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Debt (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Outstanding Debt | The Company’s outstanding debt consisted of the following at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:
(Dollars in thousands) |  | September 30, 2020 |  |  | December 31, 2019 |
Margin Borrowing Facility |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 73,629 |
7.75% Subordinated Notes due 2045 |  |  | — |  |  |  | 96,864 |
7.875% Subordinated Notes due 2047 |  |  | 126,253 |  |  |  | 126,147 |
Total |  | $ | 126,253 |  |  | $ | 296,640 |
Amounts Recorded for the Subordinated Notes | The following table represents the amounts recorded for the subordinated notes as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:
|  | September 30, 2020 |
(Dollars in thousands) |  | Outstanding Principal |  |  | Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs |  |  | Net Carrying Amount |
7.875% Subordinated Notes due 2047 |  | $ | 130,000 |  |  | $ | (3,747 | ) |  | $ | 126,253 |
|  | $ | 130,000 |  |  | $ | (3,747 | ) |  | $ | 126,253 |
|  | December 31, 2019 |
(Dollars in thousands) |  | Outstanding Principal |  |  | Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs |  |  | Net Carrying Amount |
7.75% Subordinated Notes due 2045 |  | $ | 100,000 |  |  | $ | (3,136 | ) |  | $ | 96,864 |
7.875% Subordinated Notes due 2047 |  |  | 130,000 |  |  |  | (3,853 | ) |  |  | 126,147 |
|  | $ | 230,000 |  |  | $ | (6,989 | ) |  | $ | 223,011 |

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