Reinsurance Contract, Ceded Commission Percentage

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Reinsurance Contract, Claims Funding Percentage

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Reinsurance Program, Minimum Losses Threshold

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

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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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Amount, after effects of reinsurance, of expense for claims incurred in the current reporting period and related claims settlement costs.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 40
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=116884095&loc=d3e14764-158437

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Amount, after effects of reinsurance, of expense (reversal of expense) for claims incurred in prior reporting periods and related claims settlement costs.

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Unpaid Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions			1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jul. 01, 2021	Jul. 01, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Favorable (unfavorable) development on net loss and LAE reserves				$ (0.3)	$ 1.3	$ (0.1)	$ (1.5)
Current accident year incurred loss and LAE				47.3	$ 44.1	$ 54.8	$ 47.3
Reinsurance program, minimum losses threshold				60.0
Winter Storm Uri
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Current accident year incurred loss and LAE				$ 6.9
Proportional Reinsurance Contracts
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Percent of contracts subject to participation through reinsurance	70.00%	75.00%	75.00%
Ceded commission percentage		25.00%		25.00%
Claims funding percentage		75.00%		75.00%
Non-Proportional Reinsurance Contracts
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Percent of contracts subject to participation through reinsurance		25.00%		25.00%