Goodwill

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Goodwill [Abstract]

Goodwill

7.  Goodwill

In the first quarter of 2012, the Company reorganized its business into three broad geographic regions: The Americas, Asia and EMEA, to better reflect its global reach. See Note 15 for a discussion on the Company’s new segments. As a result of the reorganization, the Company reallocated goodwill from the former segments to the new segments as shown in the below table under “Goodwill Transfers.”

The Company tests goodwill for impairment at least annually at the reporting unit level. A reporting unit is the operating segment or a business one level below the operating segment, if discrete financial information is prepared and regularly reviewed by management at that level. For each operating segment, the reporting units were determined to be either the operating segment or the components thereof.

The following table presents the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill in each of the Company’s segments, as well as Corporate & Other, and the balances at:

	December 31, 2011		Goodwill Transfers			Effect of Foreign Currency Translation and Other			March 31, 2012
	(In millions)
2011
Insurance Products	$	1,414	$	(1,414	)	$	—		$	—
Retirement Products		1,692		(1,692	)		—			—
Corporate Benefit Funding		900		(900	)		—			—
Auto & Home		157		(157	)		—			—
Japan		5,371		(5,371	)		—			—
Other International Regions		1,996		(1,996	)		—			—
Corporate & Other (1)		405		(405	)		—			—
2012
Retail Products		—		2,955			—			2,955
Group, Voluntary and Worksite Benefits		—		308			—			308
Corporate Benefit Funding		—		900			—			900
Latin America		—		501			29			530
Asia		—		5,443			(83	)		5,360
EMEA		—		1,423			22			1,445
Corporate & Other (1)		—		405			—			405
Total	$	11,935	$	—		$	(32	)	$	11,903

(1) At March 31, 2012, the Company’s accumulated goodwill impairment loss was $65 million, which is included in Corporate & Other.