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Mortgage Loans on Real Estate Mortgage Loans by Credit Quality Indicator (Details) (USD $) | Sep. 30, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011
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Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items] |  |
Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Gross | $ 2,700,000,000 | $ 2,800,000,000
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] |  |
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items] |  |
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Nonaccrual Status | 36,000,000 | 45,500,000
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate Collateral Dependent | 36,019,000 | 38,923,000
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Financing Receivable, by Credit Quality Indicator [Domain] |  |
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items] |  |
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate Performing | 2,682,471,000 | 2,743,068,000
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate In Workout | 44,371,000 | 67,425,000
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Principal Amount of Delinquent Loans | 0 | 6,595,000
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate Collateral Dependent | 36,019,000 | 38,923,000
Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Gross | $ 2,762,861,000 | $ 2,856,011,000

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- Definition Mortgage loans that are in a workout period at the end of the reporting period. Workouts are payment periods that are not in compliance with original loan agreement, such as interest only periods, no debt service payment periods, or escrowing principal portion of payments to be used for capital improvements. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Reflects the sum of the gross carrying amounts of unpaid loans issued to businesses to acquire, develop, construct, improve, or refinance land or a building. Includes [but is not limited to] commercial mortgage loans, which are secured by a [legal] security interest in real property [commercial building or business real property] which thereby serves as collateral securing repayment of the loan; and construction financing, which is an obligation generally in the form of a [promissory] note, used for the funding of construction projects. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Audit and Accounting Guide (AAG) -Number AAG-DEP -Chapter 8 -Paragraph 51, 52, 53 -IssueDate 2006-05-01 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6965416&loc=d3e5066-111524 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 60 -Paragraph 47 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 210 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.7(a)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Statement of Position (SOP) -Number 01-6 -Paragraph 13 -Subparagraph e -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Article 9 -Section 03 -Paragraph 7 -Subparagraph a Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 210 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.1(c)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910 + Details
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