Company-Owned Life Insurance (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Schedule of Company - Owned Life Insurance, By Type
Total	$ 296.4	$ 293.8
Key executive, principal shareholder
Schedule of Company - Owned Life Insurance, By Type
Cash surrender value of life insurance	3.1	4.4
Key executive split dollar
Schedule of Company - Owned Life Insurance, By Type
Cash surrender value of life insurance	7.0	7.0
FIB \| Group life
Schedule of Company - Owned Life Insurance, By Type
Cash surrender value of life insurance	$ 286.3	$ 282.4

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of amounts which could be received based on the terms of the insurance contract upon surrendering life policies owned by the entity.

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This item represents the amount that could be realized under a life insurance contract or contracts owned by the Entity as of the date of the statement of financial position. Such Entity-owned life insurance policies are commonly known as corporate-owned life insurance (COLI) or bank-owned life insurance (BOLI).

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