General - Allowance for Credit Losses on Reinsurance Recoverables (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Reinsurance Recoverable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 148	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Provision during the period for expected credit losses	(60)	0	(71)	0
Write-off amounts during the period	0	0	0	0
Recoveries during the period of amounts previously written off	0	0	0	0
Ending balance	88	0	88	0
Cumulative Effect, Period Of Adoption, Adjustment [Member]
Reinsurance Recoverable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	0	0	159	0
Cumulative Effect, Period Of Adoption, Adjusted Balance [Member]
Reinsurance Recoverable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 148	$ 0	$ 159	$ 0

Amount of the write-down or write-off of a receivable from a reinsurer.

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Amount of increase in allowance for credit loss on reinsurance recoverable, from recovery.

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Amount of expense (reversal of expense) for expected credit loss on reinsurance recoverable.

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Amount of allowance for credit loss on reinsurance recoverable.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=119407570&loc=SL82919249-210447

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=119407570&loc=SL82919249-210447

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118955202&loc=SL82895884-210446

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