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Policyholders' Account Balances
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Insurance [Abstract]  
Policyholders' Account Balances
18. Policyholders' Account Balances
Policyholders’ account balances relate to investment-type contracts and universal life-type policies. Investment-type contracts principally include traditional individual fixed annuities and fixed index annuities in the accumulation phase and non-variable group annuity contracts.
The balances and changes in policyholders’ account balances follow.
Six Months Ended 
 June 30, 2024
Year Ended
December 31, 2023
AnnuityLifeAnnuityLife
(Dollars in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$14,694 $1,975 $12,012 $1,899 
Issuances4,064 36 4,382 84 
Acquisition from business combination61,296 — — — 
Premiums received23 213 34 399 
Policy charges(122)(187)(39)(362)
Surrenders and withdrawals(3,060)(43)(2,132)(110)
Interest credited707 48 437 65 
Benefit payments(152)— — — 
Other— — — 
Balance, end of period$77,453 $2,042 $14,694 $1,975 
Reconciling items:
Supplemental contracts
$489 $— $291 $— 
Variable universal life
— 39 — 36 
Variable deferred annuity
— — 
Other
408 50 135 38 
Total PAB balance, end of period
$78,358 $2,131 $15,128 $2,049 
Weighted-average crediting rate2.88 %4.78 %3.27 %3.34 %
Net amount at risk (a)$12,466 $38,365 $417 $38,365 
Cash surrender value$71,450 $1,796 $15,000 $1,796 
(a)Net amount at risk is defined as the current guarantee amount in excess of the current account balance.
The balance of account values by range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates and the related range of difference, in basis points, between rates being credited to policyholders and the respective guaranteed minimums follow.
June 30, 2024
Range of
Guaranteed Minimum
Crediting Rate
At Guaranteed Minimum
 1 - 50 Basis Points Above
51 - 150 Basis Points Above
> 150 Basis Points Above
OtherTotal
(Dollars in millions)
Annuity
0% - 1%
$4,296 $2,670 $3,931 $4,679 $— $15,576 
1% - 2%
1,446 393 1,740 1,844 — 5,423 
2% - 3%
1,942 429 111 6,637 — 9,119 
Greater than 3%
306 — 319 
Products with either a fixed rate or no guaranteed minimum crediting rate— — — — 47,016 47,016 
Total$7,990 $3,499 $5,783 $13,165 $47,016 $77,453 
Life
0% - 1%
$— $— $— $— $— $— 
1% - 2%
34 54 667 — 757 
2% to 3%
421 — 222 — — 643 
Greater than 3%
642 — — — — 642 
Products with either a fixed rate or no guaranteed minimum crediting rate— — — — — — 
Total$1,097 $$276 $667 $— $2,042 
December 31, 2023
Range of
Guaranteed Minimum
Crediting Rate
At Guaranteed Minimum
1 - 50 Basis Points Above
51 - 150 Basis Points Above
> 150 Basis Points Above
OtherTotal
(Dollars in millions)
Annuity
0% - 1%
$2,485 $29 $483 $722 $— $3,719 
1% - 2%
668 430 1,943 2,137 — 5,178 
2% - 3%
827 409 56 4,224 — 5,516 
Greater than 3%
264 — 273 
Products with either a fixed rate or no guaranteed minimum crediting rate— — — — 
Total$4,244 $875 $2,483 $7,084 $$14,694 
Life
0% - 1%
$— $— $— $— $— $— 
1% - 2%
168 140 371 — 681 
2% to 3%
415 — 219 — — 634 
Greater than 3%
659 — — — — 659 
Products with either a fixed rate or no guaranteed minimum crediting rate— — — — 
Total$1,242 $$359 $371 $$1,975 
19. Market Risk Benefits
Market Risk Benefits
The balances of and changes in the net market risk benefit (MRB) assets and liabilities for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and year ended December 31, 2023 is as follows:
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2024
Year Ended
December 31, 2023
Annuity
Annuity
(Dollars in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$— $44 
Balance, beginning of period, before effect of changes in the instrument-specific credit risk70 
Acquisition from business combination2,376 — 
Issuances
Interest accrual21 
Attributed fees collected39 13 
Benefits payments— — 
Effect of changes in interest rates138 (117)
Effect of changes in equity markets(15)171 
Effect of changes in equity index volatility(2)(46)
Actual policyholder behavior different from expected behavior— (7)
Effect of changes in future expected policyholder behavior(8)— 
Effect of changes in other future expected assumptions27 (87)
Balance, end of period, before effect of changes in the instrument-specific credit2,580 
Effect of changes in the ending instrument-specific credit risk(8)(1)
Balance, end of period2,572 — 
Less: Reinsured MRB, end of period(618)— 
Balance, end of period, net of reinsurance$1,954 $— 
Net amount at risk (a)$12,051 $— 
Weighted average attained age of contract holders (years)7165
(a)Net amount at risk is defined as the current guarantee amount in excess of the current account balance.
The following is a reconciliation of market risk benefits by amounts in an asset position and in a liability position to “Market risk benefits” amount in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position:
June 30, 2024
AssetLiabilityNet Liability
(Dollars in millions)
Annuity$704 $3,276 $2,572 
Total
$704 $3,276 $2,572 
December 31, 2023
AssetLiabilityNet Liability
(Dollars in millions)
Annuity
$34 $34 $— 
Total
$34 $34 $—