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Schedule V - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule V - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | Schedule V—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING COMPANY
| Balance January 1, |  | Charged to Costs and Expenses |  | Translation Adjustment |  | Write-offs/ Payments/Other |  | Balance December 31,
| (Dollars in thousands
Year ended December 31, 2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Valuation allowance on mortgage loans | $ | (22,633 | ) |  | $ | 1,018 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 7,473 |  |  | $ | (14,142 | )
Year ended December 31, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Valuation allowance on mortgage loans | $ | (26,047 | ) |  | $ | (6,052 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 9,466 |  |  | $ | (22,633 | )
Year ended December 31, 2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Valuation allowance on mortgage loans | $ | (34,234 | ) |  | $ | (5,621 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 13,808 |  |  | $ | (26,047 | )
See accompanying Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 + Details
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