BENEFITS PAYABLE - Benefit Expenses Excluded From Activity in Benefits Payable (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Disclosures [Abstract]
Premium deficiency reserve for short-duration policies	$ 0	$ (176)	$ 176
Military services	0	8	12
Future policy benefits	(22)	439	(80)
Total	$ (22)	$ 271	$ 108

Amount of expense (income) recognized due to changes in the accrued obligation to policyholders that relates to insured events.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 40
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65670824&loc=d3e14764-158437

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