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Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Summary of Contract Asset Account (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Contract With Customer Asset And Liability [Abstract]
Balance, beginning of period	$ 48,533
Current period sales, net of collection of renewal commissions	1,586
Balance, at the end of period	$ 50,119

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Contract with customer asset current increase decrease.

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Amount, after allowance for credit loss, of right to consideration in exchange for good or service transferred to customer when right is conditioned on something other than passage of time.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
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