Reinsurance Reinsurance - Reinsurance Recoverables (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Ceded Credit Risk [Line Items]
Total Reinsurance recoverable	$ 3,424.5	$ 3,565.0
John Hancock
Ceded Credit Risk [Line Items]
Total Reinsurance recoverable	1,952.7	1,908.2
The Hartford
Ceded Credit Risk [Line Items]
Total Reinsurance recoverable	851.9	1,025.0
Sun Life
Ceded Credit Risk [Line Items]
Total Reinsurance recoverable	549.6	558.3
Other reinsurers
Ceded Credit Risk [Line Items]
Total Reinsurance recoverable	$ 70.3	$ 73.5

Amount, after valuation allowance, recoverable under reinsurance contracts including premium paid under reinsurance contracts. Examples include, but are not limited to, settled and unsettled claims, incurred but not reported losses, loss adjustment expense, premium paid, policy benefits and policy reserves.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6480758&loc=d3e6824-158387

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 310
-Section 45
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6485522&loc=d3e21409-158489

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.(a),6)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

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