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Segment Information (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Reconciliation of Income (Loss) from Operations by Segment to Consolidated Net Income (Loss)
The tables below reconcile our internal measure of performance to the GAAP measure presented in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (in millions):

 
For the Year Ended December 31, 2025
AnnuitiesLife Insurance
Group Protection (1)
Retirement Plan ServicesOther OperationsTotal
Operating Revenues (2)
$4,568 $4,916 $4,745 $1,337 $185 $15,751 
Operating Expenses (3)
Benefits and policyholder liability
remeasurement103 2,603 2,635 – 11 5,352 
Interest credited1,801 903 692 80 3,478 
Commissions1,291 326 501 115 2,238 
General and administrative expenses532 535 915 342 172 2,496 
Interest and debt expense– – – – 146 146 
Other (4)
(156)330 136 16 329 
Total operating expenses3,571 4,697 4,189 1,165 417 14,039 
Total federal income tax expense (benefit)130 19 117 22 (49)239 
Total income (loss) from operations867 200 439 150 (183)1,473 
Reconciliation of total income (loss) from
operations to net income (loss):
Net annuity product features, pre-tax (5)
1,175 
Net life insurance product features, pre-tax(80)
Credit loss-related adjustments, pre-tax(134)
Investment gains (losses), pre-tax(36)
Changes in the fair value of
reinsurance-related embedded
derivatives, trading securities and
certain mortgage loans, pre-tax (6)
(452)
GLB rider fees ceded to LNBAR, pre-tax(941)
Gains (losses) on other non-financial
assets, pre-tax (7)
(14)
Other items, pre-tax (8)(9)(10)(11)
(154)
Income tax benefit (expense) related to
the above pre-tax items128 
Total net income (loss)$965 

(1)    Reflects the day one impact of the third quarter 2025 reinsurance transaction. For more information, see Note 7.
(2)    See table below for reconciliation of total operating revenues to the GAAP measure presented in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss).
(3)    The significant expense categories and amounts align with the segment-level information that is regularly provided to the CODM. Inter-segment expenses are included within the amounts shown.
(4)    Other operating expenses include: Annuities: DAC and VOBA capitalization and amortization; taxes, licenses and fees; expenses associated with reserve financing and LOCs and amortization of deferred loss on business sold through reinsurance.
Life Insurance: DAC and VOBA capitalization and amortization; taxes, licenses and fees; amortization of deferred loss on business sold through reinsurance; expenses associated with reserve financing and LOCs and other intangible amortization.
Group Protection: DAC capitalization and amortization; taxes, licenses and fees; other intangible amortization; amortization of deferred loss on business sold through reinsurance and expenses associated with LOCs.
Retirement Plan Services: DAC capitalization and amortization; taxes, licenses and fees and expenses associated with LOCs.
Other Operations: Taxes, licenses and fees; DAC capitalization and amortization and reimbursements to Other Operations from the Life Insurance segment for the use of proceeds from certain issuances of senior notes that were used as long-term structured solutions, net of expenses incurred by Other Operations for its access to a financing facility and issuance of LOCs.
(5)    Includes changes in MRBs of $218 million; income allocated to support the cost of hedging or future benefits of $687 million; and changes in the fair value of the embedded derivative liabilities and the associated index options for our indexed annuity products of $270 million.
(6)    Includes primarily changes in the fair value of embedded derivatives related to affiliate reinsurance transactions.
(7)    Represents impairment of long-lived assets.
(8)    Includes certain legal accruals of $(9) million and regulatory accruals of $2 million.
(9)    Includes severance expense related to initiatives to realign the workforce of $(25) million.
(10)    Includes transaction, integration and other costs related to mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and certain other corporate initiatives consisting of $(54) million of transaction costs related to restructuring certain captive reinsurance subsidiaries, $(25) million related to the sale of the wealth management business and $(22) million related to Life Insurance segment persistency optimization.
(11)    Includes deferred compensation mark-to-market adjustment of $(21) million.

For the Year Ended December 31, 2024
AnnuitiesLife Insurance
Group Protection (1)
Retirement Plan ServicesOther OperationsTotal
Operating Revenues (2)
$4,549 $4,988 $1,088 $1,304 $149 $12,078 
Operating Expenses (3)
Benefits and policyholder liability
remeasurement143 2,732 (785)– 2,096 
Interest credited1,538 909 675 32 3,160 
Commissions1,115 442 415 104 – 2,076 
General and administrative expenses495 554 870 340 182 2,441 
Interest and debt expense– – – – 185 185 
Other (4)
156 194 153 16 522 
Total operating expenses3,447 4,831 659 1,135 408 10,480 
Total federal income tax expense (benefit)172 13 90 20 (49)246 
Total income (loss) from operations930 144 339 149 (210)1,352 
Reconciliation of total income (loss) from
operations to net income (loss):
Net annuity product features, pre-tax (5)
2,085 
Net life insurance product features, pre-tax(237)
Credit loss-related adjustments, pre-tax(152)
Investment gains (losses), pre-tax(311)
Changes in the fair value of
reinsurance-related embedded
derivatives, trading securities and
certain mortgage loans, pre-tax (6)
203 
GLB rider fees ceded to LNBAR, pre-tax(933)
Gains (losses) on other non-financial
 assets, pre-tax (7)
481 
Other items, pre-tax (8)(9)(10)(11)
(144)
Income tax benefit (expense) related to
the above pre-tax items(214)
Total net income (loss)$2,130 

(1)    Reflects the day one impact of the second quarter 2024 reinsurance transaction. For more information, see Note 7.
(2)    See table below for reconciliation of total operating revenues to the GAAP measure presented in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss).
(3)    The significant expense categories and amounts align with the segment-level information that is regularly provided to the CODM. Inter-segment expenses are included within the amounts shown.
(4)    Other operating expenses include: Annuities: DAC and VOBA capitalization and amortization; broker-dealer expenses before the sale of the wealth management business in the second quarter of 2024; taxes, licenses and fees; expenses associated with reserve financing and LOCs and amortization of deferred loss on business sold through reinsurance.
Life Insurance: DAC and VOBA capitalization and amortization; taxes, licenses and fees; expenses associated with reserve financing and LOCs; amortization of deferred loss on business sold through reinsurance and other intangible amortization.
Group Protection: Taxes, licenses and fees; DAC capitalization and amortization; other intangible amortization; expenses associated with LOCs and amortization of deferred loss on business sold through reinsurance.
Retirement Plan Services: DAC capitalization and amortization; taxes, licenses and fees and expenses associated with LOCs.
Other Operations: Taxes, licenses and fees and reimbursements to Other Operations from the Life Insurance segment for the use of proceeds from certain issuances of senior notes that were used as long-term structured solutions, net of expenses incurred by Other Operations for its access to a financing facility and issuance of LOCs.
(5)    Includes changes in MRBs of $929 million; income allocated to support the cost of hedging or future benefits of $676 million; and changes in the fair value of the embedded derivative liabilities and the associated index options for our indexed annuity products of $480 million.
(6)    Includes primarily changes in the fair value of embedded derivatives related to affiliate reinsurance transactions.
(7)    Relates to the sale of the wealth management business.
(8)    Includes certain legal accruals of $(18) million and regulatory accruals of $(12) million related to estimated state guaranty fund assessments net of estimated state premium tax recoveries associated with the Bankers Life Insurance Company and Colorado Bankers Life Insurance Company insolvencies (see “State Guaranty Fund Assessments” in Note 17 for more information).
(9)    Includes severance expense related to initiatives to realign the workforce of $(74) million.
(10)    Includes transaction, integration and other costs related to mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and certain other corporate initiatives of $(29) million primarily related to the sale of the wealth management business.
(11)    Includes deferred compensation mark-to-market adjustment of $(11) million.

For the Year Ended December 31, 2023
AnnuitiesLife InsuranceGroup ProtectionRetirement Plan ServicesOther OperationsTotal
Operating Revenues (1)
$2,625 $6,362 $5,560 $1,290 $(778)$15,059 
Operating Expenses (2)
Benefits and policyholder liability
remeasurement (3)
(1,506)4,103 3,732 – (871)5,458 
Interest credited1,254 1,242 665 36 3,202 
Commissions972 577 446 87 – 2,082 
General and administrative expenses469 610 846 341 193 2,459 
Interest and debt expense– – – – 190 190 
Other (4)
517 18 155 17 711 
Total operating expenses1,706 6,550 5,184 1,110 (448)14,102 
Total federal income tax expense (benefit)79 (62)79 25 (76)45 
Total income (loss) from operations840 (126)297 155 (254)912 
Reconciliation of total income (loss) from
operations to net income (loss):
Net annuity product features, pre-tax (5)
1,640 
Net life insurance product features, pre-tax187 
Credit loss-related adjustments, pre-tax(74)
Investment gains (losses), pre-tax(4,080)
Changes in the fair value of
reinsurance-related embedded
derivatives, trading securities and
certain mortgage loans, pre-tax(22)
GLB rider fees ceded to LNBAR, pre-tax(923)
Other items, pre-tax (6)(7)(8)(9)
(163)
Income tax benefit (expense) related to
the above pre-tax items735 
Total net income (loss)$(1,788)

(1)    See table below for reconciliation of total operating revenues to the GAAP measure presented in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss).
(2)    The significant expense categories and amounts align with the segment-level information that is regularly provided to the CODM. Inter-segment expenses are included within the amounts shown.
(3)    Annuities and Other Operations: Reflects the fourth quarter 2023 reinsurance transaction ceding of in-force life-contingent payout fixed annuities and institutional pension business that had no income (loss) from operations impact. See Note 7 for more information on the transaction.
(4)    Other operating expenses include:
Annuities: Broker-dealer expenses; DAC and VOBA capitalization and amortization; taxes, licenses and fees and expenses associated with reserve financing and LOCs.
Life Insurance: DAC and VOBA capitalization and amortization; taxes, licenses and fees; expenses associated with reserve financing and LOCs and other intangible amortization.
Group Protection: Taxes, licenses and fees; DAC capitalization and amortization; other intangible amortization and expenses associated with LOCs.
Retirement Plan Services: DAC capitalization and amortization; taxes, licenses and fees and expenses associated with LOCs.
Other Operations: Taxes, licenses and fees and reimbursements to Other Operations from the Life Insurance segment for the use of proceeds from certain issuances of senior notes that were used as long-term structured solutions, net of expenses incurred by Other Operations for its access to a financing facility and issuance of LOCs.
(5)    Includes changes in MRBs of $1,129 million; income allocated to support the cost of hedging or future benefits of $746 million; and changes in the fair value of the embedded derivative liabilities and the associated index options for our indexed annuity products of $(235) million.
(6)    Includes certain legal accruals of $(120) million primarily attributable to a fourth quarter 2023 accrual related to the settlement of cost of insurance litigation.
(7)    Includes severance expense related to initiatives to realign the workforce of $(7) million.
(8)    Includes transaction, integration and other costs related to mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and certain other corporate initiatives consisting of $(30) million related to the fourth quarter 2023 reinsurance transaction and $(4) million related to the sale of the wealth management business.
(9)    Includes deferred compensation mark-to-market adjustment of $(2) million.
Reconciliation of Revenue from Segments to Consolidated
The tables below reconcile our total operating revenues to the GAAP measure presented in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (in millions):

For the Year Ended December 31, 2025
AnnuitiesLife Insurance
Group Protection (1)
Retirement Plan ServicesOther OperationsTotal
Operating revenues$4,568 $4,916 $4,745 $1,337 $185 $15,751 
Revenue adjustments from annuity and life
insurance product features955 (101)– – – 854 
Credit loss-related adjustments(26)(17)(3)(18)(70)(134)
Investment gains (losses)(3)73 – (4)(102)(36)
Changes in the fair value of reinsurance-
related embedded derivatives, trading
securities and certain mortgage loans(231)(120)(77)– (24)(452)
GLB rider fees ceded to LNBAR(940)– – (1)– (941)
Gains (losses) on other non-financial assets– – – – (14)(14)
Total revenues$4,323 $4,751 $4,665 $1,314 $(25)$15,028 

(1)    Reflects the day one impact of the third quarter 2025 reinsurance transaction. For more information, see Note 7.
For the Year Ended December 31, 2024
AnnuitiesLife Insurance
Group Protection (1)
Retirement Plan ServicesOther OperationsTotal
Operating revenues$4,549 $4,988 $1,088 $1,304 $149 $12,078 
Revenue adjustments from annuity and life
insurance product features1,175 (253)– – – 922 
Credit loss-related adjustments(71)(10)(4)(32)(35)(152)
Investment gains (losses)(13)(8)(70)(229)(311)
Changes in the fair value of reinsurance-
related embedded derivatives, trading
securities and certain mortgage loans104 87 (10)– 22 203 
GLB rider fees ceded to LNBAR(932)– – (1)– (933)
Gains (losses) on other non-financial assets– – – – 481 481 
Total revenues$4,812 $4,821 $1,066 $1,201 $388 $12,288 

(1)    Reflects the day one impact of the second quarter 2024 reinsurance transaction. For more information, see Note 7.

For the Year Ended December 31, 2023
Annuities (1)
Life InsuranceGroup ProtectionRetirement Plan Services
Other Operations (1)
Total
Operating revenues$2,625 $6,362 $5,560 $1,290 $(778)$15,059 
Revenue adjustments from annuity and life
insurance product features509 (411)– – 99 
Credit loss-related adjustments(14)(49)(4)(1)(6)(74)
Investment gains (losses)(78)(3,867)(6)(35)(94)(4,080)
Changes in the fair value of reinsurance-
related embedded derivatives, trading
securities and certain mortgage loans(76)55 – – (1)(22)
GLB rider fees ceded to LNBAR(922)– – (1)– (923)
Total revenues (1)
$2,044 $2,090 $5,550 $1,254 $(879)$10,059 

(1)    Includes ceded insurance premiums primarily related to the fourth quarter 2023 reinsurance transaction. For more information, see Note 7.
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment
We present disaggregated disclosures in the Notes below for long-duration insurance balances, applying the level of aggregation by segment as follows:

Business SegmentLevel of Aggregation
AnnuitiesVariable Annuities
Fixed Annuities
Payout Annuities
Life InsuranceTraditional Life
UL and Other
Group ProtectionGroup Protection
Retirement Plan ServicesRetirement Plan Services
The following provides a summary of our DAC, VOBA, DSI and DFEL amortization basis and expected amortization period by segment:

Business SegmentAmortization BasisExpected Amortization Period
AnnuitiesTotal deposits paid to date on policies in forceLife of contract
Life InsurancePolicy count of policies in force
On average 60 years
Group ProtectionGroup certificate contracts in force
4 years
Retirement Plan ServicesLives in force
Life of contract or 40 years
Other business segment and Other Operations information (in millions) was as follows:

For the Years Ended December 31,
202520242023
Net Investment Income
Annuities$2,048 $1,820 $1,744 
Life Insurance2,062 1,870 2,533 
Group Protection361 337 336 
Retirement Plan Services1,012 986 999 
Other Operations142 94 121 
Total net investment income$5,625 $5,107 $5,733