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2413411 - Disclosure - Postretirement benefits (Schedule of Expected Future Benefit Payments) (Details)
(http://investors.chubb.com/role/PostretirementBenefitsScheduleOfExpectedFutureBenefitPaymentsDetails)
TableSchedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table]
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Reporting Entity [Axis]0000896159 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Axis]Defined Benefit Plan and Other Postretirement Benefit Plan [Domain]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2016-12-31
Geographical [Axis]
UNITED STATESNon-US [Member]
2017
132,000,000  
20,000,000  
2018
143,000,000  
23,000,000  
2019
158,000,000  
25,000,000  
2020
167,000,000  
26,000,000  
2021
177,000,000  
27,000,000  
2022-2026
931,000,000  
147,000,000