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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements (the “consolidated financial statements”) have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP” or “GAAP”) on a basis consistent with reporting interim financial information in accordance with instructions to the Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the financial position and results of operations have been made. All such adjustments are of a normal, recurring nature. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements present the consolidated results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries and those investment companies, partnerships and joint ventures in which the Company has control and a majority economic interest as well as those variable interest entities (“VIEs”) that meet the requirements for consolidation. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. The terms “third quarter 2025” and “third quarter 2024” refer to the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The terms “first nine months of 2025” and “first nine months of 2024” refer to the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Future Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements
Description | Effective Date and Method of Adoption | Effect on the Financial Statement or Other Significant Matters
ASU 2023-09: Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures
The ASU enhanced existing income tax disclosures primarily related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. With regard to the improvements to disclosures of rate reconciliation, a public business entity is required on an annual basis to (1) disclose specific categories in the rate reconciliation and (2) provide additional information for reconciling items that meet a quantitative threshold. Similarly, a public entity is required to provide the amount of income taxes paid (net of refunds received) disaggregated by (1) federal, state, and foreign taxes and by (2) individual jurisdictions in which income taxes paid (net of refunds received) is equal to or greater than 5 percent of total income taxes paid (net of refunds received). The ASU also includes certain other amendments to improve the effectiveness of income tax disclosures, for example, an entity is required to provide (1) pretax income (or loss) from continuing operations disaggregated between domestic and foreign, and (2) income tax expense (or benefit) from continuing operations disaggregated by federal, state, and foreign. | The ASU will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. Entities are required to apply the ASU on a prospective basis. | The adoption of ASU 2023-09 is not expected to materially impact the Company’s financial position, results of operation, or cash flows.
ASU 2024-03: Accounting Standards Update No. 2024-03-Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40)
This ASU requires a public business entity to disclose specific information about certain costs and expenses in the notes to its financial statements for interim and annual reporting periods. The objective of the disclosure requirements is to provide disaggregated information about a public business entity’s expenses to help investors (a) better understand the entity’s performance, (b) better assess the entity’s prospects for future cash flows, and (c) compare an entity’s performance over time and with that of other entities. The ASU does not change the expense captions an entity presents on the face of the income statement; rather, it requires disaggregation of certain expense captions into specified categories in disclosures within the notes to the financial statements. | The ASU will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Entities are required to apply the ASU on a prospective basis. | The Company is currently assessing the impact to the consolidated financial statements of this ASU.
Accounting and Consolidation of VIEs For all new investment products and entities developed by the Company, the Company first determines whether the entity is a VIE, which involves determining an entity’s variability and variable interests, identifying the holders of the equity investment at risk and assessing the five characteristics of a VIE. Once an entity is determined to be a VIE, the Company then determines whether it is the primary beneficiary of the VIE based on its beneficial interests. If the Company is deemed to be the primary beneficiary of the VIE, the Company consolidates the entity. Quarterly, management of the Company reviews its investment management agreements and its investments in, and other financial arrangements with, certain entities that hold client AUM to determine the entities the Company is required to consolidate under this guidance. These entities include certain mutual fund products, hedge funds, structured products, group trusts, collective investment trusts, and limited partnerships. The analysis performed to identify variable interests held, determine whether entities are VIEs or VOEs, and evaluate whether the Company has a controlling financial interest in such entities requires the exercise of judgment and is updated on a continuous basis as circumstances change or new entities are developed. The primary beneficiary evaluation generally is performed qualitatively based on all facts and circumstances, including consideration of economic interests in the VIE held directly and indirectly through related parties and entities under common control, as well as quantitatively, as appropriate. Consolidated VIEs Consolidated CLOs The Company is the investment manager of certain asset-backed investment vehicles, commonly referred to as CLOs, and certain other vehicles for which the Company earns fee income for investment management services. The Company may sell or syndicate investments through these vehicles, principally as part of the strategic investing activity as part of its investment management businesses. Additionally, the Company may invest in securities issued by these vehicles which are eliminated in consolidation of the CLOs. As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, Equitable Financial holds $115 million and $128 million of equity interests in the CLOs. The Company consolidated the CLOs as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 as it is the primary beneficiary due to the combination of both its equity interest held by Equitable Financial and the majority ownership of AB, which functions as the CLO’s loan manager. The assets of the CLOs are legally isolated from the Company’s creditors and can only be used to settle obligations of the CLOs. The liabilities of the CLOs are non-recourse to the Company and the Company has no obligation to satisfy the liabilities of the CLOs. As of September 30, 2025, Equitable Financial holds $0 million of equity interests in a SPE established to purchase loans from the market in anticipation of a new CLO transaction. The Company consolidated the SPE as of September 30, 2025 as it is the primary beneficiary due to the combination of both its equity interest held by Equitable Financial and the majority ownership of AB, which functions as the SPE loan manager. Resulting from this consolidation in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets are fixed maturities, at fair value using the fair value option with total assets of $2.4 billion and $2.1 billion and total liabilities of $2.5 billion and $2.1 billion at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The unpaid outstanding principal balance of the notes and short-term borrowing is $2.3 billion and $1.9 billion at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024. Consolidated Limited Partnerships and LLCs As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 the Company consolidated limited partnerships and LLCs for which it was identified as the primary beneficiary under the VIE model. Included in other invested assets, mortgage loans on real estate, other equity investments, trading securities, cash and other liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are total net assets of $2.9 billion and $2.1 billion, respectively related to these VIEs. Consolidated AB-Sponsored Investment Funds Included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are assets of $362 million and $85 million, liabilities of $33 million and $0 million, and redeemable noncontrolling interests of $152 million and $32 million, respectively, associated with the consolidation of AB-sponsored investment funds under the VIE model. Also included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are assets of $33 million and $73 million, liabilities of $1 million and $1 million, and redeemable noncontrolling interests of $7 million and $17 million, respectively, from consolidation of AB-sponsored investment funds under the VOE model. Non-Consolidated VIEs As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 respectively, the Company held approximately $3.2 billion and $3.0 billion of investment assets in the form of equity interests issued by non-corporate legal entities determined under the guidance to be VIEs, such as limited partnerships and limited liability companies, including CLOs, hedge funds, private equity funds and real estate-related funds. The Company continues to reflect these equity interests in the consolidated balance sheets as other equity investments and applies the equity method of accounting for these positions. The net assets of these non-consolidated VIEs are approximately $378.0 billion and $350.7 billion as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 respectively. The Company’s maximum exposure to loss from its direct involvement with these VIEs is the carrying value of its investment of $3.2 billion and $3.0 billion and approximately $1.0 billion and $1.2 billion of unfunded commitments as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The Company has no further economic interest in these VIEs in the form of guarantees, derivatives, credit enhancements or similar instruments and obligations. Non-Consolidated AB-Sponsored Investment Products As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the net assets of investment products sponsored by AB that are non-consolidated VIEs are approximately $47.5 billion and $46.9 billion, respectively. The Company’s maximum exposure to loss from its direct involvement with these VIEs is its investment of $38 million and $17 million as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The Company has no further commitments to or economic interest in these VIEs. Assumption Updates and Model Changes The Company conducts its annual review of its assumptions and models during the third quarter of each year. The annual review encompasses assumptions underlying the valuation of MRB, liabilities for future policyholder benefits and additional liability update. However, the Company updates its assumptions as needed in the event it becomes aware of economic conditions or events that could require a change in assumptions that it believes may have a significant impact to the carrying value of product liabilities and assets and consequently materially impact its earnings in the period of the change. MRB Update The Company updates its assumptions to reflect emerging experience for withdrawals, mortality and lapse election. This includes actuarial judgment informed by actual experience of how policy holders are expected to use these policies in the future. LFPB Update The significant assumptions for the liability for future policy benefits (“LFPB”) balances include mortality and lapses for our Traditional Life businesses. The primary assumption for the payout block of business is mortality. Additional Liability Update The significant assumptions for the additional insurance liability balances include mortality, lapses, premium payment pattern and interest crediting assumption. Impact of Assumption Updates The net impact of assumption changes during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 increased other income by $6 million, increased remeasurement of liability for future policy benefits by $3 million, decreased policy benefits by $1 million, and increased the change in MRB and purchased MRB by $84 million. This resulted in a decrease in income (loss) from operations, before income taxes of $80 million and decreased net income (loss) by $63 million. The net impact of assumption changes during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 increased other income by $21 million, increased remeasurement of liability for future policy benefits by $18 million, decreased policy benefits by $8 million, and decreased the change in MRB and purchased MRB by $9 million. This resulted in an increase in income (loss) from operations, before income taxes of $20 million and increased net income (loss) by $16 million. Model Changes There were no material model changes in the first nine months of 2025 and 2024. Revision of Previously Issued Consolidated Financial Statements During the period ended March 31, 2025, the Company identified an immaterial error related to the initial bookkeeping of ceded accrued fees within policyholders’ account balance ultimately impacting the initial deposit accounting of a reinsurance transaction. The impact of this error to prior periods’ financial statements was not considered to be material. To improve the consistency and comparability of the financial statements, management voluntarily revised the financial statements to include the revisions discussed herein. As a result of the determination to revise previously issued financial statements for the deposit accounting discussed above, management also has corrected other previously identified but uncorrected errors and errors recorded in incorrect periods including, a) pension liability overstatement due to a reconciling item, b) incorrect FX impacting the FABN carrying value, c) incorrect inputs ratio in our MRB modeling and incorrect inputs in the deposit accounting calculation, d) the hedging impact of Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) hedging income was incorrectly recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive income, e) error in the manual accrual in an input calculation in the treasury package overstating Policyholders’ account balance and Interest credited to policyholders, f) incorrect actuarial indication impacting the Liability for MRB and purchased MRB, and g) incorrect allocation of earned premiums to loss ratio impacting reserves. See Note 21 of the Notes to these Consolidated Financial Statements for details of the revision.

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