Reinsurance

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Reinsurance [Abstract]

Reinsurance

(3)  Reinsurance:

The following table summarizes the Company's transactions with reinsurers for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 comparative periods.

	2020		2019
Three months ended September 30:
Premiums ceded to reinsurers	$	26,825	$	29,957
Losses and loss expenses ceded to reinsurers		27,270		27,228
Commissions from reinsurers		7,206		7,820

	2020		2019
Nine months ended September 30:
Premiums ceded to reinsurers	$	83,508	$	92,556
Losses and loss expenses ceded to reinsurers		75,201		86,876
Commissions from reinsurers		21,785		23,229