Business Acquisition, Transaction Expenses

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Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable, Share Exchange Ratio

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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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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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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The pro forma net Income or Loss for the period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of a period.

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The pro forma revenue for a period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of the period.

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Acquisition of Metromile - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions		2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Jul. 28, 2022 shares	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, pro forma revenue			$ 85.1		$ 221.1
Net Loss			(112.2)		(316.8)
Metromile
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percent of equity acquired	100.00%
Conversion ratio	0.05263
Shares issued for acquisition (in shares) \| shares	6,901,934
Business acquisition, pro forma revenue		$ 15.1		$ 57.9
Net Loss		$ 20.7		$ (24.7)
Transaction expenses			$ 7.4		$ 8.4