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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2023
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Schedule of New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles
Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements
Description
Effect on the Financial Statement or Other Significant Matters
ASU 2018-12: Financial Services - Insurance (Topic 944)
This ASU provides targeted improvements to existing recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure requirements for long-duration contracts issued by an insurance entity. The ASU primarily impacts four key areas, including:
1. Measurement of the liability for future policy benefits for traditional and limited payment contracts. The ASU requires companies to review, and if necessary, update cash flow assumptions at least annually for non-participating traditional and limited-payment insurance contracts. The ASU also prescribes the discount rate to be used in measuring the liability for future policy benefits for traditional and limited payment long-duration contracts.
2. Measurement of Market Risk Benefits (“MRBs”). MRBs, as defined under the ASU, will encompass certain GMxB features associated with variable annuity products and other general account annuities with other than nominal market risk.
3. Amortization of deferred acquisition costs. The ASU simplifies the amortization of deferred acquisition costs and other balances amortized in proportion to premiums, gross profits, or gross margins, requiring such balances to be amortized on a constant level basis over the expected term of the contracts.
4. Expanded footnote disclosures. The ASU requires additional disclosures including information about significant inputs, judgements, assumptions and methods used in measurement.

On January 1, 2023, the Company adopted the new accounting standard ASU 2018-12 using the modified retrospective approach, except for MRBs which will use the full retrospective approach.

Refer to “Transition impact of ASU 2018-12, Financial Services- Insurance (Topic 944): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts” section within this note for further details.
The following table presents the effect of transition adjustment to total equity resulting from the adoption of ASU 2018-12 as of January 1, 2021:
Retained EarningsAccumulated Other Comprehensive IncomeTotal
(in millions)
Liability for future policy benefits $30 $(1,343)$(1,313)
Market risk benefits(3,398)(902)(4,300)
DAC 1,548 1,548 
Unearned revenue liability and sales inducement assets (1) (166)(166)
Total transition adjustment before taxes(3,368)(863)(4,231)
Income taxes707 181 888 
Total transition adjustment (net of taxes)$(2,661)$(682)$(3,343)
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(1)Unearned revenue liability included within liability for future policy benefits financial statement line item in the consolidated balance sheet. Sales inducement assets are included in other assets in the consolidated balance sheets.
Schedule of Balance of and Changes in Liability for Future Policy Benefits
The following table summarizes the balance of and changes in liability for future policy benefits on January 1, 2021 resulting from the adoption of ASU 2018-12:
Protection SolutionsIndividual
Retirement
Corporate & OtherTotal
TermPayoutGroup
Pension
Health
(in millions)
Balance, December 31, 2020$1,423 $3,047 $771 $2,100 $7,341 
Adjustment for reversal of balances recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (171)(85)(100)(356)
Effect of remeasurement of liability at current single A rate (1)560 531 94 300 1,485 
Balance, January 1, 2021 (1)1,983 3,407 780 2,300 8,470 
Less: Reinsurance recoverable(59)  (1,837)(1,896)
Balance, January 1, 2021, net of reinsurance$1,924 $3,407 $780 $463 $6,574 
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(1)LFPB transition table not inclusive of the following transition adjustments to AOCI including Protection Solutions PFBL of $550 million, PDR of $(230) million, Rider Reserves and Term Reinsurance of $(24) million and Corporate and Other of $(111) million.
Schedule of Market Risk Benefit, Activity
The following table summarizes the balance of and changes in the net liability position of market risk benefits on January 1, 2021 resulting from the adoption of ASU 2018-12:
Individual RetirementLegacyTotal
GMxB CoreGMxB LegacyPurchased MRB
(in millions)
Balance, December 31, 2020$2,206 $19,891 $(2,572)$19,525 
Adjustment for reversal of balances recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income(4)(70) (74)
Adjustments for the cumulative effect of the changes in the instrument-specific credit risk between the original contract issuance date and the transition date (1)505 461 2 968 
Adjustments for the remaining difference (exclusive of the instrument specific credit risk change and host contract adjustments) between previous carrying amount and fair value measurement for the MRB (1)(563)4,122 (194)3,365 
Balance, January 1, 2021$2,144 $24,404 $(2,764)$23,784 
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(1)MRB transition table not inclusive of the following transition adjustments to retained earnings and AOCI including Individual Retirement EQUI-VEST of $43 million, SCS of $21 million, Protection Solutions of $(2) million and Group Retirement EQUI-VEST of $(20) million.
The following table presents the balances and changes to the balances for the market risk benefits for the GMxB benefits on deferred variable annuities for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022.

Three Months Ended June 30,
20232022
Individual RetirementLegacyIndividual RetirementLegacy
GMxB CoreGMxB LegacyPurchased MRB (3)Net LegacyGMxB CoreGMxB LegacyPurchased MRB (3)Net Legacy
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$317 $14,082 $(10,669)$3,413 $498 $16,931 $(12,507)$4,424 
Balance BOP before changes in the instrument specific credit risk550 15,599 (10,570)5,029 540 17,901 (12,441)5,460 
Model changes and effect of changes in cash flow assumptions    — — — — 
Actual market movement effect(119)(636)315 (321)674 2,562 (1,015)1,547 
Interest accrual20 194 (134)60 12 179 (103)76 
Attributed fees accrued (1)111 209 (58)151 109 219 (61)158 
Benefit payments(12)(344)185 (159)(8)(282)152 (130)
Actual policyholder behavior different from expected behavior5 (7)(8)(15)26 (25)
Changes in future economic assumptions(202)(873)443 (430)(553)(2,870)1,870 (1,000)
Issuances(2)   — — — 
Balance EOP before changes in the instrument-specific credit risk351 14,142 (9,827)4,315 779 17,735 (11,623)6,112 
Changes in the instrument-specific credit risk (2)(220)(1,422)(96)(1,518)(365)(2,027)(102)(2,129)
Balance, end of period$131 $12,720 $(9,923)$2,797 $414 $15,708 $(11,725)$3,983 
Weighted-average age of policyholders (years)64.072.872.3N/A63.072.271.8N/A
Net amount at risk$3,165 $22,195 $11,821 N/A$3,181 $22,421 $11,946 N/A
Six Months Ended June 30,
20232022
Individual RetirementLegacyIndividual RetirementLegacy
GMxB CoreGMxB LegacyPurchased MRB (3)Net LegacyGMxB CoreGMxB LegacyPurchased MRB (3)Net Legacy
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$530 $14,699 $(10,415)$4,284 $1,061 $20,236 $(14,059)$6,177 
Balance BOP before changes in the instrument specific credit risk529 15,314 (10,358)4,956 666 19,719 (14,051)5,668 
Model changes and effect of changes in cash flow assumptions    — (87)29 (58)
Actual market movement effect(330)(1,380)702 (678)1,002 3,660 (1,414)2,246 
Interest accrual38 391 (287)104 17 283 (164)119 
Attributed fees accrued (1)206 418 (141)277 201 438 (147)291 
Benefit payments(24)(686)370 (316)(13)(533)288 (245)
Actual policyholder behavior different from expected behavior12 14 (26)(12)59 (40)19 
Changes in future economic assumptions(77)71 (87)(16)(1,095)(5,804)3,876 (1,928)
Issuances(3)   (4)— — — 
Balance EOP before changes in the instrument-specific credit risk351 14,142 (9,827)4,315 779 17,735 (11,623)6,112 
Changes in the instrument-specific credit risk (2)(220)(1,422)(96)(1,518)(365)(2,027)(102)(2,129)
Balance, end of period$131 $12,720 $(9,923)$2,797 $414 $15,708 $(11,725)$3,983 
Weighted-average age of policyholders (years)64.072.872.3N/A63.072.271.8N/A
Net amount at risk$3,165 $22,195 $11,821 N/A$3,181 $22,421 $11,946 N/A
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(1)Attributed fees accrued represents the portion of the fees needed to fund future GMxB claims.
(2)Changes are recorded in OCI except for reinsurer credit which is reflected in the income statement.
(3)Purchased MRB is the impact of non-affiliated reinsurance.
The following table reconciles market risk benefits by the amounts in an asset position and amounts in a liability position to the market risk amounts in the consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
June 30, 2023December 31, 2022
Direct AssetDirect LiabilityNet Direct MRBPurchased MRBTotalDirect AssetDirect LiabilityNet Direct MRBPurchased MRBTotal
(in millions)
Individual Retirement
GMxB Core$(599)$729 $131 $ $131 $(387)$917 $530 $— $530 
Legacy Segment
GMxB Legacy(120)12,840 12,720 (9,923)2,797 (51)14,749 14,699 (10,412)4,287 
Other (1)(58)73 14 (8)6 (52)100 47 (11)36 
Total$(777)$13,642 $12,865 $(9,931)$2,934 $(490)$15,766 $15,276 $(10,423)$4,853 
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(1)Other primarily includes Individual EQUI-VEST MRB.
Schedule of Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs
The following table summarizes the balance of and changes in DAC on January 1, 2021 resulting from the adoption of ASU 2018-12:
 Protection SolutionsLegacyIndividual RetirementGroup RetirementTotal
TermUL (1)VUL (2)IUL (3)GMxB LegacyGMxB CoreEI (4)IE (5)SCSEG (6)Momentum
(in millions)
Balance, December 31, 2020$403 $ $ $ $654 $1,635 $134 $95 $645 $553 $79 $4,198 
Adjustment for reversal of balances recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income 177 714 162 13 11 20 (1)210 81 22 1,409 
Balance, January 1, 2021 (7)$403 $177 $714 $162 $667 $1,646 $154 $94 $855 $634 $101 $5,607 
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(1)    “UL” defined as Universal Life
(2)    “VUL” defined as Variable Universal Life
(3)    “IUL” defined as Indexed Universal Life
(4)    “EI” defined as EQUI-VEST Individual
(5)    “IE” defined as Investment Edge
(6)    “EG” defined as EQUI-VEST Group
(7)     DAC transition table not inclusive of Closed Block of $136 million and Protection Solutions of $3 million transition adjustment.
Changes in the DAC asset for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 were as follows:
Six Months Ended June 30, 2023
Protection SolutionsIndividual RetirementLegacyGroup RetirementCorporate and OtherTotal
TermULVUL IUL GMxB CoreEI IE SCSGMxB LegacyEG MomentumCB (1)
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$362 $179 $889 $185 $1,625 $156 $148 $1,279 $593 $710 $89 $127 $6,342 
Capitalization 8 3 73 6 54 6 21 228 14 33 5  451 
Amortization (2)(20)(6)(28)(5)(70)(6)(7)(96)(32)(20)(9)(5)(304)
Balance, end of period$350 $176 $934 $186 $1,609 $156 $162 $1,411 $575 $723 $85 $122 $6,489 
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(1)“CB” defined as Closed Block.
(2)DAC amortization of $2 million related to Other not reflected in table above.
Six Months Ended June 30, 2022
Protection SolutionsIndividual RetirementLegacyGroup RetirementCorporate and OtherTotal
TermULVUL IUL GMxB CoreEI IE SCSGMxB LegacyEG MomentumCB (1)
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$385 $180 $799 $180 $1,653 $156 $121 $1,070 $631 $677 $94 $138 $6,084 
Capitalization72 60 21 189 16 36 — 430 
Amortization (2)(21)(6)(25)(5)(67)(6)(7)(81)(33)(20)(10)(6)(287)
Balance, end of period$373 $180 $846 $183 $1,646 $156 $135 $1,178 $614 $693 $91 $132 $6,227 
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(1)“CB” defined as Closed Block.
(2)DAC amortization of $2 million related to Other not reflected in table above.

Changes in the Individual Retirement sales inducement assets for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 were as follows:
Six Months Ended June 30,
20232022
GMxB CoreGMxB LegacyGMxB CoreGMxB Legacy
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$137 $200 $147 $222 
Capitalization1  — 
Amortization(6)(11)(6)(11)
Balance, end of period$132 $189 $142 $211 

Changes in the Protection Solutions unearned revenue liability for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 were as follows:
Six Months Ended June 30,
20232022
ULVULIULULVULIUL
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$95 $684 $157 $80 $619 $94 
Capitalization9 56 33 11 50 36 
Amortization(3)(22)(5)(3)(20)(3)
Balance, end of period$101 $718 $185 $88 $649 $127 
Schedule of Deferred Income
The following tables summarizes the balance of and changes in sales inducement assets and unearned revenue liability on January 1, 2021 resulting from the adoption of ASU 2018-12:
Sales Inducement Assets
LegacyIndividual RetirementTotal
GMxB LegacyGMxB Core
(in millions)
Balance, December 31, 2020$246 $158 $404 
Adjustment for reversal of balances recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income   
Balance, January 1, 2021$246 $158 $404 

Protection SolutionsTotal
Unearned Revenue Liability
UL VUL IUL
(in millions)
Balance, December 31, 2020$31 $438 $14 $483 
Adjustment for reversal of balances recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income29 127 9 165 
Balance, January 1, 2021$60 $565 $23 $648