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Preneed Activities Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Jun. 30, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021
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Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Amortized Cost, before Allowance for Credit Loss | $ 4,029,504 |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 322,080 |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (570,957) |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 3,780,627 |
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Amortized Cost, before Allowance for Credit Loss |  | $ 3,801,977
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain |  | 840,484
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss |  | (96,934)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value |  | 4,545,527
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Amortized Cost, before Allowance for Credit Loss | 49,838 | 51,002
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 159 | 795
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (1,480) | (283)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 48,517 | 51,514
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Debt Security, Government, Non-US [Member] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Amortized Cost, before Allowance for Credit Loss | 32,889 | 29,881
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 17 | 28
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | 0 | 0
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 32,906 | 29,909
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Amortized Cost, before Allowance for Credit Loss | 1,362 | 170
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 1 | 6
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (99) | (2)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 1,264 | 174
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Amortized Cost, before Allowance for Credit Loss | 1,428 | 1,407
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 1 | 58
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (61) | (15)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 1,368 | 1,450
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Amortized Cost, before Allowance for Credit Loss | 300 | 274
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 1 | 2
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (44) | (10)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 257 | 266
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Preferred Stock securities [Member] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Amortized Cost, before Allowance for Credit Loss | 4,341 | 4,843
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 0 | 4
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (1,492) | (1,024)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 2,849 | 3,823
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | US Common Stock Securities [Member] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Amortized Cost, before Allowance for Credit Loss | 1,723,029 | 1,648,785
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 236,461 | 624,349
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (254,580) | (56,092)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 1,704,910 | 2,217,042
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Canada Common Stock Securities [Member] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Amortized Cost, before Allowance for Credit Loss | 48,097 | 34,787
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 11,750 | 19,617
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (14,763) | (898)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 45,084 | 53,506
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Other International Common Stock Securities [Member] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Amortized Cost, before Allowance for Credit Loss | 149,430 | 129,486
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 8,764 | 42,171
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (27,600) | (9,819)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 130,594 | 161,838
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Equity Funds [Member] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Amortized Cost, before Allowance for Credit Loss | 908,801 | 875,828
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 55,050 | 140,893
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (130,621) | (10,116)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 833,230 | 1,006,605
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Fixed Income Funds [Member] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Amortized Cost, before Allowance for Credit Loss | 1,109,802 | 1,025,327
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 9,875 | 12,560
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (140,217) | (18,675)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 979,460 | 1,019,212
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Other Investments [Member] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Amortized Cost, before Allowance for Credit Loss | 187 | 187
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 1 | 1
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | 0 | 0
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 188 | 188
Reported Value Measurement [Member] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Amortized Cost, before Allowance for Credit Loss | 1,540,769 |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 307,459 |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (80,865) |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 1,767,363 |
Reported Value Measurement [Member] | Commingled funds - Fixed inc [Member] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Amortized Cost, before Allowance for Credit Loss | 677,724 | 662,125
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 78,464 | 115,939
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (73,699) | (3,171)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 682,489 | 774,893
Reported Value Measurement [Member] | Commingled funds - Equity [Member] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Amortized Cost, before Allowance for Credit Loss | 234,318 | 230,926
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 65,230 | 161,125
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (6,194) | (114)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 293,354 | 391,937
Reported Value Measurement [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Amortized Cost, before Allowance for Credit Loss | 319,375 | 408,762
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 0 | 0
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | 0 | 0
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 319,375 | 408,762
Reported Value Measurement [Member] | Private Equity Funds [Member] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Amortized Cost, before Allowance for Credit Loss | 309,352 | 292,888
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 163,765 | 128,197
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (972) | (5,353)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 472,145 | 415,732
Reported Value Measurement [Member] | Reported At Net Asset Value [Member] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Amortized Cost, before Allowance for Credit Loss |  | 1,594,701
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain |  | 405,261
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss |  | (8,638)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value |  | 1,991,324
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items] |  |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Amortized Cost, before Allowance for Credit Loss | 5,570,273 | 5,396,678
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 629,539 | 1,245,745
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (651,822) | (105,572)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | $ 5,547,990 | $ 6,536,851

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