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Note 10 - Financial Guaranty Insurance Contracts Future Premium Revenues For Financial Guaranty Contracts (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 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 | $ 154,439
Amortization of Unearned Premium | 6,080
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 179
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | 6,259
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 | 154,439
Amortization of Unearned Premium | 6,080
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 179
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | 6,259
Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts, Future Expected Premium Revenue to be Recognized, Year Two [Member] |
Future Premium Revenue To Be Recognized [Line Items] |
Unearned premiums | 139,127
Amortization of Unearned Premium | 15,312
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 674
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | 15,986
Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts, Future Expected Premium Revenue to be Recognized, Year Three [Member] |
Future Premium Revenue To Be Recognized [Line Items] |
Unearned premiums | 126,046
Amortization of Unearned Premium | 13,081
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 617
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | 13,698
Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts, Future Expected Premium Revenue to be Recognized, Year Four [Member] |
Future Premium Revenue To Be Recognized [Line Items] |
Unearned premiums | 114,629
Amortization of Unearned Premium | 11,417
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 581
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | 11,998
Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts, Future Expected Premium Revenue to be Recognized, Year Five [Member] |
Future Premium Revenue To Be Recognized [Line Items] |
Unearned premiums | 103,819
Amortization of Unearned Premium | 10,811
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 530
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | 11,341
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 | 103,819
Amortization of Unearned Premium | 56,701
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 2,581
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | 59,282
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 | 59,338
Amortization of Unearned Premium | 44,480
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 2,049
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | 46,529
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 | 29,650
Amortization of Unearned Premium | 29,689
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 1,334
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | 31,023
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 | 12,697
Amortization of Unearned Premium | 16,962
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 858
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | 17,820
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 | 12,697
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 993
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | 13,690
Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts Future Expected Premium Revenue to be Recognized [Member] |
Future Premium Revenue To Be Recognized [Line Items] |
Amortization of Unearned Premium | 160,529
Accretion of Premium Receivable and Unearned Premium | 7,815
Total Premium Revenue to be recognized | $ 168,344

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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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