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Schedule IV - Reinsurance (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Supplemental Schedule of Reinsurance Premiums for Insurance Companies [Abstract] |
Supplemental Schedule of Reinsurance | Schedule IV—Reinsurance AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING COMPANY
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, 2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Life insurance in force, at end of year |  | $ | 2,250,112 |  |  | $ | 13,521 |  |  | $ | 57,976 |  |  | $ | 2,294,567 |  |  | 2.53 | %
Insurance premiums and other considerations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Annuity product charges |  | $ | 110,142 |  |  | $ | 6,551 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 103,591 |  |  | — |
Traditional life, accident and health insurance, and life contingent immediate annuity premiums |  | 45,057 |  |  | 328 |  |  | 618 |  |  | 45,347 |  |  | 1.36 | %
|  | $ | 155,199 |  |  | $ | 6,879 |  |  | $ | 618 |  |  | $ | 148,938 |  |  | 0.41 | %
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 |  | $ | 95,802 |  |  | $ | 6,796 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 89,006 |  |  | — |
Traditional life, accident and health insurance, and life contingent immediate annuity premiums |  | 76,323 |  |  | 364 |  |  | 716 |  |  | 76,675 |  |  | 0.93 | %
|  | $ | 172,125 |  |  | $ | 7,160 |  |  | $ | 716 |  |  | $ | 165,681 |  |  | 0.43 | %
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, accident and health insurance, and life contingent immediate annuity premiums |  | 118,538 |  |  | 348 |  |  | 722 |  |  | 118,912 |  |  | 0.61 | %
|  | $ | 202,876 |  |  | $ | 8,497 |  |  | $ | 722 |  |  | $ | 195,101 |  |  | 0.37 | %
See accompanying Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

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