Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities (Details 1) - Trust preferred securities - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Changes in the Level 3 fair value category
Beginning balance	$ 715	$ 839	$ 778	$ 779
Net realized/unrealized losses included in:
Other comprehensive (loss) income	16	(67)	(37)	6
Purchases, issuance, and settlements	(5)	(4)	(15)	(17)
Ending balance	$ 726	$ 768	$ 726	$ 768

Fair value asset measured on recurring basis gain loss included in earnings.

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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- Definition

Amount of gain (loss) recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) for financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(1a)
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- Definition

Amount of purchases, (sales), issuances and (settlements) of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19207-110258

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- Definition

Fair value of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
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-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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