Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs Disclosures [Abstract]

Type Of Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs [Table Text Block]

The following reflects the amounts of policy acquisition costs deferred and amortized (dollars in thousands):

As of December 31,	2014			2013
Deferred policy acquisition costs:
Assumed	$	3,391,291		$	3,573,054
Retroceded	(48,716		)	(55,258		)
Net	$	3,342,575		$	3,517,796

Movement Analysis Of Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs Rollforward [Table Text Block]

Years ended December 31,	2014			2013			2012
Balance, beginning of year	$	3,517,796		$	3,619,274		$	3,543,925
Capitalized
Assumed	885,944			862,767			1,081,599
Retroceded	(8,335		)	(8,604		)	(11,814		)
Amortized (including interest):
Assumed	(882,498		)	(826,539		)	(975,844		)
Allocated to change in value of embedded derivatives	(111,744		)	(98,141		)	(42,183		)
Retroceded	14,877			11,877			14,970
Attributed to unrealized investment gains (losses)	(4,480		)	16,181			(14,938		)
Foreign currency changes	(68,985		)	(59,019		)	23,559
Balance, end of year	$	3,342,575		$	3,517,796		$	3,619,274