TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES	TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES An inter-company reinsurance program is in place between the Company's insurance subsidiaries in the property and casualty insurance segment and Employers Mutual. This reinsurance program is intended to reduce the volatility of the Company's quarterly results caused by excessive catastrophe and storm losses, and provide protection from both the frequency and severity of such losses. The reinsurance program consists of two semi-annual aggregate catastrophe excess of loss treaties. The first treaty is effective each year from January 1 through June 30, and has a retention of $22.0 million and a limit of $24.0 million. The total cost of this treaty is approximately $6.0 million. The second treaty is effective each year from July 1 through December 31, and has a retention of $15.0 million and a limit of $12.0 million. The total cost of this treaty is approximately $1.4 million. The terms of these treaties were the same in 2018. Losses and settlement expenses ceded to Employers Mutual under the inter-company reinsurance program totaled $527,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2019 compared to $467,000 for the same period in 2018. All catastrophe and storm losses assumed by the property and casualty insurance subsidiaries (net of applicable reinsurance recoveries from external reinsurance protections purchased by the pool participants) are subject to the terms of these treaties, and there is no co-participation provision. An inter-company reinsurance program is also in place between the Company's reinsurance subsidiary and Employers Mutual. The reinsurance program consists of two treaties. The first is a per occurrence catastrophe excess of loss treaty with a retention of $10.0 million, a limit of $10.0 million, 20 percent co-participation, and no reinstatement. The total cost of this treaty is approximately $1.6 million. The second is an annual aggregate catastrophe excess of loss treaty with a retention of $20.0 million, a limit of $100.0 million, and 20 percent co-participation. The total cost of this treaty is approximately $3.6 million. Any losses recovered under the per occurrence treaty inure to the benefit of the aggregate treaty, and only catastrophic events with total losses greater than $500,000 are subject to the terms of the aggregate treaty. The terms of the program were the same in 2018. Losses and settlement expenses ceded to Employers Mutual under the inter-company reinsurance program totaled $1.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019, compared to $(753,000) for the three months ended March 31, 2018. For both periods, these amounts represent development on prior accident years' losses, net of any applicable outside reinsurance recoveries. On November 20, 2018, the Company announced receipt of a non-binding indicative proposal dated November 15, 2018 from Employers Mutual to purchase all the outstanding common stock of the Company not already owned by Employers Mutual, and the formation of a special committee of the Company's board of directors to consider the proposal. The proposal, which is subject to certain conditions, provides that the shares will be purchased at a price of $30 per share in cash. The special committee, which consists of the Company's four independent directors, has retained its own independent financial and legal advisors to assist it in considering the proposal. Discussions between the special committee and Employers Mutual continued through the first quarter of 2019.

TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

An inter-company reinsurance program is in place between the Company's insurance subsidiaries in the property and casualty insurance segment and Employers Mutual. This reinsurance program is intended to reduce the volatility of the Company's quarterly results caused by excessive catastrophe and storm losses, and provide protection from both the frequency and severity of such losses. The reinsurance program consists of two semi-annual aggregate catastrophe excess of loss treaties. The first treaty is effective each year from January 1 through June 30, and has a retention of $22.0 million and a limit of $24.0 million. The total cost of this treaty is approximately $6.0 million. The second treaty is effective each year from July 1 through December 31, and has a retention of $15.0 million and a limit of $12.0 million. The total cost of this treaty is approximately $1.4 million. The terms of these treaties were the same in 2018. Losses and settlement expenses ceded to Employers Mutual under the inter-company reinsurance program totaled $527,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2019 compared to $467,000 for the same period in 2018. All catastrophe and storm losses assumed by the property and casualty insurance subsidiaries (net of applicable reinsurance recoveries from external reinsurance protections purchased by the pool participants) are subject to the terms of these treaties, and there is no co-participation provision.

An inter-company reinsurance program is also in place between the Company's reinsurance subsidiary and Employers Mutual. The reinsurance program consists of two treaties. The first is a per occurrence catastrophe excess of loss treaty with a retention of $10.0 million, a limit of $10.0 million, 20 percent co-participation, and no reinstatement. The total cost of this treaty is approximately $1.6 million. The second is an annual aggregate catastrophe excess of loss treaty with a retention of $20.0 million, a limit of $100.0 million, and 20 percent co-participation. The total cost of this treaty is approximately $3.6 million. Any losses recovered under the per occurrence treaty inure to the benefit of the aggregate treaty, and only catastrophic events with total losses greater than $500,000 are subject to the terms of the aggregate treaty. The terms of the program were the same in 2018. Losses and settlement expenses ceded to Employers Mutual under the inter-company reinsurance program totaled $1.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019, compared to $(753,000) for the three months ended March 31, 2018. For both periods, these amounts represent development on prior accident years' losses, net of any applicable outside reinsurance recoveries.

On November 20, 2018, the Company announced receipt of a non-binding indicative proposal dated November 15, 2018 from Employers Mutual to purchase all the outstanding common stock of the Company not already owned by Employers Mutual, and the formation of a special committee of the Company's board of directors to consider the proposal. The proposal, which is subject to certain conditions, provides that the shares will be purchased at a price of $30 per share in cash. The special committee, which consists of the Company's four independent directors, has retained its own independent financial and legal advisors to assist it in considering the proposal. Discussions between the special committee and Employers Mutual continued through the first quarter of 2019.