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Reinsurance - Additional Information (Detail) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Ceded Credit Risk [Line Items] |
Loss reinsurance, set retention amount for property losses | $ 1,000,000
Loss reinsurance, set retention amount for casualty losses | $ 2,000,000
Percentage of reinsurer coverage | 40.00%
Third Party Reinsurance [Member] |
Ceded Credit Risk [Line Items] |
Percentage of accumulation of losses | 100.00%
Catastrophe reinsurance, set retention amount | $ 10,000,000
Catastrophe reinsurance, deductible amount | 1,200,000
Maximum amount of loss coverage under reinsurance agreement of property catastrophe | $ 190,000,000
Donegal Mutual [Member] |
Ceded Credit Risk [Line Items] |
Percentage of accumulation of losses | 100.00%
Catastrophe reinsurance, set retention amount | $ 2,000,000
Maximum amount of loss coverage under reinsurance agreement of property catastrophe | 8,000,000
Additional coverage amount | $ 5,000,000

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- Definition Catastrophe reinsurance agreement contracts retention amount. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Loss reinsurance agreement casualty retention amount. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Loss reinsurance agreement contracts retention amount. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Maximum amount of loss coverage under reinsurance agreement of property catastrophe. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition ReinsuranceTreaty Coverage Percentage Minimum + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Ratio of insurance contracts that are subject to reinsurance participation to all contracts in force. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Amount of risk reinsured in excess of stated retention per company policy. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Details
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