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Represents the minimum dividend as percentage of insurers' surplus as regards to policyholders, to consider dividend as extraordinary.

No definition available.

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Represents the amount of extraordinary dividend declared and paid.

No definition available.

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Represents the risk based capital ratio requirement under Authorized Control Level.

No definition available.

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Represents the risk based capital ratio requirement under Company Action Level.

No definition available.

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Total statutory capital and surplus adjusted to exclude certain statutory liabilities.

No definition available.

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Cash outflow to owners or shareholders, excluding ordinary dividends. Includes special dividends.

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Cash outflow in the form of capital distributions and dividends to common shareholders, preferred shareholders and noncontrolling interests.

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Amount of cash outflow in the form of ordinary dividends to common shareholders of the parent entity.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

No definition available.

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Amount of dividends that can be declared or paid without approval of regulatory agency.

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