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

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

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:

	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
	(in millions)
Policyholder account balances
Fixed annuities	$	11,068	$	11,239
Variable annuity fixed sub-accounts	4,966		4,912
Variable universal life (“VUL”)/universal life (“UL”) insurance	2,918		2,897
Indexed universal life (“IUL”) insurance	859		808
Other life insurance	785		794
Total policyholder account balances	20,596		20,650
Future policy benefits
Variable annuity guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits (“GMWB”)	1,706		1,057
Variable annuity guaranteed minimum accumulation benefits (“GMAB”)	31		—
Other annuity liabilities	78		31
Fixed annuities life contingent liabilities	1,499		1,501
Equity indexed annuities (“EIA”)	27		27
Life, disability income and long term care insurance	5,212		5,112
VUL/UL and other life insurance additional liabilities	479		452
Total future policy benefits	9,032		8,180
Policy claims and other policyholders’ funds	887		869
Total policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims	$	30,515	$	29,699

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

Separate account liabilities consisted of the following:

	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
	(in millions)
Variable annuity	$	69,241	$	69,333
VUL insurance	6,574		6,637
Other insurance	34		34
Threadneedle investment liabilities	4,333		4,345
Total	$	80,182	$	80,349