Acquisition - Narrative (Details) - Workmen's Auto Insurance Company [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jan. 12, 2015	Jan. 02, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash		$ 8,000
Less: Amount held in escrow		$ 2,000
Maximum duration for escrow security		3 years
Capital contribution to WAIC	$ 15,000

Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Amount Held In Escrow

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Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Amount Held In Escrow, Term

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Regulatory Capital Contribution To Acquiree

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

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Investing Activities

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 13

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