Segment Information (Reconciliation of Select Financial Information) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022		Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022		Dec. 31, 2022
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total Assets	$ 681,254			$ 681,254			$ 689,029
Total revenues	8,352	$ 20,201		38,895	$ 43,448
Net investment income	4,571	3,631		13,367	11,927
Total benefits and expenses	9,410	20,327		37,485	45,300
Policyholders’ benefits	5,163	16,152	[1]	23,128	32,885	[2]
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	872	691	[1]	3,002	1,395	[2]
Dividends to policyholders	(3)	90		619	118
Interest expense	421	410		1,321	1,176
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	361	363	[1]	1,092	1,092	[2]
Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	10,126	21,080		37,874	47,339
Net investment income	3,893	3,047		11,378	9,701
Total benefits and expenses	8,520	19,913		33,610	43,486
Policyholders’ benefits	4,331	15,908		20,823	30,961
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	804	628		2,340	1,927
Dividends to policyholders	17	17		44	62
Interest expense	422	407		1,324	1,172
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	351	355		1,061	1,053
Operating Segments | PGIM | PGIM
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total Assets	44,250			44,250			48,364
Total revenues	976	907		2,723	2,662
Net investment income	42	56		189	38
Total benefits and expenses	765	688		2,182	2,049
Policyholders’ benefits	0	0		0	0
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	0	0		0	0
Dividends to policyholders	0	0		0	0
Interest expense	28	14		84	30
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	0	1		1	3
Operating Segments | International Businesses | International Insurance
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total Assets	177,597			177,597			186,791
Total revenues	4,566	4,618		14,304	14,551
Net investment income	1,316	1,112		3,922	3,695
Total benefits and expenses	3,755	3,870		11,869	12,160
Policyholders’ benefits	2,742	2,896		8,539	9,148
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	239	180		680	545
Dividends to policyholders	9	9		18	37
Interest expense	3	11		18	19
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	156	150		466	455
Operating Segments | Corporate and Other | Corporate and Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total Assets	26,985			26,985			23,556
Operating Segments | Total Closed Block division | Closed Block division
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total Assets	48,728			48,728			50,934
Operating Segments | U.S. Businesses Division | Group Insurance
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total Assets	36,451			36,451			38,201
Total revenues	1,576	1,525		4,738	4,560
Net investment income	130	121		384	362
Total benefits and expenses	1,487	1,495		4,485	4,591
Policyholders’ benefits	1,179	1,196		3,537	3,693
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	39	37		124	112
Dividends to policyholders	0	0		0	0
Interest expense	1	1		7	3
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	1	2		4	1
Operating Segments | U.S. Businesses Division | Individual Life
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total Assets	108,077			108,077			102,445
Total revenues	1,589	1,457		4,680	4,301
Net investment income	734	580		2,112	1,838
Total benefits and expenses	1,531	1,527		4,783	6,051
Policyholders’ benefits	831	774		2,478	2,503
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	231	233		681	691
Dividends to policyholders	8	8		26	25
Interest expense	211	206		666	593
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	114	111		342	333
Operating Segments | U.S. Businesses Division | Retirement Strategies
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total Assets	239,166			239,166			238,738
Total revenues	1,374	12,439		11,214	21,130
Net investment income	1,491	1,028		4,229	3,328
Total benefits and expenses	433	11,784		8,560	17,348
Policyholders’ benefits	(417)	11,042		6,278	15,621
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	270	143		765	476
Dividends to policyholders	0	0		0	0
Interest expense	14	(10)		53	13
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	89	100		275	292
Operating Segments | U.S. Businesses Division | Retirement Strategies | Institutional Retirement Strategies
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total Assets	107,935			107,935			108,565
Total revenues	221	11,468		7,847	16,637
Net investment income	1,098	824		3,174	2,684
Total benefits and expenses	(218)	11,200		6,584	15,422
Policyholders’ benefits	(438)	11,028		6,175	15,516
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	146	100		415	255
Dividends to policyholders	0	0		0	0
Interest expense	(6)	6		0	8
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	3	2		13	8
Operating Segments | U.S. Businesses Division | Retirement Strategies | Retirement Strategies
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total Assets	131,231			131,231			130,173
Total revenues	1,153	971		3,367	4,493
Net investment income	393	204		1,055	644
Total benefits and expenses	651	584		1,976	1,926
Policyholders’ benefits	21	14		103	105
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	124	43		350	221
Dividends to policyholders	0	0		0	0
Interest expense	20	(16)		53	5
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	86	98		262	284
Operating Segments | Corporate and Other | Corporate and Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	45	134		215	135
Net investment income	180	150		542	440
Total benefits and expenses	549	549		1,731	1,287
Policyholders’ benefits	(4)	0		(9)	(4)
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	25	35		90	103
Dividends to policyholders	0	0		0	0
Interest expense	165	185		496	514
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	(9)	(9)		(27)	(31)
Segment Reconciling Items | Realized investment gains (losses), net, and related adjustments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	(2,408)	(1,136)		(2,482)	(5,077)
Net investment income	(5)	(4)		(14)	(18)
Total benefits and expenses	22	(8)		483	(96)
Policyholders’ benefits	19	15		65	74
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	3	(23)		418	(170)
Dividends to policyholders	0	0		0	0
Interest expense	0	0		0	0
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	0	0		0	0
Segment Reconciling Items | Segment Reconciling Items, Related Charges to Realized Investment Gains (Losses), Net
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	12	33		95	43
Net investment income	0	0		0	0
Total benefits and expenses	73	148		17	464
Policyholders’ benefits	72	139		(48)	261
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	(8)	3		10	34
Dividends to policyholders	0	0		0	0
Interest expense	0	0		0	0
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	7	6		21	28
Segment Reconciling Items | Market experience updates
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	39	26		58	139
Net investment income	0	0		0	0
Total benefits and expenses	(104)	(99)		(130)	(478)
Policyholders’ benefits	4	(2)		7	(11)
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	0	0		0	0
Dividends to policyholders	0	0		0	0
Interest expense	0	0		0	0
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	0	0		0	1
Segment Reconciling Items | Equity in earnings of operating joint ventures and earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	(22)	(27)		(51)	21
Net investment income	0	0		0	0
Total benefits and expenses	(11)	6		(9)	39
Policyholders’ benefits	0	0		0	0
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	0	0		0	0
Dividends to policyholders	0	0		0	0
Interest expense	0	0		0	0
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	0	0		0	0
Segment Reconciling Items | Change in value of market risk benefits, net of related hedging gains (losses)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	(251)	(58)		(160)	(1,072)
Net investment income	0	0		0	0
Total benefits and expenses	0	0		0	0
Policyholders’ benefits	0	0		0	0
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	0	0		0	0
Dividends to policyholders	0	0		0	0
Interest expense	0	0		0	0
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	0	0		0	0
Segment Reconciling Items | Other adjustments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	0	0		0	0
Net investment income	0	0		0	0
Total benefits and expenses	10	10		28	27
Policyholders’ benefits	0	0		0	0
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	0	0		0	0
Dividends to policyholders	0	0		0	0
Interest expense	0	0		0	0
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	0	0		0	0
Segment Reconciling Items | Other Divested and Run-off Businesses
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	241	(427)		1,020	(149)
Net investment income	172	154		512	736
Total benefits and expenses	287	(374)		895	(324)
Policyholders’ benefits	202	(457)		565	(210)
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	43	53		145	(487)
Dividends to policyholders	0	1		1	1
Interest expense	0	(1)		(3)	0
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	0	(1)		0	0
Segment Reconciling Items | Closed Block Business | Other Divested and Run-off Businesses
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues				2,541
Net investment income				1,491
Total benefits and expenses				2,591
Policyholders’ benefits				1,716
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances				89
Dividends to policyholders				574
Interest expense				0
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs				10
Segment Reconciling Items | Closed Block Business | Closed Block division
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	615	710			2,204
Net investment income	511	434			1,508
Total benefits and expenses	613	731			2,182
Policyholders’ benefits	535	549			1,810
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	30	30			91
Dividends to policyholders	(20)	72			55
Interest expense	(1)	4			4
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	3	3			10
Intersegment Eliminations | PGIM | PGIM
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	201	199		604	631
Total U.S. Businesses | Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total Assets	383,694			383,694			$ 379,384
Total revenues	4,539	15,421		20,632	29,991
Net investment income	2,355	1,729		6,725	5,528
Total benefits and expenses	3,451	14,806		17,828	27,990
Policyholders’ benefits	1,593	13,012		12,293	21,817
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	540	413		1,570	1,279
Dividends to policyholders	8	8		26	25
Interest expense	226	197		726	609
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	$ 204	$ 213		$ 621	$ 626

[1] Prior period amounts adjusted for the implementation of ASU 2018-12: Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts.

[2] Prior period amounts adjusted for the implementation of ASU 2018-12: Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts.