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Comprehensive Income (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Comprehensive Income [Abstract] |
Schedule of net changes in the Company's accumulated other comprehensive income by component | The following table presents the net changes in the Company's accumulated other comprehensive income by component: (All amounts shown are net of tax).
| For Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013
Foreign currency translation adjustments: |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 2,507,922 |  |  | $ | 2,458,933 |
Other Comprehensive income before reclassifications | (91,250 | ) |  | (601,749 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income | — |  |  | — |
Net current-period change | (91,250 | ) |  | (601,749 | )
Balance at end of period | 2,416,672 |  |  | 1,857,184 |
Unrealized gains(losses) on available-for-sale securities: |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | 19,467,441 |  |  | 15,111,778 |
Other Comprehensive income before reclassifications | 864,910 |  |  | 7,811,095 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income | (3,265,224 | ) |  | (1,834,435 | )
Net current-period change | (2,400,314 | ) |  | 5,976,660 |
Balance at end of period | 17,067,127 |  |  | 21,088,438 |
Accumulated other comprehensive income, end of period | $ | 19,483,799 |  |  | $ | 22,945,622 |
Schedule of reclassifications out of other comprehensive income | The following table presents details of reclassifications out of other comprehensive income for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013.
Details about Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Components |  | Amounts Reclassified from Other Comprehensive Income |  | Affected Line item in the Statement of Consolidated Income
|  | For the Three Months ended March 31, |  |  |
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  |  |
Unrealized gains and (losses) on available-for-sale securities |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Realized gain (loss) on sale of securities |  | $ | 5,023,421 |  |  | $ | 2,822,207 |  |  |  | Other, net
Provision for Income Taxes |  | (1,758,197 | ) |  | (987,772 | ) |  |  | Provision for Income Taxes
Total reclassifications for the period |  | $ | 3,265,224 |  |  | $ | 1,834,435 |  |  |  | Net of tax

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