Qualified Employee Benefit Plans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024	Sep. 30, 2025
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]
Defined benefit plan, benefit obligation, payment for settlement	$ 35.0	$ 1.7
Final annuity premium transferred		59.4
Noncash settlement charge		20.8
Adjustment for reconciliations and true up activities		3.1
Defined benefit plan, net pension settlement		$ 17.7

Defined Benefit Plan, Benefit Obligation, Noncash Settlement Charge

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Defined Benefit Plan, Benefit Obligation, Settlement Charges, Net

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Amount of increase (decrease) in plan assets of defined benefit plan from assets transferred into (from) plan.

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Amount of payment, which decreases benefit obligation of defined benefit plan, for irrevocable action relieving primary responsibility for benefit obligation and eliminating risk for obligation and assets used to effect settlement. Transaction constituting settlement includes, but is not limited to, making lump-sum cash payment to participant in exchange for their rights to receive specified benefits and purchasing nonparticipating annuity contract. Excludes decreases to benefit obligation for remeasurement due to settlement.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)(10)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147480506/715-20-50-1

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Amount of increase (decrease) in benefit obligation of defined benefit plan from change, classified as other.

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