Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Income Taxes

Schedule of the provision for income taxes from continuing operations

	Year ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
Current	$	89,934	$	70,201	$	34,090
Deferred	45,371		23,617		34,537
Total income tax provision from continuing operations	$	135,305	$	93,818	$	68,627

Schedule of reconciliation between the statutory federal income tax rate and the Company's effective federal income tax rate from continuing operations

	Year ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
Statutory federal income tax rate	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
Income tax effect of:
Investment income not subject to federal tax	(2.3	)%	(2.7	)%	(2.2	)%
Tax credits	(1.3	)%	(2.1	)%	(2.9	)%
State income taxes, net of federal benefit	1.2	%	0.7	%	0.7	%
Income tax contingency provisions	0.0	%	2.0	%	(3.9	)%
Other, net	3.6	%	(1.2	)%	(0.8	)%
Effective federal income tax rate from continuing operations	36.2	%	31.7	%	25.9	%

Schedule of reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits

	Year ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Balance, beginning of year	$	32,123		$	35,256		$	81,390
Additions to tax positions in the current year	6,230			6,557			6,939
Reductions to tax positions in the current year	—			(420		)	—
Additions to tax positions in the prior year	420			4,785			142
Reductions to tax positions in the prior year	(10,219		)	(9,858		)	(47,922		)
Reductions to tax positions from statutes expiring	(2,704		)	(4,197		)	(5,253		)
Settlements	—			—			(40		)
Balance, end of year	$	25,850		$	32,123		$	35,256

Schedule of tax effect of temporary differences, which give rise to the deferred tax assets and liabilities

	December 31,
	2012				2011
	Deferred		Deferred		Deferred		Deferred
	tax asset		tax liability		tax asset		tax liability
Policyholder reserves	$	—	$	218,303	$	—	$	210,457
Deferred acquisition costs	46,832		—		35,154		—
Investment assets	—		496,096		—		336,482
Policyholder dividends	11,586		—		18,449		—
Net operating loss carryforward	180,448		—		200,486		—
Pension plan accrued benefit liability	98,981		—		72,387		—
Goodwill	—		24,045		—		25,169
Experience rated refunds	10,908		—		21,623		—
Tax credits	106,552		—		74,389		—
Other	—		5,858		—		4,843
Total deferred taxes	$	455,307	$	744,302	$	422,488	$	576,951

Schedule of federal net operating loss carry forwards of a subsidiary

Year	Amount
2020	$	119,978
2021	113,002
2022	136,796
2023	81,693
Total	$	451,469