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Investment Securities (Significant Unobservable Inputs) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Standard Poors NR Rating | Preferred Stock | Discounted cash flows |  |
Quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements Assets |  |
Fair value Assets | $ 70.9 | [1]
Discount Yield (as a percent) | 7.40% | [1]
Standard Poors NR Rating | Security Owned Not Readily Marketable, Name [Domain] | Multiple of GAAP book value |  |
Quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements Assets |  |
Fair value Assets | 36.8 |
Book value multiple (as a percent) | 100.00% |
Standard & Poor's, BBB- Rating | Agency CMBS | Broker Pricing |  |
Quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements Assets |  |
Fair value Assets | 8.0 |
Standard & Poor's, AA Plus Rating | Agency CMBS | Broker Pricing |  |
Quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements Assets |  |
Fair value Assets | $ 22.1 |
[1] | As of March 31, 2013 asset type consists of one security

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- Definition Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (bbb) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7578670&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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