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Employee Benefit Plans (Components of Net Pension Expense) (Details) - Pension Plans [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021
Components of Net Pension Expense: |  |  |
Service cost | $ 21.1 | $ 25.7 | $ 27.8
Interest cost | 18.5 | 12.0 | 10.7
Expected return on plan assets | (21.6) | (22.3) | (21.7)
Recognized net actuarial loss | 0.3 | 1.4 | 4.5
Net Pension Expense | $ 18.3 | $ 16.8 | $ 21.3
Assumptions Used to Determine End-of-Year Benefit Obligation: |  |  |
Discount rate | 5.20% | 5.60% | 3.00%
Rate of compensation increase | 4.00% | 4.00% | 4.00%
Cash balance interest crediting rate | 5.14% | 4.75% | 4.00%
Assumptions Used to Determine Net Pension Expense: |  |  |
Discount rate | 5.60% | 3.00% | 2.70%
Rate of compensation increase | 4.00% | 4.00% | 4.00%
Expected return on plan assets | 6.75% | 5.75% | 5.75%
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Cash Balance Interest Crediting Rate | 4.75% | 4.00% | 4.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Weighted-Average Interest Crediting Rate | 4.00% |  |

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- Definition Amount of gain (loss), recognized immediately as component of net periodic benefit (cost) credit, for change in value of benefit obligation or plan assets from experience different from that assumed, change in actuarial assumption, or consequence of temporarily deviating from substantive plan. Includes, but is not limited to, amount in excess of 10 percent of greater of fair value of plan assets or benefit obligation. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 45 -Paragraph 3A -Subparagraph (b) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147480535/715-20-45-3A Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (h)(4) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147480506/715-20-50-1 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -Subparagraph (a)(4) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147480506/715-20-50-6 + Details
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