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Contingencies
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]
Commitments and Contingencies
We lease our home office space and certain equipment under various operating leases. Rent expense for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 totaled $2.0 million, $1.9 million and $1.9 million, respectively. At December 31, 2012, the aggregate future minimum lease payments are $11.3 million. The following represents payments due by period for operating lease obligations as of December 31, 2012 (dollars in thousands):
Year Ending December 31:
 
2013
$
1,493

2014
1,487

2015
1,469

2016
1,377

2017
1,138

2018 and thereafter
4,329


We are occasionally involved in litigation, both as a defendant and as a plaintiff. In addition, state regulatory bodies, such as state insurance departments, the SEC, FINRA, the Department of Labor, and other regulatory bodies regularly make inquiries and conduct examinations or investigations concerning our compliance with, among other things, insurance laws, securities laws, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and laws governing the activities of broker-dealers.