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Reinsurance

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

(3) Reinsurance:

The following table summarizes the Company's transactions with reinsurers for the 2017 and 2016 comparative periods.

	2017		2016
Three months ended March 31:
Premiums ceded to reinsurers	$	31,308	$	31,263
Losses and loss expenses
ceded to reinsurers		19,474		29,324
Commissions from reinsurers		7,408		9,137

- Definition

The entire disclosure pertaining to the existence, magnitude and information about insurance that has been ceded to or assumed from another insurance company, including the methodologies and assumptions used in determining recorded amounts.

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