Reinsurance (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Reinsurance Disclosures [Abstract]

Reinsurance activity

Other reinsurance activity is shown below.

Direct Business and Reinsurance:	Three Months Ended
($ in millions)	March 31,
	2013			2012
				As restated and amended
Direct premiums	$	19.8		$	18.5
Premiums ceded to non-affiliate reinsurers [1]	(16.7		)	(17.8		)
Premiums	$	3.1		$	0.7
Direct policy benefits incurred	$	55.1		$	60.2
Policy benefits assumed from non-affiliate reinsureds	—			—
Policy benefits ceded to:
Affiliate reinsurers	—			(1.9		)
Non-affiliate reinsurers	(19.6		)	(33.5		)
Policy benefits ceded to reinsurers	(19.6		)	(35.4		)
Premiums paid to:
Affiliate reinsurers	5.3			4.4
Non-affiliate reinsurers	2.9			14.0
Premiums paid to reinsurers [2]	8.2			18.4
Policy benefits [3]	$	43.7		$	43.2

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[1] Primarily represents premiums ceded to reinsurers related to term insurance policies.

[2] For universal life and variable universal life contracts, premiums paid to reinsurers are reflected within policy benefits. See Note 3 to these financial statements for additional information regarding significant accounting policies.

[3] Policy benefit amounts above exclude changes in reserves, interest credited to policyholders and other items, which total $44.8 million and $18.6 million, net of reinsurance, for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.