Reinsurance Recoverables and Trade Receivables, Net (Table Text Block)	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Reinsurance Recoverables and Trade Receivables, Net [Abstract]
Reinsurance Recoverables and Trade Receivables, Net	March 31, 2020 2019 (In thousands) Reinsurance recoverable $ 89,020 $ 99,615 Trade accounts receivable 59,394 90,786 Paid losses recoverable 624 2,333 Accrued investment income 25,744 25,142 Premiums and agents' balances 1,582 1,545 Independent dealer receivable 1,015 390 Other receivables 9,828 5,523 187,207 225,334 Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts (535) (549) $ 186,672 $ 224,785

This extended concept combines two main concepts on the US-GAAP taxonomy. (1) SupplementalScheduleOfReinsurancePremiumsForInsuranceCompaniesTextBlock,Supplemental Schedule of Reinsurance Premiums for Insurance Companies [Text Block]: "The entire disclosure for the supplemental schedule of reinsurance information required to be filed for each period for which an audited income statement is presented. Reinsurance schedule includes the type of insurance, gross amount of premiums, premiums ceded to other companies, premiums assumed from other companies, net amount of premium revenue, and the percentage of the premiums assumed to net premium revenue." (2) ScheduleOfAccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableTextBlock, Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Table Text Block]: "Tabular disclosure of the various types of trade accounts and notes receivable and for each the gross carrying value, allowance, and net carrying value as of the balance sheet date. Presentation is categorized by current, noncurrent and unclassified receivables."

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