FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Fair Value Hierarchy Levels of Assets by Pricing Source, Securities Carried at Amortized Cost (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	$ 27,748	$ 30,399
Level 1
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	26,304	28,810
Level 2
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	1,444	1,589
Level 3
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	0	0
Government and agencies
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	26,541	29,070
Government and agencies | Level 1
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	26,304	28,810
Government and agencies | Level 2
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	237	260
Government and agencies | Level 3
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	0	0
Government and agencies | Third party pricing vendor valuation technique
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	26,541	29,070
Government and agencies | Third party pricing vendor valuation technique | Level 1
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	26,304	28,810
Government and agencies | Third party pricing vendor valuation technique | Level 2
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	237	260
Government and agencies | Third party pricing vendor valuation technique | Level 3
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	0	0
Municipalities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	453	499
Municipalities | Level 1
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	0	0
Municipalities | Level 2
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	453	499
Municipalities | Level 3
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	0	0
Municipalities | Third party pricing vendor valuation technique
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	453	499
Municipalities | Third party pricing vendor valuation technique | Level 1
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	0	0
Municipalities | Third party pricing vendor valuation technique | Level 2
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	453	499
Municipalities | Third party pricing vendor valuation technique | Level 3
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	0	0
Public utilities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	57	61
Public utilities | Level 1
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	0	0
Public utilities | Level 2
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	57	61
Public utilities | Level 3
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	0	0
Public utilities | Third party pricing vendor valuation technique
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	57	61
Public utilities | Third party pricing vendor valuation technique | Level 1
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	0	0
Public utilities | Third party pricing vendor valuation technique | Level 2
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	57	61
Public utilities | Third party pricing vendor valuation technique | Level 3
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	0	0
Sovereign and supranational
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	667	736
Sovereign and supranational | Level 1
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	0	0
Sovereign and supranational | Level 2
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	667	736
Sovereign and supranational | Level 3
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	0	0
Sovereign and supranational | Third party pricing vendor valuation technique
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	322	736
Sovereign and supranational | Third party pricing vendor valuation technique | Level 1
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	0	0
Sovereign and supranational | Third party pricing vendor valuation technique | Level 2
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	322	736
Sovereign and supranational | Third party pricing vendor valuation technique | Level 3
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	0	0
Sovereign and supranational | Consensus pricing valuation technique
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	345
Sovereign and supranational | Consensus pricing valuation technique | Level 1
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	0
Sovereign and supranational | Consensus pricing valuation technique | Level 2
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	345
Sovereign and supranational | Consensus pricing valuation technique | Level 3
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	0
Other corporate
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	30	33
Other corporate | Level 1
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	0	0
Other corporate | Level 2
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	30	33
Other corporate | Level 3
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	0	0
Other corporate | Third party pricing vendor valuation technique
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	30	33
Other corporate | Third party pricing vendor valuation technique | Level 1
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	0	0
Other corporate | Third party pricing vendor valuation technique | Level 2
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	30	33
Other corporate | Third party pricing vendor valuation technique | Level 3
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Held to maturity, fixed maturity securities, fair value	$ 0	$ 0