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Segment Information (Earnings) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Sep. 30, 2023
Jun. 30, 2023
Mar. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Sep. 30, 2022
Jun. 30, 2022
Mar. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2021
Revenues                      
Premiums                 $ 44,283 $ 48,510 $ 41,152
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees                 5,152 5,225 5,244
Net investment income                 19,908 15,916 21,395
Other revenues                 2,526 2,630 2,619
Net investment gains (losses)                 (2,824) (1,260) 1,543
Net derivative gains (losses)                 (2,140) (2,251) (3,257)
Total revenues $ 19,028 $ 15,866 $ 16,623 $ 15,388 $ 15,608 $ 22,283 $ 15,474 $ 15,405 66,905 68,770 68,696
Expenses                      
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends                 45,212 50,213 43,998
Policyholder liability remeasurement (gains) losses                 45 (114) 172
Market Risk Benefit Remeasurement (Gains) Losses                 (994) (3,674) (1,237)
Interest credited to policyholder account balances                 7,860 3,894 5,571
Capitalization of DAC                 (2,917) (2,614) (2,751)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA                 1,952 1,831 2,037
Amortization of negative VOBA                 (26) (29) (35)
Interest expense on debt                 1,045 938 920
Other expenses                 12,656 11,733 11,847
Total expenses 18,087 15,332 16,193 15,131 13,582 20,868 14,486 13,470 64,743 62,406 60,178
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)                 560 1,062 1,642
Net income (loss) 614 $ 495 $ 408 $ 85 1,581 $ 1,167 $ 915 $ 1,639 1,602 5,302 6,876
Total Assets 687,584       663,072       687,584 663,072  
Separate account assets 144,634       146,038       144,634 146,038  
Separate account liabilities 144,634       146,038       144,634 146,038  
Group Benefits                      
Expenses                      
Market Risk Benefit Remeasurement (Gains) Losses                 0 0 0
Capitalization of DAC                 (20) (18) (19)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA                 26 26 26
Total Assets 36,715       35,849       36,715 35,849  
Separate account assets 1,159       990       1,159 990  
Separate account liabilities 1,159       990       1,159 990  
Retirement and Income Solutions                      
Expenses                      
Market Risk Benefit Remeasurement (Gains) Losses                 (29) (314) 96
Capitalization of DAC                 (176) (113) (95)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA                 49 40 37
Total Assets 218,587       216,370       218,587 216,370  
Separate account assets 53,093       60,040       53,093 60,040  
Separate account liabilities 53,093       60,040       53,093 60,040  
Asia                      
Expenses                      
Market Risk Benefit Remeasurement (Gains) Losses                 (43) (90) (48)
Capitalization of DAC                 (1,583) (1,530) (1,601)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA                 794 745 786
Total Assets 157,206       148,305       157,206 148,305  
Separate account assets 9,187       8,292       9,187 8,292  
Separate account liabilities 9,187       8,292       9,187 8,292  
Latin America                      
Expenses                      
Market Risk Benefit Remeasurement (Gains) Losses                 0 0 0
Capitalization of DAC                 (651) (494) (406)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA                 468 410 372
Total Assets 69,177       63,687       69,177 63,687  
Separate account assets 41,320       39,428       41,320 39,428  
Separate account liabilities 41,320       39,428       41,320 39,428  
EMEA                      
Expenses                      
Market Risk Benefit Remeasurement (Gains) Losses                 (40) (126) (120)
Capitalization of DAC                 (457) (422) (499)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA                 348 331 389
Total Assets 18,596       16,860       18,596 16,860  
Separate account assets 4,327       3,314       4,327 3,314  
Separate account liabilities 4,327       3,314       4,327 3,314  
MetLife Holdings                      
Expenses                      
Market Risk Benefit Remeasurement (Gains) Losses                 (882) (3,144) (1,161)
Capitalization of DAC                 (22) (29) (31)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA                 258 270 320
Total Assets 148,524       148,749       148,524 148,749  
Separate account assets 35,548       33,974       35,548 33,974  
Separate account liabilities 35,548       33,974       35,548 33,974  
Corporate & Other                      
Expenses                      
Market Risk Benefit Remeasurement (Gains) Losses                 0 0 (4)
Capitalization of DAC                 (8) (8) (100)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA                 9 9 107
Total Assets 38,779       33,252       38,779 33,252  
Separate account assets 0       0       0 0  
Separate account liabilities $ 0       $ 0       0 0  
Operating Segments                      
Revenues                      
Premiums                 44,283 48,469 40,170
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees                 5,152 5,214 5,218
Net investment income                 19,749 18,189 21,280
Other revenues                 2,531 2,467 2,376
Net investment gains (losses)                 0 0 0
Net derivative gains (losses)                 0 0 0
Total revenues                 71,715 74,339 69,044
Expenses                      
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends                 45,217 49,729 42,891
Policyholder liability remeasurement (gains) losses                 45 (114) 173
Market Risk Benefit Remeasurement (Gains) Losses                 0 0 0
Interest credited to policyholder account balances                 6,609 5,279 4,846
Capitalization of DAC                 (2,917) (2,603) (2,632)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA                 1,952 1,823 1,911
Amortization of negative VOBA                 (26) (29) (35)
Interest expense on debt                 1,045 938 919
Other expenses                 12,563 11,468 11,283
Total expenses                 64,398 66,719 59,010
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)                 1,594 1,642 1,936
Adjusted earnings                 5,723 5,978 8,098
Operating Segments | Group Benefits                      
Revenues                      
Premiums                 21,558 21,051 20,475
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees                 878 855 829
Net investment income                 1,301 1,136 1,160
Other revenues                 1,493 1,360 1,239
Net investment gains (losses)                 0 0 0
Net derivative gains (losses)                 0 0 0
Total revenues                 25,230 24,402 23,703
Expenses                      
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends                 19,164 19,076 19,807
Policyholder liability remeasurement (gains) losses                 28 (7) 5
Market Risk Benefit Remeasurement (Gains) Losses                 0 0 0
Interest credited to policyholder account balances                 193 143 127
Capitalization of DAC                 (20) (18) (19)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA                 26 26 26
Amortization of negative VOBA                 0 0 0
Interest expense on debt                 2 1 1
Other expenses                 3,796 3,478 3,177
Total expenses                 23,133 22,713 23,114
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)                 442 357 126
Adjusted earnings                 1,655 1,332 463
Operating Segments | Retirement and Income Solutions                      
Revenues                      
Premiums                 8,248 13,619 5,023
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees                 313 303 311
Net investment income                 7,803 6,204 6,888
Other revenues                 271 392 299
Net investment gains (losses)                 0 0 0
Net derivative gains (losses)                 0 0 0
Total revenues                 16,635 20,518 12,521
Expenses                      
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends                 11,269 16,163 7,330
Policyholder liability remeasurement (gains) losses                 131 36 31
Market Risk Benefit Remeasurement (Gains) Losses                 0 0 0
Interest credited to policyholder account balances                 2,887 1,914 1,550
Capitalization of DAC                 (176) (113) (95)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA                 49 40 37
Amortization of negative VOBA                 0 0 0
Interest expense on debt                 14 8 6
Other expenses                 565 484 455
Total expenses                 14,477 18,460 9,252
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)                 450 423 678
Adjusted earnings                 1,708 1,635 2,591
Operating Segments | Asia                      
Revenues                      
Premiums                 5,251 5,563 6,421
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees                 1,632 1,693 1,626
Net investment income                 3,957 3,909 5,052
Other revenues                 86 90 73
Net investment gains (losses)                 0 0 0
Net derivative gains (losses)                 0 0 0
Total revenues                 10,926 11,255 13,172
Expenses                      
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends                 4,333 4,564 5,251
Policyholder liability remeasurement (gains) losses                 (105) (69) 152
Market Risk Benefit Remeasurement (Gains) Losses                 0 0 0
Interest credited to policyholder account balances                 2,301 2,003 1,994
Capitalization of DAC                 (1,583) (1,530) (1,601)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA                 794 745 786
Amortization of negative VOBA                 (22) (24) (28)
Interest expense on debt                 0 0 0
Other expenses                 3,158 3,153 3,388
Total expenses                 9,086 8,980 9,638
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)                 558 658 1,017
Adjusted earnings                 1,282 1,617 2,517
Operating Segments | Latin America                      
Revenues                      
Premiums                 4,287 3,224 2,609
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees                 1,398 1,175 1,140
Net investment income                 1,644 1,593 1,271
Other revenues                 42 39 41
Net investment gains (losses)                 0 0 0
Net derivative gains (losses)                 0 0 0
Total revenues                 7,371 6,031 5,061
Expenses                      
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends                 4,094 3,320 3,155
Policyholder liability remeasurement (gains) losses                 25 21 33
Market Risk Benefit Remeasurement (Gains) Losses                 0 0 0
Interest credited to policyholder account balances                 426 335 249
Capitalization of DAC                 (651) (494) (406)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA                 468 410 372
Amortization of negative VOBA                 0 0 0
Interest expense on debt                 11 12 5
Other expenses                 1,911 1,520 1,385
Total expenses                 6,234 5,082 4,727
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)                 297 220 60
Adjusted earnings                 840 729 274
Operating Segments | EMEA                      
Revenues                      
Premiums                 2,016 1,962 2,274
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees                 298 284 387
Net investment income                 197 160 215
Other revenues                 32 35 47
Net investment gains (losses)                 0 0 0
Net derivative gains (losses)                 0 0 0
Total revenues                 2,543 2,441 2,923
Expenses                      
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends                 984 976 1,196
Policyholder liability remeasurement (gains) losses                 3 6 (32)
Market Risk Benefit Remeasurement (Gains) Losses                 0 0 0
Interest credited to policyholder account balances                 72 71 86
Capitalization of DAC                 (457) (411) (469)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA                 348 323 361
Amortization of negative VOBA                 (4) (5) (7)
Interest expense on debt                 0 0 0
Other expenses                 1,260 1,171 1,324
Total expenses                 2,200 2,119 2,523
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)                 78 73 94
Adjusted earnings                 265 249 306
Operating Segments | MetLife Holdings                      
Revenues                      
Premiums                 2,881 3,066 3,333
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees                 632 902 923
Net investment income                 4,494 4,914 6,385
Other revenues                 195 155 257
Net investment gains (losses)                 0 0 0
Net derivative gains (losses)                 0 0 0
Total revenues                 8,202 9,037 10,898
Expenses                      
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends                 5,350 5,636 6,118
Policyholder liability remeasurement (gains) losses                 (37) (101) (16)
Market Risk Benefit Remeasurement (Gains) Losses                 0 0 0
Interest credited to policyholder account balances                 730 813 840
Capitalization of DAC                 (22) (29) (31)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA                 258 270 320
Amortization of negative VOBA                 0 0 0
Interest expense on debt                 13 8 5
Other expenses                 927 953 992
Total expenses                 7,293 7,752 8,260
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)                 176 254 535
Adjusted earnings                 733 1,031 2,103
Operating Segments | Corporate & Other                      
Revenues                      
Premiums                 42 (16) 35
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees                 1 2 2
Net investment income                 353 273 309
Other revenues                 412 396 420
Net investment gains (losses)                 0 0 0
Net derivative gains (losses)                 0 0 0
Total revenues                 808 655 766
Expenses                      
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends                 23 (6) 34
Policyholder liability remeasurement (gains) losses                 0 0 0
Market Risk Benefit Remeasurement (Gains) Losses                 0 0 0
Interest credited to policyholder account balances                 0 0 0
Capitalization of DAC                 (8) (8) (11)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA                 9 9 9
Amortization of negative VOBA                 0 0 0
Interest expense on debt                 1,005 909 902
Other expenses                 946 709 562
Total expenses                 1,975 1,613 1,496
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)                 (407) (343) (574)
Adjusted earnings                 (760) (615) (156)
Significant Reconciling Items                      
Revenues                      
Premiums                 0 41 982
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees                 0 11 26
Net investment income                 159 (2,273) 115
Other revenues                 (5) 163 243
Net investment gains (losses)                 (2,824) (1,260) 1,543
Net derivative gains (losses)                 (2,140) (2,251) (3,257)
Total revenues                 (4,810) (5,569) (348)
Expenses                      
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends                 (5) 484 1,107
Policyholder liability remeasurement (gains) losses                 0 0 (1)
Market Risk Benefit Remeasurement (Gains) Losses                 (994) (3,674) (1,237)
Interest credited to policyholder account balances                 1,251 (1,385) 725
Capitalization of DAC                 0 (11) (119)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA                 0 8 126
Amortization of negative VOBA                 0 0 0
Interest expense on debt                 0 0 1
Other expenses                 93 265 564
Total expenses                 345 (4,313) 1,168
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)                 $ (1,034) $ (580) $ (294)