INVESTMENTS (Details 9) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Oct. 29, 2010 AIA Group Limited (AIA)	Dec. 31, 2012 AIA Group Limited (AIA)	Dec. 31, 2011 AIA Group Limited (AIA)	Dec. 31, 2010 AIA Group Limited (AIA)
AIA initial public offering
Ordinary shares issued through IPO					8,080,000,000
Gross proceeds from ordinary shares issued through IPO					$ 20,500,000,000
Percentage of voting interest owned					33.00%
Pre-tax gain (loss) on deconsolidation								18,100,000,000
Subsequent sale of ordinary shares		729,308	100,799,653	5,391,804
Gross proceeds from subsequent shares sold	2,900,000,000		5,055,000,000
Fair value option gain (loss)		6,931,000,000	971,000,000	1,818,000,000		2,100,000,000	1,300,000,000	(600,000,000)
Fair value of the company's retained interest							$ 12,400,000,000