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Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Textual) [Abstract]
Embedded Derivative, Gain (Loss) on Embedded Derivative Total	$ (676)	$ 439
Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Textual) [Abstract]
Embedded Derivative, Gain (Loss) on Embedded Derivative Total	$ (674)	$ 439
Percentage Of Invested Assets In Total Investment Portfolio Level3 Recurring	2.60%

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Fair value of financial instruments.

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Percentage of invested assets in the total investment portfolio in Level 3 carried at fair value on a recurring basis.

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Net Increase or Decrease in the fair value of the embedded derivative or group of embedded derivatives included in earnings in the period.

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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=56946850&loc=SL5624171-113959

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