Reserve for Known and Incurred but Not Reported Claims (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Insurance Loss Reserves [Abstract]

Activity in Reserve for Known and Incurred but Not Reported Claims

Activity in the reserve for known and incurred but not reported claims is summarized as follows:

	December 31,
	2015			2014		2013
	(in thousands)
Balance at beginning of year	$	1,011,780		$	1,018,365	$	976,462
Provision related to:
Current year		395,459			383,181		378,968
Prior years		95,633			66,842		151,388
		491,092			450,023		530,356
Payments, net of recoveries, related to:
Current year		209,845			196,656		182,653
Prior years		266,647			273,094		296,657
		476,492			469,750		479,310
Other		(42,500	)		13,142		(9,143	)
Balance at end of year	$	983,880		$	1,011,780	$	1,018,365

Summary of Loss Reserves

A summary of the Company’s loss reserves is as follows:

(in thousands, except percentages)	December 31, 2015				December 31, 2014
Known title claims	$	87,543	8.9	%	$	165,330	16.3	%
Incurred but not reported claims		844,364	85.8	%		802,069	79.3	%
Total title claims		931,907	94.7	%		967,399	95.6	%
Non-title claims		51,973	5.3	%		44,381	4.4	%
Total loss reserves	$	983,880	100.0	%	$	1,011,780	100.0	%