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Deferred Acquisition Costs - Schedule of Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs to Consolidated Balance Sheet (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Sep. 30, 2025 | Jun. 30, 2025 | Dec. 31, 2024 | Sep. 30, 2024 | Jun. 30, 2024 | Dec. 31, 2023
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Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred acquisition costs | $ 6,872,342 |  | $ 6,495,589 | $ 6,386,682 |  |
Life |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred acquisition costs | 6,035,556 | $ 5,931,048 | 5,700,755 | 5,607,729 | $ 5,495,593 | $ 5,271,775
Life | American Income |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred acquisition costs | 3,159,464 | 3,078,370 | 2,900,229 | 2,829,810 | 2,740,138 | 2,573,370
Life | DTC |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred acquisition costs | 1,812,034 | 1,803,138 | 1,781,230 | 1,773,417 | 1,765,673 | 1,737,117
Life | Liberty National |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred acquisition costs | 773,243 | 757,696 | 728,790 | 712,733 | 696,905 | 666,419
Life | Other premium |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred acquisition costs | 290,815 | 291,844 | 290,506 | 291,769 | 292,877 | 294,869
Health |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred acquisition costs | 836,449 | 823,082 | 793,421 | 777,162 | 762,523 | 734,735
Health | American Income |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred acquisition costs | 83,672 | 81,545 | 76,319 | 74,399 | 71,589 | 66,783
Health | DTC |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred acquisition costs | 1,428 | 1,459 | 1,533 | 1,571 | 1,608 | 1,679
Health | Liberty National |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred acquisition costs | 152,630 | 152,822 | 148,920 | 146,971 | 145,097 | 139,941
Health | United American |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred acquisition costs | 68,616 | 69,073 | 70,530 | 71,361 | 71,975 | 73,489
Health | Family Heritage |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred acquisition costs | 530,103 | $ 518,183 | $ 496,119 | 482,860 | $ 472,254 | $ 452,843
Annuity Segment |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Policy Acquisition Cost [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred acquisition costs | $ 337 |  |  | $ 1,791 |  |

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