Related Party Transactions Related Party (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Party Parental Guarantee, Terms of Agreement	As part of this transaction, the Company agreed to infuse capital into CICA as required by the Colorado Department of Insurance to keep CICA's risk-based capital above 350% in any future calendar year-end periods.

Parental guarantee within a company structure that details the terms of agreement for parent company to support its subsidiary.

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