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Fair Value (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]      
Fair value of public equity portfolio $ 103,866,000cik0000914748_PublicEquityPortfolioFairValueDisclosure   $ 96,890,000cik0000914748_PublicEquityPortfolioFairValueDisclosure
Transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 0us-gaap_FairValueAssetsLevel1ToLevel2TransfersAmount    
Transfers from level 3 7,887,000us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetTransfersNet 0us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisAssetTransfersNet  
Available For Sale Securities Debt Securities Market Value 5,226,919,000cik0000914748_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecuritiesMarketValue   5,293,411,000cik0000914748_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecuritiesMarketValue
Private Placement [Member] | Unavailability Of Prices [Member]      
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]      
Number of securities 1cik0000914748_NumberOfSecurities
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Available For Sale Securities Debt Securities Market Value $ 6,125,000cik0000914748_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecuritiesMarketValue
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