Fair Values of Assets and Liabilities - Recurring Basis (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
Mar. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021 |
Assets | | |
Separate account assets at NAV | $ 89,669 | $ 97,491 |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives, net | 2,015 | 2,862 |
GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives | | |
Assets | | |
Receivables: embedded derivatives | 204 | 133 |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives | 1,000 | 1,600 |
Ameriprise Financial | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 32,330 | 32,050 |
Ameriprise Financial | Corporate debt securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 9,382 | 9,932 |
Ameriprise Financial | Residential mortgage backed securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 11,695 | 10,944 |
Ameriprise Financial | Commercial mortgage backed securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 5,296 | 4,986 |
Ameriprise Financial | Asset backed securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 3,638 | 3,654 |
Ameriprise Financial | State and municipal obligations | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 1,001 | 1,092 |
Ameriprise Financial | U.S. government and agencies obligations | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 1,160 | 1,301 |
Ameriprise Financial | Foreign government bonds and obligations | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 82 | 92 |
Ameriprise Financial | Other securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 76 | 49 |
Ameriprise Financial | Policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Cumulative increase (decrease) in embedded derivatives of adjustment for nonperformance risk | (607) | (598) |
Ameriprise Financial | Level 3 | Corporate debt securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 487 | 502 |
Ameriprise Financial | Level 3 | Asset backed securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 2 | 2 |
Ameriprise Financial | Level 3 | Fixed deferred indexed annuities ceded embedded derivatives | | |
Assets | | |
Receivables: embedded derivatives | 55 | 59 |
Ameriprise Financial | Level 3 | Fixed deferred indexed annuities embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives | 52 | 56 |
Ameriprise Financial | Level 3 | IUL embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives | 848 | 905 |
Ameriprise Financial | Level 3 | GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives, net | 828 | 1,486 |
Ameriprise Financial | Level 3 | Structured variable annuity embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives | 280 | 406 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | | |
Assets | | |
Cash equivalents | 4,349 | 5,819 |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 32,330 | 32,050 |
Investments at net asset value | 11 | 11 |
Trading and other securities | 227 | 242 |
Separate account assets at NAV | 89,669 | 97,491 |
Investments and cash equivalents segregated for regulatory purposes | 599 | 600 |
Other assets: derivative contracts | 4,670 | 5,574 |
Total assets at fair value | 131,910 | 141,846 |
Liabilities | | |
Other | 271 | 277 |
Other liabilities | 4,373 | 4,500 |
Total liabilities at fair value | 6,388 | 7,362 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Corporate debt securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 9,382 | 9,932 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Residential mortgage backed securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 11,695 | 10,944 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Commercial mortgage backed securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 5,296 | 4,986 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Asset backed securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 3,638 | 3,654 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | State and municipal obligations | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 1,001 | 1,092 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | U.S. government and agencies obligations | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 1,160 | 1,301 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Foreign government bonds and obligations | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 82 | 92 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Other securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 76 | 49 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Fixed deferred indexed annuities ceded embedded derivatives | | |
Assets | | |
Receivables: embedded derivatives | 55 | 59 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives, net | 2,013 | 2,858 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Fixed deferred indexed annuities embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives | 57 | 61 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | IUL embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives | 848 | 905 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives, net | 828 | 1,486 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Structured variable annuity embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives | 280 | 406 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Customer deposits - SMC embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives | 2 | 4 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Interest rate derivative contracts | | |
Assets | | |
Other assets: derivative contracts | 739 | 1,252 |
Liabilities | | |
Other liabilities: derivative contracts | 315 | 468 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Equity derivative contracts | | |
Assets | | |
Other assets: derivative contracts | 3,856 | 4,293 |
Liabilities | | |
Other liabilities: derivative contracts | 3,784 | 3,754 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Credit derivative contracts | | |
Assets | | |
Other assets: derivative contracts | 45 | 9 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Foreign exchange derivative contracts | | |
Assets | | |
Other assets: derivative contracts | 30 | 20 |
Liabilities | | |
Other liabilities: derivative contracts | 3 | 1 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 | | |
Assets | | |
Cash equivalents | 1,824 | 2,341 |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 1,160 | 1,301 |
Trading and other securities | 209 | 217 |
Investments and cash equivalents segregated for regulatory purposes | 599 | 600 |
Other assets: derivative contracts | 154 | 160 |
Total assets at fair value | 3,946 | 4,619 |
Liabilities | | |
Other | 204 | 212 |
Other liabilities | 470 | 315 |
Total liabilities at fair value | 470 | 315 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 | Corporate debt securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 | Residential mortgage backed securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 | Commercial mortgage backed securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 | Asset backed securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 | State and municipal obligations | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 | U.S. government and agencies obligations | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 1,160 | 1,301 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 | Foreign government bonds and obligations | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 | Other securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 | Fixed deferred indexed annuities ceded embedded derivatives | | |
Assets | | |
Receivables: embedded derivatives | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 | Policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives, net | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 | Fixed deferred indexed annuities embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 | IUL embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 | GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives, net | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 | Structured variable annuity embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 | Customer deposits - SMC embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 | Interest rate derivative contracts | | |
Assets | | |
Other assets: derivative contracts | 3 | 1 |
Liabilities | | |
Other liabilities: derivative contracts | 7 | 1 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 | Equity derivative contracts | | |
Assets | | |
Other assets: derivative contracts | 149 | 158 |
Liabilities | | |
Other liabilities: derivative contracts | 259 | 101 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 | Credit derivative contracts | | |
Assets | | |
Other assets: derivative contracts | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 1 | Foreign exchange derivative contracts | | |
Assets | | |
Other assets: derivative contracts | 2 | 1 |
Liabilities | | |
Other liabilities: derivative contracts | 0 | 1 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | | |
Assets | | |
Cash equivalents | 2,525 | 3,478 |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 30,554 | 30,205 |
Trading and other securities | 18 | 25 |
Investments and cash equivalents segregated for regulatory purposes | 0 | 0 |
Other assets: derivative contracts | 4,516 | 5,414 |
Total assets at fair value | 37,613 | 39,122 |
Liabilities | | |
Other | 5 | 4 |
Other liabilities | 3,841 | 4,124 |
Total liabilities at fair value | 3,848 | 4,133 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Corporate debt securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 8,885 | 9,430 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Residential mortgage backed securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 11,695 | 10,944 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Commercial mortgage backed securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 5,184 | 4,951 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Asset backed securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 3,631 | 3,647 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | State and municipal obligations | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 1,001 | 1,092 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | U.S. government and agencies obligations | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Foreign government bonds and obligations | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 82 | 92 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Other securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 76 | 49 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Fixed deferred indexed annuities ceded embedded derivatives | | |
Assets | | |
Receivables: embedded derivatives | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives, net | 5 | 5 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Fixed deferred indexed annuities embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives | 5 | 5 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | IUL embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives, net | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Structured variable annuity embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Customer deposits - SMC embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives | 2 | 4 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Interest rate derivative contracts | | |
Assets | | |
Other assets: derivative contracts | 736 | 1,251 |
Liabilities | | |
Other liabilities: derivative contracts | 308 | 467 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Equity derivative contracts | | |
Assets | | |
Other assets: derivative contracts | 3,707 | 4,135 |
Liabilities | | |
Other liabilities: derivative contracts | 3,525 | 3,653 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Credit derivative contracts | | |
Assets | | |
Other assets: derivative contracts | 45 | 9 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 2 | Foreign exchange derivative contracts | | |
Assets | | |
Other assets: derivative contracts | 28 | 19 |
Liabilities | | |
Other liabilities: derivative contracts | 3 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | | |
Assets | | |
Cash equivalents | 0 | 0 |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 616 | 544 |
Trading and other securities | 0 | 0 |
Investments and cash equivalents segregated for regulatory purposes | 0 | 0 |
Other assets: derivative contracts | 0 | 0 |
Total assets at fair value | 671 | 603 |
Liabilities | | |
Other | 62 | 61 |
Other liabilities | 62 | 61 |
Total liabilities at fair value | 2,070 | 2,914 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | Corporate debt securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 497 | 502 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | Residential mortgage backed securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | Commercial mortgage backed securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 112 | 35 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | Asset backed securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 7 | 7 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | State and municipal obligations | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | U.S. government and agencies obligations | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | Foreign government bonds and obligations | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | Other securities | | |
Assets | | |
Available-for-Sale securities, at fair value | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | Fixed deferred indexed annuities ceded embedded derivatives | | |
Assets | | |
Receivables: embedded derivatives | 55 | 59 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | Policyholder account balances, future policy benefits and claims embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives, net | 2,008 | 2,853 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | Fixed deferred indexed annuities embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives | 52 | 56 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | IUL embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives | 848 | 905 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | GMWB and GMAB embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives, net | 828 | 1,486 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | Structured variable annuity embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives | 280 | 406 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | Customer deposits - SMC embedded derivatives | | |
Liabilities | | |
Liabilities embedded derivatives | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | Interest rate derivative contracts | | |
Assets | | |
Other assets: derivative contracts | 0 | 0 |
Liabilities | | |
Other liabilities: derivative contracts | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | Equity derivative contracts | | |
Assets | | |
Other assets: derivative contracts | 0 | 0 |
Liabilities | | |
Other liabilities: derivative contracts | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | Credit derivative contracts | | |
Assets | | |
Other assets: derivative contracts | 0 | 0 |
Ameriprise Financial | Recurring basis | Level 3 | Foreign exchange derivative contracts | | |
Assets | | |
Other assets: derivative contracts | 0 | 0 |
Liabilities | | |
Other liabilities: derivative contracts | $ 0 | $ 0 |