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Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) security	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) security
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Assets, number of securities priced for fair value | security	1	2
Fixed maturities | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Assets, securities valued using market approach	$ 6,545	$ 10,809
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Financial instruments, fair value	995,342	1,243,850
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Financial instruments, fair value	860,231	1,118,909
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Financial instruments, fair value	$ 29,344	$ 26,094
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Fixed maturities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Assets, valued by third party, percentage	99.30%	99.10%
Assets, valued using market approach, percentage	0.70%	0.90%

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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