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Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Talcott Resolution Life Insurance Company, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, (collectively, "TL," the "Company," "we" or "our") is a life insurance and annuity company and comprehensive risk solutions-provider in the United States ("U.S.") and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TR Re, Ltd. ("TR Re"), a Bermuda based entity. Talcott Resolution Life, Inc. ("TLI"), a Delaware corporation and Talcott Holdings, L.P. ("THLP") are indirect parents of the Company and the Company has an ultimate parent of Talcott Financial Group, Ltd. ("TFG" or "Talcott Financial Group").

The Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“U.S. GAAP”), which differ materially from the accounting practices prescribed by various insurance regulatory authorities. Certain reclassifications have been made to conform to current year presentation.

Consolidation

The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company and entities the Company directly or indirectly has a controlling financial interest in which the Company is required to consolidate. Entities in which the Company has significant influence over the operating and financing decisions but is not required to consolidate are reported using the equity method. All intercompany transactions and balances between the Company and its subsidiaries have been eliminated.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements, in conformity with U.S. GAAP, requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

The most significant estimates include:

•Valuation of investments, including the underlying investments within the funds withheld liability;

•Evaluation of credit losses on fixed maturities, available for sale ("AFS");

•Allowance for credit losses (“ACL”) on mortgage loans;

•Valuation of derivative assets and liabilities, including embedded derivatives;

•Valuation of liabilities associated with FIA;

•Estimated gross profits ("EGPs") used to amortize VOBA and liabilities associated with variable annuities, FIA, and other universal life-type contracts, as well as certain deferred reinsurance amounts;

•Evaluation of goodwill and other intangible assets for impairment;

•Valuation of living withdrawal benefits and FIA required to be recorded at fair value;

•Valuation of value of business acquired ("VOBA"), deferred gains on reinsurance, and deferred acquisition costs ("DAC");

•Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets;

•Contingencies relating to corporate litigation and regulatory matters

Certain of these estimates are particularly sensitive to market conditions, and deterioration and/or volatility in the worldwide debt or equity markets could have a material impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Pushdown Accounting

Sixth Street

The Sixth Street Acquisition was accounted for using business combination accounting, together with an election to apply pushdown accounting. The goodwill from the Sixth Street Acquisition is attributable to the Company's expectation that the combined group can leverage its insurance platform to become a life insurance aggregator. Goodwill for the Sixth Street Acquisition is not deductible for tax purposes.

The following table represents the final determination of the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed for the Sixth Street Acquisition:


Cash and invested assets	$	19,711
VOBA	565
Deferred income taxes	737
Goodwill	97
Other intangible assets	67
Reinsurance recoverables and other assets [1]	30,481
Separate account assets	112,857
Total assets	164,515
Reserves for future policy benefits	21,122
Other policyholder funds and benefits payable	25,961
Funds withheld liability [1]	1,039
Other liabilities	1,653
Separate account liabilities	112,857
Total liabilities	162,632

Stockholder's equity	1,883
Total liabilities and stockholder's equity	$	164,515

[1] Previously reported table was updated to reflect the gross presentation for modified coinsurance reinsurance transactions.

The Successor Company's assets and liabilities are recognized based on TFG’s accounting basis, with an offset to additional paid-in capital. In addition, retained earnings and accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) of the Predecessor Company are not carried forward, as a new basis of accounting has been established.

Invested Assets

The acquired investments are recorded at fair value through adjustments to additional paid-in capital at the acquisition date.

Value of Business Acquired/Additional Reserves

In conjunction with the acquisition of the Company, a portion of the purchase price was allocated to the right to receive future gross profits from cash flows and earnings of the Company's insurance and investment contracts as of the date of the Sixth Street Acquisition. This intangible asset is called VOBA and is based on the actuarially estimated present value of future cash flows from the Company's insurance and investment contracts in-force as of the date of the transaction. The estimated fair value calculation of VOBA is based on certain assumptions, including equity market returns, mortality, persistency, expenses, discount rates, and other factors that the Company expects to experience in future years. Actual experience on the acquired contracts may vary from these projections and the recovery of VOBA is dependent upon the future profitability of the related business. The Company amortizes VOBA over EGPs and it is reviewed for recoverability quarterly. The fair value of certain acquired obligations of the Company exceeded the book value of assumed in-force policy liabilities resulting in additional reserve liabilities. These liabilities were increased to fair value, which is presented separately from VOBA as an additional insurance liability in other policyholder funds and benefits payable. The additional liability is amortized to income over the life of the underlying policies.

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the acquisition cost of an acquired business over the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Goodwill is not amortized but is tested for impairment at the entity or reporting unit level annually or when events or circumstances arise, such as adverse changes in the business climate, that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of the entity or a reporting unit below its carrying value. Our methodology for conducting this goodwill impairment testing contains both a qualitative and quantitative assessment.

The Company has the option to initially perform an assessment of qualitative factors in order to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of the entity or a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. The qualitative factors may include, but are not limited to, economic conditions, industry and market considerations, cost factors, overall financial performance of the entity or a reporting unit and other company and entity-level or reporting unit-specific events. If it is determined that it is more likely than not that the fair value of the entity or reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, we then perform the impairment evaluation using a more detailed quantitative assessment. If the carrying values of the entity or reporting units were to exceed their fair value under that quantitative assessment, the amount of the impairment would be calculated and goodwill would be adjusted accordingly. The Company could directly perform this quantitative assessment, bypassing the qualitative assessment and perform a quantitative impairment test.

As a result of the quantitative review performed for the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company determined that the estimated fair value of TL exceeded its respective carrying value and that goodwill was not impaired. For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company determined that the goodwill associated with TL was not impaired.

For a discussion of goodwill from the Sixth Street Acquisition, refer to Note 7 - Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.

Other Intangible Assets

Intangible assets with definite lives are amortized over the estimated useful life of the asset. Amortizing intangible assets primarily consists of internally developed software amortized over a period not to exceed seven years. Intangible assets with indefinite lives, primarily insurance licenses, are not amortized but are reviewed annually in the Company's impairment analysis. They will be tested for impairment more frequently if events or circumstances indicate the fair value of indefinitely lived intangibles is less than the carrying value.

The Company determined during its reviews for December 31, 2022 and 2021 that its other indefinite-lived intangible assets and finite-lived intangible assets were not impaired.

For a discussion of other intangible assets from the Sixth Street Acquisition, refer to Note 7 - Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.

Adoption of New Accounting Standards and Future Adoption of New Accounting Standards

Future Adoption of New Accounting Standards

Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures

The Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2022-02, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326) – Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures (“ASU 2022-02”) in March 2022, which eliminates the accounting guidance on troubled debt restructurings for creditors and amends the guidance on vintage disclosures. The amendments require that an entity evaluate whether the loan modification represents a new loan or a continuation of an existing loan, and introduce new requirements related to modifications made to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty. Additionally, ASU 2022-02 enhances disclosures for borrowers experiencing financial difficulty, by requiring current-period gross write-offs by year of origination for creditors with respect to loan refinancing and restructurings and internal risk ratings for financing receivables. ASU 2022-02 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2022 and interim periods within those annual periods, with early adoption permitted. The Company will adopt the amendments of ASU 2022-02 prospectively in the first quarter of 2023 and does not expect it to have a material impact on the Company.

Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions

The FASB issued ASU 2022-03, Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions (“ASU 2022-03”) in June 2022. ASU 2022-03 clarifies that a contractual sales restriction is not considered in measuring an equity security at fair value and to introduce new disclosure requirements for equity securities subject to contractual sale restrictions that are measured at fair value. ASU 2022-03 applies to both holders and issuers of equity and equity-linked securities measured at fair value. The amendments in ASU 2022-03 are effective for the Company in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adopted permitted. The Company will adopt the provisions of ASU 2022-03 in the first quarter of 2024 and does not expect it to have a material impact on the Company.

Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers

The FASB issued ASU 2021-08, Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers (“ASU 2021-08”) in October 2021, which requires acquiring entities to apply Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers upon recognizing and measuring contract assets and liabilities in a business combination. This update is intended to improve comparability after a business combination, by providing consistent recognition and measurement of revenue contracts with customers acquired and not acquired in a business combination. ASU 2021-08 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2022 and interim periods within those annual periods, with early adoption permitted.

The amendments in ASU 2021-08 should be applied prospectively. We will adopt the provisions of this ASU in the first quarter of 2023 and do not expect it to have a material impact on the Company.

Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long Duration Contracts

The FASB issued ASU 2018-12, Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts ("ASU 2018-12") in August 2018, which impacts the existing recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure requirements for certain long-duration contracts issued by an insurance company. The guidance is intended to improve the timeliness of recognizing changes in the liability for future policy benefits ("LFPB"), by requiring annual or more frequent updates of insurance assumptions and modifying rates used to discount future cash flows. Further, the guidance seeks to improve the accounting for certain market-based options or guarantees associated with account balance contracts, simplify the amortization of DAC and other balances amortized on a basis consistent with DAC, and improve the effectiveness of the required disclosures.

This guidance was amended through the issuance of ASU 2020-11, which deferred the effective date the Company is required to adopt the guidance to January 1, 2023 with early adoption permitted. Through the issuance of ASU 2022-05, an insurance entity is permitted, prior to the effective date, to exclude certain contracts from applying the amendments in ASU 2018-12, when those contracts have been derecognized because of a sale or disposal of an individual or a group of contracts or legal entities and in which the insurance entity has no significant continuing involvement with the derecognized contracts. The Company does not currently intend to apply this accounting policy election.

The Company intends to use the full retrospective adoption method, as of the date of the Sixth Street Acquisition. The Company does not expect an impact to stockholder's equity as a result of the adoption of ASU 2018-12, due to the application of purchase accounting; whereby assets and liabilities were transacted at fair value as of the date of the acquisition. Upon the adoption of ASU 2018-12, the change in the carrying value of insurance assets and liabilities as of July 1, 2021 are recorded with an equal and offsetting adjustment to VOBA or an additional reserve. Refer below for further discussion of other impacts upon adoption to the new standard. The adoption is expected to have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations due to the updating of cash flow assumptions for LFPB, recognition of changes to the fair value of market risk benefits (“MRB”), and the change in amortization methodology for DAC and other DAC-like balances.

The Company has made key accounting policy decisions, including insurance policy groupings for recognition and measurement of LFPB, discount rate methodology, development of liability cash flow and claim expense assumptions, and DAC and other DAC-like amortization methodology. Outlined below are four key areas of change, although there are other less significant policy changes not noted below.


Amended Topic	Description	Adoption Method and Transition Impact
Cash flow and discount rate assumptions underlying insurance liabilities	For nonparticipating traditional and limited-payment insurance contracts, the Company will evaluate, at least annually in the same fiscal quarter, as to whether an update to cash flow assumptions is needed. The Company will update the cash flows used to measure the LFPB, for both changes in future assumptions and actual experience, at least annually. The updating of cash flows impacts the amount of the deferred profit liability (“DPL”) recorded for limited-payment contracts. The DPL will be adjusted concurrently with any updating of the LFPB. Cash flows are required to be discounted with an upper-medium grade (or low credit risk) fixed-income instrument yield, with the effect of discount rate changes on the liability recorded in other comprehensive income (“OCI”). The discount rate utilized is intended to reflect the duration characteristics of the corresponding insurance liabilities. The Company will obtain yield curves and spreads for a range of tenors to determine spot yields to discount the cash flows of the insurance liabilities as of each valuation date.	The Company will adopt the guidance for LFPB, as of the date of the Sixth Street Acquisition. As of the acquisition date, the Company expects there will be a decrease to LFPB (and the associated reinsurance recoverable), which will be offset by a net increase to an additional reserve. This is due to the application of purchase accounting associated with the Sixth Street Acquisition, which employed lower discount rates for the fair value calculations than the required discount rates to value the cash flows on the insurance liabilities under ASU 2018-12.


Amended Topic	Description	Adoption Method and Transition Impact
MRB	The Company currently offers and assumes certain guarantees and product features on variable annuity and FIA products, which protect the contractholder from other-than-nominal capital market risk and expose the Company to other-than-nominal capital market risk. These MRB features are required to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in net income, with the exception of the changes in MRB liabilities attributable to a change in an entity’s nonperformance risk, which is required to be recognized in OCI. For products that are reinsured, the portion of the change in MRB attributable to changes in the reinsurer’s nonperformance risk is recognized in income. The Company shall maximize the use of relevant observable information and minimize the use of unobservable information in determining the balance of the MRB upon adoption.	The Company will adopt the guidance for MRB using the full retrospective method. As of the acquisition date, the Company expects there to be an increase to the MRB liability (and the associated reinsurance recoverable) and a decrease to VOBA, as a result of the difference between the establishment of the MRB recorded at fair value under ASU 2018-12 and reserves previously recorded for those benefits.
Amortization of DAC and other DAC-like balances	The Company will amortize DAC and other DAC-like balances on a constant-level basis over the expected term for a group of contracts consistent with the groupings used in estimating the associated LFPB. The constant-level basis for the group approximates a pattern of straight-line amortization at an individual contract level by using a method specific to the underlying product. The amortization rate utilized is calculated at the end of the current reporting period, including actual experience and any assumption updates. The revised amortization rate is applied prospectively from the beginning of the current reporting period.	As a result of amortizing DAC and other DAC-like balances on a constant-level basis, the Company does not expect a significant impact upon the adoption of ASU 2018-12.
Reporting and Disclosures	ASU 2018-12 requires certain enhanced presentation and disclosures including disaggregated rollforwards for LFPB, policyholder account balances, MRB, separate account liabilities, DAC and other DAC-like balances, and information about significant inputs, judgments and methods used in the LFPB measurement. The enhanced disclosures are intended to improve the ability of users of the financial statements to evaluate the timing, amount, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from long-duration contracts.	The Company’s implementation efforts and the evaluation of the impacts of the guidance on its consolidated financial statements, as well as its systems, processes, and controls, continue to progress. Given the nature and extent of the required changes to a significant portion of the Company’s operations, the adoption of this guidance is expected to have a material impact on its financial position and results of operations. In addition, there will be a significant increase in required disclosures.

Segment Information

The Company has no reportable segments and its principal products and services are comprised of variable, fixed and payout annuities, FIAs, and private-placement life insurance. The Company's determination that it has no reportable segments is based on the fact that the Company's chief operating decision maker reviews the Company's financial performance at a consolidated level.

Revenue Recognition

For investment and universal life-type contracts, the amounts collected from policyholders are considered deposits and are not included in revenue. Policy charges and fee income for variable annuity, FIA, deferred annuity and other universal life-type contracts primarily consists of policy charges for policy administration, cost of insurance charges and surrender charges assessed against policyholders’ account balances and are recognized in the period in which services are provided. For the Company’s traditional life products, premiums are recognized as revenue when due from policyholders.

Investments

Overview

The Company’s investments in fixed maturities include bonds, structured securities, redeemable preferred stock and commercial paper. Most of these investments are classified as AFS and are carried at fair value, net of ACL. The after-tax difference between fair value and cost or amortized cost is reflected in stockholder's equity as a component of AOCI, after adjustments for the effect of VOBA and reserve adjustments. Equity securities are measured at fair value with any changes in valuation reported in net income. Mortgage loans are recorded at the outstanding principal balance adjusted for amortization of premiums or discounts, net of ACL. Policy loans are carried at outstanding balance. Limited partnerships and other alternative investments are reported at their carrying value and are primarily accounted for under the equity method with the Company’s share of earnings included in net investment income. Recognition of income related to limited partnerships and other alternative investments accounted for under the equity method is delayed due to the availability of the related financial information, as private equity and other funds are generally on a three-month lag and hedge funds generally on a one-month lag. Accordingly, income for the year ended December 31, 2022 (Successor Company), the period of July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 (Successor Company), the period of January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021 (Predecessor Company), and the year ended December 31, 2020 (Predecessor Company), may not include the full impact of current year changes in valuation of the underlying assets and liabilities of the funds, which are generally obtained from the limited partnerships and other alternative investments’ general partners. Other investments consist of derivative instruments which are carried at fair value and real estate acquired in satisfaction of debt. Short-term investments, including cash equivalents, are carried at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

Fair Value Option ("FVO")

The Company has elected the FVO for rated feeder fund investments, where a single entity issues both debt securities and equity interests and the Company owns both the debt security and equity interest portions of the investment. The Company has elected the FVO for these investments to reflect changes in fair value in earnings and to align the timing of the fair value measurement for its multiple investments in that single entity.

Credit Losses

An ACL is recognized as an estimate of credit losses expected over the life of financial instruments, such as mortgage loans, reinsurance recoverables and off-balance sheet credit exposures that the Company cannot unconditionally cancel. The measurement of the expected credit loss estimate is based on historical loss data, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts.

Credit losses on fixed maturities, AFS carried at fair value are measured through an other-than-temporary impairment ("OTTI"); however, losses are recognized through the ACL and no longer as an adjustment to the amortized cost. Recoveries of OTTI on fixed maturities, AFS are recognized as reversals of the ACL recognized through net realized capital gains and losses and no longer accreted as net investment income through an adjustment to the investment yield. Additionally, purchased financial assets with a more-than-insignificant amount of credit deterioration since original issuance establishes an ACL at acquisition, which is recorded with the purchase price to establish the initial amortized cost of the investment.

Net Realized Capital Gains and Losses

Net realized capital gains and losses from investment sales are reported as a component of revenues and are determined on a specific identification basis. Net realized capital gains and losses also result from fair value changes in equity securities, derivatives contracts (both freestanding and embedded) that do not qualify, or are not designated, as a hedge for accounting purposes, and certain investments where the FVO has been elected. The entire change in fair value of the FVO investment includes the components related to dividends and interest income. Impairments and changes in the ACL on fixed maturities, AFS; mortgage loans; and reinsurance recoverables are recognized as net realized capital losses in accordance with the Company’s impairment and ACL policies as discussed in Note 3 - Investments of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Foreign currency transaction remeasurements are also included in net realized capital gains and losses.

Interest income from fixed maturities, FVO is recognized when earned on the constant effective yield method based on estimated timing of cash flows.

Net Investment Income

Interest income from fixed maturities, AFS and mortgage loans is recognized when earned on the constant effective yield method based on estimated timing of cash flows. The amortization of premium and accretion of discount for fixed maturities also takes into consideration call and maturity dates that produce the lowest yield. For securitized financial assets subject to prepayment risk, yields are recalculated and adjusted periodically to reflect historical and/or estimated future prepayments using the retrospective method; however, if these investments have previously recognized an ACL and for certain other asset-backed securities, any yield adjustments are made using the prospective method. Prepayment fees and make-whole payments on fixed maturities and mortgage loans are recorded in net investment income when earned. For equity securities, dividends are recognized as investment income on the ex-dividend date. Limited partnerships and other alternative investments primarily use the equity method of accounting to recognize the Company’s share of earnings. Expected credit losses on fixed maturities, AFS are recorded through an ACL. The Company’s non-income producing investments were not material for the year ended December 31, 2022 (Successor Company), the period of July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 (Successor Company), the period of January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021 (Predecessor Company), and the year ended December 31, 2020 (Predecessor Company). In addition, net investment income includes a portion of the change in funds withheld at interest, as a result of the change in the risk-free rate on the host contract.

Derivative Instruments

Overview

The Company utilizes a variety of over-the-counter ("OTC") transactions, OTC cleared through central clearing houses ("OTC-cleared"), and exchange traded derivative instruments as part of its overall risk management strategy as well as to enter into replication transactions. The types of instruments may include swaps, caps, floors, forwards, futures and options to achieve one of four Company-approved objectives:

•to hedge risk arising from interest rate, equity market, commodity market, credit spread and issuer default, price or currency exchange rate risk or volatility;

•to manage liquidity;

•to control transaction costs;

•to enter into synthetic replication transactions.

Interest rate and credit default swaps involve the periodic exchange of cash flows with other parties, at specified intervals, calculated using agreed upon rates or other financial variables and notional principal amounts. Generally, little to no cash or principal payments are exchanged at the inception of the contract. Typically, at the time a swap is entered into, the cash flow streams exchanged by the counterparties are equal in value.

Interest rate cap and floor contracts entitle the purchaser to receive from the issuer at specified dates, the amount, if any, by which a specified market rate exceeds the cap strike interest rate or falls below the floor strike interest rate, applied to a notional principal amount. A premium payment determined at inception is made by the purchaser of the contract and no principal payments are exchanged.

Forward contracts are customized commitments that specify a rate of interest or currency exchange rate to be paid or received on an obligation beginning on a future start date and are typically settled in cash.

Financial futures are standardized commitments to either purchase or sell designated financial instruments, at a future date, for a specified price and may be settled in cash or through delivery of the underlying instrument. Futures contracts trade on organized exchanges. Margin requirements for futures are met by pledging securities or cash, and changes in the futures’ contract values are settled daily in cash.

Option contracts grant the purchaser, for a premium payment, the right to either purchase from or sell to the issuer a financial instrument at a specified price, within a specified period or on a stated date. The contracts may reference commodities, which grant the purchaser the right to either purchase from or sell to the issuer commodities at a specified price, within a specified period or on a stated date. Option contracts are typically settled in cash.

Foreign currency swaps exchange an initial principal amount in two currencies, agreeing to re-exchange the currencies at a future date, at an agreed upon exchange rate. There may also be a periodic exchange of payments at specified intervals calculated using the agreed upon rates and exchanged principal amounts.

The Company’s derivative transactions conducted in insurance company subsidiaries are used in strategies permitted under the derivative use plans required by the State of Connecticut and the State of New York insurance departments.

Accounting and Financial Statement Presentation of Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

Derivative instruments are recognized on the Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value and are reported in other investments and other liabilities. For balance sheet presentation purposes, the Company has elected to offset the fair value amounts, income accruals, and related cash collateral receivables and payables of OTC derivative instruments executed in a legal entity and with the same counterparty or under a master netting agreement, which provides the Company with the legal right of offset.

The Company clears certain interest rate swap and credit default swap derivative transactions through central clearing houses. OTC-cleared derivatives require initial collateral at the inception of the trade in the form of cash or highly liquid securities, such as U.S. Treasuries and government agency investments. Central clearing houses also require additional cash as variation margin based on daily market value movements. For information on collateral, see the derivative collateral arrangements section in Note 4 - Derivatives of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. In addition, OTC-cleared transactions include price alignment amounts either received or paid on the variation margin, which are reflected in realized capital gains and losses or, if characterized as interest, in net investment income.

On the date the derivative contract is entered into, the Company designates the derivative as (1) a hedge of the variability in cash flows of a forecasted transaction or of amounts to be received or paid related to a recognized asset or liability (“cash flow” hedge), (2) a hedge of a net investment in a foreign operation (“net investment” hedge) or (3) held for other investment and/or risk management purposes, which primarily involve managing asset or liability related risks and do not qualify for hedge accounting.

Cash Flow Hedges - Changes in the fair value of a derivative that is designated and qualifies as a cash flow hedge, including foreign-currency cash flow hedges, are recorded in AOCI and are reclassified into earnings when the variability of the cash flow of the hedged item impacts earnings. Gains and losses on derivative contracts that are reclassified from AOCI to current period earnings are included in the line item in the Consolidated Statements of Operations in which the cash flows of the hedged item are recorded. Periodic derivative net coupon settlements are recorded in the line item of the Consolidated Statements of Operations in which the cash flows of the hedged item are recorded. Cash flows from cash flow hedges are presented in the same category as the cash flows from the items being hedged on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Other Investment and/or Risk Management Activities - The Company’s other investment and/or risk management activities primarily relate to strategies used to reduce economic risk or replicate permitted investments and do not receive hedge accounting treatment. Changes in the fair value, including periodic derivative net coupon settlements, of derivative instruments held for other investment and/or risk management purposes are reported in current period earnings as net realized capital gains and losses.

Hedge Documentation and Effectiveness Testing

To qualify for hedge accounting treatment, a derivative must be highly effective in mitigating the designated changes in fair value or cash flow of the hedged item. At hedge inception, the Company formally documents all relationships between hedging instruments and hedged items, as well as its risk-management objective and strategy for undertaking each hedge transaction. The documentation process includes linking derivatives that are designated as fair value, cash flow, or net investment hedges to specific assets or liabilities on the balance sheet or to specific forecasted transactions and defining the effectiveness testing methods to be used. The Company also formally assesses both at the hedge’s inception and ongoing on a quarterly basis, whether the derivatives that are used in hedging transactions have been and are expected to continue to be highly effective in offsetting changes in fair values, cash flows or net investment in foreign operations of hedged items. Hedge effectiveness is assessed primarily using quantitative methods as well as using qualitative methods. Quantitative methods include regression or other statistical analysis of changes in fair value or cash flows associated with the hedge relationship. Qualitative methods may include comparison of critical terms of the derivative to the hedged item.

Discontinuance of Hedge Accounting

The Company discontinues hedge accounting prospectively when (1) it is determined that the qualifying criteria are no longer met; (2) the derivative is no longer designated as a hedging instrument; or (3) the derivative expires or is sold, terminated or exercised.

When cash flow hedge accounting is discontinued because the Company becomes aware that it is not probable that the forecasted transaction will occur, the derivative continues to be carried on the balance sheet at its fair value, and gains and losses that were accumulated in AOCI are recognized immediately in earnings.

In other situations in which hedge accounting is discontinued, including those where the derivative is sold, terminated or exercised, amounts previously deferred in AOCI are reclassified into earnings when earnings are impacted by the hedged item.

Embedded Derivatives

The Company purchases investments and has previously issued and assumed via reinsurance financial products that contain embedded derivative instruments. When it is determined that (1) the embedded derivative possesses economic characteristics that are not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics of the host contract and (2) a separate instrument with the same terms would qualify as a derivative instrument, the embedded derivative is bifurcated from the host for measurement purposes. The embedded derivative, which is reported with the host instrument on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, is carried at fair value with changes in fair value reported in net realized capital gains and losses.

Credit Risk

Credit risk is defined as the risk of financial loss due to uncertainty of an obligor’s or counterparty’s ability or willingness to meet its obligations in accordance with agreed upon terms. Credit exposures are measured using the market value of the derivatives, resulting in amounts owed to the Company by its counterparties or potential payment obligations from the Company to its counterparties. The Company generally requires that OTC derivative contracts, other than certain forward contracts, be governed by International Swaps and Derivatives Association ("ISDA") agreements which are structured by legal entity and by counterparty and permit right of offset. Some agreements require daily collateral settlement based upon agreed upon thresholds. For purposes of daily derivative collateral maintenance, credit exposures are generally quantified based on the prior business day’s market value and collateral is pledged to and held by, or on behalf of, the Company to the extent the current value of the derivatives exceed the contractual thresholds. For the Company’s domestic derivative programs, the maximum uncollateralized threshold for a derivative counterparty for a single legal entity is $7. The Company also minimizes the credit risk of derivative instruments by entering into transactions with high quality counterparties primarily rated A or better, which are monitored and evaluated by the Company’s risk management team and reviewed by senior management. OTC-cleared derivatives are governed by clearing house rules. Transactions cleared through a central clearing house reduce risk due to their ability to require daily variation margin and act as an independent valuation source. In addition, the Company monitors counterparty credit exposure on a monthly basis to ensure compliance with Company policies and statutory limitations.

Derivative Instruments

The Company utilizes a variety of OTC, OTC-cleared and exchange traded derivative instruments as a part of its overall risk management strategy as well as to enter into replication transactions. Derivative instruments are used to manage risk associated with interest rate, equity market, credit spread, issuer default, price, and currency exchange rate risk or volatility. Replication transactions are used as an economical means to synthetically replicate the characteristics and performance of assets that are permissible investments under the Company’s investment policies. The Company also may enter into and has previously issued financial instruments and products that either are accounted for as freestanding derivatives, such as certain reinsurance contracts, or as embedded derivative instruments, such as certain GMWB riders included with certain variable annuity products.

Cash

Cash represents cash on hand and demand deposits with banks or other financial institutions, as well as money market funds.

Reinsurance

The Company cedes to affiliated and unaffiliated insurers to enable the Company to manage capital and risk exposure. The Company also assumes from unaffiliated insurers to provide our counterparties with risk management solutions. The Company's historical reinsurance cessions provided a level of risk mitigation desired by prior ownership. The Company's current reinsurance assumptions and internal retrocessions provide strategic business growth opportunities. In ceding and assuming risks, the Company may use various types of reinsurance including coinsurance, modified coinsurance, coinsurance with funds withheld arrangements, and yearly renewable term. Failure of reinsurers to honor their obligations could result in losses to the Company. Ceded reinsurance arrangements do not discharge the Company as the primary insurer, except for instances where the primary policy or policies have been novated.

Premiums and benefits and losses reflect the net effects of ceded and assumed reinsurance transactions. Included in other assets are prepaid reinsurance premiums, which represent the portion of premiums ceded to reinsurers applicable to the unexpired terms of the reinsurance agreements. Included in reinsurance recoverables are balances due from reinsurance companies for paid and unpaid losses and are presented net of an ACL which is based on the expectation of lifetime credit loss.

Reinsurance accounting is followed for ceded and assumed transactions that provide indemnification against loss or liability relating to insurance risk (risk transfer). To meet risk transfer requirements, a reinsurance agreement must include insurance risk, consisting of underwriting, investment, and timing risk, and a reasonable possibility of a significant loss to the reinsurer. If the ceded and assumed transactions do not meet risk transfer requirements, the Company accounts for these transactions as financing transactions. The deferred gain or acquisition cost related to long-duration contracts is accounted for over the life of the underlying reinsured policies using assumptions consistent with those used to account for the underlying policies and is primarily amortized on a constant-level basis.

Under coinsurance arrangements, reserves and investment assets are transferred from the ceding insurer to the reinsurer. In certain arrangements, the reinsurer will hold the assets supporting the reserves in a trust for the benefit of the ceding insurer.

Under modified coinsurance arrangements, both the ceded reserves and the investment assets that support the reserves are retained by the cedant and profit and loss with respect to the obligations and investment returns flow through periodic net settlements. Under coinsurance with funds withheld arrangements, ceded reserves are transferred to the reinsurer, however, investment assets that support the reserves are retained by the cedant, and profit and loss with respect to only the investment returns flow through periodic net settlements. Both modified coinsurance and coinsurance with funds withheld arrangements require the cedant to establish a mechanism which legally segregates the underlying assets. The Company has the right of offset on general account assets and liabilities reinsured on a modified coinsurance and coinsurance with funds withheld basis, but have elected to present balances due to and due from reinsurance counterparties on a gross basis, within reinsurance recoverables and funds withheld liability on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Modified coinsurance of assumed separate accounts accounted for under reinsurance accounting is presented on a net basis on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As a result of the net presentation of the reinsured separate account assets and liabilities, we have revenue recorded from the reinsurance separate accounts as fee income, but not an associated asset or liability on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

A funds withheld liability is established which represents the fair value of investment assets segregated under ceded modified coinsurance or coinsurance with funds withheld reinsurance arrangements. The funds withheld liability is comprised of a host contract and an embedded derivative. For ceded reinsurance agreements, the cedant has an obligation to pay the total return on the assets supporting the funds withheld liability. Interest accrues at a risk-free rate on the host contract and is recorded as net investment income in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The embedded derivative is similar to a total return swap on the income generated by the underlying assets held by the cedant. The change in the embedded derivative is recorded in net realized capital gains (losses).

The Company evaluates the financial condition of its reinsurers and concentrations of credit risk. Reinsurance is placed with reinsurers that meet strict financial criteria established by the Company.

Value of Business Acquired

VOBA represents the estimated value assigned to the right to receive future gross profits from cash flows and earnings of acquired insurance and investment contracts as of the date of the acquisition. It is based on the actuarially estimated present value of future cash flows from the acquired insurance and investment contracts in-force as of the date of the acquisition. The principal assumptions used in estimating VOBA include equity market returns, mortality, persistency, expenses, and discount rates, in addition to other factors that the Company expects to experience in future years. Actual experience on the acquired contracts may vary from these projections and the recovery of VOBA is dependent upon the future profitability of the related business. For certain transactions, the fair value of acquired obligations of the Company exceed the book value of assumed in-force policy liabilities resulting in additional insurance liabilities. In pushdown accounting, these liabilities were increased to fair value, which is presented separately from VOBA as an additional insurance liability included in other policyholder funds and benefits payable on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company amortizes VOBA over EGPs and it is reviewed for recoverability quarterly.

The Company also uses the present value of EGPs to determine reserves for universal life type contracts (including VA) with death or other insurance benefits such as guaranteed minimum death benefits, life-contingent guaranteed minimum withdrawal and universal life insurance secondary guarantee benefits. These benefits are accounted for and collectively referred to as death and other insurance benefit reserves and are held in addition to the account value liability representing policyholder funds.

For most life insurance product contracts, including variable annuities, the Company estimates gross profits over 20 years as EGPs emerging subsequent to that time frame are immaterial. Future gross profits are projected over the estimated lives of the underlying contracts, based on future account value projections for variable annuity products. The projection of future account values requires the use of certain assumptions including: separate account returns; separate account fund mix; fees assessed against the contract holder’s account balance; full and partial surrender rates; interest credited; mortality; and annuitization rates. Changes in these assumptions and changes to other assumptions such as expenses and hedging costs cause EGPs to fluctuate, which impacts earnings.

In the third quarter of 2022, the Company completed a comprehensive policyholder behavior assumption study which resulted in a non-market related after-tax charge and incorporated the results of that study into its projection of future gross profits. Additionally, throughout the year, the Company evaluates various aspects of policyholder behavior and will revise its policyholder behavior assumptions if credible emerging data indicates that changes are warranted. Upon completion of an annual assumption study or evaluation of credible new information, the Company will revise its assumptions to reflect its current best estimate. These assumption revisions will change the projected account values and the related EGPs in the VOBA models, as well as EGPs used in the death and other insurance benefit reserving models.

All assumption changes that affect the estimate of future EGPs including the update of current account values and policyholder behavior assumptions are considered an Unlock in the period of revision. An Unlock adjusts the VOBA, death and other insurance benefit reserve balances on the Consolidated Balance Sheets with an offsetting benefit or charge on the Consolidated Statements of Operations in the period of the revision. An Unlock revises EGPs to reflect the Company's current best estimate assumptions. The Company also tests the aggregate recoverability of VOBA by comparing the existing balance to the present value of future EGPs. An Unlock that results in an after-tax benefit generally occurs as a result of actual experience or future expectations of product profitability being favorable compared to previous estimates. An Unlock that results in an after-tax charge generally occurs as a result of actual experience or future expectations of product profitability being unfavorable compared to previous estimates.

Policyholders or their beneficiaries may make modifications to existing contracts. If the new modification results in a substantially changed replacement contract, the existing VOBA is written off through income. If the modified contract is not substantially changed, the existing VOBA continues to be amortized and incremental costs are expensed in the period incurred.

Income Taxes

The Company recognizes taxes payable or refundable for the current year and deferred taxes for the tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax basis of assets and liabilities. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years the temporary differences are expected to reverse. A deferred tax provision is recorded for the tax effects of differences between the Company's current taxable income and its income before tax under U.S. GAAP in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. For deferred tax assets, the Company records a valuation allowance that is adequate to reduce the total deferred tax asset to an amount that will more likely than not be realized.

Separate Accounts

The Company records the variable account value portion of variable annuities, variable life insurance products and individual, institutional, and governmental investment contracts within separate accounts. Separate account assets are reported at fair value and separate account liabilities are reported at amounts consistent with separate account assets. Investment income and gains and losses from those separate account assets accrue directly to the policyholder, who assumes the related investment risk, and are offset by the change in the related liability. The Company earns fee income for investment management, certain administrative services and mortality and expense risks.

Reserve for Future Policy Benefits

Reserve for Future Policy Benefits on Universal Life-type Contracts

Certain contracts classified as universal life-type include death and other insurance benefit features. These features include guaranteed minimum death benefit ("GMDB") and the life-contingent portion of guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit ("GMWB") riders offered with variable annuity contracts, including assumed variable annuity contracts, secondary guarantee benefits offered with universal life insurance contracts, as well as GLWB riders and guaranteed annuitization benefits offered by assumed variable annuity and FIA contracts. GMDB riders on variable annuities provide a death benefit during the accumulation phase that is generally equal to the greater of (a) the contract value at death or (b) premium payments less any prior withdrawals and may include adjustments that increase the benefit, such as for maximum anniversary value ("MAV"). For the Company's products with life-contingent GMWB riders, the withdrawal benefit can exceed the guaranteed remaining balance ("GRB"), which is generally equal to premiums less withdrawals. In addition to recording an account value liability that represents policyholder funds, the Company records a death and other insurance benefit liability for

GMDBs, the life-contingent portion of GMWBs and the universal life insurance secondary guarantees. Universal life insurance secondary guarantee benefits ensure that the policy will not terminate, and will continue to provide a death benefit, even if there is insufficient policy value to cover the monthly deductions and charges. GLWBs on FIA contracts allow guaranteed lifetime withdrawals even if account value is otherwise insufficient. Certain FIA contracts contain a second notional account value which provides additional annuitization benefits. This death and other insurance benefit liability is reported in reserve for future policy benefits on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Changes in the death and other insurance benefit reserves are recorded in benefits and losses in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The death and other insurance benefit liability is determined by estimating the expected present value of the benefits in excess of the policyholder’s expected account value in proportion to the present value of total expected assessments and investment margin. Total expected assessments are the aggregate of all contract charges, including those for administration, mortality, expense, and surrender. The liability is accrued as actual assessments are earned. The expected present value of benefits and assessments are generally derived from a set of stochastic scenarios that have been calibrated to assumed market rates of return and assumptions including volatility, discount rates, lapse rates and mortality experience. Consistent with the Company’s policy on the Unlock, the Company regularly evaluates estimates used and adjusts the liability, with a related charge or credit to benefits and losses. For further information on the Unlock, see the Value of Business Acquired accounting policy section within this footnote.

The Company reinsures a majority of its FIA, a portion of its in-force GMDB and GMWB risks, and all of its universal life insurance secondary guarantees.

Reserve for Future Policy Benefits on Traditional Annuity and Other Contracts

Traditional annuities recorded within the reserve for future policy benefits primarily include life-contingent contracts in the payout phase such as structured settlements and terminal funding agreements. Other contracts within the reserve for policyholder benefits include whole life and guaranteed term life insurance contracts. The reserve for future policy benefits is calculated using standard actuarial methods considering the present value of future benefits and related expenses to be paid less the present value of the portion of future premiums required using assumptions “locked in” at the time the policies were issued, including discount rate, withdrawal, mortality and expense assumptions deemed appropriate at the issue date. Future policy benefits are computed at amounts that, with additions from any estimated premiums to be received and with interest on such reserves compounded annually at assumed rates, are expected to be sufficient to meet the Company’s policy obligations at their maturities or in the event of an insured’s death. While assumptions are locked in upon issuance of new contracts and annuitizations of existing contracts, significant changes in experience or assumptions may require the Company to establish premium deficiency reserves. Premium deficiency reserves, if any, are established based on current assumptions without considering a provision for adverse deviation. Changes in or deviations from the assumptions used can significantly affect the Company’s reserve levels and results from operations.

The Company uses reinsurance for a portion of its fixed and payout annuity businesses and its life insurance business.

Other Policyholder Funds and Benefits Payable

Other policyholder funds and benefits payable primarily include the non-variable account values associated with variable annuities, including account values for assumed variable annuities, assumed FIA and other universal life-type contracts, investment contracts, assumed FIAs and the non-life contingent portion of variable annuity GMWBs that are accounted for as embedded derivatives at fair value as well as other policyholder account balances associated with our life insurance businesses and assumed reinsurance. Investment contracts are non-life contingent and include institutional and governmental deposits, structured settlements and fixed annuities. The liability for investment contracts is equal to the balance that accrues to the benefit of the contract holder as of the financial statement date, which includes the accumulation of deposits plus credited interest, less withdrawals, payments and assessments through the financial statement date.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company carries certain financial assets and liabilities at estimated fair value. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market in an orderly transaction between market participants. Our fair value framework includes a hierarchy that gives the highest priority to the use of quoted prices in active markets, followed by the use of market observable inputs, followed by the use of unobservable inputs. The fair value hierarchy levels are as follows:

Level 1 Fair values based primarily on unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities, in active markets that the Company has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level 2 Fair values primarily based on observable inputs, other than quoted prices included in Level 1, or based on prices for similar assets and liabilities.

Level 3 Fair values derived when one or more of the significant inputs are unobservable (including assumptions about risk). With little or no observable market, the determination of fair values uses considerable judgment and represents the Company’s best estimate of an amount that could be realized in a market exchange for the asset or liability. Also included are securities that are traded within illiquid markets and/or priced by independent brokers.

Valuation Techniques

The Company generally determines fair values using valuation techniques that use prices, rates, and other relevant information evident from market transactions involving identical or similar instruments. Valuation techniques also include, where appropriate, estimates of future cash flows that are converted into a single discounted amount using current market expectations. The Company uses a "waterfall" approach comprised of the following pricing sources and techniques, which are listed in priority order:

•Quoted prices, unadjusted, for identical assets or liabilities in active markets, which are classified as Level 1.

•Prices from third-party pricing services, which primarily utilize a combination of techniques. These services utilize recently reported trades of identical, similar, or benchmark securities making adjustments for market observable inputs available through the reporting date. If there are no recently reported trades, they may use a discounted cash flow technique to develop a price using expected cash flows based upon the anticipated future performance of the underlying collateral discounted at an estimated market rate. Both techniques develop prices that consider the time value of future cash flows and provide a margin for risk, including liquidity and credit risk. Most prices provided by third-party pricing services are classified as Level 2 because the inputs used in pricing the securities are observable. However, some securities that are less liquid or trade less actively are classified as Level 3. Additionally, certain long-dated securities, such as municipal securities and bank loans, include benchmark interest rate or credit spread assumptions that are not observable in the marketplace and are thus classified as Level 3.

•Internal matrix pricing is a valuation process internally developed for private placement securities for which the Company is unable to obtain a price from a third-party pricing service. Internal pricing matrices determine credit spreads that, when combined with risk-free rates, are applied to contractual cash flows to develop a price. The Company develops credit spreads using market based data for public securities adjusted for credit spread differentials between public and private securities, which are obtained from a survey of multiple private placement brokers. The market-based reference credit spread considers the issuer’s sector, financial strength, and term to maturity, using an independent public security index, while the credit spread differential considers the non-public nature of the security. Securities priced using internal matrix pricing are classified as Level 2 because the significant inputs are observable or can be corroborated with observable data.

•Independent broker quotes, which are typically non-binding use inputs that can be difficult to corroborate with observable market based data. Brokers may use present value techniques using assumptions specific to the security types, or they may use recent transactions of similar securities. Due to the lack of transparency in the process that brokers use to develop prices, valuations that are based on independent broker quotes are classified as Level 3.

The fair value of freestanding derivative instruments is determined primarily using a discounted cash flow model or option model technique and incorporates counterparty credit risk. In some cases, quoted market prices for exchange-traded and OTC cleared derivatives may be used and in other cases independent broker quotes may be used. The pricing valuation models primarily use inputs that are observable in the market or can be corroborated by observable market data. The valuation of certain derivatives may include significant inputs that are unobservable, such as volatility levels, and reflect the Company’s view of what other market participants would use when pricing such instruments. Unobservable market data is used in the valuation of customized derivatives that are used to hedge certain GMWB variable annuity riders. See the section “GMWB and FIA Embedded, Customized, and Reinsurance Derivatives” below for further discussion of the valuation model used to value these customized derivatives.

Valuation Inputs

Quoted prices for identical assets in active markets are considered Level 1 and consist of on-the-run U.S. Treasuries, money market funds, exchange-traded equity securities, open-ended mutual funds, certain short-term investments, and exchange traded futures and option contracts.


Valuation Inputs Used in Levels 2 and 3 Measurements for Securities and Freestanding Derivatives
	Level 2 Primary Observable Inputs	Level 3 Primary Unobservable Inputs
Fixed Maturity Investments
Structured securities (includes ABS, CLOs, CMBS and RMBS)
	• Benchmark yields and spreads • Monthly payment information • Collateral performance, which varies by vintage year and includes delinquency rates, loss severity rates and refinancing assumptions • Credit default swap indices Other inputs for ABS, CLOs, and RMBS: • Estimate of future principal prepayments, derived from the characteristics of the underlying structure • Prepayment speeds previously experienced at the interest rate levels projected for the collateral	• Independent broker quotes • Credit spreads beyond observable curve • Interest rates beyond observable curve Other inputs for less liquid securities or those that trade less actively, including subprime RMBS: • Estimated cash flows • Credit spreads, which include illiquidity premium • Constant prepayment rates • Constant default rates • Loss severity
Corporate
	• Benchmark yields and spreads • Reported trades, bids, offers of the same or similar securities • Issuer spreads and credit default swap curves Other inputs for investment grade privately placed securities that utilize internal matrix pricing: • Credit spreads for public securities of similar quality, maturity, and sector, adjusted for non-public nature	• Independent broker quotes • Credit spreads beyond observable curve • Interest rates beyond observable curve Other inputs for below investment grade privately placed securities and private bank loans: • Credit spreads for public securities of similar quality, maturity, and sector, adjusted for non-public nature
U.S Treasuries, Municipals, and Foreign government/government agencies
	• Benchmark yields and spreads • Issuer credit default swap curves • Political events in emerging market economies • Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board reported trades and material event notices • Issuer financial statements	• Credit spreads beyond observable curve • Interest rates beyond observable curve
Equity Securities
	• Quoted prices in markets that are not active	• For privately traded equity securities, internal discounted cash flow models utilizing earnings multiples or other cash flow assumptions that are not observable
Limited Partnerships and Other Alternative Investments, FVO
	Not applicable	• Prices of privately traded securities • Characteristics of privately traded securities, including yield, duration and spread duration
Short-term Investments
	• Benchmark yields and spreads • Reported trades, bids, offers • Issuer spreads and credit default swap curves • Material event notices and new issue money market rates	• Independent broker quotes
Derivatives
Credit derivatives
	• Swap yield curve • Credit default swap curves	Not applicable


Foreign exchange derivatives
	• Swap yield curve • Currency spot and forward rates • Cross currency basis curves	Not applicable
Interest rate derivatives
	• Swap yield curve	• Independent broker quotes • Interest rate volatility • Swap curve beyond 30 years

GMWB and FIA Embedded, Customized and Reinsurance Derivatives


GMWB Embedded Derivatives			The Company formerly offered certain variable annuity products with GMWB riders that provide the policyholder with a GRB which is generally equal to premiums less withdrawals. If the policyholder’s account value is reduced to a specified level through a combination of market declines and withdrawals but the GRB still has value, the Company is obligated to continue to make annuity payments to the policyholder until the GRB is exhausted. When payments of the GRB are not life-contingent, the GMWB represents an embedded derivative carried at fair value reported in other policyholder funds and benefits payable on the Consolidated Balance Sheets with changes in fair value reported in net realized capital gains (losses).
FIA Embedded Derivative			The Company assumed through reinsurance FIA contracts that provide the policyholder with benefits that depend on the performance of market indices. Benefits in excess of contract guarantees represent an embedded derivative carried at fair value and reported in other policyholder funds and benefits payable on the Consolidated Balance Sheets with changes in fair value reported in net realized capital gains (losses).
Freestanding Customized Derivatives			The Company previously held freestanding customized derivative contracts to provide protection from certain capital markets risks for the remaining term of specified blocks of GMWB riders written on a direct basis. These customized derivatives are based on policyholder behavior assumptions specified at the inception of the derivative contracts. The Company retained the risk for differences between assumed and actual policyholder behavior and between the performance of the actively managed funds underlying the separate accounts and their respective indices. These derivatives were reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheets within other investments or other liabilities, as appropriate, after considering the impact of master netting agreements.
GMWB Reinsurance Derivative			The Company has reinsurance arrangements with affiliated and unaffiliated reinsurers in place to transfer a portion of its risk of loss due to GMWB. Certain of these arrangements are recognized as derivatives carried at fair value and reported in reinsurance recoverables on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Changes in the fair value of the reinsurance agreements are reported in net realized capital gains (losses).

Valuation Techniques

Fair values for FIA and GMWB embedded derivatives, freestanding customized derivatives and reinsurance derivatives are classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy and are calculated using internally developed models that utilize significant unobservable inputs because active, observable markets do not exist for these items. In valuing the GMWB embedded

derivative, the Company attributes to the derivative a portion of the expected fees to be collected over the expected life of the contract from the contract holder equal to the present value of future GMWB claims. The excess of fees collected from the contract holder in the current period over the portion of fees attributed to the embedded derivative in the current period are associated with the host variable annuity contract and reported in fee income.

Valuation Inputs

The fair value for each of the non-life contingent GMWBs, FIA embedded derivative, the freestanding customized derivatives and the GMWB reinsurance derivative is calculated as an aggregation of the following components: Best Estimate Benefits; Credit Standing Adjustment; and Margins. The Company believes the aggregation of these components results in an amount that a market participant in an active liquid market would require, if such a market existed, to assume the risks associated with the guaranteed minimum benefits and the related reinsurance and customized derivatives. Each component described in the following discussion is unobservable in the marketplace and requires subjectivity by the Company in determining its value.

Best Estimate Benefits

The Best Estimate Benefits are calculated based on actuarial and capital market assumptions related to projected cash flows, including the present value of benefits and related contract charges, over the lives of the contracts, incorporating unobservable inputs including expectations concerning policyholder behavior.

Credit Standing Adjustment

The credit standing adjustment is an estimate of the adjustment to the fair value that market participants would require in determining fair value to reflect the risk that GMWB benefit obligations or the GMWB reinsurance recoverables will not be fulfilled. The Company incorporates a blend of estimates of peer company and reinsurer bond spreads and credit default spreads from capital markets, adjusted for market recoverability.

Margins

The behavior risk margin adds a margin that market participants would require, in determining fair value, for the risk that the Company’s assumptions about policyholder behavior could differ from actual experience. The behavior risk margin is calculated by taking the difference between adverse policyholder behavior assumptions and best estimate assumptions.


Valuation Inputs Used in Levels 2 and 3 Measurements for GMWB and FIA Embedded, Customized and Reinsurance Derivatives
	Level 2 Primary Observable Inputs	Level 3 Primary Unobservable Inputs
	• Risk-free rates as represented by the Eurodollar futures, LIBOR deposits and swap rates to derive forward curve rates • Correlations of 10 years of observed historical returns across underlying well-known market indices • Correlations of historical index returns compared to separate account fund returns • Equity index levels	• Market implied equity volatility assumptions • Credit standing adjustment assumptions • Option budgets Assumptions about policyholder behavior, including: • Withdrawal utilization • Withdrawal rates • Lapse rates • Reset elections

Derivatives, Methods of Accounting

Strategies that Qualify for Hedge Accounting

Some of the Company's derivatives satisfy hedge accounting requirements as outlined in Note 1 - Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies of these financial statements. Typically, these hedging instruments include interest rate swaps and, to a lesser extent, foreign currency swaps where the terms or expected cash flows of the hedged item closely match the terms of the swap. The interest rate swaps are typically used to manage interest rate duration of certain fixed maturity securities or liability contracts. As a result of pushdown accounting, derivative instruments that previously qualified for hedge accounting were de-designated and recorded at fair value through adjustments to additional paid-in capital at the acquisition date. The hedge strategies by hedge accounting designation include:

Cash Flow Hedges

Interest rate swaps are predominantly used to manage portfolio duration and better match cash receipts from assets with cash disbursements required to fund liabilities. These derivatives primarily convert interest receipts on floating-rate fixed maturity securities to fixed rates. Foreign currency swaps are used to convert foreign currency-denominated cash flows related to certain investment receipts and liability payments to U.S. dollars in order to reduce cash flow fluctuations due to changes in currency rates.

Non-Qualifying Strategies

Derivative relationships that do not qualify for hedge accounting (“non-qualifying strategies”) primarily include the hedge program for the Company's variable annuity products as well as the hedging and replication strategies that utilize credit default swaps. In addition, hedges of interest rate, foreign currency and equity risk of certain fixed maturities, equities and liabilities do not qualify for hedge accounting.

The non-qualifying strategies include:

Interest Rate Swaps, Swaptions and Futures

The Company uses interest rate swaps, swaptions and futures to manage interest rate duration between assets and liabilities in certain investment portfolios. In addition, the Company enters into interest rate swaps to terminate existing swaps, thereby offsetting the changes in value of the original swap. As of December 31, 2022 (Successor Company) and 2021 (Successor Company), the notional amount of interest rate swaps in offsetting relationships was $276 and $506, respectively.

Foreign Currency Swaps and Forwards

The Company enters into foreign currency swaps to convert the foreign currency exposures of certain foreign currency-denominated fixed maturity investments to U.S. dollars. The Company also enters into foreign currency forwards to hedge non-U.S. dollar denominated cash.

Credit Contracts

Credit default swaps are used to purchase credit protection on an individual entity or referenced index to economically hedge against default risk and credit-related changes in the value of fixed maturity securities. Credit default swaps are also used to assume credit risk related to an individual entity or referenced index as a part of replication transactions. These contracts require the Company to pay or receive a periodic fee in exchange for compensation from the counterparty or the Company should the referenced security issuers experience a credit event, as defined in the contract. In addition, the Company enters into credit default swaps to terminate existing credit default swaps, thereby offsetting the changes in value of the original swap going forward.

Equity Index Swaps and Options

The Company enters into equity index options to hedge the impact of a decline in the equity markets on the investment portfolio.

Macro Hedge Program

The Company utilizes equity swaps, options and futures as well as interest rate swaps to provide protection against the statutory tail scenario risk to the Company's statutory surplus arising from higher GMDB claims, as well as lower variable annuity fee revenue.

GMWB Derivatives, net

The Company formerly offered certain variable annuity products with GMWB riders. The GMWB product is a bifurcated embedded derivative (“GMWB product derivatives”) that has a notional value equal to the GRB. The Company uses reinsurance contracts to transfer a portion of its risk of loss due to GMWB. The reinsurance contracts covering GMWB (“GMWB reinsurance contracts”) are accounted for as freestanding derivatives with a notional amount equal to the GRB reinsured.

FIA Embedded Derivative

The Company has assumed through reinsurance, certain FIA products with index-based crediting that constitutes an embedded derivative. The cedant hedges this risk and provides the benefits of this hedging as part of the reinsurance settlements.