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Amount of noncash expense included in interest expense to issue debt and obtain financing associated with the related debt instruments. Alternate captions include noncash interest expense.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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The number of equity instruments that the holder of the debt instrument would receive if the debt was converted to equity.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, the carrying value of junior subordinated long-term debt owed to unconsolidated subsidiary trusts as of the balance sheet date. Such debt places a lender in a lien position behind debt having a higher priority of repayment in liquidation of the entity's assets and was initially scheduled to be repaid after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle if longer.

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The cash outflow for loan and debt issuance costs.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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The cash inflow during the period from additional borrowings in aggregate debt. Includes proceeds from short-term and long-term debt.

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Debt (Narrative) (Details)	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Debt (Narrative) (Details)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) security $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 16, 2009 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fair value of common securities					$ 0
Payments for deferred financing costs				$ 670,000
Amortization of Financing Costs		$ 123,000	$ 111,000	26,000
Subordinated Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate		12.00%
Interest paid currently, percentage		9.00%
Interest paid in kind, percentage		3.00%
Junior Subordinated Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Junior Subordinated Debenture Owed to Unconsolidated Subsidiary Trust		$ 49,614,000
Fair value of common securities		$ 0
10.50% Contingent convertible senior notes due 2027 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate		10.50%
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt	$ 8,121,000
Alesco Capital Trust I [Member] \| Junior Subordinated Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount		$ 870,000
Junior Subordinated Debenture Owed to Unconsolidated Subsidiary Trust		$ 28,995,000
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		4.00%
Shares of common securities of variable interest entity trusts issued \| shares		870
Sunset Financial Statutory Trust I [Member] \| Junior Subordinated Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount		$ 619,000
Junior Subordinated Debenture Owed to Unconsolidated Subsidiary Trust		$ 20,619,000
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		4.15%
Shares of common securities of variable interest entity trusts issued \| shares		619
Star Asia Manager Note Payable [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount		$ 725,000
Stated interest rate		2.75%
8.00% Contingent Convertible Senior Notes Due 2018 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount		$ 8,248,000
Stated interest rate		8.00%
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Number of Equity Instruments \| security		2,749,167
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Share Price \| $ / shares		$ 3.00
Debt Instrument, Dividend Threshold for Interest to be Payable In-Kind \| $ / shares		$ 0.02
Star Asia Manager [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash consideration			$ 425,000	$ 425,000