FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Details - Changes in Level 3 Recurring Fair Value Measurements) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	$ 45,159	$ 48,316	$ 44,263	$ 46,547
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	815	681	1,690	1,421
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(548)	359	(1,030)	795
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(1,509)	209	(1,343)	1,187
Gross Transfers in, assets	518	1,011	1,217	1,810
Gross Transfers out, assets	(154)	(642)	(516)	(1,826)
Balance End of Period	44,281	49,934	44,281	49,934
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	125	143	59	335
Policyholder contract deposits
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(1,835)	(765)	(1,509)	(312)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	736	(58)	461	(532)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	(16)	0	(24)
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	(133)	(3)	(184)	26
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Balance at the End of the Period	(1,232)	(842)	(1,232)	(842)
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	110	(37)	40	(120)
Interest rate contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(69)	(98)	(74)	(100)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	4	8	0	2
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	3	23	12	32
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0	0	(1)
Balance at the End of the Period	(62)	(67)	(62)	(67)
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	8	(1)	4
Foreign exchange contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(8)	0	(8)	0
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	2	3	3	3
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	(1)	(12)	(2)	(12)
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Balance at the End of the Period	(7)	(9)	(7)	(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	1	3	3	4
Equity contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	66	88	47	49
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	(2)	11	6	8
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	(1)	(8)	10	(14)
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0	0	48
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Balance at the End of the Period	63	91	63	91
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	(3)	11	2	5
Commodity contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	0	1	0	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	0
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0	0	0
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	0
Credit contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(791)	(1,185)	(978)	(1,280)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	13	75	160	154
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	227	25	267	41
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Balance at the End of the Period	(551)	(1,085)	(551)	(1,085)
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	22	69	50	164
Other contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(59)	(109)	(59)	(109)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	59	18	73	35
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(2)	48	0	47
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	(14)	(10)	(30)	(26)
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0	0	0
Balance at the End of the Period	(16)	(53)	(16)	(53)
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	33	16	48	27
Derivative liabilities, net
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(861)	(1,303)	(1,072)	(1,439)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	76	115	242	202
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(2)	48	0	47
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	214	18	257	21
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0	0	48
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0	0	(1)
Balance at the End of the Period	(573)	(1,122)	(573)	(1,122)
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	56	107	102	204
Long-term debt
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(186)	(403)	(213)	(370)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	(13)	(5)	2	(8)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	6	14	18	33
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0	0	(70)
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0		0	21
Balance at the End of the Period	(193)	(394)	(193)	(394)
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	(6)	(4)	13	5
Liabilities
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(2,882)	(2,471)	(2,794)	(2,121)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	799	52	705	(338)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(2)	32	0	23
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	87	29	91	80
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0	0	(22)
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0	0	20
Balance at the End of the Period	(1,998)	(2,358)	(1,998)	(2,358)
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	160	66	155	89
Bonds available for sale
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	30,609	31,989	29,683	30,001
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	414	295	730	576
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(510)	364	(481)	746
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(688)	726	106	2,093
Gross Transfers in, assets	412	1,002	456	1,716
Gross Transfers out, assets	(61)	(488)	(318)	(1,244)
Balance End of Period	30,176	33,888	30,176	33,888
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	2,256	2,042	2,159	1,080
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	0	1	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(124)	74	(79)	191
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	93	7	158	853
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	0	0	0
Gross Transfers out, assets	(45)	(132)	(59)	(133)
Balance End of Period	2,180	1,991	2,180	1,991
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	34	17	30	16
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	0	0	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(1)	0	(1)	(1)
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	0	4	4	6
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	4	0	4
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	0	0	0
Balance End of Period	33	25	33	25
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	1,827	1,815	1,883	1,255
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	14	9	14	6
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(50)	33	(33)	53
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(85)	(71)	(146)	(67)
Gross Transfers in, assets	412	707	456	1,355
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	(297)	(56)	(406)
Balance End of Period	2,118	2,196	2,118	2,196
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	17,345	15,764	16,805	14,941
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	281	251	539	495
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(99)	127	(171)	260
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(430)	67	(76)	624
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	119	0	119
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	0	0	(111)
Balance End of Period	17,097	16,328	17,097	16,328
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	2,694	5,741	2,696	5,735
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	22	17	46	23
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(40)	129	(30)	240
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	17	(7)	47	(57)
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	69	0	69
Gross Transfers out, assets	(16)	(32)	(82)	(93)
Balance End of Period	2,677	5,917	2,677	5,917
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	6,453	6,610	6,110	6,974
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	97	18	130	52
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(196)	1	(167)	3
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(283)	726	119	734
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	103	0	169
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	(27)	(121)	(501)
Balance End of Period	6,071	7,431	6,071	7,431
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	9,423	10,337	8,923	10,615
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	318	378	431	758
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(726)	(508)	(860)	(946)
Gross Transfers in, assets	15	9	641	9
Gross Transfers out, assets	(28)	0	(133)	(220)
Balance End of Period	9,002	10,216	9,002	10,216
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	125	143	59	335
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	1,288	1,069	1,105	937
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	45	23	26	51
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	16	(32)	220	72
Gross Transfers in, assets	15	2	44	2
Gross Transfers out, assets	(27)	0	(58)	0
Balance End of Period	1,337	1,062	1,337	1,062
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	31	2	1	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	269	770	369	844
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	8	21	8	38
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(54)	(40)	(154)	(131)
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	6	0	6
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	0	0	0
Balance End of Period	223	757	223	757
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	1	19	8	32
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	7,850	8,498	7,449	8,834
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	265	334	397	669
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(688)	(436)	(926)	(887)
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	1	581	1
Gross Transfers out, assets	(1)	0	(75)	(220)
Balance End of Period	7,426	8,397	7,426	8,397
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	93	122	51	286
Equity securities available for sale
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	1	0	1	1
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	2	0	2	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(3)	0	(3)	0
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	0	0	0
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	0	0	1
Balance End of Period	0	0	0	0
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	1	0	1	1
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	2	0	2	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(3)	0	(3)	0
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	0	0	0
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	0	0	1
Balance End of Period	0	0	0	0
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	0	0	0
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	0
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	0	0	0
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	0	0	0
Balance End of Period	0	0	0	0
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
Balance Beginning of Period	0
Gross Transfers in, assets	0
Balance End of Period	0		0
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	5,098	5,990	5,650	5,930
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	81	8	527	87
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(38)	(5)	(549)	49
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(92)	(15)	(586)	34
Gross Transfers in, assets	91	0	98	85
Gross Transfers out, assets	(65)	(154)	(65)	(361)
Balance End of Period	5,075	5,824	5,075	5,824
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		6
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	0	6	0	6
Balance End of Period	6	$ 6	6	$ 6
Equity securities trading
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	22		0
Gross Transfers in, assets			22
Balance End of Period	$ 22		$ 22