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Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities (Unobservable inputs) (Details 4) (Discounted cash flow [Member], USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
IUL embedded derivatives [Member]    
Fair values of assets and liabilities    
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[1] The nonperformance risk is the spread added to the observable interest rates used in the valuation of the embedded derivatives.
[2] The utilization of guaranteed withdrawals represents the percentage of contractholders that will begin withdrawing in any given year.
[3] Market volatility is implied volatility of fund of funds and managed volatility funds.
[4] The elective allocation represents the percentage of contractholders that are assumed to electively switch their investment allocation to a different allocation model.