Goodwill (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Information regarding goodwill by segment, as well as Corporate & Other, was as follows:


	U.S.		Asia (1)		Latin America		EMEA		MetLife Holdings		Corporate & Other		Total
	(In millions)
Balance at January 1, 2018
Goodwill	$	1,451	$	4,673	$	1,306	$	1,170	$	1,567	$	103	$	10,270
Accumulated impairment (2)	—		—		—		—		(680)		—		(680)
Total goodwill, net	1,451		4,673		1,306		1,170		887		103		9,590



Effect of foreign currency translation and other	—		17		(134)		(51)		—		—		(168)
Balance at December 31, 2018
Goodwill	1,451		4,690		1,172		1,119		1,567		103		10,102
Accumulated impairment	—		—		—		—		(680)		—		(680)
Total goodwill, net	1,451		4,690		1,172		1,119		887		103		9,422
Acquisitions	15		4		—		—		—		—		19
Disposition (3)	—		(71)		—		—		—		—		(71)
Effect of foreign currency translation and other	—		13		(73)		(2)		—		—		(62)
Balance at December 31, 2019
Goodwill	1,466		4,636		1,099		1,117		1,567		103		9,988
Accumulated impairment	—		—		—		—		(680)		—		(680)
Total goodwill, net	1,466		4,636		1,099		1,117		887		103		9,308
Acquisitions (4)	932		—		—		—		—		—		932

Effect of foreign currency translation and other	—		127		44		29		—		—		200
Reclassified to assets held-for-sale (5)	(328)		—		—		—		—		—		(328)
Balance at December 31, 2020
Goodwill	2,070		4,763		1,143		1,146		1,567		103		10,792
Accumulated impairment	—		—		—		—		(680)		—		(680)
Total goodwill, net	$	2,070	$	4,763	$	1,143	$	1,146	$	887	$	103	$	10,112

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(1)Includes goodwill of $4.6 billion, $4.5 billion and $4.5 billion from the Company’s Japan operations at December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

(2)The $680 million accumulated impairment in the MetLife Holdings segment relates to the retail annuities business impaired in 2012 that was not part of the Separation. See Note 3.

(3)In connection with the disposition of MetLife Hong Kong, goodwill was reduced by $71 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. See Note 3.

(4)Primarily related to the acquisition of Versant Health. See Note 3.

(5)See Note 3 for information on the pending disposition of MetLife P&C.