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Schedule IV - Reinsurance Level 3 (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Supplemental Schedule of Reinsurance Premiums for Insurance Companies [Abstract] |
Reinsurance [Table Text Block] |
Column A |  | Column B |  | Column C |  | Column D |  | Column E |  | Column F
|  | Gross amount |  | Ceded to other companies |  | Assumed from other companies |  | Net amount |  | Percent of amount assumed to net
|  | (Dollars in thousands)
Year ended December 31, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Life insurance in force, at end of year |  | $ | 2,350,473 |  |  | $ | 4,742 |  |  | $ | 61,488 |  |  | $ | 2,407,219 |  |  | 2.55 | %
Insurance premiums and other considerations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Annuity product charges |  | $ | 93,472 |  |  | $ | 6,796 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 86,676 |  |  | — |
Traditional life and accident and health insurance premiums |  | 12,525 |  |  | 364 |  |  | 716 |  |  | 12,877 |  |  | 5.56 | %
|  | $ | 105,997 |  |  | $ | 7,160 |  |  | $ | 716 |  |  | $ | 99,553 |  |  | 0.72 | %
Year ended December 31, 2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Life insurance in force, at end of year |  | $ | 2,469,428 |  |  | $ | 4,692 |  |  | $ | 65,197 |  |  | $ | 2,529,933 |  |  | 2.58 | %
Insurance premiums and other considerations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Annuity product charges |  | $ | 84,338 |  |  | $ | 8,149 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 76,189 |  |  | — |
Traditional life and accident and health insurance premiums |  | 11,777 |  |  | 348 |  |  | 722 |  |  | 12,151 |  |  | 5.94 | %
|  | $ | 96,115 |  |  | $ | 8,497 |  |  | $ | 722 |  |  | $ | 88,340 |  |  | 0.82 | %
Year ended December 31, 2010: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Life insurance in force, at end of year |  | $ | 2,505,280 |  |  | $ | 3,147 |  |  | $ | 69,734 |  |  | $ | 2,571,867 |  |  | 2.71 | %
Insurance premiums and other considerations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Annuity product charges |  | $ | 78,138 |  |  | $ | 9,063 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 69,075 |  |  | — |
Traditional life and accident and health insurance premiums |  | 11,811 |  |  | 711 |  |  | 882 |  |  | 11,982 |  |  | 7.36 | %
|  | $ | 89,949 |  |  | $ | 9,774 |  |  | $ | 882 |  |  | $ | 81,057 |  |  | 1.09 | %

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