Allowance For Credit Losses (Narratives) (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)
Receivables [Abstract]
Trade receivable components	2
Allowance for expected credit losses	$ 2.5
Available for sale securities, accrued interest receivable	$ 26.6
Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Loss Additional Information [Abstract]
Reinsurance paid percentage of total assets	1.00%
Premiums Receivable Gross	$ 2.6
Credit card receivables
Receivables [Abstract]
Average Historical Chargeback Term	For credit card receivable, the Company uses a trailing 13 months average historical chargeback percentage of total credit card receivable. The Company rents equipment to corporate customers in which payment terms are 30 days.

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

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The gain (loss) resulting from the sale of credit card receivables (portfolios).

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of noncurrent interest earned but not received. Also called accrued interest or accrued interest receivable.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Gross amount, as of the balance sheet date, due the entity from (a) agents and insureds, (b) uncollected premiums and (c) others, before deducting the allowance for doubtful accounts.

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