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Required Balance in Interest Bearing Account

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Required Written Premiums To Surplus Ratio

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Incremental percentage increase (decrease) in the stated rate on a debt instrument.

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

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
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-Section S99
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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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Long-Term Debt Long-term Debt - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 05, 2016 USD ($) Rate	May 26, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	$ 54,175			$ 12,353
10-Year Constant Maturity Interest Rate	2.45%
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	4.50%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Increase (Decrease)	0.25%
SBA Note Payable
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal	$ 1,177
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Interest	219
Notes payable	$ 11,176			$ 12,353
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	1.56%			2.05%
Debt instrument surplus definition	$ 20,000
Statutory Accounting Practices, Statutory Capital and Surplus Required	$ 6,007
SBA Note Payable \| Gross Writing Ratio [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Required Written Premiums To Surplus Ratio	6
SBA Note Payable \| Net Writing Ratio [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Required Written Premiums To Surplus Ratio	2
Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable		$ 30,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage \| Rate		5.75%
Interboro, LLC Promissory Note
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	$ 8,550
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	6.00%
BB&T Term Note Payable
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal	$ 202
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Interest	66
Notes payable	$ 4,998		$ 5,200
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	2.44%		1.65%
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio	9.2
Minimum \| SBA Note Payable \| Gross Writing Ratio [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Required Written Premiums To Surplus Ratio	4.5
Minimum \| SBA Note Payable \| Net Writing Ratio [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Required Written Premiums To Surplus Ratio	1.5
Minimum \| BB&T Term Note Payable
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Required Balance in Non-Interest Bearing Account	$ 500
Required Balance in Interest Bearing Account	$ 1,500
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio	1.2
Minimum \| BB&T Term Note Payable \| Non-recurring Loss [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio	1.0