Segment Information - Net revenues and Operating Earnings (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2022		Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2022		Jun. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Net revenues
Total net revenues	$ 3,876	$ 3,486	[1]	$ 3,395	$ 7,618	$ 7,111	[1]	$ 6,736	$ 14,258	$ 13,377
Operating earnings
Pretax income (loss)	1,127	773	[1]	$ 423	1,623	1,779	[1]	$ 2,183	$ 3,931	$ 4,185
Advice & Wealth Management
Net revenues
Total net revenues	2,132	1,835			4,196	3,649
Asset Management
Net revenues
Total net revenues	789	870			1,571	1,875
Retirement & Protection Solutions
Net revenues
Total net revenues	754	655			1,476	1,311
Corporate & Other
Net revenues
Total net revenues	151	119			281	235
Reportable segments
Net revenues
Total net revenues	4,157	3,816			8,171	7,759
Operating earnings
Pretax income (loss)	1,022	823			2,000	1,641
Reportable segments | Advice & Wealth Management
Net revenues
Total net revenues	2,343	2,056			4,608	4,098
Operating earnings
Pretax income (loss)	731	492			1,424	932
Reportable segments | Asset Management
Net revenues
Total net revenues	808	881			1,607	1,898
Operating earnings
Pretax income (loss)	162	222			327	507
Reportable segments | Retirement & Protection Solutions
Net revenues
Total net revenues	858	760			1,682	1,528
Operating earnings
Pretax income (loss)	189	168			383	343
Reportable segments | Corporate & Other
Net revenues
Total net revenues	148	119			274	235
Operating earnings
Pretax income (loss)	(60)	(59)			(134)	(141)
Intersegment eliminations
Net revenues
Total net revenues	(331)	(337)			(647)	(689)
Intersegment eliminations | Advice & Wealth Management
Net revenues
Total net revenues	(211)	(221)			(412)	(449)
Intersegment eliminations | Asset Management
Net revenues
Total net revenues	(19)	(11)			(36)	(23)
Intersegment eliminations | Retirement & Protection Solutions
Net revenues
Total net revenues	(104)	(105)			(206)	(217)
Intersegment eliminations | Corporate & Other
Net revenues
Total net revenues	3	0			7	0
Segment reconciling items
Net revenues
Total net revenues	50	7			94	41
Segment reconciling items | Net realized investment gains (losses)
Net revenues
Total net revenues	3	(14)			6	2
Operating earnings
Pretax income (loss)	3	(14)			6	2
Segment reconciling items | Market impact on non-traditional long-duration products
Net revenues
Total net revenues	1	2			1	3
Operating earnings
Pretax income (loss)	127	(19)			(348)	161
Segment reconciling items | Mean reversion related impacts
Net revenues
Total net revenues	0	(1)			0	(1)
Operating earnings
Pretax income (loss)	0	(2)			0	(2)
Segment reconciling items | Integration/restructuring charges
Operating earnings
Pretax income (loss)	(25)	(14)			(35)	(24)
Total Segments after intersegment eliminations | Reportable segments
Net revenues
Total net revenues	3,826	3,479			7,524	7,070
Consolidated investment entities | Segment reconciling items
Net revenues
Total net revenues	46	20			87	37
Operating earnings
Pretax income (loss)	$ 0	$ (1)			$ 0	$ 1

[1] Certain prior period amounts have been restated. See Note 3 for more information.