Recent Accounting Pronouncements	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Recent Accounting Pronouncements [Abstract]
Recent Accounting Pronouncements	Note 2. Recent Accounting Pronouncements In April 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2015-03, "Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs." The amendments in this guidance require that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The recognition and measurement guidance for debt issuance costs are not affected by the amendments in this ASU. This guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015, with early adoption permitted. This guidance must be adopted retrospectively, wherein the balance sheet of each period presented should be adjusted to reflect the new guidance. First Guaranty has elected early adoption of this guidance in 2015. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact upon First Guaranty's financial statements. No adjustments to prior year information was necessary upon the adoption of the guidance. In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-16, "Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments". The guidance eliminates the requirement that an acquirer in a business combination account for measurement-period adjustments retrospectively. The ASU is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2015. The adoption of this ASU is not expected to have a material effect on First Guaranty's Consolidated Financial Statements. In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, "Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities". The ASU amendments include changes related to how certain equity investments are measured, recognize changes in the fair value of financial certain liabilities measured under the fair value option, and disclose and present financial assets and liabilities on First Guaranty's consolidated financial statements. Additionally, the ASU will also require entities to present financial assets and financial liabilities separately, grouped by measurement category and form of financial asset in the statement of financial position or in the accompanying notes to the financial statements. Entities will also no longer have to disclose the methods and significant assumptions for financial instruments measured at amortized cost, but will be required to measure such instruments under the "exit price" notion for disclosure purposes. The ASU is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017. The adoption of this ASU is not expected to have a material effect on First Guaranty's Consolidated Financial Statements. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, "Conforming Amendments Related to Leases". This ASU amends the codification regarding leases in order to increase transparency and comparability. The ASU requires companies to recognize lease assets and liabilities on the statement of condition and disclose key information about leasing arrangements. A lessee would recognize a liability to make lease payments and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the leased asset for the lease term. The ASU is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018. The adoption of this ASU is not expected to have a material effect on First Guaranty's Consolidated Financial Statements.

Note 2. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In April 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2015-03, "Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs." The amendments in this guidance require that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The recognition and measurement guidance for debt issuance costs are not affected by the amendments in this ASU.

This guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015, with early adoption permitted. This guidance must be adopted retrospectively, wherein the balance sheet of each period presented should be adjusted to reflect the new guidance. First Guaranty has elected early adoption of this guidance in 2015. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact upon First Guaranty's financial statements. No adjustments to prior year information was necessary upon the adoption of the guidance.

In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-16, "Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments". The guidance eliminates the requirement that an acquirer in a business combination account for measurement-period adjustments retrospectively. The ASU is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2015. The adoption of this ASU is not expected to have a material effect on First Guaranty's Consolidated Financial Statements.

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, "Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities". The ASU amendments include changes related to how certain equity investments are measured, recognize changes in the fair value of financial certain liabilities measured under the fair value option, and disclose and present financial assets and liabilities on First Guaranty's consolidated financial statements. Additionally, the ASU will also require entities to present financial assets and financial liabilities separately, grouped by measurement category and form of financial asset in the statement of financial position or in the accompanying notes to the financial statements. Entities will also no longer have to disclose the methods and significant assumptions for financial instruments measured at amortized cost, but will be required to measure such instruments under the "exit price" notion for disclosure purposes. The ASU is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017. The adoption of this ASU is not expected to have a material effect on First Guaranty's Consolidated Financial Statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, "Conforming Amendments Related to Leases". This ASU amends the codification regarding leases in order to increase transparency and comparability. The ASU requires companies to recognize lease assets and liabilities on the statement of condition and disclose key information about leasing arrangements. A lessee would recognize a liability to make lease payments and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the leased asset for the lease term. The ASU is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018. The adoption of this ASU is not expected to have a material effect on First Guaranty's Consolidated Financial Statements.