Statutory Information and Restrictions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Reinsurance and Catastrophes and Statutory Surplus and Subsidiary Dividend Restrictions [Abstract]

Statutory surplus and subsidiary dividend restrictions

Reconciliations of statutory capital and surplus and net income, as determined using statutory accounting principles, to the amounts included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements are as follows:

	December 31,
	2013		2012

Statutory capital and surplus of insurance subsidiaries	$	809,241	$	754,153
Increase (decrease) due to:
Deferred policy acquisition costs		245,355		196,885
Difference in policyholder reserves		80,459		67,582
Goodwill		47,396		47,396
Liability for postretirement benefits other than pensions		(1,130)		(2,862)
Investment fair value adjustments on fixed maturities		227,060		651,071
Difference in investment reserves		111,983		101,276
Federal income tax liability		(188,426)		(317,875)
Net funded status of pension and other postretirement benefit obligations		(18,217)		(23,862)
Non-admitted assets and other, net		11,349		10,660
Shareholders' equity (deficit) of parent company and non-insurance subsidiaries		12,109		(812)
Parent company short-term and long-term debt		(237,874)		(237,809)
Shareholders' equity as reported herein	$	1,099,305	$	1,245,803

	Year Ended December 31,
	2013		2012		2011

Statutory net income of insurance subsidiaries	$	98,905	$	93,299	$	63,986
Net loss of non-insurance companies		(4,583)		(4,726)		(10,164)
Interest expense		(14,236)		(14,249)		(14,007)
Tax benefit of interest expense and other parent company current tax adjustments		6,030		9,308		4,603
Combined net income		86,116		83,632		44,418
Increase (decrease) due to:
Deferred policy acquisition costs		17,177		16,595		8,989
Policyholder benefits		19,038		15,574		14,428
Federal income tax expense		(12,735)		(19,843)		(6,639)
Investment reserves		6,818		14,021		9,903
Other adjustments, net		(5,521)		(6,113)		(593)
Net income as reported herein	$	110,893	$	103,866	$	70,506

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of how the entity's reporting under GAAP as of the balance sheet date differs from the results based on prescribed and permitted accounting practices of the state or country of domicile in which a relevant statutory filing is made, or differences in results based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) prescribed practices, or a combination thereof. Describes the accounting practices used and the related monetary effect on statutory surplus, net income, and risk-based capital. If an insurance enterprise's risk-based capital would have triggered a regulatory event had it not used a permitted practice, that fact is disclosed in the financial statements. Permitted statutory accounting practices include practices not prescribed but allowed by the domiciliary state insurance department regulatory authority.

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