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Other Investments - Mortgage Servicing Rights (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
Servicing Asset at Fair Value, Amount [Roll Forward] |  |  |
Additions | $ 868 | $ 328 | $ 7,387
Mortgage servicing rights |  |  |
Servicing Asset at Fair Value, Amount [Roll Forward] |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | 60,281 | 63,598 | 118,526
Additions | 868 | 328 | 8,026
Sales | 0 | (1,077) | (52,788)
Changes in fair value due to: Changes in assumptions | (10,659) | 4,434 | (1,088)
Changes in fair value due to: Other changes | (8,266) | (7,002) | (9,078)
Balance at End of Period | 42,224 | 60,281 | 63,598
Servicing income | 15,038 | 15,372 | 21,120
Cost of sub-servicer | (1,465) | (1,444) | (2,828)
Net servicing fee income | 13,573 | 13,928 | 18,292
Market valuation changes of MSRs | (18,856) | (2,508) | (10,166)
Market valuation changes of associated derivatives | 8,596 | (4,734) | (568)
MSR reversal of provision for repurchases | 208 | 390 | 302
MSR Income (Loss), Net | $ 3,521 | $ 7,076 | $ 7,860

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- Definition Amount of increase (decrease) in fair value from changes in the assumptions or model used to calculate the fair value of a contract to service financial assets under which the benefits of servicing are expected to more than adequately compensate the servicer. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition All amounts that, per contract, are due to the servicer in exchange for servicing the financial asset and would no longer be received by a servicer if the beneficial owners of the serviced assets (or their trustees or agents) were to exercise their actual or potential authority under the contract to shift the servicing to another servicer. Depending on the servicing contract, those fees may include some or all of the difference between the interest rate collected on the asset being serviced and the rate to be paid to the beneficial owners of the asset. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 50 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=116651436&loc=d3e122596-111746 + Details
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