Statutory Insurance Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Statutory Insurance Information [Abstract]

Statutory Accounting Practices Disclosure [Table Text Block]



Statutory Information of our Insurance Subsidiaries

	Year ended December 31,
	2016			2015			2014
	(Dollars in thousands)
Farm Bureau Life:
Net gain from operations (excludes impact of realized gains and losses on investments)	$	106,143		$	100,013		$	97,799
Net income	100,657			106,009			97,393
Greenfields:
Net gain (loss) from operations (excludes impact of realized gains and losses on investments)	(540		)	(362		)	(433		)
Net income (loss)	(540		)	(362		)	(433		)



	FB Life						Greenfields
	December 31,						December 31,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
	(Dollars in thousands)
Total capital and surplus	$	617,321		$	603,062		$	9,175		$	4,763
Unassigned surplus (deficit)	483,838			469,579			(1,625		)	(1,037		)
Risk-Based Capital measurements:
Total adjusted capital	685,721			668,278			9,191			4,772
Company action level capital	125,994			117,284			173			110
RBC Ratio	544		%	570		%	5,322		%	4,338		%

- 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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