Financing Receivable, Allowance For Credit Losses, Period (Increase) Decrease, Provision And Recoveries, Total

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Gain (loss) recognized during the period on the assets in our investment porfolio categorized as other investments.

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The gain resulting from sales and other disposals of other real estate owned.

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The loss resulting from sales and other disposals of other real estate owned.

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This item represents the gross profit realized on the sale of debt or equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading securities.

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Amount of recovery of financing receivables doubtful of collection that were previously charged off.

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This item represents the net total realized and unrealized gain (loss) included in earnings for the period as a result of selling or holding marketable securities categorized as trading, available-for-sale, or held-to-maturity, including the unrealized holding gain (loss) of held-to-maturity securities transferred to the trading security category and the cumulative unrealized gain (loss) which was included in other comprehensive income (a separate component of shareholders' equity) for available-for-sale securities transferred to trading securities during the period. Additionally, this item would include any gains (losses) realized during the period from the sale of investments accounted for under the cost method of accounting.

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The charge against earnings in the period to reduce the carrying amount of real property to fair value.

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Amount of expense related loan transactions, lease transactions, credit loss from transactions other than loan and lease transactions, and other loss based on assessment of uncollectability from the counterparty to reduce the account to their net realizable value.

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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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Investments (Net Realized Gains (Losses) on Invesments) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Gain (Loss) on Investments [Line Items]
Net realized gains (losses) on investments, excluding other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses	$ (151)	$ 1,159	$ 4,324	$ 4,879	$ 2,131	$ (3,190)	$ (2,230)	$ (714)	$ 10,211	$ (4,003)	$ 40,561
Fixed Maturity Securities [Member]
Gain (Loss) on Investments [Line Items]
Available for sale securities: gross realized gains									7,230	3,273	39,079
Available for sale securities: gross realized losses									(5,787)	(1,006)	(6,170)
Available for sale securities: gross realized gains (losses), excluding other than temporary impairments									1,443	2,267	32,909
Equity Securities [Member]
Gain (Loss) on Investments [Line Items]
Available for sale securities: gross realized gains									0	0	9,571
Other Investments [Member]
Gain (Loss) on Investments [Line Items]
Other investments: gain on sale of real estate									4,194	2,454	2,144
Other investments: loss on sale of real estate									(575)	(231)	(1,317)
Other investments: impairment losses on real estate									(1,297)	(2,441)	(1,195)
Gain (loss) on other investments									2,322	(218)	(368)
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Member]
Gain (Loss) on Investments [Line Items]
Mortgage loans on real estate: decrease (increase) in allowance for credit losses									1,018	(6,052)	(5,621)
Mortgage loans on real estate: recovery of specific allowance									5,428	0	4,070
Mortgage loans on real estate: change in allowance for provision and recoveries									$ 6,446	$ (6,052)	$ (1,551)