Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Supplemental Cash Flow Information) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Supplemental Cash Flow Information
Interest paid	$ 1,257	$ 1,014
Income taxes (recovered) paid		(90)
Receivable for securities related to investment disposals	2,292	1,218
Payable for securities related to investment purchases	$ 1,503	$ 10,848

Change in payable for securities related to investment purchases that settled after the statement date.

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Change in receivable for securities related to investment disposals settled after the balance sheet date.

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The amount of cash paid during the current period to foreign, federal, state, and local authorities as taxes on income, net of any cash received during the current period as refunds for the overpayment of taxes.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98513485&loc=d3e4297-108586

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Amount of cash paid, after deduction of cash paid for capitalized interest, for interest. Includes, but is not limited to, payment to settle zero-coupon bond for accreted interest of debt discount and debt instrument with insignificant coupon interest rate in relation to effective interest rate of borrowing attributable to accreted interest of debt discount.

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