Investments (Details 42) (USD $) In Millions	Jun. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Assets and Liabilities of CSE's
Mortgage loans, at estimated fair value, relating to variable interest entities	$ 60,819	$ 58,976
Trading and other securities	147	201
Cash and cash equivalents	21	39
Accrued investment income	34	34
Long-term debt	6,547	6,820
Other liabilities	59	72
Total Assets	10,965	11,080
Total Liabilities	6,651	6,995
Variable interest entities
Assets and Liabilities of CSE's
Mortgage loans, at estimated fair value, relating to variable interest entities	6,697	6,840
Consolidated securitization entities [Member]
Assets and Liabilities of CSE's
Total Assets	6,899	7,114
Total Liabilities	$ 6,606	$ 6,892

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The carrying amount of the variable interest entity's assets consolidated into the statement of financial position. In general, a VIE is a corporation, partnership, trust, or any other legal structure used for business purposes that either (a) does not have equity investors with voting rights or (b) has equity investors that do not provide sufficient financial resources for the entity to support its activities. A VIE often holds financial assets, including loans or receivables, real estate or other property. A VIE may be essentially passive or it may engage in research and development or other activities on behalf of another company.

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The balance represents the amount of loans that are secured by real estate mortgages, offset by the reserve to cover probable credit losses on the loan portfolio.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 60
-Paragraph 47

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 03
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph c
-Article 7

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