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Indebtedness (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Debt Instruments [Line Items]
Repayments of Federal Home Loan Bank Borrowings	$ 70,000	$ 0
One Point Sixty One Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank Due July 21, 2021 [Member]
Debt Instruments [Line Items]
Outstanding Borrowing With The Federal Home Loan Bank Of New York	$ 25,000
Unpaid principal amount interest rate	1.61%
One Point Fifty Six Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank Due August 16, 2021 [Member]
Debt Instruments [Line Items]
Outstanding Borrowing With The Federal Home Loan Bank Of New York	$ 25,000
Unpaid principal amount interest rate	1.56%
Zero Point Fifty Nine Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank Due March 18, 2016 [Member]
Debt Instruments [Line Items]
Outstanding Borrowing With The Federal Home Loan Bank Of New York	$ 25,000
Unpaid principal amount interest rate	0.59%
Zero Point Fifty Two Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank Due April 28, 2016 [Member]
Debt Instruments [Line Items]
Outstanding Borrowing With The Federal Home Loan Bank Of New York	$ 15,000
Unpaid principal amount interest rate	0.52%
Zero Point Fifty Three Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank Due May 19, 2016 [Member]
Debt Instruments [Line Items]
Outstanding Borrowing With The Federal Home Loan Bank Of New York	$ 15,000
Unpaid principal amount interest rate	0.53%
Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis [Member]
Debt Instruments [Line Items]
Repayments of Federal Home Loan Bank Borrowings	$ 15,000

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States the interest rate applicable to Federal Home Loan Bank advances outstanding as of the Balance Sheet date.

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The cash outflow for the payment of loan drawn from Federal Home Loan.

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