Investments (Investments in Fixed Maturity Securities Available-for-Sale by Sector) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	$ 19
Fixed Maturities [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	48,661	$ 46,753
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	19	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	6,380	4,478
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax	370	110
Estimated Fair Value	$ 54,652	$ 51,121
% of Total	100.00%	100.00%
Other-than-temporary impairments in AOCI	$ 0	$ 0
Corporate Debt Securities [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	31,044	29,205
Estimated Fair Value	$ 34,259	$ 31,393
% of Total	100.00%	100.00%
Corporate Debt Securities [Member] \| Fixed Maturities [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	$ 31,044	$ 29,205
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	19	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	3,455	2,269
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax	221	81
Estimated Fair Value	$ 34,259	$ 31,393
% of Total	62.70%	61.40%
Other-than-temporary impairments in AOCI	$ 0	$ 0
Canadian and Canadian provincial governments \| Fixed Maturities [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	2,985	3,016
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	1,912	1,596
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax	0	0
Estimated Fair Value	$ 4,897	$ 4,612
% of Total	9.00%	9.00%
Other-than-temporary impairments in AOCI	$ 0	$ 0
Residential mortgage-backed securities \| Fixed Maturities [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	1,927	2,339
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	101	62
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax	1	3
Estimated Fair Value	$ 2,027	$ 2,398
% of Total	3.70%	4.70%
Other-than-temporary impairments in AOCI	$ 0	$ 0
Asset-backed securities \| Fixed Maturities [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	2,966	2,973
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	28	19
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax	72	14
Estimated Fair Value	$ 2,922	$ 2,978
% of Total	5.30%	5.80%
Other-than-temporary impairments in AOCI	$ 0	$ 0
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] \| Fixed Maturities [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	1,871	1,841
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	81	61
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax	22	3
Estimated Fair Value	$ 1,930	$ 1,899
% of Total	3.50%	3.70%
Other-than-temporary impairments in AOCI	$ 0	$ 0
US Treasury and Government [Member] \| Fixed Maturities [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	1,392	2,096
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	238	57
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax	0	1
Estimated Fair Value	$ 1,630	$ 2,152
% of Total	3.00%	4.20%
Other-than-temporary impairments in AOCI	$ 0	$ 0
US States and Political Subdivisions Debt Securities [Member] \| Fixed Maturities [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	1,233	1,074
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	154	93
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax	4	3
Estimated Fair Value	$ 1,383	$ 1,164
% of Total	2.50%	2.30%
Other-than-temporary impairments in AOCI	$ 0	$ 0
Debt Security, Government, Non-US [Member] \| Fixed Maturities [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	5,243	4,209
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	0	0
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	411	321
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax	50	5
Estimated Fair Value	$ 5,604	$ 4,525
% of Total	10.30%	8.90%
Other-than-temporary impairments in AOCI	$ 0	$ 0

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