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Acquisitions and Sale of Businesses - Narrative on sale of businesses (Details) $ in Millions			3 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Dec. 24, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) policy	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2015
Sale of Businesses
Cash proceeds from the sale of business							$ 0	$ 7	$ 0
Long-term care insurance reserves				$ 34			37	34
Realized gains (losses) on subsidiaries							2	(161)	$ 0
Property and Casualty Group
Sale of Businesses
Realized gains (losses) on subsidiaries					$ 5
Run-off long-term care insurance business
Sale of Businesses
Cash proceeds from the sale of business	$ 7
Investment securities proceeds received from the sale of business	11
Potential additional sale proceeds based on the release of certain statutory liabilities of the legal entities sold							13
Contingent capital support agreement amount	$ 35
Contingent capital support agreement term	5 years
Long-term care insurance reserves of business sold as a percentage of total long-term care insurance reserves										96.00%
Cash and investment securities proceeds from the sale of business	$ 18
Total tax benefits proceeds from the sale of business							$ 97
Realized gains (losses) on subsidiaries	(166)		$ 2	$ (4)		$ (162)		$ (166)
Loss on subsidiaries, net of tax	$ (108)					$ (105)
Carrying value of the assets and liabilities of business sold as a percentage of total assets and liabilities	4.00%	4.00%
Run-off long-term care insurance business \| AFG
Sale of Businesses
Number of long-term care insurance policies \| policy							1,600
Long-term care insurance reserves							$ 37