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Investments - Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents and Investments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018
Restricted Cash and Investments Items [Line Items]
Restricted cash	$ 381,698	$ 130,148	$ 130,259
Restricted investments	2,492,232	3,893,811
Restricted cash and investments	2,873,930	4,023,959
Liability for investments purchased	298,939	0
Amortized cost	2,942,207	4,125,661
Third party agreements
Restricted Cash and Investments Items [Line Items]
Restricted cash	21,299	21,420
Restricted investments	69,999	89,596
Amortized cost	69,855	88,841
Related party agreements
Restricted Cash and Investments Items [Line Items]
Restricted cash	360,399	108,728
Restricted investments	2,689,179	3,804,215
Amortized cost	2,655,683	3,870,731
Investments Purchased for Related Party Agreements
Restricted Cash and Investments Items [Line Items]
Restricted investments – liability for investments purchased for related party agreements	$ (266,946)	$ 0

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