| **Other Additional Liability Rollforward (Details) - Universal Life - USD ($) $ in Millions** | 12 Months Ended |
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| **Additional Liability, Long-Duration Insurance [Roll Forward]**                              |            |   |   |
| Balance, beginning of period                                                                  | $ 121           | $ 133 | $ 116 |
| Balance, beginning of period before shadow reserve adjustments                                | 123             | 131 | 113 |
| Effect of changes in cash flow assumptions                                                    | (6)             | (1) | 4 |
| Effect of actual variances from expected experience                                           | 0               | 6 | 0 |
| Adjusted beginning of period balance                                                          | 117             | 136 | 117 |
| Interest accrual                                                                              | 4               | 4 | 4 |
| Excess death benefits                                                                         | (6)             | (18) | (4) |
| Attributed assessments                                                                        | 12              | 12 | 12 |
| Effect of changes in interest rate assumptions                                                | 2               | (11) | 2 |
| Balance, end of period before shadow reserve adjustments                                      | 129             | 123 | 131 |
| Shadow reserve adjustments                                                                    | 1               | 2 | (2) |
| Balance, end of period                                                                        | 128             | 121 | 133 |
| Less reinsurance recoverable, end of period                                                   | 6               | 5 | 3 |
| Net other additional liability, after reinsurance recoverable                                 | $ 134           | $ 126 | $ 136 |
| Weighted-average duration of the other additional liability                                   | 32 years        | 34 years | 35 years |

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Additional Liability, Long-Duration Insurance, before Reinsurance, after Discount Rate Change, after Shadow Reserve Adjustment
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Amount, after effect of reinsurance, of present value of total expected payment to policyholder in excess of present value of total expected assessment. Excludes benefit classified as market risk benefit or under provisions of Topic 815 on derivative and hedging.
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Amount, before effect of reinsurance and after current period update of cash flow assumption and discount rate change, of present value of total expected payment to policyholder in excess of present value of total expected assessment. Excludes benefit classified as market risk benefit or under provisions of Topic 815 on derivative and hedging.
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Amount of cash outflow to policyholder related to benefit payment for present value of total expected payment to policyholder in excess of present value of total expected assessment. Excludes benefit classified as market risk benefit or under provisions of Topic 815 on derivative and hedging.
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Amount of cumulative increase (decrease) in present value of total expected payment to policyholder in excess of present value of total expected assessment from cash flow assumption change for future cash flows. Excludes benefit classified as market risk benefit or under provisions of Topic 815 on derivative and hedging.
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Amount of cumulative increase (decrease) in present value of total expected payment to policyholder in excess of present value of total expected assessment from effect of variance from cash flow assumption change for actual experience. Excludes benefit classified as market risk benefit or under provisions of Topic 815 on derivative and hedging.
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Amount of interest income (expense) for present value of total expected payment to policyholder in excess of present value of total expected assessment. Excludes benefit classified as market risk benefit or under provisions of Topic 815 on derivative and hedging.
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| - Definition
Amount of gross premium collected from policyholder to fund expected benefit payment for present value of total expected payment to policyholder in excess of present value of total expected assessment. Excludes benefit classified as market risk benefit or under provisions of Topic 815 on derivative and hedging.
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Amount, before effect of reinsurance and current period update of cash flow assumption, of present value of total expected payment to policyholder in excess of present value of total expected assessment, discounted at original rate. Excludes benefit classified as market risk benefit or under provisions of Topic 815 on derivative and hedging.
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Amount, before effect of reinsurance and after current period update of cash flow assumption, of present value of total expected payment to policyholder in excess of present value of total expected assessment, discounted at original rate. Excludes benefit classified as market risk benefit or under provisions of Topic 815 on derivative and hedging.
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| - Definition
Amount, after allowance for credit loss, recoverable under reinsurance for present value of total expected payment to policyholder in excess of present value of total expected assessment. Excludes benefit classified as market risk benefit or under provisions of Topic 815 on derivative and hedging.
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Weighted-average duration of present value of total expected payment to policyholder in excess of present value of total expected assessment, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Excludes benefit classified as market risk benefit or under provisions of Topic 815 on derivative and hedging.
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