Other expenses (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Schedule of other expenses

Other expenses for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 consisted of the following:

	2014		2013		2012
	($ in thousands)
Deposit liabilities investment expense	$	4,346	$	4,271	296
Reinsurance contracts investment expense	1,061		191		—
Change in fair value of embedded derivatives in deposit and reinsurance contracts (1)	1,988		460		150
	$	7,395	$	4,922	$	446

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