Income Taxes (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Income Taxes
Unrecognized tax benefits	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Tax penalties or interest accrued	0	0
Deferred assets
Sale of subsidiary	196	27
Difference in tax bases of investments	44	53
Other assets	6	1
Total deferred assets	246	81
Deferred liabilities
Unrealized net capital gains	(501)	(883)
DAC	(470)	(444)
Life and annuity reserves	(273)	(193)
Other liabilities	(94)	(85)
Total deferred liabilities	(1,338)	(1,605)
Net deferred liability before classification as held for sale	(1,092)	(1,524)
Deferred taxes classified as held for sale	(151)
Net deferred liability	(941)	(1,524)
Components of income tax expense
Current	71	(82)	29
Deferred	(52)	261	196
Total income tax expense	19	179	225
Income tax refunds received	11	58
Income taxes paid			72
Current income tax payable	5
Current income tax receivable		$ 77
Effective Income Tax Rate, Continuing Operations, Tax Rate Reconciliation
Statutory federal income tax rate - (benefit) expense (as a percent)	(35.00%)	35.00%	35.00%
Tax credits (as a percent)	(181.80%)	(3.80%)	(1.40%)
Dividends received deduction (as a percent)	(46.10%)	(1.40%)	(1.20%)
Adjustments to prior year tax liabilities (as a percent)	(14.10%)	(0.30%)	(0.20%)
Sale of subsidiary (as a percent)	351.30%
State income taxes (as a percent)	15.30%		0.30%
Non-deductible expenses (as a percent)	6.80%	0.10%
Other (as a percent)	0.10%
Effective income tax rate - expense (as a percent)	96.50%	29.60%	32.50%