NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued Unum Group and Subsidiaries Note 1 - Significant Accounting Policies - Continued Accounting Updates Adopted in 2018: ASC Description Date of Adoption Effect on Financial Statements ASC 230 "Statement of Cash Flows" This update provided clarifying guidance intended to reduce the diversity in practice in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. The update addressed eight specific cash flow issues that relate to various types of transactions. The guidance was applied retrospectively. January 1, 2018 The adoption of this update resulted in the reclassification of certain cash inflows between investing activities and operating activities within our consolidated statements of cash flows. The reclassification primarily related to cash distributions from equity method investees and the bifurcation of those distributions as either returns on investment or returns of investment which resulted in a reclassification of cash inflows from investing activities to operating activities. The remaining portion of the reclassification related to the receipt of proceeds from corporate-owned life insurance benefits which resulted in a reclassification of cash inflows from operating activities to investing activities. The adoption of this update had no effect on our financial position or results of operations. ASC 606 "Revenue from Contracts with Customers" These updates superseded virtually all existing guidance regarding the recognition of revenue from customers. Specifically excluded from the scope of these updates are insurance contracts, although our fee-based service products are included within the scope. Our fee-based service products, which are primarily sold in our Unum US segment, are reported in other income within our consolidated statements of income and represent less than one percent of our total revenue. The core principle of this guidance is that revenue recognition should depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which an entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. Accordingly, we continue to recognize revenue for these fee- based service products as services are rendered. January 1, 2018 The adoption of these updates did not have an impact on our financial position or results of operations and did not result in expanded disclosures due to the immaterial nature of our fee-based service products relative to our overall business. 128