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Amount authorized for purchase of share under share repurchase plan. Includes, but is not limited to, repurchase of stock and unit of ownership.

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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details)			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details)	May 01, 2026	Apr. 29, 2026 GBP (£)	Apr. 30, 2026 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2026 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2025 USD ($) shares	Apr. 28, 2026 USD ($)	Apr. 28, 2026 GBP (£)	Apr. 01, 2026 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2026 GBP (£)	May 02, 2025 USD ($)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Repurchase of shares (in shares) \| shares				298,701	0
Payments for repurchase				$ 4,989,000	$ 0
Stock repurchase program, authorized amount										$ 25,000,000
Investment Advisory Agreement \| Board of Directors Chairman
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Investment management fee rate - monthly (in percent)				0.125%
Investment management fee rate - annual (in percent)				1.50%
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Repurchase of shares (in shares) \| shares			518,454
Payments for repurchase			$ 9,500,000
Average price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 18.38
Stock repurchase program, authorized amount						$ 40,000,000.0
Subsequent Event \| Investment Advisory Agreement \| Board of Directors Chairman
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Investment management fee rate - monthly (in percent)	0.104%
Investment management fee rate - annual (in percent)	1.25%
Financial Standby Letter of Credit
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Capacity				$ 575,000,000
LCs issued				349,357,000
Financial Standby Letter of Credit \| CIBC
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Capacity				200,000,000
LCs issued				$ 190,296,000
Financial Standby Letter of Credit \| CIBC \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Capacity								$ 300,000,000
Financial Standby Letter of Credit \| CIBC \| Greenlight Re \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Capacity								250,000,000
Financial Standby Letter of Credit \| CIBC \| GRIL \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Capacity								$ 50,000,000
Financial Standby Letter of Credit \| Citibank FAL
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Capacity \| £									£ 50,000,000
LCs issued \| £									£ 45,000,000
Financial Standby Letter of Credit \| Citibank FAL \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Capacity \| £		£ 60,000,000					£ 50,000,000
Proceeds from lines of credit \| £		13,000,000
LCs issued \| £		£ 58,000,000