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Brighthouse Life Insurance Co of NY – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 8/8/19, at 4:03pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/19   ·   Accession #:  1167609-19-11   ·   File #:  0-55705

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 8/08/19  Brighthouse Life Ins Co of NY     10-Q        6/30/19   87:15M

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.83M 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML    173K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 6: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
13: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     74K 
14: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML    112K 
15: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML     41K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
16: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations and           HTML     74K 
                Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)                                 
17: R5          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     44K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
18: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML     78K 
19: R7          Business, Basis of Presentation and Summary of      HTML     47K 
                Significant Accounting Policies                                  
20: R8          Segment Information                                 HTML    210K 
21: R9          Insurance                                           HTML     63K 
22: R10         Investments                                         HTML    408K 
23: R11         Derivatives                                         HTML    282K 
24: R12         Fair Value                                          HTML    455K 
25: R13         Equity                                              HTML    169K 
26: R14         Other Revenues and Other Expenses                   HTML     64K 
27: R15         Contingencies, Commitments and Guarantees           HTML     43K 
28: R16         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     96K 
29: R17         Business, Basis of Presentation and Summary of      HTML     76K 
                Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)                       
30: R18         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    199K 
31: R19         Insurance (Tables)                                  HTML     61K 
32: R20         Investments (Tables)                                HTML    395K 
33: R21         Derivatives (Tables)                                HTML    464K 
34: R22         Fair Value (Tables)                                 HTML    439K 
35: R23         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML    169K 
36: R24         Other Revenues and Other Expenses Other Revenues    HTML     56K 
                and Other Expenses (Tables)                                      
37: R25         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     60K 
38: R26         Business, Basis of Presentation and Summary of      HTML     31K 
                Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative)                      
                (Details)                                                        
39: R27         Segment Information (Operating Results) (Details)   HTML     71K 
40: R28         Segment Information (Reconciliation of Operating    HTML     39K 
                Revenues to Total Revenues) (Details)                            
41: R29         Segment Information (Total Assets) (Details)        HTML     35K 
42: R30         Segment Information (Narrative) (Details)           HTML     26K 
43: R31         Insurance (Guarantees Related to Annuity            HTML     43K 
                Contracts) (Details)                                             
44: R32         Investments (Fixed Maturity Securities AFS by       HTML     66K 
                Sector) (Details)                                                
45: R33         Investments (Maturities of Fixed Maturity           HTML     61K 
                Securities) (Details)                                            
46: R34         Investments (Continuous Gross Unrealized Losses     HTML     70K 
                for Fixed Maturity Securities AFS by Sector)                     
                (Details)                                                        
47: R35         Investments (Mortgage Loans by Portfolio Segment)   HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
48: R36         Investments (Credit Quality of Mortgage Loans)      HTML     64K 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R37         Investments (Net Unrealized Investment Gains        HTML     38K 
                (Losses)) (Details)                                              
50: R38         Investments (Changes in Net Unrealized Investment   HTML     37K 
                Gains (Losses)) (Details)                                        
51: R39         Investments (Invested Assets on Deposit and         HTML     31K 
                Pledged as Collateral) (Details)                                 
52: R40         Investments (Variable Interest Entities) (Details)  HTML     31K 
53: R41         Investments (Net Investment Income) (Details)       HTML     43K 
54: R42         Investments (Components of Net Investment Gains     HTML     37K 
                (Losses)) (Details)                                              
55: R43         Investments (Sales or Disposals of Fixed Maturity   HTML     36K 
                Securities) (Details)                                            
56: R44         Investments (Fixed Maturity Securities AFS -        HTML     30K 
                Narrative) (Details)                                             
57: R45         Investments (Continuous Gross Unrealized Losses     HTML     40K 
                for Fixed Maturity Securities AFS by Sector -                    
                Narrative) (Details)                                             
58: R46         Investments (Mortgage Loans - Narrative) (Details)  HTML     45K 
59: R47         Investments (Cash Equivalents - Narrative)          HTML     27K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R48         Investments (Invested Assets on Deposit and         HTML     30K 
                Pledged as Collateral - Narrative) (Details)                     
61: R49         Investments (Variable Interest Entities -           HTML     27K 
                Narrative) (Details)                                             
62: R50         Investments (Net Investment Income & Net            HTML     29K 
                Investment Gains (Losses) - Narrative) (Details)                 
63: R51         Investments (Related Party Investment Transactions  HTML     30K 
                - Narrative) (Details)                                           
64: R52         Derivatives (Primary Risks Managed by Derivatives)  HTML     64K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R53         Derivatives Derivatives (NQ, CF, FV) Details        HTML     76K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R54         Derivatives (Derivatives (Estimated Fair Value of   HTML     67K 
                Derivative Assets and Liabilities after Master                   
                Netting Agreements and Cash Collateral) (Details)                
67: R55         Derivatives (Estimated Fair Value of OTC-Bilateral  HTML     32K 
                Derivatives (Details)                                            
68: R56         Derivatives (NQ, FV, CF - Narrative) (Details)      HTML     29K 
69: R57         Fair Value (Recurring Fair Value Measurements)      HTML    135K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R58         Fair Value (Assets and Liabilities Measured -       HTML     50K 
                Quantitative Information) (Details)                              
71: R59         Fair Value (Unobservable Input Reconciliation)      HTML    106K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R60         Fair Value (Financial Instruments Carried at Other  HTML     52K 
                Than Fair Value) (Details)                                       
73: R61         Equity (Capital Transactions) (Details)             HTML     27K 
74: R62         Equity (Components of Accumulated Other             HTML     60K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss)) (Details)                           
75: R63         Equity (Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other  HTML     60K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss)) (Details)                           
76: R64         Other Expenses (Other Expenses) (Details)           HTML     43K 
77: R65         Other Revenues and Other Expenses Other Revenues    HTML     29K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
78: R66         Contingencies, Commitments and Guarantees           HTML     34K 
                (Commitments and Guarantees - Narrative) (Details)               
79: R67         Related Party Transactions (Effects of Affiliated   HTML     43K 
                Reinsurance on Statements of Operations) (Details)               
80: R68         Related Party Transactions (Effects of Affiliated   HTML     35K 
                Reinsurance on Balance Sheets) (Details)                         
81: R69         Related Party Transactions (Reinsurance             HTML     32K 
                Transactions - Narrative) (Details)                              
82: R70         Related Party Transactions (Shared Services and     HTML     39K 
                Overhead Allocations - Narrative) (Details)                      
83: R71         Related Party Transactions (Broker Dealer           HTML     35K 
                Transactions - Narrative) (Details)                              
85: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    167K 
12: XML         XBRL Instance -- bhny-20190630x10q_htm               XML   5.58M 
84: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    107K 
 8: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- bhny-20190630_cal               XML    156K 
 9: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- bhny-20190630_def                XML    696K 
10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- bhny-20190630_lab                     XML   1.55M 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- bhny-20190630_pre              XML    996K 
 7: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- bhny-20190630                         XSD    165K 
86: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              338±   549K 
87: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001167609-19-000011-xbrl      Zip    430K 


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