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Investments - Declines in Fair Value, Fixed Maturities (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Securities [Member] | Investment Grade [Member]  
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position [Abstract]  
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, One Year or Less, Fair Value $ 999us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThanTwelveMonthsFairValue
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Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, More Than One Year, Fair Value 256us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionTwelveMonthsOrLongerFairValue
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Available For Sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, One Year or Less, Amortized Cost 1,010ci_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThanTwelveMonthsAmortizedCost
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Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, More Than One Year, Amortized Cost 264ci_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionTwelveMonthsOrLongerAmortizedCost
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Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, One Year or Less, Aggregate Losses (11)ci_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThan12MonthsAccumulatedLoss
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Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, More Than One Year, Aggregate Losses (8)ci_AvailabelForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPosition12MonthsOrLongerAccumulatedLoss
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Debt Securities [Member] | Investment Grade [Member] | One Year Or Less [Member]  
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position [Abstract]  
Available-for-sale, Securities in Unrealized Loss Positions, Qualitative Disclosure, Number of Positions 251us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositions1
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Debt Securities [Member] | Investment Grade [Member] | More Than One Year [Member]  
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position [Abstract]  
Available-for-sale, Securities in Unrealized Loss Positions, Qualitative Disclosure, Number of Positions 93us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositions1
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Debt Securities [Member] | Below Investment Grade [Member]  
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position [Abstract]  
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, One Year or Less, Fair Value 293us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThanTwelveMonthsFairValue
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Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, More Than One Year, Fair Value 78us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionTwelveMonthsOrLongerFairValue
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Available For Sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, One Year or Less, Amortized Cost 307ci_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThanTwelveMonthsAmortizedCost
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Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, More Than One Year, Amortized Cost 87ci_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionTwelveMonthsOrLongerAmortizedCost
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Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, One Year or Less, Aggregate Losses (14)ci_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThan12MonthsAccumulatedLoss
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Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, More Than One Year, Aggregate Losses (9)ci_AvailabelForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPosition12MonthsOrLongerAccumulatedLoss
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Debt Securities [Member] | Below Investment Grade [Member] | One Year Or Less [Member]  
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position [Abstract]  
Available-for-sale, Securities in Unrealized Loss Positions, Qualitative Disclosure, Number of Positions 236us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositions1
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Debt Securities [Member] | Below Investment Grade [Member] | More Than One Year [Member]  
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position [Abstract]  
Available-for-sale, Securities in Unrealized Loss Positions, Qualitative Disclosure, Number of Positions 22us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositions1
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Equity securities [Member]  
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position [Abstract]  
Securities with a significant unrealized loss reflected in accumulated other comprehensive income $ 0ci_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionFairValue1
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