Reinsurance - GMIB Guarantees (Details) - Guarantee Type, Other [Member] - Guaranteed Minimum Income Benefit [Member] - Variable Annuity [Member] $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Guarantee Obligations [Line Items]
Underlying mutual fund investment values	$ 822
Maximum Exposure, Undiscounted	$ 573

Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (b)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82913245&loc=d3e12069-110248

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Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant