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Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details Textual) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended |  |
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Jun. 30, 2014 | Jun. 30, 2014 | Jun. 30, 2014 Level 3 [Member] | Jun. 30, 2013 Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Percentage of investment portfolio fair value pricing services or index priced |  |  | 89.00% | 88.00%
Percentage of invested assets in total investment portfolio level3 |  |  | 2.00% |
Embedded Derivative, Gain (Loss) on Embedded Derivative, Net, Total | $ 57 | $ 69 |  |

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- Definition Net Increase or Decrease in the fair value of the embedded derivative or group of embedded derivatives included in earnings in the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4C -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35706170&loc=SL5624171-113959 + Details
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