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Statutory Reporting | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
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Note 12. | Statutory Reporting
The assets, liabilities and results of operations have been reported on the basis of GAAP, which varies from statutory accounting practices (“SAP”) prescribed or permitted by insurance regulatory authorities. The principal differences between SAP and GAAP are that under SAP: (i) certain assets that are non-admitted assets are eliminated from the balance sheet; (ii) acquisition costs for policies are expensed as incurred, while they are deferred and amortized over the estimated life of the policies under GAAP; (iii) the provision that is made for deferred income taxes is different than under GAAP; (iv) the timing of establishing certain reserves is different than under GAAP; and (v) valuation allowances are established against investments. The amount of reported statutory net income and surplus (shareholders' equity) for the Parent's insurance subsidiaries for the years ended December 31 was as follows:
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Life and Health, net income |  | $ | 3,621 |  |  | $ | 2,999 |
Property and Casualty, net income |  |  | 3,814 |  |  |  | 3,787 |
Statutory net income |  | $ | 7,435 |  |  | $ | 6,786 |
Life and Health, surplus |  | $ | 32,087 |  |  | $ | 31,874 |
Property and Casualty, surplus |  |  | 37,988 |  |  |  | 38,717 |
Statutory surplus |  | $ | 70,075 |  |  | $ | 70,591 |
Under the insurance code of the state of jurisdiction in which each insurance subsidiary is domiciled, dividend payments to the Parent by its insurance subsidiaries are subject to certain limitations without the prior approval of the applicable state's Insurance Commissioner. The Parent received dividends of $6,535 and $6,493 in 2011 and 2010, respectively, from its subsidiaries. In 2012, dividend payments by insurance subsidiaries in excess of $7,833 would require prior approval.

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- Definition The entire disclosure of how the entity's reporting under GAAP as of the balance sheet date differs from the results based on prescribed and permitted accounting practices of the state or country of domicile in which a relevant statutory filing is made, or differences in results based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) prescribed practices, or a combination thereof. + References No definition available. + Details
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