CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Income Statement [Abstract]
Benefits and settlement expenses, reinsurance ceded	$ 261,400	$ 299,268
Other operating expenses, reinsurance ceded	$ 51,761	$ 49,226

Amount of reduction of provision for policy benefits and costs incurred for policies ceded.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6480758&loc=d3e6811-158387

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