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Property and Casualty Insurance Reserves (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Liability for Future Policy Benefits and Unpaid Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense [Abstract] |
Liability for Unpaid Claims Adjustment Expense by Expense Type [Table Text Block] | Property and Casualty Insurance Reserve activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was:
|  | Nine Months Ended
(Dollars in Millions) |  | Sep 30, 2012 |  | Sep 30, 2011
Property and Casualty Insurance Reserves: |  |  |  |
Gross of Reinsurance and Indemnification at Beginning of Year |  | $ | 1,029.1 |  |  | $ | 1,118.7 |
Less Reinsurance and Indemnification Recoverables at Beginning of Year |  | 74.5 |  |  | 78.1 |
Property and Casualty Insurance Reserves - Net of Reinsurance and Indemnification at Beginning of Year |  | 954.6 |  |  | 1,040.6 |
Incurred Losses and LAE Related to: |  |  |  |
Current Year: |  |  |  |
Continuing Operations |  | 925.0 |  |  | 1,038.4 |
Prior Years: |  |  |  |
Continuing Operations |  | (23.2 | ) |  | (30.1 | )
Discontinued Operations |  | (0.5 | ) |  | 1.9 |
Total Incurred Losses and LAE Related to Prior Years |  | (23.7 | ) |  | (28.2 | )
Total Incurred Losses and LAE |  | 901.3 |  |  | 1,010.2 |
Paid Losses and LAE Related to: |  |  |  |
Current Year: |  |  |  |
Continuing Operations |  | 545.0 |  |  | 636.7 |
Prior Years: |  |  |  |
Continuing Operations |  | 382.0 |  |  | 399.9 |
Discontinued Operations |  | 14.1 |  |  | 22.1 |
Total Paid Losses and LAE Related to Prior Years |  | 396.1 |  |  | 422.0 |
Total Paid Losses and LAE |  | 941.1 |  |  | 1,058.7 |
Property and Casualty Insurance Reserves - Net of Reinsurance at End of Period |  | 914.8 |  |  | 992.1 |
Plus Reinsurance Recoverables at End of Period |  | 67.0 |  |  | 71.5 |
Property and Casualty Insurance Reserves - Gross of Reinsurance at End of Period |  | $ | 981.8 |  |  | $ | 1,063.6 |

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