Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Consolidation, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Holding Company and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. As of

March

31,

2017

and

December

31,

2016,

the Company had

one

wholly-owned trust (“Trust”) formed in

2005

to issue trust-preferred securities and related common securities. The Company has not consolidated the accounts of the Trust in its Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (“FASB”) ASC

810,

Consolidation

(“ASC

810”).

As a result, the junior subordinated debentures issued by the Company to the Trust are reflected in our

Consolidated Balance Sheets

.