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Commercial Mortgage Loan Portfolio (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) a ft² unit property room Room	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) a ft² unit property room
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Current Face Amount	$ 1,938,589
Commercial mortgage loans [Member]
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Original Face Amount	1,037,940	$ 467,300
Current Face Amount	999,583	465,574
Carrying Value	$ 994,301	$ 458,520
Coupon rate of loan	7.08%	6.84%
Commercial mortgage loans [Member] | Condo Conversion [Member] | Condo Conversion - NY, NY August 2013 [Member]
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Original Face Amount	$ 33,000	$ 33,000
Current Face Amount	24,114	33,846
Carrying Value	$ 24,289	$ 33,961
Coupon rate of loan	7.00%
Property Size, Area (in square feet and acres) | ft²	40,000	40,000
Commercial mortgage loans [Member] | Condo Conversion [Member] | Condo Conversion New York, NY [Member]
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Original Face Amount	$ 67,300	$ 67,300
Current Face Amount	67,300	67,300
Carrying Value	$ 67,038	$ 64,714
Coupon rate of loan	3.75%
Property Size, Area (in square feet and acres) | ft²	86,000	86,000
Commercial mortgage loans [Member] | Condo Construction [Member] | Condo Construction Potomac, MD [Member]
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Original Face Amount	$ 80,000	$ 28,000
Current Face Amount	65,125	28,000
Carrying Value	$ 65,087	$ 27,520
Coupon rate of loan	10.50%
Property Size, Number of Units/Rooms | unit	50	50
Commercial mortgage loans [Member] | Condo Construction [Member] | Condo Construction Bethesda, MD [Member]
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Original Face Amount	$ 50,000	$ 20,000
Current Face Amount	50,000	20,000
Carrying Value	$ 49,960	$ 19,616
Coupon rate of loan	10.75%
Property Size, Number of Units/Rooms | unit	40	40
Commercial mortgage loans [Member] | Vacation Home Portfolio [Member] | Vacation Home Portfolio - Various [Member]
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Original Face Amount	$ 101,000	$ 101,000
Current Face Amount	94,147	100,046
Carrying Value	$ 93,277	$ 99,086
Coupon rate of loan	7.50%
Number of properties | property	229	229
Commercial mortgage loans [Member] | Vacation Home Portfolio [Member] | Vacation Home Portfolio - Various, United States [Member]
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Original Face Amount	$ 50,000	$ 50,000
Current Face Amount	50,000	50,000
Carrying Value	$ 49,595	$ 49,508
Coupon rate of loan	7.00%
Number of properties | property	24	24
Commercial mortgage loans [Member] | Hotel [Member] | Hotel - Silver Spring, MD [Member]
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Original Face Amount		$ 26,000
Current Face Amount		24,590
Carrying Value		$ 24,557
Property Size, Number of Units/Rooms | room		263
Commercial mortgage loans [Member] | Hotel [Member] | Hotel - Philadelphia, PA [Member]
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Original Face Amount	$ 34,000	$ 34,000
Current Face Amount	34,000	34,000
Carrying Value	$ 33,994	$ 33,842
Coupon rate of loan	4.74%
Property Size, Number of Units/Rooms	301	301
Commercial mortgage loans [Member] | Hotel [Member] | Hotel - NY, NY [Member]
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Original Face Amount	$ 97,807
Current Face Amount	98,373
Carrying Value	$ 97,381
Coupon rate of loan	5.50%
Property Size, Number of Units/Rooms | Room	317
Commercial mortgage loans [Member] | Hotel [Member] | Hotel - U.S. Virgin Islands [Member]
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Original Face Amount	$ 42,000
Current Face Amount	42,000
Carrying Value	$ 41,600
Coupon rate of loan	5.27%
Property Size, Number of Units/Rooms | room	180
Commercial mortgage loans [Member] | Multifamily Conversion [Member] | Multifamily, Brooklyn, NY [Member]
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Original Face Amount	$ 34,500	$ 30,000
Current Face Amount	34,500	30,000
Carrying Value	$ 34,886	$ 30,110
Coupon rate of loan	4.41%
Property Size, Number of Units/Rooms | unit	63	63
Commercial mortgage loans [Member] | Multifamily Conversion [Member] | Multifamily - Williston, ND [Member]
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Original Face Amount	$ 58,000	$ 58,000
Current Face Amount	49,691	57,792
Carrying Value	$ 49,665	$ 57,297
Coupon rate of loan	6.15%
Property Size, Number of Units/Rooms | unit	366	366
Commercial mortgage loans [Member] | Mixed Use [Member] | Mixed Use - Cincinnati, OH [Member]
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Original Face Amount	$ 165,000	$ 20,000
Current Face Amount	165,000	20,000
Carrying Value	$ 163,173	$ 18,309
Coupon rate of loan	9.25%
Property Size, Area (in square feet and acres) | a	65	65
Commercial mortgage loans [Member] | Mixed Use [Member] | Mixed Use - Brooklyn, NY [Member]
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Original Face Amount	$ 85,770
Current Face Amount	85,770
Carrying Value	$ 85,658
Coupon rate of loan	7.25%
Property Size, Area (in square feet and acres) | ft²	330,000
Commercial mortgage loans [Member] | Retail Redevelopment [Member] | Retail Redevelopment - Miami, FL [Member]
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Original Face Amount	$ 45,000
Current Face Amount	45,000
Carrying Value	$ 44,925
Coupon rate of loan	6.25%
Property Size, Area (in square feet and acres) | ft²	63,300
Commercial mortgage loans [Member] | Retail Redevelopment [Member] | Retail Redevelopment - Miami, FL (2) [Member]
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Original Face Amount	$ 33,000
Current Face Amount	33,000
Carrying Value	$ 32,804
Coupon rate of loan	6.25%
Property Size, Area (in square feet and acres) | ft²	16,600
Commercial mortgage loans [Member] | Retail [Member] | Retail, Brooklyn, NY [Member]
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Original Face Amount	$ 1,653
Current Face Amount	1,653
Carrying Value	$ 1,636
Coupon rate of loan	10.25%
Property Size, Area (in square feet and acres) | ft²	10,500
Commercial mortgage loans [Member] | Retail [Member] | Retail - Brooklyn, NY - November 2015 [Member]
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Original Face Amount	$ 5,910
Current Face Amount	5,910
Carrying Value	$ 5,858
Coupon rate of loan	7.25%
Property Size, Area (in square feet and acres) | ft²	5,500
Commercial mortgage loans [Member] | Office [Member] | Office - Richmond, VA [Member]
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Original Face Amount	$ 54,000
Current Face Amount	54,000
Carrying Value	$ 53,475
Coupon rate of loan	5.53%
Property Size, Area (in square feet and acres) | ft²	262,000

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