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Note 22  Segment Information
The Company's operating segments generally reflect groups of related products, except for the International segment which is
generally based on geography. In accordance with GAAP, operating segments that do not require separate disclosure may be
combined. The Company measures the financial results of its segments using “segment earnings (loss),” which is defined as income
(loss) from continuing operations excluding after-tax realized investment gains and losses.
Consolidated pre-tax income from continuing operations is primarily attributable to domestic operations. Consolidated pre-tax income
from continuing operations generated by the Company's foreign operations was approximately 9% in 2009, 36% in 2008 and 11% in
2007.
The Company determines segment earnings (loss) consistent with the accounting policies for the consolidated financial statements,
except that amounts included in Corporate are not allocated to segments. The Company allocates certain other operating expenses,
such as systems and other key corporate overhead expenses, on systematic bases. Income taxes are generally computed as if each
segment were filing a separate income tax return. The Company does not report total assets by segment since this is not a metric used
to allocate resources or evaluate segment performance.
The Company presents segment information as follows:
Health Care includes medical, dental, behavioral health, prescription drug and other products and services that may be integrated to
support consumer-focused health care programs. This segment also includes group disability and life insurance products that were
historically sold in connection with certain experience-rated medical products.
Disability and Life includes group:
x disability insurance;
x disability and workers’ compensation case management;
x life insurance;
x accident; and
x specialty insurance.
International includes:
x life, accident and supplemental health insurance products; and
x international health care products and services including those offered to expatriate employees of multinational corporations.
Run-off Reinsurance includes accident, workers’ compensation, international life and health, GMDB and GMIB reinsurance
businesses. The Company stopped underwriting new reinsurance business in 2000.
The Company also reports results in two other categories.
Other Operations consist of:
x non-leveraged and leveraged corporate-owned life insurance (COLI);
x deferred gains recognized from the 1998 sale of the individual life insurance and annuity business and the 2004 sale of the
retirement benefits business; and
x run-off settlement annuity business.
Corporate reflects amounts not allocated to segments, such as interest expense on corporate debt and on uncertain tax positions, net
investment income on investments not supporting segment operations, intersegment eliminations, compensation cost for stock options
and certain corporate overhead expenses.