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Comprehensive Income | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
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Comprehensive Income | 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) |  |  |  | Gain (Loss) on Foreign Currency Translation (1) |  |
|  | Changes to Postretirement Benefit (1) |  |  | Total
Successor Ambac | Three months ended March 31, 2014 |  | Three months ended March 31, 2014 |  | Three months ended March 31, 2014 |  | Three months ended March 31, 2014
Beginning Balance | $ | (41,910 | ) |  | $ | 10,847 |  |  | $ | 42,724 |  |  | $ | 11,661 |
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications | 94,622 |  |  | — |  |  | 4,238 |  |  | 98,860 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income | (5,900 | ) |  | (204 | ) |  | — |  |  | (6,104 | )
Net current period other comprehensive income | 88,722 |  |  | (204 | ) |  | 4,238 |  |  | 92,756 |
Balance at March 31, 2014 | $ | 46,812 |  |  | $ | 10,643 |  |  | $ | 46,962 |  |  | $ | 104,417 |
| Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Available-for-Sale Securities (1) |  | Changes to Postretirement Benefit (1) |  | Gain (Loss) on Foreign Currency Translation (1) |  |
|  |  |  | Total
Predecessor Ambac | Three months ended March 31, 2013 |  | Three months ended March 31, 2013 |  | Three months ended March 31, 2013 |  | Three months ended March 31, 2013
Beginning Balance | $ | 651,272 |  |  | $ | (5,860 | ) |  | $ | (20,027 | ) |  | $ | 625,385 |
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications | 100,180 |  |  | — |  |  | (220 | ) |  | 99,960 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income | (6,082 | ) |  | 808 |  |  | — |  |  | (5,274 | )
Net current period other comprehensive income | 94,098 |  |  | 808 |  |  | (220 | ) |  | 94,686 |
Balance at March 31, 2013 | $ | 745,370 |  |  | $ | (5,052 | ) |  | $ | (20,247 | ) |  | $ | 720,071 |
(1) All amounts are net of tax and noncontrolling interest. Amounts in parentheses indicate debits. The following table details the significant amounts reclassified 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 – |  |  | Predecessor Ambac – |  | Affected Line Item in the Consolidated Statement of Total Comprehensive Income
| Three months ended March 31, 2014 |  |  | Three months ended March 31, 2013 |
Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Available-for-Sale Securities |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | $ | (5,900 | ) |  |  | $ | (6,082 | ) |  | Net realized investment gains
|  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | Tax (expense) benefit
|  | $ | (5,900 | ) |  |  | $ | (6,082 | ) |  | Net of tax and noncontrolling interest
Amortization of Postretirement Benefit |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Prior service cost |  | $ | (166 | ) |  |  | $ | 1,707 |  |  | Underwriting and operating expenses (2)
Actuarial gains (losses) |  | (38 | ) |  |  | (899 | ) |  | Underwriting and operating expenses (2)
|  | (204 | ) |  |  | 808 |  |  | Total before tax
|  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  | Tax (expense) benefit
|  | $ | (204 | ) |  |  | $ | 808 |  |  | Net of tax and noncontrolling interest
Total reclassifications for the period |  | $ | (6,104 | ) |  |  | $ | (5,274 | ) |  | Net of tax and noncontrolling interest
(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.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for comprehensive income, which includes, but is not limited to, 1) the amount of income tax expense or benefit allocated to each component of other comprehensive income, including reclassification adjustments, 2) the reclassification adjustments for each classification of other comprehensive income and 3) the ending accumulated balances for each component of comprehensive income. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 11 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e637-108580 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 14 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e681-108580 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 15 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e689-108580 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 1A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=SL7669619-108580 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e640-108580 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 17 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e716-108580 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 16 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e709-108580 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Reclassification Adjustments -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6522872 + Details
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