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Brighthouse Life Insurance Co of NY – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘JSON’

On:  Thursday, 3/5/20, at 5:12pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/19   ·   Accession #:  1167609-20-3   ·   File #:  0-55705

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 3/05/20  Brighthouse Life Ins Co of NY     10-K       12/31/19  120:20M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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16: R2          Balance Sheets                                      HTML    124K 
57: R3          Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)                      HTML     49K 
95: R4          Statements of Operations                            HTML     79K 
81: R5          Statements Of Comprehensive Income (Loss)           HTML     55K 
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56: R7          Statements of Cash Flows                            HTML    125K 
96: R8          Business, Basis of Presentation and Summary of      HTML    113K 
                Significant Accounting Policies                                  
80: R9          Segment Information                                 HTML    217K 
52: R10         Insurance                                           HTML    176K 
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                Policy-Related Intangibles                                       
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115: R13         Investments                                         HTML    424K  
53: R14         Derivatives                                         HTML    264K 
38: R15         Fair Value                                          HTML    370K 
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98: R21         Summary of Investments - Other Than Investments in  HTML     73K 
                Related Parties Summary of Investments - Other                   
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54: R22         Supplementary Insurance Information                 HTML    144K 
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                Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)                       
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55: R26         Insurance (Tables)                                  HTML    179K 
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48: R37         Segment Information (Assets and Liabilities)        HTML     52K 
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                Investment-Type Product Policy Fees and Other                    
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                Policy-Related Intangibles (DAC and VOBA by                      
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                Securities) (Details)                                            
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                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Assets and Liabilities after Master Netting                      
                Agreements and Cash) (Details)                                   
25: R78         Derivatives Derivatives (Credit Risk on             HTML     41K 
                Freestanding Derivatives) (Details)                              
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114: R82         Fair Value (Unobservable Input Reconciliation)      HTML    103K  
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73: R83         Fair Value (Financial Instruments Carried at Other  HTML     60K 
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                Comprehensive Income (Loss)) (Details)                           
111: R86         Equity (Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other  HTML     54K  
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69: R87         Equity (Capital Transactions - Narrative)           HTML     35K 
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60: R90         Other Expenses (Other Expenses) (Details)           HTML     51K 
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90: R92         Income Tax (Provision for Income Tax from           HTML     46K 
                Continuing Operations) (Details)                                 
103: R93         Income Tax (Reconciliation of Income Tax Provision  HTML     54K  
                between US Statutory Rate and As Reported for                    
                Continuing Operations) (Details)                                 
63: R94         Income Tax (Net Deferred Income Tax Assets and      HTML     71K 
                Liabilities) (Details)                                           
20: R95         Income Tax Income Tax (Tax Credit Carryforwards)    HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
94: R96         Income Tax (Narrative) (Details)                    HTML     69K 
106: R97         Contingencies, Commitments and Guarantees           HTML     39K  
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118: R102        Supplementary Insurance Information Supplementary   HTML     59K  
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                (Details)                                                        
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