Investments (Related Party Investment Transactions) (Details) - Affiliated Entity [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Invested Assets Transferred To and From Affiliates
Estimated fair value of invested assets transferred to affiliates	$ 1,465	$ 185	$ 1,441
Amortized cost of invested assets transferred to affiliates	1,370	169	1,362
Net investment gains (losses) recognized on transfers	27	16	79
Change Additional Paid In Capital Recognized On Transfers	68	0	0
Estimated fair value of invested assets transferred from affiliates	$ 5,428	$ 928	$ 132

Estimated fair value of invested assets transferred from affiliates.

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Estimated fair value of assets transfered to affiliates.

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Reflect the change of additional paid in capital on equity type investments such as real estate and real estate joint ventures.

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Represents the amortized cost of assets received on transfer of financial assets in a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or a similar transfer which transaction is recognized as a sale of the transferred financial assets.

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Reflects, by transferred financial asset type, the amount of sales proceeds in excess of or deficient from the sum of the carrying amounts of transferred financial assets plus transaction costs, including those transactions in which the seller/transferor has continuing involvement with the financial assets that have been transferred.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
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-Section 40
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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