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Investments Cummlative Noncredit Portion of Other Than Temporary Impairment Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income and Change in Fair Value Since Other Than Temporary Impairment (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Cummulative Non-credit Portion of Other Than Temporary Impairment [Abstract]
Securities with Noncredit Other Than Temporary Impairment at Amortized Cost	$ 876,490,000	$ 1,014,390,000
Other than Temporary Impairment Losses, Investments, Portion in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), before Tax, Portion Attributable to Parent	(179,755,000)	(189,277,000)
Change in Fair Value of Securities with Noncredit Other Than Temporary Impairment Losses	186,858,000	138,430,000
Fair Value of Securities with Noncredit Other Than Temporary Impairments	883,593,000	963,543,000
Assets Held by Insurance Regulators	27,200,000,000	23,900,000,000
Corporate Debt Securities [Member]
Cummulative Non-credit Portion of Other Than Temporary Impairment [Abstract]
Securities with Noncredit Other Than Temporary Impairment at Amortized Cost	10,599,000	3,347,000
Other than Temporary Impairment Losses, Investments, Portion in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), before Tax, Portion Attributable to Parent	(2,151,000)	(2,151,000)
Change in Fair Value of Securities with Noncredit Other Than Temporary Impairment Losses	5,676,000	4,818,000
Fair Value of Securities with Noncredit Other Than Temporary Impairments	14,124,000	6,014,000
Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]
Cummulative Non-credit Portion of Other Than Temporary Impairment [Abstract]
Securities with Noncredit Other Than Temporary Impairment at Amortized Cost	855,915,000	999,024,000
Other than Temporary Impairment Losses, Investments, Portion in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), before Tax, Portion Attributable to Parent	(177,604,000)	(187,126,000)
Change in Fair Value of Securities with Noncredit Other Than Temporary Impairment Losses	171,514,000	125,502,000
Fair Value of Securities with Noncredit Other Than Temporary Impairments	849,825,000	937,400,000
Equity Securities [Member]
Cummulative Non-credit Portion of Other Than Temporary Impairment [Abstract]
Securities with Noncredit Other Than Temporary Impairment at Amortized Cost	9,976,000	12,019,000
Other than Temporary Impairment Losses, Investments, Portion in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), before Tax, Portion Attributable to Parent	0	0
Change in Fair Value of Securities with Noncredit Other Than Temporary Impairment Losses	9,668,000	8,110,000
Fair Value of Securities with Noncredit Other Than Temporary Impairments	19,644,000	20,129,000
Investment Type Concentration Risk [Member]
Cummulative Non-credit Portion of Other Than Temporary Impairment [Abstract]
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Investments	$ 0
Stockholders' Equity, Total [Member]
Cummulative Non-credit Portion of Other Than Temporary Impairment [Abstract]
Threshold for Disclosure Percentage	10.00%

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