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The consideration due to the assuming enterprise, net of commissions as of the balance sheet date under the terms of the reinsurance contract in exchange for the right to receive reimbursement from such entity for covered claims and expenses.

No definition available.

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Insured Financial Obligations, Ceded Par Outstanding

No definition available.

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Represents the portion of insured risk ceded to other reinsurers.

No definition available.

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Specialty Insurance and Reinsurance, Ceded Par Outstanding

No definition available.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

No definition available.

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Amount of funds held as security for payments to be received under reinsurance contracts.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.13(c))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=119400593&loc=d3e572229-122910