$PRU
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC Stock $pru

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2020 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000113777421000049 Filed on February 19, 2021

Income Statement

Concept	2020 Q4	2019 Q4	2019 Q3
Revenue	$16.03B	$19.22B	$15.11B
YoY Change	-16.62%	4.29%	-6.46%
Cost Of Revenue			$7.722B
YoY Change			-17.07%
Gross Profit			$7.383B
YoY Change			7.99%
Gross Profit Margin			48.88%
Selling, General & Admin	$4.336B	$4.421B	$3.961B
YoY Change	-1.92%	36.37%	16.29%
% of Gross Profit			53.65%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$9.000M	$108.0M	$591.0M
YoY Change	-91.67%	-6.9%	4.97%
% of Gross Profit			8.0%
Operating Expenses	$15.13B	$17.88B	$13.38B
YoY Change	-15.38%	2.88%	-6.5%
Operating Profit			-$5.997B
YoY Change			-19.75%
Interest Expense
YoY Change
% of Operating Profit
Other Income/Expense, Net
YoY Change
Pretax Income	$900.0M	$1.344B	$1.725B
YoY Change	-33.04%	27.64%	-6.15%
Income Tax	-$88.00M	$221.0M	$332.0M
% Of Pretax Income	-9.78%	16.44%	19.25%
Net Earnings	$819.0M	$1.128B	$1.418B
YoY Change	-27.39%	33.97%	-15.19%
Net Earnings / Revenue	5.11%	5.87%	9.39%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$2.04	$2.78	$3.47
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$2.03	$2.76	$3.44
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	396.0M shares	402.0M shares	404.1M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding			408.5M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2020 Q4	2019 Q4	2019 Q3
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments		$21.89B
YoY Change		6.39%
Cash & Equivalents	$13.70B	$16.33B	$18.29B
Short-Term Investments		$5.560B
Other Short-Term Assets
YoY Change
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables
Other Receivables
Total Short-Term Assets
YoY Change
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment		$554.0M	$524.0M
YoY Change
Goodwill	$3.035B	$3.013B
YoY Change	0.73%	249.13%
Intangibles	$580.0M	$600.0M
YoY Change	-3.33%	72.41%
Long-Term Investments	$553.6B	$8.252B	$523.5B
YoY Change	6608.92%	16.97%	12.59%
Other Assets
YoY Change
Total Long-Term Assets
YoY Change
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets
Total Long-Term Assets
Total Assets	$940.7B	$896.6B	$885.6B
YoY Change	4.93%	10.0%	7.64%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable
YoY Change
Accrued Expenses		$594.0M	$564.0M
YoY Change
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$398.0M	$562.0M	$586.0M
YoY Change	-29.18%	-24.26%	-21.24%
Long-Term Debt Due	$527.0M	$1.371B	$904.0M
YoY Change	-61.56%	-19.78%	-45.18%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$22.47B	$20.89B	$22.27B
YoY Change	7.55%	44.12%	59.97%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$19.72B	$18.65B	$19.15B
YoY Change	5.75%	7.3%	9.93%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$20.32B	$20.21B	$17.19B
YoY Change	0.57%	26.16%	6.14%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$19.72B	$18.65B	$19.15B
YoY Change	5.75%	7.3%	9.93%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$22.47B	$20.89B	$22.27B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$19.72B	$18.65B	$19.15B
Total Liabilities	$872.5B	$832.8B	$819.3B
YoY Change	4.76%	8.72%	5.63%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$30.75B	$32.99B	$32.27B
YoY Change	-6.8%	8.27%	7.55%
Common Stock	$25.59B	$25.54B	$25.36B
YoY Change	0.2%	2.83%	2.18%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$19.65B	$19.45B	$19.39B
YoY Change	1.02%	10.57%	12.41%
Treasury Stock Shares	269.9M shares	267.5M shares	268.0M shares
Shareholders Equity	$67.43B	$63.12B	$65.80B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$940.7B	$896.6B	$885.6B
YoY Change	4.93%	10.0%	7.64%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2020 Q4	2019 Q4	2019 Q3
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$819.0M	$1.128B	$1.418B
YoY Change	-27.39%	33.97%	-15.19%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$9.000M	$108.0M	$591.0M
YoY Change	-91.67%	-6.9%	4.97%
Cash From Operating Activities	-$4.513B	$3.985B	$7.316B
YoY Change	-213.25%	-65.03%	103.62%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures
YoY Change
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$2.471B	-$3.912B	-$5.079B
YoY Change	-36.84%	-54.97%	-21.28%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$2.471B	-$3.912B	-$5.079B
YoY Change	-36.84%	-54.97%	-21.28%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-183.0M	-1.992B	597.0M
YoY Change	-90.81%	7014.29%	49.25%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	-4.513B	3.985B	7.316B
Cash From Investing Activities	-2.471B	-3.912B	-5.079B
Cash From Financing Activities	-183.0M	-1.992B	597.0M
Net Change In Cash	-7.167B	-1.919B	2.834B
YoY Change	273.48%	-171.58%	-215.25%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	-$4.513B	$3.985B	$7.316B
Capital Expenditures
Free Cash Flow
YoY Change

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CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset	23273000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability	18267000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Notional Amount DerivativeNotionalAmount	379860000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset	14386000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability	7536000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Embedded Derivative Fair Value Of Embedded Derivative Net EmbeddedDerivativeFairValueOfEmbeddedDerivativeNet	-20119000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Embedded Derivative Fair Value Of Embedded Derivative Net EmbeddedDerivativeFairValueOfEmbeddedDerivativeNet	-14035000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset Amount Offset Against Collateral DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAssetAmountOffsetAgainstCollateral	971000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Fair Value Of Collateral DerivativeAssetFairValueOfCollateral	806000000	USD
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CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Fair Value Gross Liability DerivativeAssetFairValueGrossLiability	21367000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset Amount Not Offset Against Collateral DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAssetAmountNotOffsetAgainstCollateral	1777000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Securities Purchased Under Agreements To Resell Gross SecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResellGross	252000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Securities Purchased Under Agreements To Resell Liability SecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResellLiability	0	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Securities Purchased Under Agreements To Resell SecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResell	252000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Securities Purchased Under Agreements To Resell Fair Value Of Collateral SecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResellFairValueOfCollateral	252000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Securities Purchased Under Agreements To Resell Amount Offset Against Collateral SecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResellAmountOffsetAgainstCollateral	0	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Securities Purchased Under Agreements To Resell Securities Borrowed Gross DerivativeAssetSecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResellSecuritiesBorrowedGross	23396000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Securities Purchased Under Agreements To Resell Securities Borrowed Liability DerivativeAssetSecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResellSecuritiesBorrowedLiability	21367000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Securities Purchased Under Agreements To Resell Securities Borrowed DerivativeAssetSecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResellSecuritiesBorrowed	2029000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Securities Purchased Under Agreements To Resell Securities Borrowed Collateral Obligation To Return Securities DerivativeAssetSecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResellSecuritiesBorrowedCollateralObligationToReturnSecurities	1058000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Securities Purchased Under Agreements To Resell Securities Borrowed Amount Offset Against Collateral DerivativeAssetSecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResellSecuritiesBorrowedAmountOffsetAgainstCollateral	971000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Fair Value Offset Against Collateral Net Of Not Subject To Master Netting Arrangement Policy Election DerivativeLiabilityFairValueOffsetAgainstCollateralNetOfNotSubjectToMasterNettingArrangementPolicyElection	18265000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Fair Value Gross Asset DerivativeLiabilityFairValueGrossAsset	17475000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability Amount Not Offset Against Collateral DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiabilityAmountNotOffsetAgainstCollateral	790000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Fair Value Of Collateral DerivativeLiabilityFairValueOfCollateral	790000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability Amount Offset Against Collateral DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiabilityAmountOffsetAgainstCollateral	0	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Securities Sold Under Agreements To Repurchase Gross SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseGross	10894000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Securities Sold Under Agreements To Repurchase Asset SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseAsset	0	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Securities Sold Under Agreements To Repurchase SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchase	10894000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Securities Sold Under Agreements To Repurchase Fair Value Of Collateral SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseFairValueOfCollateral	10432000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Securities Sold Under Agreements To Repurchase Amount Offset Against Collateral SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseAmountOffsetAgainstCollateral	462000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Securities Sold Under Agreements To Resell Securities Loaned Gross DerivativeLiabilitySecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToResellSecuritiesLoanedGross	29159000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Fair Value Of Collateral DerivativeAssetFairValueOfCollateral	607000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Securities Purchased Under Agreements To Resell Gross SecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResellGross	1012000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Securities Purchased Under Agreements To Resell Liability SecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResellLiability	0	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset Amount Offset Against Collateral DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAssetAmountOffsetAgainstCollateral	177000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Securities Sold Under Agreements To Resell Securities Loaned Asset DerivativeLiabilitySecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToResellSecuritiesLoanedAsset	17475000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Securities Sold Under Agreements To Resell Securities Loaned DerivativeLiabilitySecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToResellSecuritiesLoaned	11684000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Securities Sold Under Agreements To Resell Securities Loaned Collateral Right To Reclaim Securities DerivativeLiabilitySecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToResellSecuritiesLoanedCollateralRightToReclaimSecurities	11222000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Securities Sold Under Agreements To Resell Securities Loaned Amount Offset Against Collateral DerivativeLiabilitySecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToResellSecuritiesLoanedAmountOffsetAgainstCollateral	462000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Fair Value Offset Against Collateral Net Of Not Subject To Master Netting Arrangement Policy Election DerivativeAssetFairValueOffsetAgainstCollateralNetOfNotSubjectToMasterNettingArrangementPolicyElection	14303000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Fair Value Gross Liability DerivativeAssetFairValueGrossLiability	13519000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset Amount Not Offset Against Collateral DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAssetAmountNotOffsetAgainstCollateral	784000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Securities Purchased Under Agreements To Resell SecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResell	1012000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Securities Purchased Under Agreements To Resell Fair Value Of Collateral SecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResellFairValueOfCollateral	1012000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Securities Purchased Under Agreements To Resell Amount Offset Against Collateral SecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResellAmountOffsetAgainstCollateral	0	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Securities Purchased Under Agreements To Resell Securities Borrowed Gross DerivativeAssetSecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResellSecuritiesBorrowedGross	15315000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Securities Purchased Under Agreements To Resell Securities Borrowed Liability DerivativeAssetSecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResellSecuritiesBorrowedLiability	13519000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Securities Sold Under Agreements To Resell Securities Loaned Collateral Right To Reclaim Securities DerivativeLiabilitySecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToResellSecuritiesLoanedCollateralRightToReclaimSecurities	9925000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Securities Sold Under Agreements To Repurchase Asset SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseAsset	0	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Securities Sold Under Agreements To Repurchase SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchase	9681000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Securities Purchased Under Agreements To Resell Securities Borrowed DerivativeAssetSecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResellSecuritiesBorrowed	1796000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Securities Purchased Under Agreements To Resell Securities Borrowed Collateral Obligation To Return Securities DerivativeAssetSecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResellSecuritiesBorrowedCollateralObligationToReturnSecurities	1619000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Securities Purchased Under Agreements To Resell Securities Borrowed Amount Offset Against Collateral DerivativeAssetSecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResellSecuritiesBorrowedAmountOffsetAgainstCollateral	177000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Fair Value Offset Against Collateral Net Of Not Subject To Master Netting Arrangement Policy Election DerivativeLiabilityFairValueOffsetAgainstCollateralNetOfNotSubjectToMasterNettingArrangementPolicyElection	7528000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Fair Value Gross Asset DerivativeLiabilityFairValueGrossAsset	6705000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability Amount Not Offset Against Collateral DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiabilityAmountNotOffsetAgainstCollateral	823000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Fair Value Of Collateral DerivativeLiabilityFairValueOfCollateral	244000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability Amount Offset Against Collateral DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiabilityAmountOffsetAgainstCollateral	579000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Securities Sold Under Agreements To Repurchase Gross SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseGross	9681000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Securities Sold Under Agreements To Repurchase Fair Value Of Collateral SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseFairValueOfCollateral	9681000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Securities Sold Under Agreements To Repurchase Amount Offset Against Collateral SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseAmountOffsetAgainstCollateral	0	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Securities Sold Under Agreements To Resell Securities Loaned Gross DerivativeLiabilitySecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToResellSecuritiesLoanedGross	17209000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Securities Sold Under Agreements To Resell Securities Loaned Asset DerivativeLiabilitySecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToResellSecuritiesLoanedAsset	6705000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Securities Sold Under Agreements To Resell Securities Loaned DerivativeLiabilitySecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToResellSecuritiesLoaned	10504000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Credit Derivative Maximum Exposure Undiscounted CreditDerivativeMaximumExposureUndiscounted	3053000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Securities Sold Under Agreements To Resell Securities Loaned Amount Offset Against Collateral DerivativeLiabilitySecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToResellSecuritiesLoanedAmountOffsetAgainstCollateral	579000000	USD
CY2020	pru	Non Derivative Aoci Net Investment Hedge Before Tax NonDerivativeAOCINetInvestmentHedgeBeforeTax	-21000000	USD
CY2018	pru	Non Derivative Aoci Net Investment Hedge Before Tax NonDerivativeAOCINetInvestmentHedgeBeforeTax	0	USD
CY2019	pru	Non Derivative Aoci Net Investment Hedge Before Tax NonDerivativeAOCINetInvestmentHedgeBeforeTax	0	USD
CY2018Q4	pru	Cumulative Effect Of New Asu In Period Of Adoption CumulativeEffectOfNewASUInPeriodOfAdoption	9000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Cash Flow Hedge Gain Loss To Be Reclassified Within Twelve Months CashFlowHedgeGainLossToBeReclassifiedWithinTwelveMonths	230000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Maximum Length Of Time Hedged In Cash Flow Hedge1 MaximumLengthOfTimeHedgedInCashFlowHedge1	P10Y
CY2020Q4	pru	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Investment Hedge Before Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetInvestmentHedgeBeforeTax	149000000	USD
CY2019Q4	pru	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Investment Hedge Before Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetInvestmentHedgeBeforeTax	-4000000	USD
CY2018Q4	pru	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Investment Hedge Before Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetInvestmentHedgeBeforeTax	-6000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Credit Risk Derivatives At Fair Value Net CreditRiskDerivativesAtFairValueNet	63000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Credit Derivative Maximum Exposure Undiscounted CreditDerivativeMaximumExposureUndiscounted	792000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Credit Risk Derivatives At Fair Value Net CreditRiskDerivativesAtFairValueNet	21000000	USD
CY2020Q4	pru	Credit Derivative Protection Purchased Notional Amount CreditDerivativeProtectionPurchasedNotionalAmount	307000000	USD
CY2019Q4	pru	Credit Derivative Protection Purchased Notional Amount CreditDerivativeProtectionPurchasedNotionalAmount	6000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Collateral Obligation To Return Cash Offset DerivativeAssetCollateralObligationToReturnCashOffset	21367000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Collateral Obligation To Return Cash Offset DerivativeAssetCollateralObligationToReturnCashOffset	21367000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Collateral Obligation To Return Cash Offset DerivativeAssetCollateralObligationToReturnCashOffset	21367000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Assets DerivativeAssets	1906000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Collateral Right To Reclaim Cash Offset DerivativeLiabilityCollateralRightToReclaimCashOffset	17475000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Collateral Right To Reclaim Cash Offset DerivativeLiabilityCollateralRightToReclaimCashOffset	17475000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Collateral Right To Reclaim Cash Offset DerivativeLiabilityCollateralRightToReclaimCashOffset	17475000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liabilities DerivativeLiabilities	792000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Collateral Obligation To Return Cash Offset DerivativeAssetCollateralObligationToReturnCashOffset	13519000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Collateral Obligation To Return Cash Offset DerivativeAssetCollateralObligationToReturnCashOffset	13519000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs Disposition DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsDisposition	38000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Collateral Obligation To Return Cash Offset DerivativeAssetCollateralObligationToReturnCashOffset	13519000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Assets DerivativeAssets	867000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Collateral Right To Reclaim Cash Offset DerivativeLiabilityCollateralRightToReclaimCashOffset	6705000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Collateral Right To Reclaim Cash Offset DerivativeLiabilityCollateralRightToReclaimCashOffset	6705000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Collateral Right To Reclaim Cash Offset DerivativeLiabilityCollateralRightToReclaimCashOffset	6705000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liabilities DerivativeLiabilities	831000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs Text Block1 DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsTextBlock1	DEFERRED POLICY ACQUISITION COSTS<div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:22.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The balances of and changes in DAC as of and for the years ended December 31, are as follows:</span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:99.707%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:67.521%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:8.870%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.533%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:8.870%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.533%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:8.873%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" 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:100%">2020</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt 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:100%">2019</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt 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:100%">2018</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="15" style="border-top:1pt 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:100%">(in millions)</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Balance, beginning of period</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:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">19,912 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</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%">20,058 </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%">18,992 </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 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Capitalization of commissions, sales and issue expenses</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:400;line-height:100%">2,763 </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%">2,966 </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%">2,870 </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 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Amortization—Impact of assumption and experience unlocking and true-ups</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:400;line-height:100%">(36)</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%">(164)</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%">(217)</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 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Amortization—All other</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:400;line-height:100%">(2,185)</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%">(2,168)</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%">(2,056)</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 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Change due to unrealized investment gains and losses</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:400;line-height:100%">(379)</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%">(713)</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%">519 </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 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Foreign currency translation</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:400;line-height:100%">142 </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%">(8)</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%">(32)</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 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other(1)</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:400;line-height:100%">(1,190)</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%">(59)</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%">(18)</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:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Balance, end of period</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;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:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;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%">19,027 </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;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%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">19,912 </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;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%">20,058 </span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">__________</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(1)</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:8.68pt">“Other” for 2020 primarily represents the impact related to the sale of The Prudential Life Insurance Company of Korea, Ltd. of $(1,193) million. “Other” for 2019 primarily represents the impact related to the sale of the Company’s Pramerica of Italy subsidiary of $(46) million and DAC ceded to a third-party reinsurer of $(14) million. “Other” for 2018 represents the impact related to the sale of the Company’s Pramerica of Poland subsidiary of $(38) million and the impact of the elimination of Gibraltar Life’s one-month reporting lag of $20 million.</span></div>
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCosts	20058000000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCosts	18992000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs Additions DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsAdditions	2763000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs Additions DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsAdditions	2966000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs Additions DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsAdditions	2870000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost Amortization Expense Assumption Change DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostAmortizationExpenseAssumptionChange	-36000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost Amortization Expense Assumption Change DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostAmortizationExpenseAssumptionChange	-164000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs Disposition DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsDisposition	1193000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs Disposition DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsDisposition	46000000	USD
CY2019	pru	Reclassificationofceded Da Ctothirdpartyreinsurer ReclassificationofcededDACtothirdpartyreinsurer	-14000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost Amortization Expense Assumption Change DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostAmortizationExpenseAssumptionChange	-217000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost Amortization Expense Other DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostAmortizationExpenseOther	2185000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost Amortization Expense Other DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostAmortizationExpenseOther	2168000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost Amortization Expense Other DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostAmortizationExpenseOther	2056000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost Unrealized Investment Gain Loss DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostUnrealizedInvestmentGainLoss	-379000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost Unrealized Investment Gain Loss DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostUnrealizedInvestmentGainLoss	-713000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost Unrealized Investment Gain Loss DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostUnrealizedInvestmentGainLoss	519000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostForeignCurrencyTranslationGainLoss	-142000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostForeignCurrencyTranslationGainLoss	8000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostForeignCurrencyTranslationGainLoss	32000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment And Other DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustmentAndOther	-1190000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment And Other DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustmentAndOther	-59000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment And Other DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustmentAndOther	-18000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCosts	19027000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCosts	19912000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCosts	20058000000	USD
CY2018	pru	Impactoftheeliminationof Gibraltar Lifesonemonthreportinglag ImpactoftheeliminationofGibraltarLifesonemonthreportinglag	20000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Value Of Business Acquired Voba ValueOfBusinessAcquiredVOBA	1110000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Value Of Business Acquired Voba ValueOfBusinessAcquiredVOBA	1850000000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Value Of Business Acquired Voba ValueOfBusinessAcquiredVOBA	1591000000	USD
CY2020	pru	Present Value Of Future Insurance Profits Amortization Expense Unlocking And Trueups PresentValueOfFutureInsuranceProfitsAmortizationExpenseUnlockingAndTrueups	317000000	USD
CY2019	pru	Present Value Of Future Insurance Profits Amortization Expense Unlocking And Trueups PresentValueOfFutureInsuranceProfitsAmortizationExpenseUnlockingAndTrueups	139000000	USD
CY2018	pru	Present Value Of Future Insurance Profits Amortization Expense Unlocking And Trueups PresentValueOfFutureInsuranceProfitsAmortizationExpenseUnlockingAndTrueups	0	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Present Value Of Future Insurance Profits Amortization Expense1 PresentValueOfFutureInsuranceProfitsAmortizationExpense1	212000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Present Value Of Future Insurance Profits Amortization Expense1 PresentValueOfFutureInsuranceProfitsAmortizationExpense1	235000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Present Value Of Future Insurance Profits Amortization Expense1 PresentValueOfFutureInsuranceProfitsAmortizationExpense1	276000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Effects Of Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Present Value Of Future Insurance Profits1 EffectsOfUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnPresentValueOfFutureInsuranceProfits1	-418000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Effects Of Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Present Value Of Future Insurance Profits1 EffectsOfUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnPresentValueOfFutureInsuranceProfits1	478000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Effects Of Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Present Value Of Future Insurance Profits1 EffectsOfUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnPresentValueOfFutureInsuranceProfits1	-455000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Present Value Of Future Insurance Profits Amortization Expense Accrued Interest PresentValueOfFutureInsuranceProfitsAmortizationExpenseAccruedInterest	56000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Present Value Of Future Insurance Profits Amortization Expense Accrued Interest PresentValueOfFutureInsuranceProfitsAmortizationExpenseAccruedInterest	64000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Present Value Of Future Insurance Profits Amortization Expense Accrued Interest PresentValueOfFutureInsuranceProfitsAmortizationExpenseAccruedInterest	69000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsForeignCurrencyTranslationGainLoss	48000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsForeignCurrencyTranslationGainLoss	10000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsForeignCurrencyTranslationGainLoss	23000000	USD
CY2020	pru	Present Valueof Future Insurance Profits Other PresentValueofFutureInsuranceProfitsOther	0	USD
CY2019	pru	Present Valueof Future Insurance Profits Other PresentValueofFutureInsuranceProfitsOther	38000000	USD
CY2018	pru	Present Valueof Future Insurance Profits Other PresentValueofFutureInsuranceProfitsOther	-12000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Value Of Business Acquired Voba ValueOfBusinessAcquiredVOBA	1103000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Value Of Business Acquired Voba ValueOfBusinessAcquiredVOBA	1110000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Value Of Business Acquired Voba ValueOfBusinessAcquiredVOBA	1850000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Present Value Of Future Insurance Profits Amortization Expense Year One PresentValueOfFutureInsuranceProfitsAmortizationExpenseYearOne	99000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Present Value Of Future Insurance Profits Amortization Expense Year Two PresentValueOfFutureInsuranceProfitsAmortizationExpenseYearTwo	93000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Present Value Of Future Insurance Profits Amortization Expense Year Three PresentValueOfFutureInsuranceProfitsAmortizationExpenseYearThree	85000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Present Value Of Future Insurance Profits Amortization Expense Year Four PresentValueOfFutureInsuranceProfitsAmortizationExpenseYearFour	79000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Present Value Of Future Insurance Profits Amortization Expense Year Five PresentValueOfFutureInsuranceProfitsAmortizationExpenseYearFive	72000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Investments In Affiliates Subsidiaries Associates And Joint Ventures InvestmentsInAffiliatesSubsidiariesAssociatesAndJointVentures	1394000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Investments In Affiliates Subsidiaries Associates And Joint Ventures InvestmentsInAffiliatesSubsidiariesAssociatesAndJointVentures	1309000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Investments In Affiliates Subsidiaries Associates And Joint Ventures InvestmentsInAffiliatesSubsidiariesAssociatesAndJointVentures	1329000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Equity Method Investment Dividends Or Distributions EquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributions	60000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Equity Method Investment Dividends Or Distributions EquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributions	70000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Equity Method Investment Dividends Or Distributions EquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributions	93000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	96000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	100000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	76000000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	843000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Goodwill Acquired During Period GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod	22000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Goodwill Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss GoodwillForeignCurrencyTranslationGainLoss	-2000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets Excluding Goodwill IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill	69000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	863000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Goodwill Acquired During Period GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod	2150000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Goodwill Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss GoodwillForeignCurrencyTranslationGainLoss	0	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	3013000000	USD
CY2020	pru	Goodwill Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss Other GoodwillForeignCurrencyTranslationGainLossOther	22000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	3035000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets Excluding Goodwill IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill	69000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets Excluding Goodwill IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill	69000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets Excluding Goodwill IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill	69000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Liability OperatingLeaseLiability	511000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill	580000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill	600000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Amortization Of Intangible Assets AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	102000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Amortization Of Intangible Assets AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	65000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Amortization Of Intangible Assets AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	61000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Next Twelve Months FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseNextTwelveMonths	101000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Two FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearTwo	93000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Three FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearThree	76000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Four FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFour	46000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Five FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFive	38000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Renewal Term LesseeOperatingLeaseRenewalTerm	P15Y
CY2020	pru	Lessee Operating Lease Optionto Terminate Term LesseeOperatingLeaseOptiontoTerminateTerm	P8Y
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Right Of Use Asset OperatingLeaseRightOfUseAsset	466000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Right Of Use Asset OperatingLeaseRightOfUseAsset	554000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Operating Lease Cost OperatingLeaseCost	156000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Operating Lease Cost OperatingLeaseCost	138000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Liability OperatingLeaseLiability	594000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term1 OperatingLeaseWeightedAverageRemainingLeaseTerm1	P6Y
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term1 OperatingLeaseWeightedAverageRemainingLeaseTerm1	P6Y
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Weighted Average Discount Rate Percent OperatingLeaseWeightedAverageDiscountRatePercent	0.0222
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Weighted Average Discount Rate Percent OperatingLeaseWeightedAverageDiscountRatePercent	0.0246
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Next Twelve Months LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueNextTwelveMonths	156000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Year Two LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearTwo	121000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Year Three LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearThree	81000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Year Four LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearFour	72000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Year Five LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearFive	46000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due After Year Five LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueAfterYearFive	80000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDue	556000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Undiscounted Excess Amount LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityUndiscountedExcessAmount	45000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Liability OperatingLeaseLiability	511000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Short Term Lease Cost ShortTermLeaseCost	104000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Short Term Lease Cost ShortTermLeaseCost	101000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Liability For Future Policy Benefits Life LiabilityForFuturePolicyBenefitsLife	195245000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Liability For Future Policy Benefits Life LiabilityForFuturePolicyBenefitsLife	191654000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Liability For Future Policy Benefits Individual And Group Annuities And Supplementary Contracts LiabilityForFuturePolicyBenefitsIndividualAndGroupAnnuitiesAndSupplementaryContracts	77254000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Liability For Future Policy Benefits Individual And Group Annuities And Supplementary Contracts LiabilityForFuturePolicyBenefitsIndividualAndGroupAnnuitiesAndSupplementaryContracts	75940000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Liability For Future Policy Benefits Other Contracts LiabilityForFuturePolicyBenefitsOtherContracts	30873000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Liability For Future Policy Benefits Other Contracts LiabilityForFuturePolicyBenefitsOtherContracts	23052000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Liability For Future Policy Benefits LiabilityForFuturePolicyBenefits	303372000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Liability For Future Policy Benefits LiabilityForFuturePolicyBenefits	290646000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Liability For Unpaid Claims And Claims Adjustment Expense Net LiabilityForUnpaidClaimsAndClaimsAdjustmentExpenseNet	2971000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Liability For Unpaid Claims And Claims Adjustment Expense Net LiabilityForUnpaidClaimsAndClaimsAdjustmentExpenseNet	2881000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Liability For Future Policy Benefits And Unpaid Claims And Claims Adjustment Expense LiabilityForFuturePolicyBenefitsAndUnpaidClaimsAndClaimsAdjustmentExpense	306343000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Liability For Future Policy Benefits And Unpaid Claims And Claims Adjustment Expense LiabilityForFuturePolicyBenefitsAndUnpaidClaimsAndClaimsAdjustmentExpense	293527000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Policyholder Contract Deposits PolicyholderContractDeposits	161682000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Policyholder Contract Deposits PolicyholderContractDeposits	152110000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred Sales Inducements Additions DeferredSalesInducementsAdditions	3000000	USD
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Sales Inducements Net DeferredSalesInducementsNet	1168000000	USD
CY2018	pru	Deferred Sales Inducements Amortization Expense Unlocking And True Ups DeferredSalesInducementsAmortizationExpenseUnlockingAndTrueUps	-6000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred Sales Inducements Amortization Expense DeferredSalesInducementsAmortizationExpense	166000000	USD
CY2018	pru	Deferred Sales Inducements Change In Unrealized Investment Gains Losses DeferredSalesInducementsChangeInUnrealizedInvestmentGainsLosses	25000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Sales Inducements Net DeferredSalesInducementsNet	1024000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Sales Inducements Additions DeferredSalesInducementsAdditions	1000000	USD
CY2019	pru	Deferred Sales Inducements Amortization Expense Unlocking And True Ups DeferredSalesInducementsAmortizationExpenseUnlockingAndTrueUps	108000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Sales Inducements Amortization Expense DeferredSalesInducementsAmortizationExpense	163000000	USD
CY2019	pru	Deferred Sales Inducements Change In Unrealized Investment Gains Losses DeferredSalesInducementsChangeInUnrealizedInvestmentGainsLosses	-35000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Sales Inducements Net DeferredSalesInducementsNet	935000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Sales Inducements Additions DeferredSalesInducementsAdditions	1000000	USD
CY2020	pru	Deferred Sales Inducements Amortization Expense Unlocking And True Ups DeferredSalesInducementsAmortizationExpenseUnlockingAndTrueUps	104000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Sales Inducements Amortization Expense DeferredSalesInducementsAmortizationExpense	166000000	USD
CY2020	pru	Deferred Sales Inducements Change In Unrealized Investment Gains Losses DeferredSalesInducementsChangeInUnrealizedInvestmentGainsLosses	-54000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Sales Inducements Net DeferredSalesInducementsNet	820000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Direct Premiums Earned DirectPremiumsEarned	29091000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Direct Premiums Earned DirectPremiumsEarned	33260000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Direct Premiums Earned DirectPremiumsEarned	35048000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Assumed Premiums Earned AssumedPremiumsEarned	4336000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Assumed Premiums Earned AssumedPremiumsEarned	3022000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Assumed Premiums Earned AssumedPremiumsEarned	2574000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Ceded Premiums Earned CededPremiumsEarned	2287000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Ceded Premiums Earned CededPremiumsEarned	2080000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Ceded Premiums Earned CededPremiumsEarned	1843000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Premiums Earned Net PremiumsEarnedNet	31140000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Premiums Earned Net PremiumsEarnedNet	34202000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Premiums Earned Net PremiumsEarnedNet	35779000000	USD
CY2020	pru	Policy Charges Insurance Incurred Gross PolicyChargesInsuranceIncurredGross	5341000000	USD
CY2019	pru	Policy Charges Insurance Incurred Gross PolicyChargesInsuranceIncurredGross	5252000000	USD
CY2018	pru	Policy Charges Insurance Incurred Gross PolicyChargesInsuranceIncurredGross	5245000000	USD
CY2020	pru	Reinsurance Effect On Policy Charges Insurance Incurred Assumed ReinsuranceEffectOnPolicyChargesInsuranceIncurredAssumed	1192000000	USD
CY2019	pru	Reinsurance Effect On Policy Charges Insurance Incurred Assumed ReinsuranceEffectOnPolicyChargesInsuranceIncurredAssumed	1181000000	USD
CY2018	pru	Reinsurance Effect On Policy Charges Insurance Incurred Assumed ReinsuranceEffectOnPolicyChargesInsuranceIncurredAssumed	1189000000	USD
CY2020	pru	Reinsurance Effect On Policy Charges Insurance Incurred Ceded ReinsuranceEffectOnPolicyChargesInsuranceIncurredCeded	504000000	USD
CY2019	pru	Reinsurance Effect On Policy Charges Insurance Incurred Ceded ReinsuranceEffectOnPolicyChargesInsuranceIncurredCeded	455000000	USD
CY2018	pru	Reinsurance Effect On Policy Charges Insurance Incurred Ceded ReinsuranceEffectOnPolicyChargesInsuranceIncurredCeded	432000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Insurance Commissions And Fees InsuranceCommissionsAndFees	6029000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Insurance Commissions And Fees InsuranceCommissionsAndFees	5978000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Other Policyholder Funds ClosedBlockLiabilitiesOtherPolicyholderFunds	4874000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Investments Available For Sale Change In Unrealized Appreciation ClosedBlockInvestmentsAvailableForSaleChangeInUnrealizedAppreciation	3280000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Insurance Commissions And Fees InsuranceCommissionsAndFees	6002000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Policyholder Benefits And Claims Incurred Gross PolicyholderBenefitsAndClaimsIncurredGross	32514000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Policyholder Benefits And Claims Incurred Gross PolicyholderBenefitsAndClaimsIncurredGross	35601000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Policyholder Benefits And Claims Incurred Gross PolicyholderBenefitsAndClaimsIncurredGross	38079000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Reinsurance Effect On Claims And Benefits Incurred Amount Assumed ReinsuranceEffectOnClaimsAndBenefitsIncurredAmountAssumed	5659000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Reinsurance Effect On Claims And Benefits Incurred Amount Assumed ReinsuranceEffectOnClaimsAndBenefitsIncurredAmountAssumed	4304000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Reinsurance Effect On Claims And Benefits Incurred Amount Assumed ReinsuranceEffectOnClaimsAndBenefitsIncurredAmountAssumed	3659000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Reinsurance Effect On Claims And Benefits Incurred Amount Ceded ReinsuranceEffectOnClaimsAndBenefitsIncurredAmountCeded	3114000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Reinsurance Effect On Claims And Benefits Incurred Amount Ceded ReinsuranceEffectOnClaimsAndBenefitsIncurredAmountCeded	3085000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Reinsurance Effect On Claims And Benefits Incurred Amount Ceded ReinsuranceEffectOnClaimsAndBenefitsIncurredAmountCeded	2334000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Policyholder Benefits And Claims Incurred Net PolicyholderBenefitsAndClaimsIncurredNet	35059000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Policyholder Benefits And Claims Incurred Net PolicyholderBenefitsAndClaimsIncurredNet	36820000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Policyholder Benefits And Claims Incurred Net PolicyholderBenefitsAndClaimsIncurredNet	39404000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Reinsurance Recoverables ReinsuranceRecoverables	7354000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Reinsurance Recoverables ReinsuranceRecoverables	6626000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Reinsurance Recoverables Allowance ReinsuranceRecoverablesAllowance	5000000	USD
CY2020Q4	pru	Number Of Major Reinsurance Companies NumberOfMajorReinsuranceCompanies	4	company
CY2020Q4	pru	Percentage Of Reinsurance Recoverable From Major Reinsurance Companies PercentageOfReinsuranceRecoverableFromMajorReinsuranceCompanies	0.59
CY2020	us-gaap	Schedule Of Closed Block Assets And Liabilities ScheduleOfClosedBlockAssetsAndLiabilities	<div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:22.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Closed Block liabilities and assets designated to the Closed Block at December 31, as well as maximum future earnings to be recognized from these liabilities and assets, are as follows:</span></div><div style="text-indent:22.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:81.356%"/><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:6.940%"/><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:6.944%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" 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:100%">2020</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt 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:100%">2019</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:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="9" style="border-top:1pt 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:100%">(in millions)</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><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="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"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Future policy benefits</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td style="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="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%">46,762 </span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td style="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="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%">47,613 </span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Policyholders’ dividends payable</span></td><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%">635 </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%">717 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Policyholders’ dividend obligation</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="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%">8,787 </span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="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%">6,149 </span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Policyholders’ account balances</span></td><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%">4,874 </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%">4,973 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other Closed Block liabilities</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="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%">3,141 </span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="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%">4,049 </span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><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="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt 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%">64,199 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;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;border-top:1pt 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%">63,501 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Closed Block assets</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Fixed maturities, available-for-sale, at fair value</span></td><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%">41,959 </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%">41,146 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Fixed maturities, trading, at fair value</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="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%">277 </span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="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%">256 </span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Equity securities, at fair value</span></td><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%">2,345 </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%">2,245 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Commercial mortgage and other loans</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="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%">8,421 </span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="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%">8,629 </span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><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="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%">4,064 </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%">4,264 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other invested assets</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="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%">3,610 </span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="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%">3,333 </span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Short-term investments</span></td><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%">124 </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%">227 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Total investments</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt 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%">60,800 </span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt 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%">60,100 </span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cash and cash equivalents</span></td><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%">269 </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%">191 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Accrued investment income</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="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%">431 </span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="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%">456 </span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other Closed Block assets</span></td><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%">92 </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%">93 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Total Closed Block assets</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt 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%">61,592 </span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt 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%">60,840 </span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;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:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Excess of reported Closed Block liabilities over Closed Block assets</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt 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%">2,607 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;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;border-top:1pt 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%">2,661 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Portion of above representing accumulated other comprehensive income (loss):</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><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 2px 37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><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)</span></td><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%">5,810 </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%">3,280 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Allocated to policyholder dividend obligation</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="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%">(5,867)</span></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="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%">(3,332)</span></td><td style="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:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Future earnings to be recognized from Closed Block assets and Closed Block liabilities</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"/><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;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 #000000;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%">2,550 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;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 #000000;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 #000000;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%">2,609 </span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:3pt double #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr></table>
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Future Policy Benefits And Policyholder Account Balances ClosedBlockLiabilitiesFuturePolicyBenefitsAndPolicyholderAccountBalances	46762000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Future Policy Benefits And Policyholder Account Balances ClosedBlockLiabilitiesFuturePolicyBenefitsAndPolicyholderAccountBalances	47613000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Policyholder Dividends Payable ClosedBlockLiabilitiesPolicyholderDividendsPayable	635000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Policyholder Dividends Payable ClosedBlockLiabilitiesPolicyholderDividendsPayable	717000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Policyholder Dividend Obligation ClosedBlockLiabilitiesPolicyholderDividendObligation	8787000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Policyholder Dividend Obligation ClosedBlockLiabilitiesPolicyholderDividendObligation	6149000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Other Policyholder Funds ClosedBlockLiabilitiesOtherPolicyholderFunds	4973000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Other Closed Block Liabilities ClosedBlockLiabilitiesOtherClosedBlockLiabilities	3141000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Other Closed Block Liabilities ClosedBlockLiabilitiesOtherClosedBlockLiabilities	4049000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities ClosedBlockLiabilities	64199000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities ClosedBlockLiabilities	63501000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Fixed Maturity Available For Sale At Fair Value AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockFixedMaturityAvailableForSaleAtFairValue	41959000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Fixed Maturity Available For Sale At Fair Value AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockFixedMaturityAvailableForSaleAtFairValue	41146000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Trading Securities Debt AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockTradingSecuritiesDebt	277000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Trading Securities Debt AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockTradingSecuritiesDebt	256000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Equity Securities Available For Sale At Fair Value AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockEquitySecuritiesAvailableForSaleAtFairValue	2345000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Equity Securities Available For Sale At Fair Value AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockEquitySecuritiesAvailableForSaleAtFairValue	2245000000	USD
CY2020Q4	pru	Assets Designated To Closed Block Commercial Mortgage Loans AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockCommercialMortgageLoans	8421000000	USD
CY2019Q4	pru	Assets Designated To Closed Block Commercial Mortgage Loans AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockCommercialMortgageLoans	8629000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Policy Loans AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockPolicyLoans	4064000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Policy Loans AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockPolicyLoans	4264000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Other Long Term Investments AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockOtherLongTermInvestments	3610000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Other Long Term Investments AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockOtherLongTermInvestments	3333000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Short Term Investments AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockShortTermInvestments	124000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Short Term Investments AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockShortTermInvestments	227000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Investments AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockInvestments	60800000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Investments AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockInvestments	60100000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Cash And Cash Equivalents AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockCashAndCashEquivalents	269000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Cash And Cash Equivalents AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockCashAndCashEquivalents	191000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Accrued Investment Income AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockAccruedInvestmentIncome	431000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Accrued Investment Income AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockAccruedInvestmentIncome	456000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Other Closed Block Assets1 AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockOtherClosedBlockAssets1	92000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block Other Closed Block Assets1 AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlockOtherClosedBlockAssets1	93000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlock	61592000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Assets Designated To Closed Block AssetsDesignatedToClosedBlock	60840000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Excess Of Reported Closed Block Liabilities Over Assets Designated To Closed Block ExcessOfReportedClosedBlockLiabilitiesOverAssetsDesignatedToClosedBlock	2607000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Excess Of Reported Closed Block Liabilities Over Assets Designated To Closed Block ExcessOfReportedClosedBlockLiabilitiesOverAssetsDesignatedToClosedBlock	2661000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Investments Available For Sale Change In Unrealized Appreciation ClosedBlockInvestmentsAvailableForSaleChangeInUnrealizedAppreciation	5810000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Policyholder Benefits ClosedBlockOperationsPolicyholderBenefits	2972000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Assets And Liabilities Change In Policyholder Dividend Obligation ClosedBlockAssetsAndLiabilitiesChangeInPolicyholderDividendObligation	-5867000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Assets And Liabilities Change In Policyholder Dividend Obligation ClosedBlockAssetsAndLiabilitiesChangeInPolicyholderDividendObligation	-3332000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Assets And Liabilities Maximum Future Earnings To Be Recognized ClosedBlockAssetsAndLiabilitiesMaximumFutureEarningsToBeRecognized	2550000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Assets And Liabilities Maximum Future Earnings To Be Recognized ClosedBlockAssetsAndLiabilitiesMaximumFutureEarningsToBeRecognized	2609000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Policyholder Dividend Obligation ClosedBlockLiabilitiesPolicyholderDividendObligation	6149000000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Policyholder Dividend Obligation ClosedBlockLiabilitiesPolicyholderDividendObligation	3150000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Dividend Obligation Increase Decrease For Effect Of Operating Results ClosedBlockDividendObligationIncreaseDecreaseForEffectOfOperatingResults	117000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Dividend Obligation Increase Decrease For Effect Of Operating Results ClosedBlockDividendObligationIncreaseDecreaseForEffectOfOperatingResults	564000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Dividend Obligation Change In Unrealized Investment Gains Losses ClosedBlockDividendObligationChangeInUnrealizedInvestmentGainsLosses	2534000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Dividend Obligation Change In Unrealized Investment Gains Losses ClosedBlockDividendObligationChangeInUnrealizedInvestmentGainsLosses	2435000000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Policyholder Dividend Obligation ClosedBlockLiabilitiesPolicyholderDividendObligation	8787000000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Closed Block Liabilities Policyholder Dividend Obligation ClosedBlockLiabilitiesPolicyholderDividendObligation	6149000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Premiums ClosedBlockOperationsPremiums	1981000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Revenue ClosedBlockOperationsRevenue	4780000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Realized Investment Gains Losses ClosedBlockOperationsRealizedInvestmentGainsLosses	130000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Revenue ClosedBlockOperationsRevenue	5649000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Premiums ClosedBlockOperationsPremiums	2207000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Premiums ClosedBlockOperationsPremiums	2301000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Net Investment Income ClosedBlockOperationsNetInvestmentIncome	2255000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Net Investment Income ClosedBlockOperationsNetInvestmentIncome	2332000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Net Investment Income ClosedBlockOperationsNetInvestmentIncome	2298000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Realized Investment Gains Losses ClosedBlockOperationsRealizedInvestmentGainsLosses	182000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Realized Investment Gains Losses ClosedBlockOperationsRealizedInvestmentGainsLosses	521000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Other Revenue ClosedBlockOperationsOtherRevenue	362000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Other Revenue ClosedBlockOperationsOtherRevenue	589000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Other Revenue ClosedBlockOperationsOtherRevenue	-39000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Revenue ClosedBlockOperationsRevenue	4690000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Policyholder Benefits ClosedBlockOperationsPolicyholderBenefits	2758000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Policyholder Benefits ClosedBlockOperationsPolicyholderBenefits	2906000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Income Taxes ClosedBlockOperationsIncomeTaxes	10000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Other Expense ClosedBlockOperationsOtherExpense	351000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Benefits And Expense ClosedBlockOperationsBenefitsAndExpense	5574000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Change In Policyholder Benefits And Interest Credited To Policyholder Account Balances ClosedBlockOperationsChangeInPolicyholderBenefitsAndInterestCreditedToPolicyholderAccountBalances	127000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Change In Policyholder Benefits And Interest Credited To Policyholder Account Balances ClosedBlockOperationsChangeInPolicyholderBenefitsAndInterestCreditedToPolicyholderAccountBalances	130000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Change In Policyholder Benefits And Interest Credited To Policyholder Account Balances ClosedBlockOperationsChangeInPolicyholderBenefitsAndInterestCreditedToPolicyholderAccountBalances	132000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Policyholder Dividends ClosedBlockOperationsPolicyholderDividends	1549000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Policyholder Dividends ClosedBlockOperationsPolicyholderDividends	2187000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Policyholder Dividends ClosedBlockOperationsPolicyholderDividends	1236000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Other Expense ClosedBlockOperationsOtherExpense	327000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Other Expense ClosedBlockOperationsOtherExpense	364000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Benefits And Expense ClosedBlockOperationsBenefitsAndExpense	4761000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Benefits And Expense ClosedBlockOperationsBenefitsAndExpense	4704000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Results Before Income Taxes ClosedBlockOperationsResultsBeforeIncomeTaxes	19000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Results Before Income Taxes ClosedBlockOperationsResultsBeforeIncomeTaxes	75000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Results Before Income Taxes ClosedBlockOperationsResultsBeforeIncomeTaxes	-14000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Income Taxes ClosedBlockOperationsIncomeTaxes	-43000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	11000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	2000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Income Taxes ClosedBlockOperationsIncomeTaxes	-78000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	-571000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	86000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	-346000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	7000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Current Foreign Tax Expense Benefit CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	848000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Current Foreign Tax Expense Benefit CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	879000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Net Results ClosedBlockOperationsNetResults	62000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Net Results ClosedBlockOperationsNetResults	65000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Closed Block Operations Net Results ClosedBlockOperationsNetResults	64000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Current Foreign Tax Expense Benefit CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	681000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	288000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	967000000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	342000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-20000000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-362000000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	57000000	USD
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