Business Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Business Segment Information [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

	Operating Earnings
	The Americas
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012	Retail Products			Group, Voluntary and Worksite Benefits			Corporate Benefit Funding			Latin America			Total			Asia			EMEA			Corporate & Other			Total			Adjustments			Total Consolidated
	(In millions)
Revenues
Premiums	$	1,136		$	4,073		$	507		$	686		$	6,402		$	1,947		$	744		$	14		$	9,107		$	22		$	9,129
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees		1,114			166			51			196			1,527			323			119			40			2,009			69			2,078
Net investment income		1,856			491			1,401			299			4,047			653			185			200			5,085			1,115			6,200
Other revenues		205			112			64			5			386			16			36			51			489			108			597
Net investment gains (losses)		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			(110	)		(110	)
Net derivative gains (losses)		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			(1,978	)		(1,978	)
Total revenues		4,311			4,842			2,023			1,186			12,362			2,939			1,084			305			16,690			(774	)		15,916
Expenses
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends		1,902			3,639			1,092			592			7,225			1,269			434			11			8,939			508			9,447
Interest credited to policyholder account balances		596			42			339			100			1,077			427			35			—			1,539			1,018			2,557
Capitalization of DAC		(405	)		(102	)		(7	)		(84	)		(598	)		(561	)		(203	)		—			(1,362	)		(2	)		(1,364	)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA		333			101			10			55			499			355			164			—			1,018			(304	)		714
Amortization of negative VOBA		—			—			—			(2	)		(2	)		(130	)		(5	)		—			(137	)		(18	)		(155	)
Interest expense on debt		—			—			2			1			3			1			—			309			313			45			358
Other expenses		1,256			716			128			326			2,426			1,122			540			203			4,291			477			4,768
Total expenses		3,682			4,396			1,564			988			10,630			2,483			965			523			14,601			1,724			16,325
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)		221			142			161			50			574			159			43			(180	)		596			(871	)		(275	)
Operating earnings	$	408		$	304		$	298		$	148		$	1,158		$	297		$	76		$	(38	)		1,493
Adjustments to:
Total revenues																										(774	)
Total expenses																										(1,724	)
Provision for income tax (expense) benefit																										871
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax																									$	(134	)				$	(134	)

	Operating Earnings
	The Americas
Three Months Ended March 31, 2011	Retail Products			Group, Voluntary and Work site Benefits			Corporate Benefit Funding			Latin America			Total			Asia			EMEA			Corporate & Other			Total			Adjustments			Total Consolidated
																(In millions)
Revenues
Premiums	$	1,025		$	3,976		$	423		$	594		$	6,018		$	1,803		$	697		$	14		$	8,532		$	22		$	8,554
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees		991			159			54			189			1,393			297			104			38			1,832			57			1,889
Net investment income		1,808			485			1,386			166			3,845			513			173			252			4,783			530			5,313
Other revenues		182			101			60			4			347			12			26			83			468			98			566
Net investment gains (losses)		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			(99	)		(99	)
Net derivative gains (losses)		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			(315	)		(315	)
Total revenues		4,006			4,721			1,923			953			11,603			2,625			1,000			387			15,615			293			15,908
Expenses
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends		1,779			3,594			1,020			424			6,817			1,198			408			16			8,439			170			8,609
Interest credited to policyholder account balances		591			43			335			91			1,060			380			39			—			1,479			445			1,924
Capitalization of DAC		(421	)		(122	)		(12	)		(75	)		(630	)		(451	)		(181	)		—			(1,262	)		(2	)		(1,264	)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA		338			114			5			47			504			329			164			—			997			(58	)		939
Amortization of negative VOBA		—			—			—			(2	)		(2	)		(146	)		(15	)		—			(163	)		(20	)		(183	)
Interest expense on debt		—			—			2			—			2			1			1			319			323			92			415
Other expenses		1,197			692			126			309			2,324			990			458			118			3,890			293			4,183
Total expenses		3,484			4,321			1,476			794			10,075			2,301			874			453			13,703			920			14,623
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)		181			127			158			38			504			100			47			(87	)		564			(203	)		361
Operating earnings	$	341		$	273		$	289		$	121		$	1,024		$	224		$	79		$	21			1,348
Adjustments to:
Total revenues																										293
Total expenses																										(920	)
Provision for income tax (expense) benefit																										203
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax																									$	924					$	924

Segment Reporting Asset Information, by Segment

	March 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
	(In millions)
Retail Products	$	309,594	$	295,012
Group, Voluntary and Worksite Benefits		50,927		51,776
Corporate Benefit Funding		202,750		195,217
Latin America		23,270		20,315
Asia		114,875		112,955
EMEA		34,927		32,891
Corporate & Other		83,261		88,060
Total	$	819,604	$	796,226