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Segregated Funds (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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, 2019 and 2018:
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, | 2019 |  | 2018 |
Segregated and mutual fund units |  | $ | 102,071 |  |  | $ | 89,049 |
Equity securities |  | 10,565 |  |  | 9,771 |
Debt securities |  | 3,825 |  |  | 3,448 |
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term securities |  | 589 |  |  | 711 |
Investment properties |  | 403 |  |  | 400 |
Mortgages |  | 21 |  |  | 23 |
Other assets |  | 146 |  |  | 156 |
Total assets |  | $ | 117,620 |  |  | $ | 103,558 |
Less: Liabilities arising from investing activities |  | 647 |  |  | 496 |
Total investments for account of segregated fund holders |  | $ | 116,973 |  |  | $ | 103,062 |
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, | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |
Balance as at January 1 |  | $ | 96,663 |  |  | $ | 99,121 |  |  | $ | 6,399 |  |  | $ | 7,271 |
Additions to segregated funds: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deposits |  | 11,874 |  |  | 11,468 |  |  | 84 |  |  | 85 |
Net transfer (to) from general funds |  | (437 | ) |  | (308 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) |  | 10,700 |  |  | (7,123 | ) |  | 844 |  |  | (658 | )
Other investment income |  | 4,522 |  |  | 4,576 |  |  | 143 |  |  | 178 |
Total additions |  | $ | 26,659 |  |  | $ | 8,613 |  |  | $ | 1,071 |  |  | $ | (395 | )
Deductions from segregated funds: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Payments to policyholders and their beneficiaries |  | 11,420 |  |  | 10,224 |  |  | 604 |  |  | 614 |
Management fees |  | 1,053 |  |  | 1,004 |  |  | 56 |  |  | 57 |
Taxes and other expenses |  | 371 |  |  | 256 |  |  | 14 |  |  | — |
Foreign exchange rate movements |  | 209 |  |  | (413 | ) |  | 92 |  |  | (194 | )
Total deductions |  | $ | 13,053 |  |  | $ | 11,071 |  |  | $ | 766 |  |  | $ | 477 |
Net additions (deductions) |  | $ | 13,606 |  |  | $ | (2,458 | ) |  | $ | 305 |  |  | $ | (872 | )
Balance as at December 31 |  | $ | 110,269 |  |  | $ | 96,663 |  |  | $ | 6,704 |  |  | $ | 6,399 |

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