Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

	Operating Results
Year Ended December 31, 2016	U.S.			Asia			Latin America			EMEA			MetLife Holdings			Brighthouse Financial			Corporate & Other			Total			Adjustments			Total Consolidated
	(In millions)
Revenues
Premiums	$	21,501		$	6,902		$	2,529		$	2,027		$	4,506		$	1,222		$	40		$	38,727		$	426		$	39,153
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees	989			1,487			1,025			391			1,436			3,491			(119		)	8,700			506			9,206
Net investment income	6,206			2,707			1,084			318			5,944			3,503			(62		)	19,700			247			19,947
Other revenues	784			61			34			73			581			735			(517		)	1,751			8			1,759
Net investment gains (losses)	—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			171			171
Net derivative gains (losses)	—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			(6,760		)	(6,760		)
Total revenues	29,480			11,157			4,672			2,809			12,467			8,951			(658		)	68,878			(5,402		)	63,476
Expenses
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends	21,558			5,191			2,443			1,067			7,534			3,200			(23		)	40,970			1,090			42,060
Interest credited to policyholder account balances	1,302			1,298			328			112			1,042			1,162			5			5,249			1,033			6,282
Goodwill impairment	—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			260			260
Capitalization of DAC	(471		)	(1,668		)	(321		)	(403		)	(281		)	(333		)	(7		)	(3,484		)	(105		)	(3,589		)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA	471			1,224			184			408			736			1,073			8			4,104			(1,463		)	2,641
Amortization of negative VOBA	—			(208		)	(1		)	(13		)	—			—			—			(222		)	(47		)	(269		)
Interest expense on debt	9			—			2			—			57			128			1,002			1,198			3			1,201
Other expenses	3,706			3,586			1,336			1,323			2,392			2,338			(192		)	14,489			596			15,085
Total expenses	26,575			9,423			3,971			2,494			11,480			7,568			793			62,304			1,367			63,671
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)	988			492			158			42			288			361			(947		)	1,382			(2,381		)	(999		)
Operating earnings	$	1,917		$	1,242		$	543		$	273		$	699		$	1,022		$	(504	)	5,192
Adjustments to:
Total revenues																						(5,402		)
Total expenses																						(1,367		)
Provision for income tax (expense) benefit																						2,381
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax																						$	804					$	804

At December 31, 2016	U.S.		Asia (1)		Latin America		EMEA		MetLife Holdings		Brighthouse Financial		Corporate & Other		Total
	(In millions)
Total assets	$	253,683	$	120,656	$	67,233	$	25,596	$	184,276	$	222,681	$	24,639	$	898,764
Separate account assets	$	85,950	$	8,020	$	48,455	$	4,329	$	48,823	$	113,043	$	—	$	308,620
Separate account liabilities	$	85,950	$	8,020	$	48,455	$	4,329	$	48,823	$	113,043	$	—	$	308,620

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(1) Total assets includes $98.0 billion of assets from the Japan operations which represents 11% of total consolidated assets.

	Operating Results
Year Ended December 31, 2015	U.S.			Asia			Latin America			EMEA			MetLife Holdings			Brighthouse Financial			Corporate & Other			Total			Adjustments			Total Consolidated
	(In millions)
Revenues
Premiums	$	20,861		$	6,937		$	2,581		$	2,036		$	4,545		$	1,675		$	(87	)	$	38,548		$	(3	)	$	38,545
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees	943			1,542			1,117			424			1,482			3,718			(113		)	9,113			394			9,507
Net investment income	6,209			2,675			1,038			326			6,201			3,327			13			19,789			(508		)	19,281
Other revenues	751			105			41			61			930			422			(290		)	2,020			(37		)	1,983
Net investment gains (losses)	—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			597			597
Net derivative gains (losses)	—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			38			38
Total revenues	28,764			11,259			4,777			2,847			13,158			9,142			(477		)	69,470			481			69,951
Expenses
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends	20,837			5,275			2,408			988			7,357			2,875			(175		)	39,565			537			40,102
Interest credited to policyholder account balances	1,216			1,309			349			120			1,062			1,255			23			5,334			276			5,610
Goodwill impairment	—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—
Capitalization of DAC	(493		)	(1,720		)	(341		)	(472		)	(410		)	(399		)	(2		)	(3,837		)	—			(3,837		)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA	471			1,256			271			497			577			731			(1		)	3,802			134			3,936
Amortization of negative VOBA	—			(309		)	(1		)	(16		)	—			—			—			(326		)	(35		)	(361		)
Interest expense on debt	4			—			—			—			55			128			1,013			1,200			8			1,208
Other expenses	3,685			3,611			1,429			1,469			2,694			2,484			434			15,806			17			15,823
Total expenses	25,720			9,422			4,115			2,586			11,335			7,074			1,292			61,544			937			62,481
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)	1,040			457			37			21			581			555			(365		)	2,326			(178		)	2,148
Operating earnings	$	2,004		$	1,380		$	625		$	240		$	1,242		$	1,513		$	(1,404	)	5,600
Adjustments to:
Total revenues																						481
Total expenses																						(937		)
Provision for income tax (expense) benefit																						178
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax																						$	5,322					$	5,322

At December 31, 2015	U.S.		Asia (1)		Latin America		EMEA		MetLife Holdings		Brighthouse Financial		Corporate & Other		Total
	(In millions)
Total assets	$	237,858	$	113,895	$	64,808	$	26,767	$	187,677	$	226,792	$	20,136	$	877,933
Separate account assets	$	79,540	$	8,964	$	46,061	$	3,996	$	48,590	$	114,447	$	—	$	301,598
Separate account liabilities	$	79,540	$	8,964	$	46,061	$	3,996	$	48,590	$	114,447	$	—	$	301,598

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(1) Total assets includes $90.0 billion of assets from the Japan operations which represents 10% of total consolidated assets.

	Operating Results
Year Ended December 31, 2014	U.S.			Asia			Latin America			EMEA			MetLife Holdings			Brighthouse Financial			Corporate & Other			Total			Adjustments			Total Consolidated
	(In millions)
Revenues
Premiums	$	20,243		$	7,566		$	2,796		$	2,309		$	4,545		$	1,474		$	89		$	39,022		$	45		$	39,067
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees	909			1,693			1,239			466			1,374			3,963			(103		)	9,541			405			9,946
Net investment income	6,111			2,886			1,219			428			6,409			3,156			275			20,484			669			21,153
Other revenues	721			106			33			60			1,062			534			(483		)	2,033			(3		)	2,030
Net investment gains (losses)	—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			(197		)	(197		)
Net derivative gains (losses)	—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			1,317			1,317
Total revenues	27,984			12,251			5,287			3,263			13,390			9,127			(222		)	71,080			2,236			73,316
Expenses
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends	20,110			5,724			2,615			1,053			7,217			2,711			48			39,478			1,000			40,478
Interest credited to policyholder account balances	1,168			1,544			394			148			1,098			1,275			34			5,661			1,282			6,943
Goodwill impairment	—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—
Capitalization of DAC	(488		)	(1,914		)	(377		)	(680		)	(326		)	(397		)	—			(4,182		)	(1		)	(4,183		)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA	458			1,397			313			613			444			810			(8		)	4,027			105			4,132
Amortization of negative VOBA	—			(364		)	(1		)	(31		)	—			—			—			(396		)	(46		)	(442		)
Interest expense on debt	12			—			—			—			58			133			975			1,178			38			1,216
Other expenses	3,550			3,975			1,588			1,846			2,670			2,472			153			16,254			114			16,368
Total expenses	24,810			10,362			4,532			2,949			11,161			7,004			1,202			62,020			2,492			64,512
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)	1,073			582			129			29			714			570			(719		)	2,378			87			2,465
Operating earnings	$	2,101		$	1,307		$	626		$	285		$	1,515		$	1,553		$	(705	)	6,682
Adjustments to:
Total revenues																						2,236
Total expenses																						(2,492		)
Provision for income tax (expense) benefit																						(87		)
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax																						$	6,339					$	6,339

Premiums, Universal Life and Investment-Type Policy Fees and Other Revenue by Product Groups for Reportable Segment

The following table presents total premiums, universal life and investment-type product policy fees and other revenues by major product groups of the Company’s segments, as well as Corporate & Other:

	Years Ended December 31,
	2016		2015		2014
	(In millions)
Life insurance	$	22,755	$	23,037	$	23,483
Accident & health insurance	14,150		13,090		13,336
Annuities	8,982		9,653		9,984
Property & casualty insurance	3,560		3,504		3,524
Non-insurance	671		751		716
Total	$	50,118	$	50,035	$	51,043

Total premiums, universal life & investment-type product policy fees and other revenues associated with the Company's U.S. and foreign operations

The following table presents total premiums, universal life and investment-type product policy fees and other revenues associated with the Company’s U.S. and foreign operations:

	Years Ended December 31,
	2016		2015		2014
	(In millions)
U.S.	$	34,895	$	35,042	$	34,536
Foreign:
Japan	7,088		6,264		6,917
Other	8,135		8,729		9,590
Total	$	50,118	$	50,035	$	51,043