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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 | Sep. 30, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
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Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term Debt, Fair Value | $ 167,055 | $ 0
Fixed income securities, held-to-maturity - fair value | 20,213 | 21,975
Long-term debt, fair value | 682,253 | 659,272
Commercial mortgage loan, fair value | 30,595 |
Seven Point Twenty Five Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 67,350 | 66,365
Six Point Seventy Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 130,651 | 123,104
Five Point Three Hundred Seventy Five Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 365,756 | 357,025
One Point Sixty One Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank Due July 21, 2021 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 25,255 | 24,901
One Point Fifty Six Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank Due August 16, 2021 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 25,269 | 24,875
Three Point Zero Three Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank Due December 16, 2026 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 67,972 | 63,002
Long-term Debt [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 682,253 | 659,272
Obligations of States and Political Subdivisions [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed income securities, held-to-maturity - fair value | 4,849 | 4,921
Corporate Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed income securities, held-to-maturity - fair value | 15,364 | 17,054
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets/Liabilities (Level 1) [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term Debt, Fair Value | 0 |
Fixed income securities, held-to-maturity - fair value | 0 | 0
Long-term debt, fair value | 0 | 0
Commercial mortgage loan, fair value | 0 |
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets/Liabilities (Level 1) [Member] | Seven Point Twenty Five Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 0 | 0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets/Liabilities (Level 1) [Member] | Six Point Seventy Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 0 | 0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets/Liabilities (Level 1) [Member] | Five Point Three Hundred Seventy Five Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 0 | 0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets/Liabilities (Level 1) [Member] | One Point Sixty One Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank Due July 21, 2021 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 0 | 0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets/Liabilities (Level 1) [Member] | One Point Fifty Six Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank Due August 16, 2021 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 0 | 0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets/Liabilities (Level 1) [Member] | Three Point Zero Three Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank Due December 16, 2026 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 0 | 0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets/Liabilities (Level 1) [Member] | Obligations of States and Political Subdivisions [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed income securities, held-to-maturity - fair value | 0 | 0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets/Liabilities (Level 1) [Member] | Corporate Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed income securities, held-to-maturity - fair value | 0 | 0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term Debt, Fair Value | 167,055 |
Fixed income securities, held-to-maturity - fair value | 20,213 | 21,975
Long-term debt, fair value | 682,253 | 659,272
Commercial mortgage loan, fair value | 2,540 |
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Seven Point Twenty Five Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 67,350 | 66,365
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Six Point Seventy Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 130,651 | 123,104
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Five Point Three Hundred Seventy Five Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 365,756 | 357,025
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | One Point Sixty One Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank Due July 21, 2021 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 25,255 | 24,901
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | One Point Fifty Six Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank Due August 16, 2021 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 25,269 | 24,875
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Three Point Zero Three Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank Due December 16, 2026 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 67,972 | 63,002
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Obligations of States and Political Subdivisions [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed income securities, held-to-maturity - fair value | 4,849 | 4,921
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Corporate Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed income securities, held-to-maturity - fair value | 15,364 | 17,054
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term Debt, Fair Value | 0 |
Fixed income securities, held-to-maturity - fair value | 0 | 0
Long-term debt, fair value | 0 | 0
Commercial mortgage loan, fair value | 28,055 |
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Seven Point Twenty Five Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 0 | 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Six Point Seventy Percent Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 0 | 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Five Point Three Hundred Seventy Five Senior Notes [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 0 | 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | One Point Sixty One Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank Due July 21, 2021 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 0 | 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | One Point Fifty Six Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank Due August 16, 2021 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 0 | 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Three Point Zero Three Percent Borrowing From Federal Home Loan Bank Due December 16, 2026 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt, fair value | 0 | 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Obligations of States and Political Subdivisions [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed income securities, held-to-maturity - fair value | 0 | 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Corporate Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed income securities, held-to-maturity - fair value | 0 | 0
Zero Point Thirty Six Percent Borrowing from FHLBNY Due November 16, 2020 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term Debt, Fair Value | 100,005 | 0
Zero Point Thirty Six Percent Borrowing from FHLBNY Due November 16, 2020 [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets/Liabilities (Level 1) [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term Debt, Fair Value | 0 |
Zero Point Thirty Six Percent Borrowing from FHLBNY Due November 16, 2020 [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term Debt, Fair Value | 100,005 |
Zero Point Thirty Six Percent Borrowing from FHLBNY Due November 16, 2020 [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term Debt, Fair Value | 0 |
Zero Point Fifty Eight Percent Borrowing from FHLBI Due December 14, 2020. [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term Debt, Fair Value | 67,050 | $ 0
Zero Point Fifty Eight Percent Borrowing from FHLBI Due December 14, 2020. [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets/Liabilities (Level 1) [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term Debt, Fair Value | 0 |
Zero Point Fifty Eight Percent Borrowing from FHLBI Due December 14, 2020. [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term Debt, Fair Value | 67,050 |
Zero Point Fifty Eight Percent Borrowing from FHLBI Due December 14, 2020. [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term Debt, Fair Value | $ 0 |

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