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Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs Disclosures [Abstract] |
Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs Details | 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 |

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