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The percentage of foreign regulatory pre-approved reduction in the Company's statutory capital, when deemed appropriate to use.

No definition available.

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The number of classes of common stock

No definition available.

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Statutory Accounting Practices, Statutory Amount Available for Dividend Payments, Percentage of Net Surplus

No definition available.

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The percent of target capital level required for a company to maintain by Bermuda law.

No definition available.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

No definition available.

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Amount of dividends that can be declared or paid without approval of regulatory agency.

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The amount of statutory capital and surplus (stockholders' equity) as of the balance sheet date using prescribed or permitted statutory accounting practices (rather than GAAP, if different) of the state or country.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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Amount of net income for the period determined using accounting principles prescribed or permitted by insurance regulators.

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Value, before forfeitures, of stock or other type of equity granted of any equity-based compensation plan other than an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

No definition available.

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- References

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