Insurance Liabilities - Summary of separate accounts (Details) - Universal Life - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022
Liabilities for Guarantees on Long-Duration Contracts [Line Items]
Account value	$ 3,556		$ 3,361
Net amount at risk	$ 70,014		$ 66,220
Average attained age of contract holders by product	53 years	53 years

Value of Separate Accounts and General Accounts Corresponding to Specified Product Guarantee Type and Subset of Guarantee

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Net amount at risk, representing the guaranteed benefit in excess of the current account balance corresponding to the specified product, guarantee type and subset of the guarantee.

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Weighted average attained age of policyholders or contract holders in the specified guarantee type and subset of guarantee class, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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