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Investments The following is a summary of Ameriprise Financial investments: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | December 31, | 2025 | | 2024 | | (in millions) | | Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | $ | 53,591 | | | $ | 52,153 | | Mortgage loans (allowance for credit losses: 2025, $14; 2024, $14) | 2,824 | | | 2,354 | | | Policy loans | 1,056 | | | 982 | | Other investments (allowance for credit losses: 2025, $7; 2024, $6) | 935 | | | 934 | | | Total | $ | 58,406 | | | $ | 56,423 | |
Other investments primarily reflect the Company’s interests in affordable housing partnerships, trading securities, equity securities, seed money investments in proprietary funds, syndicated loans, credit card receivables and certificates of deposit with original or remaining maturities at the time of purchase of more than 90 days. The following is a summary of Net investment income: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Years Ended December 31, | 2025 | | 2024 | | 2023 | | (in millions) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Available-for-Sale securities (1) | $ | 2,589 | | | $ | 2,611 | | | $ | 2,252 | | | Net realized gains (losses) | 3 | | | (18) | | | (27) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Consolidated investment entities | 179 | | | 207 | | | 181 | | Other investments and receivables (1) | 799 | | | 848 | | | 800 | | | Total | $ | 3,570 | | | $ | 3,648 | | | $ | 3,206 | |
(1) Prior period amounts associated with investment income from Available-for-Sale securities have been disaggregated (as the largest component of fixed maturities) to conform with current period presentation with remaining amounts included in Other investments and receivables. Available-for-Sale securities distributed by type were as follows: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | December 31, 2025 | | Description of Securities | | Amortized Cost | | Gross Unrealized Gains | | Gross Unrealized Losses | | Allowance for Credit Losses | | Fair Value | | | (in millions) | | Corporate debt securities | | $ | 15,911 | | | $ | 395 | | | $ | (464) | | | $ | — | | | $ | 15,842 | | | Residential mortgage backed securities | | 28,578 | | | 261 | | | (666) | | | — | | | 28,173 | | | Commercial mortgage backed securities | | 3,778 | | | 16 | | | (103) | | | (4) | | | 3,687 | | | Asset backed securities | | 3,755 | | | 19 | | | (21) | | | — | | | 3,753 | | | State and municipal obligations | | 657 | | | 36 | | | (15) | | | (1) | | | 677 | | | U.S. government and agency obligations | | 1,457 | | | 1 | | | — | | | — | | | 1,458 | | | Foreign government bonds and obligations | | 1 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | | $ | 54,137 | | | $ | 728 | | | $ | (1,269) | | | $ | (5) | | | $ | 53,591 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | December 31, 2024 | | Description of Securities | | Amortized Cost | | Gross Unrealized Gains | | Gross Unrealized Losses | | Allowance for Credit Losses | | Fair Value | | | (in millions) | | Corporate debt securities | | $ | 14,509 | | | $ | 201 | | | $ | (711) | | | $ | — | | | $ | 13,999 | | | Residential mortgage backed securities | | 24,396 | | | 81 | | | (1,133) | | | — | | | 23,344 | | | Commercial mortgage backed securities | | 5,339 | | | 10 | | | (219) | | | (4) | | | 5,126 | | | Asset backed securities | | 6,451 | | | 30 | | | (39) | | | — | | | 6,442 | | | State and municipal obligations | | 629 | | | 29 | | | (19) | | | (1) | | | 638 | | | U.S. government and agency obligations | | 2,589 | | | 2 | | | — | | | — | | | 2,591 | | | Foreign government bonds and obligations | | 13 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | | $ | 53,926 | | | $ | 353 | | | $ | (2,121) | | | $ | (5) | | | $ | 52,153 | |
As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, accrued interest of $332 million and $326 million, respectively, is excluded from the amortized cost basis of Available-for-Sale securities in the tables above and is recorded in Receivables. As of both December 31, 2025 and 2024, fixed maturity securities comprised approximately 92% of Ameriprise Financial investments. Rating agency designations are based on the availability of ratings from Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations (“NRSROs”), including Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) and Fitch Ratings Ltd. (“Fitch”). The Company uses the median of available ratings from Moody’s, S&P and Fitch, or if fewer than three ratings are available, the lower rating is used. When ratings from Moody’s, S&P and Fitch are unavailable, the Company may utilize ratings from other NRSROs or rate the securities internally. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company’s internal analysts rated $662 million and $508 million, respectively, of securities using criteria similar to those used by NRSROs. A summary of fixed maturity securities by rating was as follows: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | December 31, 2025 | | December 31, 2024 | | Ratings | | Amortized Cost | | Fair Value | | Percent of Total Fair Value | Amortized Cost | | Fair Value | | Percent of Total Fair Value | | | (in millions, except percentages) | | AAA | | $ | 19,744 | | | $ | 19,489 | | | 36 | % | | $ | 25,251 | | | $ | 24,614 | | | 47 | % | | AA | | 18,446 | | | 18,259 | | | 34 | | | 13,498 | | | 12,909 | | | 25 | | | A | | 4,445 | | | 4,468 | | | 8 | | | 2,979 | | | 2,935 | | | 5 | | | BBB | | 11,169 | | | 11,067 | | | 21 | | | 11,896 | | | 11,402 | | | 22 | | Below investment grade | | 333 | | | 308 | | | 1 | | | 302 | | | 293 | | | 1 | | | Total fixed maturities | | $ | 54,137 | | | $ | 53,591 | | | 100 | % | | $ | 53,926 | | | $ | 52,153 | | | 100 | % |
As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, approximately 86% and 82% of securities rated AA were GNMA, FNMA and FHLMC mortgage backed securities, respectively. No holdings of any issuer were greater than 10% of the Company’s total equity as of both December 31, 2025 and 2024. The following tables summarize the fair value and gross unrealized losses on Available-for-Sale securities, aggregated by major investment type and the length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for which no allowance for credit losses has been recorded: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | December 31, 2025 | | | Less than 12 Months | | 12 Months or More | | Total | | Description of Securities | | Number of Securities | | Fair
Value | | Unrealized
Losses | | Number of Securities | | Fair
Value | | Unrealized
Losses | | Number of Securities | | Fair
Value | | Unrealized
Losses | | | (in millions, except number of securities) | | Corporate debt securities | | 108 | | | $ | 1,560 | | | $ | (48) | | | 314 | | | $ | 5,175 | | | $ | (416) | | | 422 | | | $ | 6,735 | | | $ | (464) | | | Residential mortgage backed securities | | 64 | | | 1,892 | | | (3) | | | 636 | | | 8,033 | | | (663) | | | 700 | | | 9,925 | | | (666) | | | Commercial mortgage backed securities | | 10 | | | 167 | | | — | | | 165 | | | 2,334 | | | (103) | | | 175 | | | 2,501 | | | (103) | | | Asset backed securities | | 4 | | | 56 | | | — | | | 30 | | | 255 | | | (21) | | | 34 | | | 311 | | | (21) | | | State and municipal obligations | | 14 | | | 90 | | | (2) | | | 39 | | | 127 | | | (13) | | | 53 | | | 217 | | | (15) | | U.S. government and agency obligations | | 3 | | | 60 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 3 | | | 60 | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | | 203 | | | $ | 3,825 | | | $ | (53) | | | 1,184 | | | $ | 15,924 | | | $ | (1,216) | | | 1,387 | | | $ | 19,749 | | | $ | (1,269) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | December 31, 2024 | | | Less than 12 Months | | 12 Months or More | | Total | | Description of Securities | | Number of Securities | | Fair
Value | | Unrealized
Losses | | Number of Securities | | Fair
Value | | Unrealized
Losses | | Number of Securities | | Fair
Value | | Unrealized
Losses | | | (in millions, except number of securities) | | Corporate debt securities | | 282 | | | $ | 5,328 | | | $ | (178) | | | 291 | | | $ | 4,042 | | | $ | (533) | | | 573 | | | $ | 9,370 | | | $ | (711) | | Residential mortgage backed securities | | 203 | | | 6,728 | | | (96) | | | 659 | | | 9,122 | | | (1,037) | | | 862 | | | 15,850 | | | (1,133) | | Commercial mortgage backed securities | | 24 | | | 478 | | | (6) | | | 233 | | | 3,298 | | | (213) | | | 257 | | | 3,776 | | | (219) | | | Asset backed securities | | 15 | | | 309 | | | (2) | | | 37 | | | 384 | | | (37) | | | 52 | | | 693 | | | (39) | | | State and municipal obligations | | 21 | | | 57 | | | (2) | | | 45 | | | 133 | | | (17) | | | 66 | | | 190 | | | (19) | | U.S. government and agency obligations | | 1 | | | 100 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 1 | | | 100 | | | — | | Foreign government bonds and obligations | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 3 | | | 12 | | | — | | | 3 | | | 12 | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | | 546 | | | $ | 13,000 | | | $ | (284) | | | 1,268 | | | $ | 16,991 | | | $ | (1,837) | | | 1,814 | | | $ | 29,991 | | | $ | (2,121) | |
As part of the Company’s ongoing monitoring process, management determined that the decrease in total gross unrealized losses on its Available-for-Sale securities for which an allowance for credit losses has not been recognized during the year ended December 31, 2025 is primarily attributable to interest rate movements. As of December 31, 2025, the Company did not recognize these unrealized losses in earnings because it was determined that such losses were due to non-credit factors. The Company does not intend to sell these securities and does not believe that it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell these securities before the anticipated recovery of the remaining amortized cost basis. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, approximately 96% and 97%, respectively, of the total of Available-for-Sale securities with gross unrealized losses were considered investment grade. The following table presents a rollforward of the allowance for credit losses on Available-for-Sale securities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Corporate Debt Securities | | Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities | | | | State and Municipal Obligations | | Total | | (in millions) | Balance at January 1, 2023 | $ | 20 | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 2 | | | $ | 22 | | | Additions for which credit losses were not previously recorded | 1 | | | — | | | | | — | | | 1 | | | Reductions for securities sold during the period (realized) | (20) | | | — | | | | | (1) | | | (21) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Balance at December 31, 2023 | 1 | | | — | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | Additions for which credit losses were not previously recorded | — | | | 4 | | | | | — | | | 4 | | | Reductions for securities sold during the period (realized) | (1) | | | — | | | | | — | | | (1) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Balance at December 31, 2024 | — | | | 4 | | | | | 1 | | | 5 | | | Additions for which credit losses were not previously recorded | — | | | — | | | | | — | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Balance at December 31, 2025 | $ | — | | | $ | 4 | | | | | $ | 1 | | | $ | 5 | |
Net realized gains and losses on Available-for-Sale securities, determined using the specific identification method, recognized in Net investment income were as follows: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Years Ended December 31, | 2025 | | 2024 | | 2023 | | (in millions) | | Gross realized investment gains | $ | 30 | | | $ | 41 | | | $ | 11 | | | Gross realized investment losses | (27) | | | (57) | | | (58) | | | Credit reversals (losses) | — | | | (3) | | | 20 | | | Other impairments | — | | | — | | | (2) | | | Total | $ | 3 | | | $ | (19) | | | $ | (29) | |
Credit reversals for the year ended December 31, 2023 were the result of the sale of a corporate debt security in the communications industry. Other impairments for the year ended December 31, 2023 related to Available-for-Sale securities which the Company intended to sell. See Note 21 for a rollforward of net unrealized investment gains (losses) included in AOCI. Available-for-Sale securities by contractual maturity as of December 31, 2025 were as follows: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Amortized Cost | | Fair Value | | (in millions) | | Due within one year | $ | 1,788 | | | $ | 1,789 | | | Due after one year through five years | 3,606 | | | 3,530 | | | Due after five years through 10 years | 5,955 | | | 5,995 | | | Due after 10 years | 6,677 | | | 6,664 | | | | 18,026 | | | 17,978 | | | Residential mortgage backed securities | 28,578 | | | 28,173 | | | Commercial mortgage backed securities | 3,778 | | | 3,687 | | | Asset backed securities | 3,755 | | | 3,753 | | | Total | $ | 54,137 | | | $ | 53,591 | |
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