Goodwill (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Goodwill [Abstract]

Goodwill Rollforward and by Segment

	December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
	(In millions)
Balance at January 1,	$	11,781		$	5,047		$	5,008
Acquisitions		39			6,959			—
Impairments (1)		(65	)		—			—
Effect of foreign currency translation and other		180			(225	)		39
Balance at December 31,	$	11,935		$	11,781		$	5,047

(1) At December 31, 2011, the Company’s accumulated goodwill impairment loss was $65 million.

In the first quarter of 2012, the Company reorganized its business into six segments: Retail; Group, Voluntary & Worksite Benefits; Corporate Benefit Funding; Latin America; Asia; and EMEA. As anticipated, in the third quarter of 2012, the Company continued to realign certain products and businesses among its existing segments. As a result, the Company reallocated goodwill from the former segments to and among the new segments based on the relative fair value method. Information regarding allocated goodwill was as follows:

	December 31,
	2011			2010
	(In millions)
Retail	$	3,125		$	3,125
Group, Voluntary & Worksite Benefits		138			138
Corporate Benefit Funding		900			900
Latin America		501			229
Asia		5,533	(1)		72
EMEA		1,333			38
Corporate & Other		405			470
Total	$	11,935		$	4,972

(1) Includes goodwill of $5.4 billion from the Japan operations.