Subsequent Events	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	16. Subsequent Events Dividend Transactions On February 20, 2020, BRCD, with the explicit permission of the Delaware Commissioner received on December 30, 2019, paid a $600 million extraordinary dividend to Brighthouse Life Insurance Company. On February 19, 2020, Brighthouse Life Insurance Company declared a $300 million ordinary cash dividend payable to BH Holdings. Such dividend has not been paid as of March 4, 2020.

The entire disclosure for significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, catastrophic loss, significant foreign exchange rate changes, loans to insiders or affiliates, and transactions not in the ordinary course of business.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 855
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122774

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