v3.26.1
Policyholder Account Balances (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Insurance [Abstract]  
Policyholder Account Balances
The Company’s PABs on the interim condensed consolidated balance sheets were as follows at:
June 30, 2026December 31, 2025
(In millions)
Group Benefits - Life
$11,109$11,005
RIS:
Capital markets investment products and stable value GICs
68,61665,592
Annuities and risk solutions
29,12226,406
Asia:
Universal and variable universal life
55,09054,374
Fixed annuities
45,09943,188
Corporate & Other:
Annuities6,0396,383
Life and other
6,9827,109
Other
23,40122,800
Total$245,458$236,857
Policyholder Account Balance Rollforward Information regarding this liability was as follows:
Six Months
Ended
June 30,
20262025
(Dollars in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$11,005$7,632
Transfer (1)
3,773
Deposits2,4652,000
Policy charges(333)(336)
Surrenders and withdrawals(2,158)(1,993)
Benefit payments(6)(5)
Net transfers from (to) separate accounts1
Interest credited136141
Balance, end of period$11,109$11,213
Weighted-average annual crediting rate
2.5 %2.5 %
At period end:
Cash surrender value$11,037$11,149
Net amount at risk, excluding offsets from reinsurance:
In the event of death
$269,231$267,754
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(1)A product previously reported within the former MetLife Holdings segment was moved to the Group Benefits segment as part of the Strategic Reorganization. Accordingly, the reported balances for the six months ended June 30, 2025 have been updated to reflect this change. See Note 1 for further information on the Strategic Reorganization.
The RIS segment’s capital markets investment products and stable value GICs in PABs are investment-type products, mainly funding agreements. Information regarding this liability was as follows:
Six Months
Ended
June 30,
20262025
(Dollars in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$65,592$63,715
Deposits41,65342,621
Surrenders and withdrawals(39,388)(42,716)
Interest credited1,2051,202
Effect of foreign currency translation and other, net(446)1,735
Balance, end of period$68,616$66,557
Weighted-average annual crediting rate
3.7 %3.8 %
Cash surrender value at period end
$1,737$1,268
Information regarding this liability was as follows:
Six Months
Ended
June 30,
20262025
(Dollars in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$26,406$20,699
Transfer (1)
3,109
Deposits3,4642,012
Policy charges(102)(99)
Surrenders and withdrawals(895)(514)
Benefit payments(633)(564)
Net transfers from (to) separate accounts132
Interest credited560490
Other32118
Balance, end of period$29,122$25,183
Weighted-average annual crediting rate
4.1 %4.1 %
At period end:
Cash surrender value$15,912$13,162
Net amount at risk, excluding offsets from reinsurance:
In the event of death
$47,144$46,711
At annuitization or exercise of other living benefits$18$12
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(1)A product previously reported within the former MetLife Holdings segment was moved to the RIS segment as part of the Strategic Reorganization. Accordingly, the reported balances for the six months ended June 30, 2025 have been updated to reflect this change. See Note 1 for further information on the Strategic Reorganization.
Information regarding this liability was as follows:
Six Months
Ended
June 30,
20262025
(Dollars in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$54,374$50,801
Deposits2,8782,817
Policy charges(457)(482)
Surrenders and withdrawals(1,877)(1,336)
Benefit payments(266)(292)
Interest credited886783
Effect of foreign currency translation and other, net(448)1,273
Balance, end of period$55,090$53,564
Weighted-average annual crediting rate
3.3 %3.1 %
At period end:
Cash surrender value$48,263$46,520
Net amount at risk, excluding offsets from reinsurance:
In the event of death
$78,300$86,369
Information regarding the Asia segment’s fixed annuity PAB liability in Japan was as follows:
Six Months
Ended
June 30,
20262025
(Dollars in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$43,188$38,421
Deposits3,2933,738
Policy charges(8)(2)
Surrenders and withdrawals(1,310)(828)
Benefit payments(974)(936)
Interest credited730601
Effect of foreign currency translation and other, net180425
Balance, end of period$45,099$41,419
Weighted-average annual crediting rate
3.4 %3.1 %
At period end:
Cash surrender value$40,312$36,270
Net amount at risk, excluding offsets from reinsurance:
In the event of death
$4$1
Information regarding this liability was as follows:
Six Months
Ended
June 30,
20262025
(Dollars in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$6,383$10,142
Transfer (1)
(3,109)
Deposits5957
Policy charges(4)(5)
Surrenders and withdrawals(423)(462)
Benefit payments(135)(168)
Net transfers from (to) separate accounts5870
Interest credited99107
Other21
Balance, end of period$6,039$6,633
Weighted-average annual crediting rate
3.3 %3.2 %
At period end:
Cash surrender value$5,551$6,094
Net amount at risk, excluding offsets from reinsurance (2):
In the event of death
$2,114$2,413
At annuitization or exercise of other living benefits
$732$720
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(1)A product previously reported within the former MetLife Holdings segment was moved to the RIS segment as part of the Strategic Reorganization. Accordingly, the reported balances for the six months ended June 30, 2025 have been updated to reflect this change. See Note 1 for further information on the Strategic Reorganization.
(2)Includes amounts for certain variable annuities recorded as PABs with the related guarantees recorded as MRBs, which are disclosed in “Corporate & Other – Annuities” in Note 6.
Information regarding this liability was as follows:
Six Months
Ended
June 30,
20262025
(Dollars in millions)
Balance, beginning of period$7,109$11,132
Transfer (1)
(3,773)
Deposits269256
Policy charges(322)(336)
Surrenders and withdrawals(157)(132)
Benefit payments(75)(79)
Net transfers from (to) separate accounts2124
Interest credited140146
Other(3)3
Balance, end of period$6,982$7,241
Weighted-average annual crediting rate
4.1 %4.1 %
At period end:
Cash surrender value$6,456$6,696
Net amount at risk, excluding offsets from reinsurance (2):
In the event of death
$58,904$62,364
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(1)A product previously reported within the former MetLife Holdings segment was moved to the Group Benefits segment as part of the Strategic Reorganization. Accordingly, the reported balances for the six months ended June 30, 2025 have been updated to reflect this change. See Note 1 for further information on the Strategic Reorganization.
(2)Including offsets from reinsurance, the net amount at risk at June 30, 2026 and 2025 would be reduced by 98% and 99%, respectively.
Policyholder Account Balance, Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate
The Group Benefits segment’s life product account values by range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates (“GMCR”) and the related range of differences between rates being credited to policyholders and the respective guaranteed minimums were as follows at:
Range of GMCRAt GMCRGreater than
 0% but less
 than 0.50%
above GMCR
Equal to or
greater than
0.50% but less
than 1.50%
 above GMCR
Equal to or
greater than
1.50% above
GMCR
Total
Account
Value
(In millions)
June 30, 2026
Equal to or greater than 0% but less than 2%
$515$93$732$4,451$5,791
Equal to or greater than 2% but less than 4%
4,37395854,553
Equal to or greater than 4%
6512459734
Products with either a fixed rate or no GMCR
N/AN/AN/AN/A31
Total$5,539$212$817$4,510$11,109
June 30, 2025
Equal to or greater than 0% but less than 2%
$479$76$792$4,159$5,506
Equal to or greater than 2% but less than 4%
4,747101604,908
Equal to or greater than 4%
68726350766
Products with either a fixed rate or no GMCR
N/AN/AN/AN/A33
Total$5,913$203$855$4,209$11,213
The RIS segment’s capital markets investment products and stable value GICs account values by range of GMCR and the related range of differences between rates being credited to policyholders and the respective guaranteed minimums were as follows at:
Range of GMCRAt GMCRGreater than
 0% but less
 than 0.50%
above GMCR
Equal to or
greater than
0.50% but less
than 1.50%
 above GMCR
Equal to or
greater than
1.50% above
GMCR
Total
Account
Value
(In millions)
June 30, 2026
Equal to or greater than 0% but less than 2%
$$$$2,485$2,485
Products with either a fixed rate or no GMCR
N/AN/AN/AN/A66,131
Total$$$$2,485$68,616
June 30, 2025
Equal to or greater than 0% but less than 2%
$$$$2,591$2,591
Products with either a fixed rate or no GMCR
N/AN/AN/AN/A63,966
Total$$$$2,591$66,557
The RIS segment’s annuity and risk solutions account values by range of GMCR and the related range of differences between rates being credited to policyholders and the respective guaranteed minimums were as follows at:
Range of GMCRAt GMCRGreater than
 0% but less
 than 0.50%
above GMCR
Equal to or
greater than
0.50% but less
than 1.50%
 above GMCR
Equal to or
greater than
1.50% above
GMCR
Total
Account
Value
(In millions)
June 30, 2026
Equal to or greater than 0% but less than 2%
$$$8$4,474$4,482
Equal to or greater than 2% but less than 4%
4592,1145381,7104,821
Equal to or greater than 4%
4,18529064,481
Products with either a fixed rate or no GMCR
N/AN/AN/AN/A15,338
Total$4,644$2,114$836$6,190$29,122
June 30, 2025
Equal to or greater than 0% but less than 2%
$$$8$2,817$2,825
Equal to or greater than 2% but less than 4%
3702,4466011,2244,641
Equal to or greater than 4%
4,3791142364,819
Products with either a fixed rate or no GMCR
N/AN/AN/AN/A12,898
Total$4,749$2,457$1,032$4,047$25,183
The Asia segment’s universal and variable universal life account values by range of GMCR and the related range of differences between rates being credited to policyholders and the respective guaranteed minimums were as follows at:
Range of GMCRAt GMCRGreater than
 0% but less
 than 0.50%
above GMCR
Equal to or
greater than
0.50% but less
than 1.50%
 above GMCR
Equal to or
greater than
1.50% above
GMCR
Total
Account
Value
(In millions)
June 30, 2026
Equal to or greater than 0% but less than 2%
$9,412$11$271$2,151$11,845
Equal to or greater than 2% but less than 4%
6,76515,8784,74912,24039,632
Equal to or greater than 4%
223223
Products with either a fixed rate or no GMCR
N/AN/AN/AN/A3,390
Total$16,400$15,889$5,020$14,391$55,090
June 30, 2025
Equal to or greater than 0% but less than 2%
$10,673$24$245$1,813$12,755
Equal to or greater than 2% but less than 4%
7,57515,9425,04711,06339,627
Equal to or greater than 4%
232232
Products with either a fixed rate or no GMCR
N/AN/AN/AN/A950
Total$18,480$15,966$5,292$12,876$53,564
The Asia segment’s fixed annuity account values by range of GMCR and the related range of differences between rates being credited to policyholders and the respective guaranteed minimums were as follows at:
Range of GMCRAt GMCRGreater than
 0% but less
 than 0.50%
above GMCR
Equal to or
greater than
0.50% but less
than 1.50%
 above GMCR
Equal to or
greater than
1.50% above
GMCR
Total
Account
Value
(In millions)
June 30, 2026
Equal to or greater than 0% but less than 2%
$258$317$3,639$39,872$44,086
Equal to or greater than 2% but less than 4%
44
Products with either a fixed rate or no GMCR
N/AN/AN/AN/A1,009
Total$258$321$3,639$39,872$45,099
June 30, 2025
Equal to or greater than 0% but less than 2%
$293$457$4,443$35,016$40,209
Equal to or greater than 2% but less than 4%
44
Products with either a fixed rate or no GMCR
N/AN/AN/AN/A1,206
Total$293$461$4,443$35,016$41,419
Corporate & Other’s annuity account values by range of GMCR and the related range of differences between rates being credited to policyholders and the respective guaranteed minimums were as follows at:
Range of GMCRAt GMCR
Greater than
0% but less
than 0.50%
above GMCR
Equal to or
greater than
0.50% but less
than 1.50%
above GMCR
Equal to or
greater than
1.50% above
GMCR
Total
Account
Value
(In millions)
June 30, 2026
Equal to or greater than 0% but less than 2%
$39$10$461$164$674
Equal to or greater than 2% but less than 4%
2,4851,463223474,218
Equal to or greater than 4%
6401704814
Products with either a fixed rate or no GMCR
N/AN/AN/AN/A333
Total$3,164$1,643$688$211$6,039
June 30, 2025
Equal to or greater than 0% but less than 2%
$29$25$492$66$612
Equal to or greater than 2% but less than 4%
2,5531,825323814,782
Equal to or greater than 4%
4903807877
Products with either a fixed rate or no GMCR
N/AN/AN/AN/A362
Total$3,072$2,230$822$147$6,633
Corporate & Other’s life and other products account values by range of GMCR and the related range of differences between rates being credited to policyholders and the respective guaranteed minimums were as follows at:
Range of GMCRAt GMCR
Greater than
0% but less
than 0.50%
above GMCR
Equal to or
greater than
0.50% but less
than 1.50%
above GMCR
Equal to or
greater than
1.50% above
GMCR
Total
Account
Value
(In millions)
June 30, 2026
Equal to or greater than 0% but less than 2%
$$$$$
Equal to or greater than 2% but less than 4%
3621675881391,256
Equal to or greater than 4%
4,6693821205,072
Products with either a fixed rate or no GMCR
N/AN/AN/AN/A654
Total$5,031$549$589$159$6,982
June 30, 2025
Equal to or greater than 0% but less than 2%
$$$$$
Equal to or greater than 2% but less than 4%
3591706281441,301
Equal to or greater than 4%
4,8823971225,302
Products with either a fixed rate or no GMCR
N/AN/AN/AN/A638
Total$5,241$567$629$166$7,241