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Policyholder Account Balances, Future Policy Benefits and Claims and Separate Account Liabilities (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020
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:
| June 30, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
| (in millions) |  |
Policyholder account balances |  |  |
Fixed annuities (1) | $ | 8,710 |  |  | $ | 8,909 |
Variable annuity fixed sub-accounts | 5,100 |  |  | 5,103 |
Universal life (“UL”)/variable universal life (“VUL”) insurance | 3,121 |  |  | 3,110 |
Indexed universal life (“IUL”) insurance | 2,125 |  |  | 2,025 |
Other life insurance | 627 |  |  | 646 |
Total policyholder account balances | 19,683 |  |  | 19,793 |
Future policy benefits |  |  |
Variable annuity guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits (“GMWB”) | 3,849 |  |  | 1,462 |
Variable annuity guaranteed minimum accumulation benefits (“GMAB”) (2) | 30 |  |  | (39) |
Other annuity liabilities | 566 |  |  | 139 |
Fixed annuity life contingent liabilities | 1,412 |  |  | 1,444 |
Life and disability income insurance | 1,194 |  |  | 1,212 |
Long term care insurance | 5,304 |  |  | 5,302 |
UL/VUL and other life insurance additional liabilities | 1,080 |  |  | 1,033 |
Total future policy benefits | 13,435 |  |  | 10,553 |
Policy claims and other policyholders’ funds | 194 |  |  | 166 |
Total policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims | $ | 33,312 |  |  | $ | 30,512 |
(1) Includes fixed deferred annuities, non-life contingent fixed payout annuities and fixed deferred indexed annuity host contracts. (2) Includes the fair value of GMAB embedded derivatives that was a net asset as of December 31, 2019 reported as a contra liability.
Schedule of Separate Account Liabilities by Policy Type [Table Text Block] | Separate account liabilities consisted of the following:
| June 30, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
| (in millions) |  |
Variable annuity | $ | 71,990 |  |  | $ | 74,965 |
VUL insurance | 7,041 |  |  | 7,429 |
Other insurance | 28 |  |  | 31 |
Threadneedle investment liabilities | 4,639 |  |  | 5,063 |
Total | $ | 83,698 |  |  | $ | 87,488 |

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