currency swaps qualifying as cash flow hedges included in Other derivative assets

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The percentage of total investments represented by by impaired commercial mortgage loans and real estate entities

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Percentage of GMIB exposure covered by retrocessional coverage

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Realized investment losses on write-downs of commercial mortgage loans and real estate entities, after-tax

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Reflects the sum of the gross carrying amounts of unpaid loans issued to businesses to acquire, develop, construct, improve, or refinance land or a building. Includes [but is not limited to] commercial mortgage loans, which are secured by a [legal] security interest in real property [commercial building or business real property] which thereby serves as collateral securing repayment of the loan; and construction financing, which is an obligation generally in the form of a [promissory] note, used for the funding of construction projects.

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