Preferred and Common Stock - Details For the Share Repurchases (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Q1 2022 open market repurchase
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Number of shares (in shares) \| shares	5,147,307
Average price per share (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 34.00
Total \| $	$ 175
Q2 2022 open market repurchase
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Number of shares (in shares) \| shares	1,770,271
Average price per share (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 33.89
Total \| $	$ 60
Q3 2022 open market repurchase
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Number of shares (in shares) \| shares	2,764,846
Average price per share (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 36.17
Total \| $	$ 100
Q4 2022 open market repurchase
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Number of shares (in shares) \| shares	1,674,082
Average price per share (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 38.83
Total \| $	$ 65
2022 Share repurchase total
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Number of shares (in shares) \| shares	11,356,506
Average price per share (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 35.22
Total \| $	$ 400
Q2 2021 accelerated share repurchase
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Number of shares (in shares) \| shares	5,878,791
Average price per share (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 34.02
Total \| $	$ 200
Q3 2021 open market repurchase
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Number of shares (in shares) \| shares	769,274
Average price per share (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 32.50
Total \| $	$ 25
Q4 2021 open market repurchase
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Number of shares (in shares) \| shares	6,762,081
Average price per share (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 30.32
Total \| $	$ 205
2021 Share repurchase total
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Number of shares (in shares) \| shares	13,410,146
Average price per share (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 32.07
Total \| $	$ 430
Q3 2020 open market repurchase
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Number of shares (in shares) \| shares	2,907,094
Average price per share (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 17.36
Total \| $	$ 51
Q4 2020 open market repurchase
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Number of shares (in shares) \| shares	937,831
Average price per share (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 23.99
Total \| $	$ 22
2020 Share repurchase total
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items]
Number of shares (in shares) \| shares	3,844,925
Average price per share (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 18.98
Total \| $	$ 73

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