Fair Value Measurement - Measured and Carried at Fair Value (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) source Security	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Percentage of CDS contracts which are fair valued using minimum premium	39.00%	26.00%
CDS contracts [Member]
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Gross spread percentage	100.00%	100.00%
Number of sources of credit spread \| source	3
Based on actual collateral specific spreads [Member]
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Gross spread percentage	7.00%	7.00%
Based on market indices [Member]
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Gross spread percentage	73.00%	77.00%
Provided by the CDS counterparty [Member]
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Gross spread percentage	20.00%	16.00%
Scenario 1 [Member] \| CDS contracts [Member]
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Bank profit as % of total	62.00%
Hedge cost as % of total	16.00%
Premium received per annum as % of total	22.00%
Original gross spread/cash bond price (as a percent)	1.85%
Bank profit (as a percent)	1.15%
Hedge cost (as a percent)	0.30%
The Company premium received per annum (as a percent)	0.40%
Scenario 1 [Member] \| CDS contracts [Member] \| AGC [Member]
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Original gross spread/cash bond price (as a percent)	3.00%
Percentage of exposure hedged	10.00%
Scenario 2 [Member] \| CDS contracts [Member]
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Bank profit as % of total	10.00%
Hedge cost as % of total	88.00%
Premium received per annum as % of total	2.00%
Original gross spread/cash bond price (as a percent)	5.00%
Bank profit (as a percent)	0.50%
Hedge cost (as a percent)	4.40%
The Company premium received per annum (as a percent)	0.10%
Scenario 2 [Member] \| CDS contracts [Member] \| AGC [Member]
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Original gross spread/cash bond price (as a percent)	17.60%
Percentage of exposure hedged	25.00%
Recurring [Member]
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Other invested assets	$ 53	$ 52
Recurring [Member] \| Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Number of fixed maturity securities valued using model processes \| Security	80
Fixed maturity securities	$ 1,108
Recurring [Member] \| Level 3 [Member] \| CDS contracts [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Discount factor (as a percent)	1.15%	1.00%
Recurring [Member] \| Level 3 [Member] \| CDS contracts [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Discount factor (as a percent)	2.62%	2.55%
Available-for-Sale Debt Securities and Short Term Investments [Member] \| Recurring [Member] \| Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Percentage of fixed maturity securities valued using model processes to the Company's fixed-income securities and short-term investments at fair value	9.90%

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Represents the number of fixed maturity securities and short-term investments which have been valued using model processes set by the entity.

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Represents the gross spread allocated to bank profit. Bank profit represents the profit that the originator realizes for putting the deal together and funding the transaction.

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Represents the original gross spread/cash bond price. Gross spread is the difference between the yield of a security paid by an issuer on an insured versus uninsured basis or in the case of a CDS transaction the difference between the yield and an index such as LIBOR.

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Represents the gross spread allocated to net spread. It represents the premiums received by the company for the credit protection provided. Such net spread varies based on the variation in the gross spread, bank profit and hedged cost.

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Represents the percentage of CDS contracts which are fair valued using minimum premium. Minimum premium is the minimum rate that the company would currently charge to assume similar risks.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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