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Discontinued Operations (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract] |
Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block] | Summary financial information included in Income from Discontinued Operations for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 is presented below:
|  | Nine Months Ended |  | Three Months Ended
(Dollars in Millions, Except Per Share Amounts) |  | Sep 30, 2011 |  | Sep 30, 2010 |  | Sep 30, 2011 |  | Sep 30, 2010
Interest, Loan Fees and Earned Discounts |  | $ | 31.8 |  |  | $ | 78.9 |  |  | $ | 3.8 |  |  | $ | 22.4 |
Other Automobile Finance Revenues |  | 1.4 |  |  | 1.0 |  |  | 1.1 |  |  | 0.2 |
Gain on Sale of Portfolio of Automobile Loan Receivables |  | 4.5 |  |  | — |  |  | 4.5 |  |  | — |
Total Automobile Finance Revenues |  | 37.7 |  |  | 79.9 |  |  | 9.4 |  |  | 22.6 |
Net Investment Income |  | 0.5 |  |  | 1.5 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.5 |
Net Realized Gains on Sales of Investments |  | 0.4 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total Revenues Included in Discontinued Operations |  | $ | 38.6 |  |  | $ | 81.4 |  |  | $ | 9.4 |  |  | $ | 23.1 |
Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations before Income Taxes: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fireside Bank: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Results of Operations |  | $ | 17.8 |  |  | $ | 14.7 |  |  | $ | (2.0 | ) |  | $ | 5.3 |
Gain on Sale of Portfolio of Automobile Loan Receivables |  | 4.5 |  |  | — |  |  | 4.5 |  |  | — |
Unitrin Business Insurance: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Change in Estimate of Retained Liabilities Arising from Discontinued Operations |  | (3.0 | ) |  | (1.0 | ) |  | (1.9 | ) |  | 0.3 |
Income from Discontinued Operations before Income Taxes |  | 19.3 |  |  | 13.7 |  |  | 0.6 |  |  | 5.6 |
Income Tax Benefit (Expense) |  | (5.8 | ) |  | (5.4 | ) |  | 0.3 |  |  | (2.2 | )
Income from Discontinued Operations |  | $ | 13.5 |  |  | $ | 8.3 |  |  | $ | 0.9 |  |  | $ | 3.4 |
Income from Discontinued Operations Per Unrestricted Share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  | $ | 0.22 |  |  | $ | 0.13 |  |  | $ | 0.02 |  |  | $ | 0.06 |
Diluted |  | $ | 0.22 |  |  | $ | 0.13 |  |  | $ | 0.02 |  |  | $ | 0.06 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of disposal groups, which may include the gain (loss) recognized in the income statement and the income statement caption that includes that gain (loss), amounts of revenues and pretax profit or loss reported in discontinued operations, the classification and carrying value of the assets and liabilities comprising the disposal group, and the segment in which the disposal group was reported. Also may include the amount of adjustments to amounts previously reported in discontinued operations such as resolution of contingencies arising from the disposal transaction or the operations of the component prior to disposal. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 45 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6892542&loc=d3e957-107759 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1474-107760 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 144 -Paragraph 43, 44, 45, 47, 48 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6390789&loc=d3e2443-110228 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1361-107760 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1510-107760 + Details
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