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Statutory Balances and Accounting Practices (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Statutory Balances And Accounting Practices [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Statutory Net Income And Capital And Surplus | The following table presents the statutory net income and capital and surplus of the Insurance Companies, as reported to regulatory authorities:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
| (Amounts in thousands)
Statutory net income(1) | $ | 63,365 |  |  | $ | 223,447 |  |  | $ | 142,981 |
Statutory capital and surplus | 1,440,973 |  |  | 1,497,609 |  |  | 1,322,270 |
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(1) | Statutory net income excludes changes in the fair value of the investment portfolio as a result of the application of fair value option.

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