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- Definition

Guaranteed minimum crediting rate on policyholder account balance.

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- Definition

Amount due to policyholder. Includes, but is not limited to, unpaid policy dividend, retrospective refund, and undistributed earnings on participating business. Excludes future policy benefit and claim expense.

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Policy Liabilities - Schedule of Policyholder Account Balance, Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2026	Dec. 31, 2025	Mar. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024
Interest Sensitive Life
Policyholder Account Balance, Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate [Line Items]
Range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates	$ 708,729	$ 711,687	$ 720,269	$ 723,389
Interest Sensitive Life \| Less than 3.00% \| At guaranteed minimum
Policyholder Account Balance, Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate [Line Items]
Range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates	3.00%		3.00%
Range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates	$ 0		$ 0
Interest Sensitive Life \| 3.00%-3.99% \| At guaranteed minimum
Policyholder Account Balance, Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate [Line Items]
Range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates	$ 29,372		$ 29,408
Interest Sensitive Life \| 3.00%-3.99% \| At guaranteed minimum \| Minimum
Policyholder Account Balance, Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate [Line Items]
Range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates	3.00%		3.00%
Interest Sensitive Life \| 3.00%-3.99% \| At guaranteed minimum \| Maximum
Policyholder Account Balance, Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate [Line Items]
Range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates	3.99%		3.99%
Interest Sensitive Life \| 4.00%-4.99% \| At guaranteed minimum
Policyholder Account Balance, Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate [Line Items]
Range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates	$ 590,468		$ 601,367
Interest Sensitive Life \| 4.00%-4.99% \| At guaranteed minimum \| Minimum
Policyholder Account Balance, Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate [Line Items]
Range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates	4.00%		4.00%
Interest Sensitive Life \| 4.00%-4.99% \| At guaranteed minimum \| Maximum
Policyholder Account Balance, Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate [Line Items]
Range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates	4.99%		4.99%
Interest Sensitive Life \| Greater than 5.00% \| At guaranteed minimum
Policyholder Account Balance, Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate [Line Items]
Range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates	5.00%		5.00%
Range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates	$ 88,889		$ 89,494
Deferred Annuity
Policyholder Account Balance, Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate [Line Items]
Range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates	568,078	580,669	636,219	656,573
Amount reinsured with third-party reinsurers under existing reinsurance agreements	389,000		439,000
Deferred Annuity \| Less than 3.00% \| At guaranteed minimum
Policyholder Account Balance, Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate [Line Items]
Range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates	2,014		1,866
Deferred Annuity \| 3.00%-3.99% \| At guaranteed minimum
Policyholder Account Balance, Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate [Line Items]
Range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates	393,470		455,618
Deferred Annuity \| 4.00%-4.99% \| At guaranteed minimum
Policyholder Account Balance, Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate [Line Items]
Range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates	88,022		178,735
Deferred Annuity \| Greater than 5.00% \| At guaranteed minimum
Policyholder Account Balance, Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate [Line Items]
Range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates	84,572		0
Other Policy-holders' Funds
Policyholder Account Balance, Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate [Line Items]
Range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates	576,452	$ 532,047	463,148	$ 468,604
Other Policy-holders' Funds \| Less than 3.00% \| At guaranteed minimum
Policyholder Account Balance, Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate [Line Items]
Range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates	483,399		368,459
Other Policy-holders' Funds \| 3.00%-3.99% \| At guaranteed minimum
Policyholder Account Balance, Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate [Line Items]
Range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates	3,158		3,145
Other Policy-holders' Funds \| 4.00%-4.99% \| At guaranteed minimum
Policyholder Account Balance, Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate [Line Items]
Range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates	55,134		55,767
Other Policy-holders' Funds \| Greater than 5.00% \| At guaranteed minimum
Policyholder Account Balance, Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate [Line Items]
Range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates	$ 34,761		$ 35,777