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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-K
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 
or
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from              to             
Commission File No. 000-20501
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EQUITABLE FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York13-5570651
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York
10105
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)
(212) 554-1234
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  Yes     No  
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes     No  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes     No  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    Yes     No  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an “emerging growth company”. See definition of “accelerated filer,” “large accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer
Smaller reporting company
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13 (a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.  
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes  No
As of March 18, 2025, 2,000,000 shares of the registrant’s $1.25 par value Common Stock were outstanding, all of which were owned indirectly by Equitable Holdings, Inc.
REDUCED DISCLOSURE FORMAT
Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company meets the conditions set forth in General Instruction (I)(1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-K and is therefore filing this Form with the reduced disclosure format.


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NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION
Certain of the statements included or incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “expects,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “forecasts,” “intends,” “seeks,” “aims,” “plans,” “assumes,” “estimates,” “projects,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “may,” “will,” “shall” or variations of such words are generally part of forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are made based on management’s current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects upon Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company (“Equitable Financial”) and its consolidated subsidiaries. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding projections, estimates, forecasts and other financial and performance metrics and projections of market expectations. “We,” “us” and “our” refer to Equitable Financial and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless the context refers only to Equitable Financial as a corporate entity. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting Equitable Financial will be those anticipated by management. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, all matters that are not historical facts.
These forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and there are certain important factors that could cause actual results to differ, possibly materially, from expectations or estimates reflected in such forward-looking statements, including, among others: (i) conditions in the financial markets and economy, including the impact of geopolitical conflicts, changes in tariffs and trade barriers, and related economic conditions, equity market declines and volatility, interest rate fluctuations and changes in liquidity and access to and cost of capital; (ii) operational factors, protection of confidential customer information or proprietary business information, operational failures by us or our service providers, potential strategic transactions, changes in accounting standards, and catastrophic events, such as outbreak of pandemic diseases; (iii) credit, counterparties and investments, including counterparty default on derivative contracts, failure of financial institutions, defaults by third parties and affiliates and economic downturns, defaults and other events adversely affecting our investments; (iv) our reinsurance and hedging programs; (v) our products, structure and product distribution, including variable annuity guaranteed benefits features within certain of our products, variations in statutory capital requirements, financial strength and claims-paying ratings and key product distribution relationships; (vi) estimates, assumptions and valuations, including risk management policies and procedures, potential inadequacy of reserves and experience differing from pricing expectations, amortization of deferred acquisition costs and financial models; (vii) recruitment and retention of key employees and experienced and productive financial professionals; (viii) subjectivity of the determination of the amount of allowances and impairments taken on our investments; (ix) legal and regulatory risks, including federal and state legislation affecting financial institutions, insurance regulation and tax reform; and (x) general risks, including strong industry competition, information systems failing or being compromised and protecting our intellectual property.
You should read this Annual Report on Form 10-K completely and with the understanding that actual future results may be materially different from expectations. All forward-looking statements made in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are qualified by these cautionary statements. Further, any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as otherwise may be required by law.
Other risks, uncertainties and factors, including those discussed under “Risk Factors,” could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statements we make. Readers should read carefully the factors described in “Risk Factors” to better understand the risks and uncertainties inherent in our business and underlying any forward-looking statements.
Throughout this Annual Report on Form 10-K we use certain defined terms and abbreviations, which are defined or summarized in the “Glossary” and “Acronyms” sections.
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BUSINESS
GENERAL
We are a principal franchise of Equitable Holdings, Inc., one of America’s leading financial services providers. We provide advice, protection and retirement strategies to individuals, families and small businesses.
PRODUCTS
We offer a variety of retirement and protection products and services, principally to individuals, small and medium-sized businesses and professional and trade associations. Our product approach is to ensure that design characteristics are attractive to both our customers and our company’s capital approach. We currently focus on products across our business that expose us to less market and customer behavior risk, are more easily hedged and, overall, are less capital intensive than many traditional products. Although we are licensed to sell our products in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, most new sales of life insurance, employee benefits, and variable annuity products to policyholders located outside of New York are being issued through Equitable America, another life insurance subsidiary of Holdings.
Individual Variable Annuities
We are a leading provider of individual variable annuity products. We sell our variable annuity products through licensed financial professionals at Equitable Advisors and a wide network of third-party firms, including banks, broker-dealers and insurance partners.
    Current Variable Annuities Offered
Our variable annuity products are primarily sold to affluent and high net worth individuals who are saving for retirement or seeking guaranteed retirement income. Our current product offerings primarily include:
Structured Capital Strategies (“SCS”). SCS is a registered index-linked variable annuity product which allows the policyholder to invest in various investment options, whose performance is tied to one or more securities indices, commodities indices or ETFs, subject to a performance cap, over a set period of time. The risks associated with such investment options are borne entirely by the policyholder, except the portion of any negative performance that we absorb (a buffer) upon investment maturity. In 2021, we introduced SCS Income, a new version of SCS offering a GMxB feature.
Retirement Cornerstone (“RC”). Our Retirement Cornerstone variable annuity product offers two platforms: (i) RC Performance, which offers access to a broad selection of funds with annuitization benefits based solely on non-guaranteed account investment performance; and (ii) RC Protection, which offers access to a focused selection of funds and an optional floating-rate GMxB feature providing guaranteed income for life.
Investment Edge. Our investment-only variable annuity is designed to be a wealth accumulation product that defers current taxes during accumulation and provides tax-efficient distributions on non-qualified assets through scheduled payments over a set period of time with a portion of each payment being a return of cost basis, which is thus excludable from taxes. An optional SIO feature allows a policyholder to invest in various investment options, whose performances are tied to one or more securities indices, subject to a performance cap, with some downside protection over a set period of time. This optional SIO feature leverages our innovative SCS offering. Investment Edge does not offer any GMxB feature other than an optional return of premium death benefit.
We work with employees of EIMG to identify and include appropriate underlying investment options in our products, as well as to control the costs of these options and increase profitability of the products. For a discussion of EIMG, see below “—Equitable Investment Management.”
    Underwriting and Pricing
We generally do not underwrite our variable annuity products on an individual-by-individual basis. Instead, we price our products based upon our expected investment returns and assumptions regarding mortality, longevity and persistency for our policyholders collectively, while taking into account historical experience, volatility of expected earnings on our AV, and the expected time to retirement. Our product pricing models also take into account capital requirements, hedging costs and
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operating expenses. Investment-oriented products are priced based on various factors, which may include investment return, expenses, persistency and optionality.
Our variable annuity products generally include penalties for early withdrawals. From time to time, we reevaluate the type and level of GMxB and other features we offer. We have previously changed the nature and pricing of the features we offer and will likely do so from time to time in the future as the needs of our clients, the economic environment and our risk appetite evolve.
Employer-Sponsored Products and Services
We also offer tax-deferred investment and retirement services or products to plans sponsored by educational entities, municipalities and not-for-profit entities, as well as small and medium-sized businesses. We operate in the 403(b), 457(b) and 401(k) markets where we sell variable annuity and mutual fund-based products. RBG is the primary distributor of our products and related solutions to individuals in the K-12 education market with advisors dedicated to helping educators prepare for retirement.
Our products offer educators, municipal employees and corporate employees a savings opportunity that provides tax-deferred wealth accumulation. Our innovative product offerings address all retirement phases with diverse investment options.
Variable Annuities. Our variable annuities offer defined contribution plan record-keeping, as well as administrative and participant services combined with a variety of proprietary and non-proprietary investment options. Our variable annuity investment lineup mostly consists of proprietary variable investment options that are managed by EIMG, which provides discretionary investment management services for these investment options that include developing and executing asset allocation strategies and providing rigorous oversight of sub-advisors for the investment options. This helps to ensure that we retain high quality managers and that we leverage our scale across our products. In addition, our variable annuity products offer the following features:
Guaranteed Investment Option (“GIO”)—Provides a fixed interest rate and guarantee of principal.
Structured Investment Option (“SIO”)—Provides upside market participation that tracks certain available indices subject to a performance cap, with some downside protection against losses in the investment over a one, three- or five year period. This option leverages our innovative SCS individual annuity offering.
Personal Income Benefit—An optional GMxB feature that enables participants to obtain a guaranteed withdrawal benefit for life for an additional fee.
Open Architecture Mutual Fund Platform. We also offer a mutual fund-based product to complement our variable annuity products. This platform provides a similar service offering to our variable annuities. The program allows plan sponsors to select from thousands of proprietary and third-party sponsored mutual funds. The platform also offers a group fixed annuity that operates very similarly to the GIO as an available investment option on this platform.
Services. Both our variable annuity and open architecture mutual fund products offer a suite of tools and services to enable plan participants to obtain education and guidance on their contributions and investment decisions and plan fiduciary services. Education and guidance are available online or in person from a team of plan relationship and enrollment specialists and/or the advisor that sold the product. Our clients’ retirement contributions come through payroll deductions, which contribute significantly to stable and recurring sources of renewals.
    Underwriting and Pricing
We generally do not underwrite our annuity products on an individual-by-individual basis. Instead, we price our products based upon our expected investment returns and assumptions regarding mortality, longevity and persistency for our policyholders collectively, while taking into account historical experience, volatility of expected earnings on our AV and the expected time to retirement. Our product pricing models also consider capital requirements, hedging costs and operating expenses. Investment-oriented products are priced based on various factors, which may include investment return, expenses, persistency and optionality.
Our variable annuity products generally include penalties for early withdrawals. We periodically reevaluate the type and level of guarantees and other features we offer. We have previously changed the nature and pricing of the features we offer and
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will likely do so from time to time in the future as the needs of our clients, the economic environment and our risk appetite evolve.
Life Insurance Products
Our life insurance products are primarily designed to help individuals and small and medium-sized businesses with protection, wealth accumulation and transfer of wealth at death, as well as corporate planning solutions including non-qualified deferred compensation, succession planning and key person insurance. We target select segments of the life insurance market, including VUL and COLI. We currently focus on the asset accumulation and protection segments of the market, with leading offerings in the VUL market.
Our primary life insurance offerings include:
VUL. VUL uses a series of investment options to generate the investment return allocated to the cash value. The sub-accounts are similar to retail mutual funds: a policyholder can invest policy values in one or more underlying investment options offering varying levels of risk and growth potential. These provide long-term growth opportunities, tax-deferred earnings and the ability to make tax-free transfers among the various sub-accounts. In addition, the policyholder can invest premiums in a guaranteed interest option, as well as an investment option we call the MSO, which provides downside protection from losses in the index up to a specified percentage. Our COLI product is a VUL insurance product tailored specifically to support executive benefits in the small business market.
COLI. COLI is a VUL insurance product tailored specifically to support professionals, executives, and small business owners. COLI products generally provide a death benefit to the company upon the insured employee’s death, offer potential tax advantages (as mentioned above in VUL) and can be used for executive benefits, business succession planning, and key employee retention.
Other Products and Benefits. In addition to VUL and COLI, we also offer other products including IUL and term life products. We offer a portfolio of riders to enable clients to customize their policies. Our Long-Term Care Services Rider provides an acceleration of the policy death benefit in the event of a chronic illness. The MSO II rider, referred to above and offered via a policy rider on our variable life products, enables policyholders to manage volatility.
We work with employees of EIMG to identify and include appropriate underlying investment options in our variable life products, as well as to control the costs of these options.
    Underwriting and Pricing
Our underwriters consider both the application and information obtained from external sources. This information includes, but is not limited to, the insured’s age and sex, results from medical exams and financial information. We continuously monitor our underwriting decisions through internal audits and other quality control processes, to ensure accurate and consistent application of our underwriting guidelines. We continue to research and develop guideline changes to increase the efficiency of our underwriting process (e.g., through the use of predictive models), both from an internal cost perspective and our customer experience perspective.
Life insurance products are priced based upon assumptions including, but not limited to, expected future premium payments, surrender rates, mortality and morbidity rates, investment returns, hedging costs, equity returns, expenses and inflation and capital requirements.
Employee Benefits Products
Our employee benefits business is dedicated to serving small and medium-sized businesses, which are a priority segment for us. We offer these businesses a unique technology platform and a competitive suite of group insurance products. By leveraging our innovative platform, we have established strategic partnerships with major insurance and health carriers, becoming their primary benefits provider.
Our product offering includes: a suite of Group Life Insurance (including Accidental Death & Dismemberment), Supplemental Life, Dental, Vision, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Critical Illness, Accident and Hospital Indemnity insurance products.
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    Underwriting and Pricing
Our underwriting guidelines consider the following factors, among others: case size, industry, plan design and employer-specific factors. The application of our underwriting guidelines is continuously monitored through internal underwriting controls and audits to achieve high standards of underwriting and consistency.
Employee benefits pricing reflects the claims experience and the risk characteristics of each group. We consider demographic information and, for larger groups, the experience of the group. The claims experience is reviewed at the time of policy issuance and during the renewal timeframes, resulting in periodic pricing adjustments at the group level.
Risk Management
We approach risk management of our products: (i) prospectively, by assessing, and from time to time, modifying our current product offerings to manage our risk and (ii) retrospectively, by implementing actions to reduce our exposure and manage the risks associated with in-force contracts. We use a combination of hedging and reinsurance programs to appropriately manage our risk and for capital management purposes.
The following tables summarize our current uses of hedging and third-party reinsurance in each of the applicable product lines.
Hedging
Product LineHedgingPurpose
Individual Variable Annuities
Dynamic and static hedging using derivatives contracts, including futures and total return swaps (both equity and fixed income), options and variance swaps, and, to a lesser extent, bond investments and repurchase agreements.
Dynamic hedging (supplemented by static hedges): to offset economic liability from equity market and interest rate changes.
Static hedging: to maintain a target asset level for all variable annuities.


Employer-Sponsored Products and Services
Derivatives contracts whose payouts, in combination with fixed income investments, emulate those of certain securities indices, certain commodities indices, or ETFs, subject to caps and buffers.
Support the returns associated with the SIO.
Dynamic and static hedging using derivatives contracts, including futures and total return swaps (both equity and fixed income), options and variance swaps, and, to a lesser extent, bond investments and repurchase agreements.
Dynamic hedging (supplemented by static hedges): to offset economic liability from equity market and interest rate changes.
Static hedging: to maintain a target asset level for all variable annuities.
Life Insurance Products
Derivatives contracts whose payouts, in combination with returns from the underlying fixed income investments, seek to replicate those of the index price, subject to prescribed caps and buffers.
Hedge the exposure contained in our IUL products and the MSO rider we offer on our VUL products.
Employee Benefits Products
N/A
N/A
Reinsurance
We use reinsurance to mitigate a portion of the risks that we face in certain of our variable annuity products with regard to a portion of the historical GMxB features issued in connection with our Individual Variable Annuities and Life Insurance and Employer-Sponsored products. Under our reinsurance arrangements, other insurers assume a portion of the obligation to pay claims and related expenses to which we are subject. However, we remain liable as the direct insurer on all risks we reinsure and, therefore, are subject to the risk that our reinsurer is unable or unwilling to pay or reimburse claims at the time demand is made.
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Product LineType of ReinsurancePurpose
Individual Variable Annuities
Reinsurance / Ceded
Affiliate Reinsurance:
Equitable Financial reinsured all of its variable annuity contracts issued outside the State of New York prior to October 1, 2022 to its affiliate, Equitable America, effective April 1, 2023, on a combination of coinsurance funds withheld and modified coinsurance basis. (1)
Non-Affiliate Reinsurance:
In 2018, Equitable Financial ceded to a non-affiliated reinsurer on a coinsurance basis 90% of our fixed deferred annuity business sold prior to 2015.
Employer-Sponsored Products and Services
Ceded
Affiliate Reinsurance:
Equitable Financial reinsured all of its net retained liabilities relating to EQUI-VEST variable annuity contracts issued outside the State of New York prior to February 1, 2023 to its affiliate, Equitable America, effective April 1, 2023, on a combined coinsurance funds withheld and modified coinsurance basis.(1)
Non-Affiliate Reinsurance:
We ceded to a non-affiliated reinsurer, on a combined coinsurance and modified coinsurance basis, a 50% quota share of approximately 360,000 legacy Group EQUI-VEST deferred variable annuity contracts issued by Equitable Financial between 1980 and 2008.
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Product LineType of ReinsurancePurpose
Life Insurance Products
Reinsurance
Affiliate Reinsurance:
We reinsured all of our net retained General Account liabilities, including all of our net retained liabilities relating to certain universal life insurance policies issued outside the State of New York prior to October 1, 2022 to our affiliate, Equitable America, effective April 1, 2023, on a coinsurance funds withheld basis.
Non-Affiliate Reinsurance:
We have set up reinsurance pools with highly rated unaffiliated reinsurers that obligate the pool participants to pay death claim amounts in excess of our retention limits for an agreed-upon premium.
Captive:
EQ AZ Life Re Company reinsures a 90% quota share of level premium term insurance issued by Equitable Financial on or after March 1, 2003 through December 31, 2008 and 90% of the risk of the lapse protection riders under UL insurance policies issued by Equitable Financial on or after June 1, 2003 through June 30, 2007 on a 90% quota share basis as well as 90% quota share of Extended No Lapse Guarantee Riders issued by Equitable America from September 8, 2006 through December 31, 2008.

Employee Benefits Products
Varied
We reinsure our group life, disability, critical illness, and accident products. These treaties include both quota share reinsurance and excess of loss. Specifics of each treaty vary by product and support our risk management objectives.
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(1)See Note 12 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

MARKETS
Variable Annuity Products. Our variable annuity products are primarily sold to both retirees seeking retirement income and a broader class of investors, including affluent, high net worth individuals and families saving for retirement, registered investment advisers and their clients, as well as younger investors who have maxed out contributions to other retirement accounts but are seeking tax-deferred growth opportunities. Our customers can prioritize certain features based on their life-stage and investment needs. In addition, our products offer features designed to serve different market conditions. SCS serves clients with investable assets who want exposure to equity markets, but also want to guard against a market correction. SCS Income serves clients with investable assets who want exposure to equity markets, but also want to protect against a market correction while also seeking guaranteed income. Retirement Cornerstone serves clients who want growth potential and guaranteed income with increases in a rising interest rate environment. Investment Edge serves clients concerned about rising taxes.
Employer-Sponsored Products and Services. We primarily operate in the tax-exempt 403(b)/457(b)/491(a), corporate 401(k), institutional 401(k) and other markets. In the tax-exempt 403(b)/457(b) market, we primarily serve individual employees of public school systems. In the corporate 401(k) market, we target small and medium-sized businesses with 401(k) plans that generally have under $20 million in assets. Our Institutional business offers GMxB and other annuity guarantees to large institutional retirement plans (over $500 million in assets). The products are distributed through leading asset managers in the defined contribution markets. We are actively seeking to expand the institutional business.
Life Insurance Products. While we serve all Equitable client segments, we specialize in small to medium enterprises and high-income/high-net worth clients and their advisers. We also complement our permanent product suite with term products for clients with simpler needs. We focus on creating value for our customers through the differentiated features and benefits we offer on our products.
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Employee Benefit Products. Our employee benefit product suite is designed for small and medium-sized businesses that seek simple, technology-driven employee benefits management. We built the employee benefits business based on feedback from brokers and employers, ensuring its relevance to the market we serve. We are committed to continuously evolving our product suite and technology platform to meet market needs.
DISTRIBUTION
We primarily distribute our products through our affiliate, Equitable Advisors, and through third-party distribution channels.
Affiliated Distribution. We offer our products on a retail basis through Equitable Advisors, our affiliated retail sales force of more than 4,600 financial professionals. These financial professionals have access to and offer a broad array of variable annuity, life insurance, employee benefits and investment products and services from affiliated and unaffiliated insurers and other financial service providers. Equitable Advisors, through RBG, is the primary distribution channel for our employer-sponsored products and services and our life insurance products. RBG has a group of more than 1,200 advisors that specialize in the 403(b) and 457(b) markets. Equitable Advisors and RBG sell directly to clients as well as to registered investment advisers, family offices and other intermediaries for their clients.
Third-Party Distribution. For our annuity products, we have shifted the focus of our third-party distribution significantly over the last decade, growing our distribution in the bank, broker-dealer and insurance partner channels. Employer-sponsored products are also distributed through third-party firms and directly to customers online. We also distribute our COLI products through third-party firms that provide efficient access to independent producers on a largely variable cost basis. Brokerage general agencies, producer groups, banks, warehouses, and independent broker-dealers are all important partners who distribute our products today. Our Employee Benefits’ products are distributed through the traditional broker channel, strategic partnerships (medical partners, professional employer organizations (PEOs), and associations), General Agencies, TPAs and Equitable Advisors.
COMPETITION
The principal competitive factors affecting our business are our financial strength as evidenced, in part, by our financial and claims-paying ratings; access to capital; access to diversified sources of distribution; size and scale; product quality, range, features/functionality and price; our ability to bring customized products to the market quickly; technological capabilities; our ability to explain complicated products and features to our distribution channels and customers; crediting rates on fixed products; visibility, recognition and understanding of our brand in the marketplace; reputation and quality of service; the tax-favored status certain of our products receive under the current federal and state laws and (with respect to variable insurance and annuity products, mutual funds and other investment products) investment options, flexibility and investment management performance.
We and our affiliated distributors must attract and retain productive sales representatives to sell our products. Strong competition continues among financial institutions for sales representatives with demonstrated ability. We and our affiliated distribution companies compete with other financial institutions for sales representatives primarily on the basis of financial position, product breadth and features, support services and compensation policies.
Legislative and other rule making and governmental policy changes affecting the regulatory environment can affect our competitive position within the life insurance industry and within the broader financial services industry.
Equitable Investment Management
EIMG is the investment advisor to the EQ Advisors Trust, our proprietary variable funds, and previously served as investment advisor to the 1290 Funds, our retail mutual funds, and as administrator to both EQ Advisors Trust and the 1290 Funds (each, a “Trust” and collectively, the “Trusts”). Equitable Investment Management, LLC (“EIM LLC”) was formed on June 10, 2022, and became the investment advisor to the 1290 Funds and the administrator for both Trusts, effective January 1, 2023. EIMG and EIM LLC are collectively referred to as “Equitable Investment Management.”
Equitable Investment Management
EIMG is the investment manager and administrator for our proprietary variable funds and supports our business. EIMG helps add value and marketing appeal to our products by bringing investment management expertise and specialized strategies to the underlying investment lineup of each product. In addition, by advising on an attractive array of proprietary investment
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portfolios (each, a “Portfolio,” and together, the “Portfolios”), EIMG brings investment acumen, financial controls and economies of scale to the construction of underlying investment options for our products.
EIMG provides investment management services to proprietary investment vehicles sponsored by the Company, including investment companies that are underlying investment options for our variable insurance and annuity products, and EIM LLC provides investment management services to our retail mutual funds. Each of EIMG and EIM LLC is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act. EIMG serves as the investment adviser to EQ Advisors Trust and to two private investment trusts established in the Cayman Islands. EQ Advisors Trust and each private investment trust is a “series” type of trust with multiple series that use the Portfolios created by EIMG. EIMG provides discretionary investment management services to the Trust to manage each series in accordance with the recommended Portfolios, including, among other things, (1) providing portfolio management services for the Portfolios; (2) selecting, monitoring and overseeing investment sub-advisers to implement the Portfolio strategies; and (3) developing and executing asset allocation strategies for multi-advised Portfolios and Portfolios structured as funds-of-funds. EIMG is further charged with ensuring that the other parts of the Company that interact with the Trusts, such as product management, the distribution system and the financial organization, have a specific point of contact.
EIMG has a variety of responsibilities for the management of its investment company clients. One of EIMG’s primary responsibilities is to provide clients with portfolio management and investment advisory services, principally by reviewing whether to appoint, dismiss or replace sub-advisers to each Portfolio, and thereafter monitoring and reviewing each sub-adviser’s performance through qualitative and quantitative analysis, as well as periodic in-person, telephonic and written consultations with the sub-advisers. Currently, EIMG has entered into sub-advisory agreements with more than 40 different sub-advisers, including AB. Another primary responsibility of EIMG is to develop and monitor the investment program of each Portfolio, including Portfolio investment objectives, policies and asset allocations for the Portfolios, select investments for Portfolios (or portions thereof) for which it provides direct investment selection services, and ensure that investments and asset allocations are consistent with the guidelines that have been approved by clients.
EIM LLC is the investment advisor to our retail 1290 Funds and provides administrative services to both Trusts. EIM LLC provides or oversees the provision of all investment advisory and portfolio management to the 1290 Funds. EIM LLC has supervisory responsibility for the management and investment of 1290 Fund assets and develops investment objectives and investment policies for the funds. It is also responsible for overseeing sub-advisors and determining whether to appoint, dismiss or replace sub-advisors to each 1290 Fund. Currently, EIM LLC has entered into sub-advisory agreements with six different sub-advisors. The administrative services that EIM LLC provides to the Trusts include, among others, coordination of each Portfolio’s audit, financial statements and tax returns; expense management and budgeting; legal administrative services and compliance monitoring; portfolio accounting services, including daily net asset value accounting; risk management; oversight of proxy voting procedures and an anti-money laundering program.
General Account Investment Management
Equitable Financial Investment Management, LLC (“EFIM”) is the investment manager for Equitable Financial’s General Account portfolio.
EFIM provides investment management services to Equitable Financial’s General Account portfolio. It provides investment advisory and asset management services including, but not limited to, providing investment advice on strategic investment management activities, asset strategies through affiliated and unaffiliated asset managers, strategic oversight of the General Account portfolio, portfolio management, yield/duration optimization, asset liability management, asset allocation, liquidity and close alignment to business strategies, as well as advising on other services in accordance with the applicable investment advisory and management agreement. Subject to oversight and supervision, EFIM may delegate any of its duties with respect to some or all of the assets of the General Account to a sub-adviser.
REGULATION
Insurance Regulation
We are licensed to transact insurance business and are subject to extensive regulation and supervision by insurance regulators, in all 50 states of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The primary regulator of a U.S. insurance company, however, is located in its state of domicile. We are domiciled in New York and are primarily regulated by the Superintendent of the NYDFS. The extent of regulation by jurisdiction varies, but most jurisdictions have laws and regulations governing the financial aspects and business conduct of insurers. State laws in the United States grant insurance regulatory authorities broad administrative powers with respect to, among other things, licensing companies to
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transact business, sales practices, establishing statutory capital and reserve requirements and solvency standards, reinsurance and hedging, protecting privacy, regulating advertising, restricting the payment of dividends and other transactions between affiliates, permitted types and concentrations of investments and business conduct to be maintained by insurance companies as well as agent and insurance producer licensing, and, to the extent applicable to the particular type of insurance, approval or filing of policy forms and rates. Insurance regulators have the discretionary authority to limit or prohibit new issuances of business to policyholders within their jurisdictions when, in their judgment, such regulators determine that the issuing company is not maintaining adequate statutory surplus or capital. Additionally, New York’s insurance laws limit sales commissions and certain other marketing expenses that we may incur.
Supervisory agencies in each of the jurisdictions in which we do business may conduct regular or targeted examinations of our operations and accounts and make requests for particular information from us. For example, periodic financial examinations of the books, records, accounts and business practices of insurers domiciled in their states are generally conducted by such supervisory agencies every three to five years. From time to time, regulators raise issues during examinations or audits of us that could, if determined adversely, have a material adverse effect on us. In addition, the interpretations of regulations by regulators may change and statutes may be enacted with retroactive impact, particularly in areas such as accounting or statutory reserve requirements. In addition to oversight by state insurance regulators in recent years, the insurance industry has seen an increase in inquiries from state attorneys general and other state officials regarding compliance with certain state insurance, securities and other applicable laws. We have received and responded to such inquiries from time to time. For additional information on legal and regulatory risks, see “Risk Factors—Legal and Regulatory Risks.”
We are required to file detailed annual and quarterly financial statements, prepared on a statutory accounting basis or in accordance with other accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the applicable regulator, with supervisory agencies in each of the jurisdictions in which we do business. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (“NAIC”) has approved a series of uniform statutory accounting principles (“SAP”) that have been adopted by all state insurance regulators, in some cases with certain modifications. As a basis of accounting, SAP was developed to monitor and regulate the solvency of insurance companies. In developing SAP, insurance regulators were primarily concerned with ensuring an insurer’s ability to pay all its current and future obligations to policyholders. As a result, statutory accounting focuses on conservatively valuing the assets and liabilities of insurers, generally in accordance with standards specified by the insurer’s domiciliary state. The values for assets, liabilities and equity reflected in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP are usually different from those reflected in financial statements prepared under SAP. See Note 19 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Holding Company and Shareholder Dividend Regulation
All states regulate transactions between an insurer and its affiliates under their insurance holding company laws. The insurance holding company laws and regulations vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but generally require that all transactions affecting insurers within a holding company system be fair and reasonable and, in many cases, require prior notice and approval or non-disapproval by the insurer’s domiciliary insurance regulator.
The insurance holding company laws and regulations generally also require a controlled insurance company (i.e., an insurer that is a subsidiary of an insurance holding company) to register and file with state insurance regulatory authorities certain reports, including information concerning its capital structure, ownership, financial condition, certain intercompany transactions and general business operations. In addition, states require the ultimate controlling person of a U.S. insurer to file an annual enterprise risk report with the lead state regulator of the insurance holding company system identifying risks likely to have a material adverse effect upon the financial condition or liquidity of the insurer or its insurance holding company system as a whole.
State insurance laws also place restrictions and limitations on the amount of dividends or other distributions payable by insurance company subsidiaries to their parent companies, as well as on transactions between an insurer and its affiliates. Under New York’s insurance laws, which are applicable to us, a domestic stock life insurer may pay an ordinary dividend to its stockholders without regulatory approval provided that the amount does not exceed the statutory formula (“Ordinary Dividend”). Dividends in excess of this amount require a New York domestic life insurer to file a notice of its intent to declare the dividend with the NYDFS and obtain prior approval or non-disapproval from the NYDFS with respect to such dividend (“Extraordinary Dividend”). Due to a permitted statutory accounting practice agreed to with the NYDFS, we need the prior approval of the NYDFS to pay the portion, if any, of any Ordinary Dividend that exceeds the Ordinary Dividend that we would be permitted to pay under New York’s insurance laws absent the application of such permitted practice (such excess, the “Permitted Practice Ordinary Dividend”).
For additional information on shareholder dividends, see Note 19 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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State insurance holding company laws and regulations also regulate changes in control. State laws provide that no person, corporation or other entity may acquire control of a domestic insurance company, or any parent company of such insurance company, without the prior approval of the insurance company’s domiciliary state insurance regulator. Generally, any person acquiring, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the voting securities of an insurance company is presumed to have acquired “control” of the company. This statutory presumption may be rebutted by a showing that control does not exist in fact. State insurance regulators, however, may find that “control” exists in circumstances in which a person owns or controls, directly or indirectly, less than 10% of the voting securities.
The laws and regulations regarding acquisition of control transactions may discourage potential acquisition proposals and may delay or prevent a change of control involving us, including through unsolicited transactions that some of our shareholders might consider desirable.
NAIC
The mandate of the NAIC is to benefit state insurance regulatory authorities and consumers by promulgating model insurance laws and regulations for adoption by the states. The NAIC has established statutory accounting principles set forth in the Manual. However, a state may have adopted or in the future may adopt statutory accounting principles that differ from the Manual. Changes to the Manual or states’ adoption of prescribed differences to the Manual may impact our statutory capital and surplus.
The NAIC’s Risk Management and Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Model Act (“ORSA”), which has been enacted by our domiciliary state, requires insurers to maintain a risk management framework and conduct an internal risk and solvency assessment of their material risks in normal and stressed environments. The assessment is documented in a confidential annual ORSA summary report, a copy of which must be made available to regulators as required or upon request.
The NAIC’s Corporate Governance Annual Disclosure Model Act, which has been adopted in New York, requires insurers to annually file detailed information regarding their corporate governance policies.
Since 2017, the NAIC has been implementing a principle-based approach to reserving for life insurance and annuity contracts, which resulted in corresponding amendments to the NAIC’s Valuation Manual (the “Valuation Manual”). Principle-based reserving is designed to better address reserving for life insurance and annuity products. It has been adopted in all states, although in New York, principle-based reserving differs from the NAIC Standard Valuation Law, as discussed further below.
In recent years, the NAIC’s macro-prudential initiative was intended to enhance risk identification efforts through proposed enhancements to supervisory practices related to liquidity, recovery and resolution, capital stress testing and counterparty exposure concentrations for life insurers. In connection with this initiative, the NAIC adopted amendments to the Model Holding Company Act and Regulation that implement an annual filing requirement related to a liquidity stress-testing framework (the “Liquidity Stress Test”) for certain large U.S. life insurers and insurance groups (based on amounts of certain types of business written or material exposure to certain investment transactions, such as derivatives and securities lending). The Liquidity Stress Test is used as a regulatory tool in the jurisdictions that have adopted the holding company amendments.
The NAIC also developed a group capital calculation tool (“GCC”) using a risk-based capital (“RBC”) aggregation methodology for all entities within the insurance holding company system, including non-U.S. entities. The GCC provides U.S. solvency regulators with an additional analytical tool for conducting group-wide supervision. The NAIC’s amendments to the Model Holding Company Act and Regulation in 2020 also adopted the GCC Template and Instructions and implemented the annual filing requirement with an insurance group’s lead state regulator. The GCC filing requirement becomes effective when the holding company amendments have been adopted by the state where an insurance group’s lead state regulator is located.
In August 2023, New York adopted legislation codifying the Liquidity Stress Test and the GCC. The first GCC filing was required on June 30, 2024.
In August 2023, the NAIC adopted a short-term solution related to the accounting treatment of an insurer’s negative interest maintenance reserve (“IMR”) balance, which may occur when a rising interest rate environment causes an insurer’s IMR balance to become negative as a result of bond sales executed at a capital loss. If this occurs, previous statutory accounting guidance required the non-admittance of negative IMR, which can impact how accurately an insurer’s surplus and financial strength are reflected in its financial statements and result in lower reported surplus and RBC ratios. The NAIC’s interim statutory accounting guidance, which is effective until December 31, 2025, allows an insurer with an authorized control level RBC greater than 300% to admit negative IMR up to 10% of its General Account capital and surplus, subject to certain
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restrictions and reporting obligations. The NAIC is developing a long-term solution for the accounting treatment of negative IMR, which may nullify the application of the short-term solution if implemented prior to December 31, 2025.
Captive Reinsurance Regulation and Variable Annuity Capital Standards
We use an affiliated captive reinsurer as part of our capital management strategy. During the last few years, the NAIC and certain state regulators, including the NYDFS, have been focused on insurance companies’ use of affiliated captive reinsurers and offshore entities.
The NAIC adopted a revised preamble to the NAIC accreditation standards (the “Standard”), which applies the Standard to captive insurers that assume level premium term life insurance (“XXX”) business and universal life with secondary guarantees (“AXXX”) business. The NAIC also developed a regulatory framework, the XXX/AXXX Reinsurance Framework, for XXX/AXXX transactions. The framework requires more disclosure of an insurer’s use of captives in its statutory financial statements and narrows the types of assets permitted to back statutory reserves that are required to support the insurer’s future obligations. The XXX/AXXX Reinsurance Framework was implemented through an actuarial guideline (“AG 48”), which requires a ceding insurer’s actuary to opine on the insurer’s reserves and issue a qualified opinion if the framework is not followed. AG 48 applies prospectively, so that XXX/AXXX captives are not subject to AG 48 if reinsured policies were issued prior to January 1, 2015, and ceded so that they were part of a reinsurance arrangement as of December 31, 2014, as is the case for the XXX business and AXXX business reinsured by our Arizona captive. The Standard is satisfied if the applicable reinsurance transaction satisfies the XXX/AXXX Reinsurance Framework requirements. The NAIC also adopted the Term and Universal Life Insurance Reserving Financing Model Regulation which contains the same substantive requirements as AG 48, as amended by the NAIC, and it establishes uniform, national standards governing reserve financing arrangements pertaining to the term life and universal life insurance policies with secondary guarantees. The model regulation has been adopted by the State of New York.
The NAIC adopted a new framework for variable annuity captive reinsurance transactions that became operational in 2020, which includes reforms that improve the statutory reserve and RBC framework for insurance companies that sell variable annuity products. Among other changes, the framework includes new prescriptions for reflecting hedge effectiveness, investment returns, interest rates, mortality and policyholder behavior in calculating statutory reserves and RBC. Overall, we believe the NAIC reform has moved variable annuity capital standards towards an economic framework which is consistent with how we manage our business. The Company adopted the NAIC reserve and capital framework for the year ended December 31, 2019.
As previously noted, New York’s Regulation 213, which applies to Equitable Financial, differs from the NAIC’s variable annuity reserve and capital framework described above. Regulation 213 requires New York licensed insurers to carry statutory basis reserves for variable annuity contract obligations equal to the greater of those required under (i) the NAIC standard or (ii) a revised version of the NYDFS requirement in effect prior to the adoption of the regulation’s first amendment for contracts issued prior to January 1, 2020, and for policies issued after that date a new standard that is more conservative than the NAIC standard. As a result, Regulation 213 materially increases the statutory basis reserves that New York licensed insurers are required to carry which could adversely affect their capacity to distribute dividends. As a holding company, Holdings relies on dividends and other payments from its subsidiaries and, accordingly, any material limitation on Equitable Financial’s dividend capacity could materially affect Holdings’ ability to return capital to stockholders through dividends and stock repurchases.
In order to mitigate the impacts of Regulation 213 discussed above, the Company completed a series of management actions prior to year-end 2022. Equitable Financial entered into a reinsurance agreement with Swiss Re Life & Health America Inc., we completed the Global Atlantic Reinsurance Transaction, we completed certain internal restructurings that increase cash flows to Holdings from non-life insurance entities, and we changed our underwriting practices to emphasize issuing products out of our non-New York domiciled insurance subsidiary. Equitable Financial was also granted a permitted practice by the NYDFS which partially mitigates Regulation 213’s impact from the Venerable Transaction to make the regulation’s application to Equitable Financial more consistent with the NAIC reserve and capital framework. In addition, in May 2023, Equitable Financial completed a reinsurance transaction whereby it reinsured virtually all of its net retained General Account liabilities, including all of its net retained liabilities relating to the living benefit and death riders related to (i) its variable annuity contracts issued outside the State of New York prior to October 1, 2022 (and with respect to its Equi-Vest variable annuity contracts, issued outside the State of New York prior to February 1, 2023) and (ii) certain universal life insurance policies issued outside the State of New York prior to October 1, 2022, to its affiliate, Equitable America. In addition, all of the separate account liabilities relating to such variable annuity contracts were reinsured as part of that transaction. There can be no assurance that any of these management actions individually or collectively will fully mitigate the impact of Regulation 213. Other state
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insurance regulators may also propose and adopt standards that differ from the NAIC framework. See Note 19 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional detail on the permitted practice granted by the NYDFS.
We cannot predict what revisions, if any, will be made to the model laws and regulations relating to the use of captives. Any regulatory action that limits our ability to achieve desired benefits from the use of or materially increases our cost of using captive reinsurance and applies retroactively, without grandfathering provisions for existing captive variable annuity reinsurance entities, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations. For additional information on our use of a captive reinsurance company, see “Risk Factors—Legal and Regulatory Risks.”
Surplus and Capital; Risk-Based Capital
Insurers are required to maintain their capital and surplus at or above minimum levels. Regulators have discretionary authority, in connection with the continued licensing of insurance companies, to limit or prohibit an insurer’s sales to policyholders if, in their judgment, the regulators determine that such insurer has not maintained the minimum surplus or capital or that the further transaction of business would be hazardous to policyholders. We report our RBC based on a formula calculated by applying factors to various asset, premium and statutory reserve items, as well as taking into account the risk characteristics of the insurer. The major categories of risk involved are asset risk, insurance risk, interest rate risk, market risk and business risk. The formula is used as a regulatory tool to identify possible inadequately capitalized insurers for purposes of initiating regulatory action, and not as a means to rank insurers generally. State insurance laws provide insurance regulators the authority to require various actions by, or take various actions against, insurers whose RBC ratio does not meet or exceed certain RBC levels. The NAIC approved RBC revisions for corporate bonds, real estate equity and longevity risk that took effect at year-end 2021 and had a minimal RBC impact on Equitable Financial. The NAIC also approved an RBC update for mortality risk that took effect at year-end 2022, which had a minimal impact on Equitable Financial. As of the date of the most recent annual statutory financial statements filed with insurance regulators, our RBC was in excess of each of those RBC levels.
Regulation of Investments
State insurance laws and regulations limit the amount of investments that we may have in certain asset categories, such as below investment grade fixed income securities, real estate equity, other equity investments, and derivatives, and require diversification of investment portfolios. Investments exceeding regulatory limitations are not admitted for purposes of measuring surplus. In some instances, laws require us to divest any non-qualifying investments.
The NAIC is also evaluating the risks associated with insurers’ investments in certain categories of structured securities, including CLOs. In March 2023, the NAIC adopted an amendment to the Purposes and Procedures Manual of the NAIC Investment Analysis Office (the “Purposes and Procedures Manual”) to give the NAIC’s Structured Securities Group, housed within the SVO, responsibility for modeling CLO securities and evaluating tranche level losses across all debt and equity tranches under a series of calibrated and weighted collateral stress scenarios in order to assign NAIC designations. The amended Purposes and Procedures Manual, which became effective on January 1, 2024, requires insurers to begin reporting, the financially modeled NAIC designations for CLOs with their year-end 2025 financial statement filings. The NAIC’s goal is to ensure that the aggregate RBC factor for owning all tranches of a CLO is the same as that required for owning all of the underlying loan collateral, in order to avoid RBC arbitrage. The NAIC is collaborating with interested parties to develop and refine the process for modeling CLO investments.
In addition, in 2023, the NAIC increased the RBC factor for CLO and other structured security residual tranches from 30% to 45% effective for year-end 2024 RBC filings.
More broadly, in August 2023, the NAIC’s Financial Condition (E) Committee launched a holistic review of its approach to insurer investment risk regulation. The primary objective is to highlight areas where the insurance regulatory framework and the SVO can be enhanced in order to strengthen oversight of insurers’ investments in complex assets, such as structured securities. More specifically, the NAIC is focused on the SVO’s discretion to review NAIC designations for individual investments, the appropriate extent of SVO reliance on CRPs, and oversight of the development of new RBC charges for CLOs and other structured securities. The proposed changes to modernize investment oversight include: (i) reducing or eliminating “blind” reliance on CRPs while continuing to utilize them by implementing a due diligence framework that oversees the effectiveness of CRPs and (ii) bolstering the SVO’s portfolio risk analysis capabilities by investing in a risk analytics tool and adding specialized personnel. The NAIC has also been focused on insurers’ use of ratings by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and other CRPs for rating certain of their investments, instead of submitting such investments to the SVO. Certain investments are subject to an exemption from filing with the SVO if they have been assigned a current, monitored rating by certain approved CRPs that meet specified requirements.
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The NAIC’s designation of an investment held by an insurance company affects the RBC charge applied to such investment and therefore impacts the insurer’s overall RBC ratio. In November 2024, the NAIC adopted an amendment to the Purposes and Procedures Manual, which sets forth procedures for the SVO staff to identify and evaluate a filing exempt security with an NAIC designation determined by a rating that appears to be an unreasonable assessment of investment risk. The procedures include, without limitation, sending an information request to insurers that hold the security under review and determining whether the NAIC designation is three or more notches different than the SVO’s assessment, which allows the SVO to request the removal of the CRP credit rating from the filing exempt process. At any time during the process, an alternate CRP credit rating may be requested and if one is received, it will be incorporated in the filing exempt process. The amendment to the Purposes and Procedures Manual is scheduled to become effective on January 1, 2026.
We cannot predict what form any final proposals may take, or what effect their adoption may have on our business and compliance costs.
Guaranty Associations and Similar Arrangements
Each state in which we are admitted to transact business requires life insurers doing business within the jurisdiction to participate in guaranty associations, which are organized to pay certain contractual insurance benefits owed pursuant to insurance policies issued by impaired, insolvent or failed insurers. The laws are designed to protect policyholders from losses under insurance policies issued by insurance companies that become impaired or insolvent. These associations levy assessments, up to prescribed limits, on all member insurers in a particular state based on their proportionate share of premiums written in the lines of business in which the impaired, insolvent or failed insurer is engaged. Some states permit member insurers to recover assessments paid through full or partial premium tax offsets.
During each of the past five years, the assessments levied against us have not been material.
Adjusting Non-Guaranteed Elements of Life Insurance Products
In recent years, state regulators have considered whether to apply regulatory standards to the determination and/or readjustment of non-guaranteed elements (“NGEs”) within life insurance policies and annuity contracts that may be adjusted at the insurer’s discretion, such as the cost of insurance (“COI”) for universal life insurance policies and interest crediting rates for life insurance policies and annuity contracts. For example, New York’s Insurance Regulation 210 establishes standards for the determination and any readjustment of NGEs, including a prohibition on increasing profit margins on existing business or recouping past losses on such business, and requires advance notice of any adverse change in a NGE to both the NYDFS and affected policyholders. We have developed policies and procedures designed to comply with Regulation 210 and to date, have not seen adverse effects on our business. It is possible, however, that Regulation 210 could adversely impact management’s ability to determine and/or readjust NGEs in the future. Beyond the New York regulation and similar rules enacted in California (effective on July 1, 2019) and Texas (effective on January 1, 2021), the likelihood of enacting of any additional state-based regulation is uncertain at this time, but if implemented, these regulations could have an adverse effect on our business and consolidated results of operations.
Broker-Dealer and Securities Regulation and Commodities Regulation
We and certain policies and contracts offered by us are subject to regulation under the Federal securities laws administered by the SEC, self-regulatory organizations and under certain state securities laws. These regulators may conduct examinations of our operations, and from time to time make requests for particular information from us.
Certain of our subsidiaries and affiliates, including Equitable Advisors, Equitable Distributors, SCB LLC and AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc., are registered as broker-dealers (collectively, the “Broker-Dealers”) under the Exchange Act. The Broker-Dealers are subject to extensive regulation by the SEC and are members of, and subject to regulation by, FINRA, a self-regulatory organization subject to SEC oversight. Among other regulation, the Broker-Dealers are subject to the capital requirements of the SEC and FINRA, which specify minimum levels of capital (“net capital”) that the Broker-Dealers are required to maintain and also limit the amount of leverage that the Broker-Dealers are able to employ in their businesses. The SEC and FINRA also regulate the sales practices of the Broker-Dealers. In June 2020, Regulation Best Interest (“Regulation BI”) went into effect with respect to recommendations of securities and accounts to “retail customers.” Regulation BI requires the Broker-Dealers, when making a recommendation of any securities transaction or investment strategy involving securities (including account recommendations) to a retail customer, to provide specified disclosures and act in the retail customer’s best interest. Moreover, in recent years, the SEC and FINRA have intensified their scrutiny of sales practices relating to variable annuities, variable life insurance and alternative investments, among other products. In addition, the Broker-Dealers are also subject to regulation by state securities administrators in those states in which they conduct business, who may
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also conduct examinations, direct inquiries to the Broker-Dealers and bring enforcement actions against the Broker-Dealers. Broker-Dealers are required to obtain approval from FINRA for material changes in their businesses as well as certain restructuring and mergers and acquisition events. The Broker-Dealers are also subject to registration and regulation by regulatory authorities in the foreign jurisdictions in which they do business.
Certain of our Separate Accounts are registered as investment companies under the Investment Company Act. Separate Accounts interests under certain annuity contracts and insurance policies issued by us are also registered under the Securities Act. EQAT and 1290 Funds are registered as investment companies under the Investment Company Act and shares offered by these investment companies are also registered under the Securities Act. Many of the investment companies managed by AB, including a variety of mutual funds and other pooled investment vehicles, are registered with the SEC under the Investment Company Act, and, if appropriate, shares of these entities are registered under the Securities Act.
Certain subsidiaries and affiliates, including EIMG, EIM LLC, Equitable Advisors and AB, and certain of its subsidiaries are registered as investment advisers under the Investment Advisers Act. The investment advisory activities of such registered investment advisers are subject to various federal and state laws and regulations and to the laws in those foreign countries in which they conduct business. These U.S. and foreign laws and regulations generally grant supervisory agencies broad administrative powers, including the power to limit or restrict the carrying on of business for failure to comply with such laws and regulations.
EIMG is registered with the CFTC as a commodity pool operator with respect to certain portfolios and is also a member of the NFA. AB and certain of its subsidiaries are also separately registered with the CFTC as commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisers; SCB LLC is also registered with the CFTC as a commodity introducing broker. The CFTC is a federal independent agency that is responsible for, among other things, the regulation of commodity interests and enforcement of the CEA. The NFA is a self-regulatory organization to which the CFTC has delegated, among other things, the administration and enforcement of commodity regulatory registration requirements and the regulation of its members. As such, EIMG is subject to regulation by the NFA and CFTC and is subject to certain legal requirements and restrictions in the CEA and in the rules and regulations of the CFTC and the rules and by-laws of the NFA on behalf of itself and any commodity pools that it operates, including investor protection requirements and anti-fraud prohibitions, and is subject to periodic inspections and audits by the CFTC and NFA. EIMG is also subject to certain CFTC-mandated disclosure, reporting and record-keeping obligations.
Regulators, including the SEC, FINRA, and state securities regulators and attorneys general, continue to focus attention on various practices in or affecting the investment management and/or mutual fund industries, including portfolio management, valuation, fee break points, and the use of fund assets for distribution.
We and certain of our subsidiaries provide regular financial reporting as well as, in certain cases, additional information and documents to the SEC, FINRA, the CFTC, NFA, state securities regulators and attorneys general, the NYDFS and other state insurance regulators, and other regulators regarding our compliance with insurance, securities and other laws and regulations regarding the conduct of our businesses. For additional information on regulatory matters, see Note 19 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
The SEC, FINRA, the CFTC and other governmental regulatory authorities may institute administrative or judicial proceedings against our subsidiaries or their personnel that may result in censure, fines, the issuance of cease-and-desist orders, trading prohibitions, the suspension or expulsion of a broker-dealer, investment adviser, commodity pool operator, or other type of regulated entity, or member, its officers, registered representatives or employees or other similar sanctions.
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Currently, the U.S. federal government does not directly regulate the business of insurance. While the Dodd-Frank Act does not remove primary responsibility for the supervision and regulation of insurance from the states, Title V of the Dodd-Frank Act established the FIO within the U.S. Treasury Department and reformed the regulation of the non-admitted property and casualty insurance market and the reinsurance market. The Dodd-Frank Act also established the FSOC, which is authorized to designate certain non-bank financial companies, including insurers, as systemically significant (a “SIFI”) if the FSOC determines that the financial institution could pose a threat to U.S. financial stability. Such a designation would subject a non-bank SIFI to supervision and heightened prudential standards by the Federal Reserve. On November 3, 2023, the FSOC adopted guidance that establishes a new process for designating certain non-bank financial institutions as SIFIs. Under the new guidance, the FSOC is no longer required to conduct a cost-benefit analysis and an assessment of the likelihood of a non-bank financial company’s material financial distress before considering the designation of the company. The revised process could
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have the effect of simplifying and shortening FSOC’s procedures for designating certain financial companies as non-bank SIFIs.
The FIO’s authority extends to all lines of insurance except health insurance, crop insurance and (unless included with life or annuity components) long-term care insurance. Under the Dodd-Frank Act, the FIO is charged with monitoring all aspects of the insurance industry (including identifying gaps in regulation that could contribute to a systemic crisis), recommending to the FSOC the designation of any insurer and its affiliates as a non-bank financial company subject to oversight by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (including the administration of stress testing on capital), assisting the Treasury Secretary in negotiating “covered agreements” with non-U.S. governments or regulatory authorities, and, with respect to state insurance laws and regulation, determining whether state insurance measures are pre-empted by such covered agreements.
In addition, the FIO is empowered to request and collect data (including financial data) on and from the insurance industry and insurers (including reinsurers) and their affiliates. In such capacity, the FIO may require an insurer or an affiliate of an insurer to submit such data or information as the FIO may reasonably require. In addition, the FIO’s approval is required to subject a financial company whose largest U.S. subsidiary is an insurer to the special orderly liquidation process outside the federal bankruptcy code, administered by the FDIC pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act. U.S. insurance subsidiaries of any such financial company, however, would be subject to rehabilitation and liquidation proceedings under state insurance law. The Dodd-Frank Act also reforms the regulation of the non-admitted property/casualty insurance market (commonly referred to as excess and surplus lines) and the reinsurance markets, including prohibiting the ability of non-domiciliary state insurance regulators to deny credit for reinsurance when recognized by the ceding insurer’s domiciliary state regulator.
In October 2022, the SEC adopted final rules requiring the recovery of erroneously awarded compensation as mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act.
The following aspects of our operations could also be affected by the Dodd-Frank Act:
Heightened Standards and Safeguards
The FSOC may recommend that state insurance regulators or other regulators apply new or heightened standards and safeguards for activities or practices we and other insurers or other financial services companies engage in if the FSOC determines that those activities or practices could create or increase the risk that significant liquidity, credit or other problems spread among financial companies. We cannot predict whether any such recommendations will be made or their effect on our business, consolidated results of operations or financial condition.
Over-The-Counter Derivatives Regulation
The Dodd-Frank Act includes a framework of regulation for the OTC derivatives markets, which has largely been implemented. The Dodd-Frank Act provided authority to the CFTC to regulate “swaps” and the SEC to regulate “security-based swaps.” Swaps include, among other things, OTC derivatives on interest rates, commodities, broad-based securities indexes, treasury and other exempted securities, and currency. Security-based swaps include, among other things, OTC derivatives on single securities, baskets of securities, narrow-based indexes or loans. The Dodd-Frank Act also granted authority to the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury to exclude physically-settled foreign exchange instruments from regulation as swaps, which the Secretary implemented shortly after adoption of the Dodd-Frank Act.
The Dodd-Frank Act authorized the SEC and the CFTC to mandate that specified types of OTC derivatives must be executed in regulated markets and be submitted for clearing to regulated clearinghouses and directed the CFTC and SEC to establish documentation, recordkeeping and registration requirements for swap dealers, major swap participants, security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants for swaps, security-based swaps and specified other derivatives that continued to trade on the OTC market. The Dodd-Frank Act also directed the SEC, CFTC, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve Board, the FDIC, the Farm Credit Administration, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (collectively, the “Prudential Regulators”), with respect to the respective entities they regulate, to develop margin rules for OTC derivatives and capital rules for regulated dealers and major participants. The Prudential Regulators completed substantially all of the required regulations by 2017, and the CFTC finalized one of its last remaining rules – the capital rules for swap dealers in July 2020. In December 2019 the SEC finalized and adopted the final set of rules related to security-based swaps, and the rules, including registration of dealers in security-based swaps, became effective on or prior to November 1, 2021. Public trade reporting of security-based swaps went into effect in February 2022. In December 2021, the SEC proposed Rule 10B-1 under the Exchange Act to require next day public reporting of security-based swaps that exceed certain specified thresholds.
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In June 2023, the SEC reopened the comment period on proposed Rule 10B-1 under the Exchange Act. As a result of the CFTC regulations, several types of CFTC-regulated swaps are required to be traded on swap execution facilities and cleared through a regulated DCO. Swaps and security-based swaps submitted for clearing are subject to minimum initial and variation margin requirements set by the relevant DCO or security-based swap clearing organization. Both swaps and security-based swaps are subject to transaction-reporting requirements. The rule’s potential effect, if adopted, is uncertain.
Under the CFTC’s and SEC’s regulations, swaps and security-based swaps traded by a non-banking entity are currently subject to variation margin requirements as well as, for most entities, initial margin, as mandated by the CFTC and SEC. Under regulations adopted by the Prudential Regulators, both swaps and security-based swaps traded by banking entities are currently subject to variation margin requirements and, for most entities, initial margin requirements as well. Initial margin requirements imposed by the CFTC, the SEC and the Prudential Regulators are being phased in over a period of time. As a result, initial margin requirements took effect in September 2021 for us. The CFTC regulations require us to post and collect variation margin (comprised of specified liquid instruments and subject to a required haircut) in connection with trading of swaps with CFTC-regulated swap dealers, and the regulations adopted by the Prudential Regulators require us to post and collect variation margin when trading either swaps or security-based swaps with a dealer regulated by the Prudential Regulators. SEC regulations require posting and collection of variation margin by both us and our counterparty but require posting of initial margin only by the entity facing the broker-dealer or security-based swap dealer but not the broker-dealer or security-based swap dealer itself.
In addition, regulations adopted by the Prudential Regulators that became effective in 2019 require certain bank-regulated counterparties and certain of their affiliates to include in qualified financial contracts, including many derivatives contracts, repurchase agreements and securities lending agreements, terms that delay or restrict the rights of counterparties, such as us, to terminate such contracts, foreclose upon collateral, exercise other default rights or restrict transfers of affiliate credit enhancements (such as guarantees) in the event that the bank-regulated counterparty and/or its affiliates are subject to certain types of resolution or insolvency proceedings. It is possible that these requirements in the market, could adversely affect our ability to terminate existing derivatives agreements or to realize amounts to be received under such agreements. The Dodd-Frank Act and related federal regulations and foreign derivatives requirements expose us to operational, compliance, execution and other risks, including central counterparty insolvency risk.
We use derivatives to mitigate a wide range of risks in connection with our business, including the impact of increased benefit exposures from certain variable annuity products that offer GMxB features. We have always been subject to the risk that our hedging and other management procedures might prove ineffective in reducing the risks to which insurance policies expose us or that unanticipated policyholder behavior or mortality, combined with adverse market events, could produce economic losses beyond the scope of the risk management techniques employed. Any such losses could be increased by higher costs of writing derivatives (including customized derivatives) and the reduced availability of customized derivatives that might result from the enactment and implementation of new regulations.
Broker-Dealer Regulation
The Dodd-Frank Act authorized the SEC to promulgate rules to provide that the standard of conduct for all broker-dealers, when providing personalized investment advice about securities to retail customers. In response, the SEC adopted Regulation BI, which became effective in June 2020. As part of the same rulemaking package, the SEC also required registered broker dealers and investment advisers to retail customers to file a client relationship summary (“Form CRS”) with the SEC and deliver copies of Form CRS to their retail customers. Form CRS provides disclosures from the broker-dealer or investment adviser about the applicable standard of conduct and conflicts of interest. The intent of these rules is to impose on broker-dealers an enhanced duty of care to their customers similar to that which applies to investment advisers under existing law. We have developed systems and processes and put in place policies and procedures to ensure that we are in compliance with Regulation Best Interest.
In December 2022, the SEC proposed a new Regulation Best Execution, which would supplement existing best execution rules enforced by FINRA and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. In conjunction with Regulation Best Execution, the SEC also proposed other rules or rule modifications that, if adopted as proposed, would materially impact broker-dealers operating in the equity markets. These proposals include: (i) the Order Competition Rule, which would require certain retail customer orders to be exposed first to a “qualified auction” operated by an open competition trading center prior to execution in the OTC market; (ii) amendments to Regulation NMS to adopt, among other things, minimum pricing increments for quoting and trading of listed stocks and reduce exchange access fees; and (iii) amendments to disclosure requirements under Regulation NMS to require monthly publication of order execution quality information in listed equity by certain large broker-dealers and
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trading platforms in addition to the market centers that are currently required to publish such reports. If adopted, the proposals will likely increase costs for our broker-dealers.
The SEC has adopted rules to require covered clearing agencies to adopt policies and procedures reasonably designed to require every direct participant of the agency to submit for clearing eligible secondary market transactions in U.S. Treasury securities, which will effectively require those participants to clear eligible cash transactions in U.S. Treasury securities by December 31, 2026, and eligible repurchase transactions in U.S. Treasury securities by June 30, 2027. The rule’s potential effect on the U.S. Treasury securities market is uncertain.
Investment Adviser Regulation
Changes to the marketing requirements for registered investment advisers were adopted in December 2020 and became effective in November 2022. The changes amended existing Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act and incorporated aspects of Investment Advisers Act Rule 206(4)-3, which the SEC simultaneously rescinded in its entirety. The amended rules imposed a number of new requirements that will affect marketing of certain advisory products, including, in particular, private funds. We developed systems and processes and put in place policies and procedures to ensure that we are in compliance with the amended rule. The SEC is currently focused on examining compliance efforts with newly amended Rule 206(4)-1. The SEC has also adopted new reporting requirements for institutional investment managers regarding “say on pay” and more expansive reporting on voting practices by managers for registered funds on Form N-PX. In October 2022, the SEC also proposed a new rule and rule amendments under the Investment Advisers Act that would prohibit registered investment advisers from outsourcing certain services and functions without conducting due diligence and monitoring the proposed service providers. Both the new requirements and the new proposals, if adopted, will create substantially greater compliance requirements and costs for our investment adviser entities.
Fiduciary Rules / “Best Interest” Standards of Conduct
We provide certain products and services to employee benefit plans that are subject to ERISA and certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). As such, our activities are subject to the restrictions imposed by ERISA and the Code, including the requirement that fiduciaries must perform their duties solely in the interests of plan participants and beneficiaries, and fiduciaries may not cause or permit a covered plan to engage in certain prohibited transactions with persons (parties-in-interest) who have certain relationships with respect to such plans. The applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code are subject to enforcement by the DOL, the IRS, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
In 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) proposed a regulation to change the definition of “fiduciary” for purposes of ERISA and parallel provisions of the Code when a financial professional, including an insurance producer, provides investment advice, and proposed amendments to various existing prohibited transaction exemptions (“PTEs”), including PTE 84-14, that financial professionals rely on when they make investment recommendations to retirement investors. On April 23, 2024, the DOL finalized and published this new definition of “fiduciary” for purposes of ERISA and parallel provisions of the Code and finalized and published amendments to these PTEs (the new definition and the PTE amendments collectively, the “Final Rule”).
Various industry groups brought litigation against the DOL seeking a variety of remedies for the Final Rule. On July 25, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (the “E.D. Tex.”) issued a stay of the effective date of portions of the Final Rule. On July 26, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (the “N.D. Tex.”) issued a stay of the effective date of the Final Rule as a whole. The DOL appealed the stay issued in the E.D. Tex. litigation to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The DOL also filed an interlocutory appeal challenging the stay issued in the N.D. Tex. litigation to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The parties jointly agreed to stay further proceedings pending the outcome of the interlocutory appeal and the DOL subsequently announced that it does not intend to pursue its appeals of these stay orders and instead will revisit the Final Rule. As a result of these developments, it is uncertain whether the Final Rule will become effective in the future, either in its current form or in another form.
In addition, in January 2020, the NAIC revised the Suitability in Annuity Transactions Model Regulation to apply a best interest of the consumer standard on insurance producers’ annuity recommendations and to require that insurers supervise such recommendations. Most U.S. states have adopted the revised regulation. As a notable exception, the NYDFS amended Regulation 187- Suitability and Best Interests in Life Insurance and Annuity Transactions (“Regulation 187”) to add a “best interest” standard for recommendations regarding the sale of life insurance and annuity products in New York. We have developed our compliance framework for Regulation 187 with respect to annuity sales as well as our life insurance business.
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Massachusetts has also adopted a regulation applying a fiduciary duty standard to broker-dealers and their agents which, although not applying to insurance product (including variable annuity) sales, did require us to make changes to certain policies and procedures to ensure compliance. The North American Securities Administrators Association has proposed a broker-dealer conduct model rule that states might seek to adopt. The stated objectives of the proposal are to account for revisions to federal conduct standards for broker-dealers and agents arising out of the adoption of Regulation BI by the SEC and other changes that have occurred in the financial services industry in recent years, including the blurring of brokerage and advisory service models. Other states have either adopted or are considering adoption of fiduciary and other conduct standards for broker-dealers.
Climate Risks
The topic of climate risk has come under increased scrutiny by the insurance regulators and other regulatory agencies. In September 2020, the NYDFS announced that it expects New York domestic and foreign authorized insurers to integrate financial risks from climate change into their governance frameworks, risk management processes, and business strategies.
In November 2021, the NYDFS issued additional guidance for New York domestic insurers, such as Equitable Financial, stating that they are expected to manage financial risks from climate change by taking actions that are proportionate to the nature, scale and complexity of their businesses. For instance, such an insurer should: (i) incorporate climate risk into its financial risk management (e.g., a company’s ORSA should address climate risk); (ii) manage climate risk through its enterprise risk management functions and ensure that its organizational structure clearly defines roles and responsibilities related to managing such risk; (iii) use scenario analysis when developing business strategies and identifying risks; and (iv) incorporate the management of climate risk into its corporate governance structure at the group or insurer entity level (i.e., an insurer’s board of directors should understand climate risk and oversee the team responsible for managing such risk). As of August 2022, New York domestic insurers should have implemented certain corporate governance changes and developed plans to implement the organizational structure changes (e.g., defining roles and responsibilities related to managing climate risk). With respect to implementing more involved changes (e.g., reflecting climate risks in the ORSA and using scenario analysis when developing business strategies), insurers are encouraged to start work on these changes, although the NYDFS intends to issue additional guidance with more specific timing information. We have developed our compliance framework with respect to the November 2021 guidance.
The NYDFS also adopted an amendment to the regulation governing enterprise risk management, applicable to New York domestic and foreign authorized insurers, which requires an insurance group’s enterprise risk management function to address certain additional risks, including climate change risk.
In September 2023, the California legislature passed a law that will require firms with annual revenues of over $1 billion that do business in the state to publicly report their greenhouse gas emissions, beginning in 2026 for calendar year 2025.
In 2022, the NAIC adopted a new disclosure standard for insurance companies to report their climate-related risks as part of its annual Climate Risk Disclosure Survey, which applies to insurers that meet the reporting threshold of $100 million in countrywide direct premium and are licensed in one of the participating jurisdictions. The disclosure standard is consistent with the international Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures’ framework for reporting climate-related financial information.
In addition, the FIO has been assessing how the insurance sector may mitigate climate risks and help achieve national climate-related goals pursuant to its authority under the Dodd-Frank Act, as discussed above. In June 2023, the FIO released a report titled, Insurance Supervision and Regulation of Climate-Related Risks, which evaluates climate-related issues and gaps in insurer regulation. The report urges insurance regulators to adopt climate-related risk-monitoring guidance in order to enhance their regulation and supervision of insurers.
Diversity and Corporate Governance
Insurance regulators are also focused on the topic of race, diversity and inclusion. In New York, the NYDFS issued a circular letter in 2021 stating that it expects the insurers it regulates, such as Equitable Financial, to make diversity of their leadership a business priority and a key element of their corporate governance. We consider the NYDFS’ guidance as part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion. The NAIC continues to work on identifying barriers that disadvantage people of color or historically underrepresented groups and improving access to different types of insurance products in minority communities. Groups at the NAIC are also coordinating on issues related to predictive modeling, price algorithms, and insurers’ use of artificial intelligence (“AI”), and new state regulations in these areas are possible.
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Federal Tax Legislation, Regulation, and Administration
Although we cannot predict what legislative, regulatory, or administrative changes may or may not occur with respect to the federal tax law, we nevertheless endeavor to consider the possible ramifications of such changes on the profitability of our business and the attractiveness of our products to consumers. In this regard, we analyze multiple streams of information, including those described below.
Enacted Legislation
At present, the federal tax laws generally permit certain holders of life insurance and annuity products to defer taxation on the build-up of value within such products (commonly referred to as “inside build-up”) until payments are made to the policyholders or other beneficiaries. From time to time, Congress considers legislation that could enhance or reduce (or eliminate) the benefit of tax deferral on some life insurance and annuity products. The modification or elimination of this tax favored status could also reduce demand for our products. In addition, if the treatment of earnings accrued inside an annuity contract was changed prospectively, and the tax-favored status of existing contracts was grandfathered, holders of existing contracts would be less likely to surrender or rollover their contracts. These changes could reduce our earnings and negatively impact our business.
Regulatory and Other Administrative Guidance from the Treasury Department and the IRS
Regulatory and other administrative guidance from the Treasury Department and the IRS also could impact the amount of federal tax that we pay. For example, the adoption of “principles based” approaches for calculating statutory reserves may lead the Treasury Department and the IRS to issue guidance that changes the way that deductible insurance reserves are determined, potentially reducing future tax deductions for us.
Privacy and Security of Customer Information and Cybersecurity Regulation
We are subject to federal and state laws and regulations that require financial institutions to protect the security, integrity, confidentiality, and availability of customer information, and to notify customers about their policies and practices relating to their collection, disclosure, and security of customer information. We maintain, and we require our third-party service providers to maintain, security controls designed to ensure the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of our systems and the confidential and sensitive information we maintain and process thereon, or which is processed on our behalf. We have adopted a privacy policy outlining the Company’s procedures and practices relating to the collection, maintenance, disclosure, disposal, and protection of customer information, including personal information. As required by law, subject to certain exceptions, a copy of the privacy policy is mailed to customers on an annual basis. Federal and state laws generally require that we provide notice to affected individuals, law enforcement, regulators and/or potentially others, each as applicable, if there is a situation in which customer information is disclosed to and/or accessed or acquired by unauthorized third parties. Federal regulations require financial institutions to implement programs to protect against unauthorized access to this customer information, and to detect, prevent and mitigate identity theft. Federal and state laws and regulations regulate the ability of financial institutions to make telemarketing calls and to send unsolicited e-mail or fax messages to both consumers and customers, and also regulate the permissible uses of certain categories of customer information.
The violation of data privacy and data protection laws and regulations or the failure to implement and maintain reasonable and effective information security and cybersecurity programs may result in significant fines, remediation costs, and regulatory enforcement actions. Moreover, a cybersecurity incident that disrupts critical operations and customer services could expose the Company to litigation, losses, or additional costs, and reputational damage. As cyber threats continue to evolve, regulators continue to develop new requirements to account for risk exposure, including specific cybersecurity safeguards and program oversight. As such, it may be expected that legislation considered by either the U.S. Congress and/or state legislatures could create additional and/or more burdensome obligations relating to the use and protection of customer information.
We are subject to the rules and regulations of the NYDFS which in 2017 adopted the Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies (the “NY Cybersecurity Regulation”), a regulation applicable to banking and insurance entities under its jurisdiction. The NY Cybersecurity Regulation requires covered entities to, among other things, assess risks associated with their information systems and establish and maintain a cybersecurity program designed to protect such systems, consumers’ private data, and confidential business data against such risks. We have adopted a cybersecurity policy outlining our policies and procedures for the protection of our information systems and information stored on those systems that comports with the regulation. In November 2023, the NYDFS adopted amendments to the NY Cybersecurity Regulation, which include significant changes, such as: (i) requiring new technical reporting; (ii) the implementation of governance and oversight measures, including that a senior governing body (e.g., the board of directors) have sufficient understanding of cybersecurity-
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related matters to exercise effective oversight; (iii) the enhancement of certain cybersecurity safeguards (e.g., annual audits, vulnerability assessments, and password controls and monitoring); (iv) mandating notifications to the NYDFS within 24 hours of a covered entity’s cyber-ransom payment and otherwise requiring prompt notification to the NYDFS, following the occurrence of a cybersecurity event; (v) requiring covered entities to maintain for examination and inspection upon request by NYDFS all records, schedules, and supporting data regarding cybersecurity events; and (vi) annually certifying to NYDFS a covered entity’s material compliance with the NY Cybersecurity Regulation. The amendments require compliance within 180 days of adoption, but also include delayed compliance dates (in May and November 2025) for certain requirements. We continue to assess the effect of the amendments on our business and compliance strategy.
Similarly, the NAIC adopted the Insurance Data Security Model Law for entities licensed under the relevant state’s insurance laws. The model law requires such entities to establish standards for data security and for the investigation and notification to insurance commissioners of cybersecurity events involving unauthorized access to, or the misuse of, certain nonpublic information. Approximately half of states have adopted the model law for a form thereof, although it has not been adopted by New York. We expect additional states to adopt the model law, even though it is not an NAIC accreditation standard, but we cannot predict whether or not, or in what form or when, they will do so.
The NAIC’s Privacy Protections (H) Working Group (“PPWG”) is developing amendments to update the Privacy of Consumer Financial and Health Information Regulation (Model Law #672). The proposed amendments would expand the definition of nonpublic personal information; add consumer rights to request access, correction and deletion of nonpublic personal information; and add requirements for contracts with third-party service providers. In November 2024, the PPWG received an extension until December 31, 2025, to finalize the amendments to the model regulation. We cannot predict whether changes to Model Law #672 will be adopted, what form they will take, or what effect they would have on our business or compliance efforts in the form adopted by states whose laws apply to us.
In July 2023, the SEC adopted the Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure Final Rule (the “Cybersecurity Final Rule”) enhancing disclosure requirements for registered companies covering cybersecurity risk, management and governance. The Cybersecurity Final Rule requires registrants to disclose material cybersecurity incidents on Form 8-K within four business days of a determination that a cybersecurity incident is material, and such materiality determination must be made without unreasonable delay. The rule also requires periodic disclosures of, among other things, details on the company’s process to assess, identify, and manage cybersecurity risks, cybersecurity governance, and management’s role in overseeing such a compliance program, including the board of directors’ oversight of cybersecurity risks. The reporting requirements under the Cybersecurity Final Rule became effective in December 2023. In addition, federal regulators are increasingly focused on cybersecurity and several have established specific and potentially burdensome requirements. For instance, in October 2021, the Federal Trade Commission announced significant amendments to the Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information Rule (the “Safeguards Rule”) that require financial institutions to implement specific data security measures within their formal information security measures. The updated Safeguards Rule became effective in June 2023. Failure to comply with new regulations or requirements may result in enforcement action, fines and/or other operational or reputational harms.
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, (collectively, “CCPA”), California residents enjoy the right to know what information a business has collected from them, the sourcing and sharing of that information, and the right to delete and limit certain uses of that information. CCPA also establishes a private right of action with potentially significant statutory damages, whereby businesses that fail to implement reasonable security measures to protect against breaches of personal information could be liable to affected consumers in the event of a breach of such information. Certain data processing which is otherwise regulated, including under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, is excluded from the CCPA; however, this is not an entity-wide exclusion. We expect a significant portion of our business to be excepted from the requirements of the CCPA. The California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) is charged with adopting rules for and enforcing the CCPA. The CPPA updated the CCPA regulations as of March 2023, and has formally initiated further rulemaking activities, including with respect to when insurance companies must comply with the CCPA, that may lead to additional regulations. The CCPA and any future regulations may require additional compliance efforts, such as changes to our policies, procedures or operations.
Several other states have adopted, or are considering enacting, similar comprehensive privacy laws or regulations in the near future. To date, several of these state laws include entity-level exemptions for financial institutions that are subject to privacy protections in the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act or similar, state-level financial privacy laws.
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Innovation and Technology
As a result of increased innovation and technology in the insurance sector, the NAIC and insurance regulators have been focused on the use of “big data” techniques, such as the use of AI, machine learning and automated decision-making. In December 2023, the NAIC’s Innovation, Cybersecurity and Technology (H) Committee (the “(H) Committee”) adopted the Model Bulletin on the Use of Artificial Intelligence Systems by Insurers (the “AI Bulletin”) after exposing a draft for comment. States have started to adopt the AI Bulletin, which outlines how insurance regulators should govern the development, acquisition and use of AI technologies, as well as the types of information that regulators may request during an investigation or examination of an insurer in regard to AI systems. The (H) Committee also formed a new task force in 2024 charged with creating a regulatory framework for the oversight of insurers’ use of third-party data and models. In addition, the NAIC’s Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (H) Working Group has a new workstream that is evaluating AI-use outcomes and how well the current regulatory framework addresses potential harms from the use of AI. The goal is to determine whether additional tools, resources and education are needed to effectuate the goals of the AI Bulletin. In 2025, the Working Group will also consider developing an overall AI regulatory framework that could be incorporated into an NAIC regulatory handbook.
Further, the NAIC and state insurance regulators have been focused on addressing unfair discrimination in the use of consumer data and technology, and some states have passed laws targeting unfair discrimination practices. For instance, in 2021, Colorado enacted a law which prohibits insurers from using external consumer data and information sources (“ECDIS”), as well as algorithms or predictive models that use ECDIS, in a way that unfairly discriminates based on race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity or gender expression. In August 2023, the Colorado Division of Insurance adopted the first regulation, effective on November 14, 2023, requiring life insurers to adopt a governance and risk management framework for the use of AI, machine learning and other technologies that utilize “external consumer data.” Colorado has proposed an amendment to the regulation which would extend the requirements to private passenger automobile and health benefit plan insurers that use ECDIS, as well as algorithms and predictive models that use ECDIS. Similarly, in July 2024, the NYDFS published a circular letter, which provides guidance on how insurers should develop and manage their use of external consumer data and AI systems in underwriting and pricing so as not to harm consumers.
On July 26, 2023, the SEC proposed rules that, if adopted, would require a broker-dealer or investment adviser, when using a covered technology in a retail investor interaction (i.e., to engage or communicate with a retail investor), to eliminate or neutralize any conflict of interest that results in an investor interaction that places the interest of the broker-dealer or investment adviser ahead of the retail investor’s interests.
We expect big data to remain an important issue for the NAIC and state insurance regulators. We cannot predict which regulators will adopt the AI Bulletin, or what, if any, changes to laws or regulations may be enacted with regard to “big data” or AI technologies.
Environmental Considerations
Federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations apply to our ownership and operation of real property. Inherent in owning and operating real property are the risk of environmental liabilities and the costs of any required clean-up. Under the laws of certain states, contamination of a property may give rise to a lien on the property to secure recovery of the costs of clean-up, which could adversely affect our mortgage lending business. In some states, this lien may have priority over the lien of an existing mortgage against such property. In addition, in some states and under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, or CERCLA, we may be liable, in certain circumstances, as an “owner” or “operator,” for costs of cleaning-up releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances at a property mortgaged to us. We also risk environmental liability when we foreclose on a property mortgaged to us. However, federal legislation provides for a safe harbor from CERCLA liability for secured lenders, provided that certain requirements are met. Application of various other federal and state environmental laws could also result in the imposition of liability on us for costs associated with environmental hazards.
We routinely conduct environmental assessments prior to making a mortgage loan or taking title to real estate, whether through acquisition for investment or through foreclosure on real estate collateralizing mortgages. We cannot provide assurance that unexpected environmental liabilities will not arise. However, based on information currently available to us, we believe that any costs associated with compliance with environmental laws and regulations or any clean-up of properties would not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated results of operations.
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Intellectual Property
We rely on a combination of copyright, trademark, patent and trade secret laws to establish and protect our intellectual property rights. We regard our intellectual property as valuable assets and protect them against infringement.

EMPLOYEES
As of December 31, 2024, the Company had approximately 3,400 full time employees.

Part I, Item 1A.
RISK FACTORS
You should read and consider all of the risks described below, as well as other information set forth in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The risks described below are not the only ones we face. Many of these risks are interrelated and could occur under similar business and economic conditions, and the occurrence of certain of them may in turn cause the emergence or exacerbate the effect of others. Such a combination could materially increase the severity of the impact of these risks on our businesses, results of operations, financial condition or liquidity.
Risks Relating to Our Business
Risks Relating to Conditions in the Financial Markets and Economy
Conditions in the global capital markets and the economy.
Our business, results of operations or financial condition are materially affected by conditions in the global capital markets and the economy. A wide variety of factors continue to impact economic conditions and consumer confidence. These factors include, among others, uncertainty regarding the federal debt limit, volatility in the capital markets, equity market declines, inflationary pressures, plateauing or decreasing economic growth, high fuel and energy costs and changes in fiscal or monetary policy. The Russian invasion of the Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war and broader Middle Eastern hostilities, and the ensuing conflicts and the sanctions and other measures imposed in response to these conflicts, as well as the U.S. presidential administration’s tariffs, and retaliatory tariffs in response, have significantly increased the level of volatility in the financial markets and have increased the level of economic and political uncertainty. Given our interest rate and equity market exposure in our investment and derivatives portfolios and many of our products, these factors could have a material adverse effect on us. The value of our investments and derivatives portfolios may also be adversely affected by reductions in price transparency, changes in the assumptions or methodology we use to estimate fair value and changes in investor confidence or preferences, which could potentially result in higher realized or unrealized losses. Market volatility may also make it difficult to transact in or to value certain of our securities if trading becomes less frequent.
In an economic downturn, the demand for our products and our investment returns could be materially and adversely affected. The profitability of many of our products depends in part on the value of the assets supporting them, which may fluctuate substantially depending on various market conditions. In addition, a change in market conditions could cause a change in consumer sentiment and adversely affect sales and could cause the actual persistency of these products to vary from their anticipated persistency and adversely affect profitability. Our policyholders may choose to defer paying insurance premiums or stop paying insurance premiums altogether. In addition, market conditions may adversely affect the availability and cost of reinsurance protections and the availability and performance of hedging instruments.
Equity market declines and volatility.
Declines or volatility in the equity markets can negatively impact our business, results of operations or financial condition. For example, equity market declines or volatility could decrease the AV of our annuity and variable life contracts, or AUA, which, in turn, would reduce the amount of revenue we derive from fees charged on those account and asset values. Our variable annuity business is particularly sensitive to equity markets, and sustained weakness or stagnation in equity markets could decrease its revenues and earnings. At the same time, for variable annuity contracts that include GMxB features, equity market declines increase the amount of our potential obligations related to such GMxB features and could increase the cost of executing GMxB-related hedges beyond what was anticipated in the pricing of the products being hedged. This could result in an increase in claims and reserves related to those contracts, net of any reinsurance reimbursements or proceeds from our hedging programs. Equity market declines and volatility may also influence policyholder behavior, which may adversely
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impact the levels of surrenders, withdrawals and amounts of withdrawals of our annuity and variable life contracts or cause policyholders to reallocate a portion of their account balances to more conservative investment options (which may have lower fees), which could negatively impact our future profitability or increase our benefit obligations particularly if they were to remain in such options during an equity market increase. Market volatility can negatively impact the value of equity securities we hold for investment which could in turn reduce our statutory capital. In addition, equity market volatility could reduce demand for variable products relative to fixed products, and reduce our current earnings and result in changes to market risk benefit (“MRB”) balances, which could increase the volatility of our earnings. Lastly, periods of high market volatility or adverse conditions could decrease the availability or increase the cost of derivatives.
Interest rate fluctuations.
Some of our products, and our investment returns, are sensitive to interest rate fluctuations, and changes in interest rates and interest rate benchmarks may adversely affect our investment returns and results of operations, including in the following respects:
changes in interest rates may reduce the spread on some of our products between the amounts that we are required to pay under the contracts and the rate of return we are able to earn on our General Account investments supporting the contracts;
when interest rates rise rapidly, policy loans and surrenders and withdrawals of annuity contracts and life insurance policies may increase, requiring us to sell investment assets potentially resulting in realized investment losses, which could reduce our net income;
a decline in interest rates accompanied by unexpected prepayments of certain investments may result in reduced investment income and a decline in our profitability. An increase in interest rates accompanied by unexpected extensions of certain lower yielding investments may result in a decline in our profitability;
changes in the relationship between long-term and short-term interest rates may adversely affect the profitability of some of our products;
changes in interest rates could result in changes to the fair value of our MRB purchased assets, which could increase the volatility of our earnings;
changes in interest rates could result in changes to the fair value liability of our variable annuity GMxB business;
changes in interest rates may adversely impact our liquidity and increase our costs of financing and hedges;
we may not be able to effectively mitigate and we may sometimes choose not to fully mitigate or to increase, the interest rate risk of our assets relative to our liabilities; and
the delay between the time we make changes in interest rate and other assumptions used for product pricing and the time we are able to reflect such changes in assumptions in products available for sale may negatively impact the long-term profitability of certain products sold during the intervening period.
Adverse capital and credit market conditions.
Volatility and disruption in the capital and credit markets may exert downward pressure on the availability of liquidity and credit capacity. We need liquidity to pay our operating expenses (including potential hedging losses), interest expenses and any dividends. Without sufficient liquidity, we could be required to curtail our operations and our business would suffer. While we expect that our future liquidity needs will be satisfied primarily through cash generated by our operations, borrowings from third parties and dividends and distributions from our subsidiaries, it is possible that we will not be able to meet our anticipated short-term and long-term benefit and expense payment obligations. If current resources are insufficient to satisfy our needs, we may access financing sources such as bank debt or the capital markets. These services may not be available during times of stress or may only be available on unfavorable terms. If we are unable to access capital markets to issue new debt, refinance existing debt or sell additional shares as needed, or if we are unable to obtain such financing on acceptable terms, our business could be adversely impacted. Volatility in the capital markets may also consume liquidity as we pay hedge losses and meet collateral requirements related to market movements. We expect these hedging programs to incur losses in certain market scenarios, creating a need to pay cash settlements or post collateral to counterparties. Although our liabilities will also be reduced in these scenarios, this reduction is not immediate, and so in the short term, hedging losses will reduce available liquidity.
Disruptions, uncertainty or volatility in the capital and credit markets may limit our ability to raise additional capital to support business growth, or to counter-balance the consequences of losses or increased regulatory reserves and rating agency
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capital requirements. Ratings agencies may change our credit ratings, and any downgrade is likely to increase our borrowing costs and limit our access to the capital markets and could be detrimental to our business relationships with distribution partners. Our business, results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, statutory capital or rating agency capital position could be materially and adversely affected by disruptions in the capital and credit markets.
In the U.S., the continued disagreement over the federal debt limit and other budget questions threatens the economy. Failure to resolve these issues in a timely manner could result in a government shutdown, erratic shutdown in government spending or a default on government debt, which could result in increased market volatility and reduced economic activity.
Risks Relating to Our Operations
Failure to protect the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of customer information or proprietary business information.
We and certain of our vendors retain confidential information (including customer transactional data and personal information about our customers, the employees and customers of our customers, and our own employees). The privacy or security of this information may be compromised, including as a result of an information security breach. We have implemented a formal, risk-based data security program, including physical, technical, and administrative safeguards; however, failure to implement and maintain effective data protection and cybersecurity programs that comply with applicable law, or any compromise of the security, confidentiality, integrity, or availability of our information systems, or those of our vendors, the cloud-based systems we use, or the sensitive information stored on such systems, through cyber-attacks or for any other reason that results in unauthorized access, use, modification, disclosure or destruction of personally identifiable information, or customer information, or other confidential or proprietary information, or the disruption of critical operations and services, could damage our reputation, deter people from purchasing our products, subject us to significant civil and criminal liability and require us to incur significant technical, legal and other expenses any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition. For further information on the cybersecurity and data privacy laws applicable to our insurance subsidiaries, see “Cybersecurity—Overview of Equitable Cybersecurity Risk Management” and “Cybersecurity—Governance of Cybersecurity Risk Management.”
Our operational failures or those of service providers on which we rely.
Weaknesses or failures in our internal processes or systems or those of our vendors could lead to disruption of our operations, liability to clients, exposure to regulatory enforcement action or harm to our reputation. Our business is highly dependent on our ability to process large numbers of transactions, many of which are highly complex, across numerous and diverse markets. These transactions generally must comply with client investment guidelines, as well as stringent legal and regulatory standards. If we make a mistake in performing our services that causes financial harm to a client, we have a duty to act promptly to put the client in the position the client would have been in had we not made the error. The occurrence of mistakes, particularly significant ones, can have a material adverse effect on our reputation, business, results of operations or financial condition.
Our reliance on vendors creates a number of business risks, such as the risk that we may not maintain service quality, control or effective management of the outsourced business operations and that we cannot control the facilities or networks of such vendors. We are also at risk of being unable to meet legal, regulatory, financial or customer obligations if the facilities or networks of a vendor are disrupted, damaged or fail due to physical disruptions, such as fire, natural disaster, pandemic or power outage, or other impacts to vendors, including labor strikes, political unrest, and terrorist attacks. Since certain vendors conduct operations for us outside the United States, the political and military events in foreign jurisdictions could have an adverse impact on our outsourced operations. We may be adversely affected by a vendor who fails to deliver contracted services, which could lower revenues, increase costs, reduce profits, disrupt business, or damage our reputation.
Use or misuse of AI technologies.
The development and deployment of AI tools and technologies, including generative artificial intelligence (“Generative AI”), and its use and anticipated use by us or by third parties on whom we rely, may increase the operational risks discussed above or create new operational risks that we are not currently anticipating. AI technologies offer potential benefits in areas such as customer service personalization and process automation, and we expect to use AI and Generative AI to help deliver products and services and support critical functions. We also expect third parties on whom we rely to do the same. AI and Generative AI may be misused by us or by such third parties, and that risk is increased by the relative newness of the technology, the speed at which it is being adopted, and the uncertain and evolving policy and regulatory landscape governing its use. Such misuse could expose us to legal or regulatory risk, damage customer relationships or cause reputational harm. Our competitors may also adopt AI or Generative AI more quickly or more effectively than we do, which could cause competitive
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harm. Because the Generative AI technology is so new, many of the potential risks of Generative AI are currently unknowable.
The occurrence of a catastrophe, including natural or man-made disasters and/or pandemics or other public health issues.
Any catastrophic event, terrorist attacks, accidents, floods, severe storms or hurricanes, pandemics and other public health issues or cyber-terrorism, could have a material and adverse effect on our business. We could experience long-term interruptions in our service and the services provided by our significant vendors. Some of our operational systems are not fully redundant, and our disaster recovery and business continuity planning cannot account for all eventualities. Additionally, unanticipated problems with our disaster recovery systems could further impede our ability to conduct business, particularly if those problems affect our computer-based data processing, transmission, storage and retrieval systems and destroy valuable data. We could experience a material adverse effect on our liquidity, financial condition and the operating results of our insurance business due to increased mortality and, in certain cases, morbidity rates and/or its impact on the economy and financial markets. We may also experience lower sales or other negative impacts to the use of services we provide if economic conditions worsen due to a catastrophe or pandemic or other public health emergency, as the financial condition of current or potential customers, policyholders, and clients may be adversely affected. See “—Conditions in the global capital markets and economy.” A catastrophe may affect our computer-based data processing, transmission, storage and retrieval systems and destroy valuable data. Climate change may increase the frequency and severity of weather-related disasters and pandemics. These events could result in an adverse impact on our ability to conduct our business, including our ability to sell our products and services and our ability to adjudicate and pay claims in a timely manner.
If economic conditions worsen as a result of a catastrophe, pandemic or other public health issue, companies may be unable inability to make interest and principal payments on their debt securities or mortgage loans that we hold for investment purposes. Accordingly, we may still incur significant losses that can result in a decline in net investment income and/or material increases in credit losses on our investment portfolios. With respect to commercial real estate, there could be potential impacts to estimates of expected losses resulting from lower underlying values, reflecting current market conditions at that time.
Our ability to recruit, motivate and retain key employees and experienced and productive financial professionals.
Our business depends on our ability to recruit, motivate and retain highly skilled, technical, investment, managerial and executive personnel, and there is no assurance that we will be able to do so. Our financial professionals and our key employees are key factors driving our sales. Intense competition exists among insurers and other financial services companies for financial professionals and key employees. We cannot provide assurances that we will be successful in our respective efforts to recruit, motivate and retain key employees and top financial professionals and the loss of such employees and professionals could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.
Misconduct by our employees or financial professionals.
Misconduct by our employees, financial professionals, agents, intermediaries, representatives of our broker-dealer subsidiaries or employees of our vendors could result in obligations to report such misconduct publicly, regulatory enforcement proceedings and even findings that violations of law were committed by us or our subsidiaries, regulatory sanctions or serious reputational or financial harm. Certain types of violations may result in our inability to act as an investment adviser or broker-dealer or to represent issuers in Regulation D offerings by acting as placement agent, general partner or other roles. We employ controls and procedures designed to monitor employees’ and financial professionals’ business decisions and to prevent them from taking excessive or inappropriate risks, including with respect to information security, but employees may take such risks regardless of such controls and procedures. If our employees or financial professionals take excessive or inappropriate risks, those risks could harm our reputation, subject us to significant civil or criminal liability and require us to incur significant technical, legal and other expenses.
Potential strategic transactions.
We may consider potential strategic transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, reinsurance, joint ventures and similar transactions. These transactions may not be effective and could result in decreased earnings and harm to our competitive position. In addition, these transactions, if undertaken, may involve a number of risks and present financial, managerial and operational challenges. Any of the above could cause us to fail to realize the benefits anticipated from any such transaction.
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Changes in accounting standards.
Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, the principles of which are revised from time to time. Accordingly, from time to time we are required to adopt new or revised accounting standards issued by recognized authoritative bodies, including the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”). We may not be able to predict or assess the effects of these new accounting pronouncements or new interpretations of existing accounting pronouncements, and they may have material adverse effects on our business, results of operations or financial condition. For a discussion of accounting pronouncements and their potential impact on our business, see Note 2 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Our investment advisory agreements with clients, and our selling and distribution agreements with various financial intermediaries and consultants, are subject to termination or non-renewal on short notice.
As part of our variable annuity products, EIMG enters into written investment management agreements (or other arrangements) with mutual funds. Generally, these investment management agreements are terminable without penalty at any time or upon relatively short notice by either party. In addition, the investment management agreements pursuant to which EIMG manages an SEC-registered investment company (a “RIC”) must be renewed and approved by the RIC’s boards of directors (including a majority of the independent directors) annually. Consequently, there can be no assurance that the board of directors of each RIC will approve the investment management agreement each year or will not condition its approval on revised terms that may be adverse to us.
Similarly, we enter into selling and distribution agreements with various financial intermediaries that are terminable by either party upon notice (generally 60 days) and do not obligate the financial intermediary to sell any specific amount of our products. These intermediaries generally offer their clients investment products that compete with our products.
Continued scrutiny and evolving expectations regarding ESG matters.
There is continued scrutiny and evolving expectations from investors, customers, regulators and other stakeholders on ESG practices and disclosures, including those related to environmental stewardship, climate change, diversity, equity and inclusion, racial justice and workplace conduct. Legislators and regulators have imposed and may continue to impose ESG-related legislation, rules and guidance, which may conflict with one another and impose additional costs on us, impede our business opportunities or expose us to new or additional risks. In addition, state attorneys general and other state officials have spoken out against ESG motivated investing by some investment managers and terminated contracts with managers based on their following certain ESG-motivated strategies. Moreover, proxy advisory firms that provide voting recommendations to investors have developed ratings for evaluating companies on their approach to different ESG matters, and unfavorable ratings of our company or our industry may lead to negative investor sentiment and the diversion of investment to other companies or industries. If we are unable to meet these standards or expectations, whether established by us or third parties, it could result in adverse publicity, reputational harm, or loss of customer and/or investor confidence, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity.
Risks Relating to Credit, Counterparties and Investments
Our counterparties’ requirements to pledge collateral related to declines in estimated fair value of derivative contracts.
We use derivatives and other instruments to help us mitigate various business risks. Our transactions with financial and other institutions generally specify the circumstances under which the parties are required to pledge collateral related to any decline in the market value of the derivatives contracts. If our counterparties fail or refuse to honor their obligations under these contracts, we could face significant losses to the extent collateral agreements do not fully offset our exposures and our hedges of the related risk will be ineffective. Such failure could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.
Changes in the actual or perceived soundness or condition of other financial institutions and market participants.
A default by any financial institution or by a sovereign could lead to additional defaults by other market participants. Such failures could disrupt securities markets or clearance and settlement systems and lead to a chain of defaults, because the commercial and financial soundness of many financial institutions may be closely related as a result of credit, trading, clearing or other relationships. Even the perceived lack of creditworthiness of a financial institution may lead to market-wide liquidity problems and losses or defaults by us or by other institutions. This risk is sometimes referred to as “systemic risk” and may adversely affect financial intermediaries with which we interact on a daily basis. Systemic risk could have a material adverse
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effect on our ability to raise new funding and on our business, results of operations or financial condition. In addition, such a failure could impact future product sales as a potential result of reduced confidence in the financial services industry.
Losses due to defaults by third parties and affiliates, including outsourcing relationships.
We depend on third parties and affiliates that owe us money, securities or other assets to pay or perform under their obligations. Defaults by one or more of these parties could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition. Moreover, as a result of contractual provisions certain swap dealers require us to add to derivatives documentation and to agreements, we may not be able to exercise default rights or enforce transfer restrictions against certain counterparties which may limit our ability to recover amounts due to us upon a counterparty’s default. We rely on various counterparties and other vendors to augment our existing investment, operational, financial and technological capabilities, but the use of a vendor does not diminish our responsibility to ensure that client and regulatory obligations are met. Disruptions in the financial markets and other economic challenges may cause our counterparties and other vendors to experience significant cash flow problems or even render them insolvent, which may expose us to significant costs and impair our ability to conduct business. We are also subject to the risk that our rights against third parties may not be enforceable in all circumstances. The deterioration or perceived deterioration in the credit quality of third parties whose securities or obligations we hold could result in losses or adversely affect our ability to use those securities or obligations for liquidity purposes.
Economic downturns, defaults and other events may adversely affect our investments.
The occurrence of a major economic downturn, acts of corporate malfeasance, widening credit risk spreads, ratings downgrades or other events that adversely affect the issuers or guarantors of securities we own or the underlying collateral of structured securities we own could cause the estimated fair value of our fixed maturity securities portfolio and corresponding earnings to decline and cause the default rate of the fixed maturity securities in our investment portfolio to increase. We may have to hold more capital to support our securities to maintain our RBC level, should securities we hold suffer a ratings downgrade. Levels of write-downs or impairments are impacted by intent to sell, or our assessment of the likelihood that we will be required to sell, fixed maturity securities, as well as our intent and ability to hold equity securities which have declined in value until recovery. Realized losses or impairments on these securities may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, liquidity or financial condition in, or at the end of, any quarterly or annual period.
Some of our investments are relatively illiquid and may be difficult to sell.
We hold certain investments that may lack liquidity, such as privately placed fixed maturity securities, mortgage loans, commercial mortgage backed securities and alternative investments. In the past, even some of our very high quality investments experienced reduced liquidity during periods of market volatility or disruption. If we were required to liquidate these investments on short notice or were required to post or return collateral, we may have difficulty doing so and be forced to sell them for less than we otherwise would have been able to realize. The reported values of our relatively illiquid types of investments do not necessarily reflect the current market price for the asset. If we were forced to sell certain of our assets in the current market, there can be no assurance that we would be able to sell them for the prices at which we have recorded them and we might be forced to sell them at significantly lower prices, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, liquidity or financial condition.
Defaults on our mortgage loans and volatility in performance.
A portion of our investment portfolio consists of mortgage loans on commercial, residential, agricultural and real estate. Although we manage credit risk and market valuation risk for our commercial, residential, and agricultural real estate assets through geographic, property type and product type diversification and asset allocation, general economic conditions in the commercial and agricultural real estate sectors will continue to influence the performance of these investments. With respect to commercial real estate, there could be potential impacts to estimates of expected losses resulting from lower underlying values, reflecting current market conditions at that time. These factors, which are beyond our control, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, liquidity or financial condition. An increase in the default rate of our mortgage loan investments or fluctuations in their performance could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, liquidity or financial condition.
Risks Relating to Reinsurance and Hedging
Our reinsurance and hedging programs.
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We seek to mitigate some risks associated with the GMxB features or minimum crediting rate contained in certain of our products through our hedging and reinsurance programs. However, these programs cannot eliminate all of the risks, and no assurance can be given as to the extent to which such programs will be completely effective in reducing such risks.
Reinsurance—We use reinsurance to mitigate a portion of the risks that we face, principally in certain of our in-force annuity and life insurance products. Under our reinsurance arrangements, other insurers assume a portion of the obligation to pay claims and related expenses to which we are subject. However, we remain liable as the direct insurer on all risks we reinsure and, therefore, are subject to the risk that our reinsurer is unable or unwilling to pay or reimburse claims at the time demand is made. The inability or unwillingness of a reinsurer to meet its obligations to us, or the inability to collect under our reinsurance treaties for any other reason, could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations or financial condition. Prolonged or severe adverse mortality or morbidity experience could result in increased reinsurance costs, and ultimately may reduce the availability of reinsurance for future life insurance sales, if available at all. If, for new sales, we are unable to maintain our current level of reinsurance or purchase new reinsurance protection in amounts that we consider sufficient, we would either have to be willing to accept an increase in our net exposures, revise our pricing to reflect higher reinsurance premiums or limit the amount of new business written on any individual life. If this were to occur, we may be exposed to reduced profitability and cash flow strain or we may not be able to price new business at competitive rates. The premium rates and other fees that we charge are based, in part, on the assumption that reinsurance will be available at a certain cost. If a reinsurer raises the rates that it charges on a block of in-force business, we may not be able to pass the increased costs onto our customers and our profitability will be negatively impacted. Additionally, such a rate increase could result in our recapturing of the business, which may result in a need to maintain additional reserves, reduce reinsurance receivables and expose us to greater risks.
Hedging Programs—We use a hedging program to mitigate a portion of the unreinsured risks we face in, among other areas, the GMxB features of our variable annuity products and minimum crediting rates on our variable annuity and life products from unfavorable changes in benefit exposures due to movements in the capital markets. In certain cases, however, we may not be able to effectively apply these techniques because the derivatives markets in question may not be of sufficient size or liquidity or there could be an operational error in the application of our hedging strategy or for other reasons. The operation of our hedging programs is based on models involving numerous estimates and assumptions. There can be no assurance that ultimate actual experience will not differ materially from our assumptions, particularly, but not only, during periods of high market volatility, which could adversely impact our business, results of operations or financial condition. For example, in the past, due to, among other things, levels of volatility in the equity and interest rate markets above our assumptions as well as deviations between actual and assumed surrender and withdrawal rates, gains from our hedging programs did not fully offset the economic effect of the increase in the potential net benefits payable under the GMxB features offered in certain of our products. If these circumstances were to re-occur in the future or if, for other reasons, results from our hedging programs in the future do not correlate with the economic effect of changes in benefit exposures to customers, we could experience economic losses which could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations or financial condition. Additionally, our strategies may result in under or over-hedging our liability exposure, which could result in an increase in our hedging losses and greater volatility in our earnings and have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition. For further discussion, see “—Risks Relating to Estimates, Assumptions and Valuations—Our risk management policies and procedures.”
The completion of the reinsurance transaction with Reinsurance Group of America is subject to several conditions, including the receipt of consents and approvals from government entities, which may impose conditions that could have an adverse effect on the expected economic and non-economic benefits to the Company or could cause the proposed transaction to be abandoned.
Subsequent to December 31, 2024, we, along with Equitable America and Equitable Financial L&A (each, a “Ceding Company”), entered into a Master Transaction Agreement (the “MTA”) with Reinsurance Group of America (“RGA”) on February 23, 2025 pursuant to which at closing and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the MTA, RGA will enter into a reinsurance agreement, as reinsurer, with us, to reinsure 75% of our in-force individual life insurance block on a pro-rata basis (the “RGA Reinsurance Transaction”).
The completion of the RGA Reinsurance Transaction, and entry into the reinsurance agreements contemplated thereby, is subject to several conditions, including, among others, the receipt of approvals from the NYDFS, the Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions and the Missouri Department of Commerce & Insurance, as well as the Bermuda Monetary Authority. We cannot provide any assurance that either we or RGA will obtain the necessary approvals.
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The RGA Reinsurance transaction is expected to close in mid-2025. The consummation of the closing under the MTA is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions specified in the MTA, including, among other things, (i) the receipt of required regulatory approvals, without imposing a burdensome condition, and (ii) the absence of a material adverse effect on RGA (in our case) or the specified reinsured contracts (in the case of RGA), subject to certain exceptions and qualifications.
Risks Relating to Our Products, Our Structure and Product Distribution
GMxB features within certain of our products.
Certain of the variable annuity products we offer and certain in-force variable annuity products we offered historically, and certain variable annuity risks we assumed historically through reinsurance, include GMxB features. We also offer index-linked variable annuities with guarantees against a defined floor on losses. GMxB features are designed to offer protection to policyholders against changes in equity markets and interest rates. Any such periods of significant and sustained negative or low Separate Accounts returns, increased equity volatility or reduced interest rates will result in an increase in the valuation of our liabilities associated with those products. In addition, if the Separate Account assets consisting of fixed income securities, which support the guaranteed index-linked return feature, are insufficient to reflect a period of sustained growth in the equity-index on which the product is based, we may be required to support such Separate Accounts with assets from our General Account and increase our liabilities. An increase in these liabilities would result in a decrease in our net income and depending on the magnitude of any such increase, could materially and adversely affect our financial condition, including our capitalization, as well as the financial strength ratings which are necessary to support our product sales.
Additionally, we make assumptions regarding policyholder behavior at the time of pricing and in selecting and using the GMxB features inherent within our products. An increase in the valuation of the liability could result to the extent emerging and actual experience deviates from these policyholder option use assumptions. If we update our assumptions based on our actuarial assumption review, we could be required to increase the liabilities we record for future policy benefits and claims to a level that may materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition which, in certain circumstances, could impair our solvency. In addition, we have in the past updated our assumptions on policyholder behavior, which has negatively impacted our net income, and there can be no assurance that similar updates will not be required in the future.
In addition, hedging instruments may not effectively offset the costs of GMxB features or may otherwise be insufficient in relation to our obligations. Furthermore, we are subject to the risk that changes in policyholder behavior or mortality, combined with adverse market events, could produce economic losses not addressed by our risk management techniques. These factors, individually or collectively, may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, including net income, capitalization, financial condition or liquidity.
The amount of statutory capital that we have and the amount of statutory capital we must hold to meet our statutory capital requirements and our financial strength and credit ratings can vary significantly.
In any particular year, statutory surplus amounts and RBC ratios may increase or decrease depending on a variety of factors. For further information on the NAIC review of the RBC treatment of certain complex assets in which insurers have invested during recent years, see “Business—Regulation—Insurance Regulation—Surplus and Capital; Risk Based Capital.” Additionally, state insurance regulators have significant leeway in how to interpret existing regulations, which could further impact the amount of statutory capital or reserves that we must maintain. We are primarily regulated by the NYDFS, which from time to time has taken more stringent positions than other state insurance regulators on matters affecting, among other things, statutory capital or reserves. In certain circumstances, particularly those involving significant market declines, the effect of these more stringent positions may be that our financial condition appears to be worse than competitors who are not subject to the same stringent standards, which could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations or financial condition. Moreover, rating agencies may implement changes to their internal models that have the effect of increasing or decreasing the amount of capital we must hold in order to maintain our current ratings. To the extent that our statutory capital resources are deemed to be insufficient to maintain a particular rating by one or more rating agencies, our financial strength and credit ratings might be downgraded by one or more rating agencies. There can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain our current RBC ratio in the future or that our RBC ratio will not fall to a level that could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.
Our failure to meet our RBC requirements or minimum capital and surplus requirements could subject us to further examination or corrective action imposed by insurance regulators, including limitations on our ability to write additional business, supervision by regulators, rehabilitation, or seizure or liquidation. Any corrective action imposed could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition. A decline in RBC ratios may limit our
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ability to pay dividends, could result in a loss of customers or new business, and could be a factor in causing ratings agencies to downgrade our financial strength ratings, each of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.
A downgrade in our financial strength and claims-paying ratings.
Claims-paying and financial strength ratings are important factors in establishing the competitive position of insurance companies. They indicate the rating agencies’ opinions regarding an insurance company’s ability to meet policyholder obligations and are important to maintaining public confidence in our products and our competitive position. A downgrade of our ratings or those of Holdings could adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition by, among other things, reducing new sales of our products, increasing surrenders and withdrawals from our existing contracts, possibly requiring us to reduce prices or take other actions for many of our products and services to remain competitive, or adversely affecting our ability to obtain reinsurance or obtain reasonable pricing on reinsurance. A downgrade in our ratings may also adversely affect our ability to hedge our risks, our cost of raising capital or limit our access to capital.
Holdings could sell products through another one of its subsidiaries which would result in reduced sales of our products and total revenues.
We are an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdings, a diversified financial services organization offering a broad spectrum of financial advisory, insurance and investment management products and services. As part of Holdings’ ongoing efforts to efficiently manage capital amongst its subsidiaries, improve the quality of the product line-up of its insurance subsidiaries and enhance the overall profitability of its group of companies, Holdings could sell insurance, annuity, investment and/or employee benefit products through another one of its subsidiaries. For example, most sales of life insurance, employee benefit and variable annuity products to policyholders located outside of New York are issued through Equitable America, another life insurance subsidiary of Holdings, instead of Equitable Financial. It is expected that Holdings will continue to issue newly-developed products to policyholders located outside of New York through Equitable America instead of Equitable Financial. This has impacted sales and may continue to reduce sales of our insurance products outside of New York, which will continue to reduce our total revenues. Since future decisions regarding product development and availability depend on factors and considerations not yet known, management is unable to predict the extent to which additional products will be offered through Equitable America or another subsidiary instead of or in addition to Equitable Financial, or the impact to Equitable Financial.
A loss of, or significant change in, key product distribution relationships.
We distribute certain products under agreements with third-party distributors and other members of the financial services industry that are not affiliated with us. We compete with other financial institutions to attract and retain commercial relationships in each of these channels. An interruption or significant change in certain key relationships could materially and adversely affect our ability to market our products and could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operation or financial condition. Distributors may elect to alter, reduce or terminate their distribution relationships with us, including for such reasons as changes in our distribution strategy, adverse developments in our business, adverse rating agency actions or concerns about market-related risks. Alternatively, we may terminate one or more distribution agreements due to, for example, a loss of confidence in, or a change in control of, one of the third-party distributors, which could reduce sales.
We are also at risk that key distribution partners may merge or change their business models in ways that affect how our products are sold, either in response to changing business priorities or as a result of shifts in regulatory supervision or potential changes in state and federal laws and regulations regarding standards of conduct applicable to third-party distributors when providing investment advice to retail and other customers. Our key distribution relationships may also be adversely impacted by regulatory changes that increase the costs associated with marketing, or restrict the ability of distribution partners to receive sales and promotion related charges.
Risks Relating to Estimates, Assumptions and Valuations
Our risk management policies and procedures.
Our policies and procedures, including hedging programs, to identify, monitor and manage risks may not be adequate or fully effective. Many of our methods of managing risk and exposures are based upon our use of historical market behavior or statistics based on historical models. As a result, these methods may not predict future exposures, which could be significantly greater than the historical measures indicate. Other risk management methods depend upon the evaluation of information regarding markets, clients, catastrophe occurrence or other matters that is publicly available or otherwise accessible to us, which
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may not always be accurate, complete, up-to-date or properly evaluated. Management of operational, legal and regulatory risks requires, among other things, policies and procedures to record and verify large numbers of transactions and events. These policies and procedures may not be fully effective.
We employ various strategies to mitigate risks inherent in our business and operations. These risks include current or future changes in the fair value of our assets and liabilities, current or future changes in cash flows, the effect of interest rates, equity markets and credit spread changes, the occurrence of credit defaults and changes in mortality and longevity. We seek to control these risks by, among other things, entering into reinsurance contracts and through our hedging programs. Developing an effective strategy for dealing with these risks is complex, and no strategy can completely insulate us from such risks. Our hedging strategies also rely on assumptions and projections that may prove to be incorrect or prove to be inadequate. Moreover, definitions used in our derivatives contracts may differ from those used in the contract being hedged. Accordingly, our hedging activities may not have the desired beneficial impact on our business, results of operations or financial condition. As U.S. GAAP accounting differs from the methods used to determine regulatory reserves and rating agency capital requirements, our hedging program tends to create earnings volatility in our U.S. GAAP financial statements. Further, the nature, timing, design or execution of our hedging transactions could actually increase our risks and losses. Our hedging strategies and the derivatives that we use, or may use in the future, may not adequately mitigate or offset the hedged risk and our hedging transactions may result in losses, including both losses based on the risk being hedged as well as losses based on the derivative. The terms of the derivatives and other instruments used to hedge the stated risks may not match those of the instruments they are hedging which could cause unpredictability in results.
Our reserves could be inadequate and product profitability could decrease due to differences between our actual experience and management’s estimates and assumptions.
Our reserve requirements for our direct and reinsurance assumed business are calculated based on a number of estimates and assumptions, including estimates and assumptions related to future mortality, morbidity, longevity, persistency, interest rates, future equity performance, reinvestment rates, claims experience and policyholder elections (i.e., the exercise or non-exercise of rights by policyholders under the contracts). The assumptions and estimates used in connection with the reserve estimation process are inherently uncertain and involve the exercise of significant judgment. We review the appropriateness of reserves and the underlying assumptions at least annually and, if necessary, update our assumptions as additional information becomes available. We cannot, however, determine with precision the amounts that we will pay for, or the timing of payment of, actual benefits and claims or whether the assets supporting the policy liabilities will grow to the level assumed prior to payment of benefits or claims. Our claim costs could increase significantly, and our reserves could be inadequate if actual results differ significantly from our estimates and assumptions. If so, we will be required to increase reserves or reduce DAC, which could materially and adversely impact our business, results of operations or financial condition. Future reserve increases in connection with experience updates could be material and adverse to our results of operations or financial condition.
Significant deviations in actual experience from our pricing assumptions could have an adverse effect on the profitability of our products. If actual persistency is significantly different from that assumed in our current reserving assumptions, our reserves for future policy benefits may prove to be inadequate. Although some of our variable annuity and life insurance products permit us to increase premiums or adjust other charges and credits during the life of the policy or contract, the adjustments permitted under the terms of the policies or contracts may not be sufficient to maintain profitability. Many of our variable annuity and life insurance products do not permit us to increase premiums or adjust other charges and credits or limit those adjustments during the life of the policy or contract. Even if we are permitted under the contract to increase premiums or adjust other charges and credits, we may not be able to do so due to litigation, point of sale disclosures, regulatory reputation and market risk or due to actions by our competitors. In addition, the development of a secondary market for life insurance could adversely affect the profitability of existing business and our pricing assumptions for new business.
Our financial models rely on estimates, assumptions and projections.
We use models in our hedging programs and many other aspects of our operations including, but not limited to, product development and pricing, capital management, the estimation of actuarial reserves, the amortization of DAC, the fair value of the GMIB reinsurance contracts and the valuation of certain other assets and liabilities. These models rely on estimates, assumptions and projections that are inherently uncertain and involve the exercise of significant judgment. Due to the complexity of such models, it is possible that errors in the models could exist and our controls could fail to detect such errors. Failure to detect such errors could materially and adversely impact our business, results of operations or financial condition.
Subjectivity of the determination of the amount of allowances and impairments taken on our investments.
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The determination of the amount of allowances and impairments varies by investment type and is based upon our evaluation of known and inherent risks associated with the respective asset class. Management updates its evaluations regularly and reflects changes in allowances and impairments in operations as such evaluations are revised. There can be no assurance that management’s judgments, as reflected in our financial statements, will ultimately prove to be an accurate estimate of the actual diminution in realized value. Historical trends may not be indicative of future impairments or allowances. Additional impairments may need to be taken or allowances provided for in the future that could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition. Further, rapidly changing and unprecedented credit and equity market conditions could materially impact the valuation of securities as reported within our financial statements and the period-to-period changes in estimated fair value could vary significantly. Decreases in the estimated fair value of securities we hold may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.
Legal and Regulatory Risks
We are heavily regulated.
We are heavily regulated, and regulators continue to increase their oversight over financial services companies. The adoption of new laws, regulations or standards and changes in the interpretation or enforcement of existing laws, regulations or standards have directly affected, and will continue to affect, our business, including making our efforts to comply more expensive and time-consuming. In recent years, insurance regulators and the NAIC have been focused on enhancing regulatory oversight of insurers’ investments in complex assets, the use of AI technologies and “big data,” and the management of climate risk. For additional information on regulatory developments and the risks we face, see “Business—Regulation”.
Our products are subject to a complex and extensive array of state and federal tax, securities, insurance and employee benefit plan laws and regulations, which are administered and enforced by a number of different governmental and self-regulatory authorities, including, among others, state insurance regulators, state securities administrators, state banking authorities, the SEC, FINRA, the DOL and the IRS. Failure to administer our products in accordance with contract provisions or applicable law, or to meet any of these complex tax, securities or insurance requirements could subject us to administrative penalties imposed by a governmental or self-regulatory authority, unanticipated costs associated with remedying such failure or other claims, litigation, harm to our reputation or interruption of our operations.
We are required to file periodic and other reports within certain time periods imposed by U.S. federal securities laws, rules and regulations. Failure to file such reports within the designated time period or failure to accurately report our financial condition or results of operations could require us to curtail or cease sales of certain of our products or delay the launch of new products or new features, which could cause a significant disruption in our business. If our affiliated and third-party distribution platforms are required to curtail or cease sales of our products, we may lose shelf space for our products indefinitely, even once we are able to resume sales.
In addition, regulators have proposed, imposed and may continue to impose new requirements or issue new guidance aimed at addressing or mitigating climate change-related risks, and further regulating the industries in which we operate. These new or pending regulatory initiatives could result in increased compliance costs to us and changes to our corporate governance and risk management practices. It is difficult to predict how the new administration will impact these or other regulatory initiatives. “Business—Regulation”.
Changes in U.S. tax laws and regulations or interpretations thereof.
Changes in tax laws and regulations or interpretations of such laws, including U.S. tax reform, could increase our corporate taxes and reduce our earnings. Changes may increase our effective tax rate or have implications that make our products less attractive to consumers. Tax authorities may enact laws, change regulations to increase existing taxes, or add new types of taxes and authorities who have not imposed taxes in the past, may impose additional taxes. Any such changes may harm our business, results of operations or financial condition.
Uncertainty surrounding potential legal, regulatory and policy changes, as well as the potential for general market volatility, because of the change in the presidential administration in the United States.
We face regulatory and tax uncertainties because of possible changes arising from the new presidential administration. The nature, timing and economic effects of any potential change to the current legal and regulatory framework affecting our insurance subsidiaries or the products they offer remains highly uncertain. Uncertainty surrounding future changes may adversely affect our operating environment and have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects.
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Legal proceedings and regulatory actions.
A number of lawsuits and regulatory inquiries have been filed or commenced against us and other financial services companies in the jurisdictions in which we do business. Some of these matters have resulted in the award of substantial fines and judgments, including material amounts of punitive damages, or in substantial settlements. We face a significant risk of, and from time to time we are involved in, such actions and proceedings, including class action lawsuits. The frequency of large damage awards, including large punitive damage awards and regulatory fines that bear little or no relation to actual economic damages incurred, continues to create the potential for an unpredictable judgment in any given matter. In addition, investigations or examinations by federal and state regulators and other governmental and self-regulatory agencies could result in legal proceedings (including securities class actions and stockholder derivative litigation), adverse publicity, sanctions, fines and other costs. A substantial legal liability or a significant federal, state or other regulatory action against us, as well as regulatory inquiries or investigations, may divert management’s time and attention, could create adverse publicity and harm our reputation, result in material fines or penalties, result in significant expense, including legal and settlement costs, and otherwise have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition. For information regarding legal proceedings and regulatory actions pending against us, see Note 18 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
General Risks
Competition from other insurance companies, banks, asset managers and other financial institutions.
We face strong competition from others offering the types of products and services we provide. It is difficult to provide unique products because, once such products are made available to the public, they often are reproduced and offered by our competitors. If competitors charge lower fees for similar products or services, we may decide to reduce the fees on our own products or services in order to retain or attract customers.
Competition may adversely impact our market share and profitability. Many of our competitors are large and well-established and some have greater market share or breadth of distribution, offer a broader range of products, services or features, assume a greater level of risk, have greater financial resources, have higher claims-paying or credit ratings, have better brand recognition or have more established relationships with clients than we do. We also face competition from new market entrants or non-traditional or online competitors, many of whom are leveraging digital technology that may challenge the position of traditional financial service companies. Due to the competitive nature of the financial services industry, there can be no assurance that we will continue to effectively compete within the industry or that competition will not materially and adversely impact our business, results of operations or financial condition.
Protecting our intellectual property.
We rely on a combination of contractual rights, copyright, trademark and trade secret laws to establish and protect our intellectual property. Third parties may infringe or misappropriate our intellectual property. The loss of intellectual property protection or the inability to secure or enforce the protection of our intellectual property assets could have a material adverse effect on our business and our ability to compete. Third parties may have, or may eventually be issued, patents or other protections that could be infringed by our products, methods, processes or services or could limit our ability to offer certain product features. If we were found to have infringed or misappropriated a third-party patent or other intellectual property right, we could in some circumstances be enjoined from providing certain products or services to our customers or from using and benefiting from certain patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets or licenses. Alternatively, we could be required to enter into costly licensing arrangements with third parties or implement a costly alternative. Any of these scenarios could harm our reputation and have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.
Part I, Item 1B.
UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
None.

Part I, Item 1C.
CYBERSECURITY
Overview of Our Cybersecurity Risk Management
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Equitable has implemented and maintains a formal cybersecurity program (the “Program”) to assess, identify, and manage material risks from cybersecurity threats. The Program is based on, and leverages industry-leading frameworks, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cyber Security Framework, which provides standards, guidelines and best practices for managing cybersecurity risk, as well as the organization, improvement and assessment of the Program. Equitable’s Chief Information Security Officer (“CISO”), who reports to its Chief Information Officer, manages the Program through an information security team organized into five functional areas (as outlined below). The CISO also establishes and monitors compliance with our internal controls using published standards, cybersecurity software and similar tools, and control assurance reviews. These five areas also work closely with our IT team to provide expertise and guidance to help manage risks and controls related to cybersecurity.
The information security team’s five functional areas consist of:
Information Security Governance, Risk and Strategic Program Management – this includes cybersecurity policy lifecycle and regulatory change management, enterprise and role-based security awareness and training programs (including phishing campaigns), cyber risk management, strategy and program management and communications and reporting.
Information Security Compliance – this includes cybersecurity assurance reviews, acting as a liaison for cybersecurity-related regulatory reviews and audits (both internal and external), support for third-party vendor security reviews, and IT financial controls oversight.
Security Operations and Intelligence – this includes security operations center management, cyber incident lifecycle management, threat intelligence monitoring, vulnerability management and tabletop exercises.
Identity and Access Management – this includes identity governance and administration, access recertification, and management of multi-factor authentication processes and password vaults.
Security Architecture and Engineering – this includes establishing cybersecurity-related technical standards and baselines, reviews of any proposed exceptions to those standards, participating in architectural and software review processes and providing security engineering services for cybersecurity tools/solutions as well as with IT network and infrastructure teams.
Equitable continues to prioritize the security of its technology and sensitive data through investments in cybersecurity detection and prevention technologies as well as employee communications and training. As part of its cyber-incident readiness program, Equitable regularly conducts cyber exercises and readiness assessments, penetration testing and independent control reviews to validate and protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of our information systems. Equitable also conducts annual security awareness training and periodic phishing simulation exercises to train employees to recognize and report phishing attacks, as well as other supplemental training organized by the information security team.
Equitable also regularly engages external consultants to develop or refresh target operating models, roadmaps, and new technologies and solutions for managing key cybersecurity risks. These engagements provide an external view that incorporates solutions to address evolving technologies and threats, and also aids with strategic alignment of vendors to achieve cyber risk reduction goals in a cost-effective manner. External consultants also perform penetration testing, advise on cyber incident response preparedness, conduct tabletop exercises, support security operations center activities, and perform third-party vendor cyber risk reviews.
The Program uses a risk-based approach to requiring Equitable’s third-party service providers to maintain security controls designed to ensure the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of the providers’ systems and the confidential and sensitive information that the provider maintains and processes on Equitable’s behalf. A third-party service provider risk team performs cybersecurity assessments on third-party service providers with support from information security compliance to evaluate the provider’s controls based on the level of risk that the provider’s services or solutions may present to Equitable. Relevant provisions of service provider contracts require providers to implement enhanced or heightened levels of controls, as applicable. This assessment is a part of Equitable’s overall corporate sourcing and procurement management process, and the corporate sourcing and procurement team separately tracks and reports any exceptions or compliance action plans to the same executive management-level committees to which the CISO provides cybersecurity risk updates, as discussed more fully below.
Equitable also maintains an Operational Resilience program managed by the enterprise risk management function that aims to protect its people, customers, and brand by sustaining critical services at defined levels while responding to expected and unexpected disruptions and adapting to changes in its operating environment. The Operational Resilience program includes a consultative process to identify critical resources across the organization to prioritize for recovery during a crisis such as
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business processes, applications, staffing, hardware/software and recovery timeframes. Under that program, both critical and non-critical applications are required to have a documented application recovery plan, and all business units are required to have a documented business continuity plan. Each of these plans is required to be certified annually and is tested periodically, with test results tracked and documented for distribution to designated management teams.
During the fiscal year of this Report, Equitable has not identified risks from cybersecurity threats that have materially affected or are reasonably anticipated to materially affect the organization. Nevertheless, we recognize that cybersecurity threats are ongoing and evolving, and we continue to remain vigilant. For more information on our cybersecurity risks, see “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our Operations—Failure to protect the confidentiality of customer information or proprietary business information” and “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our Operations—Failure” to protect the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of customer information or proprietary business information.
Governance of Cybersecurity Risk Management
The Program — overseen by the CISO, who has over 20 years of experience in cybersecurity roles, holds over 10 cyber-related industry certifications, is a Series 99 FINRA licensed Operations Professional, and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Systems & Networking as well as a Master’s degree in business administration — is integrated into Equitable’s overall Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program to identify, evaluate and manage risks, which is managed by Equitable’s risk management area and overseen by its Chief Risk Officer, who reports directly to its Chief Executive Officer. Under the ERM program, cybersecurity risks are evaluated alongside and consistent with the evaluation of other business risks, with the information security team providing subject matter expertise with respect to the identification, assessment, and tracking of cybersecurity risks pursuant to guidelines established as part of the ERM program. Various cross-functional committees within Equitable also meet on a regular basis to review risks, mitigation plans and projects that impact Equitable’s IT systems. In addition, Equitable’s Program is assessed on at least an annual basis by its internal audit function, including an assessment of control effectiveness related to designated risk scenarios.
The information security team also works with other areas of Equitable, including enterprise risk management, data privacy, compliance, internal audit, and fraud to coordinate and align (i) risk management processes (e.g., identification, assessment, and management), and (ii) reporting to senior management, the Board of Directors and certain committees thereof. More specifically, the information security team uses its subject matter expertise to tailor the risk assessment process for evaluation of cybersecurity risks while enterprise risk management establishes overall corporate risk policy and risk tolerance levels. In addition, a cross-functional team which includes members of the above-referenced areas routinely monitors threat intelligence feeds and evaluates emerging threats. Key risks are escalated and reported to executive management and the Board or committees thereof, via (i) an established cadence of at least quarterly cybersecurity updates, (ii) an incident response plan with respect to risks related to cybersecurity incidents meeting a defined threshold, and (iii) ad hoc meetings between the CISO and executive management and/or Board members as necessary.
The CISO provides regular updates regarding the Program and cybersecurity risks to Equitable’s Information Risk and Data Protection committee, comprised of members of executive management, and also provides quarterly updates to the Audit Committee of Equitable’s Board of Directors, which oversees cybersecurity risk. In addition to receiving quarterly updates from the CISO, the Audit Committee receives reports on cybersecurity risks from our internal audit function, and also periodically receives reports from an external cybersecurity advisor. The Board receives quarterly reports from the Audit Committee, and also receives at least annual updates on the Program and cybersecurity risks from the CISO. The CISO also meets on an individual basis at least quarterly, or more frequently as needed, with members of executive management with cybersecurity oversight responsibility, and has the authority to escalate disagreements with management regarding cybersecurity risks and management of such risks directly to the Board of Directors.
Periodic updates regarding the Operational Resilience program are provided by Equitable’s Chief Risk Officer or a designee to its Audit Risk and Compliance Committee, comprised of members of executive management, as well as the Information Risk and Data Protection Committee and the Audit Committee.
Under Equitable Financial’s service agreement with Equitable America, personnel services, employee benefits, facilities, supplies and equipment are provided to Equitable America to conduct its business. Included in these services are the cybersecurity monitoring and oversight procedures described herein.
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Part I, Item 2.
PROPERTIES
Equitable Financial’s principal executive offices at 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY pursuant to a lease that will expire in 2039. We also have significant office space leases in Syracuse, NY, where our lease that was scheduled to expire in 2023 was amended to extend the term for a portion of the space through 2028 and in Charlotte, NC, where we occupy space under a lease that expires in 2028.

Part I, Item 3.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

For information regarding certain legal proceedings pending against us, see Note 18 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. See “Risk Factors—Legal and Regulatory Risks—Legal proceedings and regulatory actions.”

Part I, Item 4.
MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not Applicable.
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Part II, Item 5.
MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
General
At December 31, 2024, all of Equitable Financial common equity was owned by EFS. Consequently, there is no established public market for Equitable Financial’s common stock.
Dividends
In 2024, Equitable Financial did not pay a dividend. In 2023 and 2022, Equitable Financial paid to its direct parent, which subsequently distributed such amount to Holdings, an ordinary shareholder dividend of $1.7 billion and $930 million, respectively, in shareholder dividends. For information on Equitable Financial’s present and future ability to pay dividends, see Note 19 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements and “Risk Factors—Legal and Regulatory Risks.”
Part II, Item 6.
RESERVED

Part II, Item 7.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our annual financial statements included elsewhere herein. In addition to historical data, this discussion contains forward-looking statements about our business, operations and financial performance based on current expectations that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual results may differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. Factors that could or do contribute to these differences include those factors discussed below and elsewhere in this Form 10-K, particularly under the captions “Risk Factors” and “Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Information.”
Executive Summary
Overview
We are one of America’s leading financial services companies, providing advice and solutions for helping Americans set and meet their retirement goals and protect and transfer their wealth across generations. We operate as a single segment entity based on the manner in which we use financial information to evaluate business performance and to determine the allocation of resources. We benefit from our complementary mix of product offerings. This mix of product offerings provides diversity in our earnings sources, which helps offset fluctuations in market conditions and variability in business results, while offering growth opportunities.
RGA Reinsurance Transaction
On February 23, 2025, we, along with Equitable America and Equitable Financial L&A, entered into the MTA with RGA pursuant to which, at closing and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the MTA, RGA would enter into a separate coinsurance and modified coinsurance agreement pursuant to which we will cede to RGA a 75% quota share of our in-force individual life insurance block. The transaction is expected to close in mid-2025.
Macroeconomic and Industry Trends
Our business and consolidated results of operations are significantly affected by economic conditions and consumer confidence, conditions in the global capital markets and the interest rate environment.
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Financial and Economic Environment
A wide variety of factors continue to impact financial and economic conditions. These factors include, among others, uncertainty regarding the federal debt limit, volatility in the capital markets, equity market declines, plateauing or decreasing economic growth, high fuel and energy costs, changes in fiscal or monetary policy and geopolitical tensions. The Russian invasion of the Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war and broader Middle Eastern hostilities, and the ensuing conflicts and the sanctions and other measures imposed in response to these conflicts, as well as the U.S. presidential administration’s tariffs, and retaliatory tariffs in response, significantly increased the level of volatility in the financial markets and have increased the level of economic and political uncertainty.
Stressed conditions, volatility and disruptions in the capital markets, particular markets, or financial asset classes can have an adverse effect on us, in part because we have a large investment portfolio. In addition, our insurance liabilities and derivatives are sensitive to changing market factors, including equity market performance and interest rates, which fell twice in November and December 2024. However, in December 2024, the Federal Reserve scaled back expectations for rate cuts in 2025 due to persistent inflation and a robust labor market. An increase in market volatility could continue to affect our business, including through effects on the yields we earn on invested assets, changes in required reserves and capital and fluctuations in the value of our AUM and AV, from which we derive our fee income. These effects could be exacerbated by uncertainty about future fiscal policy, changes in tax policy, the scope of potential deregulation and levels of global trade.
The potential for increased volatility could pressure sales and reduce demand for our products as consumers consider purchasing alternative products to meet their objectives. In addition, this environment could make it difficult to consistently develop products that are attractive to customers. Financial performance can be adversely affected by market volatility and equity market declines as fees driven by AV and AUM fluctuate, hedging costs increase and revenues decline due to reduced sales and increased outflows. U.S. equity markets showed strength in the third quarter of 2024, benefiting from a resilient U.S. economy with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics issuing a strong September 2024 jobs report that exceeded expectations, cooling inflation, and a widely held outlook for monetary easing, including a half-point interest rate reduction in September 2024, with additional, smaller rate cuts expected in the fourth quarter of 2024 and into 2025 (based on statements of members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System).
We will continue to monitor the behavior of our customers and other factors, including mortality rates, morbidity rates, annuitization rates and lapse and surrender rates, which change in response to changes in capital market conditions, to ensure that our products and solutions remain attractive and profitable. For additional information on our sensitivity to interest rates and capital market prices, see “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Conditions in the Financial Markets and Economy” and “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk”.
Regulatory Developments
We are regulated primarily by the NYDFS, with some policies and products also subject to federal regulation. On an ongoing basis, regulators refine capital requirements and introduce new reserving standards. Regulations recently adopted or currently under review can potentially impact our statutory reserve, capital requirements and profitability of the industry and result in increased regulation and oversight for the industry. For additional information on the regulatory developments and risk we face, see “Business—Regulation” and “Risk Factors—Legal and Regulatory Risks”.
Revenues
Our revenues come from three principal sources:
fee income derived from our products;
premiums from our traditional life insurance and annuity products; and
investment income from our General Account investment portfolio (“GAIA”).
Our fee income varies directly in relation to the amount of the underlying AV or benefit base of our life insurance and annuity products which are influenced by changes in economic conditions, primarily equity market returns, as well as net flows. Our premium income is driven by the growth in new policies written and the persistency of our in-force policies, both of which are influenced by a combination of factors, including our efforts to attract and retain customers and market conditions that influence demand for our products. Our investment income is driven by the yield on our GAIA and is impacted by the prevailing level of interest rates as we reinvest cash associated with maturing investments and net flows to the portfolio.
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Benefits and Other Deductions
Our primary expenses are:
policyholders’ benefits and interest credited to policyholders’ account balances;
sales commissions and compensation paid to intermediaries and advisors that distribute our products and services; and
compensation and benefits provided to our employees and other operating expenses.
Policyholders’ benefits are driven primarily by mortality, customer withdrawals and benefits which change in response to changes in capital market conditions. In addition, some of our policyholders’ benefits are directly tied to the AV and benefit base of our variable annuity products. Interest credited to policyholders varies in relation to the amount of the underlying AV or benefit base. Sales commissions and compensation paid to intermediaries and advisors vary in relation to premium and fee income generated from these sources, whereas compensation and benefits to our employees are more constant and impacted by market wages and decline with increases in efficiency. Our ability to manage these expenses across various economic cycles and products is critical to the profitability of our company.
Net Income Volatility
We have offered and continue to offer variable annuity products with GMxB features. The future claims exposure on these features is sensitive to movements in the equity markets and interest rates. Accordingly, we have implemented hedging and reinsurance programs designed to mitigate the economic exposure to us from these features due to equity market and interest rate movements. Changes in the values of the derivatives associated with these programs due to equity market and interest rate movements, together with the GMxB MRBs assets and liabilities are recognized in the periods in which they occur. This results in net income volatility as further described below. In addition, net income is impacted by changes in our reinsurers credit spread, while changes in the Company’s credit spread is recorded in other comprehensive income (“OCI”). See “—Significant Factors Impacting Our Results—Impact of Hedging and GMxB Reinsurance on Results.”
In addition to our dynamic hedging strategy, we have static hedge positions designed to mitigate the adverse impact of changing market conditions on our statutory capital. We believe this program will continue to preserve the economic value of our variable annuity contracts and better protect our target variable annuity asset level. However, these static hedge positions increase the size of our derivative positions and may result in higher net income volatility on a period-over-period basis.
An additional source of net income (loss) volatility is the impact of the Company’s annual actuarial assumption review. See “—Significant Factors Impacting Our Results—Effect of Assumption Updates on Operating Results”, for further detail of the impact of assumption updates on net income (loss).
Significant Factors Impacting Our Results
The following significant factors have impacted, and may in the future impact, our financial condition, and results of operations or cash flows.
Impact of Hedging and GMxB Reinsurance on Results
We have offered and continue to offer variable annuity products with GMxB features. The future claims exposure on these features is sensitive to movements in the equity markets and interest rates. Accordingly, we have implemented hedging and reinsurance programs designed to mitigate the economic exposure to us from these features due to equity market and interest rate movements. These programs include:
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Variable annuity hedging programs. We use a dynamic hedging program (within this program, generally, we reevaluate our economic exposure at least daily and rebalance our hedge positions accordingly) to mitigate certain risks associated with the GMxB features that are embedded in our liabilities for our variable annuity products. This program utilizes various derivative instruments that are managed in an effort to reduce the economic impact of unfavorable changes in GMxB features’ exposures attributable to movements in the equity markets and interest rates. Although this program is designed to provide a measure of economic protection against the impact of adverse market conditions, it does not qualify for hedge accounting treatment. Accordingly, changes in value of the derivatives will be recognized in the period in which they occur with offsetting changes in reserves partially recognized in the current period, resulting in net income volatility. In addition to our dynamic hedging program, we have a hedging program using static hedge positions (derivative positions intended to be held-to-maturity with less frequent re-balancing) to protect our statutory capital against stress scenarios. This program complements our dynamic hedge program and may result in net income volatility.
GMxB reinsurance contracts. Historically, GMxB reinsurance contracts were used to cede to affiliated and non-affiliated reinsurers a portion of our exposure to variable annuity products that offer a GMxB feature. We account for the reinsurance contracts as MRBs and report them at fair value. In addition, on June 1, 2021, we ceded the block comprised of non-New York “Accumulator” policies containing fixed rate GMIB and/or GMDB guarantees. On April 1, 2023, we ceded the remaining block of the living benefit and death riders related to its variable annuity contracts issued outside the State of New York prior to October 1, 2022 (and with respect to its EQUI-VEST variable annuity contracts issued outside the State of New York prior to February 1, 2023).
Effect of Assumption Updates on Operating Results
Our actuaries oversee the valuation of the product liabilities and assets and review the underlying inputs and assumptions. We comprehensively review the actuarial assumptions underlying these valuations and update assumptions during the third quarter of each year. Assumptions are based on a combination of Company experience, industry experience, management actions and expert judgment and reflect our best estimate as of the date of the applicable consolidated financial statements. Changes in assumptions can result in a significant change to the carrying value of product liabilities and assets and, consequently, the impact could be material to earnings in the period of the change.
Most of the variable annuity products, variable universal life insurance and universal life insurance products we offer maintain policyholder deposits that are reported as liabilities and classified within either Separate Accounts liabilities or policyholder account balances. Our products and riders also impact liabilities for future policyholder benefits, market risk benefits and unearned revenues and assets for DAC and DSI. The valuation of these assets and liabilities (other than deposits) is based on differing accounting methods depending on the product, each of which requires numerous assumptions and considerable judgment. The accounting guidance applied in the valuation of these assets and liabilities includes, but is not limited to, the following: (i) traditional life insurance products for which assumptions are updated annually to estimate the value of future death, morbidity or income benefits; (ii) universal life insurance and variable life insurance secondary guarantees for which benefit liabilities are determined by estimating the expected value of death benefits payable when the account balance is projected to be zero and recognizing those benefits ratably over the accumulation period based on total expected assessments; and (iii) certain product guarantees reported as market risk benefits at fair value.
For further details of our accounting policies and related judgments pertaining to assumption updates, see Note 2 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Assumption Updates and Model Changes
We conduct our annual review of our assumptions and models during the third quarter of each year. We also update our assumptions as needed in the event we become aware of economic conditions or events that could require a change in assumptions that we believe may have a significant impact to the carrying value of product liabilities and assets and consequently materially impact our earnings in the period of the change.
Impact of Assumption Updates and Model Changes on Income from Continuing Operations before income taxes and Net income (loss)
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The table below presents the impact of our actuarial assumption update to our income (loss) from continuing operations, before income taxes and net income (loss).
Year Ended December 31,
20242023
(in millions)
Impact of assumption update on Net income (loss):
Variable annuity product features related assumption update$4 $(1)
All other assumption updates(23)(46)
Impact of assumption updates on Income (loss) from continuing operations, before income tax(19)(47)
Income tax (expense) benefit on assumption update4 10 
Net income (loss) impact of assumption update$(15)$(37)

2024 Assumption Updates
The impact of the economic assumption update during 2024 was a decrease of $19 million to income (loss) from continuing operations, before income taxes and a decrease to net income (loss) of $15 million.
The net impact of this assumption update on income (loss) from continuing operations, before income taxes of $19 million consisted of an increase in other income of $4 million, an increase in remeasurement of liability for future policy benefits of $25 million and a decrease in policyholders’ benefits of $2 million.
2023 Assumption Updates
The impact of the economic assumption update during 2023 was a decrease of $47 million to income (loss) from continuing operations, before income taxes and a decrease to net income (loss) of $37 million.
The net impact of this assumption update on income (loss) from continuing operations, before income taxes of $47 million consisted of a decrease in other income of $51 million, an increase in remeasurement of liability for future policy benefits of $36 million, an increase in policyholders’ benefits of $10 million, and a decrease in change in market risk benefits and purchased market risk benefits of $50 million.
Model Changes
There were no material model changes during 2024 and 2023.
Consolidated Results of Operations
Our consolidated results of operations are significantly affected by conditions in the capital markets and the economy because we offer market sensitive products. These products have been a significant driver of our results of operations. Because the future claims exposure on these products is sensitive to movements in the equity markets and interest rates, we have in place various hedging and reinsurance programs that are designed to mitigate the economic risk of movements in the equity markets and interest rates. The volatility in net income is primarily attributable to the mismatch between: (i) the change in carrying value of the MRBs; and (ii) our hedging and reinsurance programs.
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The following table summarizes our consolidated statements of income (loss):
Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss)
Year Ended December 31,
20242023
(in millions)
REVENUES
Policy charges and fee income$852 $1,095 
Premiums531 587 
Net derivative gains (losses)(1,667)(2,417)
Net investment income (loss)3,503 3,601 
Investment gains (losses), net:
Credit losses on AFS debt securities and loans(75)(216)
Other investment gains (losses), net(50)(584)
Total investment gains (losses), net(125)(800)
Investment management and service fees244 315 
Amortization of reinsurance deposit liabilities775 431 
Distribution revenue
463 237 
Other income553 466 
Total revenues5,129 3,515 
BENEFITS AND OTHER DEDUCTIONS
Policyholders’ benefits1,437 1,781 
Remeasurement of liability for future policy benefits36 37 
Change in market risk benefits and purchased market risk benefits(67)(1,018)
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances1,257 1,384 
Compensation and benefits179 170 
Commissions1,179 893 
Interest expense2 
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs525 503 
Other operating costs and expenses927 829 
Total benefits and other deductions5,475 4,588 
Income (loss) from continuing operations, before income taxes(346)(1,073)
Income tax (expense) benefit132 1,230 
Net income (loss)(214)157 
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to the noncontrolling interest 
Net income (loss) attributable to Equitable Financial$(214)$156 

The following discussion compares the results for the year ended December 31, 2024 to the year ended December 31, 2023.
Year Ended December 31, 2024 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2023
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Equitable Financial
Equitable Financial net income decreased $370 million to a net loss of $214 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 from net income of $156 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The following were notable changes in net income (loss):
Unfavorable items included:
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Change in market risk benefits and purchased market risk benefits increased by $951 million mainly due to claim NPR movements and interest rate changes.
Commissions increased by $286 million mainly due to higher distribution expenses from Equitable America’s wholesale products, which are reimbursed by Equitable America in distribution revenue.
Compensation, benefits, interest and other operating expenses increased by $100 million mainly due to an increase in legal expenses.
Net investment income decreased by $98 million mainly due to lower average asset balances, higher collateral expense partially offset by higher alternative investment income and higher income from trading securities.
Income tax benefit decreased by $1.1 billion due to a partial release of the valuation allowance of $1.0 billion on the deferred tax asset for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to no valuation allowance release for the year ended December 31, 2024.
These were partially offset by the following favorable items:
Net derivative losses decreased by $750 million due to lower equity market appreciation and gains attributed to funds withheld and modified coinsurance portfolios related to the Reinsurance Treaty.
Net investment losses decreased by $675 million mainly due to the program to reduce duration in 2023.
Policyholders’ benefits decreased by $344 million mainly due to favorable claims and the impact of the Reinsurance Treaty effective April 1, 2023.
Fee-type revenue increased by $287 million mainly due to the recognition of deferred revenue on deposit accounting and reimbursements of expenses from the Reinsurance Treaty and higher distribution revenue from sales of Equitable America’s wholesale products, partially offset by lower policy charges and fee income as a result of the Reinsurance Treaty.
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances decreased by $127 million mainly as a result of the Reinsurance Treaty.
See “—Significant Factors Impacting Our Results—Effect of Assumption Updates on Operating Results” for more information regarding the assumption update.

Material Cash Requirements
The table below summarizes the material short and long-term cash requirements related to contractual obligations as of December 31, 2024. Short-term cash requirements are considered to requirements within the next 12 months and long-term cash requirements are considered to be beyond the next 12 months. We do not believe that our cash flow requirements can be adequately assessed based solely upon an analysis of these obligations, as the table below does not contemplate all aspects of our cash inflows, such as the level of cash flow generated by certain of our investments, nor all aspects of our cash outflows.
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Estimated Payments Due by Period
 
Total
20252026-20272028-20292030 and thereafter
(in millions)
Material Cash Requirements:
Policyholders’ liabilities (1)$105,365 $2,870 $5,574 $5,650 $91,271 
FHLB Funding Agreements7,165 5,843 630 199 493 
Interest on FHLB Funding Agreements182 51 56 41 34 
FABN Funding Agreements5,743 1,050 2,450 1,943 300 
Interest on FABN Funding Agreements450 151 220 74 5 
Operating leases, net of sublease commitments
221 35 63 46 77 
Funding commitments
1,244 591 393 260  
Loans from affiliates400 400    
Total Material Cash Requirements$120,770 $10,991 $9,386 $8,213 $92,180 
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(1)Policyholders’ liabilities represent estimated cash flows out of the General Account related to the payment of death and disability claims, policy surrenders and withdrawals, annuity payments, minimum guarantees on Separate Account funded contracts, matured endowments, benefits under accident and health contracts, policyholder dividends and future renewal premium-based and fund-based commissions offset by contractual future premiums and deposits on in-force contracts. These estimated cash flows are based on mortality, morbidity and lapse assumptions comparable with the Company’s experience and assume market growth and interest crediting consistent with actuarial assumptions. These amounts are undiscounted and, therefore, exceed the policyholders’ account balances and future policy benefits and other policyholder liabilities included in the consolidated balance sheet included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. They do not reflect projected recoveries from reinsurance agreements. Due to the use of assumptions, actual cash flows will differ from these estimates. Separate Accounts liabilities have been excluded as they are legally insulated from General Account obligations and will be funded by cash flows from Separate Accounts assets.
Unrecognized tax benefits of $299 million, were not included in the above table because it is not possible to make reasonably reliable estimates of the occurrence or timing of cash settlements with the respective taxing authorities.
As of December 31, 2024, we were not a party to any off-balance sheet transactions other than those guarantees and commitments described in Note 12 and Note 18 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Summary of Critical Accounting Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to adopt accounting policies and make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein. For a discussion of our significant accounting policies, see Note 2 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The most critical estimates include those used in determining:
market risk benefits and purchased market risk benefits;
accounting for reinsurance;
estimated fair values of investments in the absence of quoted market values and investment impairments;
estimated fair values of freestanding derivatives;
measurement of income taxes and the valuation of deferred tax assets; and
liabilities for litigation and regulatory matters.

In applying our accounting policies, we make subjective and complex judgments that frequently require estimates about matters that are inherently uncertain. Many of these policies, estimates and related judgments are common in the insurance and financial services industries while others are specific to our business and operations. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
Market Risk Benefits
Market risk benefits include contract features that provide minimum guarantees to policyholders and include GMIB, GMDB, GMWB, GMAB, and ROP DB benefits. MRBs are measured at estimated fair value with changes reported in the Change in market risk benefits and purchased market risk benefits, except for the portion of the fair value change related to the Company’s own credit risk, which is recognized in OCI.
MRBs are measured at fair value on a seriatim basis using an Ascribed Fee approach based upon policyholder behavior projections and risk neutral economic scenarios adjusted based on the facts and circumstances of the Company’s product features. Market conditions including, but not limited to, changes in interest rates, equity indices, market volatility and variations in actuarial assumptions, including policyholder behavior, mortality and risk margins related to non-capital market inputs, as well as changes in our nonperformance risk adjustment may result in significant fluctuations in the estimated fair value of the MRBs that could materially affect net income.
Risk margins are established to capture the non-capital market risks of the instrument which represent the additional compensation a market participant would require to assume the risks related to the uncertainties in certain actuarial assumptions. The establishment of risk margins requires the use of significant management judgment, including assumptions of the amount needed to cover the guarantees.
We ceded the risk associated with certain of the variable annuity products with GMxB features described in the preceding paragraphs. The value of the MRBs on the ceded risk is determined using a methodology consistent with that described previously for the guarantees directly written by us with the exception of the input for nonperformance risk that reflects the credit of the reinsurer.
Sensitivity of MRBs to Changes in Interest Rates
The following table demonstrates the sensitivity of the MRBs to changes in long-term interest rates by quantifying the adjustments that would be required, assuming an increase and decrease in long-term interest rates of 50 basis points. This information considers only the direct effect of changes in the interest rates on MRB balances, net of reinsurance.
Interest Rate Sensitivity
December 31, 2024
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Increase/(Decrease)
In MRB
 (in millions)
Increase in interest rates by 50bps$158 
Decrease in interest rates by 50bps$(162)
Sensitivity of MRBs to Changes in Equity Returns
The following table demonstrates the sensitivity of the MRBs to changes in equity returns.
Equity Returns Sensitivity
December 31, 2024
 
Increase/(Decrease)
In MRB
 (in millions)
Increase in equity returns by 10%$(84)
Decrease in equity returns by 10%$97 
Sensitivity of MRBs to Changes in GMIB Lapses
Lapse rates are adjusted at the contract level based on a comparison of the value of the embedded GMIB rider and the current policyholder account value, which include other factors such as considering surrender charges. Generally, lapse rates are assumed to be lower in periods when a surrender charge applies. A dynamic lapse function reduces the base lapse rate when the guaranteed amount is greater than the account value as in-the-money contracts are less likely to lapse.
GMIB Lapse floor Sensitivity
December 31, 2024
 
Increase/(Decrease)
In MRB
 (in millions)
GMIB Lapse floor of 1%$22 
Nonperformance Risk Adjustment
The valuation of our MRBs includes an adjustment for the risk that we fail to satisfy our obligations, which we refer to as our nonperformance risk. The nonperformance risk adjustment, which is captured as a spread over the risk-free rate in determining the discount rate to discount the cash flows of the liability, is determined by taking into consideration publicly available information relating to spreads on corporate bonds in the secondary market comparable to Holdings’ financial strength rating.
The table below illustrates the impact that a range of reasonably likely variances in credit spreads would have on our consolidated balance sheet, excluding the effect of income tax, related to the GMxB Core and GMxB Legacy MRBs measured at estimated fair value. Even when credit spreads do not change, the impact of the nonperformance risk adjustment on fair value will change when the cash flows within the fair value measurement change. The table only reflects the impact of changes in credit spreads on our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein and not these other potential changes. In determining the ranges, we have considered current market conditions, as well as the market level of spreads that can reasonably be anticipated over the near term. The ranges do not reflect extreme market conditions such as those experienced during the 2008–2009 financial crisis as we do not consider those to be reasonably likely events in the near future.
NPR Sensitivity
December 31, 2024
 
Increase/(Decrease)
In MRB
 (in millions)
Increase in NPR by 50bps$(677)
Decrease in NPR by 50bps$757 
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Reinsurance
Accounting for reinsurance requires extensive use of assumptions and estimates, particularly related to the future performance of the underlying business and the potential impact of counterparty credit risk with respect to reinsurance receivables. We periodically review actual and anticipated experience compared to the aforementioned assumptions used to establish assets and liabilities relating to ceded and assumed reinsurance and evaluate the financial strength of counterparties to our reinsurance agreements using criteria similar to those evaluated in our security impairment process. See “—Estimated Fair Value of Investments.” Additionally, for each of our reinsurance agreements, we determine whether the agreement provides indemnification against loss or liability relating to insurance risk, in accordance with applicable accounting standards. We review all contractual features, including those that may limit the amount of insurance risk to which the reinsurer is subject or features that delay the timely reimbursement of claims. If we determine that a reinsurance agreement does not expose the reinsurer to a reasonable possibility of a significant loss from insurance risk, we record the agreement using the deposit method of accounting.
See Note 12 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on our reinsurance.
Estimated Fair Value of Investments
Our investment portfolio principally consists of public and private fixed maturities, mortgage loans, equity securities and derivative financial instruments, including exchange traded equity, currency and interest rate futures contracts, total return and/or other equity swaps, interest rate swap and floor contracts, swaptions, variance swaps as well as equity options used to manage various risks relating to its business operations.
Fair Value Measurements
Investments reported at fair value in our consolidated balance sheets of the Company include fixed maturity and equity securities classified as AFS, trading securities, and certain other invested assets, such as freestanding derivatives. GMxB riders and the reinsurance on these riders are held as market risk benefits.
When available, the estimated fair value of securities is based on quoted prices in active markets that are readily and regularly obtainable; these generally are the most liquid holdings and their valuation does not involve management judgment. When quoted prices in active markets are not available, we estimate fair value based on market standard valuation methodologies. These alternative approaches include matrix or model pricing and use of independent pricing services, each supported by reference to principal market trades or other observable market assumptions for similar securities. More specifically, the matrix pricing approach to fair value is a discounted cash flow methodology that incorporates market interest rates commensurate with the credit quality and duration of the investment. For securities with reasonable price transparency, the significant inputs to these valuation methodologies either are observable in the market or can be derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data. When the volume or level of activity results in little or no price transparency, significant inputs no longer can be supported by reference to market observable data but instead must be based on management’s estimation and judgment. Substantially the same approach is used by us to measure the fair values of freestanding and embedded derivatives with exception for consideration of the effects of master netting agreements and collateral arrangements as well as incremental value or risk ascribed to changes in own or counterparty credit risk.
As required by the accounting guidance, we categorize our assets and liabilities measured at fair value into a three-level hierarchy, based on the priority of the inputs to the respective valuation technique, giving the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). For additional information regarding the key estimates and assumptions surrounding the determinations of fair value measurements, see Note 7 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Impairments and Valuation Allowances
The carrying values of fixed maturities classified as AFS are reported at fair value. Changes in fair value are reported in OCI, net of allowance for credit losses, policy related amounts and deferred income taxes. Changes in credit losses are recognized in Investment gains (losses), net.
With the assistance of our investment advisors, we evaluate AFS debt securities that experience a decline in fair value below amortized cost for credit losses which are evaluated in accordance with the financial instruments credit losses guidance. The remainder of the unrealized loss related to other factors, if any, is recognized in OCI. Integral to this review is an assessment made each quarter, on a security-by-security basis, by our IUS Committee, of various indicators of credit deterioration to determine whether the investment security has experienced a credit loss. This assessment includes, but is not
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limited to, consideration of the severity of the unrealized loss, failure, if any, of the issuer of the security to make scheduled payments, actions taken by rating agencies, adverse conditions specifically related to the security or sector, the financial strength, liquidity and continued viability of the issuer.
We recognize an allowance for credit losses on AFS debt securities with a corresponding adjustment to earnings rather than a direct write down that reduces the cost basis of the investment, and credit losses are limited to the amount by which the security’s amortized cost basis exceeds its fair value. Any improvements in estimated credit losses on AFS debt securities are recognized immediately in earnings. We do not use the length of time a security has been in an unrealized loss position as a factor, either by itself or in combination with other factors, to conclude that a credit loss does not exist, as was permitted to do prior to January 1, 2020.
If there is no intent to sell or likely requirement to dispose of the fixed maturity security before its recovery, only the credit loss component of any resulting allowance is recognized in income (loss) and the remainder of the fair value loss is recognized in OCI. The amount of credit loss is the shortfall of the present value of the cash flows expected to be collected as compared to the amortized cost basis of the security. The present value is calculated by discounting management’s best estimate of projected future cash flows at the effective interest rate implicit in the debt security at the date of acquisition. Projections of future cash flows are based on assumptions regarding probability of default and estimates regarding the amount and timing of recoveries. These assumptions and estimates require use of management judgment and consider internal credit analyses as well as market observable data relevant to the collectability of the security. For mortgage and asset-backed securities, projected future cash flows also include assumptions regarding prepayments and underlying collateral value.
Write-offs of AFS debt securities are recorded when all or a portion of a financial asset is deemed uncollectible. Full or partial write-offs are recorded as reductions to the amortized cost basis of the AFS debt security and deducted from the allowance in the period in which the financial assets are deemed uncollectible. We elected to reverse accrued interest deemed uncollectible as a reversal of interest income. In instances where we collect cash that has previously been written off, the recovery will be recognized through earnings or as a reduction of the amortized cost basis for interest and principal, respectively.
Mortgage loans are stated at unpaid principal balances, net of unamortized discounts and valuation allowances. For collectively evaluated mortgages, we estimate the allowance for credit losses based on the amortized cost basis of its mortgages over their expected life using a PD / LGD model. For individually evaluated mortgages, we continue to recognize valuation allowances based on the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s original effective interest rate or on its collateral value if the loan is collateral dependent.
For commercial, agricultural and residential mortgage loans, an allowance for credit loss is typically recommended when management believes it is probable that principal and interest will not be collected according to the contractual terms. Factors that influence management’s judgment in determining allowance for credit losses include the following:
LTV ratio—Derived from current loan balance divided by the fair market value of the property. An allowance for credit loss is typically recommended when the LTV ratio is in excess of 100%. In the case where the LTV is in excess of 100%, the allowance for credit loss is derived by taking the difference between the fair market value (less cost of sale) and the current loan balance.
DSC ratio—Derived from actual operating earnings divided by annual debt service. If the ratio is below 1.0x, then the income from the property does not support the debt.
DTI ratio - Used for residential mortgage loans to assess a borrower’s ability to repay a loan. DTI ratio is derived by adding up all the borrower’s debt payments and dividing that sum by the borrower’s gross monthly income.
Consumer Credit Score - Used for residential mortgage loans to determine the borrower’s credit worthiness and eligibility for a residential loan based upon credit reports.
Occupancy—Criteria vary by property type but low or below market occupancy is an indicator of sub-par property performance.
Lease expirations—The percentage of leases expiring in the upcoming 12 to 36 months are monitored as a decline in rent and/or occupancy may negatively impact the DSC ratio. In the case of single-tenant properties or properties with large tenant exposure, the lease expiration is a material risk factor.
Maturity—Mortgage loans that are not fully amortizing and have upcoming maturities within the next 12 to 24 months are monitored in conjunction with the capital markets to determine the borrower’s ability to refinance the debt and/or pay off the balloon balance.
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Borrower/tenant related issues—Financial concerns, potential bankruptcy, or words or actions that indicate imminent default or abandonment of property.
Payment status–current vs. delinquent—A history of delinquent payments may be a cause for concern.
Property condition—Significant deferred maintenance observed during the lenders annual site inspections.
Other—Any other factors such as current economic conditions may call into question the performance of the loan.

Mortgage loans that do not share similar risk characteristics with other loans in the portfolio are individually evaluated quarterly by the IUS Committee for impairment on a loan-by-loan basis, including an assessment of related collateral value. Commercial mortgages 60 days or more past due and agricultural and residential mortgages 90 days or more past due, as well as all mortgages in the process of foreclosure, are identified as problem mortgages. Based on its monthly monitoring of mortgages, a class of potential problem mortgages also is identified, consisting of mortgage loans not currently classified as problems but for which management has doubts as to the ability of the borrower to comply with the present loan payment terms and which may result in the loan becoming a problem or being restructured. The decision whether to classify a performing mortgage loan as a potential problem involves significant subjective judgments by management as to likely future industry conditions and developments with respect to the borrower or the individual mortgaged property.
For problem mortgage loans a valuation allowance is established to provide for the risk of credit losses inherent in the lending process. The allowance includes loan specific reserves for loans determined to be non-performing as a result of the loan review process. A non-performing loan is defined as a loan for which it is probable that amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement will not be collected. The loan specific portion of the loss allowance is based on our assessment as to ultimate collectability of loan principal and interest. Valuation allowances for a non-performing loan are recorded based on the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate or based on the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent. The valuation allowance for mortgage loans can increase or decrease from period to period based on such factors.
Impaired mortgage loans without provision for losses are mortgage loans where the fair value of the collateral or the net present value of the expected future cash flows related to the loan equals or exceeds the recorded investment. Interest income earned on mortgage loans where the collateral value is used to measure impairment is recorded on a cash basis. Interest income on mortgage loans where the present value method is used to measure impairment is accrued on the net carrying value amount of the loan at the interest rate used to discount the cash flows. Changes in the present value attributable to changes in the amount or timing of expected cash flows are reported as investment gains or losses.
Mortgage loans are placed on nonaccrual status once management believes the collection of accrued interest is doubtful. Once mortgage loans are classified as nonaccrual mortgage loans, interest income is recognized under the cash basis of accounting and the resumption of the interest accrual would commence only after all past due interest has been collected or the mortgage loan on real estate has been restructured to where the collection of interest is considered likely.
See Note 2 and Note 3 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information relating to our determination of the amount of allowances and impairments.
Derivatives
We use freestanding derivative instruments to hedge various capital market risks in our products, including: (i) certain guarantees, some of which are reported as embedded derivatives; (ii) current or future changes in the fair value of our assets and liabilities; and (iii) current or future changes in cash flows. All derivatives, whether freestanding or embedded, are required to be carried on the consolidated balance sheets at fair value with changes reflected in either net income (loss) or in OCI, depending on the type of hedge. Below is a summary of critical accounting estimates by type of derivative.
Freestanding Derivatives
The determination of the estimated fair value of freestanding derivatives, when quoted market values are not available, is based on market standard valuation methodologies and inputs that management believes are consistent with what other market participants would use when pricing such instruments. Derivative valuations can be affected by changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, financial indices, credit spreads, default risk, nonperformance risk, volatility, liquidity and changes in estimates and assumptions used in the pricing models. See Note 7 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details on significant inputs into the OTC derivative pricing models and credit risk adjustment.
Income Taxes
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Income taxes represent the net amount of income taxes that we expect to pay to or receive from various taxing jurisdictions in connection with its operations. We provide for Federal and state income taxes currently payable, as well as those deferred due to temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the balance sheet date using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years the temporary differences are expected to reverse. The realization of deferred tax assets depends upon the existence of sufficient taxable income within the carryforward periods under the tax law in the applicable jurisdiction. Valuation allowances are established when management determines, based on available information, that it is more likely than not that deferred tax assets will not be realized. Management considers all available evidence including past operating results, the existence of cumulative losses in the most recent years, forecasted earnings, future taxable income and prudent and feasible tax planning strategies. Our accounting for income taxes represents management’s best estimate of the tax consequences of various events and transactions. At December 31, 2023, we determined that it was more likely than not that a portion of our capital deferred tax assets would not be realized. For more information, see Note 16 - Income Taxes.
Significant management judgment is required in determining the provision for income taxes and deferred tax assets and liabilities, and in evaluating our tax positions including evaluating uncertainties under the guidance for Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes. Under the guidance, we determine whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination by the appropriate taxing authorities before any part of the benefit can be recorded in the financial statements. Tax positions are then measured at the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being realized upon settlement.
Litigation and Regulatory Contingencies
We are a party to a number of legal actions and are involved in a number of regulatory investigations. Given the inherent unpredictability of these matters, it is difficult to estimate the impact on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
Liabilities are established when it is probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. On a quarterly and annual basis, we review relevant information with respect to liabilities for litigation, regulatory investigations and litigation-related contingencies to be reflected in our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein.
See Note 18 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for information regarding our assessment of litigation contingencies.
Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 2 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a complete discussion of newly issued accounting pronouncements.
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Part II, Item 7A.
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Our businesses are subject to financial, market, political and economic risks, as well as to risks inherent in our business operations. The discussion that follows provides additional information on market risks arising from our insurance asset/liability management and investment management activities. Such risks are evaluated and managed by each business on a decentralized basis. Primary market risk exposure results from interest rate fluctuations, equity price movements and changes in credit quality.
Our results significantly depend on profit margins or “spreads” between investment results from assets held in the GAIA and interest credited on individual insurance and annuity products. Management believes its fixed rate liabilities should be supported by a portfolio principally composed of fixed rate investments that generate predictable, steady rates of return. Although these assets are purchased for long-term investment, the portfolio management strategy considers them AFS in response to changes in market interest rates, changes in prepayment risk, changes in relative values of asset sectors and individual securities and loans, changes in credit quality outlook and other relevant factors. See the “Investments” section of Note 2 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for the accounting policies for the investment portfolios. The objective of portfolio management is to maximize returns, taking into account interest rate and credit risks. Insurance asset/liability management includes strategies to minimize exposure to loss as interest rates and economic and market conditions change. As a result, the fixed maturity portfolio has modest exposure to call and prepayment risk and the vast majority of mortgage holdings are fixed rate mortgages that carry yield maintenance and prepayment provisions.
Investments with Interest Rate Risk – Fair Value
Assets with interest rate risk include AFS and trading fixed maturities and mortgage loans that make up 81.8% and 81.8% of the fair value of the GAIA as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. As part of our asset/liability management, quantitative analyses are used to model the impact various changes in interest rates have on assets with interest rate risk. The table that follows shows the impact an immediate one percent increase/decrease in interest rates would have on the fair value of fixed maturities and mortgage loans:
Interest Rate Risk Exposure
 December 31, 2024December 31, 2023
 
Fair Value
Impact of +1% Change
Impact of -1% Change
Fair Value
Impact of +1% Change
Impact of -1% Change
(in millions)
Fixed Income Investments:
AFS securities:
Fixed rate$46,546 $(3,199)$3,658 $45,718 $(3,487)$4,049 
Floating rate$7,530 $(8)$6 $9,446 $$
Trading securities:
Fixed rate$497 $(38)$42 $15 $— $— 
Floating rate$27 $ $ $— $— $— 
Mortgage loans$16,796 $(561)$601 $16,170 $(575)$616 
A one percent increase/decrease in interest rates is a hypothetical rate scenario used to demonstrate potential risk; it does not represent management’s view of future market changes. While these fair value measurements provide a representation of interest rate sensitivity of fixed maturities and mortgage loans, they are based on various portfolio exposures at a particular point in time and may not be representative of future market results. These exposures will change as a result of ongoing portfolio activities in response to management’s assessment of changing market conditions and available investment opportunities.
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Investments with Equity Price Risk – Fair Value
The investment portfolios also have direct holdings of public and private equity securities. The following table shows the potential exposure from those equity security investments, measured in terms of fair value, to an immediate 10% increase/decrease in equity prices from those prevailing as of December 31, 2024 and 2023:
Equity Price Risk Exposure
 December 31, 2024December 31, 2023
 Fair
Value
Impact 
of +10% 
Equity
Price 
Change
Impact 
of -10% 
Equity
Price 
Change
Fair
Value
Impact 
of +10% 
Equity
Price 
Change
Impact 
of -10% 
Equity
Price 
Change
(in millions)
Equity Investments$437 $44 $(44)$649 $65 $(65)
A 10% decrease in equity prices is a hypothetical scenario used to calibrate potential risk and does not represent management’s view of future market changes. The fair value measurements shown are based on the equity securities portfolio exposures at a particular point in time and these exposures will change as a result of ongoing portfolio activities in response to management’s assessment of changing market conditions and available investment opportunities.
Liabilities with Interest Rate Risk – Fair Value
As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the aggregate carrying values of insurance contracts with interest rate risk were $14.9 billion and $16.4 billion, respectively. The aggregate fair value of such liabilities as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 were $14.6 billion and $15.9 billion, respectively. The impact of a relative 1% decrease in interest rates would be an increase in the fair value of those liabilities of $109 million and $278 million, respectively. While these fair value measurements provide a representation of the interest rate sensitivity of insurance liabilities, they are based on the composition of such liabilities at a particular point in time and may not be representative of future results.
Asset/liability management is integrated into many aspects of our operations, including investment decisions, product development and determination of crediting rates. As part of our risk management process, numerous economic scenarios are modeled, including cash flow testing required for insurance regulatory purposes, to determine if existing assets would be sufficient to meet projected liability cash flows. Key variables include policyholder behavior, such as persistency, under differing crediting rate strategies.
Derivatives and Interest Rate and Equity Risks – Fair Value
We primarily use derivative contracts for asset/liability risk management, to mitigate our exposure to equity market decline and interest rate risks and for hedging individual securities. In addition, we periodically enter into forward, exchange-traded futures and interest rate swap, swaptions and floor contracts to reduce the economic impact of movements in the equity and fixed income markets, including the program to hedge certain risks associated with the GMxB features. As more fully described in Note 2 and Note 4 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements, various traditional derivative financial instruments are used to achieve these objectives. To minimize credit risk exposure associated with its derivative transactions, each counterparty’s credit is appraised and approved and risk control limits and monitoring procedures are applied. Credit limits are established and monitored on the basis of potential exposures that take into consideration current market values and estimates of potential future movements in market values given potential fluctuations in market interest rates. To reduce credit exposures in OTC derivative transactions, we enter into master agreements that provide for a netting of financial exposures with the counterparty and allow for collateral arrangements. We further control and minimize counterparty exposure through a credit appraisal and approval process. Under the ISDA Master Agreement, we have executed a CSA with each of our OTC derivative counterparties that require both posting and accepting collateral either in the form of cash or high-quality securities, such as U.S. Treasury securities or those issued by government agencies.
Mark to market exposure is a point-in-time measure of the value of a derivative contract in the open market. A positive value indicates existence of credit risk for us because the counterparty would owe money to us if the contract were closed. Alternatively, a negative value indicates we would owe money to the counterparty if the contract were closed. If there is more than one derivative transaction outstanding with a counterparty, a master netting arrangement exists with the counterparty. In
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that case, the market risk represents the net of the positive and negative exposures with the single counterparty. In management’s view, the net potential exposure is the better measure of credit risk.
As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the net fair values of our derivatives were $5.9 billion and $4.2 billion, respectively.
The tables below show the interest rate or equity sensitivities of those derivatives, measured in terms of fair value. These exposures will change as a result of ongoing portfolio and risk management activities.
Derivative Financial Instruments
 
 
Interest Rate Sensitivity
 Notional AmountWeighted Average Term (Years)
Impact of -1%
Change
Fair
Value
Impact of +1%
Change
(In millions, except for Weighted Average Term)
December 31, 2024
Swaps$1,606 12$(242)$(347)$(432)
Futures7,815 76  (51)
Total$9,421 $(166)$(347)$(483)
December 31, 2023
Swaps$3,828 6$375 $(195)$(644)
Futures7,572 (35)— 38 
Total$11,400 $340 $(195)$(606)
 
 
Equity Sensitivity
 Notional AmountWeighted Average Term (Years)
Fair
Value
Balance after
-10% Equity
Price Shift
(In millions, except for Weighted Average Term)
December 31, 2024
Futures$9,338 $ $34 
Swaps16,047 157 1,439 
Options56,755 213,198 10,540 
Total$82,140 $13,255 $12,013 
December 31, 2023
Futures$5,484 $— $(59)
Swaps14,926 153 1,546 
Options48,946 29,117 6,753 
Total$69,356 $9,170 $8,240 

Market Risk Benefits and Interest Rate and Equity Risks – Fair Value
GMxB feature’s liability associated with certain annuity contracts is considered market risk benefits for accounting purposes and was reported at its fair value of $11.0 billion and $14.0 billion as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The potential fair value exposure to an immediate 10% drop in equity prices from those prevailing as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, would be to decrease the direct market risk benefits balance by $1.3 billion and $1.5 billion. The potential fair value exposure to an immediate 50 bps drop in interest rates from those prevailing as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, would decrease the direct market risk benefits balance by $1.3 billion and $1.7 billion.

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We have entered into reinsurance contracts to mitigate the risk associated with the impact of potential market fluctuations GMxB features contained in certain annuity contracts. These reinsurance contracts are accounted for as purchased market risk benefits and reported at their fair values of $13.0 billion and $16.7 billion as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The potential fair value exposure to an immediate 10% drop in equity prices from those prevailing as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, would increase the balances of the reinsurance contract asset by $485 million and $570 million. The potential fair value exposure to an immediate 50 bps drop in interest rates from those prevailing as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, would increase the balances of the reinsurance contract asset by $728 million and $938 million.
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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES
Audited Consolidated Financial Statements:
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, New York, New York, PCAOB ID: 238)
Audited Consolidated Financial Statement Schedules
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Shareholder of Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the related consolidated statements of income (loss), of comprehensive income (loss), of equity and of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, including the related notes and financial statement schedules listed in the index appearing under Item 15.2 (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matters
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (i) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (ii) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
Valuation of Market Risk Benefits
As described in Notes 2, 7, and 9 to the consolidated financial statements, certain guaranteed minimum death and living benefits (collectively, the “GMxB features”) associated with variable annuity products, other general account annuities and ceded reinsurance contracts with GMxB features with other than nominal market risk are identified by management, measured at estimated fair value and presented separately on the balance sheet as market risk benefits. Market risk benefits (MRBs) are measured at fair value on a seriatim basis using an ascribed fee approach. The ascribed fee is determined at policy inception date so that the present value of claims, including any risk charge, is equal to the present value of the projected attributed fees which will be capped at average present value of total policyholder contractual fees. The attributed fee percentage is considered a fixed term of the MRB feature and is held static over the life of the contract. The market risk benefits fair value is equal to the estimated present value of benefits less the estimated present value of ascribed fees and is determined using a discounted cash flow valuation technique.
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Considerable judgment is utilized by management in determining the assumptions related to lapse rates, withdrawal rates, utilization rates, non-performance risk, volatility rates, annuitization rates and mortality (collectively, the “significant market risk benefit assumptions”). As of December 31, 2024, the estimated fair value of purchased market risk benefits, assets for market risk benefits and liabilities for market risk benefits was $13,033 million, $781 million and $11,791 million, respectively.
The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to the valuation of market risk benefits is a critical audit matter are (i) the significant judgment by management in developing the fair value estimate of market risk benefits, (ii) a high degree of auditor judgment, subjectivity and effort in performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence related to management’s significant market risk benefit assumptions, and (iii) the audit effort involved the use of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge.
Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to the valuation of market risk benefits, including controls over the development of the assumptions utilized in the valuation of market risk benefits. These procedures also included, among others (i) evaluating management’s process for developing the fair value estimate of market risk benefits, (ii) testing, on a sample basis, the completeness and accuracy of data used by management in developing the estimates, and (iii) the involvement of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge to assist in evaluating the reasonableness of the significant market risk benefit assumptions used in developing the fair value estimate of market risk benefits based on the consideration of the Company’s historical and actual experience, industry trends, and market conditions, as applicable.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
March 20, 2025
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 1993.
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EQUITABLE FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Consolidated Balance Sheets
December 31, 2024 and 2023
December 31,
20242023
(in millions, except share data)
ASSETS
Investments:
Fixed maturities available-for-sale, at fair value (amortized cost of $61,728 and $61,884) (allowance for credit losses of $2 and $4)
$54,077 $55,165 
Mortgage loans on real estate (net of allowance for credit losses of $270 and $277)
18,298 17,877 
Policy loans3,827 3,667 
Other equity investments (1)2,683 3,162 
Trading securities, at fair value809 257 
Other invested assets7,450 5,952 
Total investments87,144 86,080 
Cash and cash equivalents1,624 2,833 
Deferred policy acquisition costs4,685 4,759 
Amounts due from reinsurers (allowance for credit losses of $8 and $7)
20,026 20,636 
Loans to affiliates1,900 1,900 
Current and deferred income taxes3,230 2,755 
Purchased market risk benefits13,033 16,729 
Other assets5,070 5,326 
Assets for market risk benefits781 574 
Separate Accounts assets125,807 121,497 
Total Assets$263,300 $263,089 
LIABILITIES
Policyholders’ account balances$84,206 $82,990 
Liability for market risk benefits11,791 14,570 
Future policy benefits and other policyholders' liabilities16,653 16,573 
Broker-dealer related payables289 796 
Amounts due to reinsurers185 216 
Funds withheld payable 9,802 10,603 
Loans from affiliates400  
Reinsurance deposit liabilities14,193 14,965 
Other liabilities2,805 2,496 
Separate Accounts liabilities125,807 121,497 
Total Liabilities$266,131 $264,706 
Redeemable noncontrolling interest (2)$38 $24 
Commitments and contingent liabilities (3)
EQUITY
Equity attributable to Equitable Financial:
Common stock, $1.25 par value; 2,000,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding
$2 $2 
Additional paid-in capital6,827 6,895 
Accumulated deficit(1,814)(1,600)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)(7,884)(6,938)
Total Equity(2,869)(1,641)
Total Liabilities, Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest and Equity$263,300 $263,089 
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(1)See Note 2 of the Notes to these Consolidated Financial Statements for details of balances with VIEs.
(2)See Note 21 of the Notes to these Consolidated Financial Statements for details of redeemable noncontrolling interest.
(3)See Note 18 of the Notes to these Consolidated Financial Statements for details of commitments and contingent liabilities.
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss)
Years Ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022

Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
(in millions)
REVENUES
Policy charges and fee income$852 $1,095 $2,225 
Premiums531 587 725 
Net derivative gains (losses)(1,667)(2,417)879 
Net investment income (loss)3,503 3,601 3,077 
Investment gains (losses), net:
Credit and intent to sell losses on available for sale debt securities and loans(75)(216)(319)
Other investment gains (losses), net(50)(584)(643)
Total investment gains (losses), net(125)(800)(962)
Investment management and service fees244 315 706 
Amortization of reinsurance deposit liabilities
775 431  
Distribution revenue
463 237 23 
Other income553 466 311 
Total revenues5,129 3,515 6,984 
BENEFITS AND OTHER DEDUCTIONS
Policyholders’ benefits1,437 1,781 2,327 
Remeasurement of liability for future policy benefits36 37 50 
Change in market risk benefits and purchased market risk benefits(67)(1,018)(1,107)
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances1,257 1,384 1,309 
Compensation and benefits179 170 202 
Commissions1,179 893 702 
Interest expense2 9 6 
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs525 503 473 
Other operating costs and expenses927 829 1,040 
Total benefits and other deductions5,475 4,588 5,002 
Income (loss) from continuing operations, before income taxes(346)(1,073)1,982 
Income tax (expense) benefit132 1,230 (388)
Net income (loss)(214)157 1,594 
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to the noncontrolling interest (1)
 1 (3)
Net income (loss) attributable to Equitable Financial$(214)$156 $1,597 
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(1)See Note 21 of the Notes to these Consolidated Financial Statements for details of redeemable noncontrolling interest.
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Years Ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022

Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
(in millions)
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
Net income (loss)$(214)$157 $1,594 
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of income taxes:
Change in unrealized gains (losses), net of adjustments(672)2,175 (11,460)
Change in market risk benefits - instrument-specific credit risk(407)(1,129)1,247 
Change in liability for future policy benefits - current discount rate128 (128)1,042 
Change in defined benefit plan related items not yet recognized in periodic benefit cost, net of reclassification adjustment5 (1) 
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of income taxes(946)917 (9,171)
Comprehensive income (loss)(1,160)1,074 (7,577)
Less: Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to the noncontrolling interest
 1 (3)
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Equitable Financial$(1,160)$1,073 $(7,574)




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Consolidated Statements of Equity
Years Ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022
Year Ended December 31,
Common StockAdditional Paid-in CapitalAccumulated DeficitAccumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)Total Equity
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$2 $6,895 $(1,600)$(6,938)$(1,641)
Dividend to parent company (26)  (26)
Net income (loss)  (214) (214)
Other comprehensive income (loss)   (946)(946)
Other (42)  (42)
Balance, December 31, 2024$2 $6,827 $(1,814)$(7,884)$(2,869)
Balance, beginning of period$2 $8,536 $(1,757)$(7,855)$(1,074)
Dividend to parent company— (1,657)— — (1,657)
Net income (loss)— — 157 — 157 
Other comprehensive income (loss)— — — 917 917 
Other — 16 — — 16 
Balance, December 31, 2023$2 $6,895 $(1,600)$(6,938)$(1,641)

Balance, beginning of period$2 $8,546 $(2,381)$1,316 $7,483 
Dividend to parent company— — (967)— (967)
Net income (loss)— — 1,594 — 1,594 
Other comprehensive income (loss)— — — (9,171)(9,171)
Other — (10)(3)— (13)
Balance, December 31, 2022$2 $8,536 $(1,757)$(7,855)$(1,074)







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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Years Ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022


Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
(in millions)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)$(214)$157 $1,594 
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances1,257 1,384 1,309 
Policy charges and fee income(852)(1,095)(2,225)
Net derivative (gains) losses1,667 2,417 (879)
Credit and intent to sell losses on available for sale debt securities and loans75 216 319 
Investment (gains) losses, net50 584 643 
Realized and unrealized (gains) losses on trading securities(23)(14)41 
Non-cash long-term incentive compensation expense47 39 20 
Amortization and depreciation72 273 247 
Equity (income) loss from limited partnerships(146)(46)(186)
Remeasurement of liability for future policy benefits36 37 50 
Change in market risk benefits(67)(1,018)(1,107)
Changes in:
Reinsurance recoverable
1,728 46 (539)
Capitalization of deferred policy acquisition costs(528)(513)(702)
Funds withheld payable172 89  
Future policy benefits354 280 (494)
Current and deferred income taxes
(194)(1,231)344 
Other, net181 (239)(151)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities$3,615 $1,366 $(1,716)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from the sale/maturity/prepayment of:
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale$7,260 $9,340 $14,966 
Mortgage loans on real estate1,123 446 1,154 
Trading account securities164 250 266 
Short-term investments798 1,861 (483)
Other932 460 355 
Payment for the purchase/origination of:
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale(7,073)(3,776)(17,838)
Mortgage loans on real estate(1,629)(1,967)(3,683)
Trading account securities(700)(223)(220)
Short-term investments(400)(1,761) 
Other(306)(687)(745)
Cash settlements related to derivative instruments, net(2,216)(804)(160)
Investment in capitalized software, leasehold improvements and EDP equipment(71)(55)(49)
Other, net(214)(114)81 
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities$(2,332)$2,970 $(6,356)








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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Years Ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022
Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
(in millions)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Policyholders’ account balances:
Deposits$5,907 $8,619 $15,372 
Withdrawals(13,593)(11,792)(6,833)
Transfers (to) from Separate Accounts1,787 1,063 1,621 
Payments of market risk benefits(31)(206)(601)
Changes in securities lending payable21 116  
Change in collateralized pledged assets(82)(26)36 
Change in collateralized pledged liabilities3,105 1,579 (1,572)
Proceeds from loan from affiliates400   
Shareholder dividend paid(26)(1,657)(930)
Purchase (redemption) of noncontrolling interests of consolidated company-sponsored investment funds21 4 3 
Other, net(1) (42)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities$(2,492)$(2,300)$7,054 
Change in cash and cash equivalents(1,209)2,036 (1,018)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period2,833 797 1,815 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period$1,624 $2,833 $797 
Supplemental cash flow information:
Income taxes (refunded) paid$61 $1 $45 
Non-cash transactions from investing and financing activities:
Securities exchanged for other equity investment
$110 $ $ 
Dividend to Parent$ $ $(37)
Transfer of assets to reinsurer$ $ $(2,762)
    











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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

1)    ORGANIZATION
Equitable Financial’s (collectively with its consolidated subsidiaries, the “Company”) primary business is providing variable annuity, life insurance and employee benefit products to both individuals and businesses. The Company is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdings. Equitable Financial is a stock life insurance company organized in 1859 under the laws of the State of New York.
The Company’s two principal subsidiaries include Equitable Distributors, LLC (“Equitable Distributors”) and Equitable Investment Management Group, LLC (“EIMG”), which both are wholly-owned indirect subsidiaries of Holdings.
2)    SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation
The preparation of the accompanying consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions (including normal, recurring accruals) that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
The accompanying 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 VIEs that meet the requirements for consolidation.
Financial results in the historical consolidated financial statements may not be indicative of the results of operations, comprehensive income (loss), financial position, equity or cash flows that would have been achieved had we operated as a separate, standalone entity during the reporting periods presented. We believe that the consolidated financial statements include all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations of the Company.
All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. The years “2024”, “2023” and “2022” refer to the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Changes to U.S. GAAP are established by the FASB in the form of Accounting Standards Updates (“ASUs”) to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”). The Company considers the applicability and impact of all ASUs. ASUs listed below include those that have been adopted during the current fiscal year and/or those that have been issued but not yet adopted as of December 31, 2024, and as of the date of this filing. ASUs not listed below were assessed and determined to be either not applicable or not material.
Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements
Description
Effect on the Financial Statement or Other Significant Matters
ASU 2023-07: Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures
This ASU provides improvements to reportable segment disclosure requirements, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. In addition, the amendments enhance interim disclosure requirements, clarify circumstances in which an entity can disclose multiple measures of segment profit or loss, provide new segment disclosure requirements for entities with a single reportable segment and contain other disclosure requirements.
The Company adopted the new accounting standard ASU 2023-07 for the year ended December 31, 2024 using the retrospective approach. See Note 20 of the Notes to these Consolidated Financial Statements for details.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
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 financial statements of this ASU.
Investments
The carrying values of fixed maturities classified as AFS are reported at fair value. Changes in fair value are reported in OCI, net of allowance for credit losses, policy related amounts and deferred income taxes. Changes in credit losses are recognized in Investment gains (losses), net. The redeemable preferred stock investments that are reported in fixed maturities include REITs and redeemable preferred stock.
The Company determines the fair values of fixed maturities and equity securities based upon quoted prices in active markets, when available, or through the use of alternative approaches when market quotes are not readily accessible or available. These alternative approaches include matrix or model pricing and use of independent pricing services, each supported by reference to principal market trades or other observable market assumptions for similar securities. More specifically, the matrix pricing approach to fair value is a discounted cash flow methodology that incorporates market interest rates commensurate with the credit quality and duration of the investment. The Company’s management, with the assistance of its investment advisors, evaluates AFS debt securities that experienced a decline in fair value below amortized cost for credit losses which are evaluated in accordance with the new financial instruments credit losses guidance. Integral to this review is an assessment made each quarter, on a security-by-security basis, by the
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Company’s IUS Committee, of various indicators of credit deterioration to determine whether the investment security has experienced a credit loss. This assessment includes, but is not limited to, consideration of the severity of the unrealized loss, failure, if any, of the issuer of the security to make scheduled payments, actions taken by rating agencies, adverse conditions specifically related to the security or sector, and the financial strength, liquidity and continued viability of the issuer.
The Company recognizes an allowance for credit losses on AFS debt securities with a corresponding adjustment to earnings rather than a direct write down that reduces the cost basis of the investment, and credit losses are limited to the amount by which the security’s amortized cost basis exceeds its fair value. Any improvements in estimated credit losses on AFS debt securities are recognized immediately in earnings. Management does not use the length of time a security has been in an unrealized loss position as a factor, either by itself or in combination with other factors, to conclude that a credit loss does not exist.
When the Company determines that there is more than 50% likelihood that it is not going to recover the principal and interest cash flows related to an AFS debt security, the security is placed on nonaccrual status and the Company reverses accrued interest receivable against interest income. Since the nonaccrual policy results in a timely reversal of accrued interest receivable, the Company does not record an allowance for credit losses on accrued interest receivable.
If there is no intent to sell or likely requirement to dispose of the fixed maturity security before its recovery, only the credit loss component of any resulting allowance is recognized in income (loss) and the remainder of the fair value loss is recognized in OCI. The amount of credit loss is the shortfall of the present value of the cash flows expected to be collected as compared to the amortized cost basis of the security. The present value is calculated by discounting management’s best estimate of projected future cash flows at the effective interest rate implicit in the debt security at the date of acquisition. Projections of future cash flows are based on assumptions regarding probability of default and estimates regarding the amount and timing of recoveries. These assumptions and estimates require use of management judgment and consider internal credit analyses as well as market observable data relevant to the collectability of the security. For mortgage and asset-backed securities, projected future cash flows also include assumptions regarding prepayments and underlying collateral value.
Write-offs of AFS debt securities are recorded when all or a portion of a financial asset is deemed uncollectible. Full or partial write-offs are recorded as reductions to the amortized cost basis of the AFS debt security and deducted from the allowance in the period in which the financial assets are deemed uncollectible. The Company elected to reverse accrued interest deemed uncollectible as a reversal of interest income. In instances where the Company collects cash that it has previously written off, the recovery will be recognized through earnings or as a reduction of the amortized cost basis for interest and principal, respectively.
Policy loans represent funds loaned to policyholders up to the cash surrender value of the associated insurance policies and are carried at the unpaid principal balances due to the Company from the policyholders. Interest income on policy loans is recognized in net investment income at the contract interest rate when earned. Policy loans are fully collateralized by the cash surrender value of the associated insurance policies.
Partnerships, investment companies and joint venture interests that the Company has control of and has an economic interest in or those that meet the requirements for consolidation under accounting guidance for consolidation of VIEs are consolidated. Those that the Company does not have control of and does not have a majority economic interest in and those that do not meet the VIE requirements for consolidation are reported on the equity method of accounting and are reported in other equity investments. The Company records its interests in certain of these partnerships on a month or one quarter lag.
Trading securities, which include equity securities and fixed maturities, are carried at fair value based on quoted market prices, with realized and unrealized gains (losses) reported in net investment income (loss) in the consolidated statements of income (loss).
COLI has been purchased by the Company and certain subsidiaries on the lives of certain key employees and the Company and these subsidiaries are named as beneficiaries under these policies. COLI is carried at the cash surrender value of the policies. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the carrying value of COLI was $976 million and $918 million, respectively, and is reported in other invested assets in the consolidated balance sheets.
Cash and cash equivalents includes cash on hand, demand deposits, money market accounts, overnight commercial paper and highly liquid debt instruments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less. Due to the short-term nature of these investments, the recorded value is deemed to approximate fair value.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Derivatives
Derivatives are financial instruments whose values are derived from interest rates, foreign exchange rates, financial indices, values of securities or commodities, credit spreads, market volatility, expected returns and liquidity. Values can also be affected by changes in estimates and assumptions, including those related to counterparty behavior and non-performance risk used in valuation models. Derivative financial instruments generally used by the Company include equity, currency, and interest rate futures, total return and/or other equity swaps, interest rate swaps and floors, swaptions, variance swaps and equity options, all of which may be exchange-traded or contracted in the OTC market. All derivative positions are carried in the consolidated balance sheets at fair value, generally by obtaining quoted market prices or through the use of valuation models.
Freestanding derivative contracts are reported in the consolidated balance sheets either as assets within “other invested assets” or as liabilities within “other liabilities”. The Company nets the fair value of all derivative financial instruments with counterparties for which an ISDA Master Agreement and related CSA have been executed. All changes in the fair value of the Company’s freestanding derivative positions not designated to hedge accounting relationships, including net receipts and payments, are included in “net derivative gains (losses)” without considering changes in the fair value of the economically associated assets or liabilities.
The Company has designated certain derivatives it uses to economically manage asset/liability risk in relationships which qualify for hedge accounting. To qualify for hedge accounting, we formally document our designation at inception of the hedge relationship as a cash flow, fair value or net investment hedge. This documentation includes our risk management objective and strategy for undertaking the hedging transaction. The Company identifies how the hedging instrument is expected to offset the designated risks related to the hedged item and the method that will be used to retrospectively and prospectively assess the hedge effectiveness. To qualify for hedge accounting, a hedging instrument must be assessed as being highly effective in offsetting the designated risk of the hedged item. Hedge effectiveness is formally assessed and documented at inception and periodically throughout the life of the hedge accounting relationship.
The Company does not exclude any components of the hedging instrument from the effectiveness assessments and therefore does not separately measure or account for any excluded components of the hedging instrument.
While in cash flow hedge relationships, any periodic net receipts and payments from the hedging instrument are included in the income or expense line that the hedged item’s periodic income or expense is recognized. Other changes in the fair value of the hedging instrument while in a cash flow hedging relationship are reported within OCI. These amounts are deferred in accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) until they are reclassified to Net income (loss). The reclassified amount offsets the effect of the cash flows on Net income (loss) in the same period when the hedged item affects earnings and on the same line as the hedged item.
We discontinue cash flow hedge accounting prospectively when the Company determines: (1) the hedging instrument is no longer highly effective in offsetting changes in the cash flow from the hedged risk, (2) the hedged item is no longer probable of occurring within two months of their forecast, or (3) the hedging instrument is otherwise redesignated from the hedging relationship. Changes in the fair value of the derivative after discontinuation of cash flow hedge accounting are accounted for as freestanding derivative positions not designated to hedge accounting relationships unless and until the derivative is redesignated to a hedge accounting relationship. When cash flow hedge accounting is discontinued the amounts deferred in AOCI during the hedge relationship continue to be deferred in AOCI, as long as the hedged items continue to be probable of occurring within two months of their forecast, until the hedged item affects Net income (loss). Any amount deferred in AOCI for hedged items which are no longer probable of occurring within two months of their forecast will be reclassified to “net derivative gains (losses)” at that time.
The Company is a party to financial instruments and other contracts that contain “embedded” derivative instruments. At inception, the Company assesses whether the economic characteristics of the embedded instrument are “clearly and closely related” to the economic characteristics of the remaining component of the “host contract” and whether a separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded instrument would meet the definition of a derivative instrument. Once those criteria are met, the resulting embedded derivative is bifurcated from the host contract, carried in the consolidated balance sheets at fair value, and changes in its fair value are recognized immediately and captioned in the consolidated statements of income (loss) according to the nature of the related host contract. For certain financial instruments that contain an embedded derivative that otherwise would need to be bifurcated and reported at fair value, the Company instead may elect to carry the entire instrument at fair value.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate
The Company invests in commercial, agricultural and residential mortgage loans which are included in the consolidated balance sheets as mortgage loans on real estate. Mortgage loans are stated at unpaid principal balances, net of unamortized discounts and the allowance for credit losses. The Company calculates the allowance for credit losses in accordance with the CECL model in order to provide for the risk of credit losses in the lending process.
Expected credit losses for loans with similar risk characteristics are estimated on a collective (i.e., pool) basis in order to meet CECL’s risk of loss concept which requires the Company to consider possibilities of loss, even if remote.
For collectively evaluated mortgages, the Company estimates the allowance for credit losses based on the amortized cost basis of its mortgages over their expected life using a PD / LGD model. The PD / LGD model incorporates the Company’s reasonable and supportable forecast of macroeconomic information over a specified period. The length of the reasonable and supportable forecast period is reassessed on a quarterly basis and may be adjusted as appropriate over time to be consistent with macroeconomic conditions and the environment as of the reporting date. For periods beyond the reasonable and supportable forecast period, the model reverts to historical loss information. The PD and LGD are estimated at the loan-level based on loans’ current and forecasted risk characteristics as well as macroeconomic forecasts. The PD is estimated using both macroeconomic conditions as well as individual loan risk characteristics including LTV ratios, DSC ratios, DTI ratio, seasoning, collateral type, geography, and underlying credit. The LGD is driven primarily by the type and value of collateral, and secondarily by expected liquidation costs and time to recovery.
For individually evaluated mortgages, the Company continues to recognize a valuation allowance on the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s original effective interest rate or on its collateral value.
The CECL model is configured to the Company’s specifications and takes into consideration the detailed risk attributes of each discrete loan in the mortgage portfolio which include, but are not limited to the following:
LTV ratio - Derived from current loan balance divided by the fair market value of the property. An LTV ratio in excess of 100% indicates an underwater mortgage. 
DSC ratio - Derived from actual operating earnings divided by annual debt service. If the ratio is below 1.0x, then the income from the property does not support the debt.
DTI ratio - is used for residential mortgage loans to assess a borrower’s ability to repay a loan. DTI ratio is derived by adding up all the borrower’s debt payments and dividing that sum by the borrower’s gross monthly income.
Consumer Credit Score - is used for residential mortgage loans to determine the borrower’s credit worthiness and eligibility for a residential loan based upon credit reports.
Occupancy - Criteria varies by property type but low or below market occupancy is an indicator of sub-par property performance.
Lease expirations - The percentage of leases expiring in the upcoming 12 to 36 months are monitored as a decline in rent and/or occupancy may negatively impact the DSC ratio. In the case of single-tenant properties or properties with large tenant exposure, the lease expiration is a material risk factor.
Other - Any other factors such as maturity, borrower/tenant related issues, payment status, property condition, or current economic conditions may call into question the performance of the loan.

Mortgage loans that do not share similar risk characteristics with other loans in the portfolio are individually evaluated quarterly by the Company’s IUS Committee. The allowance for credit losses on these individually evaluated mortgages is a loan-specific reserve as a result of the loan review process that is recorded based on the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate or based on the fair value of the collateral. The individually assessed allowance for mortgage loans can increase or decrease from period to period based on such factors.
Individually assessed loans may include, but are not limited to, mortgages that have deteriorated in credit quality such as a TDR and reasonably expected TDRs, mortgages for which foreclosure is probable, and mortgages which have been classified as “potential problem” or “problem” loans within the Company’s IUS Committee processes as described below.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Within the IUS process, commercial mortgages 60 days or more past due and agricultural and residential mortgages 90 days or more past due, as well as all mortgages in the process of foreclosure, are identified as problem mortgage loans. Based on its monthly monitoring of mortgages, a class of potential problem mortgage loans are also identified, consisting of mortgage loans not currently classified as problem mortgage loans but for which management has doubts as to the ability of the borrower to comply with the present loan payment terms and which may result in the loan becoming a problem or being modified. The decision whether to classify a performing mortgage loan as a potential problem involves judgments by management as to likely future industry conditions and developments with respect to the borrower or the individual mortgaged property.
Individually assessed mortgage loans without provision for losses are mortgage loans where the fair value of the collateral or the net present value of the expected future cash flows related to the loan equals or exceeds the recorded investment. Interest income earned on mortgage loans where the collateral value is used to measure impairment is recorded on a cash basis. Interest income on mortgage loans where the present value method is used to measure impairment is accrued on the net carrying value amount of the loan at the interest rate used to discount the cash flows.
Mortgage loans are placed on nonaccrual status once management believes the collection of accrued interest is not probable. Once mortgage loans are classified as nonaccrual mortgage loans, interest income is recognized under the cash basis of accounting and the resumption of the interest accrual would commence only after all past due interest has been collected or the mortgage loan has been restructured to where the collection of interest is considered likely. The Company charges off loan balances and accrued interest that are deemed uncollectible.
The components of amortized cost for mortgage loans on the consolidated balance sheets excludes accrued interest amounts because the Company presents accrued interest receivables within other assets. Once mortgage loans are placed on nonaccrual status, the Company reverses accrued interest receivable against interest income. Since the nonaccrual policy results in the timely reversal of accrued interest receivable, the Company does not record an allowance for credit losses on accrued interest receivable.
Troubled Debt Restructuring
The investment the Company makes in commercial, agricultural and residential mortgage loans are included in the consolidated balance sheets as mortgage loans on real estate. The investments the Company makes in privately negotiated fixed maturities are included in the consolidated balance sheets as fixed maturities AFS. Under certain circumstances, modifications are granted to these contracts. Each modification is evaluated as to whether a TDR has occurred. A modification is a TDR when the borrower is in financial difficulty and the creditor makes concessions. Generally, the types of concessions may include reducing the face amount or maturity amount of the debt as originally stated, reducing the contractual interest rate, extending the maturity date at an interest rate lower than current market interest rates and/or reducing accrued interest. The Company considers the amount, timing and extent of the concession granted in determining any impairment or changes in the specific credit allowance recorded in connection with the TDR. A credit allowance may have been recorded prior to the period when the loan is modified in a TDR. Accordingly, the carrying value (net of the allowance) before and after modification through a TDR may not change significantly, or may increase if the expected recovery is higher than the pre-modification recovery assessment. For information pertaining to our TDRs see Note 3 of the Notes to these Consolidated Financial Statements.
Securities Lending Program
The Company enters into securities lending transactions whereby securities are loaned to third parties, primarily major brokerage firms. Securities lending transactions are treated as financing arrangements and the associated liability is recorded at the amount of cash received. Income and expenses associated with securities lending transactions are reported within net investment income in the consolidated statements of income (loss).
Net Investment Income (Loss), Investment Gains (Losses) Net, and Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses)
Realized investment gains (losses) are determined by identification with the specific asset and are presented as a component of revenue. Changes in the allowance for credit losses are included in investment gains (losses), net.
Realized and unrealized holding gains (losses) on trading and equity securities are reflected in net investment income (loss).
Unrealized investment gains (losses) on fixed maturities designated as AFS held by the Company are accounted for as a separate component of AOCI, net of related deferred income taxes, as are amounts attributable to certain pension
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operations, Closed Block’s policyholders’ dividend obligation, insurance liability loss recognition, DAC related to UL policies, investment-type products and participating traditional life policies.
Changes in unrealized gains (losses) reflect changes in fair value of only those fixed maturities classified as AFS and do not reflect any change in fair value of policyholders’ account balances and future policy benefits.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
See Note 7 of the Notes to these Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding determining the fair value of financial instruments.
Recognition of Insurance Income and Related Expenses
Deposits related to UL and investment-type contracts are reported as deposits to policyholders’ account balances. Revenues from these contracts consist of fees assessed during the period against policyholders’ account balances for mortality charges, policy administration charges and surrender charges. Policy benefits and claims that are charged to expense include benefit claims incurred in the period in excess of related policyholders’ account balances.
Securities Sold under Agreements to Repurchase
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase involve the temporary exchange of securities for cash or other collateral of equivalent value, with agreement to redeliver a like quantity of the same or similar securities at a future date prior to maturity at a fixed and determinable price. Securities sold under agreements to repurchase transactions are conducted by the Company under a standardized securities industry master agreement, amended to suit the requirements of each respective counterparty. Transfers of securities under these agreements to repurchase are evaluated by the Company to determine whether they satisfy the criteria for accounting treatment as secured borrowing arrangements. Agreements not meeting the criteria would require recognition of the transferred securities as sales with related forward repurchase commitments. All of the Company’s securities repurchase transactions are accounted for as secured borrowings with the related obligations distinctly captioned in the consolidated balance sheets on a gross basis. Income and expenses associated with repurchase agreements are recognized as investment income and investment expense, respectively, within net investment income (loss). As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company had no Securities sold under agreements to repurchase outstanding.
DAC
Acquisition costs that vary with and are primarily related to the acquisition of new and renewal insurance business, reflecting incremental direct costs of contract acquisition with independent third parties or employees that are essential to the contract transaction, as well as the portion of employee compensation, including employee fringe benefits and other costs directly related to underwriting, policy issuance and processing, medical inspection, and contract selling for successfully negotiated contracts including commissions, underwriting, agency and policy issue expenses, are deferred.
Contracts are measured on a grouped basis utilizing cohorts consistent with those used in the calculation of future policy benefit reserves. DAC is amortized on a constant level basis for the grouped contracts over the expected term of the contract. For life insurance products, DAC is amortized in proportion to the face amount in force. For annuity products DAC is amortized in proportion to policy counts. The constant level basis used for amortization determines the current period amortization considering both the current period’s actual experience and future projections. The amortization pattern is revised quarterly on a prospective basis. Amortization of DAC is included in Amortization of DAC, part of total benefits and other deductions.
For some products, policyholders can elect to modify product benefits, features, rights or coverages that occur by the exchange of a contract for a new contract, or by amendment, endorsement, or rider to a contract, or by election or coverage within a contract. These transactions are known as internal replacements. If such modification substantially changes the contract, the associated DAC is written off immediately through income and any new acquisition costs associated with the replacement contract are deferred.
Funds withheld payable
Funds withheld payable represents a payable for amounts contractually withheld by the Company as ceding company in accordance with funds withheld coinsurance (“funds withheld”) reinsurance agreements. The funds withheld payable under reinsurance treaties includes a funds withheld embedded derivative liability.
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The reinsurance agreement between the Company and Equitable America, written on a funds withheld and modified coinsurance basis, contains embedded derivatives. We determined that the obligation to pay the total return on the assets within the funds withheld liability, represents a total return swap with a floating rate leg. The fair value of embedded derivatives on funds withheld and modified coinsurance agreements is computed as the unrealized gain (loss) on the underlying assets and is included within funds withheld payable on the consolidated balance sheets for ceded agreement. The change in the fair value of the embedded derivatives is recorded in net derivatives gains (losses) on the consolidated statements of income (loss). Ceded earnings from the funds withheld payable and changes in the fair value of embedded derivatives are reported in operating activities on the consolidated statements of cash flows. Contributions to and withdrawals from the funds withheld payable are reported in operating activities on the consolidated statements of cash flows.
For business ceded on a funds withheld or modified coinsurance basis, a funds withheld segregated portfolio, comprised of invested assets and other assets is maintained by the Company as ceding entity, which is sufficient to support the current balance of statutory reserves. The fair value of the embedded derivative in funds withheld is recorded as a funds withheld payable and any excess or shortfall in relation to statutory reserves is settled quarterly.
Reinsurance
For each of its reinsurance agreements, the Company determines whether the agreement provides indemnification against loss or liability relating to insurance risk in accordance with applicable accounting standards. Cessions under reinsurance agreements do not discharge the Company’s obligations as the primary insurer. The Company reviews all contractual features, including those that may limit the amount of insurance risk to which the reinsurer is subject or features that delay the timely reimbursement of claims.
For reinsurance of existing in-force blocks of long-duration contracts that transfer significant insurance risk, the difference, if any, between the amounts paid (received), and the liabilities ceded (assumed) related to the underlying contracts is considered the net cost of reinsurance at the inception of the reinsurance agreement. Subsequent amounts paid (received) on the reinsurance of in-force blocks, as well as amounts paid (received) related to new business, are recorded as premiums ceded (assumed); and amounts due from reinsurers (amounts due to reinsurers) are established.
Assets and liabilities relating to reinsurance agreements with the same reinsurer may be recorded net on the balance sheet, if a right of offset exists within the reinsurance agreement. In the event that reinsurers do not meet their obligations to the Company under the terms of the reinsurance agreements, reinsurance recoverable balances could become uncollectible. In such instances, reinsurance recoverable balances are stated net of allowances for uncollectible reinsurance.
Premiums, policy charges and fee income, and policyholders’ benefits include amounts assumed under reinsurance agreements and are net of reinsurance ceded. Amounts received from reinsurers for policy administration are reported in other revenues.
For reinsurance contracts, reinsurance recoverable balances are generally calculated using methodologies and assumptions that are consistent with those used to calculate the direct liabilities.
Ceded reinsurance transactions are recognized and measured in a manner consistent with underlying reinsured contracts, including using consistent assumptions. Assumed and ceded reinsurance contract rights and obligations are accounted for on a basis consistent with our direct contract. The reinsurance cost or benefit for traditional life non-participating and limited-payment contracts is recognized in proportion to the gross premiums of the underlying direct cohorts. The locked-in single A discount rate used to calculate the reinsurance cost or benefit is established at inception of the reinsurance contract. Changes to the single A discount rate are reflected in comprehensive income at each reporting date.
If the Company determines that a reinsurance agreement does not expose the reinsurer to a reasonable possibility of a significant loss from insurance risk, the Company records the agreement using the deposit method of accounting. Deposits received are included in other liabilities and deposits made are included within other assets. As amounts are paid or received, consistent with the underlying contracts, the deposit assets or liabilities are adjusted. Interest on such deposits is recorded as other income or other operating costs and expenses, as appropriate.
The reinsurance agreement between the Company and Equitable America, written on a modified coinsurance basis, contains embedded derivatives. We have determined that the right to receive or obligation to pay the total return on the assets within the funds withheld liability, represents a total return swap with a floating rate leg. The fair value of embedded derivatives on the modified coinsurance agreement is computed as the unrealized gain (loss) and current
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period income on the underlying assets and is included within amount due from reinsurers on the consolidated balance sheets for ceded agreement. The change in the fair value of the embedded derivatives is recorded in net derivative gains (losses) on the consolidated statements of income (loss). Ceded earnings from the modified coinsurance and changes in the fair value of embedded derivatives are reported in operating activities on the consolidated statements of cash flows. Contributions to and withdrawals from the amount due from reinsurers are reported in operating activities on the consolidated statements of cash flows.
Sales Inducement Assets
Sales inducement assets (“SIA”) are offered on certain deferred annuity products in the form of either immediate bonus interest credited or enhanced interest crediting rates for a period of time. The interest crediting expense associated with these SIA is deferred and amortized over the lives of the underlying contracts in a manner consistent with the amortization of DAC. Unamortized balances are included in other assets in the consolidated balance sheets and amortization is included in interest credited to policyholders’ account balances in the consolidated statements of income (loss).
Policyholders’ Account Balances
Policyholders’ account balances relate to contracts or contract features where the Company has no significant insurance risk. This liability represents the contract value that has accrued to the benefit of the policyholder as of the balance sheet date.
Obligations arising from funding agreements are also reported in policyholders’ account balances in the consolidated balance sheets. As a member of the FHLB, the Company has access to collateralized borrowings. The Company may also issue funding agreements to the FHLB. Both the collateralized borrowings and funding agreements would require the Company to pledge qualified mortgage-backed assets and/or government securities as collateral.
Future Policy Benefits and Other Policyholders’ Liabilities
The liability for future policy benefits is estimated based upon the present value of future policy benefits and related claim expenses less the present value of estimated future net premiums where net premium equals gross premium under the contract multiplied by the net premium ratio. Related claim expenses include termination and settlement costs and exclude acquisition costs and non-claim related costs. The liability is estimated using current assumptions that include discount rate, mortality, and lapses. Assumptions are based on judgments that consider the Company’s historical experience, industry data, and other factors.
For participating traditional life insurance policies, future policy benefit liabilities are calculated using a net level premium method based on guaranteed mortality and dividend fund interest rates. The liability for annual dividends represents the accrual of annual dividends earned. Terminal dividends are accrued in proportion to face amount over the life of the contract.
For non-participating traditional life insurance policies (Term) and limited pay contracts (Payout, Pension), contracts are grouped into cohorts by contract type and issue year. The Company quarterly updates its estimate of cash flows using actual experience and current future cash flow assumptions, which is reflected in an updated net premium ratio used to calculate the liability. The ratio of actual and future expected claims to actual and future expected premiums determines the net premium ratio. The policy administration expense assumption is not updated after policy issuance. If actual expenses differ from the original expense assumptions, the differences are recognized in the period identified. The revised net premium ratio is used to determine the updated liability for future policy benefits as of the beginning of the reporting period, discounted at the original contract issuance rate. Changes in the liability due to current discount rates differing from original rates are included in OCI within the consolidated statement of comprehensive income.
For non-participating traditional life insurance policies and limited pay contracts, the discount rate assumption used is corporate A rated forward curve. We use a forward curve based upon a Bloomberg index. The liability is remeasured each quarter with the remeasurement change reported in OCI. The locked-in discount rate is generally based on expected investment returns at contract inception for contracts issued prior to January 1, 2021 and the upper medium grade fixed income corporate instrument yield (i.e., single A) at contract inception for contracts issued after January 1, 2021. The Company developed an LDTI discount rate methodology used to calculate the LFPB for its traditional insurance liabilities and constructed a discount rate curve that references upper-medium grade (low credit risk) fixed-income instrument yields (i.e. Single-A rated Corporate bond yields) which are meant to reflect the duration characteristics of the corresponding insurance liabilities. The methodology uses observable market data, where
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available, and uses various estimation techniques in line with fair value guidance (such as interpolation and extrapolation) where data is limited. Discount rates are updated quarterly.
For limited-payment products, gross premiums received in excess of net premiums are deferred at initial recognition as a deferred profit liability (“DPL”). DPL will be amortized in relation to the expected future benefit payments. As the calculation of the DPL is based on discounted cash flows, interest accrues on the unamortized DPL balance using the discount rate determined at contract issuance. The DPL is updated at the same time as the estimates for cash flows for the liability for future policy benefits. Any difference between the recalculated and beginning of period DPL is recognized in remeasurement gain or loss in the consolidated statements of income (loss), Remeasurement of Liability for Future Policy Benefits, part of total benefits and other deductions. On the consolidated balance sheet the DPL is recorded in the liability for future policy benefits.
Additional liabilities for contract or contract feature that provide for additional benefits in addition to the account balance but are not market risk benefits or embedded derivatives (“additional insurance liabilities”) are established by estimating the expected value of death or other insurance benefits in excess of the projected contract accumulation value and recognizing the excess over the estimated life based on expected assessments (i.e., benefit ratio). The liability equals the current benefit ratio multiplied by cumulative assessments recognized to date, plus interest, less cumulative excess payments to date. These reserves are recorded within future policy benefits and other policyholders’ liabilities. The determination of this estimated future policy benefits liability is based on models that involve numerous assumptions and subjective judgments, including those regarding expected market rates of return and volatility, contract surrender and withdrawal rates, and mortality experience. There can be no assurance that actual experience will be consistent with management’s estimates. Assumptions are reviewed annually and updated with the remeasurement gain or loss reflected in total benefit expense.
The Company recognizes an adjustment in OCI for the additional insurance liabilities for unrealized gains and losses not included when calculating the present value of expected assessments for the benefit ratios.
The Company conducts annual premium deficiency testing except for liability for future policy benefits for non-participating traditional and limited payment contracts. The Company reviews assumptions and determines whether the sum of existing liabilities and the present value of future gross premiums is sufficient to cover the present value of future benefits to be paid and settlement costs. Anticipated investment income is considered when performing premium deficiency for long duration contracts. The anticipated investment income is projected based on current investment portfolio returns grading to long term reinvestment rates over the projection periods, based on anticipated gross reinvestment spreads, defaults and investment expenses. Premium deficiency reserves are recorded in certain instances where the policyholder liability for a particular line of business may not be deficient in the aggregate to trigger loss recognition, but the pattern of earnings may be such that profits are expected to be recognized in earlier years followed by losses in later years. This pattern of PFBL is exhibited in our VISL business and is generated by the cost structure of the product or secondary guarantees in the contract. The secondary guarantee ensures that, subject to specified conditions, the policy will not terminate and will continue to provide a death benefit even if there is insufficient policy value to cover the monthly deductions and charges. We accrue for these PFBL using a dynamic approach that changes over time as the projection of future losses change.
Market Risk Benefits
Market risk benefits (“MRBs”) are contracts or contract features that provide protection to the contract holder from other than nominal capital market risk and expose the Company to other than nominal capital market risk. Market risk benefits include contract features that provide minimum guarantees to policyholders and include GMIB, GMDB, GMWB, GMAB, and ROP DB benefits. MRBs are identified and measured at fair value on a seriatim basis using an ascribed fee approach based upon policyholder behavior projections and risk neutral economic scenarios adjusted based on the facts and circumstances of the Company’s product features. The MRB Asset and MRB Liability will be equal to the estimated present value of benefits and risk margins less the estimated present value of ascribed fees. Ascribed fees will consist of the fee needed at policy inception date, under a stochastically generated set of risk-neutral scenarios, so that the present value of claims, including any risk charge, is equal to the present value of the projected attributed fees which will be capped at estimated present value of total policyholder contractual fees. The attributed fee percentage is considered a fixed term of the MRB feature and is held static over the life of the contract. Discount rates are updated quarterly. Changes in fair value are recognized as a remeasurement gain/loss in the Change in market risk benefits and purchased market risk benefits, part of total benefits and other deductions except for the portion of the change in the fair value due to change in the Company’s own credit risk, which is recognized in other than comprehensive income. Additionally, when an annuitization occurs (for annuitization benefits) or upon extinguishment of the account balance (for withdrawal benefits) the balance related to the MRB will be derecognized and the amount
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deducted (after derecognition of any related amount included in AOCI) shall be used in the calculation of the liability for future policy benefits for the payout annuity. Upon derecognition, any related balance will be removed from AOCI.
The Company has issued and continues to offer certain variable annuity products with GMDB and/or contain a GMLB (collectively, the “GMxB features”) which, if elected by the policyholder after a stipulated waiting period from contract issuance, guarantees a minimum lifetime annuity based on predetermined annuity purchase rates that may be in excess of what the contract account value can purchase at then-current annuity purchase rates. This minimum lifetime annuity is based on predetermined annuity purchase rates applied to a GMIB base. The Company previously issued certain variable annuity products with GIB, GWBL, GMWB and GMAB features. The Company has also assumed reinsurance for products with GMxB features.
Features in ceded reinsurance contracts that meet the definition of MRBs are accounted for at fair value. The fees used to determine the fair value of the reinsured market risk benefit are those defined in the reinsurance contract. The expected periodic future premiums would represent cash outflows and the expected future benefits would represent cash inflows in the fair value calculation. On the ceded side, the Purchased MRB will be measured considering the counterparty credit risk of the reinsurer, while the direct contract liabilities will be measured considering the instrument-specific credit risk of the insurer. As a result of the difference in the treatment of the counterparty credit risk, the fair value of the direct and ceded contracts may be different even if the contractual fees and benefits are the same. Changes in instrument-specific credit risk of the Company is included in the fair value of its market risk benefit, whether in an asset or liability position, and whether related to an issued or purchased MRB, is recognized in OCI. The counterparty credit risk of the reinsurer is recorded in the consolidated statements of income (loss).
Policyholders’ Dividends
The amount of policyholders’ dividends to be paid (including dividends on policies included in the Closed Block) is determined annually by the board of directors of the issuing insurance company. The aggregate amount of policyholders’ dividends is related to actual interest, mortality, morbidity and expense experience for the year and judgment as to the appropriate level of statutory surplus to be retained by the Company.
Separate Accounts
Generally, Separate Accounts established under New York State Insurance Law are not chargeable with liabilities that arise from any other business of the Company. Separate Accounts assets are subject to General Account claims only to the extent Separate Accounts assets exceed separate accounts liabilities. Assets and liabilities of the Separate Account represent the net deposits and accumulated net investment earnings (loss) less fees, held primarily for the benefit of policyholders, and for which the Company does not bear the investment risk. Separate Accounts assets and liabilities are shown on separate lines in the consolidated balance sheets. Assets held in Separate Accounts are reported at quoted market values or, where quoted values are not readily available or accessible for these securities, their fair value measures most often are determined through the use of model pricing that effectively discounts prospective cash flows to present value using appropriate sector-adjusted credit spreads commensurate with the security’s duration, also taking into consideration issuer-specific credit quality and liquidity. Investment performance (including investment income, net investment gains (losses) and changes in unrealized gains (losses)) and the corresponding amounts credited to policyholders of such Separate Accounts are offset within the same line in the consolidated statements of income (loss).
Deposits to Separate Accounts are reported as increases in Separate Accounts assets and liabilities and are not reported in the consolidated statements of income (loss). Mortality, policy administration and surrender charges on all policies including those funded by Separate Accounts are included in revenues.
The Company reports the General Account’s interests in Separate Accounts as trading securities, at fair value in the consolidated balance sheets.
Leases
The Company does not record leases with an initial term of 12 months or less in its consolidated balance sheets, but instead recognizes lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. For leases with a term greater than one year, the Company records in its consolidated balance sheets at the time of lease commencement or modification a RoU operating lease asset and a lease liability, initially measured at the present value of the lease payments. Lease costs are recognized in the consolidated statements of income (loss) over the lease term on a straight-line basis. RoU operating lease assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and RoU operating lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease.
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Broker-Dealer Revenues, Receivables and Payables
Certain of the Company’s subsidiaries provide investment management, brokerage and distribution services for affiliates and third parties. Third-party revenues earned from these services are reported in other income in the Company’s consolidated statement of income (loss).
Receivables from and payables to clients include amounts due on cash and margin transactions. Securities owned by customers are held as collateral for receivables; such collateral is not reflected in the consolidated financial statements.
Distribution Revenue
Distribution revenue includes distribution commission fees received in connection with the sale of affiliate insurers variable life and annuity contracts. The amount and timing of revenues recognized from performance of these distribution services often is dependent upon the contractual arrangements with the customer and the specific product sold. Distribution revenue is calculated based on the contribution amount at a rate determined by the distribution contracts with affiliated insurers and is recorded on the contribution date which is generally the point of funding and sale of contract. The Company believes that the performance obligation is satisfied on the contribution date since that is when the underlying financial instrument or purchaser is identified, the pricing is agreed upon and the transaction pricing no longer is variable such that the value of consideration can be determined.
Capitalized Computer Software and Hosting Arrangements
Capitalized computer software and hosting arrangements include certain internal and external costs used to implement internal-use software and cloud computing hosting arrangements. These capitalized computer costs are included in other assets in the consolidated balance sheets and amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the software or term of the hosting arrangement that ranges between three and five years. Capitalized amounts are periodically tested for impairment in accordance with the guidance on impairment of long-lived assets. An immediate charge to earnings is recognized if capitalized computer costs no longer are deemed to be recoverable. In addition, service potential is periodically reassessed to determine whether facts and circumstances have compressed the software’s useful life or a significant change in the term of the hosting arrangement such that acceleration of amortization over a shorter period than initially determined would be required.
Capitalized computer software and hosting arrangements, net of accumulated amortization, amounted to $112 million and $149 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Amortization of capitalized computer software and hosting arrangements in 2024, 2023 and 2022 was $28 million, $27 million and $0 million, respectively, recorded in other operating costs and expenses in the consolidated statements of income (loss).
Income Taxes
The Company files as part of a consolidated federal income tax return. The Company provides for federal and state income taxes currently payable, as well as those deferred due to temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities. Current federal income taxes are charged or credited to operations based upon amounts estimated to be payable or recoverable as a result of taxable operations for the current year. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized based on the difference between financial statement carrying amounts and income tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted income tax rates and laws. Valuation allowances are established when management determines, based on available information, that it is more likely than not that deferred tax assets will not be realized.
Under accounting for uncertainty in income taxes guidance, the Company determines whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination by the appropriate taxing authorities before any part of the benefit can be recorded in the consolidated financial statements. Tax positions are then measured at the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon settlement.
Recognition of Investment Management and Service Fees and Related Expenses
Investment management, advisory and service fees
Reported as investment management and service fees in the Company’s consolidated statements of income (loss) are investment management fees earned by EIMG as well as certain asset-based fees associated with insurance contracts.
EIMG provides investment management services, to EQAT and 1290 Funds as well as two private investment trusts established in the Cayman Islands, AXA Allocation Funds Trust and AXA Offshore Multimanager Funds Trust
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(collectively, the “Other AXA Trusts”). The contracts supporting these revenue streams create a distinct, separately identifiable performance obligation for each day the assets are managed for the performance of a series of services that are substantially the same and have the same pattern of transfer to the customer. Accordingly, these investment management, advisory, and administrative service base fees are recorded over time as services are performed and entitle the Company to variable consideration. Base fees, generally calculated as a percentage of AUM, are recognized as revenue at month-end when the transaction price no longer is variable and the value of the consideration is determined. These fees are not subject to claw back and there is minimal probability that a significant reversal of the revenue recorded will occur.
Sub-advisory and sub-administrative expenses associated with these services are calculated and recorded as the related services are performed in other operating costs and expense in the consolidated statements of income (loss) as the Company is acting in a principal capacity in these transactions and, as such, reflects these revenues and expenses on a gross basis.
Distribution services
Revenues from distribution services include fees received as partial reimbursement of expenses incurred in connection with the sale of certain mutual funds and the 1290 Funds and for the distribution primarily of EQAT Trust shares to separate accounts in connection with the sale of variable life and annuity contracts. The amount and timing of revenues recognized from performance of these distribution services often is dependent upon the contractual arrangements with the customer and the specific product sold as further described below.
Most open-end management investment companies, such as U.S. funds and the EQAT Trust and the 1290 Funds, have adopted a plan under Rule 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act that allows for certain share classes to pay out of assets, distribution and service fees for the distribution and sale of its shares (“12b-1 Fees”). These open-end management investment companies have such agreements with the Company, and the Company has selling and distribution agreements pursuant to which it pays sales commissions to the financial intermediaries that distribute the shares. These agreements may be terminated by either party upon notice (generally 30 days) and do not obligate the financial intermediary to sell any specific amount of shares.
The Company records 12b-1 fees monthly based upon a percentage of the NAV of the funds. At month-end, the variable consideration of the transaction price is no longer constrained as the NAV can be calculated and the value of consideration is determined. These services are separate and distinct from other asset management services as the customer can benefit from these services independently of other services. The Company accrues the corresponding 12b-1 fees paid to sub-distributors monthly as the expenses are incurred. The Company is acting in a principal capacity in these transactions; as such, these revenues and expenses are recorded on a gross basis in the consolidated statements of income (loss).
Other revenues
Also reported as investment management and service fees in the Company’s consolidated statements of income (loss) are other revenues from contracts with customers, primarily consisting of mutual fund reimbursements and other brokerage income.
Other income
Revenues from contracts with customers reported as other income in the Company’s consolidated statements of income (loss) primarily consist of advisory account fees and brokerage commissions from the Company’s broker-dealer operations and sales commissions from the Company’s general agents for the distribution of non-affiliate insurers’ life insurance and annuity products. These revenues are recognized at month-end when constraining factors, such as AUM and product mix, are resolved and the transaction pricing no longer is variable such that the value of consideration can be determined. The change in deposit asset/liability accounts arising from reinsurance agreements
which do not expose the reinsurer to a reasonable possibility of significant loss from insurance risk is included in other income.
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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
As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company consolidated limited partnerships and LLCs for which it was identified as the primary beneficiary under the VIEs model. Included in other invested assets and mortgage loans on real estate in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2024 and 2023 are total assets of $1.3 billion and $1.1 billion, respectively related to these VIEs.
Non-Consolidated VIEs
As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, the Company held approximately $2.2 billion and $2.5 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. As an equity investor, the Company is considered to have a variable interest in each of these VIEs as a result of its participation in the risks and/or rewards these funds were designed to create by their defined portfolio objectives and strategies. Primarily through qualitative assessment, including consideration of related party interests or other financial arrangements, if any, the Company was not identified as the primary beneficiary of any of these VIEs, largely due to its inability to direct the activities that most significantly impact their economic performance. Consequently, 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 $346.6 billion and $268.5 billion as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The Company’s maximum exposure to loss from its direct involvement with these VIEs is the carrying value of its investment of $2.2 billion and $2.5 billion and approximately $0.9 billion and $1.2 billion of unfunded commitments as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The Company has no further economic interest in these VIEs in the form of guarantees, derivatives, credit enhancements or similar instruments and obligations.
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 judgement informed by actual experience of how policy holders are expected to use these policies in the future.
LFPB Update
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
The significant assumptions for the LFPB balances include mortality and lapses for our Traditional life business.
Additional Liability Update
The significant assumptions for the additional insurance liability balances include mortality, lapses, premium payment pattern, interest crediting assumption.
Impact of Assumption Updates
The net impact of assumption changes during 2024 increased other income by $4 million, increased remeasurement of liability for future policy benefits by $25 million and decreased policyholders’ benefits by $2 million. This resulted in a decrease in income (loss) from operations, before income taxes of $19 million and a decrease in net income (loss) by $15 million.
The net impact of assumption changes during 2023 decreased other income by $51 million, increased remeasurement of liability for future policy benefits by $36 million, increased policyholders’ benefits by $10 million and decreased change in market risk benefits and purchased market risk benefits by $50 million. This resulted in a decrease in income (loss) from operations, before income taxes of $47 million and a decrease in net income (loss) by $37 million.
The net impact of assumption changes during 2022 increased remeasurement of liability for future policy benefits by $8 million, decreased policyholders’ benefits by $2 million, increased change in market risk benefits and purchased market risk benefits by $206 million and increased interest credited to policyholder’s account balances by $1 million. This resulted in a decrease in income (loss) from operations, before income taxes of $213 million and a decrease in net income (loss) by $168 million.
Model Changes
There were no material model changes during 2024, 2023 and 2022.
3)    INVESTMENTS
Fixed Maturities AFS
The components of fair value and amortized cost for fixed maturities classified as AFS on the consolidated balance sheets excludes accrued interest receivable because the Company elected to present accrued interest receivable within other assets. Accrued interest receivable on AFS fixed maturities as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 was $508 million and $528 million, respectively. There was no accrued interest written off for AFS fixed maturities for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022.
The following tables provide information relating to the Company’s fixed maturities classified as AFS:
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
AFS Fixed Maturities by Classification
Amortized
Cost
Allowance for Credit LossesGross
Unrealized
Gains
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Fair Value
(in millions)
December 31, 2024
Fixed Maturities:
Corporate (1)$42,078 $2 $173 $5,604 $36,645 
U.S. Treasury, government and agency5,725   1,507 4,218 
States and political subdivisions385  1 74 312 
Foreign governments639  1 134 506 
Residential mortgage-backed (2)1,840  3 128 1,715 
Asset-backed (3)7,495  37 52 7,480 
Commercial mortgage-backed3,510  1 369 3,142 
Redeemable preferred stock
56  3  59 
Total at December 31, 2024$61,728 $2 $219 $7,868 $54,077 
December 31, 2023:
Fixed Maturities:
Corporate (1)$42,014 $4 $217 $4,960 $37,267 
U.S. Treasury, government and agency5,639  2 1,102 4,539 
States and political subdivisions525  9 64 470 
Foreign governments689  2 110 581 
Residential mortgage-backed (2)1,469  3 128 1,344 
Asset-backed (3)8,092  20 107 8,005 
Commercial mortgage-backed3,400  1 501 2,900 
Redeemable preferred stock56  3  59 
Total at December 31, 2023$61,884 $4 $257 $6,972 $55,165 
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(1)Corporate fixed maturities include both public and private issues.
(2)Includes publicly traded agency pass-through securities and collateralized obligations.
(3)Includes credit-tranched securities collateralized by sub-prime mortgages, credit risk transfer securities and other asset types.
The contractual maturities of AFS fixed maturities as of December 31, 2024 are shown in the table below. Bonds not due at a single maturity date have been included in the table in the final year of maturity. Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or pre-pay obligations with or without call or pre-payment penalties.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Contractual Maturities of AFS Fixed Maturities
Amortized Cost (Less Allowance for Credit Losses)
Fair Value
 (in millions)
December 31, 2024:
Contractual maturities:
Due in one year or less$2,223 $2,212 
Due in years two through five11,193 10,822 
Due in years six through ten12,702 11,741 
Due after ten years22,707 16,906 
Subtotal48,825 41,681 
Residential mortgage-backed1,840 1,715 
Asset-backed7,495 7,480 
Commercial mortgage-backed3,510 3,142 
Redeemable preferred stock56 59 
Total at December 31, 2024$61,726 $54,077 

The following table shows proceeds from sales, gross gains (losses) from sales and allowance for credit losses for AFS fixed maturities:
Proceeds from Sales, Gross Gains (Losses) from Sales and Allowance for Credit and Intent to Sell Losses for AFS Fixed Maturities
 Year Ended December 31,
 202420232022
 (in millions)
Proceeds from sales$1,832 $6,471 $11,683 
Gross gains on sales (1)
$5 $9 $38 
Gross losses on sales (2)
$(56)$(594)$(668)
Net (increase) decrease in Allowance for Credit and Intent to Sell losses $(7)$(67)$(253)
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(1)Includes $0 million and $0 million for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, of gross gains related to funds withheld assets and NI modco assets held by the Company in support of Equitable America’s reinsurance obligations to the Company. These realized gains are included in other investment gains (losses), net.
(2)Includes $32 million, and $153 million for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, of gross losses related to funds withheld assets and NI modco assets held by the Company in support of Equitable America’s reinsurance obligations to the Company. These realized losses are included in other investment gains (losses), net.

The following table sets forth the amount of credit loss impairments on AFS fixed maturities held by the Company at the dates indicated and the corresponding changes in such amounts:
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
AFS Fixed Maturities - Credit and Intent to Sell Loss Impairments
Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$48 $36 $42 
Previously recognized impairments on securities that matured, paid, prepaid or sold(8)(65)(261)
Recognized impairments on securities impaired to fair value this period (1) (2) 50 246 
Credit losses recognized this period on securities for which credit losses were not previously recognized5 15  
Additional credit losses this period on securities previously impaired2 12 9 
Balance, end of period$47 $48 $36 
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(1)Represents circumstances where the Company determined in the current period that it intends to sell the security, or it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell the security before recovery of the security’s amortized cost.
(2)Amounts reflected for the year ended December 31, 2023 represent AFS fixed maturities in an unrealized loss position, which the Company sold in anticipation of the Company’s ordinary dividend to Holdings. Amounts reflected for the year ended December 31, 2022 represent an impairment on AFS Securities of $245 million related to the Global Atlantic Transaction.
The tables below present a roll-forward of net unrealized investment gains (losses) recognized in AOCI:
Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on AFS Fixed Maturities
Year Ended December 31, 2024
Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on InvestmentsPolicyholders’ Liabilities
Deferred Income Tax Asset (Liability) (1)
AOCI Gain (Loss) Related to Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses) (1)
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$(6,715)$13 $227 $(6,475)
Net investment gains (losses) arising during the period(989)  (989)
Reclassification adjustment:
Included in net income (loss)61   61 
Other
  23 23 
Impact of net unrealized investment gains (losses) 7 194 201 
Net unrealized investment gains (losses) excluding credit losses(7,643)20 444 (7,179)
Net unrealized investment gains (losses) with credit losses(6) 1 (5)
Balance, end of period$(7,649)$20 $445 $(7,184)
Year Ended December 31, 2023
Balance, beginning of period$(9,116)$21 $420 $(8,675)
Net investment gains (losses) arising during the period1,753   1,753 
Reclassification adjustment:
Included in net income (loss)652   652 
Other
  310 310 
Impact of net unrealized investment gains (losses) (8)(504)(512)
Net unrealized investment gains (losses) excluding credit losses(6,711)13 226 (6,472)
Net unrealized investment gains (losses) with credit losses(4) 1 (3)
Balance, end of period$(6,715)$13 $227 $(6,475)
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Year Ended December 31, 2022
Balance, beginning of period$4,462 $(703)$(790)$2,969 
Transition adjustment     
Net investment gains (losses) arising during the period(14,456)  (14,456)
Reclassification adjustment:
Included in Net income (loss)885   885 
Other (2)
  (1,489)(1,489)
Excluded from Net income (loss)    
Impact of net unrealized investment gains (losses) 724 2,698 3,422 
Net unrealized investment gains (losses) excluding credit losses(9,109)21 419 (8,669)
Net unrealized investment gains (losses) with credit losses(7) 1 (6)
Balance, end of period$(9,116)$21 $420 $(8,675)
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(1)Certain balances were revised from previously filed financial statements.
(2)Reflects a Deferred Tax Asset valuation allowance of $1.5 billion recorded during the fourth quarter of 2022. See Note 16 of the Notes to these Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details.
The following tables disclose the fair values and gross unrealized losses of the 3,735 issues as of December 31, 2024 and the 3,986 issues as of December 31, 2023 that are not deemed to have credit losses, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for the specified periods at the dates indicated:
AFS Fixed Maturities in an Unrealized Loss Position for Which No Allowance is Recorded
 Less Than 12 Months12 Months or LongerTotal
 Fair ValueGross Unrealized LossesFair ValueGross Unrealized LossesFair ValueGross Unrealized Losses
(in millions)
December 31, 2024
Fixed Maturities:
Corporate$4,485 $112 $25,752 $5,482 $30,237 $5,594 
U.S. Treasury, government and agency104 3 4,056 1,504 4,160 1,507 
States and political subdivisions26  219 74 245 74 
Foreign governments32 1 450 133 482 134 
Residential mortgage-backed539 7 838 121 1,377 128 
Asset-backed436 3 685 49 1,121 52 
Commercial mortgage-backed135 2 2,832 367 2,967 369 
Total at December 31, 2024$5,757 $128 $34,832 $7,730 $40,589 $7,858 
December 31, 2023:
Fixed Maturities:
Corporate$1,693 $119 $29,617 $4,839 $31,310 $4,958 
U.S. Treasury, government and agency111 2 4,361 1,100 4,472 1,102 
States and political subdivisions10  244 64 254 64 
Foreign governments8 1 514 109 522 110 
Residential mortgage-backed74 1 1,030 127 1,104 128 
Asset-backed238  5,499 107 5,737 107 
Commercial mortgage-backed62 11 2,796 490 2,858 501 
Total at December 31, 2023$2,196 $134 $44,061 $6,836 $46,257 $6,970 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
The Company maintains a diversified portfolio of corporate securities across industries and issuers and does not have exposure to any single issuer in excess of 1.1% of total corporate securities. The largest exposures to a single issuer of corporate securities held as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 were $400 million and $360 million, respectively, representing 13.9% and 21.9% of the total consolidated equity of the Company.
Corporate high yield securities, consisting primarily of public high yield bonds, are classified as other than investment grade by the various rating agencies, i.e., a rating below Baa3/BBB- or the NAIC designation of 3 (medium investment grade), 4 or 5 (below investment grade) or 6 (in or near default). As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, approximately $1.6 billion and $2.5 billion, or 2.6% and 4.1%, of the $61.7 billion and $61.9 billion aggregate amortized cost of fixed maturities held by the Company were considered to be other than investment grade. These securities had gross unrealized losses of $62 million and $102 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, the $7.7 billion and $6.8 billion of gross unrealized losses of twelve months or more were primarily concentrated in corporate securities. In accordance with the policy described in Note 2 of the Notes to these Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company concluded that an adjustment to the allowance for credit losses for these securities was not warranted at either December 31, 2024 or December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company did not intend to sell the securities nor will it likely be required to dispose of the securities before the anticipated recovery of their remaining amortized cost basis.
Based on the Company’s evaluation both qualitatively and quantitatively of the drivers of the decline in fair value of fixed maturity securities as of December 31, 2024, the Company determined that the unrealized loss was primarily due to increases in interest rates and credit spreads.
Securities Lending
Beginning in 2023, the Company entered into securities lending agreements with an agent bank whereby blocks of securities are loaned to third parties, primarily major brokerage firms. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the estimated fair value of loaned securities was $114 million and $91 million. The agreements require a minimum of 102% of the fair value of the loaned securities to be held as cash collateral, calculated daily. To further minimize the credit risks related to these programs, the financial condition of counterparties is monitored on a regular basis. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, cash collateral received in the amount of $117 million and $93 million was invested by the agent bank. A securities lending payable for the overnight and continuous loans is included in other liabilities in the amount of cash collateral received. Securities lending transactions are used to generate income. Income and expenses associated with these transactions are reported as net investment income and were not material for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate
In September 2023, the Company began investing in residential mortgage loans. Accrued interest receivable on commercial, agricultural and residential mortgage loans as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 was $84 million and $81 million, respectively. There was no accrued interest written off for commercial, agricultural and residential mortgage loans for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.
As of December 31, 2024, the Company foreclosed on one commercial mortgage loan that had an amortized cost of $108 million and an associated allowance of $54 million, that it re-acquired as wholly owned real estate with a cost of $56 million. As of December 31, 2024, there were no other mortgage loans for which foreclosure was probable.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Allowance for Credit Losses on Mortgage Loans
The change in the allowance for credit losses for commercial, agricultural and residential mortgage loans were as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
(in millions)
Allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans:
Commercial mortgages:
Balance, beginning of period$270 $123 $57 
Current-period provision for expected credit losses58 147 66 
Write-offs charged against the allowance(75)  
Recoveries of amounts previously written off   
Net change in allowance(17)147 66 
Balance, end of period$253 $270 $123 
Agricultural mortgages:
Balance, beginning of period$6 $6 $5 
Current-period provision for expected credit losses9  1 
Write-offs charged against the allowance   
Recoveries of amounts previously written off   
Net change in allowance9  1 
Balance, end of period$15 $6 $6 
Residential mortgages:
Balance, beginning of period$1 $ $ 
Current-period provision for expected credit losses1 1  
Write-offs charged against the allowance   
Recoveries of amounts previously written off   
Net change in allowance1 1  
Balance, end of period$2 $1 $ 
Total allowance for credit losses$270 $277 $129 

The change in the allowance for credit losses is attributable to:
increases/decreases in the loan balance due to new originations, maturing mortgages, and loan amortization and
changes in credit quality and economic assumptions.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Credit Quality Information
The Company’s commercial and agricultural mortgage loans segregated by risk rating exposure were as follows:
Loan to Value (“LTV”) Ratios (1) (3)
December 31, 2024
Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
20242023202220212020PriorRevolving Loans Amortized Cost BasisRevolving Loans Converted to Term Loans Amortized Cost BasisTotal
(in millions)
Commercial and agricultural mortgage loans:
Commercial:
0% - 50%$150 $280 $137 $212 $269 $1,531 $ $ $2,579 
50% - 70%703 692 1,622 628 318 2,083 441 201 6,688 
70% - 90% 246 707 918 396 1,187 101 206 3,761 
90% plus  616 322 309 1,290   2,537 
Total commercial$853 $1,218 $3,082 $2,080 $1,292 $6,091 $542 $407 $15,565 
Agricultural:
0% - 50%$49 $98 $160 $202 $269 $882 $ $ $1,660 
50% - 70%160 59 126 130 144 273   892 
70% - 90%     16   16 
90% plus         
Total agricultural$209 $157 $286 $332 $413 $1,171 $ $ $2,568 
Total commercial and agricultural mortgage loans:
0% - 50%$199 $378 $297 $414 $538 $2,413 $ $ $4,239 
50% - 70%863 751 1,748 758 462 2,356 441 201 7,580 
70% - 90% 246 707 918 396 1,203 101 206 3,777 
90% plus  616 322 309 1,290   2,537 
Total commercial and agricultural mortgage loans
$1,062 $1,375 $3,368 $2,412 $1,705 $7,262 $542 $407 $18,133 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Debt Service Coverage (“DSC”) Ratios (2) (3)
December 31, 2024
Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
20242023202220212020PriorRevolving Loans Amortized Cost BasisRevolving Loans Converted to Term Loans Amortized Cost BasisTotal
(in millions)
Commercial and agricultural mortgage loans:
Commercial:
Greater than 2.0x$150 $176 $609 $1,255 $916 $3,301 $ $ $6,407 
1.8x to 2.0x 75 50 149 376 607 176 182 1,615 
1.5x to 1.8x283 211 727   1,060 44 189 2,514 
1.2x to 1.5x273 381 542 433  661   2,290 
1.0x to 1.2x147 366 643 193  359 322 36 2,066 
Less than 1.0x 9 511 50  103   673 
Total commercial$853 $1,218 $3,082 $2,080 $1,292 $6,091 $542 $407 $15,565 
Agricultural:
Greater than 2.0x$12 $5 $41 $34 $57 $157 $ $ $306 
1.8x to 2.0x11 17 24 54 28 79   213 
1.5x to 1.8x49 11 44 27 120 175   426 
1.2x to 1.5x47 46 89 138 113 422   855 
1.0x to 1.2x71 47 63 68 87 307   643 
Less than 1.0x19 31 25 11 8 31   125 
Total agricultural$209 $157 $286 $332 $413 $1,171 $ $ $2,568 
Total commercial and agricultural mortgage loans:
Greater than 2.0x$162 $181 $650 $1,289 $973 $3,458 $ $ $6,713 
1.8x to 2.0x11 92 74 203 404 686 176 182 1,828 
1.5x to 1.8x332 222 771 27 120 1,235 44 189 2,940 
1.2x to 1.5x320 427 631 571 113 1,083   3,145 
1.0x to 1.2x218 413 706 261 87 666 322 36 2,709 
Less than 1.0x19 40 536 61 8 134   798 
Total commercial and agricultural mortgage loans
$1,062 $1,375 $3,368 $2,412 $1,705 $7,262 $542 $407 $18,133 
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(1)The LTV ratio is derived from current loan balance divided by the fair value of the property. The fair value of the underlying commercial properties is updated annually for each mortgage loan.
(2)The DSC ratio is calculated using the most recently reported operating income results from property operations divided by annual debt service.
(3)Residential mortgage loans are excluded from the above tables.
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LTV Ratios (1) (3)
December 31, 2023
Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
20232022202120202019PriorRevolving Loans Amortized Cost BasisRevolving Loans Converted to Term Loans Amortized Cost BasisTotal
(in millions)
Commercial and agricultural mortgage loans:
Commercial:
0% - 50%$191 $164 $129 $35 $ $1,540 $ $ $2,059 
50% - 70%703 1,916 671 750 299 2,319 463 96 7,217 
70% - 90%308 1,197 1,236 523 245 1,384 37 35 4,965 
90% plus  66 54 92 858   1,070 
Total commercial$1,202 $3,277 $2,102 $1,362 $636 $6,101 $500 $131 $15,311 
Agricultural:
0% - 50%$102 $162 $191 $235 $132 $802 $ $ $1,624 
50% - 70%60 146 152 201 58 288   905 
70% - 90%     16   16 
90% plus         
Total agricultural$162 $308 $343 $436 $190 $1,106 $ $ $2,545 
Total commercial and agricultural mortgage loans:
0% - 50%$293 $326 $320 $270 $132 $2,342 $ $ $3,683 
50% - 70%763 2,062 823 951 357 2,607 463 96 8,122 
70% - 90%308 1,197 1,236 523 245 1,400 37 35 4,981 
90% plus  66 54 92 858   1,070 
Total commercial and agricultural mortgage loans
$1,364 $3,585 $2,445 $1,798 $826 $7,207 $500 $131 $17,856 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
DSC Ratios (2) (3)
December 31, 2023
Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
20232022202120202019PriorRevolving Loans Amortized Cost BasisRevolving Loans Converted to Term Loans Amortized Cost BasisTotal
(in millions)
Commercial and agricultural mortgage loans:
Commercial:
Greater than 2.0x$175 $693 $1,125 $1,135 $249 $3,256 $ $ $6,633 
1.8x to 2.0x  182 167 171 662 383 96 1,661 
1.5x to 1.8x80 1,060 234  162 924   2,460 
1.2x to 1.5x469 687 457  11 838 41  2,503 
1.0x to 1.2x470 668 38  43 317 76 35 1,647 
Less than 1.0x8 169 66 60  104   407 
Total commercial$1,202 $3,277 $2,102 $1,362 $636 $6,101 $500 $131 $15,311 
Agricultural:
Greater than 2.0x$7 $50 $36 $59 $20 $179 $ $ $351 
1.8x to 2.0x18 16 56 33 23 61   207 
1.5x to 1.8x12 50 31 109 17 193   412 
1.2x to 1.5x46 111 148 170 98 365   938 
1.0x to 1.2x47 57 68 57 26 284   539 
Less than 1.0x32 24 4 8 6 24   98 
Total agricultural$162 $308 $343 $436 $190 $1,106 $ $ $2,545 
Total commercial and agricultural mortgage loans:
Greater than 2.0x$182 $743 $1,161 $1,194 $269 $3,435 $ $ $6,984 
1.8x to 2.0x18 16 238 200 194 723 383 96 1,868 
1.5x to 1.8x92 1,110 265 109 179 1,117   2,872 
1.2x to 1.5x515 798 605 170 109 1,203 41  3,441 
1.0x to 1.2x517 725 106 57 69 601 76 35 2,186 
Less than 1.0x40 193 70 68 6 128   505 
Total commercial and agricultural mortgage loans
$1,364 $3,585 $2,445 $1,798 $826 $7,207 $500 $131 $17,856 
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(1)The LTV ratio is derived from current loan balance divided by the fair value of the property. The fair value of the underlying commercial properties is updated annually for each mortgage loan.
(2)The DSC ratio is calculated using the most recently reported operating income results from property operations divided by annual debt service.
(3)Residential mortgage loans are excluded from the above tables.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
The amortized cost of residential mortgage loans by credit quality indicator and origination year was as follows:
December 31, 2024
Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
20242023202220212020PriorTotal
(in millions)
Performance indicators:
Performing
$ $247 $114 $70 $2 $2 $435 
Nonperforming
       
Total$ $247 $114 $70 $2 $2 $435 
December 31, 2023
Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Year
20232022202120202019PriorTotal
(in millions)
Performance indicators:
Performing
$98 $121 $74 $2 $1 $2 $298 
Nonperforming
       
Total$98 $121 $74 $2 $1 $2 $298 
Past-Due and Nonaccrual Mortgage Loan Status
The aging analysis of past-due mortgage loans were as follows:
Age Analysis of Past Due Mortgage Loans (1)
Accruing Loans
Non-accruing Loans
Total Loans
Non-accruing Loans with No AllowanceInterest Income on Non-accruing Loans
Past Due
Current
Total
30-59 Days
60-89
Days
90
Days
or More
Total
(in millions)
December 31, 2024:
Mortgage loans:
Commercial$ $ $ $ $15,508 $15,508 $57 $15,565 $ $1 
Agricultural12 1 33 46 2,486 2,532 36 2,568   
Residential
 1  1 434 435  435   
Total$12 $2 $33 $47 $18,428 $18,475 $93 $18,568 $ $1 
December 31, 2023:
Mortgage loans:
Commercial$32 $ $ $32 $15,045 $15,077 $234 $15,311 $ $7 
Agricultural7 5 40 52 2,474 2,526 19 2,545   
Residential
    298 298  298   
Total$39 $5 $40 $84 $17,817 $17,901 $253 $18,154 $ $7 
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(1)Amounts presented at amortized cost basis.
As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the amortized cost of problem mortgage loans that had been classified as non-accrual loans were $36 million and $127 million, respectively.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Troubled Debt Restructuring
There were no TDRs during the three months ended December 31, 2024. There was one TDR during the year ended December 31, 2024. The Company granted a modification splitting the commercial mortgage loan into two notes. One note retaining the original loan terms and the second note with an increased interest rate to market terms and required management of excess cash. The loans have an amortized cost of $65 million. The impact to Investment income or gains (losses) as a result of this modification for the year ended December 31, 2024 was not material to the consolidated financial statements.
During 2023, the Company granted modification of interest rates on four commercial mortgage loans, but not to market terms and required management of excess cash. The loans have an amortized cost of $228 million which represents 1.5% of total commercial mortgage loans. Two of the four loans also have term extensions of 17 months to 4 years. The impact to Investment income or gains (losses) as a result of these modifications in 2023 was not material to the consolidated financial statements. For the accounting policy pertaining to our TDRs see Note 2 of the Notes to these Consolidated Financial Statements.
The above modifications are performing in accordance with their restructured terms.
Equity Securities
The breakdown of unrealized and realized gains and (losses) on equity securities was as follows:
Unrealized and Realized Gains (Losses) from Equity Securities
Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
(in millions)
Net investment gains (losses) recognized during the period on securities held at the end of the period$20 $31 $(109)
Net investment gains (losses) recognized on securities sold during the period(3)(8)(36)
Unrealized and realized gains (losses) on equity securities $17 $23 $(145)
Trading Securities
As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, the fair value of the Company’s trading securities was $809 million and $257 million. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, trading securities included the General Account’s investment in Separate Accounts had carrying values of $63 million and $48 million.
The breakdown of net investment income (loss) from trading securities was as follows:
Net Investment Income (Loss) from Trading Securities

Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
(in millions)
Net investment gains (losses) recognized during the period on securities held at the end of the period$25 $19 $(35)
Net investment gains (losses) recognized on securities sold during the period(2)(5)(6)
Unrealized and realized gains (losses) on trading securities23 14 (41)
Interest and dividend income from trading securities27 12 13 
Net investment income (loss) from trading securities$50 $26 $(28)
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Net Investment Income (Loss)

The following table breaks out net investment income (loss) by asset category:
Year Ended December 31, 2024
Excluding (1)
Funds
Withheld
and NI Modco
Funds
Withheld
and NI Modco
Total
(in millions)
Fixed maturities$1,574 $1,012 $2,586 
Mortgage loans on real estate581 334 915 
Other equity investments169 23 192 
Policy loans191 14 205 
Trading securities50  50 
Other investment income(129)34 (95)
Gross investment income (loss)2,436 1,417 3,853 
Investment expenses(222)(128)(350)
Net investment income (loss)$2,214 $1,289 $3,503 

Year Ended December 31, 2023
Excluding (1)
Funds
Withheld
and NI Modco
Funds
Withheld
and NI Modco
Total
(in millions)
Fixed maturities$1,936 $828 $2,764 
Mortgage loans on real estate542 261 803 
Other equity investments125 (21)104 
Policy loans188 11 199 
Trading securities26  26 
Other investment income8 22 30 
Gross investment income (loss)2,825 1,101 3,926 
Investment expenses(229)(96)(325)
Net investment income (loss)$2,596 $1,005 $3,601 
Year Ended December 31, 2022
Excluding (1)
Funds
Withheld
and NI Modco
Funds
Withheld
and NI Modco
Total
(in millions)
Fixed maturities$2,478 $ $2,478 
Mortgage loans on real estate586  586 
Other equity investments74  74 
Policy loans203  203 
Trading securities(28) (28)
Other investment income57  57 
Gross investment income (loss)3,370  3,370 
Investment expenses(293) (293)
Net investment income (loss)$3,077 $ $3,077 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
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(1)“NI Modco” represents modco arrangement on non-insulated Separate Accounts as part of the Reinsurance Treaty with Equitable America.
Investment Gains (Losses), Net
Investment gains (losses), net including changes in the valuation allowances and credit losses are as follows:
Year Ended December 31, 2024
Excluding (1)
Funds
Withheld
and NI Modco
Funds
Withheld
and NI Modco
Total
(in millions)
Fixed maturities$(29)$(32)$(61)
Mortgage loans on real estate(38)(32)(70)
Other equity investments (1)
   
Other6  6 
Investment gains (losses), net$(61)$(64)$(125)

Year Ended December 31, 2023
Excluding (1)
Funds
Withheld
and NI Modco
Funds
Withheld
and NI Modco
Total
(in millions)
Fixed maturities$(497)$(155)$(652)
Mortgage loans on real estate(59)(90)(149)
Other equity investments
   
Other1  1 
Investment gains (losses), net$(555)$(245)$(800)

Year Ended December 31, 2022
Excluding (1)
Funds
Withheld
and NI Modco
Funds
Withheld
and NI Modco
Total
(in millions)
Fixed maturities$(885)$ $(885)
Mortgage loans on real estate(66) (66)
Other equity investments
   
Other(11) (11)
Investment gains (losses), net$(962)$ $(962)
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(1)“NI Modco” represents modco arrangement on non-insulated Separate Accounts as part of the Reinsurance Treaty with Equitable America.
For the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively, investment results passed through to certain participating group annuity contracts as interest credited to policyholders’ account balances totaled $2 million, $1 million and $1 million.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
4)    DERIVATIVES
The Company uses derivatives as part of its overall asset/liability risk management primarily to reduce exposures to equity market and interest rate risks. Derivative hedging strategies are designed to reduce these risks from an economic perspective and are all executed within the framework of a “Derivative Use Plan” approved by applicable states’ insurance law. Derivatives are generally not accounted for using hedge accounting, with the exception of TIPS and cash flow hedges, which are discussed further below. Operation of these hedging programs is based on models involving numerous estimates and assumptions, including, among others, mortality, lapse, surrender and withdrawal rates, election rates, fund performance, market volatility and interest rates. A wide range of derivative contracts are used in these hedging programs, including exchange traded equity, currency and interest rate futures contracts, total return and/or other equity swaps, interest rate swap and floor contracts, bond and bond-index total return swaps, swaptions, variance swaps and equity options, credit and foreign exchange derivatives, as well as bond and repo transactions to support the hedging. The derivative contracts are collectively managed in an effort to reduce the economic impact of unfavorable changes in guaranteed benefits’ exposures attributable to movements in capital markets. In addition, as part of its hedging strategy, the Company targets an asset level for all variable annuity products at or above a CTE98 level under most economic scenarios (CTE is a statistical measure of tail risk which quantifies the total asset requirement (“TAR”) to sustain a loss if an event outside a given probability level has occurred. CTE98 denotes the financial resources a company would need to cover the average of the worst 2% of scenarios.)
Derivatives Utilized to Hedge Exposure to Variable Annuities with Guarantee Features
The Company has issued and continues to offer variable annuity products with GMxB features which are accounted for as market risk benefits. The risk associated with the GMDB feature is that under-performance of the financial markets could result in GMDB benefits, in the event of death, being higher than what accumulated policyholders’ account balances would support. The risk associated with the GMIB feature is that under-performance of the financial markets could result in the present value of GMIB, in the event of annuitization, being higher than what accumulated policyholders’ account balances would support, taking into account the relationship between current annuity purchase rates and the GMIB guaranteed annuity purchase rates. The risk associated with products that have a GMxB feature and are accounted for as market risk benefits is that under-performance of the financial markets could result in the GMxB features benefits being higher than what accumulated policyholders’ account balances would support.
For GMxB features, the Company retains certain risks including basis, credit spread and some volatility risk and risk associated with actual experience compared to expected actuarial assumptions for mortality, lapse and surrender, withdrawal and policyholder election rates, among other things. The derivative contracts are managed to correlate with changes in the value of the GMxB features that result from financial markets movements. A portion of exposure to realized equity volatility is hedged using equity options and variance swaps and a portion of exposure to credit risk is hedged using total return swaps on fixed income indices. Additionally, the Company is party to total return swaps for which the reference U.S. Treasury securities are contemporaneously purchased from the market and sold to the swap counterparty. As these transactions result in a transfer of control of the U.S. Treasury securities to the swap counterparty, the Company derecognizes these securities with consequent gain or loss from the sale. The Company has also purchased reinsurance contracts to mitigate the risks associated with GMDB features and the impact of potential market fluctuations on future policyholder elections of GMIB features contained in certain annuity contracts issued by the Company. The reinsurance of these features is accounted for as purchased market risk benefits. In addition, on June 1, 2021, we ceded legacy variable annuity policies sold by Equitable Financial between 2006-2008 (the “Block”), comprised of non-New York “Accumulator” policies containing fixed rate GMIB and/or GMDB guarantees to CS Life. As this contract provides full risk transfer and thus has the same risk attributes as the underlying direct contracts, the benefits of this treaty are accounted for in the same manner as the underlying gross reserves and therefore the amounts due from reinsurers related to the GMIB and GMDB are accounted for as purchased market risk benefits.
The Company has in place an economic hedge program using U.S. Treasury futures to partially protect the overall profitability of future variable annuity sales against declining interest rates.
Derivatives Utilized to Hedge Crediting Rate Exposure on SCS, SIO, MSO and IUL Products/Investment Options
The Company hedges crediting rates in the SCS variable annuity, SIO in the EQUI-VEST variable annuity series, MSO in the variable life insurance products and IUL insurance products. These products permit the contract owner to participate in the performance of an index, ETF or commodity price movement up to a cap for a set period of time. They also contain a protection feature, in which the Company will absorb, up to a certain percentage, the loss of value in an index, ETF or commodity price, which varies by product segment.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
In order to support the returns associated with these features, the Company enters into derivative contracts whose payouts, in combination with fixed income investments, emulate those of the index, ETF or commodity price, subject to caps and buffers, thereby substantially reducing any exposure to market-related earnings volatility.
Derivatives Used to Hedge Equity Market Risks Associated with the General Account’s Seed Money Investments in Retail Mutual Funds
The Company’s General Account seed money investments in retail mutual funds expose us to market risk, including equity market risk which is partially hedged through equity-index futures contracts to minimize such risk.
Derivatives Used for General Account Investment Portfolio
The Company purchased credit default swaps to mitigate its exposure to a reference entity through cash positions. These positions do not replicate credit spreads.
The Company purchased 30-year TIPS and other sovereign bonds, both inflation-linked and non-inflation linked, as General Account investments and enters into asset or cross-currency basis swaps, to result in payment of the given bond’s coupons and principal at maturity in the bond’s specified currency to the swap counterparty in return for fixed dollar amounts. These swaps, when considered in combination with the bonds, together result in a net position that is intended to replicate a dollar-denominated fixed-coupon cash bond with a yield higher than a term-equivalent U.S. Treasury bond.
Derivatives Utilized to Hedge Exposure to Foreign Currency Denominated Cash Flows
The Company purchases private placement debt securities and issues funding agreements in the Funding Agreement
Backed Notes (“FABN”) program in currencies other than its functional U.S. dollar currency. The Company enters into cross currency swaps with external counterparties to hedge the exposure of the foreign currency denominated cash flows of these instruments. The foreign currency received from or paid to the cross currency swap counterparty is exchanged for fixed U.S. dollar amounts with improved net investment yields or net product costs over equivalent U.S. dollar denominated instruments issued at that time. The transactions are accounted for as cash flow hedges when they are designated in hedging relationships and qualify for hedge accounting.
These cross currency swaps are for the period the foreign currency denominated private placement debt securities and funding agreement are outstanding, with the longest cross currency swap expiring in 2033. Since these cross currency swaps are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges, the corresponding interest accruals are recognized in net investment income and in interest credited to policyholders’ account balances.
The tables below present quantitative disclosures about the Company’s derivative instruments designated in hedging relationships and derivative instruments which have not been designated in hedging relationships, including those embedded in other contracts required to be accounted for as derivative instruments.
The following table presents the gross notional amount and fair value of the Company’s derivatives:
Derivative Instruments by Category
December 31, 2024
 Fair Value
 Notional AmountNotional Amount- FWH and NI ModcoDerivative AssetsDerivative Assets - FWH and NI ModcoDerivative LiabilitiesDerivative Liabilities - FWH and NI Modco
Net Derivatives
(in millions)
 Derivatives: designated for hedge accounting (1)
 Cash flow hedges:
 Currency swaps $2,574 $ $101 $ $94 $ $7 
 Interest swaps 952    306  (306)
 Total: designated for hedge accounting 3,526  101  400  (299)
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
December 31, 2024
 Fair Value
 Notional AmountNotional Amount- FWH and NI ModcoDerivative AssetsDerivative Assets - FWH and NI ModcoDerivative LiabilitiesDerivative Liabilities - FWH and NI Modco
Net Derivatives
(in millions)
 Derivatives: not designated for hedge accounting (1)
Equity contracts:
Futures5,500 3,838      
Swaps 1,837 14,210 3 59 5  57 
Options10,892 45,863 3,691 12,929 842 2,581 13,197 
Interest rate contracts:
Futures 1,679 6,137      
Swaps340 314   29 12 (41)
Credit contracts:
Credit default swaps75    1  (1)
Currency contracts:
Currency swaps828  26    26 
Other freestanding contracts:
Margin  276 210   486 
Collateral  132  13,737  (13,605)
 Total: Not designated for hedge accounting 21,151 70,362 4,128 13,198 14,614 2,593 119 
Embedded derivatives:
SCS, SIO, MSO and IUL indexed features (2) (5)  9,322  12,605  (3,283)
Funds withheld payable (3)    150  (150)
Modco payable (4)  (345)   (345)
 Total embedded derivatives  8,977  12,755  (3,778)
Total derivative instruments$24,677 $70,362 $13,206 $13,198 $27,769 $2,593 $(3,958)
______________
(1)Reported in other invested assets in the consolidated balance sheets.
(2)Reported in policyholders’ account balances in the consolidated balance sheets.
(3)Reported in funds withheld payable in the consolidated balance sheets.
(4)Recorded in amounts due to reinsurers.
(5)SCS embedded derivative asset is recorded as a modco receivable. This is presented net in the consolidated balance sheets.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
December 31, 2023
 Fair Value
 Notional AmountNotional Amount - FWH and NI ModcoDerivative AssetsDerivative Assets - FWH and NI ModcoDerivative LiabilitiesDerivative Liabilities - FWH and NI ModcoNet Derivatives
(in millions)
 Derivatives: designated for hedge accounting (1)
 Cash flow hedges:
 Currency swaps $2,358 $ $79 $ $90 $ $(11)
 Interest swaps 952    311  (311)
 Total: designated for hedge accounting 3,310  79  401  (322)
 Derivatives: not designated for hedge accounting (1)
Equity contracts:
Futures2,055 3,429      
Swaps 1,996 12,930 7 45   52 
Options7,445 41,501 2,169 9,675 524 2,203 9,117 
Interest rate contracts:
Futures 1,000 6,572      
Swaps495 2,381 34 83 1 1 115 
Credit contracts:
Credit default swaps103    2  (2)
Currency contracts:
Currency swaps823    27  (27)
Other freestanding contracts:
Margin  96 231   327 
Collateral  75  8,276  (8,201)
 Total: Not designated for hedge accounting 13,917 66,813 2,381 10,034 8,830 2,204 1,381 
Embedded derivatives:
SCS, SIO, MSO and IUL indexed features (2) (5)
  7,140  9,081  (1,941)
Funds withheld payable (3)
    100  (100)
Modco payable (4)
  (411)   (411)
 Total embedded derivatives  6,729  9,181  (2,452)
Total derivative instruments$17,227 $66,813 $9,189 $10,034 $18,412 $2,204 $(1,393)
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(1)Reported in other invested assets in the consolidated balance sheets.
(2)Reported in policyholders’ account balances in the consolidated balance sheets.
(3)Reported in funds withheld payable in the consolidated balance sheets.
(4)Recorded in amounts due from reinsurers in the consolidated balance sheets.
(5)SCS embedded derivative asset is recorded as a modco receivable. This is presented net in the consolidated balance sheets.
The following table presents the effects of derivative instruments on the consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss):
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Year Ended December 31, 2024Year Ended December 31, 2023
 Net
Derivatives
Gains
(Losses)
(1) (2)
Net-FWH and NI modco
Derivatives
Gains
(Losses)
Net
Investment
Income
Interest
Credited
To
Policyholders
Account
Balances
AOCINet
Derivatives
Gains
(Losses)
(1) (2)
Net-FWH and NI modco
Derivatives
Gains
(Losses)
Net
Investment
Income
Interest
Credited
To
Policyholders
Account
Balances
AOCI
(in millions)
Derivative instruments:
Derivatives: designated for hedge accounting
Cash flow hedges:
Currency swaps$2 $ $15 $(49)$56 $(4)$ $13 $(23)$(12)
Interest swaps  (11) 32 (18) 58  (40)
Total: designated for hedge accounting2  4 (49)88 (22) 71 (23)(52)
Derivatives: not designated for hedge accounting
Equity contracts:
Futures173 (222)   (32)(266)   
Swaps(193)(1,630)   (797)(1,187)   
Options1,082 4,326    2,117 3,321    
Interest rate contracts:
Futures(67)72    (9)56    
Swaps(61)(262)   (8)20    
Swaptions          
Credit contracts:
Credit default swaps     (1)    
Currency contracts:
Currency swaps29     (23)    
Currency forwards          
Other contracts:
Margin          
Collateral          
Total: not designated for hedge accounting963 2,284    1,247 1,944    
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Year Ended December 31, 2024Year Ended December 31, 2023
 Net
Derivatives
Gains
(Losses)
(1) (2)
Net-FWH and NI modco
Derivatives
Gains
(Losses)
Net
Investment
Income
Interest
Credited
To
Policyholders
Account
Balances
AOCINet
Derivatives
Gains
(Losses)
(1) (2)
Net-FWH and NI modco
Derivatives
Gains
(Losses)
Net
Investment
Income
Interest
Credited
To
Policyholders
Account
Balances
AOCI
(in millions)
Embedded derivatives:
SCS, SIO, MSO and IUL indexed features(1,416)    (2,357)    
Funds withheld payable1,320     858     
Modco payable(4,801)    (4,067)    
Total embedded derivatives(4,897)    (5,566)    
Total derivatives$(3,932)$2,284 $4 $(49)$88 $(4,341)$1,944 $71 $(23)$(52)
______________
(1)    Reported in net derivative gains (losses) in the consolidated statements of income (loss).
(2)    Investment fees of $19 million and $18 million for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, are reported in net derivative gains (losses) in the consolidated statements of income (loss).


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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Year Ended December 31, 2022
 Net
Derivatives
Gain (Losses) (1) (2)
Net-FWH and NI modco
Derivatives
Gains
(Losses)
Net
Investment
Income
Interest Credited To Policyholders Account BalancesAOCI
(in millions)
Derivatives: Designated for hedge accounting
Cash flow hedges:
Currency Swaps$19 $ $7 $(4)$24 
Interest Swaps(86)   206 
Total: Designated for hedge accounting(67)7 (4)230 
Derivatives: Not designated for hedge accounting
Equity contracts:
Futures349     
Swaps2,626     
Options(2,752)    
Interest rate contracts:
Futures(1,645)    
Swaps(492)    
Credit contracts:
Credit default swaps8     
Currency contracts:
Currency swaps10     
Currency forwards     
Other contracts:
Margin     
Collateral     
Total: Not designated for hedge accounting(1,896)    
Embedded Derivatives:
SCS, SIO, MSO and IUL indexed features2,857     
Funds withheld payable     
Modco payable     
Total Embedded Derivatives2,857     
Total derivatives instruments$894 $ $7 $(4)$230 
______________
(1)    Reported in net derivative gains (losses) in the consolidated statements of income (loss).
(2)    Investment fees of $16 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, are reported in net derivative gains (losses) in the consolidated statements of income (loss).
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
The following table presents a roll-forward of cash flow hedges recognized in AOCI:
Roll-forward of Cash flow hedges in AOCI
Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$(29)$22 $(208)
Amount recorded in AOCI
Currency swaps16 (23)29 
Interest swaps5 (17)102 
Total amount recorded in AOCI21 (40)131 
Amount reclassified (to) from income to AOCI
Currency swaps (1)40 11 (5)
Interest swaps (1)27 (22)104 
Total amount reclassified (to) from income to AOCI
67 (11)99 
Balance, end of period (2)$59 $(29)$22 
______________
(1)    Currency swaps income is reported in net investment income in the consolidated statements of income (loss). Interest swaps income is reported in net derivative gains (losses) in the consolidated statements of income (loss).
(2)     The Company does not estimate the amount of the deferred losses in AOCI at years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 which will be released and reclassified into net income (loss) over the next 12 months as the amounts cannot be reasonably estimated.
Equity-Based and Treasury Futures Contracts Margin
All outstanding equity-based and treasury futures contracts as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 are exchange-traded and net settled daily in cash. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, the Company had open exchange-traded futures positions on: (i) the S&P 500, Nasdaq, Russell 2000 and Emerging Market indices, having initial margin requirements of $447 million and $248 million, (ii) the 2-year, 5-year and 10-year U.S. Treasury Notes on U.S. Treasury bonds and ultra-long bonds, having initial margin requirements of $45 million and $100 million, and (iii) the Euro Stoxx, FTSE 100, Topix, ASX 200 and EAFE indices as well as corresponding currency futures on the Euro/U.S. dollar, Pound/U.S. dollar, Australian dollar/U.S. dollar, and Yen/U.S. dollar, having initial margin requirements of $11 million and $14 million.
Collateral Arrangements
The Company generally has executed a CSA under the ISDA Master Agreement it maintains with each of its OTC derivative counterparties that requires both posting and accepting collateral either in the form of cash or high-quality securities, such as U.S. Treasury securities, U.S. government and government agency securities and investment grade corporate bonds. The Company nets the fair value of all derivative financial instruments with counterparties for which an ISDA Master Agreement and related CSA have been executed. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, the Company held $13.7 billion and $8.3 billion in cash and securities collateral delivered by trade counterparties, representing the fair value of the related derivative agreements. The unrestricted cash collateral is reported in other invested assets. The Company posted collateral of $132 million and $75 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, in the normal operation of its collateral arrangements. The Company is exposed to losses in the event of non-performance by counterparties to financial derivative transactions with a positive fair value. The Company manages credit risk by: (i) entering into derivative transactions with highly rated major international financial institutions and other creditworthy counterparties governed by master netting agreements, as applicable; (ii) trading through central clearing and OTC parties; (iii) obtaining collateral, such as cash and securities, when appropriate; and (iv) setting limits on single party credit exposures which are subject to periodic management review.
Substantially all of the Company’s derivative agreements have zero thresholds which require daily full collateralization by the party in a liability position. In addition, certain of the Company’s derivative agreements contain credit-risk related contingent features; if the credit rating of one of the parties to the derivative agreement is to fall below a certain level, the party with positive fair value could request termination at the then fair value or demand immediate full collateralization from the party whose credit rating fell and is in a net liability position.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
As of December 31, 2024 and 2023 there were no net liability derivative positions with counterparties with credit risk-related contingent features whose credit rating has fallen. All derivatives have been appropriately collateralized by the Company or the counterparty in accordance with the terms of the derivative agreements.
The following tables presents information about the Company’s offsetting of financial assets and liabilities and derivative instruments:
Offsetting of Financial Assets and Liabilities and Derivative Instruments
As of December 31, 2024
Gross Amount Recognized
Gross Amount Offset in the Balance Sheets
Net Amount Presented in the Balance Sheets
Gross Amount not Offset in the Balance Sheets (1)
Net Amount
(in millions)
Assets:
Derivative assets$17,427 $11,503 $5,924 $(5,432)$492 
Secured lending
117  117  117 
Other financial assets1,409  1,409  1,409 
Other invested assets$18,953 $11,503 $7,450 $(5,432)$2,018 
Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities$12,176 $11,503 $673 $ $673 
Secured lending
117  117  117 
Other financial liabilities2,015  2,015  2,015 
Other liabilities$14,308 $11,503 $2,805 $ $2,805 
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(1)Financial instruments sent (held).
As of December 31, 2023
Gross Amount Recognized
Gross Amount Offset in the Balance Sheets
Net Amount Presented in the Balance Sheets
Gross Amount not Offset in the Balance Sheets (1)
Net Amount
(in millions)
Assets:
Derivative assets$12,495 $8,326 $4,169 $(3,076)$1,093 
Secured lending
93  93  93 
Other financial assets1,690  1,690  1,690 
Other invested assets$14,278 $8,326 $5,952 $(3,076)$2,876 
Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities$8,359 $8,326 $33 $ $33 
Secured lending
93  93  93 
Other financial liabilities2,370  2,370  2,370 
Other liabilities$10,822 $8,326 $2,496 $ $2,496 
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(1)Financial instruments sent (held).
5)    CLOSED BLOCK

As a result of demutualization, the Company’s Closed Block was established in 1992 for the benefit of certain individual participating policies that were in force on that date. Assets, liabilities and earnings of the Closed Block are specifically identified to support its participating policyholders.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Assets allocated to the Closed Block inure solely to the benefit of the Closed Block policyholders and will not revert to the benefit of the Company. No reallocation, transfer, borrowing or lending of assets can be made between the Closed Block and other portions of the Company’s General Account, any of its Separate Accounts or any affiliate of the Company without the approval of the NYDFS. Closed Block assets and liabilities are carried on the same basis as similar assets and liabilities held in the General Account.
The excess of Closed Block liabilities over Closed Block assets (adjusted to exclude the impact of related amounts in AOCI) represents the expected maximum future post-tax earnings from the Closed Block that would be recognized in income from continuing operations over the period the policies and contracts in the Closed Block remain in force. As of January 1, 2001, the Company has developed an actuarial calculation of the expected timing of the Closed Block’s earnings.
If the actual cumulative earnings from the Closed Block are greater than the expected cumulative earnings, only the expected earnings will be recognized in net income. Actual cumulative earnings in excess of expected cumulative earnings at any point in time are recorded as a policyholder dividend obligation because they will ultimately be paid to Closed Block policyholders as an additional policyholder dividend unless offset by future performance that is less favorable than originally expected. If a policyholder dividend obligation has been previously established and the actual Closed Block earnings in a subsequent period are less than the expected earnings for that period, the policyholder dividend obligation would be reduced (but not below zero). If, over the period the policies and contracts in the Closed Block remain in force, the actual cumulative earnings of the Closed Block are less than the expected cumulative earnings, only actual earnings would be recognized in income from continuing operations. If the Closed Block has insufficient funds to make guaranteed policy benefit payments, such payments will be made from assets outside the Closed Block.
Many expenses related to Closed Block operations, including amortization of DAC, are charged to operations outside of the Closed Block; accordingly, net revenues of the Closed Block do not represent the actual profitability of the Closed Block operations. Operating costs and expenses outside of the Closed Block are, therefore, disproportionate to the business outside of the Closed Block.
Summarized financial information for the Company’s Closed Block is as follows:
 December 31, 2024December 31, 2023
(in millions)
Closed Block Liabilities:
Future policy benefits, policyholders’ account balances and other$5,213 $5,461 
Other liabilities62 57 
Total Closed Block liabilities5,275 5,518 
Assets Designated to the Closed Block:
Fixed maturities AFS, at fair value (amortized cost of $2,888 and $2,945) (allowance for credit losses of $0 and $0)
2,746 2,800 
Mortgage loans on real estate (net of allowance for credit losses of $21 and $13)
1,531 1,612 
Policy loans523 554 
Cash and other invested assets17 58 
Other assets130 150 
Total assets designated to the Closed Block4,947 5,174 
Excess of Closed Block liabilities over assets designated to the Closed Block328 344 
Amounts included in AOCI:
Net unrealized investment gains (losses), net of policyholders’ dividend obligation: $0 and $0; and net of income tax: $30 and $31
(112)(115)
Maximum future earnings to be recognized from Closed Block assets and liabilities$216 $229 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
The Company’s Closed Block revenues and expenses were as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
(in millions)
Revenues:
Premiums and other income$109 $115 $125 
Net investment income (loss)204 209 221 
Investment gains (losses), net(9)(8)(3)
Total revenues304 316 343 
Benefits and Other Deductions:
Policyholders’ benefits and dividends286 309 330 
Other operating costs and expenses2  2 
Total benefits and other deductions288 309 332 
Net income (loss), before income taxes16 7 11 
Income tax (expense) benefit(3)(2)3 
Net income (loss)$13 $5 $14 
6)     DAC AND OTHER DEFERRED ASSETS/LIABILITIES
The following table presents a reconciliation of DAC to the consolidated balance sheets:
December 31,
20242023
(in millions)
Term
$314 $338 
UL
26 22 
VUL
251 182 
GMxB Core
1,386 1,483 
EQUI-VEST Individual
143 150 
Investment Edge
155 150 
SCS
1,284 1,282 
GMxB Legacy199 208 
EQUI-VEST Group
716 723 
Momentum
83 82 
Closed Block107 117 
Other21 22 
Total$4,685 $4,759 
Annually, or as circumstances warrant, the Company reviews the associated decrements assumptions (i.e., mortality and lapse) based on our multi-year average of companies experience with actuarial judgements to reflect other observable industry trends. In addition to DAC, the unearned revenue liability and SIA use similar techniques and quarterly update processes for balance amortization.
During the third quarter of 2024, 2023 and 2022, the Company completed its annual assumption update and the impact to the current period amortization of DAC and DAC like balances due to the new assumptions is immaterial. There were no other material changes to the inputs, judgements or calculation processes used in the DAC calculation this period or year.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Changes in the DAC asset were as follows:
Year Ended December 31, 2024
TermULVULGMxB CoreEI IE SCSGMxB LegacyEG MomentumCB (1)Total
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$338 $22 $182 $1,483 $150 $150 $1,282 $208 $723 $82 $117 $4,737 
Capitalization (2)
13 6 81 61 11 26 233 24 61 11  527 
Amortization (3)
(37)(2)(12)(138)(12)(15)(217)(25)(45)(10)(10)(523)
Recovery of acquisition cost (4)
   (20)(6)(6)(14)(8)(23)  (77)
Balance, end of period$314 $26 $251 $1,386 $143 $155 $1,284 $199 $716 $83 $107 $4,664 
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(1)“CB” defined as Closed Block.
(2)DAC capitalization of $1 million related to Other not reflected in table above.
(3)DAC amortization of $2 million related to Other not reflected in table above.
(4)Related to the Internal Reinsurance Transaction and is recorded in other income.
Year Ended December 31, 2023
TermULVULGMxB CoreEI IE SCSGMxB LegacyEG Momentum
CB
Total
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$362 $20 $112 $1,585 $156 $147 $1,266 $213 $711 $89 $127 $4,788 
Capitalization15 3 78 52 11 21 223 26 73 10  512 
Amortization (1)
(39)(1)(8)(138)(12)(14)(194)(24)(42)(17)(10)(499)
Recovery of acquisition cost (2)
   (16)(5)(4)(13)(7)(19)  (64)
Balance, end of period$338 $22 $182 $1,483 $150 $150 $1,282 $208 $723 $82 $117 $4,737 
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(1)     DAC amortization of $4 million related to Other not reflected in table above.
(2)     Related to the Internal Reinsurance Transaction and is recorded in other income.

Changes in the sales inducement assets were as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
20242023
GMxB CoreGMxB LegacyGMxB CoreGMxB Legacy
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$126 $179 $137 $200 
Capitalization1  1  
Amortization(13)(19)(12)(21)
Balance, end of period$114 $160 $126 $179 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Changes in the unearned revenue liability were as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
20242023
ULVULULVUL
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$105 $551 $95 $525 
Capitalization15 72 18 61 
Amortization(8)(36)(6)(35)
Recovery of unearned revenue
(2) (2) 
Balance, end of period$110 $587 $105 $551 

7)    FAIR VALUE DISCLOSURES
U.S. GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value, and identifies three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:
Level 1    Unadjusted quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets. Level 1 fair values generally are supported by market transactions that occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
Level 2    Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar instruments, quoted prices in markets that are not active, and inputs to model-derived valuations that are directly observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.
Level 3    Unobservable inputs supported by little or no market activity and often requiring significant management judgment or estimation, such as an entity’s own assumptions about the cash flows or other significant components of value that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.
The Company uses unadjusted quoted market prices to measure fair value for those instruments that are actively traded in financial markets. In cases where quoted market prices are not available, fair values are measured using present value or other valuation techniques. The fair value determinations are made at a specific point in time, based on available market information and judgments about the financial instrument, including estimates of the timing and amount of expected future cash flows and the credit standing of counterparties. Such adjustments do not reflect any premium or discount that could result from offering for sale at one time the Company’s entire holdings of a particular financial instrument, nor do they consider the tax impact of the realization of unrealized gains or losses. In many cases, the fair value cannot be substantiated by direct comparison to independent markets, nor can the disclosed value be realized in immediate settlement of the instrument.
Management is responsible for the determination of the value of investments carried at fair value and the supporting methodologies and assumptions. Under the terms of various service agreements, the Company often utilizes independent valuation service providers to gather, analyze, and interpret market information and derive fair values based upon relevant methodologies and assumptions for individual securities. These independent valuation service providers typically obtain data about market transactions and other key valuation model inputs from multiple sources and, through the use of widely accepted valuation models, provide a single fair value measurement for individual securities for which a fair value has been requested. As further described below with respect to specific asset classes, these inputs include, but are not limited to, market prices for recent trades and transactions in comparable securities, benchmark yields, interest rate yield curves, credit spreads, quoted prices for similar securities, and other market-observable information, as applicable. Specific attributes of the security being valued are also considered, including its term, interest rate, credit rating, industry sector, and when applicable, collateral quality and other security- or issuer-specific information. When insufficient market observable information is available upon which to measure fair value, the Company either will request brokers knowledgeable about these securities to provide a non-binding quote or will employ internal valuation models. Fair values received from independent valuation service providers and brokers and those internally modeled or otherwise estimated are assessed for reasonableness.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis
Fair value measurements are required on a non-recurring basis for certain assets only when an impairment or other events occur. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, no assets or liabilities were required to be measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis.
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below.
Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2024
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
 (in millions)
Assets:
Investments:
Fixed maturities, AFS:
Corporate (1)$ $34,594 $2,051 $36,645 
U.S. Treasury, government and agency 4,218  4,218 
States and political subdivisions 312  312 
Foreign governments 506  506 
Residential mortgage-backed (2) 1,715  1,715 
Asset-backed (3) 7,470 10 7,480 
Commercial mortgage-backed 3,136 6 3,142 
Redeemable preferred stock 59  59 
Total fixed maturities, AFS 52,010 2,067 54,077 
Other equity investments140 245 52 437 
Trading securities243 566  809 
Other invested assets:
Short-term investments 30  30 
Assets of consolidated VIEs/VOEs  3 3 
Swaps (258) (258)
Credit default swaps (1) (1)
Options 13,198  13,198 
Total other invested assets 12,969 

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12,972 
Cash equivalents1,155 45  1,200 
Purchased market risk benefits  13,033 13,033 
Assets for market risk benefits  781 781 
Separate Accounts assets (4)122,818 2,483  125,301 
Modco payable (5)
  (345)(345)
SCS, SIO, MSO and IUL indexed features’ asset 9,322  9,322 
Total Assets$124,356 $77,640 $15,591 $217,587 
Liabilities:
SCS, SIO, MSO and IUL indexed features’ liability (6)
$ $12,605 $ $12,605 
Liabilities for market risk benefits
  11,791 11,791 
Funds withheld payable (7)
  150 150 
Total Liabilities$ $12,605 $11,941 $24,546 
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(1)Corporate fixed maturities includes both public and private issues.
(2)Includes publicly traded agency pass-through securities and collateralized obligations.
(3)Includes credit-tranched securities collateralized by sub-prime mortgages, credit risk transfer securities and other asset types.
(4)Separate Accounts assets included in the fair value hierarchy exclude investments in entities that calculate NAV per share (or its equivalent) as a practical expedient. Such investments excluded from the fair value hierarchy include investments in real estate. As of December 31, 2024 the fair value of such investments was $320 million.
(5)Reflected in Amounts due from reinsurers.
(6)SCS embedded derivative asset is recorded as a modco receivable. This is presented net in the consolidated balance sheets.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
(7)As discussed in Note 2, the funds withheld payable is created through a funds withheld and modified coinsurance arrangements where the investments supporting the reinsurance agreement are withheld by and continue to reside on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. This embedded derivative is valued as a total return swap with references to the fair value of the invested assets held by the Company, which are primarily available for sale securities.
Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2023
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
 (in millions)
Assets:
Investments:
Fixed maturities, AFS:
Corporate (1)$ $35,197 $2,070 $37,267 
U.S. Treasury, government and agency 4,539  4,539 
States and political subdivisions 443 27 470 
Foreign governments 581  581 
Residential mortgage-backed (2) 1,344  1,344 
Asset-backed (3) 7,981 24 8,005 
Commercial mortgage-backed 2,894 6 2,900 
Redeemable preferred stock 59  59 
Total fixed maturities, AFS 53,038 2,127 55,165 
Other equity investments150 445 54 649 
Trading securities207 50  257 
Other invested assets:
Short-term investments 414  414 
Assets of consolidated VIEs/VOEs  3 3 
Swaps (180) (180)
Credit default swaps (2) (2)
Options 9,117  9,117 
Total other invested assets 9,349 3 9,352 
Cash equivalents1,917 616  2,533 
Purchased market risk benefits  16,729 16,729 
Assets for market risk benefits  574 574 
Separate Accounts assets (4)118,353 2,617  120,970 
Modco payable (5)
  (411)(411)
SCS, SIO, MSO and IUL indexed features’ asset
 7,140  7,140 
Total Assets$120,627 $73,255 $19,076 $212,958 
Liabilities:
SCS, SIO, MSO and IUL indexed features’ liability (6)
$ $9,081 $ $9,081 
Liabilities for market risk benefits  14,570 14,570 
Funds withheld payable (7)
  100 100 
Total Liabilities$ $9,081 $14,670 $23,751 
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(1)Corporate fixed maturities includes both public and private issues.
(2)Includes publicly traded agency pass-through securities and collateralized obligations.
(3)Includes credit-tranched securities collateralized by sub-prime mortgages, credit risk transfer securities and other asset types.
(4)Separate Accounts assets included in the fair value hierarchy exclude investments in entities that calculate NAV per share (or its equivalent) as a practical expedient. Such investments excluded from the fair value hierarchy include investments in real estate. As of December 31, 2023 the fair value of such investments was $371 million.
(5)Reflected in Amounts due from reinsurers.
(6)SCS embedded derivative asset is recorded as a modco receivable. This is presented net in the consolidated balance sheets.
(7)The funds withheld payable is created through a funds withheld and modified coinsurance arrangements where the investments supporting the reinsurance agreement are withheld by and continue to reside on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. This embedded derivative is valued as a total return swap with references to the fair value of the invested assets held by the Company, which are primarily available for sale securities.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Public Fixed Maturities
The fair values of the Company’s public fixed maturities are generally based on prices obtained from independent valuation service providers and for which the Company maintains a vendor hierarchy by asset type based on historical pricing experience and vendor expertise. Although each security generally is priced by multiple independent valuation service providers, the Company ultimately uses the price received from the independent valuation service provider highest in the vendor hierarchy based on the respective asset type, with limited exception. To validate reasonableness, prices also are internally reviewed by those with relevant expertise through comparison with directly observed recent market trades. Consistent with the fair value hierarchy, public fixed maturities validated in this manner generally are reflected within Level 2, as they are primarily based on observable pricing for similar assets and/or other market observable inputs.
Private Fixed Maturities
The fair values of the Company’s private fixed maturities are determined from prices obtained from independent valuation service providers. Prices not obtained from an independent valuation service provider are determined by using a discounted cash flow model or a market comparable company valuation technique. In certain cases, these models use observable inputs with a discount rate based upon the average of spread surveys collected from private market intermediaries who are active in both primary and secondary transactions, taking into account, among other factors, the credit quality and industry sector of the issuer and the reduced liquidity associated with private placements. Generally, these securities have been reflected within Level 2. For certain private fixed maturities, the discounted cash flow model or a market comparable company valuation technique may also incorporate unobservable inputs, which reflect the Company’s own assumptions about the inputs market participants would use in pricing the asset. To the extent management determines that such unobservable inputs are significant to the fair value measurement of a security, a Level 3 classification generally is made.
Freestanding Derivative Positions
The net fair value of the Company’s freestanding derivative positions as disclosed in Note 4 of the Notes to these Consolidated Financial Statements are generally based on prices obtained either from independent valuation service providers or derived by applying market inputs from recognized vendors into industry standard pricing models. The majority of these derivative contracts are traded in the OTC derivative market and are classified in Level 2. The fair values of derivative assets and liabilities traded in the OTC market are determined using quantitative models that require use of the contractual terms of the derivative instruments and multiple market inputs, including interest rates, prices, and indices to generate continuous yield or pricing curves, including overnight index swap curves, and volatility factors, which then are applied to value the positions. The predominance of market inputs is actively quoted and can be validated through external sources or reliably interpolated if less observable.
Funds Withheld Payable
Reinsurance agreements written on a funds withheld or modified coinsurance basis contain embedded derivatives. This embedded derivative is valued as a total return swap with reference to the fair value of the invested assets held by the Company. The fair value of the underlying assets is generally based on market observable inputs using industry standard valuation techniques. The valuation utilizing the asset value component for valuation of the embedded derivative requires certain significant inputs, which are generally not observable, and accordingly, the valuation is considered Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. The fair value of the underlying assets is generally based on market observable inputs using industry standard valuation techniques. The valuation utilizing the asset value component for the valuation for the embedded derivatives requires certain significant inputs, which are generally not observable, and accordingly, the valuation is considered Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.
Level Classifications of the Company’s Financial Instruments
Financial Instruments Classified as Level 1
Investments classified as Level 1 primarily include redeemable preferred stock, trading securities, cash equivalents and Separate Accounts assets. Fair value measurements classified as Level 1 include exchange-traded prices of fixed maturities, equity securities and derivative contracts, and net asset values for transacting subscriptions and redemptions of mutual fund shares held by Separate Accounts. Cash equivalents classified as Level 1 include money market accounts, overnight commercial paper and highly liquid debt instruments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less and are carried at cost as a proxy for fair value measurement due to their short-term nature.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Financial Instruments Classified as Level 2
Investments classified as Level 2 are measured at fair value on a recurring basis and primarily include U.S. government and agency securities and certain corporate debt securities, such as public and private fixed maturities. As market quotes generally are not readily available or accessible for these securities, their fair value measures are determined utilizing relevant information generated by market transactions involving comparable securities and often are based on model pricing techniques that effectively discount prospective cash flows to present value using appropriate sector-adjusted credit spreads commensurate with the security’s duration, also taking into consideration issuer-specific credit quality and liquidity.
Observable inputs generally used to measure the fair value of securities classified as Level 2 include benchmark yields, reported secondary trades, issuer spreads, benchmark securities and other reference data. Additional observable inputs are used when available, and as may be appropriate, for certain security types, such as pre-payment, default, and collateral information for the purpose of measuring the fair value of mortgage- and asset-backed securities. The Company’s AAA-rated mortgage- and asset-backed securities are classified as Level 2 for which the observability of market inputs to their pricing models is supported by sufficient, albeit more recently contracted, market activity in these sectors.
Certain Company products, such as the SCS, EQUI-VEST variable annuity products, IUL and the MSO fund available in some life contracts offer investment options which permit the contract owner to participate in the performance of an index, ETF or commodity price. These investment options, which depending on the product and on the index selected can currently have one, three, five or six year terms, provide for participation in the performance of specified indices, ETF or commodity price movement up to a segment-specific declared maximum rate. Under certain conditions that vary by product, e.g., holding these segments for the full term, these segments also shield policyholders from some or all negative investment performance associated with these indices, ETF or commodity prices. These investment options have defined formulaic liability amounts, and the current values of the option component of these segment reserves are classified as Level 2 embedded derivatives. The fair values of these embedded derivatives are based on data obtained from independent valuation service providers.
Financial Instruments Classified as Level 3
The Company’s investments classified as Level 3 primarily include corporate debt securities, such as private fixed maturities and asset-backed securities. Determinations to classify fair value measures within Level 3 of the valuation hierarchy generally are based upon the significance of the unobservable factors to the overall fair value measurement. Included in the Level 3 classification are fixed maturities with indicative pricing obtained from brokers that otherwise could not be corroborated to market observable data.
The Company has certain variable annuity contracts with GMDB, GMIB, GIB and GWBL and other features in-force that guarantee one of the following:
Return of Premium: the benefit is the greater of current account value or premiums paid (adjusted for withdrawals);
Ratchet: the benefit is the greatest of current account value, premiums paid (adjusted for withdrawals), or the highest account value on any anniversary up to contractually specified ages (adjusted for withdrawals);
Roll-Up: the benefit is the greater of current account value or premiums paid (adjusted for withdrawals) accumulated at contractually specified interest rates up to specified ages;
Combo: the benefit is the greater of the ratchet benefit or the roll-up benefit, which may include either a five year or an annual reset; or
Withdrawal: the withdrawal is guaranteed up to a maximum amount per year for life.
The Company also issues certain benefits on its variable annuity products that are accounted for as market risk benefits carried at fair value and are also considered Level 3 for fair value leveling.
The GMIBNLG feature allows the policyholder to receive guaranteed minimum lifetime annuity payments based on predetermined annuity purchase rates applied to the contract’s benefit base if and when the contract account value is depleted and the NLG feature is activated. The optional GMIB feature allows the policyholder to receive guaranteed minimum lifetime annuity payments based on predetermined annuity purchase rates.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
The GMWB feature allows the policyholder to withdraw at a minimum, over the life of the contract, an amount based on the contract’s benefit base. The GWBL feature allows the policyholder to withdraw, each year for the life of the contract, a specified annual percentage of an amount based on the contract’s benefit base. The GMAB feature increases the contract account value at the end of a specified period to a GMAB base. The GIB feature provides a lifetime annuity based on predetermined annuity purchase rates if and when the contract account value is depleted. This lifetime annuity is based on predetermined annuity purchase rates applied to a GIB base. The GMDB feature guarantees that the benefit paid upon death will not be less than a guaranteed benefit base. If the contract’s account value is less than the benefit base at the time a death claim is paid, the amount payable will be equal to the benefit base.
The market risk benefits fair value will be equal to the present value of benefits less the present value of ascribed fees. Considerable judgment is utilized by management in determining the assumptions used in determining present value of benefits and ascribed fees related to lapse rates, withdrawal rates, utilization rates, non-performance risk, volatility rates, annuitization rates and mortality (collectively, the significant MRB assumptions).
Purchased MRB assets, which are accounted for as market risk benefits carried at fair value are also considered Level 3 for fair value leveling. The purchased MRB asset fair value reflects the present value of reinsurance premiums, net of recoveries, adjusted for risk margins and nonperformance risk over a range of market consistent economic scenarios while the MRB asset and liability reflects the present value of expected future payments (benefits) less fees, adjusted for risk margins and nonperformance risk, attributable to the MRB asset and liability over a range of market-consistent economic scenarios. 
The valuations of the MRBs and purchased MRB assets incorporate significant non-observable assumptions related to policyholder behavior, risk margins and projections of equity Separate Accounts funds. The credit risks of the counterparty and of the Company are considered in determining the fair values of its MRBs and purchased MRB asset after taking into account the effects of collateral arrangements. Incremental adjustment to the risk free curve for counterparty non-performance risk is made to the fair values of the purchased MRB assets. Risk margins were applied to the non-capital markets inputs to the MRBs and purchased MRB valuations.
After giving consideration to collateral arrangements, the Company reduced the fair value of its purchased MRB asset by $0.7 billion and $1.3 billion as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, to recognize incremental counterparty non-performance risk.
The funds withheld embedded derivative liability is determined based upon a total return swap technique referencing the fair value of the investments held under the reinsurance contract as collateral and requires certain unobservable inputs. The funds withheld embedded derivative are considered Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.
The Company’s consolidated VIEs/VOEs hold investments that are classified as Level 3, primarily corporate bonds that are vendor priced with no ratings available, bank loans, non-agency collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities.
Transfers of Financial Instruments Between Levels 2 and 3
During the year ended December 31, 2024, fixed maturities with fair values of $109 million were transferred out of Level 3 and into Level 2 principally due to the availability of trading activity and/or market observable inputs to measure and validate their fair values. In addition, fixed maturities with fair value of $27 million were transferred from Level 2 into the Level 3 classification. These transfers in the aggregate represent approximately 4.7% of total consolidated equity as of December 31, 2024.
During the year ended December 31, 2023, fixed maturities with fair values of $352 million were transferred out of Level 3 and into Level 2 principally due to the availability of trading activity and/or market observable inputs to measure and validate their fair values. In addition, fixed maturities with fair value of $11 million were transferred from Level 2 into the Level 3 classification. These transfers in the aggregate represent approximately 22.1% of total consolidated equity as of December 31, 2023.
The tables below present reconciliations for all Level 3 assets and liabilities and changes in unrealized gains (losses). Not included below are the changes in balances related to market risk benefits and purchased market risk benefits level 3 assets and liabilities, which are included in Note 9 of the Notes to these Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Year Ended December 31, 2024
CorporateState and Political SubdivisionsAsset-backedCMBS
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$2,070 $27 $24 $6 
Total gains and (losses), realized and unrealized, included in:
Net income (loss) as:
Net investment income (loss)7    
Investment gains (losses), net(4)   
Subtotal3    
Other comprehensive income (loss)18    
Purchases548    
Sales(547)   
Activity related to consolidated VIEs/VOEs    
Transfers into Level 3 (1)27    
Transfers out of Level 3 (1)(68)(27)(14) 
Balance, end of period$2,051 $ $10 $6 
Change in unrealized gains or losses for the period included in earnings for instruments held at the end of the reporting period (2)$ $ $ $ 
Change in unrealized gains or losses for the period included in other comprehensive income for instruments held at the end of the reporting period (2)$17 $ $ $ 
______________
(1)Transfers into/out of the Level 3 classification are reflected at beginning-of-period fair values.
(2)For instruments held as of December 31, 2024 amounts are included in net investment income or net derivative gains (losses) in the consolidated statements of income (loss) or unrealized gains (losses) on investments in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Year Ended December 31, 2024
Other Equity Investments (3)Funds Withheld PayableModco Payable
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$57 $100 $(411)
Realized and unrealized gains (losses), included in Net income (loss) as:
Investment gains (losses), reported in net investment income1   
Net derivative gains (losses)    
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses)1   
Other comprehensive income (loss)   
Purchases    
Sales (2)  
Change in fair value of funds withheld assets

 50 66 
Other    
Activity related to consolidated VIEs/VOEs(1)  
Transfers into Level 3 (1)   
Transfers out of Level 3 (1)   
Balance, end of period$55 $150 $(345)
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Year Ended December 31, 2024
Other Equity Investments (3)Funds Withheld PayableModco Payable
Change in unrealized gains or losses for the period included in earnings for instruments held at the end of the reporting period (2)$1 $ $ 
Change in unrealized gains or losses for the period included in other comprehensive income for instruments held at the end of the reporting period (2)$ $ $ 
______________
(1)Transfers into/out of the Level 3 classification are reflected at beginning-of-period fair values.
(2)For instruments held as of December 31, 2024, amounts are included in net investment income or net derivative gains (losses) in the consolidated statements of income (loss) or unrealized gains (losses) on investments in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income.
(3)Other Equity Investments include other invested assets.

Year Ended December 31, 2023
CorporateState and Political SubdivisionsAsset-backedCMBS
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$2,103 $29 $ $32 
Total gains and (losses), realized and unrealized, included in:
Net income (loss) as:
Net investment income (loss)6    
Investment gains (losses), net(17)   
Subtotal(11)   
Other comprehensive income (loss)50   (1)
Purchases514  24 2 
Sales(272)(2)  
Activity related to consolidated VIEs/VOEs    
Transfers into Level 3 (1)11    
Transfers out of Level 3 (1)(325)  (27)
Balance, end of period$2,070 $27 $24 $6 
Change in unrealized gains or losses for the period included in earnings for instruments held at the end of the reporting period (2)$ $ $ $ 
Change in unrealized gains or losses for the period included in other comprehensive income for instruments held at the end of the reporting period (2)$4 $ $ $(1)
______________
(1)Transfers into/out of the Level 3 classification are reflected at beginning-of-period fair values.
(2)For instruments held as of December 31, 2023 amounts are included in net investment income or net derivative gains (losses) in the consolidated statements of income (loss) or unrealized gains (losses) on investments in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Year Ended December 31, 2023
Other Equity Investments (3)Separate Accounts AssetsFunds Withheld PayableModco Payable
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$17 $1 $ $ 
Realized and unrealized gains (losses), included in Net income (loss) as:
Investment gains (losses), reported in net investment income(2)   
Net derivative gains (losses)     
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses)(2)

  

 
Other comprehensive income (loss)    
Purchases 43    
Sales     
Change in fair value of funds withheld assets
  100 (411)
Activity related to consolidated VIEs/VOEs(1)   
Transfers into Level 3 (1)    
Transfers out of Level 3 (1) (1)  
Balance, end of period$57 $ $100 $(411)
Change in unrealized gains or losses for the period included in earnings for instruments held at the end of the reporting period (2)$(2)$ $ $ 
Change in unrealized gains or losses for the period included in other comprehensive income for instruments held at the end of the reporting period (2)$ $ $ $ 
______________
(1)Transfers into/out of the Level 3 classification are reflected at beginning-of-period fair values.
(2)For instruments held as of December 31, 2023, amounts are included in net investment income or net derivative gains (losses) in the consolidated statements of income (loss) or unrealized gains (losses) on investments in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income.
(3)Other Equity Investments include other invested assets.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Year Ended December 31, 2022
CorporateState and Political SubdivisionsAsset-backedCMBS
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$1,493 $35 $8 $20 
Total gains and (losses), realized and unrealized, included in:
Net income (loss) as:
Net investment income (loss)5    
Investment gains (losses), net(5)   
Subtotal    
Other comprehensive income (loss)(157)(5) (2)
Purchases1,093   14 
Sales(379)(1)(2) 
Activity related to consolidated VIEs/VOEs    
Transfers into Level 3 (1)168    
Transfers out of Level 3 (1)(115) (6) 
Balance, end of period$2,103 $29 $ $32 
Change in unrealized gains or losses for the period included in earnings for instruments held at the end of the reporting period (2)$ $ $ $ 
Change in unrealized gains or losses for the period included in other comprehensive income for instruments held at the end of the reporting period (2)$(154)$(5)$ $(2)
_______________
(1)Transfers into/out of the Level 3 classification are reflected at beginning-of-period fair values.
(2)For instruments held as of December 31, 2022 amounts are included in net investment income or net derivative gains (losses) in the consolidated statements of income (loss) or unrealized gains (losses) on investments in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Year Ended December 31, 2022
Other Equity Investments (3)Separate Accounts AssetsFunds Withheld PayableModco Payable
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$13 $1 $ $ 
Realized and unrealized gains (losses), included in Net income (loss) as:
Investment gains (losses), reported in net investment income(1)   
Net derivative gains (losses)     
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses)(1)

  

 
Other comprehensive income (loss)    
Purchases 8    
Sales     
Other     
Activity related to consolidated VIEs/VOEs(3)   
Transfers into Level 3 (1)    
Transfers out of Level 3 (1)    
Balance, end of period$17 $1 $ $ 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Year Ended December 31, 2022
Other Equity Investments (3)Separate Accounts AssetsFunds Withheld PayableModco Payable
(in millions)
Change in unrealized gains or losses for the period included in earnings for instruments held at the end of the reporting period (2)$(1)$ $ $ 
Change in unrealized gains or losses for the period included in other comprehensive income for instruments held at the end of the reporting period (2)$ $ $ $ 
_______________
(1)Transfers into/out of the Level 3 classification are reflected at beginning-of-period fair values.
(2)For instruments held as of December 31, 2022, amounts are included in net investment income or net derivative gains (losses) in the consolidated statements of income (loss) or unrealized gains (losses) on investments in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income.
(3)Other Equity Investments include other invested assets.
Quantitative and Qualitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements
The following tables disclose quantitative information about Level 3 fair value measurements by category for assets and liabilities:

Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2024
Fair
Value
Valuation TechniqueSignificant
Unobservable Input
RangeWeighted Average (2)
(Dollars in millions)
Assets:
Investments:
Fixed maturities, AFS:
Corporate$332 Matrix pricing model
Spread over benchmark
70 bps - 220 bps
158 bps
729 Market  comparable  companies
EBITDA multiples
Discount rate
Cash flow multiples
Loan to value
4.7x - 36.5x
8.4% - 34.9%
1.8x - 11.8x
0.0% - 56.4%
13.0x
5.3%
6.0x
20.2%
Purchased MRB asset (1) (2) (4)13,033 Discounted cash flow
Lapse rates
Withdrawal rates
GMIB utilization rates
Non-performance risk
Volatility rates - equity
Mortality: Ages 0-40
Ages 41-60
Ages 61-115
0.24% - 36.18%
0.00% - 11.65%
0.04% - 100.00%
19 bps - 93 bps
12% - 29%
0.01% - 0.17%
0.06% - 0.52%
0.32% - 41.20%
3.07%
0.47%
5.75%
28 bps
23%
3.17%
(same for all ages)
(same for all ages)
Liabilities: (5)
Direct MRB (1) (2) (3) (4)$11,010 Discounted cash flow
Non-performance risk
Lapse rates
Withdrawal rates
Annuitization
Mortality (1): Ages 0-40
Ages 41-60
Ages 61-115

94 bps
0.24% - 36.18%
0.00% - 11.65%
0.04% - 100.00%
0.01% - 0.17%
0.06% - 0.52%
0.32% - 41.20%

94 bps
3.48%
0.57%
5.27%
3.08%
(same for all ages)
(same for all ages)
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(1)Mortality rates vary by age and demographic characteristic such as gender. Mortality rate assumptions are based on a combination of company and industry experience. A mortality improvement assumption is also applied. For any given contract, mortality rates vary throughout the period over which cash flows are projected for purposes of valuating the embedded derivatives.
(2)For lapses, withdrawals, and utilizations the rates were weighted by counts, for mortality weighted average rates are shown for all ages combined and for withdrawals the weighted averages were based on an estimated split of partial withdrawal and dollar-for-dollar withdrawals.
(3)MRB liabilities are shown net of MRB assets. Net amount is made up of $11.8 billion of MRB liabilities and $781 million of MRB assets.
(4)Includes Legacy and Core products.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
(5)    Funds withheld and modco payable that contain embedded derivatives held at fair value are excluded from the tables above. The funds withheld payable embedded derivative utilizes a total return swap technique which incorporates the fair value of the invested assets supporting the reinsurance agreement as a component of the valuation.
Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2023
Fair
Value
Valuation Technique
Significant
Unobservable Input
Range
Weighted Average (2)
(Dollars in millions)
Assets:
Investments:
Fixed maturities, AFS:
Corporate$330 Matrix pricing model
Spread over benchmark
20 - 747 bps
187 bps
979 Market comparable companies
EBITDA multiples
Discount rate
Cash flow multiples
Loan to value
3.3x - 29.0x
0.0% - 22.8%
0.8x -10.0x
3.4%-61.0%
13.6x
3.9%
6.3x
13.8%
Other equity investments2 Discounted cash flow
Earnings multiple
6.5x - 6.2x
6.0x
Purchased MRB asset (1) (2) (4)16,729 Discounted cash flow
Lapse rates
Withdrawal rates
GMIB utilization rates
Non-performance risk (bps)
Volatility rates - Equity
Mortality: Ages 0-40
Ages 41 - 60
Ages 61 - 115
0.21% - 29.37%
0.00%-14.97%
0.04%-100.00%
23 bps - 97 bps
11%-28%
0.01%-0.18%
0.07%-0.53%
0.33%-42.00%
2.75%
0.55%
5.51%
35 bps
23%
2.87%
(same for all ages)
(same for all ages)
Liabilities: (5)
Direct MRB (1) (2) (3) (4)$13,996 Discounted cash flow
Non-performance risk
Lapse rates
Withdrawal rates
Annuitization rates
Mortality: Ages 0-40
Ages 41 - 60
Ages 61 - 115
118 bps
0.21%-29.37%
0.00%-14.97%
0.04%-100.00%
0.01%-0.18%
0.07%-0.53%
0.33%-42.00%
118 bps
3.03%
0.64%
5.44%
2.63%
(same for all ages)
(same for all ages)
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(1)Mortality rates vary by age and demographic characteristic such as gender. Mortality rate assumptions are based on a combination of company and industry experience. A mortality improvement assumption is also applied. For any given contract, mortality rates vary throughout the period over which cash flows are projected for purposes of valuating the embedded derivatives.
(2)Lapses and pro-rata withdrawal rates were developed as a function of the policy account value. Dollar for dollar withdrawal rates were developed as a function of the dollar for dollar threshold, the dollar for dollar limit. GMIB utilization rates were developed as a function of the GMIB benefit base.
(3)MRB liabilities are shown net of MRB assets. Net amount is made up of $14.6 billion of MRB liabilities and $574 million of MRB assets.
(4)Includes Legacy and Core products.
(5)Funds withheld and modco payable that contain embedded derivatives held at fair value are excluded from the tables above. The funds withheld payable embedded derivative utilizes a total return swap technique which incorporates the fair value of the invested assets supporting the reinsurance agreement as a component of the valuation
Level 3 Financial Instruments for which Quantitative Inputs are Not Available
Certain Privately Placed Debt Securities with Limited Trading Activity
Excluded from the tables above as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, are approximately $1.1 billion and $873 million of Level 3 fair value measurements of investments for which the underlying quantitative inputs are not developed by the Company and are not readily available. These investments primarily consist of certain privately placed debt securities with limited trading activity, including residential mortgage- and asset-backed instruments, and their fair values generally reflect unadjusted prices obtained from independent valuation service providers and indicative, non-binding quotes obtained from third-party broker-dealers recognized as market participants. Significant increases or decreases in the fair value amounts received from these pricing sources may result in the Company reporting significantly higher or lower fair value measurements for these Level 3 investments.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
The fair value of private placement securities is determined by application of a matrix pricing model or a market comparable company value technique. The significant unobservable input to the matrix pricing model valuation technique is the spread over the industry-specific benchmark yield curve. Generally, an increase or decrease in spreads would lead to directionally inverse movement in the fair value measurements of these securities. The significant unobservable input to the market comparable company valuation technique is the discount rate. Generally, a significant increase (decrease) in the discount rate would result in significantly lower (higher) fair value measurements of these securities.
Residential mortgage-backed securities classified as Level 3 primarily consist of non-agency paper with low trading activity. Included in the tables above as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, there were no Level 3 securities that were determined by application of a matrix pricing model and for which the spread over the U.S. Treasury curve is the most significant unobservable input to the pricing result. Generally, a change in spreads would lead to directionally inverse movement in the fair value measurements of these securities.
Asset-backed securities classified as Level 3 primarily consist of non-agency mortgage loan trust certificates, including subprime and Alt-A paper, credit risk transfer securities, and equipment financings. Included in the tables above as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, there were no securities that were determined by the application of matrix-pricing for which the spread over the U.S. Treasury curve is the most significant unobservable input to the pricing result. Significant increases (decreases) in spreads would have resulted in significantly lower (higher) fair value measurements.
Market Risk Benefits
Significant unobservable inputs with respect to the fair value measurement of the purchased MRB assets and MRB liabilities identified in the table above are developed using Company data. Future policyholder behavior is an unobservable market assumption and as such all aspects of policyholder behavior are derived based on recent historical experience. These policyholder behaviors include lapses, pro-rata withdrawals, dollar for dollar withdrawals, GMIB utilization, deferred mortality and payout phase mortality. Many of these policyholder behaviors have dynamic adjustment factors based on the relative value of the rider as compared to the account value in different economic environments. This applies to all variable annuity related products; products with GMxB riders including but not limited to GMIB, GMDB and GWL.
Lapse rates are adjusted at the contract level based on a comparison of the value of the embedded GMxB rider and the current policyholder account value, which include other factors such as considering surrender charges. Generally, lapse rates are assumed to be lower in periods when a surrender charge applies. A dynamic lapse function reduces the base lapse rate when the guaranteed amount is greater than the account value as in-the-money contracts are less likely to lapse. For valuing purchased MRB assets and MRB liabilities, lapse rates vary throughout the period over which cash flows are projected.
Carrying Value of Financial Instruments Not Otherwise Disclosed in Note 3 and Note 4 of the Notes to these Consolidated Financial Statements
The carrying values and fair values for financial instruments not otherwise disclosed in Note 3 and Note 4 of the Notes to these Consolidated Financial Statements were as follows:
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Carrying Values and Fair Values for Financial Instruments Not Otherwise Disclosed
 
Carrying
Value
Fair Value
 
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
(in millions)
December 31, 2024:
Mortgage loans on real estate$18,298 $ $ $16,796 $16,796 
Policy loans$3,827 $ $ $4,033 $4,033 
Loans to affiliates$1,900 $ $1,770 $ $1,770 
Policyholders’ liabilities: Investment contracts $1,944 $ $ $1,896 $1,896 
Funds withheld payable$9,652 $ $ $9,652 $9,652 
Modco payable (1)
$30,383 $ $ $30,383 $30,383 
FHLB funding agreements $7,167 $ $7,113 $ $7,113 
FABN funding agreements $5,725 $ $5,481 $ $5,481 
Funding agreement-backed commercial paper (FABCP)$74 $ $75 $ $75 
Separate Accounts liabilities$11,213 $ $ $11,213 $11,213 
December 31, 2023:
Mortgage loans on real estate$17,877 $ $ $16,174 $16,174 
Policy loans$3,667 $ $ $3,961 $3,961 
Loans to affiliates$1,900 $ $1,790 $ $1,790 
Policyholders’ liabilities: Investment contracts
$1,554 $ $ $1,526 $1,526 
Funds withheld payable$10,503 $ $ $10,503 $10,503 
Modco payable
$29,912 $ $ $29,912 $29,912 
FHLB funding agreements
$7,618 $ $7,567 $ $7,567 
FABN funding agreements$6,267 $ $5,840 $ $5,840 
Funding agreement-backed commercial paper (FABCP)$939 $ $948 $ $948 
Separate Accounts liabilities$10,343 $ $ $10,343 $10,343 
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(1)Modco payable is reported in amounts due from reinsurers in the consolidated balance sheets.
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate
Fair values for commercial, agricultural and residential mortgage loans on real estate are measured by discounting future contractual cash flows to be received on the mortgage loan using interest rates at which loans with similar characteristics and credit quality would be made. The discount rate is derived based on the appropriate U.S. Treasury rate with a like term to the remaining term of the loan to which a spread reflective of the risk premium associated with the specific loan is added. Fair values for mortgage loans anticipated to be foreclosed and problem mortgage loans are limited to the fair value of the underlying collateral, if lower.
Policy Loans
The fair value of policy loans is calculated by discounting expected cash flows based upon the U.S. Treasury yield curve and historical loan repayment patterns.
Loans to Affiliates
The fair value of loans to affiliates is calculated by matrix or model pricing. The matrix pricing approach to fair value is a discounted cash flow methodology that incorporates market interest rates commensurate with the credit quality and duration of the investment.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
FHLB Funding Agreements
The fair values of the Company’s FHLB long term funding agreements’ fair values are determined based on indicative market rates published by the FHLB, provided to AB and modeled for each note’s FMV. FHLB short-term funding agreements’ fair values are reflective of notional/par value plus accrued interest.
FABN Funding Agreements
The fair values of the Company’s FABN funding agreements are determined by Bloomberg’s evaluated pricing service, which uses direct observations or observed comparables.
FABCP Funding Agreements
The fair value of Equitable Financial’s FABCP funding agreements are reflective of the notional/par value outstanding.
Policyholder Liabilities - Investment Contracts and Separate Accounts Liabilities
The fair values for deferred annuities and certain annuities, which are included in policyholders’ account balances and liabilities for investment contracts with fund investments in Separate Accounts are estimated using projected cash flows discounted at rates reflecting current market rates. Significant unobservable inputs reflected in the cash flows include lapse rates and withdrawal rates. Incremental adjustments may be made to the fair value to reflect non-performance risk. Certain other products such as the Company’s association plans contracts, supplementary contracts not involving life contingencies, Access Accounts and Escrow Shield Plus product reserves are held at book value.
Financial Instruments Exempt from Fair Value Disclosure or Otherwise Not Required to be Disclosed
Exempt from Fair Value Disclosure Requirements
Certain financial instruments are exempt from the requirements for fair value disclosure, such as insurance liabilities other than financial guarantees and investment contracts, limited partnerships accounted for under the equity method and pension and other postretirement obligations.
Otherwise Not Required to be Included in the Table Above
The Company’s investment in COLI policies are recorded at their cash surrender value and therefore are not required to be included in the table above.
8)    LIABILITIES FOR FUTURE POLICYHOLDER BENEFITS
The following table reconciles the net liability for future policy benefits and liability of death benefits to the liability for future policy benefits in the consolidated balance sheets:
December 31,
20242023
(in millions)
Reconciliation
Term$1,279 $1,341 
Payout
5,050 4,464 
Group Pension - Benefit Reserve & DPL460 490 
Health1,362 1,505 
UL1,287 1,220 
Subtotal9,438 9,020 
  Whole Life Closed Block and Open Block products5,204 5,463 
Other (1)582 657 
Future policyholder benefits total15,224 15,140 
  Other policyholder funds and dividends payable1,429 1,433 
Total$16,653 $16,573 
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(1)Primarily consists of future policy benefits related to Assumed Life and Disability, Group Life Run off, Variable Interest Sensitive Life rider and Major Medical products.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued

The following table summarizes balances and changes in the liability for future policy benefits for nonparticipating traditional and limited pay contracts:
Year Ended December 31, 2024Year Ended December 31, 2023
Term
Payout
Group PensionHealthTerm
Payout
Group PensionHealth
(in millions)
Present Value of Expected Net Premiums
Balance, beginning of period$2,125 $ $ $(21)$2,090 $ $ $(6)
Beginning balance at original discount rate
2,051   (22)2,069   (6)
Effect of changes in cash flow assumptions21   (3)47   (6)
Effect of actual variances from expected experience(82)  (5)(36)  (12)
Adjusted beginning of period balance1,990   (30)2,080   (24)
Issuances53    64    
Interest accrual96   (1)100   (1)
Net premiums collected(186)  5 (194)  3 
Ending Balance at original discount rate1,953   (26)2,051   (22)
Effect of changes in discount rate assumptions(28)  1 74   1 
Balance, end of period$1,925 $ $ $(25)$2,125 $ $ $(21)
Present Value of Expected Future Policy Benefits
Balance, beginning of period$3,466 $4,464 $490 $1,484 $3,449 $3,517 $523 $1,554 
Beginning balance of original discount rate3,317 4,680 536 1,672 3,376 3,869 583 1,795 
Effect of changes in cash flow assumptions39    59   (6)
Effect of actual variances from expected experience(102)(2)2 (11)(43)(4) (22)
Adjusted beginning of period balance3,254 4,678 538 1,661 3,392 3,865 583 1,767 
Issuances56 994 20  70 1,044   
Interest accrual162 174 18 54 166 127 19 57 
Benefits payments(269)(456)(62)(160)(311)(356)(66)(152)
Ending balance at original discount rate3,203 5,390 514 1,555 3,317 4,680 536 1,672 
Effect of changes in discount rate assumptions1 (340)(54)(218)149 (216)(46)(188)
Balance, end of period$3,204 $5,050 $460 $1,337 $3,466 $4,464 $490 $1,484 
Net liability for future policy benefits$1,279 $5,050 $460 $1,362 $1,341 $4,464 $490 $1,505 
Less: Reinsurance recoverable(217)(2,151) (1,070)(210)(1,337) (1,191)
Net liability for future policy benefits, after reinsurance recoverable$1,062 $2,899 $460 $292 $1,131 $3,127 $490 $314 
Weighted-average duration of liability for future policyholder benefits (years)6.77.76.98.47.08.07.18.7
    
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
The following table provides the amount of undiscounted and discounted expected gross premiums and expected future benefits and expenses related to nonparticipating traditional and limited payment contracts:
December 31,
20242023
(in millions)
Term
Expected future benefit payments and expenses (undiscounted)$5,597 $5,860 
Expected future gross premiums (undiscounted)6,577 6,956 
Expected future benefit payments and expenses (discounted)3,204 3,466 
Expected future gross premiums (discounted)3,492 3,862 
Payout
Expected future benefit payments and expenses (undiscounted)7,686 6,630 
Expected future gross premiums (undiscounted)  
Expected future benefit payments and expenses (discounted)4,938 4,350 
Expected future gross premiums (discounted)  
Group Pension
Expected future benefit payments and expenses (undiscounted)630 668 
Expected future gross premiums (undiscounted)  
Expected future benefit payments and expenses (discounted)436 471 
Expected future gross premiums (discounted)  
Health
Expected future benefit payments and expenses (undiscounted)2,139 2,318 
Expected future gross premiums (undiscounted)70 85 
Expected future benefit payments and expenses (discounted)1,323 1,468 
Expected future gross premiums (discounted)$55 $68 
The table below summarizes the revenue and interest related to nonparticipating traditional and limited payment contracts:
Year Ended December 31,Year Ended December 31,
202420232022202420232022
Gross PremiumInterest Accretion
(in millions)
Revenue and Interest Accretion
Term$334 $349 $229 $66 $67 $70 
Payout
271 266 122 207 149 $103 
Group Pension   18 19 21 
Health12 15 9 54 58 61 
Total$617 $630 $360 $345 $293 $255 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
The following table provides the weighted average interest rates for the liability for future policy benefits:
December 31,
20242023
Weighted Average Interest Rate
Term
Interest accretion rate5.6 %5.6 %
Current discount rate5.2 %4.8 %
Payout
Interest accretion rate4.4 %4.2 %
Current discount rate5.3 %4.9 %
Group Pension
Interest accretion rate3.4 %3.3 %
Current discount rate5.2 %4.8 %
Health
Interest accretion rate3.4 %3.4 %
Current discount rate5.4 %4.9 %

The following table provides the balance, changes in and the weighted average durations of the additional insurance liabilities:
Year Ended December 31,
20242023
UL
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$1,220 $1,120 
Beginning balance before AOCI adjustments 1,230 1,135 
Effect of changes in interest rate and cash flow assumptions and model changes17 21 
Effect of actual variances from expected experience
2 10 
Adjusted beginning of period balance1,249 1,166 
Interest accrual56 52 
Net assessments collected70 69 
Benefit payments(73)(57)
Ending balance before shadow reserve adjustments1,302 1,230 
Effect of reserve adjustment recorded in AOCI(15)(10)
Balance, end of period$1,287 $1,220 
Net liability for additional liability$1,287 $1,220 
Less: Reinsurance recoverable(985)(946)
Net liability for additional liability, after reinsurance recoverable$302 $274 
Weighted-average duration of additional liability - death benefit (years)19.419.9

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
The following tables provide the revenue, interest and weighted average interest rates, related to the additional insurance liabilities:
Year Ended December 31,
20242023
2022
20242023
2022
AssessmentsInterest Accretion
(in millions)
Revenue and Interest Accretion
UL$663 $670 $666 $56 $51 $49 
Total$663 $670 $666 $56 $51 $49 

Year Ended December 31,
20242023
2021
Weighted Average Interest Rate
UL4.5 %4.5 %4.5 %
Interest accretion rate4.5 %4.5 %4.5 %

9)    MARKET RISK BENEFITS

Year Ended December 31, 2024
GMxB CorePurchased MRB CoreNet GMxB CoreGMxB LegacyPurchased MRB Legacy (4)Net GMxB Legacy
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$578 $(1,180)$(602)$13,410 $(15,519)$(2,109)
Beginning balance before changes in the instrument specific credit risk324 (1,266)(942)13,020 (15,543)(2,523)
Model changes and effect of changes in cash flow assumptions93 (72)21 (70)21 (49)
Actual market movement effect(254)238 (16)(1,202)1,200 (2)
Interest accrual59 (17)42 586 (616)(30)
Attributed fees accrued (1)386 (345)41 802 (585)217 
Benefit payments(41)41  (1,218)1,190 (28)
Actual policyholder behavior different from expected behavior21 3 24 (36)28 (8)
Changes in future economic assumptions(365)371 6 (2,147)2,138 (9)
Issuances (2) 1 1    
Ending balance before changes in the instrument-specific credit risk223 (1,046)(823)9,735 (12,167)(2,432)
Changes in the instrument-specific credit risk (3)312 102 414 773 74 847 
Balance, end of period$535 $(944)$(409)$10,508 $(12,093)$(1,585)
Weighted-average age of policyholders (years)65.565.9N/A73.774.0N/A
Net amount at risk$2,865 $2,843 N/A$19,041 $18,738 N/A
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(1)Attributed fees accrued represents the portion of the fees needed to fund future GMxB claims.
(2)Issuances are from a non-affiliated recapture of reinsurance.
(3)Changes are recorded in OCI.
(4)Purchased MRB is the impact of non-affiliated reinsurance and affiliated reinsurance with Equitable America.
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Year Ended December 31, 2023
GMxB CorePurchased MRB CoreNet GMxB CoreGMxB LegacyPurchased MRB Legacy (3)Net GMxB Legacy
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$539 $ $539 $14,699 $(10,492)$4,207 
Beginning balance before changes in the instrument specific credit risk538  538 15,314 (10,438)4,876 
Model changes and effect of changes in cash flow assumptions5 (42)(37)(19)(16)(35)
Actual market movement effect(466)229 (237)(1,847)1,463 (384)
Interest accrual72 (25)47 770 (761)9 
Attributed fees accrued (1)397 (273)124 843 (538)305 
Benefit payments(47)34 (13)(1,354)1,175 (179)
Actual policyholder behavior different from expected behavior16 (13)3 (14)(12)(26)
Changes in future economic assumptions(191)118 (73)(673)426 (247)
Issuances (1,294)(1,294) (6,842)(6,842)
Ending balance before changes in the instrument-specific credit risk324 (1,266)(942)13,020 (15,543)(2,523)
Changes in the instrument-specific credit risk (2)254 86 340 390 24 414 
Balance, end of period$578 $(1,180)$(602)$13,410 $(15,519)$(2,109)
Weighted-average age of policyholders (years)64.564.9N/A73.073.3N/A
Net amount at risk (4)
$2,991 $2,933 N/A$21,136 $20,737 N/A
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(1)Attributed fees accrued represents the portion of the fees needed to fund future GMxB claims.
(2)Changes are recorded in OCI.
(3)Purchased MRB is the impact of non-affiliated reinsurance.
(4)GMxB legacy and Purchased MRB prior period amounts have been revised for errors deemed immaterial to previously issued financial statements.
Year Ended December 31, 2022
GMxB CoreGMxB LegacyPurchased MRB Legacy (3)Net Legacy
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$1,061 $20,236 $(14,293)$5,943 
Beginning balance before changes in the instrument specific credit risk666 19,719 (14,287)5,432 
Model changes and effect of changes in cash flow assumptions(5)317 (137)180 
Actual market movement effect1,060 3,402 (1,278)2,124 
Interest accrual37 731 (493)238 
Attributed fees accrued (1)395 882 (298)584 
Benefit payments(36)(1,179)669 (510)
Actual policyholder behavior different from expected behavior19 142 (103)39 
Changes in future economic assumptions(1,596)(8,700)5,489 (3,211)
Issuances(2)   
Ending balance before changes in the instrument-specific credit risk538 15,314 (10,438)4,876 
Changes in the instrument-specific credit risk (2)1 (615)(54)(669)
Balance, end of period$539 $14,699 $(10,492)$4,207 
Weighted-average age of policyholders (years)63.672.672.1N/A
Net amount at risk (4)
$3,517 $22,631 $11,755 N/A
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
(1)    Attributed fees accrued represents the portion of the fees needed to fund future GMxB claims.
(2)    Changes are recorded in OCI.
(3)    Purchased MRB is the impact of non-affiliated reinsurance.
(4)     GMxB legacy and Purchased MRB prior period amounts have been revised for errors deemed immaterial to previously issued financial statements.

The following table reconciles market risk benefits by the amounts in an asset position and amounts in a liability position to the market risk benefit amounts in the consolidated balance sheets:
December 31, 2024December 31, 2023
MRB AssetMRB LiabilityNet MRBPurchased MRBTotalMRB AssetMRB LiabilityNet MRBPurchased MRBTotal
(in millions)
GMxB Core$(467)$1,002 $535 $(944)$(409)$(410)$988 $578 $(1,180)$(602)
GMxB Legacy(230)10,738 10,508 (12,093)(1,585)(103)13,513 13,410 (15,519)(2,109)
Other
(84)51 (33)4 (29)(61)69 8 (30)(22)
Total$(781)$11,791 $11,010 $(13,033)$(2,023)$(574)$14,570 $13,996 $(16,729)$(2,733)
10)     POLICYHOLDER ACCOUNT BALANCES
The following table reconciles the policyholders account balances to the policyholders’ account balance liability in the consolidated balance sheets:
December 31,
20242023
(in millions)
Policyholders’ account balance reconciliation
UL$5,065 $5,202 
VUL4,258 4,145 
GMxB Legacy226 293 
GMxB Core(24)(5)
SCS44,072 40,649 
EQUI-VEST Individual2,037 2,322 
EQUI-VEST Group11,118 11,563 
Momentum527 608 
Other (1)3,914 3,320 
Balance (exclusive of Funding Agreements)71,193 68,097 
Funding Agreements13,013 14,893 
Balance, end of period$84,206 $82,990 
_______________
(1) Primarily reflects products, IR Payout, IR Other, Investment Edge, Association, Indexed Universal Life, Group Pension and Closed Block.
The following tables summarize the balances and changes in policyholder’s account balances:
Year Ended December 31, 2024
Universal LifeVariable Universal LifeGMxB LegacyGMxB CoreSCS (1)EQUI-VEST IndividualEQUI-VEST GroupMomentum
(Dollars in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$5,202$4,145$293$(5)$40,649$2,322$11,563$608
Issuances
Premiums received64799443123759167
Policy charges(712)(222)1410(10)(5)
Surrenders and withdrawals(79)(28)(86)(35)(3,889)(347)(1,603)(148)
Benefit payments(213)(63)(17)(2)(271)(54)(74)(2)
Net transfers from (to) separate account1404(40)1,72615309(11)
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Interest credited (2)2201871455,8556433713
Other
Balance, end of period$5,065$4,258$226$(24)$44,072$2,037$11,118$527
Weighted-average crediting rate3.82 %3.72 %2.74 %1.38 %N/A2.98 %2.69 %2.48 %
Net amount at risk (3)$33,324 $82,552 $19,041 $2,865 $ $101 $9 $ 
Cash surrender value$3,368 $2,607 $489 $187 $41,262 $2,030 $11,071 $528 
Year Ended December 31, 2023
Universal LifeVariable Universal LifeGMxB LegacyGMxB CoreSCS (1)EQUI-VEST IndividualEQUI-VEST GroupMomentum
(Dollars in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$5,341$4,253$382$42$35,460$2,652$12,046$703
Issuances
Premiums received698114104393762670
Policy charges(761)(217)93(8)(4)(1)
Surrenders and withdrawals(79)(44)(96)(33)(2,853)(378)(1,704)(153)
Benefit payments(219)(112)(26)(2)(249)(70)(71)(4)
Net transfers from (to) separate account(33)(4)(62)2,5696272(21)
Interest credited (2)2221841845,7217238714
Other311
Balance, end of period$5,202$4,145$293$(5)$40,649$2,322$11,563$608
Weighted-average crediting rate3.77%3.75%2.71%1.29%N/A2.84%2.66%2.33%
Net amount at risk (3)$35,490$83,050$21,136$2,991$1$109$10$
Cash surrender value$3,423$2,644$572$216$37,816$2,315$11,506$609
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(1)SCS sales are recorded as a Separate Account liability until they are swept into the General Account. This sweep is recorded as Net Transfers from (to) separate account.
(2)SCS and EQUI-VEST Group includes amounts related to the change in embedded derivative.
(3)For life insurance products the net amount at risk is death benefit less account value for the policyholder. For variable annuity products the net amount risk is the maximum GMxB NAR for the policyholder.
The following tables present the account values by range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates and the related range of the difference in basis points, between rates being credited policyholders and the respective guaranteed minimums:
December 31, 2024
Product
Range of Guaranteed Minimum Crediting RateAt Guaranteed Minimum
1 Basis Point - 50 Basis Points Above
51 Basis Points - 150 Basis Points Above
Greater Than 150 Basis Points Above
Total
(in millions)
UL
0% - 1.50%
$ $ $ $6 $6 
1.51% - 2.50%
 90 284 655 1,029 
Greater than 2.50%
3,402 598   4,000 
Total$3,402 $688 $284 $661 $5,035 
VUL
0% - 1.50%
$23 $4 $27 $22 $76 
1.51% - 2.50%
37 268 215  520 
Greater than 2.50%
3,223    3,223 
Total$3,283 $272 $242 $22 $3,819 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
December 31, 2024
Product
Range of Guaranteed Minimum Crediting RateAt Guaranteed Minimum
1 Basis Point - 50 Basis Points Above
51 Basis Points - 150 Basis Points Above
Greater Than 150 Basis Points Above
Total
(in millions)
GMxB Legacy
0% - 1.50%
$68 $2 $ $ $70 
1.51% - 2.50%
19    19 
Greater than 2.50%
401    401 
Total$488 $2 $ $ $490 
GMxB Core
0% - 1.50%
$11 $156 $ $ $167 
1.51% - 2.50%
12    12 
Greater than 2.50%
11    11 
Total$34 $156 $ $ $190 
EQUI-VEST Individual
0% - 1.50%
$42 $198 $ $ $240 
1.51% - 2.50%
38    38 
Greater than 2.50%
1,758    1,758 
Total$1,838 $198 $ $ $2,036 
EQUI-VEST Group
0% - 1.50%
$720 $2,391 $33 $258 $3,402 
1.51% - 2.50%
349    349 
Greater than 2.50%
6,076    6,076 
Total$7,145 $2,391 $33 $258 $9,827 
SCSProducts with either a fixed rate or no guaranteed minimumN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Momentum
0% - 1.50%
$ $ $269 $88 $357 
1.51% - 2.50%
79 29   108 
Greater than 2.50%
56  5  61 
Total$135 $29 $274 $88 $526 

December 31, 2023
ProductRange of Guaranteed Minimum Crediting RateAt Guaranteed Minimum
1 Basis Point - 50 Basis Points Above
51 Basis Points - 150 Basis Points Above
Greater Than 150 Basis Points Above
Total
(in millions)
UL
0% - 1.50%
$ $ $ $6 $6 
1.51% - 2.50%
61 69 462 430 1,022 
Greater than 2.50%
3,515 627   4,142 
Total$3,576 $696 $462 $436 $5,170 
VUL
0% - 1.50%
$8 $9 $18 $6 $41 
1.51% - 2.50%
34 408 28  470 
Greater than 2.50%
3,259    3,259 
Total$3,301 $417 $46 $6 $3,770 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
December 31, 2023
ProductRange of Guaranteed Minimum Crediting RateAt Guaranteed Minimum
1 Basis Point - 50 Basis Points Above
51 Basis Points - 150 Basis Points Above
Greater Than 150 Basis Points Above
Total
(in millions)
GMxB Legacy
0% - 1.50%
$75 $16 $ $ $91 
1.51% - 2.50%
21    21 
Greater than 2.50%
461    461 
Total$557 $16 $ $ $573 
GMxB Core
0% - 1.50%
$13 $187 $ $ $200 
1.51% - 2.50%
13    13 
Greater than 2.50%
7    7 
Total$33 $187 $ $ $220 
EQUI-VEST Individual
0% - 1.50%
$49 $218 $ $ $267 
1.51% - 2.50%
43    43 
Greater than 2.50%
2,011    2,011 
Total$2,103 $218 $ $ $2,321 
EQUI-VEST Group
0% - 1.50%
$773 $2,338 $36 $315 $3,462 
1.51% - 2.50%
345    345 
Greater than 2.50%
6,610    6,610 
Total$7,728 $2,338 $36 $315 $10,417 
SCSProducts with either a fixed rate or no guaranteed minimumN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Momentum
0% - 1.50%
$ $12 $330 $53 $395 
1.51% - 2.50%
138 1   139 
Greater than 2.50%
68  5  73 
Total$206 $13 $335 $53 $607 
Separate Account - Summary
The following table reconciles the Separate Account liabilities to the Separate Account liability balance in the consolidated balance sheets:
December 31,
20242023
(in millions)
Separate Account Reconciliation
VUL$15,571 $13,694 
GMxB Legacy33,199 33,793 
GMxB Core26,339 27,664 
EQUI-VEST Individual4,782 4,584 
Investment Edge4,265 4,048 
EQUI-VEST Group30,478 26,960 
Momentum4,813 4,421 
Other (1)6,360 6,333 
Total$125,807 $121,497 
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(1)Primarily reflects Corporate and Other products and Employer Sponsored products including Association and Other.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
The following tables present the balances of and changes in Separate Account liabilities:
Year Ended December 31, 2024
VULGMxB LegacyGMxB CoreEQUI-VEST IndividualInvestment EdgeEQUI-VEST GroupMomentum
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$13,694 $33,793 $27,664 $4,584 $4,048 $26,960 $4,421 
Premiums and deposits848 221 474 93 340 2,265 729 
Policy charges (428)(630)(466)(2) (19)(23)
Surrenders and withdrawals(575)(3,555)(3,652)(574)(501)(2,447)(958)
Benefit payments(90)(748)(247)(55)(34)(67)(14)
Investment performance (1)2,262 4,122 2,526 751 473 4,095 647 
Net transfers from (to) general account(140)(4)40 (15)(61)(309)11 
Other charges
       
Balance, end of period$15,571 $33,199 $26,339 $4,782 $4,265 $30,478 $4,813 
Cash surrender value$15,536 $32,931 $25,777 $4,750 $4,202 $30,194 $4,806 
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(1)Investment performance is reflected net of M&E fees.
Year Ended December 31, 2023
VULGMxB LegacyGMxB CoreEQUI-VEST IndividualInvestment EdgeEQUI-VEST GroupMomentum
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$11,535 $32,616 $27,017 $4,162 $3,772 $22,393 $3,884 
Premiums and deposits788 219 472 93 332 2,174 644 
Policy charges (429)(656)(473)(2) (18)(21)
Surrenders and withdrawals(512)(2,826)(2,566)(428)(406)(1,750)(820)
Benefit payments(61)(728)(219)(57)(39)(55)(13)
Investment performance (1)2,340 5,164 3,371 818 528 4,463 726 
Net transfers from (to) general account33 4 62 (6)(139)(272)21 
Other charges (2)   4  25  
Balance, end of period$13,694 $33,793 $27,664 $4,584 $4,048 $26,960 $4,421 
Cash surrender value$13,682 $33,512 $26,980 $4,549 $3,972 $26,683 $4,414 
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(1)Investment performance is reflected net of M&E fees.
(2)For the year ended December 31, 2023, EQUI-VEST Individual and EQUI-VEST Group amounts reflect a total special payment applied to the accounts of active clients as part of a previously disclosed settlement agreement between Equitable Financial and the SEC.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
The following tables present the aggregate fair value of Separate Account assets by major asset category:
December 31, 2024
Life Insurance & Employee Benefits ProductsIndividual Variable Annuity ProductsEmployer - Sponsored ProductsOtherTotal
(in millions)
Asset Type
Debt securities$51 $1 $13 $13 $78 
Common Stock68 36 472 1,631 2,207 
Mutual Funds15,430 69,597 36,710 647 122,384 
Bonds and Notes98 4 1 1,035 1,138 
Total$15,647 $69,638 $37,196 $3,326 $125,807 

December 31, 2023
Life Insurance & Employee Benefits ProductsIndividual Variable Annuity ProductsEmployer - Sponsored ProductsOtherTotal
(in millions)
Asset Type
Debt securities$48 $1 $21 $6 $76 
Common Stock65 34 447 1,667 2,213 
Mutual Funds13,557 70,815 32,780 677 117,829 
Bonds and Notes91 4 1 1,283 1,379 
Total$13,761 $70,854 $33,249 $3,633 $121,497 
11)    LEASES
The Company’s operating leases primarily consist of real estate leases for office space. The Company also has operating leases for various types of office furniture and equipment. For certain equipment leases, the Company applies a portfolio approach to effectively account for the RoU operating lease assets and liabilities. For lease agreements for which the lease term or classification was reassessed after the occurrence of a change in the lease terms or a modification of the lease that did not result in a separate contract, the Company elected to combine the lease and related non-lease components for its operating leases; however, the non-lease components associated with the Company’s operating leases are primarily variable in nature and as such are not included in the determination of the RoU operating lease asset and lease liability, but are recognized in the period in which the obligation for those payments is incurred.
The Company’s operating leases may include options to extend or terminate the lease, which are not included in the determination of the RoU operating asset or lease liability unless they are reasonably certain to be exercised. The Company’s operating leases have remaining lease terms of 1 year to 15 years, some of which include options to extend the leases. The Company typically does not include its renewal options in its lease terms for calculating its RoU operating lease asset and lease liability as the renewal options allow the Company to maintain operational flexibility and the Company is not reasonably certain it will exercise these renewal options until close to the initial end date of the lease. The Company’s lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.
As the Company’s operating leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company’s incremental borrowing rate, based on the information available at the lease commencement date, is used in determining the present value of lease payments.
The Company primarily subleases floor space within its New Jersey and New York lease properties to various third parties. The lease term for these subleases typically corresponds to the original lease term.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Balance Sheet Classification of Operating Lease Assets and Liabilities
December 31,
Balance Sheet Line Item20242023
(in millions)
Assets
Operating lease assetsOther assets$168 $192 
Liabilities
Operating lease liabilitiesOther liabilities$185 $210 
The table below summarizes the components of lease costs for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022.
Lease Costs
Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
(in millions)
Operating lease cost$39 $61 $77 
Variable operating lease cost5 15 12 
Sublease income (19)(19)
Net lease cost$44 $57 $70 

Maturities of lease liabilities as of December 31, 2024 are as follows:
Maturities of Lease Liabilities
December 31, 2024
(in millions)
Operating Leases:
2025$37 
202635 
202731 
202827 
202919 
Thereafter77 
Total lease payments226 
Less: Interest(41)
Present value of lease liabilities$185 

Equitable Financial signed a 15-year lease which commenced in 2023, relating to approximately 89,000 square feet of space in New York City. Additionally, during December 2021, Equitable Financial amended its Syracuse office lease. The amendment included extending for an additional 5-year period, commencing January, 2024, approximately 143,000 square feet of space in Syracuse, NY. As of December 2024, the Company has reduced approximately 144,000 square feet in Charlotte, NC. Written notice was provided to the landlord in December 2023 at which time a $4.3 million early termination penalty was paid.
The below table presents the Company’s weighted-average remaining operating lease term and weighted-average discount rate.
Weighted Averages - Remaining Operating Lease Term and Discount Rate
December 31,
20242023
Weighted-average remaining operating lease term8 years8 years
Weighted-average discount rate for operating leases4.50 %4.30 %
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows:
Lease Liabilities Information
Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
(in millions)
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases$36 $83 $92 
Non-cash transactions:
Leased assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities$13 $92 $7 

12)    REINSURANCE
The Company assumes and cedes reinsurance with other insurance companies. The Company evaluates the financial condition of its reinsurers to minimize its exposure to significant losses from reinsurer insolvencies. Ceded reinsurance does not relieve the originating insurer of liability.
The following table summarizes the effect of reinsurance. The impact of the reinsurance transaction described below results in an increase in reinsurance ceded:
Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
(in millions)
Direct charges and fee income$2,771 $2,708 $2,876 
Reinsurance assumed14 13  
Reinsurance ceded - Equitable America(1,307)(1,015) 
Reinsurance ceded - third party(626)(611)(651)
Policy charges and fee income$852 $1,095 $2,225 
Direct premiums$820 $820 $764 
Reinsurance assumed114 175 180 
Reinsurance ceded - Equitable America(168)(174) 
Reinsurance ceded - third party(235)(234)(219)
Premiums$531 $587 $725 
Direct policyholders’ benefits$2,674 $2,763 $2,800 
Reinsurance assumed104 158 180 
Reinsurance ceded - Equitable America(707)(528) 
Reinsurance ceded - third party(634)(612)(653)
Policyholders’ benefits$1,437 $1,781 $2,327 
Direct interest credited to policyholders’ account balances
$1,978 $1,963 $1,338 
Reinsurance ceded - Equitable America(623)(471) 
Reinsurance ceded - third party(98)(108)(29)
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances$1,257 $1,384 $1,309 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Ceded Reinsurance
The Company reinsures most of its new variable life, UL and term life policies on an excess of retention basis. The Company generally retains on a per life basis up to $25 million for single lives and $30 million for joint lives with the excess 100% reinsured. The Company also reinsures risk on certain substandard underwriting risks and in certain other cases.
On October 3, 2022, as part of the Global Atlantic Transaction, Equitable Financial ceded to First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance Company on a combined coinsurance and modified coinsurance basis, a 50% quota share of approximately 360,000 legacy Group EQUI-VEST deferred variable annuity contracts issued by Equitable Financial between 1980 and 2008.
In addition to the above, the Company cedes a portion of its group health, extended term insurance, and paid-up life insurance and substantially all of its individual disability income business through various coinsurance agreements.
Internal Reinsurance Treaty
On May 17, 2023, Equitable Financial entered into a reinsurance agreement with Equitable America, effective April 1, 2023. Pursuant to the Reinsurance Treaty, virtually all of Equitable Financial’s net retained General Account liabilities, including all of its net retained liabilities relating to the living benefit and death riders related to (i) its variable annuity contracts issued outside the State of New York prior to October 1, 2022 (and with respect to its EQUI-VEST variable annuity contracts, issued outside the State of New York prior to February 1, 2023) and (ii) certain universal life insurance policies issued outside the State of New York prior to October 1, 2022, were reinsured to Equitable America on a coinsurance funds withheld basis. In addition, all of the Separate Accounts liabilities relating to such variable annuity contracts were reinsured to Equitable America on a modified coinsurance basis. Equitable America’s obligations under the Reinsurance Treaty are secured through Equitable Financial’s retention of certain assets supporting the reinsured liabilities.
There is a diverse pool of assets supporting the funds withheld and NI modco arrangement with Equitable America. The following table summarizes the composition of the pool of assets:
December 31,
 20242023
Carrying ValueFair ValueCarrying ValueFair Value
(in millions)
Fixed maturities$21,677 $21,677 $24,725 $24,725 
Mortgage loans on real estate7,668 6,817 8,405 7,409 
Policy loans274 275 248 250 
Other equity investments809 809 238 238 
Other invested assets (1)
10,770 10,770 8,256 8,257 
Total assets supporting funds withheld$41,198 $40,348 $41,872 $40,879 
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(1)Other invested assets includes derivatives and cash and cash equivalents.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
The impact of the funds withheld and NI modco arrangement with Equitable America was as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
 20242023
(in millions)
Net derivative gains (losses):
Freestanding derivatives$2,284 $1,944 
Embedded derivatives(3,481)(3,209)
Net derivative gains (losses)(1,197)(1,265)
Net investment income (loss)1,289 1,005 
Investment gains (losses), net(64)(245)
Income (loss) from continuing operations, before income taxes28 (505)
Income tax (expense) benefit(6)106 
Net income (loss)22 (399)
Change in unrealized gains (losses), net of income taxes
(127)240 
Comprehensive income (loss)$(105)$(159)
Various assets supporting the Equitable America funds withheld and NI modco arrangement are reported at amortized cost, and as such, changes in fair value of these assets are not reflected in the consolidated financial statements. However, changes in the fair value of these assets are included in the embedded derivative in the Equitable America funds withheld arrangement and the appreciation of the assets is the primary driver of the comprehensive income (loss) reflected above.
Assumed Reinsurance
In addition to the sale of insurance products, the Company currently acts as a professional retrocessionaire by assuming risk from professional reinsurers. The Company assumes accident, life, health, aviation, special risk and space risks by participating in or reinsuring various reinsurance pools and arrangements.
The following table summarizes the ceded purchased market risk benefits, internal reinsurance recoverable and third-party recoverables including amount due to reinsurance and assumed reserves:
December 31,
 20242023
(in millions)
Ceded Reinsurance:
Estimated net fair values of purchased market risk benefits$13,033 $16,729 
Reinsurance recoverables related to insurance contracts20,026 20,636 
Related party - Equitable America (1)13,080 13,492 
Third parties6,946 7,144 
Top reinsurers:
First Allmerica-GAF3,245 3,605 
Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company
1,406 1,057 
Ceded group health reserves11 14 
Amount due to reinsurers185 216 
Top reinsurers:
First Allmerica-GAF77 73 
Assumed Reinsurance:
Reinsurance assumed reserves586 731 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
(1)Includes ceded PAB on NI modco portion of the Reinsurance Treaty of $33.7 billion offset by $(30.7) billion of modco payable for the same portion of the Reinsurance Treaty for December 31, 2024. Includes ceded PAB on NI modco portion of the Reinsurance Treaty of $33.4 billion offset by $(30.3) billion of modco payable for the same portion of the Reinsurance Treaty for December 31, 2023.
13)    RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Parties are considered to be related if one party has the ability to control or exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial or operating decisions.
Cost Sharing and General Service Agreements 
Equitable Financial has a general services agreement with Holdings whereby Equitable Financial will benefit from the services received by Holdings and its affiliates. The general services agreement with Holdings replaces existing cost-sharing and general service agreements with various affiliates. Equitable Financial continues to provide services to Holdings and various Affiliates under a separate existing general services agreement with Holdings. Costs allocated to the Company from Holdings totaled $65 million, $57 million and $75 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and are allocated based on cost center tracking of expenses. The cost centers are approved annually and are updated based on business area needs throughout the year.
Equitable Financial term insurance contracts outside of New York that allow policyholders to convert their policies into permanent life insurance contracts are fulfilled by Equitable America upon conversion. As part of fulfillment Equitable America takes on additional mortality risks, and accordingly is compensated for the expected adverse mortality cost and additional expenses incurred in fulfilling Equitable Financial’s term conversion obligations. Under this agreement that commenced in 2022, Equitable Financial paid Equitable America $20 million, $24 million and $22 million during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Investment Management and Service Fees and Expenses
EIMG, a subsidiary of Equitable Financial, provides investment management services to EQAT, 1290 Funds and other trusts, all of which are considered related parties. Investment management and service fees earned are calculated as a percentage of assets under management and are recorded as revenue as the related services are performed.
Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
(in millions)
Revenue received or accrued for:
Investment management and administrative services provided to EQAT and 1290 Funds
$755 $692 $708 

On June 22, 2021, Holdings completed the formation of EIM LLC, a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Holdings. Effective August 1, 2021, following the formation of EIM LLC, EIMG terminated, and EIM LLC entered into, certain administrative agreements with separate accounts held by the Company. In addition, on October 1, 2021, the Company entered into an investment advisory and management agreement in which EIM LLC became the investment manager for the Company’s general account portfolio. The Company recorded investment management fee expense from EIM LLC of $180 million, and $185 million for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
AB provides investment management and related services to various funds held by the Company. The Company recorded investment management fee expense from AB of $59 million, $46 million, and $44 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Distribution Revenue and Expenses with Affiliates
Equitable Distributors receives commissions and fee revenue from Equitable America for sales of its insurance products. The commissions and fees earned from Equitable America are based on the various selling agreements.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
(in millions)
Revenue received or accrued for:
Amounts received or accrued for commissions and fees earned for sale of Equitable America’s insurance products
$475 $332 $82 

Equitable Financial pays commissions and fees to Equitable Distribution Holding Corporation and its subsidiaries (“Equitable Distribution”) for sales of insurance products. The commissions and fees paid to Equitable Distribution are based on various selling agreements.
Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
(in millions)
Expenses paid or accrued for:
Paid or accrued commission and fee expenses for sale of insurance products by Equitable Network
$632 $612 $718 
Investments in Unconsolidated Equity Interests in Affiliates
AB VIEs
As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, the Company held approximately $1.3 billion and $326 million of invested assets in the form of equity interests issued in non-corporate legal entities that were determined by the Company to be VIEs, as further described in Note 2 of the Notes to these Consolidated Financial Statements. These legal entities are related parties of Equitable Financial. The Company reflects these equity interests in the consolidated balance sheets as other equity investments. The net assets of these unconsolidated VIEs are approximately $1.7 billion and $2.6 billion as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The Company also has approximately $15 million and $37 million of unfunded commitments as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively with these legal entities.
Asset Sale to EFS
In the fourth quarter of 2024, Equitable Financial sold $458 million of private equity fund interests to EFS. The assets were sold at fair value with no gain/loss recorded.
Loans Issued to Holdings
In June 2021, Equitable Life made a $1.0 billion 10-year term loan to Holdings. The loan has an interest rate of 3.23% and matures in June 2031. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the amount outstanding was $1.0 billion.
In November 2019, Equitable Financial made a $900 million loan to Holdings that matured November 4, 2024. The loan was reissued on November 4, 2024, with an interest rate of one- month CME Term SOFR plus 1.25%. The loan matures on November 4, 2029. The amount outstanding on the loan at both December 31, 2024 and 2023 $900 million.
Notes Issued to EFS
On December 17, 2024, the Company issued $400 million of floating rate notes to EFS. The notes have an interest rate of one-month SOFR plus a 15 basis point margin and 5 basis point spread and mature on January 31, 2025.
14)    EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
Equitable Financial sponsors the following employee benefit plans:
401(k) Plan
Equitable Financial sponsors the Equitable 401(k) Plan, a qualified defined contribution plan for eligible employees and financial professionals. The plan provides for a company contribution, a company matching contribution and a discretionary profit-sharing contribution. Expenses associated with this 401(k) Plan were $38 million, $38 million and $17 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Pension Plan
Equitable Financial sponsors the Equitable Retirement Plan (the “ Equitable Financial QP”), a frozen qualified defined benefit pension plan covering its eligible employees and financial professionals. This pension plan is non-contributory, and its benefits are generally based on a cash balance formula and/or, for certain participants, years of service and average earnings over a specified period in the plan. Effective December 31, 2015, primary liability for the obligations of Equitable Financial under the Equitable Financial QP was transferred from Equitable Financial to AXA Financial, and upon the merger of AXA Financial into Holdings, Holdings assumes primary liability under terms of an Assumption Agreement. Equitable Financial remains secondarily liable for its obligations under the Equitable Financial QP and would recognize such liability in the event Holdings does not perform.
The Equitable Financial QP is not governed by a collective-bargaining agreement and is not under a financial improvement plan or a rehabilitation plan. For the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, (income)/expenses related to the plan were $(1) million, $(23) million and $(25) million, respectively.

The following table presents the funded status of the plan:
December 31,
20242023
(in millions)
Equitable Retirement Plan
Total plan assets$1,722 $1,796 
Accumulated benefit obligation$1,469 $1,584 
Funded status117.3 %113.4 %
Effective January 1, 2025, Equitable changed how it provides certain retirement-related benefits to its eligible employees and financial professionals. Equitable will discontinue the non-elective company contribution to its 401(k) plan but continue to provide a 401(k) matching contribution. Instead of the non-elective 401(k) contribution, eligible employees and financial professionals will receive cash balance allocations in the Equitable Retirement Plan. The Equitable Retirement Plan is a qualified defined benefit plan that was frozen on December 31st, 2013, but was reopened on January 1, 2025 to provide these cash balance allocations. Under the new cash balance feature, each eligible employee will receive monthly pay credits equal to four percent of their eligible monthly pay. Each eligible financial professional will receive pay credits equal to two and a half percent of eligible monthly pay up to the Social Security Wage Base, and then five percent for eligible monthly pay above the Social Security Wage Base up to the qualified plan pay maximum. Balances in these cash balance accounts in the Equitable Retirement Plan will be credited with interest at six percent from 2025 through 2027. Starting in 2028, the applicable interest crediting rate for these accounts will be based on the 10-year U.S. Treasury Yield (subject to a 6% cap). As of December 31, 2024, the Equitable Retirement Plan was estimated to be funded at 122 percent of target, with an estimated prefunding balance of $374 million on an ERISA funding basis. There was no impact to current retiree benefits, existing funded status, or funding requirements as a result of the reopening of the Equitable Retirement Plan.
Other Benefit Plans
Equitable Financial also sponsors a non-qualified retirement plan, a medical and life retiree plan, a post-employment plan and deferred compensation plan. The expenses related to these plans were $22 million, $39 million and $22 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
15)    SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION PROGRAMS
Compensation costs for years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 for share-based payment arrangements as further described herein are as follows:
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
(in millions)
Performance Shares $18 $12 $25 
Stock Options  1 
Restricted Stock Unit Awards 33 31 35 
Total Compensation Expenses$51 $43 $61 
Income Tax Benefit$13 $5 $12 
Since 2018, Holdings has granted equity awards under the Equitable Holdings, Inc. 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan and the Equitable Holdings, Inc. 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan (together the “Omnibus Plans”) which were adopted by Holdings on April 25, 2018 and February 28, 2019 respectively. Awards under the Omnibus Plans are linked to Holdings’ common stock. As of December 31, 2024, the common stock reserved and available for issuance under the Omnibus Plans was 17 million shares. Holdings may issue new shares or use common stock held in treasury for awards linked to Holdings’ common stock.
Equitable Financial’s Participation in Holdings’ Equity Award Plans
Equitable Financial’s employees, financial professionals and directors in 2024, 2023 and 2022 were granted equity awards under the Omnibus Plans. All grants discussed in this section will be settled in shares of Holdings’ common stock.
For awards with graded vesting schedules and service-only vesting conditions, including Holdings RSUs and other forms of share-based payment awards, Holdings applies a straight-line expense attribution policy for the recognition of compensation cost. Actual forfeitures with respect to the 2024, 2023 and 2022 grants were considered immaterial in the recognition of compensation cost.
Annual Awards
Each year, the Compensation Committee of the Holdings’ Board of Directors approves an equity-based award program with awards under the program granted at its regularly scheduled meeting in February. Annual awards under Holdings’ equity programs for 2024, 2023 and 2022 consisted of a mix of equity vehicles including Holdings RSUs and Holdings performance shares. If Holdings pays any ordinary dividend in cash, all outstanding Holdings RSUs and performance shares will accrue dividend equivalents in the form of additional Holdings RSUs or performance shares to be settled or forfeited consistent with the terms of the related award.
Holdings RSUs
Holdings RSUs granted to Equitable Financial employees vest ratably in equal annual installments over a three-year period. The fair value of the awards was measured using the closing price of the Holdings share on the grant date, and the resulting compensation expense will be recognized over the shorter of the vesting term or the period up to the date at which the participant becomes retirement eligible, but not less than one year.
Holdings Performance Shares
Holdings performance shares granted to Equity Financial employees are subject to performance conditions and a three-year cliff-vesting.
The 2024 performance shares grant consist of two distinct tranches; one based on the Company’s 3-year growth rate on Non-GAAP Operating earnings per share (the “Non-GAAP Operating EPS performance shares”) and the other based on the Holdings’ relative total shareholder return targets (the “TSR performance shares”), each comprising approximately one-half of the award. Participants may receive from 0% to 200% of the unearned performance shares granted.
The grant-date fair value of the Non-GAAP Operating EPS performance shares is established once all applicable Non-GAAP Operating EPS performance shares targets are determined and approved. The fair value of the awards was measured using the closing price of the Holdings share on the grant date. The aggregate grant-date fair value of the unearned Non-GAAP Operating EPS performance shares will be
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recognized as compensation expense over the shorter of the cliff-vesting period or the period up to the date at which the participant becomes retirement eligible, but not less than one year.
The 2023 and 2022 performance share grants consist of one tranche based on the Holdings’ relative total shareholder return targets (the “TSR performance shares”). Participants may receive from 0% to 200% of the unearned performance shares granted.
The grant-date fair value of the TSR performance shares granted in 2024, 2023, and 2022 were measured using a Monte Carlo approach with the following weighted-average assumptions:
Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
Weighted-average assumptions used:
Risk-free interest rate4.40 %4.31 %1.73 %
Annualized volatility32.72 %49.10 %47.10 %

Under the Monte Carlo approach, stock returns were simulated for Holdings and the selected peer companies to estimate the payout percentages established by the conditions of the award. The aggregate grant-date fair value of the unearned TSR performance shares will be recognized as compensation expense over the shorter of the cliff-vesting period or the period up to the date at which the participant becomes retirement eligible, but not less than one year.
Director Awards
Holdings makes annual grants of unrestricted Holdings shares to non-employee directors of Holdings and Equitable Financial. The fair value of these awards was measured using the closing price of Holdings shares on the grant date. These awards immediately vest and all compensation expense is recognized at the grant date.
Summary of Stock Option Activity
A summary of activity in the AXA and Holdings option plans during 2024 as follows:
 
Options Outstanding
 
EQH Shares
AXA Ordinary Shares
 
Number
Outstanding  
(in 000’s)
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Number
Outstanding  
(in 000’s)
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Options outstanding as of beginning of period
1,435 $21.92 327 22.52 
Options granted    
Options exercised(513)21.22 (211)23.04 
Options forfeited, net    
Options expired    
Options outstanding as of end of period
922 $22.31 116 21.56 
Aggregate intrinsic value (1)$22,924 1,483 
Weighted average remaining contractual term (in years)4.792.51
Options Exercisable at December 31, 2024922 $22.31 116 21.56 
Aggregate intrinsic value (1)$22,924 1,483 
Weighted average remaining contractual term (in years)4.792.51
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(1)Aggregate intrinsic value, presented in thousands, is calculated as the excess of the closing market price on December 31, 2024 of the respective underlying shares over the strike prices of the option awards. For awards with strike prices higher than market prices, intrinsic value is shown as zero.
During years ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022, there were no stock options granted.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Summary of Restricted Stock Unit Award Activity
The market price of a Holdings share is used as the basis for the fair value measure of a Holdings RSU. For purposes of determining compensation cost for stock-settled Holdings RSUs, fair value is fixed at the grant date until settlement, absent modification to the terms of the award.
As of December 31, 2024, approximately 2.2 million Holdings RSUs awards remain unvested. Unrecognized compensation cost related to these awards totaled approximately $28 million and is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.6 years.
The following table summarizes Holdings restricted share units activity for 2024.
Shares of Holdings Restricted Stock (in 000’s)
Weighted Average Grant Date 
Fair Value
Unvested, beginning of year
2,217 $32.34 
Granted1,089 34.16 
Forfeited(73)32.19 
Vested(1,008)31.51 
Unvested as of December 31, 2024
2,225 $33.62 
Summary of Performance Award Activity
As of December 31, 2024, approximately 1.1 million Holdings remain unvested. Unrecognized compensation cost related to these awards totaled approximately $12 million and is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.6 years.
The following table summarizes Holdings performance awards activity for 2024.
Shares of Holdings Performance Awards (in 000’s)
Weighted-Average Grant Date
 Fair Value
Unvested, beginning of year
1,059 $36.32 
Granted406 33.79 
Forfeited(16)37.17 
Vested(160)33.13 
Performance Adjustment (1)
(211)33.11 
Unvested as of December 31, 2024
1,078 $36.46 
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(1) Represents the difference between the target shares granted and the actual shares vested based upon the achievement level of performance measures.

16)    INCOME TAXES
A summary of the income tax (expense) benefit in the consolidated statements of income (loss) follows:
Year Ended December 31,
 202420232022
(in millions)
Income tax (expense) benefit:
Current (expense) benefit$(36)$(31)$32 
Deferred (expense) benefit168 1,261 (420)
Total$132 $1,230 $(388)
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
The Federal income taxes attributable to consolidated operations are different from the amounts determined by multiplying the earnings before income taxes and noncontrolling interest by the expected Federal income tax rate of 21%. The sources of the difference and their tax effects are as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
(in millions)
Expected income tax (expense) benefit$72 $226 $(417)
Non-taxable investment income 64 62 50 
Tax audit interest(26)(22)(13)
Tax credits25 12 17 
Deferred tax adjustment1  (21)
Valuation allowance
 963  
Other(4)(11)(4)
Income tax (expense) benefit$132 $1,230 $(388)
The components of the net deferred income taxes are as follows:
December 31,
 20242023
 AssetsLiabilities AssetsLiabilities
(in millions)
Compensation and related benefits$63 $ $62 $— 
Net operating loss and credits1,691  1,455 — 
Reserves and reinsurance 297 314 — 
DAC 773 — 797 
Unrealized investment gains (losses)1,599  1,412 — 
Investments1,689  872 — 
Other 177 50 — 
Valuation allowance(194) (217)— 
Total$4,848 $1,247 $3,948 $797 
During the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company established a valuation allowance against its deferred tax asset related to unrealized capital losses in the available for sale securities portfolio. During the year ended December 31, 2023 management took actions to increase its available liquidity so that the Company has the ability and intent to hold the majority of securities in its available for sale portfolio to recovery. For liquidity and other purposes, the Company maintains a smaller pool of securities that it does not intend to hold to recovery. The Company maintains a valuation allowance against the deferred tax asset on available for sale securities that will not be held to recovery. Adjustments to the valuation allowance due to changes in the portfolio’s unrealized capital loss are recorded in other comprehensive income. Adjustments to the valuation allowance due to new facts or evidence are recorded in net income.
For the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded a decrease to the valuation allowance of $23 million due to changes in the value of the available for sale portfolio that will not be held to recovery. This adjustment was recorded in other comprehensive income. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded decreases to the valuation allowance of $310 million in other comprehensive income and $963 million in net income. As of the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, a valuation allowance of $194 million and $217 million, respectively, remains against the portion of the deferred tax asset that is still not more-likely-than-not to be realized.
The Company uses the aggregate portfolio approach related to the stranded or disproportionate income tax effects in accumulated other comprehensive income related to available for sale securities. Under this approach, the disproportionate tax effect remains intact as long as the investment portfolio remains.
The Company has Federal net operating loss carryforwards of $7.4 billion and $6.2 billion for the years ending December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively which do not expire.
A reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits (excluding interest and penalties) follows:
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Year Ended December 31,
 202420232022
(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$302 $295 $295 
Additions for tax positions of prior years 7  
Reductions for tax positions of prior years(3)  
Additions for tax positions of current year   
Settlements with tax authorities   
Balance, end of period$299 $302 $295 
Unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would impact the effective rate$43 $43 $43 
The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in tax expense. Interest and penalties included in the amounts of unrecognized tax benefits as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 were $110 million and $83 million, respectively. For 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively, there were $26 million, $23 million and $13 million in interest expense (benefit) related to unrecognized tax benefits.
It is reasonably possible that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will change within the next 12 months due to the conclusion of IRS proceedings and the addition of new issues for open tax years. The possible change in the amount of unrecognized tax benefits cannot be estimated at this time.
As of December 31, 2024, tax years 2014 through 2018 and 2020 through 2024 remain subject to examination by the IRS.
17)    EQUITY
AOCI represents cumulative gains (losses) on items that are not reflected in net income (loss). The balances were as follows:
 December 31
 20242023
(in millions)
Unrealized gains (losses) on investments $(6,961)$(6,363)
Market risk benefits - instrument-specific credit risk component(1,279)(764)
Liability for future policy benefits - current discount rate component357 194 
Defined benefit pension plans(1)(5)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Equitable Financial$(7,884)$(6,938)

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
The components of OCI, net of taxes were as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
(in millions)
Change in net unrealized gains (losses) on investments:
Net unrealized gains (losses) arising during the period
$(764)$1,692 $(12,915)
(Gains) losses reclassified into net income (loss) during the period (1)
48 515 700 
Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments
(716)2,207 (12,215)
Adjustments for policyholders’ liabilities, insurance liability loss recognition and other
44 (32)755 
Change in unrealized gains (losses), net of adjustments (net of deferred income tax expense (benefit) of $(208), $186, and $(1,162))
(672)2,175 (11,460)
Change in LFPB discount rate and MRB credit risk, net of tax
Market risk benefits - change in instrument-specific credit risk (net of deferred income tax expense (benefit) of $(108), $(300), and $331 )
(407)(1,129)1,247 
Liability for future policy benefits - change in current discount rate (net of deferred income tax expense (benefit) of $34, $(34), and $277)
128 (128)1,042 
Change in defined benefit plans:
Reclassification to Net income (loss) of amortization of net prior service credit included in net periodic cost
5 (1) 
Change in defined benefit plans (net of deferred income tax expense (benefit) of $0, $0, and $0)
5 (1) 
Change in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Equitable Financial
$(946)$917 $(9,171)
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(1)See “Reclassification adjustment” in Note 3 of the Notes to these Consolidated Financial Statements. Reclassification amounts presented net of income tax expense (benefit) of $(13) million, $137 million and $186 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Investment gains and losses reclassified from AOCI to net income (loss) primarily consist of realized gains (losses) on sales and credit losses of AFS securities and are included in total investment gains (losses), net on the consolidated statements of income (loss). Amounts reclassified from AOCI to net income (loss) as related to defined benefit plans primarily consist of amortization of net (gains) losses and net prior service cost (credit) recognized as a component of net periodic cost and reported in compensation and benefits in the consolidated statements of income (loss). Amounts presented in the table above are net of tax.
18)    COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
Litigation and Regulatory Matters
Litigation, regulatory and other loss contingencies arise in the ordinary course of the Company’s activities as a diversified financial services firm. The Company is a defendant in a number of litigation matters arising from the conduct of its business. In some of these matters, claimants seek to recover very large or indeterminate amounts, including compensatory, punitive, treble and exemplary damages. Modern pleading practice permits considerable variation in the assertion of monetary damages and other relief. Claimants are not always required to specify the monetary damages they seek, or they may be required only to state an amount sufficient to meet a court’s jurisdictional requirements. Moreover, some jurisdictions allow claimants to allege monetary damages that far exceed any reasonably possible verdict. The variability in pleading requirements and past experience demonstrates that the monetary and other relief that may be requested in a lawsuit or claim often bears little relevance to the merits or potential value of a claim. Litigation against the Company includes a variety of claims including, among other things, insurers’ sales practices, alleged agent misconduct, alleged failure to properly supervise agents, contract administration, product design, features and accompanying disclosure, COI increases, payments of death benefits and the reporting and escheatment of unclaimed property, alleged breach of fiduciary duties, alleged mismanagement of client funds and other matters.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
The outcome of a litigation or regulatory matter is difficult to predict, and the amount or range of potential losses associated with these or other loss contingencies requires significant management judgment. It is not possible to predict the ultimate outcome or to provide reasonably possible losses or ranges of losses for all pending regulatory matters, litigation and other loss contingencies. While it is possible that an adverse outcome in certain cases could have a material adverse effect upon the Company’s financial position, based on information currently known, management believes that neither the outcome of pending litigation and regulatory matters, nor potential liabilities associated with other loss contingencies, are likely to have such an effect. However, given the large and indeterminate amounts sought in certain litigation and the inherent unpredictability of all such matters, it is possible that an adverse outcome in certain of the Company’s litigation or regulatory matters, or liabilities arising from other loss contingencies, could, from time to time, have a material adverse effect upon the Company’s results of operations or cash flows in a particular quarterly or annual period.
For some matters, the Company is able to estimate a range of loss. For such matters in which a loss is probable, an accrual has been made. For matters where the Company believes a loss is reasonably possible, but not probable, no accrual is required. For matters for which an accrual has been made, but there remains a reasonably possible range of loss in excess of the amounts accrued or for matters where no accrual is required, the Company develops an estimate of the unaccrued amounts of the reasonably possible range of losses. As of December 31, 2024, the Company estimates the aggregate range of reasonably possible losses, in excess of any amounts accrued for these matters as of such date, to be up to approximately $100 million.
For other matters, the Company is currently not able to estimate the reasonably possible loss or range of loss. The Company is often unable to estimate the possible loss or range of loss until developments in such matters have provided sufficient information to support an assessment of the range of possible loss, such as quantification of a damage demand from plaintiffs, discovery from plaintiffs and other parties, investigation of factual allegations, rulings by a court on motions or appeals, analysis by experts and the progress of settlement discussions. On a quarterly and annual basis, the Company reviews relevant information with respect to litigation and regulatory contingencies and updates the Company’s accruals, disclosures and reasonably possible losses or ranges of loss based on such reviews.
In February 2016, a lawsuit was filed in the Southern District of New York entitled Brach Family Foundation, Inc. v. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company. This lawsuit is a putative class action brought on behalf of all owners of UL policies subject to Equitable Financial’s COI rate increase. In early 2016, Equitable Financial raised COI rates for certain UL policies issued between 2004 and 2008, which had both issue ages 70 and above and a current face value amount of $1 million and above. A second putative class action was filed in the District of Arizona in 2017 and consolidated with the Brach matter in federal court in New York. The consolidated amended class action complaint alleged the following claims: breach of contract; misrepresentations in violation of Section 4226 of the New York Insurance Law; violations of New York General Business Law Section 349; and violations of the California Unfair Competition Law, and the California Elder Abuse Statute. Plaintiffs sought: (a) compensatory damages, costs, and, pre- and post-judgment interest; (b) with respect to their claim concerning Section 4226, a penalty in the amount of premiums paid by the plaintiffs and the putative class; and (c) injunctive relief and attorneys’ fees in connection with their statutory claims. In August 2020, the federal district court issued a decision certifying nationwide breach of contract and Section 4226 classes, and a New York State Section 349 class. Owners of a substantial number of policies opted out of the Brach class action. Most have settled pre-litigation, but a minority of opt-out policies are not yet the subject of litigation. Others filed suit previously, including three pending individual federal actions that were coordinated with the Brach action and contained similar allegations. In May 2023, the Brach class action and Equitable Financial informed the federal district court that they had mutually agreed to settle the class action, and in October 2023, the federal district court entered an order of final approval of the settlement agreement. Equitable Financial is fully accrued for the class settlement, which will have no impact on earnings or distributable cash projections. In October 2023, Equitable Financial and the three plaintiffs with individual federal actions coordinated with the Brach action informed the court that they had reached a settlement, and those actions were dismissed. Equitable Financial is likewise fully accrued for those individual settlements, which will have no impact on earnings or distributable cash projections. Equitable Financial has settled other actual and threatened litigations challenging the COI increase by individual policy owners and entities.
Finally, one action is also pending against Equitable Financial in New York State Court. In July 2022, the trial court in Hobish v. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, granted in significant part Equitable Financial’s motion for summary judgment and denied plaintiff’s cross motion. That plaintiff appealed but the appellate court affirmed the trial court’s decision. In March 2024, the intermediate appellate court granted plaintiff’s motion for leave to appeal to the state’s highest appellate court. Equitable Financial is vigorously defending each of these matters.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
As with other financial services companies, Equitable Financial periodically receives informal and formal requests for information from various state and federal governmental agencies and self-regulatory organizations in connection with inquiries and investigations of the products and practices of the Company or the financial services industry. It is the practice of the Company to cooperate fully in these matters.
Obligations under Funding Agreements
FHLB
As a member of the FHLB, Equitable Financial has access to collateralized borrowings. It also may issue funding agreements to the FHLB. Both the collateralized borrowings and funding agreements would require Equitable Financial to pledge qualified mortgage-backed assets and/or government securities as collateral. Equitable Financial issues short-term funding agreements to the FHLB and uses the funds for asset, liability, and cash management purposes. Equitable Financial issues long-term funding agreements to the FHLB and uses the funds for spread lending purposes.
Entering into FHLB membership, borrowings and funding agreements requires the ownership of FHLB stock and the pledge of assets as collateral. Equitable Financial has purchased FHLB stock of $336 million and pledged collateral with a carrying value of $11.7 billion as of December 31, 2024. 
Funding agreements are reported in policyholders’ account balances in the consolidated balance sheets. For other instruments used for asset/liability and cash management purposes, see “Offsetting of Financial Assets and Liabilities and Derivative Instruments” included in Note 4 of the Notes to these Consolidated Financial Statements. The table below summarizes the Company’s activity of funding agreements with the FHLB.
Change in FHLB Funding Agreements during the Year Ended December 31, 2024
Outstanding Balance at December 31, 2023Issued During the PeriodRepaid During the PeriodLong-term Agreements Maturing Within One YearLong-term Agreements Maturing Within Five YearsOutstanding Balance at December 31, 2024
(in millions)
Short-term funding agreements:
Due in one year or less$6,168 $66,160 $(66,610)$125 $ $5,843 
Long-term funding agreements:
Due in years two through five799   30  829 
Due in more than five years648   (155) 493 
Total long-term funding agreements1,447   (125) 1,322 
Total funding agreements (1)$7,615 $66,160 $(66,610)$ $ $7,165 
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(1)The $2 million and $3 million difference between the funding agreements carrying value shown in fair value table for December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, reflects the remaining amortization of a hedge implemented and closed, which locked in the funding agreements borrowing rates.
FABN
Under the FABN program, Equitable Financial may issue funding agreements in U.S. dollar or foreign currencies to a Delaware special purpose statutory trust (the “Trust”) in exchange for the proceeds from issuances of fixed and floating rate medium-term marketable notes issued by the Trust from time to time (the “Trust Notes”). The funding agreements have matching interest, maturity and currency payment terms to the applicable Trust Notes. The Company hedges the foreign currency exposure of foreign currency denominated funding agreements using cross currency swaps as discussed in Note 4 of the Notes to these Consolidated Financial Statements. As of December 31, 2024, the maximum aggregate principal amount of Trust Notes permitted to be outstanding at any one time is $10.0 billion. Funding agreements issued to the Trust, including any foreign currency transaction adjustments, are reported in policyholders’ account balances in the consolidated balance sheets. Foreign currency transaction adjustments to policyholder’s account balances are recognized in net income (loss) as an adjustment to interest credited to policyholders’ account balances and are offset in interest credited to policyholders’ account balances by a release of AOCI from deferred changes in fair value of designated and qualifying cross currency swap cash flow hedges. The table below summarizes Equitable Financial’s activity of funding agreements under the FABN program.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
Change in FABN Funding Agreements during the Year Ended December 31, 2024
Outstanding Balance at December 31, 2023Issued During the PeriodRepaid During the PeriodLong-term Agreements Maturing Within One YearLong-term Agreements Maturing Within Five YearsForeign Currency Transaction AdjustmentOutstanding Balance at December 31, 2024
(in millions)
Short-term funding agreements:
Due in one year or less$1,000 $ $(1,000)$1,050 $ $ $1,050 
Long-term funding agreements:
Due in years two through five4,984 500  (1,050) (41)4,393 
Due in more than five years300      300 
Total long-term funding agreements5,284 500  (1,050) (41)4,693 
Total funding agreements (1)$6,284 $500 $(1,000)$ $ $(41)$5,743 
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(1)The $18 million and $17 million difference between the funding agreements notional value shown and carrying value table as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, reflects the remaining amortization of the issuance cost of the funding agreements and the foreign currency transaction adjustment.
FABCP Program
In May 2023, the Company established a FABCP program (the “FABCP Program”), pursuant to which a special purpose limited liability company (the “SPLLC”) may issue commercial paper and deposit the proceeds with the Company pursuant to a funding agreement issued by the Company to the SPLLC. The current maximum aggregate principal amount permitted to be outstanding at any one time under the FABCP Program is $3.0 billion. The Company had $75 million outstanding as of December 31, 2024.
Guarantees and Other Commitments
The Company provides certain guarantees or commitments to affiliates and others. As of December 31, 2024, these arrangements include commitments by the Company to provide equity financing of $0.9 billion to certain limited partnerships and real estate joint ventures under certain conditions. Management believes the Company will not incur material losses as a result of these commitments.
The Company had $17 million of undrawn letters of credit related to reinsurance as of December 31, 2024. The Company had $352 million of commitments under existing mortgage loan agreements as of December 31, 2024.
The Company is the obligor under certain structured settlement agreements it had entered into with unaffiliated insurance companies and beneficiaries. To satisfy its obligations under these agreements, the Company owns single premium annuities issued by previously wholly-owned life insurance subsidiaries. The Company has directed payment under these annuities to be made directly to the beneficiaries under the structured settlement agreements. A contingent liability exists with respect to these agreements should the previously wholly-owned subsidiaries be unable to meet their obligations. Management believes the need for the Company to satisfy those obligations is remote.
19)    INSURANCE STATUTORY FINANCIAL INFORMATION

For 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively, Equitable Financial’s statutory net income (loss) totaled $(541) million, $(1.7) billion and $134 million. Statutory surplus, Capital stock and AVR totaled $2.1 billion and $2.8 billion as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, Equitable Financial, in accordance with various government and state regulations, had $6 million and $5 million, respectively, of securities on deposit with such government or state agencies.
In 2024, Equitable Financial did not pay a dividend. In 2023 and 2022, Equitable Financial paid to its direct parent, which subsequently distributed such amount to Holdings, an ordinary shareholder dividend of $1.7 billion and $930 million, respectively.
Dividend Restrictions
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
As a domestic insurance subsidiary regulated by the insurance laws of New York State, Equitable Financial is subject to restrictions as to the amounts the Company may pay as dividends and amounts the Company may repay of surplus notes to Holdings.
State insurance statutes also typically place restrictions and limitations on the amount of dividends or other distributions payable by insurance company subsidiaries to their parent companies, as well as on transactions between an insurer and its affiliates. Under the New York insurance laws, which are applicable to Equitable Financial, a domestic stock life insurer may not, without prior approval of the NYDFS, pay an ordinary dividend to its stockholders exceeding an amount calculated based on a statutory formula (“Ordinary Dividend”). Dividends in excess of this amount require the insurer to file a notice of its intent to declare the dividends with the NYDFS and obtain prior approval or non-disapproval from the NYDFS with respect to such dividends (“Extraordinary Dividend”). Due to a permitted statutory accounting practice agreed to with the NYDFS, Equitable Financial will need the prior approval of the NYDFS to pay the portion, if any, of any Ordinary Dividend that exceeds the Ordinary Dividend that Equitable Financial would be permitted to pay under New York insurance law absent the application of such permitted practice (such excess, the “Permitted Practice Ordinary Dividend”).
Applying the formulas above, Equitable Financial is not permitted to pay an Ordinary Dividend in 2025.
Intercompany Reinsurance
The company receives statutory reserve credits for reinsurance treaties with EQ AZ Life Re to the extent EQ AZ Life Re holds assets in an irrevocable trust (the “EQ AZ Life Re Trust”). As of December 31, 2024, EQ AZ Life Re holds $1.3 billion of assets in the EQ AZ Life Re Trust and letters of credit of $1.8 billion that are guaranteed by Holdings. Under the reinsurance transactions, EQ AZ Life Re is permitted to transfer assets from the EQ AZ Life Re Trust under certain circumstances. The level of statutory reserves held by EQ AZ Life Re fluctuate based on market movements, mortality experience and policyholder behavior. Increasing reserve requirements may necessitate that additional assets be placed in trust and/or additional letters of credit be secured, which could adversely impact EQ AZ Life Re’s liquidity.
Prescribed and Permitted Accounting Practices
As of December 31, 2024, the following three prescribed and permitted practices resulted in surplus that is different from the statutory surplus that would have been reported had NAIC statutory accounting practices been applied.
Equitable Financial was granted a permitted practice by the NYDFS to apply SSAP 108, Derivatives Hedging Variable Annuity Guarantees on a retroactive basis from January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2021, after reflecting the impacts of our reinsurance transaction with Venerable. The permitted practice was amended to also permit Equitable Financial to adopt SSAP 108 prospectively as of July 1, 2021 and to consider the impact of both the interest rate derivatives and the general account assets used to fully hedge the interest rate risk inherent in its variable annuity guarantees when determining the amount of the deferred asset or liability under SSAP 108. Application of the permitted practice partially mitigates the New York Insurance Regulation 213 (“Reg 213”) impact of the Venerable Transaction on Equitable Financial’s statutory capital and surplus and enables Equitable Financial to more effectively neutralize the impact of interest rates on its statutory surplus and to better align with our economic hedging program. The impact of applying this permitted practice relative to SSAP 108 as written was a decrease of approximately $115 million in statutory special surplus funds as of December 31, 2024. The Reinsurance Treaty reduced the amount of interest rate hedging needed going forward, affecting future deferrals, but leaves our historical SSAP 108 deferred amounts unchanged. The permitted practice also reset Equitable Financial’s unassigned surplus to zero as of June 30, 2021 to reflect the transformative nature of the Venerable Transaction.
The NAIC Accounting Practices and Procedures manual (“NAIC SAP”) has been adopted as a component of prescribed or permitted practices by the State of New York. However, Reg 213 adopted in May of 2019 and as amended in February 2020 and March 2021, differs from the NAIC variable annuity reserve and capital framework. Reg 213 requires Equitable Financial to carry statutory basis reserves for its variable annuity contract obligations equal to the greater of those required under (i) the NAIC standard or (ii) a revised version of the NYDFS requirement in effect prior to the adoption of the first amendment for contracts issued prior to January 1, 2020, and for policies issued after that date a new standard that in current market conditions imposes more conservative reserving requirements for variable annuity contracts than the NAIC standard.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Continued
The impact of the application of Reg 213 was a decrease of approximately $101 million in statutory surplus as of December 31, 2024 compared to statutory surplus under the NAIC variable annuity framework. Our hedging program is designed to hedge the economics of our insurance liabilities and largely offsets Reg 213 and NAIC framework reserve movements due to interest rates and equities. The NYDFS allows domestic insurance companies a five year phase-in provision for Reg 213 reserves. As of September 30, 2022, Equitable Financial’s Reg 213 reserves were 100% phased-in. As of December 31, 2024, given the prevailing market conditions and business mix, there are $89 million Reg 213 redundant reserves over the US RBC CTE 98 TAR.
During the fourth quarter 2020, Equitable Financial received approval from NYDFS for its proposed amended Plan of Operation for Separate Account No. 68 (“SA 68”) for our Structured Capital Strategies product and Separate Account No. 69 (“SA 69”) for our EQUI-VEST product Structured Investment Option, to change the accounting basis of these two non-insulated Separate Accounts from fair value to book value in accordance with Section 1414 of the Insurance Law to align with how we manage and measure our overall general account asset portfolio. In order to facilitate this change and comply with Section 4240(a)(10), the Company also sought approval to amend the Plans to remove the requirement to comply with Section 4240(a)(5)(iii) and substitute it with a commitment to comply with Section 4240(a)(5)(i). Similarly, the Company updated the reserves section of each Plan to reflect the fact that Regulation 128 would no longer be applicable upon the change in accounting basis. We applied this change effective January 1, 2021. The impact of the application is an increase of approximately $2.3 billion in statutory surplus as of December 31, 2024.
If the Company had not used all of the aforementioned prescribed and permitted practices that differ from NAIC SAP, a risk-based capital regulatory event would have hypothetically been triggered.
Differences between Statutory Accounting Principles and U.S. GAAP
Accounting practices used to prepare statutory financial statements for regulatory filings of stock life insurance companies differ in certain instances from U.S. GAAP. The differences between statutory surplus and capital stock determined in accordance with SAP and total equity under U.S. GAAP are primarily: (a) the inclusion in SAP of an AVR intended to stabilize surplus from fluctuations in the value of the investment portfolio; (b) future policy benefits and policyholders’ account balances under SAP differ from U.S. GAAP due to differences between actuarial assumptions and reserving methodologies; (c) certain policy acquisition costs are expensed under SAP but deferred under U.S. GAAP and amortized over future periods to achieve a matching of revenues and expenses; (d) under SAP, federal income taxes are provided on the basis of amounts currently payable with limited recognition of deferred tax assets while under U.S. GAAP, deferred taxes are recorded for temporary differences between the financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities where the probability of realization is reasonably assured; (e) the valuation of assets under SAP and U.S. GAAP differ due to different investment valuation and depreciation methodologies, as well as the deferral of interest-related realized capital gains and losses on fixed income investments; (f) reporting the surplus notes as a component of surplus in SAP but as a liability in U.S. GAAP; (g) computer software development costs are capitalized under U.S. GAAP but expensed under SAP; (h) certain assets, primarily prepaid assets, are not admissible under SAP but are admissible under U.S. GAAP; and (i) cost of reinsurance which is recognized as expense under SAP and amortized over the life of the underlying reinsured policies under U.S. GAAP.
20)    BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION
Equitable Financial has one reportable segment: insurance. The insurance segment derives revenues from customers by providing variable annuity, life insurance and employee benefit products to both individuals and businesses. Equitable Financial derives revenue primarily in the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands and manages the business activities on a consolidated basis. The accounting policies for the segment are the same as those described in Note 2 of the Notes to these Consolidated Financial Statements.
The CODM is the chief executive officer and President of Equitable Financial. The CODM assesses performance for the insurance segment and decides how to allocate resources based on net income (loss) that is also reported on the Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) as Net income (loss) attributable to Equitable Financial. The measure of segment assets is reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as Total assets. The CODM uses Net income (loss) attributable to Equitable Financial to evaluate income generated from the insurance segment assets (return on assets) in deciding whether to reinvest profits into the insurance segment or into other parts of the entity, such as for acquisitions or to pay dividends.
Refer to the Statements of Consolidated Income/(Loss) for expense detail evaluated by the CODM.
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Revenue from external customers, by product, is shown in the table that follows:
Year Ended December 31,
 2024 (2)2023 (2)2022
 
(in millions)
Individual Variable Annuity Products
Premiums$180 $176 $123 
Fees (1)1,062 1,003 1,792 
Others83 118 87 
Total$1,325 $1,297 $2,002 
Employer- Sponsored
Premiums$ $ $ 
Fees 512 434 506 
Others54 19 25 
Total$566 $453 $531 
Life Insurance Products
Premiums$432 $530 $545 
Fees1,339 1,354 1,375 
Others(1) 10 
Total$1,770 $1,884 $1,930 
Employee Benefit Products
Premiums$48 $46 $46 
Fees   
Others1 2 8 
Total$49 $48 $54 
Other
Premiums$37 $8 $11 
Fees8 8 12 
Others1 2 1 
Total$46 $18 $24 
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(1) Excludes the amortization/capitalization of unearned revenue liability of $(44) million, $(38) million and $(38) million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
(2) Excludes reinsurance ceded to Equitable America.
21)     REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTEREST
The changes in the components of redeemable noncontrolling interests are presented in the following table:
Year Ended December 31,
 202420232022
 (in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$24 $21 $28 
Net earnings (loss) attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests 1 (3)
Purchase/change of redeemable noncontrolling interests14 2 (4)
Balance, end of period$38 $24 $21 
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22)    SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Funding Agreement-Backed Notes
Pursuant to the FABN program discussed in Note 18, in January 2025, Equitable Financial supplemented its funding agreement that had been issued to the Trust in the fourth quarter of 2024 by an additional $250 million, with a fixed interest rate of 4.88% per annum and a maturity date of November 19, 2027. In addition, on the same date, Equitable Financial issued a $300 million funding agreement to the Trust with a floating interest rate equal to the compounded SOFR plus 47 basis points per annum which matures on February 4, 2026. Funding agreements issues to the Trust will be reported in Policyholders’ account balances in the consolidated balance sheets in subsequent periods.
Notes Issued to EFS
On January 8, 2025, the Company issued $200 million of floating rate notes to EFS. The notes have an interest rate of one-month SOFR plus a 15 basis point margin and 5 basis point spread and mature on February 7, 2025. The $400 million of notes issued in December 2024 and the $200 million of notes issued in January 2025 were each twice extended 30 days under the same terms and will mature on March 28, 2025 and April 7, 2025, respectively.
Sale of Notes
On January 31, 2025, the Company sold $619 million of floating rate notes to Equitable America.
Novation
Effective January 17, 2025, Equitable Financial novated certain legacy variable annuity policies sold between 2006-2008, comprised of non-New York “Accumulator” policies containing fixed rate Guaranteed Minimum Income Benefit and/or Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit guarantees reinsured by Venerable under the combined co-insurance and modified coinsurance basis agreement executed on June 1, 2021. Management is still assessing the impact to the financial statements of this novation for the first quarter of 2025.
RGA Reinsurance Transaction
On February 23, 2025, Equitable Financial, as well as Equitable America and Equitable Financial L&A, entered into the MTA with RGA pursuant to which at closing and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the MTA, RGA would enter into reinsurance agreements, as reinsurer, with each such subsidiary, as ceding company, to effect the RGA Reinsurance Transaction. The transaction is expected to close in mid-2025.
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SUMMARY OF INVESTMENTS—OTHER THAN INVESTMENTS IN RELATED PARTIES
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2024
Cost (1)
Fair Value
Carrying Value
 (in millions)
Fixed maturities, AFS:
U.S. government, agencies and authorities$5,725 $4,218 $4,218 
State, municipalities and political subdivisions385 312 312 
Foreign governments639 506 506 
Public utilities6,476 5,579 5,579 
All other corporate bonds35,602 31,066 31,066 
Residential mortgage-backed1,840 1,715 1,715 
Asset-backed7,495 7,480 7,480 
Commercial mortgage-backed3,510 3,142 3,142 
Redeemable preferred stocks56 59 59 
Total fixed maturities, AFS61,728 54,077 54,077 
Mortgage loans on real estate (2)18,568 16,796 18,298 
Policy loans3,827 4,033 3,827 
Other equity investments2,445 2,683 2,683 
Trading securities781 809 809 
Other invested assets7,450 7,450 7,450 
Total Investments$94,799 $85,848 $87,144 
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(1)Cost for fixed maturities represents original cost, reduced by repayments and write-downs and adjusted for amortization of premiums or accretion of discount; cost for equity securities represents original cost reduced by write-downs; cost for other limited partnership interests represents original cost adjusted for equity in earnings and reduced by distributions.
(2)Carrying value for mortgage loans on real estate represents original cost adjusted for amortization of premiums or accretion of discount and reduced by credit loss allowance.
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REINSURANCE (1)
AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024, 2023 AND 2022
 
Gross Amount
Ceded to Other Companies
Assumed from Other Companies
Net
Amount
Percentage
of Amount
Assumed
to Net
(in millions)
2024
Life insurance in-force$367,416 $193,828 $11,817 $185,405 6.4 %
Premiums:
Life insurance and annuities$775 $390 $108 $493 21.9 %
Accident and health45 13 6 38 15.8 %
Total premiums$820 $403 $114 $531 21.5 %
2023
Life insurance in-force$374,695 $184,482 $30,706 $220,919 13.9 %
Premiums:
Life insurance and annuities$771 $390 $167 $548 30.5 %
Accident and health49 18 8 39 20.5 %
Total premiums$820 $408 $175 $587 29.8 %
2022
Life insurance in-force$379,949 $156,088 $31,337 $255,197 12.3 %
Premiums:
Life insurance and annuities$712 $200 $172 $684 25.1 %
Accident and health52 19 8 41 19.5 %
Total premiums$764 $219 $180 $725 24.8 %
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(1)Includes amounts related to the discontinued group life and health business.
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Part II, Item 9.
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
Part II, Item 9A
    CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The management of the Company, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of December 31, 2024. This evaluation is performed to determine if our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to provide reasonable assurance that (i) information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Company’s CEO and CFO, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and (ii) such information is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.
Based on this evaluation, the Company’s CEO and CFO concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2024.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined by Rule 13a-15(f). The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting includes policies and procedures that:
pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the Company’s assets;
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the Company’s financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of the Company’s management; and
provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on its financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. As required by Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act, management evaluated the design and operating effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on the criteria established in the Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the “COSO framework”). Based on management’s evaluation, management has concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2024.
The effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024 has not been audited by an independent public accounting firm as it is not required by the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.
Remediation of Previously Reported Material Weakness
As previously reported, the Company identified a material weakness in the design and operation of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
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The Company’s management, including the Company’s CEO and CFO, had concluded that we did not timely design and implement effective controls over the Internal Reinsurance Treaty. Specifically, controls were not adequately designed or implemented to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the recording of the transaction in accordance with the contractual terms of the Internal Reinsurance Treaty. We concluded that the deficiency constituted a material weakness in internal controls over financial reporting, as this could have resulted in a misstatement of the reinsurance related balances or disclosures that would have resulted in a material misstatement to our annual or interim consolidated financial statements that would not have been prevented or detected. The material weakness described above did not result in a material misstatement to the Company’s previously issued consolidated financial statements, nor in the consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report, but did result in immaterial errors to the interim periods ended September 30, 2023 and June 30, 2023.
As of December 31, 2024, management has completed remediation activities and has performed testing to evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of the controls. Specifically, we designed and implemented enhanced controls to validate the completeness and accuracy of the recording of the transaction in accordance with the contractual terms of the Internal Reinsurance Treaty. As a result, the Company concluded that it had remediated the material weakness.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Except as noted above with respect to our remediation activities, there were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act during the quarter ended December 31, 2024, that have affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Part II, Item 9B.
OTHER INFORMATION
Insider trading arrangements
During the three months ended December 31, 2024, none of our Section 16 officers or directors (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) of the Exchange Act) adopted or terminated any contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of our securities that was intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) of the Exchange Act or any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” (as defined in Section 408(c) of Regulation S-K).

Part II, Item 9C.
DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS
None.
Part III, Item 10.
DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Omitted pursuant to General Instruction I to Form 10-K.

Part III, Item 11.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Omitted pursuant to General Instruction I to Form 10-K.

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Part III, Item 12.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
Omitted pursuant to General Instruction I to Form 10-K.

Part III, Item 13.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
Omitted pursuant to General Instruction I to Form 10-K.

Part III, Item 14.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) serves as the principal external auditing firm for our parent company. Subsidiaries, including Equitable Financial, are allocated PwC fees attributable to services rendered by PwC to each subsidiary. PwC fees allocated to Equitable Financial along with a description of the services rendered by PwC to Equitable Financial are detailed below for the periods indicated.
Year Ended December 31,
20242023
 
(in millions)
Principal Accounting Fees and Services:
Audit fees$1.3 $2.3 
Audit-related fees1.1 2.7 
Tax fees  
All other fees  
Total$2.4 $5.0 

Audit related fees in both years principally consist of fees for audits of financial statements of certain employee benefit plans, internal control related reviews and services and accounting consultation.
Tax fees consist of fees for tax preparation, consultation and compliance services.
All other fees consist of miscellaneous non-audit services.
Equitable Financial audit committee has determined that all services to be provided by its independent registered public accounting firm must be reviewed and approved by the audit committee on a case-by-case basis provided, however, that the audit committee has delegated to its chairperson the ability to pre-approve any non-audit engagement where the fees are expected to be less than or equal to $200,000 per engagement. Any exercise of this delegated authority by the audit committee chairperson is required to be reported at the next audit committee meeting.
All services provided by PwC in 2024 were pre-approved in accordance with the procedures described above.
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Part IV, Item 15.
EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
 
The following documents are filed as part of this report:
Page Number
1.
2. Financial Statement Schedules: 
 
 
3.
Exhibits: See the accompanying Index to Exhibits.

Part IV, Item 16.
FORM 10-K SUMMARY
None.
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GLOSSARY
Selected Financial Terms
Account Value (“AV”)Generally equals the aggregate policy account value of our retirement and protection products. General Account AV refers to account balances in investment options that are backed by the General Account while Separate Accounts AV refers to Separate Accounts investment assets.
Alternative investmentsInvestments in real estate and real estate joint ventures and other limited partnerships.
Annualized Premium100% of first year recurring premiums (up to target) and 10% of excess first year premiums or first year premiums from single premium products.
Assets under administration (“AUA”)
Includes non-insurance client assets that are invested in our savings and investment products or serviced by our Equitable Advisors platform. We provide administrative services for these assets and generally record the revenues received as distribution fees.
Assets under management (“AUM”)Investment assets that are managed by one of our subsidiaries and includes: (i) assets managed by AB, (ii) the assets in our GAIA portfolio and (iii) the Separate Account assets of our retirement and protection businesses. Total AUM reflects exclusions between segments to avoid double counting.
Combined RBC RatioCalculated as the overall aggregate RBC ratio for the Company’s insurance subsidiaries including capital held for its life insurance and variable annuity liabilities and non-variable annuity insurance liabilities.
Conditional tail expectation (“CTE”)
Calculated as the average amount of total assets required to satisfy obligations over the life of the contract or policy in the worst x% of scenarios. Represented as CTE (100 less x). Example: CTE95 represents the worst five percent of scenarios.
Deferred policy acquisition cost (“DAC”)Represents the incremental costs related directly to the successful acquisition of new and certain renewal insurance policies and annuity contracts and which have been deferred on the balance sheet as an asset.
Deferred sales inducements (“DSI”)Represent amounts that are credited to a policyholder’s account balance that are higher than the expected crediting rates on similar contracts without such an inducement and that are an incentive to purchase a contract and also meet the accounting criteria to be deferred as an asset that is amortized over the life of the contract.
Gross Premiums
First year premium and deposits and Renewal premium and deposits.
Invested assetsIncludes fixed maturity securities, equity securities, mortgage loans, policy loans, alternative investments and short-term investments.
P&CProperty and casualty.
Premium and depositsAmounts a policyholder agrees to pay for an insurance policy or annuity contract that may be paid in one or a series of payments as defined by the terms of the policy or contract.
Protection Solutions ReservesEquals the aggregate value of Policyholders’ account balances and Future policy benefits for policies in our Protection Solutions segment.
ReinsuranceInsurance policies purchased by insurers to limit the total loss they would experience from an insurance claim.
Renewal premium and depositsPremiums and deposits after the first twelve months of the policy or contract.
Risk-based capital (“RBC”)Rules to determine insurance company statutory capital requirements. It is based on rules published by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”).
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401(k)A tax-deferred retirement savings plan sponsored by an employer. 401(k) refers to the section of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) pursuant to which these plans are established.
403(b)A tax-deferred retirement savings plan available to certain employees of public schools and certain tax-exempt organizations. 403(b) refers to the section of the Code pursuant to which these plans are established.
457(b)A deferred compensation plan that is available to governmental and certain non-governmental employers. 457(b) refers to the section of the Code pursuant to which these plans are established.
Accumulation phaseThe phase of a variable annuity contract during which assets accumulate based on the policyholder’s lump sum or periodic deposits and reinvested interest, capital gains and dividends that are generally tax-deferred.
AffluentRefers to individuals with $250,000 to $999,999 of investable assets.
AnnuitantThe person who receives annuity payments or the person whose life expectancy determines the amount of variable annuity payments upon annuitization of an annuity to be paid for life.
AnnuitizationThe process of converting an annuity investment into a series of periodic income payments, generally for life.
Benefit baseA notional amount (not actual cash value) used to calculate the owner’s guaranteed benefits within an annuity contract. The death benefit and living benefit within the same contract may not have the same benefit base.
Cash surrender valueThe amount an insurance company pays (minus any surrender charge) to the policyholder when the contract or policy is voluntarily terminated prematurely.
Deferred annuityAn annuity purchased with premiums paid either over a period of years or as a lump sum, for which savings accumulate prior to annuitization or surrender, and upon annuitization, such savings are exchanged for either a future lump sum or periodic payments for a specified length of time or for a lifetime.
Dollar-for-dollar withdrawalA method of calculating the reduction of a variable annuity benefit base after a withdrawal in which the benefit is reduced by one dollar for every dollar withdrawn.
Fixed annuityAn annuity that guarantees a set annual rate of return with interest at rates we determine, subject to specified minimums. Credited interest rates are guaranteed not to change for certain limited periods of time.
Fixed Rate GMxBGuarantees on our individual variable annuity products that are based on a rate that is fixed at issue.
Floating Rate GMxBGuarantees on our individual variable annuity products that are based on a rate that varies with a specified index rate, subject to a cap and floor.
Future policy benefitsFuture policy benefits for the annuities business are comprised mainly of liabilities for life-contingent income annuities, and liabilities for the variable annuity guaranteed minimum benefits accounted for as insurance.

Future policy benefits for the life business are comprised mainly of liabilities for traditional life and certain liabilities for universal and variable life insurance contracts (other than the Policyholders’ account balance).
General Account Investment PortfolioThe invested assets held in the General Account.
General Account (“GA”)The assets held in the general accounts of our insurance companies as well as assets held in our Separate Accounts on which we bear the investment risk.
GMxBA general reference to all forms of variable annuity guaranteed benefits, including guaranteed minimum living benefits, or GMLBs (such as GMIBs, GMWBs and GMABs), and guaranteed minimum death benefits, or GMDBs (inclusive of return of premium death benefit guarantees).
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Guaranteed income benefit (“GIB”)An optional benefit which provides the policyholder with a guaranteed lifetime annuity based on predetermined annuity purchase rates applied to a GIB benefit base, with annuitization automatically triggered if and when the contract AV falls to zero.
Guaranteed minimum accumulation benefits (“GMAB”)An optional benefit (available for an additional cost) which entitles an annuitant to a minimum payment, typically in lump-sum, after a set period of time, typically referred to as the accumulation period. The minimum payment is based on the benefit base, which could be greater than the underlying AV.
Guaranteed minimum death
benefits (“GMDB”)
An optional benefit (available for an additional cost) that guarantees an annuitant’s beneficiaries are entitled to a minimum payment based on the benefit base, which could be greater than the underlying AV, upon the death of the annuitant.
Guaranteed minimum income benefits (“GMIB”)An optional benefit (available for an additional cost) where an annuitant is entitled to annuitize the policy and receive a minimum payment stream based on the benefit base, which could be greater than the underlying AV.
Guaranteed minimum living
benefits (“GMLB”)
A reference to all forms of guaranteed minimum living benefits, including GMIBs, GMWBs and GMABs (does not include GMDBs).
Guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits (“GMWB”)An optional benefit (available for an additional cost) where an annuitant is entitled to withdraw a maximum amount of their benefit base each year, for which cumulative payments to the annuitant could be greater than the underlying AV.
Guaranteed withdrawal benefit for life (“GWBL”)An optional benefit (available for an additional cost) where an annuitant is entitled to withdraw a maximum amount of their benefit base each year, for the duration of the policyholder’s life, regardless of account performance.
High net worthRefers to individuals with $1,000,000 or more of investable assets.
Index-linked annuitiesAn annuity that provides for asset accumulation and asset distribution needs with an ability to share in the upside from certain financial markets such as equity indices, or an interest rate benchmark. With an index-linked annuity, the policyholder’s AV can grow or decline due to various external financial market indices performance.
Indexed Universal Life (“IUL”)A permanent life insurance offering built on a universal life insurance framework that uses an equity-linked approach for generating policy investment returns.
Living benefitsOptional benefits (available at an additional cost) that guarantee that the policyholder will get back at least his original investment when the money is withdrawn.
Mortality and expense risk fee (“M&E fee”)A fee charged by insurance companies to compensate for the risk they take by issuing life insurance and variable annuity contracts.
Net flowsNet change in customer account balances in a period including, but not limited to, gross premiums, surrenders, withdrawals and benefits. It excludes investment performance, interest credited to customer accounts and policy charges.
Policyholder account balances
Annuities. Policyholder account balances are held for fixed deferred annuities, the fixed account portion of variable annuities and non-life contingent income annuities. Interest is credited to the policyholder’s account at interest rates we determine which are influenced by current market rates, subject to specified minimums.
 
Life Insurance Policies. Policyholder account balances are held for retained asset accounts, universal life policies and the fixed account of universal variable life insurance policies. Interest is credited to the policyholder’s account at interest rates we determine which are influenced by current market rates, subject to specified minimums.
Return of premium (“ROP”) death benefitThis death benefit pays the greater of the account value at the time of a claim following the owner’s death or the total contributions to the contract (subject to adjustment for withdrawals). The charge for this benefit is usually included in the M&E fee that is deducted daily from the net assets in each variable investment option. We also refer to this death benefit as the Return of Principal death benefit.
RiderAn optional feature or benefit that a policyholder can purchase at an additional cost.
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Roll-up rateThe guaranteed percentage that the benefit base increases by each year.
Separate AccountRefers to the Separate Account investment assets of our insurance subsidiaries excluding the assets held in those Separate Accounts on which we bear the investment risk.
Surrender chargeA fee paid by a contract owner for the early withdrawal of an amount that exceeds a specific percentage or for cancellation of the contract within a specified amount of time after purchase.
Surrender rateRepresents annualized surrenders and withdrawals as a percentage of average AV.
Universal life (“UL”) productsLife insurance products that provide a death benefit in return for payment of specified annual policy charges that are generally related to specific costs, which may change over time. To the extent that the policyholder chooses to pay more than the charges required in any given year to keep the policy in-force, the excess premium will be placed into the AV of the policy and credited with a stated interest rate on a monthly basis.
Variable annuityA type of annuity that offers guaranteed periodic payments for a defined period of time or for life and gives purchasers the ability to invest in various markets though the underlying investment options, which may result in potentially higher, but variable, returns.
Variable Universal Life (“VUL”)Universal life products where the excess amount paid over policy charges can be directed by the policyholder into a variety of Separate Account investment options. In the Separate Account investment options, the policyholder bears the entire risk and returns of the investment results.

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ACRONYMS
“AB” or “AllianceBernstein” means AB Holding and ABLP.
“AB Holding” means AllianceBernstein Holding L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
“ABLP” means AllianceBernstein L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and the operating partnership for the AB business.
“AFS” means available-for-sale
“AI” means artificial intelligence
“AOCI” means accumulated other comprehensive income
“ASC” means Accounting Standards Codification
“ASU” means Accounting Standards Update
“ASX” means Australian Securities Exchange
“AVR” means asset valuation reserve
“AXA” means AXA S.A., a société anonyme organized under the laws of France, and formerly our controlling stockholder.
“AXA Financial” means AXA Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a former wholly-owned direct subsidiary of Holdings. On October 1, 2018, AXA Financial merged with and into Holdings, with Holdings assuming the obligations of AXA Financial.
“bps” means basis points
“Broker-Dealers” means collectively, Equitable Advisors, Equitable Distributors, SCB LLC and AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc.
“CCPA” means California Consumer Privacy Act
“CDS” means credit default swaps
“CEA” means Commodity Exchange Act
“CECL” means current expected credit losses
“CFTC” means U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
“CISO” means Chief Information Security Officer
“CLO” means collateralized loan obligation
Code” means the internal Revenue Code of 1986
“COI” means cost of insurance
“COLI” means corporate owned life insurance
“Company” means Equitable Financial and its subsidiaries
“CPPA” California Privacy Protection Agency
“CRPs” means Credit Rating Providers
“CSA” means credit support annex
“Cybersecurity Final Rule” means the Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure Final Rule
“DCO” means designated clearing organization
“Dodd-Frank Act” means Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
“DOL” means U.S. Department of Labor
“DPL” means deferred profit liability
“DSC” means debt service coverage
“DTI” means debt to income
“EAFE” means European, Australasia, and Far East
“EBITDA” means earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
“ECDIS” means external customer data and information sources
“EDP” means electronic data processing
“EFIM” means Equitable Financial Investment Management, LLC
“EIM LLC” means Equitable Investment Management Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Holdings.
“EIMG” means Equitable Investment Management Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Holdings.
“Equitable Advisors” means Equitable Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, our retail broker/dealer for our retirement and protection businesses and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Holdings.
“Equitable America” means Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company of America (f/k/a MONY Life Insurance Company of America), an Arizona corporation and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Holdings.
“Equitable Distribution” means Equitable Distribution Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation and its subsidiaries
“Equitable Distributors” means Equitable Distributors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, our wholesale broker/dealer for our retirement and protection businesses and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Holdings.
“Equitable Financial” means Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company, a New York corporation, a life insurance company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of EFS.
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“Equitable Financial QP” means Equitable Retirement Plan
“EQAT” means EQ Advisors Trust, a series trust that is a Delaware statutory trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act as an open-end management investment company.
“EQ AZ Life Re” means EQ AZ Life Re Company, an Arizona corporation and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Holdings.
“ERISA” means Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
“ESG” means environmental, social and governance
“ETF” means exchange traded funds
“Exchange Act” means Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
“FABCP” means funding agreement-backed commercial paper program
“FABN” means Funding Agreement Backed Notes Program
“FASB” means Financial Accounting Standards Board
“FDIC” means Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
“FHLB” means Federal Home Loan Bank
“FINRA” means Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
“FIO” means Federal Insurance Office
“FSOC” means Financial Stability Oversight Council
“FTSE” means Financial Times Stock Exchange
“GAIA” means general account investment portfolio
“GCC” means group capital calculation
“Generative AI” means generative artificial intelligence
“GIO” means guaranteed interest option
“Holdings” means Equitable Holdings, Inc.
“IMR” means interest maintenance reserve
“Investment Advisers Act” means Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended
“IRS” means Internal Revenue Service
“ISDA Master Agreement” means International Swaps and Derivatives Association Master Agreement
“IT” means information technology
“IUS” means Investments Under Surveillance
“K-12 education market” means individuals in the kindergarten, primary and secondary education market
“LDTI” means long duration targeted improvements
“LFPB” means liability for future policy benefits
“LGD” means loss given default
“Liquidity Stress Test” means a liquidity stress-testing framework
“LTV” means loan-to-value
“Manual” means Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual as established by the NAIC
“MRBs” means market risk benefits
“MSO” means Market Stabilizer Option
“MTA” means Master Transaction Agreement
“NAIC” means National Association of Insurance Commissioners
“NAIC SAP” means the NAIC Accounting Practices and Procedures manual
“NAR” means net amount at risk
“NAV” means net asset value
“NFA” means National Futures Association
“NGEs” means non-guaranteed elements
“NI” means non-insulated
“NLG” means no-lapse guarantee
“NMS” means National Market System
NY Cybersecurity Regulation” means Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies
“NYDFS” means New York State Department of Financial Services
“OCI” means other comprehensive income
“ORSA” means Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Model Act
“OTC” means over-the-counter
“PD” means probability of default
“PFBL” means profits followed by losses
“PPWG” means Privacy Protections Working Group
“Prudential Regulators” means collectively, SEC, CFTC, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve Board, the FDIC, the Farm Credit Administration, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency
“PwC” means PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
“RBG” means the Retirement Benefits Group, a specialized division of Equitable Advisors
“RC” means Retirement Cornerstone
“Regulation BI” means Regulation Best Interest
“REIT” means real estate investment trusts
“RGA” means Reinsurance Group of America
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“RIC” means an SEC registered investment company
“RoU” means right of use
“RSUs” means restricted stock units
“Safeguards Rule” means amendments to the Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information Rule
“SAP” means statutory accounting principles
“SCB LLC” means Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC, a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer.
“SCS” means Structured Capital Strategies
“SEC” means U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
“SIA” means sales inducement asset
“SIFI” means systematically important financial institution
“SIO” means structured investment option
“SPLLC” means special purpose limited liability company
“SSAP” means Statements of Standard Accounting Practice
“Standard” means NAIC accreditation standards
“TAR” means total asset requirement
“TDRs” means troubled debt restructurings
“TIPS” means treasury inflation-protected securities
“Topix” means Tokyo Stock Price Index
“Trust” means a Delaware special purpose statutory trust
“U.S.” means United States
“U.S. GAAP” means accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
“Valuation Manual” means NAIC’s Valuation Manual
“VIE” means variable interest entity
“VISL” means variable interest-sensitive life
“VOE” means voting interest entity
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Number
Description
Restated Charter of Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company, effective as of June 15, 2020 (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 and incorporated herein by reference).
By-laws of Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company, as amended September 23, 2020 (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 and incorporated herein by reference).
Coinsurance and modified coinsurance agreement, dated as of June 1, 2021, between Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company and Corporate Solutions Life Reinsurance Company (redacted) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the current report on Form 8-K filed by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company on June 1, 2021.
Master Transaction Agreement, dated as of August 16, 2022 among Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company and First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance Company (redacted) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2022).
Coinsurance and Modified Coinsurance Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2022, between Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company and First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance Company (redacted) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ending September 30, 2022).
Indemnity Reinsurance Agreement, by and between Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company and Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company of America, dated as of May 17, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2023).
Equitable Holdings, Inc.’s Insider Trading Policy (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 19 to Equitable
Holdings, Inc.’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024).
#Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
#Section 302 Certification made by the registrant’s Chief Executive Officer
#Section 302 Certification made by the registrant’s Chief Financial Officer
#Section 906 Certification made by the registrant’s Chief Executive Officer
#Section 906 Certification made by the registrant’s Chief Financial Officer
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on March 20, 2025.
EQUITABLE FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By:/s/ Mark Pearson
Name: Mark Pearson
Title: Chief Executive Officer and Director

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant, and in the capacities indicated, on March 20, 2025.
Signature
Title
/s/ Mark PearsonChief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
 Mark Pearson
/s/ Robin M. RajuChief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
 Robin M. Raju
/s/ William EckertChief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
 William Eckert
/s/ Francis HondalDirector
Francis Hondal
/s/ Arlene Isaacs-LoweDirector
Arlene Isaacs-Lowe
/s/ Daniel G. KayeDirector
 Daniel G. Kaye
/s/ Joan M. Lamm-TennantChair of the Board
Joan M. Lamm-Tennant
/s/ Craig MacKayDirector
Craig MacKay
/s/ Bertram L. ScottDirector
Bertram L. Scott
/s/ George H. StansfieldDirector
 George H. Stansfield
/s/ Charles G. T. StonehillDirector
Charles G. T. Stonehill
/s/ Douglas Dachille
Director
Douglas Dachille