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Brighthouse Financial, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/22 – ‘EX-101.SCH’

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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 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
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11: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     95K 
12: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML    156K 
13: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML     55K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
14: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations and           HTML    134K 
                Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)                                 
15: R5          Consolidated Statements of Equity (Unaudited)       HTML     97K 
16: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML     96K 
17: R7          Business, Basis of Presentation and Summary of      HTML     40K 
                Significant Accounting Policies                                  
18: R8          Segment Information                                 HTML    191K 
19: R9          Insurance                                           HTML     57K 
20: R10         Investments                                         HTML    480K 
21: R11         Derivatives                                         HTML    258K 
22: R12         Fair Value                                          HTML    472K 
23: R13         Long-term Debt                                      HTML     32K 
24: R14         Equity                                              HTML    214K 
25: R15         Other Revenues and Other Expenses                   HTML     52K 
26: R16         Earnings Per Common Share                           HTML     49K 
27: R17         Contingencies, Commitments and Guarantees           HTML     48K 
28: R18         Business, Basis of Presentation and Summary of      HTML     67K 
                Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)                       
29: R19         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    181K 
30: R20         Insurance (Tables)                                  HTML     56K 
31: R21         Investments (Tables)                                HTML    481K 
32: R22         Derivatives (Tables)                                HTML    383K 
33: R23         Fair Value (Tables)                                 HTML    456K 
34: R24         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML    219K 
35: R25         Other Revenues and Other Expenses (Tables)          HTML     50K 
36: R26         Earnings Per Common Share (Tables)                  HTML     47K 
37: R27         Business, Basis of Presentation and Summary of      HTML     28K 
                Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative)                      
                (Details)                                                        
38: R28         Segment Information (Operating Results) (Details)   HTML    109K 
39: R29         Segment Information (Reconciliation of Operating    HTML     46K 
                Revenues to Total Revenues) (Details)                            
40: R30         Segment Information (Assets) (Details)              HTML     43K 
41: R31         Segment Information (Narrative) (Details)           HTML     27K 
42: R32         Insurance (Guarantees Related to Annuity            HTML     41K 
                Contracts) (Details)                                             
43: R33         Insurance (Guarantees Related to Universal and      HTML     38K 
                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)                                            
46: R36         Investments (Continuous Gross Unrealized Losses     HTML     73K 
                for Fixed Maturity Securities by Sector) (Details)               
47: R37         Investments (Mortgage Loans by Portfolio Segment)   HTML     55K 
                (Details)                                                        
48: R38         Investments (Rollforward of the Allowance for       HTML     47K 
                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 
                by Portfolio Segment) (Details)                                  
52: R42         Investments (Net Unrealized Investment Gains        HTML     45K 
                (Losses)) (Details)                                              
53: R43         Investments (Changes in Net Unrealized Investment   HTML     38K 
                Gains (Losses)) (Details)                                        
54: R44         Investments (Securities Lending) (Details)          HTML     39K 
55: R45         Investments (Securities Lending Remaining Tenor)    HTML     58K 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R46         Investments (Invested Assets on Deposit, Held In    HTML     33K 
                Trust and Pledged as Collateral) (Details)                       
57: R47         Investments (Variable Interest Entities) (Details)  HTML     44K 
58: R48         Investments (Net Investment Income) (Details)       HTML     49K 
59: R49         Investments (Components of Net Investment Gains     HTML     37K 
                (Losses)) (Details)                                              
60: R50         Investments (Sales or Disposals of Fixed Maturity   HTML     35K 
                Securities) (Details)                                            
61: R51         Investments (Fixed Maturity Securities -            HTML     43K 
                Narrative) (Details)                                             
62: R52         Investments (Mortgage Loans - Narrative) (Details)  HTML     61K 
63: R53         Investments (Other Invested Assets - Narrative)     HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
64: R54         Investments (Securities Lending - Narrative)        HTML     30K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R55         Investments (Invested Assets on Deposit, Held in    HTML     35K 
                Trust and Pledged as Collateral - Narrative)                     
                (Details)                                                        
66: R56         Investments (Net Investment Income - Narrative)     HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
67: R57         Investments (Components of Net Investment Gains     HTML     31K 
                (Losses) - Narrative) (Details)                                  
68: R58         Derivatives (Primary Risks Managed by Derivatives)  HTML     97K 
                (Details)                                                        
69: R59         Derivatives (Derivatives Pertaining to Hedged       HTML     86K 
                Items) (Details)                                                 
70: R60         Derivatives (Credit Derivatives) (Details)          HTML     46K 
71: R61         Derivatives (Estimated Fair Value of Derivatives    HTML     60K 
                Assets and Liabilities after Master Netting                      
                Agreements and Cash Collateral) (Details)                        
72: R62         Derivatives (Credit Risk on Freestanding            HTML     33K 
                Derivatives) (Details)                                           
73: R63         Derivatives (Derivatives - Narrative) (Details)     HTML     30K 
74: R64         Fair Value (Recurring Fair Value Measurements)      HTML    151K 
                (Details)                                                        
75: R65         Fair Value (Assets and Liabilities Measured -       HTML     51K 
                Quantitative Information) (Details)                              
76: R66         Fair Value (Unobservable Input Reconciliation)      HTML    136K 
                (Details)                                                        
77: R67         Fair Value (Financial Instruments Carried at Other  HTML     67K 
                Than Fair Value) (Details)                                       
78: R68         Long-term Debt (Details)                            HTML     37K 
79: R69         Equity (Preferred Stock Authorized, Issued and      HTML     50K 
                Outstanding) (Details)                                           
80: R70         Equity (Preferred Stock Dividends) (Details)        HTML     42K 
81: R71         Equity (Components of Accumulated Other             HTML     74K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss)) (Details)                           
82: R72         Equity (Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other  HTML     73K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss)) (Details)                           
83: R73         Equity (Common Stock Repurchase Program -           HTML     36K 
                Narrative) (Details)                                             
84: R74         Other Revenues and Other Expenses (Other Expenses)  HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
85: R75         Other Revenues and Other Expenses (Other Revenues   HTML     31K 
                - Narrative) (Details)                                           
86: R76         Earnings Per Common Share (Details)                 HTML     56K 
87: R77         Contingencies, Commitments and Guarantees           HTML     56K 
                (Contingencies, Commitments and Guarantees -                     
                Narrative) (Details)                                             
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