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Reinsurance - Narrative (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
reinsurance_company
Dec. 31, 2014
Reinsurance Retention Policy [Line Items]    
Reinsurance recoverable 502.7us-gaap_ReinsuranceRecoverables $ 464.6us-gaap_ReinsuranceRecoverables
Phoenix Life    
Reinsurance Retention Policy [Line Items]    
Reinsurance recoverable 82.5us-gaap_ReinsuranceRecoverables
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= phlvic_PhoenixLifeMember		  
Supplier Concentration Risk | Reinsurance Recoverable    
Reinsurance Retention Policy [Line Items]    
Number of major reinsurance companies 5phlvic_ConcentrationRiskNumberOfMajorReinsuranceCompanies
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= phlvic_ReinsuranceRecoverableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SupplierConcentrationRiskMember		  
Reinsurance recoverable percentage 73.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= phlvic_ReinsuranceRecoverableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SupplierConcentrationRiskMember		  
Supplier Concentration Risk | Reinsurance Recoverable | Phoenix Life    
Reinsurance Retention Policy [Line Items]    
Reinsurance recoverable percentage 16.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= phlvic_ReinsuranceRecoverableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SupplierConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= phlvic_PhoenixLifeMember