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Debt - Recourse Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020 | Jun. 30, 2020 | Mar. 31, 2020 | Sep. 30, 2019 | Sep. 30, 2020 | Sep. 30, 2020 | Sep. 30, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt | $ (54) |  |  | $ (65) |  | $ (95) | $ (126)
Repayments of Lines of Credit |  |  |  |  |  | 1,515 | 1,041
Proceeds From Issuance Of Nonrecourse Debt |  |  |  |  |  | 4,229 | 3,580
Nonrecourse Debt [Member] | Cochrane Subsidiary [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |
Proceeds From Issuance Of Nonrecourse Debt |  |  |  |  |  | 485 |
Repayments of Long-term Debt |  |  |  |  |  | $ (445) |
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | LIBOR 1.75% Term Loan Due In 2022 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate |  |  |  |  |  | 1.75% |
Corporate and Other [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt |  | $ (37) |  |  |  |  | 5
Corporate and Other [Member] | Revolving Credit Facility [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from Lines of Credit |  |  | $ 840 |  | $ 600 |  |
Line of Credit Facility, Fair Value of Amount Outstanding | $ 710 |  |  |  | $ 710 | $ 710 |
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate | 1.86% |  |  |  | 1.86% | 1.86% |
Repayments of Debt |  |  |  |  | $ 695 |  |
Corporate and Other [Member] | LIBOR 1.75% Term Loan Due In 2022 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Redeemed notes |  |  |  |  |  |  | 343
Corporate and Other [Member] | 4.875% Senior Notes Due 2023 [Member] [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Redeemed notes |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 100
Corporate and Other [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] | 4.0% Senior Notes Due 2021 [Domain] [Domain] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate on senior notes | 4.00% |  |  |  | 4.00% | 4.00% |
Corporate and Other [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] | 4.5% Senior Notes Due 2023 [Domain] [Domain] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Redeemed notes |  |  |  |  |  | $ 7 |
Interest rate on senior notes | 4.50% |  |  |  | 4.50% | 4.50% |
Corporate and Other [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] | 4.875% Senior Notes Due 2023 [Member] [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate on senior notes | 4.875% |  |  | 4.875% | 4.875% | 4.875% | 4.875%
Corporate and Other [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] | 3.30% Senior Notes due 2025 [Domain] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate on senior notes | 3.30% |  |  |  | 3.30% | 3.30% |
Issued senior notes | $ 900 |  |  |  | $ 900 | $ 900 |
Corporate and Other [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] | 3.95% Senior Notes due 2030 [Domain] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate on senior notes | 3.95% |  |  |  | 3.95% | 3.95% |
Issued senior notes | $ 700 |  |  |  | $ 700 | $ 700 |
Corporate and Other [Member] | Liquidity [Member] | Revolving Credit Facility [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from Lines of Credit |  |  | 250 |  |  |  |
Repayments of Debt |  | $ 250 |  |  |  |  |
Corporate and Other [Member] | Other General [Member] | Revolving Credit Facility [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from Lines of Credit |  |  | $ 590 |  |  |  |

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