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Coinsurance, Amount of Reserves Transferred

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Committed Reinsurance Facility

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Deferred Reinsurance Gain Liability

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Pretax Loss on Reinsurance

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Amount, after valuation allowance, recoverable under reinsurance contracts including premium paid under reinsurance contracts. Examples include, but are not limited to, settled and unsettled claims, incurred but not reported losses, loss adjustment expense, premium paid, policy benefits and policy reserves.

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Amount of allowance for credit loss on reinsurance recoverable.

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Percentage of risk undertaken originally by insurer ceded to reinsurer.

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REINSURANCE Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions, ¥ in Billions	1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 JPY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Deferred reinsurance gain liability	$ 175				$ 692
Reinsurance recoverable	183				912
Reinsurance recoverable, allowance for credit loss	10				$ 8
Aflac Re Bermuda \| ALIJ
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Pretax loss on reinsurance novation	$ (151)
Ceded insurance, percentage		30.00%	28.00%
Coinsurance, amount of reserves transferred		$ 1,900	$ 2,100
Coinsurance, amount of assets transferred		$ 1,700	$ 1,900
Reinsurer, Other \| ALIJ
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Ceded insurance, percentage			1.50%
Aflac Japan
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Committed reinsurance facility \| ¥				¥ 120