Reinsurance Table of Reinsurance Concentration of Credit Risk (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Total of the three largest receivable balances from unrelated reinsurers	$ 300,065	$ 264,776
Fortegra Financial Corporation
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Total of the three largest receivable balances from unrelated reinsurers	300,065	$ 264,776
Fortegra Financial Corporation \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Total of the three largest receivable balances from unrelated reinsurers	$ 150,635

Amount after valuation allowance recoverable including premium paid under reinsurance contracts. Examples include, but are not limited to, settled and unsettled claims, incurred but not reported losses, loss adjustment expense, premium paid, policy benefits and policy reserves.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 944

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 5

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6480758&loc=d3e6824-158387

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 944

-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.(a),6)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

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