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Outstanding Principal Amount Of Senior Notes

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Gross amount of debt extinguished.

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Stated interest rate of the subordinated debt.

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, carrying value as of the balance sheet date of subordinated debt (with initial maturities beyond one year or beyond the operating cycle if longer). Subordinated debt places a lender in a lien position behind debt having a higher priority of repayment in liquidation of the entity's assets.

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Notes Payable and Subordinated Borrowings - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Mar. 30, 2016	Apr. 30, 2017	Feb. 28, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Minimum Repayment of Aggregate Principal Amount of Senior Notes (as a percent)					5.00%
Outstanding Principal Amount of Senior Notes (as a percent)					100.00%
Subordinated Borrowing, Interest Rate (as a percent)					5.50%
Subordinated Borrowings					$ 6,799,000	$ 16,550,000
Subordinated Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount		$ 3,751,000	$ 6,000,000	$ 6,000,000
Parent Company [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount	$ 120,000,000
Parent Company [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross	170,000,000
Parent Company [Member] \| Series A Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross	$ 38,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	4.88%
Parent Company [Member] \| Series B Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross	$ 67,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	5.23%
Parent Company [Member] \| Series C Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross	$ 48,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	5.48%
Parent Company [Member] \| Series D Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross	$ 17,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	5.58%