INVESTMENTS (Details - Rollforward of changes in allowance for credit losses on available for sale fixed maturity securities by major investment category) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Securities available for sale, balance, beginning of year	$ 198	$ 0
Securities for which allowance for credit losses were not previously recorded	31	330
Purchases of available for sale debt securities accounted for as PCD assets	0	26
Accretion of available for sale debt securities accounted for as purchased credit deteriorated assets	0	1
Securities sold during the period	(7)	(13)
Intent to sell security or more like than not will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis	0	0
Additional net increases or decreases to the allowance for credit losses on securities that had an allowance recorded in a previous period, for which there was no intention to sell before recovery amortized cost basis	57	(7)
Write-offs charged against the allowance	(43)	(108)
Recoveries of amounts previously written off	0	0
Other	0	0
Securities available for sale, balance, end of period	236	236
Adjusted balance
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Securities available for sale, balance, beginning of year		7
Structured Finance [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Securities available for sale, balance, beginning of year	37
Securities for which allowance for credit losses were not previously recorded	1	36
Purchases of available for sale debt securities accounted for as PCD assets	0	26
Accretion of available for sale debt securities accounted for as purchased credit deteriorated assets	0	1
Securities sold during the period	(2)	(3)
Intent to sell security or more like than not will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis	0	0
Additional net increases or decreases to the allowance for credit losses on securities that had an allowance recorded in a previous period, for which there was no intention to sell before recovery amortized cost basis	(10)	(41)
Write-offs charged against the allowance	0	0
Recoveries of amounts previously written off	0	0
Other	0	0
Securities available for sale, balance, end of period	26	26
Structured Finance [Member] \| Adjusted balance
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Securities available for sale, balance, beginning of year		7
Non-structured [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Securities available for sale, balance, beginning of year	161
Securities for which allowance for credit losses were not previously recorded	30	294
Purchases of available for sale debt securities accounted for as PCD assets	0	0
Accretion of available for sale debt securities accounted for as purchased credit deteriorated assets	0	0
Securities sold during the period	(5)	(10)
Intent to sell security or more like than not will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis	0	0
Additional net increases or decreases to the allowance for credit losses on securities that had an allowance recorded in a previous period, for which there was no intention to sell before recovery amortized cost basis	67	34
Write-offs charged against the allowance	(43)	(108)
Recoveries of amounts previously written off	0	0
Other	0	0
Securities available for sale, balance, end of period	$ 210	210
Non-structured [Member] \| Adjusted balance
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Securities available for sale, balance, beginning of year		$ 0

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