Derivative Financial Instruments - Notional and Fair Values (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Asset Fair Value	$ 293	$ 335
Liability Fair Value	754	563
Credit contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	229	237
Interest rate contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	17,285	23,634
Foreign exchange contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	850	863
Equity contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	280	293
Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Interest rate contracts \| Cash Flow Hedging
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	30	30
Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Interest rate contracts \| Cash Flow Hedging \| Derivatives
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Asset Fair Value	0	0
Liability Fair Value	0	0
Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Foreign exchange contracts \| Cash Flow Hedging
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	739	771
Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Foreign exchange contracts \| Cash Flow Hedging \| Derivatives
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Asset Fair Value	30	12
Liability Fair Value	9	21
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Credit contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	229	237
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Credit contracts \| Derivatives
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Asset Fair Value	0	0
Liability Fair Value	2	2
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Interest rate contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	20,372	25,027
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Interest rate contracts \| Derivatives
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Asset Fair Value	226	294
Liability Fair Value	414	371
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Foreign exchange contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	111	92
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Foreign exchange contracts \| Derivatives
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Asset Fair Value	0	0
Liability Fair Value	2	1
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Equity contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	405	400
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Equity contracts \| Derivatives
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Asset Fair Value	14	10
Liability Fair Value	7	8
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Fixed maturities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Asset Fair Value	23	19
Liability Fair Value	0	0
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Within products
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Asset Fair Value	0	0
Liability Fair Value	166	60
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Within reinsurance agreements
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Asset Fair Value	0	0
Liability Fair Value	143	100
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Managed custody guarantees
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Asset Fair Value	0	0
Liability Fair Value	11	0
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Asset Fair Value	323	312
Liability Fair Value	396	369
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale \| Credit contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	0	0
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale \| Interest rate contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	2,206	2,228
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale \| Foreign exchange contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	57	37
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale \| Equity contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	1,910	1,753
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale \| Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Interest rate contracts \| Cash Flow Hedging
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	1	1
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale \| Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Interest rate contracts \| Cash Flow Hedging \| Derivatives
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Asset Fair Value	0	0
Liability Fair Value	0	0
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale \| Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Foreign exchange contracts \| Cash Flow Hedging
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	32	19
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale \| Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Foreign exchange contracts \| Cash Flow Hedging \| Derivatives
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Asset Fair Value	2	1
Liability Fair Value	0	1
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale \| Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Interest rate contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	2,205	2,227
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale \| Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Interest rate contracts \| Derivatives
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Asset Fair Value	49	49
Liability Fair Value	52	56
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale \| Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Foreign exchange contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	25	18
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale \| Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Foreign exchange contracts \| Derivatives
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Asset Fair Value	0	0
Liability Fair Value	1	0
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale \| Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Equity contracts
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Notional Amount	1,910	1,753
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale \| Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Equity contracts \| Derivatives
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Asset Fair Value	263	254
Liability Fair Value	33	20
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale \| Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Fixed maturities
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Asset Fair Value	9	8
Liability Fair Value	0	0
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale \| Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Within products
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Asset Fair Value	0	0
Liability Fair Value	215	217
Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale \| Not Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Within reinsurance agreements
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Asset Fair Value	0	0
Liability Fair Value	$ 95	$ 75

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