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Brighthouse Financial BHF Life — Policyholder benefits and claims

Other segment segments

Run-off
$343M-2.6%
Annuities
$124M+12.7%
Corporate Segment and Other Operating Segment
$0—

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$18.94M+122%
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CRBGLife Insurance — Policyholder benefits (includes remeasurement losses of $77 and $146 for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively)
$648M+1.9%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.5B-36.1%
Net income-$766.0M-186%
EPS (diluted)-$13.82-174%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$4.9B+5.1%
Total debt$3.2B0.0%
Total equity$5.6B+6.2%
Total assets$236.80B+0.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$221.0M-251%

Valuation

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Market cap$3.65B+1.7%

Profitability

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Net margin-1.1%-9.8pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-1.2%-14.2pp
Debt / equity0.6×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Brighthouse Financial in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PolicyholderBenefitsAndClaimsIncurredNet.

The official record: Brighthouse Financial’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Brighthouse Financial's life — policyholder benefits and claims?
Brighthouse Financial (BHF) reported life — policyholder benefits and claims of $170M in Q1 2026.
How has Brighthouse Financial's life — policyholder benefits and claims changed year-over-year?
Brighthouse Financial's life — policyholder benefits and claims decreased by 9.1% year-over-year, from $187M to $170M.
What is the long-term trend for Brighthouse Financial's life — policyholder benefits and claims?
Over 3 years (2022 to 2025), Brighthouse Financial's life — policyholder benefits and claims has grown at a -3.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $800M to $724M.
What does life — policyholder benefits and claims mean?
Reflects the total costs incurred by the life insurance segment for death benefits, surrenders, and other contractual obligations paid to policyholders. This is a critical measure of underwriting performance and the direct cost of providing insurance coverage.