Loans Payable	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Credit Facility/Loans Payable [Abstract]
Loans Payable	Note 8 – Loans Payable Trust Preferred Offerings In 2003, American Safety Capital and American Safety Capital II, both non-consolidated, wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company, issued $8 million and $5 million, respectively, of variable rate 30-year trust preferred securities. The securities require interest payments on a quarterly basis calculated at a floating rate of LIBOR + 4.2% and LIBOR + 3.95% for American Safety Capital and American Safety Capital II, respectively. The securities can be redeemed at the Company’s option any time. In 2005, the American Safety Capital Trust III, a non-consolidated wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, issued a 30-year trust preferred securities in the amount of $25 million. The securities require interest payments of LIBOR + 3.4%. The securities may be redeemed at any time. The balance of loans payable at June 30, 2013 was $39.2 million.

Loans Payable

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Credit Facility/Loans Payable [Abstract]

Note 8 – Loans Payable

Trust Preferred Offerings

In 2003, American Safety Capital and American Safety Capital II, both non-consolidated, wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company, issued $8 million and $5 million, respectively, of variable rate 30-year trust preferred securities. The securities require interest payments on a quarterly basis calculated at a floating rate of LIBOR + 4.2% and LIBOR + 3.95% for American Safety Capital and American Safety Capital II, respectively. The securities can be redeemed at the Company’s option any time.

In 2005, the American Safety Capital Trust III, a non-consolidated wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, issued a 30-year trust preferred securities in the amount of $25 million. The securities require interest payments of LIBOR + 3.4%. The securities may be redeemed at any time.

The balance of loans payable at June 30, 2013 was $39.2 million.