Reinsurance - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) reinsurance_company	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Reinsurance Retention Policy [Line Items]
Reinsurance recoverable	$ 467.9	$ 464.6
Phoenix Life
Reinsurance Retention Policy [Line Items]
Reinsurance recoverable	$ 78.5
Phoenix Life \| Reinsurance Agreement
Reinsurance Retention Policy [Line Items]
Retroceded group executive ordinary corporate owned whole life insurance policies, percent	80.00%
Reinsurance Recoverable
Reinsurance Retention Policy [Line Items]
Number of major reinsurance companies \| reinsurance_company	5
Reinsurance recoverable percentage	73.00%
Reinsurance Recoverable \| Phoenix Life
Reinsurance Retention Policy [Line Items]
Reinsurance recoverable percentage	17.00%

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Retroceded Group Executive Ordinary Corporate Owned Whole Life Insurance Policies, Percent

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Amount after valuation allowance recoverable including premium paid under reinsurance contracts. Examples include, but are not limited to, settled and unsettled claims, incurred but not reported losses, loss adjustment expense, premium paid, policy benefits and policy reserves.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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