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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))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879464&loc=d3e573970-122913

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 325
-Section 50
-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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Related Party Transactions (Affiliated Asset Transfers) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Realized investment (gains) losses, net	$ (1,507,074)	$ (2,447,694)	$ (1,497,589)	$ (2,461,936)
Affiliated Entity \| Gibraltar Life Insurance Co Ltd August 16 Sale
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Fair Value					$ 11,559
Book Value					11,485
APIC, Net of Tax Increase/(Decrease)					0
Realized investment (gains) losses, net					48
Affiliated Entity \| Prudential Insurance September 2016 Sale
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Fair Value					47,066
Book Value					36,639
APIC, Net of Tax Increase/(Decrease)					0
Realized investment (gains) losses, net					6,777
Affiliated Entity \| Pruco Re September 16 Transfer in
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Fair Value					91,586
Book Value					80,732
APIC, Net of Tax Increase/(Decrease)					(7,055)
Realized investment (gains) losses, net					$ 0
Affiliated Entity \| Pruco Life January 2017 Sale
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Fair Value	29		29
Book Value	29		29
APIC, Net of Tax Increase/(Decrease)	$ 0		0
Realized investment (gains) losses, net			$ 0