Concentrations of Credit Risk (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Risks and Uncertainties [Abstract]

Estimated Benefit from Mortgage Insurers [Table Text Block]

The following table displays the amount by which our estimated benefit from mortgage insurance as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 reduced our total loss reserves as of those dates.

		As of
	September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
		(Dollars in millions)
Contractual mortgage insurance benefit		$	7,117		$	9,993
Less: Collectibility adjustment(1)		459			708
Estimated benefit included in total loss reserves		$	6,658		$	9,285

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⁽¹⁾  Represents an adjustment that reduces the contractual benefit for our assessment of our mortgage insurer counterparties’ inability to fully pay the contractual mortgage insurance claims.