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Income Taxes - Effective Tax Rates (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Income Taxes [Abstract]    
Consolidated effective tax rate 36.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations  
Accumulated permanently reinvested foreign earnings $ 1,800,000,000us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries  
Cumulative unrecognized deferred tax liabilities 218,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilityNotRecognizedAmountOfUnrecognizedDeferredTaxLiabilityUndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries  
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member] | Tax Years 2009 And 2010 [Member]    
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]    
Increase (decrease) to shareholders' net income resulting from IRS examination   $ 18,000,000ci_IncomeTaxExaminationSettlementWithTaxingAuthority
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