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Segment Information (Total Assets of Reportable Segments) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	$ 58,694,031	$ 53,097,879
Americas [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	34,809,570	31,852,931
CANADA
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	4,265,734	3,932,087
EMEA [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	7,073,219	6,435,255
Asia Pacific [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	5,938,166	4,644,362
Corporate and Other [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	6,607,342	6,233,244
Life Insurance Product Line [Member] | Americas [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	18,707,824	18,140,825
Life Insurance Product Line [Member] | CANADA
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	4,177,125	3,846,682
Life Insurance Product Line [Member] | EMEA [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	2,978,701	2,559,124
Life Insurance Product Line [Member] | Asia Pacific [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	4,750,652	3,968,081
Nontraditional Long-Duration Contracts [Member] | Americas [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	16,101,746	13,712,106
Nontraditional Long-Duration Contracts [Member] | CANADA
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	88,609	85,405
Nontraditional Long-Duration Contracts [Member] | EMEA [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	4,094,518	3,876,131
Nontraditional Long-Duration Contracts [Member] | Asia Pacific [Member]
Segment Reporting, Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	$ 1,187,514	$ 676,281

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03(a)(12))
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03(11))
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