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Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Other Long-term Investments | us-gaap_OtherLongTermInvestments | $ 868,000,000
Other Long-term Investments | us-gaap_OtherLongTermInvestments | 1,034,000,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Equity Securities | us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesEquitySecurities | 814,000,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Equity Securities | us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesEquitySecurities | 937,000,000
Investment Derivative Instruments Fair Value | cb_InvestmentDerivativeInstrumentsFairValue | 31,000,000
Investment Derivative Instruments Fair Value | cb_InvestmentDerivativeInstrumentsFairValue | 18,000,000
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure, Recurring | us-gaap_LiabilitiesFairValueDisclosureRecurring | 626,000,000
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure, Recurring | us-gaap_LiabilitiesFairValueDisclosureRecurring | 257,000,000
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure | us-gaap_AssetsFairValueDisclosure | 87,804,000,000
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure | us-gaap_AssetsFairValueDisclosure | 88,961,000,000
Other Derivative Instruments Fair Value | cb_OtherDerivativeInstrumentsFairValue | 3,000,000
Other Derivative Instruments Fair Value | cb_OtherDerivativeInstrumentsFairValue | 1,000,000
Securities Held as Collateral, at Fair Value | us-gaap_SecuritiesHeldAsCollateralAtFairValue | 1,092,000,000
Securities Held as Collateral, at Fair Value | us-gaap_SecuritiesHeldAsCollateralAtFairValue | 1,737,000,000
InvestmentDerivativeInstrumentsLiability | cb_InvestmentDerivativeInstrumentsLiability | 54,000,000
InvestmentDerivativeInstrumentsLiability | cb_InvestmentDerivativeInstrumentsLiability | 30,000,000
Other Derivative Instruments Fair Value Liability | cb_OtherDerivativeInstrumentsFairValueLiability | 13,000,000
Other Derivative Instruments Fair Value Liability | cb_OtherDerivativeInstrumentsFairValueLiability | 23,000,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Securities | us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities | 80,115,000,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Securities | us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities | 78,939,000,000
Separate Account Assets | us-gaap_SeparateAccountAssets | 1,879,000,000
Separate Account Assets | us-gaap_SeparateAccountAssets | 2,734,000,000
Other Short-term Investments | us-gaap_OtherShortTermInvestments | 3,002,000,000
Other Short-term Investments | us-gaap_OtherShortTermInvestments | 3,561,000,000
Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Securities | us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities | 24,149,000,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Securities | us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities | 23,996,000,000
Collateralized Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Securities | us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities | 14,007,000,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Securities | us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities | 15,290,000,000
US States and Political Subdivisions Debt Securities [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Securities | us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities | 17,649,000,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Securities | us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities | 14,925,000,000
Foreign Government Debt Securities [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Securities | us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities | 21,440,000,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Securities | us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities | 21,030,000,000
US Treasury and Government [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Securities | us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities | 2,870,000,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Debt Securities | us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities | 3,698,000,000
Guaranteed Minimum Income Benefit [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Liabilities for Guarantees on Long-Duration Contracts, Guaranteed Benefit Liability, Gross | us-gaap_LiabilitiesForGuaranteesOnLongDurationContractsGuaranteedBenefitLiabilityGross | 559,000,000
Liabilities for Guarantees on Long-Duration Contracts, Guaranteed Benefit Liability, Gross | us-gaap_LiabilitiesForGuaranteesOnLongDurationContractsGuaranteedBenefitLiabilityGross | $ 204,000,000

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- Definition Fair value portion of probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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