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Allowance for Credit Losses - Premiums Receivable and Reinsurance Receivables (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Allowance For Credit Loss [Abstract] |
Schedule of Allowance for Credit Losses Related to Premiums Receivable and Reinsurance Receivables | The following table is an analysis of the allowance for credit losses related to the Company's premiums receivable and reinsurance receivables for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020:
|  | Quarter Ended September 30, 2020 |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 |
(Dollars in thousands) |  | Premiums Receivable |  |  | Reinsurance Receivables |  |  | Premiums Receivable |  |  | Reinsurance Receivables |
Beginning balance |  | $ | 2,931 |  |  | $ | 8,992 |  |  | $ | 2,754 |  |  | $ | 8,992 |
Current period provision for expected credit losses |  |  | 476 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 951 |  |  |  | — |
Write-offs |  |  | (538 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (836 | ) |  |  | — |
Ending balance |  | $ | 2,869 |  |  | $ | 8,992 |  |  | $ | 2,869 |  |  | $ | 8,992 |

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