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Reinsurance (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Reinsurance Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of List Of Direct, Assumed, And Ceded Reinsurance Amounts |
|  | Quarter ended September 30, |  | Nine Months ended September 30,
($ in thousands) |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Premiums written: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  | $ | 785,680 |  |  | 752,834 |  |  | $ | 2,359,441 |  |  | 2,220,431 |
Assumed |  | 6,882 |  |  | 7,084 |  |  | 18,770 |  |  | 19,891 |
Ceded |  | (115,634 | ) |  | (108,250 | ) |  | (326,939 | ) |  | (308,846 | )
Net |  | $ | 676,928 |  |  | 651,668 |  |  | $ | 2,051,272 |  |  | 1,931,476 |
Premiums earned: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  | $ | 752,872 |  |  | 706,497 |  |  | $ | 2,221,257 |  |  | 2,086,953 |
Assumed |  | 6,356 |  |  | 6,484 |  |  | 18,660 |  |  | 19,220 |
Ceded |  | (105,608 | ) |  | (98,704 | ) |  | (311,105 | ) |  | (295,232 | )
Net |  | $ | 653,620 |  |  | 614,277 |  |  | $ | 1,928,812 |  |  | 1,810,941 |
Loss and loss expenses incurred: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct |  | $ | 437,618 |  |  | 477,427 |  |  | $ | 1,297,975 |  |  | 1,289,357 |
Assumed |  | 4,362 |  |  | 6,529 |  |  | 13,975 |  |  | 16,897 |
Ceded |  | (43,305 | ) |  | (104,757 | ) |  | (145,712 | ) |  | (175,786 | )
Net |  | $ | 398,675 |  |  | 379,199 |  |  | $ | 1,166,238 |  |  | 1,130,468 |
Schedule of Ceded Premiums and Losses Related to Flood Operations |
Ceded to NFIP |  | Quarter ended September 30, |  | Nine Months ended September 30,
($ in thousands) |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Ceded premiums written |  | $ | (74,864 | ) |  | (70,100 | ) |  | $ | (206,451 | ) |  | (193,110 | )
Ceded premiums earned |  | (65,847 | ) |  | (61,448 | ) |  | (191,914 | ) |  | (180,582 | )
Ceded loss and loss expenses incurred |  | (27,459 | ) |  | (89,396 | ) |  | (62,208 | ) |  | (115,376 | )
Excluding the impact of our participation in the NFIP, ceded loss and loss expenses incurred increased in Nine Months 2019 compared to the respective prior year, due to one significant fire loss in the second quarter of 2019, which added $17.4 million to ceded loss and loss expenses. The elevated ceded loss and loss expenses incurred related to our participation in the NFIP in Third Quarter and Nine Months 2018 were due to Hurricane Florence, which impacted our footprint in September 2018.

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