Investments - Rollforward of credit loss allowance for fixed income securities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020	Jan. 01, 2020
Fixed income securities
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 0
Credit losses on securities for which credit losses not previously reported	(3)
Reduction of allowance related to sales	2
Write-offs	0
Ending balance	(1)
Fixed income securities	0	$ 0
Asset-backed securities
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Ending balance	(1)
Fixed income securities	$ 1

Amount of allowance for credit loss on investment in debt security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in other comprehensive income (available-for-sale).

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 9
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118955579&loc=SL82922900-210455

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 9
-Subparagraph (i)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118955579&loc=SL82922900-210455

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (aaa)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118939692&loc=d3e27161-111563

Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118942338&loc=SL82898722-210454

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Amount of expense for credit loss on investment in debt security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in other comprehensive income (available-for-sale), for which no credit loss was previously recorded.

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Amount of decrease in allowance for credit loss on investment in debt security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in other comprehensive income (available-for-sale) from sale.

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Amount of writeoff of allowance for credit loss on investment in debt security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in other comprehensive income (available-for-sale).

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