Equity (Captive Dividend Restriction - Narrative) (Details) - Brighthouse Reinsurance Company of Delaware - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Payments of Dividends	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Preferred Stock
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Payments of Dividends	$ 1	$ 1	$ 1

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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