Fair Value Measurements - Impaired Loans Remeasured and Reported at Fair Value of Underlying Collateral (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Carrying value of impaired loans before allocations	$ 7,999	$ 3,329
Impaired Financing Receivable, Related Allowance	(1,742)	(336)
Loans receivable, fair value disclosure	6,257	2,993
Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Carrying value of impaired loans before allocations	2,087	15,274
Impaired Financing Receivable, Related Allowance		(4,791)
Impaired Financing Receivable, Reversal of Specific Valuation Allowance Allocations	4,881
Loans receivable, fair value disclosure	$ 6,968	$ 10,483

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Amount of investment of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses.

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Amount of allowance for credit losses related to recorded investment.

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Fair value portion of loan receivable, including, but not limited to, mortgage loans held for investment, finance receivables held for investment, policy loans on insurance contracts.

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