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Equity method investment, additional 6.4 percentage agreed on

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Purchase of incremental ownership interest in Huatai Group

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Carrying value of amounts transferred to third parties for security purposes that are expected to be returned or applied towards payment in the future.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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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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Acquisitions Investments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Acquisitions Investments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2019	Oct. 07, 2021
Cigna's Life Insurance Business in Asia-Pacific Markets [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityExpectedCashConsideration [Member]				$ 5,750
Huatai Group [Member] \| CHINA
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	47.10%	47.10%
Equity method investment, additional 7.1 percentage agreed on			7.10%
Equity method investment, additional 6.4 percentage agreed on [Table]	6.40%
Equity method investment, incremental 0.9 percent obtained		0.90%
Purchase of incremental ownership interest		$ 65
Deposits Assets	$ 143	$ 143