Commitments and Guarantees, Contingent Liabilities, and Litigation and Regulatory Matters (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Guarantee Type, Other [Member]

Commitments Gurantees And Contingent Liabilities [Line Items]

Commitments and Guarantees

	September 30,		December 31,
	2014		2013
	(in millions)
Other guarantees where amount can be determined	$	346	$	404
Accrued liability for other guarantees and indemnifications	$	5	$	7

Credit Enhancements [Member]

Commitments Gurantees And Contingent Liabilities [Line Items]

Commitments and Guarantees

		September 30,		December 31,
		2014		2013
		(in millions)
Guarantees of credit enhancements of debt instruments associated with commercial
	real estate assets	$	123	$	156
Fair value of properties and associated tax credits that secure the guarantee		$	158	$	220
Accrued liability associated with guarantee		$	0	$	0

Securities Lending Transactions [Member]

Commitments Gurantees And Contingent Liabilities [Line Items]

Commitments and Guarantees

		September 30,		December 31,
		2014		2013
		(in millions)
Indemnification provided to mutual fund and separate account clients for securities
	lending	$	15,405	$	15,598
Fair value of related collateral associated with above indemnifications		$	15,859	$	15,965
Accrued liability associated with guarantee		$	0	$	0

Serviced Mortgage Loans [Member]

Commitments Gurantees And Contingent Liabilities [Line Items]

Commitments and Guarantees

		September 30,		December 31,
		2014		2013
		(in millions)
Maximum exposure under indemnification agreements for mortgage loans serviced
	by the Company	$	1,202	$	1,173
First-loss exposure portion of above		$	375	$	371
Accrued liability associated with guarantees		$	15	$	17

Asset Values [Member]

Commitments Gurantees And Contingent Liabilities [Line Items]

Commitments and Guarantees

	September 30,		December 31,
	2014		2013
	(in millions)
Guaranteed value of third parties' assets	$	76,241	$	78,110
Fair value of collateral supporting these assets	$	78,038	$	79,458
Asset associated with guarantee, carried at fair value	$	6	$	8

Commercial Mortgage Loans [Member]

Commitments Gurantees And Contingent Liabilities [Line Items]

Commitments and Guarantees

	September 30,		December 31,
	2014		2013
	(in millions)
Total outstanding mortgage loan commitments	$	3,051	$	2,365
Portion of commitment where prearrangement to sell to investor exists	$	677	$	587

Investments Excluding Commercial Mortgage Loans [Member]

Commitments Gurantees And Contingent Liabilities [Line Items]

Commitments and Guarantees

		September 30,		December 31,
		2014		2013
		(in millions)
Expected to be funded from the general account and other operations outside the
	separate accounts(1)	$	5,268	$	5,461
Expected to be funded from separate accounts		$	34	$	274

(1) Includes a remaining commitment of $213 millionand $256 million at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, related to the Company's agreement to co-invest with the Fosun Group (Fosun) in a private equity fund, managed by Fosun, for the Chinese marketplace.