Investments Invest Assets On Deposit, Held in Trust and Pledged as Collateral (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Invested assets on deposit	$ 8,031	$ 8,259
Assets Held-in-trust	3,275	2,634
Fixed maturity securities \| Policyholder Account Balances
Invested assets on deposit	91	34
Fixed maturity securities \| Reinsurance
Assets Held-in-trust	$ 27	$ 42

The total amount of cash and securities held by third party trustees pursuant to terms of debt instruments or other agreements as of the date of each statement of financial position presented, which can be used by the trustee only to pay the noncurrent portion of specified obligations.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(b))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690

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