Fair Value Measurements Level 4 Pricing Controls and Broker Inputs to Valuation (Details)	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
Derivatives priced by valuation models	95.00%	97.00%

Percent of derivatives priced by valuation models.

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