Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

	Operating Results
	Americas
Three Months Ended March 31, 2016	Retail			Group, Voluntary & Worksite Benefits			Corporate Benefit Funding		Latin America			Total			Asia			EMEA			Corporate & Other			Total			Adjustments			Total Consolidated
	(In millions)
Revenues
Premiums	$	1,740		$	4,294		$	358	$	691		$	7,083		$	1,658		$	500		$	26		$	9,267		$	426		$	9,693
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees	1,149			185			80		268			1,682			350			95			24			2,151			193			2,344
Net investment income	1,880			447			1,342		257			3,926			618			80			82			4,706			(147		)	4,559
Other revenues	215			131			70		7			423			17			20			27			487			—			487
Net investment gains (losses)	—			—			—		—			—			—			—			—			—			15			15
Net derivative gains (losses)	—			—			—		—			—			—			—			—			—			1,335			1,335
Total revenues	4,984			5,057			1,850		1,223			13,114			2,643			695			159			16,611			1,822			18,433
Expenses
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends	2,458			4,034			962		617			8,071			1,236			261			25			9,593			400			9,993
Interest credited to policyholder account balances	522			37			310		80			949			319			29			4			1,301			25			1,326
Capitalization of DAC	(255		)	(36		)	—		(97		)	(388		)	(385		)	(101		)	(2		)	(876		)	(105		)	(981		)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA	373			40			5		73			491			286			102			2			881			114			995
Amortization of negative VOBA	—			—			—		—			—			(64		)	(3		)	—			(67		)	(32		)	(99		)
Interest expense on debt	2			—			2		—			4			—			—			308			312			—			312
Other expenses	1,149			712			120		371			2,352			851			333			174			3,710			255			3,965
Total expenses	4,249			4,787			1,399		1,044			11,479			2,243			621			511			14,854			657			15,511
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)	203			96			156		42			497			95			11			(181		)	422			297			719
Operating earnings	$	532		$	174		$	295	$	137		$	1,138		$	305		$	63		$	(171	)	1,335
Adjustments to:
Total revenues																								1,822
Total expenses																								(657		)
Provision for income tax (expense) benefit																								(297		)
Net income (loss)																								$	2,203					$	2,203

	Operating Results
	Americas
Three Months Ended March 31, 2015	Retail			Group, Voluntary & Worksite Benefits			Corporate Benefit Funding			Latin America			Total			Asia			EMEA			Corporate & Other			Total			Adjustments			Total Consolidated
	(In millions)
Revenues
Premiums	$	1,749		$	4,117		$	418		$	699		$	6,983		$	1,752		$	508		$	10		$	9,253		$	—		$	9,253
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees	1,236			188			54			294			1,772			397			102			23			2,294			100			2,394
Net investment income	1,980			478			1,430			218			4,106			684			83			109			4,982			479			5,461
Other revenues	251			113			71			10			445			28			10			20			503			(8		)	495
Net investment gains (losses)	—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			286			286
Net derivative gains (losses)	—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			821			821
Total revenues	5,216			4,896			1,973			1,221			13,306			2,861			703			162			17,032			1,678			18,710
Expenses
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends	2,449			3,835			991			581			7,856			1,340			239			12			9,447			149			9,596
Interest credited to policyholder account balances	542			37			293			86			958			337			30			6			1,331			664			1,995
Capitalization of DAC	(247		)	(36		)	(6		)	(111		)	(400		)	(435		)	(133		)	—			(968		)	—			(968		)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA	375			41			5			78			499			326			128			—			953			72			1,025
Amortization of negative VOBA	—			—			—			—			—			(86		)	(4		)	—			(90		)	(10		)	(100		)
Interest expense on debt	(1		)	—			1			—			—			—			—			297			297			1			298
Other expenses	1,176			664			124			425			2,389			904			362			145			3,800			5			3,805
Total expenses	4,294			4,541			1,408			1,059			11,302			2,386			622			460			14,770			881			15,651
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)	269			127			196			31			623			148			11			(188		)	594			302			896
Operating earnings	$	653		$	228		$	369		$	131		$	1,381		$	327		$	70		$	(110	)	1,668
Adjustments to:
Total revenues																									1,678
Total expenses																									(881		)
Provision for income tax (expense) benefit																									(302		)
Net income (loss)																									$	2,163					$	2,163

The following table presents total assets with respect to the Company’s segments, as well as Corporate & Other, at:

	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
	(In millions)
Retail	$	354,705	$	347,257
Group, Voluntary & Worksite Benefits	49,950		46,476
Corporate Benefit Funding	231,484		225,015
Latin America	68,949		65,266
Asia	122,187		113,895
EMEA	27,720		26,767
Corporate & Other	62,433		53,257
Total	$	917,428	$	877,933