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Income Taxes (Deferred Tax Components) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]    
Increase in valuation allowance $ 1,221us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount  
Deferred tax assets:    
Reserve for losses and loss expenses 21,644us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsLossReserves 22,567us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsLossReserves
Equity compensation 15,316us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsShareBasedCompensationCost 15,828us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsShareBasedCompensationCost
Unearned premium 16,921us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsUnearnedPremiumsReserve 14,299us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsUnearnedPremiumsReserve
Deferred acquisition costs 11,184us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsOther 10,604us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseReservesAndAccrualsOther
Other-than-temporary impairments 0us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsUnrealizedLossesOnTradingSecurities 407us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsUnrealizedLossesOnTradingSecurities
Net loss carryforward 7,958us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOtherLossCarryforwards 7,642us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOtherLossCarryforwards
Total deferred tax assets 73,023us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross 71,347us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross
Deferred tax liabilities:    
Intangible assets (13,856)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsIntangibleAssets (14,743)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsIntangibleAssets
Realized gains (12,819)awh_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesRealizedGains (6,980)awh_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesRealizedGains
Depreciation (2,513)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesDeferredExpenseOtherCapitalizedCosts (2,942)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesDeferredExpenseOtherCapitalizedCosts
Unrealized appreciation and timing differences on investments (94)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesUnrealizedGainsOnTradingSecurities (56)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesUnrealizedGainsOnTradingSecurities
Market discount on bonds (740)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesFinancingArrangements (271)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesFinancingArrangements
Other (2,965)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOther (1,244)us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOther
Total deferred tax liabilities (32,987)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxLiabilities (26,236)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxLiabilities
Net deferred taxes before valuation allowance 40,036awh_NetDeferredTaxAssetsBeforeValuationAllowance 45,111awh_NetDeferredTaxAssetsBeforeValuationAllowance
Valuation allowance (6,421)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (7,642)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Net deferred tax assets $ 33,615us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet $ 37,469us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet