Statements of Cash Flow

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract]

Statements of Cash Flows

Supplemental cash flow information was as follows:



	Nine Months ended September 30,
($ in thousands)	2017		2016
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest	$	15,356	13,874
Federal income tax	39,000		36,405

Non-cash items:
Exchange of fixed income securities, AFS	6,192		21,775
Corporate actions related to equity securities, AFS¹	4,725		3,032
Assets acquired under capital lease arrangements	278		3,108
Non-cash purchase of property and equipment	—		648

¹Examples of such corporate actions include non-cash acquisitions and stock splits.

Included in "Other assets" on the Consolidated Balance Sheets was $18.0 million at September 30, 2017 and $20.9 million at September 30, 2016 of cash received from the NFIP, which is restricted to pay flood claims under the Write Your Own ("WYO") program.