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Federal Income Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Federal Income Taxes [Abstract]

Federal Income Taxes

		Unaudited,				Unaudited,
		Quarter ended				Nine Months ended
		September 30,				September 30,
($ in thousands)		2011		2010		2011		2010
Tax at statutory rate of 35%	$	(14,290)		7,721		(4,142)		18,394
Tax-advantaged interest		(4,090)		(4,479)		(12,898)		(14,224)
Dividends received deduction		(280)		(67)		(546)		(250)
Interim period tax rate adjustment1		(3,250)		(580)		-		606
Other		574		634		1,369		2,514
Federal income tax (benefit) expense from continuing operations	$	(21,336)		3,229		(16,217)		7,040

¹During Third Quarter 2011, we recorded year-to-date taxes using the actual effective tax rate as opposed to the estimated full-year effective tax rate that was used in previous quarters.

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Tabular disclosure of the reconciliation using percentage or dollar amounts of the reported amount of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for the year to the amount of income tax expense that would result from applying domestic federal statutory tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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