Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate, Basis Spread on Variable Rate Basis

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

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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

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-Section 50

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FAIR VALUE ACCOUNTING AND MEASUREMENT (Liability Inputs) (Details) - Junior Subordinated Debt [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Fair Value Loss on Instruments	$ 489		$ 311	$ 1,223	$ 3,696
Discounted cash flows [Member] \| Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Discount Rate, Description of Variable Rate Basis	three-month LIBOR	three-month LIBOR
Discount Rate, Basis Spread on Variable Rate Basis	5.00%	5.25%		5.00%