Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs Disclosures [Abstract]

Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs

The following table presents the amounts of policy acquisition costs deferred and amortized for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2018			2017
	(in thousands)
Balance, beginning of period	$	11,775		$	10,150
Policy acquisition costs deferred:
Direct commissions	9,377			7,880
Ceding commissions	(2,541		)	(2,591		)
Other underwriting and policy acquisition costs	809			761
Policy acquisition costs deferred	7,645			6,050
Amortization of net policy acquisition costs	(6,652		)	(5,699		)
Balance, end of period	$	12,768		$	10,501