FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Details - Changes in Level 3 Recurring Fair Value Measurements) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	$ 48,316	$ 41,360	$ 46,547	$ 39,353
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	681	954	1,421	1,580
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	359	(478)	795	214
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	209	1,804	1,187	1,791
Gross Transfers in, assets	1,011	914	1,810	2,345
Gross Transfers out, assets	(642)	(327)	(1,826)	(1,056)
Balance End of Period	49,934	44,227	49,934	44,227
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	143	308	335	135
Liabilities
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(2,471)	(2,545)	(2,121)	(2,974)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	52	557	(338)	904
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	32	8	23	8
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	29	124	80	210
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	2	(22)	(3)
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0	20	1
Balance at the End of the Period	(2,358)	(1,854)	(2,358)	(1,854)
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	66	629	89	1,098
Policyholder contract deposits
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(765)	(1,047)	(312)	(1,257)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	(58)	410	(532)	615
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(16)	0	(24)	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	(3)	51	26	56
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Balance at the End of the Period	(842)	(586)	(842)	(586)
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	(37)	440	(120)	664
Derivative liabilities, net
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(1,303)	(1,091)	(1,439)	(1,373)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	115	162	202	384
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	48	8	47	8
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	18	70	21	132
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	2	48	(1)
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0	(1)	1
Balance at the End of the Period	(1,122)	(849)	(1,122)	(849)
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	107	202	204	456
Interest rate contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(98)	756	(100)	732
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	8	3	2	14
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	23	20	32	33
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0	(1)	0
Balance at the End of the Period	(67)	779	(67)	779
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	8	7	4	9
Foreign exchange contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	0		0
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	3		3
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0		0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	(12)		(12)
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0		0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0		0
Balance at the End of the Period	(9)		(9)
Foreign exchange 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	3		4
Equity contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	88	66	49	47
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	11	8	8	36
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	(8)	(6)	(14)	(14)
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	2	48	1
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Balance at the End of the Period	91	70	91	70
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	11	5	5	27
Commodity contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	1	1	1	1
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	0	0	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	0	0	0	(1)
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0	0	1
Balance at the End of the Period	1	1	1	1
Commodity contracts | Trading Revenue
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net		0
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, liabilities	0	0	0	1
Credit contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(1,185)	(1,775)	(1,280)	(1,991)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	75	138	154	313
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	25	43	41	84
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Balance at the End of the Period	(1,085)	(1,594)	(1,085)	(1,594)
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	69	181	164	396
Other contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(109)	(139)	(109)	(162)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	18	13	35	21
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	48	8	47	8
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	(10)	13	(26)	30
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0	0	(2)
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Balance at the End of the Period	(53)	(105)	(53)	(105)
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	16	9	27	23
Long-term debt
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(403)	(407)	(370)	(344)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	(5)	(15)	(8)	(95)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	14	3	33	22
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0	(70)	(2)
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0		21
Balance at the End of the Period	(394)	(419)	(394)	(419)
Long-term debt | Trading Revenue
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Gross Transfers out, liabilities		0
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, liabilities	(4)	(13)	5	(22)
Bonds available for sale
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	31,989	25,474	30,001	24,152
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	295	299	576	537
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	364	(506)	746	195
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	726	2,254	2,093	2,715
Gross Transfers in, assets	1,002	470	1,716	892
Gross Transfers out, assets	(488)	(101)	(1,244)	(601)
Balance End of Period	33,888	27,890	33,888	27,890
Bonds available for sale | 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	0	0	0	0
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	2,042	1,019	1,080	1,024
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	24	0	25
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	74	(145)	191	(150)
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	7	69	853	205
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	0	0	0
Gross Transfers out, assets	(132)	(22)	(133)	(159)
Balance End of Period	1,991	945	1,991	945
Bonds available for sale | Obligations of states, municipalities and political subdivisions | 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	0	0	0	0
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	17	18	16	14
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	(1)	0	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	(1)	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	4	4	6	6
Gross Transfers in, assets	4	0	4	1
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	(1)	0	(1)
Balance End of Period	25	20	25	20
Bonds available for sale | Non-U.S. government | 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	0	0	0	0
Bonds available for sale | Corporate debt
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	1,815	1,449	1,255	1,487
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	9	0	6	(4)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	33	(20)	53	(14)
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(71)	8	(67)	30
Gross Transfers in, assets	707	256	1,355	332
Gross Transfers out, assets	(297)	(59)	(406)	(197)
Balance End of Period	2,196	1,634	2,196	1,634
Bonds available for sale | Corporate 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, assets	0	0	0	0
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	15,764	12,096	14,941	11,662
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	251	204	495	408
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	127	(144)	260	339
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	67	1,529	624	1,266
Gross Transfers in, assets	119	9	119	19
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	0	(111)	0
Balance End of Period	16,328	13,694	16,328	13,694
Bonds available for sale | 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	0	0	0	0
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	5,741	5,315	5,735	5,124
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	17	0	23	11
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	129	(121)	240	20
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(7)	263	(57)	188
Gross Transfers in, assets	69	7	69	161
Gross Transfers out, assets	(32)	(9)	(93)	(49)
Balance End of Period	5,917	5,455	5,917	5,455
Bonds available for sale | 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	0	0	0	0
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	6,610	5,577	6,974	4,841
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	18	72	52	97
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	1	(76)	3	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	726	381	734	1,020
Gross Transfers in, assets	103	198	169	379
Gross Transfers out, assets	(27)	(10)	(501)	(195)
Balance End of Period	7,431	6,142	7,431	6,142
Bonds available for sale | 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	0	0	0	0
Other Bond securities
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	10,337	10,348	10,615	9,744
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	378	556	758	874
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(508)	(549)	(946)	(1,011)
Gross Transfers in, assets	9	226	9	1,109
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	(7)	(220)	(142)
Balance End of Period	10,216	10,574	10,216	10,574
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	143	308	335	135
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	1,069	730	937	396
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	23	(12)	51	10
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(32)	64	72	138
Gross Transfers in, assets	2	0	2	238
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	0	0	0
Balance End of Period	1,062	782	1,062	782
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	2	(12)	17	(40)
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	770	776	844	812
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	21	(1)	38	11
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(40)	(41)	(131)	(140)
Gross Transfers in, assets	6	93	6	251
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	(7)	0	(114)
Balance End of Period	757	820	757	820
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	19	(16)	32	(42)
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	8,498	8,842	8,834	8,536
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	334	569	669	853
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(436)	(572)	(887)	(1,009)
Gross Transfers in, assets	1	133	1	620
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	0	(220)	(28)
Balance End of Period	8,397	8,972	8,397	8,972
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	122	336	286	217
Equity securities available for sale
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	0	71	1	68
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	(9)	0	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	5	0	9
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	0	57	0	47
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	0	0	0
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	0	(1)	0
Balance End of Period	0	124	0	124
Equity securities available for sale | 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	0	0	0	0
Equity securities available for sale | Common Stock
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	0	22	1	24
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	(9)	0	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	6	0	5
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	0	57	0	47
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	0	0	0
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	0	(1)	0
Balance End of Period	0	76	0	76
Equity securities available for sale | Common Stock | 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	0	0	0	0
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	49	0	44
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	0	0	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	(1)	0	4
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	0	0	0	0
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	0	0	0
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	0	0	0
Balance End of Period	0	48	0	48
Equity securities available for sale | Preferred Stock | 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	0	0	0	0
Other invested assets
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	5,990	5,467	5,930	5,389
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	8	108	87	169
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(5)	23	49	10
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(15)	42	34	40
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	218	85	344
Gross Transfers out, assets	(154)	(219)	(361)	(313)
Balance End of Period	5,824	5,639	5,824	5,639
Other invested assets | 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	0		0
Mortgage and other loans receivable
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	6		6
Balance End of Period	$ 6		$ 6