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Loss Reserves - Delinquent Items (Details) - loan | Mar. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Mar. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
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Aging of the Primary Delinquent Inventory [Abstract] |  |  |  |
3 months or less (in loans) | 8,568 | 9,829 | 8,770 |
3 months or less (as a percent) | 28.00% | 30.00% | 21.00% |
4 - 11 months (in loans) | 9,997 | 9,655 | 16,429 |
4 - 11 months (as a percent) | 32.00% | 29.00% | 40.00% |
12 months or more (in loans) | 12,356 | 13,414 | 16,044 |
12 months or more (as a percent) | 40.00% | 41.00% | 39.00% |
Total primary delinquent inventory (in loans) | 30,921 | 32,898 | 41,243 | 46,556
Total primary delinquent inventory (as a percent) | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Primary claims received inventory included in ending delinquent inventory (in loans) | 665 | 809 | 819 |
Percent of 12 months or more delinquent inventory, delinquent for more than 36 months (as a percent) | 38.00% | 38.00% | 44.00% |
Pool insurance delinquent inventory (in loans) | 723 | 859 | 1,200 |

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- Definition The number of loans included in the pool insurance notice inventory as of the end of the reporting period. + References No definition available. + Details
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