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Fair Values of Assets and Liabilities - Recurring Basis (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities embedded derivatives, net | [1],[2] | $ 2,633 |  | $ 3,381 |
GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Receivables: embedded derivatives |  | 142 |  | 67 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities embedded derivatives |  | 1,600 |  | 2,400 |
Ameriprise Financial |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 30,114 |  | 36,283 |
Separate account assets at NAV |  | 95,129 |  | 92,611 |
Investments and cash equivalents segregated for regulatory purposes |  | 2,351 |  | 2,558 |
Ameriprise Financial | Corporate debt securities |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 9,725 |  | 13,674 |
Ameriprise Financial | Residential mortgage backed securities |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 9,699 |  | 10,029 |
Ameriprise Financial | Commercial mortgage backed securities |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 4,795 |  | 6,088 |
Ameriprise Financial | Asset backed securities |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 3,495 |  | 3,329 |
Ameriprise Financial | State and municipal obligations |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 1,104 |  | 1,384 |
Ameriprise Financial | U.S. government and agencies obligations |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 1,196 |  | 1,456 |
Ameriprise Financial | Foreign government bonds and obligations |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 87 |  | 262 |
Ameriprise Financial | Other securities |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 13 |  | 61 |
Ameriprise Financial | Policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims embedded derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Cumulative increase (decrease) in embedded derivatives of adjustment for nonperformance risk |  | (550) |  | 727 |
Ameriprise Financial | Level 3 | Corporate debt securities |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 520 |  | 772 |
Ameriprise Financial | Level 3 | Fixed Deferred Indexed Annuity Ceded Embedded Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Receivables: embedded derivatives |  | 56 |  |  |
Ameriprise Financial | Level 3 | Fixed deferred indexed annuity embedded derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities embedded derivatives |  | 54 |  | 49 |
Ameriprise Financial | Level 3 | IUL embedded derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities embedded derivatives |  | 917 |  | 935 |
Ameriprise Financial | Level 3 | GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities embedded derivatives, net |  | 1,436 |  | 2,316 |
Ameriprise Financial | Level 3 | Structured variable annuity embedded derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities embedded derivatives |  | 217 |  | 70 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents |  | 6,399 |  | 5,441 |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 30,114 |  | 36,283 |
Investments at NAV | [3] | 8 |  | 8 |
Trading and other securities |  | 33 |  | 88 |
Separate account assets at NAV | [3] | 95,129 |  | 92,611 |
Investments and cash equivalents segregated for regulatory purposes |  | 650 |  | 600 |
Other assets: derivative contracts |  | 5,687 |  | 5,870 |
Total assets at fair value |  | 138,076 |  | 140,901 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Other |  | 52 |  | 48 |
Other liabilities |  | 4,166 |  | 4,360 |
Total liabilities at fair value |  | 6,799 |  | 7,741 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Corporate debt securities |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 9,725 |  | 13,674 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Residential mortgage backed securities |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 9,699 |  | 10,029 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Commercial mortgage backed securities |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 4,795 |  | 6,088 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Asset backed securities |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 3,495 |  | 3,329 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | State and municipal obligations |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 1,104 |  | 1,384 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | U.S. government and agencies obligations |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 1,196 |  | 1,456 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Foreign government bonds and obligations |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 87 |  | 262 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Other securities |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 13 |  | 61 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Fixed Deferred Indexed Annuity Ceded Embedded Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Receivables: embedded derivatives |  | 56 |  |  |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims embedded derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities embedded derivatives, net |  | 2,628 | [4] | 3,373 | [5]
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Fixed deferred indexed annuity embedded derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities embedded derivatives |  | 58 |  | 52 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | IUL embedded derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities embedded derivatives |  | 917 |  | 935 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities embedded derivatives, net |  | 1,436 | [6] | 2,316 | [7]
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Structured variable annuity embedded derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities embedded derivatives |  | 217 |  | 70 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Customer deposits - SMC embedded derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities embedded derivatives |  | 5 |  | 8 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Interest rate derivative contracts |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Other assets: derivative contracts |  | 1,185 |  | 1,755 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Other liabilities: derivative contracts |  | 476 |  | 734 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Equity derivative contracts |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Other assets: derivative contracts |  | 4,465 |  | 4,090 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Other liabilities: derivative contracts |  | 3,619 |  | 3,571 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Credit derivative contracts |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Other assets: derivative contracts |  | 18 |  | 2 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Other liabilities: derivative contracts |  |  |  | 1 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Foreign exchange derivative contracts |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Other assets: derivative contracts |  | 19 |  | 23 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Other liabilities: derivative contracts |  | 19 |  | 6 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents |  | 3,077 |  | 2,935 |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 1,196 |  | 1,456 |
Trading and other securities |  | 11 |  | 61 |
Investments and cash equivalents segregated for regulatory purposes |  | 650 |  | 600 |
Other assets: derivative contracts |  | 487 |  | 410 |
Total assets at fair value |  | 5,421 |  | 5,462 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Other |  | 8 |  | 2 |
Other liabilities |  | 179 |  | 187 |
Total liabilities at fair value |  | 179 |  | 187 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 | U.S. government and agencies obligations |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 1,196 |  | 1,456 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 | Interest rate derivative contracts |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Other assets: derivative contracts |  | 1 |  | 1 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 | Equity derivative contracts |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Other assets: derivative contracts |  | 486 |  | 408 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Other liabilities: derivative contracts |  | 169 |  | 183 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 | Foreign exchange derivative contracts |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Other assets: derivative contracts |  |  |  | 1 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Other liabilities: derivative contracts |  | 2 |  | 2 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents |  | 3,322 |  | 2,506 |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 28,391 |  | 34,014 |
Trading and other securities |  | 22 |  | 27 |
Other assets: derivative contracts |  | 5,200 |  | 5,460 |
Total assets at fair value |  | 36,935 |  | 42,007 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Other |  | 4 |  | 3 |
Other liabilities |  | 3,947 |  | 4,130 |
Total liabilities at fair value |  | 3,956 |  | 4,141 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Corporate debt securities |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 9,205 |  | 12,902 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Residential mortgage backed securities |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 9,699 |  | 10,020 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Commercial mortgage backed securities |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 4,795 |  | 6,088 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Asset backed securities |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 3,488 |  | 3,297 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | State and municipal obligations |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 1,104 |  | 1,384 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Foreign government bonds and obligations |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 87 |  | 262 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Other securities |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 13 |  | 61 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims embedded derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities embedded derivatives, net |  | 4 |  | 3 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Fixed deferred indexed annuity embedded derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities embedded derivatives |  | 4 |  | 3 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Customer deposits - SMC embedded derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities embedded derivatives |  | 5 |  | 8 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Interest rate derivative contracts |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Other assets: derivative contracts |  | 1,184 |  | 1,754 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Other liabilities: derivative contracts |  | 476 |  | 734 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Equity derivative contracts |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Other assets: derivative contracts |  | 3,979 |  | 3,682 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Other liabilities: derivative contracts |  | 3,450 |  | 3,388 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Credit derivative contracts |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Other assets: derivative contracts |  | 18 |  | 2 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Other liabilities: derivative contracts |  |  |  | 1 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Foreign exchange derivative contracts |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Other assets: derivative contracts |  | 19 |  | 22 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Other liabilities: derivative contracts |  | 17 |  | 4 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 527 |  | 813 |
Total assets at fair value |  | 583 |  | 813 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Other |  | 40 |  | 43 |
Other liabilities |  | 40 |  | 43 |
Total liabilities at fair value |  | 2,664 |  | 3,413 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | Corporate debt securities |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 520 |  | 772 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | Residential mortgage backed securities |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  |  |  | 9 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | Asset backed securities |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-Sale: Fixed maturities, at fair value |  | 7 |  | 32 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | Fixed Deferred Indexed Annuity Ceded Embedded Derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Receivables: embedded derivatives |  | 56 |  |  |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | Policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims embedded derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities embedded derivatives, net |  | 2,624 |  | 3,370 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | Fixed deferred indexed annuity embedded derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities embedded derivatives |  | 54 |  | 49 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | IUL embedded derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities embedded derivatives |  | 917 | [1],[2] | 935 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities embedded derivatives, net |  | 1,436 |  | 2,316 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | Structured variable annuity embedded derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities embedded derivatives |  | $ 217 |  | $ 70 |
[1] | The fair value of freestanding derivative liabilities is included in Other liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The fair value of GMWB and GMAB, IUL, fixed deferred indexed annuity and structured variable annuity embedded derivatives is included in Policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The fair value of the SMC embedded derivative liability is included in Customer deposits on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
[2] | The fair value of the Company’s derivative liabilities after considering the effects of master netting arrangements, cash collateral held by the same counterparty and the fair value of net embedded derivatives was $2.9 billion and $3.7 billion as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. See Note 13 for additional information related to master netting arrangements and cash collateral.
[3] | Amounts are comprised of certain financial instruments that are measured at fair value using the NAV per share (or its equivalent) as a practical expedient and have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy.
[4] | The Company’s adjustment for nonperformance risk resulted in a $550 million cumulative decrease to the embedded derivatives as of September 30, 2021.
[5] | The Company’s adjustment for nonperformance risk resulted in a $727 million cumulative decrease to the embedded derivatives as of December 31, 2020.
[6] | The fair value of the GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives included $1.6 billion of individual contracts in a liability position and $142 million of individual contracts in an asset position (recorded as a contra liability) as of September 30, 2021.
[7] | The fair value of the GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives included $2.4 billion of individual contracts in a liability position and $67 million of individual contracts in an asset position (recorded as a contra liability) as of December 31, 2020.

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