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Amount of borrowings as of the balance sheet date from the Federal Home Loan Bank, which are primarily used to cover shortages in the required reserve balance and liquidity shortages.

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COMMITMENT AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (Details) $ / policy in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	19 Months Ended
	Feb. 29, 2016 $ / policy	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) legal_action plaintiff	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) legal_action	Jan. 31, 2013 fund
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Unaccrued amounts of reasonably possible range of losses		$ 90
Number of individual actions challenging cost of insurance rate increases \| legal_action			7
Number of individual actions challenging cost of insurance rate increases transferred to federal court \| legal_action		4
Advances from Federal Home Loan Banks		$ 3,000	$ 3,000
Proceeds from Federal Home Loan Bank Borrowings		1,500	6,762
Repayments of Federal Home Loan Bank Borrowings		1,500	6,000
Letters of credit outstanding		18
Equity financing arrangements with Limited Partnerships		772
Equity financing arrangements with affiliates		222
Mortgage loans on real estate		712
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York Short-Term Funding Agreements Maturing in Less than One Month
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Advances from Federal Home Loan Banks		500	500
Proceeds from Federal Home Loan Bank Borrowings		1,500	6,000
Repayments of Federal Home Loan Bank Borrowings		1,500	6,000
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York Long-Term Funding Agreements Maturing in Less than Four Years
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Advances from Federal Home Loan Banks		1,417	1,244
Proceeds from Federal Home Loan Bank Borrowings		0	324
Repayments of Federal Home Loan Bank Borrowings		0	0
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York Long-Term Funding Agreements Maturing in Less than Five Years
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Advances from Federal Home Loan Banks		204	377
Proceeds from Federal Home Loan Bank Borrowings		0	303
Repayments of Federal Home Loan Bank Borrowings		0	0
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York Long-Term Funding Agreements Maturing in Greater than Five Years
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Advances from Federal Home Loan Banks		879	879
Proceeds from Federal Home Loan Bank Borrowings		0	135
Repayments of Federal Home Loan Bank Borrowings		0	0
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York Long-Term Funding Agreements
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Advances from Federal Home Loan Banks		2,500	2,500
Proceeds from Federal Home Loan Bank Borrowings		0	762
Repayments of Federal Home Loan Bank Borrowings		$ 0	$ 0
Sivolella Litigation
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Loss contingency, number of funds involved in lawsuit \| fund				12
Brach Family Foundation Litigation
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Liability for future policy benefits, issue age	70 years
Liability for future policy benefits, amount per policy \| $ / policy	1
Number of plaintiffs \| plaintiff		2