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| Fair Value                            | Note F. Fair ValueFair value is the price that would be received upon sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.  The following fair value hierarchy is used in selecting inputs, with the highest priority given to Level 1, as these are the most transparent or reliable.Level 1 - Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets.Level 2 - Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs are observable in active markets.Level 3 - Valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs are not observable.Prices may fall within Level 1, 2 or 3 depending upon the methodologies and inputs used to estimate fair value for each specific security.  Prices are determined by a dedicated group who ultimately report to the Company's CFO.  This group is responsible for valuation policies and procedures.  In general the Company seeks to price securities using third-party pricing services.  Securities not priced by pricing services are submitted to independent brokers for valuation and, if those are not available, internally developed pricing models are used to value assets using methodologies and inputs the Company believes market participants would use to value the assets.The Company performs control procedures over information obtained from pricing services and brokers to ensure prices received represent a reasonable estimate of fair value and to confirm representations regarding whether inputs are observable or unobservable.  Procedures include i) the review of pricing service or broker pricing methodologies, ii) back-testing, where past fair value estimates are compared to actual transactions executed in the market on similar dates, iii) exception reporting, where changes in price, period-over-period, are reviewed and challenged with the pricing service or broker based on exception criteria, iv) deep dives, where the Company independently validates detailed information regarding inputs and assumptions for individual securities and v) pricing validation, where prices received are compared to prices independently estimated by the Company.Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair ValueAssets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below.September 30, 2012      TotalAssets/(Liabilities)at Fair Value(In millions)Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Assets       Fixed maturity securities:       Corporate and other bonds$— $21,569 $259 $21,828States, municipalities and political subdivisions— 10,723 89 10,812Asset-backed:       Residential mortgage-backed— 5,653 437 6,090Commercial mortgage-backed— 1,571 117 1,688Other asset-backed— 595 371 966Total asset-backed— 7,819 925 8,744U.S. Treasury and obligations of government-sponsored enterprises168 24 — 192Foreign government139 475 — 614Redeemable preferred stock29 60 26 115Total fixed maturity securities336 40,670 1,299 42,305Equity securities98 112 50 260Derivative and other financial instruments, included in Other invested assets— — 11 11Short term investments1,209 1,223 8 2,440Life settlement contracts, included in Other assets— — 113 113Separate account business4 338 3 345Total assets$1,647 $42,343 $1,484 $45,474Liabilities    Derivative financial instruments, included in Other liabilities$— $(2) $(1) $(3)Total liabilities$— $(2) $(1) $(3)December 31, 2011      TotalAssets/(Liabilities)at Fair Value(In millions)Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Assets       Fixed maturity securities:       Corporate and other bonds$— $20,402 $482 $20,884States, municipalities and political subdivisions— 9,611 171 9,782Asset-backed:       Residential mortgage-backed— 5,323 452 5,775Commercial mortgage-backed— 1,295 59 1,354Other asset-backed— 612 343 955Total asset-backed— 7,230 854 8,084U.S. Treasury and obligations of government-sponsored enterprises451 42 — 493Foreign government92 544 — 636Redeemable preferred stock5 53 — 58Total fixed maturity securities548 37,882 1,507 39,937Equity securities124 113 67 304Derivative and other financial instruments, included in Other invested assets— 1 11 12Short term investments1,106 508 27 1,641Life settlement contracts, included in Other assets— — 117 117Separate account business21 373 23 417Total assets$1,799 $38,877 $1,752 $42,428Liabilities       Derivative financial instruments, included in Other liabilities$— $— $(1) $(1)Total liabilities$— $— $(1) $(1)The tables below present a reconciliation for all assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011.Level 3(In millions)Balance atJuly 1,2012 Net realized investment gains (losses) and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) included in net income (loss)* Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) included in other comprehensive income (loss) Purchases Sales Settlements Transfers intoLevel 3 Transfers out of Level 3 Balance atSeptember 30,2012 Unrealized gains (losses) on Level 3 assets and liabilities held at September 30, 2012 recognized in net income (loss)*Fixed maturity securities:                   Corporate and other bonds$488 $1 $(4) $50 $(5) $(11) $— $(260) $259 $(1)States, municipalities and political subdivisions89 — — — — — — — 89 —Asset-backed:                  Residential mortgage-backed443 (17) 20 21 — (8) — (22) 437 (18)Commercial mortgage-backed166 4 6 12 — (17) 11 (65) 117 —Other asset-backed434 2 5 143 (117) (34) — (62) 371 —Total asset-backed1,043 (11) 31 176 (117) (59) 11 (149) 925 (18)Redeemable preferred stock27 — (1) — — — — — 26 —Total fixed maturity securities1,647 (10) 26 226 (122) (70) 11 (409) 1,299 (19)Equity securities93 (19) (10) — — — — (14) 50 (19)Derivative and other financial instruments, net10 — — — — — — — 10 —Short term investments4 — — 7 (4) — 1 — 8 —Life settlement contracts116 7 — — — (10) — — 113 —Separate account business3 — — — — — — — 3 —Total$1,873 $(22) $16 $233 $(126) $(80) $12 $(423) $1,483 $(38)Level 3(In millions)Balance atJuly 1,2011 Net realized investment gains (losses) and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) included in net income (loss)* Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) included in other comprehensive income (loss) Purchases Sales Settlements Transfers intoLevel 3 Transfers out of Level 3 Balance atSeptember 30,2011 Unrealized gains (losses) on Level 3 assets and liabilities held at September 30, 2011 recognized in net income (loss)*Fixed maturity securities:                   Corporate and other bonds$812 $(7) $(3) $113 $(107) $(47) $12 $(154) $619 $(10)States, municipalities and political subdivisions179 — — 3 — — — — 182 —Asset-backed:                  Residential mortgage-backed687 1 (5) 73 (81) (13) — (31) 631 —Commercial mortgage-backed95 — (7) 76 — — — (5) 159 —Other asset-backed491 (5) (6) 114 (105) (25) 2 (37) 429 (4)Total asset-backed1,273 (4) (18) 263 (186) (38) 2 (73) 1,219 (4)Total fixed maturity securities2,264 (11) (21) 379 (293) (85) 14 (227) 2,020 (14)Equity securities36 — — — (1) — — (3) 32 —Derivative and other financial instruments, net9 (1) — 1 — — — — 9 —Short term investments6 — — — — — — — 6 —Life settlement contracts129 11 — — — (15) — — 125 (1)Separate account business37 — — — (2) — — — 35 —Total$2,481 $(1) $(21) $380 $(296) $(100) $14 $(230) $2,227 $(15)The tables below present a reconciliation for all assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011.Level 3(In millions)Balance atJanuary 1,2012 Net realized investment gains (losses) and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) included in net income (loss)* Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) included in other comprehensive income (loss) Purchases Sales Settlements Transfers intoLevel 3 Transfers out of Level 3 Balance atSeptember 30,2012 Unrealized gains (losses) on Level 3 assets and liabilities held at September 30, 2012 recognized in net income (loss)*Fixed maturity securities:                   Corporate and other bonds$482 $7 $2 $197 $(118) $(43) $42 $(310) $259 $(1)States, municipalities and political subdivisions171 — 3 — — (85) — — 89 —Asset-backed:                   Residential mortgage-backed452 (15) (2) 81 — (24) — (55) 437 (18)Commercial mortgage-backed59 6 14 141 (12) (21) 11 (81) 117 —Other asset-backed343 8 8 501 (293) (93) — (103) 371 —Total asset-backed854 (1) 20 723 (305) (138) 11 (239) 925 (18)Redeemable preferred stock— — (1) 53 (26) — — — 26 —Total fixed maturity securities1,507 6 24 973 (449) (266) 53 (549) 1,299 (19)Equity securities67 (19) 6 26 (16) — — (14) 50 (21)Derivative and other financial instruments, net10 — — — — — — — 10 —Short term investments27 — — 23 (4) (39) 1 — 8 —Life settlement contracts117 30 — — — (34) — — 113 3Separate account business23 — — — (20) — — — 3 —Total$1,751 $17 $30 $1,022 $(489) $(339) $54 $(563) $1,483 $(37)Level 3(In millions)Balance atJanuary 1,2011 Net realized investment gains (losses) and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) included in net income (loss)* Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) included in other comprehensive income (loss) Purchases Sales Settlements Transfers intoLevel 3 Transfers out of Level 3 Balance atSeptember 30,2011 Unrealized gains (losses) on Level 3 assets and liabilities held at September 30, 2011 recognized in net income (loss)*Fixed maturity securities:                   Corporate and other bonds$624 $(5) $(6) $459 $(157) $(144) $52 $(204) $619 $(11)States, municipalities and political subdivisions266 — — 3 — (87) — — 182 —Asset-backed:                   Residential mortgage-backed767 (11) 9 170 (164) (54) — (86) 631 (15)Commercial mortgage-backed73 3 11 81 (4) — — (5) 159 —Other asset-backed359 — (6) 441 (236) (80) 2 (51) 429 (4)Total asset-backed1,199 (8) 14 692 (404) (134) 2 (142) 1,219 (19)Redeemable preferred stock3 3 (3) — (3) — — — — —Total fixed maturity securities2,092 (10) 5 1,154 (564) (365) 54 (346) 2,020 (30)Equity securities26 (2) (1) 19 (12) — 5 (3) 32 (3)Derivative and other financial instruments, net25 2 — 1 (19) — — — 9 1Short term investments27 — — 12 — (23) — (10) 6 —Life settlement contracts129 20 — — — (24) — — 125 2Separate account business41 — — — (6) — — — 35 —Total$2,340 $10 $4 $1,186 $(601) $(412) $59 $(359) $2,227 $(30)* Net realized and unrealized gains and losses shown above are reported in Net income (loss) as follows:Major Category of Assets and Liabilities Consolidated Statements of Operations Line ItemsFixed maturity securities available-for-sale Net realized investment gains (losses)Fixed maturity securities trading Net investment incomeEquity securities Net realized investment gains (losses)Derivative financial instruments held in a trading portfolio Net investment incomeDerivative financial instruments not held in a trading portfolio and fair value option financial instruments Net realized investment gains (losses)Life settlement contracts Other revenuesSecurities shown in the Level 3 tables on the previous pages may be transferred in or out of Level 3 based on the availability of observable market information used to determine the fair value of the security. The availability of observable market information varies based on market conditions and trading volume and may cause securities to move in and out of Level 3 from reporting period to reporting period. There were $106 million of transfers from Level 2 to Level 1 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the three or nine months ended September 30, 2011.  The Company's policy is to recognize transfers between levels at the beginning of quarterly reporting periods.Valuation Methodologies and InputsThe following section describes the valuation methodologies and relevant inputs used to measure different financial instruments at fair value, including an indication of the level in the fair value hierarchy in which the instruments are generally classified.Fixed Maturity SecuritiesFixed maturity securities are valued using methodologies that model information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets, as well as discounted cash flow methodologies.  Common inputs include: prices from recently executed transactions of similar securities, broker/dealer quotes, benchmark yields, spreads off benchmark yields, interest rates and U.S. Treasury or swap curves.  Specifically for asset-backed securities, key inputs include prepayment and default projections based on past performance of the underlying collateral and current market data.Level 1 securities include highly liquid U.S. and foreign government bonds, and redeemable preferred stock, valued using quoted market prices.  Level 2 securities include most other fixed maturity securities as the significant inputs are observable in the marketplace.  Securities are generally assigned to Level 3 in cases where broker/dealer quotes are significant inputs to the valuation and there is a lack of transparency as to whether these quotes are based on information that is observable in the marketplace.  Level 3 securities also include tax-exempt auction rate certificates and private placement debt securities.  Fair value of auction rate securities is determined utilizing a pricing model with three primary inputs.  The interest rate and spread inputs are observable from like instruments while the expected call date assumption is unobservable due to the uncertain nature of principal prepayments prior to maturity.  Fair value of private placement debt securities is determined using internal models with inputs that are not market observable.Equity SecuritiesLevel 1 equity securities include publicly traded securities valued using quoted market prices.  Level 2 securities are primarily non-redeemable preferred stocks and common stocks valued using pricing for similar securities, recently executed transactions, broker/dealer quotes and other pricing models utilizing market observable inputs.  Level 3 securities are priced using internal models with inputs that are not market observable.Derivative and Other Financial InstrumentsExchange traded derivatives, primarily futures, are valued using quoted market prices and are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.  Level 2 derivatives primarily include currency forwards valued using observable market forward rates.  Over-the-counter derivatives, principally interest rate swaps, total return swaps, credit default swaps, equity warrants and options, are valued using inputs including broker/dealer quotes and are classified within Level 3 of the valuation hierarchy due to a lack of transparency as to whether these quotes are based on information that is observable in the marketplace.  Other financial instruments consist of Level 3 securities for which the fair value option has been elected which contain embedded derivatives and are priced using either broker/dealer quotes or internal models with inputs that are not market observable.Short Term InvestmentsThe valuation of securities that are actively traded or have quoted prices are classified as Level 1.  These securities include money market funds and treasury bills.  Level 2 primarily includes commercial paper, for which all inputs are market observable.  Fixed maturity securities purchased within one year of maturity are classified consistent with fixed maturity securities discussed above.  Short term investments as presented in the tables above differ from the amounts presented on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets because certain short term investments, such as time deposits, are not measured at fair value.Life Settlement ContractsThe fair values of life settlement contracts are determined as the present value of the anticipated death benefits less anticipated premium payments based on contract terms that are distinct for each insured, as well as the Company's own assumptions for mortality, premium expense and the rate of return that a buyer would require on the contracts, as no comparable market pricing data is available.Separate Account BusinessSeparate account business includes fixed maturity securities, equities and short term investments.  The valuation methodologies and inputs for these asset types have been described above.Significant Unobservable InputsThe table below presents quantitative information about the significant unobservable inputs utilized by the Company in the fair value measurements of Level 3 assets.  Valuations for assets and liabilities not presented in the table below are primarily based on broker/dealer quotes for which there is a lack of transparency as to inputs used to develop the valuations.  The quantitative detail of these unobservable inputs is neither provided nor reasonably available to the Company. Fair Value at September 30, 2012 Valuation Technique(s) Unobservable Input(s) Range (Weighted Average)Assets       (In millions)       Fixed maturity securities$98 Discounted cash flow Expected call date 3.6 - 5.6 years (4.6 years) $61 Market approach Private offering price $60.00 - $105.00 ($101.49)Equity securities$33 Market approach Private offering price $0.10 - $3,842.00 per share($583.95 per share) $17 Income approach EBITDA projection (1) $80 million     EBITDA multiple (1) 1.82Life settlement contracts$113 Discounted cash flow Discount rate risk premium 9%     Mortality assumption 65% - 928% (185%)(1) Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization For fixed maturity securities, an increase to the expected call date assumption or decrease in the private offering price would result in a lower fair value measurement.  For equity securities, an increase in the private offering price, earnings projections and earnings multiples would result in a higher fair value measurement.  For life settlement contracts, an increase in the discount rate risk premium or decrease in the mortality assumption would result in a lower fair value measurement.Financial Assets and Liabilities Not Measured at Fair ValueThe carrying amount and estimated fair value of the Company's financial instrument assets and liabilities which are not measured at fair value on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets are listed in the tables below.September 30, 2012CarryingAmount Estimated Fair Value(In millions) Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 TotalFinancial assets         Notes receivable for the issuance of common stock$21 $— $— $21 $21Mortgage loans358 — — 374 374Financial liabilities         Premium deposits and annuity contracts$103 $— $— $108 $108Short term debt13 — 13 — 13Long term debt2,557 — 2,986 — 2,986December 31, 2011CarryingAmount EstimatedFair Value(In millions) Financial assets   Notes receivable for the issuance of common stock$22 $22Mortgage loans234 247Financial liabilities   Premium deposits and annuity contracts$109 $114Short term debt83 84Long term debt2,525 2,679The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of these financial assets and liabilities.The fair values of Notes receivable for the issuance of common stock were estimated using discounted cash flows utilizing interest rates currently offered for obligations securitized with similar collateral, adjusted for specific note receivable risk. The fair values of Mortgage loans were based on the present value of the expected future cash flows discounted at the current interest rate for origination of similar quality loans, adjusted for specific loan risk.Premium deposits and annuity contracts were valued based on cash surrender values or estimated fair values of policyholder liabilities, net of amounts ceded related to sold business.The Company's senior notes and debentures were valued based on observable market prices.  The fair value for other debt was estimated using discounted cash flows based on current incremental borrowing rates for similar borrowing arrangements.The carrying amounts reported on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets for Cash, Short term investments not carried at fair value, Accrued investment income and certain other assets and other liabilities approximate fair value due to the short term nature of these items.  These assets and liabilities are not listed in the tables above. |

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The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.
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