Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to deduction for dividend related to separate accounts.

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Income Tax (Narrative) (Details)	12 Months Ended									12 Months Ended
Income Tax (Narrative) (Details)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Indemnification Agreement [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Foreign Tax Authority [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 JAPAN USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 American Life [Member] JAPAN USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 American Life [Member] JAPAN JPY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2012 Maximum [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 General business credit member USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Certain Foreign Capital Loss Carryforwards [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Certain State and Foreign Net Operating Loss Carryforwards [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Foreign Branch Restructuring [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Certain Foreign Other Assets [Member] USD ($)
Year that tax credit carryforwards will begin to expire					Jan. 01, 2015					Jan. 01, 2025
Valuation allowance recorded against U.S. deferred tax assets related to American Life's foreign branches	$ 357,000,000	$ 368,000,000
Valuation allowance, change during year											6,000,000	(36,000,000)	(4,000,000)	45,000,000
Tax credit carryforwards	1,653,000,000	545,000,000			991,000,000					662,000,000
Portion of tax credit carryforwards that will have expired before 2020	12,000,000
Amounts excluded from the provision for deferred taxes on cumulative earnings of certain non-U.S. affiliates and associated companies	3,300,000,000
Federal statutory tax rate	35.00%
Income tax benefit related to the separate account dividends received deduction	164,000,000	152,000,000
Penalties recognized in the consolidated statements of operations	3,000,000	0	0
True-up of the prior year tax return included in current year benefit related to the separate account dividends received deduction	(6,000,000)								(1,000,000)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Repatriation assumptions for foreign earnings of certain european countries	(65,000,000)
Foreign tax rate differential	(340,000,000)	(45,000,000)	(41,000,000)			(69,000,000)
American Life income tax exam refund							176,000,000	16,000,000,000
Net charge related to indemnification provisions of Stock Purchase Agreement	16,000,000
Other expenses	16,602,000,000	17,755,000,000	18,537,000,000	154,000,000
Other net investment gains (losses)	327,000,000	(35,000,000)	88,000,000	19,000,000
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)	$ 661,000,000	$ 128,000,000	$ 2,793,000,000	$ (119,000,000)