Investment income and other gains and losses (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Gross Realized Investment and Other Gains and Losses

Gross realized investment and other gains and losses follows:

	For the Three Months Ended   March 31,
	2017		2016
	($000 omitted)
Realized gains	566		3,937
Realized losses	(279	)	(3,449	)
	287		488

Proceeds from Sale of Investments Available-for-Sale

The amortized costs and fair values follow:

	March 31, 2017		December 31, 2016
	Amortized costs	Fair values	Amortized costs	Fair values
	($000 omitted)
Debt securities:
Municipal	72,236	72,918	72,284	72,432
Corporate	334,887	341,283	338,365	343,047
Foreign	190,366	192,663	165,735	167,027
U.S. Treasury Bonds	12,795	12,635	12,795	12,613
Equity securities	30,616	36,700	30,255	36,384
	640,900	656,199	619,434	631,503

roceeds from sales of investments available-for-sale are as follows:

	For the Three Months Ended   March 31,
	2017	2016
	($000 omitted)
Proceeds from sales of investments available-for-sale	15,843	11,327