Dividend Restrictions (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) year	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Dividend restrictions	The maximum amount of dividends that the insurance subsidiaries may pay in any twelve-month period without regulatory approval by the OCI is the lesser of adjusted statutory net income or 10% of statutory policyholders' surplus as of the preceding calendar year end.
Percentage of statutory policyholders' surplus used to determine maximum allowable dividends (in hundredths)	10.00%
Number of calendar years preceding the date of the dividend	3
Number of calendar years subtracted from the calculation	2
Other Insurance Subsidiaries
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Dividends paid to the parent company | $	$ 38,500	$ 0	$ 0