Investments (ACL for Fixed Maturity Securities AFS by Sector) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Allowance , beginning of period	$ 81	$ 0
ACL not previously recorded	85	240
Changes for securities with previously recorded ACL	2	(14)
Securities sold or exchanged	(62)	(133)
Securities intended/required to be sold prior to recovery of amortized cost basis	0	(1)
Dispositions (1)	(2)	(11)
Write-offs	(13)	0
Allowance, end of period	91	81
U.S. corporate
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Allowance , beginning of period	44	0
ACL not previously recorded	48	81
Changes for securities with previously recorded ACL	3	(5)
Securities sold or exchanged	(52)	(31)
Securities intended/required to be sold prior to recovery of amortized cost basis	0	(1)
Dispositions (1)	0	0
Write-offs	(13)	0
Allowance, end of period	30	44
Foreign corporate
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Allowance , beginning of period	16	0
ACL not previously recorded	26	18
Changes for securities with previously recorded ACL	(4)	(2)
Securities sold or exchanged	(10)	0
Securities intended/required to be sold prior to recovery of amortized cost basis	0	0
Dispositions (1)		0
Write-offs	0	0
Allowance, end of period	28	16
Foreign government
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Allowance , beginning of period	21	0
ACL not previously recorded	0	139
Changes for securities with previously recorded ACL	0	(5)
Securities sold or exchanged	0	(102)
Securities intended/required to be sold prior to recovery of amortized cost basis	0	0
Dispositions (1)	(2)	(11)
Write-offs	0	0
Allowance, end of period	19	21
RMBS
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Allowance , beginning of period	0	0
ACL not previously recorded	0	2
Changes for securities with previously recorded ACL	0	(2)
Securities sold or exchanged	0	0
Securities intended/required to be sold prior to recovery of amortized cost basis	0	0
Dispositions (1)	0	0
Write-offs	0	0
Allowance, end of period	0	0
CMBS
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Allowance , beginning of period	0	0
ACL not previously recorded	11	0
Changes for securities with previously recorded ACL	3	0
Securities sold or exchanged	0	0
Securities intended/required to be sold prior to recovery of amortized cost basis	0	0
Dispositions (1)	0	0
Write-offs	0	0
Allowance, end of period	$ 14	$ 0

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