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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, 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:
| December 31,
2020 |  | 2019
(in millions)
Policyholder account balances |  |  |
Fixed annuities(1) | $ | 8,531 |  |  | $ | 8,909 |
Variable annuity fixed sub-accounts | 5,104 |  |  | 5,103 |
UL/VUL insurance | 3,122 |  |  | 3,110 |
IUL insurance | 2,269 |  |  | 2,025 |
Structured variable annuities | 1,371 |  |  | — |
Other life insurance | 605 |  |  | 646 |
Total policyholder account balances | 21,002 |  |  | 19,793 |
Future policy benefits |  |  |
Variable annuity GMWB | 3,049 |  |  | 1,462 |
Variable annuity GMAB(2) | 1 |  |  | (39) |
Other annuity liabilities | 211 |  |  | 139 |
Fixed annuity life contingent liabilities | 1,370 |  |  | 1,444 |
Life and DI insurance | 1,187 |  |  | 1,212 |
LTC insurance | 5,722 |  |  | 5,302 |
UL/VUL and other life insurance additional liabilities | 1,259 |  |  | 1,033 |
Total future policy benefits | 12,799 |  |  | 10,553 |
Policy claims and other policyholders’ funds | 191 |  |  | 166 |
Total policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims | $ | 33,992 |  |  | $ | 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 both December 31, 2020 and 2019 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,
2020 |  | 2019
(in millions)
Variable annuity | $ | 79,299 |  |  | $ | 74,965 |
VUL insurance | 8,226 |  |  | 7,429 |
Other insurance | 31 |  |  | 31 |
Threadneedle investment liabilities | 5,055 |  |  | 5,063 |
Total | $ | 92,611 |  |  | $ | 87,488 |

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