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

12 Months Ended

Dec. 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:

	December 31,
	2016				2015
	(in millions)
Policyholder account balances
Fixed annuities	$	10,565			$	11,239
Variable annuity fixed sub-accounts	5,211				4,912
VUL/UL insurance	3,007				2,897
IUL insurance	1,054				808
Other life insurance	758				794
Total policyholder account balances	20,595				20,650
Future policy benefits
Variable annuity GMWB	1,017				1,057
Variable annuity GMAB	(24		)	(1)	—
Other annuity liabilities	64				31
Fixed annuities life contingent liabilities	1,497				1,501
EIA(2)	25				27
Life, DI and LTC insurance	5,556				5,112
VUL/UL and other life insurance additional liabilities	588				452
Total future policy benefits	8,723				8,180
Policy claims and other policyholders’ funds	884				869
Total policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims	$	30,202			$	29,699

 ⁽¹⁾ Includes the fair value of GMAB embedded derivatives that was a net asset at December 31, 2016 reported as a contra liability.

⁽²⁾ Includes approximately $23 million and $25 million of policyholder account balances as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

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

Separate account liabilities consisted of the following:

	December 31,
	2016		2015
	(in millions)
Variable annuity	$	69,606	$	69,333
VUL insurance	6,659		6,637
Other insurance	33		34
Threadneedle investment liabilities	3,912		4,345
Total	$	80,210	$	80,349