Income Taxes Level 3 (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

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

Income Tax Rate Reconciliation
	Successor Company						Predecessor Company
	For the three months ended September 30, 2018			June 1, 2018 to September 30, 2018			For the three months ended September 30, 2017			January 1, 2018 to May 31, 2018			For the nine months ended September 30, 2017
Tax provision at the U.S. federal statutory rate	$	11		$	26		$	25		$	21		$	106
Dividends-received deduction ("DRD")	(23		)	(23		)	(36		)	(12		)	(72		)
Foreign related investments	(1		)	(2		)	(2		)	(3		)	(5		)
Tax reform	—			—			—			(2		)	—
Other	—			—			1			3			3
Provision for income taxes	$	(13	)	$	1		$	(12	)	$	7		$	32