Pruco Life Insurance 10-Q 14 May 14 2014 Q1 Quarterly report Financial data

Document_and_Entity_Informatio

Document and Entity Information (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Document And Entity [Line Items]	'
Document Type	'10-Q
Amendment Flag	'false
Document Period End Date	31-Mar-14
Document Fiscal Year Focus	'2014
Document Fiscal Period Focus	'Q1
Entity Registrant Name	'PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Entity Central Index Key	'0000777917
Current Fiscal Year End Date	'--12-31
Entity Filer Category	'Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding	250,000
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	'Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	'No
Entity Public Float	$0
Entity Current Reporting Status	'Yes

Consolidated_Statements_of_Fin

Consolidated Statements of Financial Position (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
ASSETS	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value (amortized cost: 2013 $5,538,933; 2012 $5,662,255)	$5,933,572		$5,651,401
Equity Securites, available for sale, at fair value (cost: 2013 $567; 2012 $3,119)	11,136		771
Trading account assets, at fair value	28,599		18,892
Policy loans	1,097,408		1,086,772
Short-term investments	56,959		16,002
Commercial mortgage and other loans	1,536,081		1,532,165
Other long-term investments	237,274		226,704
Total investments	8,901,029		8,532,707
Cash and cash equivalents	368,295		307,243
Deferred policy acquisition costs	5,076,039		5,034,299
Accrued investment income	87,901		89,465
Reinsurance recoverables	15,190,607		13,657,859
Receivables from parents and affiliates	271,951		262,362
Deferred sales inducements	964,015		989,889
Other assets	41,826		45,983
Separate account assets	102,760,242	[1]	100,402,349	[1]
TOTAL ASSETS	133,661,905		129,322,156
LIABILITIES	'		'
Policyholders' account balances	14,482,305		14,303,330
Future policy benefits and other policyholder liabilities	8,746,033		6,916,669
Cash collateral for loaned securities	98,610		84,867
Income taxes	218,110		186,015
Short-term debt	272,000		274,900
Long-term debt	1,592,000		1,592,000
Payables to parent and affiliates	100,703		191,065
Other liabilities	647,166		964,740
Separate account liabilities	102,760,242		100,402,349
TOTAL LIABILITIES	128,917,169		124,915,935
EQUITY	'		'
Common stock, ($10 par value; 1,000,000 shares, authorized; 250,000 shares, issued and outstanding)	2,500		2,500
Additional paid-in capital	804,367		804,237
Retained earnings	3,822,008		3,542,838
Accumulated other comprehensive income	115,861		56,646
TOTAL EQUITY	4,744,736		4,406,221
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$133,661,905		$129,322,156
[1]	(2) Separate account assets represent segregated funds that are invested for certain customers. Investment risks associated with market value changes are borne by the customers, except to the extent of minimum guarantees made by the Company with respect to certain accounts. Separate account assets classified as Level 3 consist primarily of real estate and real estate investment funds. Separate account liabilities are not included in the above table as they are reported at contract value and not fair value in the Company’s Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.

Consolidated_Statements_of_Fin1

Consolidated Statements of Financial Position (Parenthetical) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Fixed maturities, available for sale, amortized cost	$5,712,169	$5,538,933
Available For Sale Equity Securities Amortized Cost Basis	$10,567	$567

Consolidated_Statement_of_Oper

Consolidated Statement of Operations (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
REVENUES	'	'
Premiums	$15,245	$13,206
Policy charges and fee income	513,625	463,425
Net investment income	98,477	102,508
Asset administration fees	89,424	82,363
Other income	13,407	-17,883
Realized investment gains (losses), net:	'	'
Other-than-temporary impairments on fixed maturity securities	0	-4,853
Other-than-temporary impairments on fixed maturity securities transferred to Other Comprehensive Income	0	3,456
Other realized investment gains (losses), net	85,531	48,111
Total realized investment gains (losses), net	85,531	46,714
TOTAL REVENUES	815,709	690,333
BENEFITS AND EXPENSES	'	'
Policyholders' benefits	85,035	62,406
Interest credited to policyholders' account balances	79,803	26,968
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	62,236	-79,842
General, administrative and other expenses	242,061	225,912
TOTAL BENEFITS AND EXPENSES	469,135	235,444
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES	346,574	454,889
IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperationsAbstract	'	'
Total income tax expense (benefit) on continuing operations	67,404	107,834
NET INCOME	279,170	347,055
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), before Tax [Abstract]	'	'
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments	-2	-207
Unrealized Investment gains (losses) for the period	92,374	-4,963
Reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses included in net income	-1,272	-31,058
Net Unrealized investment gains (losses)	91,102	-36,021
Other Comprehensive income (loss), before tax	91,100	-36,228
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Tax [Abstract]	'	'
Foreign Currency translation adjustments, taxes	-1	-73
Net unrealized invesment gains, taxes	31,886	-12,606
Other comprehensive income, tax expense (benefit)	31,885	-12,679
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Abstract]	'	'
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	59,215	-23,549
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	$338,385	$323,506

Consolidated_Statements_of_Equ

Consolidated Statements of Equity (USD $)	Total	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss) [Member]	Total Equity
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Balance at Dec. 31, 2012	'	$2,500	$818,303	$2,427,628	$267,461	$3,515,892
Contributed capital	'	0	-14,145	0	0	-14,145
Comprehensive income:	'	'	'	'	'	'
Net income	347,055	0	0	347,055	0	347,055
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	-23,549	0	0	0	-23,549	-23,549
Total comprehensive income (loss)	'	'	'	'	'	323,506
Balance at Mar. 31, 2013	'	2,500	804,158	2,774,683	243,912	3,825,253
Balance at Dec. 31, 2013	'	2,500	804,237	3,542,838	56,646	4,406,221
Contributed capital	'	0	130	0	0	130
Comprehensive income:	'	'	'	'	'	'
Net income	279,170	0	0	279,170	0	279,170
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	59,215	0	0	0	59,215	59,215
Total comprehensive income (loss)	'	'	'	'	'	338,385
Balance at Mar. 31, 2014	'	$2,500	$804,367	$3,822,008	$115,861	$4,744,736

Consolidated_Statements_of_Cas

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES	'	'
Net income	$279,170	$347,055
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:	'	'
Policy charges and fee income	-28,553	-43,017
Interest credited to policyholders' account balances	79,803	26,968
Realized investment (gains) losses, net	-85,531	-46,714
Amortization and other non-cash items	-16,334	-13,840
Change in:	'	'
Future policy benefits and other insurance liabilities	354,670	286,665
Reinsurance recoverables	-344,806	-261,646
Accrued investment income	1,564	-2,190
Receivables from parents and affiliates	-12,877	6,446
Payables to parent and affiliates	1,985	493
Deferred policy acquisition costs	-77,840	-386,193
Income taxes payable	209	74,857
Deferred Sales Inducements	-2,696	-6,608
Other, net	-10,971	-55,804
Cash flows from (used in) operating activities	133,823	-74,514
Proceeds from the sale/maturity/prepayment of:	'	'
Fixed maturities, available for sale	227,505	201,653
Short-term investments	48,826	185,190
Policy loans	27,395	31,665
Proceeds from policy loans ceded	1,394	2,287
Commercial mortgage and other loans	10,051	29,810
Other long-term investments	859	1,488
Equity securities, available for sale	0	2,339
Trading account assets, at fair value	0	426
Payments for the purchase/origination of:	'	'
Fixed maturities, available for sale	-371,235	-734,271
Short-term investments	-89,268	-131,432
Policy loans	-27,810	-22,143
Payments from policy loans ceded	-2,360	-2,455
Commercial mortgage and other loans	-19,252	-60,176
Other long-term investments	-20,632	-9,902
Equity securities, available for sale	-10,010	-10,003
Trading account assets, at fair value	-8,800	0
Notes receivable from parent and affiliates, net	17,191	18,873
Other	2,177	2,246
Cash flows used in investing activities	-212,037	-494,069
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES	'	'
Policyholders' account deposits	650,604	1,076,641
Ceded policyholders' account deposits	-137,617	-88,439
Policyholders' account withdrawals	-421,129	-735,450
Ceded policyholders' account withdrawals	7,920	12,773
Net change in securities sold under agreements to repurchase and cash collateral for loaned securities	13,744	17,186
Dividend to parent	0	0
Net increase in short term borrowing	-2,900	0
Capital asset transfer activity	130	-3,524
Drafts outstanding	28,514	23,770
Net change in long-term borrowing	0	0
Change in reinsurance recoverables	0	0
Cash flows from (used in) financing activities	139,266	302,957
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	61,052	-265,626
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF YEAR	307,243	412,109
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD	$368,295	$146,483

Significant_Noncash_Transactio

Significant Noncash Transaction	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	'
Signinicant Noncash Transaction	'
	Significant Non Cash Transactions
	Cash Flows from Investing Activities for the three months ended March 31, 2013 excludes $56 million of increases in fixed maturities, available for sale and $132 million of decreases in fixed maturities, available for sale related to the amendments of the reinsurance agreements between the Company and Universal Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Company, or “UPARC”, an affiliate, and the Company, and Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Universal Company, or “PAR U”, an affiliate (See Note 7).
	Cash Flows from Investing Activities for the three months ended March 31, 2013 excludes $4,951 million of increases in fixed maturities, available for sale, commercial mortgages, short-term investments, and trading account assets related to the coinsurance of Guaranteed Universal Life (“GUL”) business assumed from its parent company, Prudential Insurance, in connection with the acquisition of the Hartford Life Business.
	Cash Flows from Investing Activities for the three months ended March 31, 2013 excludes $4,952 million of decreases in fixed maturities, available for sale, commercial mortgages, short-term investments, and trading account assets related to the subsequent retrocession of this GUL business assumed from Prudential Insurance to PAR U, an affiliate (See Note 7).

Business_and_Basis_of_Presenta

Business and Basis of Presentation	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Business and Basis of Presentation [Abstract]	'
Business and Basis of Presentation	'
	1. BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
	Pruco Life Insurance Company, or the “Company”, is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, or “Prudential Insurance,” which in turn is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc., or “Prudential Financial.” Pruco Life Insurance Company was organized in 1971 under the laws of the State of Arizona. It is licensed to sell life insurance and annuities, primarily through affiliated and unaffiliated distributors, in the District of Columbia, Guam, and in all States except New York.
	The Company has three subsidiaries, including one wholly owned insurance subsidiary, Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey, or “PLNJ,” and two subsidiaries formed in 2009 for the purpose of holding certain commercial loan investments. Pruco Life Insurance Company and its subsidiaries are together referred to as the Company and all financial information is shown on a consolidated basis.
	PLNJ is a stock life insurance company organized in 1982 under the laws of the state of New Jersey. It is licensed to sell life insurance and annuities in New Jersey and New York only.
	Acquisition of The Hartford's Individual Life Insurance Business
	On January 2, 2013, Prudential Insurance acquired the individual life insurance business of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (“The Hartford”) through a reinsurance transaction. Under the agreement, Prudential Insurance paid The Hartford cash consideration of $615 million, primarily in the form of a ceding commission to provide reinsurance for approximately 700,000 life insurance policies with net retained face amount in force of approximately $141 billion. This acquisition increased the Company's scale in the U.S. individual life insurance market, particularly universal life products, and provides complimentary distribution opportunities through expanded wirehouse and bank distribution channels.
	In connection with this transaction, Prudential Insurance retroceded to the Company the portion of the assumed business that is classified as guaranteed universal life insurance (“GUL”), with account values of approximately $4 billion as of January 2, 2013. The Company has reinsured more than 79,000 GUL policies with a net retained face amount in force of approximately $30 billion. The Company then retroceded all of the GUL policies to an affiliated captive reinsurance company. Collectively, these transactions do not have a material impact on equity, as determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), or the statutory capital and surplus of the Company.
	Basis of Presentation
	The Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. on a basis consistent with reporting interim financial information in accordance with instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
	Use of Estimates
	The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
	The most significant estimates include those used in determining deferred policy acquisition costs and related amortization; amortization of deferred sales inducements; valuation of investments including derivatives and the recognition of other-than-temporary impairments (“OTTI”); future policy benefits including guarantees; provision for income taxes and valuation of deferred tax assets; and reserves for contingent liabilities, including reserves for losses in connection with unresolved legal matters.

Significant_Accounting_Policie

Significant Accounting Policies and Pronouncements	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Accounting Policies [Abstract]	'
Significant Accounting Policies and Pronouncements	'
	2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND PRONOUNCEMENTS
	This section supplements, and should be read in conjunction with, Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.
	Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements
	In December 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued updated guidance establishing a single definition of a public entity for use in financial accounting and reporting guidance. This new guidance is effective for all current and future reporting periods and did not have a significant effect on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations, or financial statement disclosures.
	In July 2013, the FASB issued new guidance regarding derivatives. The guidance permits the Fed Funds Effective Swap Rate (or Overnight Index Swap Rate) to be used as a U.S. benchmark interest rate for hedge accounting, in addition to the United States Treasury rate and London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). The guidance also removes the restriction on using different benchmark rates for similar hedges. The guidance is effective for qualifying new or redesignated hedging relationships entered into on or after July 17, 2013 and should be applied prospectively. Adoption of the guidance did not have a significant effect on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations, and financial statement disclosures.
	In July 2013, the FASB issued updated guidance regarding the presentation of unrecognized tax benefits when net operating loss carryforwards, similar tax losses, or tax credit carryforwards exist. This new guidance is effective for interim or annual reporting periods that begin after December 15, 2013, and should be applied prospectively, with early application permitted. Adoption of the guidance did not have a significant effect on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations, and financial statement disclosures.
	In February 2013, the FASB issued updated guidance regarding the presentation of comprehensive income. Under the guidance, an entity is required to separately present information about significant items reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) by component as well as changes in accumulated other comprehensive income balances by component in either the financial statements or the notes to the financial statements. The guidance does not change the items that are reported in other comprehensive income, does not change when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income, and does not amend any existing requirements for reporting net income or other comprehensive income. The guidance is effective for the first interim or annual reporting period beginning after December 15, 2012 and should be applied prospectively. The disclosures required by this guidance are included in Note 3.
	In December 2011 and January 2013, the FASB issued updated guidance regarding the disclosure of recognized derivative instruments (including bifurcated embedded derivatives), repurchase agreements and securities borrowing/lending transactions that are offset in the statement of financial position or are subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement (irrespective of whether they are offset in the statement of financial position). This new guidance requires an entity to disclose information on both a gross and net basis about instruments and transactions within the scope of this guidance. This new guidance is effective for interim or annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and should be applied retrospectively for all comparative periods presented. The disclosures required by this guidance are included in Note 5.
	Future Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements
	In January 2014, the FASB issued updated guidance for troubled debt restructurings clarifying when an in substance repossession or foreclosure occurs, and when a creditor is considered to have received physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan. The new guidance is effective for annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2014. This guidance can be elected for prospective adoption or by using a modified retrospective transition method. This guidance is not expected to have a significant effect on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations, or financial statement disclosures.

Investments

Investments	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Investments [Abstract]	'
Investments	'
	3. INVESTMENTS
	Fixed Maturities and Equity Securities
	The following tables provide information relating to fixed maturities and equity securities (excluding investments classified as trading) as of the dates indicated:
						31-Mar-14
																		Other-than-
									Gross			Gross						temporary
						Amortized			Unrealized			Unrealized			Fair			Impairments
						Cost			Gains			Losses			Value			in AOCI (3)
						(in thousands)
	Fixed maturities, available-for-sale
	U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S.
		government authorities and agencies				$	89,351		$	6,637		$	965		$	95,023		$	-
	Obligations of U.S. states and their political
		subdivisions					107,426			3,753			2,425			108,754			-
	Foreign government bonds						20,313			3,640			-			23,953			-
	Public utilities						825,016			47,517			13,755			858,778			-
	Redeemable preferred stock						819			149			-			968			-
	All other corporate securities						3,700,413			190,682			43,783			3,847,312			-243
	Asset-backed securities (1)						231,050			8,177			1,141			238,086			-5,542
	Commercial mortgage-backed securities						586,651			19,602			6,341			599,912			-
	Residential mortgage-backed securities (2)						151,130			10,649			993			160,786			-951
	Total fixed maturities, available-for-sale					$	5,712,169		$	290,806		$	69,403		$	5,933,572		$	-6,736
	Equity securities, available-for-sale
	Common Stocks:
		Public utilities				$	132		$	39		$	-		$	171
		Industrial, miscellaneous & other					4			14			-			18
		Mutual funds					10,091			333			1			10,423
	Non-redeemable preferred stocks						340			184			-			524
	Total equity securities, available-for-sale					$	10,567		$	570		$	1		$	11,136
	_____________
	Includes credit-tranched securities collateralized by sub-prime mortgages, credit cards, education loans, and other asset types.
	Includes publicly-traded agency pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations.
	Represents the amount of other-than-temporary impairment losses in AOCI, which were not included in earnings. Amount excludes $12 million of net unrealized gains on impaired available-for-sale securities relating to changes in the value of such securities subsequent to the impairment measurement date.
						31-Dec-13
																		Other-than-
										Gross			Gross					temporary
						Amortized				Unrealized			Unrealized		Fair			Impairments
						Cost				Gains			Losses		Value			in AOCI (3)
						(in thousands)
	Fixed maturities, available-for-sale
	U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S.
		government authorities and agencies				$	89,497		$	5,910		$	1,882		$	93,525		$	-
	Obligations of U.S. states and their political
		subdivisions					83,807			1,518			6,374			78,951			-
	Foreign government bonds						20,357			3,640			-			23,997			-
	Public utilities						796,747			32,303			29,281			799,769			-
	Redeemable preferred stock						681			126			-			807			-
	Corporate securities						3,661,419			168,717			89,343			3,740,793			-252
	Asset-backed securities (1)						216,081			8,687			2,677			222,091			-7,783
	Commercial mortgage-backed securities						510,255			20,316			8,563			522,008			-
	Residential mortgage-backed securities (2)						160,089			10,870			1,499			169,460			-973
	Total fixed maturities, available-for-sale					$	5,538,933		$	252,087		$	139,619		$	5,651,401		$	-9,008
	Equity securities, available-for-sale
	Common Stocks:
		Public utilities				$	131		$	29		$	-		$	160
		Industrial, miscellaneous & other					4			12			-			16
		Mutual funds					91			3			3			91
	Non-redeemable preferred stocks						341			163			-			504
	Total equity securities, available-for-sale					$	567		$	207		$	3		$	771
	_____________
	Includes credit-tranched securities collateralized by sub-prime mortgages, credit cards, education loans, and other asset types.
	Includes publicly-traded agency pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations.
	Represents the amount of other-than-temporary impairment losses in AOCI, which were not included in earnings. Amount excludes $14 million of net unrealized gains on impaired available-for-sale securities relating to changes in the value of such securities subsequent to the impairment measurement date.
The amortized cost and fair value of fixed maturities by contractual maturities at March 31, 2014, are as follows:
					Available-for-Sale
					Amortized			Fair
					Cost			Value
					(in thousands)
Due in one year or less					$	361,920		$	371,865
Due after one year through five years						1,177,464			1,284,703
Due after five years through ten years						1,328,041			1,362,992
Due after ten years						1,875,913			1,915,228
Asset-backed securities						231,050			238,086
Commercial mortgage-backed securities						586,651			599,912
Residential mortgage-backed securities						151,130			160,786
		Total			$	5,712,169		$	5,933,572
Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations. Asset-backed, commercial mortgage-backed, and residential mortgage-backed securities are shown separately in the table above, as they are not due at a single maturity date.
The following table depicts the sources of fixed maturity proceeds and related investment gains / (losses), as well as losses on impairments of both fixed maturities and equity securities:
					Three Months Ended March 31,
					2014			2013
					(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale
		Proceeds from sales			$	39,886		$	45,186
		Proceeds from maturities/repayments				182,019			174,324
		Gross investment gains from sales, prepayments and maturities				1,679			33,388
		Gross investment losses from sales and maturities				-407			-1,731
Equity securities, available-for-sale
		Proceeds from sales			$	-		$	2,352
		Gross investment gains from sales				-			854
Fixed maturity and equity security impairments
		Net writedowns for other-than-temporary impairment losses
			on fixed maturities recognized in earnings (1)		$	-		$	-1,397
		Writedowns for impairments on equity securities				-			-56
_____________
Excludes the portion of other-than-temporary impairments recorded in “Other comprehensive income (loss),” representing any difference between the fair value of the impaired debt security and the net present value of its projected future cash flows at the time of the impairment.
As discussed in Note 2 to the Company's Financial Statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, a portion of certain other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”) losses on fixed maturity securities are recognized in “Other comprehensive income (loss)” (“OCI”). For these securities, the net amount recognized in earnings (“credit loss impairments”) represents the difference between the amortized cost of the security and the net present value of its projected future cash flows discounted at the effective interest rate implicit in the debt security prior to impairment. Any remaining difference between the fair value and amortized cost is recognized in OCI. The following table sets forth the amount of pre-tax credit loss impairments on fixed maturity securities held by the Company as of the dates indicated, for which a portion of the OTTI loss was recognized in OCI, and the corresponding changes in such amounts.
Credit losses recognized in earnings on fixed maturity securities held by the Company for which a portion of the OTTI loss was recognized in OCI
				Three Months Ended March 31,
				2014			2013
				(in thousands)
Balance, beginning of period				$	14,660		$	27,702
Credit loss impairments previously recognized on securities which matured, paid
	down, prepaid or were sold during the period				-4,469			-12,388
Credit loss impairment recognized in the current period on securities not previously
	impaired				-			14
Additional credit loss impairments recognized in the current period on securities
	previously impaired				-			497
Increases due to the passage of time on previously recorded credit losses					101			222
Accretion of credit loss impairments previously recognized due to an increase in
	cash flows expected to be collected				-120			-332
Balance, end of period				$	10,172		$	15,715
Trading Account Assets
The following table sets forth the composition of “Trading account assets” as of the dates indicated:
					31-Mar-14						31-Dec-13
					Amortized			Fair			Amortized			Fair
					Cost			Value			Cost			Value
					(in thousands)
Fixed maturities					$	22,935		$	25,798		$	14,118		$	16,162
Equity securities						1,388			2,801			1,388			2,730
		Total trading account assets			$	24,323		$	28,599		$	15,506		$	18,892
The net change in unrealized gains / (losses) from trading account assets still held at period end, recorded within “Other income” was $0.9 million during both the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013.
Commercial Mortgage and Other Loans
The Company's commercial mortgage and other loans are comprised as follows, as of the dates indicated:
					31-Mar-14								31-Dec-13
					Amount			% of				Amount			% of
					(in thousands)			Total				(in thousands)			Total
Commercial and agricultural mortgage loans by property type:
Retail					$	464,499			30.2	%		$	467,059			30.5	%
Apartments/Multi-Family						315,291			20.5				298,365			19.5
Industrial						265,267			17.3				272,239			17.7
Office						193,739			12.6				195,499			12.8
Other						102,280			6.7				102,294			6.6
Hospitality						89,592			5.8				90,085			5.9
		Total commercial mortgage loans				1,430,668			93.1				1,425,541			93
Agricultural property loans						105,891			6.9				107,118			7
		Total commercial and agricultural mortgage loans by property
			type			1,536,559			100	%			1,532,659			100	%
Valuation allowance						-8,888							-8,904
		Total net commercial and agricultural mortgage loans by property
			type			1,527,671							1,523,755
Other Loans
Uncollateralized loans						8,410							8,410
		Total other loans				8,410							8,410
		Total commercial mortgage and other loans			$	1,536,081						$	1,532,165
The commercial mortgage and agricultural property loans are geographically dispersed throughout the United States and other countries with the largest concentrations in California (20%), New Jersey (11%), and Texas (10%) at March 31, 2014.
Activity in the allowance for losses for all commercial mortgage and other loans, as of the dates indicated, is as follows:
					31-Mar-14			31-Dec-13
					(in thousands)
Allowance for losses, beginning of year					$	8,904		$	6,028
Addition to / (release of) allowance of losses						-16			2,876
Allowance for losses, end of year (1)					$	8,888		$	8,904
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Agricultural loans represent $0.3 million of the ending allowance at both March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.
The following tables set forth the allowance for credit losses and the recorded investment in commercial mortgage and other loans as of the dates indicated:
					31-Mar-14			31-Dec-13
					(in thousands)
Allowance for Credit Losses:
Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment (1)					$	3,068		$	3,084
Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment (2)						5,820			5,820
Total ending balance					$	8,888		$	8,904
Recorded Investment: (3)
Ending balance gross of reserves: individually evaluated for impairment (1)					$	6,290		$	6,392
Ending balance gross of reserves: collectively evaluated for impairment (2)						1,538,679			1,534,677
Total ending balance, gross of reserves					$	1,544,969		$	1,541,069
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There were no agricultural or uncollateralized loans individually evaluated for impairments at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.
Agricultural loans collectively evaluated for impairment had a recorded investment of $106 million and $107 million at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, and a related allowance of $0.3 million for both periods. Uncollateralized loans collectively evaluated for impairment had a recorded investment of $8 million at both March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 and no related allowance for both periods.
Recorded investment reflects the balance sheet carrying value gross of related allowance.
Impaired loans include those loans for which it is probable that all amounts due will not be collected according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Impaired commercial mortgage and other loans identified in management's specific review of probable loan losses and the related allowance for losses, as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, had a recorded investment and unpaid principal balance of $6.3 million and $6.4 million, respectively, and related allowance of $3.1 million for both periods, primarily related to other property types. At both March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company held no impaired agricultural or uncollateralized loans.
Impaired commercial mortgage and other loans with no allowance for losses are loans in which the fair value of the collateral or the net present value of the loans' expected future cash flows equals or exceeds the recorded investment. The Company had no such loans at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013. See Note 2 to the Company's Financial Statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, for information regarding the Company's accounting policies for non-performing loans.
The following table sets forth the credit quality indicators as of March 31, 2014, based upon the recorded investment gross of allowance for credit losses.
Total commercial and agricultural mortgage loans
				Debt Service Coverage Ratio - March 31, 2014
				Greater than 1.2X			1.0X to <1.2X			Less than 1.0X			Total
Loan-to-Value Ratio				(in thousands)
0%-59.99%				$	879,398		$	16,048		$	9,288		$	904,734
60%-69.99%					346,760			25,946			5,514			378,220
70%-79.99%					144,692			9,220			35,537			189,449
Greater than 80%					36,901			20,965			6,290			64,156
		Total commercial and agricultural mortgage loans		$	1,407,751		$	72,179		$	56,629		$	1,536,559
The following table sets forth the credit quality indicators as of December 31, 2013, based upon the recorded investment gross of allowance for credit losses.
Total commercial and agricultural mortgage loans
				Debt Service Coverage Ratio - December 31, 2013
				Greater than 1.2X			1.0X to <1.2X			Less than 1.0X			Total
Loan-to-Value Ratio				(in thousands)
0%-59.99%				$	894,897		$	11,196		$	9,323		$	915,416
60%-69.99%					314,325			28,420			4,327			347,072
70%-79.99%					183,853			9,295			25,626			218,774
Greater than 80%					24,000			5,310			22,087			51,397
		Total commercial and agricultural mortgage loans		$	1,417,075		$	54,221		$	61,363		$	1,532,659
As of both March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, $1.4 billion of commercial mortgage and other loans were in current status and $6.3 million and $6.4 million, respectively, were classified as past due, primarily related to other property types. As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, $6.3 million and $6.4 million of commercial mortgage and other loans, respectively, were in non-accrual status based upon the recorded investment gross of allowance for credit losses, primarily related to other property types. Nonaccrual loans are those on which the accrual of interest has been suspended after the loans become 90 days delinquent as to principal or interest payments, or earlier when the Company has doubts about collectability and loans for which a loan specific reserve has been established. See Note 2 to the Company's Financial Statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 for further discussion regarding nonaccrual status loans. The Company defines current in its aging of past due commercial mortgage and agricultural loans as less than 30 days past due.
For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, there were no commercial mortgage and other loans sold or acquired, other than those through direct origination.
The Company's commercial mortgage and other loans may occasionally be involved in a troubled debt restructuring. As of both March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company had no significant commitments to fund to borrowers that have been involved in a troubled debt restructuring. During the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, there were no new troubled debt restructurings related to commercial mortgage loans, and no payment defaults on commercial mortgage and other loans that were modified as a troubled debt restructuring within the 12 months preceding each respective period. For additional information relating to the accounting for troubled debt restructurings, see Note 2 to the Company's Financial Statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.
Net Investment Income
Net investment income for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, was from the following sources:
				Three Months Ended
				March 31,
				2014			2013
				(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale				$	65,735		$	68,510
Trading account assets					196			133
Commercial mortgage and other loans					19,830			20,704
Policy loans					14,726			14,137
Short-term investments and cash equivalents					157			244
Other long-term investments					2,467			3,702
		Gross investment income			103,111			107,430
Less: investment expenses					-4,634			-4,922
		Net investment income		$	98,477		$	102,508
Realized Investment Gains (Losses), Net
Realized investment gains (losses), net, for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, were from the following sources:
				Three Months Ended
				March 31,
				2014			2013
				(in thousands)
Fixed maturities				$	1,272		$	30,260
Equity securities					-			798
Commercial mortgage and other loans					127			448
Joint ventures and limited partnerships					-			-51
Derivatives					84,122			15,252
Other					10			7
		Realized investment gains (losses), net		$	85,531		$	46,714
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The balance of and changes in each component of “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)” for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, are as follows:
			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
				Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment			Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses) (1)			Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
			(in thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2013			$	403		$	56,243		$	56,646
Change in other comprehensive income
	before reclassifications			-2			92,374			92,372
Amounts reclassified from AOCI				-			-1,272			-1,272
Income tax benefit (expense)				1			-31,886			-31,885
Balance, March 31, 2014			$	402		$	115,459		$	115,861
			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
				Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment			Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses) (1)			Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
			(in thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2012			$	258		$	267,204		$	267,461
Change in other comprehensive income
	before reclassifications			-207			-4,963			-5,171
Amounts reclassified from AOCI				-			-31,058			-31,058
Income tax benefit (expense)				73			12,607			12,680
Balance, March 31, 2013			$	123		$	243,790		$	243,913
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Includes cash flow hedges of ($5) million as of both March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 and $6 million and $0 million as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.
Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
						Three Months Ended
						31-Mar-14
						(in thousands)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI (1)(2):
Net unrealized investment gains (losses):
	Cash flow hedges - Currency/Interest rate (3)					$	182
	Net unrealized investment gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities (4)						1,090
		Total net unrealized investment gains (losses)					1,272
				Total reclassifications for the period		$	1,272
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All amounts are shown before tax.
Positive amounts indicate gains/benefits reclassified out of AOCI. Negative amounts indicate losses/costs reclassified out of AOCI.
See Note 5 for additional information on cash flow hedges.
See table below for additional information on unrealized investment gains (losses), including the impact on deferred policy acquisition and other costs, future policy benefits and policyholders' account balances.
Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses)
Net unrealized investment gains and losses on securities classified as available-for-sale and certain other long-term investments and other assets are included in the Company's Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position as a component of AOCI. Changes in these amounts include reclassification adjustments to exclude from “Other comprehensive income (loss)” those items that are included as part of “Net income” for a period that had been part of “Other comprehensive income (loss)” in earlier periods. The amounts for the periods indicated below, split between amounts related to fixed maturity securities on which an OTTI loss has been recognized, and all other net unrealized investment gains and losses, are as follows:
Net Unrealized Investment Gains and Losses on Fixed Maturity Securities on which an OTTI loss has been recognized
					Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments			Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs and Other Costs			Future Policy Benefits and Policyholders' Account Balances (1)			Deferred Income Tax (Liability) Benefit			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Related To Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses)
					(in thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2013					$	4,498		$	-3,324		$	1,819		$	-1,079		$	1,914
Net investment gains (losses) on
	investments arising during the period					539			-			-			-188			351
Reclassification adjustment for (gains)
	losses included in net income					-88			-			-			31			-57
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses
	on deferred policy acquisition costs and other costs					-			862			-			-302			560
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains)
	losses on future policy benefits
	and policyholders' account balances					-			-			-516			180			-336
Balance, March 31, 2014					$	4,949		$	-2,462		$	1,303		$	-1,358		$	2,432
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Balances are net of reinsurance.
All Other Net Unrealized Investment Gains and Losses in AOCI
					Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments (1)			Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs and Other Costs			Future Policy Benefits and Policyholders' Account Balances (2)			Deferred Income Tax (Liability) Benefit			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Related To Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses)
					(in thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2013					$	123,153		$	-43,030		$	3,293		$	-29,087		$	54,329
Net investment gains (losses) on
	investments arising during the period					108,716			-			-			-38,050			70,666
Reclassification adjustment for (gains)
	losses included in net income					-1,184			-			-			414			-770
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses
	on deferred policy acquisition costs and other costs					-			-38,038			-			13,313			-24,725
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains)
	losses on future policy benefits
	and policyholders' account balances					-			-			20,811			-7,284			13,527
Balance, March 31, 2014					$	230,685		$	-81,068		$	24,104		$	-60,694		$	113,027
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Includes cash flow hedges. See Note 5 for information on cash flow hedges.
Balances are net of reinsurance.
Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments by Asset Class
The table below presents net unrealized gains (losses) on investments by asset class as of the dates indicated:
					March 31,			December 31,
					2014			2013
					(in thousands)
Fixed maturity securities on which an OTTI loss has been recognized					$	4,949		$	4,498
Fixed maturity securities, available-for-sale - all other						216,454			107,970
Equity securities, available-for-sale						569			204
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges (1)						-4,593			-4,701
Other investments						18,255			19,680
Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments					$	235,634		$	127,651
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See Note 5 for more information on cash flow hedges.
Duration of Gross Unrealized Loss Positions for Fixed Maturities and Equity Securities
The following table shows the fair value and gross unrealized losses aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual fixed maturity securities and equity securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, as of the dates indicated:
				31-Mar-14
				Less than twelve months						Twelve months or more						Total
				Fair Value			Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value			Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value			Gross Unrealized Losses
				(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of
	U.S. government authorities and agencies			$	24,989		$	965		$	-		$	-		$	24,989		$	965
Obligations of U.S. states and their
	political subdivisions				37,406			2,114			2,651			311			40,057			2,425
Foreign government bonds					-			-			-			-			-			-
Corporate securities					1,131,507			43,593			121,778			13,945			1,253,285			57,538
Asset-backed securities					71,152			376			10,424			765			81,576			1,141
Commercial mortgage-backed securities					91,441			4,078			30,792			2,263			122,233			6,341
Residential mortgage-backed securities					34,652			976			2,324			17			36,976			993
		Total		$	1,391,147		$	52,102		$	167,969		$	17,301		$	1,559,116		$	69,403
Equity securities, available-for-sale				$	36		$	1		$	-		$	-		$	36		$	1
				31-Dec-13
				Less than twelve months						Twelve months or more						Total
				Fair Value			Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value			Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value			Gross Unrealized Losses
				(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of
	U.S. government authorities and agencies			$	24,123		$	1,882		$	-		$	-		$	24,123		$	1,882
Obligations of U.S. states and their
	political subdivisions				51,216			5,904			2,496			470			53,712			6,374
Foreign government bonds					-			-			-			-			-			-
Corporate securities					1,596,468			101,780			97,731			16,844			1,694,199			118,624
Asset-backed securities					93,021			1,418			11,782			1,259			104,803			2,677
Commercial mortgage-backed securities					116,371			6,706			19,605			1,857			135,976			8,563
Residential mortgage-backed securities					42,121			1,472			3,225			27			45,346			1,499
		Total		$	1,923,320		$	119,162		$	134,839		$	20,457		$	2,058,159		$	139,619
Equity securities, available-for-sale				$	44		$	3		$	-		$	-		$	44		$	3
The gross unrealized losses on fixed maturity securities at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, are composed of $67 million and $136 million related to high or highest quality securities based on The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) or equivalent rating and $3 million and $4 million, related to other than high or highest quality securities based on NAIC or equivalent rating, respectively. At March 31, 2014, $4 million of the gross unrealized losses represented declines in value of greater than 20%, all of which had been in that position for less than six months, as compared to $5 million at December 31, 2013 that represented declines in value of greater than 20%, all of which had been in that position for less than six months. At March 31, 2014, the $17 million of gross unrealized losses of twelve months or more were concentrated in the consumer non-cyclical and utility sectors of the Company's corporate securities and in commercial mortgage-backed securities. At December 31, 2013, the $20 million of gross unrealized losses of twelve months or more were concentrated in the consumer non-cyclical, utility, and basic industry sectors of the Company's corporate securities. In accordance with its policy described in Note 2 to the Company's Financial Statements included in its 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Company concluded that an adjustment to earnings for other-than-temporary impairments for these securities was not warranted at March 31, 2014 or December 31, 2013. These conclusions are based on a detailed analysis of the underlying credit and cash flows on each security. The gross unrealized losses are primarily attributable to credit spread widening and increased liquidity discounts. At March 31, 2014, the Company does not intend to sell the securities and it is not more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the securities before the anticipated recovery of its remaining amortized cost basis.
At both March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, none of the gross unrealized losses related to equity securities represented declines in value of greater than 20%. In accordance with its policy described in Note 2 to the Company's Financial Statements included in its 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Company concluded that an adjustment for other-than-temporary impairments for these equity securities was not warranted at March 31, 2014 or December 31, 2013.

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Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities	3 Months Ended																								9 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014																								Sep. 30, 2013
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	4.    FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES																												Three Months Ended September 30, 2013
																													Fixed Maturities Available For Sale
	Fair Value Measurement – Fair value represents the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The authoritative fair value guidance establishes a framework for measuring fair value that includes a hierarchy used to classify the inputs used in measuring fair value. The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:																												Corporate Securities		Asset-Backed Securities		Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities			Other Trading Account Assets - Equity Securities		Equity Securities, Available for Sale
																														(in thousands)
	Level 1 - Fair value is based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible to the Company for identical assets or liabilities. The Company's Level 1 assets and liabilities primarily include certain cash equivalents, short term investments and equity securities that trade on an active exchange market.																								Fair Value, beginning of period assets/(liabilities)				$	18,147	$	112,114	$	4,040	$	3,931	$	485
																										Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):
	Level 2 - Fair value is based on significant inputs, other than quoted prices included in Level 1, that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability through corroboration with observable market data. Level 2 inputs include quoted market prices in active markets for similar assets and liabilities, quoted market prices in markets that are not active for identical or similar assets or liabilities, and other market observable inputs. The Company's Level 2 assets and liabilities include: fixed maturities (corporate public and private bonds, most government securities, certain asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities, etc.), certain equity securities (mutual funds, which do not actively trade and are priced based on a net asset value), certain short-term investments and certain cash equivalents (primarily commercial paper), and certain over-the-counter derivatives.																										Included in earnings:
																												Realized investment gains (losses), net		1,319		-		-		-		-427
	Level 3 - Fair value is based on at least one or more significant unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. The assets and liabilities in this category may require significant judgment or estimation in determining the fair value. The Company's Level 3 assets and liabilities primarily include: certain private fixed maturities and equity securities, certain manually priced public equity securities and fixed maturities, certain highly structured over-the-counter derivative contracts, certain consolidated real estate funds for which the Company is the general partner, and embedded derivatives resulting from reinsurance or certain products with guaranteed benefits.																											Asset management fees and other income		-		-		-		-583		-
																											Included in other comprehensive income (loss)			1,430		224		1		-		-31
	Assets and Liabilities by Hierarchy Level - The tables below present the balances of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis, as of the dates indicated.																									Net investment income				-61		-163		-		-		-
					As of March 31, 2014																					Purchases				-5,703		-33,078		15,554		-380		-
					Level 1			Level 2			Level 3			Netting (1)			Total									Sales				935		1		-		-		1,483
																										Issuances				-		-		-		-		-
					(in thousands)																					Settlements				20,743		19,187		3,434		380		-
	Fixed maturities, available for sale:																									Transfers into Level 3 (2)				-		29,407		-		-		-
	U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government authorities and agencies				$	-		$	95,023		$	-		$	-		$	95,023								Transfers out of Level 3 (2)				5,109		3,686		5,047		-		-
	Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions					-			108,754			-			-			108,754								Other (4)				-		2,496		-		-		-
	Foreign government bonds					-			23,953			-			-			23,953							Fair Value, end of period assets/(liabilities)				$	41,919	$	133,874	$	28,076	$	3,348	$	1,510
	Corporate securities					-			4,683,827			23,231			-			4,707,058
	Asset-backed securities					-			132,005			106,081			-			238,086							Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those
	Commercial mortgage-backed securities					-			571,836			28,076			-			599,912								Level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period (3):
	Residential mortgage-backed securities					-			160,786			-			-			160,786									Included in earnings:
	Sub-total					-			5,776,184			157,388			-			5,933,572										Realized investment gains (losses), net	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
																												Asset management fees and other income	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	71	$	-
	Trading account assets:
	Corporate securities					-			23,814			-			-			23,814											Three Months Ended September 30, 2013
	Asset-backed securities					-			1,983			-			-			1,983												Other Long-term Investments		Receivables from Parents and Affiliates		Separate Account Assets (1)		Future Policy Benefits	Reinsurance Recoverables
	Commercial mortgage-backed securities					-			-			-			-			-											(in thousands)
	Equity securities					-			-			2,802			-			2,802							Fair Value, beginning of period assets/(liabilities)				$	1,145	$	6,112	$	261,679	$	-586,930	$	479,818
	Sub-total					-			25,797			2,802			-			28,599								Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):
																											Included in earnings:
	Equity securities, available for sale					123			10,423			590			-			11,136										Realized investment gains (losses), net		232		-		355		-2,462,699		2,454,237
	Short-term investments					3,978			52,963			18			-			56,959										Asset management fees and other income		-143		-		-		-		-
	Cash equivalents					64,746			143,078			-			-			207,824										Interest credited to policyholders' account balances		-		-		-5,546		-		-
	Other long-term investments					-			123,084			1,247			-122,291			2,040									Included in other comprehensive income (loss)			-		31		-		-		-
	Reinsurance recoverables					-			-			1,018,443			-			1,018,443								Net investment income				-167		-4		-		-		-
	Receivables from parents and affiliates					-			168,099			5,124			-			173,223								Purchases				-		-5,147		-23,597		-		-251,587
	Sub-total excluding separate account assets					68,847			6,299,628			1,185,612			-122,291			7,431,796								Sales				-		3,495		14,160		-		-
																										Issuances				-		-		-		268,584		-
	Separate account assets (2)					959,698			101,521,906			278,638			-			102,760,242								Settlements				-		-		-		-		-
	Total assets				$	1,028,545		$	107,821,534		$	1,464,250		$	-122,291		$	110,192,038								Transfers into Level 3 (2)				-		-		-		-		-
	Future policy benefits (4)				$	-		$	-		$	1,014,755		$	-		$	1,014,755								Transfers out of Level 3 (2)				-		-979		-		-		-
	Payables to parent and affiliates					-			170,645			-			-122,789			47,856								Other (4)				-		-2,496		-		-		-
	Total liabilities				$	-		$	170,645		$	1,014,755		$	-122,789		$	1,062,611							Fair Value, end of period assets/(liabilities)				$	1,067	$	1,012	$	247,051	$	-2,781,045	$	2,682,468
					As of December 31, 2013
					Level 1			Level 2			Level 3			Netting (1)			Total								Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those
																										Level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period (3):
					(in thousands)																						Included in earnings:
	Fixed maturities, available for sale:																											Realized investment gains (losses), net	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-1,517,648	$	1,398,947
	U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government authorities and agencies				$	-		$	93,525		$	-		$	-		$	93,525										Asset management fees and other income	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
	Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions					-			78,951			-			-			78,951										Interest credited to policyholders' account balances	$	-	$	-	$	-5,546	$	-	$	-
	Foreign government bonds					-			23,997			-			-			23,997
	Corporate securities					-			4,523,076			18,293			-			4,541,369
	Asset-backed securities					-			141,157			80,934			-			222,091
	Commercial mortgage-backed securities					-			522,008			-			-			522,008
	Residential mortgage-backed securities					-			169,460			-			-			169,460
	Sub-total					-			5,552,174			99,227			-			5,651,401
	Trading account assets:
	Corporate securities					-			14,183			-			-			14,183
	Asset-backed securities					-			1,978			-			-			1,978
	Commercial mortgage-backed securities					-			-			-			-			-
	Equity securities					-			-			2,731			-			2,731
Sub-total					-			16,161			2,731			-			18,892
Equity securities, available for sale					112			90			569			-			771
Short-term investments					9,216			6,768			18			-			16,002
Cash equivalents					5,962			199,825			-			-			205,787
Other long term investments					-			73,647			1,168			-73,219			1,596
Reinsurance recoverables					-			-			11,400			-			11,400
Receivables from parents and affiliates					-			170,761			4,121			-			174,882
Sub-total excluding separate account assets					15,290			6,019,426			119,234			-73,219			6,080,731
Separate account assets (2)					973,192			99,149,315			279,842			-			100,402,349
Total assets				$	988,482		$	105,168,741		$	399,076		$	-73,219		$	106,483,080
Future policy benefits (4)				$	-		$	-		$	-348,399		$	-		$	-348,399
Payables to parents and affiliates					-			218,467			-			-73,051			145,416
Other liabilities (3)					-			-			388,268			-			388,268
Total liabilities				$	-		$	218,467		$	39,869		$	-73,051		$	185,285
(1) "Netting" amounts represents swap variation margin of $0.5 million and $0.2 million as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, and the impact of offsetting asset and liability positions held with the same counterparty, subject to master netting arrangements.
(2) Separate account assets represent segregated funds that are invested for certain customers. Investment risks associated with market value changes are borne by the customers, except to the extent of minimum guarantees made by the Company with respect to certain accounts. Separate account assets classified as Level 3 consist primarily of real estate and real estate investment funds. Separate account liabilities are not included in the above table as they are reported at contract value and not fair value in the Company’s Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.
(3) Reinsurance of variable annuity living benefit features that were classified as "Other Liabilities" at December 31, 2013 were reclassified to "Reinsurance Recoverables" at March 31, 2014 as they were in a net asset position.
(4) As of March 31, 2014, the net embedded derivative liability position of $1,015 million includes $909 million of embedded derivatives in an asset position and $1,924 million of embedded derivatives in a liability position. As of December 31, 2013, the net embedded derivative asset position of $348 million includes $1,228 million of embedded derivatives in an asset position and $880 million of embedded derivatives in a liability position.
The methods and assumptions the Company uses to estimate the fair value of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below.
Fixed Maturity Securities - The fair values of the Company's public fixed maturity securities are generally based on prices obtained from independent pricing services. Prices for each security are generally sourced from multiple pricing vendors, and a vendor hierarchy is maintained by asset type based on historical pricing experience and vendor expertise. The Company ultimately uses the price from the pricing service highest in the vendor hierarchy based on the respective asset type. The pricing hierarchy is updated for new financial products and recent pricing experience. Consistent with the fair value hierarchy described above, securities with validated quotes from pricing services are generally reflected within Level 2, as they are primarily based on observable pricing for similar assets and/or other market observable inputs. If the pricing information received from third party pricing services is not reflective of market activity or other inputs observable in the market, the Company may challenge the price through a formal process with the pricing service. If the pricing service updates the price to be more consistent with the presented market observations, the security remains within Level 2.
Internally-developed valuations or indicative broker quotes are also used to determine fair value in circumstances where vendor pricing is not available, or where the Company ultimately concludes that pricing information received from the independent pricing service is not reflective of market activity. If the Company concludes the values from both pricing services and brokers are not reflective of market activity, it may over-ride the information with an internally-developed valuation. As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, over-rides on a net basis were not material. Pricing service over-rides, internally-developed valuations and indicative broker quotes are generally included in Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.
The fair value of private fixed maturities, which are comprised of investments in private placement securities, originated by internal private asset managers, are primarily determined using a discounted cash flow model. If the fair value is determined using pricing inputs that are observable in the market, the securities have been reflected within Level 2; otherwise a Level 3 classification is used.
Trading Account Assets - Trading account assets consist primarily of asset-backed securities, perpetual preferred stock and commercial mortgage-backed securities whose fair values are determined consistent with similar instruments described above under “Fixed Maturity Securities” and below under “Equity Securities.”
Equity Securities - Equity securities consist principally of investments in common and preferred stock of publicly traded companies, perpetual preferred stock, privately traded securities, as well as mutual fund shares. The fair values of most publicly traded equity securities are based on quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets and are classified within Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy. Estimated fair values for most privately traded equity securities are determined using discounted cash flow, earnings multiple and other valuation models that require a substantial level of judgment around inputs and therefore are classified within Level 3. The fair values of mutual fund shares that transact regularly (but do not trade in active markets because they are not publicly available) are based on transaction prices of identical fund shares and are classified within Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. The fair values of perpetual preferred stock are based on inputs obtained from independent pricing services that are primarily based on indicative broker quotes. As a result, the fair values of perpetual preferred stock are classified as Level 3.
Derivative Instruments – Derivatives are recorded at fair value either as assets, within “Other long-term investments,” or as liabilities, within “Payables to parent and affiliates,” except for embedded derivatives which are recorded with the associated host contract. The fair values of derivative contracts can be affected by changes in interest rates, foreign exchange rates, credit spreads, market volatility, expected returns, non-performance risk (“NPR”), liquidity and other factors. Liquidity valuation adjustments are made to reflect the cost of exiting significant risk positions, and consider the bid-ask spread, maturity, complexity, and other specific attributes of the underlying derivative position.
The majority of the Company's derivative positions are traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivative market and are classified within Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. OTC derivatives classified within Level 2 are valued using models that utilize actively quoted or observable market input values from external market data providers, third-party pricing vendors and/or recent trading activity. The Company's policy is to use mid-market pricing in determining its best estimate of fair value. The fair values of most OTC derivatives, including interest rate, cross currency swaps, currency forward contracts and single name credit default swaps are determined using discounted cash flow models. The fair values of European style option contracts are determined using Black Scholes option pricing models. These models' key inputs include the contractual terms of the respective contract, along with significant observable inputs, including interest rates, currency rates, credit spreads, equity prices, index dividend yields, non-performance risk, volatility and other factors.
The Company's cleared interest rate swaps and credit derivatives linked to an index are valued using models that utilize actively quoted or observable market inputs, including overnight indexed swap discount rates, obtained from external market data providers, third-party pricing vendors and/or recent trading activity. These derivatives are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.
To reflect the market's perception of its own and the counterparty's non-performance risk, the Company incorporates additional spreads over LIBOR into the discount rate used in determining the fair value of OTC derivative assets and liabilities that are not otherwise collateralized.
Derivatives classified as Level 3 include structured products. These derivatives are valued based upon models such as Monte Carlo simulation models and other techniques that utilize significant unobservable inputs. Level 3 methodologies are validated through periodic comparison of the Company's fair values to external broker-dealer values. As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, there were no internally valued derivatives with the fair value classified within Level 3, and all other derivatives were classified within Level 2. See Note 5 for more details on the fair value of derivative instruments by primary underlying.
Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments - Cash equivalents and short-term investments include money market instruments, commercial paper and other highly liquid debt instruments. Certain money market instruments are valued using unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible for identical assets and are primarily classified as Level 1. The remaining instruments in this category are generally fair valued based on market observable inputs and, these investments have primarily been classified within Level 2.
Separate Account Assets - Separate Account Assets include fixed maturity securities, treasuries, equity securities and real estate investments for which values are determined consistent with similar instruments described above under "Fixed Maturity Securities,” “Equity Securities” and “Other Long-Term Investments.”
Receivables from Parent and Affiliates – Receivables from parent and affiliates carried at fair value include affiliated bonds within our legal entity whose fair value are determined consistent with similar securities described above under “Fixed Maturity Securities” managed by affiliated asset managers.
Reinsurance Recoverables – Reinsurance recoverables carried at fair value include the reinsurance of our living benefit guarantees on certain of our variable annuities. These guarantees are accounted for as embedded derivatives and are recorded in “Reinsurance Recoverables” or “Other Liabilities” when fair value is in an asset or liability position, respectively. The methods and assumption used to estimate the fair value are consistent with those described below in "Future Policy Benefits." The reinsurance agreements covering these guarantees are derivatives with fair value determined in the same manner as the living benefit guarantee.
The Company also has an agreement with UPARC, an affiliated captive reinsurance company, to reinsure risks associated with the no-lapse guarantee provision available on a portion of certain universal life products (See Note 7). Under this agreement, the Company pays a premium to UPARC to reinsure the risk of uncollectible policy charges and fees associated with the no-lapse guarantee provision. Reinsurance of this risk is accounted for as an embedded derivative which is included in “Reinsurance recoverables”. The fair value of this embedded derivative is the present value of expected reimbursement from UPARC for cost of insurance charges the Company is unable to collect from policyholders, less the present value of reinsurance premiums that is attributable to the embedded derivative feature. This methodology could result in either an asset or liability, given changes in capital market conditions and various policyholder behavior assumptions. Significant inputs to the valuation model for this embedded derivative include capital market assumptions, such as interest rates, estimated non-performance risk of the counterparty, and various assumptions that are actuarially determined, including lapse rates, premium payment patterns, and mortality rates. This embedded derivative had a value of $149.1 million and $11.4 million at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. The increase in embedded derivative as of March 31, 2014, is primarily driven by decreases in interest rates and NPR Spreads.
Future Policy Benefits - The liability for future policy benefits primarily includes general account liabilities for the optional living benefit features of the Company's variable annuity contracts, including guaranteed minimum accumulation benefits (“GMAB”), guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits (“GMWB”) and guaranteed minimum income and withdrawal benefits (“GMIWB”), accounted for as embedded derivatives. The fair values of the GMAB, GMWB, and GMIWB liabilities are calculated as the present value of future expected benefit payments to contractholders less the present value of assessed rider fees attributable to the optional living benefit feature. This methodology could result in either a liability or contra-liability balance, given changing capital market conditions and various actuarial assumptions. Since there is no observable active market for the transfer of these obligations, the valuations are calculated using internally developed models with option pricing techniques. The models are based on a risk neutral valuation framework and incorporate premiums for risks inherent in valuation techniques, inputs, and the general uncertainty around the timing and amount of future cash flows. The determination of these risk premiums requires the use of management judgment.
The significant inputs to the valuation models for these embedded derivatives include capital market assumptions, such as interest rate levels and volatility assumptions, the Company's market-perceived risk of its own non-performance, as well as actuarially determined assumptions, including contractholder behavior, such as lapse rates, benefit utilization rates, withdrawal rates, and mortality rates. Since many of these assumptions are unobservable and are considered to be significant inputs to the liability valuation, the liability included in future policy benefits has been reflected within Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.
Capital market inputs and actual policyholders' account values are updated each quarter based on capital market conditions as of the end of the quarter, including interest rates, equity markets, and volatility. In the risk neutral valuation, the initial swap curve drives the total return used to grow the policyholders' account values. The Company's discount rate assumption is based on the LIBOR swap curve adjusted for an additional spread relative to LIBOR to reflect NPR.
Actuarial assumptions, including contractholder behavior and mortality, are reviewed at least annually, and updated based upon emerging experience, future expectations and other data, including any observable market data. These assumptions are generally updated in the third quarter of each year unless a material change that the Company feels is indicative of a long term trend is observed in an interim period.
Transfers between Levels 1 and 2 – Transfers between levels are generally reported at the values as of the beginning of the period in which the transfers occur. Periodically there are transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 for assets held in the Company's Separate Account. The classification of Separate Account funds may vary dependent on the availability of information to the public. Should a fund's net asset value become publicly observable, the fund would be transferred from Level 2 to Level 1. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, $1.9 million was transferred from Level 1 to Level 2. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.
Level 3 Assets and Liabilities by Price Source - The tables below present the balances of Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at fair value with their corresponding pricing sources.
				As of March 31, 2014
				Internal (1)			External (2)			Total
				(in thousands)
Corporate securities				$	16,758		$	6,473		$	23,231
Asset-backed securities					337			105,744			106,081
Commercial mortgage-backed securities					7,053			21,023			28,076
Short-term investments					18			-			18
Equity securities					590			2,802			3,392
Other long-term investments					-			1,247			1,247
Reinsurance recoverables					1,018,443			-			1,018,443
Receivables from parents and affiliates					-			5,124			5,124
Subtotal excluding separate account assets					1,043,199			142,413			1,185,612
Separate account assets					81,621			197,017			278,638
Total assets				$	1,124,820		$	339,430		$	1,464,250
Future policy benefits				$	1,014,755		$	-		$	1,014,755
Total liabilities				$	1,014,755		$	-		$	1,014,755
				As of December 31, 2013
				Internal (1)			External (2)			Total
				(in thousands)
Corporate securities				$	15,100		$	3,193		$	18,293
Asset-backed securities					355			80,579			80,934
Short-term investments					18			-			18
Equity securities					569			2,731			3,300
Other long-term investments					-			1,168			1,168
Reinsurance recoverables					11,400			-			11,400
Receivables from parents and affiliates					-			4,121			4,121
Subtotal excluding separate account assets					27,442			91,792			119,234
Separate account assets					81,795			198,047			279,842
Total assets				$	109,237		$	289,839		$	399,076
Future policy benefits				$	-348,399		$	-		$	-348,399
Other liabilities					388,268			-			388,268
Total liabilities				$	39,869		$	-		$	39,869
(1) Represents valuations which could incorporate internally-derived and market inputs. See below for additional information related to internally developed valuation for significant items in the above table.
(2) Represents unadjusted prices from independent pricing services and independent non-binding broker quotes where pricing inputs are not readily available.
Quantitative Information Regarding Internally Priced Level 3 Assets and Liabilities – The tables below present quantitative information on significant internally-priced Level 3 assets and liabilities (see narrative below for quantitative information for separate account assets).
		As of March 31, 2014
		Fair Value		Valuation Techniques		Unobservable Inputs			Minimum	Maximum			Weighted Average		Impact of Increase in Input on Fair Value (1)
		(in thousands)
Assets:
Corporate securities		$	16,758		Discounted cash flow		Discount rate		8.76%		15.00%		10.73%		Decrease
					Market Comparables		EBITDA Multiples (2)		5.0X		7.0X		5.82X		Increase
Reinsurance recoverables - Living Benefits		$	869,343		Fair values are determined in the same manner as future policy benefits.
Reinsurance recoverables - No Lapse Guarantee		$	149,100		Discounted cash flow		Lapse rate (3)		0%		13%				Decrease
							NPR spread (4)		0.05%		1.01%				Decrease
							Mortality rate (5)		0%		22%				Decrease
							Premium Payment (6)		1X		3.75X				Decrease
Liabilities:
Future policy benefits (7)		$	1,014,755		Discounted cash flow		Lapse rate (8)		0%		11%				Decrease
							NPR spread (4)		0.05%		1.01%				Decrease
							Utilization rate (9)		70%		98%				Increase
							Withdrawal rate (10)		86%		100%				Increase
							Mortality rate (11)		0%		13%				Decrease
							Equity Volatility curve		15%		28%				Increase
		As of December 31, 2013
		Fair Value		Valuation Techniques		Unobservable Inputs			Minimum	Maximum			Weighted Average		Impact of Increase in Input on Fair Value (1)
		(in thousands)
Assets:
Corporate securities		$	15,100		Discounted cash flow		Discount rate		8.28%		15.00%		10.61%		Decrease
					Market Comparable		EBITDA Multiples (2)		5.0X		7.0X		5.91X		Increase
					Liquidation		Liquidation value		11.61%		38.49%		31.83%		Increase
Reinsurance recoverables		$	11,400		See the Reinsurance Recoverable section above for an explanation of the fair value determination.
Liabilities:
Future policy benefits (7)		$	-348,399		Discounted cash flow		Lapse rate (8)		0%		11%				Decrease
							NPR spread (4)		0.08%		1.09%				Decrease
							Utilization rate (9)		70%		94%				Increase
							Withdrawal rate (10)		86%		100%				Increase
							Mortality rate (11)		0%		13%				Decrease
							Equity Volatility curve		15%		28%				Increase
Other Liabilities		$	388,268		Represents reinsurance of variable annuity living benefits in a liability position. Fair values are determined in the same manner as future policy benefits.
Conversely, the impact of a decrease in input would have the opposite impact for the fair value as that presented in the table.
EBITDA multiples represent multiples of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and are amounts used when the reporting entity has determined that market participants would use such multiples when pricing the investments.
For universal life, lapse rates vary based on funding level and other factors. Rates are set to zero when the no lapse guarantee is fully funded and the cash value is zero.
To reflect NPR, the Company incorporates an additional spread over LIBOR into the discount rate used in the valuation of individual living benefit contracts in a liability position and generally not to those in a contra-liability position. The NPR spread reflects the financial strength ratings of the Company as these are insurance liabilities and senior to debt. The additional spread over LIBOR is determined by utilizing the credit spreads associated with issuing funding agreements, adjusted for any illiquidity risk premium.
Universal life mortality rates are adjusted based on underwriting information. A mortality improvement assumption is also incorporated into the projection.
For universal life, premium payment assumptions vary by funding level. Some policies are assumed to pay the minimum premium required to maintain the no lapse guarantee. Other policies are assumed to pay a multiple of commissionable target premium levels (shown above and indicated as “X”). Policyholders are assumed to stop premium payments once the no lapse guarantee is fully funded.
Future policy benefits primarily represent general account liabilities for the optional living benefit features of the Company's variable annuity contracts which are accounted for as embedded derivatives. Since the valuation methodology for these liabilities uses a range of inputs that vary at the contract level over the cash flow projection period, presenting a range, rather than weighted average, is a more meaningful representation of the unobservable inputs used in the valuation.
Base lapse rates are adjusted at the contract level based on a comparison of the benefit amount and the policyholder account value and reflect other factors, such as the applicability of any surrender charges. A dynamic lapse adjustment reduces the base lapse rate when the benefit amount is greater than the account value, as in-the-money contracts are less likely to lapse. Lapse rates are also generally assumed to be lower for the period where surrender charges apply.
The utilization rate assumption estimates the percentage of contracts that will utilize the benefit during the contract duration, and begin lifetime withdrawals at various time intervals from contract inception. The remaining contractholders are assumed to either begin lifetime withdrawals immediately or never utilize the benefit. These assumptions vary based on the product type, the age of the contractholder and the age of the contract. The impact of changes in these assumptions is highly dependent on the contract type and age of the contractholder at the time of the sale and the timing of the first lifetime income withdrawal.
The withdrawal rate assumption estimates the magnitude of annual contractholder withdrawals relative to the maximum allowable amount under the contract. The fair value of the liability will generally increase the closer the withdrawal rate is to 100%.
Range reflects the mortality rate for the vast majority of business with living benefits, with policyholders ranging from 35 to 90 years old. While the majority of living benefits have a minimum age requirement, certain benefits do not have an age restriction. This results in contractholders for certain benefits with mortality rates approaching 0%. Based on historical experience, the Company applies a set of age and duration specific mortality rate adjustments compared to standard industry tables. A mortality improvement assumption is also incorporated into the overall mortality table.
Interrelationships Between Unobservable Inputs—In addition to the sensitivities of fair value measurements to changes in each unobservable input in isolation, as reflected in the table above, interrelationships between these inputs may also exist, such that a change in one unobservable input may give rise to a change in another, or multiple, inputs. Examples of such interrelationships for significant internally-priced Level 3 assets and liabilities are as follows:
Corporate Securities—The rate used to discount future cash flows reflects current risk free rates plus credit and liquidity spread requirements that market participants would use to value an asset. The discount rate may be influenced by many factors, including market cycles, expectations of default, collateral, term, and asset complexity. Each of these factors can influence discount rates, either in isolation, or in response to other factors.
Future Policy Benefits—The unobservable contractholder behavior inputs related to the liability for the optional living benefit features of the Company's variable annuity contracts included in future policy benefits are generally based on emerging experience, future expectations and other data. While experience for these products is still emerging, the Company expects benefit utilization and withdrawal rates to generally be correlated with lapse rates. However, behavior is generally highly dependent on the facts and circumstances surrounding the individual contractholder, such as their liquidity needs or tax situation, which could drive lapse behavior independent of other contractholder behavior assumptions. The dynamic lapse adjustment assumes lower lapses when the benefit amount is greater than the account value, as in-the-money contracts are less likely to lapse. Therefore, to the extent more efficient contractholder behavior results in greater in-the-moneyness at the contract level, the dynamic lapse function will reduce lapse rates for those contracts. Similarly, to the extent that increases in equity volatility are correlated with overall declines in the capital markets, the dynamic lapse function will lower overall lapse rates as contracts become more in-the-money.
Separate Account Assets – In addition to the significant internally-priced Level 3 assets and liabilities presented and described above, the Company also has internally-priced separate account assets reported within Level 3. Changes in the fair value of separate account assets are borne by customers and thus are offset by changes in separate account liabilities on the Company's Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statement of Financial Position. As a result, changes in value associated with these investments do not impact the Company's Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statement of Operations. In addition, fees earned by the Company related to the management of most separate account assets classified as Level 3 do not change due to changes in the fair value of these investments. Quantitative information about significant internally-priced Level 3 separate account assets is as follows:
Real Estate and Other Invested Assets – Separate account assets include $81.6 million and $81.8 million of investments in real estate as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, that are classified as Level 3 and reported at fair value which is determined by the Company's equity in net assets of the entities. Fair value estimates of real estate are based on property appraisal reports prepared by independent real estate appraisers. Key inputs and assumptions to the appraisal process include rental income and expense amounts, related growth rates, discount rates and capitalization rates. Because of the subjective nature of inputs and the judgment involved in the appraisal process, real estate investments are typically included in the Level 3 Classification. Key unobservable inputs to real estate valuation include capitalization rates, which ranged from 5.00% to 10.00% (6.29% weighted average) as of March 31, 2014 and 5.00% to 10.00% (6.82% weighted average) as of December 31, 2013 and discount rates which ranged from 6.75% to 10.50% (7.24% weighted average) as of March 31, 2014 and 6.75% to 11.00% (7.90% weighted average) as of December 31, 2013.
Valuation Process for Fair Value Measurements Categorized within Level 3 – The Company has established an internal control infrastructure over the valuation of financial instruments that requires ongoing oversight by its various Business Groups. These management control functions are segregated from the trading and investing functions. For invested assets, the Company has established oversight teams, often in the form of Pricing Committees within each asset management group. The teams, which typically include representation from investment, accounting, operations, legal and other disciplines are responsible for overseeing and monitoring the pricing of the Company's investments and performing periodic due diligence reviews of independent pricing services. An actuarial valuation team oversees the valuation of optional living benefit features of the Company's variable annuity contracts.
The Company has also established policies and guidelines that require the establishment of valuation methodologies and consistent application of such methodologies. These policies and guidelines govern the use of inputs and price source hierarchies and provide controls around the valuation processes. These controls include appropriate review and analysis of investment prices against market activity or indicators of reasonableness, approval of price source changes, price overrides, methodology changes and classification of fair value hierarchy levels. For optional living benefit features of the Company's variable annuity products, the actuarial valuation unit periodically performs baseline testing of contract input data and actuarial assumptions are reviewed at least annually, and updated based upon emerging experience, future expectations and other data, including any observable market data, such as available industry studies. The valuation policies and guidelines are reviewed and updated as appropriate.
Within the trading and investing functions, the Company has established policies and procedures that relate to the approval of all new transaction types, transaction pricing sources and fair value hierarchy coding within the financial reporting system. For variable annuity product changes or new launches of optional living benefit features, the actuarial valuation unit validates input logic and new product features and agrees new input data directly to source documents.
Changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities - The following tables provide summaries of the changes in fair values of Level 3 assets and liabilities as of the dates indicated, as well as the portion of gains or losses included in income attributable to unrealized gains or losses related to those assets and liabilities still held at the end of their respective periods.
						Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
						Fixed Maturities Available For Sale
						Corporate Securities			Asset- Backed Securities				Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities			Trading Account Assets - Equity Securities			Equity Securities, Available for Sale			Short Term Investments
						(in thousands)
Fair Value, beginning of period assets/(liabilities)						$	18,293		$	80,934		$	-		$	2,731		$	569		$	18
	Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):
		Included in earnings:
			Realized investment gains (losses), net				-2			-			-			-			-			-
			Asset management fees and other income				-			-			-			71			-			-
		Included in other comprehensive income (loss)					337			135			-2			-			21			-
	Net investment income						10			56			-			-			-			-
	Purchases						7,971			-			28,078			-			-			-
	Sales						-1,391			-			-			-			-			-
	Issuances						-			-			-			-			-			-
	Settlements						-803			-3,137			-			-			-			-
	Transfers into Level 3 (2)						-			29,407			-			-			-			-
	Transfers out of Level 3 (2)						-1,184			-1,314			-			-			-			-
	Other (4)						-			-			-			-			-			-
Fair Value, end of period assets/(liabilities)						$	23,231		$	106,081		$	28,076		$	2,802		$	590		$	18
Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those
	Level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period (3):
		Included in earnings:
			Realized investment gains (losses), net			$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-
			Asset management fees and other income			$	-		$	-		$	-		$	71		$	-		$	-
						Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
							Other Long-term Investments			Receivables from Parents and Affiliates			Separate Account Assets (1)			Reinsurance Recoverables (4)			Future Policy Benefits
						(in thousands)
Fair Value, beginning of period assets/(liabilities)						$	1,168		$	4,121		$	279,842		$	-376,868		$	348,399
	Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):
		Included in earnings:
			Realized investment gains (losses), net				-			-			2,269			1,252,368			-1,207,282
			Asset management fees and other income				-22			-			-			-			-
			Interest credited to policyholders' account balances				-			-			2,676			-			-
		Included in other comprehensive income (loss)					-			-3			-			-			-
	Net investment income						-			-			-			-			-
	Purchases						101			-			34,578			142,943			-
	Sales						-			-			-40,727			-			-
	Issuances						-			-			-			-			-155,872
	Settlements						-			-			-			-			-
	Transfers into Level 3 (2)						-			1,985			-			-			-
	Transfers out of Level 3 (2)						-			-979			-			-			-
Fair Value, end of period assets/(liabilities)						$	1,247		$	5,124		$	278,638		$	1,018,443		$	-1,014,755
Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those
	Level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period (3):
		Included in earnings:
			Realized investment gains (losses), net			$	-		$	-		$	-		$	1,398,947		$	-1,517,648
			Asset management fees and other income			$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-
			Interest credited to policyholders' account balances			$	-		$	-		$	2,676		$	-		$	-
						Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
						Fixed Maturities, Available for Sale
						Corporate Securities				Asset-Backed Securities			Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities			Other Trading Account Assets - Equity Securities			Equity Securities, Available for Sale
						(in thousands)
Fair Value, beginning of period assets/(liabilities)						$	36,981		$	108,727		$	-		$	3,277		$	1,489
	Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):
		Included in earnings:
			Realized investment gains (losses), net				-780			-			-			-			-56
			Asset management fees and other income				-			-			-			460			-
		Included in other comprehensive income (loss)					-84			319			-			-			15
	Net investment income						39			88			-			-			-
	Purchases						10,127			17,798			3,434			380			-
	Sales						-2,320			-			-			-			-
	Issuances						-			-			-			-			-
	Settlements						-4,172			-7,879			-3,434			-380			-
	Transfers into Level 3 (2)						-			-			-			-			-
	Transfers out of Level 3 (2)						-			-			-			-			-
Fair Value, end of period assets/(liabilities)						$	39,791		$	119,053		$	-		$	3,737		$	1,448
Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those
	Level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period (3):
		Included in earnings:
			Realized investment gains (losses), net			$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-
			Asset management fees and other income			$	-		$	-		$	-		$	460		$	-
						Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
						Other Long-term Investments				Reinsurance Recoverables			Receivables from Parents and Affiliates			Separate Account Assets (1)			Future Policy Benefits
						(in thousands)
Fair Value, beginning of period assets/(liabilities)						$	988		$	1,287,157		$	1,995		$	248,255			-1,417,891
	Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):
		Included in earnings:
			Realized investment gains (losses), net				-223			-907,440			-			748			976,566
			Asset management fees and other income				77			-			-			-			-
			Interest credited to policyholders' account balances				-			-			-			5,790			-
		Included in other comprehensive income (loss)					-			-			5			-			-
	Net investment income						-			-			1,000			-			-
	Purchases						-			125,080			-			27,981			-
	Sales						-			-			-			-20,767			-
	Issuances						-			-			-			-			-134,270
	Settlements						-			-			-			-			-
	Transfers into Level 3 (2)						-			-			-			-			-
	Transfers out of Level 3 (2)						-			-			-			-			-
Fair Value, end of period assets/(liabilities)						$	842			504,797		$	3,000		$	262,007			-575,595
Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those
	Level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period (3):
		Included in earnings:
			Realized investment gains (losses), net			$	-204			-902,891		$	-		$	-			971,479
			Asset management fees and other income			$	78			-		$	-		$	-			-
			Interest credited to policyholders' account balances			$	-			-		$	-		$	5,790			-
(1) Separate account assets represent segregated funds that are invested for certain customers. Investment risks associated with market value changes are borne by the customers, except to the extent of minimum guarantees made by the Company with respect to certain accounts. Separate account liabilities are not included in the above table as they are reported at contract value and not fair value in the Company's Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statement of Financial Position.
(2) Transfers into or out of Level 3 are generally reported as the value as of the beginning of the quarter in which the transfer occurs.
(3) Unrealized gains or losses related to assets still held at the end of the period do not include amortization or accretion of premiums and discounts.
(4) Beginning of period represents “Other Liabilities” from December 31, 2013, since the reinsured variable annuity living benefit was in the liability position and reclassed to “Reinsurance Recoverables” at March 31, 2014 as they were in net asset position.
Transfers – Transfers into Level 3 are generally the result of unobservable inputs utilized within valuation methodologies and the use of indicative broker quotes for assets that were previously valued using observable inputs. Transfers out of Level 3 are generally due to the use of observable inputs in valuation methodologies as well as the utilization of pricing service information for certain assets that the Company is able to validate.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The table below presents the carrying amount and fair value by fair value hierarchy level of certain financial instruments that are not reported at fair value. However, in some cases, as described below, the carrying amount equals or approximates fair value.
				31-Mar-14																31-Dec-13
				Fair Value												Carrying Amount (1)				Fair Value			Carrying Amount
				Level 1			Level 2			Level 3			Total			Total				Total			Total
				(in thousands)
Assets:
	Commercial mortgage and other loans			$	-		$	8,038		$	1,621,612		$	1,629,650		$	1,536,081		$	1,612,074		$	1,532,165
	Policy loans				-			-			1,097,408			1,097,408			1,097,408			1,086,772			1,086,772
	Other long term investments				-			-			5,069			5,069			4,392			4,751			4,268
	Cash and cash equivalents				86,929			73,543			-			160,472			160,472			101,456			101,456
	Accrued investment income				-			87,901			-			87,901			87,901			89,465			89,465
	Receivables from parents and affiliates				-			99,075			-			99,075			98,728			87,849			87,481
	Other assets				-			29,206			-			29,206			29,206			34,060			34,060
		Total assets		$	86,929		$	297,763		$	2,724,089		$	3,108,781		$	3,014,188		$	3,016,427		$	2,935,667
Liabilities:
	Policyholders' Account Balances - Investment Contracts			$	-		$	880,403		$	39,839		$	920,242		$	929,988		$	892,058		$	901,860
	Cash collateral for loaned securities				-			98,610			-			98,610			98,610			84,867			84,867
	Short-term debt				-			272,569			-			272,569			272,000			275,268			274,900
	Long-term debt				-			1,635,765			-			1,635,765			1,592,000			1,644,827			1,592,000
	Payables to parent and affiliates				-			52,847			-			52,847			52,847			45,649			45,649
	Other liabilities				-			278,709			-			278,709			278,709			270,339			270,339
		Total liabilities		$	-		$	3,218,903		$	39,839		$	3,258,742		$	3,224,154		$	3,213,008		$	3,169,615
Carrying values presented herein differ from those in the Company's Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statement of Financial Position because certain items within the respective financial statement captions are not considered financial instruments or out of scope under authoritative guidance relating to disclosures of the fair value of financial instruments. Financial statement captions excluded from the above table are not considered financial instruments.
The fair values presented above have been determined by using available market information and by applying market valuation methodologies, as described in more detail below.
Commercial Mortgage and Other Loans
The fair value of most commercial mortgage loans is based upon the present value of the expected future cash flows discounted at the appropriate U.S. Treasury rate plus an appropriate credit spread for similar quality loans. The quality ratings for these loans, a primary determinant of the credit spreads and a significant component of the pricing process, are based on an internally-developed methodology.
Policy Loans
During the fourth quarter of 2013, the Company changed the valuation technique used to fair value policy loans. For the period ended December 31, 2013, the fair value of policy loans was determined by discounting expected cash flows at the current loan coupon rate. As a result the carrying value of the policy loans approximates the fair value for the year ended December 31, 2013. Prior to this change, the fair value of U.S. insurance policy loans was calculated by discounting expected cash flows based upon current U.S. Treasury rates and historical loan repayment patterns.
Other Long-term Investments
Other long-term investments include investments in joint ventures and limited partnerships. The estimated fair values of these cost method investments are generally based on the Company's share of the net asset value (“NAV”) as provided in the financial statements of the investees. In certain circumstances, management may adjust the NAV by a premium or discount when it has sufficient evidence to support applying such adjustments. No such adjustments were made as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Accrued Investment Income, Receivables from Parent and Affiliates and Other Assets
The Company believes that due to the short-term nature of certain assets, the carrying value approximates fair value. These assets include: cash and cash equivalents instruments, accrued investment income, and other assets that meet the definition of financial instruments, including receivables, such as unsettled trades and accounts receivable. Also included in receivables from parents and affiliates is an affiliated note whose fair value is determined in the same manner as the underlying debt described below under “Short-Term and Long-Term Debt”.
Policyholders' Account Balances - Investment Contracts
Only the portion of policyholders' account balances related to products that are investment contracts (those without significant mortality or morbidity risk) are reflected in the table above. For fixed deferred annuities, payout annuities and other similar contracts without life contingencies, fair values are derived using discounted projected cash flows based on interest rates that are representative of the Company's financial strength ratings, and hence reflect the Company's own non-performance risk. For those balances that can be withdrawn by the customer at any time without prior notice or penalty, the fair value is the amount estimated to be payable to the customer as of the reporting date, which is generally the carrying value.
Cash Collateral for Loaned Securities
This represents the collateral received or paid in connection with loaning or borrowing securities, similar to the securities sold under agreement to repurchase below. For these transactions, the carrying value of the related asset/liability approximates fair value as they equal the amount of cash collateral received or paid.
Short-Term and Long-Term Debt
The fair value of short−term and long−term debt is generally determined by either prices obtained from independent pricing services, which are validated by the Company, or discounted cash flow models. These fair values consider the Company's own non−performance risk. Discounted cash flow models predominately use market observable inputs such as the borrowing rates currently available to the Company for debt and financial instruments with similar terms and remaining maturities. For commercial paper issuances and other debt with a maturity of less than 90 days, the carrying value approximates fair value.
Other Liabilities and Payables to Parent and Affiliates
Other liabilities and payables to parent and affiliates are primarily payables, such as unsettled trades, drafts, escrow deposits and accrued expense payables. Due to the short term until settlement of most of these liabilities, the Company believes that carrying value approximates fair value.
For the year ended December 31, 2012 the majority of the Equity Securities Available for Sale transfers into Level 3 were due to the determination that the pricing inputs for perpetual preferred stocks provided by third party pricing services were primarily based on indicative broker quotes which could not always be verified against directly observable market information. Perpetual preferred stocks were included in Equity Securities Available for Sale and subsequently transferred to Trading Account Assets. During the same period, the pricing and valuation methodology related to an affiliated bond reported in Other Assets totaled $24.7 million was re-evaluated and subsequently updated to utilize observable inputs and transferred out of Level 3.

Derivative_Instruments

Derivative Instruments	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
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	5. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
	Types of Derivative Instruments and Derivative Strategies
	Interest Rate Contracts
	Interest rate swaps are used by the Company to reduce risks from changes in interest rates, manage interest rate exposures arising from mismatches between assets and liabilities (including duration mismatches) and to hedge against changes in the value of assets it owns or anticipates acquiring or selling. Swaps may be attributed to specific assets or liabilities or may be used on a portfolio basis. Under interest rate swaps, the Company agrees with other parties to exchange, at specified intervals, the difference between fixed-rate and floating-rate interest amounts calculated by reference to an agreed upon notional principal amount. Generally, no cash is exchanged at the outset of the contract and no principal payments are made by either party. These transactions are entered into pursuant to master agreements that provide for a single net payment to be made by one counterparty at each due date.
	Equity Contracts
	Equity index options are contracts which will settle in cash based on differentials in the underlying indices at the time of exercise and the strike price. The Company uses combinations of purchases and sales of equity index options to hedge the effects of adverse changes in equity indices within a predetermined range.
	Total return swaps are contracts whereby the Company agrees with other parties to exchange, at specified intervals, the difference between the return on an asset (or market index) and LIBOR based on a notional amount. The Company generally uses total return swaps to hedge the effect of adverse changes in equity indices.
	Foreign Exchange Contracts
	Currency derivatives, including currency swaps and forwards, are used by the Company to reduce risks from changes in currency exchange rates with respect to investments denominated in foreign currencies that the Company either holds or intends to acquire or sell.
	Under currency forwards, the Company agrees with other parties to deliver a specified amount of an identified currency at a specified future date. Typically, the price is agreed upon at the time of the contract and payment for such a contract is made at the specified future date. The Company executes forward sales of the hedged currency in exchange for U.S. dollars at a specified exchange rate. The maturities of these forwards correspond with the future periods in which the non-U.S. dollar-denominated earnings are expected to be generated. These earnings hedges do not qualify for hedge accounting.
	Under currency swaps, the Company agrees with other parties to exchange, at specified intervals, the difference between one currency and another at an exchange rate and calculated by reference to an agreed principal amount. Generally, the principal amount of each currency is exchanged at the beginning and termination of the currency swap by each party. These transactions are entered into pursuant to master agreements that provide for a single net payment to be made by one counterparty for payments made in the same currency at each due date.
	Credit Contracts
	Credit derivatives are used by the Company to enhance the return on the Company's investment portfolio by creating credit exposure similar to an investment in public fixed maturity cash instruments. With credit derivatives the Company can sell credit protection on an identified name, and in return receives a quarterly premium. With credit default derivatives, this premium or credit spread generally corresponds to the difference between the yield on the referenced name's public fixed maturity cash instruments and swap rates, at the time the agreement is executed. If there is an event of default by the referenced name, as defined by the agreement, then the Company is obligated to pay the counterparty the referenced amount of the contract and receive in return the referenced defaulted security or similar security or pay the referenced amount less the auction recovery rate. See credit derivatives written section for discussion of guarantees related to credit derivatives written. In addition to selling credit protection, the Company has purchased credit protection using credit derivatives in order to hedge specific credit exposures in the Company's investment portfolio.
	Embedded Derivatives
	The Company sells variable annuity products, which may include guaranteed benefit features that are accounted for as embedded derivatives. The Company has reinsurance agreements to transfer the risk related to certain of these benefit features to an affiliate, Pruco Reinsurance Ltd., or “Pruco Re”. The embedded derivatives related to the living benefit features and the related reinsurance agreements are carried at fair value. These embedded derivatives are marked to market through “Realized investment gains (losses), net” based on the change in value of the underlying contractual guarantees, which are determined using valuation models, as described in Note 4.
	The fair value of the living benefit feature embedded derivatives included in "Future policy benefits" was a liability of $1,015 million and an asset of $348 million as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. The fair value of the embedded derivatives related to the reinsurance of certain of these benefits to Pruco Re included in "Reinsurance recoverables" was an asset of $869 million and a liability of $388 million as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.
	Some of the Company's universal life products contain a no-lapse guarantee provision that is reinsured with an affiliate, UPARC. The reinsurance agreement contains an embedded derivative related to the interest rate risk of the reinsurance contract. The fair value of the embedded derivative was an asset of $149 million and $11 million as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. See Note 7 for additional information on the agreement with UPARC.
	The Company has invested in fixed maturities in the past that, in addition to a stated coupon, provided a return based upon the results of an underlying portfolio of fixed income investments and related investment activity. The Company accounted for these investments as available-for-sale fixed maturities containing embedded derivatives. Such embedded derivatives are marked to market through “Realized investment gains (losses), net,” based upon the change in value of the underlying portfolio.
	The table below provides a summary of the gross notional amount and fair value of derivatives contracts used in a non-broker-dealer capacity, excluding embedded derivatives which are recorded with the associated host, by the primary underlying. Many derivative instruments contain multiple underlyings.
			31-Mar-14									31-Dec-13
					Notional		Gross Fair Value							Notional		Gross Fair Value
					Amount		Assets			Liabilities				Amount		Assets		Liabilities
	Primary Underlying				(in thousands)
	Derivatives Designated as Hedge Accounting Instruments:
	Currency/Interest Rate
	Currency Swaps			$	261,279		$	7,971		$	-13,149		$	249,601		$	6,304	$	-11,583
	Total Qualifying Hedges			$	261,279		$	7,971		$	-13,149		$	249,601		$	6,304	$	-11,583
	Derivatives Not Qualifying as Hedge Accounting Instruments:
	Interest Rate
	Interest Rate Swaps			$	2,434,400		$	71,744		$	-126,046		$	2,434,400		$	47,475	$	-185,222
	Currency
	Forwards				1,070			4			-			507			2		-
	Credit
	Credit Default Swaps				13,275			46			-803			14,275			15		-862
	Currency/Interest Rate
	Currency Swaps				65,748			568			-2,859			69,450			211		-3,325
	Equity
	Total Return Swaps				388,939			1,331			-2,393			332,000			-		-8,057
	Equity Options				53,942,626			41,420			-25,395			40,739,168			19,639		-9,418
	Total Non-Qualifying Hedges				56,846,058			115,113			-157,496			43,589,800			67,342		-206,884
	Total Derivatives (1)			$	57,107,337		$	123,084		$	-170,645		$	43,839,401		$	73,646	$	-218,467
	Excludes embedded derivatives which contain multiple underlyings. The fair value of these embedded derivatives was a liability of $1,015 million and an asset of $348 million as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, included in “Future policy benefits.” The reinsurance embedded derivatives was an asset of $1,018 million as of March 31, 2014, included in “Reinsurance Recoverables” and a liability of $388 million and an asset of $11 million, as of December 31, 2013, included in “Other Liabilities” and "Reinsurance Recoverables."
	Offsetting Assets and Liabilities
	The following table presents recognized derivative instruments (including bifurcated embedded derivatives), and repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements that are offset in the balance sheet, and/or are subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement, irrespective of whether they are offset in the balance sheet.
				31-Mar-14
							Gross			Net
				Gross			Amounts			Amounts
				Amounts of			Offset in the			Presented in
				Recognized			Statement of			the Statement		Financial
				Financial			Financial			of Financial		Instruments/			Net
				Instruments			Position			Position		Collateral			Amount
				(in thousands)
	Offsetting of Financial Assets:
	Derivatives			$	122,690		$	-122,291		$	399	$	-1,241		$	-842
	Securities purchased under agreement to resell				73,543			-			73,543		-73,543			-
	Total Assets			$	196,233		$	-122,291		$	73,942	$	-74,784		$	-842
	Offsetting of Financial Liabilities:
	Derivatives			$	170,644		$	-122,789		$	47,855	$	-31,516		$	16,339
	Securities sold under agreement to repurchase				-			-			-		-			-
	Total Liabilities			$	170,644		$	-122,789		$	47,855	$	-31,516		$	16,339
				31-Dec-13
							Gross			Net
				Gross			Amounts			Amounts
			Amounts of			Offset in the			Presented in
			Recognized			Statement of			the Statement		Financial
			Financial			Financial			of Financial		Instruments/			Net
			Instruments			Position			Position		Collateral			Amount
			(in thousands)
Offsetting of Financial Assets:
Derivatives			$	73,219		$	-73,219		$	-	$	-		$	-
Securities purchased under agreement to resell				56,139			-			56,139		-56,139			-
Total Assets			$	129,358		$	-73,219		$	56,139	$	-56,139		$	-
Offsetting of Financial Liabilities:
Derivatives			$	218,467		$	-73,051		$	145,416	$	-136,593		$	8,823
Securities sold under agreement to repurchase				-			-			-		-			-
Total Liabilities			$	218,467		$	-73,051		$	145,416	$	-136,593		$	8,823
For information regarding the rights of offset associated with the derivative assets and liabilities in the table above see “Credit Risk” below. For securities purchased under agreements to resell and securities sold under agreements to repurchase, the Company monitors the value of the securities and maintains collateral, as appropriate, to protect against credit exposure. Where the Company has entered into repurchase and resale agreements with the same counterparty, in the event of default, the Company would generally be permitted to exercise rights of offset. For additional information on the Company's accounting policy for securities repurchase and resale agreements, see Note 2 to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.
Cash Flow Hedges
The primary derivative instruments used by the Company in its cash flow hedge accounting relationships are currency swaps. These instruments are only designated for hedge accounting in instances where the appropriate criteria are met. The Company does not use futures, options, credit, equity or embedded derivatives in any of its cash flow hedge accounting relationships.
The following tables provide the financial statement classification and impact of derivatives used in qualifying and non-qualifying hedge relationships, excluding the offset of the hedged item in an effective hedge relationship:
		Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
			Realized Investment Gains/(Losses)		Net Investment Income		Other Income		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income(1)
		(in thousands)
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments:
Cash flow hedges
	Currency/Interest Rate	$	-	$	253	$	-71	$	108
	Total cash flow hedges		-		253		-71		108
Derivatives Not Qualifying as Hedging Instruments:
	Interest Rate		91,578		-		-		-
	Currency		3		-		-		-
	Currency/Interest Rate		927		-		14		-
	Credit		-43		-		-		-
	Equity		-8,083		-		-		-
	Embedded Derivatives		-260		-		-		-
	Total non-qualifying hedges		84,122		-		14		-
	Total	$	84,122	$	253	$	-57	$	108
		Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
			Realized Investment Gains/(Losses)		Net Investment Income		Other Income		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income(1)
		(in thousands)
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments:
Cash flow hedges
	Currency/Interest Rate	$	-	$	228	$	56	$	6,108
	Total cash flow hedges		-		228		56		6,108
Derivatives Not Qualifying as Hedging Instruments:
	Interest Rate		-34,368		-		-		-
	Currency		106		-		-		-
	Currency/Interest Rate		551		-		-		-
	Credit		-521		-		-		-
	Equity		-54,301		-		-		-
	Embedded Derivatives		103,785		-		-		-
	Total non-qualifying hedges		15,252		-		-		-
	Total	$	15,252	$	228	$	56	$	6,108
Amounts deferred in “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).”
For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, the ineffective portion of derivatives accounted for using hedge accounting was not material to the Company's results of operations and there were no material amounts reclassified into earnings relating to instances in which the Company discontinued cash flow hedge accounting because the forecasted transaction did not occur by the anticipated date or within the additional time period permitted by the authoritative guidance for the accounting for derivatives and hedging.
Presented below is a roll forward of current period cash flow hedges in “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)” before taxes:
			(in thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2013				-4,701
Net deferred gains (losses) on cash flow hedges from January 1 to March 31, 2014				290
Amount reclassified into current period earnings				-182
Balance, March 31, 2014			$	-4,593
As of March 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company did not have any qualifying cash flow hedges of forecasted transactions other than those related to the variability of the payment or receipt of interest or foreign currency amounts on existing financial instruments. The maximum length of time for which these variable cash flows are hedged is 19 years. Income amounts deferred in “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)” as a result of cash flow hedges are included in “Net unrealized investment gains (losses)” in the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Equity.
Credit Derivatives
The Company has no exposure from credit derivatives where it has written credit protection as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.
The Company has purchased credit protection using credit derivatives in order to hedge specific credit exposures in the Company's investment portfolio. As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company had $13 million and $14 million of outstanding notional amounts, respectively, reported at fair value as a liability of less than $1 million for both periods.
Credit Risk
The Company is exposed to credit-related losses in the event of non-performance by our counterparty to financial derivative transactions.
The Company has credit risk exposure to an affiliate, Prudential Global Funding, LLC (“PGF”), related to its OTC derivative transactions. PGF manages credit risk with external counterparties by entering into derivative transactions with highly rated major international financial institutions and other creditworthy counterparties, and by obtaining collateral where appropriate, see Note 7. Additionally, limits are set on single party credit exposures which are subject to periodic management review.
Under fair value measurements, the Company incorporates the market's perception of its own and the counterparty's non-performance risk in determining the fair value of the portion of its OTC derivative assets and liabilities that are uncollateralized. Credit spreads are applied to the derivative fair values on a net basis by counterparty. To reflect the Company's own credit spread a proxy based on relevant debt spreads is applied to OTC derivative net liability positions. Similarly, the Company's counterparty's credit spread is applied to OTC derivative net asset positions.
[1]	_____________ Includes credit-tranched securities collateralized by sub-prime mortgages, credit cards, education loans, and other asset types.

Commitments_Contingent_Liabili

Commitments, Contingent Liabilities And Litigation And Regulatory Matters	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Commitments And Guarantees And Contingent Liabilities [Abstract]	'
Commitments and Guarantees, Contingent Liabilities and Litigation and Regulatory Matters	'
	6. COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND LITIGATION AND REGULATORY MATTERS
	Commitments
	The Company has made commitments to fund $128 million of commercial loans as of March 31, 2014. The Company also made commitments to purchase or fund investments, mostly private fixed maturities, of $78 million as of March 31, 2014.
	Contingent Liabilities
	On an ongoing basis, the Company's internal supervisory and control functions review the quality of sales, marketing and other customer interface procedures and practices and may recommend modifications or enhancements. From time to time, this review process results in the discovery of product administration, servicing or other errors, including errors relating to the timing or amount of payments or contract values due to customers. In certain cases, if appropriate, the Company may offer customers remediation and may incur charges, including the costs of such remediation, administrative costs and regulatory fines.
	The Company is subject to the laws and regulations of states and other jurisdictions concerning the identification, reporting and escheatment of unclaimed or abandoned funds, and is subject to audit and examination for compliance with these requirements. For additional discussion of these matters, see “Litigation and Regulatory Matters” below.
	It is possible that the results of operations or the cash flow of the Company in a particular quarterly or annual period could be materially affected as a result of payments in connection with the matters discussed above or other matters depending, in part, upon the results of operations or cash flow for such period. Management believes, however, that ultimate payments in connection with these matters, after consideration of applicable reserves and rights to indemnification, should not have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position.
	Litigation and Regulatory Matters
	The Company is subject to legal and regulatory actions in the ordinary course of its business. Pending legal and regulatory actions include proceedings specific to the Company and proceedings generally applicable to business practices in the industry in which it operates. The Company is subject to class action lawsuits and other litigation involving a variety of issues and allegations involving sales practices, claims payments and procedures, premium charges, policy servicing and breach of fiduciary duty to customers. The Company is also subject to litigation arising out of its general business activities, such as its investments, contracts, leases and labor and employment relationships, including claims of discrimination and harassment, and could be exposed to claims or litigation concerning certain business or process patents. In addition, the Company, along with other participants in the businesses in which it engages, may be subject from time to time to investigations, examinations and inquiries, in some cases industry-wide, concerning issues or matters upon which such regulators have determined to focus. In some of the Company's pending legal and regulatory actions, parties are seeking large and/or indeterminate amounts, including punitive or exemplary damages. The outcome of litigation or a regulatory matter, and the amount or range of potential loss at any particular time, is often inherently uncertain. The following is a summary of certain pending proceedings.
	The Company establishes accruals for litigation and regulatory matters when it is probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount of that loss can be reasonably estimated. For litigation and regulatory matters where a loss may be reasonably possible, but not probable, or is probable but not reasonably estimable, no accrual is established, but the matter, if material, is disclosed, including matters discussed below. As of March 31, 2014, the aggregate range of reasonably possible losses in excess of accruals established is not currently estimable. The Company reviews relevant information with respect to its litigation and regulatory matters on a quarterly and annual basis and updates its accruals, disclosures and estimates of reasonably possible loss based on such reviews.
	In January 2013, a qui tam action on behalf of the State of Florida, Total Asset Recovery Services v. Met Life Inc., et al., Manulife Financial Corporation, et. al., Prudential Financial, Inc., The Prudential Insurance Company of America, and Prudential Insurance Agency, LLC, filed in the Circuit Court of Leon County, Florida, was served on Prudential Insurance. The complaint alleges that Prudential Insurance failed to escheat life insurance proceeds to the State of Florida in violation of the Florida False Claims Act and seeks injunctive relief, compensatory damages, civil penalties, treble damages, prejudgment interest, attorneys' fees and costs. In March 2013, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the complaint. In August 2013, the court dismissed the complaint with prejudice. In September 2013, plaintiff filed an appeal with Florida's Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit in Leon County.
	In October 2012, the State of West Virginia, through its State Treasurer, filed a lawsuit, State of West Virginia ex. Rel. John D. Perdue v. PRUCO Life Insurance Company, in the Circuit Court of Putnam County, West Virginia. The complaint alleges violations of the West Virginia Uniform Unclaimed Property Fund Act by failing to properly identify and report all unclaimed insurance policy proceeds which should either be paid to beneficiaries or escheated to West Virginia. The complaint seeks to examine the records of the Company to determine compliance with the West Virginia Uniform Unclaimed Property Fund Act, and to assess penalties and costs in an undetermined amount. In April 2013, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the complaint. In December 2013, the Court granted the Company's motion and dismissed the complaint with prejudice. In January 2014, the State of West Virginia appealed the decision.
	In January 2012, a Global Resolution Agreement entered into by the Company and a third party auditor became effective upon its acceptance by the unclaimed property departments of 20 states and jurisdictions. Under the terms of the Global Resolution Agreement, the third party auditor acting on behalf of the signatory states will compare expanded matching criteria to the Social Security Master Death File (“SSMDF”) to identify deceased insureds and contractholders where a valid claim has not been made. In February 2012, a Regulatory Settlement Agreement entered into by the Company to resolve a multi-state market conduct examination regarding its adherence to state claim settlement practices became effective upon its acceptance by the insurance departments of 20 states and jurisdictions. The Regulatory Settlement Agreement applies prospectively and requires the Company to adopt and implement additional procedures comparing its records to the SSMDF to identify unclaimed death benefits and prescribes procedures for identifying and locating beneficiaries once deaths are identified. Substantially all other jurisdictions that are not signatories to the Global Resolution Agreement or the Regulatory Settlement Agreement have entered into similar agreements with the Company.
	The Company is one of several companies subpoenaed by the New York Attorney General regarding its unclaimed property procedures. Additionally, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) has requested that 172 life insurers (including the Company) provide data to the NYDFS regarding use of the SSMDF. The New York Office of Unclaimed Funds is conducting an audit of the Company's compliance with New York's unclaimed property laws. In February 2012, the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General requested information regarding the Company's unclaimed property procedures. In December 2013, this matter was closed without prejudice.
	The Company's litigation and regulatory matters are subject to many uncertainties, and given their complexity and scope, their outcome cannot be predicted. It is possible that the Company's results of operations or cash flow in a particular quarterly or annual period could be materially affected by an ultimate unfavorable resolution of pending litigation and regulatory matters depending, in part, upon the results of operations or cash flow for such period. In light of the unpredictability of the Company's litigation and regulatory matters, it is also possible that in certain cases an ultimate unfavorable resolution of one or more pending litigation or regulatory matters could have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position. Management believes, however, that, based on information currently known to it, the ultimate outcome of all pending litigation and regulatory matters, after consideration of applicable reserves and rights to indemnification, is not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position.

Reinsurance

Reinsurance	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Reinsurance [Abstract]	'
Reinsurance	'
	Reinsurance premiums ceded for interest-sensitive life products are accounted for as a reduction of policy charges and fee income. Reinsurance premiums ceded for term insurance products are accounted for as a reduction of premiums.
	Realized investment gains and losses include the impact of reinsurance agreements that are accounted for as embedded derivatives. Changes in the fair value of the embedded derivatives are recognized through “Realized investment gains (losses).” The Company has entered into reinsurance agreements to transfer the risk related to certain living benefit options on variable annuities to Pruco Re. The Company also entered into an agreement with UPARC to reinsure a portion of the no-lapse guarantee provision on certain universal life products. See Note 13 for additional information on reinsurance agreements with affiliates. These reinsurance agreements are derivatives and have been accounted for in the same manner as an embedded derivative. See Note 11 for additional information related to the accounting for embedded derivatives.
	Reinsurance recoverables included in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Financial Position as of December 31, were as follows:
	Substantially all reinsurance contracts are with affiliates as of December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011. These contracts are described further in Note 13.
	The gross and net amounts of life insurance face amount in force as of December 31, were as follows:

Related_Party

Related Party	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]	'
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]	'
	7. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
	The Company has extensive transactions and relationships with Prudential Insurance and other affiliates. Although we seek to ensure that these transactions and relationships are fair and reasonable, it is possible that the terms of these transactions are not the same as those that would result from transactions among unrelated parties.
	Expense Charges and Allocations
	Expense Charges and Allocations
	Many of the Company's expenses are allocations or charges from Prudential Insurance or other affiliates. These expenses can be grouped into general and administrative expenses and agency distribution expenses.
	The Company's general and administrative expenses are charged to the Company using allocation methodologies based on business production processes. Management believes that the methodology is reasonable and reflects costs incurred by Prudential Insurance to process transactions on behalf of the Company. The Company operates under service and lease agreements whereby services of officers and employees, supplies, use of equipment and office space are provided by Prudential Insurance. The Company reviews its allocation methodology periodically which it may adjust accordingly. General and administrative expenses also include allocations of stock compensation expenses related to a stock option program and a deferred compensation program issued by Prudential Financial. The expense charged to the Company for the stock option program was less than $1 million for both the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013. The expense charged to the Company for the deferred compensation program was $2 million for both the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013.
	The Company is charged for its share of employee benefits expenses. These expenses include costs for funded and non-funded contributory and non-contributory defined benefit pension plans. Some of these benefits are based on final group earnings and length of service while others are based on an account balance, which takes into consideration age, service and earnings during career. The Company's share of net expense for the pension plans was $5 million and $6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
	Prudential Insurance sponsors voluntary savings plans for its employee's 401(k) plans. The plans provide for salary reduction contributions by employees and matching contributions by the Company of up to 4% of annual salary. The Company's expense for its share of the voluntary savings plan was $2 million for both the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013.
	The Company is charged distribution expenses from Prudential Insurance's agency network for both its domestic life and annuity products through a transfer pricing agreement, which is intended to reflect a market based pricing arrangement.
	The Company pays commissions and certain other fees to Prudential Annuities Distributors, Incorporated (“PAD”) in consideration for PAD's marketing and underwriting of the Company's products. Commissions and fees are paid by PAD to broker-dealers who sell the Company's products. Commissions and fees paid by the Company to PAD were $202 million and $287 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
	Corporate Owned Life Insurance
	The Company has sold five Corporate Owned Life Insurance or, “COLI,” policies to Prudential Insurance, and one to Prudential Financial. During the first quarter 2014, the Company sold one new policy to Prudential Insurance. The cash surrender value included in separate accounts for these COLI policies was $2,747 million at March 31, 2014 and $2,440 million at March 31, 2013. Fees related to these COLI policies were $10 million and $9 million for the three months ended March 31 2014, and 2013, respectively. The Company retains the majority of the mortality risk associated with these COLI policies. In October 2013, the Company increased the maximum amount of mortality risk on any life to $3.5 million for certain COLI policies.
	Derivative Trades
	In its ordinary course of business, the Company enters into OTC derivative contracts with an affiliate, PGF.
	Reinsurance with Affiliates
	The Company participates in reinsurance with its affiliates Prudential Life Insurance Company of Taiwan Inc., or “Prudential of Taiwan”, Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Captive Company, or “PARCC”, Universal Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Company, or “UPARC”, Pruco Re, Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Term Company, or “PAR Term”, Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Universal Company, or “PAR U”, Prudential Universal Reinsurance Company, or “PURC”, and Prudential Term Reinsurance Company, or “Term Re”, and its parent company, Prudential Insurance, in order to provide risk diversification and additional capacity for future growth, limit the maximum net loss potential, manage the statutory capital for its individual life business, facilitate its capital market hedging program and align accounting methodology for the assets and liabilities of living benefit riders contained in annuities contracts. The Company is not relieved of its primary obligation to the policyholder as a result of these agreements. Life reinsurance is accomplished through various plans of reinsurance, primarily yearly renewable term and coinsurance. Reinsurance ceded arrangements do not discharge the Company as the primary insurer. Ceded balances would represent a liability of the Company in the event the reinsurers were unable to meet their obligations to the Company under the terms of the reinsurance agreements. The Company believes a material reinsurance liability resulting from such inability of reinsurers to meet their obligations is unlikely.
	On January 2, 2013, the Company began to assume GUL business from Prudential Insurance in connection with the acquisition of the Hartford Life Business. The GUL business assumed from Prudential Insurance is subsequently retroceded to PAR U. Collectively, reinsurance of this GUL business does not have a material impact on the equity of the Company.
	Reinsurance premiums, commissions, expense reimbursements, benefits and reserves related to reinsured long-duration contracts are accounted for using assumptions consistent with those used to account for the underlying contracts. Amounts recoverable from reinsurers, for long duration reinsurance arrangements, are estimated in a manner consistent with the claim liabilities and policy benefits associated with the reinsured policies. Reinsurance premiums ceded for interest-sensitive life products are accounted for as a reduction of policy charges and fee income. Reinsurance premiums ceded for term insurance products are accounted for as a reduction of premiums.
	Realized investment gains and losses include the impact of reinsurance agreements that are accounted for as embedded derivatives. Changes in the fair value of the embedded derivatives are recognized through “Realized investment gains (losses).” The Company has entered into reinsurance agreements to transfer the risk related to certain living benefit options on variable annuities to Pruco Re. The Company has also entered into an agreement with UPARC to reinsure a portion of the no-lapse guarantee provision on certain universal life products. These reinsurance agreements are derivatives and have been accounted for in the same manner as an embedded derivative. See Note 5 for additional information related to the accounting for embedded derivatives.
	Reinsurance amounts included in the Company's Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were as follows:
				March 31,			December 31,
				2014			2013
				(in thousands)
	Reinsurance recoverable			$	15,190,607		$	13,657,859
	Policy loans				-66,038			-64,720
	Deferred policy acquisition costs				-1,623,970			-1,627,838
	Policyholders' account balances				4,783,143			4,681,356
	Future policy benefits and other policyholder liabilities				1,603,610			1,359,340
	Other liabilities (reinsurance payables) (1)				259,092			618,781
	(1) December 31, 2013 includes $388 million reclassed from reinsurance recoverables to other liabilities.
	The reinsurance recoverables by counterparty is broken out below.
			31-Mar-14			31-Dec-13
			(in thousands)
	UPARC	$	189,204		$	44,835
	PAR U		8,444,461			8,091,714
	PURC		1,004,092			940,218
	PARCC		2,425,955			2,411,157
	PAR Term		873,875			816,787
	Term Re		29,083			-
	Prudential Insurance		201,767			190,035
	Pruco Re (1)		869,977			642
	Prudential of Taiwan		1,149,604			1,157,639
	Unaffiliated		2,589			4,832
	Total Reinsurance Recoverables	$	15,190,607		$	13,657,859
	(1) December 31, 2013 excludes $388 million reclassed from reinsurance recoverable to other liabilities.
	Reinsurance amounts, excluding investment gains (losses) on affiliated asset transfers, included in the Company's Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 were as follows:
				2014			2013
				(in thousands)
	Premiums:
	Direct			$	339,567		$	315,767
	Assumed				-			-
	Ceded				-324,322			-302,561
	Net Premiums				15,245			13,206
	Policy charges and fee income:
	Direct				663,786			578,869
	Assumed				30,221			82,770
	Ceded				-180,382			-198,214
	Net policy charges and fee income:				513,625			463,425
	Net investment income
	Direct				98,991			102,989
	Assumed				338			314
	Ceded				-852			-795
	Net investment income				98,477			102,508
Net other income:
Direct				13,407			13,236
Assumed & Ceded				-			-31,119
Net other income				13,407			-17,883
Interest credited to policyholders' account balances:
Direct				100,893			40,722
Assumed				29,247			32,868
Ceded				-50,337			-46,622
Net interest credited to policyholders' account balances				79,803			26,968
Policyholders' benefits (including change in reserves):
Direct				497,482			406,405
Assumed				154,785			9,306
Ceded				-567,232			-353,305
Net policyholders' benefits (including change in reserves)				85,035			62,406
Net reinsurance expense allowances, net of capitalization and amortization				-63,553			-43,196
Realized investment gains (losses) net:
Direct				-1,121,522			920,241
Assumed				-			-
Ceded				1,207,053			-873,527
Realized investment gains (losses) net			$	85,531		$	46,714
The gross and net amounts of life insurance face amount in force as of March 31, were as follows:
					31-Mar-14			31-Mar-13
					(in thousands)
Direct gross life insurance face amount in force					$	673,138,081		$	626,042,226
Assumed gross life insurance face amount in force						45,210,236			40,109,319
Reinsurance ceded						-661,545,542			-610,232,624
Net life insurance face amount in force					$	56,802,775		$	55,918,921
UPARC
Through June 30, 2011 the Company, excluding its subsidiaries, reinsured its Universal Protector policies having no-lapse guarantees with UPARC, an affiliated company. UPARC reinsured an amount equal to 90% of the net amount at risk related to the first $1 million in face amount plus 100% of the net amount at risk related to the face amount in excess of $1 million as well as 100% of the risk of uncollectible policy charges and fees associated with the no-lapse guarantee provision of these policies.
Effective July 1, 2011, the agreement between the Company and UPARC to reinsure its Universal Protector policies having no-lapse guarantees was amended for policies with effective dates prior to January 1, 2011. Under the amended agreement, UPARC reinsures an amount equal to 27% of the net amount at risk related to the first $1 million in face amount plus 30% of the net amount at risk related to the face amount in excess of $1 million as well as 30% of the risk of uncollectible policy charges and fees associated with the no-lapse guarantee provision of these policies. During the first quarter of 2013, the agreement between the Company and UPARC was further amended to revise language relating to the consideration due to the Company.
Effective July 1, 2013 the agreement between the Company and UPARC to reinsure its Universal Protector policies having no-lapse guarantees was further amended for policies with effective dates January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2012. Under the amended agreement, UPARC reinsures an amount equal to 27% of the net amount at risk related to the first $1 million in face amount plus 30% of the net amount at risk related to the face amount in excess of $1 million as well as 30% of the risk of uncollectible policy charges and fees associated with the no-lapse guarantee provision of these policies. Policies with effective dates January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013 are reinsured with UPARC under the terms of the initial reinsurance agreement described above.
PAR U
Effective July 1, 2011, the Company, excluding its subsidiaries, entered into an automatic coinsurance agreement with PAR U, an affiliated company, to reinsure an amount equal to 70% of all the risks associated with its Universal Protector policies having no lapse guarantees as well as its Universal Plus policies, with effective dates prior to January 1, 2011. During the first quarter of 2013, the agreement between the Company, excluding its subsidiaries, and PAR U was amended to revise language relating to the consideration due to PAR U.
Effective July 1, 2012, the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, PLNJ, entered into an automatic coinsurance agreement with PAR U, an affiliated company, to reinsure an amount equal to 95% of all the risks associated with its universal life policies. During the fourth quarter of 2012, the agreement between PLNJ and PAR U was amended to revise language relating to the consideration due to PAR U.
On January 2, 2013 the Company began to assume GUL business from Prudential Insurance in connection with the acquisition of the Hartford Life Business. The GUL business assumed from Prudential Insurance is subsequently retroceded to PAR U. Collectively, reinsurance of the GUL business does not have a material impact on the equity of the Company.
Effective July 1, 2013, the agreement between the Company, excluding its subsidiaries, and PAR U was amended for policies with effective dates from January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2012. Under the amended agreement, PAR U reinsures an amount equal to 70% of all the risks associated with its Universal Protector policies having no lapse guarantees as well as its Universal Plus policies, with effective dates from January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2012 in addition to policies covered by the initial reinsurance agreement discussed above.
Effective October 1, 2013, the Company entered into an Assumption and Novation Agreement with PAR U and PURC. Under this agreement, PAR U novates, assigns, and transfers to PURC all of its rights, title, interests, duties, obligations, and liabilities under the aforementioned amendment entered into on July 1, 2013. PURC will succeed PAR U and become the counterparty to the Company with respect to the novated business. There is no financial impact to the Company as a result of this transaction.
PURC
The Company, excluding its subsidiaries, reinsures an amount equal to 70% of all the risks associated with its Universal Protector policies having no lapse guarantees as well as its Universal Plus policies, with effective dates from January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2012.
Effective January 1, 2014, the Company, excluding its subsidiaries, entered into an automatic coinsurance agreement with PURC, an affiliated company, to reinsure an amount equal to 95% of all the risks associated with its Universal Protector policies having no lapse guarantees, as well as its Universal Plus policies, with effective dates on or after January 1, 2014.
PARCC
The Company reinsures 90% of the risk under its term life insurance policies, with effective dates prior to January 1, 2010, through an automatic coinsurance agreement with PARCC.
PAR Term
The Company reinsures 95% of the risk under its term life insurance policies with effective dates January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2013, through an automatic coinsurance agreement with PAR Term.
Term Re
The Company reinsures 95% of the risk under its term life policies with effective dates on or after January 1, 2014 through an automatic coinsurance agreement with Term Re.
Prudential Insurance
The Company has a yearly renewable term reinsurance agreement with Prudential Insurance and reinsures the majority of all mortality risks not otherwise reinsured.
On January 2, 2013, the Company began to assume GUL business from Prudential Insurance in connection with the acquisition of the Hartford Life Business. The GUL business assumed from Prudential Insurance is subsequently retroceded to PAR U. Collectively, reinsurance of this GUL business does not have a material impact on the equity of the Company.
The Company has reinsured a group annuity contract with Prudential Insurance, in consideration for a single premium payment by the Company, providing reinsurance equal to 100% of all payments due under the contract.
Pruco Re
The Company uses reinsurance as part of its risk management and capital management strategies for certain of its optional living benefit features. Starting from 2005, the Company has entered into various automatic coinsurance agreements with Pruco Re, an affiliated company, to reinsure its living benefit features sold on certain of its annuities.
Taiwan Branch Reinsurance Agreement
On January 31, 2001, the Company transferred all of its assets and liabilities associated with its Taiwan branch, including its Taiwan insurance book of business to Prudential of Taiwan, an affiliated company.
The mechanism used to transfer this block of business in Taiwan is referred to as a “full acquisition and assumption” transaction. Under this mechanism, the Company is jointly liable with Prudential of Taiwan for two years from the giving of notice to all obligees for all matured obligations and for two years after the maturity date of not-yet-matured obligations. Prudential of Taiwan is also contractually liable, under indemnification provisions of the transaction, for any liabilities that may be asserted against the Company.
The transfer of the insurance related assets and liabilities was accounted for as a long-duration coinsurance transaction under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Under this accounting treatment, the insurance related liabilities remain on the books of the Company and an offsetting reinsurance recoverable is established. These assets and liabilities are denominated in US dollars.
Affiliated Asset Administration Fee Income
The Company participates in a revenue sharing agreement with AST Investment Services, Inc., formerly known as American Skandia Investment Services, Inc, whereby the Company receives fee income calculated on contractholder separate account balances invested in the Advanced Series Trust, formerly known as American Skandia Trust. Income received from AST Investment Services, Inc. related to this agreement was $86 million and $71 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. These revenues are recorded as “Asset administration fees” in the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).
The Company participates in a revenue sharing agreement with Prudential Investments LLC, whereby the Company receives fee income from policyholders' account balances invested in The Prudential Series Fund (“PSF”). Income received from Prudential Investments LLC, related to this agreement was $3 million for both the three months ended March 31, 2014, and 2013. These revenues are recorded as “Asset administration fees” in the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).
Affiliated Investment Management Expenses
In accordance with an agreement with Prudential Investment Management, Inc. (“PIMI”), the Company pays investment management expenses to PIMI who acts as investment manager to certain Company general account and separate account assets. Investment management expenses paid to PIMI related to this agreement was $4 million for both the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013. These expenses are recorded as “Net Investment Income” in the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).
Affiliated Asset Transfers
From time to time, the Company participates in affiliated asset trades with parent and sister companies. Book and market value differences for trades with a parent and sister are recognized within Additional paid-in-capital ("APIC") and Realized investment gain(loss), respectively.
Affiliate		Date		Transaction		Security Type			Fair Value			Book Value		Additional Paid-in Capital, Net of Tax Increase/ (Decrease)		Realized Investment Gain/ (Loss)		Derivative Gain/ (Loss)
									(in millions)
Prudential Insurance		13-Jan		Transfer In		Fixed Maturities		$	126		$	108	$	-12	$	-	$	-
PAR U		13-Jan		Transfer Out		Fixed Maturities			126			108		-		18		-
Prudential Insurance		13-Jan		Transfer In		Fixed Maturities, Commercial Mortgages, Short-term Investments, & Trading Account Assets			4,825			4,825		-1		-		-
PAR U		13-Jan		Transfer Out		Fixed Maturities, Commercial Mortgages, Short-term Investments, & Trading Account Assets			4,826			4,821		-		5		-
UPARC		13-Feb		Transfer In		Fixed Maturities			56			52		-		-		-
PAR U		13-Feb		Transfer Out		Fixed Maturities			132			122		-		10		-
Prudential Insurance		13-Mar		Purchased		Fixed Maturities			47			44		-2		-		-
Prudential Insurance		14-Mar		Purchased		Fixed Maturities			13			13		-		-		-
Debt Agreements
The Company is authorized to borrow funds up to $2.2 billion from affiliates to meet its capital and other funding needs.
The following table provides the breakout of the Company's short-term and long-term debt with affiliates:
Affiliate		Date Issued			Amount of Notes - March 31, 2014			Amount of Notes - December 31, 2013		Interest Rate		Date of Maturity
(in thousands)
PFI		11/15/10		$	66,000		$	66,000		3.01%		11/13/15
PFI		6/20/11			150,000			150,000		2.17% - 3.17%		6/2014 - 6/2016
PFI		12/15/11			159,000			159,000		2.99% - 3.61%		12/2014 - 12/2016
PFI		12/16/11			33,000			33,000		2.99% - 3.61%		12/2014 - 12/2016
PFI		12/20/12			88,000			88,000		1.37%		12/15/15
Prudential Insurance		12/20/10			204,000			204,000		3.47%		12/21/15
Washington Street Investment		6/20/12			316,000			316,000		2.06% - 3.02%		6/2014 - 6/2017
Washington Street Investment		12/17/12			264,000			264,000		1.12% - 1.87%		12/2014 - 12/2017
Washington Street Investment		12/17/12			52,000			52,000		1.21% - 1.87%		12/2014 - 12/2017
PFI		11/15/13			9,000			9,000		2.24%		12/15/18
PFI		11/15/13			23,000			23,000		3.19%		12/15/20
Prudential Insurance		12/6/13			120,000			120,000		2.60%		12/15/18
Prudential Insurance		12/6/13			130,000			130,000		4.39%		12/15/23
Prudential Insurance		12/6/13			250,000			250,000		3.64%		12/15/20
Pru Funding, LLC		12/31/13			-			2,900		0.23%		1/7/14
Total Loans Payable to Affiliates				$	1,864,000		$	1,866,900
The total interest expense to the Company related to loans payable to affiliates was $13.0 million and $10.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014, and 2013, respectively.

Business_and_Basis_of_Presenta1

Business and Basis of Presentation (Policy)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Business and Basis of Presentation [Abstract]	'
Basis of Presentation, Policy	'
	Basis of Presentation
	The Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. on a basis consistent with reporting interim financial information in accordance with instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
Use of Estimates, Policy	'
	Use of Estimates
	The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
	The most significant estimates include those used in determining deferred policy acquisition costs and related amortization; amortization of deferred sales inducements; valuation of investments including derivatives and the recognition of other-than-temporary impairments (“OTTI”); future policy benefits including guarantees; provision for income taxes and valuation of deferred tax assets; and reserves for contingent liabilities, including reserves for losses in connection with unresolved legal matters.
Acquisition of The Hartfords Individual Life Insurance Business	'
	Acquisition of The Hartford's Individual Life Insurance Business
	On January 2, 2013, Prudential Insurance acquired the individual life insurance business of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (“The Hartford”) through a reinsurance transaction. Under the agreement, Prudential Insurance paid The Hartford cash consideration of $615 million, primarily in the form of a ceding commission to provide reinsurance for approximately 700,000 life insurance policies with net retained face amount in force of approximately $141 billion. This acquisition increased the Company's scale in the U.S. individual life insurance market, particularly universal life products, and provides complimentary distribution opportunities through expanded wirehouse and bank distribution channels.
	In connection with this transaction, Prudential Insurance retroceded to the Company the portion of the assumed business that is classified as guaranteed universal life insurance (“GUL”), with account values of approximately $4 billion as of January 2, 2013. The Company has reinsured more than 79,000 GUL policies with a net retained face amount in force of approximately $30 billion. The Company then retroceded all of the GUL policies to an affiliated captive reinsurance company. Collectively, these transactions do not have a material impact on equity, as determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), or the statutory capital and surplus of the Company.

Significant_Accounting_Policie1

Significant Accounting Policies and Pronouncements (Policy)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Accounting Policies [Abstract]	'
Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements	'
	Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements
	In December 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued updated guidance establishing a single definition of a public entity for use in financial accounting and reporting guidance. This new guidance is effective for all current and future reporting periods and did not have a significant effect on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations, or financial statement disclosures.
	In July 2013, the FASB issued new guidance regarding derivatives. The guidance permits the Fed Funds Effective Swap Rate (or Overnight Index Swap Rate) to be used as a U.S. benchmark interest rate for hedge accounting, in addition to the United States Treasury rate and London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). The guidance also removes the restriction on using different benchmark rates for similar hedges. The guidance is effective for qualifying new or redesignated hedging relationships entered into on or after July 17, 2013 and should be applied prospectively. Adoption of the guidance did not have a significant effect on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations, and financial statement disclosures.
	In July 2013, the FASB issued updated guidance regarding the presentation of unrecognized tax benefits when net operating loss carryforwards, similar tax losses, or tax credit carryforwards exist. This new guidance is effective for interim or annual reporting periods that begin after December 15, 2013, and should be applied prospectively, with early application permitted. Adoption of the guidance did not have a significant effect on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations, and financial statement disclosures.
	In February 2013, the FASB issued updated guidance regarding the presentation of comprehensive income. Under the guidance, an entity is required to separately present information about significant items reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) by component as well as changes in accumulated other comprehensive income balances by component in either the financial statements or the notes to the financial statements. The guidance does not change the items that are reported in other comprehensive income, does not change when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income, and does not amend any existing requirements for reporting net income or other comprehensive income. The guidance is effective for the first interim or annual reporting period beginning after December 15, 2012 and should be applied prospectively. The disclosures required by this guidance are included in Note 3.
	In December 2011 and January 2013, the FASB issued updated guidance regarding the disclosure of recognized derivative instruments (including bifurcated embedded derivatives), repurchase agreements and securities borrowing/lending transactions that are offset in the statement of financial position or are subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement (irrespective of whether they are offset in the statement of financial position). This new guidance requires an entity to disclose information on both a gross and net basis about instruments and transactions within the scope of this guidance. This new guidance is effective for interim or annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and should be applied retrospectively for all comparative periods presented. The disclosures required by this guidance are included in Note 5.
	2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND PRONOUNCEMENTS
	This section supplements, and should be read in conjunction with, Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.
Future Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements	'
	Future Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements
	In January 2014, the FASB issued updated guidance for troubled debt restructurings clarifying when an in substance repossession or foreclosure occurs, and when a creditor is considered to have received physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan. The new guidance is effective for annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2014. This guidance can be elected for prospective adoption or by using a modified retrospective transition method. This guidance is not expected to have a significant effect on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations, or financial statement disclosures.

Investments_Tables

Investments (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Investments [Abstract]	'
Fixed Maturities and Equity Securities, Available-for-sale Securities	'
						31-Mar-14
																		Other-than-
									Gross			Gross						temporary
						Amortized			Unrealized			Unrealized			Fair			Impairments
						Cost			Gains			Losses			Value			in AOCI (3)
						(in thousands)
	Fixed maturities, available-for-sale
	U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S.
		government authorities and agencies				$	89,351		$	6,637		$	965		$	95,023		$	-
	Obligations of U.S. states and their political
		subdivisions					107,426			3,753			2,425			108,754			-
	Foreign government bonds						20,313			3,640			-			23,953			-
	Public utilities						825,016			47,517			13,755			858,778			-
	Redeemable preferred stock						819			149			-			968			-
	All other corporate securities						3,700,413			190,682			43,783			3,847,312			-243
	Asset-backed securities (1)						231,050			8,177			1,141			238,086			-5,542
	Commercial mortgage-backed securities						586,651			19,602			6,341			599,912			-
	Residential mortgage-backed securities (2)						151,130			10,649			993			160,786			-951
	Total fixed maturities, available-for-sale					$	5,712,169		$	290,806		$	69,403		$	5,933,572		$	-6,736
	Equity securities, available-for-sale
	Common Stocks:
		Public utilities				$	132		$	39		$	-		$	171
		Industrial, miscellaneous & other					4			14			-			18
		Mutual funds					10,091			333			1			10,423
	Non-redeemable preferred stocks						340			184			-			524
	Total equity securities, available-for-sale					$	10,567		$	570		$	1		$	11,136
	_____________
	Includes credit-tranched securities collateralized by sub-prime mortgages, credit cards, education loans, and other asset types.
	Includes publicly-traded agency pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations.
	Represents the amount of other-than-temporary impairment losses in AOCI, which were not included in earnings. Amount excludes $12 million of net unrealized gains on impaired available-for-sale securities relating to changes in the value of such securities subsequent to the impairment measurement date.
						31-Dec-13
																		Other-than-
										Gross			Gross					temporary
						Amortized				Unrealized			Unrealized		Fair			Impairments
						Cost				Gains			Losses		Value			in AOCI (3)
						(in thousands)
	Fixed maturities, available-for-sale
	U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S.
		government authorities and agencies				$	89,497		$	5,910		$	1,882		$	93,525		$	-
	Obligations of U.S. states and their political
		subdivisions					83,807			1,518			6,374			78,951			-
	Foreign government bonds						20,357			3,640			-			23,997			-
	Public utilities						796,747			32,303			29,281			799,769			-
	Redeemable preferred stock						681			126			-			807			-
	Corporate securities						3,661,419			168,717			89,343			3,740,793			-252
	Asset-backed securities (1)						216,081			8,687			2,677			222,091			-7,783
	Commercial mortgage-backed securities						510,255			20,316			8,563			522,008			-
	Residential mortgage-backed securities (2)						160,089			10,870			1,499			169,460			-973
	Total fixed maturities, available-for-sale					$	5,538,933		$	252,087		$	139,619		$	5,651,401		$	-9,008
	Equity securities, available-for-sale
	Common Stocks:
		Public utilities				$	131		$	29		$	-		$	160
		Industrial, miscellaneous & other					4			12			-			16
		Mutual funds					91			3			3			91
	Non-redeemable preferred stocks						341			163			-			504
	Total equity securities, available-for-sale					$	567		$	207		$	3		$	771
	_____________
	Includes credit-tranched securities collateralized by sub-prime mortgages, credit cards, education loans, and other asset types.
	Includes publicly-traded agency pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations.
	Represents the amount of other-than-temporary impairment losses in AOCI, which were not included in earnings. Amount excludes $14 million of net unrealized gains on impaired available-for-sale securities relating to changes in the value of such securities subsequent to the impairment measurement date.
Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date	'
						Available-for-Sale
						Amortized			Fair
						Cost			Value
						(in thousands)
	Due in one year or less					$	361,920		$	371,865
	Due after one year through five years						1,177,464			1,284,703
	Due after five years through ten years						1,328,041			1,362,992
	Due after ten years						1,875,913			1,915,228
	Asset-backed securities						231,050			238,086
	Commercial mortgage-backed securities						586,651			599,912
	Residential mortgage-backed securities						151,130			160,786
			Total			$	5,712,169		$	5,933,572
Sources of Fixed Maturity Proceeds, Related Investment Gains (Losses), and Losses on Impairments of Fixed Maturities and Equity Securities	'
						Three Months Ended March 31,
						2014			2013
						(in thousands)
	Fixed maturities, available-for-sale
			Proceeds from sales			$	39,886		$	45,186
			Proceeds from maturities/repayments				182,019			174,324
			Gross investment gains from sales, prepayments and maturities				1,679			33,388
			Gross investment losses from sales and maturities				-407			-1,731
	Equity securities, available-for-sale
			Proceeds from sales			$	-		$	2,352
			Gross investment gains from sales				-			854
	Fixed maturity and equity security impairments
			Net writedowns for other-than-temporary impairment losses
				on fixed maturities recognized in earnings (1)		$	-		$	-1,397
			Writedowns for impairments on equity securities				-			-56
	_____________
	Excludes the portion of other-than-temporary impairments recorded in “Other comprehensive income (loss),” representing any difference between the fair value of the impaired debt security and the net present value of its projected future cash flows at the time of the impairment.
Credit Losses Recognized in Earnings on Fixed Maturity Securities Held by the Company for which a Portion of the OTTI Loss was Recognized in OCI	'
					Three Months Ended March 31,
					2014			2013
					(in thousands)
	Balance, beginning of period				$	14,660		$	27,702
	Credit loss impairments previously recognized on securities which matured, paid
		down, prepaid or were sold during the period				-4,469			-12,388
	Credit loss impairment recognized in the current period on securities not previously
		impaired				-			14
	Additional credit loss impairments recognized in the current period on securities
		previously impaired				-			497
	Increases due to the passage of time on previously recorded credit losses					101			222
	Accretion of credit loss impairments previously recognized due to an increase in
		cash flows expected to be collected				-120			-332
	Balance, end of period				$	10,172		$	15,715
Trading Account Assets Disclosure	'
						31-Mar-14						31-Dec-13
						Amortized			Fair			Amortized			Fair
						Cost			Value			Cost			Value
						(in thousands)
	Fixed maturities					$	22,935		$	25,798		$	14,118		$	16,162
	Equity securities						1,388			2,801			1,388			2,730
			Total trading account assets			$	24,323		$	28,599		$	15,506		$	18,892
Commercial Mortgage and Other Loans	'
						31-Mar-14								31-Dec-13
						Amount			% of				Amount			% of
						(in thousands)			Total				(in thousands)			Total
	Commercial and agricultural mortgage loans by property type:
	Retail					$	464,499			30.2	%		$	467,059			30.5	%
	Apartments/Multi-Family						315,291			20.5				298,365			19.5
	Industrial						265,267			17.3				272,239			17.7
	Office						193,739			12.6				195,499			12.8
	Other						102,280			6.7				102,294			6.6
	Hospitality						89,592			5.8				90,085			5.9
			Total commercial mortgage loans				1,430,668			93.1				1,425,541			93
	Agricultural property loans						105,891			6.9				107,118			7
			Total commercial and agricultural mortgage loans by property
				type			1,536,559			100	%			1,532,659			100	%
	Valuation allowance						-8,888							-8,904
			Total net commercial and agricultural mortgage loans by property
				type			1,527,671							1,523,755
	Other Loans
	Uncollateralized loans						8,410							8,410
			Total other loans				8,410							8,410
			Total commercial mortgage and other loans			$	1,536,081						$	1,532,165
Allowance for Losses	'
						31-Mar-14			31-Dec-13
						(in thousands)
	Allowance for losses, beginning of year					$	8,904		$	6,028
	Addition to / (release of) allowance of losses						-16			2,876
	Allowance for losses, end of year (1)					$	8,888		$	8,904
	_____________
	Agricultural loans represent $0.3 million of the ending allowance at both March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.
Allowance for Credit Losses and Recorded Investment in Commercial Mortgage and Other Loans	'
						31-Mar-14			31-Dec-13
						(in thousands)
	Allowance for Credit Losses:
	Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment (1)					$	3,068		$	3,084
	Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment (2)						5,820			5,820
	Total ending balance					$	8,888		$	8,904
	Recorded Investment: (3)
	Ending balance gross of reserves: individually evaluated for impairment (1)					$	6,290		$	6,392
	Ending balance gross of reserves: collectively evaluated for impairment (2)						1,538,679			1,534,677
	Total ending balance, gross of reserves					$	1,544,969		$	1,541,069
	_____________
	There were no agricultural or uncollateralized loans individually evaluated for impairments at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.
	Agricultural loans collectively evaluated for impairment had a recorded investment of $106 million and $107 million at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, and a related allowance of $0.3 million for both periods. Uncollateralized loans collectively evaluated for impairment had a recorded investment of $8 million at both March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 and no related allowance for both periods.
	Recorded investment reflects the balance sheet carrying value gross of related allowance.
Net Investment Income	'
					Three Months Ended
					March 31,
					2014			2013
					(in thousands)
	Fixed maturities, available-for-sale				$	65,735		$	68,510
	Trading account assets					196			133
	Commercial mortgage and other loans					19,830			20,704
	Policy loans					14,726			14,137
	Short-term investments and cash equivalents					157			244
	Other long-term investments					2,467			3,702
			Gross investment income			103,111			107,430
	Less: investment expenses					-4,634			-4,922
			Net investment income		$	98,477		$	102,508
Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments	'
					Three Months Ended
					March 31,
					2014			2013
					(in thousands)
	Fixed maturities				$	1,272		$	30,260
	Equity securities					-			798
	Commercial mortgage and other loans					127			448
	Joint ventures and limited partnerships					-			-51
	Derivatives					84,122			15,252
	Other					10			7
			Realized investment gains (losses), net		$	85,531		$	46,714
Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	'
				Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
					Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment			Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses) (1)			Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
				(in thousands)
	Balance, December 31, 2013			$	403		$	56,243		$	56,646
	Change in other comprehensive income
		before reclassifications			-2			92,374			92,372
	Amounts reclassified from AOCI				-			-1,272			-1,272
	Income tax benefit (expense)				1			-31,886			-31,885
	Balance, March 31, 2014			$	402		$	115,459		$	115,861
				Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
					Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment			Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses) (1)			Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
				(in thousands)
	Balance, December 31, 2012			$	258		$	267,204		$	267,461
	Change in other comprehensive income
		before reclassifications			-207			-4,963			-5,171
	Amounts reclassified from AOCI				-			-31,058			-31,058
	Income tax benefit (expense)				73			12,607			12,680
	Balance, March 31, 2013			$	123		$	243,790		$	243,913
	_____________
	Includes cash flow hedges of ($5) million as of both March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 and $6 million and $0 million as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.
Reclassification Out Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	'
	Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
							Three Months Ended
							31-Mar-14
							(in thousands)
	Amounts reclassified from AOCI (1)(2):
	Net unrealized investment gains (losses):
		Cash flow hedges - Currency/Interest rate (3)					$	182
		Net unrealized investment gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities (4)						1,090
			Total net unrealized investment gains (losses)					1,272
					Total reclassifications for the period		$	1,272
	_____________
	All amounts are shown before tax.
	Positive amounts indicate gains/benefits reclassified out of AOCI. Negative amounts indicate losses/costs reclassified out of AOCI.
	See Note 5 for additional information on cash flow hedges.
	See table below for additional information on unrealized investment gains (losses), including the impact on deferred policy acquisition and other costs, future policy benefits and policyholders' account balances.
Net Unrealized Investment Gain (Loss) AOCI Rollforward	'
						Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments			Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs and Other Costs			Future Policy Benefits and Policyholders' Account Balances (1)			Deferred Income Tax (Liability) Benefit			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Related To Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses)
						(in thousands)
	Balance, December 31, 2013					$	4,498		$	-3,324		$	1,819		$	-1,079		$	1,914
	Net investment gains (losses) on
		investments arising during the period					539			-			-			-188			351
	Reclassification adjustment for (gains)
		losses included in net income					-88			-			-			31			-57
	Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses
		on deferred policy acquisition costs and other costs					-			862			-			-302			560
	Impact of net unrealized investment (gains)
		losses on future policy benefits
		and policyholders' account balances					-			-			-516			180			-336
	Balance, March 31, 2014					$	4,949		$	-2,462		$	1,303		$	-1,358		$	2,432
	_____________
	Balances are net of reinsurance.
All Other Net Unrealized Investment Gain (Loss) AOCI Rollforward	'
						Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments (1)			Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs and Other Costs			Future Policy Benefits and Policyholders' Account Balances (2)			Deferred Income Tax (Liability) Benefit			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Related To Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses)
						(in thousands)
	Balance, December 31, 2013					$	123,153		$	-43,030		$	3,293		$	-29,087		$	54,329
	Net investment gains (losses) on
		investments arising during the period					108,716			-			-			-38,050			70,666
	Reclassification adjustment for (gains)
		losses included in net income					-1,184			-			-			414			-770
	Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses
		on deferred policy acquisition costs and other costs					-			-38,038			-			13,313			-24,725
	Impact of net unrealized investment (gains)
		losses on future policy benefits
		and policyholders' account balances					-			-			20,811			-7,284			13,527
	Balance, March 31, 2014					$	230,685		$	-81,068		$	24,104		$	-60,694		$	113,027
	_____________
	Includes cash flow hedges. See Note 5 for information on cash flow hedges.
	Balances are net of reinsurance.
Unrealized Gains and (Losses) on Investments	'
						March 31,			December 31,
						2014			2013
						(in thousands)
	Fixed maturity securities on which an OTTI loss has been recognized					$	4,949		$	4,498
	Fixed maturity securities, available-for-sale - all other						216,454			107,970
	Equity securities, available-for-sale						569			204
	Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges (1)						-4,593			-4,701
	Other investments						18,255			19,680
	Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments					$	235,634		$	127,651
	_____________
	See Note 5 for more information on cash flow hedges.
Duration Of Gross Unrealized Losses On Fixed Maturity Securities Disclosures	'
					31-Mar-14
					Less than twelve months						Twelve months or more						Total
					Fair Value			Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value			Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value			Gross Unrealized Losses
					(in thousands)
	Fixed maturities, available-for-sale
	U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of
		U.S. government authorities and agencies			$	24,989		$	965		$	-		$	-		$	24,989		$	965
	Obligations of U.S. states and their
		political subdivisions				37,406			2,114			2,651			311			40,057			2,425
	Foreign government bonds					-			-			-			-			-			-
	Corporate securities					1,131,507			43,593			121,778			13,945			1,253,285			57,538
	Asset-backed securities					71,152			376			10,424			765			81,576			1,141
	Commercial mortgage-backed securities					91,441			4,078			30,792			2,263			122,233			6,341
	Residential mortgage-backed securities					34,652			976			2,324			17			36,976			993
			Total		$	1,391,147		$	52,102		$	167,969		$	17,301		$	1,559,116		$	69,403
					31-Dec-13
					Less than twelve months						Twelve months or more						Total
					Fair Value			Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value			Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value			Gross Unrealized Losses
					(in thousands)
	Fixed maturities, available-for-sale
	U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of
		U.S. government authorities and agencies			$	24,123		$	1,882		$	-		$	-		$	24,123		$	1,882
	Obligations of U.S. states and their
		political subdivisions				51,216			5,904			2,496			470			53,712			6,374
	Foreign government bonds					-			-			-			-			-			-
	Corporate securities					1,596,468			101,780			97,731			16,844			1,694,199			118,624
	Asset-backed securities					93,021			1,418			11,782			1,259			104,803			2,677
	Commercial mortgage-backed securities					116,371			6,706			19,605			1,857			135,976			8,563
	Residential mortgage-backed securities					42,121			1,472			3,225			27			45,346			1,499
			Total		$	1,923,320		$	119,162		$	134,839		$	20,457		$	2,058,159		$	139,619
Duration Of Gross Unrealized Losses On Equity Securities	'
	Equity securities, available-for-sale				$	36		$	1		$	-		$	-		$	36		$	1
	Equity securities, available-for-sale				$	44		$	3		$	-		$	-		$	44		$	3
Credit Quality Indicators [Text Block]	'
	Total commercial and agricultural mortgage loans
					Debt Service Coverage Ratio - March 31, 2014
					Greater than 1.2X			1.0X to <1.2X			Less than 1.0X			Total
	Loan-to-Value Ratio				(in thousands)
	0%-59.99%				$	879,398		$	16,048		$	9,288		$	904,734
	60%-69.99%					346,760			25,946			5,514			378,220
	70%-79.99%					144,692			9,220			35,537			189,449
	Greater than 80%					36,901			20,965			6,290			64,156
			Total commercial and agricultural mortgage loans		$	1,407,751		$	72,179		$	56,629		$	1,536,559
	Total commercial and agricultural mortgage loans
					Debt Service Coverage Ratio - December 31, 2013
					Greater than 1.2X			1.0X to <1.2X			Less than 1.0X			Total
	Loan-to-Value Ratio				(in thousands)
	0%-59.99%				$	894,897		$	11,196		$	9,323		$	915,416
	60%-69.99%					314,325			28,420			4,327			347,072
	70%-79.99%					183,853			9,295			25,626			218,774
	Greater than 80%					24,000			5,310			22,087			51,397
			Total commercial and agricultural mortgage loans		$	1,417,075		$	54,221		$	61,363		$	1,532,659

Fair_Value_of_Assets_and_Liabi1

Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities (Tables)	3 Months Ended																								9 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014																								Sep. 30, 2013
Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities [Abstract]	'																								'
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis	'																								'
					As of March 31, 2014
					Level 1			Level 2			Level 3			Netting (1)			Total
					(in thousands)
	Fixed maturities, available for sale:
	U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government authorities and agencies				$	-		$	95,023		$	-		$	-		$	95,023
	Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions					-			108,754			-			-			108,754
	Foreign government bonds					-			23,953			-			-			23,953
	Corporate securities					-			4,683,827			23,231			-			4,707,058
	Asset-backed securities					-			132,005			106,081			-			238,086
	Commercial mortgage-backed securities					-			571,836			28,076			-			599,912
	Residential mortgage-backed securities					-			160,786			-			-			160,786
	Sub-total					-			5,776,184			157,388			-			5,933,572
	Trading account assets:
	Corporate securities					-			23,814			-			-			23,814
	Asset-backed securities					-			1,983			-			-			1,983
	Commercial mortgage-backed securities					-			-			-			-			-
	Equity securities					-			-			2,802			-			2,802
	Sub-total					-			25,797			2,802			-			28,599
	Equity securities, available for sale					123			10,423			590			-			11,136
	Short-term investments					3,978			52,963			18			-			56,959
	Cash equivalents					64,746			143,078			-			-			207,824
	Other long-term investments					-			123,084			1,247			-122,291			2,040
	Reinsurance recoverables					-			-			1,018,443			-			1,018,443
	Receivables from parents and affiliates					-			168,099			5,124			-			173,223
	Sub-total excluding separate account assets					68,847			6,299,628			1,185,612			-122,291			7,431,796
	Separate account assets (2)					959,698			101,521,906			278,638			-			102,760,242
	Total assets				$	1,028,545		$	107,821,534		$	1,464,250		$	-122,291		$	110,192,038
	Future policy benefits (4)				$	-		$	-		$	1,014,755		$	-		$	1,014,755
	Payables to parent and affiliates					-			170,645			-			-122,789			47,856
	Total liabilities				$	-		$	170,645		$	1,014,755		$	-122,789		$	1,062,611
					As of December 31, 2013
					Level 1			Level 2			Level 3			Netting (1)			Total
					(in thousands)
	Fixed maturities, available for sale:
	U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government authorities and agencies				$	-		$	93,525		$	-		$	-		$	93,525
	Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions					-			78,951			-			-			78,951
	Foreign government bonds					-			23,997			-			-			23,997
	Corporate securities					-			4,523,076			18,293			-			4,541,369
	Asset-backed securities					-			141,157			80,934			-			222,091
	Commercial mortgage-backed securities					-			522,008			-			-			522,008
	Residential mortgage-backed securities					-			169,460			-			-			169,460
	Sub-total					-			5,552,174			99,227			-			5,651,401
	Trading account assets:
	Corporate securities					-			14,183			-			-			14,183
	Asset-backed securities					-			1,978			-			-			1,978
	Commercial mortgage-backed securities					-			-			-			-			-
	Equity securities					-			-			2,731			-			2,731
	Sub-total					-			16,161			2,731			-			18,892
	Equity securities, available for sale					112			90			569			-			771
	Short-term investments					9,216			6,768			18			-			16,002
	Cash equivalents					5,962			199,825			-			-			205,787
	Other long term investments					-			73,647			1,168			-73,219			1,596
	Reinsurance recoverables					-			-			11,400			-			11,400
	Receivables from parents and affiliates					-			170,761			4,121			-			174,882
	Sub-total excluding separate account assets					15,290			6,019,426			119,234			-73,219			6,080,731
	Separate account assets (2)					973,192			99,149,315			279,842			-			100,402,349
	Total assets				$	988,482		$	105,168,741		$	399,076		$	-73,219		$	106,483,080
	Future policy benefits (4)				$	-		$	-		$	-348,399		$	-		$	-348,399
	Payables to parents and affiliates					-			218,467			-			-73,051			145,416
	Other liabilities (3)					-			-			388,268			-			388,268
	Total liabilities				$	-		$	218,467		$	39,869		$	-73,051		$	185,285
	(1) "Netting" amounts represents swap variation margin of $0.5 million and $0.2 million as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, and the impact of offsetting asset and liability positions held with the same counterparty, subject to master netting arrangements.
	(2) Separate account assets represent segregated funds that are invested for certain customers. Investment risks associated with market value changes are borne by the customers, except to the extent of minimum guarantees made by the Company with respect to certain accounts. Separate account assets classified as Level 3 consist primarily of real estate and real estate investment funds. Separate account liabilities are not included in the above table as they are reported at contract value and not fair value in the Company’s Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.
(3) Reinsurance of variable annuity living benefit features that were classified as "Other Liabilities" at December 31, 2013 were reclassified to "Reinsurance Recoverables" at March 31, 2014 as they were in a net asset position.
(4) As of March 31, 2014, the net embedded derivative liability position of $1,015 million includes $909 million of embedded derivatives in an asset position and $1,924 million of embedded derivatives in a liability position. As of December 31, 2013, the net embedded derivative asset position of $348 million includes $1,228 million of embedded derivatives in an asset position and $880 million of embedded derivatives in a liability position.
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation	'																								'
							Three Months Ended March 31, 2014																						Three Months Ended September 30, 2013
							Fixed Maturities Available For Sale																						Fixed Maturities Available For Sale
							Corporate Securities			Asset- Backed Securities				Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities			Trading Account Assets - Equity Securities			Equity Securities, Available for Sale			Short Term Investments						Corporate Securities		Asset-Backed Securities		Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities			Other Trading Account Assets - Equity Securities		Equity Securities, Available for Sale
							(in thousands)																							(in thousands)
	Fair Value, beginning of period assets/(liabilities)						$	18,293		$	80,934		$	-		$	2,731		$	569		$	18		Fair Value, beginning of period assets/(liabilities)				$	18,147	$	112,114	$	4,040	$	3,931	$	485
		Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):																								Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):
			Included in earnings:																								Included in earnings:
				Realized investment gains (losses), net				-2			-			-			-			-			-					Realized investment gains (losses), net		1,319		-		-		-		-427
				Asset management fees and other income				-			-			-			71			-			-					Asset management fees and other income		-		-		-		-583		-
			Included in other comprehensive income (loss)					337			135			-2			-			21			-				Included in other comprehensive income (loss)			1,430		224		1		-		-31
		Net investment income						10			56			-			-			-			-			Net investment income				-61		-163		-		-		-
		Purchases						7,971			-			28,078			-			-			-			Purchases				-5,703		-33,078		15,554		-380		-
		Sales						-1,391			-			-			-			-			-			Sales				935		1		-		-		1,483
		Issuances						-			-			-			-			-			-			Issuances				-		-		-		-		-
		Settlements						-803			-3,137			-			-			-			-			Settlements				20,743		19,187		3,434		380		-
		Transfers into Level 3 (2)						-			29,407			-			-			-			-			Transfers into Level 3 (2)				-		29,407		-		-		-
		Transfers out of Level 3 (2)						-1,184			-1,314			-			-			-			-			Transfers out of Level 3 (2)				5,109		3,686		5,047		-		-
		Other (4)						-			-			-			-			-			-			Other (4)				-		2,496		-		-		-
	Fair Value, end of period assets/(liabilities)						$	23,231		$	106,081		$	28,076		$	2,802		$	590		$	18		Fair Value, end of period assets/(liabilities)				$	41,919	$	133,874	$	28,076	$	3,348	$	1,510
	Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those																								Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those
		Level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period (3):																								Level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period (3):
			Included in earnings:																								Included in earnings:
				Realized investment gains (losses), net			$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-					Realized investment gains (losses), net	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
				Asset management fees and other income			$	-		$	-		$	-		$	71		$	-		$	-					Asset management fees and other income	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	71	$	-
							Three Months Ended March 31, 2014																						Three Months Ended September 30, 2013
								Other Long-term Investments			Receivables from Parents and Affiliates			Separate Account Assets (1)			Reinsurance Recoverables (4)			Future Policy Benefits										Other Long-term Investments		Receivables from Parents and Affiliates		Separate Account Assets (1)		Future Policy Benefits	Reinsurance Recoverables
							(in thousands)																						(in thousands)
	Fair Value, beginning of period assets/(liabilities)						$	1,168		$	4,121		$	279,842		$	-376,868		$	348,399					Fair Value, beginning of period assets/(liabilities)				$	1,145	$	6,112	$	261,679	$	-586,930	$	479,818
		Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):																								Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):
			Included in earnings:																								Included in earnings:
				Realized investment gains (losses), net				-			-			2,269			1,252,368			-1,207,282								Realized investment gains (losses), net		232		-		355		-2,462,699		2,454,237
				Asset management fees and other income				-22			-			-			-			-								Asset management fees and other income		-143		-		-		-		-
				Interest credited to policyholders' account balances				-			-			2,676			-			-								Interest credited to policyholders' account balances		-		-		-5,546		-		-
			Included in other comprehensive income (loss)					-			-3			-			-			-							Included in other comprehensive income (loss)			-		31		-		-		-
		Net investment income						-			-			-			-			-						Net investment income				-167		-4		-		-		-
		Purchases						101			-			34,578			142,943			-						Purchases				-		-5,147		-23,597		-		-251,587
		Sales						-			-			-40,727			-			-						Sales				-		3,495		14,160		-		-
		Issuances						-			-			-			-			-155,872						Issuances				-		-		-		268,584		-
		Settlements						-			-			-			-			-						Settlements				-		-		-		-		-
		Transfers into Level 3 (2)						-			1,985			-			-			-						Transfers into Level 3 (2)				-		-		-		-		-
		Transfers out of Level 3 (2)						-			-979			-			-			-						Transfers out of Level 3 (2)				-		-979		-		-		-
	Fair Value, end of period assets/(liabilities)						$	1,247		$	5,124		$	278,638		$	1,018,443		$	-1,014,755						Other (4)				-		-2,496		-		-		-
																									Fair Value, end of period assets/(liabilities)				$	1,067	$	1,012	$	247,051	$	-2,781,045	$	2,682,468
	Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those
		Level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period (3):																							Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those
			Included in earnings:																							Level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period (3):
				Realized investment gains (losses), net			$	-		$	-		$	-		$	1,398,947		$	-1,517,648							Included in earnings:
				Asset management fees and other income			$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-								Realized investment gains (losses), net	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-1,517,648	$	1,398,947
				Interest credited to policyholders' account balances			$	-		$	-		$	2,676		$	-		$	-								Asset management fees and other income	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
																												Interest credited to policyholders' account balances	$	-	$	-	$	-5,546	$	-	$	-
							Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
							Fixed Maturities, Available for Sale
							Corporate Securities				Asset-Backed Securities			Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities			Other Trading Account Assets - Equity Securities			Equity Securities, Available for Sale
							(in thousands)
	Fair Value, beginning of period assets/(liabilities)						$	36,981		$	108,727		$	-		$	3,277		$	1,489
		Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):
			Included in earnings:
				Realized investment gains (losses), net				-780			-			-			-			-56
				Asset management fees and other income				-			-			-			460			-
			Included in other comprehensive income (loss)					-84			319			-			-			15
		Net investment income						39			88			-			-			-
		Purchases						10,127			17,798			3,434			380			-
		Sales						-2,320			-			-			-			-
	Issuances						-			-			-			-			-
	Settlements						-4,172			-7,879			-3,434			-380			-
	Transfers into Level 3 (2)						-			-			-			-			-
	Transfers out of Level 3 (2)						-			-			-			-			-
Fair Value, end of period assets/(liabilities)						$	39,791		$	119,053		$	-		$	3,737		$	1,448
Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those
	Level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period (3):
		Included in earnings:
			Realized investment gains (losses), net			$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-
			Asset management fees and other income			$	-		$	-		$	-		$	460		$	-
						Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
						Other Long-term Investments				Reinsurance Recoverables			Receivables from Parents and Affiliates			Separate Account Assets (1)			Future Policy Benefits
						(in thousands)
Fair Value, beginning of period assets/(liabilities)						$	988		$	1,287,157		$	1,995		$	248,255			-1,417,891
	Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):
		Included in earnings:
			Realized investment gains (losses), net				-223			-907,440			-			748			976,566
			Asset management fees and other income				77			-			-			-			-
			Interest credited to policyholders' account balances				-			-			-			5,790			-
		Included in other comprehensive income (loss)					-			-			5			-			-
	Net investment income						-			-			1,000			-			-
	Purchases						-			125,080			-			27,981			-
	Sales						-			-			-			-20,767			-
	Issuances						-			-			-			-			-134,270
	Settlements						-			-			-			-			-
	Transfers into Level 3 (2)						-			-			-			-			-
	Transfers out of Level 3 (2)						-			-			-			-			-
Fair Value, end of period assets/(liabilities)						$	842			504,797		$	3,000		$	262,007			-575,595
Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those
	Level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period (3):
		Included in earnings:
			Realized investment gains (losses), net			$	-204			-902,891		$	-		$	-			971,479
			Asset management fees and other income			$	78			-		$	-		$	-			-
			Interest credited to policyholders' account balances			$	-			-		$	-		$	5,790			-
Fair Value Disclosure Financial Instruments Not Carried at Fair Value	'																								'
					31-Mar-14																31-Dec-13
					Fair Value												Carrying Amount (1)				Fair Value			Carrying Amount
					Level 1			Level 2			Level 3			Total			Total				Total			Total
					(in thousands)
	Assets:
		Commercial mortgage and other loans			$	-		$	8,038		$	1,621,612		$	1,629,650		$	1,536,081		$	1,612,074		$	1,532,165
		Policy loans				-			-			1,097,408			1,097,408			1,097,408			1,086,772			1,086,772
		Other long term investments				-			-			5,069			5,069			4,392			4,751			4,268
		Cash and cash equivalents				86,929			73,543			-			160,472			160,472			101,456			101,456
		Accrued investment income				-			87,901			-			87,901			87,901			89,465			89,465
		Receivables from parents and affiliates				-			99,075			-			99,075			98,728			87,849			87,481
		Other assets				-			29,206			-			29,206			29,206			34,060			34,060
			Total assets		$	86,929		$	297,763		$	2,724,089		$	3,108,781		$	3,014,188		$	3,016,427		$	2,935,667
	Liabilities:
		Policyholders' Account Balances - Investment Contracts			$	-		$	880,403		$	39,839		$	920,242		$	929,988		$	892,058		$	901,860
		Cash collateral for loaned securities				-			98,610			-			98,610			98,610			84,867			84,867
		Short-term debt				-			272,569			-			272,569			272,000			275,268			274,900
		Long-term debt				-			1,635,765			-			1,635,765			1,592,000			1,644,827			1,592,000
		Payables to parent and affiliates				-			52,847			-			52,847			52,847			45,649			45,649
		Other liabilities				-			278,709			-			278,709			278,709			270,339			270,339
			Total liabilities		$	-		$	3,218,903		$	39,839		$	3,258,742		$	3,224,154		$	3,213,008		$	3,169,615
Fair Value Inputs Quantitative Information [Table Text Block]	'																								'
			As of March 31, 2014
			Fair Value		Valuation Techniques		Unobservable Inputs			Minimum	Maximum			Weighted Average		Impact of Increase in Input on Fair Value (1)
			(in thousands)
	Assets:
	Corporate securities		$	16,758		Discounted cash flow		Discount rate		8.76%		15.00%		10.73%		Decrease
						Market Comparables		EBITDA Multiples (2)		5.0X		7.0X		5.82X		Increase
	Reinsurance recoverables - Living Benefits		$	869,343		Fair values are determined in the same manner as future policy benefits.
	Reinsurance recoverables - No Lapse Guarantee		$	149,100		Discounted cash flow		Lapse rate (3)		0%		13%				Decrease
								NPR spread (4)		0.05%		1.01%				Decrease
								Mortality rate (5)		0%		22%				Decrease
								Premium Payment (6)		1X		3.75X				Decrease
	Liabilities:
	Future policy benefits (7)		$	1,014,755		Discounted cash flow		Lapse rate (8)		0%		11%				Decrease
								NPR spread (4)		0.05%		1.01%				Decrease
								Utilization rate (9)		70%		98%				Increase
								Withdrawal rate (10)		86%		100%				Increase
								Mortality rate (11)		0%		13%				Decrease
								Equity Volatility curve		15%		28%				Increase
			As of December 31, 2013
			Fair Value		Valuation Techniques		Unobservable Inputs			Minimum	Maximum			Weighted Average		Impact of Increase in Input on Fair Value (1)
			(in thousands)
	Assets:
	Corporate securities		$	15,100		Discounted cash flow		Discount rate		8.28%		15.00%		10.61%		Decrease
						Market Comparable		EBITDA Multiples (2)		5.0X		7.0X		5.91X		Increase
						Liquidation		Liquidation value		11.61%		38.49%		31.83%		Increase
	Reinsurance recoverables		$	11,400		See the Reinsurance Recoverable section above for an explanation of the fair value determination.
	Liabilities:
	Future policy benefits (7)		$	-348,399		Discounted cash flow		Lapse rate (8)		0%		11%				Decrease
								NPR spread (4)		0.08%		1.09%				Decrease
								Utilization rate (9)		70%		94%				Increase
								Withdrawal rate (10)		86%		100%				Increase
								Mortality rate (11)		0%		13%				Decrease
								Equity Volatility curve		15%		28%				Increase
	Other Liabilities		$	388,268		Represents reinsurance of variable annuity living benefits in a liability position. Fair values are determined in the same manner as future policy benefits.
Fair Value Level Three Amounts By Pricing Source [Table Text Block]	'																								'
					As of March 31, 2014
					Internal (1)			External (2)			Total
					(in thousands)
	Corporate securities				$	16,758		$	6,473		$	23,231
	Asset-backed securities					337			105,744			106,081
	Commercial mortgage-backed securities					7,053			21,023			28,076
	Short-term investments					18			-			18
	Equity securities					590			2,802			3,392
	Other long-term investments					-			1,247			1,247
	Reinsurance recoverables					1,018,443			-			1,018,443
	Receivables from parents and affiliates					-			5,124			5,124
	Subtotal excluding separate account assets					1,043,199			142,413			1,185,612
	Separate account assets					81,621			197,017			278,638
	Total assets				$	1,124,820		$	339,430		$	1,464,250
	Future policy benefits				$	1,014,755		$	-		$	1,014,755
	Total liabilities				$	1,014,755		$	-		$	1,014,755
					As of December 31, 2013
					Internal (1)			External (2)			Total
					(in thousands)
	Corporate securities				$	15,100		$	3,193		$	18,293
	Asset-backed securities					355			80,579			80,934
	Short-term investments					18			-			18
	Equity securities					569			2,731			3,300
	Other long-term investments					-			1,168			1,168
	Reinsurance recoverables					11,400			-			11,400
	Receivables from parents and affiliates					-			4,121			4,121
	Subtotal excluding separate account assets					27,442			91,792			119,234
	Separate account assets					81,795			198,047			279,842
	Total assets				$	109,237		$	289,839		$	399,076
	Future policy benefits				$	-348,399		$	-		$	-348,399
	Other liabilities					388,268			-			388,268
	Total liabilities				$	39,869		$	-		$	39,869

Derivative_Instruments_Tables

Derivative Instruments (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Derivative Instruments	'
Schedule of Derivative Instruments in Statement of Financial Position, Fair Value	'
			31-Mar-14									31-Dec-13
					Notional		Gross Fair Value							Notional		Gross Fair Value
					Amount		Assets			Liabilities				Amount		Assets		Liabilities
	Primary Underlying				(in thousands)
	Derivatives Designated as Hedge Accounting Instruments:
	Currency/Interest Rate
	Currency Swaps			$	261,279		$	7,971		$	-13,149		$	249,601		$	6,304	$	-11,583
	Total Qualifying Hedges			$	261,279		$	7,971		$	-13,149		$	249,601		$	6,304	$	-11,583
	Derivatives Not Qualifying as Hedge Accounting Instruments:
	Interest Rate
	Interest Rate Swaps			$	2,434,400		$	71,744		$	-126,046		$	2,434,400		$	47,475	$	-185,222
	Currency
	Forwards				1,070			4			-			507			2		-
	Credit
	Credit Default Swaps				13,275			46			-803			14,275			15		-862
	Currency/Interest Rate
	Currency Swaps				65,748			568			-2,859			69,450			211		-3,325
	Equity
	Total Return Swaps				388,939			1,331			-2,393			332,000			-		-8,057
	Equity Options				53,942,626			41,420			-25,395			40,739,168			19,639		-9,418
	Total Non-Qualifying Hedges				56,846,058			115,113			-157,496			43,589,800			67,342		-206,884
	Total Derivatives (1)			$	57,107,337		$	123,084		$	-170,645		$	43,839,401		$	73,646	$	-218,467
	Excludes embedded derivatives which contain multiple underlyings. The fair value of these embedded derivatives was a liability of $1,015 million and an asset of $348 million as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, included in “Future policy benefits.” The reinsurance embedded derivatives was an asset of $1,018 million as of March 31, 2014, included in “Reinsurance Recoverables” and a liability of $388 million and an asset of $11 million, as of December 31, 2013, included in “Other Liabilities” and "Reinsurance Recoverables."
Schedule of Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) in Statement of Financial Performance	'																			[1]
			Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
				Realized Investment Gains/(Losses)		Net Investment Income		Other Income		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income(1)
			(in thousands)
	Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments:
	Cash flow hedges
		Currency/Interest Rate	$	-	$	253	$	-71	$	108
		Total cash flow hedges		-		253		-71		108
	Derivatives Not Qualifying as Hedging Instruments:
		Interest Rate		91,578		-		-		-
		Currency		3		-		-		-
		Currency/Interest Rate		927		-		14		-
		Credit		-43		-		-		-
		Equity		-8,083		-		-		-
		Embedded Derivatives		-260		-		-		-
		Total non-qualifying hedges		84,122		-		14		-
		Total	$	84,122	$	253	$	-57	$	108
			Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
				Realized Investment Gains/(Losses)		Net Investment Income		Other Income		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income(1)
			(in thousands)
	Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments:
	Cash flow hedges
		Currency/Interest Rate	$	-	$	228	$	56	$	6,108
		Total cash flow hedges		-		228		56		6,108
	Derivatives Not Qualifying as Hedging Instruments:
		Interest Rate		-34,368		-		-		-
		Currency		106		-		-		-
		Currency/Interest Rate		551		-		-		-
		Credit		-521		-		-		-
		Equity		-54,301		-		-		-
		Embedded Derivatives		103,785		-		-		-
		Total non-qualifying hedges		15,252		-		-		-
		Total	$	15,252	$	228	$	56	$	6,108
	Amounts deferred in “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).”
Schedule of Derivative Instruments Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income(Loss) Before Taxes	'
				(in thousands)
	Balance, December 31, 2013				-4,701
	Net deferred gains (losses) on cash flow hedges from January 1 to March 31, 2014				290
	Amount reclassified into current period earnings				-182
	Balance, March 31, 2014			$	-4,593
Offsetting Of Financial Assets And Liabilities	'
				31-Mar-14
							Gross			Net
				Gross			Amounts			Amounts
				Amounts of			Offset in the			Presented in
				Recognized			Statement of			the Statement		Financial
				Financial			Financial			of Financial		Instruments/			Net
				Instruments			Position			Position		Collateral			Amount
				(in thousands)
	Offsetting of Financial Assets:
	Derivatives			$	122,690		$	-122,291		$	399	$	-1,241		$	-842
	Securities purchased under agreement to resell				73,543			-			73,543		-73,543			-
	Total Assets			$	196,233		$	-122,291		$	73,942	$	-74,784		$	-842
	Offsetting of Financial Liabilities:
	Derivatives			$	170,644		$	-122,789		$	47,855	$	-31,516		$	16,339
	Securities sold under agreement to repurchase				-			-			-		-			-
	Total Liabilities			$	170,644		$	-122,789		$	47,855	$	-31,516		$	16,339
				31-Dec-13
							Gross			Net
				Gross			Amounts			Amounts
				Amounts of			Offset in the			Presented in
				Recognized			Statement of			the Statement		Financial
				Financial			Financial			of Financial		Instruments/			Net
				Instruments			Position			Position		Collateral			Amount
				(in thousands)
	Offsetting of Financial Assets:
	Derivatives			$	73,219		$	-73,219		$	-	$	-		$	-
	Securities purchased under agreement to resell				56,139			-			56,139		-56,139			-
	Total Assets			$	129,358		$	-73,219		$	56,139	$	-56,139		$	-
	Offsetting of Financial Liabilities:
	Derivatives			$	218,467		$	-73,051		$	145,416	$	-136,593		$	8,823
	Securities sold under agreement to repurchase				-			-			-		-			-
	Total Liabilities			$	218,467		$	-73,051		$	145,416	$	-136,593		$	8,823
[1]	_____________ Includes credit-tranched securities collateralized by sub-prime mortgages, credit cards, education loans, and other asset types.

Related_Party_2_Tables

Related Party 2 (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Reinsurance [Abstract]	'
Gross and Net Life Insurance in Force	'
		31-Mar-14		31-Mar-13
		(in thousands)
	Direct gross life insurance face amount in force	$	673,138,081	$	626,042,226
	Assumed gross life insurance face amount in force		45,210,236		40,109,319
	Reinsurance ceded		-661,545,542		-610,232,624
	Net life insurance face amount in force	$	56,802,775	$	55,918,921

Related_Party_Tables

Related Party (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]	'
Reinsurance Table [Text Block]	'
				March 31,			December 31,
				2014			2013
				(in thousands)
	Reinsurance recoverable			$	15,190,607		$	13,657,859
	Policy loans				-66,038			-64,720
	Deferred policy acquisition costs				-1,623,970			-1,627,838
	Policyholders' account balances				4,783,143			4,681,356
	Future policy benefits and other policyholder liabilities				1,603,610			1,359,340
	Other liabilities (reinsurance payables) (1)				259,092			618,781
	(1) December 31, 2013 includes $388 million reclassed from reinsurance recoverables to other liabilities.
	The reinsurance recoverables by counterparty is broken out below.
Reinsurance Table By Affiliate [Text Block]	'
			31-Mar-14			31-Dec-13
			(in thousands)
	UPARC	$	189,204		$	44,835
	PAR U		8,444,461			8,091,714
	PURC		1,004,092			940,218
	PARCC		2,425,955			2,411,157
	PAR Term		873,875			816,787
	Term Re		29,083			-
	Prudential Insurance		201,767			190,035
	Pruco Re (1)		869,977			642
	Prudential of Taiwan		1,149,604			1,157,639
	Unaffiliated		2,589			4,832
	Total Reinsurance Recoverables	$	15,190,607		$	13,657,859
	(1) December 31, 2013 excludes $388 million reclassed from reinsurance recoverable to other liabilities.
Reinsurance Impact On Income Statement [Text Block]	'
				2014			2013
				(in thousands)
	Premiums:
	Direct			$	339,567		$	315,767
	Assumed				-			-
	Ceded				-324,322			-302,561
	Net Premiums				15,245			13,206
	Policy charges and fee income:
	Direct				663,786			578,869
	Assumed				30,221			82,770
	Ceded				-180,382			-198,214
	Net policy charges and fee income:				513,625			463,425
	Net investment income
	Direct				98,991			102,989
	Assumed				338			314
	Ceded				-852			-795
	Net investment income				98,477			102,508
	Net other income:
	Direct				13,407			13,236
	Assumed & Ceded				-			-31,119
	Net other income				13,407			-17,883
	Interest credited to policyholders' account balances:
	Direct				100,893			40,722
	Assumed				29,247			32,868
	Ceded				-50,337			-46,622
	Net interest credited to policyholders' account balances				79,803			26,968
	Policyholders' benefits (including change in reserves):
	Direct				497,482			406,405
	Assumed				154,785			9,306
	Ceded				-567,232			-353,305
	Net policyholders' benefits (including change in reserves)				85,035			62,406
	Net reinsurance expense allowances, net of capitalization and amortization				-63,553			-43,196
	Realized investment gains (losses) net:
	Direct				-1,121,522			920,241
	Assumed				-			-
	Ceded				1,207,053			-873,527
	Realized investment gains (losses) net			$	85,531		$	46,714
Affiliated Asset Transfer [Text Block]	'
	Affiliate		Date		Transaction		Security Type			Fair Value			Book Value		Additional Paid-in Capital, Net of Tax Increase/ (Decrease)		Realized Investment Gain/ (Loss)		Derivative Gain/ (Loss)
										(in millions)
	Prudential Insurance		13-Jan		Transfer In		Fixed Maturities		$	126		$	108	$	-12	$	-	$	-
	PAR U		13-Jan		Transfer Out		Fixed Maturities			126			108		-		18		-
	Prudential Insurance		13-Jan		Transfer In		Fixed Maturities, Commercial Mortgages, Short-term Investments, & Trading Account Assets			4,825			4,825		-1		-		-
	PAR U		13-Jan		Transfer Out		Fixed Maturities, Commercial Mortgages, Short-term Investments, & Trading Account Assets			4,826			4,821		-		5		-
	UPARC		13-Feb		Transfer In		Fixed Maturities			56			52		-		-		-
	PAR U		13-Feb		Transfer Out		Fixed Maturities			132			122		-		10		-
	Prudential Insurance		13-Mar		Purchased		Fixed Maturities			47			44		-2		-		-
	Prudential Insurance		14-Mar		Purchased		Fixed Maturities			13			13		-		-		-
Debt Agreements [Text Block]	'
	Affiliate		Date Issued			Amount of Notes - March 31, 2014			Amount of Notes - December 31, 2013		Interest Rate		Date of Maturity
	(in thousands)
	PFI		11/15/10		$	66,000		$	66,000		3.01%		11/13/15
	PFI		6/20/11			150,000			150,000		2.17% - 3.17%		6/2014 - 6/2016
	PFI		12/15/11			159,000			159,000		2.99% - 3.61%		12/2014 - 12/2016
	PFI		12/16/11			33,000			33,000		2.99% - 3.61%		12/2014 - 12/2016
	PFI		12/20/12			88,000			88,000		1.37%		12/15/15
	Prudential Insurance		12/20/10			204,000			204,000		3.47%		12/21/15
	Washington Street Investment		6/20/12			316,000			316,000		2.06% - 3.02%		6/2014 - 6/2017
	Washington Street Investment		12/17/12			264,000			264,000		1.12% - 1.87%		12/2014 - 12/2017
	Washington Street Investment		12/17/12			52,000			52,000		1.21% - 1.87%		12/2014 - 12/2017
	PFI		11/15/13			9,000			9,000		2.24%		12/15/18
	PFI		11/15/13			23,000			23,000		3.19%		12/15/20
	Prudential Insurance		12/6/13			120,000			120,000		2.60%		12/15/18
	Prudential Insurance		12/6/13			130,000			130,000		4.39%		12/15/23
	Prudential Insurance		12/6/13			250,000			250,000		3.64%		12/15/20
	Pru Funding, LLC		12/31/13			-			2,900		0.23%		1/7/14
	Total Loans Payable to Affiliates				$	1,864,000		$	1,866,900

Investments_Narrative_Details

Investments (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) from trading account assets supporting insurance liabilities	$900,000	$900,000	'
Net investment income	98,477,000	102,508,000	'
Gross unrealized losses related to high or highest quality securities	67,000,000	'	136,000,000
Gross unrealized losses related to other than high or highest quality securities	3,000,000	'	4,000,000
Twelve months or more Unrealized Losses	17,301,000	'	20,457,000
Fixed Maturities [Member]	'	'	'
Gross unrealized losses representing declines in value of greater than 20%	4,000,000	'	5,000,000
Gross unrealized losses in a continuous loss position for less than six months	4,000,000	'	5,000,000
Equity Securities [Member]	'	'	'
Gross unrealized losses representing declines in value of greater than 20%	0	'	0
Gross unrealized losses in a continuous loss position for less than six months	$0	'	$0

Investments_Fixed_Maturities_a

Investments (Fixed Maturities and Equity Securities Excluding Investments Classified as Trading) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Summary Of Investments Other Than Investments In Related Parties Reportable Data [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, amortized cost	$5,712,169		$5,538,933
Available For Sale Equity Securities Amortized Cost Basis	10,567		567
Fair Value, Fixed maturities, available for sale	5,933,572		5,651,401
Equity securities, available for sale	11,136		771
Net unrealized gains on impaired securities relating to changes in value of securities subsequent to the impairment measurement date	12		14
US Treasury And Government [Member]	'		'
Summary Of Investments Other Than Investments In Related Parties Reportable Data [Line Items]	'		'
Fair Value, Fixed maturities, available for sale	95,023		93,525
Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions [Member]	'		'
Summary Of Investments Other Than Investments In Related Parties Reportable Data [Line Items]	'		'
Fair Value, Fixed maturities, available for sale	108,754		78,951
Foreign Government Debt Securities [Member]	'		'
Summary Of Investments Other Than Investments In Related Parties Reportable Data [Line Items]	'		'
Fair Value, Fixed maturities, available for sale	23,953		23,997
Corporate Debt Securities [Member]	'		'
Summary Of Investments Other Than Investments In Related Parties Reportable Data [Line Items]	'		'
Fair Value, Fixed maturities, available for sale	4,707,058		4,541,369
Asset-backed Securities [Member]	'		'
Summary Of Investments Other Than Investments In Related Parties Reportable Data [Line Items]	'		'
Fair Value, Fixed maturities, available for sale	238,086		222,091
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]	'		'
Summary Of Investments Other Than Investments In Related Parties Reportable Data [Line Items]	'		'
Fair Value, Fixed maturities, available for sale	599,912		522,008
Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]	'		'
Summary Of Investments Other Than Investments In Related Parties Reportable Data [Line Items]	'		'
Fair Value, Fixed maturities, available for sale	160,786		169,460
Fixed Maturities [Member]	'		'
Summary Of Investments Other Than Investments In Related Parties Reportable Data [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, amortized cost	5,712,169		5,538,933
Gross Unrealized Gains	290,806		252,087
Gross Unrealized Losses	69,403		139,619
Fair Value, Fixed maturities, available for sale	5,933,572		5,651,401
Other-than-temporary impairments in AOCI	6,736	[1]	9,008	[2]
Fixed Maturities [Member] | US Treasury And Government [Member]	'		'
Summary Of Investments Other Than Investments In Related Parties Reportable Data [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, amortized cost	89,351		89,497
Gross Unrealized Gains	6,637		5,910
Gross Unrealized Losses	965		1,882
Fair Value, Fixed maturities, available for sale	95,023		93,525
Other-than-temporary impairments in AOCI	0	[1]	0	[2]
Fixed Maturities [Member] | Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions [Member]	'		'
Summary Of Investments Other Than Investments In Related Parties Reportable Data [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, amortized cost	107,426		83,807
Gross Unrealized Gains	3,753		1,518
Gross Unrealized Losses	2,425		6,374
Fair Value, Fixed maturities, available for sale	108,754		78,951
Other-than-temporary impairments in AOCI	0	[1]	0	[2]
Fixed Maturities [Member] | Foreign Government Debt Securities [Member]	'		'
Summary Of Investments Other Than Investments In Related Parties Reportable Data [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, amortized cost	20,313		20,357
Gross Unrealized Gains	3,640		3,640
Gross Unrealized Losses	0		0
Fair Value, Fixed maturities, available for sale	23,953		23,997
Other-than-temporary impairments in AOCI	0	[1]	0	[2]
Fixed Maturities [Member] | Public Utilities [Member]	'		'
Summary Of Investments Other Than Investments In Related Parties Reportable Data [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, amortized cost	825,016		796,747
Gross Unrealized Gains	47,517		32,303
Gross Unrealized Losses	13,755		29,281
Fair Value, Fixed maturities, available for sale	858,778		799,769
Other-than-temporary impairments in AOCI	0	[1]	0	[2]
Fixed Maturities [Member] | RedeemablePreferredStockMember	'		'
Summary Of Investments Other Than Investments In Related Parties Reportable Data [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, amortized cost	819		681
Gross Unrealized Gains	149		126
Gross Unrealized Losses	0		0
Fair Value, Fixed maturities, available for sale	968		807
Other-than-temporary impairments in AOCI	0	[1]	0	[2]
Fixed Maturities [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member]	'		'
Summary Of Investments Other Than Investments In Related Parties Reportable Data [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, amortized cost	3,700,413		3,661,419
Gross Unrealized Gains	190,682		168,717
Gross Unrealized Losses	43,783		89,343
Fair Value, Fixed maturities, available for sale	3,847,312		3,740,793
Other-than-temporary impairments in AOCI	243	[1]	252	[2]
Fixed Maturities [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member]	'		'
Summary Of Investments Other Than Investments In Related Parties Reportable Data [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, amortized cost	231,050	[3]	216,081	[3]
Gross Unrealized Gains	8,177	[3]	8,687	[3]
Gross Unrealized Losses	1,141	[3]	2,677	[3]
Fair Value, Fixed maturities, available for sale	238,086	[3]	222,091	[3]
Other-than-temporary impairments in AOCI	5,542	[1],[3]	7,783	[2],[3]
Fixed Maturities [Member] | Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]	'		'
Summary Of Investments Other Than Investments In Related Parties Reportable Data [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, amortized cost	586,651		510,255
Gross Unrealized Gains	19,602		20,316
Gross Unrealized Losses	6,341		8,563
Fair Value, Fixed maturities, available for sale	599,912		522,008
Other-than-temporary impairments in AOCI	0	[1]	0	[2]
Fixed Maturities [Member] | Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]	'		'
Summary Of Investments Other Than Investments In Related Parties Reportable Data [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, amortized cost	151,130	[4]	160,089	[4]
Gross Unrealized Gains	10,649	[4]	10,870	[4]
Gross Unrealized Losses	993	[4]	1,499	[4]
Fair Value, Fixed maturities, available for sale	160,786	[4]	169,460	[4]
Other-than-temporary impairments in AOCI	951	[1],[4]	973	[2],[4]
Equity Securities Available For Sale [Member]	'		'
Summary Of Investments Other Than Investments In Related Parties Reportable Data [Line Items]	'		'
Available For Sale Equity Securities Amortized Cost Basis	10,567		567
Gross Unrealized Gains	570		207
Gross Unrealized Losses	1		3
Equity securities, available for sale	11,136		771
Equity Securities Available For Sale [Member] | Public Utilities [Member]	'		'
Summary Of Investments Other Than Investments In Related Parties Reportable Data [Line Items]	'		'
Available For Sale Equity Securities Amortized Cost Basis	132		131
Gross Unrealized Gains	39		29
Gross Unrealized Losses	0		0
Equity securities, available for sale	171		160
Equity Securities Available For Sale [Member] | Industrial, Miscellaneous, and All Others [Member]	'		'
Summary Of Investments Other Than Investments In Related Parties Reportable Data [Line Items]	'		'
Available For Sale Equity Securities Amortized Cost Basis	4		4
Gross Unrealized Gains	14		12
Gross Unrealized Losses	0		0
Equity securities, available for sale	18		16
Equity Securities Available For Sale [Member] | Nonredeemable Preferred Stock [Member]	'		'
Summary Of Investments Other Than Investments In Related Parties Reportable Data [Line Items]	'		'
Available For Sale Equity Securities Amortized Cost Basis	340		341
Gross Unrealized Gains	184		163
Gross Unrealized Losses	0		0
Equity securities, available for sale	524		504
Equity Securities Available For Sale [Member] | Mutual Fund [Member]	'		'
Summary Of Investments Other Than Investments In Related Parties Reportable Data [Line Items]	'		'
Available For Sale Equity Securities Amortized Cost Basis	10,091		91
Gross Unrealized Gains	333		3
Gross Unrealized Losses	1		3
Equity securities, available for sale	$10,423		$91
[1]	Represents the amount of other-than-temporary impairment losses in AOCI, which were not included in earnings. Amount excludes $12 million of net unrealized gains on impaired available-for-sale securities relating to changes in the value of such securities subsequent to the impairment measurement date.
[2]	Represents the amount of other-than-temporary impairment losses in AOCI, which were not included in earnings. Amount excludes $14 million of net unrealized gains on impaired available-for-sale securities relating to changes in the value of such securities subsequent to the impairment measurement date
[3]	Includes credit-tranched securities collateralized by sub-prime mortgages, credit cards, education loans, and other asset types.
[4]	Includes publicly-traded agency pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations.

Investments_Amortized_Cost_and

Investments (Amortized Cost and Fair Value of Fixed Maturities by Contractual Maturities) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Available for Sale Amortized Cost	'	'
Due in one year or less	$361,920	'
Due after one year through five years	1,177,464	'
Due after five years through ten years	1,328,041	'
Due after ten years	1,875,913	'
Total	5,712,169	5,538,933
Available for Sale Securities Fair Value	'	'
Due in one year or less	371,865	'
Due after one year through five years	1,284,703	'
Due after five years through ten years	1,362,992	'
Due after ten years	1,915,228	'
Total	5,933,572	5,651,401
Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]	'	'
Available for Sale Amortized Cost	'	'
Debt Maturities, without single maturity date	151,130	'
Available for Sale Securities Fair Value	'	'
Debt Maturities, without Single Maturity Date	160,786	'
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]	'	'
Available for Sale Amortized Cost	'	'
Debt Maturities, without single maturity date	586,651	'
Available for Sale Securities Fair Value	'	'
Debt Maturities, without Single Maturity Date	599,912	'
Asset-backed Securities [Member]	'	'
Available for Sale Amortized Cost	'	'
Debt Maturities, without single maturity date	231,050	'
Available for Sale Securities Fair Value	'	'
Debt Maturities, without Single Maturity Date	$238,086	'

Investments_Fixed_Maturities_P

Investments (Fixed Maturities Proceeds)(Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013
Equity Securities [Member]	'		'
Available For Sale	'		'
Proceeds from sales	$0		$2,352
Gross investment gains from sales	0		854
Fixed maturity and equity security impairments	'		'
Writedowns for impairments on equity securities	0		-56
Fixed Maturities, Available For Sale [Member]	'		'
Available For Sale	'		'
Proceeds from sales	39,886		45,186
Proceeds from maturities/repayments	182,019		174,324
Gross investment gains from sales	1,679		33,388
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Realized Losses	407		1,731
Fixed maturity and equity security impairments	'		'
Net writedowns for other-than-temporary impairment losses on fixed maturities recognized in earnings	$0	[1]	($1,397)	[1]
[1]	Excludes the portion of other-than-temporary impairments recorded in “Other comprehensive income (loss),” representing any difference between the fair value of the impaired debt security and the net present value of its projected future cash flows at the time of the impairment.

Investments_Credit_Losses_Reco

Investments (Credit Losses Recognized In Earnings on Fixed Maturity Securities Held by the Company) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Credit losses recognized in earnings on fixed maturity securities	'	'
Credit Losses Recognized In Earnings, BOP	$14,660	$27,702
Credit loss impairments previously recognized on securities which matured, paid down, prepaid or were sold during the period	-4,469	-12,388
Credit loss impairment recognized in the current period on securities not previously impaired	0	14
Additional credit loss impairments recognized in the current period on securities previously impaired	0	497
Increases due to the passage of time on previously recorded credit losses	101	222
Accretion of credit loss impairments previously recognized due to an increase in cash flows expected to be collected	-120	-332
Credit Losses Recognized In Earnings, EOP	$10,172	$15,715

Investments_Trading_Account_As

Investments (Trading Account Assets) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Amortized Cost	$24,323	$15,506
Fair Value	28,599	18,892
Corporate Debt Securities [Member]	'	'
Fair Value	23,814	14,183
Asset-backed Securities [Member]	'	'
Fair Value	1,983	1,978
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]	'	'
Fair Value	0	0
Fixed Maturities [Member]	'	'
Amortized Cost	22,935	14,118
Fair Value	25,798	16,162
Equity Securities [Member]	'	'
Amortized Cost	1,388	1,388
Fair Value	$2,801	$2,730

Investments_Commercial_Mortgag

Investments (Commercial Mortgage and Other Loans) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Commercial mortgage loans	$1,430,668	$1,425,541
Commercial mortgage loans, Percentage	93.10%	93.00%
Valuation allowance	-8,888	-8,904
Total net commercial and agricultural mortgage loans by property type	1,527,671	1,523,755
Total commercial mortgage and other loans	1,536,081	1,532,165
Total Commercial Mortgage By Propterty Type	1,536,559	1,532,659
Other Loans and Leases Receivable	8,410	8,410
Uncollateralized Loans [Member]	'	'
Other Loans and Leases Receivable	8,410	8,410
Office buildings [Member]	'	'
Commercial mortgage loans	193,739	195,499
Commercial mortgage loans, Percentage	12.60%	12.80%
Retail stores [Member]	'	'
Commercial mortgage loans	464,499	467,059
Commercial mortgage loans, Percentage	30.20%	30.50%
Apartment Complexes [Member]	'	'
Commercial mortgage loans	315,291	298,365
Commercial mortgage loans, Percentage	20.50%	19.50%
Industrial Buildings [Member]	'	'
Commercial mortgage loans	265,267	272,239
Commercial mortgage loans, Percentage	17.30%	17.70%
Agricultural Properties [Member]	'	'
Commercial mortgage loans	105,891	107,118
Commercial mortgage loans, Percentage	6.90%	7.00%
Hospitality [Member]	'	'
Commercial mortgage loans	89,592	90,085
Commercial mortgage loans, Percentage	5.80%	5.90%
Other [Member]	'	'
Commercial mortgage loans	$102,280	$102,294
Commercial mortgage loans, Percentage	6.70%	6.60%
California [Member]	'	'
Commercial mortgage loans, Percentage	20.00%	'
New Jersey [Member]	'	'
Commercial mortgage loans, Percentage	11.00%	'
Texas [Member]	'	'
Commercial mortgage loans, Percentage	10.00%	'

Investments_Allowance_for_Loss

Investments (Allowance for Losses) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013
Allowance For Losses On Commermcial Mortgage And Other Loans [Line Items]	'		'
Allowance for Losses, Beginning Balance	$8,904	[1]	$6,028
Addition To / (Release of) Allowance For Losses	16		-2,876
Allowance for Losses, Ending Balance	$8,888	[1]	$8,904	[1]
[1]	Agricultural loans represent $0.3 million of the ending allowance at both March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

Investments_Allowance_for_Cred

Investments (Allowance for Credit Losses and Recorded Investment in Commercial Mortgage and Other Loans) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Allowance for Credit Losses:	'		'
Ending Balance: Individually evaluated for impairment	($3,068)	[1]	($3,084)	[1]
Ending Balance: collectively evaluated for impairment	5,820	[2]	5,820	[2]
Total	8,888		8,904
Recorded Investment:	'		'
Ending balance gross of reserves: individually evaluated for impairment	6,290	[1],[3]	6,392	[1],[3]
Ending balance gross of reserves: collectively evaluated for impairment	1,538,679	[2],[3]	1,534,677	[2],[3]
Total	1,544,969	[3]	1,541,069	[3]
Agricultural Property Loans [Member]	'		'
Allowance for Credit Losses:	'		'
Ending Balance: collectively evaluated for impairment	300		300
Uncollateralized Loans [Member]	'		'
Recorded Investment:	'		'
Ending balance gross of reserves: collectively evaluated for impairment	$8,000		$8,000
[1]	There were no agricultural or uncollateralized loans individually evaluated for impairments at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.
[2]	Agricultural loans collectively evaluated for impairment had a recorded investment of $106 million and $107 million at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, and a related allowance of $0.3 million for both periods. Uncollateralized loans collectively evaluated for impairment had a recorded investment of $8 million at both March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 and no related allowance for both periods.
[3]	Recorded investment reflects the balance sheet carrying value gross of related allowance.

Investments_Impaired_Loans_Det

Investments (Impaired Loans) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Recorded Investment	$6.30	$6.40
Unpaid Principal Balance Principal Balance	6.3	6.4
Related Allowance	3.1	3.1
Interest Income Recognized	0	0
Class Of Financing Receivable1 [Member] | Agricultural Loan [Member]	'	'
Recorded Investment	$106	$107

Investments_Credit_Quality_Ind

Investments (Credit Quality Indicators) (Details) (Commercial Mortgage and Agricultural Loans [Member], USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Debt Service Coverage Ratio, Greater than One Point Two X [Member] | Loan To Value Ratio Less Than Fifty Nine Point Nine Nine Percent [Member]	'	'
Financing Receivable	$879,398	$894,897
Debt Service Coverage Ratio, Greater than One Point Two X [Member] | Loan-to-Value Ratio, Sixty Percent To Sixty Nine Point Nine Nine Percent [Member]	'	'
Financing Receivable	346,760	314,325
Debt Service Coverage Ratio, Greater than One Point Two X [Member] | Loan-to-Value Ratio, Seventy Percent To Seventy Nine Point Nine Nine Percent [Member]	'	'
Financing Receivable	144,692	183,853
Debt Service Coverage Ratio, Greater than One Point Two X [Member] | Loan To Value Ratio, Greater Than Eighty Percent [Member]	'	'
Financing Receivable	36,901	24,000
Debt Service Coverage Ratio, Greater than One Point Two X [Member] | Loan To Value Ratio Total [Member]	'	'
Financing Receivable	1,407,751	1,417,075
Debt Service Coverage Ratio, One Point Zero X to Less Than One Point Two X [Member] | Loan To Value Ratio Less Than Fifty Nine Point Nine Nine Percent [Member]	'	'
Financing Receivable	16,048	11,196
Debt Service Coverage Ratio, One Point Zero X to Less Than One Point Two X [Member] | Loan-to-Value Ratio, Sixty Percent To Sixty Nine Point Nine Nine Percent [Member]	'	'
Financing Receivable	25,946	28,420
Debt Service Coverage Ratio, One Point Zero X to Less Than One Point Two X [Member] | Loan-to-Value Ratio, Seventy Percent To Seventy Nine Point Nine Nine Percent [Member]	'	'
Financing Receivable	9,220	9,295
Debt Service Coverage Ratio, One Point Zero X to Less Than One Point Two X [Member] | Loan To Value Ratio, Greater Than Eighty Percent [Member]	'	'
Financing Receivable	20,965	5,310
Debt Service Coverage Ratio, One Point Zero X to Less Than One Point Two X [Member] | Loan To Value Ratio Total [Member]	'	'
Financing Receivable	72,179	54,221
Debt Service Coverage Ratio, Less Than One Point Zero X [Member] | Loan To Value Ratio Less Than Fifty Nine Point Nine Nine Percent [Member]	'	'
Financing Receivable	9,288	9,323
Debt Service Coverage Ratio, Less Than One Point Zero X [Member] | Loan-to-Value Ratio, Sixty Percent To Sixty Nine Point Nine Nine Percent [Member]	'	'
Financing Receivable	5,514	4,327
Debt Service Coverage Ratio, Less Than One Point Zero X [Member] | Loan-to-Value Ratio, Seventy Percent To Seventy Nine Point Nine Nine Percent [Member]	'	'
Financing Receivable	35,537	25,626
Debt Service Coverage Ratio, Less Than One Point Zero X [Member] | Loan To Value Ratio, Greater Than Eighty Percent [Member]	'	'
Financing Receivable	6,290	22,087
Debt Service Coverage Ratio, Less Than One Point Zero X [Member] | Loan To Value Ratio Total [Member]	'	'
Financing Receivable	56,629	61,363
Debt Service Coverage Ratio Total [Member] | Loan To Value Ratio Less Than Fifty Nine Point Nine Nine Percent [Member]	'	'
Financing Receivable	904,734	915,416
Debt Service Coverage Ratio Total [Member] | Loan-to-Value Ratio, Sixty Percent To Sixty Nine Point Nine Nine Percent [Member]	'	'
Financing Receivable	378,220	347,072
Debt Service Coverage Ratio Total [Member] | Loan-to-Value Ratio, Seventy Percent To Seventy Nine Point Nine Nine Percent [Member]	'	'
Financing Receivable	189,449	218,774
Debt Service Coverage Ratio Total [Member] | Loan To Value Ratio, Greater Than Eighty Percent [Member]	'	'
Financing Receivable	64,156	51,397
Debt Service Coverage Ratio Total [Member] | Loan To Value Ratio Total [Member]	'	'
Financing Receivable	$1,536,559	$1,532,659

Investments_Analysis_of_Past_D

Investments (Analysis of Past Due Commercial Mortgage and Other Loans) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Commercial Mortgage Loan [Member]	'	'
Current	$1,400,000,000	$1,400,000,000
Commercial Loan on Other [Member]	'	'
Total Past Due	$6,300,000	$6,400,000

Investments_Commercial_Mortgag1

Investments (Commercial Mortgage and Other Loans on Nonaccrual Status) (Details) (Commercial Loan on Hospitality [Member], USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Commercial Loan on Hospitality [Member]	'	'
Recorded Investment On Non Accrual Commermcial Mortgage And Other Loans [Line Items]	'	'
Commercial Mortgage and Other Loans on Nonaccrual Status	$6.30	$6.40

Investments_Other_Long_Term_In

Investments (Other Long Term Investments) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Other Long-Term Investments	$237,274	$226,704

Investments_Net_Investment_Inc

Investments (Net Investment Income) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Schedule of Investment Income, Reported Amounts, by Category [Line Items]	'	'
Gross investment income	$103,111	$107,430
Less: investment expenses	-4,634	-4,922
Net Investment Income, Total	98,477	102,508
Available For Sale Fixed Maturities [Member]	'	'
Schedule of Investment Income, Reported Amounts, by Category [Line Items]	'	'
Gross investment income	65,735	68,510
Trading Account Assets [Member]	'	'
Schedule of Investment Income, Reported Amounts, by Category [Line Items]	'	'
Gross investment income	196	133
Commercial Mortgage Loans [Member]	'	'
Schedule of Investment Income, Reported Amounts, by Category [Line Items]	'	'
Gross investment income	19,830	20,704
Policy Loans [Member]	'	'
Schedule of Investment Income, Reported Amounts, by Category [Line Items]	'	'
Gross investment income	14,726	14,137
Short-term Investments [Member]	'	'
Schedule of Investment Income, Reported Amounts, by Category [Line Items]	'	'
Gross investment income	157	244
Other Long-term Investments [Member]	'	'
Schedule of Investment Income, Reported Amounts, by Category [Line Items]	'	'
Gross investment income	$2,467	$3,702

Investments_Realized_Investmen

Investments (Realized Investment Gains Losses Net) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Schedule Of Gain Loss On Investments [Line Items]	'	'
Realized investment gains (losses), net	$85,531	$46,714
Fixed Maturities [Member]	'	'
Schedule Of Gain Loss On Investments [Line Items]	'	'
Realized investment gains (losses), net	1,272	30,260
Equity Securities [Member]	'	'
Schedule Of Gain Loss On Investments [Line Items]	'	'
Realized investment gains (losses), net	0	798
Commercial Mortgage Loans [Member]	'	'
Schedule Of Gain Loss On Investments [Line Items]	'	'
Realized investment gains (losses), net	127	448
Equity Method Investments [Member]	'	'
Schedule Of Gain Loss On Investments [Line Items]	'	'
Realized investment gains (losses), net	0	-51
Derivative [Member]	'	'
Schedule Of Gain Loss On Investments [Line Items]	'	'
Realized investment gains (losses), net	84,122	15,252
Other [Member]	'	'
Schedule Of Gain Loss On Investments [Line Items]	'	'
Realized investment gains (losses), net	$10	$7

Investments_Net_Unrealized_Inv

Investments (Net Unrealized Investment Gains and Losses on Fixed Maturity Securities on which an OTTI loss) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified			Accumulated Net Unrealized Investment Gain (Loss) Pre Tax [Member]	Deferred Costs Policy Acquisition And Sales Inducements And Valuation Of Business Acquired, Pre Tax [Member]	Policyholders Account Balances Pre Tax [Member]		Deferred Income Tax Liability Benefit [Member]	Accumulated Net Unrealized Investment Gain (Loss) [Member]
			Securities Related to Other Than Temporary Impairments [Member]	Securities Related to Other Than Temporary Impairments [Member]	Securities Related to Other Than Temporary Impairments [Member]		Securities Related to Other Than Temporary Impairments [Member]	Securities Related to Other Than Temporary Impairments [Member]
Balance	$115,861	$56,646	$4,498	($3,324)	$1,819	[1]	($1,079)	$1,914
Net investment gains (losses) on investments arising during the period	'	'	539	0	0	[1]	-188	351
Reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses included in net income	'	'	-88	0	0	[1]	31	-57
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses on deferred policy acquisition costs	'	'	0	862	0	[1]	-302	560
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses on policyholders' account balance	'	'	0	0	-516	[1]	180	-336
Balance	$115,861	$56,646	$4,949	($2,462)	$1,303	[1]	($1,358)	$2,432
[1]	_____________ Balances are net of reinsurance.

Investments_All_Other_Net_Unre

Investments (All Other Net Unrealized Investment Gains and Losses in AOCI) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified			Other Net Unrealized Investment Gains and Losses [Member]		Other Net Unrealized Investment Gains and Losses [Member]	Other Net Unrealized Investment Gains and Losses [Member]		Other Net Unrealized Investment Gains and Losses [Member]	Other Net Unrealized Investment Gains and Losses [Member]
			Accumulated Net Unrealized Investment Gain (Loss) Pre Tax [Member]		Deferred Costs Policy Acquisition And Sales Inducements And Valuation Of Business Acquired, Pre Tax [Member]	Policyholders Account Balances Pre Tax [Member]		Deferred Income Tax Liability Benefit [Member]	Accumulated Net Unrealized Investment Gain (Loss) [Member]
Balance	$115,861	$56,646	$123,153	[1]	($43,030)	$3,293	[2]	($29,087)	$54,329
Net investment gains (losses) on investments arising during the period	'	'	108,716	[1]	0	0	[2]	-38,050	70,666
Reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses included in net income	'	'	-1,184	[1]	0	0	[2]	414	-770
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses on deferred policy acquisition costs	'	'	0	[1]	-38,038	0	[2]	13,313	-24,725
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses on policyholders' account balance	'	'	0	[1]	0	20,811	[2]	-7,284	13,527
Balance	$115,861	$56,646	$230,685	[1]	($81,068)	$24,104	[2]	($60,694)	$113,027
[1]	_____________ Includes cash flow hedges. See Note 5 for information on cash flow hedges.
[2]	_____________ Balances are net of reinsurance.

Investments_Net_Unrealized_Gai

Investments (Net Unrealized Gains Losses on Investments by Asset Class) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Investment Type Categorization [Domain]	'		'
Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments	$235,634		$127,651
Investment Type Categorization [Domain] | Other Long-term Investments [Member]	'		'
Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments	18,255		19,680
Investment Type Categorization [Domain] | Available-for-sale Securities [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]	'		'
Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments	216,454		107,970
Investment Type Categorization [Domain] | Available-for-sale Securities [Member] | Equity Securities [Member]	'		'
Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments	569		204
Securities Related to Other Than Temporary Impairments [Member] | Available-for-sale Securities [Member] | Fixed Maturities [Member]	'		'
Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments	4,949		4,498
Accumulated Net Gain (Loss) from Designated or Qualifying Cash Flow Hedges [Member] | Investment Type Categorization [Domain]	'		'
Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments	($4,593)	[1]	($4,701)	[1]
[1]	See Note 5 for more information on cash flow hedges.

Investments_Fair_Value_and_Los

Investments (Fair Value and Losses by Investment Category and Length of Time in a Loss Position) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Duration Of Unrealized Losses On Fixed Maturities Investments [Line Items]	'	'
Less than twelve months Fair Value	$1,391,147	$1,923,320
Less than 12 months Gross Unrealized Losses	52,102	119,162
Twelve months or more Fair Value	167,969	134,839
Twelve months or more Gross Unrealized Losses	17,301	20,457
Total Fair Value	1,559,116	2,058,159
Total Gross Unrealized Losses	69,403	139,619
US Treasury And Government [Member]	'	'
Duration Of Unrealized Losses On Fixed Maturities Investments [Line Items]	'	'
Less than twelve months Fair Value	24,989	24,123
Less than 12 months Gross Unrealized Losses	965	1,882
Twelve months or more Fair Value	0	0
Twelve months or more Gross Unrealized Losses	0	0
Total Fair Value	24,989	24,123
Total Gross Unrealized Losses	965	1,882
Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions [Member]	'	'
Duration Of Unrealized Losses On Fixed Maturities Investments [Line Items]	'	'
Less than twelve months Fair Value	37,406	51,216
Less than 12 months Gross Unrealized Losses	2,114	5,904
Twelve months or more Fair Value	2,651	2,496
Twelve months or more Gross Unrealized Losses	311	470
Total Fair Value	40,057	53,712
Total Gross Unrealized Losses	2,425	6,374
Foreign Government Debt Securities [Member]	'	'
Duration Of Unrealized Losses On Fixed Maturities Investments [Line Items]	'	'
Less than twelve months Fair Value	0	0
Less than 12 months Gross Unrealized Losses	0	0
Twelve months or more Fair Value	0	0
Twelve months or more Gross Unrealized Losses	0	0
Total Fair Value	0	0
Total Gross Unrealized Losses	0	0
Corporate Debt Securities [Member]	'	'
Duration Of Unrealized Losses On Fixed Maturities Investments [Line Items]	'	'
Less than twelve months Fair Value	1,131,507	1,596,468
Less than 12 months Gross Unrealized Losses	43,593	101,780
Twelve months or more Fair Value	121,778	97,731
Twelve months or more Gross Unrealized Losses	13,945	16,844
Total Fair Value	1,253,285	1,694,199
Total Gross Unrealized Losses	57,538	118,624
Asset-backed Securities [Member]	'	'
Duration Of Unrealized Losses On Fixed Maturities Investments [Line Items]	'	'
Less than twelve months Fair Value	71,152	93,021
Less than 12 months Gross Unrealized Losses	376	1,418
Twelve months or more Fair Value	10,424	11,782
Twelve months or more Gross Unrealized Losses	765	1,259
Total Fair Value	81,576	104,803
Total Gross Unrealized Losses	1,141	2,677
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]	'	'
Duration Of Unrealized Losses On Fixed Maturities Investments [Line Items]	'	'
Less than twelve months Fair Value	91,441	116,371
Less than 12 months Gross Unrealized Losses	4,078	6,706
Twelve months or more Fair Value	30,792	19,605
Twelve months or more Gross Unrealized Losses	2,263	1,857
Total Fair Value	122,233	135,976
Total Gross Unrealized Losses	6,341	8,563
Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]	'	'
Duration Of Unrealized Losses On Fixed Maturities Investments [Line Items]	'	'
Less than twelve months Fair Value	34,652	42,121
Less than 12 months Gross Unrealized Losses	976	1,472
Twelve months or more Fair Value	2,324	3,225
Twelve months or more Gross Unrealized Losses	17	27
Total Fair Value	36,976	45,346
Total Gross Unrealized Losses	$993	$1,499

Investments_Fair_Value_and_Los1

Investments (Fair Value and Losses by Length of Time in a Continuous Unrealized Loss Position) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Duration Of Unrealized Losses On Equity Securities [Line Items]	'	'
Twelve months or more Gross Unrealized Losses	$17,000	$20,000
Equity Securities [Member]	'	'
Duration Of Unrealized Losses On Equity Securities [Line Items]	'	'
Less than twelve months Fair Value	36	44
Less than twelve months Gross Unrealized Losses	1	3
Twelve months or more Fair Value	0	0
Twelve months or more Gross Unrealized Losses	0	0
Total Fair Value	36	44
Total Gross Unrealized Losses	$1	$3

Investments_Balance_of_and_Cha

Investments (Balance of and Changes in AOCI Components) (USD $)	3 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013		Dec. 31, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012
Accumulated other comprehensive income	$115,861,000		'		$56,646,000		'
AccumulatedTranslationAdjustmentMember	'		'		'		'
Accumulated other comprehensive income	402,000		123,000		403,000		258,000
Change in Other Comprehensive Income	-2,000		-207,000		'		'
Amount Reclassified from AOCI	0		0		'		'
Income Tax Benefit Expense	1,000		73,000		'		'
Accumulated Net Unrealized Investment Gain (Loss) [Member]	'		'		'		'
Accumulated other comprehensive income	115,459,000	[1]	243,790,000	[1]	56,243,000	[1]	267,204,000	[1]
Change in Other Comprehensive Income	92,374,000	[1]	-4,963,000	[1]	'		'
Amount Reclassified from AOCI	-1,272,000	[1],[2],[3]	-31,058,000	[1],[2],[3]	'		'
Income Tax Benefit Expense	-31,886,000	[1]	12,607,000	[1]	'		'
Cash Flow Hedge Gain Loss To AOCI	5,000,000	[1]	6,000,000	[1]	5,000,000		0
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss) [Member]	'		'		'		'
Accumulated other comprehensive income	115,861,000		243,913,000		56,646,000		267,461,000
Change in Other Comprehensive Income	92,372,000		-5,171,000		'		'
Amount Reclassified from AOCI	-1,272,000	[2],[3]	-31,058,000	[2],[3]	'		'
Income Tax Benefit Expense	($31,885,000)		$12,680,000		'		'
[1]	Includes cash flow hedges of ($5) million as of both March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 and $6 million and $0 million as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively
[2]	_____________ All amounts are shown before tax.
[3]	Positive amounts indicate gains/benefits reclassified out of AOCI. Negative amounts indicate losses/costs reclassified out of AOCI.

Investments_Reclassifications_

Investments (Reclassifications of AOCI) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013
OCI Unrealized Gain Loss On Cash Flow Hedges Net Of Tax	'		'
Amount Reclassified from AOCI	$182	[1],[2],[3]	'
OCI Unrealized Gain Loss On Available For Sale Securities Arising During Period Net Of Tax	'		'
Amount Reclassified from AOCI	1,090	[1],[2],[4]	'
Accumulated Net Unrealized Investment Gain (Loss) [Member]	'		'
Amount Reclassified from AOCI	-1,272	[1],[2],[5]	-31,058	[1],[2],[5]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss) [Member]	'		'
Amount Reclassified from AOCI	($1,272)	[1],[2]	($31,058)	[1],[2]
[1]	_____________ All amounts are shown before tax.
[2]	Positive amounts indicate gains/benefits reclassified out of AOCI. Negative amounts indicate losses/costs reclassified out of AOCI.
[3]	See Note 5 for additional information on cash flow hedges.
[4]	See table below for additional information on unrealized investment gains (losses), including the impact on deferred policy acquisition and other costs, future policy benefits and policyholders’ account balances.
[5]	Includes cash flow hedges of ($5) million as of both March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 and $6 million and $0 million as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively

Deferred_Policy_Acquisition_Co

Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs (Rollforward) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsDisclosures[Abstract]	'	'
Balance, beginning of year	$5,076,039	$5,034,299
Balance, end of year	$5,076,039	$5,034,299

Policyholders_Liabilities_Futu

Policyholders Liabilities (Future Policy Benefits) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Future Policy Benefits [Line Items]	'	'
Total future policy benefits	$8,746,033	$6,916,669

Policyholders_Liabilities_Poli

Policyholders Liabilities (Policyholders Account Balances) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Policyholders' account balances, funding agreement	$14,482,305	$14,303,330

Certain_Nontraditional_LongDur

Certain Nontraditional Long-Duration Contracts (Changes in Deferred Sales Inducements, Reported as "Interest credited to policyholders' account balances") (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
DeferredSalesInducementsAbstract	'	'
Beginning Balance	$964,015	$989,889
Ending Balance	$964,015	$989,889

Income_Taxes_Components_of_Inc

Income Taxes (Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Deferred Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations [Abstract]	'	'
Total income tax expense (benefit) on continuing operations	$67,404	$107,834
Income Tax Effects Allocated Directly to Equity [Abstract]	'	'
Other comprehensive income (loss)	$31,885	($12,679)

Income_Taxes_Reconciliation_To

Income Taxes (Reconciliation To Effective Rate) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperationsIncomeTaxReconciliationAbstract	'	'
Total income tax expense (benefit) on continuing operations	$67,404	$107,834

Fair_Value_of_Assets_and_Liabi2

Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Total commercial mortgage and other loans	$1,536,081,000	$1,532,165,000
Other Long-Term Investments	237,274,000	226,704,000
Other liabilities	647,166,000	964,740,000
Embedded Derivative Gross Asset	909,000,000	1,228,000,000
Embedded Derivative Gross Liability	1,924,000,000	880,000,000
Embedded Derivative Cumulative Decrease	1,015,000,000	348,000,000
Separate Account Assets Invested In Real Estate	81,600,000	81,800,000
Derivative With Fair Value	0	0
Variation Margin	500,000	200,000
Embedded Derivative Net	-1,015,000,000	348,000,000
UPARC Embedded Derivative	149,100,000	11,400,000
Separate Account Assets [Member]	'	'
Separate Account assets transferred from Level 2 to Level 1	$1,900,000	$0
High Range [Member]	'	'
Capitalization Rates	10.00%	10.00%
Discount Rates	10.50%	11.00%
Low Range [Member]	'	'
Capitalization Rates	5.00%	5.00%
Discount Rates	6.75%	6.75%
Weighted Average Rate [Member]	'	'
Capitalization Rates	6.29%	6.82%
Discount Rates	7.24%	7.90%

Fair_Value_of_Assets_and_Liabi3

Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities (Balances of Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	$5,933,572		$5,651,401
Trading account assets, at fair value	28,599		18,892
Equity securities, available for sale	11,136		771
Short-term investments	56,959		16,002
Cash equivalents	207,824		205,787
Other long-term investments	2,040		1,596
Reinsurance recoverable	1,018,443		11,400
Subtotal excluding separate account assets	7,431,796		6,080,731
Separate account assets	102,760,242	[1]	100,402,349	[1]
Total assets	110,192,038		106,483,080
Future policy benefits	1,014,755	[2]	-348,399	[2]
Payables To Parent And Affiliates	47,856		145,416
Other liabilities	'		388,268	[3]
Total liabilities	1,062,611		185,285
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Receivables from parents and affiliates	173,223		174,882
US Treasury And Government [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	95,023		93,525
Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	108,754		78,951
Foreign Government Debt Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	23,953		23,997
Corporate Debt Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	4,707,058		4,541,369
Trading account assets, at fair value	23,814		14,183
Asset-backed Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	238,086		222,091
Trading account assets, at fair value	1,983		1,978
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	599,912		522,008
Trading account assets, at fair value	0		0
Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	160,786		169,460
Equity Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Trading account assets, at fair value	2,802		2,731
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	0		0
Trading account assets, at fair value	0		0
Equity securities, available for sale	123		112
Short-term investments	3,978		9,216
Cash equivalents	64,746		5,962
Other long-term investments	0		0
Reinsurance recoverable	0		0
Subtotal excluding separate account assets	68,847		15,290
Separate account assets	959,698	[1]	973,192	[1]
Total assets	1,028,545		988,482
Future policy benefits	0	[2]	0	[2]
Payables To Parent And Affiliates	0		0
Other liabilities	'		0	[3]
Total liabilities	0		0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Receivables from parents and affiliates	0		0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | US Treasury And Government [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	0		0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	0		0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Foreign Government Debt Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	0		0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	0		0
Trading account assets, at fair value	0		0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	0		0
Trading account assets, at fair value	0		0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	0		0
Trading account assets, at fair value	0		0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	0		0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Equity Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Trading account assets, at fair value	0		0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	5,776,184		5,552,174
Trading account assets, at fair value	25,797		16,161
Equity securities, available for sale	10,423		90
Short-term investments	52,963		6,768
Cash equivalents	143,078		199,825
Other long-term investments	123,084		73,647
Reinsurance recoverable	0		0
Subtotal excluding separate account assets	6,299,628		6,019,426
Separate account assets	101,521,906	[1]	99,149,315	[1]
Total assets	107,821,534		105,168,741
Future policy benefits	0	[2]	0	[2]
Payables To Parent And Affiliates	170,645		218,467
Other liabilities	'		0	[3]
Total liabilities	170,645		218,467
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Receivables from parents and affiliates	168,099		170,761
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | US Treasury And Government [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	95,023		93,525
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	108,754		78,951
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Foreign Government Debt Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	23,953		23,997
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	4,683,827		4,523,076
Trading account assets, at fair value	23,814		14,183
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	132,005		141,157
Trading account assets, at fair value	1,983		1,978
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	571,836		522,008
Trading account assets, at fair value	0		0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	160,786		169,460
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Equity Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Trading account assets, at fair value	0		0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	157,388		99,227
Trading account assets, at fair value	2,802		2,731
Equity securities, available for sale	590		569
Short-term investments	18		18
Cash equivalents	0		0
Other long-term investments	1,247		1,168
Reinsurance recoverable	1,018,443		11,400
Receivables from parents and affiliates	5,124		4,121
Subtotal excluding separate account assets	1,185,612		119,234
Separate account assets	278,638	[1]	279,842	[1]
Total assets	1,464,250		399,076
Future policy benefits	1,014,755	[2]	-348,399	[2]
Payables To Parent And Affiliates	0		0
Other liabilities	'		388,268	[3]
Total liabilities	1,014,755		39,869
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Other long-term investments	1,247		1,168
Reinsurance recoverable	1,018,443		11,400
Receivables from parents and affiliates	5,124		4,121
Subtotal excluding separate account assets	1,185,612		119,234
Total assets	1,464,250		399,076
Future policy benefits	1,014,755		-348,399
Total liabilities	1,014,755		39,869
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | US Treasury And Government [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	0		0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	0		0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Foreign Government Debt Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	0		0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	23,231		18,293
Trading account assets, at fair value	0		0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	16,758		'
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	106,081		80,934
Trading account assets, at fair value	0		0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	28,076		0
Trading account assets, at fair value	0		0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	0		0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Equity Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Trading account assets, at fair value	2,802		2,731
Netting And Collateral [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	0		0
Trading account assets, at fair value	0		0
Equity securities, available for sale	0		0
Short-term investments	0		0
Cash equivalents	0		0
Other long-term investments	-122,291	[4]	-73,219	[4]
Reinsurance recoverable	0		0
Subtotal excluding separate account assets	-122,291	[4]	-73,219	[4]
Separate account assets	0		0
Total assets	-122,291	[4]	-73,219	[4]
Future policy benefits	0		0
Payables To Parent And Affiliates	-122,789	[4]	-73,051	[4]
Other liabilities	'		0
Total liabilities	-122,789	[4]	-73,051	[4]
Netting And Collateral [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Receivables from parents and affiliates	0		0
Netting And Collateral [Member] | US Treasury And Government [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	0		0
Netting And Collateral [Member] | Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	0		0
Netting And Collateral [Member] | Foreign Government Debt Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	0		0
Netting And Collateral [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	0		0
Trading account assets, at fair value	0		0
Netting And Collateral [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	0		0
Trading account assets, at fair value	0		0
Netting And Collateral [Member] | Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	0		0
Trading account assets, at fair value	0		0
Netting And Collateral [Member] | Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	0		0
Netting And Collateral [Member] | Equity Securities [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Trading account assets, at fair value	$0		$0
[1]	(2) Separate account assets represent segregated funds that are invested for certain customers. Investment risks associated with market value changes are borne by the customers, except to the extent of minimum guarantees made by the Company with respect to certain accounts. Separate account assets classified as Level 3 consist primarily of real estate and real estate investment funds. Separate account liabilities are not included in the above table as they are reported at contract value and not fair value in the Company’s Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.
[2]	(4) As of March 31, 2014, the net embedded derivative liability position of $1,015 million includes $909 million of embedded derivatives in an asset position and $1,924 million of embedded derivatives in a liability position. As of December 31, 2013, the net embedded derivative asset position of $348 million includes $1,228 million of embedded derivatives in an asset position and $880 million of embedded derivatives in a liability position.
[3]	(3) Reinsurance of variable annuity living benefit features that were classified as "Other Liabilities" at December 31, 2013 were reclassified to "Reinsurance Recoverables" at March 31, 2014 as they were in a net asset position.
[4]	(1) "Netting" amounts represents swap variation margin of $0.5 million and $0.2 million as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, and the impact of offsetting asset and liability positions held with the same counterparty, subject to master netting arrangements.

Fair_Value_of_Assets_and_Liabi4

Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities (Changes in Level 3 Assets and Liabilities) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013		Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013		Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013		Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013		Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013		Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013		Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013		Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013		Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013		Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013		Dec. 31, 2013
	Equity Securities [Member]		Equity Securities [Member]		Short-term Investments [Member]		Debt Securities [Member]		Debt Securities [Member]		Debt Securities [Member]		Debt Securities [Member]		Commercial Mortgage Loans [Member]		Commercial Mortgage Loans [Member]		Other Long-term Investments [Member]		Other Long-term Investments [Member]		Receivables From Parents And Affiliates [Member]		Receivables From Parents And Affiliates [Member]		Trading Asset [Member]		Trading Asset [Member]		Separate Accounts Asset [Member]		Separate Accounts Asset [Member]		Future Policy Benefits [Member]		Future Policy Benefits [Member]		Reinsurance Recoverable [Member]		Reinsurance Recoverable [Member]		Reinsurance Recoverable [Member]
							Corporate Debt Securities [Member]		Corporate Debt Securities [Member]		Asset-backed Securities [Member]		Asset-backed Securities [Member]		Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]		Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]										Equity Securities [Member]		Equity Securities [Member]														Reclassified Balance [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]	'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'
Fair Value, beginning of period	$569		$1,489		$18		$18,293		$36,981		$80,934		$108,727		$0		$0		$1,168		$988		$4,121		$1,995		$2,731		$3,277		$279,842	[1]	$248,255	[1],[2]	$348,399		($1,417,891)		'		$1,287,157		($376,868)	[3]
Included In Earnings	'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'
Realized investment gains (losses), net	0		-56		0		-2		-780		0		0		0		0		0		-223		0		0		0		0		2,269	[1]	748	[1]	-1,207,282		976,566		1,252,368	[3]	-907,440		'
Asset management fees and other income	0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		-22		77		0		0		71		460		0	[1]	0	[1]	0		0		0	[3]	0		'
Interest credited to policyholders' account balances	'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		0		0		0		0		'		'		2,676	[1]	5,790	[1]	0		0		0	[3]	0		'
Included in other comprehensive income (loss)	21		15		0		337		-84		135		319		-2		0		0		0		-3		5		0		0		0	[1]	0	[1]	0		0		0	[3]	0		'
Net Investment Income	0		0		0		10		39		56		88		0		0		0		0		0		1,000		0		0		0	[1]	0	[1]	0		0		0	[3]	0		'
Purchases	0		0		0		7,971		10,127		0		17,798		28,078		3,434		101		0		0		0		0		380		34,578	[1]	27,981	[1]	0		0		142,943	[3]	125,080		'
Sales	0		0		0		-1,391		-2,320		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		-40,727	[1]	'		0		0		0	[3]	0		'
Sales	'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		20,767	[1]	'		'		'		'		'
Issuances	0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0	[1]	0	[1]	-155,872		'		0	[3]	0		'
Issuances	'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		134,270		'		'		'
Settlements	0		0		0		-803		-4,172		-3,137		-7,879		0		-3,434		0		0		0		0		0		-380		0	[1]	0	[1]	0		0		0	[3]	0		'
Other	0	[4]	'		0	[4]	0	[4]	'		0	[4]	'		0	[4]	'		0	[4]	'		0	[4]	'		0	[4]	'		0	[4]	'		0	[4]	'		0	[3],[4]	'		'
Transfers into Level 3	0	[5]	0	[5]	0	[5]	0	[5]	0	[5]	29,407	[5]	0	[5]	0	[5]	0	[2]	0	[5]	0	[5]	1,985	[5]	0	[5]	0	[5]	0	[5]	0	[1],[5]	0	[1],[5]	0	[5]	0	[5]	0	[3],[5]	0	[5]	'
Transfers out of Level 3	0	[5]	0	[5]	0	[5]	-1,184	[5]	0	[5]	-1,314	[5]	0	[5]	0	[5]	0	[5]	0	[5]	0	[5]	-979	[5]	0	[5]	0	[5]	0	[5]	0	[1],[5]	0	[1],[5]	0	[5]	0	[5]	0	[3],[5]	0	[5]	'
Fair Value, end of period	590		1,448		'		23,231		39,791		106,081		119,053		28,076		0		1,247		842		5,124		3,000		2,802		3,737		278,638	[1]	262,007	[1]	-1,014,755		-575,595		1,018,443	[3]	504,797		-376,868	[3]
Fair Value, End of Period	'		'		-18		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'
Included In Earnings	'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'
Realized investment gains (losses), net	0	[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]	-204	[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]	0	[1],[2]	0	[1],[2]	-1,517,648	[2]	971,479	[2]	1,398,947	[2]	-902,891	[2]	'
Asset management fees and other income	0	[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]	78	[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]	71	[2]	460	[2]	0	[1],[2]	0	[1],[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]	'
Interest credited to policyholders' account balances	'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		'		$0	[2]	$0	[2]	$0	[2]	$0	[2]	'		'		$2,676	[1],[2]	$5,790	[1],[2]	$0	[2]	$0	[2]	$0	[2]	$0	[2]	'
[1]	(1) Separate account assets represent segregated funds that are invested for certain customers. Investment risks associated with market value changes are borne by the customers, except to the extent of minimum guarantees made by the Company with respect to certain accounts. Separate account liabilities are not included in the above table as they are reported at contract value and not fair value in the Company’s Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statement of Financial Position.
[2]	(3) Unrealized gains or losses related to assets still held at the end of the period do not include amortization or accretion of premiums and discounts.
[3]	Beginning of period represents “Other Liabilities” from December 31, 2013, since the reinsured variable annuity living benefit was in the liability position and reclassed to “Reinsurance Recoverables” at March 31, 2014 as they were in net asset position.
[4]	(4) Beginning of period represents “Other Liabilities” from December 31, 2013, since the reinsured variable annuity living benefit was in the liability position and reclassed to “Reinsurance Recoverables” at March 31, 2014 as they were in net asset position.
[5]	(2) Transfers into or out of Level 3 are generally reported as the value as of the beginning of the quarter in which the transfer occurs.

Fair_Value_of_Assets_and_Liabi5

Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities (Financial Instruments where Carrying Amounts and Fair Values May Differ) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Assets:	'		'
Policy loans	$1,097,408		$1,086,772
Other Long-Term Investments	237,274		226,704
Accrued investment income	87,901		89,465
Liabilities:	'		'
Cash collateral for loaned securities	98,610		84,867
Short-term debt	272,000		274,900
Long-term debt	1,592,000		1,592,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]	'		'
Assets:	'		'
Commercial mortgage and other loans	0		'
Policy loans	0		'
Other Long-Term Investments	0		'
Cash	86,929		'
Accrued investment income	0		'
Receivables From Parents And Affiliates	0		'
Other assets	0		'
Total Assets Financial Instruments Not Carried At Fair Value	86,929		'
Liabilities:	'		'
Investment contracts- policyholders' account balances	0		'
Cash collateral for loaned securities	0		'
Short-term debt	0		'
Long-term debt	0		'
Payables To Parent And Affiliates	0		'
Other liabilities	0		'
Total Financial Instrument Liabilities Not Carried At Fair Value	0		'
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]	'		'
Assets:	'		'
Commercial mortgage and other loans	8,038		'
Policy loans	0		'
Other Long-Term Investments	0		'
Cash	73,543		'
Accrued investment income	87,901		'
Receivables From Parents And Affiliates	99,075		'
Other assets	29,206		'
Total Assets Financial Instruments Not Carried At Fair Value	297,763		'
Liabilities:	'		'
Investment contracts- policyholders' account balances	880,403		'
Cash collateral for loaned securities	98,610		'
Short-term debt	272,569		'
Long-term debt	1,635,765		'
Payables To Parent And Affiliates	52,847		'
Other liabilities	278,709		'
Total Financial Instrument Liabilities Not Carried At Fair Value	3,218,903		'
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]	'		'
Assets:	'		'
Commercial mortgage and other loans	1,621,612		'
Policy loans	1,097,408		'
Other Long-Term Investments	5,069		'
Cash	0		'
Accrued investment income	0		'
Receivables From Parents And Affiliates	0		'
Other assets	0		'
Total Assets Financial Instruments Not Carried At Fair Value	2,724,089		'
Liabilities:	'		'
Investment contracts- policyholders' account balances	39,839		'
Cash collateral for loaned securities	0		'
Short-term debt	0		'
Long-term debt	0		'
Payables To Parent And Affiliates	0		'
Other liabilities	0		'
Total Financial Instrument Liabilities Not Carried At Fair Value	39,839		'
Carrying (Reported) Amount, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]	'		'
Assets:	'		'
Commercial mortgage and other loans	1,536,081	[1]	1,532,165
Policy loans	1,097,408	[1]	1,086,772
Other Long-Term Investments	4,392	[1]	4,268
Cash	160,472	[1]	101,456
Accrued investment income	87,901	[1]	89,465
Receivables From Parents And Affiliates	98,728	[1]	87,481
Other assets	29,206	[1]	34,060
Total Assets Financial Instruments Not Carried At Fair Value	3,014,188	[1]	2,935,667
Liabilities:	'		'
Investment contracts- policyholders' account balances	929,988	[1]	901,860
Cash collateral for loaned securities	98,610	[1]	84,867
Short-term debt	272,000	[1]	274,900
Long-term debt	1,592,000	[1]	1,592,000
Payables To Parent And Affiliates	52,847	[1]	45,649
Other liabilities	278,709	[1]	270,339
Total Financial Instrument Liabilities Not Carried At Fair Value	3,224,154	[1]	3,169,615
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]	'		'
Assets:	'		'
Commercial mortgage and other loans	1,629,650		1,612,074
Policy loans	1,097,408		1,086,772
Other Long-Term Investments	5,069		4,751
Cash	160,472		101,456
Accrued investment income	87,901		89,465
Receivables From Parents And Affiliates	99,075		87,849
Other assets	29,206		34,060
Total Assets Financial Instruments Not Carried At Fair Value	3,108,781		3,016,427
Liabilities:	'		'
Investment contracts- policyholders' account balances	920,242		892,058
Cash collateral for loaned securities	98,610		84,867
Short-term debt	272,569		275,268
Long-term debt	1,635,765		1,644,827
Payables To Parent And Affiliates	52,847		45,649
Other liabilities	278,709		270,339
Total Financial Instrument Liabilities Not Carried At Fair Value	$3,258,742		$3,213,008
[1]	Carrying values presented herein differ from those in the Company’s Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statement of Financial Position because certain items within the respective financial statement captions are not considered financial instruments or out of scope under authoritative guidance relating to disclosures of the fair value of financial instruments. Financial statement captions excluded from the above table are not considered financial instruments.

Fair_Value_of_Assets_and_Liabi6

Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities (Level 3 by Pricing Source) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Other long-term investments	$2,040		$1,596
Reinsurance recoverable	1,018,443		11,400
Subtotal excluding separate account assets	7,431,796		6,080,731
Separate account assets	102,760,242	[1]	100,402,349	[1]
Total assets	110,192,038		106,483,080
Future policy benefits	1,014,755	[2]	-348,399	[2]
Total liabilities	1,062,611		185,285
Short-term investments	18		18
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Receivables from parents and affiliates	173,223		174,882
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Other long-term investments	1,247		1,168
Reinsurance recoverable	1,018,443		11,400
Receivables from parents and affiliates	5,124		4,121
Subtotal excluding separate account assets	1,185,612		119,234
Separate account assets	278,638	[1]	279,842	[1]
Total assets	1,464,250		399,076
Future policy benefits	1,014,755	[2]	-348,399	[2]
Other Liabilities	'		388,268
Total liabilities	1,014,755		39,869
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Marketable Securities, Equity Securities	3,392		3,300
Other long-term investments	1,247		1,168
Reinsurance recoverable	1,018,443		11,400
Receivables from parents and affiliates	5,124		4,121
Subtotal excluding separate account assets	1,185,612		119,234
Total assets	1,464,250		399,076
Future policy benefits	1,014,755		-348,399
Other Liabilities	'		388,268
Total liabilities	1,014,755		39,869
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Separate Accounts Asset [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Separate account assets	278,638		279,842
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Internal Pricing [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Marketable Securities, Equity Securities	590	[3]	569	[3]
Other long-term investments	0	[3]	0	[3]
Reinsurance recoverable	1,018,443	[3]	11,400	[3]
Receivables from parents and affiliates	0	[3]	0	[3]
Subtotal excluding separate account assets	1,043,199	[3]	27,442	[3]
Total assets	1,124,820	[3]	109,237	[3]
Future policy benefits	1,014,755	[3]	-348,399	[3]
Other Liabilities	'		388,268	[3]
Total liabilities	1,014,755	[3]	39,869	[3]
Short-term investments	18	[3]	18	[3]
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Internal Pricing [Member] | Separate Accounts Asset [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Separate account assets	81,621	[3]	81,795	[3]
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | External Priced [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Marketable Securities, Equity Securities	2,802	[4]	2,731	[4]
Other long-term investments	1,247	[4]	1,168	[4]
Reinsurance recoverable	0	[4]	0	[4]
Receivables from parents and affiliates	5,124	[4]	4,121	[4]
Subtotal excluding separate account assets	142,413	[4]	91,792	[4]
Total assets	339,430	[4]	289,839	[4]
Future policy benefits	0	[4]	0	[4]
Other Liabilities	'		0	[4]
Total liabilities	0	[4]	0	[4]
Short-term investments	0	[4]	0	[4]
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | External Priced [Member] | Separate Accounts Asset [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Separate account assets	197,017	[4]	198,047	[4]
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Marketable Securities, Fixed Maturities	23,231		18,293
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Internal Pricing [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Marketable Securities, Fixed Maturities	16,758	[3]	15,100	[3]
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | External Priced [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Marketable Securities, Fixed Maturities	6,473	[4]	3,193	[4]
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Marketable Securities, Fixed Maturities	106,081		80,934
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Internal Pricing [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Marketable Securities, Fixed Maturities	337	[3]	355	[3]
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | External Priced [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Marketable Securities, Fixed Maturities	105,744	[4]	80,579	[4]
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Marketable Securities, Fixed Maturities	28,076		'
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Internal Pricing [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Marketable Securities, Fixed Maturities	7,053	[3]	'
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | External Priced [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]	'		'
Marketable Securities, Fixed Maturities	$21,023	[4]	'
[1]	(2) Separate account assets represent segregated funds that are invested for certain customers. Investment risks associated with market value changes are borne by the customers, except to the extent of minimum guarantees made by the Company with respect to certain accounts. Separate account assets classified as Level 3 consist primarily of real estate and real estate investment funds. Separate account liabilities are not included in the above table as they are reported at contract value and not fair value in the Company’s Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.
[2]	(4) As of March 31, 2014, the net embedded derivative liability position of $1,015 million includes $909 million of embedded derivatives in an asset position and $1,924 million of embedded derivatives in a liability position. As of December 31, 2013, the net embedded derivative asset position of $348 million includes $1,228 million of embedded derivatives in an asset position and $880 million of embedded derivatives in a liability position.
[3]	(1) Represents valuations which could incorporate internally-derived and market inputs. See below for additional information related to internally developed valuation for significant items in the above table.
[4]	(2) Represents unadjusted prices from independent pricing services and independent non-binding broker quotes where pricing inputs are not readily available.

Fair_Value_of_Assets_and_Liabi7

Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities (Quantitative Info for Level 3 Inputs) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013
Fair Value Quantiative Information [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	5,933,572		5,651,401
Future policy benefits	1,014,755	[1]	-348,399	[1]
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Quantiative Information [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	157,388		99,227
Reinsurance Recoverables Living Benefits	869,343		'
Reinsurance Recoverables No Lapse Guarantee	'		11,400
Other Liabilities	'		388,268
Future policy benefits	1,014,755	[1]	-348,399	[1]
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | No Lapse Guarantee [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Quantiative Information [Line Items]	'		'
Reinsurance Recoverables No Lapse Guarantee	149,100		'
Maximum [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Quantiative Information [Line Items]	'		'
Discount Rate	15.00%		15.00%
EBITDA	7	[2]	7	[2]
Volatility Curve	28.00%		28.00%
Liquidation Value	'		38.49%
Lapse Rate	11.00%	[3]	11.00%	[3]
NPR Spread	1.01%		1.09%
Utilization Rate	98.00%	[4]	94.00%	[4]
Withdrawal Rate	100.00%	[5]	100.00%	[5]
Mortality Rate	13.00%	[6]	13.00%	[6]
Maximum [Member] | No Lapse Guarantee [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Quantiative Information [Line Items]	'		'
Lapse Rate	13.00%	[7]	'
NPR Spread	1.01%		'
Mortality Rate	22.00%	[8]	'
Premium Payment	3.75	[9]	'
Minimum [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Quantiative Information [Line Items]	'		'
Discount Rate	8.76%		8.28%
EBITDA	5	[2]	5	[2]
Volatility Curve	15.00%		15.00%
Liquidation Value	'		11.61%
Lapse Rate	0.00%	[3]	0.00%	[3]
NPR Spread	0.05%		0.08%
Utilization Rate	70.00%	[4]	70.00%	[4]
Withdrawal Rate	86.00%	[5]	86.00%	[5]
Mortality Rate	0.00%	[6]	0.00%	[6]
Minimum [Member] | No Lapse Guarantee [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Quantiative Information [Line Items]	'		'
Lapse Rate	0.00%	[7]	'
NPR Spread	0.05%		'
Mortality Rate	0.00%	[8]	'
Premium Payment	1	[9]	'
Weighted Average[ Member]	'		'
Fair Value Quantiative Information [Line Items]	'		'
Discount Rate	10.73%		10.61%
EBITDA	5.82	[2]	5.91	[2]
Liquidation Value	'		31.83%
Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Quantiative Information [Line Items]	'		'
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value	'		15,100
Future Policy Benefits [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]	'		'
Fair Value Quantiative Information [Line Items]	'		'
Future policy benefits	1,014,755		-348,399
[1]	(4) As of March 31, 2014, the net embedded derivative liability position of $1,015 million includes $909 million of embedded derivatives in an asset position and $1,924 million of embedded derivatives in a liability position. As of December 31, 2013, the net embedded derivative asset position of $348 million includes $1,228 million of embedded derivatives in an asset position and $880 million of embedded derivatives in a liability position.
[2]	EBITDA multiples represent multiples of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and are amounts used when the reporting entity has determined that market participants would use such multiples when pricing the investments. For universal life, lapse rates vary based on funding level and other factors. Rates are set to zero when the no lapse guarantee is fully funded and the cash value is zero. To reflect NPR, the Company incorporates an additional spread over LIBOR into the discount rate used in the valuation of individual living benefit contracts in a liability position and generally not to those in a contra-liability position. The NPR spread reflects the financial strength ratings of the Company as these are insurance liabilities and senior to debt. The additional spread over LIBOR is determined by utilizing the credit spreads associated with issuing funding agreements, adjusted for any illiquidity risk premium. Universal life mortality rates are adjusted based on underwriting information. A mortality improvement assumption is also incorporated into the projection.
[3]	Base lapse rates are adjusted at the contract level based on a comparison of the benefit amount and the policyholder account value and reflect other factors, such as the applicability of any surrender charges. A dynamic lapse adjustment reduces the base lapse rate when the benefit amount is greater than the account value, as in-the-money contracts are less likely to lapse. Lapse rates are also generally assumed to be lower for the period where surrender charges apply.
[4]	The utilization rate assumption estimates the percentage of contracts that will utilize the benefit during the contract duration, and begin lifetime withdrawals at various time intervals from contract inception. The remaining contractholders are assumed to either begin lifetime withdrawals immediately or never utilize the benefit. These assumptions vary based on the product type, the age of the contractholder and the age of the contract. The impact of changes in these assumptions is highly dependent on the contract type and age of the contractholder at the time of the sale and the timing of the first lifetime income withdrawal.
[5]	The withdrawal rate assumption estimates the magnitude of annual contractholder withdrawals relative to the maximum allowable amount under the contract. The fair value of the liability will generally increase the closer the withdrawal rate is to 100%.
[6]	Range reflects the mortality rate for the vast majority of business with living benefits, with policyholders ranging from 35 to 90 years old. While the majority of living benefits have a minimum age requirement, certain benefits do not have an age restriction. This results in contractholders for certain benefits with mortality rates approaching 0%. Based on historical experience, the Company applies a set of age and duration specific mortality rate adjustments compared to standard industry tables. A mortality improvement assumption is also incorporated into the overall mortality table.
[7]	For universal life, lapse rates vary based on funding level and other factors. Rates are set to zero when the no lapse guarantee is fully funded and the cash value is zero.
[8]	Universal life mortality rates are adjusted based on underwriting information. A mortality improvement assumption is also incorporated into the projection.
[9]	For universal life, premium payment assumptions vary by funding level. Some policies are assumed to pay the minimum premium required to maintain the no lapse guarantee. Other policies are assumed to pay a multiple of commissionable target premium levels (shown above and indicated as “X”). Policyholders are assumed to stop premium payments once the no lapse guarantee is fully funded.

Derivative_Instruments_Narrati

Derivative Instruments (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Derivative Instruments	'	'
Maximum length of time hedged in cash flow hedge (in years)	'19 years	'
Notional of credit derivative	$0	$0
Fair value of credit derivative liability	0	0
Pruco Re FV Of Embedded Derivatives Related To Reinsurance Recoverables	869	-388
FV Of Embedded Derivatives Included In Future Policy Benefits	-1,015	348
CreditProtectionPurchasedNotional Amounts	13	14
Credit Derivative Protection Purchased Fair Value	-1	-1
UPARC Embedded Derivative	$149.10	$11.40

Derivative_Instruments_Gross_N

Derivative Instruments (Gross Notional Amount and Fair Value of Derivatives Contracts) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
NotionalAmountOfDerivativesAbstract	'		'
Total Derivatives	$57,107,337	[1]	$43,839,401	[1]
Fair Value Asset	'		'
Total Derivatives	123,084	[1]	73,646	[1]
Fair Value Liability	'		'
Total Derivatives	170,645	[1]	218,467	[1]
Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]	'		'
NotionalAmountOfDerivativesAbstract	'		'
Qualifying Hedge Relationships	261,279		249,601
Fair Value Asset	'		'
Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset	7,971		6,304
Fair Value Liability	'		'
Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability	13,149		11,583
Nondesignated [Member]	'		'
NotionalAmountOfDerivativesAbstract	'		'
Non-Qualifying Hedge Relationships	56,846,058		43,589,800
Fair Value Asset	'		'
Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset	115,113		67,342
Fair Value Liability	'		'
Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability	157,496		206,884
Credit Default Swap Member | Nondesignated [Member]	'		'
NotionalAmountOfDerivativesAbstract	'		'
Non-Qualifying Hedge Relationships	13,275		14,275
Fair Value Asset	'		'
Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset	46		15
Fair Value Liability	'		'
Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability	803		862
Interest Rate Contract [Member] | Interest Rate Swap Member | Nondesignated [Member]	'		'
NotionalAmountOfDerivativesAbstract	'		'
Non-Qualifying Hedge Relationships	2,434,400		2,434,400
Fair Value Asset	'		'
Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset	71,744		47,475
Fair Value Liability	'		'
Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability	126,046		185,222
Foreign Exchange Contract [Member] | Forward Contracts Member | Nondesignated [Member]	'		'
NotionalAmountOfDerivativesAbstract	'		'
Non-Qualifying Hedge Relationships	1,070		507
Fair Value Asset	'		'
Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset	4		2
Fair Value Liability	'		'
Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability	0		0
Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract [Member] | Currency Swap Member | Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]	'		'
NotionalAmountOfDerivativesAbstract	'		'
Qualifying Hedge Relationships	261,279		249,601
Fair Value Asset	'		'
Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset	7,971		6,304
Fair Value Liability	'		'
Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability	13,149		11,583
Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract [Member] | Currency Swap Member | Nondesignated [Member]	'		'
NotionalAmountOfDerivativesAbstract	'		'
Non-Qualifying Hedge Relationships	65,748		69,450
Fair Value Asset	'		'
Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset	568		211
Fair Value Liability	'		'
Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability	2,859		3,325
Equity Contract [Member] | Equity Options [Member] | Nondesignated [Member]	'		'
NotionalAmountOfDerivativesAbstract	'		'
Non-Qualifying Hedge Relationships	53,942,626		40,739,168
Fair Value Asset	'		'
Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset	41,420		19,639
Fair Value Liability	'		'
Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability	25,395		9,418
Equity Contract [Member] | Total Return Swap Member | Nondesignated [Member]	'		'
NotionalAmountOfDerivativesAbstract	'		'
Non-Qualifying Hedge Relationships	388,939		332,000
Fair Value Asset	'		'
Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset	1,331		0
Fair Value Liability	'		'
Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability	$2,393		$8,057
[1]	Excludes embedded derivatives which contain multiple underlyings. The fair value of these embedded derivatives was a liability of $1,015 million and an asset of $348 million as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, included in “Future policy benefits.” The reinsurance embedded derivatives was an asset of $1,018 million as of March 31, 2014, included in “Reinsurance Recoverables” and a liability of $388 million and an asset of $11 million, as of December 31, 2013, included in “Other Liabilities” and "Reinsurance Recoverables."

Derivative_Instruments_Gross_N1

Derivative Instruments (Gross Notional Amount and Fair Value of Derivatives Contracts) (Parenthetical) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Derivative [Line Items]	'	'
Embedded Derivative Net	($1,015)	$348
Gross Asset Amount [Member]	'	'
Derivative [Line Items]	'	'
FV Of Embedded Derivatives Included In Reinsurance Recoverable	1,018	11
Gross Liability Amount [Member]	'	'
Derivative [Line Items]	'	'
FV Of Embedded Derivatives Included In Reinsurance Recoverable	'	$388

Derivative_Instruments_Financi

Derivative Instruments (Financial Statement Classification and Impact of Derivatives Used in Qualifying and Non-qualifying Hedge Relationships) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income, Effective Portion, Net	$290		'
Net Realized Investments Gain Loss [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	84,122		15,252
Net Investment Income [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	253		228
Other Income [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	-57		56
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss) [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	108	[1]	6,108	[1]
Cash Flow Hedging [Member] | Net Realized Investments Gain Loss [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	0		0
Cash Flow Hedging [Member] | Net Investment Income [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	253		228
Cash Flow Hedging [Member] | Other Income [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	-71		56
Cash Flow Hedging [Member] | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss) [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	108	[1]	6,108	[1]
Cash Flow Hedging [Member] | Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract [Member] | Net Realized Investments Gain Loss [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	0		0
Cash Flow Hedging [Member] | Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract [Member] | Net Investment Income [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	253		228
Cash Flow Hedging [Member] | Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract [Member] | Other Income [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	-71		56
Cash Flow Hedging [Member] | Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract [Member] | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss) [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	108	[1]	6,108	[1]
Nondesignated [Member] | Net Realized Investments Gain Loss [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	84,122		15,252
Nondesignated [Member] | Net Investment Income [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	0		0
Nondesignated [Member] | Other Income [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	14		0
Nondesignated [Member] | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss) [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	0	[1]	0	[1]
Nondesignated [Member] | Interest Rate Contract [Member] | Net Realized Investments Gain Loss [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	91,578		-34,368
Nondesignated [Member] | Interest Rate Contract [Member] | Net Investment Income [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	0		0
Nondesignated [Member] | Interest Rate Contract [Member] | Other Income [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	0		0
Nondesignated [Member] | Interest Rate Contract [Member] | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss) [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	0	[1]	0	[1]
Nondesignated [Member] | Foreign Exchange Contract [Member] | Net Realized Investments Gain Loss [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	3		106
Nondesignated [Member] | Foreign Exchange Contract [Member] | Net Investment Income [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	0		0
Nondesignated [Member] | Foreign Exchange Contract [Member] | Other Income [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	0		0
Nondesignated [Member] | Foreign Exchange Contract [Member] | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss) [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	0	[1]	0	[1]
Nondesignated [Member] | Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract [Member] | Net Realized Investments Gain Loss [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	927		551
Nondesignated [Member] | Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract [Member] | Net Investment Income [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	0		0
Nondesignated [Member] | Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract [Member] | Other Income [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	14		0
Nondesignated [Member] | Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract [Member] | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss) [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	0	[1]	0	[1]
Nondesignated [Member] | Credit Risk Contract [Member] | Net Realized Investments Gain Loss [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	-43		-521
Nondesignated [Member] | Credit Risk Contract [Member] | Net Investment Income [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	0		0
Nondesignated [Member] | Credit Risk Contract [Member] | Other Income [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	0		0
Nondesignated [Member] | Credit Risk Contract [Member] | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss) [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	0	[1]	0	[1]
Nondesignated [Member] | Equity Contract [Member] | Net Realized Investments Gain Loss [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	-8,083		-54,301
Nondesignated [Member] | Equity Contract [Member] | Net Investment Income [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	0		0
Nondesignated [Member] | Equity Contract [Member] | Other Income [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	0		0
Nondesignated [Member] | Equity Contract [Member] | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss) [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	0	[1]	0	[1]
Nondesignated [Member] | Embedded Derivative [Member] | Net Realized Investments Gain Loss [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	-260		103,785
Nondesignated [Member] | Embedded Derivative [Member] | Net Investment Income [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	0		0
Nondesignated [Member] | Embedded Derivative [Member] | Other Income [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	0		0
Nondesignated [Member] | Embedded Derivative [Member] | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss) [Member]	'		'
Derivative Instruments Gain Loss [Line Items]	'		'
DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet	$0	[1]	$0	[1]
[1]	Amounts deferred in “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).”

Derivative_Instruments_Current

Derivative Instruments (Current Period Cash Flow Hedges in AOCI (loss) before Taxes) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014
Derivative Instruments	'
Beginning Balance	($4,701)
Net deferred losses on cash flow hedges for the period	290
Amount reclassified into current period earnings	-182
Ending Balance	($4,593)

Derivative_Instruments_Offsett

Derivative Instruments Offsetting Balance Sheet (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Offsetting Assets [Member]	'	'
Offsetting Of Financial Assets And Liabillities [Line Items]	'	'
Gross Amounts Of Recognized Financial Instruments	$196,233	$129,358
Gross Amounts Offset In Statement Of Financial Position	-122,291	-73,219
Net Amounts Of Assets Presented In Statement Of Financial Position	73,942	56,139
Financial Instruments And Collateral	-74,784	-56,139
Net Amount	-842	0
Offsetting Assets [Member] | Derivative [Member]	'	'
Offsetting Of Financial Assets And Liabillities [Line Items]	'	'
Gross Amounts Of Recognized Financial Instruments	122,690	73,219
Gross Amounts Offset In Statement Of Financial Position	-122,291	-73,219
Net Amounts Of Assets Presented In Statement Of Financial Position	399	0
Financial Instruments And Collateral	-1,241	0
Net Amount	-842	0
Offsetting Assets [Member] | Offsetting Securities Purchased Under Agreements To Resell [Member]	'	'
Offsetting Of Financial Assets And Liabillities [Line Items]	'	'
Gross Amounts Of Recognized Financial Instruments	73,543	56,139
Gross Amounts Offset In Statement Of Financial Position	0	0
Net Amounts Of Assets Presented In Statement Of Financial Position	73,543	56,139
Financial Instruments And Collateral	-73,543	-56,139
Net Amount	0	0
Offsetting Liabilities [Member]	'	'
Offsetting Of Financial Assets And Liabillities [Line Items]	'	'
Gross Amounts Of Recognized Financial Instruments	170,644	218,467
Gross Amounts Offset In Statement Of Financial Position	-122,789	-73,051
Net Amounts Of Assets Presented In Statement Of Financial Position	47,855	145,416
Financial Instruments And Collateral	-31,516	-136,593
Net Amount	16,339	8,823
Offsetting Liabilities [Member] | Derivative [Member]	'	'
Offsetting Of Financial Assets And Liabillities [Line Items]	'	'
Gross Amounts Of Recognized Financial Instruments	170,644	218,467
Gross Amounts Offset In Statement Of Financial Position	-122,789	-73,051
Net Amounts Of Assets Presented In Statement Of Financial Position	47,855	145,416
Financial Instruments And Collateral	-31,516	-136,593
Net Amount	16,339	8,823
Offsetting Liabilities [Member] | Offsetting Securities Sold Under Agreements To Repurchase [Member]	'	'
Offsetting Of Financial Assets And Liabillities [Line Items]	'	'
Gross Amounts Of Recognized Financial Instruments	0	0
Gross Amounts Offset In Statement Of Financial Position	0	0
Net Amounts Of Assets Presented In Statement Of Financial Position	0	0
Financial Instruments And Collateral	0	0
Net Amount	$0	$0

Commitments_Contingent_Liabili1

Commitments, Contingent Liabilities And Litigation And Regulatory Matters (Narrative Excluding Litigation) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Commitments Guarantees Contingent Liabilities And Litigation [Line Items]	'
Purchase Obligation Commercial Mortgage Loan	$128
Purchase Obligation To Purchase Or Fund Investments	$78

Related_Party_Amounts_Included

Related Party (Amounts Included In IS) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Reinsurance [Abstract]	'	'
Premiums	$339,567	$315,767
Premiums ceded	-324,322	-302,561
Net Premiums	15,245	13,206
Direct policy charges and fees	663,786	578,869
Policy charges assumed	30,221	82,770
Policy Charges ceded	-180,382	-198,214
Net Policy charges and fee income	513,625	463,425
Net Investment Income Direct	98,991	102,989
Net Investment Income Assumed	338	314
Net Investment Income Ceded	-852	-795
Net Investment Income	98,477	102,508
Other Income Direct	13,407	13,236
Other Income Assumed And Ceded	0	-31,119
Other income net	13,407	-17,883
Interest Credited Direct	100,893	40,722
Interest Credited Assumed	29,247	32,868
Interest Credited Ceded	-50,337	-46,622
Interest Credited to Policyholders Account Balances	79,803	26,968
Policyholder's benefits direct	497,482	406,405
Policyholders Benefits Assumed	154,785	9,306
Policyholders benefits ceded	-567,232	-353,305
Policyholders' benefits	85,035	62,406
Reinsurance Expense Allowances Net Of Capitalization And Amortization Reinsurance	-63,553	-43,196
Realized investment gains (losses) Direct	-1,121,522	920,241
Realized investment gains (losses) Ceded	1,207,053	-873,527
Realized investment gains (losses), net	$85,531	$46,714

Related_Party_Amounts_Included1

Related Party (Amounts Included In BS) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Reinsurance [Abstract]	'	'
Reinsurance recoverables	$15,190,607,000	$13,657,859,000
Reinsurance Recoverable Reclass Amount	'	$388,000,000

Related_Party_Life_Insurance_I

Related Party (Life Insurance In Force) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Reinsurance [Abstract]	'	'
Gross life insurance face amount in force	$673,138,081	$626,042,226
Assumed life insurance face amount in force	45,210,236	40,109,319
Reinsurance ceded	-661,545,542	-610,232,624
Net life insurance face amount in force	$56,802,775	$55,918,921

Related_Party_Expense_Charges_

Related Party (Expense Charges and Allocations) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]	'	'
Stock or Unit Option Plan Expense	$1	$1
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Compensation Expense	2	2
Pension Expense	5	6
Defined Contribution Plan, Cost Recognized	2	2
Commissions Paid To PAD	$202	$287

Related_Party_Corporate_Owned_

Related Party (Corporate Owned Life Insurance) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]	'	'	'
Life Insurance, Corporate or Bank Owned, Amount	$2,747	$2,440	'
Fees related to corporate owned life insurance	10	9	'
Maximum amount of mortality risk	'	'	$3.50

Related_Party_Reinsurance_With

Related Party (Reinsurance With Affiliates) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]	'	'
Reinsurance Recoverables	$15,190,607	$13,657,859
Policy Loans	-66,038	-64,720
Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs	-1,623,970	-1,627,838
Policyholders account balance	4,783,143	4,681,356
Future policy benefits and other policyholder liabilities	1,603,610	1,359,340
Other liabilities reinsurance payables	$259,092	$618,781	[1]
[1]	(1) December 31, 2013 includes $388 million reclassed from reinsurance recoverables to other liabilities.

Related_Party_Reinsurance_Reco

Related Party (Reinsurance Recoverable Breakout By Affiliate) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'
Reinsurance Recoverables	$15,190,607,000	$13,657,859,000
Reinsurance Recoverable Reclass Amount	'	388,000,000
UPARC [Member]	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'
Reinsurance Recoverables	189,204,000	44,835,000
PARU [Member]	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'
Reinsurance Recoverables	8,444,461,000	8,091,714,000
PURC [Member]	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'
Reinsurance Recoverables	1,004,092,000	940,218,000
PARCC [Member]	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'
Reinsurance Recoverables	2,425,955,000	2,411,157,000
PAR Term [Member]	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'
Reinsurance Recoverables	873,875,000	816,787,000
Term Re [Member]	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'
Reinsurance Recoverables	29,083,000	0
Prudential Insurance [Member]	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'
Reinsurance Recoverables	201,767,000	190,035,000
Pruco Re [Member]	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'
Reinsurance Recoverables	869,977,000	642,000	[1]
Reinsurance Recoverable Reclass Amount	'	388,000,000
Prudential Of Taiwan [Member]	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'
Reinsurance Recoverables	1,149,604,000	1,157,639,000
Unaffiliated [Member]	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'
Reinsurance Recoverables	$2,589,000	$4,832,000
[1]	(1) December 31, 2013 excludes $388 million reclassed from reinsurance recoverable to other liabilities.

Related_Party_Income_Statement

Related Party (Income Statement Reinsurance Results) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]	'	'
Reinsurance Expense Allowances Net Of Capitalization And Amortization	($63,553)	($43,196)

Related_Party_Reinsurance_With1

Related Party (Reinsurance With Affiliates UPARC) (Details)	Mar. 31, 2014
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]	'
Uparc Reinsurance End Date	1-Jul-11
UPARC Reinsurance new effective date	1-Jan-11
UPARC Recapture Premium Date	'2011-10-31

Related_Party_Reinsurance_With2

Related Party (Reinsurance With Affiliates PAR U) (Details)	Mar. 31, 2014
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]	'
PAR U Coinsurance Agreement Date	'2011-07-01
Effective Date Of Reinsured Policies With PAR U	'2011-01-01

Related_Party_Reinsurance_With3

Related Party (Reinsurance With Affiliates PARCC) (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]	'
PARCC Reinsurance Percentage	90.00%
Effective date of reinsured policies with PARCC	'2010-01-01

Related_Party_Reinsurance_With4

Related Party (Reinsurance With Affiliates PAR TERM) (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]	'
PAR TERM Reinsurance Percentage	95.00%
Effective Date Of Reinsured Policies With PAR TERM	'2010-01-01

Related_Party_Reinsurance_With5

Related Party (Reinsurance With Affiliates Prudential Insurance) (Details)	Mar. 31, 2014
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]	'
Prudential Insurance Recapture Effective Date	'2011-07-01
Prudential Insurance Policy Effective Date	'2011-01-02

Related_Party_Reinsurance_With6

Related Party (Reinsurance With Affiliates Pruco Re) (Details)	Mar. 31, 2014
Ceded Rider Fees [Line Items]	'
HDI And HD6 Plus Effective Date	'2011-10-01
LT5 Effective Date	'2005-05-06
LT5 Agreement Date	'2007-08-01

Related_Party_Taiwan_Branch_Re

Related Party (Taiwan Branch Reinsurance Agreement) (Details)	Mar. 31, 2014
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]	'
Taiwan Branch Start Date	'2001-01-31

Related_Party_Affiliated_Asset

Related Party (Affiliated Asset Administration Fee Income) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]	'	'
AST Revenue Sharing Income	$86	$71
PSF Revenue Sharing Income	$3	$3

Related_Party_Affiliated_Inves

Related Party (Affiliated Investment Management Expenses) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]	'	'
PIM Mangement Expenses	$4	$4

Related_Party_Affiliated_Asset1

Related Party (Affiliated Asset Transfers) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014
Asset Transfer [Line Items]	'
UPARC Asset Transfer Date	'2011-10-01
PAR U Asset Transfer Date	'2011-10-01
PAR U Asset Sale Date	'2011-10-01
Prudential Insurance Asset Sale Date	'2011-11-01
Prudential Insurance Commercial Loan Sale Date	'2011-12-01
PARCC Asset Sale Date	'2011-12-01
Prudential Insurance Purchase Fixed Maturities April Sale Date	'2012-04-01
PFI Purchase Fixed Maturities April Sale Date	'2012-04-01
PFI Purchase Fixed Maturities June Sale Date	'2012-06-12
PLNJ To PAR U Transfer Date	'2012-09-01
PLNJ To PFI Transfer Date	'2012-09-01
Prudential Insurance Asset Transfer 5 [Member]	'
Asset Transfer [Line Items]	'
Asset Transfer Date	'2013-01-06
Asset Transfer Fair Value	$126
Asset Transfer Amortizied Cost	108
Asset Transfer Apic Change	-12
Asset Transfer Realized Gain Loss	0
Asset Transfer Derivative Gain Loss	0
Prudential Insurance Asset Transfer 6 [Member]	'
Asset Transfer [Line Items]	'
Asset Transfer Date	'2013-01-06
Asset Transfer Fair Value	4,825
Asset Transfer Amortizied Cost	4,825
Asset Transfer Apic Change	-1
Asset Transfer Realized Gain Loss	0
Asset Transfer Derivative Gain Loss	0
Prudential Insurance Asset Transfer 7 [Member]	'
Asset Transfer [Line Items]	'
Asset Transfer Date	'2013-03-08
Asset Transfer Fair Value	47
Asset Transfer Amortizied Cost	44
Asset Transfer Apic Change	-2
Asset Transfer Realized Gain Loss	0
Asset Transfer Derivative Gain Loss	0
Prudential Insurance Asset Transfer 9 [Member]	'
Asset Transfer [Line Items]	'
Asset Transfer Date	'2014-03-27
Asset Transfer Fair Value	13
Asset Transfer Amortizied Cost	13
Asset Transfer Apic Change	0
Asset Transfer Realized Gain Loss	0
Asset Transfer Derivative Gain Loss	0
PARU Asset Transfer 2 [Member]	'
Asset Transfer [Line Items]	'
Asset Transfer Date	'2013-01-06
Asset Transfer Fair Value	126
Asset Transfer Amortizied Cost	108
Asset Transfer Apic Change	0
Asset Transfer Realized Gain Loss	18
Asset Transfer Derivative Gain Loss	0
PARU Asset Transfer 3 [Member]	'
Asset Transfer [Line Items]	'
Asset Transfer Date	'2013-01-06
Asset Transfer Fair Value	4,826
Asset Transfer Amortizied Cost	4,821
Asset Transfer Apic Change	0
Asset Transfer Realized Gain Loss	5
Asset Transfer Derivative Gain Loss	0
PARU Asset Transfer 4 [Member]	'
Asset Transfer [Line Items]	'
Asset Transfer Date	'2013-02-07
Asset Transfer Fair Value	132
Asset Transfer Amortizied Cost	122
Asset Transfer Apic Change	0
Asset Transfer Realized Gain Loss	10
Asset Transfer Derivative Gain Loss	0
UPARC Asset Transfer 1 [Member]	'
Asset Transfer [Line Items]	'
Asset Transfer Date	'2013-02-07
Asset Transfer Fair Value	56
Asset Transfer Amortizied Cost	52
Asset Transfer Apic Change	0
Asset Transfer Realized Gain Loss	0
Asset Transfer Derivative Gain Loss	$0

Related_Party_Debt_Agreements_

Related Party (Debt Agreements) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'	'
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$2,200,000,000	'	'
Interest Expense	13,000,000	10,000,000	'
Current Principle Amount	1,864,000,000	'	'
Opening Principle Amount	'	'	1,866,900,000
Prudential Financial Loan 1 [Member]	'	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'	'
Borrowing Date	'2010-11-15	'	'
Current Principle Amount	66,000,000	'	'
Opening Principle Amount	'	'	66,000,000
Interest Rate	3.01%	'	'
Maturity Date	'2015-11-13	'	'
Prudential Financial Loan 2 [Member]	'	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'	'
Borrowing Date	'2011-06-20	'	'
Current Principle Amount	150,000,000	'	'
Opening Principle Amount	'	'	150,000,000
Interest Rate Near	2.17%	'	'
Interest Rate Far	3.17%	'	'
Maturity Date Near	'2014-06-19	'	'
Maturity Date Far	'2016-06-19	'	'
Prudential Financial Loan 3 [Member]	'	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'	'
Borrowing Date	'2011-12-15	'	'
Current Principle Amount	159,000,000	'	'
Opening Principle Amount	'	'	159,000,000
Interest Rate Near	2.99%	'	'
Interest Rate Far	3.61%	'	'
Maturity Date Near	'2014-12-15	'	'
Maturity Date Far	'2016-12-15	'	'
Prudential Financial Loan 4 [Member]	'	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'	'
Borrowing Date	'2011-12-16	'	'
Current Principle Amount	33,000,000	'	'
Opening Principle Amount	'	'	33,000,000
Interest Rate Near	2.99%	'	'
Interest Rate Far	3.61%	'	'
Maturity Date Near	'2014-12-16	'	'
Maturity Date Far	'2016-12-16	'	'
Prudential Financial Loan 5 [Member]	'	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'	'
Borrowing Date	'2012-12-20	'	'
Current Principle Amount	88,000,000	'	'
Opening Principle Amount	'	'	88,000,000
Interest Rate	1.37%	'	'
Maturity Date	'2015-12-15	'	'
Prudential Financial Loan 6 [Member]	'	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'	'
Borrowing Date	'2013-11-15	'	'
Current Principle Amount	9,000,000	'	'
Opening Principle Amount	'	'	9,000,000
Interest Rate	2.24%	'	'
Maturity Date	'2018-12-15	'	'
Prudential Financial Loan 7 [Member]	'	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'	'
Borrowing Date	'2013-11-15	'	'
Current Principle Amount	23,000,000	'	'
Opening Principle Amount	'	'	23,000,000
Interest Rate	3.19%	'	'
Maturity Date	'2020-12-15	'	'
Prudential Insurance Loan 1 [Member]	'	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'	'
Borrowing Date	'2010-12-20	'	'
Current Principle Amount	204,000,000	'	'
Opening Principle Amount	'	'	204,000,000
Interest Rate	3.47%	'	'
Maturity Date	'2015-12-21	'	'
Prudential Insurance Loan 2 [Member]	'	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'	'
Borrowing Date	'2013-12-06	'	'
Current Principle Amount	120,000,000	'	'
Opening Principle Amount	'	'	120,000,000
Interest Rate	2.60%	'	'
Maturity Date	'2018-12-15	'	'
Prudential Insurance Loan 3 [Member]	'	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'	'
Borrowing Date	'2013-12-06	'	'
Current Principle Amount	130,000,000	'	'
Opening Principle Amount	'	'	130,000,000
Interest Rate	4.39%	'	'
Maturity Date	'2023-12-15	'	'
Prudential Insurance Loan 4 [Member]	'	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'	'
Borrowing Date	'2013-12-06	'	'
Current Principle Amount	250,000,000	'	'
Opening Principle Amount	'	'	250,000,000
Interest Rate	3.64%	'	'
Maturity Date	'2020-12-15	'	'
Washington Street Loan 1 [Member]	'	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'	'
Borrowing Date	'2012-06-20	'	'
Current Principle Amount	316,000,000	'	'
Opening Principle Amount	'	'	316,000,000
Interest Rate Near	2.06%	'	'
Interest Rate Far	3.02%	'	'
Maturity Date Near	'2014-06-15	'	'
Maturity Date Far	'2017-06-15	'	'
Washington Street Loan 2 [Member]	'	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'	'
Borrowing Date	'2012-12-17	'	'
Current Principle Amount	264,000,000	'	'
Opening Principle Amount	'	'	264,000,000
Interest Rate Near	1.12%	'	'
Interest Rate Far	1.87%	'	'
Maturity Date Near	'2014-12-17	'	'
Maturity Date Far	'2017-12-17	'	'
Washington Street Loan 3 [Member]	'	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'	'
Borrowing Date	'2012-12-17	'	'
Current Principle Amount	52,000,000	'	'
Opening Principle Amount	'	'	52,000,000
Interest Rate Near	1.21%	'	'
Interest Rate Far	1.87%	'	'
Maturity Date Near	'2014-12-17	'	'
Maturity Date Far	'2017-12-17	'	'
Pru Funding Loan 1 [Member]	'	'	'
Related Party [Line Items]	'	'	'
Borrowing Date	'2013-12-31	'	'
Current Principle Amount	0	'	'
Opening Principle Amount	'	'	$2,900,000
Interest Rate	0.23%	'	'
Maturity Date	'2014-01-07	'	'

Quarterly_Results_of_Operation

Quarterly Results of Operations (Unaudited) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
QuarterlyFinancialDataAbstract	'	'
Total revenues	$815,709	$690,333
Total benefits and expenses	469,135	235,444
Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes And Operating Joint Ventures	346,574	454,889
Net income	$279,170	$347,055