INVESTMENTS (Additional Information) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Investment [Line Items]
Investments available-for-sale book value	$ 468.2	$ 453.0
Non Credit Portion Of Other Than Temporary Impairments Recognized In Other Comprehensive Income	0.0
Banks And Financial Institutions [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Trust Preferred Securities Fair Value	0.9
Trust Preferred Securities	0.9
Government National Mortgage Association Certificates And Obligations Federal National Mortgage Association Certificates And Obligations And Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Certificates And Obligations [Member] \| Collateralized Mortgage Obligations [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Financial Instruments, Owned, Mortgages, Mortgage-backed and Asset-backed Securities, at Fair Value	119.9
Government National Mortgage Association Certificates And Obligations Federal National Mortgage Association Certificates And Obligations And Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Certificates And Obligations [Member] \| Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Financial Instruments, Owned, Mortgages, Mortgage-backed and Asset-backed Securities, at Fair Value	$ 226.4

Line items represent reporting concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 320
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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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