Investments - Other investments by type (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Investments [Line Items]
Other investments	$ 2,532	$ 2,656
Bank loans, net
Investments [Line Items]
Other investments	1,520	1,574
Real estate
Investments [Line Items]
Other investments	750	809
Policy loans
Investments [Line Items]
Other investments	144	148
Derivatives
Investments [Line Items]
Other investments	7	12
Other investments
Investments [Line Items]
Other investments	$ 111	$ 113

Amount of investments classified as other.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.1(f,g))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120400017&loc=d3e572229-122910

Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.12)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120391452&loc=d3e13212-122682

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