CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
Income Statement [Abstract]
Benefits and settlement expenses, reinsurance ceded	$ 256,703	$ 279,109	$ 806,314	$ 855,276
Other operating expenses, reinsurance ceded	$ 57,293	$ 49,073	$ 161,615	$ 148,334

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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