Policyholder Contract Liabilities - Narrative (Details) - United Insurance Company of America - Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, amount of advances	$ 156.2
Payments of FHLBank borrowings	$ 35.4

Amount of cash outflow for repayment of Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) borrowing, classified as financing activity.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 15
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118932676&loc=d3e3291-108585

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