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Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Segment Information [Abstract]

Reconciliation Of Revenue From Segments To Consolidated



	For the Three							For the Nine
	Months Ended							Months Ended
	September 30,							September 30,
	2017			2016				2017			2016
Revenues
Operating revenues:
Annuities	$	1,073		$	1,000			$	3,211		$	3,023
Retirement Plan Services		291			282				863			819
Life Insurance		1,614			1,630				4,874			4,646
Group Protection		564			534				1,646			1,593
Other Operations		65			84				220			244
Excluded realized gain (loss), pre-tax		(97	)		(7	)			(229	)		(252	)
Amortization of deferred gain arising from reserve changes on business
sold through reinsurance, pre-tax		-			1				1			2
Amortization of DFEL associated with benefit ratio unlocking, pre-tax		1			1				2			1
Total revenues	$	3,511		$	3,525			$	10,588		$	10,076



Reconciliation Of Income (Loss) From Operations By Segment To Consolidated Net Income (Loss)



	For the Three							For the Nine
	Months Ended							Months Ended
	September 30,							September 30,
	2017			2016				2017			2016
Net Income (Loss)
Income (loss) from operations:
Annuities	$	277		$	240			$	809		$	693
Retirement Plan Services		35			32				109			94
Life Insurance		121			167				384			361
Group Protection		41			28				83			49
Other Operations		(20	)		(26	)			(71	)		(66	)
Excluded realized gain (loss), after-tax		(63	)		(4	)			(149	)		(164	)
Gain (loss) on early extinguishment of debt, after-tax		(3	)		-				(3	)		-
Income (loss) from reserve changes (net of related amortization)
on business sold through reinsurance, after-tax		-			-				1			1
Benefit ratio unlocking, after-tax		30			30				101			34
Net income (loss)	$	418		$	467			$	1,264		$	1,002



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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).

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Tabular disclosure of all significant reconciling items in the reconciliation of total revenues from reportable segments to the entity's consolidated revenues.

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-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

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