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Represents the fair value of debt securities in a continuous unrealized loss position, which are expected to mature after one year and through five years from the balance sheet date and which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading securities.

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Represents the debt securities in a continuous unrealized loss position, which are expected to mature after ten years from the balance sheet date and which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading securities.

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Represents the fair value of debt securities in a continuous unrealized loss position, which are expected to mature after ten years from the balance sheet date and which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading securities.

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Represents the debt securities in a continuous unrealized loss position grouped by maturity dates and which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading securities.

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The percentage of gross unrealized losses that have been in a loss position for less than twelve months for available for sale securities.

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Carrying amount of cash and investment securities on deposit with state regulatory authorities in connection with capital requirements.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 320
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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This item represents the aggregate fair value of investments in debt and equity securities in an unrealized loss position which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading securities.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6
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Line items represent financial 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.

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