INVESTMENTS - Investment Exposures Individually Exceeded Ten Percent of Shareholders' Equity (Detail) - Japan National Government - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Summary of Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Credit Rating	A	A
Amortized Cost	$ 36,859	$ 37,021
Fair Value	$ 42,025	$ 41,878

Description of the credit rating indicative of likelihood of repayment of the debt instrument given by a credit rating agency (for example, Standard and Poor's, Moody's, Fitch).

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21475-112644

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 22
-Article 5

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