Maximum percentage of dividends payments to net profit.

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Maximum permitted amount of dividends.

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Percentage of amount reduction from capital.

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Amount of paid and unpaid cash dividends declared for classes of stock, for example, but not limited to, common and preferred.

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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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The amount of statutory capital and surplus (stockholders' equity) as of the balance sheet date using prescribed or permitted statutory accounting practices (rather than GAAP, if different) of the state or country.

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Statutory Accounting Principles - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Argo Re
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Maximum permissible limit for dividend	25.00%
Reduction in total statutory capital	15.00%
Maximum permitted amount of dividends	$ 356.4
Cash dividends	85.0	$ 58.8	$ 52.1
Argonaut Insurance Company
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Maximum permitted amount of dividends	107.1
Rockwood Casualty Insurance Company
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Maximum permitted amount of dividends	10.6
Minimum
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Minimum statutory capital and surplus balance	$ 126.8	$ 201.3