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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Reconcilliation between the Company's federal income tax (expense) benefit at statutory rates and the recorded income tax (expense) benefit, excluding taxes on discontinued operations

Tax Reconciliation

Years ended December 31
(In millions)	2012				2011				2010
Income tax expense at statutory rates	$	(305	)		$	(305	)		$	(389	)
Tax benefit from tax exempt income	84				74				84
Foreign taxes and credits	(13		)		(3		)		(25		)
Taxes related to domestic affiliate	—				(21		)		(1		)
Prior year tax adjustment	—				20				—
Other tax expense	(10		)		(7		)		(1		)
Income tax expense	$	(244	)		$	(242	)		$	(332	)

Current and deferred components of the Company's income tax (expense) benefit, excluding taxes on discontinued operations

Current and Deferred Taxes

Years ended December 31
(In millions)	2012				2011				2010
Current tax expense	$	(97	)		$	(54	)		$	(6	)
Deferred tax expense	(147		)		(188		)		(326		)
Total income tax expense	$	(244	)		$	(242	)		$	(332	)

Significant components of the Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities

Components of Net Deferred Tax Asset

December 31
(In millions)	2012				2011
Deferred Tax Assets:
Insurance reserves:
Property and casualty claim and claim adjustment expense reserves	$	352			$	419
Unearned premium reserves	162				142
Receivables	60				74
Employee benefits	384				323
Life settlement contracts	45				61
Investment valuation differences	—				3
Net loss and tax credits carried forward	8				25
Other assets	152				159
Gross deferred tax assets	1,163				1,206
Deferred Tax Liabilities:
Investment valuation differences	38				—
Deferred acquisition costs	238				241
Net unrealized gains	737				513
Other liabilities	57				37
Gross deferred tax liabilities	1,070				791
Net deferred tax asset	$	93			$	415

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Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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Tabular disclosure of the components of net deferred tax asset or liability recognized in an entity's statement of financial position, including the following: the total of all deferred tax liabilities, the total of all deferred tax assets, the total valuation allowance recognized for deferred tax assets.

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Tabular disclosure of the reconciliation using percentage or dollar amounts of the reported amount of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for the year to the amount of income tax expense that would result from applying domestic federal statutory tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations.

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