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Goodwill and Specifically Identifiable Intangible Assets
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Goodwill and Specifically Identifiable Intangible Assets [Abstract]  
Goodwill and Specifically Identifiable Intangible Assets 9. Goodwill and Specifically Identifiable Intangible Assets

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill (in millions) by reportable segment were as follows:

For the Year Ended December 31, 2022

Gross

Accumulated

Net

Goodwill

Impairment

Goodwill

Net

as of

as of

as of

Goodwill

Beginning-

Beginning-

Beginning-

as of End-

of-Year

of-Year

of-Year

Impairment

of-Year

Life Insurance

$

2,188

$

(1,554

)

$

634

$

(634

)

$

-

Annuities

1,040

(600

)

440

-

440

Group Protection

684

-

684

-

684

Retirement Plan Services

20

-

20

-

20

Total goodwill

$

3,932

$

(2,154

)

$

1,778

$

(634

)

$

1,144

For the Year Ended December 31, 2021

Gross

Accumulated

Net

Goodwill

Impairment

Goodwill

Net

as of

as of

as of

Goodwill

Beginning-

Beginning-

Beginning-

as of End-

of-Year

of-Year

of-Year

Impairment

of-Year

Life Insurance

$

2,188

$

(1,554

)

$

634

$

-

$

634

Annuities

1,040

(600

)

440

-

440

Group Protection

684

-

684

-

684

Retirement Plan Services

20

-

20

-

20

Total goodwill

$

3,932

$

(2,154

)

$

1,778

$

-

$

1,778

The fair values of our reporting units (Level 3 fair value estimates) are comprised of the value of in-force (i.e., existing) business and the value of new business. Specifically, new business is representative of cash flows and profitability associated with policies or contracts we expect to issue in the future, reflecting our forecasts of future sales volume and product mix over a 10-year period. To determine the values of in-force and new business, we use a discounted cash flows technique that applies a discount rate reflecting the market expected, weighted-average rate of return adjusted for the risk factors associated with operations to the projected future cash flows for each reporting unit.

As a result of the capital market environment during the third quarter of 2022, including (i) declining equity markets and (ii) the impact of rising interest rates on our discount rate assumption, we accelerated our quantitative goodwill impairment test for our Life Insurance reporting unit as we concluded that there were indicators of impairment. Based on this quantitative test, which included updating our best estimate assumptions therein, we incurred an impairment during the third quarter of 2022 of the Life Insurance reporting unit goodwill of $634 million, which represented a write-off of the entire balance of goodwill for the reporting unit.

As of October 1, 2022, we performed our annual quantitative goodwill impairment test for our other reporting units, and, as of such date, the fair value was in excess of the carrying value for each of the Annuities, Group Protection and Retirement Plan Services reporting units.

As of October 1, 2021, we performed our annual quantitative goodwill impairment test for all of our reporting units, and, as of such date, the fair value was in excess of each reporting unit’s carrying value.

The gross carrying amounts and accumulated amortization (in millions) for each major specifically identifiable intangible asset class by reportable segment were as follows:

As of December 31, 2022

As of December 31, 2021

Gross

Gross

Carrying

Accumulated

Carrying

Accumulated

Amount

Amortization

Amount

Amortization

Life Insurance:

Sales force

$

100

$

67

$

100

$

63

Group Protection:

VOCRA

576

115

576

85

VODA

31

10

31

7

Insurance licenses (1)

-

-

3

-

Retirement Plan Services:

Mutual fund contract rights (1)

5

-

5

-

Total

$

712

$

192

$

715

$

155

(1)No amortization recorded as the intangible asset has indefinite life.

Future estimated amortization of specifically identifiable intangible assets (in millions) as of December 31, 2022, was as follows:

2023

$

37

2024

37

2025

37

2026

37

2027

37

Thereafter

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