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Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited) - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2017
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract] |  |
Impairment charge | $ 35,400 | $ 35,418
Recognized income tax benefit associated with release of valuation allowance | $ 53,400 | $ 53,400

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- Definition The amount of other than temporary impairment losses on investments in debt securities categorized as Held-to-maturity which have been recognized in earnings during the period. Such impairment losses consist of other than temporary impairments (OTTI) of investments in debt securities due to credit losses and other than temporary impairments due to other than credit losses when the entity intends to sell an impaired debt security or it is more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell the impaired debt security before recovery of its amortized cost basis. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 320 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 8A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82896770&loc=SL6284422-111562 + Details
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