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Equity award exchange ratio in a business combinations.

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Integration Milestones and Performance Targets Period

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of additional interests in business.

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Percentage of non controlling interest classified as equity.

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Business Combinations (Narrative) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions				3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 20, 2023 USD ($)	Jan. 22, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jan. 03, 2023 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Jan. 02, 2023
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gain on remeasurement of investment upon acquisition						$ 1.4	$ 0.0	$ 0.0
IAA
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase price	$ 6,646.1
Cash consideration per share (usd per share) \| $ / shares		$ 12.80
Shares issued per share		0.5252
Cash consideration	$ 1,714.2	$ 1,700.0
Common stock consideration (in shares) \| shares		70,300,000
Assumption of net debt		$ 1,200.0
Equity award exchange ratio		0.763139
Increase to operating lease right-of-use assets				$ 28.5
Increase to long-term operating lease liability				20.3
Increase to intangible assets				372.1
Decrease to property, plant, and equipment				37.2
Decrease to deferred tax liabilities				84.3
Decrease to goodwill				$ 241.6
Acquiree's revenue					$ 1,800.0
Acquiree's net income					$ 208.0
Acquisition-related costs							247.2
Pre-acquisition transaction costs							$ 60.0
VeriTread
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase price			$ 32.4
Cash consideration			$ 28.1
Number of shares acquired \| shares			1,056,338
Cash consideration for additional interest investment			$ 3.0
Voting equity interests owned including previous interest			75.00%
Prior holdings of issued and outstanding shares			11.00%						11.00%
Fair value of previously held interest			$ 4.3
Gain on remeasurement of investment upon acquisition			$ 1.4
Remaining units ownership interest, percentage			21.00%
Non-controlling interest classified as equity, percentage			4.00%
Integration milestones and performance targets period						3 years
VeriTread \| Existing stockholders
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration			$ 25.1
Number of shares acquired \| shares			8,889,766
Senior Notes \| IAA
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Assumption of net debt		$ 500.0
Redemption price percentage		102.75%