FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Details - Changes in Level 3 Recurring Fair Value Measurements) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	$ 46,547	$ 39,353
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	740	626
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	436	690
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	978	(12)
Gross Transfers in, assets	799	1,432
Gross Transfers out, assets	(1,184)	(729)
Balance End of Period	48,316	41,360
Trading Revenue
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, assets	196	40
Liabilities
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(2,121)	(2,974)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	(390)	347
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(9)	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	51	86
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	(23)	(4)
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	21	0
Balance at the End of the Period	(2,471)	(2,545)
Liabilities | Trading Revenue
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, liabilities	24	237
Policyholder contract deposits
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(312)	(1,257)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	(474)	205
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(8)	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	29	5
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0
Balance at the End of the Period	(765)	(1,047)
Policyholder contract deposits | Trading Revenue
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, liabilities	(82)	28
Derivative liabilities, net
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(1,439)	(1,373)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	87	222
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(1)	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	3	62
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	47	(2)
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0
Balance at the End of the Period	(1,303)	(1,091)
Derivative liabilities, net | Trading Revenue
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, liabilities	99	217
Interest rate contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(100)	732
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	(6)	11
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	8	13
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0
Balance at the End of the Period	(98)	756
Interest rate contracts | Trading Revenue
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, liabilities	(1)	3
Foreign exchange contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	0	0
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0
Equity contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	49	47
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	(3)	28
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	(5)	(7)
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	47	(2)
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0
Balance at the End of the Period	88	66
Equity contracts | Trading Revenue
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, liabilities	(6)	12
Commodity contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	1	1
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	1
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	0	(1)
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0
Balance at the End of the Period	1	1
Commodity contracts | Trading Revenue
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, liabilities	0	0
Credit contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(1,280)	(1,991)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	80	175
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	15	41
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0
Balance at the End of the Period	(1,185)	(1,775)
Credit contracts | Trading Revenue
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, liabilities	94	214
Other contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(109)	(162)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	16	7
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(1)	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	(15)	16
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0
Balance at the End of the Period	(109)	(139)
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, liabilities	12	(12)
Other contracts | Trading Revenue
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, liabilities	12	(12)
Long-term debt
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(370)	(344)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	(3)	(80)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	19	19
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	(70)	(2)
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	21	0
Balance at the End of the Period	(403)	(407)
Long-term debt | Trading Revenue
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, liabilities	7	(8)
Bonds available for sale
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	30,001	24,152
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	281	238
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	382	699
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	1,367	462
Gross Transfers in, assets	714	422
Gross Transfers out, assets	(756)	(499)
Balance End of Period	31,989	25,474
Bonds available for sale | Obligations of states, municipalities and political subdivisions
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	1,080	1,024
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	1
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	117	(5)
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	846	136
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	0
Gross Transfers out, assets	(1)	(137)
Balance End of Period	2,042	1,019
Bonds available for sale | Non-U.S. government
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	16	14
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	1
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(1)	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	2	2
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	1
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	0
Balance End of Period	17	18
Bonds available for sale | Corporate debt
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	1,255	1,487
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	(3)	(4)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	20	6
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	4	22
Gross Transfers in, assets	648	77
Gross Transfers out, assets	(109)	(139)
Balance End of Period	1,815	1,449
Bonds available for sale | Residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS)
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	14,941	11,662
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	244	205
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	133	481
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	557	(262)
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	10
Gross Transfers out, assets	(111)	0
Balance End of Period	15,764	12,096
Bonds available for sale | Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS)
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	5,735	5,124
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	6	11
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	111	141
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(50)	(75)
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	154
Gross Transfers out, assets	(61)	(40)
Balance End of Period	5,741	5,315
Bonds available for sale | Collateralized Debt Obligations/Asset Backed Securities (CDO/ABS)
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	6,974	4,841
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	34	24
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	2	76
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	8	639
Gross Transfers in, assets	66	180
Gross Transfers out, assets	(474)	(183)
Balance End of Period	6,610	5,577
Other Bond securities
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	10,615	9,744
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	380	318
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(438)	(461)
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	883
Gross Transfers out, assets	(220)	(136)
Balance End of Period	10,337	10,348
Other Bond securities | Trading Revenue
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, assets	196	40
Other Bond securities | Residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS)
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	937	396
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	104	74
Other Bond securities | Residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) | Trading Revenue
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, assets	16	(17)
Other Bond securities | Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS)
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	844	812
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(91)	(99)
Other Bond securities | Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) | Trading Revenue
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, assets	14	(25)
Other Bond securities | Collateralized Debt Obligations/Asset Backed Securities (CDO/ABS)
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	8,834	8,536
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(451)	(436)
Other Bond securities | Collateralized Debt Obligations/Asset Backed Securities (CDO/ABS) | Trading Revenue
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, assets	166	82
Equity securities available for sale
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	1	68
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	9
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	4
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	0	(10)
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	0
Gross Transfers out, assets	(1)	0
Balance End of Period	0	71
Equity securities available for sale | Common Stock
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	1	24
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	9
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	(1)
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	0	(10)
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	0
Gross Transfers out, assets	(1)	0
Balance End of Period	0	22
Equity securities available for sale | Preferred Stock
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	0	44
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	5
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	0	0
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	0
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	0
Balance End of Period	0	49
Equity securities available for sale | Mutual Funds
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	0	0
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	0	0
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	0
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	0
Balance End of Period	0	0
Other invested assets
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	5,930	5,389
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	79	61
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	54	(13)
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	49	(3)
Gross Transfers in, assets	85	127
Gross Transfers out, assets	(207)	(94)
Balance End of Period	$ 5,990	$ 5,467