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Separate Account Assets Fair Value (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022
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Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | $ 144,634 | $ 146,038
Other invested assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 6,265 | 6,006
Separate Account, Debt Security | Commodities Investment |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 144 | 242
Separate Account, Debt Security | Communications |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 904 | 1,193
Separate Account, Debt Security | Consumer Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,929 | 2,400
Separate Account, Debt Security | Energy Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,018 | 970
Separate Account, Debt Security | Financial Services Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 9,687 | 11,914
Separate Account, Debt Security | Commercial and Industrial Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 4,403 | 4,706
Separate Account, Debt Security | Foreign Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 5,055 | 6,524
Separate Account, Debt Security | Technology Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 550 | 720
Separate Account, Debt Security | Foreign government |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 5,388 | 4,216
Separate Account, Debt Security | U.S. government and agency |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 19,611 | 20,181
Separate Account, Debt Security | US States and Political Subdivisions Debt Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 424 | 549
Separate Account, Debt Security | Corporate Bond Securities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 23,690 | 28,669
Separate Account, Debt Security | Bonds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 50,502 | 55,083
Separate Account, Debt Security | Separate Account, Mortgage-Backed Security |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 9,706 | 12,360
Separate Account, Debt Security | Asset-Backed Securities, Securitized Loans and Receivables |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 2,586 | 2,968
Separate Account, Debt Security | Redeemable Preferred Stock |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 9 | 4
Separate Account, Debt Security | Total fixed maturity securities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 62,803 | 70,415
Separate Account, Debt Security | Public Utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,389 | 1,468
Separate Account, Equity Security |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 68,439 | 62,805
Separate Account, Equity Security | Non-redeemable Preferred Stock |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 115 | 2
Separate Account, Equity Security | Financial Services Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,733 | 1,404
Separate Account, Equity Security | Commercial and Industrial Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 8,202 | 7,815
Separate Account, Equity Security | Public Utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 158 | 168
Separate Account, Equity Security | Mutual Fund |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 58,231 | 53,416
Investments |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 137,507 | 139,226
Other Assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 7,127 | 6,812
Group Benefits |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,159 | 990
Group Benefits | Other invested assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 2
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Debt Security | Commodities Investment |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Debt Security | Communications |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Debt Security | Consumer Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Debt Security | Energy Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Debt Security | Financial Services Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Debt Security | Commercial and Industrial Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Debt Security | Foreign Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Debt Security | Technology Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Debt Security | Foreign government |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Debt Security | U.S. government and agency |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Debt Security | US States and Political Subdivisions Debt Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Debt Security | Corporate Bond Securities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Debt Security | Bonds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Debt Security | Separate Account, Mortgage-Backed Security |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Debt Security | Asset-Backed Securities, Securitized Loans and Receivables |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Debt Security | Redeemable Preferred Stock |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Debt Security | Total fixed maturity securities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Debt Security | Public Utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Equity Security |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,159 | 988
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Equity Security | Non-redeemable Preferred Stock |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Equity Security | Financial Services Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Equity Security | Commercial and Industrial Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Equity Security | Public Utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Equity Security | Mutual Fund |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,159 | 988
Group Benefits | Investments |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,159 | 990
Group Benefits | Other Assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Retirement and Income Solutions |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 53,093 | 60,040
Retirement and Income Solutions | Other invested assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,620 | 1,863
Retirement and Income Solutions | Separate Account, Debt Security | Commodities Investment |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 144 | 242
Retirement and Income Solutions | Separate Account, Debt Security | Communications |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 893 | 1,182
Retirement and Income Solutions | Separate Account, Debt Security | Consumer Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,882 | 2,393
Retirement and Income Solutions | Separate Account, Debt Security | Energy Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 911 | 866
Retirement and Income Solutions | Separate Account, Debt Security | Financial Services Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 2,717 | 3,538
Retirement and Income Solutions | Separate Account, Debt Security | Commercial and Industrial Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 764 | 882
Retirement and Income Solutions | Separate Account, Debt Security | Foreign Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,920 | 2,473
Retirement and Income Solutions | Separate Account, Debt Security | Technology Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 547 | 717
Retirement and Income Solutions | Separate Account, Debt Security | Foreign government |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 509 | 588
Retirement and Income Solutions | Separate Account, Debt Security | U.S. government and agency |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 9,673 | 11,340
Retirement and Income Solutions | Separate Account, Debt Security | US States and Political Subdivisions Debt Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 380 | 504
Retirement and Income Solutions | Separate Account, Debt Security | Corporate Bond Securities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 9,778 | 12,293
Retirement and Income Solutions | Separate Account, Debt Security | Bonds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 21,417 | 25,908
Retirement and Income Solutions | Separate Account, Debt Security | Separate Account, Mortgage-Backed Security |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 9,671 | 12,328
Retirement and Income Solutions | Separate Account, Debt Security | Asset-Backed Securities, Securitized Loans and Receivables |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 2,557 | 2,926
Retirement and Income Solutions | Separate Account, Debt Security | Redeemable Preferred Stock |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 9 | 4
Retirement and Income Solutions | Separate Account, Debt Security | Total fixed maturity securities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 33,654 | 41,166
Retirement and Income Solutions | Separate Account, Debt Security | Public Utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,077 | 1,183
Retirement and Income Solutions | Separate Account, Equity Security |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 11,726 | 10,866
Retirement and Income Solutions | Separate Account, Equity Security | Non-redeemable Preferred Stock |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 2
Retirement and Income Solutions | Separate Account, Equity Security | Financial Services Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 731 | 599
Retirement and Income Solutions | Separate Account, Equity Security | Commercial and Industrial Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 2,411 | 2,910
Retirement and Income Solutions | Separate Account, Equity Security | Public Utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 67 | 96
Retirement and Income Solutions | Separate Account, Equity Security | Mutual Fund |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 8,517 | 7,259
Retirement and Income Solutions | Investments |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 47,000 | 53,895
Retirement and Income Solutions | Other Assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 6,093 | 6,145
Asia |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 9,187 | 8,292
Asia | Other invested assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 403 | 411
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Commodities Investment |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Communications |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 8 | 8
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Consumer Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 39 | 0
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Energy Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 105 | 103
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Financial Services Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 551 | 527
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Commercial and Industrial Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 38 | 186
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Foreign Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Technology Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Foreign government |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,190 | 1,047
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | U.S. government and agency |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | US States and Political Subdivisions Debt Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 31 | 33
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Corporate Bond Securities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 741 | 824
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Bonds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 2,270 | 2,185
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Separate Account, Mortgage-Backed Security |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Asset-Backed Securities, Securitized Loans and Receivables |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 18 | 28
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Redeemable Preferred Stock |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Total fixed maturity securities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 2,288 | 2,213
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Public Utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 308 | 281
Asia | Separate Account, Equity Security |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 5,993 | 5,234
Asia | Separate Account, Equity Security | Non-redeemable Preferred Stock |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 115 | 0
Asia | Separate Account, Equity Security | Financial Services Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 269 | 270
Asia | Separate Account, Equity Security | Commercial and Industrial Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 2,661 | 2,330
Asia | Separate Account, Equity Security | Public Utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 19 | 27
Asia | Separate Account, Equity Security | Mutual Fund |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 2,929 | 2,607
Asia | Investments |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 8,684 | 7,858
Asia | Other Assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 503 | 434
Latin America |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 41,320 | 39,428
Latin America | Other invested assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 4,212 | 3,687
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Commodities Investment |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Communications |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Consumer Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Energy Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Financial Services Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 6,006 | 7,389
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Commercial and Industrial Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 3,598 | 3,635
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Foreign Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 3,095 | 4,018
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Technology Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Foreign government |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,051 | 593
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | U.S. government and agency |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 9,920 | 8,828
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | US States and Political Subdivisions Debt Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Corporate Bond Securities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 12,699 | 15,042
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Bonds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 23,670 | 24,463
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Separate Account, Mortgage-Backed Security |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Asset-Backed Securities, Securitized Loans and Receivables |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Redeemable Preferred Stock |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Total fixed maturity securities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 23,670 | 24,463
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Public Utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Latin America | Separate Account, Equity Security |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 12,944 | 11,086
Latin America | Separate Account, Equity Security | Non-redeemable Preferred Stock |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Latin America | Separate Account, Equity Security | Financial Services Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 392 | 347
Latin America | Separate Account, Equity Security | Commercial and Industrial Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 2,453 | 2,100
Latin America | Separate Account, Equity Security | Public Utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Latin America | Separate Account, Equity Security | Mutual Fund |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 10,099 | 8,639
Latin America | Investments |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 40,826 | 39,236
Latin America | Other Assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 494 | 192
EMEA |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 4,327 | 3,314
EMEA | Other invested assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 30 | 43
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | Commodities Investment |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | Communications |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | Consumer Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | Energy Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | Financial Services Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 398 | 444
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | Commercial and Industrial Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | Foreign Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 27 | 21
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | Technology Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | Foreign government |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 2,638 | 1,988
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | U.S. government and agency |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | US States and Political Subdivisions Debt Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | Corporate Bond Securities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 425 | 465
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | Bonds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 3,063 | 2,453
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | Separate Account, Mortgage-Backed Security |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | Asset-Backed Securities, Securitized Loans and Receivables |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | Redeemable Preferred Stock |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | Total fixed maturity securities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 3,063 | 2,453
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | Public Utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
EMEA | Separate Account, Equity Security |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,199 | 783
EMEA | Separate Account, Equity Security | Non-redeemable Preferred Stock |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
EMEA | Separate Account, Equity Security | Financial Services Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 341 | 188
EMEA | Separate Account, Equity Security | Commercial and Industrial Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 677 | 475
EMEA | Separate Account, Equity Security | Public Utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 72 | 45
EMEA | Separate Account, Equity Security | Mutual Fund |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 109 | 75
EMEA | Investments |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 4,292 | 3,279
EMEA | Other Assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 35 | 35
MetLife Holdings |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 35,548 | 33,974
MetLife Holdings | Other invested assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Commodities Investment |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Communications |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 3 | 3
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Consumer Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 8 | 7
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Energy Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 2 | 1
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Financial Services Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 15 | 16
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Commercial and Industrial Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 3 | 3
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Foreign Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 13 | 12
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Technology Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 3 | 3
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Foreign government |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | U.S. government and agency |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 18 | 13
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | US States and Political Subdivisions Debt Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 13 | 12
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Corporate Bond Securities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 47 | 45
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Bonds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 82 | 74
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Separate Account, Mortgage-Backed Security |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 35 | 32
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Asset-Backed Securities, Securitized Loans and Receivables |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 11 | 14
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Redeemable Preferred Stock |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Total fixed maturity securities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 128 | 120
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Public Utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 4 | 4
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Equity Security |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 35,418 | 33,848
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Equity Security | Non-redeemable Preferred Stock |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Equity Security | Financial Services Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Equity Security | Commercial and Industrial Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Equity Security | Public Utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Equity Security | Mutual Fund |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 35,418 | 33,848
MetLife Holdings | Investments |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 35,546 | 33,968
MetLife Holdings | Other Assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | $ 2 | $ 6

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