Reinsurance - In-force Life Insurance (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Reinsurance Disclosures [Abstract]
Direct life insurance in-force	$ 872,182,702	$ 861,392,223
Amounts ceded to other companies	(750,682,975)	(742,356,917)
Net life insurance in-force	$ 121,499,727	$ 119,035,306
Percentage of reinsured life insurance in-force	86.00%	86.00%

Amount of life insurance issued and outstanding ceded to other entity, as disclosed in supplementary reinsurance information. Includes, but is not limited to, dividend and adjustment to face value.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 12
-Paragraph Column C
-Subsection 17

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 235
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.12-17(Column C))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120401096&loc=d3e574992-122915

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Amount, before effect of reinsurance, of life insurance issued and outstanding, as disclosed in supplementary reinsurance information. Includes, but is not limited to, dividend and adjustment to face value.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 12
-Paragraph Column B
-Subsection 17

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 235
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.12-17(Column B))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120401096&loc=d3e574992-122915

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Amount, after effect of reinsurance, of life insurance issued and outstanding, as disclosed in supplementary reinsurance information. Includes, but is not limited to, dividend and adjustment to face value.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 12
-Paragraph Column E
-Subsection 17

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 235
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.12-17(Column E))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120401096&loc=d3e574992-122915

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Ratio of insurance contracts that are subject to reinsurance participation to all contracts in force.

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