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Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs Disclosures [Abstract] |
Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs | Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs A progression of deferred policy acquisition costs is presented below (in millions):
| P&C |  |  | Annuity and Run-off Long-term Care and Life |  |  |
| Deferred |  |  | Deferred |  | Sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Consolidated
| Costs |  |  | Costs |  | Inducements |  | PVFP |  | Unrealized |  | Total |  |  | Total
Balance at December 31, 2013 | $ | 211 |  |  |  | $ | 875 |  |  | $ | 149 |  |  | $ | 85 |  |  | $ | (345 | ) |  | $ | 764 |  |  |  | $ | 975 |
Additions | 124 |  |  |  | 50 |  |  | 4 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 54 |  |  |  | 178 |
Periodic amortization | (121 | ) |  |  | (27 | ) |  | (7 | ) |  | (3 | ) |  | — |  |  | (37 | ) |  |  | (158 | )
Change in unrealized | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (105 | ) |  | (105 | ) |  |  | (105 | )
Balance at March 31, 2014 | $ | 214 |  |  |  | $ | 898 |  |  | $ | 146 |  |  | $ | 82 |  |  | $ | (450 | ) |  | $ | 676 |  |  |  | $ | 890 |
Balance at December 31, 2012 | $ | 204 |  |  |  | $ | 787 |  |  | $ | 170 |  |  | $ | 99 |  |  | $ | (710 | ) |  | $ | 346 |  |  |  | $ | 550 |
Additions | 119 |  |  |  | 34 |  |  | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 36 |  |  |  | 155 |
Amortization: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Periodic amortization | (120 | ) |  |  | (27 | ) |  | (7 | ) |  | (4 | ) |  | — |  |  | (38 | ) |  |  | (158 | )
Included in realized gains | — |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (1 | )
Change in unrealized | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 19 |  |  | 19 |  |  |  | 19 |
Balance at March 31, 2013 | $ | 203 |  |  |  | $ | 793 |  |  | $ | 165 |  |  | $ | 95 |  |  | $ | (691 | ) |  | $ | 362 |  |  |  | $ | 565 |
The present value of future profits (“PVFP”) amounts in the table above are net of $201 million and $198 million of accumulated amortization at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.

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- Definition This element includes data and tables pertaining to (1) the nature and amount of capitalized costs incurred to write or acquire insurance contracts and the accounting for such deferred acquisition costs (DAC) and (2) the nature and amount of the present value of future profits (PVFP) of estimated net cash flows embedded in the existing long-duration contracts of acquired life insurance entities, the amount of amortization and other information pertinent to an understanding of PVFP, which is also known as Value of Business Acquired, or VOBA. + References No definition available. + Details
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