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

12 Months Ended

Dec. 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:

	December 31,
	2017				2016
	(in millions)
Policyholder account balances
Fixed annuities (1)	$	9,934			$	10,588
Variable annuity fixed sub-accounts	5,166				5,211
VUL/UL insurance	3,047				3,007
IUL insurance	1,384				1,054
Other life insurance	720				758
Total policyholder account balances	20,251				20,618
Future policy benefits
Variable annuity GMWB	463				1,017
Variable annuity GMAB	(80		)	(2)	(24		)	(2)
Other annuity liabilities	78				66
Fixed annuity life contingent liabilities	1,484				1,497
Life and DI insurance	1,221				1,204
LTC insurance	4,896				4,352
VUL/UL and other life insurance additional liabilities	688				588
Total future policy benefits	8,750				8,700
Policy claims and other policyholders’ funds	903				884
Total policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims	$	29,904			$	30,202

 ⁽¹⁾  Includes fixed deferred annuities, non-life contingent fixed payout annuities and indexed annuity host contracts.

⁽²⁾ Includes the fair value of GMAB embedded derivatives that was a net asset as of both December 31, 2017 and 2016 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,
	2017		2016
	(in millions)
Variable annuity	$	75,174	$	69,606
VUL insurance	7,352		6,659
Other insurance	34		33
Threadneedle investment liabilities	4,808		3,912
Total	$	87,368	$	80,210