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105CIGNA CORPORATION2011 Form10K
PART II
ITEM 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
e following tables provide the eect of these derivative instruments on the nancial statements for the indicated periods:
Fair Value Eect on the Financial Statements (In millions)
Other Revenues
For the years ended December31,
2011 2010
Equity and currency futures for GMDB exposures $ (45) $ (157)
Equity and currency futures for GMIB exposures 4
TOTAL EQUITY AND CURRENCY FUTURES $41 $ 157
Other assets,
including other intangibles Other Revenues
As of December31,2011
For the year ended
December31,2011
Interest rate swaps $ 33 $ 39
Interest rate futures(1) - (2)
TOTAL INTEREST RATE SWAPS AND FUTURES $ 33 $ 37
Interest rate derivatives for GMDB exposures $ 31
Interest rate derivatives for GMIB exposures 6
TOTAL INTEREST RATE SWAPS AND FUTURES $ 37
(1) Balance sheet presentation of amounts receivable or payable relating to futures daily variation margin are not fair values and are excluded from this table.
See Notes6 and 10 for further details regarding these businesses.
Derivative instruments used in the Company’s
investment risk management
Derivative nancial instruments are also used by the Company as
a part of its investment strategy to manage the characteristics of
investment assets (such as duration, yield, currency and liquidity) to
meet the varying demands of the related insurance and contractholder
liabilities (such as paying claims, investment returns and withdrawals).
Derivatives are typically used in this strategy to minimize interest rate
and foreign currency risks.
Investment Cash Flow Hedges
Purpose. e Company uses interest rate, foreign currency, and
combination (interest rate and foreign currency) swap contracts to
hedge the interest and/or foreign currency cash ows of its xed
maturity bonds to match associated insurance liabilities.
Accounting policy. Using cash ow hedge accounting, fair values
are reported in other long-term investments or other liabilities and
accumulated other comprehensive income and amortized into net
investment income or reported in other realized investment gains and
losses as interest or principal payments are received. Net interest cash
ows are reported in operating activities.
Cash ows. Under the terms of these various contracts, the Company
periodically exchanges cash ows between variable and xed interest
rates and/or between two currencies for both principal and interest.
Foreign currency swaps are primarily Euros, Australian dollars, Canadian
dollars, Japanese yen, and British pounds, and have terms for periods
of up to 10years.
Volume of activity. e following table provides the notional values of
these derivative instruments for the indicated periods:
Instrument
Notional Amount (In millions)
As of December31,
2011 2010
Interest rate swaps $ 134 $ 153
Foreign currency swaps 134 159
Combination interest rate and foreign currency swaps 64 64
TOTAL $ 332 $ 376
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