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Municipal Bond Guarantee (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Guarantees [Abstract] |
Schedule of Municipal Bond Guarantee Insured Obligations | The following table provides a schedule of BAM’s insured obligations:
|  | September 30, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
Contracts outstanding |  | 4,357 |  |  | 3,103 |
Remaining weighted average contract period outstanding (in years) |  | 10.9 |  |  | 12.8 |
Contractual debt service outstanding (in millions): |  |  |  |
Principal |  | $ | 30,470.0 |  |  | $ | 22,556.0 |
Interest |  | 15,258.1 |  |  | 11,984.4 |
Total debt service outstanding |  | $ | 45,728.1 |  |  | $ | 34,540.4 |
Gross unearned insurance premiums |  | $ | 71.0 |  |  | $ | 50.2 |
Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts, Premium Received over Contract Period [Table Text Block] | The following table is a schedule of BAM’s future premium revenues as of September 30, 2016:
Millions |  | September 30, 2016
October 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016 |  | $ | 1.6 |
January 1, 2017 - March 31, 2017 |  | 1.6 |
April 1, 2017 - June 30, 2017 |  | 1.6 |
July 1, 2017 - September 30, 2017 |  | 1.6 |
October 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017 |  | 1.5 |
|  | 6.3 |
2018 |  | 6.0 |
2019 |  | 5.7 |
2020 |  | 5.4 |
2021 and thereafter |  | 46.0 |
Total |  | $ | 71.0 |

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