Statutory Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Statutory Accounting Practices Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of statutory net income and capital and surplus of the Exchange and its subsidiaries as determined in accordance with SAP prescribed or permitted by insurance regulatory authorities

Statutory net income and capital and surplus of the Exchange and its subsidiaries as determined in accordance with SAP prescribed or permitted by insurance regulatory authorities are as follows:



	SAP Net Income (Loss)								SAP Capital and Surplus
	Years ended December 31,								At December 31,
Exchange and its subsidiaries (in millions)	2013		2012			2011			2013		2012
Property and casualty insurance operations:
Erie Insurance Exchange	$	479	$	311		$	182		$	6,467	$	5,633
Erie Insurance Company	17		14			9			294		276
Erie Insurance Company of New York	1		(1		)	(1		)	22		21
Erie Insurance Property & Casualty Company	0		0			0			12		11
Flagship City Insurance Company	0		0			0			12		11
Life insurance operations:
Erie Family Life Insurance Company	15		25			34			291		281

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of how the entity's reporting under GAAP as of the balance sheet date differs from the results based on prescribed and permitted accounting practices of the state or country of domicile in which a relevant statutory filing is made, or differences in results based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) prescribed practices, or a combination thereof. Describes the accounting practices used and the related monetary effect on statutory surplus, net income, and risk-based capital. If an insurance enterprise's risk-based capital would have triggered a regulatory event had it not used a permitted practice, that fact is disclosed in the financial statements. Permitted statutory accounting practices include practices not prescribed but allowed by the domiciliary state insurance department regulatory authority.

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