Mortgage and other loans receivable: Fair values of loans on real estate and other loans receivable are estimated for
disclosure purposes using discounted cash flow calculations based on discount rates that we believe market participants
would use in determining the price that they would pay for such assets. For certain loans, our current incremental lending
rates for similar types of loans are used as the discount rates, because we believe this rate approximates the rates market
participants would use. The fair values of policy loans are generally estimated based on unpaid principal amount as of each
reporting date or, in some cases, based on the present value of the loans using a discounted cash flow model. No
consideration is given to credit risk because policy loans are effectively collateralized by the cash surrender value of the
policies.