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Federal Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Reconciliation of Federal Income Tax on Income at the Corporate Rate to the Effective Tax Rate |
($ in thousands) |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Tax at statutory rate of 35% |  | $ | 68,996 |  |  | 50,331 |  |  | 13,172 |
Tax-advantaged interest |  | (12,926 | ) |  | (12,718 | ) |  | (13,285 | )
Dividends received deduction |  | (1,121 | ) |  | (1,174 | ) |  | (1,260 | )
Other |  | 355 |  |  | (52 | ) |  | 1,045 |
Federal income tax expense (benefit) from continuing operations |  | $ | 55,304 |  |  | 36,387 |  |  | (328 | )
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities |
($ in thousands) |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Net loss reserve discounting |  | $ | 84,502 |  |  | 87,967 |
Net unearned premiums |  | 66,470 |  |  | 64,167 |
Employee benefits |  | 33,721 |  |  | 19,912 |
Long-term incentive compensation plans |  | 13,625 |  |  | 12,904 |
Temporary investment write-downs |  | 3,939 |  |  | 7,586 |
Net operating loss |  | 2,136 |  |  | 2,818 |
Alternative minimum tax and other business tax credits |  | 7,826 |  |  | 17,042 |
Other |  | 8,811 |  |  | 10,088 |
Total deferred tax assets |  | 221,030 |  |  | 222,484 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred policy acquisition costs |  | 63,242 |  |  | 59,164 |
Unrealized gains on investment securities |  | 43,289 |  |  | 31,345 |
Other investment-related items, net |  | 5,088 |  |  | 618 |
Accelerated depreciation and amortization |  | 10,962 |  |  | 8,744 |
Total deferred tax liabilities |  | 122,581 |  |  | 99,871 |
Net deferred federal income tax asset |  | $ | 98,449 |  |  | 122,613 |
Summary of Operating Loss Carryforwards [Table Text Block] | As of December 31, 2014, we had federal tax net operating loss carryforwards (“NOL”) of $6.1 million. These NOLs, which are subject to an annual limitation of $1.9 million, will expire between 2029 and 2031 as follows:
($ in thousands) |  | Gross NOL |  | Tax Effected NOL
2029 |  | $ | 2,024 |  |  | 708 |
2030 |  | 3,999 |  |  | 1,400 |
2031 |  | 79 |  |  | 28 |
Total NOL carryforwards |  | 6,102 |  |  | 2,136 |

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