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Reinsurance (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Reinsurance/Insurance Operations [Abstract] |
Reinsurance arrangements |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 |
|  | Premiums Written |  |  | Premiums Earned |  |  | Loss and Loss Adjustment Expenses |
Direct |  | $ | 204,139 |  |  | $ | 194,168 |  |  | $ | 50,596 |
Ceded |  |  | (141,317 | ) |  |  | (128,759 | ) |  |  | (24,113 | )
Net |  | $ | 62,822 |  |  | $ | 65,409 |  |  | $ | 26,483 |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 |
|  | Premiums Written |  |  | Premiums Earned |  |  | Loss and Loss Adjustment Expenses |
Direct |  | $ | 190,003 |  |  | $ | 178,804 |  |  | $ | 52,607 |
Ceded |  |  | (163,434 | ) |  |  | (130,164 | ) |  |  | (26,433 | )
Net |  | $ | 26,569 |  |  | $ | 48,640 |  |  | $ | 26,174 |
Prepaid reinsurance premiums and reinsurance recoverables and receivable |
|  | As of March 31, 2013 |  |  | As of December 31, 2012 |
Prepaid reinsurance premiums |  | $ | 252,479 |  |  | $ | 239,921 |
Reinsurance recoverable on unpaid losses and LAE |  | $ | 75,680 |  |  | $ | 81,415 |
Reinsurance recoverable on paid losses |  |  | 11,551 |  |  |  | 7,776 |
Reinsurance receivable, net |  |  | 4,480 |  |  |  | 24,334 |
Reinsurance recoverable and receivable |  | $ | 91,711 |  |  | $ | 113,525 |

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