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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents |
|  | Cash and cash equivalents |
|  | As of December 31, 2012 |  |  | As of December 31, 2011 |
Institution |  | Cash |  |  | Money Market Funds |  |  | Total |  |  | % by institution |  |  | Cash |  |  | Money Market Funds |  |  | Total |  |  | % by institution |
U. S. Bank IT&C |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 40,463 |  |  | $ | 40,463 |  |  |  | 11.6 | % |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 40,474 |  |  | $ | 40,474 |  |  |  | 17.6 | %
SunTrust Bank |  |  | 773 |  |  |  | 1,055 |  |  |  | 1,828 |  |  |  | 0.5 | % |  |  | 1,629 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,629 |  |  |  | 0.7 | %
SunTrust Bank Escrow Services |  |  | — |  |  |  | 300,843 |  |  |  | 300,843 |  |  |  | 86.6 | % |  |  | — |  |  |  | 182,701 |  |  |  | 182,701 |  |  |  | 79.5 | %
Wells Fargo Bank N.A. |  |  | 1,991 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 1,994 |  |  |  | 0.6 | % |  |  | 1,244 |  |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | 1,258 |  |  |  | 0.6 | %
All Other Banking Institutions |  |  | 1,796 |  |  |  | 468 |  |  |  | 2,264 |  |  |  | 0.7 | % |  |  | 1,739 |  |  |  | 1,884 |  |  |  | 3,623 |  |  |  | 1.6 | %
Total |  | $ | 4,560 |  |  | $ | 342,832 |  |  | $ | 347,392 |  |  |  | 100.0 | % |  | $ | 4,612 |  |  | $ | 225,073 |  |  | $ | 229,685 |  |  |  | 100.0 | %
The following table presents the amount of restricted cash and cash equivalents as of the periods presented (in thousands):
|  | Restricted cash and cash equivalents |
|  | As of December 31, 2012 |  |  | As of December 31, 2011 |
Institution |  | Funds held in Trust(1) |  |  | State Deposits |  |  | Total |  |  | % by institution |  |  | Funds held in Trust(1) |  |  | State Deposits |  |  | Total |  |  | % by institution |
U. S. Bank IT&C |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 800 |  |  | $ | 800 |  |  |  | 2.4 | % |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 800 |  |  | $ | 800 |  |  |  | 1.0 | %
Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co.(1) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 30,220 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 30,220 |  |  |  | 38.6 | %
Florida Department of Financial Services |  |  | — |  |  |  | 32,209 |  |  |  | 32,209 |  |  |  | 97.6 | % |  |  | — |  |  |  | 47,292 |  |  |  | 47,292 |  |  |  | 60.4 | %
Total |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 33,009 |  |  | $ | 33,009 |  |  |  | 100.0 | % |  | $ | 30,220 |  |  | $ | 48,092 |  |  | $ | 78,312 |  |  |  | 100.0 | %
(1) | Amounts held in trust include collateral contributed by UIH in connection with reinsurance contracts entered into between UPCIC and a segregated account owned and maintained by UIH.
Unsecured net amounts due from reinsurers whose aggregate balance exceeded 3% of the stockholders' equity |
|  | As of |
Reinsurer |  | December 31, 2012 |  |  | December 31, 2011 |
Everest Reinsurance Company |  | $ | 44,392 |  |  | $ | 264,997 |
Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund |  |  | 31,970 |  |  |  | 30,422 |
Odyssey Reinsurance Company |  |  | 192,096 |  |  |  | — |
Total(1) |  | $ | 268,458 |  |  | $ | 295,419 |
(1) | Amounts represent prepaid reinsurance premiums, reinsurance receivables, and net recoverables for paid and unpaid losses, including incurred but not reported (“IBNR”) reserves, loss adjustment expenses, net of offsetting reinsurance payables.

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