Related Party (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Pruco Reinsurance and Prudential Insurance Living Benefits [Text Block]

			Years Ended
				December 31,			December 31,			December 31,
						2012			2011			2010
Pruco Reinsurance
	Effective August 24, 2009
		Highest Daily Lifetime 6 Plus ("HD6 Plus")		$	50,313		$	47,021		$	31,412
		Spousal Highest Daily Lifetime 6 Plus ("SHD6")			21,834			20,137			13,216
	Effective June 30, 2009
		Highest Daily Lifetime 7 Plus ("HD7 Plus")			53,375			50,262			44,530
		Spousal Highest Daily Lifetime 7 Plus ("SHD7 Plus")			28,225			26,354			22,968
	Effective March 17, 2008
		Highest Daily Lifetime 7 ("HD7")			29,968			29,274			28,271
		Spousal Highest Daily Lifetime 7 ("SHD7")			9,185			8,955			8,667
		Guaranteed Return Option Plus ("GRO Plus" & "GRO Plus II") (1)			8,552			8,757			3,829
		Highest Daily Guaranteed Return Option ("HD GRO") (1)			3,311			3,430			3,676
		Highest Daily Guaranteed Return Option ("HD GRO II") (1)			3,365			3,287			1,718
	Effective Since 2006
		Highest Daily Lifetime Five ("HDLT5")			13,208			13,938			14,356
		Spousal Lifetime Five ("SLT5")			10,611			10,998			10,747
	Effective Since 2005
		Lifetime Five ("LT5") (2)			34,607			36,290			35,848
		Guaranteed Return Option ("GRO")			2,149			3,873			5,750
Total Fees Ceded to Pruco Reinsurance				$	268,703		$	262,576		$	224,988
Prudential Insurance
	Effective Since 2004
		Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit ("GMWB")			1,433			1,895			2,232
Total Fees Ceded to Prudential Insurance				$	1,433		$	1,895		$	2,232
Total Fees Ceded				$	270,136		$	264,471		$	227,220

FutureMinimumLeasePaymentsrelatedpartytextblock

	Lease	Sub-Lease
2013	$5,974	$1,827
2014	4,938	907
2015	3,894	-
2016	3,790	-
2017	3,716	-
2018 and thereafter	7,122	-
Total	$29,434	$2,734