Other Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Other Assets [Abstract]

Other Assets

Other assets in Operating Entities are as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2015		2014
	(dollars in thousands)
Deposits	$	674	$	10,689
Prepaid expenses	7,783		6,340
Tax receivables	2,855		126
Deferred rent asset	341		512
Deferred charges - debt	4,795		5,958
Interest and dividends receivable	2,006		3,484
Loan receivable (a)	8,000		—
Short term bridge loan (b)	38,000		—
Miscellaneous receivables (See Note 2)	2,788		4,400
Other (c)	9,084		2,721
	$	76,326	$	34,230

(a) As of December 31, 2015, the maturity was August 2017 with interest rate of 12%.

(b) As of December 31, 2015, the maturity was February 2016, was secured by the real estate assets and had an effective annualized interest rate of 8%.

(c) Included in this amount is $4.5 million, due January 2024, with interest rate of 8% for the first five years and 8.5% for the remainder of the term, related to the Company's new commercial reinsurance activities (see Note 5).