| Standard label: | Closed Block Dividend Obligation [Table Text Block] |
| Name: | us-gaap:ClosedBlockDividendObligationTableTextBlock |
| Documentation: | Tabular disclosure of the changes in the closed block policyholder dividend obligation. |
| 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:ClosedBlockDividendObligationTableTextBlock |
| Label | Role | Language |
| Closed Block Dividend Obligation [Table Text Block] | http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label | en-US |
| Reference | Role | Topic |
| FASB Accounting Standards Codification 944 805 55 4 | http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef | 944 |