Corebridge Financial, Inc.
For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Feb 11, 2026.
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FY2025 · Filed Feb 11, 2026
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Item 7. |Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsOverviewCurrent report: 10-K
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Item 7. |Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsOverviewThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
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Corebridge | 2025 Form 10-K 69
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On August 1, 2025, AGL entered into a coinsurance and modco reinsurance agreement with CSLR to reinsure 100% of its in-force and newly issued individual variable annuity contracts. Under this agreement, AGL transferred to the reinsurer $1.9 billion of assets primarily consisting of fixed maturity securities supporting the general account liabilities net of a ceding commission. Additionally, $45.1 billion of separate account liabilities were ceded under the modco portion of the agreement.
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On January 2, 2026, USL and CSLR entered into a coinsurance and modco reinsurance agreement pursuant to which USL ceded 100% of its in-force individual retirement variable annuity contracts to CSLR. In addition, the closing of the sale to Venerable of all outstanding membership interests of SAAMCo held by AGL occurred on January 1, 2026.
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In February 2025, the NAIC announced the creation of a new Risk-Based Capital Model Governance (EX) Task Force as part of its efforts to update and strengthen the governance framework around risk-based capital requirements. The task force will consider changes to risk-based capital formulas used by insurance companies as a measure of solvency and conduct a gap-analysis to identify areas for improvement. In an interim meeting, the task force exposed a set of risk-based capital guiding principles and is seeking feedback. The work of the task force is ongoing and could result in changes to risk-based capital requirements and calculations in the future, which could affect our capital planning, investment strategies, reporting obligations and permitted disclosures. We are actively monitoring developments associated with this NAIC initiative and its potential impacts on our life insurance subsidiaries.
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In June 2025, the Life Actuarial Task Force adopted updates to actuarial guidelines intended to enhance asset adequacy analysis for asset-intensive, life insurance and annuity reinsurance treaties above certain thresholds, and on August 13, 2025, the NAIC Executive and Plenary adopted such guidelines, referred to as Actuarial Guideline LV (“AG 55”). The updated guidelines are designed as a testing and disclosure regime with the first AG 55 reports due in April 2026. The NAIC plans to review the disclosures to identify any concerns with insurers’ approaches to asset adequacy testing, with the possibility of making additional changes that could lead to higher reserves for certain reinsurance agreements. We are actively monitoring developments associated with this NAIC initiative, which may be applicable to certain transactions that involve our life insurance subsidiaries acting as cedants. In July 2025, the NAIC also determined to reorganize a task force, the Invested Assets (E) Task Force, for the purpose of better understanding investment products with characteristics that pose unique risks to insurers and developing investment-related solvency policy changes. The task force became effective in January 2026. The task force’s work covered results in changes to accounting policies and risk-based capital requirements, and we will continue to monitor developments that may be relevant to our life insurance subsidiaries.
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Represents the results of businesses that have been or will be economically exited through reinsurance. This includes MRBs, along with changes in the fair value of derivatives used to hedge MRBs which are recorded through “Change in the fair value of MRBs, net.” The results of operations from these businesses have been excluded from APTOI as they are not indicative of our ongoing business operations.
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•higher policyholder benefits of $1.5 billion primarily on new pension risk transfer business;
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•higher unfavorable change in the fair value of market risk benefits, net of $711 million primarily driven by impacts of lower interest rates and higher equity markets compared to the prior year, partially offset by the impact of the reinsurance agreement with CSLR; and
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•higher premiums of $1.3 billion primarily on new pension risk transfer business; and
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•higher net investment income of $896 million primarily driven by higher base portfolio and variable investment income.
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•higher policyholder benefits of $1.5 billion primarily on new pension risk transfer business; and
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•higher premiums of $1.3 billion primarily on new pension risk transfer business; and
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•higher net investment income of $1.0 billion primarily driven by higher base portfolio income and higher variable investment income.
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–results of our individual variable annuity business that is reinsured to CSLR.
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The closing with respect to the AGL Reinsurance Agreement occurred on August 1, 2025. Accordingly, retrospectively, effective in the third quarter of 2025, our individual variable annuity business previously reported in the Individual Retirement segment, is now included within Corporate and Other, consistent with how the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) assesses its performance and allocates its resources. Prior periods presented herein have been recast to conform to the new segment presentation. Additionally, the results of operations from the variable annuity business have been excluded from Adjusted Pre-Tax Operating Income (“APTOI”) as they are not indicative of our ongoing business operations.
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(a)Excludes amortization of DSI of $37 million, $41 million and $45 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 respectively.
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•higher policyholder benefits, net of premiums, of $37 million due to prior year benefit from model refinements related to immediate annuities; and
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•lower spread income of $28 million primarily driven by lower base spread income of $52 million, primarily due to the negative impact of 2024 Federal Reserve rate actions partially offset by general account growth and asset optimization, partially offset by higher variable investment income of $24 million to higher alternative and yield enhancement income.
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AUMA increased $14.7 billion primarily due to positive net flows and lower interest rates resulting in unrealized gains from fixed maturities securities.
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*Excludes amortization of DSI assets of $37 million, $41 million and $45 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
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Fixed Annuities Net inflows decreased by $1.8 billion over the prior year, primarily due to lower premiums and deposits of $2.5 billion and higher death benefits of $598 million, partially offset by lower surrenders and withdrawals of $1.3 billion.
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Fixed Index Annuities Net inflows decreased by $199 million primarily due to higher surrenders and withdrawals of $1.0 billion and higher death benefits of $33 million, partially offset by higher premiums and deposits of $856 million.
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Registered Index-Linked Annuities Net inflows increased $1.8 billion due to the launch of the registered index-linked annuity in the fourth quarter of 2024.
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Registered Index-Linked Annuities Net inflows of $90 million due to the launch of the registered index-linked annuity in the fourth quarter of 2024.
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•lower other of $19 million driven by annual actuarial assumption updates; and
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•lower underwriting margin of $16 million driven by $17 million lower policyholder benefits and other activity and $5 million prior year impact from a reinsurance recapture, partially offset by $6 million higher policy fees.
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Adjusted pre-tax operating loss increased $68 million primarily due to:
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Impact of Variable Annuity Guaranteed Benefit Riders and Hedging
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Our Individual Retirement and Group Retirement businesses offer variable annuity products with riders that provide guaranteed benefits. The liabilities are accounted for as MRBs and measured at fair value. The fair value of the MRBs may fluctuate significantly based on market interest rates, equity prices, credit spreads, market volatility, policyholder behavior and other factors.
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In addition to risk-mitigating features in our variable annuity product design, we have an economic hedging program designed to manage market risk from GMWBs, including exposures to changes in interest rates, equity prices, credit spreads and volatility. The hedging program includes all in-force GMWB policies and utilizes derivative instruments, including, but not limited to, equity options, futures contracts and interest rate swap and option contracts, as well as fixed maturity securities.
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For additional information regarding Corebridge’s impact of Variable Annuity Guaranteed Benefit Riders and Hedging, see “Future Policy Benefits, Policyholder Contract Deposits and Market Risk Benefits and Update of Actuarial Assumptions and Models — Variable Annuity Guaranteed Benefits and Hedging Results.”
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For example, on March 6, 2024, the SEC adopted final rules that require registrants, including Corebridge, to disclose certain climate-related information in registration statements and annual reports. The final rules require registrants to disclose, among other things: the impacts of material climate-related risks; the processes for identifying, assessing and managing such risks; information about the oversight of climate-related risks by the board of directors and management’s role in managing material climate-related risks; and information about any climate-related targets or goals that are material to a registrant's business, results of operations, or financial condition. The final rules also require, if material, disclosure of registrants’ Scope 1 and/or Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, registrants must disclose certain information in their audited financial statements, including aggregate expenditures expensed and losses as well as capitalized costs and charges, in each case as a result of severe weather events and other natural conditions, subject to de minimis disclosure thresholds.
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The final rules include a phased-in compliance period beginning in fiscal year 2025 for large accelerated filers such as Corebridge. Numerous legal challenges were filed after the rule’s adoption, which lawsuits have been consolidated in the Eighth Circuit. On April 4, 2024, the SEC exercised its discretion to stay the final rules pending completion of judicial review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Corebridge is evaluating the potential impacts of these new requirements. However, if these requirements are implemented following completion of judicial review, they may increase the complexity of Corebridge’s periodic reporting as a U.S. public company and are expected to result in additional compliance and reporting costs.
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Changes in the fair value of securities used to economically hedge MRBs are excluded from APTOI.
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Includes net investment income from Corporate and Other of $33 million, $92 million and $473 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
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Normalized distributionsare defined as dividends paid by the Life Fleet subsidiaries as well as the international insurance subsidiaries, less non-recurring dividends, plus dividend capacity that would have been available to Corebridge absent strategies that resulted in utilization of tax attributes. We believe that presenting normalized distributions is useful in understanding a significant component of our liquidity as a stand-alone company.
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The following table presents a reconciliation of Dividends to Normalized distributions:
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•lower policyholder benefits of $2.7 billion primarily on new pension risk transfer business;
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•higher net investment income of $1.2 billion primarily driven by higher base portfolio income and higher variable investment income;
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•higher favorable change in the fair value of market risk benefits, net of $221 million primarily driven by the impacts of higher equity market performance compared to the comparable period in the prior year.
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•lower premiums of $3.1 billion primarily on new pension risk transfer business;
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•lower policyholder benefits of $2.7 billion primarily on new pension risk transfer business;
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•higher net investment income of $1.2 billion primarily driven by higher base portfolio income and higher variable investment income;
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•lower premiums of $3.1 billion primarily on new pension risk transfer business; and
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(a)Spread income represents net investment income less interest credited to policyholder account balances, exclusive of amortization of DSI of $50 million, $55 million and $55 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 respectively.
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*Excludes amortization of DSI assets of $50 million, $55 million and $55 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
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Variable Annuities Net outflows increased $1.8 billion primarily due to lower premium and deposits of $95 million, higher surrenders and withdrawals of $1.6 billion and higher death benefits of $102 million.
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(a) The non-surrenderable portion of variable annuities relates to funding agreements.
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•lower domestic general operating expenses of $22 million, driven by expense efficiencies.
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(d)Includes net investment income on SVW products of $5 million for the year ended December 31, 2022.
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•higher underwriting margin of $10 million driven by $8 million higher base portfolio income.
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(a)Premiums include an expense allowance associated with Fortitude Re which is entirely offset in general operating expenses – Corporate and Other.
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(b)Includes $(32) million for the year ended December 31, 2022 related to non-recurring losses associated with the unwind of internal securitizations with AIG as part of separation.
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Adjusted pre-tax operating loss decreased $52 million primarily due to:
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•higher asset management income of $44 million driven by higher income from legacy investments; and
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•lower corporate expenses of $38 million primarily driven by Corebridge Forward, our modernization program delivering both expense reduction and increased efficiency.
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•higher losses from Other sources of earnings of $12 million.
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In 2021, we entered into a long-term asset management relationship with Blackstone IM. Blackstone IM initially managed $50 billion of our existing investment portfolio, with that amount to increase to an aggregate of $92.5 billion by the third quarter of 2027.
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The investments underlying the original $50 billion mandate with Blackstone IM began to run-off in 2022 and are being reinvested over time. As these assets run-off, we expect Blackstone to reinvest primarily in Blackstone-originated investments across a range of asset classes, including private and structured credit, and commercial and residential real estate securitized and whole loans. Blackstone’s preferred credit and lending strategy is to seek to control all significant components of the underwriting and pricing processes with the goal of facilitating bespoke opportunities with historically strong credit protection and attractive risk-adjusted returns. Blackstone seeks to capture enhanced economics to those available in the traditional fixed income markets by going directly to the borrowers.
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•Policy fees are principally derived from our individual retirement, group retirement, universal life insurance, Corporate Markets and SVW products. Our policy fees typically vary directly with the underlying account value or benefit base of our annuities. Account value and benefit base are influenced by changes in economic conditions, including changes in levels of equity prices, and changes in levels of interest rates and credit spreads, as well as net flows;
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•Policy fees are principally derived from our universal life insurance, group retirement, individual retirement, Corporate Markets and SVW products. Our policy fees typically vary directly with the underlying assets under administration, account value or benefit base of our annuities. Account value and benefit base are influenced by changes in economic conditions, including changes in levels of equity prices, and changes in levels of interest rates and credit spreads, as well as net flows;
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•Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs (“DAC”) and value of business acquired (“VOBA”)for all contracts except for other investment contracts is amortized, on a constant level basis over the expected term of the related contracts, using assumptions consistent with those used in estimating the related liability for future policy benefits, or any other related balances, for those corresponding contracts, as applicable. VOBA is determined at the time of acquisition and is reported with DAC. This value is based on the present value of future pre-tax profits discounted at yields applicable at the time of purchase;
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•Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs (“DAC”) and value of business acquired (“VOBA”)for all applicable contracts is amortized, on a constant level basis over the expected term of the related contracts, using assumptions consistent with those used in estimating the related liability for future policy benefits, or any other related balances, for those corresponding contracts, as applicable. VOBA is determined at the time of acquisition and is reported with DAC. This value is based on the present value of future pre-tax profits discounted at yields applicable at the time of purchase;
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In 2018, AIG established Fortitude Re, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fortitude Group Holdings, LLC (“Fortitude Holdings”), in a series of reinsurance transactions related to certain of AIG’s legacy operations. In February 2018, AGL, VALIC and USL entered into modco agreements with Fortitude Re, a registered Class 4 and Class E reinsurer in Bermuda. Following the sale of AIG’s majority ownership interest in Fortitude Holdings, AIG contributed its remaining ownership in Fortitude Re Bermuda and its one seat on its Board of Managers to us. As of December 31, 2024, our ownership interest in Fortitude Re was 2.46%.
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In February 2018, AGL, VALIC and USL entered into modco agreements with Fortitude Re, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fortitude Group Holdings, LLC (“Fortitude Holdings”), a registered Class 4 and Class E reinsurer in Bermuda.
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In the modco arrangement, the investments supporting the reinsurance agreements, which reflect the majority of the consideration that would be paid to the reinsurer for entering into the transaction, are withheld by, and therefore continue to reside on the balance sheet of, the ceding company (i.e., AGL, VALIC and USL) thereby creating an obligation for the ceding company to pay the reinsurer (i.e., Fortitude Re) at a later date. Additionally, since we maintain ownership of these investments, we reflect our existing accounting for these assets, which consist primarily of available-for-sale securities (e.g., the changes in fair value of available-for-sale securities are recognized within OCI) on our balance sheet. We have established a funds withheld payable to Fortitude Re while simultaneously establishing a reinsurance asset representing liabilities for the insurance coverage that Fortitude Re has assumed. The funds withheld payable contains an embedded derivative and changes in fair value of this derivative are recognized in Net realized gains (losses) on Fortitude Re funds withheld embedded derivative. This embedded derivative is considered a total return swap with contractual returns that are attributable to various assets, primarily available-for-sale securities, associated with these reinsurance agreements. As the majority of the invested assets supporting the modco are fixed income securities that are available-for-sale, there is a mismatch between the accounting for the embedded derivative as its changes in fair value are recorded through net income while changes in the fair value of the fixed maturity securities available-for-sale are recorded through OCI.
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In the modco arrangement, the investments supporting the reinsurance agreements are withheld by, and therefore continue to reside on the balance sheet of, the ceding company (i.e., AGL and USL) thereby creating an obligation for the ceding company to pay the reinsurer (i.e., Fortitude Re) at a later date. We have established a funds withheld payable to Fortitude Re while simultaneously establishing a reinsurance asset representing liabilities for the insurance coverage that Fortitude Re has assumed. The funds withheld payable contains an embedded derivative and changes in fair value of this derivative are recognized in Net realized gains (losses) on Fortitude Re funds withheld embedded derivative.
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Our net income experiences ongoing volatility as a result of the reinsurance agreements, which, as described above, give rise to a funds withheld payable that contains an embedded derivative. However, this net income volatility is almost entirely offset with a corresponding change in OCI, which reflects the fair value change from the investment portfolio supporting the funds withheld payable, which is primarily available-for-sale securities, resulting in minimal impact to our comprehensive income (loss) and equity attributable to Corebridge. The Company has also elected the fair value option on the acquisition of certain new fixed maturity securities, helping reduce the mismatch over time.
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Our net income experiences ongoing volatility as a result of the reinsurance agreements and gives rise to a funds withheld payable that contains an embedded derivative. However, this net income volatility is almost entirely offset with a corresponding change in OCI, which reflects the fair value change from the investment portfolio supporting the funds withheld payable, which is primarily available-for-sale securities, resulting in minimal impact to our comprehensive income (loss) and equity attributable to Corebridge. The Company has also elected the fair value option on the acquisition of certain new fixed maturity securities, helping reduce the mismatch over time. VALIC’s modco agreement with Fortitude Re was recaptured effective January 1, 2025, resulting in a $45 million charge to pre-tax earnings. As of December 31, 2025, $24.1 billion of reserves had been ceded to Fortitude Re.
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Fixed index annuity and registered index linked annuity contracts contain index interest credits which are accounted for as embedded derivatives and our index universal life insurance products also contain embedded derivatives. In contrast to fixed index annuity contracts, registered index linked annuity contract owners also accept limited exposure to negative index interest credits in return for higher potential positive index credits. Policyholders may elect to rebalance among the various crediting strategies within the product at specified renewal dates. At the end of each index term, we generally have the opportunity to re-price the index component by establishing different participation rates or caps on index credited rates. The index crediting feature of these products results in the recognition of an embedded derivative that is required to be bifurcated from the host contract and carried at fair value with changes in the fair value of the liabilities recorded in Net realized gains (losses). Option pricing models are used to estimate fair value, taking into account assumptions for future index growth rates, volatility of the index, future interest rates and our ability to adjust the participation rate and the cap on index credited rates in light of market conditions and policyholder behavior assumptions.
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Fixed index annuity and registered index-linked annuity contracts contain index interest credits which are accounted for as embedded derivatives and our index universal life insurance products also contain embedded derivatives. In contrast to fixed index annuity contracts, registered index-linked annuity contract owners also accept limited exposure to negative index interest credits in return for higher potential positive index credits. Policyholders may elect to rebalance among the various crediting strategies within the product at specified renewal dates. At the end of each index term, we generally have the opportunity to re-price the index component by establishing different participation rates or caps on index credited rates. The index-linked interest credited features of these products results in the recognition of an embedded derivative that is required to be bifurcated from the host contract and carried at fair value with changes in the fair value of the liabilities recorded in Net realized gains (losses). Option pricing models are used to estimate fair value, taking into account assumptions for future index growth rates, volatility of the index, future interest rates and our ability to adjust the participation rates and caps on index-linked interest credited features.
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In 2021, we entered into a long-term asset management relationship with Blackstone IM. As of December 31, 2024, Blackstone managed approximately $68.8 billion in book value of assets in our investment portfolio.
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In 2021, we entered into a long-term asset management relationship with Blackstone. As of December 31, 2025, Blackstone managed approximately $71.2 billion in book value of assets in our investment portfolio.
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Since April 2022, we entered into investment management agreements with BlackRock and its investment advisory affiliates. As of December 31, 2024, BlackRock managed approximately $86.8 billion in book value of assets in our investment portfolio, consisting of liquid fixed income and certain private placement assets.
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Since April 2022, we entered into investment management agreements with BlackRock and its investment advisory affiliates. As of December 31, 2025, BlackRock managed approximately $91.9 billion in book value of assets in our investment portfolio, consisting of liquid fixed income and certain private placement assets.
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Most of the fixed annuities, fixed index annuities, registered index linked annuities, variable annuities and universal life insurance products we offer maintain policyholder deposits that are reported as liabilities and classified within either separate account liabilities or policyholder contract deposits. Our products and riders also impact liabilities for future policyholder benefits and unearned revenues and assets for DAC and DSI. The valuation of these assets and liabilities (other than deposits) is based on differing accounting methods depending on the product, each of which requires numerous assumptions and considerable judgment. The accounting guidance applied in the valuation of these assets and liabilities includes, but is not limited to, the following: (i) traditional life and limited pay insurance products for which actual experience is reflected in the liability and assumptions are reviewed and updated at least annually, if necessary, with the recognition and parenthetical presentation of any resulting re-measurement gain or loss in policyholder benefits (except for discount rate changes) in the income statement; (ii) certain product guarantees for which benefit liabilities are accrued over the life of the contract in proportion to actual and future expected policy assessments; (iii) certain product guarantees reported as market risk benefits or index crediting features accounted for as embedded derivatives which are carried at fair value; and (iv) unearned revenue and assets for DAC, VOBA and DSI which are amortized on a constant level basis over the expected term of the related contracts using assumptions consistent with those used in estimating the related liability for future policy benefits, or any other related balances, for those corresponding contracts, as applicable.
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Most of the fixed annuities, fixed index annuities, registered index-linked annuities, variable annuities and universal life insurance products we offer maintain policyholder deposits that are reported as liabilities and classified within either separate account liabilities or policyholder contract deposits. Our products and riders also impact liabilities for future policyholder benefits and unearned revenues and assets for DAC and DSI. The valuation of these assets and liabilities (other than deposits) is based on differing accounting methods depending on the product, each of which requires numerous assumptions and considerable judgment. The accounting guidance applied in the valuation of these assets and liabilities includes, but is not limited to, the following: (i) traditional life and limited pay insurance products for which actual experience is reflected in the liability and assumptions are reviewed and updated at least annually, if necessary, with the recognition and parenthetical presentation of any resulting re-measurement gain or loss in policyholder benefits (except for discount rate changes) in the income statement; (ii) certain product guarantees for which benefit liabilities are accrued over the life of the contract in proportion to actual and future expected policy assessments; (iii) certain product guarantees reported as market risk benefits or index-linked interest credited features accounted for as embedded derivatives which are carried at fair value; and (iv) unearned revenue and assets for DAC, VOBA and DSI which are amortized on a constant level basis over the expected term of the related contracts using assumptions consistent with those used in estimating the related liability for future policy benefits, or any other related balances, for those corresponding contracts, as applicable.
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For further details of our accounting policies and related judgments pertaining to assumption updates, see “Future Policy Benefits, Policyholder Contract Deposits and Market Risk Benefits and Update of Actuarial Assumptions and Models—Update of Actuarial Assumptions and Models”, herein and “Accounting Policies and Pronouncements—Critical Accounting Estimates—Market Risk Benefits, Valuation of Embedded Derivatives for Fixed Index Annuity, Registered Index Linked Annuity and Index Universal Life Products, Guaranteed Benefit Features of Variable Annuity, Fixed Annuity and Fixed Index Annuity Products, and Future Policy Benefits for Life, Accident and Health Insurance Contracts.”
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For further details of our accounting policies and related judgments pertaining to assumption updates, see “Significant Reinsurance Agreements and Update of Actuarial Assumptions and Models”, herein and “Accounting Policies and Pronouncements—Critical Accounting Estimates—Market Risk Benefits, Valuation of Embedded Derivatives for Fixed Index Annuity, Registered Index-Linked Annuity and Index Universal Life Products, Guaranteed Benefit Features of Variable Annuity, Fixed Annuity and Fixed Index Annuity Products, and Future Policy Benefits for Life, Accident and Health Insurance Contracts.”
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Our business is affected by industry and economic factors such as changes in interest rates and credit spreads; geopolitical tensions (including theongoing armed conflicts between Ukraine and Russia and in the Middle East); credit and equity market conditions; currency exchange rates; regulation; tax policy; competition; and general economic, market and political conditions. We continued to operate under market conditions in 2024 and 2023 characterized by factors such as higher interest rates, inflationary pressures, an uneven global economic recovery and global trade tensions. Responses by central banks and monetary authorities with respect to inflation, growth concerns and other macroeconomic factors have also affected global exchange rates and volatility.
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Our business is affected by industry and economic factors such as changes in interest rates and credit spreads; geopolitical tensions; credit and equity market conditions; currency exchange rates; regulation; tax policy; competition; trade disputes with other countries, including the effect of sanctions and trade restrictions, such as tariffs and trade barriers imposed by the U.S. government and any countermeasures by other governments in response to such tariffs; and general economic, market and political conditions. We continued to operate under market conditions in 2025 and 2024 characterized by factors such as higher interest rates, inflationary pressures, an uneven global economic recovery and global trade tensions. Responses by central banks and monetary authorities with respect to inflation, growth concerns and other macroeconomic factors have also affected global exchange rates and volatility.
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Our financial results are impacted by the performance of equity markets, which impacts the performance of our alternative investment portfolio, fee income, MRBs and embedded derivatives. For instance, in our variable annuity separate accounts, mutual fund assets and brokerage and advisory assets, we generally earn fee income based on the account value, which fluctuates with the equity markets as a significant amount of these assets are invested in equity funds. The impact of equity market returns, both increases and decreases, is reflected in our results due to the impact on the account value and the fair values of equity-exposed securities in our investment portfolio.
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Our financial results are impacted by the performance of equity markets, which impacts the performance of our alternative investment portfolio, fee income, MRBs and embedded derivatives. For instance, in our Group Retirement variable annuity separate accounts, mutual fund assets and brokerage and advisory assets, we generally earn fee income based on the account value, which fluctuates with the equity markets as a significant amount of these assets are invested in equity funds. The impact of equity market returns, both increases and decreases, is reflected in our results due to the impact on the account value and the fair values of equity-exposed securities in our investment portfolio.
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Our hedging costs could also be significantly impacted by changes in the level of equity markets as rebalancing and option costs are tied to the equity market volatility. These hedging costs are partially offset by our rider fees that are tied to the level of the volatility index (“VIX”). As rebalancing and option costs increase or decrease, the rider fees will increase or decrease partially offsetting the hedging costs incurred.
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Our hedging costs could also be significantly impacted by changes in the level of equity markets as rebalancing and option costs are tied to the equity market volatility.
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Fluctuations in interest rates may result in changes to certain statutory reserve or capital requirements that are based on formulas or models that consider interest rates or prescribed interest rates, such as cash flow testing. Rising interest rates can have a mixed impact on statutory financials due to higher surrender activity, particularly for fixed annuities, offset by potentially lower reserves for other products under various statutory reserving frameworks.
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Fluctuations in interest rates may result in changes to certain statutory reserve or capital requirements that are based on formulas or models that consider interest rates or prescribed interest rates, such as asset adequacy testing. Rising interest rates can have a mixed impact on statutory financials due to higher surrender activity, particularly for fixed annuities, offset by potentially lower reserves for other products under various statutory reserving frameworks.
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Rising interest rates could create the potential for increased sales but could also drive higher surrenders relative to what we have already experienced. Fixed annuities have surrender charge periods, generally in the three-to-seven-year range. Fixed index annuities have surrender charge periods, generally in the five-to-ten-year range, and within our Group Retirement segment, certain of our fixed investment options are subject to other withdrawal restrictions, which may help mitigate increased early surrenders in a rising rate environment. In addition, older contracts that have higher minimum interest rates and continue to be attractive to contract holders have driven better than expected persistency in fixed annuities, although the liabilities for such contracts have continued to decrease over time in amount and as a percentage of the total annuity portfolio. We closely monitor surrenders of fixed annuities as contracts with lower minimum interest rates come out of the surrender charge period.
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Rising interest rates could create the potential for increased sales but could also drive higher surrenders relative to what we have historically experienced. Fixed annuities have surrender charge periods, generally in the three-to-seven-year range. Fixed index annuities have surrender charge periods, generally in the five-to-ten-year range, and within our Group Retirement segment, certain of our fixed investment options are subject to other withdrawal restrictions, which may help mitigate increased early surrenders in a rising rate environment. In addition, older contracts that have higher minimum interest rates and continue to be attractive to contract holders have driven better than expected persistency in fixed annuities, although the liabilities for such contracts have continued to decrease over time in amount and as a percentage of the total annuity portfolio. We closely monitor surrenders of fixed annuities as contracts with lower minimum interest rates come out of the surrender charge period.
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Of the aggregate fixed account values of our Individual Retirement and Group Retirement annuity products, 47% and 54% were crediting at the contractual minimum guaranteed interest rate at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. In the universal life insurance products in our Life Insurance business, 59% and 59% of the account values were crediting at the contractual minimum guaranteed interest rate at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. These businesses continue to focus on pricing discipline and strategies to manage the minimum guaranteed interest crediting rates offered on new sales in the context of regulatory requirements and competitive positioning.
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Of the aggregate fixed account values of our Individual Retirement and Group Retirement annuity products, 40% and 47% were crediting at the contractual minimum guaranteed interest rate at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. In the universal life insurance products in our Life Insurance business, 59% and 59% of the account values were crediting at the contractual minimum guaranteed interest rate at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. These businesses continue to focus on pricing discipline and strategies to manage the minimum guaranteed interest crediting rates offered on new sales in the context of regulatory requirements and competitive positioning.
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In addition, on April 25, 2024, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) published a final rule in the Federal Register updating the definition for when a person is an “investment advice fiduciary” for purposes of transactions with ERISA qualified plans, related plan participants and IRAs. The DOL also published changes with respect to existing prohibited transactions exemptions (“PTEs”) relating to such advice, including PTE 84-24 and PTE 2020-02. Orders staying the rule’s September 23, 2024 effective date were issued by the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Texas and the Northern District of Texas on July 25, 2024 and July 26, 2024, respectively, in connection with separate lawsuits challenging the rule. On September 20, 2024, DOL filed a notice of appeal confirming its intent to appeal these two orders to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. We are actively monitoring the progress of the litigation while continuing to evaluate potential impact of the DOL rule to our business.
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For example, on April 25, 2024, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) published a final rule in the Federal Register updating the definition for when a person is an “investment advice fiduciary” for purposes of transactions with ERISA qualified plans, related plan participants and IRAs. The DOL also published changes with respect to existing prohibited transactions exemptions (“PTEs”) relating to such advice, including PTE 84-24 and PTE 2020-02. Orders staying the rule’s September 23, 2024 effective date were issued by the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Texas and the Northern District of Texas on July 25, 2024 and July 26, 2024, respectively, in connection with separate lawsuits challenging the rule. On December 20, 2024, DOL filed a consolidated opening brief, appealing these two orders to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Since filing this appeal, DOL has asked the Fifth Circuit to hold the case in abeyance on multiple occasions. The matter is currently stayed and we are actively monitoring the progress of the litigation while continuing to evaluate potential impact of the DOL rule to our business.
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Adjusted revenues exclude Net realized gains (losses) except for gains (losses) related to the disposition of real estate investments, income from non-operating litigation settlements (included in Other income for GAAP purposes) and changes in fair value of securities used to hedge guaranteed living benefits (included in Net investment income for GAAP purposes).
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Adjusted revenues exclude Net realized gains (losses) except for gains (losses) related to the disposition of real estate investments, revenues from businesses exited through reinsurance, and income from non-operating litigation settlements (included in Other income for GAAP purposes).
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Certain of our variable annuity, fixed annuity and fixed index annuity contracts contain GMWBs and/or GMDBs which are accounted for as MRBs. Changes in the fair value of these MRBs (excluding changes related to our own credit risk), including certain rider fees attributed to the MRBs, along with changes in the fair value of derivatives used to hedge MRBs are recorded through “Change in the fair value of MRBs, net” and are excluded from APTOI.
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Certain of our variable annuity, fixed annuity and fixed index annuity contracts contain GMWBs and/or GMDBs which are accounted for as MRBs. Changes in the fair value of these MRBs (excluding changes related to our own credit risk), including certain rider fees attributed to the MRBs are excluded from APTOI. MRBs related to the variable annuity business subject to the reinsurance agreements with CSLR are reported in the “Businesses exited through reinsurance” line item.
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Adjusted after-tax operating income attributable to our common shareholders (“Adjusted After-tax Operating Income” or “AATOI”)is derived by excluding the tax effected APTOI adjustments described above, as well as the following tax items from net income attributable to us:
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Adjusted after-tax operating income available to common shareholders (“Adjusted After-tax Operating Income” or “AATOI”)is derived by excluding the tax effected APTOI adjustments described above and preferred stock dividends, as well as the following tax items from net income attributable to us:
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The following tables present a reconciliation of pre-tax income (loss)/net income (loss) attributable to Corebridge to adjusted pre-tax operating income (loss)/adjusted after-tax operating income (loss) attributable to Corebridge:
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The following tables present a reconciliation of pre-tax income (loss)/net income (loss) available to Corebridge common shareholders to adjusted pre-tax operating income (loss)/adjusted after-tax operating income (loss) available to Corebridge common shareholders:
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Adjusted Book Valueis derived by excluding AOCI, adjusted for the cumulative unrealized gains and losses related to Fortitude Re’s funds withheld assets. We believe this measure is useful to investors as it eliminates the asymmetrical impact resulting from changes in fair value of our available-for-sale securities portfolio for which there is largely no offsetting impact for certain related insurance liabilities that are not recorded at fair value with changes in fair value recorded through OCI. It also eliminates asymmetrical impacts where our own credit non-performance risk is recorded through OCI. In addition, we adjust for the cumulative unrealized gains and losses related to Fortitude Re’s funds withheld assets since these fair value movements are economically transferred to Fortitude Re.
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Adjusted Book Value Available to Corebridge Common Shareholdersis derived by excluding preferred stock as well as AOCI, adjusted for the cumulative unrealized gains and losses related to Fortitude Re’s funds withheld assets. We believe this measure is useful to investors as it eliminates the asymmetrical impact resulting from changes in fair value of our available-for-sale securities portfolio for which there is largely no offsetting impact for certain related insurance liabilities that are not recorded at fair value with changes in fair value recorded through OCI. It also eliminates asymmetrical impacts where our own credit non-performance risk is recorded through OCI. In addition, we adjust for the cumulative unrealized gains and losses related to Fortitude Re’s funds withheld assets since these fair value movements are economically transferred to Fortitude Re.
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Adjusted Return on Average Equity (“Adjusted ROAE”) is derived by dividing AATOI by average Adjusted Book Value and is used by management to evaluate our recurring profitability and evaluate trends in our business. We believe this measure is useful to investors as it eliminates the asymmetrical impact resulting from changes in fair value of our available-for-sale securities portfolio for which there is largely no offsetting impact for certain related insurance liabilities that are not recorded at fair value with changes in fair value recorded through OCI. It also eliminates asymmetrical impacts where our own credit non-performance risk is recorded through OCI. In addition, we adjust for the cumulative unrealized gains and losses related to Fortitude Re’s funds withheld assets since these fair value movements are economically transferred to Fortitude Re.
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Adjusted Return on Average Equity Available to Common Shareholders (“Adjusted ROAE”) is derived by dividing AATOI by average Adjusted Book Value available to Common Shareholders and is used by management to evaluate our recurring profitability and evaluate trends in our business. We believe this measure is useful to investors as it eliminates the asymmetrical impact resulting from changes in fair value of our available-for-sale securities portfolio for which there is largely no offsetting impact for certain related insurance liabilities that are not recorded at fair value with changes in fair value recorded through OCI. It also eliminates asymmetrical impacts where our own credit non-performance risk is recorded through OCI. In addition, we adjust for the cumulative unrealized gains and losses related to Fortitude Re’s funds withheld assets since these fair value movements are economically transferred to Fortitude Re.
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The following table presents the reconciliation of Adjusted ROAE:
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The following table presents the reconciliation of Adjusted ROAE available to common shareholder’s:
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(b)Excludes client deposits into advisory and brokerage accounts of $3.1 billion, $2.4 billion and $2.1 billion for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
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(b)Excludes client deposits into advisory and brokerage accounts of $3.1 billion, $3.1 billion and $2.4 billion for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
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(c)Includes inflows related to in-plan mutual funds of $3.1 billion, $3.2 billion and $3.5 billion for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
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(c)Includes inflows related to in-plan mutual funds of $3.1 billion, $3.1 billion and $3.2 billion for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
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Variable investment income includes call and tender income, commercial mortgage loan prepayments, changes in market value of investments accounted for under the fair value option, interest received on defaulted investments (other than foreclosed real estate), income from alternative investments and other miscellaneous investment income, including income of certain partnership entities that are required to be consolidated. Alternative investments include private equity funds which are generally reported on a one-quarter lag.
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Variable investment income includes call and tender income from make-whole payments on commercial mortgage loan prepayments, changes in market value of investments accounted for under the fair value option, interest received on defaulted investments (other than foreclosed real estate), income from alternative investments and other miscellaneous investment income, including income of certain partnership entities that are required to be consolidated. Alternative investments include private equity funds which are generally reported on a one-quarter lag.
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We recorded pre-tax income of $2.8 billion in the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to pre-tax income of $940 million in the year ended December 31, 2023.The change in pre-tax income was primarily due to:
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We recorded pre-tax loss of $541 million in the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to pre-tax income of $2.8 billion in the year ended December 31, 2024. The change in pre-tax income was primarily due to:
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•lower net realized losses of $1.7 billion primarily driven by lower losses on the Fortitude Re balances and index-linked interest credited embedded derivatives, net of related hedges partially offset by higher losses on sales of fixed maturities;
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•higher net realized losses of $2.1 billion primarily driven by higher losses from Fortitude Re related balances and higher losses from derivatives and index-linked interest credited embedded derivatives, net of related hedges;
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•higher interest credited to policyholder account balances of $811 million primarily due to growth in fixed annuities, fixed index annuities and GICs.
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•higher interest credited to policyholder account balances of $693 million primarily due to higher crediting rates and higher sales activity in fixed and fixed index annuities and registered index-linked annuities and growing GIC business;
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•lower net gain on divestitures of $431 million primarily from the gains on the sale of Laya in 2023 and AIG Life U.K. in 2024.
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•lower net gain on divestitures of $245 million primarily from the gain on the sale of AIG Life U.K. in 2024.
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For the year ended December 31, 2024, there was an income tax expense of $600 million on income from operations, resulting in an effective tax rate on income from operations of 21.4%.
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For the year ended December 31, 2025, there was an income tax benefit of $151 million on loss from operations, resulting in an effective tax rate on loss from operations of 27.9%.
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•higher interest credited to policyholder account balances of $813 million primarily due to growth in fixed annuities, fixed index annuities and GICs; and
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•higher interest credited to policyholder account balances of $813 million primarily due to higher crediting rates and higher sales activity in fixed and fixed index annuities and registered index-linked annuities and continued growth in our GIC business.
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•Individual Retirement – consists of fixed annuities, fixed index annuities, registered index linked annuities and variable annuities.
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•Individual Retirement – consists of fixed annuities, fixed index annuities and registered index-linked annuities.
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•Life Insurance – consists of term and universal life insurance products in the United States. The International Life business issued individual and group life insurance in the United Kingdom and distributed private medical insurance in Ireland. On October 31, 2023 Corebridge completed the sale of Laya and on April 8, 2024 completed the sale of AIG Life U.K.
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•Life Insurance – consists of term and universal life insurance products in the United States. The International Life business issued individual and group life insurance in the United Kingdom. On October 31, 2023 Corebridge completed the sale of Laya and on April 8, 2024, Corebridge completed the sale of AIG Life U.K.
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•Institutional Markets –consists of SVW products, structured settlement and PRT annuities, Corporate Markets products that include corporate- and bank-owned life insurance (“COLI-BOLI”), private placement variable universal life and private placement variable annuities products and GICs.
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•Institutional Markets –consists of SVW products, structured settlement and PRT annuities, GICs and Corporate Markets products that include corporate- and bank-owned life insurance (“COLI-BOLI”), private placement variable universal life and private placement variable annuities products.
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–institutional asset management business, which includes managing assets for non-consolidated affiliates; and
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–institutional asset management business, which includes managing assets for non-consolidated affiliates;
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–results of our legacy insurance lines ceded to Fortitude Re.
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–results of our legacy insurance lines ceded to Fortitude Re; and
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•higher non-deferrable insurance commissions of $33 million primarily due to continued growth in the fixed index annuity business and higher variable annuity separate account assets.
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•higher non-deferrable insurance commissions of $40 million primarily due to continued growth in the fixed and fixed index annuity business;
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•higher policy fee income of $104 million, primarily due to higher average variable annuity separate account assets driven by increases in the equity markets and higher GMWB fees from fixed and fixed index annuity growth.
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•higher fee income of $43 million, primarily due to higher GMWB fees from fixed and fixed index annuity growth.
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Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)
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•higher amortization of DAC and DSI of $66 million driven by growth in the business;
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•higher non-deferrable insurance commissions of $21 million primarily due to continued growth in the fixed index annuity business.
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For fixed annuities, the proportion of account value subject to surrender charge at December 31, 2024 increased compared to December 31, 2023 primarily due to growth in the business. For fixed index annuities, the proportion of account value subject to surrender charge at December 31, 2024 was slightly lower compared to December 31, 2023 due to the aging of the business.
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For additional discussion of market risk management related to these product features, see “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” included herein.
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As of December 31, 2024, $24.9 billion of reserves had been ceded to Fortitude Re.
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Refer to the reconciliation of the GAAP tax rate to the adjusted tax rate presented in “–– Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Key Operating Metrics” presented herein.
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For a comparative discussion regarding Corebridge’s results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023 and the year ended December 31, 2022 see the 2023 Form 10-K.
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(a)Includes $56 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 related to Corebridge’s ownership interest in Fortitude Re Bermuda, which is recorded using the measurement alternative for equity securities.
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As of December 31, 2024, Blackstone managed $68.8 billion in book value of assets in our investment portfolio.
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Annuity products offered by our Individual Retirement and Group Retirement segments offer GMxBs. These guaranteed features include GMDBs that are payable in the event of death and GMWBs that guarantee lifetime withdrawals regardless of fixed account and separate account value performance.
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GUARANTEED BENEFIT FEATURES OF VARIABLE ANNUITY, FIXED ANNUITY AND FIXED INDEX ANNUITY PRODUCTS
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For additional information on these features, see Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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For sensitivity analysis which includes the sensitivity of reserves for guaranteed benefit features to changes in the assumptions for interest rates, equity returns, volatility, and mortality, see below.