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Note 8 - Reinsurance (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Reinsurance Disclosures [Abstract] |
Effects of Reinsurance [Table Text Block] | The effect of reinsurance on net premiums written and earned is as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands) | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Net premiums written-insurance: |  |  |  |  |
Direct | $ | 1,009,409 |  |  | $ | 982,976 |  |  | $ | 1,033,323 |
Assumed | 104 |  |  | (882 | ) |  | (904 | )
Ceded | (41,008 | ) |  | (56,913 | ) |  | (81,421 | )
Net premiums written-insurance | $ | 968,505 |  |  | $ | 925,181 |  |  | $ | 950,998 |
Net premiums earned-insurance: |  |  |  |  |
Direct | $ | 973,645 |  |  | $ | 905,502 |  |  | $ | 848,655 |
Assumed | 43 |  |  | 43 |  |  | 56 |
Ceded | (57,780 | ) |  | (61,017 | ) |  | (67,291 | )
Net premiums earned-insurance | $ | 915,908 |  |  | $ | 844,528 |  |  | $ | 781,420 |
Ceded Credit Risk [Table Text Block] | The following tables present information related to our captive transactions for the periods indicated:
| Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands) | 2015 |  | 2014
RIF ceded under captive reinsurance arrangements | 71,359 |  |  | 129,795 |
Ceded losses recoverable related to captives | 7,293 |  |  | 24,711 |
| Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands) | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Ceded premiums written related to captives | 9,950 |  |  | 12,948 |  |  | 17,812 |
Ceded premiums earned related to captives | 9,959 |  |  | 12,958 |  |  | 17,853 |
Ceded recoveries, excluding amounts received upon terminations of captive reinsurance transactions | 20,950 |  |  | 21,213 |  |  | 47,151 |
The following table shows the amounts related to the QSR Transactions for the periods indicated:
| Initial QSR Transaction |  | Second QSR Transaction
| Year Ended December 31, |  | Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands) | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Ceded premiums written | $ | 14,471 |  |  | $ | 10,217 |  |  | $ | 23,047 |  |  | $ | 15,742 |  |  | $ | 33,751 |  |  | $ | 40,225 |
Ceded premiums earned | 22,157 |  |  | 17,319 |  |  | 29,746 |  |  | 24,818 |  |  | 29,820 |  |  | 18,356 |
Ceding commissions written | 3,134 |  |  | 4,862 |  |  | 5,762 |  |  | 8,309 |  |  | 11,813 |  |  | 14,079 |

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