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General (Details) - USD ($) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2022 | Sep. 30, 2021 | Sep. 30, 2022 | Sep. 30, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2021
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Common stock dividends (in dollars per share) | $ 0.3175 | $ 0.6325 | $ 1.5875 | $ 1.8975 |
Deferred policy acquisition cost amortization | $ 168,870,000 | $ 153,142,000 | $ 487,444,000 | $ 468,556,000 |
Advertising expenses | 2,300,000 | 19,400,000 | 10,000,000 | 40,700,000 |
Reinsurance reimbursable amount | 25,000,000 |  | $ 25,000,000 |  |
Reinsurance Retention Policy, Reinsured Risk, Percentage |  |  | 73.50% |  |
Reinsurance retention policy, excess retention, amount reinsured |  |  | $ 936,000,000 |  |
Reinsurance policy, amount retained |  |  | 60,000,000 |  |
Ceded | 23,000,000 | 17,000,000 | 57,000,000 | 48,000,000 |
Losses and loss adjustment expenses, ceded | (2,000,000) | (1,000,000) | (15,000,000) | (4,000,000) |
Revenue from contract with customer | 4,500,000 | 4,600,000 | 13,500,000 | 15,900,000 |
Cost of goods and services sold | 2,500,000 | $ 3,000,000 | 8,000,000 | $ 9,900,000 |
Contract with customer, asset | 0 |  | 0 |  | $ 0
Contract with customer, liability | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0
Revenue, remaining performance obligation | $ 0 |  | $ 0 |  | $ 0
Potentially dilutive securities (in shares) | 18,000 | 0 |  | 0 |
Incremental shares excluded from diluted earnings per share (in shares) |  |  | 1,294 |  |

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