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Statutory Reporting
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Statutory Reporting [Abstract]  
Statutory Reporting
Note 12.
Statutory Reporting
 
The assets, liabilities and results of operations have been reported on the basis of GAAP, which varies from statutory accounting practices (“SAP”) prescribed or permitted by insurance regulatory authorities. The principal differences between SAP and GAAP are that under SAP: (i) certain assets that are non-admitted assets are eliminated from the balance sheet; (ii) acquisition costs for policies are expensed as incurred, while they are deferred and amortized over the estimated life of the policies under GAAP; (iii) the provision that is made for deferred income taxes is different than under GAAP; (iv) the timing of establishing certain reserves is different than under GAAP; and (v) valuation allowances are established against investments.

The amount of reported statutory net income and surplus (shareholders' equity) for the Parent's insurance subsidiaries for the years ended December 31 was as follows:

   
2011
  
2010
 
Life and Health, net income
 $3,621  $2,999 
Property and Casualty, net income
  3,814   3,787 
Statutory net income
 $7,435  $6,786 
          
Life and Health, surplus
 $32,087  $31,874 
Property and Casualty, surplus
  37,988   38,717 
Statutory surplus
 $70,075  $70,591 
 
Under the insurance code of the state of jurisdiction in which each insurance subsidiary is domiciled, dividend payments to the Parent by its insurance subsidiaries are subject to certain limitations without the prior approval of the applicable state's Insurance Commissioner. The Parent received dividends of $6,535 and $6,493 in 2011 and 2010, respectively, from its subsidiaries. In 2012, dividend payments by insurance subsidiaries in excess of $7,833 would require prior approval.