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Percentage of Statutory Capital and Surplus, Available for Dividend Distribution without Prior Approval from Regulatory Agency

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Statutory Economic Capital And Surplus Percentage of Enhanced Capital Requirement

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Target Capital Level Percentage

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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STATUTORY INFORMATION (BASED ON NON-GAAP MEASURES) - NARRATIVE (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Statutory capital and surplus included investments in upstream affiliates	$ 42.6	$ 42.6
Statutory accounting practices, statutory net income, amount	176.6	105.0	$ 238.0
Statutory accounting practices, net realized capital gain (loss), net of income taxes	(20.3)	(26.3)	(25.9)
Statutory accounting practices, pre-tax amounts for fees and interest paid	$ 197.5	$ 190.1	$ 168.4
Percentage of statutory capital and surplus, available for dividend distribution without prior approval from regulatory agency	10.00%
Amount of dividends paid by insurance subsidiaries	$ 196.0
Capital contribution	$ 67.0
Trended adjusted capital to risk-based capital ratio threshold (less than)	95.00%
Bermuda Class C Insurer, minimum solvency margin	$ 0.5
Bermuda Class C Insurer, minimum solvency margin, percentage of assets (percent)	1.50%
Bermuda Class C Insurer, minimum solvency margin, percentage of enhanced capital requirement (percent)	25.00%
Target capital level percentage	120.00%
Statutory economic capital and surplus percentage of enhanced capital requirement (percent)	150.00%
Company Plan for Improving Capital Position \| Maximum
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Adjusted capital to risk-based capital ratio	100.00%
Company Plan for Improving Capital Position \| Minimum
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Adjusted capital to risk-based capital ratio	75.00%
Regulatory Authority Special Examination \| Maximum
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Adjusted capital to risk-based capital ratio	75.00%
Regulatory Authority Special Examination \| Minimum
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Adjusted capital to risk-based capital ratio	50.00%
Regulatory Authority, Any Action Deemed Necessary \| Maximum
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Adjusted capital to risk-based capital ratio	50.00%
Regulatory Authority, Any Action Deemed Necessary \| Minimum
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Adjusted capital to risk-based capital ratio	35.00%
Regulatory Authority Control \| Maximum
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Adjusted capital to risk-based capital ratio	35.00%
Trend Test \| Maximum
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Adjusted capital to risk-based capital ratio	150.00%
Trend Test \| Minimum
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Adjusted capital to risk-based capital ratio	100.00%