DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS - Additional Information (Detail)			3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended				3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended				3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended														3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($) counterparties Y currency	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Non-qualifying strategies USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2013 Non-qualifying strategies USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2014 Non-qualifying strategies USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2013 Non-qualifying strategies USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2014 Non-qualifying strategies Futures USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2013 Non-qualifying strategies Futures USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2014 Non-qualifying strategies Futures USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2013 Non-qualifying strategies Futures USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2014 Cash flow hedges USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2013 Cash flow hedges USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2014 Cash flow hedges USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2013 Cash flow hedges USD ($)		Jul. 31, 2014 Yen Denominated Samurai Notes Variable Interest Rate Paid July 2014 JPY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2013 Yen Denominated Samurai Notes Variable Interest Rate Paid July 2014 JPY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2013 1.47% yen-denominated Samurai notes paid July 2014 JPY (¥)	Sep. 30, 2014 3.625% senior notes due June 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 2.65% senior notes due February 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 4.00% senior notes due February 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 5.50% subordinated notes due September 2052 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Twenty fourteen profit repatriation Foreign currency forwards JPY (¥)	Oct. 01, 2014 Profit repatriation Foreign currency forwards JPY (¥)	Sep. 30, 2014 Profit repatriation Foreign currency forwards JPY (¥)	Sep. 30, 2014 Net investment hedge USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 Net investment hedge USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Net investment hedge USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 Net investment hedge USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Net investment hedge USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Net investment hedge Foreign currency forwards USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Net investment hedge Foreign currency forwards USD ($)
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Line Items]
Derivative, Collateral, Right to Reclaim Securities	$ 725,000,000	$ 7,000,000
Reclassification from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Current Period, before Tax																																					0	0	0	0
Derivative, Gain (Loss) on Derivative, Net			(13,000,000)		1,000,000		(40,000,000)		220,000,000		(54,000,000)		(7,000,000)		(89,000,000)		(7,000,000)
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Effective Portion, Net			0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]	(9,000,000)	[1]	2,000,000	[1]	(8,000,000)	[1]	(5,000,000)	[1]
Number of currencies related to foreign currency swaps	1
Number of counterparties	16
Number of counterparties that comprise majority of aggregate notional amount of swaps	5
Percentage of notional amount of swaps from certain number of counterparties	83.00%
Collateral Already Posted, Aggregate Fair Value	726,000,000	8,000,000
Derivative, Net Liability Position, Aggregate Fair Value	1,000,000,000	18,000,000
Additional Collateral, Aggregate Fair Value	315,000,000
Collateral obtained from third parties	369,000,000	295,000,000
Hedging activity, weighted-average period (in years)	11
Notes payable, principal amount																											5,500,000,000	5,500,000,000	28,700,000,000	700,000,000	400,000,000	350,000,000	500,000,000
Notes payable, effective interest rate																											1.475%
Notional Amount of Derivatives	24,012,000,000	22,475,000,000																																52,500,000,000	82,500,000,000	10,000,000,000	91,000,000		91,000,000		451,000,000	91,000,000	356,000,000
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income, Effective Portion, Net																			0		0		0		0
Derivative, Collateral, Right to Reclaim Cash	$ 1,000,000	$ 1,000,000

[1] Cash flow hedge items are recorded as unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives and net investment hedge items are recorded in the unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses) line in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss).