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Fair Values of Financial Instruments (Fair Values and Carrying Amounts of Financial Instruments) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Assets
Derivative instruments	$ 684,033	$ 431,727	[1]
Other investments	1,157,162	1,817,085	[1]
Coinsurance deposits	13,710,877	13,254,956	[1]
Market risk benefits	230,304	229,871	[1]
Liabilities
Policy benefit reserves	319,895	318,677
Market risk benefits	2,653,185	2,455,492	[1]
Other policy funds - FHLB	100,000
Carrying Amount
Assets
Fixed maturity securities, available for sale, fair value	39,555,624	39,804,617
Mortgage loans on real estate	7,199,225	6,949,027
Real estate investments	1,053,631	1,056,063
Limited partnerships and limited liability companies	1,065,627	684,835
Derivative instruments	684,033	431,727
Other investments	1,157,162	1,817,085
Cash and cash equivalents	2,777,852	1,919,669
Coinsurance deposits	13,710,877	13,254,956
Market risk benefits	230,304	229,871
Liabilities
Policy benefit reserves	58,655,544	58,419,911
Market risk benefits	2,653,185	2,455,492
Single premium immediate annuity (SPIA) benefit reserves	205,643	212,119
Other policy funds - FHLB	100,000	300,000
Notes and loan payable	790,413	792,073
Subordinated debentures	78,839	78,753
Fair Value
Assets
Fixed maturity securities, available for sale, fair value	39,555,624	39,804,617
Mortgage loans on real estate	6,784,672	6,502,463
Real estate investments	1,053,631	1,056,063
Limited partnerships and limited liability companies	1,065,627	684,835
Derivative instruments	684,033	431,727
Other investments	1,157,162	1,817,085
Cash and cash equivalents	2,777,852	1,919,669
Coinsurance deposits	12,964,585	12,640,797
Market risk benefits	230,304	229,871
Liabilities
Policy benefit reserves	55,469,740	55,572,896
Market risk benefits	2,653,185	2,455,492
Single premium immediate annuity (SPIA) benefit reserves	214,386	221,130
Other policy funds - FHLB	100,000	300,000
Notes and loan payable	794,615	774,220
Subordinated debentures	$ 88,336	$ 87,293
[1] Certain prior period amounts have been recast. See Note 1 - Significant Accounting Policies for more information.

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