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Municipal Bond Guarantee (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Guarantees [Abstract] |
Schedule of Municipal Bond Guarantee Insured Obligations | The following table provides a schedule of BAM’s insured obligations:
|  | March 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
Contracts outstanding |  | 5,191 |  |  | 4,807 |
Remaining weighted average contract period outstanding (in years) |  | 10.8 |  |  | 10.8 |
Contractual debt service outstanding (in millions): |  |  |  |
Principal |  | $ | 35,222.1 |  |  | $ | 33,057.3 |
Interest |  | 17,589.9 |  |  | 16,396.6 |
Total debt service outstanding |  | $ | 52,812.0 |  |  | $ | 49,453.9 |
Gross unearned insurance premiums |  | $ | 99.8 |  |  | $ | 83.0 |
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 March 31, 2017:
Millions |  | March 31, 2017
April 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017 |  | $ | 6.3 |
January 1, 2018 - March 31, 2018 |  | 2.1 |
April 1, 2018 - June 30, 2018 |  | 2.0 |
July 1, 2018 - September 30, 2018 |  | 2.0 |
October 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018 |  | 2.0 |
|  | 8.1 |
2019 |  | 7.8 |
2020 |  | 7.4 |
2021 |  | 7.0 |
2022 and thereafter |  | 63.2 |
Total gross unearned insurance premiums |  | $ | 99.8 |

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