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Cash Surrender Value of Life Insurance Policies, net (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
Information about cash surrender value of life insurance policies |  |
Cash surrender value of all life insurance policies, net of loans and related accrued interest | $ 45.8 | $ 46.4
Borrowings available | 0.0 | 0.0
Borrowed portion |  |
Information about cash surrender value of life insurance policies |  |
Amount of borrowed funds used to pay premiums and accrued interest owed | 47.9 | 44.5
Paid premiums and accrued interest on loans against policies | $ 60.4 | 56.0
Earle M. Jorgensen Company ("EMJ") | Borrowed portion |  |
Information about cash surrender value of life insurance policies |  |
Interest on borrowings against cash surrender value of certain life insurance policies (as a percent) | 11.76% |
Minimum rate at which the portion of the policy cash surrender value earns interest and dividend income (as a percent) | 11.26% |
Loans and accrued interest outstanding on EMJ's life insurance policies | $ 535.2 | $ 493.2
Earle M. Jorgensen Company ("EMJ") | Unborrowed portion |  |
Information about cash surrender value of life insurance policies |  |
Minimum rate at which the portion of the policy cash surrender value earns interest and dividend income (as a percent) | 4.00% |

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- Definition Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of amounts which could be received based on the terms of the insurance contract upon surrendering life policies owned by the entity. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.17) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 4 -Subparagraph (d) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358313&loc=d3e6812-107765 + Details
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- Definition Guaranteed minimum interest crediting rate applied to cash values for life insurance contracts which are purchased by corporate entities for purposes such as funding the cost of providing employee benefits and protecting against the loss of "key persons." where investment income is accumulated tax free through the internal build-up of the cash surrender value. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 210 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.13(b)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910 + Details
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