Short-Term and Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details) ¥ in Billions	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($) Rate	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2024 JPY (¥) Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	$ 31,452,000,000	$ 29,252,000,000
Amounts drawn on credit facilities	0
Long-term Debt, Excluding Current Maturities	19,076,000,000	18,882,000,000
Assets Under Set Off Arrangements	12,376,000,000	10,370,000,000
Surplus notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Short-Term Debt	347,000,000	0
Parent Company Prudential Funding Combined
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Capacity	$ 4,000,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Period	5 years
Prudential Holdings of Japan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Capacity | ¥			¥ 100
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Period	5 years
Junior Subordinated Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	$ 8,589,000,000	8,094,000,000
Subsidiaries | Junior Subordinated Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	43,000,000	44,000,000
Prudential Financial
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	18,711,000,000	18,162,000,000
Short-Term Debt	25,000,000	25,000,000
Minimum statutory consolidated net worth	22,100,000,000
Prudential Financial | Junior Subordinated Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	8,546,000,000	8,050,000,000
Current portion of Long-term debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Short-Term Debt	2,181,000,000	2,083,000,000
Junior Subordinated Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 1,000,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage | Rate	6.50%		6.50%
Junior Subordinated Debt | 5.20% Junior Subordinated Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 500,000,000
5.20% Junior Subordinated Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage | Rate	5.20%		5.20%
Short-term Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Assets Under Set Off Arrangements	$ 1,750,000,000	2,000,000,000
Short-Term Debt	$ 2,700,000,000	$ 2,618,000,000
Commercial paper
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt maturity	43 days	49 days
Short-Term Debt	$ 519,000,000	$ 535,000,000
Commercial paper | Prudential Financial
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Short-Term Debt	25,000,000	25,000,000
Floating-rate notes | Mortgage debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	33,000,000	75,000,000
Floating-rate notes | Foreign public corporate securities | Mortgage debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	67,000,000	27,000,000
Fixed-rate notes | Mortgage debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	34,000,000	0
Fixed-rate notes | Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	10,165,000,000	$ 10,112,000,000
Fixed-rate notes | Retail Medium Term Note | Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	294,000,000
Fixed-rate notes | Retail Medium Term Note | Senior notes | Institutional Retirement Strategies
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	$ 55,000,000