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Mortgage Loans on Real Estate (Rollforward of Valuation Allowance on Mortgage Loan Portfolios) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021
Financing Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning allowance balance	$ (29,269)	$ (28,514)	$ (24,024)	$ (31,029)
Charge-offs	0	0	0	0
Recoveries	229	0	229	0
Change in provision for credit losses	(3,348)	1,933	(8,593)	4,448
Ending allowance balance	(32,388)	(26,581)	(32,388)	(26,581)
Commercial
Financing Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning allowance balance	(24,587)	(26,139)	(17,926)	(25,529)
Charge-offs	0	0	0	0
Recoveries	229	0	229	0
Change in provision for credit losses	114	3,641	(6,547)	3,031
Ending allowance balance	(24,244)	(22,498)	(24,244)	(22,498)
Agricultural Mortgage Loans
Financing Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning allowance balance	(558)	(439)	(519)	(2,130)
Charge-offs	0	0	0	0
Recoveries	0	0	0	0
Change in provision for credit losses	(106)	(15)	(145)	1,676
Ending allowance balance	(664)	(454)	(664)	(454)
Residential
Financing Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning allowance balance	(4,124)	(1,936)	(5,579)	(3,370)
Charge-offs	0	0	0	0
Recoveries	0	0	0	0
Change in provision for credit losses	(3,356)	(1,693)	(1,901)	(259)
Ending allowance balance	$ (7,480)	$ (3,629)	$ (7,480)	$ (3,629)

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Amount excluding accrued interest, of allowance for credit loss on financing receivable. Excludes net investment in lease.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
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Amount, excluding accrued interest, of increase in allowance for credit loss on financing receivable from recovery. Excludes net investment in lease.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
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