FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Details - Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements, Liabilities) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Index Annuities \| Level 3
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Fair value	$ 859	$ 715
Index Annuities \| Discounted cash flow \| Minimum \| Level 3
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Mortality rates	101.00%	50.00%
Lapse rates	1.00%	0.75%
Index Annuities \| Discounted cash flow \| Maximum \| Level 3
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Mortality rates	103.00%	75.00%
Lapse rates	66.00%	66.00%
Index Life \| Level 3
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Fair value	$ 381	$ 332
Index Life \| Discounted cash flow \| Minimum \| Level 3
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Base lapse rates	2.00%	2.00%
Mortality rates	0.00%	0.00%
Index Life \| Discounted cash flow \| Maximum \| Level 3
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Base lapse rates	19.00%	19.00%
Mortality rates	40.00%	40.00%
Derivative Liabilities - Credit contracts \| Level 3
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Fair value		$ 0
GMWB and GMAB
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Change in equity volatilities assumption	$ 0
Change in equity/interest rate correlation assumption	0
GMWB and GMAB \| Level 3
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Fair value	$ 1,777	$ 1,234
GMWB and GMAB \| Discounted cash flow \| Minimum \| Level 3
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Equity volatility	13.00%	15.00%
Base lapse rates	0.50%	1.00%
Dynamic lapse rates	30.00%	0.20%
Mortality multiplier	42.00%	80.00%
Utilization rates	100.00%	0.00%
Equity/Interest-rate Correlation	20.00%	20.00%
GMWB and GMAB \| Discounted cash flow \| Maximum \| Level 3
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Equity volatility	50.00%	50.00%
Base lapse rates	20.00%	17.00%
Dynamic lapse rates	170.00%	25.50%
Mortality multiplier	161.00%	104.27%
Utilization rates		70.00%
Equity/Interest-rate Correlation	40.00%	40.00%

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Change in equity volatilities assumption

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Represents the constant base lapse rates, used as an input to measure fair value.

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Represents the constant dynamic lapse rates, used as an input to measure fair value.

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Represents the correlation between Equity and Interest rate, used as an input to measure fair value.

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Represents the constant lapse rates, used as an input to measure fair value.

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Represents the constant mortality rates, used as an input to measure fair value.

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Represents the constant utilization rates, used as an input to measure fair value.

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Represents the multiplier applied to mortality rates, used as an input to measure fair value.

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Measure of dispersion, in percentage terms (for instance, the standard deviation or variance), for a given stock price.

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Fair value of financial and nonfinancial obligations.

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