Future Policy Benefits and Claims and Separate Account Liabilities (Details) (Ameriprise Financial, USD $) In Millions	Jun. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Future policy benefits and claims	$ 30,002	$ 30,208
Fixed annuities
Future policy benefits and claims	16,381	16,520
Equity indexed annuity accumulated host values
Future policy benefits and claims	74	100
Equity indexed annuity embedded derivatives
Future policy benefits and claims	2	3
Variable annuity fixed sub-accounts
Future policy benefits and claims	4,755	4,868
Variable annuity guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits ("GMWB")
Future policy benefits and claims	269	337
Variable annuity guaranteed minimum accumulation benefits ("GMAB")
Future policy benefits and claims	71	104
Other variable annuity guarantees
Future policy benefits and claims	13	13
Total annuities
Future policy benefits and claims	21,565	21,945
Variable universal life ("VUL")/ universal life ("UL") insurance
Future policy benefits and claims	2,604	2,588
VUL/UL insurance additional liabilities
Future policy benefits and claims	172	143
Other life, disability income and long term care insurance
Future policy benefits and claims	5,114	5,004
Auto, home and other insurance
Future policy benefits and claims	407	394
Policy claims and other policyholders' funds
Future policy benefits and claims	$ 140	$ 134