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Reinsurance (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
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 March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 (dollars in thousands):
|  |  |  | March 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
Reinsurer |  | A.M. Best Rating |  | Amount |  | % of Total |  | Amount |  | % of Total
Reinsurer A |  | A+ |  | $ | 273,387 |  |  | 35.9 | % |  | $ | 240,894 |  |  | 35.2 | %
Reinsurer B |  | A+ |  | 187,880 |  |  | 24.7 |  |  | 183,881 |  |  | 26.9 |
Reinsurer C |  | A+ |  | 72,191 |  |  | 9.5 |  |  | 68,832 |  |  | 10.1 |
Reinsurer D |  | A++ |  | 45,327 |  |  | 6.0 |  |  | 36,202 |  |  | 5.3 |
Reinsurer E |  | A |  | 41,797 |  |  | 5.5 |  |  | 35,484 |  |  | 5.2 |
Other reinsurers |  |  |  | 140,133 |  |  | 18.4 |  |  | 118,679 |  |  | 17.3 |
Total |  |  |  | $ | 760,715 |  |  | 100.0 | % |  | $ | 683,972 |  |  | 100.0 | %

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