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Brighthouse Financial, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/19 – ‘EX-101.SCH’

On:  Tuesday, 8/6/19, at 4:24pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/19   ·   Accession #:  1685040-19-32   ·   File #:  1-37905

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 8/06/19  Brighthouse Financial, Inc.       10-Q        6/30/19   94:23M

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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15: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     90K 
16: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML    148K 
17: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML     49K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
18: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations and           HTML    111K 
                Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)                                 
19: R5          Consolidated Statements of Equity (Unaudited)       HTML    110K 
20: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    114K 
21: R7          Business, Basis of Presentation and Summary of      HTML     54K 
                Significant Accounting Policies                                  
22: R8          Segment Information                                 HTML    292K 
23: R9          Insurance                                           HTML     77K 
24: R10         Investments                                         HTML    535K 
25: R11         Derivatives                                         HTML    451K 
26: R12         Fair Value                                          HTML    684K 
27: R13         Long-term Debt                                      HTML     33K 
28: R14         Equity                                              HTML    249K 
29: R15         Other Revenues and Other Expenses                   HTML     67K 
30: R16         Earnings Per Common Share                           HTML     63K 
31: R17         Contingencies, Commitments and Guarantees           HTML     52K 
32: R18         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     42K 
33: R19         Business, Basis of Presentation and Summary of      HTML     81K 
                Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)                       
34: R20         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    280K 
35: R21         Insurance (Tables)                                  HTML     75K 
36: R22         Investments (Tables)                                HTML    511K 
37: R23         Derivatives (Tables)                                HTML    689K 
38: R24         Fair Value (Tables)                                 HTML    663K 
39: R25         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML    242K 
40: R26         Other Revenues and Other Expenses Other Revenues    HTML     60K 
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42: R28         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     41K 
43: R29         Business, Basis of Presentation and Summary of      HTML     34K 
                Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative)                      
                (Details)                                                        
44: R30         Segment Information (Operating Results) (Details)   HTML     95K 
45: R31         Segment Information (Reconciliation of Operating    HTML     42K 
                Revenues to Total Revenues) (Details)                            
46: R32         Segment Information (Total Assets) (Details)        HTML     38K 
47: R33         Segment Information (Narrative) (Details)           HTML     28K 
48: R34         Insurance (Guarantees Related to Annuity            HTML     44K 
                Contracts) (Details)                                             
49: R35         Insurance (Guarantees Related to Universal and      HTML     40K 
                Variable Life Contracts) (Details)                               
50: R36         Investments (Fixed Maturity Securities AFS by       HTML     68K 
                Sector) (Details)                                                
51: R37         Investments (Maturities of Fixed Maturity           HTML     63K 
                Securities) (Details)                                            
52: R38         Investments (Continuous Gross Unrealized Losses     HTML     71K 
                for Fixed Maturity Securities AFS by Sector)                     
                (Details)                                                        
53: R39         Investments (Mortgage Loans by Portfolio Segment)   HTML     50K 
                (Details)                                                        
54: R40         Investments (Credit Quality of Mortgage Loans)      HTML     86K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R41         Investments (Net Unrealized Investment Gains        HTML     46K 
                (Losses)) (Details)                                              
56: R42         Investments (Changes in Net Unrealized Investment   HTML     40K 
                Gains (Losses)) (Details)                                        
57: R43         Investments (Securities Lending) (Details)          HTML     42K 
58: R44         Investments (Securities Lending Remaining Tenor)    HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R45         Investments (Invested Assets on Deposit, Held In    HTML     35K 
                Trust and Pledged as Collateral) (Details)                       
60: R46         Investments (Variable Interest Entities) (Details)  HTML     37K 
61: R47         Investments (Net Investment Income) (Details)       HTML     53K 
62: R48         Investments (Components of Net Investment Gains     HTML     47K 
                (Losses)) (Details)                                              
63: R49         Investments (Sales or Disposals of Fixed Maturity   HTML     37K 
                Securities) (Details)                                            
64: R50         Investments (Fixed Maturity Securities AFS -        HTML     36K 
                Narrative) (Details)                                             
65: R51         Investments (Continuous Gross Unrealized Losses     HTML     41K 
                for Fixed Maturity Securities AFS by Sector -                    
                Narrative) (Details)                                             
66: R52         Investments (Mortgage Loans - Narrative) (Details)  HTML     57K 
67: R53         Investments (Other Invested Assets - Narrative)     HTML     30K 
                (Details)                                                        
68: R54         Investments (Cash Equivalents - Narrative)          HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
69: R55         Investments (Securities Lending - Narrative)        HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R56         Investments (Invested Assets On Deposit, Held in    HTML     34K 
                Trust and Pledged as Collateral - Narrative)                     
                (Details)                                                        
71: R57         Investments (Variable Interest Entities -           HTML     28K 
                Narrative) (Details)                                             
72: R58         Derivatives (Primary Risks Managed by Derivatives)  HTML     99K 
                (Details)                                                        
73: R59         Derivatives Derivatives (Derivatives Pertaining to  HTML    115K 
                Hedged Items) (Details) (Details)                                
74: R60         Derivatives (Credit Derivatives) (Details)          HTML     40K 
75: R61         Derivatives (Derivatives Asset and Liability after  HTML     69K 
                Master Netting Arrangement or a Similar                          
                Arrangement) (Details)                                           
76: R62         Derivatives Derivatives (Estimated Fair Value of    HTML     34K 
                OTC-Bilateral Derivatives) (Details)                             
77: R63         Derivatives (Derivatives Pertaining to Hedged       HTML     30K 
                Items - Narrative) (Details)                                     
78: R64         Fair Value (Recurring Fair Value Measurements)      HTML    156K 
                (Details)                                                        
79: R65         Fair Value (Asset and Liabilities Measured -        HTML     53K 
                Quantitative Information) (Details)                              
80: R66         Fair Value (Unobservable Input Reconciliation)      HTML    143K 
                (Details)                                                        
81: R67         Fair Value (Financial Instruments Carried at Other  HTML     71K 
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82: R68         Long-term Debt - Narrative (Details)                HTML     44K 
83: R69         Equity (Components Accumulated Other Comprehensive  HTML     95K 
                Income (Loss)) (Details)                                         
84: R70         Equity (Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other  HTML     71K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss)) (Details)                           
85: R71         Equity (Preferred Stock & Common Stock Repurchase   HTML     63K 
                Program - Narrative) (Details)                                   
86: R72         Other Revenues and Other Expenses (Other Expenses)  HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
87: R73         Other Revenues and Other Expenses Other Revenues    HTML     30K 
                and Other Expenses (Other Revenues - Narrative)                  
                (Details)                                                        
88: R74         Earnings Per Common Share (Details)                 HTML     52K 
89: R75         Contingencies, Commitments and Guarantees           HTML     46K 
                (Commitments and Guarantees - Narrative) (Details)               
90: R76         Related Party Transactions Related Party            HTML     33K 
                Transactions (Details)                                           
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