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Reserves for Claims (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Liability for Future Policy Benefits and Unpaid Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense [Abstract] |
Summary Of Transactions In Reserves For Claims | Changes in the reserves for claims for the years ended December 31 are summarized as follows based on the year in which the policies were written:
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Balance, beginning of period | $ | 36,677,000 |  |  | $ | 35,360,000 |  |  | $ | 39,078,000 |
Provision (benefit) related to: |  |  |  |  |
Current year | 7,295,013 |  |  | 6,860,335 |  |  | 7,239,628 |
Prior year | (2,816,519 | ) |  | (1,630,619 | ) |  | (7,811,224 | )
Total provision (benefit) charged to operations | 4,478,494 |  |  | 5,229,716 |  |  | (571,596 | )
Claims paid, net of recoveries, related to: |  |  |  |  |
Current year | (97,116 | ) |  | (102,947 | ) |  | (110,240 | )
Prior year | (3,270,378 | ) |  | (3,809,769 | ) |  | (3,036,164 | )
Total claims paid, net of recoveries | (3,367,494 | ) |  | (3,912,716 | ) |  | (3,146,404 | )
Balance, end of year | $ | 37,788,000 |  |  | $ | 36,677,000 |  |  | $ | 35,360,000 |
Summary Of The Company's Loss Reserves | A summary of the Company’s loss reserves, broken down into its components of known title claims and IBNR, follows:
| 2015 |  | % |  | 2014 |  | %
Known title claims | $ | 5,066,469 |  |  | 13.4 |  | $ | 5,364,645 |  |  | 14.6
IBNR | 32,721,531 |  |  | 86.6 |  | 31,312,355 |  |  | 85.4
Total loss reserves | $ | 37,788,000 |  |  | 100.0 |  | $ | 36,677,000 |  |  | 100.0

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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 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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