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Employment Benefit Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2025
Postemployment Benefits [Abstract] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Exercisable [Table Text Block] | The amount of stock-based compensation expense arising from awards under the Incentive Plans and corresponding after-tax expense continuing operations are as follows:
Year Ended December 31, | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Restricted stock units | $ | 6,792 |  |  | $ | 3,144 |  |  | $ | 3,462 |
Performance awards | 3,581 |  |  | 6,212 |  |  | 8,804 |
Performance stock options | 303 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total stock-based compensation | $ | 10,676 |  |  | $ | 9,356 |  |  | $ | 12,266 |
Total stock-based compensation (after-tax) (1) | $ | 10,676 |  |  | $ | 9,356 |  |  | $ | 12,266 |
(1)Excludes stock-based compensation expense of $36 related to stock options issued by a majority owned subsidiary to buy shares of the subsidiary's stock. Refer to "Other Incentive Plans" below.
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Restricted Stock Unit, Activity [Table Text Block] | A summary of RSU activity for 2025 is as follows:
| Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share
Outstanding at beginning of period | 1,075,025 |  |  | $ | 15.75 |
Granted | 1,134,621 |  |  | 8.34 |
Delivered or returned to plan (1) | (1,062,983) |  |  | 11.76 |
Forfeited | (50,510) |  |  | 12.37 |
Outstanding at end of period | 1,096,153 |  |  | $ | 7.10 |
(1) When restricted stock unit awards issued by Octave become taxable compensation to employees, shares may be withheld to cover the employee’s withholding taxes. For the year ended December 31, 2025, Octave withheld 226,045 shares from employees that settled restricted stock units to meet the required tax withholdings.
Schedule of Nonvested Performance-based Units Activity [Table Text Block] | A summary of PSU activity for 2025 is as follows:
| Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share
Outstanding at beginning of period | 1,263,511 |  |  | $ | 17.51 |
Granted (1) | 1,016,230 |  |  | 8.02 |
Delivered (2) | (1,046,492) |  |  | 17.60 |
Forfeited | (153,169) |  |  | 16.53 |
Performance adjustment (3) | 349,978 |  |  | 14.10 |
Outstanding at end of period | 1,430,058 |  |  | $ | 10.65 |
(1) Represents performance share units at 100% of units granted for LTIP Awards. (2) Reflects the number of performance shares attributable to the performance goals attained over the completed performance period and for which service conditions have been met. When performance stock unit awards issued by Octave become taxable compensation to employees, shares may be withheld to cover the employee’s withholding taxes. For the year ended December 31, 2025, Octave withheld 638,388 of shares from employees that settled performance based restricted stock units to meet the required tax withholdings. (3) Represents the number of additional shares issued for awards granted in 2022 and partially for awards in 2023 as a result of actual performance during the performance period.
Schedule of Performance Stock Options | A summary of PSO activity for 2025 is as follows:
| Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding at beginning of period | — |  |  | $ | — |
Granted | 1,134,500 |  |  | 8.97 |
Exercised | — |  |  | — |
Forfeited or expired | — |  |  | — |
Outstanding at end of period | 1,134,500 |  |  | $ | 8.97 |

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