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Minimum Repayment Of Aggregate Principal Amount Of Senior Notes

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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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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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Gross amount of debt extinguished.

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Weighted average interest rate of long-term debt outstanding calculated at point in time.

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Stated interest rate of the subordinated debt.

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Notes Payable - Additional Information (Details)		1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Notes Payable - Additional Information (Details)	Aug. 01, 2019 USD ($)	May 31, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019	Aug. 01, 2019 GBP (£)	Mar. 30, 2016 USD ($)
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 Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount		$ 99,000	$ 6,700,000
Parent Company [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross						$ 170,000,000
Long-term Debt, Weighted Average Life	12 years
Long-term Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate, at Point in Time (as a percent)	4.26%				4.26%
Parent Company [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member] \| United States of America, Dollars
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross	$ 175,000,000
Parent Company [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member] \| United Kingdom, Pounds
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross \| £					£ 25,000,000
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%
Parent Company [Member] \| Series E Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross	$ 75,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	4.34%				4.34%
Parent Company [Member] \| Series F Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross	$ 60,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	4.44%				4.44%
Parent Company [Member] \| Series G Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross	$ 40,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	4.54%				4.54%
Parent Company [Member] \| Series H Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross \| £					£ 25,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	3.33%				3.33%