Stockholders' Equity and Statutory Accounting Practices (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Stockholders' Equity and Statutory Accounting Practices [Abstract]

Combined statutory capital and surplus and net income (loss)

Combined statutory capital and surplus and statutory net income (loss), determined in accordance with accounting practices prescribed or permitted by insurance and/or other regulatory authorities for the Combined Continental Casualty Companies and the life company, are presented in the table below.

	Statutory Capital and Surplus				Statutory Net Income (Loss)
	December 31				Years ended December 31
(In millions)	2015 (a)		2014		2015 (a)		2014		2013
Combined Continental Casualty Companies	$	10,723	$	11,155	$	1,148	$	914	$	913
Life company							37		48

(a) Information derived from the statutory-basis financial statements to be filed with insurance regulators.