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Indebtedness (Schedule of Outstanding Debt) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Sep. 30, 2020 | Mar. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
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Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Unamortized debt issuance costs | $ 3,485 |  |
Unamortized debt discount | 6,373 |  |
Short-term Debt | 167,000 |  | $ 0
Long-term Debt | 550,566 |  | 550,597
Finance lease liabilities | 424 |  | 737
Total debt | $ 717,566 |  | 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 | 329 |  |
Unamortized debt discount | 505 |  |
Long Term Debt Excluding Debt Discount And Debt Issuance Costs | $ 99,166 |  | 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 | 170 |  |
Unamortized debt discount | 87 |  |
Long Term Debt Excluding Debt Discount And Debt Issuance Costs | $ 49,743 |  | 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 | 2,986 |  |
Unamortized debt discount | 5,781 |  |
Long Term Debt Excluding Debt Discount And Debt Issuance Costs | 291,233 |  | 291,010
Long-term Debt |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Unamortized debt issuance costs | 3,485 |  |
Unamortized debt discount | 6,373 |  |
Long-term Debt | $ 550,566 |  | 550,597
Zero Point Fifty Eight Percent Borrowing from FHLBI Due December 14, 2020. [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest Rate | 0.58% |  |
Unamortized debt issuance costs | $ 0 |  |
Unamortized debt discount | 0 |  |
Short-term Debt | $ 67,000 |  | 0
Zero Point Thirty Six Percent Borrowing from FHLBNY Due November 16, 2020 [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest Rate | 0.36% |  |
Unamortized debt issuance costs | $ 0 |  |
Unamortized debt discount | 0 |  |
Short-term Debt | 100,000 |  | 0
Short-term Debt |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Unamortized debt issuance costs | 0 |  |
Unamortized debt discount | 0 |  |
Short-term Debt | $ 167,000 | $ 302,000 | $ 0

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