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Retirement Plans (Table) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Components Of Net Periodic Benefit Cost And Other Amounts Recognized In Other Comprehensive Income |
|  | Retirement Income Plan Quarter ended March 31, |  | Retirement Life Plan Quarter ended March 31,
($ in thousands) |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net Periodic Benefit Cost: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service cost |  | $ | 1,627 |  |  | 2,449 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Interest cost |  | 3,254 |  |  | 3,303 |  |  | 73 |  |  | 70 |
Expected return on plan assets |  | (3,919 | ) |  | (3,848 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost |  | — |  |  | 10 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Amortization of unrecognized net actuarial loss |  | 367 |  |  | 1,822 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 18 |
Curtailment expense |  | — |  |  | 16 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total net periodic cost |  | $ | 1,329 |  |  | 3,752 |  |  | 86 |  |  | 88 |
Schedule Of Weighted-Average Expense Assumptions |
|  | Retirement Income Plan Quarter ended March 31, |  | Retirement Life Plan Quarter ended March 31,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Weighted-Average Expense Assumptions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate |  | 5.16 | % |  | 4.42 |  | 4.85 | % |  | 4.42
Expected return on plan assets |  | 6.92 |  |  | 7.40 |  | — |  |  | —
Rate of compensation increase |  | 4.00 |  |  | 4.00 |  | — |  |  | —

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans including service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) recognized due to settlements or curtailments. Tabular disclosure of the net gain (loss) and net prior service cost or credit recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) for the period for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans, and reclassification adjustments of other comprehensive income (loss) for the period, as those amounts, including amortization of the net transition asset or obligation, are recognized as components of net periodic benefit cost. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the assumptions used to determine for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans the net benefit cost, including assumed discount rates, rate increase in compensation increase, and expected long-term rates of return on plan assets. + References No definition available. + Details
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