Statutory Information and Restrictions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Reinsurance and Catastrophes and Statutory Surplus and Subsidiary Dividend Restrictions [Abstract]

Statutory surplus and subsidiary dividend restrictions

Reconciliations of statutory capital and surplus and net income, as determined using statutory accounting principles, to the amounts included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements are as follows:

		December 31,
		2014			2013
Statutory capital and surplus of insurance subsidiaries	$	861,421		$	809,241
Increase (decrease) due to:
Deferred policy acquisition costs		215,082			245,355
Difference in policyholder reserves		87,345			80,459
Goodwill		47,396			47,396
Liability for postretirement benefits other than pensions		-			(1,130	)
Investment fair value adjustments on fixed maturities		519,593			227,060
Difference in investment reserves		118,633			111,983
Federal income tax liability		(290,034	)		(188,426	)
Net funded status of pension and other postretirement benefit obligations		(20,027	)		(18,217	)
Non-admitted assets and other, net		18,528			11,349
Shareholders' equity of parent company and non-insurance subsidiaries		16,465			12,109
Parent company short-term and long-term debt		(237,939	)		(237,874	)
Shareholders' equity as reported herein	$	1,336,463		$	1,099,305

	Year Ended December 31,
	2014		2013		2012
Statutory net income of insurance subsidiaries	$	97,875	$	98,905	$	93,299
Net loss of non-insurance companies		(3,906)		(4,583)		(4,726)
Interest expense		(14,198)		(14,236)		(14,249)
Tax benefit of interest expense and other parent company current tax adjustments		6,371		6,030		9,308
Combined net income		86,142		86,116		83,632
Increase (decrease) due to:
Deferred policy acquisition costs		16,828		17,177		16,595
Policyholder benefits		15,284		19,038		15,574
Federal income tax expense		(10,548)		(12,735)		(19,843)
Investment reserves		3,574		6,818		14,021
Other adjustments, net		(7,037)		(5,521)		(6,113)
Net income as reported herein	$	104,243	$	110,893	$	103,866