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Policyholder Contract Liabilities - Narrative (Details) - United Insurance Company of America - Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago $ in Millions | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items] |
Federal Home Loan Bank, amount of advances | $ 319.1
Payments of FHLBank borrowings | $ 118.3

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- Definition Amount of cash outflow for repayment of Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) borrowing, classified as financing activity. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 15 -Subparagraph (b) -URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126954810&loc=d3e3291-108585 + Details
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