Expected liquidation period after inception of the underlying assets measured at net asset value per share or unit.

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Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Period Increase (Decrease), Before Reclassification To Disposal Groups, Assets Held For Sale

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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 of increase (decrease) of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123874694&loc=d3e19207-110258

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Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details) - Separate Account Assets - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Separate accounts assets classified in Level 3, period increase (decrease), , including transfers in and out of Level 3
Separate accounts assets classified in Level 3, including disposal groups, period increase (decrease), including transfers in and out of Level 3
Recurring \| Securities partnerships
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Expected liquidation period after inception	10 years