Number Of Securities Owned

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Number Of Securities Remaining After Sale

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Number of Securities Sold

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Percentage of Total Investment Portfolio, Fair Value

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Securities, Amortized Cost

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Securities Discount Rate Over London Inter Bank Offered Rate

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Securities Pledged as Collateral

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Carrying amount of assets sold under agreements to repurchase when the carrying amount (or market value, if higher than the carrying amount) of securities or other assets sold under repurchase agreements exceeds 10 percent of total assets.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(m)(1)(i)(A)(i))

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

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-Section 08

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-Article 4

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This item represents the cost of equity securities, which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading, net of adjustments for other-than-temporary impairments recognized in earnings (less any cumulative-effect adjustments recognized, as defined), and fair value hedge accounting adjustments, if any.

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This item represents the difference between the gross realized gains and losses realized on the sale of debt or equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading securities. Additionally, this item would include any losses recognized for other than temporary impairments (OTTI) of the subject investments in debt and equity securities.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 320

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 9

-Subparagraph (a)

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Fair value portion of investment securities, including, but not limited to, marketable securities, derivative financial instruments, and investments accounted for under the equity method.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Available-for-Sale Securities

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Trading Securities

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 320

-SubTopic 10

-Section 25

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph a, f, g

-Article 7

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-Topic 320

-SubTopic 10

-Section 35

-Paragraph 1

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Investment Securities - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014 security	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Available for sale Securities and Held to maturity Securities [Line Items]
Carrying value of securities pledged as collateral	$ 461,303,000			$ 461,303,000		$ 373,533,000
Book value of securities sold under agreements to repurchase	114,070,000			114,070,000		126,900,000
Gain on sale of securities	910,000			2,335,000	487,000
Number of securities remaining after sale		2
Investment amortized cost	1,173,850,000			1,173,850,000		1,097,226,000
Minimum
Schedule of Available for sale Securities and Held to maturity Securities [Line Items]
Spread over LIBOR				0.85%
Maximum
Schedule of Available for sale Securities and Held to maturity Securities [Line Items]
Spread over LIBOR				1.57%
Corporate obligations
Schedule of Available for sale Securities and Held to maturity Securities [Line Items]
Number of securities sold		4
Number of securities owned		6
Amortized cost of sold securities		4,800,000
Gain on sale of securities		641,000
Investment amortized cost		1,500,000
Fair value of investments		$ 821,000
Corporate obligations \| Maximum
Schedule of Available for sale Securities and Held to maturity Securities [Line Items]
Percentage of fair value of investments (less than 1%)		1.00%