Other expenses

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Other expenses

Other expenses

Other expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 consisted of the following:

	For the three months ended				For the nine months ended
	September 30, 2014		September 30, 2013		September 30, 2014		September 30, 2013
	($ in thousands)
Deposit liabilities and reinsurance contracts investment expense	$	2,871	$	1,146	$	4,352	$	2,365
Change in fair value of embedded derivatives in deposit and reinsurance contracts (1)	111		100		437		310
	$	2,982	$	1,246	$	4,789	$	2,675

(1) See discussion of accounting policy for embedded derivatives in Note 2 for additional information.