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Insurance (Insurance Liabilities) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Insurance Liabilities [Line Items]    
Insurance liabilities comprised of future policy benefits, policyholder account balances and other policy-related balances $ 219,144mlic_InsuranceLiabilitiesComprisedOfFuturePolicyBenefitsPolicyholderAccountBalancesAndOtherRelatedBalances $ 210,132mlic_InsuranceLiabilitiesComprisedOfFuturePolicyBenefitsPolicyholderAccountBalancesAndOtherRelatedBalances
Retail    
Insurance Liabilities [Line Items]    
Insurance liabilities comprised of future policy benefits, policyholder account balances and other policy-related balances 91,868mlic_InsuranceLiabilitiesComprisedOfFuturePolicyBenefitsPolicyholderAccountBalancesAndOtherRelatedBalances
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= mlic_RetailMember
91,575mlic_InsuranceLiabilitiesComprisedOfFuturePolicyBenefitsPolicyholderAccountBalancesAndOtherRelatedBalances
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= mlic_RetailMember
Group, Voluntary & Worksite Benefits    
Insurance Liabilities [Line Items]    
Insurance liabilities comprised of future policy benefits, policyholder account balances and other policy-related balances 28,805mlic_InsuranceLiabilitiesComprisedOfFuturePolicyBenefitsPolicyholderAccountBalancesAndOtherRelatedBalances
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= mlic_GroupVoluntaryAndWorksiteBenefitsMember
28,035mlic_InsuranceLiabilitiesComprisedOfFuturePolicyBenefitsPolicyholderAccountBalancesAndOtherRelatedBalances
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= mlic_GroupVoluntaryAndWorksiteBenefitsMember
Corporate Benefit Funding    
Insurance Liabilities [Line Items]    
Insurance liabilities comprised of future policy benefits, policyholder account balances and other policy-related balances 97,953mlic_InsuranceLiabilitiesComprisedOfFuturePolicyBenefitsPolicyholderAccountBalancesAndOtherRelatedBalances
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= mlic_CorporateBenefitFundingMember
89,941mlic_InsuranceLiabilitiesComprisedOfFuturePolicyBenefitsPolicyholderAccountBalancesAndOtherRelatedBalances
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= mlic_CorporateBenefitFundingMember
Corporate & Other    
Insurance Liabilities [Line Items]    
Insurance liabilities comprised of future policy benefits, policyholder account balances and other policy-related balances $ 518mlic_InsuranceLiabilitiesComprisedOfFuturePolicyBenefitsPolicyholderAccountBalancesAndOtherRelatedBalances
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateAndOtherMember
$ 581mlic_InsuranceLiabilitiesComprisedOfFuturePolicyBenefitsPolicyholderAccountBalancesAndOtherRelatedBalances
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateAndOtherMember