Fair Value Of Financial Instruments (Quantitative Information related To The Significant Unobservable Inputs Utilized In Company's Level 3 Recurring Fair Value Measurements) (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Market Comparable Companies [Member] \| Corporate Equity Securities [Member]
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Tangible book value multiple, weighted average	1.95
Market Comparable Companies [Member] \| Corporate Equity Securities [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Tangible book value multiple range	1.41
Market Comparable Companies [Member] \| Corporate Equity Securities [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Tangible book value multiple range	2.28
Discounted Cash Flow [Member] \| Auction Rate Equity Securities [Member]
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Workout period range, low end	1 year
Workout period range, high end	3 years
Discount rate, weighted average	6.50%
Weighted average workout period	2 years 6 months
Discounted Cash Flow [Member] \| Auction Rate Equity Securities [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Discount rate range	2.00%
Discounted Cash Flow [Member] \| Auction Rate Equity Securities [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Discount rate range	12.60%
Discounted Cash Flow [Member] \| Auction Rate Municipal Securities [Member]
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Workout period range, low end	1 year
Workout period range, high end	4 years
Discount rate, weighted average	4.90%
Weighted average workout period	1 year 10 months 24 days
Discounted Cash Flow [Member] \| Auction Rate Municipal Securities [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Discount rate range	2.20%
Discounted Cash Flow [Member] \| Auction Rate Municipal Securities [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Discount rate range	10.60%

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The discount rate used to reduce the estimated amount of loss reserves on short-duration contracts to present value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
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