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Note 10 - Financial Guaranty Insurance Contracts Future Premium Revenues For Financial Guaranty Contracts (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014
Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts, Future Expected Premium Revenue to be Recognized, Next Rolling Quarter [Member] |
Future Premium Revenue To Be Recognized [Line Items] |
Unearned premiums | $ 163,413
Amortization of Unearned Premium | 7,959
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 193
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | 8,152
Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts, Future Expected Premium Revenue to be Recognized, Second Rolling Quarter [Member] |
Future Premium Revenue To Be Recognized [Line Items] |
Unearned premiums | 158,908
Amortization of Unearned Premium | 4,505
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 191
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | 4,696
Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts, Future Expected Premium Revenue to be Recognized, Remainder of Fiscal Year [Member] |
Future Premium Revenue To Be Recognized [Line Items] |
Unearned premiums | 158,908
Amortization of Unearned Premium | 12,464
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 384
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | 12,848
Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts, Future Expected Premium Revenue to be Recognized, Year Two [Member] |
Future Premium Revenue To Be Recognized [Line Items] |
Unearned premiums | 143,082
Amortization of Unearned Premium | 15,826
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 719
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | 16,545
Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts, Future Expected Premium Revenue to be Recognized, Year Three [Member] |
Future Premium Revenue To Be Recognized [Line Items] |
Unearned premiums | 129,579
Amortization of Unearned Premium | 13,503
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 657
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | 14,160
Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts, Future Expected Premium Revenue to be Recognized, Year Four [Member] |
Future Premium Revenue To Be Recognized [Line Items] |
Unearned premiums | 117,700
Amortization of Unearned Premium | 11,878
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 617
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | 12,495
Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts, Future Expected Premium Revenue to be Recognized, Year Five [Member] |
Future Premium Revenue To Be Recognized [Line Items] |
Unearned premiums | 106,535
Amortization of Unearned Premium | 11,166
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 562
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | 11,728
Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts, Future Expected Premium Revenue to be Recognized Within Five Years [Member] |
Future Premium Revenue To Be Recognized [Line Items] |
Unearned premiums | 106,535
Amortization of Unearned Premium | 64,837
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 2,939
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | 67,776
Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts, Premium Receivable, Premium Expected to be Collected, Year Six Through Ten [Member] |
Future Premium Revenue To Be Recognized [Line Items] |
Unearned premiums | 60,317
Amortization of Unearned Premium | 46,218
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 2,148
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | 48,366
Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts, Future Expected Premium Revenue to be Recognized, Year 11 Through 15 [Member] |
Future Premium Revenue To Be Recognized [Line Items] |
Unearned premiums | 29,858
Amortization of Unearned Premium | 30,459
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 1,368
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | 31,827
Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts, Future Expected Premium Revenue to be Recognized, Year 16 Through 20 [Member] |
Future Premium Revenue To Be Recognized [Line Items] |
Unearned premiums | 12,701
Amortization of Unearned Premium | 17,157
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 872
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | 18,029
Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts, Future Expected Premium Revenue to be Recognized, Greater than 20 Years [Member] |
Future Premium Revenue To Be Recognized [Line Items] |
Unearned premiums | 0
Amortization of Unearned Premium | 12,701
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 1,009
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | 13,710
Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts Future Expected Premium Revenue to be Recognized [Member] |
Future Premium Revenue To Be Recognized [Line Items] |
Amortization of Unearned Premium | 171,372
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 8,336
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | $ 179,708

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- Definition The amount of accretion on premium receivable in the statement of income for financial guarantee insurance contracts where premium is received over the contract period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 310 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -Subparagraph (a)(3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6933075&loc=SL5748726-161290 + Details
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