Other Than Temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized In Earnings Additions Including Credit Impairments

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Other than Temporary Impairment, Non-credit Losses Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income

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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading.

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This item represents reductions in the amount of cumulative losses recognized in earnings for other than temporary impairments (OTTI) for which a portion of the impairment had been recognized in other comprehensive income (a component of shareholders' equity) due to a change in status of the impaired security because of a change in the entity's intent to either sell the impaired security or it has become more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell the security before recovery of its cost basis.

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Investments - Credit Impairment Loss Type (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Other Than Temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized In Earnings Additions Including Credit Impairments	$ 0		$ (2)
Other than Temporary Impairment, Credit Losses Recognized in Earnings, Reductions, Change in Status	0		0
Amortized cost	22,143		22,143
Available-for-sale Securities	21,421		21,421
Other than temporary impairment, non-credit losses recognized in OCI	0		0
Asset Backed Securities and Corporate Securities [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Amortized cost	0		0
Available-for-sale Securities	$ 0		$ 0
Predecessor
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Other Than Temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized In Earnings Additions Including Credit Impairments		$ 0		$ (21)
Other than Temporary Impairment, Credit Losses Recognized in Earnings, Reductions, Change in Status		0		0
Amortized cost					$ 20,847
Available-for-sale Securities					$ 20,963
Other than temporary impairment, non-credit losses recognized in OCI		$ 0		$ 0
Predecessor \| Asset Backed Securities and Corporate Securities [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Amortized cost						$ 0
Available-for-sale Securities						$ 0