Segment Information

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

Segment Information

The Company’s segments are Advice & Wealth Management, Asset Management, Annuities, Protection and Corporate & Other.

In the first quarter of 2014, the Company made the following changes to its previously reported segment data:

• Ameriprise interest and debt expense was allocated to all segments to more accurately reflect management’s assessment of capital allocation.

• Interest accretion income from the intercompany transfer of former bank assets was eliminated for segment reporting resulting in this accretion no longer being allocated to the Annuities and Protection segments. The corresponding offset is no longer reported in the Corporate & Other segment.

• Certain fixed wholesaling costs were reclassified from distribution expenses to general and administrative expense to improve consistency in our presentation of wholesaling distribution expense across all segments.

Management uses segment operating measures in goal setting, as a basis for determining employee compensation and in evaluating performance on a basis comparable to that used by some securities analysts and investors. Consistent with GAAP accounting guidance for segment reporting, operating earnings is the Company’s measure of segment performance. Operating earnings should not be viewed as a substitute for GAAP income from continuing operations before income tax provision. The Company believes the presentation of segment operating earnings as the Company measures it for management purposes enhances the understanding of its business by reflecting the underlying performance of its core operations and facilitating a more meaningful trend analysis.

The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those of the Company, except for operating adjustments defined below, the method of capital allocation, the accounting for gains (losses) from intercompany revenues and expenses and not providing for income taxes on a segment basis.

Operating earnings is defined as operating net revenues less operating expenses. Operating net revenues and operating expenses exclude the results of discontinued operations, the market impact on IUL benefits (net of hedges and the related DAC amortization, unearned revenue amortization, and the reinsurance accrual), restructuring charges and the impact of consolidating investment entities. Operating net revenues also exclude net realized gains or losses. Operating expenses also exclude the market impact on variable annuity guaranteed benefits (net of hedges and the related DSIC and DAC amortization). The market impact on variable annuity guaranteed benefits and IUL benefits includes changes in liability values caused by changes in financial market conditions, net of changes in associated economic hedge values. The market impact also includes certain valuation adjustments made in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, including the impact on liability values of discounting projected benefits to reflect a current estimate of the Company’s life insurance subsidiary’s nonperformance spread. Restructuring charges include expenses related to the Company’s transition of its federal savings bank subsidiary, Ameriprise Bank, FSB, to a limited powers national trust bank.

The following tables summarize selected financial information by segment and reconcile segment totals to those reported on the consolidated financial statements:

	March 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
	(in millions)
Advice & Wealth Management	$	10,012	$	9,571
Asset Management	7,854		7,223
Annuities	98,079		98,354
Protection	19,858		19,605
Corporate & Other	10,161		9,823
Total assets	$	145,964	$	144,576

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2013
	(in millions)
Operating net revenues:
Advice & Wealth Management	$	1,149		$	1,018
Asset Management	807			746
Annuities	636			624
Protection	555			537
Corporate & Other	6			4
Eliminations(1)	(341		)	(321		)
Total segment operating revenues	2,812			2,608
Net realized gains	5			1
Revenues attributable to CIEs	177			82
Market impact on IUL benefits, net	2			—
Total net revenues per consolidated statements of operations	$	2,996		$	2,691

⁽¹⁾ Represents the elimination of intersegment revenues recognized for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 in each segment as follows: Advice & Wealth Management ($240 and $228, respectively); Asset Management ($11 and $9, respectively); Annuities ($80 and $73, respectively); Protection ($10 and $10, respectively); and Corporate & Other (nil and $1, respectively).

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2013
	(in millions)
Operating earnings:
Advice & Wealth Management	$	181		$	130
Asset Management	183			138
Annuities	176			142
Protection	59			103
Corporate & Other	(55		)	(53		)
Total segment operating earnings	544			460
Net realized gains	5			1
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	115			30
Market impact on variable annuity guaranteed benefits, net	(15		)	(2		)
Market impact on IUL benefits, net	1			—
Restructuring charges	—			(2		)
Income from continuing operations before income tax provision per consolidated statements of operations	$	650		$	487