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DERIVATIVES - Derivatives by Category (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2025 | Sep. 30, 2024 | Sep. 30, 2025 | Sep. 30, 2024 | Dec. 31, 2024
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Net derivative gains (losses) | $ (1,117) | $ (714) | $ (1,692) | $ (2,298) |
Net investment income (loss) | 1,343 | 1,308 | 3,946 | 3,685 |
Total derivative instruments |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Notional Amount | 129,528 |  | 129,528 |  | $ 116,484
Derivative Assets | 28,153 |  | 28,153 |  | 21,814
Derivative Liabilities | 47,918 |  | 47,918 |  | 38,927
Net Derivatives | (19,765) |  | (19,765) |  | (17,113)
Net derivative gains (losses) | (1,117) | (714) | (1,692) | (2,298) |
Net investment income (loss) | (8) | 5 | (4) | (1) |
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances | (12) | 42 | 94 | 19 |
Amount reclassified from (to) income to AOCI | 29 | (65) | (167) | (21) |
Designated for Hedge Accounting | Cash Flow Hedge |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Notional Amount | 2,171 |  | 2,171 |  | 3,892
Derivative Assets | 101 |  | 101 |  | 111
Derivative Liabilities | 496 |  | 496 |  | 401
Net Derivatives | (395) |  | (395) |  | (290)
Net derivative gains (losses) | 0 | (8) | 0 | (7) |
Net investment income (loss) | (8) | 5 | (4) | (1) |
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances | (12) | 42 | 94 | 19 |
Amount reclassified from (to) income to AOCI | 29 | (65) | (167) | (21) |
Designated for Hedge Accounting | Cash Flow Hedge | Currency swaps |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Notional Amount | 1,219 |  | 1,219 |  | 2,940
Derivative Assets | 101 |  | 101 |  | 111
Derivative Liabilities | 141 |  | 141 |  | 95
Net Derivatives | (40) |  | (40) |  | 16
Net derivative gains (losses) | 0 | (8) | 0 | (7) |
Net investment income (loss) | (4) | 2 | 11 | 10 |
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances | (12) | 42 | 94 | 19 |
Amount reclassified from (to) income to AOCI | 38 | (60) | (150) | (22) |
Designated for Hedge Accounting | Cash Flow Hedge | Interest swaps |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Notional Amount | 952 |  | 952 |  | 952
Derivative Assets | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0
Derivative Liabilities | 355 |  | 355 |  | 306
Net Derivatives | (355) |  | (355) |  | (306)
Net derivative gains (losses) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Net investment income (loss) | (4) | 3 | (15) | (11) |
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Amount reclassified from (to) income to AOCI | (9) | (5) | (17) | 1 |
Not Designated for Hedge Accounting |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Notional Amount | 127,357 |  | 127,357 |  | 112,592
Derivative Assets | 28,054 |  | 28,054 |  | 21,703
Derivative Liabilities | 26,119 |  | 26,119 |  | 21,314
Net Derivatives | 1,935 |  | 1,935 |  | 389
Net derivative gains (losses) | 2,644 | 827 | 3,787 | 3,674 |
Net investment income (loss) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Amount reclassified from (to) income to AOCI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Designated for Hedge Accounting | Modco Payable |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Notional Amount | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0
Derivative Assets | (2) |  | (2) |  | 0
Derivative Liabilities | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0
Net Derivatives | (2) |  | (2) |  | 0
Net derivative gains (losses) | (11) | 0 | (11) | 0 |
Net investment income (loss) | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Amount reclassified from (to) income to AOCI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Designated for Hedge Accounting | Currency swaps |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Notional Amount | 276 |  | 276 |  | 828
Derivative Assets | 2 |  | 2 |  | 26
Derivative Liabilities | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0
Net Derivatives | 2 |  | 2 |  | 26
Net derivative gains (losses) | 12 | (42) | (75) | (29) |
Net investment income (loss) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Amount reclassified from (to) income to AOCI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Designated for Hedge Accounting | Interest swaps |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Notional Amount | 602 |  | 602 |  | 672
Derivative Assets | 13 |  | 13 |  | 0
Derivative Liabilities | 1 |  | 1 |  | 41
Net Derivatives | 12 |  | 12 |  | (41)
Net derivative gains (losses) | 4 | 143 | 3 | (110) |
Net investment income (loss) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Amount reclassified from (to) income to AOCI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Designated for Hedge Accounting | Futures |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Notional Amount | 15,200 |  | 15,200 |  | 14,530
Derivative Assets | 0 |  | 0 |  | 3
Derivative Liabilities | 1 |  | 1 |  | 0
Net Derivatives | (1) |  | (1) |  | 3
Net derivative gains (losses) | 236 | 85 | 508 | 376 |
Net investment income (loss) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Amount reclassified from (to) income to AOCI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Designated for Hedge Accounting | Swaps |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Notional Amount | 17,474 |  | 17,474 |  | 16,264
Derivative Assets | 56 |  | 56 |  | 65
Derivative Liabilities | 26 |  | 26 |  | 19
Net Derivatives | 30 |  | 30 |  | 46
Net derivative gains (losses) | (1,027) | (737) | (1,526) | (1,951) |
Net investment income (loss) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Amount reclassified from (to) income to AOCI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Designated for Hedge Accounting | Options |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Notional Amount | 83,674 |  | 83,674 |  | 70,685
Derivative Assets | 26,850 |  | 26,850 |  | 20,647
Derivative Liabilities | 6,331 |  | 6,331 |  | 4,319
Net Derivatives | 20,519 |  | 20,519 |  | 16,328
Net derivative gains (losses) | 3,386 | 1,385 | 4,976 | 5,406 |
Net investment income (loss) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Amount reclassified from (to) income to AOCI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Designated for Hedge Accounting | Futures |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Notional Amount | 9,546 |  | 9,546 |  | 9,310
Derivative Assets | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0
Derivative Liabilities | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0
Net Derivatives | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0
Net derivative gains (losses) | 9 | (5) | (112) | (16) |
Net investment income (loss) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Amount reclassified from (to) income to AOCI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Designated for Hedge Accounting | Option |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Notional Amount | 50 |  | 50 |  | 0
Derivative Assets | 5 |  | 5 |  | 0
Derivative Liabilities | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0
Net Derivatives | 5 |  | 5 |  | 0
Net derivative gains (losses) | 0 |  | (2) |  |
Net investment income (loss) | 0 |  | 0 |  |
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances | 0 |  | 0 |  |
Amount reclassified from (to) income to AOCI | 0 |  | 0 |  |
Not Designated for Hedge Accounting | Credit default swaps |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Notional Amount | 451 |  | 451 |  | 275
Derivative Assets | 1 |  | 1 |  | 12
Derivative Liabilities | 10 |  | 10 |  | 10
Net Derivatives | (9) |  | (9) |  | 2
Net derivative gains (losses) | (1) | (1) | (4) | (2) |
Net investment income (loss) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Amount reclassified from (to) income to AOCI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Designated for Hedge Accounting | Currency forwards |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Notional Amount | 84 |  | 84 |  | 28
Derivative Assets | 16 |  | 16 |  | 17
Derivative Liabilities | 16 |  | 16 |  | 17
Net Derivatives | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0
Net derivative gains (losses) | 1 | (1) | (5) | 0 |
Net investment income (loss) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Amount reclassified from (to) income to AOCI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Designated for Hedge Accounting | Margin |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Notional Amount | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0
Derivative Assets | 941 |  | 941 |  | 796
Derivative Liabilities | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0
Net Derivatives | 941 |  | 941 |  | 796
Net derivative gains (losses) | 0 |  | 0 |  |
Net investment income (loss) | 0 |  | 0 |  |
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances | 0 |  | 0 |  |
Amount reclassified from (to) income to AOCI | 0 |  | 0 |  |
Not Designated for Hedge Accounting | Collateral |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Notional Amount | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0
Derivative Assets | 146 |  | 146 |  | 137
Derivative Liabilities | 19,734 |  | 19,734 |  | 16,908
Net Derivatives | (19,588) |  | (19,588) |  | (16,771)
Net derivative gains (losses) | 0 |  | 0 |  |
Net investment income (loss) | 0 |  | 0 |  |
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances | 0 |  | 0 |  |
Amount reclassified from (to) income to AOCI | 0 |  | 0 |  |
Not Designated for Hedge Accounting | Total embedded derivatives |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Notional Amount | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0
Derivative Assets | (2) |  | (2) |  | 0
Derivative Liabilities | 21,303 |  | 21,303 |  | 17,212
Net Derivatives | (21,305) |  | (21,305) |  | (17,212)
Net derivative gains (losses) | (3,761) | (1,533) | (5,479) | (5,965) |
Net investment income (loss) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Amount reclassified from (to) income to AOCI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Designated for Hedge Accounting | SCS, SIO, MSO and IUL Indexed Features |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Notional Amount | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0
Derivative Assets | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0
Derivative Liabilities | 21,303 |  | 21,303 |  | 17,212
Net Derivatives | (21,303) |  | (21,303) |  | $ (17,212)
Net derivative gains (losses) | (3,750) | (1,533) | (5,468) | (5,965) |
Net investment income (loss) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Amount reclassified from (to) income to AOCI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Designated for Hedge Accounting | Forwards |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Net derivative gains (losses) | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
Net investment income (loss) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Amount reclassified from (to) income to AOCI | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 |

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