Investments (Securities Lending Remaining Tenor - Narrative) (Details) - Estimated fair value $ in Billions	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Securities Financing Transaction [Line Items]
Securities Loaned, Not Subject to Master Netting Arrangement	$ 4.4
U.S. Treasury and agency
Securities Financing Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage Of US Treasury And Agency Securities At Estimated Fair Value Of Securities On Loan Relating To Cash Collateral On Open	99.00%
Securities Investment
Securities Financing Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of Reinvestment Portfolio in Fixed Maturity Securities	63.00%

The percentage of US Treasury and agency securities at estimated fair value of securities on loan relating to cash collateral on open.

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The percentage of the reinvestment portfolio acquired with the cash collateral consists mainly of Fixed maturities.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of securities loaned to entities in exchange for collateral, not subject to a master netting arrangement.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (d)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51824906&loc=SL20225862-175312

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 20
-Section 55
-Paragraph 22
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51825145&loc=SL20226052-175313

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