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Acquisition (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Acquisition [Abstract] |
Revenue And Net Income Of AIS And The Company |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
|  | (Amounts in thousands) |
AIS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues(1) |  | $ | 13,742 |  |  | $ | 13,926 |  |  | $ | 11,846 |
Net income(1) |  | $ | 2,617 |  |  | $ | 3,367 |  |  | $ | 1,228 |
Combined entity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues(2) |  | $ | 2,777,285 |  |  | $ | 2,775,885 |  |  | $ | 3,121,493 |
Net income |  | $ | 191,164 |  |  | $ | 152,198 |  |  | $ | 403,072 |
(1) | Excludes intercompany transactions with the Company's insurance subsidiaries.
(2) | Includes net premiums earned, net investment income, net realized investment gains, and commission revenues.

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