SUBSEQUENT EVENTS	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS	17. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS On February 16, 2018, the Company announced that the Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.08 per share, payable in June 2018. On February 21, 2018, FNIC closed on its acquisition of the interest in Monarch Delaware held by the Company's joint venture partners for the agreed upon terms contemplated by the purchase and sale agreement with Crosswinds Investor and TransRe dated November 27, 2017. FNIC purchased Crosswinds Investor’s 42.4% Class A membership interest and 50% voting interest for $12.3 million, and TransRe’s 15.2% non-voting membership interest in Monarch Delaware for $4.4 million. The outstanding principal balance and interest due on the $5.0 million promissory note to TransRe was paid in full. Following the closing, Monarch Delaware and Monarch Holdings were merged into MNIC. With the completion of these transactions, FNIC owns 100% of MNIC. On February 28, 2018, in connection with the Company’s review of its subsidiaries’ financial condition and capital resources as of the end of the 2017 fiscal year, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an infusion of $30.0 million of capital into FNIC, effective December 31, 2017 for statutory accounting purposes, to support FNIC’s book of business. On March 1, 2018, FNIC and MNIC have each entered into a Reimbursement Contract (the “Contracts”) with the State Board of Administration of Florida (“SBA”) for the 2018-2019 hurricane season. The SBA is the agency that administers the FHCF. The Contracts will reimburse FNIC and MNIC for covered property losses under their respective homeowners insurance policies resulting from hurricanes that cause damage in the State of Florida, from June 1, 2018 through May 31, 2019. On March 13, 2018, the Company announced that it has decided to undergo an orderly withdrawal from the commercial general liability line of business and will begin the appropriate steps to withdraw from the line of business, including obtaining all required regulatory approvals.

17. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On February 16, 2018, the Company announced that the Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.08 per share, payable in June 2018.

On February 21, 2018, FNIC closed on its acquisition of the interest in Monarch Delaware held by the Company's joint venture partners for the agreed upon terms contemplated by the purchase and sale agreement with Crosswinds Investor and TransRe dated November 27, 2017. FNIC purchased Crosswinds Investor’s 42.4% Class A membership interest and 50% voting interest for $12.3 million, and TransRe’s 15.2% non-voting membership interest in Monarch Delaware for $4.4 million. The outstanding principal balance and interest due on the $5.0 million promissory note to TransRe was paid in full. Following the closing, Monarch Delaware and Monarch Holdings were merged into MNIC. With the completion of these transactions, FNIC owns 100% of MNIC.

On February 28, 2018, in connection with the Company’s review of its subsidiaries’ financial condition and capital resources as of the end of the 2017 fiscal year, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an infusion of $30.0 million of capital into FNIC, effective December 31, 2017 for statutory accounting purposes, to support FNIC’s book of business.

On March 1, 2018, FNIC and MNIC have each entered into a Reimbursement Contract (the “Contracts”) with the State Board of Administration of Florida (“SBA”) for the 2018-2019 hurricane season. The SBA is the agency that administers the FHCF. The Contracts will reimburse FNIC and MNIC for covered property losses under their respective homeowners insurance policies resulting from hurricanes that cause damage in the State of Florida, from June 1, 2018 through May 31, 2019.

On March 13, 2018, the Company announced that it has decided to undergo an orderly withdrawal from the commercial general liability line of business and will begin the appropriate steps to withdraw from the line of business, including obtaining all required regulatory approvals.