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Fair Value Measurement (Schedule Of Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value On A Recurring Basis Valuation Techniques) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Jun. 30, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020
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Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | $ 3,761,777 | $ 3,549,810
Equity securities: | 870,556 | 803,851
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 3,761,777 | 3,549,810
Equity securities: | 870,556 | 803,851
Short-term investments: | 408,471 | 375,609
Note receivable | 5,698 | 5,725
Assets, fair value disclosure | 5,046,502 | 4,734,995
Liabilities | 167 |
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 1 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 14,279 | 13,816
Equity securities: | 733,546 | 691,782
Short-term investments: | 403,461 | 370,680
Note receivable | 0 | 0
Assets, fair value disclosure | 1,151,286 | 1,076,278
Liabilities | 167 |
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 2 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 3,747,498 | 3,535,994
Equity securities: | 54,211 | 32,660
Short-term investments: | 5,010 | 4,929
Note receivable | 5,698 | 5,725
Assets, fair value disclosure | 3,812,417 | 3,579,308
Liabilities | 0 |
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Level 3 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 0 | 0
Equity securities: | 0 | 0
Short-term investments: | 0 | 0
Note receivable | 0 | 0
Assets, fair value disclosure | 0 | 0
Liabilities | 0 |
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | US Government Agencies Debt Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 14,279 | 13,816
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | US Government Agencies Debt Securities [Member] | Level 1 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 14,279 | 13,816
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | US Government Agencies Debt Securities [Member] | Level 2 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | US Government Agencies Debt Securities [Member] | Level 3 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Municipal Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 2,845,983 | 2,791,212
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Municipal Securities [Member] | Level 1 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Municipal Securities [Member] | Level 2 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 2,845,983 | 2,791,212
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Municipal Securities [Member] | Level 3 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 92,548 | 93,264
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] | Level 1 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] | Level 2 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 92,548 | 93,264
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] | Level 3 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 283,407 | 241,366
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Level 1 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Level 2 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 283,407 | 241,366
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | Level 3 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Collateralized Loan Obligations [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 278,336 | 256,891
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Collateralized Loan Obligations [Member] | Level 1 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Collateralized Loan Obligations [Member] | Level 2 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 278,336 | 256,891
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Collateralized Loan Obligations [Member] | Level 3 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Other Asset-Backed Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 247,224 | 153,261
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Other Asset-Backed Securities [Member] | Level 1 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Other Asset-Backed Securities [Member] | Level 2 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 247,224 | 153,261
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Other Asset-Backed Securities [Member] | Level 3 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fixed maturity securities: | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Common Stock [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Equity securities: | 733,546 | 691,782
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Common Stock [Member] | Level 1 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Equity securities: | 733,546 | 691,782
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Common Stock [Member] | Level 2 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Equity securities: | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Common Stock [Member] | Level 3 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Equity securities: | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Nonredeemable Preferred Stock [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Equity securities: | 54,211 | 32,660
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Nonredeemable Preferred Stock [Member] | Level 1 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Equity securities: | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Nonredeemable Preferred Stock [Member] | Level 2 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Equity securities: | 54,211 | 32,660
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Nonredeemable Preferred Stock [Member] | Level 3 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Equity securities: | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Private Equity Funds Net Asset Value [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Equity securities: | 82,799 | 79,409
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Short-term Debt [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments: | 5,010 | 26,928
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Short-term Debt [Member] | Level 1 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments: | 0 | 21,999
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Short-term Debt [Member] | Level 2 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments: | 5,010 | 4,929
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Short-term Debt [Member] | Level 3 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments: | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments: | 403,451 | 348,676
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Level 1 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments: | 403,451 | 348,676
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Level 2 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments: | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Level 3 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments: | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Other Short-term Investments |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments: | 10 | 5
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Other Short-term Investments | Level 1 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments: | 10 | 5
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Other Short-term Investments | Level 2 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments: | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Other Short-term Investments | Level 3 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Short-term investments: | 0 | $ 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Equity contracts [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Derivative liability | 167 |
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Equity contracts [Member] | Level 1 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Derivative liability | 167 |
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Equity contracts [Member] | Level 2 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Derivative liability | 0 |
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Equity contracts [Member] | Level 3 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Derivative liability | $ 0 |

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- Definition Fair value, after the effects of master netting arrangements, of a financial liability or contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset. Includes liabilities not subject to a master netting arrangement and not elected to be offset. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51824906&loc=SL20225862-175312 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 825 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121572278&loc=d3e13433-108611 Reference 3: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 20 -Section 55 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=99393222&loc=SL20226008-175313 + Details
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