- Fair Value Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
Assets
Beginning balance		$ 2,202
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in net income		(6)
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in OCI		15
Purchases		260
Settlements		(100)
Sales		(122)
Transfers into Level 3		58
Transfers out of Level 3		(65)
Ending balance		2,242
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Liabilities
Changes in Unrealized Gain/(Loss) Included in Net Income, Liabilities	$ 2	(1)
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Contingent Consideration
Liabilities
Changes in Unrealized Gain/(Loss) Included in Net Income, Liabilities	2	(1)
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets
Beginning balance	2,030
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in net income	32
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in OCI	(6)
Purchases	188
Settlements	(98)
Sales	(64)
Transfers into Level 3	0
Transfers out of Level 3	(95)
Ending balance	1,987
Freestanding Derivatives, net
Beginning balance	2	10
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in net income	3	(6)
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in OCI	0	0
Purchases	0	5
Settlements	0	0
Sales	(2)	0
Transfers into Level 3	0	0
Transfers out of Level 3	0	0
Ending balance	3	9
Liabilities
Beginning balance	(29)
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in Net Income	2
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in OCI	0
Purchases	0
Settlements	0
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Liability, Sales	0
Transfers into Level 3	0
Transfers out of Level 3	0
Ending balance	(27)
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Contingent Consideration
Liabilities
Beginning balance	(29)	(25)
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in Net Income		(1)
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in OCI	0	0
Purchases	0	0
Settlements	0	0
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Liability, Sales	0	0
Transfers into Level 3	0	0
Transfers out of Level 3	0	0
Ending balance	(27)	(26)
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Equity
Freestanding Derivatives, net
Beginning balance	1	0
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in net income	2	(1)
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in OCI	0	0
Purchases	0	5
Settlements	0	0
Sales	(2)	0
Transfers into Level 3	0	0
Transfers out of Level 3	0	0
Ending balance	1	4
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Interest rate derivatives
Freestanding Derivatives, net
Beginning balance	1	9
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in net income	1	(4)
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in OCI	0	0
Purchases	0	0
Settlements	0	0
Sales	0	0
Transfers into Level 3	0	0
Transfers out of Level 3	0	0
Ending balance	2	5
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Other contracts
Freestanding Derivatives, net
Beginning balance		1
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in net income		(1)
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in OCI		0
Purchases		0
Settlements		0
Sales		0
Transfers into Level 3		0
Transfers out of Level 3		0
Ending balance		0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Equity securities \| Equity securities
Assets
Beginning balance	76
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in net income	28
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in OCI	0
Purchases	0
Settlements	0
Sales	(39)
Transfers into Level 3	0
Transfers out of Level 3	0
Ending balance	65
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Fixed Maturities, FVO \| Total fixed maturities
Assets
Beginning balance		11
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in net income		0
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in OCI		0
Purchases		4
Settlements		(2)
Sales		(13)
Transfers into Level 3		0
Transfers out of Level 3		0
Ending balance		0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Securities available-for-sale and other \| Equity securities
Assets
Beginning balance		55
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in net income		0
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in OCI		(2)
Purchases		2
Settlements		0
Sales		0
Transfers into Level 3		0
Transfers out of Level 3		0
Ending balance		55
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Securities available-for-sale and other \| Total fixed maturities
Assets
Beginning balance	1,952	2,126
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in net income	1	0
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in OCI	(6)	17
Purchases	188	249
Settlements	(98)	(98)
Sales	(23)	(109)
Transfers into Level 3	0	58
Transfers out of Level 3	(95)	(65)
Ending balance	1,919	2,178
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Securities available-for-sale and other \| ABS \| Total fixed maturities
Assets
Beginning balance	19	45
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in net income	0	0
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in OCI	0	0
Purchases	0	33
Settlements	(2)	(3)
Sales	0	0
Transfers into Level 3	0	23
Transfers out of Level 3	(3)	(17)
Ending balance	14	81
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Securities available-for-sale and other \| CDOs \| Total fixed maturities
Assets
Beginning balance	95	154
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in net income	0	0
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in OCI		3
Purchases	21	0
Settlements	0	(1)
Sales	0	0
Transfers into Level 3	0	0
Transfers out of Level 3	(10)	(36)
Ending balance	106	120
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Securities available-for-sale and other \| CMBS \| Total fixed maturities
Assets
Beginning balance	69	59
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in net income	0	(1)
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in OCI	(1)	0
Purchases	0	28
Settlements	(1)	(2)
Sales	0	0
Transfers into Level 3	0	0
Transfers out of Level 3	(34)	(12)
Ending balance	33	72
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Securities available-for-sale and other \| Corporate \| Total fixed maturities
Assets
Beginning balance	520	514
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in net income	1	1
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in OCI	(1)	5
Purchases	65	100
Settlements	(14)	(37)
Sales	(23)	(97)
Transfers into Level 3	0	35
Transfers out of Level 3	(33)	0
Ending balance	515	521
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Securities available-for-sale and other \| Foreign government/government agencies \| Total fixed maturities
Assets
Beginning balance	2	47
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in net income	0	0
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in OCI	0	2
Purchases	0	0
Settlements	0	0
Sales	0	0
Transfers into Level 3	0	0
Transfers out of Level 3	0	0
Ending balance	2	49
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Securities available-for-sale and other \| Municipal \| Total fixed maturities
Assets
Beginning balance	17	46
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in net income	0	0
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in OCI	(1)	3
Purchases	0	0
Settlements	0	0
Sales	0	(5)
Transfers into Level 3	0	0
Transfers out of Level 3	0	0
Ending balance	16	44
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Securities available-for-sale and other \| RMBS \| Total fixed maturities
Assets
Beginning balance	1,230	1,261
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in net income	0	0
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses), Included in OCI	(3)	4
Purchases	102	88
Settlements	(81)	(55)
Sales	0	(7)
Transfers into Level 3	0	0
Transfers out of Level 3	(15)	0
Ending balance	$ 1,233	$ 1,291

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