Guarantees and Contingent Liabilities (Details) - Guaranty funds - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Guarantees and Contingent Liabilities
Liability for insurance assessments	$ 1	$ 10
Insurance assessments, premium tax offsets	$ 9	$ 15

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The amount of insurance-related assessment liability that is expected to be recovered through a premium tax offset based on current laws applied to in-force policies.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 405
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
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The liability as of the balance sheet date representing required funding mandated by statute or regulatory authority that is related directly or indirectly to underwriting activities, including pools for self-insurance and excluding premium taxes and income taxes. The funds derived from the assessments generally enable a government guarantor to pay insurance claims in the event that the underwriting insurer is insolvent or otherwise unable to meet its payment obligations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 405
-SubTopic 30
-Section 15
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