Item 4. Controls and Procedures

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)) as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report (the Evaluation Date). Based on such evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

During the first fiscal quarter of 2023, the Company executed internal controls associated with new processes supporting the implementation of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2018-12 for long-duration insurance contracts (LDTI), which the Company adopted on January 1, 2023 using a modified retrospective method. For additional information, see Note 1 of the accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements and Note 1 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the 2022 Annual Report.

Except for the change in controls over the Company's adoption of LDTI, there have not been any changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the first fiscal quarter of 2023 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

**Item 2.**Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

During the first three months of 2023, the Parent Company repurchased shares of its common stock as follows:


Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased		Average Price Paid Per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs	Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
January 1 - January 31	2,440,300		$	72.15	2,440,300	114,201,523
February 1 - February 28	3,542,907		69.48		3,200,100	111,001,423
March 1 - March 31	4,711,768		64.20		4,707,900	106,293,523






Total	10,694,975	(1)	$	67.76	10,348,300	106,293,523	(2)

(1) During the first three months of 2023, 346,675 shares were purchased in connection with income tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of restricted-share-based awards during the period.

(2) The total remaining shares available for purchase at March 31, 2023, consisted of 6,293,523 shares related to a 100,000,000 share repurchase authorization by the board of directors announced in August 2020 and 100,000,000 shares related to a 100,000,000 share repurchase authorization by the board of directors announced in November 2022.

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