Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

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, 2019 and 2018:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2019			2018
	(in thousands)
Balance, beginning of period	$	14,801		$	11,775
Policy acquisition costs deferred:
Direct commissions	12,363			9,377
Ceding commissions	(3,256		)	(2,541		)
Other underwriting and policy acquisition costs	965			809
Policy acquisition costs deferred	10,072			7,645
Amortization of net policy acquisition costs	(8,559		)	(6,652		)
Balance, end of period	$	16,314		$	12,768