Estimated Percentage of VOBA Balance to be Amortized (Detail)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
VOBA Amortization
2015	14.00%
2016	12.00%
2017	11.00%
2018	9.00%
2019 and thereafter	54.00%

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Estimated percentage of the ending balance of the present value of the future insurance profits asset acquired in the purchase of an insurance entity to be amortized in the fifth year after the balance sheet date.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 944

-SubTopic 20

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (3)

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Estimated percentage of the ending balance of the present value of the future insurance profits asset acquired in the purchase of an insurance entity to be amortized in the fourth year after the balance sheet date.

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Estimated percentage of the ending balance of the present value of future profits asset acquired in the purchase of an insurance entity to be amortized in the first year after the balance sheet date.

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Estimated percentage of the ending balance of the present value of the future insurance profits asset acquired in the purchase of an insurance entity to be amortized in the third year after the balance sheet date.

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Estimated percentage of the ending balance of the present value of the future insurance profits asset acquired in the purchase of an insurance entity to be amortized in the second year after the balance sheet date.

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