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Premiums Receivable (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Insurance [Abstract] |
Components of Premiums Receivable | The components of premiums receivable are shown below:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Premiums receivable |  | $ | 190,216 |  |  | $ | 184,128 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  |  | (4,852 | ) |  |  | (5,211 | )
Premiums receivable, net |  | $ | 185,364 |  |  | $ | 178,917 |
Summarizes the Activity in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | The following summarizes the activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Balance, beginning of year |  | $ | 5,211 |  |  | $ | 5,458 |  |  | $ | 6,424 |
Provision for bad debts (1) |  |  | 806 |  |  |  | 673 |  |  |  | 52 |
Write-offs |  |  | (1,165 | ) |  |  | (920 | ) |  |  | (1,018 | )
Balance, end of year |  | $ | 4,852 |  |  | $ | 5,211 |  |  | $ | 5,458 |
| (1) | Includes a one-time adjustment of $1.7 million in 2013 as a result of a change in accounting estimate of uncollectible accounts based on historical experience.

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