Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Separate Account assets transferred from Level 2 to Level 1	$ 0	$ 933,000,000
Total commercial mortgage and other loans, net of valuation allowance	422,563,000	398,991,000
Other Long-Term Investments	162,783,000us-gaap_OtherLongTermInvestments	60,585,000us-gaap_OtherLongTermInvestments
Other liabilities	105,972,000us-gaap_OtherLiabilities	113,125,000us-gaap_OtherLiabilities
Embedded Derivative Fair Value of Embedded Derivative	3,112,000,000	778,000,000
Embedded Derivative Gross Asset	55,000,000cik881453_EmbeddedDerivativeGrossAsset	245,000,000cik881453_EmbeddedDerivativeGrossAsset
Embedded Derivative Gross Liability	3,167,000,000	1,023,000,000
Fair Value of Level 3 Derivatives	0cik881453_FairValueOfLevel3Derivatives	0cik881453_FairValueOfLevel3Derivatives
Separate Account assets transferred from Level 1 to Level 2	963,000,000	0
MarginDepositAssets	$ 3,000,000us-gaap_MarginDepositAssets	$ 700,000us-gaap_MarginDepositAssets

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