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Share-Based Payments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of Summary of Stock Option Transactions under Share Based Payment Plans

		Number of Shares			Weighted Average Exercise Price				Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life in Years		Aggregate Intrinsic Value ($ in thousands)
Outstanding at December 31, 2012		1,096,754			$	19.36
Granted in 2013		—			—
Exercised in 2013		182,201			16.98
Forfeited or expired in 2013		11,114			26.59
Outstanding at December 31, 2013		903,439			$	19.75			3.92		$	6,705
Exercisable at December 31, 2013		903,439			$	19.75			3.92		$	6,705

Schedule of Summary of Restricted Stock Units Transactions under Share-Based Payment Plans

		Number of Shares			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested RSU awards at December 31, 2012		1,137,370			$	16.54
Granted in 2013		396,713			21.03
Vested in 2013		416,753			15.01
Forfeited in 2013		20,550			17.24
Unvested RSU awards at December 31, 2013		1,096,780			$	18.73

Schedule of Weighted Average Assumptions for Employee Stock Purchase Plan

		ESPP
		2013			2012		2011
Risk-free interest rate		0.11	%		0.12		0.13
Expected term		6 months			6 months		6 months
Dividend yield		2.4	%		2.9		3.0
Expected volatility		19	%		24		19

Schedule of Weighted-Average Fair Value of Stock Per Share

		2013				2012			2011
RSUs		$	21.03			17.62			17.17
ESPP:
Six month option		0.97				1.05			0.76
Discount of grant date market value		3.24				2.70			2.62
Total ESPP		4.21				3.75			3.38
Agent Plan:
Discount of grant date market value		2.40				1.76			1.62

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Tabular disclosure of the significant assumptions used during the year to estimate the fair value of employee stock purchase plans and all other option plans, including, but not limited to: (a) expected term, (b) expected volatility of the entity's shares, (c) expected dividends, (d) risk-free rate(s), and (e) discount for post-vesting restrictions.

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Disclosure of the number and weighted-average grant date fair value for restricted stock and restricted stock units that were outstanding at the beginning and end of the year, and the number of restricted stock and restricted stock units that were granted, vested, or forfeited during the year.

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Tabular disclosure of the number and weighted-average exercise prices (or conversion ratios) for share options (or share units) that were outstanding at the beginning and end of the year, vested and expected to vest, exercisable or convertible at the end of the year, and the number of share options or share units that were granted, exercised or converted, forfeited, and expired during the year.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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Tabular disclosure of the weighted-average grant-date fair value of equity options or other equity instruments granted during the year.

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