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Reinsurance (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Reinsurance Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of List Of Direct, Assumed, And Ceded Reinsurance Amounts |
|  | Quarter ended September 30, |  | Nine Months ended September 30,
($ in thousands) |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Premiums written: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  | $ | 669,844 |  |  | 631,429 |  |  | $ | 1,981,984 |  |  | 1,851,620 |
Assumed |  | 7,644 |  |  | 6,099 |  |  | 21,752 |  |  | 17,140 |
Ceded |  | (98,715 | ) |  | (92,503 | ) |  | (281,464 | ) |  | (273,514 | )
Net |  | $ | 578,773 |  |  | 545,025 |  |  | $ | 1,722,272 |  |  | 1,595,246 |
Premiums earned: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  | $ | 627,520 |  |  | 590,716 |  |  | $ | 1,846,587 |  |  | 1,728,865 |
Assumed |  | 7,163 |  |  | 5,830 |  |  | 20,604 |  |  | 16,831 |
Ceded |  | (92,254 | ) |  | (89,156 | ) |  | (270,372 | ) |  | (271,874 | )
Net |  | $ | 542,429 |  |  | 507,390 |  |  | $ | 1,596,819 |  |  | 1,473,822 |
Loss and loss expense incurred: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  | $ | 428,520 |  |  | 306,635 |  |  | $ | 1,152,223 |  |  | 935,529 |
Assumed |  | 5,929 |  |  | 4,224 |  |  | 18,424 |  |  | 13,114 |
Ceded |  | (118,191 | ) |  | (25,698 | ) |  | (258,766 | ) |  | (86,922 | )
Net |  | $ | 316,258 |  |  | 285,161 |  |  | $ | 911,881 |  |  | 861,721 |
Schedule of Ceded Premiums and Losses Related to Flood Operations | 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:
Ceded to NFIP |  | Quarter ended September 30, |  | Nine Months ended September 30,
($ in thousands) |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Ceded premiums written |  | $ | (62,051 | ) |  | (62,463 | ) |  | $ | (179,205 | ) |  | (178,784 | )
Ceded premiums earned |  | (56,505 | ) |  | (58,340 | ) |  | (169,986 | ) |  | (176,119 | )
Ceded loss and loss expense incurred |  | (99,200 | ) |  | (15,382 | ) |  | (164,179 | ) |  | (36,315 | )

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