Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Percentage of Award Paid in Cash

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Percentage of Award Paid in Stock

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Shares Awarded After Performance Period, as a Percentage of Targeted Amount

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Amount of expense for award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes amount capitalized.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of cost to be recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes share and unit options.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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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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Employee Benefit Plans (Performance Shares and Compensation Expense) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Performance Share Units (PSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares awarded (in shares)	313,100	247,000.0	356,100
Percentage of award paid in stock	50.00%
Percentage of award paid in cash	50.00%
Performance period	3 years
Compensation expense	$ 47.1	$ 17.2	$ 22.5
Total unrecognized compensation expense related to outstanding restricted stock units and restricted shares	$ 22.5
Weighted average period for compensation expense recognition	1 year
Performance Share Units (PSUs) \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares awarded after performance period, as a percentage of targeted amount	0.00%
Performance Share Units (PSUs) \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares awarded after performance period, as a percentage of targeted amount	150.00%
Performance Shares Earned as Dividend Equivalents
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares awarded (in shares)	13,586	16,760	17,612
Executive Officer \| Performance Share Units (PSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares awarded (in shares)	181,322	127,278	166,179
Employees Other Than Named Executive Officers \| Performance Share Units (PSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares awarded (in shares)	118,168	102,994	172,341
Percentage of award paid in stock	100.00%
Chief Executive Officer \| Performance Share Units (PSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense	$ 16.0