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| Deferred Tax Liability Not Recognized, Description of Temporary Difference, Policyholders' Surplus |
| us-gaap:DeferredTaxLiabilityNotRecognizedDescriptionOfTemporaryDifferencePolicyholdersSurplus |
| Description of temporary difference for which a deferred tax liability has not been recognized because of the exceptions to comprehensive recognition of deferred taxes related to a policyholders' surplus. |
| cm:Concept |
| Text/String (xbrli:stringItemType) |
| For Period (duration) |
| (no balance type) |
| false |
| us-gaap:DeferredTaxLiabilityNotRecognizedDescriptionOfTemporaryDifferencePolicyholdersSurplus |