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Reserves For Claims (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Liability for Future Policy Benefits and Unpaid Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense [Abstract]

Summary Of Transactions In Reserves For Claims

Transactions in the reserves for claims for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017 and the year ended December 31, 2016 are summarized as follows:

	September 30, 2017				December 31, 2016
Balance, beginning of period	$	35,305,000			$	37,788,000
Provision, charged to operations	2,714,717				242,953
Payments of claims, net of recoveries	(2,812,717		)		(2,725,953		)
Balance, end of period	$	35,207,000			$	35,305,000

Schedule Of Liability For Unpaid Claims And Claims Adjustment Expense Reported And Incurred But Not Reported Claims

A summary of the Company’s loss reserves, broken down into its components of known title claims and IBNR, follows:

	September 30, 2017				%		December 31, 2016				%
Known title claims	$	4,875,038			13.8		$	4,405,343			12.5
IBNR	30,331,962				86.2		30,899,657				87.5
Total loss reserves	$	35,207,000			100.0		$	35,305,000			100.0

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Schedule of liability for unpaid claims and claims adjustment expense reported and incurred but not reported claims.

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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.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 40
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65670824&loc=d3e14764-158437

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