Business Combinations (Details 1) - Bowers Insurance Agency, Inc. $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net interest income	$ 16,747
Net income	$ 4,810
Basic and diluted earnings per share \| $ / shares	$ 0.18

Business acquisition pro forma earnings per share basic and diluted.

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Business acquisitions pro forma interest income expense net.

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The pro forma net Income or Loss for the period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of a period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (h)(2)-(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65885119&loc=d3e1392-128463

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