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Percentage of Statutory Capital and Surplus, Available for Dividend Distribution without Prior Approval from Regulatory Agency

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Statutory Accounting Practices, Net Operating Income, CARES Act

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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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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03(a)(23)(c))
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STATUTORY INFORMATION (BASED ON NON-GAAP MEASURES) - NARRATIVE (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Statutory capital and surplus included investments in upstream affiliates	$ 42.6	$ 42.6
Statutory accounting practices, statutory net income, amount	238.0	277.5	$ 409.6
Favorable impact to net operating income due to CARES Act			99.0
Favorable impact to capital and surplus due to CARES Act			53.0
Statutory accounting practices, net realized capital gain (loss), net of income taxes	(25.9)	(11.2)	(11.9)
Statutory accounting practices, pre-tax amounts for fees and interest paid	$ 168.4	$ 164.2	$ 163.8
Percentage of statutory capital and surplus, available for dividend distribution without prior approval from regulatory agency	10.00%
Amount of dividends paid by insurance subsidiaries	$ 143.6
Capital contribution	$ 14.6
Trended adjusted capital to risk-based capital ratio threshold (less than)	95.00%
Company Plan for Improving Capital Position \| Maximum
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Adjusted capital to risk-based capital ratio	100.00%
Company Plan for Improving Capital Position \| Minimum
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Adjusted capital to risk-based capital ratio	75.00%
Regulatory Authority Special Examination \| Maximum
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Adjusted capital to risk-based capital ratio	75.00%
Regulatory Authority Special Examination \| Minimum
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Adjusted capital to risk-based capital ratio	50.00%
Regulatory Authority, Any Action Deemed Necessary \| Maximum
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Adjusted capital to risk-based capital ratio	50.00%
Regulatory Authority, Any Action Deemed Necessary \| Minimum
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Adjusted capital to risk-based capital ratio	35.00%
Regulatory Authority Control \| Maximum
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Adjusted capital to risk-based capital ratio	35.00%
Trend Test \| Maximum
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Adjusted capital to risk-based capital ratio	150.00%
Trend Test \| Minimum
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Adjusted capital to risk-based capital ratio	100.00%