Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Segment Information [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

	Operating Earnings
	Americas
Three Months Ended March 31, 2013	Retail		Group, Voluntary   & Worksite   Benefits		Corporate   Benefit Funding		Latin     America		Total		Asia		EMEA		Corporate     & Other		Total		Adjustments		Total   Consolidated
	(In millions)
Revenues
Premiums	$	1,547	$	3,874	$	464	$	675	$	6,560	$	1,998	$	567	$	26	$	9,151	$	—	$	9,151
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees		1,167		180		68		225		1,640		444		91		36		2,211		80		2,291
Net investment income		1,961		453		1,435		277		4,126		732		128		146		5,132		945		6,077
Other revenues		243		108		73		4		428		13		27		13		481		(1)		480
Net investment gains (losses)		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		314		314
Net derivative gains (losses)		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		(630)		(630)
Total revenues		4,918		4,615		2,040		1,181		12,754		3,187		813		221		16,975		708		17,683
Expenses
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends		2,153		3,640		1,098		554		7,445		1,415		237		9		9,106		602		9,708
Interest credited to policyholder account balances		579		39		343		104		1,065		442		35		12		1,554		1,036		2,590
Capitalization of DAC		(374)		(33)		(17)		(105)		(529)		(546)		(177)		(4)		(1,256)		—		(1,256)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA		331		34		11		74		450		401		165		—		1,016		(192)		824
Amortization of negative VOBA		—		—		—		(1)		(1)		(113)		(17)		—		(131)		(15)		(146)
Interest expense on debt		—		—		2		(1)		1		—		1		286		288		33		321
Other expenses		1,278		588		143		372		2,381		1,094		448		164		4,087		308		4,395
Total expenses		3,967		4,268		1,580		997		10,812		2,693		692		467		14,664		1,772		16,436
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)		325		117		161		41		644		161		34		(193)		646		(394)		252
Operating earnings	$	626	$	230	$	299	$	143	$	1,298	$	333	$	87	$	(53)		1,665
Adjustments to:
Total revenues																		708
Total expenses																		(1,772)
Provision for income tax (expense) benefit																		394
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax																	$	995			$	995

	Operating Earnings
	Americas
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012	Retail		Group, Voluntary   & Worksite   Benefits		Corporate   Benefit Funding		Latin     America		Total		Asia		EMEA		Corporate     & Other		Total		Adjustments		Total   Consolidated
	(In millions)
Revenues
Premiums	$	1,624	$	3,585	$	507	$	686	$	6,402	$	2,039	$	652	$	14	$	9,107	$	22	$	9,129
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees		1,114		166		51		196		1,527		362		80		40		2,009		69		2,078
Net investment income		1,911		436		1,401		299		4,047		681		157		192		5,077		1,123		6,200
Other revenues		209		108		64		5		386		16		36		14		452		145		597
Net investment gains (losses)		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		(110)		(110)
Net derivative gains (losses)		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		(1,978)		(1,978)
Total revenues		4,858		4,295		2,023		1,186		12,362		3,098		925		260		16,645		(729)		15,916
Expenses
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends		2,228		3,313		1,092		592		7,225		1,360		343		11		8,939		508		9,447
Interest credited to policyholder account balances		596		42		339		100		1,077		429		33		—		1,539		1,018		2,557
Capitalization of DAC		(476)		(31)		(7)		(84)		(598)		(587)		(177)		—		(1,362)		(2)		(1,364)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA		404		30		10		55		499		373		146		—		1,018		(304)		714
Amortization of negative VOBA		—		—		—		(2)		(2)		(131)		(4)		—		(137)		(18)		(155)
Interest expense on debt		—		—		2		1		3		1		—		311		315		43		358
Other expenses		1,397		575		128		326		2,426		1,191		471		155		4,243		525		4,768
Total expenses		4,149		3,929		1,564		988		10,630		2,636		812		477		14,555		1,770		16,325
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)		240		123		161		50		574		161		41		(180)		596		(871)		(275)
Operating earnings	$	469	$	243	$	298	$	148	$	1,158	$	301	$	72	$	(37)		1,494
Adjustments to:
Total revenues																		(729)
Total expenses																		(1,770)
Provision for income tax (expense) benefit																		871
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax																	$	(134)			$	(134)

	March 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
	(In millions)
Retail	$	342,524	$	332,387
Group, Voluntary & Worksite Benefits		45,158		44,138
Corporate Benefit Funding		227,839		217,352
Latin America		25,640		23,272
Asia		124,510		131,138
EMEA		23,080		23,474
Corporate & Other		52,934		65,020
Total	$	841,685	$	836,781