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Benefit Plans - Pension plan assets narrative (Details) - Pension benefits | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
Pension plans' assets |  |  |
Percentage of total plan assets for primary qualified employee | 81.00% |  |
Notional amount of derivatives, minimum percentage of plan assets | 105.00% |  |
Notional amount of derivatives, maximum percentage of plan assets | 115.00% |  |
Expected weighted average long-term rate of return on plan assets | 7.31% | 7.30% | 7.33%
Expected weighted average long-term rate of return on plan assets for the next fiscal year | 7.32% |  |
Expected weighted average long-term rate of return on primary employee plan assets for the next fiscal year | 7.75% |  |
Expected weighted average long-term rate of return on employee-agent plan assets for the next fiscal year | 5.75% |  |
Arithmetic average of the annual actual return on plan assets for the last 10 years | 6.80% |  |
Arithmetic average of the annual actual return on plan assets for the last 5 years | 9.90% |  |
Equity securities |  |  |
Pension plans' assets |  |  |
Percent of total equity securities in primary qualified employee plan | 86.00% |  |

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- Definition This element represents the arithmetic average of the annual actual return on plan assets for the last 5 years. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The maximum notional amount of derivatives to be used for replication to achieve exposure to an asset category, as a percentage of total plan assets. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Represents the long-term rate of return on plan assets for the next fiscal year, reflecting the average rate of earnings expected on the funds invested or to be invested to provide for the benefits included in the benefit obligation, used as an assumption for calculating the net periodic benefit cost. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Represents the long-term rate of return on plan assets for the next fiscal year for the employee-agent plan, reflecting the average rate of earnings expected on the funds invested or to be invested to provide for the benefits included in the benefit obligation, used as an assumption for calculating the net periodic benefit cost. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Represents the long-term rate of return on plan assets for the next fiscal year for the primary employee plan, reflecting the average rate of earnings expected on the funds invested or to be invested to provide for the benefits included in the benefit obligation, used as an assumption for calculating the net periodic benefit cost. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Weighted average rate of return on plan assets, reflecting average rate of earnings expected on existing plan assets and expected contributions, used to determine net periodic benefit cost of defined benefit plan. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (k)(3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82843861&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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