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Junior Subordinated Debt Securities Payable (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
1 Months Ended
May 24, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Amount Issued $ 329,897,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
Early redemption of junior subordinated debt, pre-tax expense $ 7,282,000cik0000914748_EarlyRedemptionOfJuniorSubordinatedDebtPreTaxExpenseearlyRedemptionOfJuniorSubordinatedDebtPreTaxExpense
Junior Subordinated Debt [Member]  
Debt Instrument [Line Items]  
Debt instrument, stated interest rate 6.20%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_JuniorSubordinatedDebtMember