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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	12 Months Ended
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	Dec. 31, 2016
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS [Abstract]
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	12. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS The following is a summary of the related party transactions entered into by the Company for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014. The Company entered into catastrophe excess of loss and quota share reinsurance agreements with TransRe. For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, the Company ceded premiums related to these agreements totaling $5.0 million, $4.3 million and $1.2 million, respectively. In connection with Hurricane Matthew and the quota share agreements, we have ceded losses of $0.8 million and $0.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 relating to these agreements. For the years ended December 31, 2014, there were no ceded losses relating to these agreements. Bruce F. Simberg, the Company’s Chairman of the Board, is a partner of the Hollywood, Florida law firm of Conroy Simberg, which specializes in insurance defense and coverage matters. The Company paid legal fees to Conroy Simberg for services rendered in the amount of $72,198, $26,286, and $6,538 for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, and 2014, respectively. We believe that the fees charged for services provided by Conroy Simberg are on terms at least as favorable as those that we could secure from a non-affiliated law firm. The firm has handled only a limited number of matters for the Company. Mr. Simberg has not been personally involved in any of the legal matters handled by the firm for the Company and he received de minimis direct personal benefit from the fees paid to the firm by the Company. The matters handled by the firm for the Company as of December 31, 2016 have been completed or are in the process of being completed, and the Company does not at this time anticipate retaining the firm for future matters. For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company paid investment fees to Crosswinds AUM, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Crosswinds, totaling $0.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively. Refer to Note 7 for information relating to the debt owed to TransRe.