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Comprehensive Income | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
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Comprehensive Income | 5. COMPREHENSIVE INCOME The following tables detail the changes in the balances of each component of accumulated other comprehensive income for the affected periods:
|  | Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Available-for- Sale Securities(1) |  |  | Changes to Postretirement Benefit(1) |  |  | Gain (Loss) on Foreign Currency Translation(1) |  |  | Total |
Successor Ambac |  | Eight months ended December 31, 2013 |  |  | Eight months ended December 31, 2013 |  |  | Eight months ended December 31, 2013 |  |  | Eight months ended December 31, 2013 |
Beginning Balance |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications |  |  | (85,641 | ) |  |  | 10,847 |  |  |  | 42,724 |  |  |  | (32,070 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income |  |  | 43,731 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 43,731 |
Net current period other comprehensive income |  |  | (41,910 | ) |  |  | 10,847 |  |  |  | 42,724 |  |  |  | 11,661 |
Balance at December 31, 2013 |  | $ | (41,910 | ) |  | $ | 10,847 |  |  | $ | 42,724 |  |  | $ | 11,661 |
|  | Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Available- for-Sale Securities(1) |  |  | Changes to Postretirement Benefit(1) |  |  | Gain (Loss) on Foreign Currency Translation(1) |  |  | Total |
Predecessor Ambac |  | Four months ended April 30, 2013 |  |  | Four months ended April 30, 2013 |  |  | Four months ended April 30, 2013 |  |  | Four months ended April 30, 2013 |
Beginning Balance |  | $ | 651,272 |  |  | $ | (5,860 | ) |  | $ | (20,027 | ) |  | $ | 625,385 |
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications |  |  | 188,212 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (657 | ) |  |  | 187,555 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income |  |  | (12,865 | ) |  |  | 185 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (12,680 | )
Elimination of Predecessor Ambac Shareholder Equity Accounts(2) |  |  | (826,619 | ) |  |  | 5,675 |  |  |  | 20,684 |  |  |  | (800,260 | )
Net current period other comprehensive income |  |  | (651,272 | ) |  |  | 5,860 |  |  |  | 20,027 |  |  |  | (625,385 | )
Balance at April 30, 2013 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
(1) | All amounts are net of tax and noncontrolling interest. Amounts in parentheses indicate debits.
(2) | See Note 3, Fresh Start Financial Statement Reporting, for additional information.
The following table details the significant amounts reclassed from each component of accumulated other comprehensive income for the affected periods:
|  | Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income(1) |  |  |
Details about Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Components |  | Successor Ambac – Eight months ended December 31, 2013 |  |  | Predecessor Ambac – Four months ended April 30, 2013 |  |  | Affected Line Item in the Consolidated Statement of Total Comprehensive Income
Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Available-for-Sale Securities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | $ | 43,731 |  |  | $ | (12,865 | ) |  | Net realized investment gains
|  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | Tax (expense) benefit
|  | $ | 43,731 |  |  | $ | (12,865 | ) |  | Net of tax and noncontrolling interest(3)
Amortization of Postretirement Benefit |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Prior service cost |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,616 |  |  | Underwriting and operating expenses(2)
Actuarial gains (losses) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (727 | ) |  | Underwriting and operating expenses(2)
|  |  | — |  |  |  | 889 |  |  | Total before tax
|  |  | — |  |  |  | 704 |  |  | Tax (expense) benefit
|  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 185 |  |  | Net of tax and noncontrolling interest(3)
Total reclassifications for the period |  | $ | 43,731 |  |  | $ | (12,680 | ) |  | Net of tax and noncontrolling interest(3)
(1) | Amounts in parentheses indicate debits to the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income.
(2) | These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost.
(3) | Amount agrees with amount reported as reclassifications from AOCI in the disclosure about changes in AOCI balances.

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