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Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Insurance [Abstract] |
Schedule of Major Categories of the Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs | Major categories of the Company’s deferred policy acquisition costs are summarized as follows:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Agents’ commissions |  | $ | 15,238 |  |  | $ | 15,286 |
Premium taxes |  |  | 3,395 |  |  |  | 2,578 |
Deferred underwriting expenses |  |  | 1,618 |  |  |  | 1,436 |
Total deferred policy acquisition costs |  | $ | 20,251 |  |  | $ | 19,300 |
Schedule of the Activity in the Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs | The following summarizes the activity in the deferred policy acquisition costs:
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Balance, beginning of year |  | $ | 19,300 |  |  | $ | 20,412 |  |  | $ | 19,649 |
Policy acquisition costs deferred |  |  | 43,960 |  |  |  | 43,209 |  |  |  | 45,604 |
Amortization expense during the year |  |  | (43,009 | ) |  |  | (44,321 | ) |  |  | (44,841 | )
Balance, end of year |  | $ | 20,251 |  |  | $ | 19,300 |  |  | $ | 20,412 |

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