Investments (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Fixed maturities
Available-for-sale securities disclosures
Amortized cost	$ 47,103.3	$ 47,715.3
Gross unrealized gains	2,695.3	4,095.1
Gross unrealized losses	883.7	871.1
Fair value	48,914.9	50,939.3
Other-than-temporary impairments in AOCI	310.8	302.0
Net unrealized gains (losses) on impaired fixed maturities, available-for-sale related to changes in fair value subsequent to the impairment date	145.4	95.0
U.S. government and agencies
Available-for-sale securities disclosures
Amortized cost	741.1	911.4
Gross unrealized gains	15.9	33.2
Gross unrealized losses	36.4	0.3
Fair value	720.6	944.3
Non-U.S. governments
Available-for-sale securities disclosures
Amortized cost	843.1	944.9
Gross unrealized gains	175.3	264.3
Gross unrealized losses	3.8	0.9
Fair value	1,014.6	1,208.3
States and political subdivisions
Available-for-sale securities disclosures
Amortized cost	3,557.7	2,940.4
Gross unrealized gains	129.5	241.1
Gross unrealized losses	70.6	2.7
Fair value	3,616.6	3,178.8
Corporate debt securities
Available-for-sale securities disclosures
Amortized cost	30,805.8	31,615.4
Gross unrealized gains	2,021.7	3,029.9
Gross unrealized losses	383.8	319.9
Fair value	32,443.7	34,325.4
Other-than-temporary impairments in AOCI	17.0	19.5
Residential mortgage-backed pass-through securities
Available-for-sale securities disclosures
Amortized cost	2,680.0	3,022.7
Gross unrealized gains	106.4	204.4
Gross unrealized losses	27.9	0.4
Fair value	2,758.5	3,226.7
Commercial mortgage-backed securities
Available-for-sale securities disclosures
Amortized cost	4,076.8	4,094.8
Gross unrealized gains	188.0	241.7
Gross unrealized losses	281.3	439.1
Fair value	3,983.5	3,897.4
Other-than-temporary impairments in AOCI	214.6	195.4
Collateralized debt obligations
Available-for-sale securities disclosures
Amortized cost	358.5	428.8
Gross unrealized gains	7.3	7.0
Gross unrealized losses	33.5	56.6
Fair value	332.3	379.2
Other-than-temporary impairments in AOCI	0.6	4.3
Other debt obligations
Available-for-sale securities disclosures
Amortized cost	4,040.3	3,756.9
Gross unrealized gains	51.2	73.5
Gross unrealized losses	46.4	51.2
Fair value	4,045.1	3,779.2
Other-than-temporary impairments in AOCI	78.6	82.8
Equity securities
Available-for-sale securities disclosures
Amortized cost	116.8	132.4
Gross unrealized gains	10.1	12.6
Gross unrealized losses	12.9	8.5
Fair value	$ 114.0	$ 136.5

This item represents the cost of debt and equity securities, which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading, net of adjustments including accretion, amortization, collection of cash, previous other-than-temporary impairments recognized in earnings (less any cumulative-effect adjustments recognized, as defined), and fair value hedge accounting adjustments, if any.

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