Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Financial Assets
Beginning balance		$ 173,426	$ 171,300
Transfers into Level 3	[1]	32,452	2,356
Transfers out of Level 3	[1]	0	(9,664)
Total gains or losses
Net realized gains (losses) included in net income related to financial assets		0	0
Net realized (gains) losses included in net income related to financial liabilities	[2]	674	(439)
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in other comprehensive income		1,865	735
Purchases		0	0
Issuances		0	0
Sales		0	0
Settlements		0	0
Paydowns, maturities and distributions		(7,352)	(5,964)
Ending balance		200,391	158,763
Financial Liabilities
Beginning balance	[2]	39,021	20,049
Transfers into Level 3	[1],[2]	0	0
Transfers out of Level 3	[1],[2]	0	0
Total gains or losses
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in other comprehensive income	[2]	0	0
Purchases	[2]	0	0
Issuances	[2]	3,491	2,964
Sales	[2]	0	0
Settlements	[2]	0	0
Paydowns, maturities and distributions	[2]	(1,101)	(534)
Ending balance	[2]	42,085	22,040
Municipal bonds [Member]
Financial Assets
Beginning balance		30,379	13,628
Transfers into Level 3	[1]	14,751	0
Transfers out of Level 3	[1]	0	0
Total gains or losses
Net realized gains (losses) included in net income related to financial assets		0	0
Net realized (gains) losses included in net income related to financial liabilities		0	0
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in other comprehensive income		1,484	380
Purchases		0	0
Issuances		0	0
Sales		0	0
Settlements		0	0
Paydowns, maturities and distributions		(121)	(123)
Ending balance		46,493	13,885
Corporate bonds [Member]
Financial Assets
Beginning balance		67,575	74,717
Transfers into Level 3	[1]	6,059	1,895
Transfers out of Level 3	[1]	0	0
Total gains or losses
Net realized gains (losses) included in net income related to financial assets		0	0
Net realized (gains) losses included in net income related to financial liabilities		0	0
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in other comprehensive income		388	352
Purchases		0	0
Issuances		0	0
Sales		0	0
Settlements		0	0
Paydowns, maturities and distributions		(3,951)	(4,686)
Ending balance		70,071	72,278
Mortgage-backed securities [Member]
Financial Assets
Beginning balance	[3]	75,466	82,949
Transfers into Level 3	[1],[3]	11,642	461
Transfers out of Level 3	[1],[3]	0	(9,664)
Total gains or losses
Net realized gains (losses) included in net income related to financial assets	[3]	0	0
Net realized (gains) losses included in net income related to financial liabilities	[3]	0	0
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in other comprehensive income	[3]	(7)	3
Purchases	[3]	0	0
Issuances	[3]	0	0
Sales	[3]	0	0
Settlements	[3]	0	0
Paydowns, maturities and distributions	[3]	(3,280)	(1,155)
Ending balance	[3]	83,821	72,594
Total Fixed Maturities [Member]
Financial Assets
Beginning balance		173,420	171,294
Transfers into Level 3	[1]	32,452	2,356
Transfers out of Level 3	[1]	0	(9,664)
Total gains or losses
Net realized gains (losses) included in net income related to financial assets		0	0
Net realized (gains) losses included in net income related to financial liabilities		0	0
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in other comprehensive income		1,865	735
Purchases		0	0
Issuances		0	0
Sales		0	0
Settlements		0	0
Paydowns, maturities and distributions		(7,352)	(5,964)
Ending balance		200,385	158,757
Equity securities [Member]
Financial Assets
Beginning balance		6	6
Transfers into Level 3	[1]	0	0
Transfers out of Level 3	[1]	0	0
Total gains or losses
Net realized gains (losses) included in net income related to financial assets		0	0
Net realized (gains) losses included in net income related to financial liabilities		0	0
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in other comprehensive income		0	0
Purchases		0	0
Issuances		0	0
Sales		0	0
Settlements		0	0
Paydowns, maturities and distributions		0	0
Ending balance		$ 6	$ 6

[1] Transfers into and out of Level 3 during the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 were attributable to changes in the availability of observable market information for individual fixed maturity securities. The Company’s policy is to recognize transfers into and transfers out of the levels as having occurred at the end of the reporting period in which the transfers were determined.

[2] Represents embedded derivatives, all related to the Company’s fixed indexed annuity (“FIA”) products, reported in Other Policyholder Funds in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

[3] Includes U.S. Government and federally sponsored agency obligations for mortgage-backed securities and other mortgage-backed securities.