Derivative Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Decrease in valuation due to net credit risk adjustments	$ 9	$ 8
Decrease in valuation due to liquidity adjustments	2	2
Derivative liability at fair value including accrued interest and premium receivable	256	271
Net positive exposure related to corporate derivatives	15	9
Net positive exposure on foreign currency swaps	0	$ 0
Counterparty [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative liability at fair value including accrued interest and premium receivable	$ 24

Decrease in valuation due to liquidity adjustments.

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Amount of credit risk valuation adjustment to derivative assets to properly reflect the credit quality of the counterparties.

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The net amount as of the balance sheet date of the fair value of derivative assets and derivative liabilities that in accordance with the entity's accounting policy were offset against collateral under a master netting arrangement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The aggregate fair value amounts of derivative instruments that contain credit-risk-related contingent features that are in a net liability position at the end of the reporting period. For nonderivative instruments that are designated and qualify as hedging instruments, the fair value amounts are the carrying value of the nonderivative hedging instrument, including the adjustment for the foreign currency transaction gain (loss) on that instrument.

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Fair value as of the balance sheet date of all derivatives designated as foreign currency fair value hedging instruments.

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