v3.26.1
Future Policy Benefits
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Insurance [Abstract]  
Future Policy Benefits 12. Future Policy Benefits
Future policy benefits primarily include reserves for traditional life and annuity payout contracts, which represent an estimate of the
present value of future benefits less the present value of future net premiums. Included in Future policy benefits are liabilities for
annuities issued in structured settlement arrangements whereby a claimant receives life contingent payments over their lifetime. Also
included are pension risk transfer arrangements whereby an upfront premium is received in exchange for guaranteed retirement
benefits. All payments under these arrangements are fixed and determinable with respect to their amounts and dates. Structured
settlement or other annuitization elections (e.g., certain single premium immediate annuities) that do not involve life contingent
payments, but rather payments for a stated period are included in Policyholder contract deposits.
For traditional and limited pay long-duration products, benefit reserves are accrued and benefit expense is recognized using a net
premium ratio (“NPR”) methodology for each annual cohort of business.
The following tables present the balances and changes in the liability for future policy benefits and a reconciliation of the
net liability for future policy benefits to the liability for future policy benefits in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:
Individual
Retirement
Group
Retirement
Life
Insurance
Institutional
Markets
Corporate
and Other
Total
(in millions, except for liability durations)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2026
Present value of expected net premiums
Balance, beginning of year
$
$
$8,365
$
$825
$9,190
Effect of changes in discount rate assumptions
(AOCI)
504
34
538
Beginning balance at original discount rate
8,869
859
9,728
Effect of actual variances from expected
experience
(21)
(8)
(29)
Adjusted beginning of year balance
8,848
851
9,699
Issuances
367
13
380
Interest accrual
170
18
188
Net premium collected
(534)
(62)
(596)
Other
2
2
Ending balance at original discount rate
8,853
820
9,673
Effect of changes in discount rate assumptions
(AOCI)
(598)
(45)
(643)
Balance, end of period
$
$
$8,255
$
$775
$9,030
Individual
Retirement
Group
Retirement
Life
Insurance
Institutional
Markets
Corporate
and Other
Total
(in millions, except for liability durations)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2026
Present value of expected future policy benefits
Balance, beginning of year
$1,173
$291
$17,209
$24,147
$18,772
$61,592
Effect of changes in discount rate assumptions
(AOCI)
110
(5)
1,261
3,290
1,180
5,836
Beginning balance at original discount rate
1,283
286
18,470
27,437
19,952
67,428
Effect of actual variances from expected
experience(a)
(14)
(22)
7
(19)
(48)
Adjusted beginning of year balance
1,269
286
18,448
27,444
19,933
67,380
Issuances
34
5
364
163
17
583
Interest accrual
25
7
391
595
471
1,489
Benefit payments
(59)
(19)
(779)
(852)
(751)
(2,460)
Foreign exchange impact
(167)
(167)
Other
3
3
Ending balance at original discount rate
1,269
279
18,427
27,183
19,670
66,828
Effect of changes in discount rate assumptions
(AOCI)
(119)
1
(1,465)
(3,759)
(1,423)
(6,765)
Balance, end of period
$1,150
$280
$16,962
$23,424
$18,247
$60,063
Net liability for future policy benefits, end of
period
1,150
280
8,707
23,424
17,472
51,033
Liability for future policy benefits for certain
participating contracts
11
1,203
1,214
Liability for universal life policies(b)
4,287
53
4,340
Deferred profit liability
31
19
27
1,631
757
2,465
Other reconciling items(c)
13
369
107
489
Future policy benefits for life and accident and
health insurance contracts
1,194
299
13,401
25,055
19,592
59,541
Less: Reinsurance recoverable:
(5)
(649)
(65)
(19,592)
(20,311)
Net liability for future policy benefits after
reinsurance recoverable
$1,189
$299
$12,752
$24,990
$
$39,230
Weighted average liability duration of the
liability for future policy benefits (years)(d)
7.2
5.8
10.7
10.7
10.2
Individual
Retirement
Group
Retirement
Life
Insurance
Institutional
Markets
Corporate
and Other
Total
(in millions, except for liability durations)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2025
Present value of expected net premiums
Balance, beginning of year
$
$
$8,287
$
$871
$9,158
Effect of changes in discount rate assumptions
(AOCI)
797
61
858
Reclassified due to reinsurance recapture
Beginning balance at original discount rate
9,084
932
10,016
Effect of actual variances from expected
experience
(22)
4
(18)
Adjusted beginning of year balance
9,062
936
9,998
Issuances
328
328
Interest accrual
176
20
196
Net premium collected
(525)
(53)
(578)
Other
Ending balance at original discount rate
9,041
903
9,944
Effect of changes in discount rate assumptions
(AOCI)
(633)
(45)
(678)
Balance, end of period
$
$
$8,408
$
$858
$9,266
Individual
Retirement
Group
Retirement
Life
Insurance
Institutional
Markets
Corporate
and Other
Total
(in millions, except for liability durations)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2025
Present value of expected future policy benefits
Balance, beginning of year
$1,130
$202
$16,947
$19,487
$19,243
$57,009
Effect of changes in discount rate assumptions
(AOCI)
145
3
1,720
3,206
1,556
6,630
Reclassified due to reinsurance recapture
102
259
(361)
Beginning balance at original discount rate
1,275
307
18,667
22,952
20,438
63,639
Effect of actual variances from expected
experience(a)
(7)
2
(29)
10
(7)
(31)
Adjusted beginning of year balance
1,268
309
18,638
22,962
20,431
63,608
Issuances
48
4
323
520
20
915
Interest accrual
25
8
401
481
483
1,398
Benefit payments
(58)
(23)
(742)
(709)
(745)
(2,277)
Foreign exchange impact
893
893
Other
(1)
(2)
(3)
(6)
Ending balance at original discount rate
1,282
296
18,620
24,147
20,186
64,531
Effect of changes in discount rate assumptions
(AOCI)
(122)
3
(1,425)
(3,473)
(1,250)
(6,267)
Balance, end of period
$1,160
$299
$17,195
$20,674
$18,936
$58,264
Net liability for future policy benefits, end of
year
1,160
299
8,787
20,674
18,078
48,998
Liability for future policy benefits for certain
participating contracts
12
1,239
1,251
Liability for universal life policies(b)
4,108
53
4,161
Deferred profit liability
34
22
24
1,653
801
2,534
Other reconciling items(c)
15
419
107
541
Future policy benefits for life and accident and
health insurance contracts
1,209
321
13,350
22,327
20,278
57,485
Less: Reinsurance recoverable:
(5)
(656)
(40)
(20,034)
(20,735)
Net liability for future policy benefits after
reinsurance recoverable
$1,204
$321
$12,694
$22,287
$244
$36,750
Weighted average liability duration of the
liability for future policy benefits (years)(d)
7.4
6.0
10.5
10.7
10.5
Effect of changes in cash flow assumptions and variances from actual experience are partially offset by changes in the deferred profit liability.
(b)Additional details can be found in the table that presents the balances and changes in the liability for universal life policies.
(c)Other reconciling items primarily include the Accident and Health as well as Group Benefits (short-duration) contracts.
(d)The weighted average liability durations are calculated as the modified duration using projected future net liability cashflows that are aggregated at the segment level,
utilizing the segment level weighted average interest rates and current discount rate, which can be found in the table below.
For the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 in the traditional and term life insurance block, capping of net premium ratios at
100% caused a (credit)/charge to net income of $0 million and $1 million, respectively. The discount rate was updated based on
market observable information.
The following table presents the amount of undiscounted expected future benefit payments and undiscounted and
discounted expected gross premiums for future policy benefits for nonparticipating contracts:
Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions)
2026
2025
Individual
Retirement
Undiscounted expected future benefits and expense
$1,849
$1,856
Undiscounted expected future gross premiums
$
$
Group Retirement
Undiscounted expected future benefits and expense
$396
$428
Undiscounted expected future gross premiums
$
$
Life Insurance
Undiscounted expected future benefits and expense
$30,847
$30,285
Undiscounted expected future gross premiums
$21,116
$20,762
Discounted expected future gross premiums (at current discount rate)
$14,173
$13,911
Institutional
Markets
Undiscounted expected future benefits and expense
$53,802
$43,970
Undiscounted expected future gross premiums
$
$
Corporate and
other
Undiscounted expected future benefits and expense
$39,129
$40,512
Undiscounted expected future gross premiums
$1,730
$1,896
Discounted expected future gross premiums (at current discount rate)
$1,175
$1,287
The following table presents the amount of revenue and interest recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of
Income (Loss) for future policy benefits for nonparticipating contracts:
Gross Premiums
Interest Accretion
Six Months Ended June 30,
Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions)
2026
2025
2026
2025
Individual Retirement
$40
$47
$25
$25
Group Retirement
6
4
7
8
Life Insurance
935
926
221
225
Institutional Markets
173
542
595
481
Corporate and Other
108
118
453
463
Total
$1,262
$1,637
$1,301
$1,202
The following table presents the weighted-average interest rate for future policy benefits for nonparticipating contracts:
Individual
Retirement
Group
Retirement
Life
Insurance
Institutional
Markets
Corporate
and Other
June 30, 2026
Weighted-average interest rate, original discount rate
4.01%
5.17%
4.77%
4.59%
4.90%
Weighted-average interest rate, current discount rate
5.43%
5.28%
5.64%
5.90%
5.62%
June 30, 2025
Weighted-average interest rate, original discount rate
3.88%
5.29%
4.70%
4.31%
4.77%
Weighted-average interest rate, current discount rate
5.31%
5.15%
5.51%
5.66%
5.49%
The weighted average interest rates are calculated using projected future net liability cash flows that are aggregated to the segment
level, and are represented as an annual rate.
Additional Liabilities: For universal-life type products, insurance benefits in excess of the account balance are generally recognized
as expenses in the period incurred unless the design of the product is such that future charges are insufficient to cover the benefits, in
which case an “additional liability” is accrued over the life of the contract. These additional liabilities are included in Future policy
benefits for life and accident and health insurance contracts in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The following table presents the balances and changes in the liability for universal life policies:
Six Months Ended June 30,
2026
2025
Life
Insurance
Corporate
and Other
Total
Life
Insurance
Corporate
and Other
Total
(in millions, except duration of liability)
Balance, beginning of year
$4,241
$54
$4,295
$4,034
$54
$4,088
Effect of changes in experience
183
(2)
181
217
(2)
215
Adjusted beginning balance
$4,424
$52
$4,476
$4,251
$52
$4,303
Assessments
318
318
327
327
Excess benefits paid
(509)
(509)
(581)
(581)
Interest accrual
84
1
85
79
1
80
Other
(4)
(4)
(1)
(1)
Changes related to unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) of investments
(26)
(26)
33
33
Balance, end of period
$4,287
$53
$4,340
$4,108
$53
$4,161
Less: Reinsurance recoverable
(170)
(53)
(223)
(151)
(53)
(204)
Balance, end of period, net of Reinsurance recoverable
$4,117
$
$4,117
$3,957
$
$3,957
Weighted average duration of liability *
25.9
8.5
25.1
8.8
*The weighted average duration of liabilities is calculated as the modified duration using projected future net liability cashflows that are aggregated at the segment
level, utilizing the segment level weighted average interest rates, which can be found in the table below.
The following table presents the amount of revenue and interest recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of
Income (Loss) for the liability for universal life policies:
Gross Assessments
Interest Accretion
Six Months Ended June 30,
Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions)
2026
2025
2026
2025
Life Insurance
$511
$562
$84
$79
Corporate and Other
19
18
1
1
Total
$530
$580
$85
$80
The following table presents the calculation of weighted average interest rate for the liability for universal life policies:
June 30,
2026
2025
Life
Insurance
Corporate and
Other
Life
Insurance
Corporate and
Other
Weighted-average interest rate
3.96%
4.20%
4.03%
4.20%
The weighted average interest rates are calculated using projected future net liability cash flows that are aggregated to the segment
level, and are represented as an annual rate.
The following table presents details concerning our universal life policies:
Six Months Ended June 30,
(in millions, except for attained age of contract holders)
2026
2025
Account value
$4,414
$4,089
Net amount at risk
$79,318
$77,186
Average attained age of contract holders
54
54