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Defense Costs And Cost Containment Expenses As A Percent of Incurred Losses, 2014-2016 (1)

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  2014 2015 2016
  Amount As a percent of incurred losses Amount As a percent of incurred losses Amount As a percent of incurred losses
Product liability $953,008 85.0% $1,037,580 70.5% $844,602 102.5%
Medical malpractice 1,873,518 44.3 1,867,891 53.7 1,920,552 50.3
Commercial multiple peril (2) 2,085,336 38.9 1,978,730 34.7 2,151,790 35.0
Other liability 4,367,724 20.4 4,788,421 20.0 4,066,892 15.4
Workers compensation 3,369,341 13.0 3,308,079 13.6 3,270,001 13.6
Commercial auto liability 1,266,020 10.6 1,541,634 11.3 1,486,922 9.9
Private passenger auto liability 4,714,964 6.5 4,917,582 6.2 5,008,093 5.7
All liability lines $18,629,911 13.1% $19,439,917 12.8% $18,748,852 11.4%
(1) Net of reinsurance, excluding state funds. (2) Liability portion only. Source: NAIC data, sourced from S&P Global Market Intelligence, Insurance Information Institute.