Geographic Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
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Revenues	$ 295,566	$ 311,363	$ 457,641
Identifiable assets	742,932	786,140	966,627
U.S. [Member]
Geographic information [Line Items]
Revenues	265,311	270,828	411,028
Identifiable assets	691,588	733,077	907,028
Latin America [Member]
Geographic information [Line Items]
Revenues	23,493	32,673	36,843
Identifiable assets	45,170	48,303	54,362
Canada [Member]
Geographic information [Line Items]
Revenues	3,678	2,666	4,282
Identifiable assets	4,278	2,895	2,307
Other [Member]
Geographic information [Line Items]
Revenues	3,084	5,196	5,488
Identifiable assets	$ 1,896	$ 1,865	$ 2,930

Long-lived assets other than financial instruments, long-term customer relationships of a financial institution, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred tax assets.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 41
-Subparagraph (b)
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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
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