The percentage of cost method investment ownership.

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

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The cash inflow from the additional capital contribution to the entity.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Number of shares of stock issued during the period as part of a transaction to acquire assets that do not qualify as a business combination.

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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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	Mar. 06, 2017	Jan. 18, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Mar. 13, 2017
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Issuance of common stock				$ 88,656	$ 0
Payments for capital contribution			$ 110,000
Senior Subordinated Notes
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage						5.75%
Underwritten Public Offering
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Issuance of common stock (in shares)	2,012,500
Shares issued, price per share (in dollars per share)	$ 46.50
Issuance of common stock	$ 88,700
Public offering deduction amount	$ 4,900
Mr. Villari
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Stock issued during period, purchase of assets (in shares)		128,572
US Premium Financing Holding Company
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Cost method investment ownership percentage		4.99%
US Premium Financing Holding Company
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Stock issued during period, purchase of assets (in shares)		128,572
Price per share of the Company's common stock (in dollars per share)		$ 45.45
Cost method investment		$ 5,800		$ 5,800