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Investments (Other Invested Assets) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Other invested assets	$ 1,706,979	$ 1,505,332
Equity Release Mortgages [Member]
Other invested assets	383,450	219,940
Limited Partner [Member]
Other invested assets	924,006	781,124
Derivatives
Other invested assets	101,124	137,613
Fair Value Option Contractholder Directed Unit Linked Investments [Member]
Other invested assets	212,315	218,541
Other
Other invested assets	$ 86,084	$ 148,114

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Amount of investments classified as other.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.1(f,g))
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.12)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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