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Policyholder Account Balances, Future Policy Benefits and Claims and Separate Account Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Policyholder Account Balances, Future Policy Benefits and Claims and Separate Account Liabilities |
Policyholder Account Balances, Future Policy Benefits and Unpaid Claims Disclosure [Table Text Block] | Policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims consisted of the following:
| December 31,
2019 |  | 2018
(in millions)
Policyholder account balances |  |  |
Fixed annuities (1) | $ | 8,909 |  |  | $ | 9,338 |
Variable annuity fixed sub-accounts | 5,103 |  |  | 5,129 |
UL/VUL insurance | 3,110 |  |  | 3,063 |
IUL insurance | 2,025 |  |  | 1,728 |
Other life insurance | 646 |  |  | 683 |
Total policyholder account balances | 19,793 |  |  | 19,941 |
Future policy benefits |  |  |
Variable annuity GMWB | 1,462 |  |  | 875 |
Variable annuity GMAB (2) | (39 | ) |  | (19 | )
Other annuity liabilities | 139 |  |  | 26 |
Fixed annuity life contingent liabilities | 1,444 |  |  | 1,459 |
Life and DI insurance | 1,212 |  |  | 1,221 |
LTC insurance | 5,302 |  |  | 4,981 |
UL/VUL and other life insurance additional liabilities | 1,033 |  |  | 749 |
Total future policy benefits | 10,553 |  |  | 9,292 |
Policy claims and other policyholders’ funds | 166 |  |  | 891 |
Total policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims | $ | 30,512 |  |  | $ | 30,124 |
(1) | Includes fixed deferred annuities, non-life contingent fixed payout annuities and indexed annuity host contracts.
(2) Includes the fair value of GMAB embedded derivatives that was a net asset as of both December 31, 2019 and 2018 reported as a contra liability.
Schedule of Separate Account Liabilities by Policy Type [Table Text Block] | Separate account liabilities consisted of the following:
| December 31,
2019 |  | 2018
(in millions)
Variable annuity | $ | 74,965 |  |  | $ | 66,913 |
VUL insurance | 7,429 |  |  | 6,451 |
Other insurance | 31 |  |  | 29 |
Threadneedle investment liabilities | 5,063 |  |  | 4,532 |
Total | $ | 87,488 |  |  | $ | 77,925 |

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