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Net Investment Income | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2023
Net Investment Income [Abstract] |
Net Investment Income | Net Investment Income Net investment income consisted of the following:
| For the Three Months Ended March 31, |  |
(In thousands) | 2023 |  | 2022 |  |  |  |
Investment income (loss) earned on: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed maturity securities, including cash and cash equivalents and loans receivable | $ | 195,642 |  |  | $ | 101,284 |  |  |  |  |
Arbitrage trading account | 18,256 |  |  | 9,187 |  |  |  |  |
Equity securities | 13,746 |  |  | 10,856 |  |  |  |  |
Investment funds | 2,180 |  |  | 52,012 |  |  |  |  |
Real estate | (3,711) |  |  | 2,146 |  |  |  |  |
Gross investment income | 226,113 |  |  | 175,485 |  |  |  |  |
Investment expense | (2,715) |  |  | (1,973) |  |  |  |  |
Net investment income | $ | 223,398 |  |  | $ | 173,512 |  |  |  |  |

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