Fair Value (Schedule of Additional Information About Significant Unobservable Inputs Used in Fair Valuations of Level 3) (Details) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)
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Fair Value	$ 8,620.0	$ 7,985.3
Equity securities, at fair value	150.1	130.9
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Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair Value	$ 3.8	$ 3.8
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Fair Value [Line Items]
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Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair Value	$ 1,049.3	$ 1,185.2
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Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair Value	8.0	8.6
Corporates [Member]
Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair Value	3,973.9	3,849.7
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Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair Value		0.1
Commercial Mortgage-Backed [Member]
Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair Value	586.2	818.2
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Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair Value	6.2	7.0
Equity Securities [Member] \| Internal Model Pricing Approach Valuation Technique \| Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value [Line Items]
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Fair value measurement market multiples	27	27
Equity Securities [Member] \| Internal Model Pricing Approach Valuation Technique \| Level 3 [Member] \| Weighted Average [Member]
Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value measurement market multiples	27	27
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Fair Value [Line Items]
Equity securities, at fair value	$ 1.4	$ 1.2
Measurement Input, Discount for Small Issue Size [Member] \| Municipals [Member] \| Discounted cash flow [Member] \| Level 3 [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Fair Value [Line Items]
Significant Unobservable Inputs	6.10%	6.10%
Measurement Input, Discount for Small Issue Size [Member] \| Municipals [Member] \| Discounted cash flow [Member] \| Level 3 [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
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Significant Unobservable Inputs	6.80%	6.80%
Measurement Input, Discount for Small Issue Size [Member] \| Municipals [Member] \| Discounted cash flow [Member] \| Level 3 [Member] \| Weighted Average [Member]
Fair Value [Line Items]
Significant Unobservable Inputs	6.70%	6.70%
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Fair Value [Line Items]
Significant Unobservable Inputs		2.50%
Measurement Input, Discount for Small Issue Size [Member] \| Corporates [Member] \| Discounted cash flow [Member] \| Level 3 [Member] \| Weighted Average [Member]
Fair Value [Line Items]
Significant Unobservable Inputs		2.50%
Measurement Input, Discount for Small Issue Size [Member] \| Commercial Mortgage-Backed [Member] \| Discounted cash flow [Member] \| Level 3 [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Fair Value [Line Items]
Significant Unobservable Inputs	3.00%	3.00%
Measurement Input, Discount for Small Issue Size [Member] \| Commercial Mortgage-Backed [Member] \| Discounted cash flow [Member] \| Level 3 [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Fair Value [Line Items]
Significant Unobservable Inputs	5.00%	3.10%
Measurement Input, Discount for Small Issue Size [Member] \| Commercial Mortgage-Backed [Member] \| Discounted cash flow [Member] \| Level 3 [Member] \| Weighted Average [Member]
Fair Value [Line Items]
Significant Unobservable Inputs	4.70%	3.00%
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Fair Value [Line Items]
Significant Unobservable Inputs		0.30%
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Significant Unobservable Inputs		0.30%
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Fair Value [Line Items]
Significant Unobservable Inputs	0.50%	0.50%
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Fair Value [Line Items]
Significant Unobservable Inputs	0.50%	0.50%
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Fair Value [Line Items]
Significant Unobservable Inputs	0.30%	0.30%

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