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Investments - Net Investment Income (Parenthetical) (Details) - Deposit asset underlying 10% coinsurance agreement [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021
Schedule of Net Investment Income, Reported Amounts, by Category [Line Items]
Losses recognized for change in fair value of deposit asset underlying the 10% coinsurance agreement	$ (1.3)	$ (0.2)	$ (3.4)	$ (1.0)
Percentage of coinsurance costs	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized in income from asset measured at fair value on recurring basis using unobservable input (level 3).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(1)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126976982&loc=d3e19207-110258

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