Business Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Business Segment Information [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

	Operating Earnings
	The Americas
Year Ended December 31, 2011	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	$	4,741		$	15,919		$	2,848		$	2,514		$	26,022		$	7,472		$	2,721		$	54		$	36,269		$	92		$	36,361
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees		4,096			630			232			757			5,715			1,191			467			155			7,528			278			7,806
Net investment income		7,199			1,983			5,506			1,025			15,713			2,377			660			911			19,661			(75	)		19,586
Other revenues		760			409			249			15			1,433			34			125			319			1,911			621			2,532
Net investment gains (losses)		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			(867	)		(867	)
Net derivative gains (losses)		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			4,824			4,824
Total revenues		16,796			18,941			8,835			4,311			48,883			11,074			3,973			1,439			65,369			4,873			70,242
Expenses
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends		7,655			14,580			5,287			2,064			29,586			4,976			1,553			126			36,241			676			36,917
Interest credited to policyholder account balances		2,412			178			1,323			371			4,284			1,604			169			—			6,057			(454	)		5,603
Capitalization of DAC		(2,038	)		(477	)		(25	)		(295	)		(2,835	)		(1,981	)		(733	)		—			(5,549	)		(9	)		(5,558	)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA		1,564			467			17			207			2,255			1,420			679			1			4,355			543			4,898
Amortization of negative VOBA		—			—			—			(6	)		(6	)		(555	)		(58	)		—			(619	)		(78	)		(697	)
Interest expense on debt		1			—			9			1			11			—			—			1,294			1,305			324			1,629
Other expenses		5,262			2,790			513			1,305			9,870			4,312			1,933			640			16,755			1,510			18,265
Total expenses		14,856			17,538			7,124			3,647			43,165			9,776			3,543			2,061			58,545			2,512			61,057
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)		680			437			599			150			1,866			431			166			(529	)		1,934			859			2,793
Operating earnings	$	1,260		$	966		$	1,112		$	514		$	3,852		$	867		$	264		$	(93	)	$	4,890
Adjustments to:
Total revenues																										4,873
Total expenses																										(2,512	)
Provision for income tax (expense) benefit																										(859	)
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax																									$	6,392					$	6,392
At December 31, 2011	Retail Products			Group, Voluntary and Worksite Benefits			Corporate Benefit Funding			Latin America			Asia (1)			EMEA			Corporate & Other			Total
	(In millions)
Total assets	$	295,012		$	51,776		$	195,217		$	20,315		$	112,955		$	32,891		$	88,060		$	796,226
Separate account assets	$	128,208		$	479		$	64,851		$	2,880		$	5,532		$	1,073		$	—		$	203,023
Separate account liabilities	$	128,208		$	479		$	64,851		$	2,880		$	5,532		$	1,073		$	—		$	203,023

(1) Total assets includes $103.9 billion of assets from the Japan operations which represents 13% of total consolidated assets.

	Operating Earnings
	The Americas
Year Ended December 31, 2010	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	$	4,540		$	16,051		$	2,345		$	1,969		$	24,905		$	1,596		$	559		$	11		$	27,071		$	—		$	27,071
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees		3,655			616			226			630			5,127			436			116			138			5,817			211			6,028
Net investment income		7,423			1,923			5,280			927			15,553			471			181			664			16,869			625			17,494
Other revenues		617			385			247			12			1,261			14			9			391			1,675			653			2,328
Net investment gains (losses)		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			(408	)		(408	)
Net derivative gains (losses)		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			(265	)		(265	)
Total revenues		16,235			18,975			8,098			3,538			46,846			2,517			865			1,204			51,432			816			52,248
Expenses
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends		7,472			14,475			4,677			1,829			28,453			1,243			245			33			29,974			698			30,672
Interest credited to policyholder account balances		2,381			192			1,447			370			4,390			182			125			—			4,697			222			4,919
Capitalization of DAC		(1,472	)		(484	)		(18	)		(221	)		(2,195	)		(381	)		(194	)		—			(2,770	)		—			(2,770	)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA		1,448			457			16			144			2,065			277			100			1			2,443			34			2,477
Amortization of negative VOBA		—			—			—			(1	)		(1	)		(49	)		(7	)		—			(57	)		(7	)		(64	)
Interest expense on debt		2			—			8			1			11			—			2			1,126			1,139			411			1,550
Other expenses		4,481			2,771			494			901			8,647			975			601			467			10,690			1,044			11,734
Total expenses		14,312			17,411			6,624			3,023			41,370			2,247			872			1,627			46,116			2,402			48,518
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)		672			490			516			92			1,770			44			2			(327	)		1,489			(379	)		1,110
Operating earnings	$	1,251		$	1,074		$	958		$	423		$	3,706		$	226		$	(9	)	$	(96	)	$	3,827
Adjustments to:
Total revenues																										816
Total expenses																										(2,402	)
Provision for income tax (expense) benefit																										379
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax																									$	2,620					$	2,620
At December 31, 2010	Retail Products			Group, Voluntary and Worksite Benefits			Corporate Benefit Funding			Latin America			Asia (1)			EMEA			Corporate & Other			Total
	(In millions)
Total assets	$	271,937		$	44,637		$	179,672		$	22,079		$	108,856		$	32,066		$	69,002		$	728,249
Separate account assets	$	116,357		$	492		$	56,624		$	2,691		$	5,332		$	1,642		$	—		$	183,138
Separate account liabilities	$	116,357		$	492		$	56,624		$	2,691		$	5,332		$	1,642		$	—		$	183,138

(1) Total assets includes $87.5 billion of assets from the Japan operations which represents 12% of total consolidated assets.

	Operating Earnings
	The Americas
Year Ended December 31, 2009	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	$	4,823		$	15,870		$	2,561		$	1,562		$	24,816		$	949		$	373		$	19		$	26,157		$	—		$	26,157
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees		3,191			633			176			546			4,546			351			52			106			5,055			142			5,197
Net investment income		6,937			1,716			4,766			624			14,043			343			117			91			14,594			135			14,729
Other revenues		546			438			239			7			1,230			2			5			236			1,473			856			2,329
Net investment gains (losses)		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			(2,901	)		(2,901	)
Net derivative gains (losses)		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			(4,866	)		(4,866	)
Total revenues		15,497			18,657			7,742			2,739			44,635			1,645			547			452			47,279			(6,634	)		40,645
Expenses
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends		7,666			14,311			4,797			1,412			28,186			782			122			16			29,106			548			29,654
Interest credited to policyholder account balances		2,429			210			1,633			331			4,603			147			99			—			4,849			(4	)		4,845
Capitalization of DAC		(1,492	)		(487	)		(13	)		(155	)		(2,147	)		(208	)		(147	)		—			(2,502	)		—			(2,502	)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA		1,056			466			14			111			1,647			194			41			3			1,885			(830	)		1,055
Amortization of negative VOBA		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—
Interest expense on debt		6			—			3			1			10			2			5			1,027			1,044			—			1,044
Other expenses		4,550			2,795			484			654			8,483			577			503			586			10,149			1,015			11,164
Total expenses		14,215			17,295			6,918			2,354			40,782			1,494			623			1,632			44,531			729			45,260
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)		433			415			273			120			1,241			2			(14	)		(716	)		513			(2,619	)		(2,106	)
Operating earnings	$	849		$	947		$	551		$	265		$	2,612		$	149		$	(62	)	$	(464	)	$	2,235
Adjustments to:
Total revenues																										(6,634	)
Total expenses																										(729	)
Provision for income tax (expense) benefit																										2,619
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax																									$	(2,509	)				$	(2,509	)

Premiums, Universal Life and Investment-Type Policy Fees and Other Revenue by Product Groups for Reportable Segment

	Years Ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	(In millions)
Life insurance (1)	$	30,486	$	23,978	$	22,774
Accident and health		12,269		7,480		6,897
Property and casualty insurance		3,043		2,956		2,946
Non-insurance		901		1,013		1,066
Total	$	46,699	$	35,427	$	33,683

(1) Includes Annuities and Corporate Benefit Funding products.