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Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Commitments and Contingent Liabilities [Abstract]

Credit Facilities [Table Text Block]

					Amount Utilized(1)
					December 31,
	Facility Capacity		Maturity Date		2012			2011			Basis of Fees
	$850.0		December 2015		$	402.9		$	183.5		Senior unsecured long-term debt rating
	$200.0		September 2019			200.0			200.0		Fixed
	$120.0		May 2016			100.0			--		Fixed
(1)	Represents issued but undrawn letters of credit. There was no cash borrowed for the periods presented.

Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases [Table Text Block]

	Operating			Sublease
	Leases			Income
2013	$	14,609		$	827
2014		12,378			827
2015		7,089			827
2016		6,369			776
2017		5,152			160
Thereafter		18,876			--

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Table that provides the company's credit facilities by listed by capacity, maturity date, amount utilized and basis of fees.

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Tabular disclosure of future minimum payments required in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year and the total minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the balance sheet date.

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-Topic 840

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Section 50

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