Securities In An Unrealized Loss Position (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Securities In An Unrealized Loss Position

The following tables summarize all fixed maturity securities in an unrealized loss position at December 31, 2018 and 2017 by the length of time those securities have been continuously in an unrealized loss position.

	Less Than 12 Months				12 Months or Greater				Total
(In thousands)	Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Losses
December 31, 2018
U.S. government and government agency	$	195,359	$	933	$	130,815	$	3,977	$	326,174	$	4,910
State and municipal	701,700		6,874		744,905		17,738		1,446,605		24,612
Mortgage-backed securities	334,063		2,911		712,595		21,022		1,046,658		23,933
Asset-backed securities	1,687,665		28,965		342,855		4,722		2,030,520		33,687
Corporate	1,730,513		54,181		954,763		49,129		2,685,276		103,310
Foreign government	246,273		24,197		80,004		914		326,277		25,111
Fixed maturity securities	$	4,895,573	$	118,061	$	2,965,937	$	97,502	$	7,861,510	$	215,563
December 31, 2017
U.S. government and government agency	$	92,167	$	1,491	$	72,055	$	2,341	$	164,222	$	3,832
State and municipal	735,972		5,944		345,755		6,630		1,081,727		12,574
Mortgage-backed securities	480,435		5,110		373,956		11,065		854,391		16,175
Asset-backed securities	1,127,309		8,298		167,412		2,314		1,294,721		10,612
Corporate	1,103,747		8,224		170,858		5,946		1,274,605		14,170
Foreign government	244,139		2,615		25,824		251		269,963		2,866
Fixed maturity securities	$	3,783,769	$	31,682	$	1,155,860	$	28,547	$	4,939,629	$	60,229

Non-Investment Grade Fixed Maturity Securities

A summary of the Company’s non-investment grade fixed maturity securities that were in an unrealized loss position at December 31, 2018 is presented in the table below:

($ in thousands)	Number of Securities	Aggregate Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Loss
Foreign government	13	$	140,854	$	21,411
Corporate	13	120,078		13,111
Asset-backed securities	5	14,662		2,593
Mortgage-backed securities	5	8,741		69
Total	36	$	284,335	$	37,184