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Consolidated Reinsurance
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Supplemental Schedule of Reinsurance Premiums for Insurance Companies [Abstract]  
Consolidated Reinsurance
Brighthouse Life Insurance Company
(An Indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Brighthouse Financial, Inc.)
Schedule IV
Consolidated Reinsurance
December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015
(Dollars in millions)
 
 
Gross Amount
 
Ceded
 
Assumed
 
Net Amount
 
% Amount Assumed to Net
2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Life insurance in-force
 
$
589,488

 
$
194,032

 
$
9,006

 
$
404,462

 
2.2
%
Insurance premium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Life insurance (1)
 
$
1,500

 
$
689

 
$
13

 
$
824

 
1.6
%
Accident & health insurance
 
231

 
227

 
—

 
4

 
—
%
Total insurance premium
 
$
1,731

 
$
916

 
$
13

 
$
828

 
1.6
%
2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Life insurance in-force
 
$
610,206

 
$
450,000

 
$
7,006

 
$
167,212

 
4.2
%
Insurance premium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Life insurance (1)
 
$
1,850

 
$
909

 
$
67

 
$
1,008

 
6.6
%
Accident & health insurance
 
376

 
218

 
14

 
172

 
8.1
%
Total insurance premium
 
$
2,226

 
$
1,127

 
$
81

 
$
1,180

 
6.9
%
2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Life insurance in-force
 
$
591,105

 
$
466,406

 
$
94,863

 
$
219,562

 
43.2
%
Insurance premium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Life insurance (1)
 
$
2,172

 
$
824

 
$
84

 
$
1,432

 
5.9
%
Accident & health insurance
 
232

 
239

 
212

 
205

 
103.4
%
Total insurance premium
 
$
2,404

 
$
1,063

 
$
296

 
$
1,637

 
18.1
%
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(1)
Includes annuities with life contingencies.
For the year ended December 31, 2017, reinsurance ceded and assumed included related party transactions for life insurance in-force of $17.1 billion and $9.0 billion, respectively, and life insurance premiums of $537 million and $13 million, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2016, reinsurance ceded and assumed included related party transactions for life insurance in-force of $266.3 billion and $7.0 billion, respectively, and life insurance premiums of $766 million and $35 million, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2015, reinsurance ceded and assumed included related party transactions for life insurance in-force of $278.4 billion and $86.4 billion, respectively, and life insurance premiums of $687 million and $227 million, respectively.