Income Taxes - Significant Components of Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions |
12 Months Ended | ||
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Dec. 31, 2025 |
Dec. 31, 2024 |
Dec. 31, 2023 |
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| Deferred income tax assets and liabilities | |||
| Statutory rate | 21.00% | 21.00% | 21.00% |
| Deferred income tax assets | |||
| Deferred compensation including corresponding hedges | $ 715 | $ 655 | |
| Insurance and annuity benefits including corresponding hedges | 525 | 802 | |
| Investments including net unrealized on Available-for-Sale securities | 195 | 381 | |
| Net operating loss and tax credit carryforward | 159 | 221 | |
| Other | 200 | 159 | |
| Gross deferred income tax assets | 1,794 | 2,218 | |
| Less: valuation allowance | 65 | 67 | |
| Total deferred income tax assets | 1,729 | 2,151 | |
| Deferred income tax liabilities | |||
| Deferred acquisition costs | 333 | 364 | |
| Goodwill and intangibles | 323 | 323 | |
| Other | 153 | 137 | |
| Gross deferred income tax liabilities | 809 | 824 | |
| Net deferred income tax assets | $ 920 | $ 1,327 | |
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition Amount, after allocation of valuation allowances and deferred tax liability, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible differences and carryforwards, without jurisdictional netting. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount after allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible operating loss carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount, before allocation of valuation allowance, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences, classified as other. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from employee compensation. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition The tax effect as of the balance sheet date of the amount of the estimated future tax deductions arising from estimated policyholder reserves, which will be deductible from future taxable income when actual costs are incurred, and which can only be realized if sufficient tax-basis income is generated in future periods to enable the tax deduction to be taken. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount, before allocation of valuation allowance, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary difference from unrealized loss on investment in debt security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in other comprehensive income (available-for-sale). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition The amount as of the balance sheet date of the estimated future tax effects attributable to policy acquisition costs being expensed for tax purposes but capitalized in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, which will reverse in future periods when amortization of such capitalized costs cannot be deducted for tax purposes. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from intangible assets including goodwill. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences classified as other. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Percentage of domestic federal statutory tax rate applicable to pretax income (loss). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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