FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Details - Changes in Level 3 Recurring Fair Value Measurements) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	$ 44,263	$ 46,547
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	2,405	2,462
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(1,855)	907
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(2,345)	1,165
Gross Transfers in, assets	2,422	4,797
Gross Transfers out, assets	(2,548)	(11,615)
Balance End of Period	42,342	44,263
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, assets	(129)	298
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(2,794)	(2,121)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	(37)	(659)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss)		(1)
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	(197)	(32)
Gross Transfers in, liabilities		(21)
Gross Transfers out, liabilities		40
Balance at the End of the Period	(3,028)	(2,794)
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, liabilities	249	152
Policyholder contract deposits
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(1,509)	(312)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	(315)	(1,127)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss)	0	(54)
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	(465)	(16)
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0
Balance at the End of the Period	(2,289)	(1,509)
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, liabilities	64	(218)
Derivative liabilities, net
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(1,072)	(1,439)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	268	374
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss)		53
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	248	(53)
Gross Transfers in, liabilities		49
Gross Transfers out, liabilities		(56)
Balance at the End of the Period	(556)	(1,072)
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, liabilities	168	355
Interest rate contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(74)	(100)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	(10)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss)	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	24	39
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	(3)
Balance at the End of the Period	(50)	(74)
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, liabilities	(1)	(10)
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
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	1	2
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss)	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	0	(10)
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0
Balance at the End of the Period	(7)	(8)
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, liabilities	1	3
Equity contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	47	49
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	2	21
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss)	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	5	(18)
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	48
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	(53)
Balance at the End of the Period	54	47
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, liabilities	(3)	13
Commodity contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	0	1
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	(1)
Accumulated 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
Balance at the End of the Period	0	0
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, liabilities	0	(1)
Credit contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(978)	(1,280)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	186	263
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss)	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	287	39
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	0
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0
Balance at the End of the Period	(505)	(978)
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, liabilities	95	268
Other contracts
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(59)	(109)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	79	99
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss)	0	53
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	(68)	(103)
Gross Transfers in, liabilities	0	1
Gross Transfers out, liabilities	0	0
Balance at the End of the Period	(48)	(59)
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, liabilities	76	82
Long-term debt
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance at the Beginning of the Period	(213)	(370)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	10	94
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss)		0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements-Net	20	37
Gross Transfers in, liabilities		(70)
Gross Transfers out, liabilities		96
Balance at the End of the Period	(183)	(213)
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, liabilities	17	15
Bonds available for sale
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	29,683	30,001
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	1,294	1,180
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(1,066)	509
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(436)	3,092
Gross Transfers in, assets	1,522	4,181
Gross Transfers out, assets	(2,180)	(9,280)
Balance End of Period	28,817	29,683
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, assets		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	2,159	1,080
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	1	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(85)	233
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	154	914
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	119
Gross Transfers out, assets	(105)	(187)
Balance End of Period	2,124	2,159
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, assets		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	30	16
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	1
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(7)	(1)
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	10	9
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	8
Gross Transfers out, assets	(1)	(3)
Balance End of Period	32	30
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, assets		0
Bonds available for sale | Corporate debt
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	1,883	1,255
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	15	12
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(109)	19
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(210)	(257)
Gross Transfers in, assets	1,515	1,363
Gross Transfers out, assets	(1,724)	(509)
Balance End of Period	1,370	1,883
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, assets		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	16,805	14,941
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	1,052	1,012
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(512)	53
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(808)	796
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	120
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	(117)
Balance End of Period	16,537	16,805
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, assets		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	2,696	5,735
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	77	69
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(95)	243
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	118	85
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	83
Gross Transfers out, assets	(211)	(3,519)
Balance End of Period	2,585	2,696
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, assets		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	6,110	6,974
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	149	86
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(258)	(38)
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	300	1,545
Gross Transfers in, assets	7	2,488
Gross Transfers out, assets	(139)	(4,945)
Balance End of Period	6,169	6,110
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, assets		0
Other bond securities
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	8,923	10,615
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	675	1,132
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(1,374)	(1,849)
Gross Transfers in, assets	761	446
Gross Transfers out, assets	(139)	(1,421)
Balance End of Period	8,846	8,923
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, assets	(127)	298
Other bond securities | Corporate debt
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	1	0
Gross Transfers in, assets	16	0
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	0
Balance End of Period	17	0
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, assets	0	0
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	1,105	937
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	32	40
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	460	97
Gross Transfers in, assets	43	51
Gross Transfers out, assets	(59)	(20)
Balance End of Period	1,581	1,105
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, assets	(27)	(13)
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	369	844
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	(3)	(6)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(177)	(141)
Gross Transfers in, assets	4	124
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	(452)
Balance End of Period	193	369
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, assets	(13)	(7)
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	7,449	8,834
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	646	1,098
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(1,658)	(1,805)
Gross Transfers in, assets	698	271
Gross Transfers out, assets	(80)	(949)
Balance End of Period	7,055	7,449
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, assets	(87)	318
Equity securities available for sale
Fair value assets and liabilities measured on recurring basis, unobservable input reconciliation calculation
Balance Beginning of Period	1	1
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	2	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(3)	(1)
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	3
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	(2)
Balance End of Period	0	1
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, assets	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	1
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	2	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(3)	(1)
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	2
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	(1)
Balance End of Period	0	1
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, assets	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
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
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, assets	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	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	1
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	(1)
Balance End of Period	0	0
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	0
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	0	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	5	6
Gross Transfers in, assets	0	0
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	0
Balance End of Period	11	6
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	5,650	5,930
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) Included in Income	435	150
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(789)	398
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(530)	(83)
Gross Transfers in, assets	117	167
Gross Transfers out, assets	(229)	(912)
Balance End of Period	4,654	5,650
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, assets	0
Other equity securities
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	(1)	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	0	0
Purchases, Sales, Issues and Settlements, Net	(7)	0
Gross Transfers in, assets	22	0
Gross Transfers out, assets	0	0
Balance End of Period	14	$ 0
Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Instruments Held at End of Period, assets	$ (2)