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Brighthouse Financial, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/22 – ‘XML’

On:  Friday, 8/5/22, at 4:17pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1685040-22-45   ·   File #:  1-37905

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 8/05/22  Brighthouse Financial, Inc.       10-Q        6/30/22   92:20M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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                Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative)                      
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                Variable Life Contracts) (Details)                               
44: R34         Investments (Fixed Maturity Securities by Sector)   HTML     69K 
                (Details)                                                        
45: R35         Investments (Maturities of Fixed Maturity           HTML     59K 
                Securities) (Details)                                            
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Credit Losses for Mortgage Loans by Portfolio                    
                Segment) (Details)                                               
49: R39         Investments (Credit Quality of Mortgage Loans by    HTML    109K 
                Portfolio Segment) (Details)                                     
50: R40         Investments (Past Due Mortgage Loans by Portfolio   HTML     67K 
                Segment) (Details)                                               
51: R41         Investments (Mortgage Loans in Nonaccrual Status    HTML     37K 
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52: R42         Investments (Net Unrealized Investment Gains        HTML     45K 
                (Losses)) (Details)                                              
53: R43         Investments (Changes in Net Unrealized Investment   HTML     38K 
                Gains (Losses)) (Details)                                        
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55: R45         Investments (Securities Lending Remaining Tenor)    HTML     58K 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R46         Investments (Invested Assets on Deposit, Held In    HTML     33K 
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58: R48         Investments (Net Investment Income) (Details)       HTML     49K 
59: R49         Investments (Components of Net Investment Gains     HTML     37K 
                (Losses)) (Details)                                              
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                Securities) (Details)                                            
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                Narrative) (Details)                                             
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                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details)                                                        
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                (Losses) - Narrative) (Details)                                  
68: R58         Derivatives (Primary Risks Managed by Derivatives)  HTML     97K 
                (Details)                                                        
69: R59         Derivatives (Derivatives Pertaining to Hedged       HTML     86K 
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71: R61         Derivatives (Estimated Fair Value of Derivatives    HTML     60K 
                Assets and Liabilities after Master Netting                      
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                Derivatives) (Details)                                           
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75: R65         Fair Value (Assets and Liabilities Measured -       HTML     51K 
                Quantitative Information) (Details)                              
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                (Details)                                                        
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85: R75         Other Revenues and Other Expenses (Other Revenues   HTML     31K 
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86: R76         Earnings Per Common Share (Details)                 HTML     56K 
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