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Reinsurance (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Insurance [Abstract] |
Reinsurance Arrangements | The Company’s reinsurance arrangements had the following effect on certain items in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the periods presented (in thousands):
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, 2013 |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013 |
|  | Premiums Written |  |  | Premiums Earned |  |  | Loss and Loss Adjustment Expenses |  |  | Premiums Written |  |  | Premiums Earned |  |  | Loss and Loss Adjustment Expenses |
Direct |  | $ | 186,079 |  |  | $ | 199,323 |  |  | $ | 53,600 |  |  | $ | 610,164 |  |  | $ | 590,792 |  |  | $ | 154,547 |
Ceded |  |  | (124,961 | ) |  |  | (130,396 | ) |  |  | (25,265 | ) |  |  | (400,175 | ) |  |  | (389,590 | ) |  |  | (74,529 | )
Net |  | $ | 61,118 |  |  | $ | 68,927 |  |  | $ | 28,335 |  |  | $ | 209,989 |  |  | $ | 201,202 |  |  | $ | 80,018 |
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, 2012 |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 |
|  | Premiums Written |  |  | Premiums Earned |  |  | Loss and Loss Adjustment Expenses |  |  | Premiums Written |  |  | Premiums Earned |  |  | Loss and Loss Adjustment Expenses |
Direct |  | $ | 192,986 |  |  | $ | 191,225 |  |  | $ | 68,286 |  |  | $ | 605,557 |  |  | $ | 556,685 |  |  | $ | 177,425 |
Ceded |  |  | (132,776 | ) |  |  | (131,713 | ) |  |  | (31,985 | ) |  |  | (398,643 | ) |  |  | (392,839 | ) |  |  | (85,513 | )
Net |  | $ | 60,210 |  |  | $ | 59,512 |  |  | $ | 36,301 |  |  | $ | 206,914 |  |  | $ | 163,846 |  |  | $ | 91,912 |
Prepaid Reinsurance Premiums and Reinsurance Recoverable and Receivable | The following prepaid reinsurance premiums and reinsurance recoverable and receivable are reflected in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of the periods presented (in thousands):
|  | As of September 30, 2013 |  |  | As of December 31, 2012 |
Prepaid reinsurance premiums |  | $ | 250,506 |  |  | $ | 239,921 |
Reinsurance recoverable on unpaid losses and LAE |  | $ | 63,202 |  |  | $ | 81,415 |
Reinsurance recoverable on paid losses |  |  | 11,698 |  |  |  | 7,776 |
Reinsurance receivable, net |  |  | 24,268 |  |  |  | 24,334 |
Reinsurance recoverable and receivable |  | $ | 99,168 |  |  | $ | 113,525 |

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