Reinsurance Retention Policy, Debt Issued To Cover Insurance, Term

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Reinsurance Retention Policy, Excess of Loss Reinsurance Coverages

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Reinsurance Retention Policy, Initial Amount Retained

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Amount per life of risk undertaken originally by insurer that is not ceded to reinsurer.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=99397103&loc=d3e6811-158387

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Reinsurance - Excess of Loss Reinsurance (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands								12 Months Ended
	Apr. 26, 2022	Apr. 01, 2022	Aug. 03, 2021	Feb. 02, 2021	Oct. 29, 2020	May 25, 2019	Oct. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Home Re 2022-1
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Legal Maturity	12 years 6 months
Initial First Layer Retention	$ 325,589
Remaining First Layer Retention								$ 325,576
Remaining Excess of Loss Reinsurance Coverage	$ 473,575							473,575
Home Re 2021-2
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Legal Maturity			12 years 6 months
Initial First Layer Retention			$ 190,159
Remaining First Layer Retention								190,097	$ 190,159
Remaining Excess of Loss Reinsurance Coverage			$ 398,429					352,084	398,429
Home Re 2021-1
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Legal Maturity				12 years 6 months
Initial First Layer Retention				$ 211,159
Remaining First Layer Retention								211,102	211,142
Remaining Excess of Loss Reinsurance Coverage				$ 398,848				277,053	387,830
Home Re 2020-1
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Legal Maturity					10 years
Initial First Layer Retention					$ 275,283
Remaining First Layer Retention								274,871	275,204	$ 275,283
Remaining Excess of Loss Reinsurance Coverage					$ 412,917			113,247	234,312	412,917
Home Re 2019-1
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Legal Maturity						10 years
Initial First Layer Retention						$ 185,730
Remaining First Layer Retention								183,540	183,917	184,514
Remaining Excess of Loss Reinsurance Coverage						$ 315,739		208,146	208,146	208,146
Home Re 2018-1
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Legal Maturity							10 years
Initial First Layer Retention							$ 168,691
Remaining First Layer Retention								164,849	165,365	166,005
Remaining Excess of Loss Reinsurance Coverage							$ 318,636	140,993	$ 218,343	$ 218,343
2022 Traditional XOL
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Legal Maturity		10 years
Initial First Layer Retention		$ 82,523
Remaining First Layer Retention								82,517
Remaining Excess of Loss Reinsurance Coverage		$ 142,642						$ 142,642