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Segment Information (Total Assets of Reportable Segments) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	$ 44,691,268us-gaap_Assets	$ 44,679,611us-gaap_Assets
Americas [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	26,384,109us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_AmericasMember	25,732,075us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_AmericasMember
CANADA
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	3,902,751us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = country_CA	3,996,128us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = country_CA
EMEA [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	4,513,668us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_EMEAMember	4,693,322us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_EMEAMember
Asia Pacific [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	3,611,663us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_AsiaPacificMember	3,619,368us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_AsiaPacificMember
Corporate and Other [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	6,279,077us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateAndOtherMember	6,638,718us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateAndOtherMember
Life Insurance Product Line [Member] | Americas [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	14,835,231us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = us-gaap_LifeInsuranceSegmentMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_AmericasMember	14,159,824us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = us-gaap_LifeInsuranceSegmentMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_AmericasMember
Life Insurance Product Line [Member] | CANADA
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	3,859,043us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = us-gaap_LifeInsuranceSegmentMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = country_CA	3,946,942us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = us-gaap_LifeInsuranceSegmentMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = country_CA
Life Insurance Product Line [Member] | EMEA [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	2,438,389us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = us-gaap_LifeInsuranceSegmentMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_EMEAMember	2,514,868us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = us-gaap_LifeInsuranceSegmentMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_EMEAMember
Life Insurance Product Line [Member] | Asia Pacific [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	2,953,837us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = us-gaap_LifeInsuranceSegmentMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_AsiaPacificMember	2,951,723us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = us-gaap_LifeInsuranceSegmentMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_AsiaPacificMember
Nontraditional Long-Duration Contracts [Member] | Americas [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	11,548,878us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = us-gaap_NontraditionalLongDurationContractsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_AmericasMember	11,572,251us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = us-gaap_NontraditionalLongDurationContractsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_AmericasMember
Nontraditional Long-Duration Contracts [Member] | CANADA
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	43,708us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = us-gaap_NontraditionalLongDurationContractsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = country_CA	49,186us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = us-gaap_NontraditionalLongDurationContractsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = country_CA
Nontraditional Long-Duration Contracts [Member] | EMEA [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	2,075,279us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = us-gaap_NontraditionalLongDurationContractsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_EMEAMember	2,178,454us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = us-gaap_NontraditionalLongDurationContractsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_EMEAMember
Nontraditional Long-Duration Contracts [Member] | Asia Pacific [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	$ 657,826us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = us-gaap_NontraditionalLongDurationContractsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_AsiaPacificMember	$ 667,645us-gaap_Assets / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = us-gaap_NontraditionalLongDurationContractsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_AsiaPacificMember

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