Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held At End of Year) (Details) - EBP 009	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($)
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Plan number	009
Entity tax identification number	35-1140070
Participant loan, cost	$ 0
Participant loans	39,574,892
Total assets	$ 3,880,486,832
Minimum
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Participant loan, interest rate	3.25%
Maximum
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Participant loan, interest rate	9.50%
Total mutual funds
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	$ 92,180,568
Total collective investment trusts
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	2,980,721,081
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Charles Schwab \| Brokerage account
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	218,393,029
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| Acadian Asset Management \| All Country World/ex U.S. Equity
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	103,677,626
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| BlackRock \| Equity Dividend Fund M
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	96,894,254
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| Fidelity Institutional Asset Management \| Core Plus CIT Class H
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	62,592,540
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| Income America \| 2030 Fund Fee Class 5ForLife-L
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	5,627,086
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| Income America \| 2035 Fund Fee Class 5ForLife-L
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	2,152,205
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| Income America \| 2040 Fund Fee Class 5ForLife-L
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	3,603,911
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| Income America \| In Retirement Fund Fee Class 5ForLife-L
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	3,362,612
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| J.P. Morgan \| Large Cap Growth Fund Class CF-A
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	354,513,413
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| MFS \| International Growth Fund
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	90,935,180
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| PIMCO \| Diversified Real Asset Collective Trust
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	10,405,119
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| State Street Global Advisors Ltd. \| Global Equity All Cap/ex U.S. Index Fund
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	50,089,364
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| State Street Global Advisors Ltd. \| Russell Small-Mid Cap Index Fund
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	118,160,713
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| State Street Global Advisors Ltd. \| S&P 500 Index Non Lending Series Fund Class K
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	351,244,979
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| State Street Global Advisors Ltd. \| Target Retirement 2025 Fund Class M
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	129,034,993
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| State Street Global Advisors Ltd. \| Target Retirement 2030 Fund Class M
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	211,269,950
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| State Street Global Advisors Ltd. \| Target Retirement 2035 Fund Class M
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	257,733,833
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| State Street Global Advisors Ltd. \| Target Retirement 2040 Fund Class M
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	250,566,916
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| State Street Global Advisors Ltd. \| Target Retirement 2045 Fund Class M
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	273,136,062
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| State Street Global Advisors Ltd. \| Target Retirement 2050 Fund Class M
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	239,899,626
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| State Street Global Advisors Ltd. \| Target Retirement 2055 Fund Class M
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	166,653,520
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| State Street Global Advisors Ltd. \| Target Retirement 2060 Fund Class M
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	82,874,088
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| State Street Global Advisors Ltd. \| Target Retirement 2065 Fund Class M
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	24,425,404
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| State Street Global Advisors Ltd. \| Target Retirement 2070 Fund Non Lending Series
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	1,714,199
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| State Street Global Advisors Ltd. \| Target Retirement Income Fund Class M
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	63,421,002
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Collective Investment Trusts \| State Street Global Advisors Ltd. \| U.S. Bond Index Fund
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	26,732,486
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Goldman Sachs \| Money market funds
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	4,461,148
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: LNC \| Common stock
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	140,687,355
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: LNL \| Investment contract - at contract value
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	404,468,759
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Mutual Funds \| AllianceBernstein \| Discovery Growth Fund
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	71,343,756
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Mutual Funds \| Nomura \| Small Cap Value Fund Class R6
EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items]
Total investments	$ 20,836,812

The Tax Identification Number (TIN), also known as an Employer Identification Number (EIN), is a unique 9-digit value assigned by the IRS.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Exchange Act
-Number 240
-Section 12
-Subsection b-2

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EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Participant Loan, Cost

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Amount of total assets in schedule of asset held for investment of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Includes, but is not limited to, current value of investment, participant loan, and plan interest in master trust.

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Current value of investment, excluding plan interest in master trust, in schedule of asset held for investment of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Includes, but is not limited to, derivative, investment measured at net asset value per share as practical expedient, and insurance contract.

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Amount, after deemed distribution, of participant loan in schedule of asset held for investment of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Interest rate on participant loan in schedule of asset held for investment of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Plan number of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)), in three-digit numeric format.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 962
-SubTopic 205
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.6A-05(a)(Schedule I))
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147477804/962-205-S99-1

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-Paragraph 1
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-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147477804/962-205-S99-1

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Name Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
-Number 2520
-Section 103
-Subsection 10
-Paragraph b
-Subparagraph (1)
-Publisher DOL-EBSA

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Name Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
-Number 2520
-Section 103
-Subsection 10
-Paragraph b
-Subparagraph (1)(i)(D)
-Publisher DOL-EBSA

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 962
-SubTopic 205
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.6A-05(a)(Schedule I))
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147477804/962-205-S99-1

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-Name Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
-Number 2520
-Section 103
-Subsection 10
-Paragraph b
-Subparagraph (1)(i)(A)
-Publisher DOL-EBSA

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-Name Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
-Number 2520
-Section 103
-Subsection 10
-Paragraph b
-Subparagraph (1)(i)(C)
-Publisher DOL-EBSA

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-Number 2520
-Section 103
-Subsection 10
-Paragraph b
-Subparagraph (1)(i)(B)
-Publisher DOL-EBSA

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