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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Amount of the fee for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Debt - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Debt - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt	$ 2,490,400,000	$ 2,312,100,000
Repayments of long-term debt	33,000,000.0	350,000,000.0	$ 510,000,000.0
Repurchase of junior convertible securities, equity impact	7,100,000
Additional Paid-In Capital
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repurchase of junior convertible securities, equity impact	7,100,000
Senior bank debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt	349,900,000	349,800,000
Senior bank debt \| Revolver
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Available borrowing	1,250,000,000
Additional borrowing amount	500,000,000
Outstanding borrowings	0	0
Commitment fee amount	1,500,000	1,500,000
Senior bank debt \| Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Available borrowing	350,000,000
Additional borrowing amount	75,000,000
Debt	$ 350,000,000	$ 350,000,000
Weighted average interest rate on amount outstanding	0.95%	1.02%
Senior bank debt \| Term Loan \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread over variable debt rate	0.85%
Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt	$ 1,093,500,000	$ 1,091,900,000
Senior notes \| 2024 Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price percentage	100.00%
Effective interest rate	4.43%
Stated interest rate	4.25%
Senior notes \| 2024 Senior Notes \| Treasury Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable basis spread over redemption price percentage	0.25%
Senior notes \| 2025 Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price percentage	100.00%
Effective interest rate	3.67%
Stated interest rate	3.50%
Senior notes \| 2025 Senior Notes \| Treasury Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable basis spread over redemption price percentage	0.25%
Senior notes \| 2030 Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price percentage	100.00%
Effective interest rate	3.39%
Stated interest rate	3.30%
Senior notes \| 2030 Senior Notes \| Treasury Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Applicable basis spread over redemption price percentage	0.40%
Junior subordinated notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt	$ 751,400,000	556,400,000
Junior subordinated notes \| 2059 Junior Subordinated Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Effective interest rate	5.90%
Stated interest rate	5.875%
Junior subordinated notes \| 2059 Junior Subordinated Notes \| On or after September 30, 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price percentage	100.00%
Junior subordinated notes \| 2059 Junior Subordinated Notes \| If changes in tax laws and interpretations occur
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price percentage	100.00%
Junior subordinated notes \| 2059 Junior Subordinated Notes \| If a rating agency makes certain changes relating to the equity credit criteria for securities
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price percentage	102.00%
Junior subordinated notes \| 2060 Junior Subordinated Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Effective interest rate	4.78%
Stated interest rate	4.75%
Junior subordinated notes \| 2060 Junior Subordinated Notes \| On or after September 30, 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price percentage	100.00%
Junior subordinated notes \| 2060 Junior Subordinated Notes \| If changes in tax laws and interpretations occur
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price percentage	100.00%
Junior subordinated notes \| 2060 Junior Subordinated Notes \| If a rating agency makes certain changes relating to the equity credit criteria for securities
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price percentage	102.00%
Junior subordinated notes \| 2061 Junior Subordinated Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Effective interest rate	4.21%
Stated interest rate	4.20%
Junior subordinated notes \| 2061 Junior Subordinated Notes \| On or after September 30, 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price percentage	100.00%
Junior subordinated notes \| 2061 Junior Subordinated Notes \| If changes in tax laws and interpretations occur
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price percentage	100.00%
Junior subordinated notes \| 2061 Junior Subordinated Notes \| If a rating agency makes certain changes relating to the equity credit criteria for securities
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price percentage	102.00%
Junior convertible securities
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt	$ 295,600,000	$ 314,000,000.0
Junior convertible securities \| Junior Convertible Trust Preferred Securities
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	5.15%
Deferred tax liability	$ 9,000,000
Repayments of long-term debt	33,000,000
Repurchase of junior convertible securities, debt impact	29,900,000
Deferred tax liabilities, net, decrease resulting from repurchase of junior convertible securities	7,000,000
Junior convertible securities \| Junior Convertible Trust Preferred Securities \| Additional Paid-In Capital
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repurchase of junior convertible securities, equity impact	$ 7,100,000