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Reinsurance (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Supplemental Schedule of Reinsurance Premiums for Insurance Companies [Abstract] |
Additional information on PFG’s direct and ceded business | The following table provides additional information on PFG’s direct and ceded business as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012:
| Direct amount |  | Ceded to other companies |  | Net amount
September 30, 2013: |  |  |  |  |
Life insurance in force | $ | 4,753,786 |  |  | $ | 3,545,700 |  |  | $ | 1,208,086 |
Deposits | 241,368 |  |  | 7,886 |  |  | 233,482 |
December 31, 2012: |  |  |  |  |
Life insurance in force | $ | 4,717,279 |  |  | $ | 3,587,345 |  |  | $ | 1,129,934 |
Deposits | 342,244 |  |  | 10,537 |  |  | 331,707 |

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