Subsequent Event	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	21. Subsequent Events On March 21, 2012, The Hartford announced the completion of an evaluation of its businesses and strategy evaluation. As a result of this review, The Hartford announced that it will focus on its Property and Casualty, Group Benefits and Mutual Funds businesses, place its existing Individual Annuity business into runoff and pursue sales or other strategic alternatives for the Individual Life and Retirement Plans businesses and Woodbury Financial Services, Inc. ("Woodbury Financial Services", "WFS"), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of The Hartford. On April 26, 2012, The Hartford announced that it had entered into an agreement to sell its U.S. individual annuity new business capabilities to a third party. A purchase and sale agreement was entered into with Forethought Financial Group in mid-June 2012 and the anticipated transaction closing date is in late 2012. Effective May 1, 2012, all new U.S. annuity policies sold by the Company are reinsured to Forethought Life Insurance Company. The Company will cease the sale of such annuity policies and the reinsurance agreement will terminate as to new business in the second quarter of 2013. The reinsurance agreement has no impact on in-force policies issued on or before April 27, 2012. On July 31, 2012, The Hartford entered into a definitive agreement to sell Woodbury Financial Services to AIG Advisor Group, Inc. ("AIG Advisor Group"), a subsidiary of American International Group, Inc. The transaction closed on November 30, 2012 and the Company will recognize an immaterial loss on the sale of WFS in the fourth quarter of 2012. The WFS broker-dealer business is included in the Corporate reporting category. On September 4, 2012, The Hartford announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Retirement Plans business to Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company ("MassMutual") for a cash ceding commission of $400, subject to a downward adjustment at closing of up to $51 based upon net flows adjusted for retirement plan discontinuances. The sale, which is structured as a reinsurance transaction, is expected to close in the first quarter of 2013, subject to customary closing conditions. As part of the agreement, the Company will continue to sell retirement plans during a transition period, and MassMutual will assume all expenses and risk for these sales through a reinsurance agreement. On September 27, 2012, The Hartford announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Individual Life insurance business to Prudential Financial, Inc. ("Prudential") for cash consideration of $615 consisting primarily of a ceding commission. The sale, which is structured as a reinsurance transaction, is expected to close in the first quarter of 2013, subject to customary closing conditions. As part of the agreement, the Company will continue to sell life insurance products and riders during a transition period, and Prudential will assume all expenses and risk for these sales through a reinsurance agreement. On December 10, 2012, the Company's parent, HLA, received regulatory approval to reorganize its Mutual Funds business. This reorganization, which is expected to occur in late 2012, will result in certain subsidiaries supporting the Mutual Funds business being distributed to Hartford Life, Inc., HLA's parent, via a return of capital. As a result, the Company will no longer have a Mutual Funds reporting segment and will no longer be able to support the related goodwill associated with the business within the HLIC reporting unit. The carrying value of the entities being distributed was $116 as of December 31, 2011. The Mutual Funds segment contributed less than 10% of the Company's net income through September 30, 2012. The goodwill expected to be impaired was $159 as of December 31, 2011.

21. Subsequent Events

On March 21, 2012, The Hartford announced the completion of an evaluation of its businesses and strategy evaluation. As a result of this review, The Hartford announced that it will focus on its Property and Casualty, Group Benefits and Mutual Funds businesses, place its existing Individual Annuity business into runoff and pursue sales or other strategic alternatives for the Individual Life and Retirement Plans businesses and Woodbury Financial Services, Inc. ("Woodbury Financial Services", "WFS"), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of The Hartford.

On April 26, 2012, The Hartford announced that it had entered into an agreement to sell its U.S. individual annuity new business capabilities to a third party. A purchase and sale agreement was entered into with Forethought Financial Group in mid-June 2012 and the anticipated transaction closing date is in late 2012. Effective May 1, 2012, all new U.S. annuity policies sold by the Company are reinsured to Forethought Life Insurance Company. The Company will cease the sale of such annuity policies and the reinsurance agreement will terminate as to new business in the second quarter of 2013. The reinsurance agreement has no impact on in-force policies issued on or before April 27, 2012.

On July 31, 2012, The Hartford entered into a definitive agreement to sell Woodbury Financial Services to AIG Advisor Group, Inc. ("AIG Advisor Group"), a subsidiary of American International Group, Inc. The transaction closed on November 30, 2012 and the Company will recognize an immaterial loss on the sale of WFS in the fourth quarter of 2012. The WFS broker-dealer business is included in the Corporate reporting category.

On September 4, 2012, The Hartford announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Retirement Plans business to Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company ("MassMutual") for a cash ceding commission of $400, subject to a downward adjustment at closing of up to $51 based upon net flows adjusted for retirement plan discontinuances. The sale, which is structured as a reinsurance transaction, is expected to close in the first quarter of 2013, subject to customary closing conditions. As part of the agreement, the Company will continue to sell retirement plans during a transition period, and MassMutual will assume all expenses and risk for these sales through a reinsurance agreement.

On September 27, 2012, The Hartford announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Individual Life insurance business to Prudential Financial, Inc. ("Prudential") for cash consideration of $615 consisting primarily of a ceding commission. The sale, which is structured as a reinsurance transaction, is expected to close in the first quarter of 2013, subject to customary closing conditions. As part of the agreement, the Company will continue to sell life insurance products and riders during a transition period, and Prudential will assume all expenses and risk for these sales through a reinsurance agreement.

On December 10, 2012, the Company's parent, HLA, received regulatory approval to reorganize its Mutual Funds business. This reorganization, which is expected to occur in late 2012, will result in certain subsidiaries supporting the Mutual Funds business being distributed to Hartford Life, Inc., HLA's parent, via a return of capital. As a result, the Company will no longer have a Mutual Funds reporting segment and will no longer be able to support the related goodwill associated with the business within the HLIC reporting unit. The carrying value of the entities being distributed was $116 as of December 31, 2011. The Mutual Funds segment contributed less than 10% of the Company's net income through September 30, 2012. The goodwill expected to be impaired was $159 as of December 31, 2011.