Investments - Net Investment Income (Parenthetical) (Details) - Deposit asset underlying 10% coinsurance agreement [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2022
Schedule of Net Investment Income, Reported Amounts, by Category [Line Items]
Gains (losses) recognized for change in fair value of deposit asset underlying the 10% coinsurance agreement	$ (0.9)	$ (1.3)	$ (1.2)	$ (3.4)
Percentage of coinsurance costs	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Fair Value, Asset, Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Gain (Loss), Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration]	Realized Investment Gains (Losses)	Realized Investment Gains (Losses)	Realized Investment Gains (Losses)	Realized Investment Gains (Losses)

Percentage of coinsurance covered costs.

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized in income from asset measured at fair value on recurring basis using unobservable input (level 3).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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-Publisher FASB
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Indicates line item in statement in which net income is reported that includes gain (loss) from asset measured at fair value using unobservable input (level 3).

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 220
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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-Publisher FASB
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