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Amount of allowance for credit loss on financing receivable. Excludes allowance for financing receivable covered under loss sharing agreement.

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Investments - Commercial Mortgage Loan Participations (Details) - Commercial mortgage loan participations - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 207,344	$ 183,094
Carrying value, gross, percent	102.00%	101.00%
Less allowance for credit losses	$ (3,069)	$ (1,789)	$ (827)	$ (827)
Allowance for credit losses, percent	(2.00%)	(1.00%)
Carrying value, net of valuation allowance	$ 204,275	$ 181,305
Carrying value, net, percent	100.00%	100.00%
Less than 70%
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 168,131	$ 144,395
Carrying value, net, percent	81.00%	79.00%
70% to 80%
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 8,460	$ 23,358
Carrying value, net, percent	4.00%	13.00%
81% to 90%
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 8,307	$ 8,307
Carrying value, net, percent	4.00%	4.00%
Greater than 90%
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 22,446	$ 7,034
Carrying value, net, percent	11.00%	4.00%
California
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 64,990	$ 64,477
Carrying value, gross, percent	32.00%	36.00%
Texas
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 23,132	$ 22,905
Carrying value, gross, percent	12.00%	13.00%
New York
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 27,570	$ 19,167
Carrying value, gross, percent	14.00%	11.00%
Washington
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 14,939	$ 14,925
Carrying value, gross, percent	7.00%	8.00%
Massachusetts
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 14,925	$ 0
Carrying value, gross, percent	7.00%	0.00%
Florida
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 33,217	$ 33,182
Carrying value, gross, percent	16.00%	18.00%
Other
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 28,571	$ 28,438
Carrying value, gross, percent	14.00%	15.00%
Mixed use
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 59,965	$ 62,375
Carrying value, gross, percent	29.00%	34.00%
Hospitality
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 28,033	$ 27,796
Carrying value, gross, percent	14.00%	15.00%
Retail
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 23,744	$ 15,342
Carrying value, gross, percent	12.00%	9.00%
Industrial
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 27,259	$ 27,248
Carrying value, gross, percent	13.00%	15.00%
Multi-family
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 57,206	$ 42,232
Carrying value, gross, percent	28.00%	23.00%
Office
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 11,137	$ 8,101
Carrying value, gross, percent	6.00%	5.00%