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Investments - Schedule of Amortized Cost and Fair Value on Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Sep. 30, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
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Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Cost or Amortized Cost | $ 543,513 | $ 426,568
Fair Value | 539,419 | 423,581
Mortgage-backed securities [Member] | Agency [Member] |  |
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Cost or Amortized Cost | 76,428 | 64,905
Fair Value | 76,610 | 64,619
Mortgage-backed securities [Member] | Non Agency [Member] |  |
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Cost or Amortized Cost | 10,454 | 8,053
Fair Value | 10,389 | 7,987
Asset-backed securities [Member] | Auto Loans [Member] |  |
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Cost or Amortized Cost | 18,423 | 16,551
Fair Value | 18,488 | 16,556
Asset-backed securities [Member] | Credit Card Receivables [Member] |  |
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Cost or Amortized Cost | 28,578 | 13,481
Fair Value | 28,588 | 13,457
Asset-backed securities [Member] | Other Receivables [Member] |  |
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Cost or Amortized Cost | 4,599 | 4,599
Fair Value | 4,610 | 4,604
Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities [Member] |  |
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items] |  |
Cost or Amortized Cost | 138,482 | 107,589
Fair Value | $ 138,685 | $ 107,223

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