Statements of Cash Flow (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract]

Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures

	Nine Months ended September 30,
($ in thousands)	2015		2014
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest	$	13,843	14,089
Federal income tax	18,500		4,699
Non-cash items:
Tax-free exchange of fixed income securities, available-for-sale ("AFS")	35,425		14,954
Tax-free exchange of fixed income securities, held-to-maturity ("HTM")	10,045		4,288
Corporate actions related to equity securities, AFS1	4,239		334
Assets acquired under capital lease arrangements	6,933		4,853

¹Examples of such corporate actions include non-cash acquisitions and stock splits.