CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Income Statement [Abstract]
Benefits and settlement expenses, reinsurance ceded	$ 1,185,929	$ 1,235,227	$ 1,176,609
Other operating expenses, reinsurance ceded	$ 210,816	$ 226,578	$ 210,270

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

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=99397103&loc=d3e6811-158387

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