(5) Derivative
Instruments
Our business
activities routinely deal with fluctuations in interest rates,
equity prices, currency exchange rates and other asset and
liability prices. We use derivative instruments to mitigate or
reduce certain of these risks. We have established policies for
managing each of these risks, including prohibitions on derivatives
market-making and other speculative derivatives activities. These
policies require the use of derivative instruments in concert with
other techniques to reduce or mitigate these risks. While we use
derivatives to mitigate or reduce risks, certain derivatives do not
meet the accounting requirements to be designated as hedging
instruments and are denoted as “derivatives not designated as
hedges” in the following disclosures. For derivatives that
meet the accounting requirements to be designated as hedges, the
following disclosures for these derivatives are denoted as
“derivatives designated as hedges,” which include both
cash flow and fair value hedges.
The following
table sets forth our positions in derivative instruments as of the
dates indicated:
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Derivative
assets |
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Derivative
liabilities |
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Balance
sheet classification |
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Fair
value |
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Balance
sheet classification |
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Fair
value |
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(Amounts in
millions)
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September 30,
2012 |
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December 31,
2011 |
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September 30,
2012 |
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December 31,
2011 |
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Derivatives designated
as hedges
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Cash flow
hedges:
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Interest rate
swaps
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Other invested
assets |
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$ |
546 |
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$ |
602 |
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Other
liabilities |
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$ |
2 |
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$ |
1 |
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Inflation indexed
swaps
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Other invested
assets |
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— |
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— |
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Other
liabilities |
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98 |
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43 |
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Foreign currency
swaps
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Other invested
assets |
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1 |
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— |
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Other
liabilities |
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1 |
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— |
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Forward bond purchase
commitments
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Other invested
assets |
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68 |
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47 |
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Other
liabilities |
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— |
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— |
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Total cash flow
hedges
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615 |
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|
649 |
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101 |
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44 |
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Fair value
hedges:
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Interest rate
swaps
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Other invested
assets |
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19 |
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43 |
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Other
liabilities |
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— |
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1 |
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Foreign currency
swaps
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Other invested
assets |
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29 |
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32 |
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Other
liabilities |
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— |
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— |
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Total fair value
hedges
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48 |
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75 |
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— |
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1 |
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Total derivatives
designated as hedges
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663 |
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724 |
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101 |
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45 |
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Derivatives not
designated as hedges
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Interest rate
swaps
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Other invested
assets |
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|
691 |
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|
705 |
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Other
liabilities |
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352 |
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374 |
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Interest rate swaps related
to securitization entities
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Restricted other
invested assets |
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— |
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— |
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Other
liabilities |
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29 |
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28 |
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Credit default
swaps
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Other invested
assets |
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6 |
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1 |
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Other
liabilities |
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9 |
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59 |
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Credit default swaps
related to securitization entities
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Restricted other
invested assets |
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— |
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— |
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Other
liabilities |
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136 |
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177 |
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Equity index
options
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Other invested
assets |
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24 |
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39 |
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Other
liabilities |
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— |
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— |
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Financial
futures
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Other invested
assets |
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— |
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— |
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Other
liabilities |
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— |
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— |
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Equity return
swaps
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Other invested
assets |
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— |
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7 |
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Other
liabilities |
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7 |
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4 |
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Other foreign currency
contracts
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Other invested
assets |
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— |
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9 |
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Other
liabilities |
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6 |
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11 |
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Reinsurance embedded
derivatives (1)
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Other assets |
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33 |
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29 |
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Other
liabilities |
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— |
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— |
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GMWB embedded
derivative
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Reinsurance
recoverable (2) |
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11 |
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16 |
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Policyholder
account balances (3) |
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380 |
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492 |
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Fixed index annuity
embedded derivatives
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Other assets (4) |
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— |
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— |
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Policyholder
account balances (4) |
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21 |
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4 |
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Total derivatives not
designated as hedges
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765 |
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806 |
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940 |
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1,149 |
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Total
derivatives
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$ |
1,428 |
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$ |
1,530 |
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$ |
1,041 |
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$ |
1,194 |
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(1) |
Represents embedded derivatives associated with certain
reinsurance agreements.
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(2) |
Represents embedded derivatives associated with the reinsured
portion of our guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits
(“GMWB”) liabilities.
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(3) |
Represents the embedded derivatives associated with our GMWB
liabilities, excluding the impact of reinsurance.
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(4) |
Represents the embedded derivatives associated with our fixed
index annuity liabilities.
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The fair value
of derivative positions presented above was not offset by the
respective collateral amounts retained or provided under these
agreements. The amounts recognized for derivative counterparty
collateral retained by us was recorded in other invested assets
with a corresponding amount recorded in other liabilities to
represent our obligation to return the collateral retained by
us.
The activity
associated with derivative instruments can generally be measured by
the change in notional value over the periods presented. However,
for GMWB and fixed index annuity embedded derivatives, the change
between periods is best illustrated by the number of policies. The
following tables represent activity associated with derivative
instruments as of the dates indicated:
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(Notional in
millions)
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Measurement |
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December 31,
2011 |
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Additions |
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Maturities/
terminations |
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September 30,
2012 |
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Derivatives designated
as hedges
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Cash flow
hedges:
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Interest rate
swaps
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Notional |
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$ |
12,399 |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
(2,082 |
) |
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$ |
10,317 |
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Inflation indexed
swaps
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Notional |
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544 |
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10 |
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— |
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554 |
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Foreign currency
swaps
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Notional |
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— |
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185 |
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(75 |
) |
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110 |
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Forward bond purchase
commitments
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Notional |
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|
504 |
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— |
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— |
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|
504 |
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Total cash flow
hedges
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13,447 |
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|
195 |
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(2,157 |
) |
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11,485 |
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Fair value
hedges:
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Interest rate
swaps
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Notional |
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1,039 |
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— |
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(314 |
) |
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|
725 |
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Foreign currency
swaps
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Notional |
|
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|
85 |
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— |
|
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— |
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|
85 |
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Total fair value
hedges
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|
|
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1,124 |
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|
|
— |
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(314 |
) |
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|
810 |
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Total derivatives
designated as hedges
|
|
|
|
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14,571 |
|
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|
195 |
|
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(2,471 |
) |
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12,295 |
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|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
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Derivatives not
designated as hedges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Interest rate
swaps
|
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|
Notional |
|
|
|
7,200 |
|
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|
2,530 |
|
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|
(2,332 |
) |
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|
7,398 |
|
Interest rate swaps related
to securitization entities
|
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Notional |
|
|
|
117 |
|
|
|
— |
|
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|
(9 |
) |
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|
108 |
|
Credit default
swaps
|
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|
Notional |
|
|
|
1,110 |
|
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|
100 |
|
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|
(230 |
) |
|
|
980 |
|
Credit default swaps
related to securitization entities
|
|
|
Notional |
|
|
|
314 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
312 |
|
Equity index
options
|
|
|
Notional |
|
|
|
522 |
|
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|
1,121 |
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|
(592 |
) |
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|
1,051 |
|
Financial
futures
|
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Notional |
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|
2,924 |
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|
4,228 |
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(5,110 |
) |
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|
2,042 |
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Equity return
swaps
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Notional |
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|
326 |
|
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|
191 |
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|
(342 |
) |
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|
175 |
|
Other foreign currency
contracts
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Notional |
|
|
|
779 |
|
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|
358 |
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(1,084 |
) |
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|
53 |
|
Reinsurance embedded
derivatives
|
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Notional |
|
|
|
228 |
|
|
|
53 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
281 |
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
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Total derivatives not
designated as hedges
|
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|
|
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|
13,520 |
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|
8,581 |
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|
(9,701 |
) |
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|
12,400 |
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
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Total
derivatives
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
28,091 |
|
|
$ |
8,776 |
|
|
$ |
(12,172 |
) |
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$ |
24,695 |
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|
|
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(Number of
policies)
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Measurement |
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December 31,
2011 |
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Additions |
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Maturities/
terminations |
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|
September 30,
2012 |
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Derivatives not
designated as hedges
|
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|
|
|
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|
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GMWB embedded
derivatives
|
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|
Policies |
|
|
|
47,714 |
|
|
|
— |
|
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|
(2,010 |
) |
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|
45,704 |
|
Fixed index annuity
embedded derivatives
|
|
|
Policies |
|
|
|
433 |
|
|
|
937 |
|
|
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(10 |
) |
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|
1,360 |
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We did not have
any derivatives with counterparties that can be terminated at the
option of the derivative counterparty as of September 30,
2012.
Cash Flow
Hedges
Certain
derivative instruments are designated as cash flow hedges. The
changes in fair value of these instruments are recorded as a
component of OCI. We designate and account for the following as
cash flow hedges when they have met the effectiveness requirements:
(i) various types of interest rate swaps to convert floating rate
investments to fixed rate investments; (ii) various types of
interest rate swaps to convert floating rate liabilities into fixed
rate liabilities; (iii) receive U.S. dollar fixed on foreign
currency swaps to hedge the foreign currency cash flow exposure of
foreign currency denominated investments; (iv) pay U.S. dollar
fixed on foreign currency swaps to hedge the foreign currency cash
flow exposure on liabilities denominated in foreign currencies; (v)
forward starting interest rate swaps to hedge against changes in
interest rates associated with future fixed rate bond purchases
and/or interest income; (vi) forward bond purchase commitments to
hedge against the variability in the anticipated cash flows
required to purchase future fixed rate bonds; and (vii) other
instruments to hedge the cash flows of various forecasted
transactions.
The following
table provides information about the pre-tax income (loss) effects
of cash flow hedges for the three months ended September 30,
2012:
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(Amounts in
millions)
|
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Gain (loss)
recognized in OCI |
|
|
Gain (loss)
reclassified into
net income (loss)
from OCI |
|
|
Classification of gain
(loss) reclassified
into net income (loss)
|
|
Gain (loss)
recognized in
net income (loss) (1) |
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|
Classification of gain
(loss) recognized in
net income (loss) |
Interest rate swaps hedging
assets
|
|
$ |
(83 |
) |
|
$ |
9 |
|
|
Net investment
income |
|
$ |
(6 |
) |
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
Interest rate swaps hedging
assets
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
|
|
— |
|
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
Forward bond purchase
commitments
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Net investment
income |
|
|
— |
|
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
Inflation indexed
swaps
|
|
|
(23 |
) |
|
|
3 |
|
|
Net investment
income |
|
|
— |
|
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
Foreign currency
swaps
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Interest
expense |
|
|
— |
|
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Total
|
|
$ |
(103 |
) |
|
$ |
13 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
(6 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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(1) |
Represents ineffective portion of cash flow hedges as there
were no amounts excluded from the measurement of
effectiveness.
|
The following
table provides information about the pre-tax income (loss) effects
of cash flow hedges for the three months ended September 30,
2011:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Amounts in
millions)
|
|
Gain (loss)
recognized in OCI |
|
|
Gain (loss)
reclassified into
net income (loss)
from OCI |
|
|
Classification of
gain
(loss) reclassified
into net income (loss) |
|
Gain (loss)
recognized in
net income (loss) (1) |
|
|
Classification of
gain
(loss) recognized in
net income (loss) |
Interest rate swaps hedging
assets
|
|
$ |
1,529 |
|
|
$ |
9 |
|
|
Net investment
income |
|
$ |
49 |
|
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
Interest rate swaps hedging
assets
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
|
|
— |
|
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
Forward bond purchase
commitments
|
|
|
37 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Net investment
income |
|
|
— |
|
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
Inflation indexed
swaps
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
Net investment
income |
|
|
— |
|
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
1,585 |
|
|
$ |
8 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
49 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Represents ineffective portion of cash flow hedges as there
were no amounts excluded from the measurement of
effectiveness.
|
The following
table provides information about the pre-tax income (loss) effects
of cash flow hedges for the nine months ended September 30,
2012:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Amounts in
millions)
|
|
Gain (loss)
recognized in OCI |
|
|
Gain (loss)
reclassified into
net income (loss)
from OCI |
|
|
Classification of gain
(loss) reclassified
into net
income
(loss)
|
|
Gain (loss)
recognized in
net income (loss) (1) |
|
|
Classification of gain
(loss) recognized in
net income (loss)
|
Interest rate swaps hedging
assets
|
|
$ |
60 |
|
|
$ |
28 |
|
|
Net investment
income |
|
$ |
(6) |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Interest rate swaps hedging
assets
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
|
|
— |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Interest rate swaps hedging
liabilities
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Interest
expense |
|
|
— |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Forward bond purchase
commitments
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Net investment
income |
|
|
— |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Inflation indexed
swaps
|
|
|
(54 |
) |
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
Net investment
income |
|
|
— |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Foreign currency
swaps
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Interest
expense |
|
|
— |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
30 |
|
|
$ |
25 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
(6 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Represents ineffective portion of cash flow hedges as there
were no amounts excluded from the measurement of
effectiveness.
|
The following
table provides information about the pre-tax income (loss) effects
of cash flow hedges for the nine months ended September 30,
2011:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Amounts in
millions)
|
|
Gain (loss)
recognized in OCI |
|
|
Gain (loss)
reclassified into
net income (loss)
from OCI |
|
|
Classification of gain
(loss) reclassified
into net income (loss)
|
|
Gain (loss)
recognized in
net income (loss) (1) |
|
|
Classification of gain
(loss) recognized in
net income (loss)
|
Interest rate swaps hedging
assets
|
|
$ |
1,568 |
|
|
$ |
19 |
|
|
Net investment
income |
|
$ |
49 |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Interest rate swaps hedging
assets
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
|
|
— |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Interest rate swaps hedging
liabilities
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Interest
expense |
|
|
— |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Forward bond purchase
commitments
|
|
|
37 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Net investment
income |
|
|
— |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Inflation indexed
swaps
|
|
|
(8 |
) |
|
|
(24 |
) |
|
Net investment
income |
|
|
— |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Foreign currency
swaps
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
Interest
expense |
|
|
— |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
1,601 |
|
|
$ |
(7 |
) |
|
|
|
$ |
49 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
Represents ineffective portion of cash flow hedges as there
were no amounts excluded from the measurement of
effectiveness.
|
The following
tables provide a reconciliation of current period changes, net of
applicable income taxes, for these designated derivatives presented
in the separate component of stockholders’ equity labeled
“derivatives qualifying as hedges,” for the periods
indicated:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three months ended
September 30, |
|
(Amounts in
millions)
|
|
2012 |
|
|
2011 |
|
Derivatives qualifying as
effective accounting hedges as of July 1
|
|
$ |
2,087 |
|
|
$ |
943 |
|
Current period increases
(decreases) in fair value, net of deferred taxes of $31 and
$(563)
|
|
|
(72 |
) |
|
|
1,022 |
|
Reclassification to net
(income) loss, net of deferred taxes of $9 and $3
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivatives qualifying as
effective accounting hedges as of September 30
|
|
$ |
2,011 |
|
|
$ |
1,960 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nine months ended
September 30, |
|
(Amounts in
millions)
|
|
2012 |
|
|
2011 |
|
Derivatives qualifying as
effective accounting hedges as of January 1
|
|
$ |
2,009 |
|
|
$ |
924 |
|
Current period increases
(decreases) in fair value, net of deferred taxes of $(12) and
$(569)
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
1,032 |
|
Reclassification to net
(income) loss, net of deferred taxes of $9 and $(3)
|
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivatives qualifying as
effective accounting hedges as of September 30
|
|
$ |
2,011 |
|
|
$ |
1,960 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The total of
derivatives designated as cash flow hedges of $2,011 million, net
of taxes, recorded in stockholders’ equity as of September
30, 2012 is expected to be reclassified to future net income
(loss), concurrently with and primarily offsetting changes in
interest expense and interest income on floating rate instruments
and interest income on future fixed rate bond purchases. Of this
amount, $33 million, net of taxes, is expected to be reclassified
to net income (loss) in the next 12 months. Actual amounts may vary
from this amount as a result of market conditions. All forecasted
transactions associated with qualifying cash flow hedges are
expected to occur by 2045. No amounts were reclassified to net
income (loss) during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 in
connection with forecasted transactions that were no longer
considered probable of occurring.
Fair Value
Hedges
Certain
derivative instruments are designated as fair value hedges. The
changes in fair value of these instruments are recorded in net
income (loss). In addition, changes in the fair value attributable
to the hedged portion of the underlying instrument are reported in
net income (loss). We designate and account for the following as
fair value hedges when they have met the effectiveness
requirements: (i) interest rate swaps to convert fixed rate
investments to floating rate investments; (ii) interest rate swaps
to convert fixed rate liabilities into floating rate liabilities;
(iii) cross currency swaps to convert non-U.S. dollar fixed rate
liabilities to floating rate U.S. dollar liabilities; and (iv)
other instruments to hedge various fair value exposures of
investments.
The following
table provides information about the pre-tax income (loss) effects
of fair value hedges and related hedged items for the three months
ended September 30, 2012:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative
instrument |
|
Hedged
item |
(Amounts in
millions)
|
|
Gain (loss)
recognized in
net income
(loss) |
|
|
Classification
of gain (losses)
recognized in net
income
(loss) |
|
Other impacts
to net income
(loss) |
|
|
Classification of
other impacts to
net income
(loss) |
|
Gain (loss)
recognized in
net income
(loss) |
|
|
Classification
of gain (losses)
recognized in net
income
(loss) |
Interest rate swaps hedging
assets
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
Net investment
income |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
Interest rate swaps hedging
liabilities
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
|
|
8 |
|
|
Interest
credited |
|
|
4 |
|
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
Foreign currency
swaps
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Interest
credited |
|
|
— |
|
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
(4 |
) |
|
|
|
$ |
9 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following
table provides information about the pre-tax income (loss) effects
of fair value hedges and related hedged items for the three months
ended September 30, 2011:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative
instrument |
|
Hedged
item |
(Amounts in
millions)
|
|
Gain (loss)
recognized in
net income
(loss) |
|
|
Classification
of gain (losses)
recognized in net
income
(loss) |
|
Other impacts
to net income
(loss) |
|
|
Classification of
other impacts to
net income
(loss) |
|
Gain (loss)
recognized in
net income
(loss) |
|
|
Classification
of gain (losses)
recognized in net
income
(loss) |
Interest rate swaps hedging
assets
|
|
$ |
1 |
|
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
|
$ |
(2 |
) |
|
Net investment
income |
|
$ |
(1 |
) |
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
Interest rate swaps hedging
liabilities
|
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
|
|
16 |
|
|
Interest
credited |
|
|
10 |
|
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
Foreign currency
swaps
|
|
|
(9 |
) |
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Interest
credited |
|
|
10 |
|
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
(18 |
) |
|
|
|
$ |
15 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following
table provides information about the pre-tax income (loss) effects
of fair value hedges and related hedged items for the nine months
ended September 30, 2012:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative
instrument |
|
Hedged
item |
(Amounts in
millions)
|
|
Gain (loss)
recognized in
net income
(loss) |
|
|
Classification
of gain (losses)
recognized in net
income
(loss) |
|
Other impacts
to net income
(loss) |
|
|
Classification of
other impacts to
net income
(loss) |
|
Gain (loss)
recognized in
net income
(loss) |
|
|
Classification
of gain (losses)
recognized in net
income
(loss) |
Interest rate swaps hedging
assets
|
|
$ |
1 |
|
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
|
$ |
(3 |
) |
|
Net investment
income |
|
$ |
(1 |
) |
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
Interest rate swaps hedging
liabilities
|
|
|
(23 |
) |
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
|
|
29 |
|
|
Interest
credited |
|
|
23 |
|
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
Foreign currency
swaps
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
|
|
2 |
|
|
Interest
credited |
|
|
3 |
|
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
(25 |
) |
|
|
|
$ |
28 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following
table provides information about the pre-tax income (loss) effects
of fair value hedges and related hedged items for the nine months
ended September 30, 2011:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative
instrument |
|
Hedged
item |
(Amounts in
millions)
|
|
Gain (loss)
recognized in
net income
(loss) |
|
|
Classification
of gain (losses)
recognized in net
income
(loss) |
|
Other impacts
to net income
(loss) |
|
|
Classification of
other impacts to
net income
(loss) |
|
Gain (loss)
recognized in
net income
(loss) |
|
|
Classification
of gain (losses)
recognized in net
income
(loss) |
Interest rate swaps hedging
assets
|
|
$ |
3 |
|
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
|
$ |
(7 |
) |
|
Net investment
income |
|
$ |
(3 |
) |
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
Interest rate swaps hedging
liabilities
|
|
|
(39 |
) |
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
|
|
53 |
|
|
Interest
credited |
|
|
39 |
|
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
Foreign currency
swaps
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
|
|
2 |
|
|
Interest
credited |
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
Net investment
gains (losses) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
(34 |
) |
|
|
|
$ |
48 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
34 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The difference
between the gain (loss) recognized for the derivative instrument
and the hedged item presented above represents the net
ineffectiveness of the fair value hedging relationships. The other
impacts presented above represent the net income (loss) effects of
the derivative instruments that are presented in the same location
as the income (loss) activity from the hedged item. There were no
amounts excluded from the measurement of effectiveness.
Derivatives
Not Designated As Hedges
We also enter
into certain non-qualifying derivative instruments such as: (i)
interest rate swaps, swaptions and financial futures to mitigate
interest rate risk as part of managing regulatory capital
positions; (ii) credit default swaps to enhance yield and reproduce
characteristics of investments with similar terms and credit risk;
(iii) equity index options, equity return swaps, interest rate
swaps and financial futures to mitigate the risks associated with
liabilities that have guaranteed minimum benefits; (iv) interest
rate swaps where the hedging relationship does not qualify for
hedge accounting; (v) credit default swaps to mitigate loss
exposure to certain credit risk; (vi) foreign currency forward
contracts to mitigate currency risk associated with future
dividends and other cash flows from certain foreign subsidiaries to
our holding company; and (vii) equity index options and credit
default swaps to mitigate certain macroeconomic risks associated
with certain foreign subsidiaries. Additionally, we provide GMWBs
on certain variable annuities that are required to be bifurcated as
embedded derivatives. We also offer fixed index annuity products
and have reinsurance agreements with certain features that are
required to be bifurcated as embedded derivatives.
We also have
derivatives related to securitization entities where we were
required to consolidate the related securitization entity as a
result of our involvement in the structure. The counterparties for
these derivatives typically only have recourse to the
securitization entity. The interest rate swaps used for these
entities are typically used to effectively convert the interest
payments on the assets of the securitization entity to the same
basis as the interest rate on the borrowings issued by the
securitization entity. Credit default swaps are utilized in certain
securitization entities to enhance the yield payable on the
borrowings issued by the securitization entity and also include a
settlement feature that allows the securitization entity to provide
the par value of assets in the securitization entity for the amount
of any losses incurred under the credit default swap.
The following
table provides the pre-tax gain (loss) recognized in net income
(loss) for the effects of derivatives not designated as hedges for
the periods indicated:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three months ended
September 30, |
|
|
Classification of gain (loss) recognized
in net
income (loss)
|
(Amounts in
millions)
|
|
2012 |
|
|
2011 |
|
|
Interest rate
swaps
|
|
$ |
1 |
|
|
$ |
9 |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Interest rate swaps related
to securitization entities
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Credit default
swaps
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
|
(70 |
) |
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Credit default swaps
related to securitization entities
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
(54 |
) |
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Equity index
options
|
|
|
(17 |
) |
|
|
59 |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Financial
futures
|
|
|
(70 |
) |
|
|
266 |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Equity return
swaps
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
|
22 |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Other foreign currency
contracts
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
13 |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Reinsurance embedded
derivatives
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
27 |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
GMWB embedded
derivatives
|
|
|
79 |
|
|
|
(454 |
) |
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Fixed index annuity
embedded derivatives
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total derivatives not
designated as hedges
|
|
$ |
22 |
|
|
$ |
(193 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following
table provides the pre-tax gain (loss) recognized in net income
(loss) for the effects of derivatives not designated as hedges for
the periods indicated:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nine months ended
September 30, |
|
|
Classification of gain (loss) recognized
in net
income (loss)
|
(Amounts in
millions)
|
|
2012 |
|
|
2011 |
|
|
Interest rate
swaps
|
|
$ |
18 |
|
|
$ |
13 |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Interest rate swaps related
to securitization entities
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
(15 |
) |
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Credit default
swaps
|
|
|
47 |
|
|
|
(67 |
) |
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Credit default swaps
related to securitization entities
|
|
|
43 |
|
|
|
(49 |
) |
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Equity index
options
|
|
|
(46 |
) |
|
|
31 |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Financial
futures
|
|
|
(109 |
) |
|
|
261 |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Equity return
swaps
|
|
|
(25 |
) |
|
|
12 |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Other foreign currency
contracts
|
|
|
(19 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Reinsurance embedded
derivatives
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
26 |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
GMWB embedded
derivatives
|
|
|
132 |
|
|
|
(428 |
) |
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
Fixed index annuity
embedded derivatives
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Net investment gains
(losses) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total derivatives not
designated as hedges
|
|
$ |
39 |
|
|
$ |
(215 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative
Counterparty Credit Risk
As of September
30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, net fair value assets by
counterparty totaled $937 million and $1,027 million, respectively.
As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, net fair value
liabilities by counterparty totaled $193 million and $240 million,
respectively. As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, we
retained collateral of $1,010 million and $1,023 million,
respectively, related to these agreements, including over
collateralization of $95 million and $50 million, respectively,
from certain counterparties. As of September 30, 2012 and December
31, 2011, we posted $24 million and $28 million, respectively, of
collateral to derivative counterparties, including over
collateralization of $1 million and $11 million, respectively. For
derivatives related to securitization entities, there are no
arrangements that require either party to provide collateral and
the recourse of the derivative counterparty is typically limited to
the assets held by the securitization entity and there is no
recourse to any entity other than the securitization
entity.
Except for
derivatives related to securitization entities, all of our master
swap agreements contain credit downgrade provisions that allow
either party to assign or terminate derivative transactions if the
other party’s long-term unsecured debt rating or financial
strength rating is below the limit defined in the applicable
agreement. If the downgrade provisions had been triggered as of
September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, we could have been
allowed to claim up to $22 million and $54 million, respectively,
from counterparties and required to disburse up to $5 million and
$18 million, respectively. This represented the net fair value of
gains and losses by counterparty, less available collateral held,
and did not include any fair value gains or losses for derivatives
related to securitization entities.
Credit
Derivatives
We sell
protection under single name credit default swaps and credit
default swap index tranches in combination with purchasing
securities to replicate characteristics of similar investments
based on the credit quality and term of the credit default swap.
Credit default triggers for both indexed reference entities and
single name reference entities follow the Credit Derivatives
Physical Settlement Matrix published by the International Swaps and
Derivatives Association. Under these terms, credit default triggers
are defined as bankruptcy, failure to pay or restructuring, if
applicable. Our maximum exposure to credit loss equals the notional
value for credit default swaps. In the event of default for credit
default swaps, we are typically required to pay the protection
holder the full notional value less a recovery rate determined at
auction.
In addition to
the credit derivatives discussed above, we also have credit
derivative instruments related to securitization entities that we
consolidated in 2010. These derivatives represent a customized
index of reference entities with specified attachment points for
certain derivatives. The credit default triggers are similar to
those described above. In the event of default, the securitization
entity will provide the counterparty with the par value of assets
held in the securitization entity for the amount of incurred loss
on the credit default swap. The maximum exposure to loss for the
securitization entity is the notional value of the derivatives.
Certain losses on these credit default swaps would be absorbed by
the third-party noteholders of the securitization entity and the
remaining losses on the credit default swaps would be absorbed by
our portion of the notes issued by the securitization
entity.
The following
table sets forth our credit default swaps where we sell protection
on single name reference entities and the fair values as of the
dates indicated:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September 30,
2012 |
|
|
December 31,
2011 |
|
(Amounts in
millions)
|
|
Notional
value |
|
|
Assets |
|
|
Liabilities |
|
|
Notional
value |
|
|
Assets |
|
|
Liabilities |
|
Reference entity credit
rating and maturity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AAA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Matures in less than one
year
|
|
$ |
5 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Matures after one year
through five years
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
AA
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Matures in less than one
year
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Matures after one year
through five years
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Matures after five years
through ten years
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
A
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Matures in less than one
year
|
|
|
37 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Matures after one year
through five years
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
37 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Matures after five years
through ten years
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1 |
|
BBB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Matures in less than one
year
|
|
|
68 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Matures after one year
through five years
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
68 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Matures after five years
through ten years
|
|
|
24 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
24 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total credit default swaps
on single name reference entities
|
|
$ |
155 |
|
|
$ |
1 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
155 |
|
|
$ |
1 |
|
|
$ |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following
table sets forth our credit default swaps where we sell protection
on credit default swap index tranches and the fair values as of the
dates indicated:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September 30,
2012 |
|
|
December 31,
2011 |
|
(Amounts in
millions)
|
|
Notional
value |
|
|
Assets |
|
|
Liabilities |
|
|
Notional
value |
|
|
Assets |
|
|
Liabilities |
|
Original index tranche
attachment/detachment point and maturity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7% – 15% matures
after one year through five years (1)
|
|
$ |
100 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
2 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
9% – 12% matures in
less than one year (2)
|
|
|
50 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
9% – 12% matures
after one year through five years (2)
|
|
|
250 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
300 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
27 |
|
10% – 15% matures
after one year through five years (3)
|
|
|
250 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
250 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
12% – 22% matures
after five years through ten years (4)
|
|
|
48 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
248 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
28 |
|
15% – 30% matures
after five years through ten years (5)
|
|
|
127 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
127 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total credit default swap
index tranches
|
|
|
825 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
925 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
57 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Customized credit default
swap index tranches related to securitization entities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Portion backing third-party
borrowings maturing
2017 (6)
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
7 |
|
Portion backing our
interest maturing 2017 (7)
|
|
|
300 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
131 |
|
|
|
300 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
170 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total customized credit
default swap index tranches related to securitization
entities
|
|
|
312 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
136 |
|
|
|
314 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
177 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total credit default swaps
on index tranches
|
|
$ |
1,137 |
|
|
$ |
5 |
|
|
$ |
145 |
|
|
$ |
1,239 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
234 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
The current attachment/detachment as of September 30, 2012 was
7% – 15%.
|
(2) |
The current attachment/detachment as of September 30, 2012 and
December 31, 2011 was 9% – 12%.
|
(3) |
The current attachment/detachment as of September 30, 2012 and
December 31, 2011 was 10% – 15%.
|
(4) |
The current attachment/detachment as of September 30, 2012 and
December 31, 2011 was 12% – 22%.
|
(5) |
The current attachment/detachment as of September 30, 2012 and
December 31, 2011 was 14.8% – 30.3%.
|
(6) |
Original notional value was $39 million.
|
(7) |
Original notional value was $300 million.
|