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Fair Value of assets associated with the Asset Transfer.

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Excess of issue price over par or stated value of the entity's capital stock and amounts received from other transactions involving the entity's stock or stockholders. Includes adjustments to additional paid in capital. Some examples of such adjustments include recording the issuance of debt with a beneficial conversion feature and certain tax consequences of equity instruments awarded to employees. Use this element for the aggregate amount of additional paid-in capital associated with common and preferred stock. For additional paid-in capital associated with only common stock, use the element additional paid in capital, common stock. For additional paid-in capital associated with only preferred stock, use the element additional paid in capital, preferred stock.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(30)(a)(1))
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The net realized gains or losses on investments during the period, not including gains or losses on securities separately or otherwise categorized as trading, available-for-sale, or held-to-maturity.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 225
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-04.3(a))
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 325
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-Paragraph 1
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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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Business and Basis of Presentation (Affiliated Asset Transfers) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Realized Investment Gain/(Loss), Net		$ (1,507,074)	$ (2,447,694)	$ (1,497,589)	$ (2,461,936)
Variable Annuity
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Realized Investment Gain/(Loss), Net	$ (2,866,000)
Variable Annuity \| Impacts of Recapture
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Realized Investment Gain/(Loss), Net	$ (305,000)
Variable Annuity \| Impacts of Recapture \| Pruco Re Apr - June 2016 Purchase
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Fair Value			3,084,000		3,084,000
Book Value			3,084,000		3,084,000
APIC Increase/ (Decrease)			0		0
Realized Investment Gain/(Loss), Net			0
Variable Annuity \| Impacts of Recapture \| Pruco Life Apr - June 2016 Purchase
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Fair Value			6,994,000		6,994,000
Book Value			6,994,000		6,994,000
APIC Increase/ (Decrease)			0		0
Realized Investment Gain/(Loss), Net			0
Variable Annuity \| Impacts of Recapture \| PAI Apr - June 2016 Contributed Capital
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Fair Value			3,517,000		3,517,000
Book Value			3,517,000		3,517,000
APIC Increase/ (Decrease)			3,517,000		$ 3,517,000
Realized Investment Gain/(Loss), Net			$ 0