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Equity Incentive Plans - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended |
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Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) performance_metric shares | Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) performance_metric $ / shares shares | Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) | May 02, 2014 shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Options granted (in shares) |  | 461,000 |  |
Options granted, grant date fair value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares |  | $ 5.91 |  |
Restricted Stock |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Expected volatility rate |  | 42.20% |  |
Risk free interest rate |  | 1.46% |  |
Share based compensation expense | $ |  | $ 9.1 | $ 6.1 |
Unrecognized compensation costs related to non vested stock option awards | $ | $ 41.6 | $ 41.6 |  |
Expected weighted average period to recognize expense |  | 2 years 10 months 24 days |  |
Vesting period |  | 3 years |  |
Granted shares |  | 924,000 |  |
Number of annual performance metrics | performance_metric | 2 | 2 |  |
Beta of portfolio |  | 1.11 |  |
Restricted Stock | Minimum |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Vesting period |  | 3 years |  |
Restricted Stock | Maximum |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Vesting period |  | 4 years |  |
Vesting rights, percentage weighted towards earnings per share performance | 50.00% | 50.00% |  |
Award vesting rights, percentage weighted towards capital performance targets | 50.00% | 50.00% |  |
Employee Stock |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Discount on purchase of Common Stock for employee from the current market price |  | 5.00% |  |
Maximum shares authorized under ESPP for sale offer to eligible employees (in shares) | 750,000 | 750,000 |  |
Shares issued (in shares) | 4,060 |  |  |
Stock Options |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Expected volatility rate |  | 35.72% |  |
Expected term |  | 5 years |  |
Risk free interest rate |  | 1.53% |  |
Expected dividend rate |  | 5.79% |  |
Share based compensation expense | $ |  | $ 0.9 | $ 0.3 |
Unrecognized compensation costs related to non vested stock option awards | $ | $ 2.2 | $ 2.2 |  |
Expected weighted average period to recognize expense |  | 3 years 5 months |  |
Performance Based Shares | Minimum |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Vesting percentage of target |  | 0.00% |  |
Performance Based Shares | Maximum |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Vesting percentage of target |  | 200.00% |  |
2014 Stock Incentive Plan |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Shares available for issuance |  |  |  | 4,625,030
Common stock available for the issuance of awards (in shares) |  |  |  | 3,000,000
2006 Stock Incentive Plan |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Common stock available for the issuance of awards (in shares) |  |  |  | 1,625,030
Certain Employees and Executive Officers | Restricted Stock |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Granted shares |  | 924,000 |  |
Certain Employees and Executive Officers | Performance Based Shares |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Granted shares |  | 295,000 |  |

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- Definition The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (f)(2)(ii) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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