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Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill), Measurement Input

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Number Of Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets

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Amount of realized gain (loss) from sale of investment in equity security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (FV-NI).

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Fair value portion of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, that lack physical substance, having a projected indefinite period of benefit.

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Amount of cash inflow from sale of investment in equity security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (FV-NI), classified as investing activity.

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Fair Value Disclosures - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) tradename	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) tradename	Dec. 31, 2022 tradename	Sep. 30, 2022 tradename	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of equity investment		$ 11
Loss on sale of equity investment						$ 2
Home and Commercial Solutions \| Trade Names
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Number of indefinite-lived intangible assets \| tradename	1		2	2	2
Level 3 \| Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived intangibles	$ 216		$ 544			216
Level 3 \| Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring \| Home and Commercial Solutions \| Trade Names
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived intangibles	$ 216					$ 216
Level 3 \| Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring \| Home and Commercial Solutions \| Trade Names One
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived intangibles			491
Level 3 \| Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring \| Home and Commercial Solutions \| Trade Names Two
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived intangibles			$ 53
Level 3 \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate \| Minimum
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Goodwill measurement input	0.075					0.075
Intangible asset measurement input	0.075					0.075
Level 3 \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate \| Maximum
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Goodwill measurement input	0.095					0.095
Intangible asset measurement input	0.120					0.120