Investment in Limited Partnership - Estimated Premiums to be Paid on Life Settlement Contracts (Details) - WE Investment $ in Thousands	Aug. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
2020	$ 25,197
2021	104,768
2022	100,021
2023	93,316
2024	87,998
Thereafter	572,074
Total	$ 983,374

Life Settlement Contract, Investment Method, Premium To Be Paid, After Year Four

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Amount of life insurance premiums anticipated to be paid to keep the life settlement contracts accounted for under the investment method in force.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 325
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=73718008&loc=d3e42708-111610

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Amount of life insurance premium accounted for under investment method to be paid in next fiscal year following current fiscal year to keep life settlement contract in force. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of life insurance premium accounted for under investment method to be paid in remainder of current fiscal year to keep life settlement contract in force.

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Amount of life insurance premium accounted for under investment method to be paid in fourth fiscal year following current fiscal year to keep life settlement contract in force. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of life insurance premium accounted for under investment method to be paid in third fiscal year following current fiscal year to keep life settlement contract in force. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Amount of life insurance premium accounted for under investment method to be paid in second fiscal year following current fiscal year to keep life settlement contract in force. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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