The following tables provide information about Available-for-Sale securities with gross unrealized losses and the length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position:


Description of Securities	June 30, 2020
		Less than 12 months														12 months or more							Total
		Number of Securities			Fair Value			Unrealized Losses ⁽¹⁾		Number of Securities			Fair Value				Unrealized Losses⁽¹⁾	Number of Securities		Fair Value		Unrealized Losses⁽¹⁾
	(in millions, except number of securities)
Corporate debt securities	60		$	387		$	(39)		3		$	15		$	(7)		63	$	402	$	(46)
Residential mortgage backed securities	29		331			(2)			6		8			—			35	339		(2)
Commercial mortgage backed securities	24		384			(10)			1		—			—			25	384		(10)
State and municipal obligations	4		54			(2)			1		4			—			5	58		(2)
Asset backed securities	21		595			(31)			1		24			(1)			22	619		(32)
Foreign government bonds and obligations	4		17			(1)			9		10			(1)			13	27		(2)
Total	142		$	1,768		$	(85)		21		$	61		$	(9)		163	$	1,829	$	(94)


Description of Securities	December 31, 2019
		Less than 12 months														12 months or more							Total
		Number of Securities			Fair Value			Unrealized Losses		Number of Securities			Fair Value				Unrealized Losses	Number of Securities		Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
	(in millions, except number of securities)
Corporate debt securities	15		$	64		$	—		7		$	90		$	(2)		22	$	154	$	(2)
Residential mortgage backed securities	29		571			(1)			20		298			(3)			49	869		(4)
Commercial mortgage backed securities	18		310			(1)			7		82			(2)			25	392		(3)
State and municipal obligations	5		23			—			3		54			(2)			8	77		(2)
Asset backed securities	10		111			(1)			6		54			—			16	165		(1)
Foreign government bonds and obligations	1		—			—			10		15			(2)			11	15		(2)
Total	78		$	1,079		$	(3)		53		$	593		$	(11)		131	$	1,672	$	(14)

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