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Discontinued Operations and Business Dispositions Level 1 (Notes) | 12 Months Ended
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Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract] |
Mergers, Acquisitions and Dispositions Disclosures [Text Block] | Business Dispositions Sale of Retirement Plans On January 1, 2013, the Company completed the sale of its Retirement Plans business to MassMutual for a ceding commission of $355. The business sold included products and services provided to corporations pursuant to Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and products and services provided to municipalities and not-for-profit organizations under Sections 457 and 403(b) of the Code, collectively referred to as government plans. The sale was structured as a reinsurance transaction and resulted in an after-tax loss of $24 for the year ended December 31, 2013. The after-tax loss is primarily driven by the reduction in goodwill that is non-deductible for income tax purposes. The Company recognized a reinsurance loss on disposition of $634 offset by $634 in net realized capital gains for the year ended December 31, 2013. Upon closing, the Company reinsured $9.2 billion of policyholder liabilities and $26.3 billion of separate account liabilities under an indemnity reinsurance arrangement. The reinsurance transaction does not extinguish the Company's primary liability on the insurance policies issued under the Retirement Plans business. The Company also transferred invested assets with a carrying value of $9.3 billion, net of the ceding commission, to MassMutual and recognized other non-cash decreases in assets totaling $200 relating to deferred acquisition costs, deferred income taxes, goodwill, property and equipment and other assets associated with the disposition. The Company continued to sell retirement plans during the transition period which ended on June 30, 2014. MassMutual has assumed all expenses and risks for these sales through the reinsurance agreement. Sale of Individual Life On January 2, 2013, the Company completed the sale of its Individual Life insurance business to Prudential for consideration of $615 consisting primarily of a ceding commission. The business sold included variable universal life, universal life, and term life insurance. The sale was structured as a reinsurance transaction and resulted in a loss on business disposition consisting of a reinsurance loss partially offset by realized capital gains. The Company recognized a reinsurance loss on business disposition of $533, pre-tax, which included a goodwill impairment charge of $342 and a loss accrual for premium deficiency of $191, for the year ended December 31, 2012. Upon closing the Company recognized an additional $940 in reinsurance loss on disposition offset by $940 in realized capital gains for a $0 impact on income, pre-tax, for the year ended December 31, 2013. In addition, the Company reinsured $8.7 billion of policyholder liabilities and $5.3 billion of separate account liabilities under indemnity reinsurance arrangements. The reinsurance transaction does not extinguish the Company's primary liability on the insurance policies issued under the Individual Life business. The Company also transferred invested assets with a carrying value of $8.0 billion, exclusive of $1.4 billion of assets supporting the modified coinsurance agreement, net of cash transferred in place of short-term investments, to Prudential and recognized other non-cash decreases in assets totaling $1.8 billion relating to deferred acquisition costs, deferred income taxes, property and equipment and other assets and other non-cash decreases in liabilities totaling $1.5 billion relating to other liabilities including the $191 loss accrual for premium deficiency, associated with the disposition. The Company continued to sell life insurance products and riders during the transition period which ended on June 30, 2014. Prudential has assumed all expenses and risk for these sales through the reinsurance agreement. Composition of Invested Assets Transferred The following table summarizes invested assets transferred by the Company in 2013 in connection with the sale of the Retirement Plans and Individual Life businesses.
| Carrying Value
| As of December 31, 2012
Fixed maturities, at fair value (amortized cost of $13,916) [1] | $ | 15,349 |
Equity securities, AFS, at fair value (cost of $35) [2] | 37 |
Fixed maturities, at fair value using the FVO [3] | 16 |
Mortgage loans (net of allowances for loan losses of $1) | 1,364 |
Policy loans, at outstanding balance | 582 |
Total invested assets transferred | $ | 17,348 |
[1] | Includes $14.7 billion and $670 of securities in level 2 and 3 of the fair value hierarchy, respectively.
[2] | All equity securities transferred are included in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
[3] | All FVO securities transferred are included in level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
Discontinued Operations | Discontinued Operations On June 30, 2014, the Company completed the sale of all of the issued and outstanding equity of HLIKK to ORIX Life Insurance Corporation ("Buyer"), a subsidiary of ORIX Corporation, a Japanese company for cash proceeds of $963. The sale transaction resulted in an after-tax loss on disposition of $659 in the year ended December 31, 2014. The operations of the Company's HLIKK business meet the criteria for reporting as discontinued operations. The Company's HLIKK business is included in the Talcott Resolution reporting segment. Concurrently with the sale, HLIKK recaptured certain risks that had been reinsured to the Company’s U.S. subsidiaries, Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company ("HLAI") and HLIC by terminating intercompany agreements. Upon closing, the Buyer became responsible for all liabilities for the recaptured business. The Company has, however, continued to provide reinsurance for yen denominated fixed payout annuities of approximately $619 as of December 31, 2015. The following table summarizes the major classes of assets and liabilities transferred by the Company in connection with the sale.
| Carrying Value as of Closing
Assets |
Cash and investments | $ | 18,733 |
Reinsurance recoverables | $ | 46 |
Property and equipment, net | $ | 18 |
Other assets | $ | 988 |
Liabilities |
Reserve for future policy benefits and unpaid loss and loss adjustment expenses | $ | 320 |
Other policyholder funds and benefits payable | $ | 2,265 |
Other policyholder funds and benefits payable - international variable annuities | $ | 16,465 |
Short-term debt | $ | 247 |
Other liabilities | $ | 102 |
Sale of Hartford Life International Limited On December 12, 2013, the Company completed the sale of all of the issued and outstanding equity of HLIL in a cash transaction to Columbia Insurance Company, a Berkshire Hathaway company, for approximately $285. At closing, HLIL’s sole asset was its subsidiary, Hartford Life Limited, a Dublin-based company that sold variable annuities in the U.K. from 2005 to 2009. The sale transaction resulted in an after-tax loss of $102 upon disposition in the year ended December 31, 2013. The operations of the Company's U.K. variable annuity business meet the criteria for reporting as discontinued operations. The Company's U.K. variable annuities business is included in the Talcott Resolution reporting segment. The Consolidated Statements of Operations include a net realized gain on disposal of $9 for the year ended December 31, 2015 related to discontinued operations. Amounts related to discontinued operations included in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are summarized in the following table.
| For the years ended December 31,
| 2014 | 2013
Revenues |  |
Earned premiums | $ | (1 | ) | $ | (1 | )
Fee income and other | 239 |  | 713 |
Net investment income |  |
Securities available-for-sale and other | 18 |  | 96 |
Equity securities, trading | 134 |  | 6,200 |
Total net investment income | 152 |  | 6,296 |
Net realized capital losses | (157 | ) | (1,340 | )
Total revenues | 233 |  | 5,668 |
Benefits, losses and expenses |  |  |  |
Benefits, losses and loss adjustment expenses | 7 |  | (98 | )
Benefits, losses and loss adjustment expenses - returns credited on international variable annuities | 134 |  | 6,200 |
Amortization of DAC | — |  | 907 |
Insurance operating costs and other expenses | 23 |  | 127 |
Total benefits, losses and expenses | 164 |  | 7,136 |
Income (loss) before income taxes | 69 |  | (1,468 | )
Income tax benefit | (2 | ) | (521 | )
Income (loss) from operations of discontinued operations, net of tax | 71 |  | (947 | )
Net realized capital loss on disposal, net of tax [1] | (622 | ) | (102 | )
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax | $ | (551 | ) | $ | (1,049 | )
[1] | Includes income tax benefits of $265 on the sale of HLIKK and $219 on the sale of HLIL for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

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