Reinsurance Receivables Level 3 (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Reinsurance Disclosures [Abstract]

Premiums Written and Earned [Table Text Block]

The effects of reinsurance on premiums written and earned and losses and loss adjustment expenses ("LAE") incurred are presented in the tables below:

Premiums	For the Three Months Ended												For the Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2012						September 30, 2011						September 30, 2012						September 30, 2011
	Written			Earned			Written			Earned			Written			Earned			Written			Earned
Direct and assumed	$	100,409		$	98,287		$	94,432		$	80,982		$	272,317		$	269,132		$	241,979		$	235,420
Ceded	(65,935		)	(64,394		)	(61,361		)	(52,309		)	(169,971		)	(171,362		)	(154,227		)	(150,774		)
Net	$	34,474		$	33,893		$	33,071		$	28,673		$	102,346		$	97,770		$	87,752		$	84,646

Schedule of Liability for Unpaid Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense [Table Text Block]

Losses and LAE incurred	For the Three Months Ended						For the Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2012			September 30, 2011			September 30, 2012			September 30, 2011
Direct and assumed	$	23,069		$	21,589		$	66,198		$	60,752
Ceded	(11,639		)	(11,875		)	(33,926		)	(32,414		)
Net losses and LAE incurred	$	11,430		$	9,714		$	32,272		$	28,338

Components of Reinsurance Receivable [Table Text Block]

The following table reflects the components of the reinsurance receivables:	At
	September 30, 2012		December 31, 2011
Prepaid reinsurance premiums (1):
Life	$	53,451	$	59,545
Accident and health	33,257		30,759
Property	81,427		80,758
Total	168,135		171,062
Ceded claim reserves:
Life	1,508		1,794
Accident and health	8,966		9,896
Property	8,493		7,743
Total ceded claim reserves recoverable	18,967		19,433
Other reinsurance settlements recoverable	10,082		4,245
Reinsurance receivables	$	197,184	$	194,740
(1)  Including policyholder account balances ceded.

Schedule of Ceded Credit Risk by Reinsurer [Table Text Block]

The following table shows the amount included in reinsurance receivable that is recoverable from three unrelated insurers:

	At
	September 30, 2012		December 31, 2011
Total recoverable from three unrelated reinsurers	$	124,311	$	124,160