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Liability for Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense, Loss Reserve

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Liability for Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense, Portfolio Transfer, Additional Cover in Excess of Threshold

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Liability for Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense, Portfolio Transfer, Additional Coverage Threshold

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Liability for Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense, Portfolio Transfer, Policy Limit

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Liability for Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense, Portfolio Transfer, Reserves Cover

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Liability for Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense, Recognized Loss

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Amount of foreign currency translation gain (loss) in the disposal group, including discontinued operation, recognized in the statement of income as a result of the sale or complete or substantially complete liquidation of an investment in a foreign entity.

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Amount before tax of gain (loss) recognized on the sale or disposal of a disposal group. Excludes discontinued operations.

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Total loss recognized during the period from the impairment of goodwill plus the loss recognized in the period resulting from the impairment of the carrying amount of intangible assets, other than goodwill.

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Amount of loss from the write-down of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Amount of impairment loss resulting from write-down of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit to fair value.

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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 charge against earnings resulting from the write down of long lived assets other than goodwill due to the difference between the carrying value and lower fair value.

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Business and Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Details) € in Millions, R$ in Millions, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 22, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 08, 2022 USD ($)	Aug. 08, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 22, 2022 EUR (€)	Feb. 15, 2022 USD ($)	Feb. 15, 2022 BRL (R$)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Impairment of goodwill and intangibles			$ 28.5		$ 0.0	$ 28.5	$ 0.0
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets			$ 28.5		$ 0.0	28.5	$ 0.0
Portfolio transfer reserves cover										$ 746.0
Additional cover in excess of threshold										275.0
Additional cover threshold										821.0
Policy limit										1,096.0
Recognized loss						37.7
Recognized loss related to impaired assets						34.2
Minimum
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Loss corridor retained										75.0
Maximum
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Loss corridor retained										$ 821.0
Forecast
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Estimated after-tax expense		$ 100.0
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Argo Underwriting Agency Limited
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cash consideration received from sale									$ 125.0
Impairment of goodwill and intangibles						28.5
Disposal group, intangible assets						17.3
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets						$ 11.2
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| ArgoGlobal Holdings Ltd.
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cash consideration received from sale	$ 5.2										€ 4.9
Loss on disposal	21.3
Losses from the realization of historical foreign currency translation losses	$ 4.5
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Argo Seguros Brasil S.A.
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cash consideration received from sale												$ 26.9	R$ 140
Loss on disposal				$ 33.8				$ 6.3
Losses from the realization of historical foreign currency translation losses				$ 27.3