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Federal Income Taxes (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Federal Income Taxes [Abstract]

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

		Quarter Ended March 31,
($ in thousands)		2020				2019
Tax at statutory rate (21% in 2020 and 2019)		$	3,359			15,476
Tax-advantaged interest		(1,214		)		(1,253	)
Dividends received deduction		(55		)		(83	)
Executive compensation		351				473
Stock-based compensation		(1,881		)		(2,635	)
Other		201				368
Federal income tax expense		$	761			12,346

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Federal Income Taxes [Abstract]

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Tabular disclosure of the reconciliation using percentage or dollar amounts of the reported amount of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for the year to the amount of income tax expense that would result from applying domestic federal statutory tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
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