FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Details - Changes in Level 3 Recurring Fair Value Measurements) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	$ 49,934	$ 44,227	$ 46,547	$ 39,353
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	536	523	1,957	2,103
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(32)	2	763	216
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	607	142	1,794	1,933
Gross Transfers in, assets	140	777	1,950	3,122
Gross Transfers out, assets	(527)	(451)	(2,353)	(1,507)
Balance End of Period	50,658	45,220	50,658	45,220
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	46	259	361	394
Liabilities
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(2,358)	(1,854)	(2,121)	(2,974)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	(43)	311	(381)	1,214
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	12	(25)	35	(16)
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	(24)	(943)	56	(733)
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0	(22)	(3)
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	20	0	40	1
Balance at the End of the Period	(2,393)	(2,511)	(2,393)	(2,511)
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	74	311	151	1,350
Policyholder contract deposits
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(842)	(586)	(312)	(1,257)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	(155)	250	(687)	865
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	8	0	(16)	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	(2)	(51)	24	5
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Balance at the End of the Period	(991)	(387)	(991)	(387)
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	(21)	218	(140)	825
Derivative liabilities, net
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(1,122)	(849)	(1,439)	(1,373)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	91	86	293	469
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	4	(25)	51	(16)
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	(23)	(893)	(2)	(761)
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0	48	(1)
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	(55)	0	(56)	1
Balance at the End of the Period	(1,105)	(1,681)	(1,105)	(1,681)
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	79	112	276	566
Interest rate contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(67)	779	(100)	732
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	(3)	6	(2)	20
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	1	(912)	33	(879)
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	(2)	0	(2)	0
Balance at the End of the Period	(71)	(127)	(71)	(127)
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	(3)	3	0	33
Foreign exchange contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(9)		0
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0		3
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0		0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	2		(10)
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0		0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0		0
Balance at the End of the Period	(7)		(7)
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	0		4
Equity contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	91	70	49	47
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	6	12	14	49
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	2	(1)	(12)	(14)
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	1	48	0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	(53)	0	(53)	0
Balance at the End of the Period	46	82	46	82
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	0	10	6	40
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	(1)	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	(1)	1
Balance at the End of the Period	0	1	0	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	(1,085)	(1,594)	(1,280)	(1,991)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	75	52	229	365
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	(8)	36	33	120
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Balance at the End of the Period	(1,018)	(1,506)	(1,018)	(1,506)
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	65	91	229	486
Other contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(53)	(105)	(109)	(162)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	14	16	49	35
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	4	(25)	51	(16)
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	(20)	(16)	(46)	13
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	(1)	0	(1)
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Balance at the End of the Period	(55)	(131)	(55)	(131)
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	17	8	37	8
Long-term debt
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(394)	(419)	(370)	(344)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	21	(25)	13	(120)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	1	1	34	23
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0	(70)	(2)
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	75		96
Balance at the End of the Period	(297)	(443)	(297)	(443)
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	16	(19)	15	(41)
Bonds available for sale
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	33,888	27,890	30,001	24,152
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	310	258	886	795
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(123)	(75)	623	120
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	1,052	753	3,145	3,468
Gross Transfers in, assets	56	495	1,772	1,387
Gross Transfers out, assets	(146)	(451)	(1,390)	(1,052)
Balance End of Period	35,037	28,870	35,037	28,870
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	1,991	945	1,080	1,024
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	(1)	4	(1)	29
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(11)	(28)	180	(178)
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	43	160	896	365
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	0	0	0
Gross Transfers out, assets	(8)	(27)	(141)	(186)
Balance End of Period	2,014	1,054	2,014	1,054
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	25	20	16	14
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	0	0	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	(1)	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	1	1	7	7
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	0	4	1
Gross Transfers out, assets	(3)	0	(3)	(1)
Balance End of Period	23	21	23	21
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	2,196	1,634	1,255	1,487
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	2	(3)	8	(7)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(22)	5	31	(9)
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(73)	0	(140)	30
Gross Transfers in, assets	3	39	1,358	371
Gross Transfers out, assets	(97)	(233)	(503)	(430)
Balance End of Period	2,009	1,442	2,009	1,442
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	16,328	13,694	14,941	11,662
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	264	216	759	624
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(49)	(60)	211	279
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	375	127	999	1,393
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	167	119	186
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	(58)	(111)	(58)
Balance End of Period	16,918	14,086	16,918	14,086
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	5,917	5,455	5,735	5,124
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	27	4	50	15
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(39)	55	201	75
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	14	102	(43)	290
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	0	69	161
Gross Transfers out, assets	(3)	0	(96)	(49)
Balance End of Period	5,916	5,616	5,916	5,616
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	7,431	6,142	6,974	4,841
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	18	37	70	134
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(2)	(47)	1	(47)
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	692	363	1,426	1,383
Gross Transfers in, assets	53	289	222	668
Gross Transfers out, assets	(35)	(133)	(536)	(328)
Balance End of Period	8,157	6,651	8,157	6,651
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	10,216	10,574	10,615	9,744
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	233	290	991	1,164
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(510)	(618)	(1,456)	(1,629)
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	281	9	1,390
Gross Transfers out, assets	(134)	0	(354)	(142)
Balance End of Period	9,805	10,527	9,805	10,527
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	46	259	361	394
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	1,062	782	937	396
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	14	51	24
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(39)	(8)	33	130
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	27	2	265
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	0	0	0
Balance End of Period	1,023	815	1,023	815
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	(9)	13	9	(27)
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	757	820	844	812
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	(24)	33	14	44
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(20)	(53)	(151)	(193)
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	31	6	282
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	0	0	(114)
Balance End of Period	713	831	713	831
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	(21)	29	11	(13)
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	8,397	8,972	8,834	8,536
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	257	243	926	1,096
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(451)	(557)	(1,338)	(1,566)
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	223	1	843
Gross Transfers out, assets	(134)	0	(354)	(28)
Balance End of Period	8,069	8,881	8,069	8,881
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	76	217	341	434
Equity securities available for sale
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	0	124	1	68
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	0	0	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	1	(1)	1	8
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	0	(48)	0	(1)
Gross Transfers in, assets	1	0	1	0
Gross Transfers out, assets	(1)	0	(2)	0
Balance End of Period	1	75	1	75
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	76	1	24
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	0	0	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	1	(1)	1	4
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	0	(48)	0	(1)
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	0	0	0
Gross Transfers out, assets	(1)	0	(2)	0
Balance End of Period	0	27	0	27
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	48	0	44
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	0	0	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	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
Equity securities available for sale | Mutual Funds
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Gross Transfers in, assets	1
Balance End of Period	1		1
Equity securities available for sale | Mutual Funds | 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
Other invested assets
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	5,824	5,639	5,930	5,389
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	(7)	(25)	80	144
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	90	78	139	88
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	65	55	99	95
Gross Transfers in, assets	83	1	168	345
Gross Transfers out, assets	(246)	0	(607)	(313)
Balance End of Period	5,809	5,748	5,809	5,748
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
Balance Beginning of Period	6
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	0		6
Balance End of Period	$ 6		$ 6