Segment Information

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

2. Segment Information

The Company is organized into three segments: Annuities; Life; and Run-off. In addition, the Company reports certain of its results of operations in Corporate & Other.

Annuities

The Annuities segment consists of a variety of variable, fixed, index-linked and income annuities designed to address contract holders’ needs for protected wealth accumulation on a tax-deferred basis, wealth transfer and income security.

Life

The Life segment consists of insurance products and services, including term, universal, whole and variable life products designed to address policyholders’ needs for financial security and protected wealth transfer, which may be provided on a tax-advantaged basis.

Run-off

The Run-off segment consists of products no longer actively sold and which are separately managed, including structured settlements, pension risk transfer contracts, certain company-owned life insurance policies, funding agreements and universal life with secondary guarantees.

Corporate & Other

Corporate & Other contains the excess capital not allocated to the segments and interest expense related to the majority of the Company’s outstanding debt, as well as expenses associated with certain legal proceedings and income tax audit issues. Corporate & Other also includes long-term care and workers’ compensation business reinsured through 100% quota share reinsurance agreements and term life insurance sold direct to consumers, which is no longer being offered for new sales.

Financial Measures and Segment Accounting Policies

Adjusted earnings is a financial measure used by management to evaluate performance, allocate resources and facilitate comparisons to industry results. Consistent with GAAP guidance for segment reporting, adjusted earnings is also used to measure segment performance. The Company believes the presentation of adjusted earnings, as the Company measures it for management purposes, enhances the understanding of its performance by the investor community. Adjusted earnings should not be viewed as a substitute for net income (loss) available to BHF’s common shareholders and excludes net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests and preferred stock dividends.

Adjusted earnings, which may be positive or negative, focuses on the Company’s primary businesses principally by excluding the impact of market volatility, which could distort trends.

The following are significant items excluded from total revenues, net of income tax, in calculating adjusted earnings:

•Net investment gains (losses);

•Net derivative gains (losses) except earned income and amortization of premium on derivatives that are hedges of investments or that are used to replicate certain investments, but do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment; and

•Certain variable annuity guaranteed minimum income benefits (“GMIBs”) fees (“GMIB Fees”).

The following are significant items excluded from total expenses, net of income tax, in calculating adjusted earnings:

•Amounts associated with benefits related to GMIBs (“GMIB Costs”);

•Amounts associated with periodic crediting rate adjustments based on the total return of a contractually referenced pool of assets and market value adjustments associated with surrenders or terminations of contracts (“Market Value Adjustments”); and

•Amortization of DAC and value of business acquired (“VOBA”) related to: (i) net investment gains (losses), (ii) net derivative gains (losses), (iii) GMIB Fees and GMIB Costs and (iv) Market Value Adjustments.

The tax impact of the adjustments mentioned above is calculated net of the statutory tax rate, which could differ from the Company’s effective tax rate.

The segment accounting policies are the same as those used to prepare the Company’s interim condensed consolidated financial statements, except for the adjustments to calculate adjusted earnings described above. In addition, segment accounting policies include the methods of capital allocation described below.

Segment investment and capitalization targets are based on statutory oriented risk principles and metrics. Segment invested assets backing liabilities are based on net statutory liabilities plus excess capital. For the variable annuity business, the excess capital held is based on the target statutory total asset requirement consistent with the Company’s variable annuity risk management strategy. For insurance businesses other than variable annuities, excess capital held is based on a percentage of required statutory risk-based capital. Assets in excess of those allocated to the segments, if any, are held in Corporate & Other. Segment net investment income reflects the performance of each segment’s respective invested assets.

Operating results by segment, as well as Corporate & Other, were as follows:

	Three Months Ended June 30, 2020
	Annuities		Life		Run-off		Corporate & Other		Total
	(In millions)
Pre-tax adjusted earnings	$	205	$	60	$	(146)	$	(98)	$	21
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)	34		12		(31)		(12)		3
Post-tax adjusted earnings	171		48		(115)		(86)		18
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—		—
Less: Preferred stock dividends	—		—		—		7		7
Adjusted earnings	$	171	$	48	$	(115)	$	(93)	11
Adjustments for:
Net investment gains (losses)									(34)
Net derivative gains (losses)									(2,653)
Other adjustments to net income (loss)									144
Provision for income tax (expense) benefit									534
Net income (loss) available to Brighthouse Financial, Inc.’s common shareholders									$	(1,998)
Interest revenue	$	405	$	69	$	166	$	16
Interest expense	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	45

	Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
	Annuities		Life		Run-off		Corporate & Other		Total
	(In millions)
Pre-tax adjusted earnings	$	323	$	72	$	2	$	(85)	$	312
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)	58		14		—		(21)		51
Post-tax adjusted earnings	265		58		2		(64)		261
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		—		—
Less: Preferred stock dividends	—		—		—		7		7
Adjusted earnings	$	265	$	58	$	2	$	(71)	254
Adjustments for:
Net investment gains (losses)									63
Net derivative gains (losses)									149
Other adjustments to net income (loss)									(55)
Provision for income tax (expense) benefit									(34)
Net income (loss) available to Brighthouse Financial, Inc.’s common shareholders									$	377
Interest revenue	$	470	$	116	$	339	$	17
Interest expense	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	48

	Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
	Annuities		Life		Run-off		Corporate & Other		Total
	(In millions)
Pre-tax adjusted earnings	$	594	$	73	$	(236)	$	(157)	$	274
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)	107		14		(51)		(34)		36
Post-tax adjusted earnings	487		59		(185)		(123)		238
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		2		2
Less: Preferred stock dividends	—		—		—		14		14
Adjusted earnings	$	487	$	59	$	(185)	$	(139)	222
Adjustments for:
Net investment gains (losses)									(53)
Net derivative gains (losses)									4,249
Other adjustments to net income (loss)									(740)
Provision for income tax (expense) benefit									(726)
Net income (loss) available to Brighthouse Financial, Inc.’s common shareholders									$	2,952
Interest revenue	$	865	$	185	$	490	$	36
Interest expense	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	92

	Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
	Annuities		Life		Run-off		Corporate & Other		Total
	(In millions)
Pre-tax adjusted earnings	$	684	$	103	$	(44)	$	(157)	$	586
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)	124		20		(10)		(43)		91
Post-tax adjusted earnings	560		83		(34)		(114)		495
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—		2		2
Less: Preferred stock dividends	—		—		—		7		7
Adjusted earnings	$	560	$	83	$	(34)	$	(123)	486
Adjustments for:
Net investment gains (losses)									52
Net derivative gains (losses)									(1,154)
Other adjustments to net income (loss)									32
Provision for income tax (expense) benefit									224
Net income (loss) available to Brighthouse Financial, Inc.’s common shareholders									$	(360)
Interest revenue	$	891	$	213	$	615	$	34
Interest expense	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	95

Total revenues by segment, as well as Corporate & Other, were as follows:

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
	(In millions)
Annuities	$	1,052	$	1,194	$	2,203	$	2,311
Life	285		330		639		633
Run-off	332		527		825		1,003
Corporate & Other	37		42		79		85
Adjustments	(2,628)		277		4,317		(971)
Total	$	(922)	$	2,370	$	8,063	$	3,061

Total assets by segment, as well as Corporate & Other, were as follows at:

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
	(In millions)
Annuities	$	158,152	$	156,965
Life	22,299		21,876
Run-off	38,044		35,112
Corporate & Other	16,872		13,306
Total	$	235,367	$	227,259