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Contracts Accounted for as Credit Derivatives - CDS Spread and Components of Credit Derivative Assets (Liabilities) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Credit Derivatives
Fair value of credit derivatives before effect of AG credit spread	$ (64)	$ (76)
Plus: Effect of AG credit spread	35	26
Net fair value of credit derivatives	$ (29)	$ (50)
Five-year CDS spread | AG (U.S. domiciled)
Credit Derivatives
Quoted price of CDS contract (as a percent)	0.75%	0.66%	0.63%
One-year CDS spread | AG (U.S. domiciled)
Credit Derivatives
Quoted price of CDS contract (as a percent)	0.25%	0.23%	0.26%

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Fair value before effect of credit spread as of the balance sheet date of credit risk derivative assets, net of credit risk derivative liabilities, which includes all such derivative instruments in hedging and nonhedging relationships that are recognized on the balance sheet.

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Fair value of credit risk derivative asset after deduction of credit risk derivative liability.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4K
-Subparagraph (c)
-SubTopic 10
-Topic 815
-Publisher FASB
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