Short-Duration Contracts (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Insurance [Abstract]

Short-duration Insurance Contracts, Claims Development [Table Text Block]

U.S. and Latin America											As of
(in thousands)											December 31, 2016
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustments, Net of Reinsurance (1)											Total of Incurred-but-Not-Reported Liabilities Plus Expected Development on Reported Claims
	For the Years Ended December 31,
Accident Year	2012		2013		2014		2015		2016
2012	$	322,579	$	309,119	$	297,037	$	298,262	$	299,098	$	98
2013			349,262		332,907		338,977		336,552		1,263
2014					407,953		411,373		396,383		4,284
2015							459,524		460,917		26,531
2016									500,843		220,381
							Total		$	1,993,793

Cumulative Paid Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net of Reinsurance (1)
	For the Years Ended December 31,
Accident Year	2012		2013		2014		2015		2016
2012	$	109,323	$	222,139	$	243,890	$	252,018	$	258,297
2013			114,457		248,828		277,130		285,817
2014					128,813		304,578		337,081
2015							146,196		360,658
2016									184,940
							Total		$	1,426,793
	All outstanding claims prior to 2012, net of reinsurance								239,700
	Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expense, net of reinsurance								$	806,700

(1) 2012-2015 Unaudited.

Asia Pacific											As of
(in thousands)											December 31, 2016
Incurred Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustments, Net of Reinsurance (1)											Total of Incurred-but-Not-Reported Liabilities Plus Expected Development on Reported Claims
	For the Years Ended December 31,
Accident Year	2012		2013		2014		2015		2016
2012	$	212,571	$	285,302	$	289,707	$	293,097	$	300,903	$	15,050
2013			299,373		320,189		310,631		307,961		27,764
2014					283,298		307,111		271,418		43,893
2015							284,773		262,946		82,199
2016									232,788		139,345
							Total		$	1,376,016

Cumulative Paid Claims and Allocated Claim Adjustment Expense, Net of Reinsurance (1)
	For the Years Ended December 31,
Accident Year	2012		2013		2014		2015		2016
2012	$	50,433	$	138,375	$	189,503	$	228,016	$	249,043
2013			50,928		147,500		214,070		241,245
2014					35,298		138,728		181,441
2015							50,066		121,254
2016									39,173
							Total		$	832,156
	All outstanding claims prior to 2012, net of reinsurance								171,608
	Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expense, net of reinsurance								$	715,468

(1) 2012-2015 Unaudited.

Short-duration Insurance Contracts, Reconciliation of Claims Development to Liability [Table Text Block]

The reconciliation of the net incurred and paid claims development tables to the liability for claims and claim adjustment expense in the consolidated balance sheets are as follows:

	December 31, 2016
Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expense, net of reinsurance:
U.S. and Latin America	$	806,700
Asia Pacific	715,468
Liabilities for claims and claim adjustment expense, net of reinsurance	1,522,168
Adjustments to reconcile to total policy claims and future policy benefits:
Reinsurance recoverable	20,009
Effect of discounting and unallocated claims adjustment expense	(141,433		)
Total adjustments	(121,424		)
Other short-duration contracts:
Canada	155,520
Europe, Middle East and Africa	312,947
Other	117,977
Total short-duration contracts	1,987,188
Other than short-duration contracts	21,857,411
Total future policy benefits and other policy claims and benefits	$	23,844,599

Short-duration Insurance Contracts, Schedule of Historical Claims Duration [Table Text Block]

The following is unaudited supplementary information about average historical claims duration as of December 31, 2016:

Average Annual Payout of Incurred Claims by Age, Net of Reinsurance
Years	1		2		3		4		5
U.S. and Latin America	34.3	%	42.1	%	8.0	%	2.6	%	2.1	%
Asia Pacific	16.4	%	31.4	%	18.1	%	10.8	%	7.0	%