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Reinsurance Retention Policy, Uncollected Charges And Fees Risk, Percentage

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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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Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all investments.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
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Amount, after valuation allowance, recoverable under reinsurance contracts including premium paid under reinsurance contracts. Examples include, but are not limited to, settled and unsettled claims, incurred but not reported losses, loss adjustment expense, premium paid, policy benefits and policy reserves.

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Stated amount that is the upper retention limit per entity policy.

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Percentage of risk reinsured in excess of stated retention per entity policy.

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Percentage of risk reinsured on insurance products per entity policy.

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Reinsurance (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands										12 Months Ended	36 Months Ended		48 Months Ended
Reinsurance (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jul. 01, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017	Apr. 01, 2015	Jan. 01, 2014	Jul. 01, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Jan. 31, 2001	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Invested assets										$ 7,811,638	$ 8,367,590
Reinsurance recoverables										32,555,500	28,674,226
PAR U
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance recoverables										11,111,272	10,514,125
PURC
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance recoverables										3,577,962	3,153,449
PARCC
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance recoverables										2,546,673	2,589,397
GUL Re
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance recoverables										1,772,950	0
PAR Term
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance recoverables										1,559,618	1,403,738
Prudential of Taiwan
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance recoverables										1,406,686	1,246,241
Prudential Insurance
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance recoverables										1,152,241	976,652
UPARC
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance recoverables										0	467,904
Term Re
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance recoverables										$ 966,509	$ 593,084
Affiliated Entity \| PAR U
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance Retention Policy, Reinsured Risk, Percentage						95.00%	70.00%
Affiliated Entity \| PURC
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance Retention Policy, Reinsured Risk, Percentage											95.00%	70.00%
Affiliated Entity \| PARCC
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance Retention Policy, Reinsured Risk, Percentage								90.00%
Affiliated Entity \| GUL Re
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance Retention Policy, Reinsured Risk, Percentage	30.00%		95.00%
Affiliated Entity \| PAR Term
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance Retention Policy, Reinsured Risk, Percentage													95.00%
Affiliated Entity \| Prudential of Taiwan
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Term									2 years
Affiliated Entity \| Prudential Insurance
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance Retention Policy, Reinsured Risk, Percentage										100.00%
Affiliated Entity \| UPARC
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance Retention Policy, Reinsured Risk, Percentage		27.00%
Reinsurance Retention Policy, Amount Retained		$ 1,000
Reinsurance Retention Policy, Excess Retention, Percentage		30.00%
Reinsurance Retention Policy, Uncollected Charges And Fees Risk, Percentage		30.00%
Invested assets	$ 557,000
Reinsurance recoverables	760,000
Recognized Gain (Loss)	$ (203,000)
Affiliated Entity \| Term Re
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance Retention Policy, Reinsured Risk, Percentage					95.00%
Affiliated Entity \| Union Hamilton Reinsurance, Ltd. \| Quote Share Reinsurance
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance Retention Policy, Reinsured Risk, Percentage				50.00%
Reinsurance Retention Policy, Amount Retained				$ 2,900,000						$ 3,200,000