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Income (loss) due to Novation in pre-tax net income

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The increase (decrease) in market risk benefit, assets during the period.

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The increase (decrease) in market risk benefit, liabilities during the period.

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The increase (decrease) in insurance liability balances during the period.

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The increase (decrease) during the reporting period in the amount of benefits the ceding insurer expects to recover on insurance policies ceded to other insurance entities as of the balance sheet date for all guaranteed benefit types.

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Amount of remeasurement gain (loss) on liability for future policy benefit from application of revised benefit ratio as of contract issue. Includes, but is not limited to, remeasurement gain (loss) for annuitization insurance benefit, death and other insurance benefits, and traditional and limited-payment contracts.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Amount before tax of other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to parent entity.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in liability for policyholder account balance.

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ORGANIZATION (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended					6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
ORGANIZATION (Details) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2025 USD ($) segment	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Organization Basis Of Presentation [Line Items]
Number of operating segments \| segment	6
Loss in pre-tax net income	$ (499)			$ 0
Increase (decrease) in remeasurement of liability for future policy benefits	2	$ 1	$ 7	(5)	$ (83)	$ 2	$ 3	$ (80)	$ 6	$ (86)
Decrease in amounts due from reinsurers	307			$ 377		$ 628	$ 614	$ 1,104	$ 868	$ 1,469
Novation
Organization Basis Of Presentation [Line Items]
Loss in pre-tax net income	499
Increase in Pre tax AOCI	263
Total Impact loss	236
Reduction of purchase MRB asset	2,000
Reduction of liabilities for MRBs	1,600
Decrease in reinsurance deposit liability	183
Increase in policyholders’ account balance	33
Increase (decrease) in remeasurement of liability for future policy benefits	458
Decrease in amounts due from reinsurers	$ 432
Alliance Bernstein
Organization Basis Of Presentation [Line Items]
Economic interest	62.00%			62.00%