CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE EARNINGS (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Unrealized gain (loss) on investments and other financial instruments, tax expense (benefit)	$ 262	$ (172)	$ 220	$ (126)
Unrealized gain on investments in unconsolidated affiliates, tax expense	1	1	6	2
Unrealized gain (loss) on foreign currency translation, tax expense (benefit)	2	(2)		(9)
Reclassification adjustments for change in unrealized gains and losses included in net earnings, tax expense (benefit)		2	(1)	22
Changes in current discount rate - future policy benefits , tax (benefit) expense	(78)	61	(29)	49
Changes in instrument-specific credit risk - market risk benefits, tax (benefit)	(6)	(3)	(1)	(2)
Other comprehensive (loss) earnings attributable to non-controlling interest, tax (benefit) expense	$ (28)	$ 17	$ (30)	$ 9

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Amount of tax expense (benefit) allocated to other comprehensive income (loss) (OCI) for proportionate share of equity method investee's OCI.

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Amount, after reclassification adjustment, of tax expense (benefit) for unrealized gain (loss) from (increase) decrease in liability for future policy benefit from change in discount rate.

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Amount, after adjustments, of tax expense (benefit) for unrealized gain (loss) from (increase) decrease in instrument-specific credit risk on contract or contract feature in long-duration contract issued by insurance entity that both protects contract holder from other-than-nominal capital market risk and exposes insurance entity to other-than-nominal capital market risk.

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Amount of tax expense (benefit), after reclassification adjustments of gain (loss) on foreign currency translation adjustments, foreign currency transactions designated and effective as economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity and intra-entity foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature.

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Amount of tax expense (benefit) of reclassification adjustment from accumulated other comprehensive income for unrealized gain (loss) realized upon the sale of available-for-sale securities.

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Amount, before adjustment, of tax expense (benefit) for unrealized holding gain (loss) on investment in debt security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in other comprehensive income (available-for-sale). Excludes tax expense (benefit) for unrealized gain (loss) on investment in debt security measured at amortized cost (held-to-maturity) from transfer to available-for-sale.

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