Employee Benefit Plans and Employment Agreements	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]
Employee Benefit Plans and Employment Agreements	Employee Benefit Plans and Employment Agreements Our ultimate parent company provides employees with post-employment benefits that include retirement benefits, through pension and savings plans, and other benefits, including health care and life insurance. This includes three defined benefit plans. We incur applicable employee benefit expenses through the process of cost allocation by Phoenix. The employee pension plan provides benefits up to the amount allowed under the Internal Revenue Code. The two supplemental plans provide benefits in excess of the primary plan. Retirement benefits under the plans are a function of years of service and compensation. Effective March 31, 2010, all benefit accruals under all of our funded and unfunded defined benefit plans were frozen. This change was announced in 2009 and a curtailment was recognized at that time for the reduction in the expected years of future service. Our ultimate parent company has historically provided employees with other post-employment benefits that include health care and life insurance. In December 2009, Phoenix announced the decision to eliminate retiree medical coverage for current employees whose age plus years of service did not equal at least 65 as of March 31, 2010. Employees who remain eligible must still meet all other plan requirements to receive benefits. In addition, the cap on the Company’s contribution to pre-65 retiree medical costs per participant was reduced beginning with the 2011 plan year. Applicable information regarding the actuarial present value of vested and non-vested accumulated plan benefits, and the net assets of the plans available for benefits, is omitted as the information is not separately calculated for our participation in the plans. Phoenix, the plan sponsor, established an accrued liability and amounts attributable to us have been allocated. Employee benefit expense allocated to us for these benefits totaled $3.8 million, $3.2 million and $4.6 million for 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. On August 8, 2014, the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 was enacted into law, effective immediately. The law extends certain pension funding provisions originally included in the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). Phoenix Life took advantage of this in September of 2014, which resulted in no further contributions to the pension plan for the remainder of 2014. Over the next 12 months, Phoenix Life does not expect to make any contributions to the pension plan.

Employee Benefit Plans and Employment Agreements

Our ultimate parent company provides employees with post-employment benefits that include retirement benefits, through pension and savings plans, and other benefits, including health care and life insurance. This includes three defined benefit plans. We incur applicable employee benefit expenses through the process of cost allocation by Phoenix.

The employee pension plan provides benefits up to the amount allowed under the Internal Revenue Code. The two supplemental plans provide benefits in excess of the primary plan. Retirement benefits under the plans are a function of years of service and compensation. Effective March 31, 2010, all benefit accruals under all of our funded and unfunded defined benefit plans were frozen. This change was announced in 2009 and a curtailment was recognized at that time for the reduction in the expected years of future service.

Our ultimate parent company has historically provided employees with other post-employment benefits that include health care and life insurance. In December 2009, Phoenix announced the decision to eliminate retiree medical coverage for current employees whose age plus years of service did not equal at least 65 as of March 31, 2010. Employees who remain eligible must still meet all other plan requirements to receive benefits. In addition, the cap on the Company’s contribution to pre-65 retiree medical costs per participant was reduced beginning with the 2011 plan year.

Applicable information regarding the actuarial present value of vested and non-vested accumulated plan benefits, and the net assets of the plans available for benefits, is omitted as the information is not separately calculated for our participation in the plans. Phoenix, the plan sponsor, established an accrued liability and amounts attributable to us have been allocated.

Employee benefit expense allocated to us for these benefits totaled $3.8 million, $3.2 million and $4.6 million for 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. On August 8, 2014, the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 was enacted into law, effective immediately. The law extends certain pension funding provisions originally included in the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). Phoenix Life took advantage of this in September of 2014, which resulted in no further contributions to the pension plan for the remainder of 2014. Over the next 12 months, Phoenix Life does not expect to make any contributions to the pension plan.