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Reinsurance | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Reinsurance Disclosures [Abstract] |
Reinsurance | Reinsurance The following table contains a listing of direct, assumed, and ceded reinsurance amounts for premiums written, premiums earned, and loss and loss expenses incurred for the periods indicated. For more information concerning reinsurance, refer to Note 8. “Reinsurance” in Item 8. “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.” of our 2013 Annual Report.
|  | Quarter ended March 31,
($ in thousands) |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Premiums written: |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  | $ | 557,891 |  |  | 528,816 |
Assumed |  | 7,850 |  |  | 8,482 |
Ceded |  | (88,991 | ) |  | (87,174 | )
Net |  | $ | 476,750 |  |  | 450,124 |
Premiums earned: |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  | $ | 536,700 |  |  | 494,066 |
Assumed |  | 10,185 |  |  | 12,463 |
Ceded |  | (90,390 | ) |  | (85,589 | )
Net |  | $ | 456,495 |  |  | 420,940 |
Loss and loss expense incurred: |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  | $ | 358,349 |  |  | 365,646 |
Assumed |  | 7,479 |  |  | 9,074 |
Ceded |  | (45,282 | ) |  | (104,871 | )
Net |  | $ | 320,546 |  |  | 269,849 |
The growth in direct premium written ("DPW") for our ten insurance subsidiaries ("Insurance Subsidiaries") in First Quarter 2014 compared to First Quarter 2013 reflects pure price increases and retention that we have achieved in our Standard Insurance Operations. Direct premiums earned increases in First Quarter 2014 were consistent with the fluctuation in DPW for the twelve-month period ended March 31, 2014 as compared to the twelve-month period ended March 31, 2013. The ceded premiums and losses related to our participation in the NFIP, under which 100% of our flood premiums, losses, and loss expenses are ceded to the NFIP, are as follows:
NFIP |  | Quarter ended March 31,
($ in thousands) |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Ceded premiums written |  | $ | (57,303 | ) |  | (56,707 | )
Ceded premiums earned |  | (58,286 | ) |  | (55,327 | )
Ceded loss and loss expense incurred |  | (7,379 | ) |  | (76,176 | )

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