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Market risk benefits
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Market Risk Benefit [Abstract]  
Market Risk Benefits Policyholders' account balances, Separate accounts, and Unearned revenue liabilities
Policyholders' account balances
The following tables present a roll-forward of policyholders' account balances:
For the Year Ended December 31, 2024
(in millions of U.S. dollars)Universal Life
Annuities (2)
Other (3)
Total
Balance – beginning of period$1,876 $2,411 $2,502 $6,789 
Premiums received 276 339 413 1,028 
Policy charges (1)
(136) (11)(147)
Surrenders and withdrawals(122)(39)(278)(439)
Benefit payments (4)
(60)(139)(78)(277)
Interest credited50 41 68 159 
Other (including foreign exchange)(75)(28)(262)(365)
Balance – end of period$1,809 $2,585 $2,354 $6,748 
Unearned revenue liability711 
Other (5)
557 
Policyholders' account liability, per consolidated balance sheet$8,016 
(1)Contracts included in the policyholder account balances are generally charged a premium and/or monthly assessments on the basis of the account balance.
(2)Relates to Huatai Life.
(3)Primarily comprises policyholder account balances related to investment linked products including endowment and investment contracts, none of which bear significant insurance risk.
(4)Includes benefit payments upon maturity as well as death benefits.
(5)Primarily comprises unpaid dividends on certain participating policies.

For the Year Ended December 31, 2023
(in millions of U.S. dollars)Universal Life
Annuities (2)
Other (3)
Total
Balance – beginning of period$1,199 $— $1,374 $2,573 
Consolidation of Huatai Group602 2,325 1,087 4,014 
Premiums received 268 133 231 632 
Policy charges (1)
(132)— (10)(142)
Surrenders and withdrawals(115)(19)(192)(326)
Benefit payments (4)
(12)(58)(62)(132)
Interest credited43 31 39 113 
Other (including foreign exchange)23 (1)35 57 
Balance – end of period$1,876 $2,411 $2,502 $6,789 
Unearned revenue liability673 
Policyholders' account liability, per consolidated balance sheet$7,462 
(1)Contracts included in the policyholder account balances are generally charged a premium and/or monthly assessments on the basis of the account balance.
(2)Relates to Huatai Life.
(3)Primarily comprises policyholder account balances related to investment linked products including endowment and investment contracts, none of which bear significant insurance risk.
(4)Includes benefit payments upon maturity as well as death benefits.
December 31
20242023
(in millions of U.S. dollars, except for percentages)Universal LifeAnnuitiesOtherUniversal LifeAnnuitiesOther
Weighted-average crediting rate (1)
2.8 %1.7 %3.0 %3.0 %2.6 %1.9 %
Net amount at risk (2)
$12,369 $ $425 $11,828 $— $559 
Cash Surrender Value$1,649 $1,678 $2,060 $1,628 $1,526 $2,192 
(1)Calculated using actual interest credited for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
(2)For those guarantees of benefits that are payable in the event of death, the net amount at risk is defined as the current guaranteed minimum death benefit in excess of the current account balance at the balance sheet date.



The following tables present the balance of account values by range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates and the related range of difference, in basis points, between rates being credited to policyholders and the respective guaranteed minimum:

Universal Life
December 31, 2024
(in millions of U.S. dollars)At Guaranteed Minimum1 Basis Point - 50 Basis Points Above51 Basis Points - 150 Basis Points AboveGreater Than 150 Basis Points AboveTotal
Guaranteed minimum crediting rates
Up to 2.00%
$427 $ $46 $114 $587 
 2.01% – 4.00%
245 615 349  1,209 
Greater than 4.00%
13    13 
Total$685 $615 $395 $114 $1,809 


December 31, 2023
(in millions of U.S. dollars)At Guaranteed Minimum1 Basis Point - 50 Basis Points Above51 Basis Points - 150 Basis Points AboveGreater Than 150 Basis Points AboveTotal
Guaranteed minimum crediting rates
Up to 2.00%
$475 $— $29 $36 $540 
 2.01% – 4.00%
82 319 894 19 1,314 
Greater than 4.00%
22 — — — 22 
Total$579 $319 $923 $55 $1,876 
Annuities
December 31, 2024
(in millions of U.S. dollars)At Guaranteed Minimum1 Basis Point - 50 Basis Points Above51 Basis Points - 150 Basis Points AboveGreater Than 150 Basis Points AboveTotal
Guaranteed minimum crediting rates
Up to 2.00%
$80 $ $1,628 $46 $1,754 
 2.01% – 4.00%
831    831 
Greater than 4.00%
     
Total$911 $ $1,628 $46 $2,585 

December 31, 2023
(in millions of U.S. dollars)At Guaranteed Minimum1 Basis Point - 50 Basis Points Above51 Basis Points - 150 Basis Points AboveGreater Than 150 Basis Points AboveTotal
Guaranteed minimum crediting rates
Up to 2.00%
$723 $— $1,579 $— $2,302 
 2.01% – 4.00%
109 — — — 109 
Greater than 4.00%
— — — — — 
Total$832 $— $1,579 $— $2,411 

Other policyholders' account balances
December 31, 2024
(in millions of U.S. dollars)At Guaranteed Minimum1 Basis Point - 50 Basis Points Above51 Basis Points - 150 Basis Points AboveGreater Than 150 Basis Points AboveTotal
Guaranteed minimum crediting rates
Up to 2.00%
$367 $6 $182 $431 $986 
 2.01% – 4.00%
1,318 50   1,368 
Greater than 4.00%
     
Total$1,685 $56 $182 $431 $2,354 

December 31, 2023
(in millions of U.S. dollars)At Guaranteed Minimum1 Basis Point - 50 Basis Points Above51 Basis Points - 150 Basis Points AboveGreater Than 150 Basis Points AboveTotal
Guaranteed minimum crediting rates
Up to 2.00%
$782 $— $228 $546 $1,556 
 2.01% – 4.00%
373 540 28 — 941 
Greater than 4.00%
— — — 
Total$1,160 $540 $256 $546 $2,502 
Separate accounts

Separate account assets represent segregated funds where investment risks are borne by the customers, except to the extent of certain guarantees made by Chubb. The assets that support variable contracts are measured at fair value and are reported as Separate account assets and corresponding liabilities are reported within Separate account liabilities on the Consolidated balance sheets. Policy charges assessed against the policyholders for mortality, administration, and other services are included in Net premiums earned on the Consolidated statements of operations.

The following table presents the aggregate fair value of Separate account assets, by major security type:

December 31
(in millions of U.S. dollars)20242023
Cash and cash equivalents $234 $65 
Mutual funds 5,931 5,417 
Fixed maturities66 91 
Total$6,231 $5,573 

The following table presents a roll-forward of separate account liabilities:
For the Years Ended
December 31
(in millions of U.S. dollars)20242023
Balance – beginning of period$5,573 $5,190 
Premiums and deposits1,629 995 
Policy charges(158)(138)
Surrenders and withdrawals(910)(601)
Benefit payments(430)(381)
Investment performance630 611 
Other (including foreign exchange)(103)(103)
Balance – end of period$6,231 $5,573 
Cash surrender value (1)
$5,853 $5,398 
(1) Cash surrender value represents the amount of the contract holder's account balances distributable at the balance sheet date less certain surrender charges.

Unearned revenue liabilities

Unearned revenue liabilities represent policy charges for services to be provided in future periods. The charges are reflected as deferred revenue and are generally amortized into income over the expected life of the contract using the same methodology, factors, and assumptions used to amortize deferred acquisition costs. Unearned revenue liabilities pertaining to both policyholders' account balances and separate accounts are recorded in Policyholders' account balances in the Consolidated balance sheets. The following table presents a roll-forward of unearned revenue liabilities:
For the Years Ended December 31
(in millions of U.S. dollars)20242023
Balance – beginning of period$673 $567 
Deferred revenue144 134 
Amortization(73)(67)
Other (including foreign exchange)(33)39 
Balance – end of period$711 $673 
Market risk benefits
Our reinsurance programs covering variable annuity guarantees, comprising guaranteed living benefits (GLB) and guaranteed minimum death benefits (GMDB), meet the definition of Market risk benefits (MRB). The following table presents a roll-forward of MRB:

For the Years Ended December 31
(in millions of U.S. dollars)20242023
Balance – beginning of period $771 $800 
Balance, beginning of period, before effect of changes in the instrument-specific credit risk749 776 
Interest rate changes(130)26 
Effect of market movements (1)
(125)(195)
Effect of changes in volatilities1 20 
Actual policyholder behavior different from expected behavior55 18 
Effect of changes in future expected policyholder behavior87 89 
Effect of timing and all other(45)15 
Balance, end of period, before effect of changes in the instrument-specific credit risk$592 $749 
Effect of changes in the instrument-specific credit risk15 22 
Balance – end of period$607 $771 
Weighted-average age of policyholders (years)7474
Net amount at risk (2)
$1,520 $1,872 
(1)Market movements are predominantly driven by changes in equities.
(2)The net amount at risk is defined as the present value of future claim payments assuming policy account values and guaranteed values are fixed at the valuation date, and reinsurance coverage ends at the earlier of the maturity of the underlying variable annuity policy or the reinsurance treaty. No withdrawals, lapses, and mortality improvements are assumed in the projection. GLB-related risks contain conservative mortality and annuitization assumptions.
    
Excluded from the table above are MRB gains (losses) of $(297) million and $(334) million for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, reported in the Consolidated statements of operations, relating to the market risk benefits' economic hedge and other net cash flows. There is no reinsurance recoverable associated with our liability for MRB.

In the third quarter of 2024, we completed a review of policyholder behavior related to annuitizations, partial withdrawals, lapses, and mortality for our variable annuity reinsurance business. These refinements resulted in a net increase of approximately $87 million to the MRB fair value, recognized as a Market risk benefits loss.

We refreshed our partial withdrawal and annuitization assumptions to include an additional year of experience. The annuitization updates included treaty-based and age-based behavior.
We updated the lapse assumptions to include an additional year of experience and refined the lapse rates for policies with guaranteed values far in excess of their account values.
We updated the mortality assumptions to include an additional year of experience.

For MRB, Chubb estimates fair value using an internal valuation model which includes a number of factors including interest rates, equity markets, credit risk, current account value, market volatility, expected annuitization rates and other policyholder behavior, and changes in policyholder mortality. All reinsurance treaties contain claim limits, which are also factored into the valuation model.
Valuation TechniqueSignificant Unobservable Inputs
December 31, 2024
December 31, 2023
Ranges
Weighted Average(1)
Ranges
Weighted Average(1)
MRB (1)
Actuarial modelLapse rate
0.5% – 27.3%
3.4 %
0.5% – 30.0%
4.0 %
Annuitization rate
0% – 100%
4.5 %
0% – 100%
4.5 %
(1)The weighted-average lapse and annuitization rates are determined by weighting each treaty's rates by the MRB contract's fair value.

The most significant policyholder behavior assumptions include lapse rates for MRBs, and GLB annuitization rates. Assumptions regarding lapse rates and GLB annuitization rates differ by treaty, but the underlying methodologies to determine rates applied to each treaty are comparable.

A lapse rate is the percentage of in-force policies surrendered in a given calendar year. All else equal, as lapse rates increase, ultimate claim payments will decrease. In general, the base lapse function assumes low lapse rates during the surrender charge period, followed by a "spike" lapse rate in the year immediately following the surrender charge period, and then reverting to an ultimate lapse rate, typically over a 2-year period. This base rate is adjusted downward for policies with more valuable guarantees (policies with guaranteed values far in excess of their account values). Partial withdrawals and the impact of older policyholders with tax-qualified contracts (due to required minimum distributions) are also reflected in our modeling.

The GLB annuitization rate is the percentage of policies for which the policyholder will elect to annuitize using the guaranteed benefit provided under the GLB. All else equal, as GLB annuitization rates increase, ultimate claim payments will increase, subject to treaty claim limits. All GLB reinsurance treaties include claim limits to protect Chubb in the event that actual annuitization behavior is significantly higher than expected. In general, Chubb assumes that GLB annuitization rates will be higher for policies with more valuable guarantees (policies with guaranteed values far in excess of their account values). Chubb also assumes that GLB annuitization rates increase as policyholders get older. In addition, it is also assumed that GLB annuitization rates are higher in the first year immediately following the waiting period (the first year the policies are eligible to annuitize using the GLB) in comparison to all subsequent years. Chubb does not yet have fully credible annuitization experience for all clients.

The effect of changes in key market factors on assumed lapse and annuitization rates reflect emerging trends using data available from cedants. For treaties with limited experience, rates are established by blending the experience with data received from other ceding companies. The model and related assumptions are regularly re-evaluated by management and enhanced, as appropriate, based upon additional experience obtained related to policyholder behavior and availability of updated information such as market conditions, market participant assumptions, and demographics of in-force annuities.