Investments (Holdings info) (Details) - Ameriprise Financial [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Investments	$ 34,896	$ 35,582
Available-for-sale securities [Member]
Investments	29,427	30,027
Mortgage loans, net [Member]
Investments	3,388	3,440
Policy and certificate loans [Member]
Investments	817	806
Other investments [Member]
Investments	$ 1,264	$ 1,309

Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all investments.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 944

-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.1(h))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph h

-Article 7

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