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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Actual Consolidated Net Worth, Amount

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Actual Debt To Total Capitalization Ratio

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Maximum Required Debt To Total Capitalization Ratio

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Minimum Consolidated Net Worth Percentage

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Required Minimum Consolidated Net Worth, Amount

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Required Minimum Consolidated Net Worth, Component One, Amount

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Required Minimum Net Worth, Component Two, Percent Of Net Equity Proceeds Received From Issuance And Sale Of Equity Interests

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Line Of Credit Facility, Potential Additional Borrowing Capacity

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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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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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, aggregate carrying amount of all types of notes payable, as of the balance sheet date, with initial maturities beyond one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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NOTES PAYABLE - DIRECT CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS - REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (Details) - USD ($)	Oct. 13, 2017	May 19, 2015	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Jul. 16, 2021	Jul. 15, 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable – direct corporate obligations			$ 1,138,800,000	$ 1,137,300,000
Minimum \| Eurodollar
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.375%
Minimum \| Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.375%
Maximum \| Eurodollar
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	2.125%
Maximum \| Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.125%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 250,000,000	$ 150,000,000
Debt Instrument, term		4 years
Initial drawing amount		$ 100,000,000
Total capitalization percentage					15.00%
Minimum consolidated net worth percentage					25.00%	50.00%
Notes payable – direct corporate obligations			$ 0	$ 0
Potential additional borrowing capacity		100,000,000
Debt covenant, required minimum debt to total capitalization ratio	35.00%
Debt covenant, actual debt to total capitalization ratio at period end			21.60%
Debt covenant, minimum required consolidated net worth, component one, amount		$ 2,674,000,000
Debt covenant, minimum required consolidated net worth, component two, as a percent of net equity proceeds received from issuance and sale of equity interests		25.00%
Debt covenant, actual consolidated net worth at period end			$ 3,493,900,000
Debt covenant, required minimum consolidated net worth, amount			$ 2,694,400,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Federal Funds Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.50%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Remaining borrowing capacity		$ 50,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Remaining borrowing capacity	$ 100,000,000
Bridge Loan \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		5,000,000
Letter of Credit \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 5,000,000