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Separate Account Assets Fair Value (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Jun. 30, 2024 | Dec. 31, 2023
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Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | $ 139,707 | $ 144,634
Other invested assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 5,582 | 6,265
Separate Account, Debt Security | Materials |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 126 | 144
Separate Account, Debt Security | Communications |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 777 | 904
Separate Account, Debt Security | Consumer |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,829 | 1,929
Separate Account, Debt Security | Energy |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 937 | 1,018
Separate Account, Debt Security | Financial Services Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 8,579 | 9,687
Separate Account, Debt Security | Commercial and Industrial Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 4,062 | 4,403
Separate Account, Debt Security | Foreign |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 5,392 | 5,055
Separate Account, Debt Security | Technology |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 484 | 550
Separate Account, Debt Security | Foreign government |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 4,882 | 5,388
Separate Account, Debt Security | U.S. government and agency |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 18,440 | 19,611
Separate Account, Debt Security | Public utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,303 | 1,389
Separate Account, Debt Security | Municipals |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 343 | 424
Separate Account, Debt Security | Total corporate bonds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 22,186 | 23,690
Separate Account, Debt Security | Total bonds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 47,154 | 50,502
Separate Account, Debt Security | Mortgage-backed securities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 9,421 | 9,706
Separate Account, Debt Security | Asset-backed securities and collateralized loan obligations (collectively, “ABS & CLO”) |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 2,377 | 2,586
Separate Account, Debt Security | Redeemable preferred stock |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 9 | 9
Separate Account, Debt Security | Total fixed maturity securities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 58,961 | 62,803
Separate Account, Equity Security |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 69,976 | 68,439
Separate Account, Equity Security | Non-redeemable preferred Stock |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 132 | 115
Separate Account, Equity Security | Financial Services Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,773 | 1,733
Separate Account, Equity Security | Commercial and Industrial Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 8,039 | 8,202
Separate Account, Equity Security | Public utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 212 | 158
Separate Account, Equity Security | Mutual funds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 59,820 | 58,231
Investments |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 134,519 | 137,507
Other Assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 5,188 | 7,127
RIS |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 50,033 | 53,093
RIS | Other invested assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,504 | 1,620
RIS | Separate Account, Debt Security | Materials |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 125 | 144
RIS | Separate Account, Debt Security | Communications |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 759 | 893
RIS | Separate Account, Debt Security | Consumer |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,783 | 1,882
RIS | Separate Account, Debt Security | Energy |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 832 | 911
RIS | Separate Account, Debt Security | Financial Services Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 2,512 | 2,717
RIS | Separate Account, Debt Security | Commercial and Industrial Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 705 | 764
RIS | Separate Account, Debt Security | Foreign |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,947 | 1,920
RIS | Separate Account, Debt Security | Technology |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 474 | 547
RIS | Separate Account, Debt Security | Foreign government |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 530 | 509
RIS | Separate Account, Debt Security | U.S. government and agency |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 9,307 | 9,673
RIS | Separate Account, Debt Security | Public utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,078 | 1,077
RIS | Separate Account, Debt Security | Municipals |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 306 | 380
RIS | Separate Account, Debt Security | Total corporate bonds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 9,137 | 9,778
RIS | Separate Account, Debt Security | Total bonds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 20,358 | 21,417
RIS | Separate Account, Debt Security | Mortgage-backed securities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 9,381 | 9,671
RIS | Separate Account, Debt Security | Asset-backed securities and collateralized loan obligations (collectively, “ABS & CLO”) |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 2,349 | 2,557
RIS | Separate Account, Debt Security | Redeemable preferred stock |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 9 | 9
RIS | Separate Account, Debt Security | Total fixed maturity securities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 32,097 | 33,654
RIS | Separate Account, Equity Security |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 12,437 | 11,726
RIS | Separate Account, Equity Security | Non-redeemable preferred Stock |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
RIS | Separate Account, Equity Security | Financial Services Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 705 | 731
RIS | Separate Account, Equity Security | Commercial and Industrial Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 2,392 | 2,411
RIS | Separate Account, Equity Security | Public utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 64 | 67
RIS | Separate Account, Equity Security | Mutual funds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 9,276 | 8,517
RIS | Investments |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 46,038 | 47,000
RIS | Other Assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 3,995 | 6,093
Asia |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 9,102 | 9,187
Asia | Other invested assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 383 | 403
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Materials |  |
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 | 15 | 8
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Consumer |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 36 | 39
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Energy |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 102 | 105
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Financial Services Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 500 | 551
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Commercial and Industrial Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 53 | 38
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Foreign |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Technology |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 7 | 0
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Foreign government |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,184 | 1,190
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 | Public utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 220 | 308
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Municipals |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 24 | 31
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Total corporate bonds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 713 | 741
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Total bonds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 2,141 | 2,270
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Mortgage-backed securities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Asia | Separate Account, Debt Security | Asset-backed securities and collateralized loan obligations (collectively, “ABS & CLO”) |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 17 | 18
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 | 2,158 | 2,288
Asia | Separate Account, Equity Security |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 6,107 | 5,993
Asia | Separate Account, Equity Security | Non-redeemable preferred Stock |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 132 | 115
Asia | Separate Account, Equity Security | Financial Services Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 309 | 269
Asia | Separate Account, Equity Security | Commercial and Industrial Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 2,610 | 2,661
Asia | Separate Account, Equity Security | Public utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 20 | 19
Asia | Separate Account, Equity Security | Mutual funds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 3,036 | 2,929
Asia | Investments |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 8,648 | 8,684
Asia | Other Assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 454 | 503
Latin America |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 38,944 | 41,320
Latin America | Other invested assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 3,621 | 4,212
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Materials |  |
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 |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Energy |  |
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 | 5,268 | 6,006
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Commercial and Industrial Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 3,302 | 3,598
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Foreign |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 3,425 | 3,095
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Technology |  |
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 | 279 | 1,051
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | U.S. government and agency |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 9,115 | 9,920
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Public utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Municipals |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Total corporate bonds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 11,995 | 12,699
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Total bonds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 21,389 | 23,670
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Mortgage-backed securities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Latin America | Separate Account, Debt Security | Asset-backed securities and collateralized loan obligations (collectively, “ABS & CLO”) |  |
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 | 21,389 | 23,670
Latin America | Separate Account, Equity Security |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 13,316 | 12,944
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 | 386 | 392
Latin America | Separate Account, Equity Security | Commercial and Industrial Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 2,258 | 2,453
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 funds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 10,672 | 10,099
Latin America | Investments |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 38,326 | 40,826
Latin America | Other Assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 618 | 494
EMEA |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 4,777 | 4,327
EMEA | Other invested assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 74 | 30
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | Materials |  |
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 |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | Energy |  |
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 | 281 | 398
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 |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 8 | 27
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | Technology |  |
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 | 2,889 | 2,638
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 | Public utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | Municipals |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | Total corporate bonds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 289 | 425
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | Total bonds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 3,178 | 3,063
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | Mortgage-backed securities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
EMEA | Separate Account, Debt Security | Asset-backed securities and collateralized loan obligations (collectively, “ABS & CLO”) |  |
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 | 3,178 | 3,063
EMEA | Separate Account, Equity Security |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,407 | 1,199
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 | 373 | 341
EMEA | Separate Account, Equity Security | Commercial and Industrial Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 779 | 677
EMEA | Separate Account, Equity Security | Public utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 128 | 72
EMEA | Separate Account, Equity Security | Mutual funds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 127 | 109
EMEA | Investments |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 4,659 | 4,292
EMEA | Other Assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 118 | 35
MetLife Holdings |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 35,581 | 35,548
MetLife Holdings | Other invested assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Materials |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1 | 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 |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 10 | 8
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Energy |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 3 | 2
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Financial Services Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 18 | 15
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Commercial and Industrial Sector |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 2 | 3
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Foreign |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 12 | 13
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Technology |  |
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 | 18
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Public utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 5 | 4
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Municipals |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 13 | 13
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Total corporate bonds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 52 | 47
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Total bonds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 88 | 82
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Mortgage-backed securities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 40 | 35
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Debt Security | Asset-backed securities and collateralized loan obligations (collectively, “ABS & CLO”) |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 11 | 11
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 | 139 | 128
MetLife Holdings | Separate Account, Equity Security |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 35,439 | 35,418
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 funds |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 35,439 | 35,418
MetLife Holdings | Investments |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 35,578 | 35,546
MetLife Holdings | Other Assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 3 | 2
Group Benefits |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 1,270 | 1,159
Group Benefits | Other invested assets |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Debt Security | Materials |  |
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 |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Debt Security | Energy |  |
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 |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Debt Security | Technology |  |
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 | Public utilities |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Debt Security | Municipals |  |
Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
Separate account assets | 0 | 0
Group Benefits | Separate Account, Debt Security | Total corporate bonds |  |
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Fair Value, Separate Account Investment [Line Items] |  |
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