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Premiums Receivable (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Premiums Receivable [Abstract] |
Components of premiums receivable |
|  | December 31, |
| 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Premiums receivable |  | $ | 148,374 |  |  | $ | 126,796 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  |  | (6,424 | ) |  |  | (5,573 | )
Premiums receivable, net |  | $ | 141,950 |  |  | $ | 121,223 |
Summarizes the activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts |
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Balance, beginning of year |  | $ | 5,573 |  |  | $ | 5,104 |  |  | $ | 4,917 |
Provision for bad debts |  |  | 2,230 |  |  |  | 1,209 |  |  |  | 915 |
Write-offs |  |  | (1,379 | ) |  |  | (740 | ) |  |  | (728 | )
Balance, end of year |  | $ | 6,424 |  |  | $ | 5,573 |  |  | $ | 5,104 |

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