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	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Securities available for sale, balance, beginning of period	$ 122	$ 211	$ 186	$ 7
Securities for which allowance for credit losses were not previously recorded	21	101	36	299
Purchases of available for sale debt securities accounted for as PCD assets	0	20	0	26
Accretion of available for sale debt securities accounted for as purchased credit deteriorated assets	0	1	0	1
Securities sold during the period	(5)	(6)	(10)	(6)
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	(35)	(64)	(103)	(64)
Write-offs charged against the allowance	(6)	(65)	(12)	(65)
Securities available for sale, balance, end of period	97	198	97	198
Adjusted balance
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Securities available for sale, balance, beginning of period			186
Structured
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Securities available for sale, balance, beginning of period	14	37		7
Securities for which allowance for credit losses were not previously recorded	6	11	8	35
Purchases of available for sale debt securities accounted for as PCD assets	0	20	0	26
Accretion of available for sale debt securities accounted for as purchased credit deteriorated assets	0	1	0	1
Securities sold during the period	(2)	(1)	(3)	(1)
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	(8)	(31)	(12)	(31)
Write-offs charged against the allowance	0	0	0	0
Securities available for sale, balance, end of period	10	37	10	37
Structured \| Adjusted balance
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Securities available for sale, balance, beginning of period			17
Non-structured
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Securities available for sale, balance, beginning of period	108	174		0
Securities for which allowance for credit losses were not previously recorded	15	90	28	264
Purchases of available for sale debt securities accounted for as PCD assets	0	0	0	0
Accretion of available for sale debt securities accounted for as purchased credit deteriorated assets	0	0	0	0
Securities sold during the period	(3)	(5)	(7)	(5)
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	(27)	(33)	(91)	(33)
Write-offs charged against the allowance	(6)	(65)	(12)	(65)
Securities available for sale, balance, end of period	$ 87	$ 161	87	$ 161
Non-structured \| Adjusted balance
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Securities available for sale, balance, beginning of period			$ 169

Amount of allowance for credit loss on investment in debt security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in other comprehensive income (available-for-sale).

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