Policyholder Contract Liabilities - Supplemental Financial Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Policyholder Obligations	$ 656.3	$ 701.3
Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago \| United Insurance Company of America
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Fair Value of Collateral Pledged	619.1	744.6
Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago \| United Insurance Company of America \| FHLB Funding Agreements
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Policyholder Obligations	$ 557.4	$ 601.0

Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the sum of the obligations to contract holders to provide to them an agreed upon rate of return pursuant to the terms of the underlying contract. These contracts represent lending by the contract holders to the entity in return for a guaranteed (primarily fixed) interest rate until maturity, unless called earlier if the contracts provide that option to the contract holders (usually institutions). There is little or no insurance risk for the entity.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 55
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