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Defense Costs And Cost Containment Expenses As A Percent of Incurred Losses, 2015-2017 (1)

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  2015 2016 2017
  Amount As a percent of incurred losses Amount As a percent of incurred losses Amount As a percent of incurred losses
Product liability $1,037,576 70.5% $844,615 102.5% $648,145 68.9%
Medical malpractice 1,871,109 53.8 1,927,338 50.3 1,652,485 43.3
Commercial multiple peril (2) 1,977,804 34.7 2,152,707 35.0 2,114,746 34.8
Other liability 4,786,370 19.9 4,066,792 15.4 5,163,952 21.9
Workers compensation 3,315,025 13.6 3,276,491 13.7 2,955,804 13.6
Commercial auto liability 1,542,092 11.3 1,487,353 9.9 1,745,693 11.2
Private passenger auto liability 4,924,216 6.2 5,008,720 5.7 5,371,440 5.9
All liability lines $19,454,192 12.8% $18,764,016 11.4% $19,652,265 12.1%
(1) Net of reinsurance, excluding state funds. (2) Liability portion only. Source: NAIC data, sourced from S&P Global Market Intelligence, Insurance Information Institute.