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Short-Term and Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Capital Securities [Member] |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Principal balance | $ 1,200,000,000
Risk based capital ratio threshold | 175.00%
Capital securities covenant percentage | 10.00%
Five-year revolving credit facility [Member] |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Maximum Issuance Of Line of Credit | $ 2,500,000,000
Current borrowing capacity | 2,500,000,000
Borrowing capacity available to reimburse the banks for drawn LOCs | 1,750,000,000
Minimum consolidated net worth | $ 10,500,000,000
Percentage of aggregate net proceeds of equity issuances | 50.00%
Debt to capital ratio (low end of range) | 0.35%
Debt to capital ratio (high end of range) | 1.00%

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- Definition Lincoln must make interest payments in accordance with an alternative coupon satisfaction mechanism in the event that the sum of our consolidated net income for the four trailing fiscal quarters ending on the quarter that is two quarters prior to the most recently completed quarter prior to the determination date is zero or negative; and (ii) our consolidated stockholders’ equity (excluding AOCI and any increase in stockholders’ equity resulting from the issuance of preferred stock during a quarter), or “adjusted stockholders’ equity,” as of (x) the most recently completed quarter and (y) the end of the quarter that is two quarters before the most recently completed quarter, has declined by this percentage or more as compared to the quarter that is 10 fiscal quarters prior to the last completed quarter, or the “benchmark quarter.” + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Represents the minimum risk based capital requirement for the entity's primary life insurance subsidiary as one of the trigger events of capital securities covenants that require the Company to make an interest payment in accordance with an alternative coupon satisfaction mechanism ("ACSM"). + References No definition available. + Details
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