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Reserves For Claims (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2012
Reserves For Claims [Abstract] |
Summary Of Transactions In Reserves For Claims |
|  | June 30, 2012 |  |  | December 31, 2011 |
Balance, beginning of period | $ | 37,996,000 |  | $ | 38,198,700 |
Provision, charged to operations |  | 1,992,466 |  |  | 3,342,427 |
Payments of claims, net of recoveries |  | (2,441,466 | ) |  | (3,545,127 | )
Ending balance | $ | 37,547,000 |  | $ | 37,996,000 |
Summary Of The Company's Loss Reserves |
|  | June 30, 2012 | % |  | December 31, 2011 | %
Known title claims | $ | 6,257,274 | 16.7 | $ | 6,233,501 | 16.4
IBNR |  | 31,289,726 | 83.3 |  | 31,762,499 | 83.6
Total loss reserves | $ | 37,547,000 | 100 | $ | 37,996,000 | 100

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- Definition Schedule of liability for unpaid claims and claims adjustment expense reported and incurred but not reported claims. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the activity in the reserve for settling insured claims and expenses incurred in the claims settlement process for the period. The estimated liability includes the amount of money that will be required for future payments of (a) claims that have been reported to the insurer, (b) claims related to insured events that have occurred but that have not been reported to the insurer as of the date the liability is estimated, and (c) claim adjustment expenses. Claim adjustment expenses include costs incurred in the claim settlement process such as legal fees; outside adjuster fees; and costs to record, process, and adjust claims. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Statement of Position (SOP) -Number 94-5 -Paragraph 11 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 40 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6482485&loc=d3e14764-158437 + Details
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