Derivative Instruments - Narrative (Details) - Not Designated as Hedging Instrument - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Total derivative, collateral, offset	$ 0	$ 6,500,000
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Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Total derivative, collateral, offset	$ 0

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.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4E
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147480434/815-10-50-4E

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