Fair Value Measurements (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investment securities (Note 3)	$ 48,695	$ 47,359
Domestic Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Domestic Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	20,601	20,535
Domestic Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	3,578	3,235
Domestic Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Netting Adjustment [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Domestic Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Net Balance [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	24,179	23,770
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	3,073	2,824
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	6	4
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] | Netting Adjustment [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] | Net Balance [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	3,079	2,828
US States and Political Subdivisions Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure		0
US States and Political Subdivisions Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	4,338	3,157
US States and Political Subdivisions Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	153	77
US States and Political Subdivisions Debt Securities [Member] | Netting Adjustment [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
US States and Political Subdivisions Debt Securities [Member] | Net Balance [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	4,491	3,234
Foreign Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	70	71
Foreign Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	1,214	1,058
Foreign Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	1,295	1,204
Foreign Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Netting Adjustment [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Foreign Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Net Balance [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	2,579	2,333
Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	726	930
Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	4,819	4,040
Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Netting Adjustment [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Net Balance [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	5,545	4,970
Foreign Government Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	895	1,003
Foreign Government Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	1,021	1,444
Foreign Government Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	41	84
Foreign Government Debt Securities [Member] | Netting Adjustment [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Foreign Government Debt Securities [Member] | Net Balance [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	1,957	2,531
US Treasury and Government [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
US Treasury and Government [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	3,309	3,805
US Treasury and Government [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	267	253
US Treasury and Government [Member] | Netting Adjustment [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
US Treasury and Government [Member] | Net Balance [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	3,576	4,058
Retained Interest [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Retained Interest [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Retained Interest [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	29	35
Retained Interest [Member] | Netting Adjustment [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Retained Interest [Member] | Net Balance [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	29	35
Available-for-sale Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	547	715
Available-for-sale Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	15	18
Available-for-sale Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	11	17
Available-for-sale Securities [Member] | Netting Adjustment [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities [Member] | Net Balance [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	573	750
Trading [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	263	241
Trading [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Trading [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Trading [Member] | Netting Adjustment [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Trading [Member] | Net Balance [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	263	241
Derivatives [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Derivatives	0	0
Derivative Assets	0	0
Derivatives [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Derivatives	4,491	4,503
Derivative Assets	11,876	14,830
Derivatives [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Derivatives	14	20
Derivative Assets	155	160
Derivatives [Member] | Netting Adjustment [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Derivatives	(3,883)	(4,025)
Derivative Assets	(7,133)	(5,319)
Derivatives [Member] | Net Balance [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Derivatives	622	498
Derivative Assets	4,898	9,671
Other 1 [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Other assets	0	0
Other liabilities	0	0
Other 1 [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Other assets	0	0
Other liabilities	24	25
Other 1 [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Other assets	416	388
Other liabilities	0	0
Other 1 [Member] | Netting Adjustment [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Other assets	0	0
Other liabilities	0	0
Other 1 [Member] | Net Balance [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Other assets	416	388
Other liabilities	24	25
Total [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Total assets	1,775	2,030
Total liabilities	0	0
Total [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Total assets	48,563	51,169
Total liabilities	4,515	4,528
Total [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Total assets	10,804	9,538
Total liabilities	14	20
Total [Member] | Netting Adjustment [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Total assets	(7,133)	(5,319)
Total liabilities	(3,883)	(4,025)
Total [Member] | Net Balance [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Total assets	54,009	57,418
Total liabilities	646	523
Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	2,390	2,568
Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	34	41
Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] | Netting Adjustment [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] | Net Balance [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	$ 2,424	$ 2,609