Other (income) expense (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Schedule of the components of Other (income) expense

	Years Ended December 31
(in millions of U.S. dollars)	2014			2013			2012
Amortization of intangible assets	$	108		$	95		$	51
Equity in net (income) loss of partially-owned entities	(231		)	(119		)	(80		)
(Gains) losses from fair value changes in separate account assets	(2		)	(16		)	(29		)
Federal excise and capital taxes	20			24			22
Acquisition-related costs	15			4			11
Other	8			27			19
Other (income) expense	$	(82	)	$	15		$	(6	)