Variable Annuity and Insurance Guarantees

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

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The majority of the variable annuity contracts offered by the Company contain guaranteed minimum death benefit (“GMDB”) provisions. The Company also offers variable annuities with death benefit provisions that gross up the amount payable by a certain percentage of contract earnings, which are referred to as gain gross-up (“GGU”) benefits. In addition, the Company offers contracts with GMWB and GMAB provisions. The Company previously offered contracts containing guaranteed minimum income benefit (“GMIB”) provisions.

Certain UL policies offered by the Company provide secondary guarantee benefits. The secondary guarantee ensures that, subject to specified conditions, the policy will not terminate and will continue to provide a death benefit even if there is insufficient policy value to cover the monthly deductions and charges.

The following table provides information related to variable annuity guarantees for which the Company has established additional liabilities:


Variable Annuity Guarantees by Benefit Type (1)	March 31, 2021							December 31, 2020
	Total Contract Value		Contract Value in Separate Accounts		Net Amount at Risk		Weighted Average Attained Age	Total Contract Value		Contract Value in Separate Accounts		Net Amount at Risk		Weighted Average Attained Age
	(in millions, except age)
GMDB:
Return of premium	$	67,317	$	65,396	$	7	68	$	66,874	$	64,932	$	5	68
Five/six-year reset	8,211		5,486		7		68	8,116		5,386		6		68
One-year ratchet	6,093		5,765		13		71	6,094		5,763		8		71
Five-year ratchet	1,437		1,383		1		67	1,436		1,381		—		67
Other	1,267		1,249		45		74	1,261		1,243		45		73
Total — GMDB	$	84,325	$	79,279	$	73	68	$	83,781	$	78,705	$	64	68

GGU death benefit	$	1,196	$	1,139	$	168	72	$	1,183	$	1,126	$	162	71
GMIB	$	187	$	174	$	5	71	$	187	$	173	$	6	71
GMWB:
GMWB	$	1,949	$	1,944	$	1	74	$	1,972	$	1,967	$	1	74
GMWB for life	50,389		50,316		209		69	50,142		50,057		185		69
Total — GMWB	$	52,338	$	52,260	$	210	69	$	52,114	$	52,024	$	186	69

GMAB	$	2,187	$	2,186	$	—	61	$	2,291	$	2,291	$	—	61

(1) Individual variable annuity contracts may have more than one guarantee and therefore may be included in more than one benefit type. Variable annuity contracts for which the death benefit equals the account value are not shown in this table.

The net amount at risk for GMDB, GGU and GMAB is defined as the current guaranteed benefit amount in excess of the current contract value. The net amount at risk for GMIB is defined as the greater of the present value of the minimum guaranteed annuity payments less the current contract value or zero. The net amount at risk for GMWB is defined as the greater of the present value of the minimum guaranteed withdrawal payments less the current contract value or zero.

The following table provides information related to insurance guarantees for which the Company has established additional liabilities:


	March 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
	Net Amount at Risk		Weighted Average Attained Age	Net Amount at Risk		Weighted Average Attained Age
	(in millions, except age)
UL secondary guarantees	$	6,573	67	$	6,587	67

The net amount at risk for UL secondary guarantees is defined as the current guaranteed death benefit amount in excess of the current policyholder account balance.

Changes in additional liabilities (contra liabilities) for variable annuity and insurance guarantees were as follows:


	GMDB & GGU		GMIB		GMWB (1)		GMAB (1)		UL
	(in millions)
Balance at January 1, 2020	$	16	$	7	$	1,462	$	(39)	$	758
Incurred claims	5		2		2,437		127		32
Paid claims	(2)		—		—		—		(12)
Balance at March 31, 2020	$	19	$	9	$	3,899	$	88	$	778

Balance at January 1, 2021	$	24	$	6	$	3,049	$	1	$	916
Incurred claims	3		—		(1,570)		(23)		32
Paid claims	(1)		—		—		—		(8)
Balance at March 31, 2021	$	26	$	6	$	1,479	$	(22)	$	940

(1) The incurred claims for GMWB and GMAB include the change in the fair value of the liabilities (contra liabilities) less paid claims.

The liabilities for guaranteed benefits are supported by general account assets.

The following table summarizes the distribution of separate account balances by asset type for variable annuity contracts providing guaranteed benefits:


	March 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
	(in millions)
Mutual funds:
Equity	$	46,823	$	45,947
Bond	25,614		26,073
Other	7,060		6,911
Total mutual funds	$	79,497	$	78,931