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Fair Value Measurements (Quantitative Information of Our Financial Assets and Liabilities That Were Disclosed at Fair Value) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Jun. 30, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
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Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value | $ 167,061 | $ 209,544
Short-term debt | 60,000 | 60,000
Long-term debt | 328,433 | 328,192
Seven Point Twenty Five Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | 61,003 | 56,929
Six Point Seventy Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | 118,792 | 110,363
Five Point Eight Hundred Seventy Five Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | 194,176 | 192,474
Long-term Debt [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | 373,971 | 359,766
Zero Point Sixty Three Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank Due July 22, 2016 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Short-term debt | 15,001 | 14,977
One Point Twenty Five Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Short-term debt | 45,113 | 45,083
Short-term Debt [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Short-term debt | 60,114 | 60,060
Obligations of States and Political Subdivisions [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value | 136,273 | 181,880
Corporate Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value | 26,106 | 22,015
Asset-Backed Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value | 126 | 1,028
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value | 4,556 | 4,621
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets/Liabilities (Level 1) [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value | 0 | 0
Short-term debt | 0 | 0
Long-term debt | 194,176 | 192,474
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets/Liabilities (Level 1) [Member] | Seven Point Twenty Five Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | 0 | 0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets/Liabilities (Level 1) [Member] | Six Point Seventy Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | 0 | 0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets/Liabilities (Level 1) [Member] | Five Point Eight Hundred Seventy Five Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | 194,176 | 192,474
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets/Liabilities (Level 1) [Member] | Zero Point Sixty Three Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank Due July 22, 2016 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Short-term debt | 0 | 0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets/Liabilities (Level 1) [Member] | One Point Twenty Five Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Short-term debt | 0 | 0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets/Liabilities (Level 1) [Member] | Obligations of States and Political Subdivisions [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value | 0 | 0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets/Liabilities (Level 1) [Member] | Corporate Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value | 0 | 0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets/Liabilities (Level 1) [Member] | Asset-Backed Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value | 0 | 0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets/Liabilities (Level 1) [Member] | Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value | 0 | 0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value | 159,496 | 206,208
Short-term debt | 60,114 | 60,060
Long-term debt | 179,795 | 167,292
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Seven Point Twenty Five Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | 61,003 | 56,929
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Six Point Seventy Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | 118,792 | 110,363
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Five Point Eight Hundred Seventy Five Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | 0 | 0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Zero Point Sixty Three Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank Due July 22, 2016 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Short-term debt | 15,001 | 14,977
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | One Point Twenty Five Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Short-term debt | 45,113 | 45,083
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Obligations of States and Political Subdivisions [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value | 136,273 | 181,880
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Corporate Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value | 18,541 | 18,679
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Asset-Backed Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value | 126 | 1,028
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value | 4,556 | 4,621
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value | 7,565 | 3,336
Short-term debt | 0 | 0
Long-term debt | 0 | 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Seven Point Twenty Five Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | 0 | 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Six Point Seventy Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | 0 | 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Five Point Eight Hundred Seventy Five Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt | 0 | 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Zero Point Sixty Three Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank Due July 22, 2016 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Short-term debt | 0 | 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | One Point Twenty Five Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Short-term debt | 0 | 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Obligations of States and Political Subdivisions [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value | 0 | 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Corporate Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value | 7,565 | 3,336
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Asset-Backed Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value | 0 | 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Held-to-maturity Securities, Fair Value | $ 0 | $ 0

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