Fair Value of Financial Instruments Level 4 Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured with Level 1,2,& 3 (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013 Securities	Dec. 31, 2012 Securities
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair Value, Assets, Level 1 to Level 2 Transfers, Amount	$ 0
Fair Value, Liabilities, Level 1 to Level 2 Transfers, Amount	0
Fair Value, Assets, Level 2 to Level 1 Transfers, Amount	0
Fair Value, Liabilities, Level 2 to Level 1 Transfers, Amount	0
Number of Securities transferred from Level 3 to Level 2	1
Number of Level 3 Securities	6	7
Percent of Total Investments	0.80%	1.00%
Number of Level 3 Securities Priced by Third Party Service	3
Number of Level 3 Securities Priced Internally	2
Fixed Maturity Securities	122,760,000	110,641,000
Equity Securities	6,372,000	6,220,000
Short-term investments	971,000	1,222,000
Consideration of Parent Company Guarantee [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Number of Level 3 Securities Priced by Third Party Service	1
Equity Securities	1,000,000
Consideration of Issuer's Audited Financial Statements [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Equity Securities	13,000
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Short-term investments	971,000	1,222,000
Total financial assets	130,103,000	118,083,000
Interest Rate Swap	3,192,000	4,338,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Short-term investments	971,000	1,222,000
Total financial assets	6,279,000	6,371,000
Interest Rate Swap	0	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Short-term investments	0
Total financial assets	122,760,000	110,589,000
Interest Rate Swap	3,192,000	4,338,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Short-term investments	0	0
Total financial assets	1,064,000	1,123,000
Interest Rate Swap	0	0
Obligations of the U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government agencies [Member}
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	49,439,000	23,178,000
Obligations of the U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government agencies [Member} | Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	49,439,000
Obligations of the U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government agencies [Member} | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	0
Obligations of the U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government agencies [Member} | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	49,439,000
Obligations of the U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government agencies [Member} | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	0
Asset-backed Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities		125,000
Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	0	125,000
Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	0	0
Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	0	125,000
Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	0	0
Mortgage-backed Securities, Issued by US Government Sponsored Enterprises [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	80,000	289,000
Mortgage-backed Securities, Issued by US Government Sponsored Enterprises [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	80,000	289,000
Mortgage-backed Securities, Issued by US Government Sponsored Enterprises [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	0	0
Mortgage-backed Securities, Issued by US Government Sponsored Enterprises [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	80,000	289,000
Mortgage-backed Securities, Issued by US Government Sponsored Enterprises [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	0	0
Corporate Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	50,491,000	70,008,000
Corporate Securities [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	50,491,000	70,008,000
Corporate Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	0	0
Corporate Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	50,491,000	69,956,000
Corporate Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	0	52,000
Municipal Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	22,750,000	17,041,000
Municipal Securities [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	22,750,000	17,041,000
Municipal Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	0	0
Municipal Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	22,750,000	17,041,000
Municipal Securities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	0	0
Common Stock, publicly traded [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	44,000	42,000
Common Stock, publicly traded [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Equity Securities	44,000	42,000
Common Stock, publicly traded [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Equity Securities	44,000	42,000
Common Stock, publicly traded [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Equity Securities	0	0
Common Stock, publicly traded [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Equity Securities	0	0
Preferred Stock, publicly traded [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	5,264,000	5,107,000
Preferred Stock, publicly traded [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Equity Securities	5,264,000	5,107,000
Preferred Stock, publicly traded [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Equity Securities	5,264,000	5,107,000
Preferred Stock, publicly traded [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Equity Securities	0	0
Preferred Stock, publicly traded [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Equity Securities	0	0
Common stock, non-publicly traded [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	51,000	58,000
Common stock, non-publicly traded [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Equity Securities	51,000	58,000
Common stock, non-publicly traded [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Equity Securities	0	0
Common stock, non-publicly traded [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Equity Securities	0	0
Common stock, non-publicly traded [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Equity Securities	51,000	58,000
Preferred stock, non-publicly traded [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities	1,013,000	1,013,000
Preferred stock, non-publicly traded [Member] | Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Equity Securities	1,013,000	1,013,000
Preferred stock, non-publicly traded [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Equity Securities	0	0
Preferred stock, non-publicly traded [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Equity Securities	0	0
Preferred stock, non-publicly traded [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Equity Securities	1,013,000	1,013,000
Obligations of the U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government agencies [Member} | Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities		23,178,000
Obligations of the U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government agencies [Member} | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities		0
Obligations of the U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government agencies [Member} | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities		23,178,000
Obligations of the U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government agencies [Member} | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fixed Maturity Securities		0
Share-based Compensation awards, performanced-based [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Short-term investments		$ 0