Statements of Cash Flow

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2016

Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract]

Statements of Cash Flow

Statements of Cash Flow

Supplemental cash flow information is as follows:

	Six Months ended June 30,
($ in thousands)	2016		2015
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest	$	10,986	10,947
Federal income tax	29,000		8,500
Non-cash items:
Exchange of fixed income securities, AFS	17,702		17,120
Corporate actions related to equity securities, AFS1	3,032		884
Assets acquired under capital lease arrangements	2,999		3,478
Non-cash purchase of property and equipment	577		—

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

Included in "Other assets" on the Consolidated Balance Sheet was $8.9 million at June 30, 2016 and $5.2 million at June 30, 2015 of cash received from the National Flood Insurance Program ("NFIP"), which is restricted to pay flood claims under the Write Your Own ("WYO") program.