Policyholder Account Balances, Future Policy Benefits and Claims and Separate Account Liabilities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Policyholder Account Balances, Future Policy Benefits and Claims and Separate Account Liabilities

Policyholder Account Balances, Future Policy Benefits and Unpaid Claims Disclosure [Table Text Block]

Policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims consisted of the following:

	December 31,
	2015		2014
	(in millions)
Policyholder account balances
Fixed annuities	$	11,239	$	12,700
Variable annuity fixed sub-accounts	4,912		4,860
VUL/UL insurance	2,897		2,856
IUL insurance	808		534
Other life insurance	794		840
Total policyholder account balances	20,650		21,790
Future policy benefits
Variable annuity GMWB	1,057		693
Variable annuity GMAB	—		(41		)	(1)
Other annuity liabilities	31		115
Fixed annuities life contingent liabilities	1,501		1,511
EIA	27		29
Life, DI and LTC insurance	5,112		5,106
VUL/UL and other life insurance additional liabilities	452		437
Total future policy benefits	8,180		7,850
Policy claims and other policyholders’ funds	869		710
Total policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims	$	29,699	$	30,350

⁽¹⁾ Includes the fair value of GMAB embedded derivatives that was a net asset at December 31, 2014 reported as a contra liability.

Schedule of Separate Account Liabilities by Policy Type [Table Text Block]

Separate account liabilities consisted of the following:

	December 31,
	2015		2014
	(in millions)
Variable annuity	$	69,333	$	72,125
VUL insurance	6,637		7,016
Other insurance	34		37
Threadneedle investment liabilities	4,345		4,078
Total	$	80,349	$	83,256