Fair Value - Quantitative Information about Significant Unobservable Inputs Utilized by Company in Fair Value Measurements of Level 3 Assets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] \| Discounted Cash Flow [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Estimated Fair Value	$ 106	$ 138
Valuation Techniques	Discounted cash flow
Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Credit spread adjustment	2.00%	3.00%
Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Credit spread adjustment	40.00%	184.00%
Fixed Maturity Securities [Member] \| Weighted Average [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Credit spread adjustment	4.00%	6.00%
Life Settlement Contracts [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Discount rate risk premium		9.00%
Life Settlement Contracts [Member] \| Discounted Cash Flow [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Estimated Fair Value		$ 74
Life Settlement Contracts [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Mortality assumption		55.00%
Life Settlement Contracts [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Mortality assumption		1676.00%
Life Settlement Contracts [Member] \| Weighted Average [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Mortality assumption		164.00%

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Fair value unobservable inputs mortality assumption

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Fair value portion of probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.

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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 (a)
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Risk that one party to the contract will default expressed as a percentage, used as an input to measure fair value.

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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 (bbb)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19207-110258

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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