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Reinsurance (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

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 September 30, 2018 or December 31, 2017 (dollars in thousands):

				September 30, 2018							December 31, 2017
Reinsurer		A.M. Best Rating		Amount				% of Total			Amount				% of Total
Reinsurer A		A+		$	303,942			39.5			$	301,478			38.6	%
Reinsurer B		A+		203,702				26.5			203,898				26.1
Reinsurer C		A		67,599				8.8			67,723				8.7
Reinsurer D		A+		41,049				5.3			40,528				5.2
Reinsurer E		A++		35,090				4.6			40,592				5.2
Other reinsurers				117,942				15.3			127,808				16.2
Total				$	769,324			100.0	%		$	782,027			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/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 825
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1B
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=99380617&loc=SL75241803-196195

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