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Schedule IV - Reinsurance (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
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, 2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Life insurance in force, at end of year |  | $ | 1,996,446 |  |  | $ | 10,045 |  |  | $ | 57,849 |  |  | $ | 2,044,250 |  |  | 2.83 | %
Insurance premiums and other considerations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Annuity product charges |  | $ | 178,945 |  |  | $ | 5,366 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 173,579 |  |  | — |
Traditional life, accident and health insurance, and life contingent immediate annuity premiums |  | 43,521 |  |  | 251 |  |  | 497 |  |  | 43,767 |  |  | 1.14 | %
|  | $ | 222,466 |  |  | $ | 5,617 |  |  | $ | 497 |  |  | $ | 217,346 |  |  | 0.23 | %
Year ended December 31, 2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Life insurance in force, at end of year |  | $ | 2,036,690 |  |  | $ | 10,677 |  |  | $ | 56,882 |  |  | $ | 2,082,895 |  |  | 2.73 | %
Insurance premiums and other considerations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Annuity product charges |  | $ | 141,595 |  |  | $ | 5,427 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 136,168 |  |  | — |
Traditional life, accident and health insurance, and life contingent immediate annuity premiums |  | 35,715 |  |  | 256 |  |  | 589 |  |  | 36,048 |  |  | 1.63 | %
|  | $ | 177,310 |  |  | $ | 5,683 |  |  | $ | 589 |  |  | $ | 172,216 |  |  | 0.34 | %
Year ended December 31, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Life insurance in force, at end of year |  | $ | 2,171,426 |  |  | $ | 11,548 |  |  | $ | 56,509 |  |  | $ | 2,216,387 |  |  | 2.55 | %
Insurance premiums and other considerations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Annuity product charges |  | $ | 124,946 |  |  | $ | 5,956 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 118,990 |  |  | — |
Traditional life, accident and health insurance, and life contingent immediate annuity premiums |  | 32,308 |  |  | 336 |  |  | 651 |  |  | 32,623 |  |  | 2.00 | %
|  | $ | 157,254 |  |  | $ | 6,292 |  |  | $ | 651 |  |  | $ | 151,613 |  |  | 0.43 | %
See accompanying Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

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