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Segment Information (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Segment Information [Abstract] |
Reconciliation Of Revenue From Segments To Consolidated |
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﻿ | For the Three |
﻿ | Months Ended |
﻿ | March 31, |
﻿ | 2017 |  | 2016 |
﻿Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Operating revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Annuities | $ | 1,061 |  | $ | 1,039 |
﻿Retirement Plan Services |  | 282 |  |  | 267 |
﻿Life Insurance |  | 1,606 |  |  | 1,478 |
﻿Group Protection |  | 541 |  |  | 534 |
﻿Other Operations |  | 88 |  |  | 82 |
﻿Excluded realized gain (loss), pre-tax |  | (80 | ) |  | (158 | )
﻿Amortization of deferred gain arising |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿from reserve changes on business |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿sold through reinsurance, pre-tax |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |
﻿Amortization of DFEL associated |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿with benefit ratio unlocking, pre-tax |  | 1 |  |  | - |
﻿Total revenues | $ | 3,500 |  | $ | 3,243 |
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Reconciliation Of Income (Loss) From Operations By Segment To Consolidated Net Income (Loss) |
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﻿ | For the Three |
﻿ | Months Ended |
﻿ | March 31, |
﻿ | 2017 |  | 2016 |
﻿Net Income (Loss) |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Income (loss) from operations: |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Annuities | $ | 281 |  | $ | 218 |
﻿Retirement Plan Services |  | 37 |  |  | 31 |
﻿Life Insurance |  | 130 |  |  | 75 |
﻿Group Protection |  | 7 |  |  | 5 |
﻿Other Operations |  | (13 | ) |  | (12 | )
﻿Excluded realized gain (loss), after-tax |  | (52 | ) |  | (102 | )
﻿Benefit ratio unlocking, after-tax |  | 45 |  |  | (4 | )
﻿Net income (loss) | $ | 435 |  | $ | 211 |
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of all significant reconciling items in the reconciliation of total income (loss) from operations from reportable segments to the entity’s consolidated net income (loss). + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of all significant reconciling items in the reconciliation of total revenues from reportable segments to the entity's consolidated revenues. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8924-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8906-108599 + Details
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