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Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate, Description of Variable Rate Basis

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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The reference rate for the variable rate of the debt instrument, such as LIBOR or the US Treasury rate and the maturity of the reference rate used, such as three months or six months LIBOR.

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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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Amount of gain (loss) recognized on the income statement for financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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-Subparagraph (c)(1)

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FAIR VALUE ACCOUNTING AND MEASUREMENT (Liability Inputs) (Details) - Junior Subordinated Debt [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Fair Value Loss on Instruments	$ 368		$ 3,178	$ 734	$ 3,385
Discounted cash flows [Member] \| Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Discount Rate, Description of Variable Rate Basis
Discount Rate, Basis Spread on Variable Rate Basis	5.00%	5.25%		5.00%
Fair Value Loss on Instruments	$ 368			$ 734
Junior Subordinated Debentures with Variable Interest Rates Which Reset Quarterly [Member] \| Discounted cash flows [Member] \| Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis				three-month LIBOR
Junior Subordinated Debentures with Variable Interest Rates Which Reset Quarterly [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Discounted cash flows [Member] \| Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate				1.38%
Junior Subordinated Debentures with Variable Interest Rates Which Reset Quarterly [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Discounted cash flows [Member] \| Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate				3.35%