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Reinsurance - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015
Stockholders' Equity, Total [Member] | Amounts Due From Reinsurers [Member]
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Unsecured amounts due from reinsurers exceeding a fixed percentage of stockholders equity	3.00%
Reinsurance Program Effective June One Two Thousand Fourteen [Member]
Effects of Reinsurance [Line Items]
Percentage of premium ceded	30.00%

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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