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Long-lived assets other than financial instruments, long-term customer relationships of a financial institution, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred tax assets.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
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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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Segment and Related Information (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 26,415	$ 25,007	$ 26,136	$ 26,963	$ 28,370	$ 25,731	$ 28,800	$ 25,763	$ 104,521	$ 108,664	$ 108,663
Net Assets	72,196				77,598				72,196	77,598
Long-lived assets, net	21,767				26,774				21,767	26,774
Segment, Geographical, United States [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									65,179	64,766	63,727
Net Assets	25,736				22,312				25,736	22,312
Long-lived assets, net	12,004				13,610				12,004	13,610
Segment, Geographical, Germany [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									13,477	15,755	8,240
Net Assets	15,026				18,512				15,026	18,512
Long-lived assets, net	5,504				7,817				5,504	7,817
Segment, Geographical, United Kingdom [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									16,421	18,051	24,754
Net Assets	16,083				17,908				16,083	17,908
Long-lived assets, net	918				1,440				918	1,440
Rest Of The World [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									9,444	10,092	11,942
Net Assets	15,351				18,866				15,351	18,866
Long-lived assets, net	3,341				3,907				3,341	3,907
Total [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									104,521	108,664	$ 108,663
Net Assets	72,196				77,598				72,196	77,598
Long-lived assets, net	$ 21,767				$ 26,774				$ 21,767	$ 26,774