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Preneed Activities Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Mar. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022
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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 | $ 4,016,091 |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 404,993 |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (394,728) |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 4,026,356 |
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 |  | $ 4,013,319
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain |  | 371,897
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss |  | (521,853)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value |  | 3,863,363
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 | 45,239 | 45,084
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 37 | 22
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (1,749) | (2,033)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 43,527 | 43,073
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 | 33,130 | 30,200
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 | 33,130 | 30,200
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 | 175 | 175
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 | (18) | (18)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 157 | 157
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 | 5,485 | 1,420
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 23 | 0
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (111) | (101)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 5,397 | 1,319
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 | 293 | 294
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 | (51) | (52)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 242 | 242
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 | 4,196 | 4,144
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 | (2,062) | (2,340)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 2,134 | 1,804
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 | 1,765,274 | 1,707,240
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 293,953 | 283,423
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (155,781) | (208,523)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 1,903,446 | 1,782,140
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 | 50,325 | 47,821
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 14,876 | 11,765
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (6,962) | (11,117)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 58,239 | 48,469
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 | 97,626 | 123,440
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 12,049 | 10,561
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (10,055) | (19,009)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 99,620 | 114,992
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 | 916,174 | 917,686
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 82,279 | 64,895
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (77,552) | (112,374)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 920,901 | 870,207
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 | 1,098,174 | 1,135,815
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 1,776 | 1,231
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (140,387) | (166,286)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 959,563 | 970,760
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 | 1,758,001 |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 222,318 |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (81,828) |
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 1,898,491 |
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 | 733,119 | 730,940
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 0 | 2
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (76,465) | (89,246)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 656,654 | 641,696
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 | 306,512 | 309,893
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 67,597 | 40,820
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (1,130) | (3,846)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 372,979 | 346,867
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 | 345,577 | 325,562
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 | 345,577 | 325,562
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 | 372,793 | 307,275
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 154,721 | 179,491
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (4,233) | (1,091)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | 523,281 | 485,675
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 |  | 1,673,670
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain |  | 220,313
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss |  | (94,183)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value |  | 1,799,800
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 | 5,774,092 | 5,686,989
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Gain | 627,311 | 592,210
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Cumulative Unrecognized Loss | (476,556) | (616,036)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale and Held-to-Maturity, Fair Value | $ 5,924,847 | $ 5,663,163

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