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Shareholders' Equity - Additional Information (Details) | 12 Months Ended |  |  |
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Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) shares | Dec. 31, 2017 shares | Dec. 31, 2019 £ / shares | Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) shares | Dec. 31, 2018 £ / shares | Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) shares
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred shares, multiple of amount paid up on ordinary shares | 100 |  |  |  |  |
Share buy-back program, authorized amount | $ |  |  |  |  |  | $ 10,000,000
Share buy-back program, number of shares authorized |  |  |  |  |  | 2,700,000
Number of ordinary shares repurchased (in shares) | 0 |  |  |  |  |
Number of treasury shares held (in shares) | 352,499 |  |  | 378,201 |  |
Cost of treasury shares held | $ | $ 4,000,000.0 |  |  | $ 4,300,000 |  |
Own shares held by ESOP |  |  |  |  |  |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of ordinary shares repurchased (in shares) |  | 100,000 |  |  |  |
Ordinary shares |  |  |  |  |  |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Common stock, par value (in GBP per share) | £ / shares |  |  | £ 0.50 |  | £ 0.50 |
Common stock, shares, outstanding, actively traded | 27,431,283 |  |  | 28,376,729 |  |
Employee stock ownership plan, shares held by trustees | 1,216,220 |  |  | 1,621,301 |  |
Deferred shares |  |  |  |  |  |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Common stock, par value (in GBP per share) | £ / shares |  |  | £ 0.0001 |  | £ 0.0001 |

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