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Reinsurance (Tables)

3 Months Ended

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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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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