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SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract] |
Schedule of Common Stock Outstanding Roll Forward | The following table is a reconciliation of the number of shares of the Company's common stock for the three-month periods ended March 31.
(In thousands of shares) | 2014 |  | 2013
Common stock - issued: |  |  |
Balance, beginning of period | 667,046 |  |  | 665,239 |
Exercise of stock options and issuance of restricted shares | 574 |  |  | 539 |
Balance, end of period | 667,620 |  |  | 665,778 |
Treasury stock: |  |  |
Balance, beginning of period | 207,633 |  |  | 197,453 |
Purchases of treasury stock: |  |  |
Open market | 6,535 |  |  | 2,979 |
Other | 110 |  |  | 124 |
Dispositions of treasury stock: |  |  |
Shares issued to AFL Stock Plan | (284 | ) |  | (364 | )
Exercise of stock options | (281 | ) |  | (294 | )
Other | (121 | ) |  | (145 | )
Balance, end of period | 213,592 |  |  | 199,753 |
Shares outstanding, end of period | 454,028 |  |  | 466,025 |
Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share | The following table presents the approximate number of share-based awards to purchase shares, on a weighted-average basis, that were considered to be anti-dilutive and were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share for the following periods.
| Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands) | 2014 |  | 2013
Anti-dilutive share-based awards |  | 492 |  |  |  |  | 3,623 |  |
Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
(In millions) | Unrealized Foreign Currency Translation Gains (Losses) |  | Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investment Securities |  | Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Derivatives |  | Pension Liability Adjustment |  | Total
Balance, beginning of period |  | $ | (1,505 | ) |  |  |  | $ | 1,035 |  |  |  |  | $ | (12 | ) |  |  |  | $ | (81 | ) |  |  |  | $ | (563 | ) |
Other comprehensive income before reclassification |  | (14 | ) |  |  |  | 910 |  |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  |  | 894 |  |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income |  | (23 | ) |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |  | (24 | ) |
Net current-period other comprehensive income |  | (37 | ) |  |  |  | 909 |  |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  |  | 870 |  |
Balance, end of period |  | $ | (1,542 | ) |  |  |  | $ | 1,944 |  |  |  |  | $ | (13 | ) |  |  |  | $ | (82 | ) |  |  |  | $ | 307 |  |
All amounts in the table above are net of tax.
Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
(In millions) | Unrealized Foreign Currency Translation Gains (Losses) |  | Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investment Securities |  | Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Derivatives |  | Pension Liability Adjustment |  | Total
Balance, beginning of period |  | $ | 333 |  |  |  |  | $ | 2,570 |  |  |  |  | $ | (5 | ) |  |  |  | $ | (183 | ) |  |  |  | $ | 2,715 |  |
Other comprehensive income before reclassification |  | (467 | ) |  |  |  | (554 | ) |  |  |  | (5 | ) |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |  | (1,026 | ) |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income |  | (7 | ) |  |  |  | (35 | ) |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  | (38 | ) |
Net current-period other comprehensive income |  | (474 | ) |  |  |  | (589 | ) |  |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  | (1,064 | ) |
Balance, end of period |  | $ | (141 | ) |  |  |  | $ | 1,981 |  |  |  |  | $ | (9 | ) |  |  |  | $ | (180 | ) |  |  |  | $ | 1,651 |  |
All amounts in the table above are net of tax.
Reclassification Out Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
(In millions) | Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 |
Details about Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Components | Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | Affected Line Item in the Statements of Earnings
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses) |  | $ | 36 |  |  | Sales and redemptions
|  | (13 | ) |  | Tax (expense) or benefit(1)
|  | $ | 23 |  |  | Net of tax
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities |  | $ | 5 |  |  | Sales and redemptions
|  | (3 | ) |  | Other-than-temporary impairment losses realized
|  | 2 |  |  | Total before tax
|  | (1 | ) |  | Tax (expense) or benefit(1)
|  | $ | 1 |  |  | Net of tax
Amortization of defined benefit pension items: |  |  |  |
Actuarial gains (losses) |  | $ | (4 | ) |  | Acquisition and operating expenses(2)
Prior service cost |  | 4 |  |  | Acquisition and operating expenses(2)
|  | 0 |  |  | Tax (expense) or benefit(1)
|  | $ | 0 |  |  | Net of tax
Total reclassifications for the period |  | $ | 24 |  |  | Net of tax
(1) Based on 35% tax rate (2) These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic pension cost (see Note 10 for additional details).
(In millions) | Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 |
Details about Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Components | Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | Affected Line Item in the Statements of Earnings
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses) |  | $ | 10 |  |  | Sales and redemptions
|  | (3 | ) |  | Tax (expense) or benefit(1)
|  | $ | 7 |  |  | Net of tax
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities |  | $ | 109 |  |  | Sales and redemptions
|  | (55 | ) |  | Other-than-temporary impairment losses realized
|  | 54 |  |  | Total before tax
|  | (19 | ) |  | Tax (expense) or benefit(1)
|  | $ | 35 |  |  | Net of tax
Gains (losses) on cash flow hedges: |  |  |  |
Foreign currency swaps |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | Derivative and other gains (losses)
|  | 0 |  |  | Tax (expense) or benefit(1)
|  | $ | (1 | ) |  | Net of tax
Amortization of defined benefit pension items: |  |  |  |
Actuarial gains (losses) |  | $ | (5 | ) |  | Acquisition and operating expenses(2)
|  | 2 |  |  | Tax (expense) or benefit(1)
|  | $ | (3 | ) |  | Net of tax
Total reclassifications for the period |  | 38 |  |  | Net of tax
(1) Based on 35% tax rate (2) These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic pension cost (see Note 10 for additional details).

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