CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016
Income Statement [Abstract]
Benefits and settlement expenses, reinsurance ceded	$ 286,234	$ 276,294	$ 549,611	$ 576,167
Other operating expenses, reinsurance ceded	$ 53,305	$ 50,950	$ 104,322	$ 99,261

Amount of reduction of provision for policy benefits and costs incurred for policies ceded.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6480758&loc=d3e6811-158387

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