Postretirement Benefits (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of cost of pension plans

The cost of our pension plans are as follows:

	Erie Insurance Group
(in millions)	Three months ended September 30,						Nine months ended September 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Service cost for benefits earned	$	8		$	6		$	23		$	17
Interest cost on benefits obligation	8			7			23			21
Expected return on plan assets	(9		)	(8		)	(27		)	(24		)
Prior service cost amortization	0			0			1			1
Net actuarial loss amortization	3			2			10			5
Pension plan cost (1)	$	10		$	7		$	30		$	20

(1) Pension plan costs represent the total cost for the Erie Insurance Group before reimbursements to Indemnity from the Exchange and EFL.