$EQH
Equitable Holdings, Inc. Stock $eqh

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2021 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000133398622000006 Filed on February 22, 2022

Income Statement

Concept	2021 Q4	2021	2020 Q4
Revenue	$3.855B	$11.04B	$4.186B
YoY Change	-7.91%	-11.11%	147.84%
Cost Of Revenue	$1.461B	$3.218B	$1.441B
YoY Change	1.39%	-39.58%	-3.29%
Gross Profit	$2.394B	$7.818B	$2.745B
YoY Change	-12.79%	10.28%	46.4%
Gross Profit Margin	62.1%	70.84%	65.58%
Selling, General & Admin	$598.0M	$2.360B	$598.0M
YoY Change	0.0%	12.6%	7.17%
% of Gross Profit	24.98%	30.19%	21.79%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$161.0M	$393.0M	$89.00M
YoY Change	80.9%	-75.64%	-4.3%
% of Gross Profit	6.73%	5.03%	3.24%
Operating Expenses	$1.332B	$4.862B	$1.048B
YoY Change	27.1%	-10.11%	-15.55%
Operating Profit	$1.062B	$2.956B	$1.697B
YoY Change	-37.42%	75.95%	167.67%
Interest Expense	-$595.0M	$244.0M	-$3.660B
YoY Change	-83.74%	22.0%	109.98%
% of Operating Profit	-56.03%	8.25%	-215.67%
Other Income/Expense, Net
YoY Change
Pretax Income	$465.0M	-$169.0M	-$2.021B
YoY Change	-123.01%	-84.54%	81.74%
Income Tax	$77.00M	-$145.0M	-$885.0M
% Of Pretax Income	16.56%
Net Earnings	$254.0M	-$439.0M	-$1.238B
YoY Change	-120.52%	-32.25%	32.12%
Net Earnings / Revenue	6.59%	-3.98%	-29.57%
Basic Earnings Per Share		-$1.24
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$635.0K	-$1.24	-$2.797M
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	404.8M shares	417.4M shares	444.7M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		417.4M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2021 Q4	2021	2020 Q4
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$5.188B	$5.188B	$6.179B
YoY Change	-16.04%	-16.04%	40.27%
Cash & Equivalents	$5.188B	$5.188B	$6.179B
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets		$1.504B	$1.753B
YoY Change		-14.2%	60.09%
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables
Other Receivables
Total Short-Term Assets	$22.47B	$22.47B	$14.72B
YoY Change	52.61%	52.61%	21.87%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment		$637.0M	$691.0M
YoY Change		-7.81%
Goodwill
YoY Change
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$101.1B	$101.1B	$105.0B
YoY Change	-3.7%	-3.7%	17.15%
Other Assets	$6.995B	$7.070B	$4.713B
YoY Change	48.42%	48.0%	-30.68%
Total Long-Term Assets	$269.8B	$269.8B	$260.7B
YoY Change	3.5%	3.5%	9.65%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$22.47B	$22.47B	$14.72B
Total Long-Term Assets	$269.8B	$269.8B	$260.7B
Total Assets	$292.3B	$292.3B	$275.4B
YoY Change	6.12%	6.12%	10.24%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable
YoY Change
Accrued Expenses		$768.0M	$855.0M
YoY Change		-10.18%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$92.00M	$1.283B	$0.00
YoY Change		309.9%
Long-Term Debt Due	$5.353B	$5.353B	$5.634B
YoY Change	-4.99%	-4.99%	22.27%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$12.90B	$13.67B	$13.79B
YoY Change	-6.47%	-0.9%	40.95%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$11.85B	$11.85B	$7.321B
YoY Change	61.84%	61.84%	14.34%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$254.0B	$253.2B	$237.0B
YoY Change	7.17%	6.84%	8.59%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$265.8B	$265.0B	$244.3B
YoY Change	8.81%	8.49%	8.75%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$12.90B	$13.67B	$13.79B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$265.8B	$265.0B	$244.3B
Total Liabilities	$278.7B	$280.7B	$258.1B
YoY Change	7.99%	8.05%	10.1%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$8.880B		$10.70B
YoY Change	-17.0%		-8.9%
Common Stock	$4.000M		$5.000M
YoY Change	-20.0%		0.0%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$2.850B		$2.245B
YoY Change	26.95%		22.54%
Treasury Stock Shares	129.6M shares		112.1M shares
Shareholders Equity	$11.52B	$11.52B	$15.58B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$292.3B	$292.3B	$275.4B
YoY Change	6.12%	6.12%	10.24%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2021 Q4	2021	2020 Q4
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$254.0M	-$439.0M	-$1.238B
YoY Change	-120.52%	-32.25%	32.12%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$161.0M	$393.0M	$89.00M
YoY Change	80.9%	-75.64%	-4.3%
Cash From Operating Activities	-$402.0M	-$756.0M	-$66.00M
YoY Change	509.09%	1139.34%	-186.84%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$27.00M	-$120.0M	-$63.00M
YoY Change	-57.14%	12.15%	200.0%
Acquisitions		$0.00
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$1.887B	$205.0M	-$3.792B
YoY Change	-50.24%	28.13%	256.39%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$1.914B	-$12.69B	-$3.855B
YoY Change	-50.35%	62.2%	255.3%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net		$1.637B
YoY Change		280.7%
Debt Paid & Issued, Net		$280.0M
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	2.330B	$12.51B	1.498B
YoY Change	55.54%	29.33%	51.01%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	-402.0M	-$756.0M	-66.00M
Cash From Investing Activities	-1.914B	-$12.69B	-3.855B
Cash From Financing Activities	2.330B	$12.51B	1.498B
Net Change In Cash	14.00M	-$952.0M	-2.423B
YoY Change	-100.58%	-152.51%	14152.94%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	-$402.0M	-$756.0M	-$66.00M
Capital Expenditures	-$27.00M	-$120.0M	-$63.00M
Free Cash Flow	-$375.0M	-$636.0M	-$3.000M
YoY Change	12400.0%	-1482.61%	-103.09%

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CY2021	us-gaap	Use Of Estimates UseOfEstimates	<div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;padding-left:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Assumption Updates and Model Changes</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company conducts its annual review of its assumptions and models during the third quarter of each year. The annual review encompasses assumptions underlying the valuation of unearned revenue liabilities, embedded derivatives for our insurance business, liabilities for future policyholder benefits, DAC and DSI assets.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">However, the Company updates its assumptions as needed in the event it becomes aware of economic conditions or events that could require a change in assumptions that it believes may have a significant impact to the carrying value of product liabilities and assets and consequently materially impact its earnings in the period of the change.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;padding-left:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Due to the extraordinary economic conditions driven by the COVID-19 pandemic in the first quarter of 2020, the Company updated its interest rate assumption to grade from the current interest rate environment to an ultimate five-year historical average over a 10-year period. As such, the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield grades from the current level to an ultimate 5-year average of 2.25%.</span></div>The low interest rate environment and update to the interest rate assumption caused a loss recognition event for the Company’s life interest-sensitive products, as well as to certain run-off business. This loss recognition event caused an acceleration of DAC amortization on the life interest-sensitive products and an increase in the premium deficiency reserve on the run-off business in the first quarter of 2020.
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CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than12 Months Accumulated Loss DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThan12MonthsAccumulatedLoss	223000000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Continuous Unrealized Loss Position12 Months Or Longer DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleContinuousUnrealizedLossPosition12MonthsOrLonger	1975000000	USD
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CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Unrealized Loss Position DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleUnrealizedLossPosition	19400000000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Unrealized Loss Position Accumulated Loss DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleUnrealizedLossPositionAccumulatedLoss	314000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than12 Months DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThan12Months	4890000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than12 Months Accumulated Loss DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThan12MonthsAccumulatedLoss	65000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Continuous Unrealized Loss Position12 Months Or Longer DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleContinuousUnrealizedLossPosition12MonthsOrLonger	445000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Continuous Unrealized Loss Position12 Months Or Longer Accumulated Loss DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleContinuousUnrealizedLossPosition12MonthsOrLongerAccumulatedLoss	40000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Unrealized Loss Position DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleUnrealizedLossPosition	5335000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Unrealized Loss Position Accumulated Loss DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleUnrealizedLossPositionAccumulatedLoss	105000000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Continuous Unrealized Loss Position12 Months Or Longer Accumulated Loss DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleContinuousUnrealizedLossPosition12MonthsOrLongerAccumulatedLoss	91000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Continuous Unrealized Loss Position12 Months Or Longer Accumulated Loss DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleContinuousUnrealizedLossPosition12MonthsOrLongerAccumulatedLoss	40000000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Loss Excluding Accrued Interest FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossExcludingAccruedInterest	62000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Loss Excluding Accrued Interest FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossExcludingAccruedInterest	81000000	USD
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CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Excluding Accrued Interest Before Allowance For Credit Loss FinancingReceivableExcludingAccruedInterestBeforeAllowanceForCreditLoss	14095000000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Nonaccrual No Allowance FinancingReceivableNonaccrualNoAllowance	0	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Nonaccrual Interest Income FinancingReceivableNonaccrualInterestIncome	0	USD
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CY2020	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Nonaccrual Interest Income FinancingReceivableNonaccrualInterestIncome	0	USD
CY2021	eqh	Net Investment Income Loss Equity Securities Change In Unrealized Holding Gain Loss NetInvestmentIncomeLossEquitySecuritiesChangeInUnrealizedHoldingGainLoss	-19000000	USD
CY2021	eqh	Net Realized And Unrealized Gain Loss On Equity Securities NetRealizedAndUnrealizedGainLossOnEquitySecurities	45000000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Equity Securities Fv Ni Gain Loss EquitySecuritiesFvNiGainLoss	26000000	USD
CY2021Q4	eqh	Separate Account Equity Investment Carrying Value SeparateAccountEquityInvestmentCarryingValue	45000000	USD
CY2020Q4	eqh	Separate Account Equity Investment Carrying Value SeparateAccountEquityInvestmentCarryingValue	44000000	USD
CY2021	eqh	Net Investment Income Loss Trading Securities Changein Unrealized Holding Gain Loss NetInvestmentIncomeLossTradingSecuritiesChangeinUnrealizedHoldingGainLoss	-274000000	USD
CY2020	eqh	Net Investment Income Loss Trading Securities Changein Unrealized Holding Gain Loss NetInvestmentIncomeLossTradingSecuritiesChangeinUnrealizedHoldingGainLoss	128000000	USD
CY2019	eqh	Net Investment Income Loss Trading Securities Changein Unrealized Holding Gain Loss NetInvestmentIncomeLossTradingSecuritiesChangeinUnrealizedHoldingGainLoss	487000000	USD
CY2021	eqh	Net Investment Income Loss Trading Securities Realized Gain Loss NetInvestmentIncomeLossTradingSecuritiesRealizedGainLoss	248000000	USD
CY2020	eqh	Net Investment Income Loss Trading Securities Realized Gain Loss NetInvestmentIncomeLossTradingSecuritiesRealizedGainLoss	42000000	USD
CY2019	eqh	Net Investment Income Loss Trading Securities Realized Gain Loss NetInvestmentIncomeLossTradingSecuritiesRealizedGainLoss	15000000	USD
CY2021	eqh	Net Investment Income Loss Net Realizedand Unrealized Gain Losson Trading Securities Net NetInvestmentIncomeLossNetRealizedandUnrealizedGainLossonTradingSecuritiesNet	-26000000	USD
CY2020	eqh	Net Investment Income Loss Net Realizedand Unrealized Gain Losson Trading Securities Net NetInvestmentIncomeLossNetRealizedandUnrealizedGainLossonTradingSecuritiesNet	170000000	USD
CY2019	eqh	Net Investment Income Loss Net Realizedand Unrealized Gain Losson Trading Securities Net NetInvestmentIncomeLossNetRealizedandUnrealizedGainLossonTradingSecuritiesNet	502000000	USD
CY2021	eqh	Net Investment Income Loss Interestand Dividend Income From Trading Securities NetInvestmentIncomeLossInterestandDividendIncomeFromTradingSecurities	99000000	USD
CY2020	eqh	Net Investment Income Loss Interestand Dividend Income From Trading Securities NetInvestmentIncomeLossInterestandDividendIncomeFromTradingSecurities	217000000	USD
CY2019	eqh	Net Investment Income Loss Interestand Dividend Income From Trading Securities NetInvestmentIncomeLossInterestandDividendIncomeFromTradingSecurities	294000000	USD
CY2021	eqh	Net Investment Income Loss From Trading Securities NetInvestmentIncomeLossFromTradingSecurities	73000000	USD
CY2020	eqh	Net Investment Income Loss From Trading Securities NetInvestmentIncomeLossFromTradingSecurities	387000000	USD
CY2019	eqh	Net Investment Income Loss From Trading Securities NetInvestmentIncomeLossFromTradingSecurities	796000000	USD
CY2021	eqh	Net Investment Income Loss Fixed Maturities Change In Unrealized Holding Gain Loss NetInvestmentIncomeLossFixedMaturitiesChangeInUnrealizedHoldingGainLoss	12000000	USD
CY2021	eqh	Net Investment Income Loss Fixed Maturities Realized Gain Loss NetInvestmentIncomeLossFixedMaturitiesRealizedGainLoss	4000000	USD
CY2021	eqh	Net Investment Income Loss Net Realized And Unrealized Gain Loss On Fixed Maturities Net NetInvestmentIncomeLossNetRealizedAndUnrealizedGainLossOnFixedMaturitiesNet	16000000	USD
CY2021	eqh	Net Investment Income Loss Interest And Dividend Income From Fixed Maturities NetInvestmentIncomeLossInterestAndDividendIncomeFromFixedMaturities	19000000	USD
CY2021	eqh	Net Investment Income Loss From Fixed Maturities NetInvestmentIncomeLossFromFixedMaturities	35000000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Interest And Dividend Income Operating InterestAndDividendIncomeOperating	3923000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Interest And Dividend Income Operating InterestAndDividendIncomeOperating	3549000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Interest And Dividend Income Operating InterestAndDividendIncomeOperating	3772000000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Investment Income Investment Expense InvestmentIncomeInvestmentExpense	77000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Investment Income Investment Expense InvestmentIncomeInvestmentExpense	72000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Investment Income Investment Expense InvestmentIncomeInvestmentExpense	73000000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Net Investment Income NetInvestmentIncome	3846000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Investment Income NetInvestmentIncome	3477000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Net Investment Income NetInvestmentIncome	3699000000	USD
CY2021	eqh	Gains Losson Investmentsand Dispositionof Business GainsLossonInvestmentsandDispositionofBusiness	868000000	USD
CY2020	eqh	Gains Losson Investmentsand Dispositionof Business GainsLossonInvestmentsandDispositionofBusiness	744000000	USD
CY2019	eqh	Gains Losson Investmentsand Dispositionof Business GainsLossonInvestmentsandDispositionofBusiness	73000000	USD
CY2021	eqh	Interest Credited To Policyholders Account Balances Participating Group Annuity Contracts InterestCreditedToPolicyholdersAccountBalancesParticipatingGroupAnnuityContracts	2000000	USD
CY2020	eqh	Interest Credited To Policyholders Account Balances Participating Group Annuity Contracts InterestCreditedToPolicyholdersAccountBalancesParticipatingGroupAnnuityContracts	2000000	USD
CY2019	eqh	Interest Credited To Policyholders Account Balances Participating Group Annuity Contracts InterestCreditedToPolicyholdersAccountBalancesParticipatingGroupAnnuityContracts	2000000	USD
CY2021Q4	eqh	Cash And Securities Collateral For Derivative Contract CashAndSecuritiesCollateralForDerivativeContract	6200000000	USD
CY2020Q4	eqh	Cash And Securities Collateral For Derivative Contract CashAndSecuritiesCollateralForDerivativeContract	3800000000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Collateral Already Posted Aggregate Fair Value CollateralAlreadyPostedAggregateFairValue	178000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Collateral Already Posted Aggregate Fair Value CollateralAlreadyPostedAggregateFairValue	212000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Goodwill Impairment Loss GoodwillImpairmentLoss	0	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Goodwill Impairment Loss GoodwillImpairmentLoss	0	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Schedule Of Closed Block Assets And Liabilities ScheduleOfClosedBlockAssetsAndLiabilities	<div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;padding-left:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Summarized financial information for the Company’s Closed Block is as follows:</span></div><div style="margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:75.946%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:10.011%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.530%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:10.013%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">December 31,</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">2021</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2020</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="9" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(in millions)</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Closed Block Liabilities:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Future policy benefits, policyholders’ account balances and other</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">5,928</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">6,201 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr></table></div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:75.946%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:10.011%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.530%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:10.013%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">December 31,</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">2021</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2020</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Policyholder dividend obligation</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">—</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">160 </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other liabilities</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">39</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">39 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Total Closed Block liabilities</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">5,967</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">6,400 </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Assets Designated to the Closed Block:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Fixed maturities AFS, at fair value (amortized cost of $3,185 and $3,359) (allowance for credit losses of $0 and $0)</span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">3,390</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3,718 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Mortgage loans on real estate (net of allowance for credit losses of $4 and $6)</span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">1,771</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,773 </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Policy loans</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">602</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">648 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cash and other invested assets</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">63</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">28 </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other assets</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">90</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">169 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Total assets designated to the Closed Block</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">5,916</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">6,336 </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Excess of Closed Block liabilities over assets designated to the Closed Block</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">51</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">64 </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Amounts included in AOCI:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:11.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Net unrealized investment gains (losses), net of policyholders’ dividend obligation: $0 and $160; and net of income tax: $(43) and $(42)</span></div></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">172</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">167 </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Maximum future earnings to be recognized from Closed Block assets and liabilities</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">223</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">231 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr></table>
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Future Policy Benefits And Policyholder Account Balances ClosedBlockLiabilitiesFuturePolicyBenefitsAndPolicyholderAccountBalances	5928000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Future Policy Benefits And Policyholder Account Balances ClosedBlockLiabilitiesFuturePolicyBenefitsAndPolicyholderAccountBalances	6201000000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Policyholder Dividend Obligation ClosedBlockLiabilitiesPolicyholderDividendObligation	0	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Policyholder Dividend Obligation ClosedBlockLiabilitiesPolicyholderDividendObligation	160000000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Other Closed Block Liabilities ClosedBlockLiabilitiesOtherClosedBlockLiabilities	39000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Other Closed Block Liabilities ClosedBlockLiabilitiesOtherClosedBlockLiabilities	39000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Cash And Cash Equivalents AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockCashAndCashEquivalents	28000000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities ClosedBlockLiabilities	5967000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities ClosedBlockLiabilities	6400000000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Investments Fixed Maturity Available For Sale Amortized Cost ClosedBlockInvestmentsFixedMaturityAvailableForSaleAmortizedCost	3185000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Investments Fixed Maturity Available For Sale Amortized Cost ClosedBlockInvestmentsFixedMaturityAvailableForSaleAmortizedCost	3359000000	USD
CY2021Q4	eqh	Closed Block Investments Debt Securities Availableforsale Allowancefor Credit Loss ClosedBlockInvestmentsDebtSecuritiesAvailableforsaleAllowanceforCreditLoss	0	USD
CY2020Q4	eqh	Closed Block Investments Debt Securities Availableforsale Allowancefor Credit Loss ClosedBlockInvestmentsDebtSecuritiesAvailableforsaleAllowanceforCreditLoss	0	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Fixed Maturity Available For Sale At Fair Value AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockFixedMaturityAvailableForSaleAtFairValue	3390000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Fixed Maturity Available For Sale At Fair Value AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockFixedMaturityAvailableForSaleAtFairValue	3718000000	USD
CY2021Q4	eqh	Assets Designated To Closed Block Mortgage Loans On Real Estate Credit Losses AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockMortgageLoansOnRealEstateCreditLosses	4000000	USD
CY2020Q4	eqh	Assets Designated To Closed Block Mortgage Loans On Real Estate Credit Losses AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockMortgageLoansOnRealEstateCreditLosses	6000000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Mortgage Loans On Real Estate AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockMortgageLoansOnRealEstate	1771000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Mortgage Loans On Real Estate AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockMortgageLoansOnRealEstate	1773000000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Policy Loans AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockPolicyLoans	602000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Policy Loans AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockPolicyLoans	648000000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Cash And Cash Equivalents AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockCashAndCashEquivalents	63000000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Other Closed Block Assets1 AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockOtherClosedBlockAssets1	90000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Other Closed Block Assets1 AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockOtherClosedBlockAssets1	169000000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlock	5916000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlock	6336000000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Excess Of Reported Closed Block Liabilities Over Assets Designated To Closed Block ExcessOfReportedClosedBlockLiabilitiesOverAssetsDesignatedToClosedBlock	51000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Excess Of Reported Closed Block Liabilities Over Assets Designated To Closed Block ExcessOfReportedClosedBlockLiabilitiesOverAssetsDesignatedToClosedBlock	64000000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Policyholder Dividend Obligation ClosedBlockLiabilitiesPolicyholderDividendObligation	0	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Policyholder Dividend Obligation ClosedBlockLiabilitiesPolicyholderDividendObligation	160000000	USD
CY2021Q4	eqh	Closed Block Operations Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit ClosedBlockOperationsDeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	43000000	USD
CY2020Q4	eqh	Closed Block Operations Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit ClosedBlockOperationsDeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	42000000	USD
CY2021Q4	eqh	Net Unrealized Investment Gains Losses Net Of Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit And Policyholder Dividend Obligation NetUnrealizedInvestmentGainsLossesNetOfDeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAndPolicyholderDividendObligation	172000000	USD
CY2020Q4	eqh	Net Unrealized Investment Gains Losses Net Of Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit And Policyholder Dividend Obligation NetUnrealizedInvestmentGainsLossesNetOfDeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAndPolicyholderDividendObligation	167000000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Assets And Liabilities Maximum Future Earnings To Be Recognized ClosedBlockAssetsAndLiabilitiesMaximumFutureEarningsToBeRecognized	223000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Assets And Liabilities Maximum Future Earnings To Be Recognized ClosedBlockAssetsAndLiabilitiesMaximumFutureEarningsToBeRecognized	231000000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Premiums ClosedBlockOperationsPremiums	144000000	USD
CY2021	eqh	Closed Block Operations Policyholder Benefit And Dividends ClosedBlockOperationsPolicyholderBenefitAndDividends	372000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Premiums ClosedBlockOperationsPremiums	157000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Premiums ClosedBlockOperationsPremiums	182000000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Net Investment Income ClosedBlockOperationsNetInvestmentIncome	237000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Net Investment Income ClosedBlockOperationsNetInvestmentIncome	251000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Net Investment Income ClosedBlockOperationsNetInvestmentIncome	278000000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Realized Investment Gains Losses ClosedBlockOperationsRealizedInvestmentGainsLosses	4000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Realized Investment Gains Losses ClosedBlockOperationsRealizedInvestmentGainsLosses	0	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Realized Investment Gains Losses ClosedBlockOperationsRealizedInvestmentGainsLosses	-1000000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Revenue ClosedBlockOperationsRevenue	385000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Revenue ClosedBlockOperationsRevenue	408000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Revenue ClosedBlockOperationsRevenue	459000000	USD
CY2020	eqh	Closed Block Operations Policyholder Benefit And Dividends ClosedBlockOperationsPolicyholderBenefitAndDividends	399000000	USD
CY2019	eqh	Closed Block Operations Policyholder Benefit And Dividends ClosedBlockOperationsPolicyholderBenefitAndDividends	439000000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Other Expense ClosedBlockOperationsOtherExpense	3000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Other Expense ClosedBlockOperationsOtherExpense	1000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Other Expense ClosedBlockOperationsOtherExpense	2000000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Benefits And Expense ClosedBlockOperationsBenefitsAndExpense	375000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Benefits And Expense ClosedBlockOperationsBenefitsAndExpense	400000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Benefits And Expense ClosedBlockOperationsBenefitsAndExpense	441000000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Results Before Income Taxes ClosedBlockOperationsResultsBeforeIncomeTaxes	10000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Results Before Income Taxes ClosedBlockOperationsResultsBeforeIncomeTaxes	8000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Results Before Income Taxes ClosedBlockOperationsResultsBeforeIncomeTaxes	18000000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Income Taxes ClosedBlockOperationsIncomeTaxes	2000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Income Taxes ClosedBlockOperationsIncomeTaxes	2000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Income Taxes ClosedBlockOperationsIncomeTaxes	2000000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Net Results ClosedBlockOperationsNetResults	8000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Net Results ClosedBlockOperationsNetResults	6000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Net Results ClosedBlockOperationsNetResults	16000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Policyholder Dividend Obligation ClosedBlockLiabilitiesPolicyholderDividendObligation	160000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Policyholder Dividend Obligation ClosedBlockLiabilitiesPolicyholderDividendObligation	2000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Policyholder Dividend Obligation ClosedBlockLiabilitiesPolicyholderDividendObligation	0	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Closed Block Dividend Obligation Change In Unrealized Investment Gains Losses ClosedBlockDividendObligationChangeInUnrealizedInvestmentGainsLosses	160000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Dividend Obligation Change In Unrealized Investment Gains Losses ClosedBlockDividendObligationChangeInUnrealizedInvestmentGainsLosses	-158000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Dividend Obligation Change In Unrealized Investment Gains Losses ClosedBlockDividendObligationChangeInUnrealizedInvestmentGainsLosses	-2000000	USD
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Policyholder Dividend Obligation ClosedBlockLiabilitiesPolicyholderDividendObligation	0	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Policyholder Dividend Obligation ClosedBlockLiabilitiesPolicyholderDividendObligation	160000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Policyholder Dividend Obligation ClosedBlockLiabilitiesPolicyholderDividendObligation	2000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCosts	4243000000	USD
CY2019Q4	eqh	Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost Including Accounting Standards Updates DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostIncludingAccountingStandardsUpdates	5840000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCosts	6705000000	USD
CY2021	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs Additions DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsAdditions	875000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs Additions DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsAdditions	669000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs Additions DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsAdditions	754000000	USD
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