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AMTRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES REINSURANCE | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
AMTRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES REINSURANCE | Schedule IV # AMTRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES REINSURANCE At December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 and for the years then ended:
|  | Gross Amount |  | Ceded to Other Companies |  | Amount from Other Companies |  | Net Amount |  | Percent of Amount Assumed to Net
|  | (Amounts in Thousands)
2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Premiums: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
General Insurance |  | $ | 1,843,185 |  |  | $ | 873,875 |  |  | $ | 307,287 |  |  | $ | 1,276,597 |  |  |  | 24.1 | %
2010 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Premiums: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
General Insurance |  | $ | 1,375,993 |  |  | $ | 733,596 |  |  | $ | 184,829 |  |  | $ | 827,226 |  |  |  | 22.3 | %
2009 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Premiums: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
General Insurance |  | $ | 1,117,090 |  |  | $ | 555,520 |  |  | $ | 81,856 |  |  | $ | 643,426 |  |  |  | 12.7 | %

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- Definition The entire disclosure for the supplemental schedule of reinsurance information required to be filed for each period for which an audited income statement is presented. Reinsurance schedule includes the type of insurance, gross amount of premiums, premiums ceded to other companies, premiums assumed from other companies, net amount of premium revenue, and the percentage of the premiums assumed to net premium revenue. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 3 -Subparagraph (SX 210.7-05.(c) Schedule IV) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879921&loc=d3e569147-122900 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 17 -Article 12 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 05 -Article 7 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 235 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SX 210.12-17) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6588446&loc=d3e574992-122915 + Details
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