| Standard label: | Policyholder Account Balance [Table Text Block] |
| Name: | us-gaap:PolicyholderAccountBalanceTableTextBlock |
| Documentation: | Tabular disclosure of information about policyholder account balance, including, but not limited to change in liability and related cash surrender value. |
| Object type: | cm:Level3TextBlock |
| Data type: | Text Block (HTML) (nonnum:textBlockItemType) |
| Period type: | For Period (duration) |
| Balance type: | (no balance type) |
| Abstract: | false |
| Workiva Wdesk Taxonomy Analyzer: | us-gaap:PolicyholderAccountBalanceTableTextBlock |
| Label | Role | Language |
| Policyholder Account Balance [Table Text Block] | 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 | http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef | 944 |