UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parentheticals) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Amortized cost of fixed maturities	$ 29,065,531	$ 27,111,874
Cost of equity securities	839,716	903,201
Short-term investments, amortized cost	347,473	455,470
Fair value of held to maturity securities	0	3,131,235
Future policy benefit reserves recoverable	$ 4,823,680	$ 0
Ordinary shares, shares authorized (in shares)	999,990,000	999,990,000
Ordinary shares, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Ordinary shares, shares issued (in shares)	268,307,061	278,253,308
Ordinary shares, shares outstanding (in shares)	268,307,061	278,253,308