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Schedule V Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Level 1 (Notes) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Text Block] | VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (In millions)
| Balance January 1, | Increase (decrease) in Costs and Expenses | Write-offs/ Payments/ Other | Balance December 31,
2016 |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts and other | $ | 134 |  | $ | 39 |  | $ | (36 | ) | $ | 137 |
Allowance for uncollectible reinsurance | 266 |  | 3 |  | (104 | ) | 165 |
Valuation allowance on mortgage loans | 23 |  | — |  | (4 | ) | 19 |
Valuation allowance for deferred taxes | 79 |  | (79 | ) | — |  | — |
2015 |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts and other | $ | 131 |  | $ | 44 |  | $ | (41 | ) | $ | 134 |
Allowance for uncollectible reinsurance | 271 |  | 12 |  | (17 | ) | 266 |
Valuation allowance on mortgage loans | 18 |  | 7 |  | (2 | ) | 23 |
Valuation allowance for deferred taxes | 181 |  | (102 | ) | — |  | 79 |
2014 |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts and other | $ | 125 |  | $ | 50 |  | $ | (44 | ) | $ | 131 |
Allowance for uncollectible reinsurance | 244 |  | 30 |  | (3 | ) | 271 |
Valuation allowance on mortgage loans | 67 |  | 4 |  | (53 | ) | 18 |
Valuation allowance for deferred taxes | 4 |  | 5 |  | 172 |  | 181 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -Subparagraph (SX 210.12-09) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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