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Number Of Subsidiaries

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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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Amount of fees and commissions from financial services and banking activities and correspondent clearing. Includes fees from depositor accounts, credit cards, merchant discounts, and fiduciary and trust activities, guarantee fees, investment advisory, management, and administrative fees, transfer agent fees, and insurance commissions.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 225
-Section S99
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Disclosure of the difference in values (gain (loss)) between the nonmonetary assets or liabilities exchanged with another entity inclusive of boot (small monetary consideration).

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-Publisher FASB
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-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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Cash outflow in the form of capital distributions and dividends to common shareholders, preferred shareholders and noncontrolling interests.

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Sum of the amount of guaranteed minimum benefits the ceding insurer expects to recover on insurance policies ceded to other insurance entities as of the balance sheet date for all guaranteed benefit types.

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Business and Basis of Presentation (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) subsidiary	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 01, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of Subsidiaries \| subsidiary		2
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance recoverables		$ 32,555,500	$ 28,674,226
Ceding commissions		$ 142,781	$ (113,501)	$ 8,770
Variable Annuity
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance recoverables						$ 28,736,000	$ 24,781,000
Variable Annuity \| Impacts of Recapture
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance recoverables						(6,312,000)
Variable Annuity \| Impacts of Recapture \| Pruco Re
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Asset transfer						4,200,000
Reinsurance recoverables						6,300,000
Gain (loss) recognized on transfer	$ (2,100,000)
Variable Annuity \| Impacts of Recapture \| PALAC
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Asset transfer					$ (7,000,000)
Ceding commissions	3,600,000
Variable Annuity \| Impacts of Recapture \| Prudential Insurance
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Asset transfer					$ (700,000)
Ceding commissions	400,000
Dividend paid	2,600,000
Variable Annuity \| Impacts of Recapture \| PALAC and Prudential Insurance
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance recoverables						$ 10,300,000
Gain (loss) recognized on transfer	(200,000)
Variable Annuity \| Reassignment of debt \| Impacts of Recapture \| PALAC
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Ceding commissions	1,100,000
Variable Annuity \| Reassignment of debt \| Impacts of Recapture \| Prudential Insurance
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Ceding commissions	100,000
Living benefit guarantees \| Impacts of Recapture
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Gain (loss) recognized on transfer	$ 2,800,000