Statutory Information (Details) (USD $) In Millions	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Statutory Information
Cash and securities deposited by the property and casualty and life entities with regulatory authorities	$ 14	$ 14

Carrying amount of cash and investment securities on deposit with state regulatory authorities in connection with capital requirements.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 944

-SubTopic 320

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6485772&loc=d3e22002-158495

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Balance Type:	debit
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