Federal Income Taxes	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Federal Income Taxes [Abstract]
Federal Income Taxes	6. Federal Income Taxes The effective tax rate is the ratio of tax expense (benefit) over pre-tax income (loss). The effective tax rate was -53% and 6% for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The effective tax rate on pre-tax income is typically lower than the prevailing corporate federal income tax rate of 21% due to benefits from preferential tax items including the separate accounts dividends-received deduction and tax credits. The current quarter’s effective tax rate was lower than the comparable quarter in the prior year primarily as a result of the effects of preferential tax items being additive to the tax benefit at 21% on unfavorable variable annuity net derivative results, resulting in a calculated tax benefit on pre-tax income and an associated negative tax rate.

The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2144680

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