ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

Comprehensive income (loss), net of related income taxes

	Years Ended September 30,

	2012		2011			2010
	(in thousands)
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities, net of tax of $37,185, $11,047 and $(13,730)	$	63,725	$	18,414		$	(22,885	)
Amortization of net periodic benefit costs—net of actuarial gain (loss), net of tax of $2,436, $(2,167) and $(3,276)		4,174		(3,613	)		(5,459	)

	$	67,899	$	14,801		$	(28,344	)

Components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of related income taxes

	September 30,

	2012			2011
	(in thousands)
Unrealized appreciation on securities	$	189,851		$	126,126
Unrecognized actuarial loss and prior service cost		(23,044	)		(27,218	)

	$	166,807		$	98,908

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of components of comprehensive income (loss) including, but not limited to: (a) foreign currency translation adjustments; (b) gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (c) gains (losses) on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (d) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (e) unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (f) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (g) the net gain (loss) and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans.

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