Goodwill (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

The following table presents the changes in the net carrying amount of goodwill in each of the Company’s segments, as well as Corporate & Other, and the balances at:

	Retail			Corporate  Benefit  Funding		Corporate  & Other (1)			Total
	(In millions)
Balance at December 31, 2012
Goodwill	$	241		$	307	$	405		$	953
Accumulated impairment	(218		)	—		(176		)	(394		)
Total goodwill, net	$	23		$	307	$	229		$	559
Impairments	$	(23	)	$	—	$	(43	)	$	(66	)
Balance at September 30, 2013
Goodwill	241			307		405			953
Accumulated impairment	(241		)	—		(219		)	(460		)
Total goodwill, net	$	—		$	307	$	186		$	493

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(1) The $229 million of net goodwill in Corporate & Other at December 31, 2012, relates to goodwill acquired as a part of the 2005 Travelers acquisition. For purposes of goodwill impairment testing, $229 million of Corporate & Other goodwill was allocated to business units of the Retail and Corporate Benefit Funding segments in the amounts of $43 million and $186 million, respectively. As reflected in the table, the $43 million related to the Retail segment was impaired in the third quarter of 2013.