Nature of Operations and Basis of Presentation (Narrative) (Details)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020 entity
Product Information [Line Items]
Number of wholly owned subsidiaries	2
Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York [Member]
Product Information [Line Items]
Ownership percent	100.00%

The number of units or percentage investment held in the subsidiary by the limited liability company or limited partnership.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 946
-SubTopic 320
-Section S99
-Paragraph 9
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=50485924&loc=d3e611443-123010

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