Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Segments [Abstract]

Information by business segment

			U.S. Property & Casualty		Professional Liability		Accident & Health		U.S. Surety & Credit		International		Investing		Corporate & Other		Consolidated
Nine months ended September 30, 2011
Net earned premium			$	245,121	$	307,240	$	603,656	$	153,309	$	267,458	$	0	$	203	$	1,576,987
Other revenue				16,556		358		3,471		955		2,791		158,472		(506)		182,097
	Segment revenue			261,677		307,598		607,127		154,264		270,249		158,472		(303)		1,759,084
Loss and LAE				148,783		257,632		438,883		42,351		175,635		0		(1,044)		1,062,240
Other expense				82,202		40,055		92,882		82,909		99,754		0		56,466		454,268
	Segment expense			230,985		297,687		531,765		125,260		275,389		-		55,422		1,516,508
		Segment pretax earnings (loss)	$	30,692	$	9,911	$	75,362	$	29,004	$	(5,140)	$	158,472	$	(55,725)	$	242,576

Nine months ended September 30, 2010
Net earned premium			$	258,427	$	321,849	$	567,739	$	148,427	$	234,471	$	0	$	1,225	$	1,532,138
Other revenue				24,128		458		2,830		455		6,177		158,200		987		193,235
	Segment revenue			282,555		322,307		570,569		148,882		240,648		158,200		2,212		1,725,373
Loss and LAE				164,684		196,154		412,438		38,157		107,601		0		3,611		922,645
Other expense				75,890		57,171		89,967		81,699		89,559		0		53,652		447,938
	Segment expense			240,574		253,325		502,405		119,856		197,160		-		57,263		1,370,583
		Segment pretax earnings (loss)	$	41,981	$	68,982	$	68,164	$	29,026	$	43,488	$	158,200	$	(55,051)	$	354,790

			U.S. Property & Casualty		Professional Liability		Accident & Health		U.S. Surety & Credit		International		Investing		Corporate & Other		Consolidated
Three months ended September 30, 2011
Net earned premium			$	85,946	$	104,066	$	202,999	$	51,906	$	99,294	$	0	$	45	$	544,256
Other revenue				6,890		109		1,277		254		889		57,439		(590)		66,268
	Segment revenue			92,836		104,175		204,276		52,160		100,183		57,439		(545)		610,524
Loss and LAE				56,355		119,617		147,278		12,664		45,242		0		(784)		380,372
Other expense				26,627		6,023		30,887		27,657		35,734		0		20,432		147,360
	Segment expense			82,982		125,640		178,165		40,321		80,976		0		19,648		527,732
		Segment pretax earnings (loss)	$	9,854	$	(21,465)	$	26,111	$	11,839	$	19,207	$	57,439	$	(20,193)	$	82,792

Three months ended September 30, 2010
Net earned premium			$	84,802	$	103,696	$	193,252	$	49,807	$	84,539	$	0	$	70	$	516,166
Other revenue				5,033		20		1,113		127		1,466		51,894		129		59,782
	Segment revenue			89,835		103,716		194,365		49,934		86,005		51,894		199		575,948
Loss and LAE				61,883		63,212		138,869		10,296		23,227		0		(349)		297,138
Other expense				21,289		18,866		30,908		28,007		29,654		0		18,074		146,798
	Segment expense			83,172		82,078		169,777		38,303		52,881		-		17,725		443,936
		Segment pretax earnings (loss)	$	6,663	$	21,638	$	24,588	$	11,631	$	33,124	$	51,894	$	(17,526)	$	132,012