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Investment Securities - Fair Value Measurement by Level (Details) $ in Millions | Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) Investment | Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Investment | Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
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Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | $ 2,533.4 | $ 2,746.0 | $ 2,569.4 | $ 2,328.7
Debt securities issued by corporations |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 528.7 | 467.2 |  |
Mortgage and asset-backed securities |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 210.9 | 209.0 |  |
Short-term investments |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Short-term investments, at fair value | $ 571.8 | $ 201.2 | 272.5 | 214.2
Common equity securities |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Number of investments | Investment | 1 | 2 |  |
Level 1 |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | $ 295.3 | $ 780.0 | 703.7 | 842.6
Level 2 |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 1,066.8 | 1,109.6 | 1,092.0 | 1,160.5
Level 2 | Mortgage and asset-backed securities |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 210.9 | 209.0 |  |
Level 3 | Mortgage and asset-backed securities |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Level 3 | Common equity securities |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.1 | 0.1 |  |
Level 3 | Other long-term investments |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 1,000.3 | 654.0 | $ 586.8 | $ 138.7
Fair value measured on a recurring basis |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 3,105.2 | 2,947.2 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | U.S. Government and agency obligations |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 210.6 | 232.5 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Debt securities issued by corporations |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 528.7 | 467.2 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Debt securities issued by corporations | Financials |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 142.9 | 144.8 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Debt securities issued by corporations | Industrial |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 61.5 | 59.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Debt securities issued by corporations | Technology |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 68.5 | 41.2 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Debt securities issued by corporations | Consumer |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 60.7 | 50.9 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Debt securities issued by corporations | Health Care |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 49.3 | 52.6 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Debt securities issued by corporations | Communications |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 42.3 | 31.3 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Debt securities issued by corporations | Energy |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 38.9 | 44.9 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Debt securities issued by corporations | Materials |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 37.4 | 17.5 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Debt securities issued by corporations | Utilities |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 27.2 | 25.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Municipal obligations |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 271.3 | 297.1 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Mortgage and asset-backed securities |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 210.9 | 209.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Fixed maturity investments |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 1,221.5 | 1,205.8 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Short-term investments |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Short-term investments, at fair value | 571.8 | 201.2 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Common equity securities |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 140.7 | 683.9 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Common equity securities | Exchange traded funds |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 84.7 | 536.4 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Common equity securities | Other |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 56.0 | 147.5 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Other long-term investments |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 1,000.3 | 654.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Other long-term investments — NAV |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 170.9 | 202.3 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 1 |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 865.9 | 969.4 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 1 | U.S. Government and agency obligations |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 210.6 | 232.5 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 1 | Debt securities issued by corporations |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 1 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Financials |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 1 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Industrial |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 1 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Technology |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 1 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Consumer |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 1 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Health Care |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 1 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Communications |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 1 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Energy |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 1 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Materials |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 1 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Utilities |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 1 | Municipal obligations |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 1 | Mortgage and asset-backed securities |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 1 | Fixed maturity investments |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 210.6 | 232.5 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 1 | Short-term investments |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Short-term investments, at fair value | 570.6 | 189.4 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 1 | Common equity securities |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 84.7 | 547.5 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 1 | Common equity securities | Exchange traded funds |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 84.7 | 521.6 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 1 | Common equity securities | Other |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 25.9 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 1 | Other long-term investments |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 1 | Other long-term investments — NAV |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 2 |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 1,068.0 | 1,121.4 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 2 | U.S. Government and agency obligations |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 2 | Debt securities issued by corporations |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 528.7 | 467.2 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 2 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Financials |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 142.9 | 144.8 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 2 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Industrial |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 61.5 | 59.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 2 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Technology |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 68.5 | 41.2 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 2 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Consumer |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 60.7 | 50.9 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 2 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Health Care |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 49.3 | 52.6 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 2 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Communications |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 42.3 | 31.3 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 2 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Energy |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 38.9 | 44.9 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 2 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Materials |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 37.4 | 17.5 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 2 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Utilities |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 27.2 | 25.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 2 | Municipal obligations |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 271.3 | 297.1 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 2 | Mortgage and asset-backed securities |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 210.9 | 209.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 2 | Fixed maturity investments |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 1,010.9 | 973.3 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 2 | Short-term investments |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Short-term investments, at fair value | 1.2 | 11.8 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 2 | Common equity securities |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 55.9 | 136.3 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 2 | Common equity securities | Exchange traded funds |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 14.8 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 2 | Common equity securities | Other |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 55.9 | 121.5 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 2 | Other long-term investments |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 2 | Other long-term investments — NAV |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 3 |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 1,000.4 | 654.1 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 3 | U.S. Government and agency obligations |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 3 | Debt securities issued by corporations |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 3 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Financials |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 3 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Industrial |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 3 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Technology |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 3 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Consumer |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 3 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Health Care |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 3 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Communications |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 3 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Energy |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 3 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Materials |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 3 | Debt securities issued by corporations | Utilities |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 3 | Municipal obligations |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 3 | Mortgage and asset-backed securities |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 3 | Fixed maturity investments |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 3 | Short-term investments |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Short-term investments, at fair value | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 3 | Common equity securities |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.1 | 0.1 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 3 | Common equity securities | Exchange traded funds |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 3 | Common equity securities | Other |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 0.1 | 0.1 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 3 | Other long-term investments |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | 1,000.3 | 654.0 |  |
Fair value measured on a recurring basis | Level 3 | Other long-term investments — NAV |  |  |  |
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value investments | $ 0.0 | $ 0.0 |  |

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