Income Taxes Level 3 (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

Income Tax Rate Reconciliation
	Successor Company			Predecessor Company
	June 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018			April 1, 2018 to May 31, 2018			For the three months ended June 30, 2017			January 1, 2018 to May 31, 2018			For the six months ended June 30, 2017
Tax provision at the U.S. federal statutory rate	$	15		$	(9	)	$	51		$	21		$	81
Dividends-received deduction ("DRD")	—			(5		)	(18		)	(12		)	(36		)
Foreign related investments	(1		)	(1		)	(2		)	(3		)	(3		)
Tax reform	—			—			—			(2		)	—
Other	—			3			2			3			2
Provision for income taxes	$	14		$	(12	)	$	33		$	7		$	44