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Statutory Balances and Accounting Practices (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Statutory Balances And Accounting Practices [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Statutory Net Income And Capital And Surplus | The following table presents the statutory net income, and statutory capital and surplus of the Insurance Companies, as reported to regulatory authorities:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
| (Amounts in thousands)
Statutory net income(1) | $ | 82,359 |  |  | $ | 123,984 |  |  | $ | 155,654 |
Statutory capital and surplus | $ | 1,441,571 |  |  | $ | 1,451,950 |  |  | $ | 1,438,281 |
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(1) | Statutory net income reflects differences from GAAP net income, including changes in the fair value of the investment portfolio as a result of the application of the fair value option.

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