Minimum Probability Of Tax Benefit Realization Percentage

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Number Of Contracts In Which Reinsurers Compensate Losses Arising On Contracts It Issues

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Number Of Deliverables Identified For Multiple Element Arrangements

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Number Of Entities Required To Be Consolidated

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Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

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Percentage of domestic federal statutory tax rate applicable to pretax income (loss).

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The aggregate costs incurred (1) in a planned search or critical investigation aimed at discovery of new knowledge with the hope that such knowledge will be useful in developing a new product or service, a new process or technique, or in bringing about a significant improvement to an existing product or process; or (2) to translate research findings or other knowledge into a plan or design for a new product or process or for a significant improvement to an existing product or process whether intended for sale or the entity's use, during the reporting period charged to research and development projects, including the costs of developing computer software up to the point in time of achieving technological feasibility, and costs allocated in accounting for a business combination to in-process projects deemed to have no alternative future use.

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Amount of undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries intended to be permanently reinvested outside the country of domicile.

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Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions			12 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2018	Dec. 22, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) item contract	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) item	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) item
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of entities required to be consolidated \| item			0	0	0
Number of deliverables identified for multiple element arrangements \| item			2
Research and development expenditures \| $			$ 1.8	$ 2.0	$ 2.3
Income tax rate		35.00%
Undistributed earnings \| $			$ 545.4
Minimum probability of tax benefit realization percentage			50.00%
South Africa [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Income tax rate	28.00%		28.00%	28.00%	28.00%
Minimum [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of contracts in which reinsurers compensate losses arising on contracts it issues \| contract			1