Reinsurance Receivables (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Premiums Written and Earned [Table Text Block]

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



Premiums	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2013						2012						2011
	Written			Earned			Written			Earned			Written			Earned
Direct and assumed	$	410,243		$	389,763		$	367,791		$	359,820		$	338,869		$	321,412
Ceded	(267,737		)	(252,976		)	(236,121		)	(232,195		)	(214,485		)	(205,909		)
Net	$	142,506		$	136,787		$	131,670		$	127,625		$	124,384		$	115,503

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



Losses and LAE incurred	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2013			2012			2011
Direct and assumed	$	90,804		$	86,409		$	81,843
Ceded	(49,237		)	(46,190		)	(43,894		)
Net losses and LAE incurred	$	41,567		$	40,219		$	37,949

Components of Reinsurance Receivable [Table Text Block]



The following table reflects the components of the reinsurance receivables:	At December 31,
	2013		2012
Prepaid reinsurance premiums:
Life ⁽¹⁾	$	51,355	$	53,117
Accident and health ⁽¹⁾	36,214		34,266
Property	98,650		85,805
Total	186,219		173,188
Ceded claim reserves:
Life	1,594		1,786
Accident and health	7,826		9,263
Property	12,102		8,663
Total ceded claim reserves recoverable	21,522		19,712
Other reinsurance settlements recoverable	7,343		11,088
Reinsurance receivables	$	215,084	$	203,988

⁽¹⁾ Including policyholder account balances ceded.

The following table shows the aggregate amount included in reinsurance receivables that is comprised of the three largest receivable balances from unrelated reinsurers:



	At December 31,
	2013		2012
Total of the three largest receivable balances from unrelated reinsurers	$	136,061	$	126,633