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

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

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, 2017				December 31, 2016
	(in millions)
Policyholder account balances
Fixed annuities	$	10,400			$	10,588
Variable annuity fixed sub-accounts	5,212				5,211
Variable universal life (“VUL”)/universal life (“UL”) insurance	3,011				3,007
Indexed universal life (“IUL”) insurance	1,127				1,054
Other life insurance	747				758
Total policyholder account balances	20,497				20,618
Future policy benefits
Variable annuity guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits (“GMWB”)	637				1,017
Variable annuity guaranteed minimum accumulation benefits (“GMAB”)	(53		)	(1)	(24		)	(1)
Other annuity liabilities	71				66
Fixed annuities life contingent liabilities	1,488				1,497
Life, disability income and long term care insurance	5,610				5,556
VUL/UL and other life insurance additional liabilities	615				588
Total future policy benefits	8,368				8,700
Policy claims and other policyholders’ funds	897				884
Total policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims	$	29,762			$	30,202

⁽¹⁾ Includes the fair value of GMAB embedded derivatives that was a net asset as of both March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 reported as a contra liability.

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

Separate account liabilities consisted of the following:

	March 31, 2017		December 31, 2016
	(in millions)
Variable annuity	$	71,154	$	69,606
VUL insurance	6,867		6,659
Other insurance	32		33
Threadneedle investment liabilities	4,116		3,912
Total	$	82,169	$	80,210