Information regarding goodwill by segment, as well as Corporate & Other, was as follows:



	Retail			Group, Voluntary &Worksite Benefits		Corporate Benefit Funding			Latin America			Asia (1)			EMEA			Corporate & Other (2)			Total
	(In millions)
Balance at January 1, 2013
Goodwill	$	3,125		$	138	$	900		$	527		$	5,387		$	1,339		$	470		$	11,886
Accumulated impairment	(1,692		)	—		—			—			—			—			(241		)	(1,933		)
Total goodwill, net	1,433			138		900			527			5,387			1,339			229			9,953
Acquisitions (3)	—			—		—			1,140			—			1			—			1,141
Dispositions	—			—		—			—			—			(8		)	—			(8		)
Reduction of goodwill (4)	—			—		—			—			—			—			(65		)	(65		)
Reduction of accumulated impairment (4)	—			—		—			—			—			—			65			65
Effect of foreign currency translation and other	—			—		—			(79		)	(489		)	24			—			(544		)
Balance at December 31, 2013
Goodwill	3,125			138		900			1,588			4,898			1,356			405			12,410
Accumulated impairment	(1,692		)	—		—			—			—			—			(176		)	(1,868		)
Total goodwill, net	1,433			138		900			1,588			4,898			1,356			229			10,542
Dispositions (5)	—			—		(60		)	—			(3		)	(7		)	—			(70		)
Effect of foreign currency translation and other	—			—		—			(203		)	(280		)	(117		)	—			(600		)
Balance at December 31, 2014
Goodwill	3,125			138		840			1,385			4,615			1,232			405			11,740
Accumulated impairment	(1,692		)	—		—			—			—			—			(176		)	(1,868		)
Total goodwill, net	1,433			138		840			1,385			4,615			1,232			229			9,872
Effect of foreign currency translation and other	—			—		—			(199		)	(107		)	(89		)	—			(395		)
Balance at December 31, 2015
Goodwill	3,125			138		840			1,186			4,508			1,143			405			11,345
Accumulated impairment	(1,692		)	—		—			—			—			—			(176		)	(1,868		)
Total goodwill, net	$	1,433		$	138	$	840		$	1,186		$	4,508		$	1,143		$	229		$	9,477

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(1)	Includes goodwill of $4.3 billion, $4.4 billion and $4.7 billion from the Japan operations at December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

(2)

For purposes of goodwill impairment testing in 2015, the balance of $229 million, of net goodwill in Corporate & Other at December 31, 2014 did not change. This balance resulted from goodwill acquired as part of the 2005 Travelers acquisition and was allocated to business units of the Retail; Group, Voluntary & Worksite Benefits; and Corporate Benefit Funding segments in the amounts of $34 million, $9 million and $186 million, respectively.


(3)	See Note 3 for a discussion of the acquisition of ProVida, which is included in the Latin America segment.


(4)	In connection with exiting the businesses of MetLife Bank, National Association (“MetLife Bank”), goodwill and the related accumulated impairment were reduced by $65 million for the year ended December 31, 2013.


(5)	In connection with the sale of MAL, goodwill in the Corporate Benefit Funding reporting unit was reduced by $60 million during the year ended December 31, 2014. See Note 3. This goodwill was allocated to MAL based on the relative fair values of MAL and the remaining portion of the Corporate Benefit Funding reporting unit.