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Segregated Funds (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Separate Accounts Disclosure 1 [Abstract] |
Segregated Fund Types by Percentage of Investments | The segregated fund types offered, by percentage of total investments for account of segregated fund holders, were within the following ranges as at December 31, 2018 and 2017:
Type of fund | %
Money market | 1 to 5
Fixed income | 10 to 15
Balanced | 40 to 45
Equity | 40 to 45
Carrying Value of Investments Held for Segregated Fund Holders | The carrying value of investments held for segregated fund holders are as follows:
As at December 31, | 2018 |  | 2017 |
Segregated and mutual fund units |  | $ | 89,049 |  |  | $ | 91,637 |
Equity securities |  | 9,771 |  |  | 10,799 |
Debt securities |  | 3,448 |  |  | 3,517 |
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term securities |  | 711 |  |  | 457 |
Investment properties |  | 400 |  |  | 374 |
Mortgages |  | 23 |  |  | 20 |
Other assets |  | 156 |  |  | 147 |
Total assets |  | $ | 103,558 |  |  | $ | 106,951 |
Less: Liabilities arising from investing activities |  | $ | 496 |  |  | $ | 559 |
Total investments for account of segregated fund holders |  | $ | 103,062 |  |  | $ | 106,392 |
Changes in Insurance Contracts and Investment Contracts for Account of Segregated Fund Holders | Changes in insurance contracts and investment contracts for account of segregated fund holders are as follows:
| Insurance contracts | Investment contracts
For the years ended December 31, | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |
Balance as at January 1 |  | $ | 99,121 |  |  | $ | 90,388 |  |  | $ | 7,271 |  |  | $ | 6,779 |
Additions to segregated funds: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deposits |  | 11,468 |  |  | 10,772 |  |  | 85 |  |  | 86 |
Net transfer (to) from general funds |  | (308 | ) |  | (119 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) |  | (7,123 | ) |  | 4,141 |  |  | (658 | ) |  | 883 |
Other investment income |  | 4,576 |  |  | 4,853 |  |  | 178 |  |  | 152 |
Total additions |  | $ | 8,613 |  |  | $ | 19,647 |  |  | $ | (395 | ) |  | $ | 1,121 |
Deductions from segregated funds: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Payments to policyholders and their beneficiaries |  | 10,224 |  |  | 9,439 |  |  | 614 |  |  | 643 |
Management fees |  | 1,004 |  |  | 963 |  |  | 57 |  |  | 57 |
Taxes and other expenses |  | 256 |  |  | 267 |  |  | — |  |  | 12 |
Foreign exchange rate movements |  | (413 | ) |  | 245 |  |  | (194 | ) |  | (83 | )
Total deductions |  | $ | 11,071 |  |  | $ | 10,914 |  |  | $ | 477 |  |  | $ | 629 |
Net additions (deductions) |  | $ | (2,458 | ) |  | $ | 8,733 |  |  | $ | (872 | ) |  | $ | 492 |
Acquisitions |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Balance as at December 31 |  | $ | 96,663 |  |  | $ | 99,121 |  |  | $ | 6,399 |  |  | $ | 7,271 |

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