Reinsurance	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Reinsurance [Abstract]
Reinsurance	8. Reinsurance The following summarizes reinsurance amounts (in millions) recorded on our Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss), excluding amounts attributable to the indemnity reinsurance agreements with Protective and Swiss Re: For the Years Ended December 31, 2021 2020 2019 Direct insurance premiums and fee income$ 14,154 $ 13,304 $ 13,498 Reinsurance assumed 94 95 91 Reinsurance ceded (1,744) (1,656) (1,579)Total insurance premiums and fee income$ 12,504 $ 11,743 $ 12,010 Direct insurance benefits $ 10,714 $ 10,630 $ 9,574 Reinsurance recoveries netted against benefits (2,185) (1,953) (1,694)Total benefits$ 8,529 $ 8,677 $ 7,880 Our insurance companies cede insurance to other companies. The portion of our life insurance and annuity risks exceeding each of our insurance companies’ retention limit is reinsured with other insurers. We seek reinsurance coverage to limit our exposure to mortality losses and to enhance our capital management. Reinsurance does not discharge us from our primary obligation to contract holders for losses incurred under the policies we issue. We evaluate each reinsurance agreement to determine whether the agreement provides indemnification against loss or liability. As of December 31, 2021, the policy for our reinsurance program was to retain up to $20 million on a single insured life. As the amount we retain varies by policy, we reinsured 20% of the mortality risk on newly issued life insurance contracts in 2021. Reinsurance Exposures We focus on obtaining reinsurance from a diverse group of reinsurers, and we monitor concentration as well as financial strength ratings of our reinsurers. Our amounts recoverable from reinsurers represent receivables from and reserves ceded to reinsurers. The amounts recoverable from reinsurers were $20.3 billion and $16.5 billion as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Protective represents our largest reinsurance exposure following the sale of individual life and individual and group annuity business acquired from Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston in 2018, which resulted in amounts recoverable from Protective of $10.7 billion and $11.3 billion as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Protective has funded trusts, of which the balance in the trusts changes as a result of ongoing reinsurance activity, to support the business ceded, which totaled $14.0 billion and $15.2 billion as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Effective October 1, 2021, we entered into a reinsurance agreement with Resolution Life to reinsure liabilities under a block of in-force executive benefit and universal life policies. The agreement is structured as coinsurance for the general account reserves and modified coinsurance for the separate account reserves. Amounts recoverable from Resolution Life were $4.7 billion as of December 31, 2021. Resolution Life has funded trusts, the balances of which change as a result of ongoing reinsurance activity to support the business ceded, that totaled $4.1 billion as of December 31, 2021. As described in Note 1, we recorded a deferred gain on business sold through reinsurance and amortized $10 million of the gain during 2021. Some portions of our annuity business have been reinsured on a modified coinsurance basis with other companies. In a modified coinsurance agreement, we as the ceding company retain the reserves, as well as the assets backing those reserves, and the reinsurer shares proportionally in all financial terms of the reinsured policies based on their respective percentage of the risk. Effective October 1, 2018, we entered into one such modified coinsurance agreement with Athene to reinsure fixed annuity products, which resulted in a deposit asset of $5.0 billion and $5.8 billion as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, within other assets on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. We held assets in support of reserves associated with the Athene transaction in a modified coinsurance investment portfolio, which consisted of the following (in millions): As ofAs of December 31,December 31, 20212020 Fixed maturity AFS securities $ 744 $ 1,531 Trading securities 3,399 3,357 Equity securities 54 17 Mortgage loans on real estate 739 832 Derivative investments 93 103 Other investments 227 167 Cash and invested cash 110 92 Accrued investment income 33 42 Other assets 5 3 Total $ 5,404 $ 6,144 The portfolio was supported by $157 million of over-collateralization and a $146 million letter of credit as of December 31, 2021. Additionally, we recorded a deferred gain on business sold through reinsurance related to the transaction with Athene and amortized $26 million, $29 million and $30 million of the gain during 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. See “Realized Gain (Loss)” in Note 15 for information on reinsurance related embedded derivatives. Our reinsurance operations were acquired by Swiss Re in December 2001 through a series of indemnity reinsurance transactions. As such, Swiss Re reinsured certain liabilities and obligations under the indemnity reinsurance agreements. As we are not relieved of our liability to the ceding companies for this business, the liabilities and obligations associated with the reinsured policies remain on our Consolidated Balance Sheets with a corresponding reinsurance receivable from Swiss Re, which totaled $1.1 billion and $1.2 billion as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Swiss Re has funded a trust, with a balance of $1.0 billion and $1.2 billion as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, to support this business. In addition to various remedies that we would have in the event of a default by Swiss Re, we continue to hold assets in support of certain of the transferred reserves. These assets consist of those reported as trading securities and certain mortgage loans. Our liabilities for funds withheld and embedded derivatives as of December 31, 2021, included $143 million and $31 million, respectively, related to the business sold to Swiss Re. Credit Losses on Reinsurance Related Assets In connection with our recognition of an allowance for credit losses for reinsurance-related assets, we perform a quantitative analysis using a probability of loss approach to estimate expected credit losses for reinsurance recoverables, inclusive of similar assets recognized using the deposit method of accounting. Our allowance for credit losses was $190 million and $192 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Reinsurance

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

8. Reinsurance The following summarizes reinsurance amounts (in millions) recorded on our Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss), excluding amounts attributable to the indemnity reinsurance agreements with Protective and Swiss Re: For the Years Ended December 31, 2021 2020 2019 Direct insurance premiums and fee income$ 14,154 $ 13,304 $ 13,498 Reinsurance assumed 94 95 91 Reinsurance ceded (1,744) (1,656) (1,579)Total insurance premiums and fee income$ 12,504 $ 11,743 $ 12,010 Direct insurance benefits $ 10,714 $ 10,630 $ 9,574 Reinsurance recoveries netted against benefits (2,185) (1,953) (1,694)Total benefits$ 8,529 $ 8,677 $ 7,880 Our insurance companies cede insurance to other companies. The portion of our life insurance and annuity risks exceeding each of our insurance companies’ retention limit is reinsured with other insurers. We seek reinsurance coverage to limit our exposure to mortality losses and to enhance our capital management. Reinsurance does not discharge us from our primary obligation to contract holders for losses incurred under the policies we issue. We evaluate each reinsurance agreement to determine whether the agreement provides indemnification against loss or liability. As of December 31, 2021, the policy for our reinsurance program was to retain up to $20 million on a single insured life. As the amount we retain varies by policy, we reinsured 20% of the mortality risk on newly issued life insurance contracts in 2021. Reinsurance Exposures We focus on obtaining reinsurance from a diverse group of reinsurers, and we monitor concentration as well as financial strength ratings of our reinsurers. Our amounts recoverable from reinsurers represent receivables from and reserves ceded to reinsurers. The amounts recoverable from reinsurers were $20.3 billion and $16.5 billion as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Protective represents our largest reinsurance exposure following the sale of individual life and individual and group annuity business acquired from Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston in 2018, which resulted in amounts recoverable from Protective of $10.7 billion and $11.3 billion as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Protective has funded trusts, of which the balance in the trusts changes as a result of ongoing reinsurance activity, to support the business ceded, which totaled $14.0 billion and $15.2 billion as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Effective October 1, 2021, we entered into a reinsurance agreement with Resolution Life to reinsure liabilities under a block of in-force executive benefit and universal life policies. The agreement is structured as coinsurance for the general account reserves and modified coinsurance for the separate account reserves. Amounts recoverable from Resolution Life were $4.7 billion as of December 31, 2021. Resolution Life has funded trusts, the balances of which change as a result of ongoing reinsurance activity to support the business ceded, that totaled $4.1 billion as of December 31, 2021. As described in Note 1, we recorded a deferred gain on business sold through reinsurance and amortized $10 million of the gain during 2021. Some portions of our annuity business have been reinsured on a modified coinsurance basis with other companies. In a modified coinsurance agreement, we as the ceding company retain the reserves, as well as the assets backing those reserves, and the reinsurer shares proportionally in all financial terms of the reinsured policies based on their respective percentage of the risk. Effective October 1, 2018, we entered into one such modified coinsurance agreement with Athene to reinsure fixed annuity products, which resulted in a deposit asset of $5.0 billion and $5.8 billion as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, within other assets on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. We held assets in support of reserves associated with the Athene transaction in a modified coinsurance investment portfolio, which consisted of the following (in millions): As ofAs of December 31,December 31, 20212020 Fixed maturity AFS securities $ 744 $ 1,531 Trading securities 3,399 3,357 Equity securities 54 17 Mortgage loans on real estate 739 832 Derivative investments 93 103 Other investments 227 167 Cash and invested cash 110 92 Accrued investment income 33 42 Other assets 5 3 Total $ 5,404 $ 6,144 The portfolio was supported by $157 million of over-collateralization and a $146 million letter of credit as of December 31, 2021. Additionally, we recorded a deferred gain on business sold through reinsurance related to the transaction with Athene and amortized $26 million, $29 million and $30 million of the gain during 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. See “Realized Gain (Loss)” in Note 15 for information on reinsurance related embedded derivatives. Our reinsurance operations were acquired by Swiss Re in December 2001 through a series of indemnity reinsurance transactions. As such, Swiss Re reinsured certain liabilities and obligations under the indemnity reinsurance agreements. As we are not relieved of our liability to the ceding companies for this business, the liabilities and obligations associated with the reinsured policies remain on our Consolidated Balance Sheets with a corresponding reinsurance receivable from Swiss Re, which totaled $1.1 billion and $1.2 billion as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Swiss Re has funded a trust, with a balance of $1.0 billion and $1.2 billion as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, to support this business. In addition to various remedies that we would have in the event of a default by Swiss Re, we continue to hold assets in support of certain of the transferred reserves. These assets consist of those reported as trading securities and certain mortgage loans. Our liabilities for funds withheld and embedded derivatives as of December 31, 2021, included $143 million and $31 million, respectively, related to the business sold to Swiss Re. Credit Losses on Reinsurance Related Assets In connection with our recognition of an allowance for credit losses for reinsurance-related assets, we perform a quantitative analysis using a probability of loss approach to estimate expected credit losses for reinsurance recoverables, inclusive of similar assets recognized using the deposit method of accounting. Our allowance for credit losses was $190 million and $192 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.