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Policyholder Account Balances, Future Policy Benefits and Claims and Separate Account Liabilities (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Policyholder Account Balances, Future Policy Benefits and Claims and Separate Account Liabilities |
Policyholder Account Balances, Future Policy Benefits and Unpaid Claims Disclosure [Table Text Block] | Policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims consisted of the following:
| March 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
(in millions)
Policyholder account balances |  |  |
Fixed annuities (1) | $ | 9,206 |  |  | $ | 9,338 |
Variable annuity fixed sub-accounts | 5,127 |  |  | 5,129 |
Universal life (“UL”)/variable universal life (“VUL”) insurance | 3,060 |  |  | 3,063 |
Indexed universal life (“IUL”) insurance | 1,785 |  |  | 1,728 |
Other life insurance | 672 |  |  | 683 |
Total policyholder account balances | 19,850 |  |  | 19,941 |
Future policy benefits |  |  |
Variable annuity guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits (“GMWB”) | 771 |  |  | 875 |
Variable annuity guaranteed minimum accumulation benefits (“GMAB”) (2) | (45 | ) |  | (19 | )
Other annuity liabilities | 50 |  |  | 26 |
Fixed annuity life contingent liabilities | 1,459 |  |  | 1,459 |
Life and disability income insurance | 1,222 |  |  | 1,221 |
Long term care insurance | 5,088 |  |  | 4,981 |
UL/VUL and other life insurance additional liabilities | 890 |  |  | 749 |
Total future policy benefits | 9,435 |  |  | 9,292 |
Policy claims and other policyholders’ funds | 178 |  |  | 891 |
Total policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims | $ | 29,463 |  |  | $ | 30,124 |
(1) Includes fixed deferred annuities, non-life contingent fixed payout annuities and indexed annuity host contracts. (2) Includes the fair value of GMAB embedded derivatives that was a net asset as of both March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 reported as a contra liability.
Schedule of Separate Account Liabilities by Policy Type [Table Text Block] | Separate account liabilities consisted of the following:
| March 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
(in millions)
Variable annuity | $ | 71,748 |  |  | $ | 66,913 |
VUL insurance | 7,034 |  |  | 6,451 |
Other insurance | 30 |  |  | 29 |
Threadneedle investment liabilities | 4,759 |  |  | 4,532 |
Total | $ | 83,571 |  |  | $ | 77,925 |

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