Shareholders' Equity - Unrecognized Compensation Cost (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Equity [Abstract]
Total unrecognized compensatoin cost related to unvested share-based payment awards	$ 26.8
Period for recognition of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested share-based payment awards	1 year 4 months 24 days
Unrecognized compensation cost expected to be recognized as compensation expense
2019	$ 12.1
2020	12.4
2021	1.9
2022	0.4
2023	0.0
Total	$ 26.8

Unrecognized compensation cost expected to be recognized in year five of the five succeeding years.

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Unrecognized compensation cost expected to be recognized in year four of the five succeeding years.

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Unrecognized compensation cost expected to be recognized in year one of the five succeeding years.

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Unrecognized compensation cost expected to be recognized in year three of the five succeeding years.

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Unrecognized compensation cost expected to be recognized in year two of the five succeeding years.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (i)
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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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