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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of fees and commissions from financial services and banking activities and correspondent clearing. Includes fees from depositor accounts, credit cards, merchant discounts, and fiduciary and trust activities, guarantee fees, investment advisory, management, and administrative fees, transfer agent fees, and insurance commissions.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 225
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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Disclosure of the difference in values (gain (loss)) between the nonmonetary assets or liabilities exchanged with another entity inclusive of boot (small monetary consideration).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 845
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
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The cash inflow associated with the amount received by a corporation from a shareholder during the period.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
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-Section 45
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Sum of the amount of guaranteed minimum benefits the ceding insurer expects to recover on insurance policies ceded to other insurance entities as of the balance sheet date for all guaranteed benefit types.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Business and Basis of Presentation (Narratives) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Apr. 01, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Ceding commissions		$ 663	$ 107
Contributed capital		$ 0	$ 781,125
PAI
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Contributed capital	$ 8,400,000
Variable Annuity
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance recoverables				$ 695,000	$ 3,776,000
Variable Annuity \| Impacts of Recapture
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance recoverables				(3,401,000)
Gain (loss) recognized on transfer	300,000
Variable Annuity \| Impacts of Recapture \| Pruco Re
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Asset Transfer				3,100,000
Reinsurance recoverables				(3,400,000)
Gain (loss) recognized on transfer	(300,000)
Variable Annuity \| Impacts of Recapture \| Pruco Life
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Asset Transfer				7,100,000
Reinsurance recoverables				9,400,000
Ceding commissions	3,600,000
Variable Annuity \| Impacts of Reinsurance
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Reinsurance recoverables				$ 320,000
Variable Annuity \| Impacts of Reinsurance \| Pruco Life
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Ceding commissions	2,500,000
Variable Annuity \| Reassignment of debt \| Impacts of Recapture \| Pruco Life
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Ceding commissions	1,100,000
Living benefit guarantees \| Impacts of Reinsurance
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Gain (loss) recognized on transfer	$ (2,600,000)