Financing Receivables Financing Receivables (Credit Quality Information Text) (Details) (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Financing Receivables
Nonperforming loans	$ 10,000,000	$ 20,000,000
Syndicated Loans
Financing Receivables
Nonperforming loans	3,000,000	3,000,000
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivables
Percentage of Financing Receivable with Highest Risk Rating	1.00%	2.00%
Residential Mortgage Loans
Financing Receivables
Allowance for loan losses on purchase of loans from affiliate	$ 0	$ 0
Percentage of residential mortgage loans Below specified FICO scores	4.00%	4.00%
Specified FICO Score	640
Percentage of residential mortgage loans Above specified LTV ratios	1.00%	1.00%
Specified LTV Ratios	90.00%
Percentage of Loan Portfolio Represented by California State	37.00%	38.00%

Represents the percentage of financing receivable with highest risk rating.

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Represents the percentage of total loan portfolio represented by California State.

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- Definition

Represents the percentage of residential mortgage loans which are above specified Loan-To-Value ratios.

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- Definition

Represents the percentage of residential mortgage loans which are below specified FICO score.

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- Definition

Represents the maximum specified FICO score used for analysis of credit worthiness of borrowers.

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- Definition

Represents the minimum specified Loan-To-Value ratio used for analysis of collateral characteristics.

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- Definition

Financing receivables that are equal to or greater than 90 days past due.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 310

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 7A

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28368275&loc=SL6953401-111524

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- Definition

Amount of allowance to cover probable credit losses on loans and leases. Includes carryover of or adjustments to the allowance for loan losses in connection with business combinations. Excludes allowance for loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.7(d))

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 7

-Subparagraph d

-Article 9

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 310

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (b)(1)(ii)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6379141&loc=d3e15032-111544

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB)

-Number Topic 6

-Section L

-Subsection 1

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