Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities, Transfers between Levels 1 and 2

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Amount of transfer of financial instrument classified as an asset into level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19207-110258

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Amount of transfer of financial instrument classified as an asset into (out of) level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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Amount of transfers of financial instrument classified as an asset out of level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Components Of The Transfers In And Out Of Level 3) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Transfers, Net [Abstract]
Transfers In to Level 3	$ 150	$ 7	$ 484	$ 218
Transfers Out of Level 3	(129)	(67)	(833)	(166)
Transfers In or Out of Level 3, Net	21	(60)	(349)	52
Transfers between Levels 1 and 2			172
Corporate bonds [Member] \| Fixed maturity AFS securities [Member]
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Transfers, Net [Abstract]
Transfers In to Level 3	147		476	159
Transfers Out of Level 3	(81)	(66)	(188)	(143)
Transfers In or Out of Level 3, Net	66	(66)	288	16
ABS [Member] \| Fixed maturity AFS securities [Member]
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Transfers, Net [Abstract]
Transfers In to Level 3			4
Transfers Out of Level 3	(27)		(27)
Transfers In or Out of Level 3, Net	(27)		(23)
Foreign government bonds [Member] \| Fixed maturity AFS securities [Member]
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Transfers, Net [Abstract]
Transfers In to Level 3		4		4
Transfers In or Out of Level 3, Net		4		4
RMBS [Member] \| Fixed maturity AFS securities [Member]
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Transfers, Net [Abstract]
Transfers In to Level 3	3		3
Transfers Out of Level 3	(16)		(16)
Transfers In or Out of Level 3, Net	(13)		(13)
CLOs [Member] \| Fixed maturity AFS securities [Member]
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Transfers, Net [Abstract]
Transfers In to Level 3				4
Transfers Out of Level 3	(5)		(591)	(16)
Transfers In or Out of Level 3, Net	$ (5)		(591)	(12)
Hybrid and redeemable preferred securities [Member] \| Fixed maturity AFS securities [Member]
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Transfers, Net [Abstract]
Transfers In to Level 3				48
Transfers Out of Level 3				(5)
Transfers In or Out of Level 3, Net				43
Equity AFS securities [Member]
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Transfers, Net [Abstract]
Transfers Out of Level 3				(1)
Transfers In or Out of Level 3, Net				(1)
Trading securities [Member]
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Transfers, Net [Abstract]
Transfers In to Level 3		3	1	3
Transfers Out of Level 3		(1)	(11)	(1)
Transfers In or Out of Level 3, Net		$ 2	$ (10)	$ 2