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Investments (Held-To-Maturity Securities Disclosure) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
HTM Securities Percent of Invested Assets	1.00%	1.00%
HTM, Carrying Value	$ 36,493	$ 37,110
Net unrealized unrecognized gains on held to maturity securities	1,500	1,300
Gross unrealized unrecognized loss	$ 100	$ 200

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The percentage of the total invested asset portfolio comprised of held to maturity fixed income securities.

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The net unrealized/unrecognized gains or losses on held to maturity securities.

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This item represents the sum of (i) the excess of amortized cost over fair value for available-for-sale securities that are in a loss position and (ii) the market fluctuations on held-to-maturity securities from the later of (a) the date a security is designated as held-to-maturity; or (b) the date that an other-than-temporary impairment charge is recognized on a held-to-maturity security for securities that are in an unrecognized loss position.

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Amount of investment in debt security measured at amortized cost (held-to-maturity).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109979856&loc=d3e26610-111562

Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82897076&loc=d3e27232-111563

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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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