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Note 4 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block] | The following is a list of assets that are measured at fair value by hierarchy level as of September 30, 2017:
(In thousands) | Level I |  | Level II |  | Total
Assets at Fair Value |  |  |  |  |
Investment Portfolio: |  |  |  |  |
U.S. government and agency securities | $ | 137,606 |  |  | $ | 12,217 |  |  | $ | 149,823 |
State and municipal obligations | — |  |  | 385,486 |  |  | 385,486 |
Money market instruments | 155,957 |  |  | — |  |  | 155,957 |
Corporate bonds and notes | — |  |  | 2,291,267 |  |  | 2,291,267 |
RMBS | — |  |  | 207,150 |  |  | 207,150 |
CMBS | — |  |  | 495,229 |  |  | 495,229 |
Other ABS | — |  |  | 620,441 |  |  | 620,441 |
Foreign government and agency securities | — |  |  | 36,684 |  |  | 36,684 |
Equity securities | 187,642 |  |  | 860 |  |  | 188,502 |
Other investments (1) | — |  |  | 39,620 |  |  | 39,620 |
Total Investments at Fair Value (2) | 481,205 |  |  | 4,088,954 |  |  | 4,570,159 |
Total Assets at Fair Value | $ | 481,205 |  |  | $ | 4,088,954 |  |  | $ | 4,570,159 |
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(1) | Comprising short-term certificates of deposit and commercial paper.
(2) | Does not include certain other invested assets ($0.6 million), primarily invested in limited partnerships, accounted for as cost-method investments and not measured at fair value. Also does not include cash collateral held under securities lending agreements reinvested in short-term investments, and includes securities loaned to third-party borrowers under securities lending agreements.
The following is a list of assets that are measured at fair value by hierarchy level as of December 31, 2016:
(In thousands) | Level I |  | Level II |  | Level III |  | Total
Assets at Fair Value |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investment Portfolio: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. government and agency securities | $ | 237,479 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 237,479 |
State and municipal obligations | — |  |  | 358,536 |  |  | — |  |  | 358,536 |
Money market instruments | 431,472 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 431,472 |
Corporate bonds and notes | — |  |  | 2,024,205 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,024,205 |
RMBS | — |  |  | 388,842 |  |  | — |  |  | 388,842 |
CMBS | — |  |  | 507,273 |  |  | — |  |  | 507,273 |
Other ABS | — |  |  | 450,128 |  |  | — |  |  | 450,128 |
Foreign government and agency securities | — |  |  | 32,807 |  |  | — |  |  | 32,807 |
Equity securities | — |  |  | 830 |  |  | 500 |  |  | 1,330 |
Other investments (1) | — |  |  | 28,663 |  |  | 500 |  |  | 29,163 |
Total Investments at Fair Value (2) | 668,951 |  |  | 3,791,284 |  |  | 1,000 |  |  | 4,461,235 |
Total Assets at Fair Value | $ | 668,951 |  |  | $ | 3,791,284 |  |  | $ | 1,000 |  |  | $ | 4,461,235 |
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(1) | Comprising short-term certificates of deposit and commercial paper, included within Level II, and convertible notes of non-public company issuers, included within Level III.
(2) | Does not include certain other invested assets ($1.2 million), primarily invested in limited partnerships, accounted for as cost-method investments and not measured at fair value.
Fair Value, by Balance Sheet Grouping [Table Text Block] | The carrying value and estimated fair value of other selected assets and liabilities not carried at fair value on our condensed consolidated balance sheets were as follows as of the dates indicated:
| September 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
(In thousands) | Carrying Amount |  | Estimated Fair Value |  | Carrying Amount |  | Estimated Fair Value
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other invested assets | $ | 599 |  |  | $ | 3,404 |  |  | $ | 1,195 |  |  | $ | 3,789 |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt | 1,026,806 |  |  | 1,095,409 |  |  | 1,069,537 |  |  | 1,214,471 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19190-110258 + Details
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