ORGANIZATION	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Organization [Abstract]
Organization	ORGANIZATION Consolidation AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company’s (“Equitable Life” and, collectively with its consolidated subsidiaries, the “Company”) primary business is providing variable annuity, life insurance and employee benefit products to both individuals and businesses. The Company is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Equitable Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”). Prior to the closing of the initial public offering of shares of Holdings’ common stock on May 14, 2018 (the “IPO”), Holdings was a wholly-owned subsidiary of AXA S.A. (“AXA”), a French holding company for the AXA Group, a worldwide leader in life, property and casualty, and health insurance and asset management. As of December 31, 2019, AXA owns less than 10% of the outstanding common stock of Holdings. In March 2018, AXA contributed its 0.5% minority interest in AXA Financial, Inc. (“AXA Financial”) to Holdings, increasing Holdings’ ownership of AXA Financial to 100%. On October 1, 2018, AXA Financial merged with and into its direct parent, Holdings, with Holdings continuing as the surviving entity (the “AXA Financial Merger”). As a result of the AXA Financial Merger, Holdings assumed all of AXA Financial’s liabilities, including two assumption agreements under which it legally assumed primary liability for certain employee benefit plans of Equitable Life and various guarantees for its subsidiaries. Discontinued Operations In the fourth quarter of 2018, the Company transferred its economic interest in the business of AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. (“AB Holding”), AllianceBernstein L.P. (“ABLP”) AllianceBernstein Corporation and their subsidiaries (collectively, “AB”) to a newly created wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdings (the “AB Business Transfer”). The results of AB are reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements as a discontinued operation and, therefore, are presented as Assets of disposed subsidiary, Liabilities of disposed subsidiary on the consolidated balance sheets and Net income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of taxes, on the consolidated statements of income (loss). Intercompany transactions between the Company and AB prior to the AB Business Transfer have been eliminated. Ongoing service transactions will be reported as related party transactions going forward. See Note 19 for information on discontinued operations and transactions with AB. As a result of the AB Business Transfer, we have reassessed the Company's segment structure and concluded that the Company operates as a single reportable segment as information on a more segmented basis is not evaluated by the Chief Operating Decision Maker and as such there is only a single reporting segment.

ORGANIZATION

Consolidation

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company’s (“Equitable Life” and, collectively with its consolidated subsidiaries, the “Company”) primary business is providing variable annuity, life insurance and employee benefit products to both individuals and businesses. The Company is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Equitable Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”). Prior to the closing of the initial public offering of shares of Holdings’ common stock on May 14, 2018 (the “IPO”), Holdings was a wholly-owned subsidiary of AXA S.A. (“AXA”), a French holding company for the AXA Group, a worldwide leader in life, property and casualty, and health insurance and asset management. As of December 31, 2019, AXA owns less than 10% of the outstanding common stock of Holdings.

In March 2018, AXA contributed its 0.5% minority interest in AXA Financial, Inc. (“AXA Financial”) to Holdings, increasing Holdings’ ownership of AXA Financial to 100%. On October 1, 2018, AXA Financial merged with and into its direct parent, Holdings, with Holdings continuing as the surviving entity (the “AXA Financial Merger”). As a result of the AXA Financial Merger, Holdings assumed all of AXA Financial’s liabilities, including two assumption agreements under which it legally assumed primary liability for certain employee benefit plans of Equitable Life and various guarantees for its subsidiaries.

Discontinued Operations

In the fourth quarter of 2018, the Company transferred its economic interest in the business of AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. (“AB Holding”), AllianceBernstein L.P. (“ABLP”) AllianceBernstein Corporation and their subsidiaries (collectively, “AB”) to a newly created wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdings (the “AB Business Transfer”). The results of AB are reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements as a discontinued operation and, therefore, are presented as Assets of disposed subsidiary, Liabilities of disposed subsidiary on the consolidated balance sheets and Net income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of taxes, on the consolidated statements of income (loss). Intercompany transactions between the Company and AB prior to the AB Business Transfer have been eliminated. Ongoing service transactions will be reported as related party transactions going forward. See Note 19 for information on discontinued operations and transactions with AB.

As a result of the AB Business Transfer, we have reassessed the Company's segment structure and concluded that the Company operates as a single reportable segment as information on a more segmented basis is not evaluated by the Chief Operating Decision Maker and as such there is only a single reporting segment.