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Reinsurance (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2016

Retrocession Arrangements And Reinsurance Ceded Receivables [Abstract]

Ceded Credit Risk [Table Text Block]

The following table presents information for the Company's reinsurance ceded receivable assets, including the respective amount and A.M. Best rating for each reinsurer representing in excess of five percent of the total as of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 (dollars in thousands):

				June 30, 2016							December 31, 2015
Reinsurer		A.M. Best Rating		Amount				% of Total			Amount				% of Total
Reinsurer A		A+		$	233,016			34.2	%		$	199,479			31.3	%
Reinsurer B		A+		190,957				28.0			179,522				28.1
Reinsurer C		A+		68,727				10.1			72,836				11.4
Reinsurer D		A++		38,098				5.6			41,807				6.6
Reinsurer E		A		36,847				5.4			37,138				5.8
Other reinsurers				113,780				16.7			107,077				16.8
Total				$	681,425			100.0	%		$	637,859			100.0	%

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Tabular disclosure of reinsurer or group of reinsurers for whom the entity has a concentration of credit risk.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 825
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28088331&loc=SL29635902-196195

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 21
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=73719730&loc=d3e13537-108611

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 20
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=73719730&loc=d3e13531-108611

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