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Includes incurred but not reported claims and outstanding claims,off-set by premiums due, related to market risk benefit contracts, as a well as reinsurance recoverable, defined as amount, after allowance for credit loss, recoverable under reinsurance for contract or contract feature in long-duration contract issued by insurance entity that both protects contract holder from other-than-nominal capital market risk and exposes insurance entity to other-than-nominal capital market risk.

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Estimated amount after valuation allowance of reinsurance recoverables, due from reinsurers for incurred claims not yet reported, and claims settlement expenses.

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Reinsurance - Effective Exit of Variable Annuity Reinsurance Business (Details) - Variable Annuity - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2024	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2023
Ceded Credit Risk [Line Items]
Market risk benefits reinsurance recoverable, including IBNR and outstanding claims, less premiums due	$ 974		$ 1,100
Incurred but not yet paid and outstanding claims	23		19
Impact of non-performance risk
Berkshire
Ceded Credit Risk [Line Items]
Percent of future claim payments reinsured	100.00%
Remaining overall limit under reinsurance agreement	$ 3,100
Market risk benefits reinsurance recoverable, including IBNR and outstanding claims, less premiums due	$ 777		873
Berkshire \| Secured \| Market risk benefits reinsurance recoverable, including IBNR and outstanding claims, less premiums due \| Collateralization risk
Ceded Credit Risk [Line Items]
Concentration percentage	100.00%
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Ceded Credit Risk [Line Items]
Market risk benefits reinsurance recoverable, including IBNR and outstanding claims, less premiums due	$ 79		92
Liberty Re (Bermuda) Ltd.
Ceded Credit Risk [Line Items]
Market risk benefits reinsurance recoverable, including IBNR and outstanding claims, less premiums due	$ 91		104
Liberty Re (Bermuda) Ltd. \| Secured \| Market risk benefits reinsurance recoverable, including IBNR and outstanding claims, less premiums due \| Collateralization risk
Ceded Credit Risk [Line Items]
Concentration percentage	100.00%
SCOR SE
Ceded Credit Risk [Line Items]
Market risk benefits reinsurance recoverable, including IBNR and outstanding claims, less premiums due	$ 27		$ 31
SCOR SE \| Secured \| Market risk benefits reinsurance recoverable, including IBNR and outstanding claims, less premiums due \| Collateralization risk
Ceded Credit Risk [Line Items]
Concentration percentage	75.00%