Number of placements for reinsurance programs.

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Number of retention layers for reinsurance policy.

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- Definition

Amount per event of risk undertaken originally by insurer that is not ceded to reinsurer.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=99397103&loc=d3e6811-158387

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Amount per event of risk ceded to reinsurer in excess of risk undertaken originally by insurer that is not ceded to reinsurer.

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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 risk undertaken originally by insurer ceded to reinsurer.

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Reinsurance - Additional information (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2022 item
Reinsurance Quota Share Program
Reinsurance Retention Policy [Line Items]
Number of placements for reinsurance programs \| item	3
Reinsurance Quota Share Program \| South Carolina
Reinsurance Retention Policy [Line Items]
Reinsured risk percentage	7.30%
Reinsurance Quota Share Program \| Texas
Reinsurance Retention Policy [Line Items]
Reinsured risk percentage	42.05%
Reinsurance Quota Share Program \| Combined Program
Reinsurance Retention Policy [Line Items]
Reinsured risk percentage	5.00%
Reinsurance Quota Share Program \| Core Program
Reinsurance Retention Policy [Line Items]
Reinsured risk percentage	49.50%
Reinsurance Quota Share Program \| Core Locations outside of Texas
Reinsurance Retention Policy [Line Items]
Reinsured risk percentage	48.00%
Reinsurance Property Catastrophe Treaties
Reinsurance Retention Policy [Line Items]
Number of retention layers for reinsurance policy \| item	5	3
Amount retained \| $	$ 4
Excess amount retained \| $	$ 440