| Standard label: | Policyholder Account Balance, at Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate [Member] |
| Name: | us-gaap:PolicyholderAccountBalanceAtGuaranteedMinimumCreditingRateMember |
| Documentation: | Range at zero basis point above guaranteed minimum crediting rate on policyholder account balance. |
| Object type: | cm:Member |
| Data type: | [Member] (nonnum:domainItemType) |
| Period type: | For Period (duration) |
| Balance type: | (no balance type) |
| Abstract: | true |
| Workiva Wdesk Taxonomy Analyzer: | us-gaap:PolicyholderAccountBalanceAtGuaranteedMinimumCreditingRateMember |
| Label | Role | Language |
| Policyholder Account Balance, at Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate [Member] | http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label | en-US |
| Reference | Role | Topic |
| FASB Accounting Standards Codification 944 40 55 29F | http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef | 944 |
| FASB Accounting Standards Codification 944 40 50 7A (d) | http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef | 944 |