Statutory Accounting Practices, Permitted Practice, Cumulative Amount

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Statutory Accounting Practices, Permitted Practice, Reserve Deficiency

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Amount of cash subject to withdrawal restrictions, restricted deposits held as compensating balances, and cash and securities segregated in compliance with regulations (such as cash deposited in a special reserve account for the exclusive benefit of customers).

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 944
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section S99
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Amount of each item listed to reconcile the differences as of the balance sheet date resulting from applying state permitted statutory accounting practices rather than statutory accounting practices permitted by National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 505
-Section 50
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Amount of dividends available for payment after computation of statutory restrictions on capital surplus.

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The amount of statutory capital and surplus (stockholders' equity) as of the balance sheet date using prescribed or permitted statutory accounting practices (rather than GAAP, if different) of the state or country.

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Amount of net income for the period determined using accounting principles prescribed or permitted by insurance regulators.

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Statutory Financial Information - Additional Details (Detail) £ in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2023 GBP (£)
Statutory Accounting Practices
Statutory Accounting Practices, Permitted Practice, Reserve Deficiency				$ 1,660.0
Unum Life Insurance Company of America
Statutory Accounting Practices
Statutory Accounting Practices, Permitted Practice, Cumulative Amount		$ 1,604.0		1,191.0
Fairwind Insurance Company
Statutory Accounting Practices
Statutory Accounting Practices, Permitted Practice, Amount	$ 334.0	469.0
Unum Limited
Statutory Accounting Practices
Statutory Net Income \| £			£ 45.7
Statutory Combined Capital and Surplus \| £						£ 767.1
Statutory Accounting Practices, Statutory Amount Available for Dividend Payments \| £					£ 140.0
Traditional U.S. Life Insurance Subsidiaries
Statutory Accounting Practices
Statutory Net Income	1,322.4	1,329.9		$ 965.4
Statutory Combined Capital and Surplus	3,909.7	3,751.3
Statutory Accounting Practices, Statutory Amount Available for Dividend Payments	1,383.0
Cash and Securities Segregated under Federal and Other Regulations	$ 119.3	$ 119.1