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Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs and Deferred Sales Inducements (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Insurance [Abstract] |
Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs | Policy acquisition costs deferred and amortized are as follows:
| December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
| (Dollars in thousands)
Balance at beginning of year | $ | 2,905,136 |  |  | $ | 2,058,556 |  |  | $ | 2,426,652 |
Costs deferred during the year: |  |  |  |  |
Commissions | 538,863 |  |  | 651,094 |  |  | 421,802 |
Policy issue costs | 4,462 |  |  | 6,545 |  |  | 5,080 |
Amortization | (374,012 | ) |  | (286,114 | ) |  | (163,578 | )
Effect of net unrealized gains/losses | (169,072 | ) |  | 475,055 |  |  | (631,400 | )
Balance at end of year | $ | 2,905,377 |  |  | $ | 2,905,136 |  |  | $ | 2,058,556 |
Deferred Sales Inducements | Sales inducements deferred and amortized are as follows:
| December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
| (Dollars in thousands)
Balance at beginning of year | $ | 2,232,148 |  |  | $ | 1,587,257 |  |  | $ | 1,875,880 |
Costs deferred during the year | 353,966 |  |  | 486,924 |  |  | 330,079 |
Amortization | (251,166 | ) |  | (209,390 | ) |  | (131,419 | )
Effect of net unrealized gains/losses | (126,730 | ) |  | 367,357 |  |  | (487,283 | )
Balance at end of year | $ | 2,208,218 |  |  | $ | 2,232,148 |  |  | $ | 1,587,257 |

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