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Indebtedness (Schedule of Outstanding Debt) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Mar. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
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Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Unamortized debt issuance costs | $ 3,618 |  |
Unamortized debt discount | 6,427 |  |
Short-term Debt | 302,000 |  | $ 0
Long-term Debt | 550,577 |  | 550,597
Finance lease liabilities | 622 |  | 737
Total debt | $ 852,577 |  | 550,597
Three Point Zero Three Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank Due December 16, 2026 [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest Rate | 3.03% |  |
Original Amount | $ 60,000 |  |
Unamortized debt issuance costs | 0 |  |
Unamortized debt discount | 0 |  |
Long Term Debt Excluding Debt Discount And Debt Issuance Costs | $ 60,000 |  | 60,000
One Point Fifty Six Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank Due August 16, 2021 [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest Rate | 1.56% |  |
Original Amount | $ 25,000 |  |
Unamortized debt issuance costs | 0 |  |
Unamortized debt discount | 0 |  |
Long Term Debt Excluding Debt Discount And Debt Issuance Costs | $ 25,000 |  | 25,000
One Point Sixty One Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank Due July 21, 2021 [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest Rate | 1.61% |  |
Original Amount | $ 25,000 |  |
Unamortized debt issuance costs | 0 |  |
Unamortized debt discount | 0 |  |
Long Term Debt Excluding Debt Discount And Debt Issuance Costs | $ 25,000 |  | 25,000
Six Point Seventy Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest Rate | 6.70% |  |
Original Amount | $ 100,000 |  |
Unamortized debt issuance costs | 346 |  |
Unamortized debt discount | 515 |  |
Long Term Debt Excluding Debt Discount And Debt Issuance Costs | $ 99,139 |  | 99,125
Seven Point Twenty Five Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest Rate | 7.25% |  |
Original Amount | $ 50,000 |  |
Unamortized debt issuance costs | 180 |  |
Unamortized debt discount | 89 |  |
Long Term Debt Excluding Debt Discount And Debt Issuance Costs | $ 49,731 |  | 49,725
Five Point Three Hundred Seventy Five Senior Notes [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.375% |  |
Original Amount | $ 300,000 |  |
Unamortized debt issuance costs | 3,092 |  |
Unamortized debt discount | 5,823 |  |
Long Term Debt Excluding Debt Discount And Debt Issuance Costs | 291,085 |  | 291,010
Long-term Debt |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Unamortized debt issuance costs | 3,618 |  |
Unamortized debt discount | 6,427 |  |
Long-term Debt | $ 550,577 |  | 550,597
Zero Point Seventy Eight Percent Borrowing from FHLBNY Due September 14, 2020. [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest Rate | 0.78% |  |
Original Amount | $ 100,000 |  |
Unamortized debt issuance costs | 0 |  |
Unamortized debt discount | 0 |  |
Short-term Debt | $ 100,000 |  | 0
Zero Point Sixty Eight Percent Borrowing from FHLBNY Due September 18, 2020. [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest Rate | 0.68% |  |
Original Amount | $ 85,000 |  |
Unamortized debt issuance costs | 0 |  |
Unamortized debt discount | 0 |  |
Short-term Debt | $ 85,000 |  | 0
Zero Point Fifty Eight Percent Borrowing from FHLBI Due December 14, 2020. [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest Rate | 0.58% |  |
Original Amount | $ 67,000 |  |
Unamortized debt issuance costs | 0 |  |
Unamortized debt discount | 0 |  |
Short-term Debt | $ 67,000 |  | 0
Two Point Two Hundred and Fourty Four Percent Borrowing from Bank of Montreal Due September 24, 2020 [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest Rate | 2.244% |  |
Unamortized debt issuance costs | $ 0 |  |
Unamortized debt discount | 0 |  |
Line of Credit | 50,000 |  |
Short-term Debt | 50,000 | [1] | 0
Short-term Debt |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Unamortized debt issuance costs | 0 |  |
Unamortized debt discount | 0 |  |
Short-term Debt | $ 302,000 |  | $ 0
[1] | Total short-term debt includes our $50 million line of credit borrowing. As there is no scheduled or definitive repayment plan for this borrowing as of March 31, 2020, the fair value cannot be calculated and the borrowing is not classified in the fair value hierarchy table below.

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