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Commercial Mortgage Loan Portfolio (Detail) (USD $)		12 Months Ended								1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013 Commercial mortgage loans [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Commercial mortgage loans [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Commercial mortgage loans [Member] Hotel [Member] Hotel - NY, NY [Member] room	Dec. 31, 2012 Commercial mortgage loans [Member] Hotel [Member] Hotel - NY, NY [Member] room	Dec. 31, 2013 Commercial mortgage loans [Member] Hotel [Member] Hotel - Silver Spring, MD [Member] room	Dec. 31, 2012 Commercial mortgage loans [Member] Hotel [Member] Hotel - Silver Spring, MD [Member] room	Dec. 31, 2013 Commercial mortgage loans [Member] Office Condo [Member] Office Condo (Headquarters) - NY, NY [Member] sqft	Dec. 31, 2012 Commercial mortgage loans [Member] Office Condo [Member] Office Condo (Headquarters) - NY, NY [Member] sqft	Sep. 30, 2013 Commercial mortgage loans [Member] Mixed Use [Member] Mixed Use - South Boston, MA [Member] acre	Dec. 31, 2012 Commercial mortgage loans [Member] Mixed Use [Member] Mixed Use - South Boston, MA [Member] acre	Dec. 31, 2013 Commercial mortgage loans [Member] Condo Conversion [Member] Condo Conversion - NY, NY December 2012 [Member] sqft	Dec. 31, 2012 Commercial mortgage loans [Member] Condo Conversion [Member] Condo Conversion - NY, NY December 2012 [Member] sqft	Dec. 31, 2013 Commercial mortgage loans [Member] Condo Conversion [Member] Condo Conversion - NY, NY August 2013 [Member] sqft
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Original Face Amount		$ 164,000,000	$ 154,844,000	$ 32,000,000	$ 32,000,000	$ 26,000,000	$ 26,000,000	$ 28,000,000	$ 28,000,000		$ 23,844,000	$ 45,000,000	$ 45,000,000	$ 33,000,000
Current Face Amount	661,637,000	161,600,000	146,550,000	31,317,000	31,571,000	24,947,000	25,273,000	27,169,000	27,419,000		17,287,000	45,000,000	45,000,000	33,167,000
Carrying Value		$ 161,099,000	$ 142,921,000	$ 31,317,000	$ 31,571,000	$ 24,785,000	$ 25,273,000	$ 27,169,000	$ 27,419,000		$ 14,105,000	$ 44,867,000	$ 44,553,000	$ 32,961,000
Coupon rate of loan		8.82%	7.82%	8.25%		9.00%		8.00%				9.00%		9.67%
Property Size, Area								73,419	73,419	20	20	119,000	119,000	40,000
Property Size, Number of Units				151	151	263	263

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The balance represents the amount of loans that are secured by real estate mortgages, offset by the reserve to cover probable credit losses on the loan portfolio.

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